Frank Zappa interview 1974

Zappa again interviewed by the Finnish national tv. He is answering in his brilliant style.

[@blueprairiedog]

"Do you want the real reason or do you want a television reason?" We miss you, Frank.

[@DannySullivanMusic]

lol dude perfect comment

[@KibyNykraft]

@@DannySullivanMusic The only guy who thought he was an art modernist or postmodernist, while 80 percent of his words always went straight against it

[@semihandyman5711]

Now is that a real poncho, or is that a Sears poncho?

[@lawndog6794]

interviewer: Frank you have long hair, does that make you a woman? Frank: you have a wooden leg, does that make you a table? legend

[@dragonbeastgaming9363]

This is literally 9 years ago comment?!

[@spb7883]

That quote doesn’t come from this interview. It *may* have come from a Joe Pyne interview, but it may be apocryphal.

[@dragonbeastgaming9363]

@· Bölverkr · bruh

[@dragonbeastgaming9363]

Hey are you alive?

[@dragonbeastgaming9363]

@· Bölverkr · yep

[@cross-eyedmary6619]

My dad tracked him down after a concert and knocked on his trailer. Star struck, he tried to give Zappa a hug. Zappa declined and said, “woah man I’m not Bowie!” Rofl

[@TS-jd9qs]

My Dad is also a huge Zappa fan haha, I like how we're now second generation fans watching his interviews. Legend

[@DannySullivanMusic]

lolll nice

[@ChromaticHarp]

I’m sure your dad seemed like a crazy stalker to frank

[@cross-eyedmary6619]

@@TS-jd9qs Funny thing is my dad and I had no relationship growing up. I discovered all the good music 100% on my own. Maybe it's genetic ;)

[@cross-eyedmary6619]

@@ChromaticHarp Maybe, but he still shook hands with him and chatted for a bit. lol

[@rolandrog]

I respect Frank Zappa as a person more than most musical artists. He's a wonderful conversationalist and seems like a "real", good, sensible guy. From what I hear, he has raised a great, tight, supportive family.

[@Tristanrgreene11]

I love frank he’s so well spoken. His music sounds just as he talks

[@Beauxdeauxfinglok]

Zappa was as brilliant as they come. Always right on point, and entirely genuine.

[@trudyandgeorge]

He's so thoughtful. He would have been a pleasure to talk with.

[@DannySullivanMusic]

lmao fantastic comment

[@liuhu77]

He's music keeps getting rediscovered over and over again. It is still as fresh and vivid as ever. What a brilliant mind he was. RIP.

[@rosario508]

"Sensational Exploitation" That would have been a good title for one of his albums.

[@PeterBondeVillain]

Yeah!

[@DoomKid]

1:35 Sensational Exploitation Type Situation.. Definitely a Zappa lyric, he just happened to not sing this one, lmao

[@gitar915]

Ross Cicero It sounds like either a live album from the mid 80's or an unreleased concept album about rock and popular music in the late 70's

[@nikolasskaggs3691]

It’s the new album from the vault

[@brettbewley5798]

Always knew who he was but never listened to his music much. However i am addicted to listening to interviews of him right now. What a focused and insightful guy.

[@Konchok_Dawa]

hahaha "Yes. I am very avant-garde right now"

[@vaust]

Zoom into his shirt again.

[@TamarinPamarin]

Zappa is wearing a Yle TV companys show ”Iltatähti” (night star) T-shirt. Iltatähti was a finnish pop/rock music TV show. YLE is doing the interview that is why they zoom to the shirt it must have been a great deal to the crew.

[@sega-megadeth1276]

The 1970s was by far the best decade for Zappa. Waka/Jawaka, The Grand Wazoo, Studio Tan, Joe's Garage and Sleep Dirt were all phenomenal albums.

[@dannylgriffin]

See, I would have gone with Them or Us, One Size Fits All, or the infamous '71 Fillmore East album. Of course there's always Over-Nite Sensation and Apostrophe. Or Sheik Yerbouti which was great.

[@GrumpyStormtrooper]

3:50 exactly why I'm learning jazz. The harmonic possibilities and variety that are present in jazz is a great teacher. While chords in "standard position" do get used, in some settings (such as piano comping) it's not usually the case, the chords are spread out on both hands, leading to interesting voicings.

[@jeffryphillipsburns]

The piano in jazz tends to use standard voicings also. They’re just different from the standard voicings used in rock. When two hands are available (when the left isn’t comping for the right hand) the piano has more flexibility than the guitar, but it still has severe limitations. Art, however, is working with imagination within limitations. Without limitations there can be no art. Even the orchestra has limitations, especially the winds. It’s a bit of a trick to get a wind chord to balance. You can’t just voice it any old which way. It’ll never sound.

[@alanstrong3295]

Frank started playing a guitar at a later age, like 18. Even so, he did fine.

[@jeffryphillipsburns]

He did have at least some background playing drums before that, though.

[@KingCalabasas]

Humor....sorely missed in today's music industry

[@vampyros1]

+EDWARD WRIGHT I disagree -- the whole thing's one big joke. ; )

[@RhinoSea]

+vampyros1 dam...

[@jackleford6209]

pink guy

[@bjornkemmsies3660]

@@cocorosh7295 bullshit

[@ThePowerpointMaster]

@@cocorosh7295 You're still right though, nowadays there's more satirical artists, albums and performers, all thanks to the internet

[@bezale]

Thank you for posting this. Zappa music is extraordinary. A force very sadly missed.

[@SebastianErestal]

I could listen to his voice for hours

[@egorpestrikov7737]

A very interesting interview. I think he was one of the best composers of all time. Thanks for your music, Frank!

[@FuzzyCabesas]

Zappa was insane! He gave really interesting interviews.

[@user-oc4zf5dx1q]

Are u still alive?

[@ailtonjosue6817]

@@user-oc4zf5dx1q maybe not

[@squishcow]

Frank's explanation of harmonic language puts so simply what I've been trying to grasp for years. What a guy.

[@hope_canyon]

Was that around the 4 minute mark? Where he's talking about making basic building blocks interesting? I felt that too. He explains my internal thoughts so effectively

[@Khultan]

Gawd, he's giving full on answers. I wish I had known about him but I think it's significant that I discover him now and his legacy.

[@zayn6371]

Best personality and mindset a person could ever have! Rip frank zappa

[@CatAtomic99]

Frank Zappa is the only person I've ever seen who would not look completely ridiculous standing on the deck of a pirate ship.

[@muchanadziko6378]

early 70s George Harrison too

[@jeffryphillipsburns]

@@muchanadziko6378 According to Monty Python, anyway.

[@jeffryphillipsburns]

Have you seen Keith Richards (assuming we’re restricting ourselves to rock stare here)?

[@n0denz]

Cameraman loved his shirt.

[@Valelacerte]

What a great man and musician.

[@johnschmidt6840]

Frank just needed a good interviewer and he always delivered

[@enzomatic]

Frank's demeanor toward this interviewer is very tame, probably because the interviewer is european and asking legit questions vs contrived loaded bullshit.

[@DannySullivanMusic]

hehehe fantastic comment

[@jeffryphillipsburns]

I’ve never seen his demeanor in an interview vary.

[@KimInChains]

Hard not to love Frank

[@elgrande1987]

seriously I never used to listen to zappa but now I could say his amazing and a tastefully musically sence of humor which makes his music pore interesting RIP frank zappa you said in one of your last interviews that you wouldn't like to be remember but guess what you will always be remember

[@ashtoffen]

A curious camera man spotting Zappa like a alien. ahahah

[@TarantuLandoCalcuLingus]

"im as avant garde as ive ever been" ONE SIZE FITS ALL

[@nickmiles1000]

This is frank at his best talking about the music that he loved.

[@lottavernix]

hearing him talk is awesome thanks for posting these things here :)

[@tornadojoe]

That man was ahead of his time 30 yrs seems like things that where done back in the 70`s are now the norm,I miss him,what a great mind..

[@plastikmaiden]

i just started to learn about zappa and i have to say i am absolutely fascinated!

[@espChris93]

Frank Zappa had a truly honest and inspiring personality which he easily transfered over to his music. Wether you agree with his thinking or even like his music you still must respect him.

[@DollyzDaggerz]

Love it! Thanks so much for posting this video. God why'd he have to leave us so soon? With the body of work he created in thirty years can you imagine what another thirty years could have produced? Heavy sigh...oh, and by the way, lol...Born in Pomona here. EEEK!

[@howieo6666]

It's amazing, to listen to Frank talk about the actual 'music' as 'density, color' etc. of the pieces he wrote, that's where you can hear the difference between Zappa and most of the rest of the world...wowie...zowie!!!

[@tomscerbo1588]

Most influential Rocker! When Zappa speaks people will learn how the music business works! 🇺🇲🇮🇹🇬🇷🎸

[@tehf00n]

i miss him too. ppl say that you never forget where you were when you heard kennedy was dead. its the same for me with zappa. watching the news getting ready for college. that was a sad day.

[@glenmole8329]

so knowledgable he was ahead of his time....hes gently speaking words of wisdom if you listen closely. brilliant

[@BrownSoldier96]

1:10 That expression on Zappa is so much fun to see. I wonder what he was thinking at that point.

[@jpritch69]

Thanks for posting.

[@NotMadeOfManitobaFlour]

Proud to be born where his father was born, deep down in Sicily. Zappa numero uno!

[@brandongreenberg2557]

Mother is the necessity of invention

[@patrickhebenstreit3824]

THE MOTHERS

[@weed_haha]

you heard it here first

[@KnowKnot]

thanks for this. this is now my favorite zappa interterview. as jemba said, it shows a lack of arrogance, in that he tended very strongly to respond to honesty... honestly, while still tending to "play" with his answers (which i understand entirely). check the mike douglas clip... he's completely decent, even though he's sitting with people a lot of his contemporaries would have mocked openly (even making a move toward jimmie walked when he alone gets the "old favorites joke).

[@SongwritingJoe]

Been coming back to this interview since like 2008

[@watvrwemakemusic1983]

Great interview...what he said@3:38 was great! I had to share this on my channel...he tells it how it is no sugar...

[@novadrian]

OH MY GOD!! He managed to step outside of his time and have totally genuine clear opinions that will ring clear and true forever. I don't think the interviewer really appreciates what's being said, but can you blame him? There are so few people who have credibilty outside of the time they lived in. Zappa was one.

[@bapyou]

The album on the table - "Roxy & Elsewhere" - is one of my favs. Absolutley brilliant. The band, the performances, are HOT!

[@exentr]

Much better! Thank you! Hurriganes "Stranded in the jungle"/"Hanger" is one of my favorite album ever. Why are material from the album so rare?

[@charlesandhisworld]

One of the best interviews concerning the early days of the Mothers. Great!!

[@firelo89]

Always was and always will be brilliant AND entertaining. R.I.P. F.Z.

[@NarLiv]

Musical genius!

[@billyz5088]

Love Frank - and man he always loved his cigarettes. He called tobacco his "green leafy vegetable" - and he really seemed to dispute that they were harmful to health - which is about the one and only thing where I always disagreed with him. I managed to quit back in the 80's after less than a decade of smoking - but even long before any surgeon general warnings on packs - people knew they were bad for you. When my dad served in the U.S. Navy during WW 2 - he did not really like them but would buy packs just to hand them out to be sociable - but even way back in 1942 people referred to them as "coffin nails".

[@governmentgangstalkingexpo7192]

grimble 5g will be the death of us all

[@steveblum]

I love his response to the "Avant-Garde" question that the interviewer totally doesn't get...

[@nicoladouglas3270]

NOT THAT MOST PEOPLE CARE! but thank the Lord for this guy's music!!!!!! No doom and gloom when listening to frank!!! Love you frank RIP

[@axemansjazz6670]

Frank Zappa has been dead for as long as I've been alive and the music he made and interviews he gave back in the the 60's, 70's, and 80's are still ahead of their time, even by today's standards. The man was no slouch, I'll tell ya that.

[@GeorgeSandle]

Now THATS what I call an interview!!!!

[@iNaf1]

GeorgeSandle 10year !!

[@frankiekimber3973]

He was An extremely smart man

[@bobafjr]

great interview by an unquestionably great artist. yeah different with his jazz/rock fusion, ahead of the others, and then that attitude. he was what he was, even till the end.

[@rumpledilskin]

@jimirymodestoca Indeed. Rare man. I can't help but think that we need him now more than ever. Long nose to look down, too... You are missed Frank.

[@DrGonzoOBoogie]

great interview

[@SpineFine]

Man, Frank had an intimidating stare. The picture quality is unusually good for a 1974 interview. Great color.

[@iNaf1]

SpineFine 10 year !!

[@alfiefield5421]

Love how this begins as if Zappa has had enough of sitting in silence and has to start the interview himself

[@menschmaschine5]

Oh yes he will... He will probably be remembered as the greatest musician of the late 20'th century. And he was a very influential guitarrist. Some say that he brought the wah pedal into standard use, among other things.

[@bluesborn]

1974 is right around the sweet spot of zappa out put

[@greenfruitface]

The cameraman is really diggin' Franks t-shirt.

[@TomPhoolery]

Actually, he used the Wah pedal rather unconventionally, while most people at that time were using it by pulsing, he would leave it at a certain point to achieve his unique sound.

[@reme7903]

i'm Finnish and heard instantly that the interviewer was as well. that damn accent!😂

[@zbyleq]

All i have learned from this interwiev is beeing so proud waving the somkin cigar like so wont get you far .

[@Tjinuski]

the t-shirt with the nixon quote is glorious.

[@sadol11]

Zappa was the best i miss him.

[@paulkennethjohnson]

This cameraman really likes his t-shirt.

[@cosmicrat1563]

That's the whole interview here, no more available.

[@clintstewart5545]

Miss you FRANK ZAPPA !!!

[@999manman]

LOL! Never thought about it that way!

[@Cheedillow]

This guy is amazing.

[@bapyou]

Do they do 'Yellow Snow' on Roxy & Elsewhere? I can't remember. That was on apostrophe (studio album) I recall for sure. My favorite track on the Roxy album is 'Village of the Sun' and the extended instrumental that follows. A tight tight band doing some really technically amazing passages. And funky too! Frank's presence on the music scene is sorely missed. Sorely missed.

[@Vividcranberry]

What a pure Genius~!

[@cosmicrat1563]

@greenfruitface Actuaully they changed t-shirts before the interview. So Frank is wearing a t-shirt of the interviewer, and the interviewer is wearing Frank's shirt.

[@patrickhebenstreit3824]

LOL

[@matejajankovic8531]

R u alive

[@Croot_Music]

I'm feeling pretty avant-garde today.

[@desolationrow]

Whn I first started learning, one of the first songs I was ever taught was "Florentine Pogen" and when people ask me to teach them a good song - thats usually the first one I show them. Its nice and easy

[@Volvo745T]

Well-spoken and intelligent fellow.

[@DarthRektar]

He was in my dream last night, came to my house and told me that he wants me to join his band and that we leave to start touring that night. It was pretty intense!

[@smelltheglove2038]

That has the same energy as a dream where you get a test in school you haven’t studied for. Sounds frightening, hahahaha!

[@sonoflife74]

Frank was the last true musical genius of our time. There wont be anyone like him for a very long time.

[@treeishtrees449]

This comment pisses me the fuck off. Fuck you and your ignorant bullshit. Look around pig, there is genius everywhere

[@williamkeeley140]

I got to be a part of his concert I think around 1977-1980 just not sure on the year at the LSU stadium that they call The House that Pete Maravich Built. He stopped the concert to have a conversation with me cause I was caught in the middle of a drug bust as an innocent(not so innocent)bystander. Really cool at the time. Still is as a nice memory to reflect on.

[@kaligula11]

what he says about writing with chords and notes is very true. its a pity that mass audiences cant stand any demanding music.

[@antooon997]

it's so cool that this interview happened in finland

[@guruleinii]

lots of good musical shit happened in finland for some reason...especially in the 60s.

[@bapyou]

I'm pretty sure Ruth Brown played on the Roxy album. There are a lot of marimba parts in the compositions. And George Duke. George is a great great underrated/underappreciated musician - as was nearly everyone who played with Frank. There probably is a web site with FZ's discography containing all of the info about his albums.

[@147ProductionsCLE]

Thanks Frank.

[@CrimsonRand]

I love his sober composure

[@akramkt-2029]

واااال فيديو قديم للغايه ❤️

[@Ratteg]

I see that he got a t-shirt from Finland also :D. "Iltatähti", means evening star in english.

[@JazzyJonas]

I'm very interested in Stravinsky! He was one of the few orchestral composers to truly rock and kick ass!

[@falconwings1982]

Very intelligent and insightful

[@Zbot665]

Rest In Peace, Maestro.

[@carlachuler]

The 70´s is a decade more coolest than now....I was born in 1981. Snif. =(

[@noradosmith]

he would be the best music teacher ever