FRANK ZAPPA INTERVIEW

[@Jedizen07]

While I adore Frank's music, I can sit FOR HOURS listening to Frank talk. Genius.

[@jansdoe6963]

I wish there was a history of Frank Zappa and his music. I think it would take a lifetime to know Mr.Zappa's music.

[@Patrick96322]

Same for me, exactly !

[@mp01juve]

I know people who don't listen to his music and just are intrigued by clips like this, where Frank's showcasing his pearls of wisdom!

[@JamesDeanBrown]

@@jansdoe6963 Here you are: a comprehensive, insightful documentary covering all of Zappa's influences: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fWaupqGVi9WBns0

[@glxtched22]

I used to have dinner with his son Ahmed when I was in LA. He was the most humble person ever. He never once mentioned who his father was and I never once asked him. I think that's why we hit it off. We are opposites. His IQ was above 200 mine not so much but always could get his points across. It was a weird time in my life. 1999. Peace Like you care even. But I needed to get it off my chest

[@clintstewart5545]

AUTHENTICITY that's what Frank Zappa WAS !!! THANK YOU FOR THE UPLOAD !!!

[@frankfogolin245]

I am still getting caught up to Frank Zappa's work. It takes a long time. The guy was immensely prolific and highly interesting.

[@David-h4z2s]

I never heard any of his music 🎵 ever as of 2024 But will give his music a go in 2025

[@ilabelle1]

I really miss Frank. There'll never be another like him.

[@danmartinazzi]

true

[@paulinebutcherbird]

True, but there's never be another like you, or me!

[@ilabelle1]

@@paulinebutcherbird Well said.

[@KalebMorrow30]

Primus is a close one

[@jackwood8307]

Miss this guy. 😢

[@michaelhudson2912]

it's really a shame he didn't live long enough to really take advantage of the technology we have today

[@Roundabout_05]

Andrew Korvin I’m drooling just thinking about it!

[@-Finlander-]

We all do!

[@FVZCB]

😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@josephno1347]

the definition of integrity

[@mikehahaha2962]

I love the atmosphere of this interview soo chill

[@peterbrazeal7171]

No one gives me more drive to buckle down and work hard on my musical ability more than Frank. He’s no nonsense. He’s almost like my music dad or at least that’s kinda where I put him.

[@MrWaterpumpkin]

"What comes out is an extentson of my personality, it's my personal vision and that means that the product has some content to it. Whether you like or not, it's a genuine reflection of who I am and what I am".... enough said

[@paulinebutcherbird]

So what are we to make of songs like Magdalena, or Enema Bandit?

[@MrWaterpumpkin]

@@paulinebutcherbird Exactly! Why not! As long as this is himself. What do you suggest, saccharine love songs like all other groups, just to humour the wide audience...

[@paulinebutcherbird]

@@MrWaterpumpkin Frank always said he was a reporter - an outsider looking in. But here he says his songs are a reflection of who he is. In that case, I now review Enema Bandit in a totally different light and condemn his almost laughing at the girls' suffering.

[@paulinebutcherbird]

I can't find this quote on the tape. Would you give me its location please.

[@MrWaterpumpkin]

@@paulinebutcherbird Actually, so do I, but me and you is not Him

[@nbayungboyscuzin7669]

God damn he called it. Watched countless interviews, he called everything

[@TheSteelDialga]

What did he call? I was born after all the 80s artistic commercialization with music videos and MTV and whatnot so to me those aspects of the entertainment industry have always been normal parts of life that just exist. I would love to hear your perspective of what the change was like, how it felt

[@Stahlgewitter]

Yes he did.

[@Stahlgewitter]

​@@TheSteelDialgawatch more Zappa interviews. He was politically WAAYYYY ahead of his time.

[@stardust3204]

No idea why he came into my mind today ,but soo glad he did Pure brilliance ..miss him

[@clintstewart5545]

True !!!

[@periurban]

Wonderful video! If you are wondering why Frank seems so particularly comfortable and at ease in this interview it's because he is the focus of a group. There are (Ithink) at least three people in the room, playing their part in the discussion. This was Frank in his element.

[@pgroove163]

He looks like my next door neighbor in Brooklyn.. Frankie g

[@paulinebutcherbird]

How do you know how many people were in the room. Were you there?

[@periurban]

@@paulinebutcherbird I'm going by voices and other clues. Do you know different?

[@endezeichengrimm]

Dude! Thanks for uploading this! It's almost like, he is alive.

[@MrJadePinwheel]

Wish the volume was boosted

[@HoriaNeagu]

And also balanced between both channels (left and right).

[@WhoCares-dl8zr]

@@HoriaNeagu If you go into the settings on whatever device you're watching on you can turn the audio to Mono and that way you can hear Frank's voice in both ears instead of one. I realize you've probably watched the video already but just for the future

[@rubymorris44]

I could listen to him all day. So interesting.

[@Patrick96322]

As much as I ADORE Frank's music, god that I love to hear him talk ! On anything !

[@paulinebutcherbird]

If you'd like to know how Frank lived at home not shown in other books, from getting up to going to bed, rehearsing with the Mothers, composing on the piano, visiting rock stars, freaks, family squabbles, then try my story, Freak Out! My Life with Frank Zappa 1968-1971'.

[@rangtangdingdong3100]

What a genius. He summed it all up perfectly. I've seen so many extremely talented musos who never got past "first bass" simply because they didn't/wouldn't conform to the System. Macca and Boylo are just two examples.

[@PollisDrake]

Zappa mentioning Trotsky's assassination! Cf: "Wet T-Shirt Nite" - "Sounds like you just got an icepick in the forehead..."

[@edpalermo1580]

MTV?? That was for MTV? I guess they never saw the need to air it. Great interview. I'd never seen it before now.

[@mininowa]

Thank you for posting this !!

[@deanhallett6815]

Zappa was good because he was prepared to work hard. Really hard. Record companies weren't ready for his work ethic - not a typical lazy rock musician - just look at his incredible output.

[@michaelhellmer8531]

Sixty-two albums during his lifetime, plus another fifty that were released posthumously. He had a sizeable vault of tapes in his house, so only Zeus knows how much he recorded in otal.

[@benwatson8244]

@@michaelhellmer8531 He managed to turn work into pleasure. That's REVOLUTIONARY! Also, a lot of sex involved ...

[@AEMachinas]

Chad is a legend! Love his work with Holdsworth.

[@LRD113]

I really miss Mr Frank Vincent Zappa, we need many Frank in this world , no doubt about that ✌️

[@FVZCB]

Giusto amico !

[@Cheekychops]

What a phenomenon. So articulate. 👍👍

[@doc2earth]

I really like this interview. I have seen them all and for some reason this one is cool because of the questions.

[@paulinebutcherbird]

When was this interview done? Early 1980s? Looks in good health.

[@RobinSchoutenRS]

Today's world needs Frank more then ever.

[@JonathanNelsonOfficial]

He works for the Space Force under the name Pascal Najadi.

[@David-h4z2s]

Frank Zappa John Lennon Legend's Sadly Missed

[@jeanlundi2141]

@@JonathanNelsonOfficial Wait , what ? (lol) What's the story here?

[@JonathanNelsonOfficial]

@@jeanlundi2141 also Chris La Civita. Zappa never left he just changed characters.

[@jeanlundi2141]

@@JonathanNelsonOfficial Says who though? Are those people just people with similar moustache shapes to Zappa? :D

[@webfatigue]

You should watch every single Zappa interview. You will not be disappointed and might actually learn something along the way.

[@paulinebutcherbird]

How about his home life not revealed in interviews or in other books, from getting up to going to bed, composing at the piano, rehearsing with the Mothers, visiting rock stars, freaks, family squabbles, and more, all found in Freak Out! My Life with Frank Zappa 1968-1971.'

[@benwatson8244]

Oh stop selling your bloody book@@paulinebutcherbird

[@chizmo7]

I’m always impressed by Frank’s patience during interviews.

[@typodhitzemann6851]

He wasn't always, that's for sure. This one I think he enjoyed, talking shop and all that usually intrigued him. These guys weren't just patronizing him and I think he seemed pleased

[@WWR]

Thanks Frank 💔

[@yohenson]

this guy...simply every interview is a classic quote: what comes out is an extension of my personality it's my personal vision and that means that the product has some content to it whether you like it or not it's a genuine reflection of who I am and what I am and most of the rest of the stuff that comes out is product and it's product that's been manufactured on behalf of somebody else and the average group that does a video doesn't really have any input into the making of it they go to a company and say hey make me look good on tape so I can be on TV right so in most instances the video shorts don't even relate to the song let alone any aesthetic the group might have but since mostly groups don't have any aesthetics to begin with it's kind of irrelevant and what's probably going to happen is the market will be flooded with these objects

[@pgroove163]

If FM radio was pathetic as Frank says when this interview was recorded just think of what he would say about it in 2022.!

[@paulinebutcherbird]

Frank looking good and dressing cool for a real change. Must be the Italians or something.

[@williamtaylor5193]

Frank is wearing his Hyman Roth outfit.

[@TarantuLandoCalcuLingus]

Trying his best to look like studebaker hoch

[@paulinebutcherbird]

@@TarantuLandoCalcuLingus Ha ha.

[@tomscerbo1588]

Definitely the Italians.. could call brother!👌

[@rebeccacederholm1140]

Miss you so much Frank

[@rohanroll]

Zappa talks the way Zappa plays. Period.

[@eis904]

There will never be another Zappa..

[@bwana-ma-coo-bah425]

Frank Zappa was the genius to the genius's.

[@eis904]

He really put his heart into his shows, whipped those boys into shape.

[@paulinebutcherbird]

Unusual to see a female fan for Frank Zappa. There are so few of us.

[@EmptyGlass99]

In this interview, which seems to be from about 1979, the internet is obviously not even on the radar. Zappa died in 1993 just before it really took off. I often wonder if he knew how ubiquitous it would become.

[@davidrobertson3633]

He talks about how people could consume music through their phone lines instead of buying discs in his Real Frank Zappa Book. It was predictive of Napster in some respects.

[@TarantuLandoCalcuLingus]

"you have a brief moment of time, to decorate as you want"

[@ExxylcrothEagle]

Frank's ego presence is mythical

[@ExxylcrothEagle]

@Adelaine Delabin totally !!

[@THX11458]

Great interview. It's really hard to believe that it done by MTV.

[@TomAllen14]

“You are what you eat and you eat what you get fed”

[@lorenzo6mm]

The days when we used to memorize and play amazing music. We did this in the 1970's Fusion Days. In a funky little cover band. We played/REHEARSED relentlessly in 1974-1980, Fusion. Which meant. playing Zappa, Santana, Allman Brothers, Jethro Tull, DIxie Dregs, Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix, Mahavishnu John McClaughlin, Joe Walsh, The Who, Eric Clapton, Tubes, etc and etc. anything and everything that was a hit on the radio & current in between the Masters of Reality. I played rhythm guitar between two fantastic lead players capable of playing all of these guys music. Our live outdoor parties we're legendary. All around LA in those days and in our are of Santa Barbara County these things we're going on. We we'ren't the only ones. And, Frank Zappa was our guiding light. This was my first band and I learned more in those years than the rest of my life. That little band had people lined up around a block to get into to see us. We we're very young and didn't even know better, by the 1980's drugs and alcohol ruined it all. Mostly cocaine and massive egos. I'll say this about Music and Politics....ever since ..... lazy and stupid...politics and music... "Hell is filled with amateur musicians" George Bernard Shaw and "Socialism is for Ass holes" Frank Zappa

[@aaronmartin6754]

9:24 This interviewer just described the world of how independent music artists have to operate out of necessity in the present day...

[@itkojecockot]

if you pass Frank's audition, you can basically play in any band :D

[@buckodonnghaile4309]

Look at Adrian Belew. After playing with Zappa he went on to play with Bowie,Talking Heads, King Crimson (for decades), Paul Simon, Nine Inch Nails.....

[@itkojecockot]

@@buckodonnghaile4309 Adrian is an amazing artist and player...... I love his 80's era with KC and I also love some of his solo stuff

[@Chudley716]

They engaged him with smart questions and discussion, and you can tell he respected that.

[@iga279]

wise, wise guy.

[@matthewgaffney1955]

27 seconds in and this is INVALUABLE but can you please up the volume and pan it so it's mono or something? freeware on the 'net can do this like audacity... I would do it but i can't rip the video or audio, dunno how to do that. PLEASE tho lol. much love.

[@spb7883]

11:23 - FZ quick to disassociate himself from elitism.

[@spb7883]

@Adelaine Delabin What does that mean?

[@bluesboy8237]

Happy 80th birthday Frank Zappa!!!

[@dougn2350]

What year was the recorded? I'm guessing in the early 1980s

[@ranjitverdi5702]

Bongo Fury Frank 👍...miss you 🙏

[@moatmancometh6969]

How can there possibly be any thumbs down???

[@paolamarin2677]

Love Zappa!

[@annaszabo1520]

Oh man! He's some good points about mass media and it's still valid

[@eedleate]

Frank was correct in 1979. He and George Carlin saw the future.

[@geenadasilva9287]

no. they saw the truth of the times they lived in. taking anybody out of its context leads to misunderstanding. some of what frank (and george) talked about is still true, an awful lot has changed. Frank remains my hero but don’t treat him like a religious or political leader.

[@eedleate]

@@geenadasilva9287 There's nothing political or religious about my statement. I didn't say they saw things through devine intervention. They just saw where things were going and spoke on it prior to most other people realizing the truth.

[@litchqueenasenath5995]

I would have loved to audition for Zappa under the pretense of "I can't sight read music, and I am not super skilled per se, but I can't think of any musical artist or composer who would be better to learn ANYTHING from"

[@jeffdawson2786]

Chad in dinner theater? Astonishing.

[@Frankincensedjb123]

8-10 hours / day, 6 days / week. If this guy had gotten paid by the hour for all the work he put into practicing, writing, and planing, he would have made three times the money he did. For a guy that goofed around a lot in his music, he was very serious about getting it right.

[@snakeweirdo]

I'd argue that its easier to do that, than to work a mind numbing office job. He got to do what he loved.

[@TarantuLandoCalcuLingus]

@@snakeweirdo granted, hed be rich regardless lol

[@richardperusse4299]

please, is it possible to know the year of this interview ?

[@edwhite7475]

i heard a song recently in a UPS store that must have been called "I SWEAR" ...some young girl requested i play it in a bar a few years back. ( ok she was 28 , maybe i should say DUMB instead of young ) and it was THE most insipid piece of crap i have EVER heard in my life. i cant believe this is STILL going on up to the 2020's When Frank said that these love song affect peoples mental health in a negative way, i thought of THAT one

[@shable1436]

You should have said, do i look like 4 black guys that sing acapella? Were you playing a gig, Or at a party? I don't do requests anymore because of shit like that

[@cryptotharg7400]

Hey, man! We're only in it for the money! 😁 I miss FZ, so much. One of the greatest musical talents, evah, on a par with Nikola Tesla, in physical science.

[@itkojecockot]

easily their best album...... heard it billion times and will probably hear it billion times more...... also love how they made fun of the beatles with that album cover :D:D

[@michaelhellmer8531]

@@itkojecockot I've always been haunted by the song Mom and Dad. It was so different from all the other stuff he was doing - instead of playful and mocking it was so dead serious. In that respect I would compare it to The Torture Never Stops.

[@itkojecockot]

@@michaelhellmer8531 agreed...... wish the album was longer...... to me it feels like listening to a "musicalized" lifetime of someone incredibly intelligent and funny...... such a fluent and vital piece of art...... conceptually brilliant

[@benwatson8244]

Interested you say "Tesla". I wish FZ was alive. I would've got him into Safire Project. Real science for the future!

[@v00n2000]

Sound quality on this is atrocious. Can't hear the interviewer's questions at all, and even the subtitle generator can't hear him. Frank, however, comes across loud and clear. RIP to the most coherent pop star of them all ;-)

[@KellyCorpening]

Even a million years from now this kind of human phenomena will never happen again

[@bobsyeruncle4841]

Zappa would have a field day here if he were alive there is so much crazy stuff going on.

[@MrGlandeux]

Mis him too. Each time he speak politic, I wonder what would Zappa think and speak. In the current state of the world.

[@straycat3582]

Marc-Antoine Bourgeois How could he not love trump / over Hillary ! Or god forbid that goofy biden !! ?

[@MrGlandeux]

@@straycat3582 Because at the time of the interview I was seeing, he was a vocal democrat, disliked Reagan with a passion and the republican. But you know things change. I hated the Republican as much if not more than Dems after Bush jr. but still Trump reconcile me big time ounce I went over our Canadian fake media making him look like a crazy fool dangerous man :P

[@MrGlandeux]

@@straycat3582 rethinking of Zappa talking on Biden juste make me laugh. Just imagining what he would say.

[@MrGlandeux]

@@straycat3582 I think he would have stop watching CNN and go with Q

[@straycat3582]

Marc-Antoine Bourgeois it took me awhile to find this and reply again .. I know frank would be the 1st openly atheist president . I like trump ordering all the churches to open up ! Can you imagine ? All them idiots singing and killing their self’s ? I love trump ! He’s atheist but he lies ! Love him !

[@captainelgatorandfriends1278]

It's interesting Frank and the host which appears to be MTV they are guessing what will happen to radio, TV, and music, and this is in the 80's. Its funny they talk about who will be bigger traditional TV or the Cable industry, they got no idea CDs will go to 18 bux and then die, .MP3 will kill the record industry, Clear Channel will kill the radio industry, MTV will turn into horrid reality shows, and regular television as we knew will be completely dead and gone, everyone now watches and listens from a cell phone, for everything. How could they know!

[@KeithCharlesDovoric]

“The only problem with the masses is the way that they’re treated by mass-media.”

[@sonquatsch8585]

frank zappa must have been trying to be self depricating byconstantly describing himself as ugly. he was ridiculously gorgeous, even when trying to pull off the disheveled look.

[@spb7883]

Since this was MTV, did they sell you this footage?

[@ManicMovesDrowsyDreams]

I speculate Zappa would habe been against the "social justice" types just as much as the neocons and Trumpians. The more I hear Zappa and read his interviews, the more I think his bluntness and even rudeness at times really came from a place of love. Zappa tried to free people of their emotional and psychological hang ups. Sort of like his attitude was "You might not think so, but you're probably capable of being more intelligent and honest if you'd just stop with the bullshit."

[@benwatson8244]

Well I talked to FZ and he was quite sympathetic to my socialist politics.

[@KeithCharlesDovoric]

//Cable doesn´t exist as a public service; it´s a money-changing business.// So prescient.

[@David-h4z2s]

Frank Zappa Spoke Such Common Sense On Thing's Loved His Anti Drugs Stance🌄📻🚬🎵

[@MegaBeatles1966]

One of the best musicians,like Bob Dylan,John Lennon,Miles Davis,Astor Piazzolla,Charly Garcìa,Carlos Gardel,anyway.-

[@kipponi]

So MTV interviewed Zappa what he hated? It shows. What a genius Zappa was. Man which you can talk anything.

[@brötzmannsax]

Watch his 20 minute interview with MTV on 12/84 and you will see his true side of cynicism and music industry hatred in one of his greatest interviews ever.

[@kipponi]

@@brötzmannsax Check it. He was so sharp and told how music industry works. Artist pay and take risk.

[@michaelhellmer8531]

@@brötzmannsax The best part of that one was how, after a good while, he got the interviewer to laughingly admit that MTV produced a lot of crap.

[@brötzmannsax]

@@michaelhellmer8531 FZ undressed and gave WB and MTV a verbal beating on their own network, ha! True genius!

[@kevinmcmullan8987]

Frank Zappa..What a person..my hero.

[@robbinbanx7439]

this looked like the mid 80s,late 80s Frank Zappa...amirite?? Frank Zappa was a great musician and all around "good egg"...imo!!

[@5jerry1]

~ Early 1980s, maybe 80 or 81? Look how young he looks here.

[@jeremyknowles9118]

"that kind of guy" has been produced by every generation.

[@rjl7655]

What year was this??

[@ervbefelnareik7604]

11:23 how true especially right now

[@MARSHALL-qf6qk]

MARRY ME FRANK ZAPPA

[@TheTralfaz]

poot forth these ideas......love those words....fast and bulbous

[@howies5265]

He always dressed cool and fkn HATED MTV 🤘🏼🎼🤘🏼

[@ExxylcrothEagle]

Does Frank hafta defend Chad Wackerman?

[@JonathanNelsonOfficial]

Pascal Najadi.

[@RogerSullivanNOLA]

"Let me tell you why I'm right..." and he was right.

[@brianjacob8728]

well the one interviewer was totally wrong about his supposed positive impact of video on the music industry.

[@suttonsuede]

🎸My guess is this is from 1981

[@simonclarke72]

1982

[@suttonsuede]

@@simonclarke72 I saw Frank in November 1981 and he was wearing that jacket 😉

[@gregorycampagna8138]

‘81 - Chad W was a new member of the group that year

[@simonclarke72]

The reason I say 1982,is because he mentions Chad Wackerman, he joined for the 1982 tour, David Logeman was the drummer in 1981, hastily stepping in shoes of Vinnie Colaiuta who was fired

[@gregorycampagna8138]

Simon Clarke Wasn’t Logeman on one of the ‘80 tours only?

[@petermaxwell2965]

I like his description of bad stuff .."POOT"

[@dogus.utoopia]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@Robertbrucelockhart]

Interviewers tend to talk too much. No exception here. Advice to young journalists: when interviewing a legend, make yourself invisible.

[@BrianFedirko]

Gr8!

[@kevc-69-]

Frank would cancelled today sadly.

[@Censored4UViaGoogle]

Was dude trying to impress Zappa with his story of how he was a rebel for playing the Stones on radio in ‘71? Lmao

[@geezberry8889]

1982?

[@matshanssen2070]

Bad audio mate!😎

[@gj8683]

I wonder how shocked he would be at how much worse popular music has become.

[@David-ty1xz]

I reprimered the right front fender man..

[@aceventura2237]

Boring interviewers he starts having fun talking about alien orifice. Would it be interesting to hear him go on about That part of his imagination? Probably would’ve been a fun interaction