Frank Zappa & The Mothers - My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama - 1969, Boston (audio)

[@guitaryoder1]

well, I woke up in a bad mood... started listening to depressing music and somehow ended up on Frank. Now all of my troubles have disappeared, the sun is shining and everything is Peaches en Regalia. God bless this awesome human.

[@somethingwickedthiswaycome9694]

RIGHT?😉

[@johncecere2692]

The crux of the biscuit is the apostrophe - more inspiring words have never been spoken. :)

[@journeyer58]

Frank Zappa was not only one of the best guitarists of the 60's, 70's and 80's but was completely underrated as one of the best lyricists of all times. He could and did shake the establishments idea of what music should be. RIP Frank Zappa, we have your recordings, but still they aren't the same as you being here.

[@50ftFrankenstein]

Dweezil Zappa, FZ's son, is still touring all over the place. He sounds just like his dad and he puts on a sweet show

[@Jack-vy6uo]

Thanks for sharing Einstein. 2024 now Dweezil is still touring. Can't wait to see him again. I'VE known him since he was a teenager and FZ for 20+ years

[@mvdeano]

Life IS better with Zappa!

[@chicklets4ever51]

Utter brilliance. I love that little break in the middle where the Mothers sound like the Byrds.

[@Zombywoof91]

I like this era of guitar playing, actually every era's good changes just like his sounds

[@michaelkottler]

Nice username :)

[@FutureKubrick]

Underrated guitarist. RIP Frank.

[@nortonisnotron]

That little jam in the middle for sure! When i first heard it like 10 years ago or whenever, I thought the same thing

[@Jack-nu4un]

Absolutely killer version

[@davidwalker563]

my life is better,with frank's music, I never would have survived the 60's!

[@JC-11111]

It's mainly just random bs. How can you call what he played 90% of the time, music? This is the first semi-normal song I've heard from him. And even it's a gimmick. Much like his playing.

[@kacperfornal5998]

What is normal?

[@kacperfornal5998]

And why normal is better

[@The-F.R.E.E.-J.]

@@kacperfornal5998 elevator music, now that is some USDA choice _normal_ we can all slip into a coma to.

[@thedevicedrummer]

brilliant musicians!!

[@michaelkottler]

These teenage punks today with their adolescent tunes, causing a ruckus. Show-offs, with the music! FZ 4ever!

[@karenlucht]

I like zappa because every song is like a story and it is pure entertainment

[@spacehopperballs]

I have a theory about Franks music and the Internet… the vast majority of people are only now discovering the range of stuff he created - I mean the sheer volume and diversity is frightening yet awe inspiring its like only now with today’s “media” is the man really being “Heard” and No I haven't been smoking :-)

[@drsloanski]

And people will continue to discover his vast discography. He will someday be revered as our generation’s Beethoven…but with swear words and humor.

[@The-F.R.E.E.-J.]

@@drsloanski Beethoven was a piker compared to Frank.

[@LarryMoeCurly351]

Dude! My first exposure to FZ was the Weasel's Ripped My Flesh album in 1971. I wore out two. This is an awsome post. My deepest thanks and appreciation.

[@jasonjasonjasonjasonjason]

information is indeed not knowledge, and music is indeed the best

[@michaelkottler]

Beauty is not love, love is not music, music is the best, even.

[@happydays2300]

THIS is the version I like the best.

[@jiggersotoole7823]

Sally Satisfied it's brilliant ain't it!

[@michaelkottler]

Sam here.

[@naglelator]

I think the version from YCDTOSA vol.5 is still my favorite, but this was great.

[@1968dps]

Sometimes being creative isn't enough. Being GOOD is more important.

[@lucasmichaels8558]

And that....will always be subjective.

[@precisionb]

His all over the WorLD fanz! Really TRUE fans!

[@gloriabornn9232]

" boys" Great taste....The man is the greatest,most people never understood him but my son Stephen has......R.I.P FUnk and Stephen lee Riley.....2172012... Love you son.

[@michaelkottler]

Sorry for your loss. Death sucks.

[@moekayyy]

I fucking love Frank Zappa! ♥

[@michaelkottler]

IKR? I mean, what is not to love?

[@MegaCheapthrills]

Your posts are always great Arf - thanks a lot for sharing !

[@michaelkottler]

Yep yep

[@tonylangmach5484]

Frank is a genius--!"!

[@1968dps]

Thank you! I know Zappa recorded thousands of hrs of stuff but the playing on WTP was/is mind-blowing... I guess I am biased because I happen to love the general guitar picking style of 1969, but, for me, WTP stands out and equals anything Hendrix ever did...

[@somethingwickedthiswaycome9694]

Yeah,I love Hendrix but I have alway's thought Zappa had the upper hand in skill set. To me he was WAY more flexible with his style. And brought more to the table for my palate to enjoy. But to each his own as they say.😉

[@The-F.R.E.E.-J.]

What is "WTP"?

[@denburke9564]

@@The-F.R.E.E.-J. Willie The Pimp

[@The-F.R.E.E.-J.]

@@denburke9564 thanks

[@precisionb]

BRILLIANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@reward116]

thanx for sharing cheers

[@Larry93215]

Great Stuff

[@precisionb]

Amazing!

[@roporsche]

i like the end-needle death-lol-thx 4 sharing

[@kroggwaff]

funky version, luvz it!

[@juanjogalvan]

excellent sound !!! tks for this one!!!!

[@nortonisnotron]

Well this is clearly a LIVE performance. Look up Live At The Ark Boston 68' It's a great set complete with a King Kong ending!! The song was originally recorded in the studio(based off the couple places I checked) in 1969 however they still were playing it prior to that recording, which was for a single and is different then the one on Weasels. I first listened to this this when I was like 15 and had to find where it was from and I came up with the Ark. It's even listed on zappa.com.

[@spookybaba]

Act 1, especially!!!! My fave, probably :-)

[@1968dps]

Cheers mate perhaps I will soon!

[@tbnice1966]

never heard this version it is nice and raw =))

[@Grithron2]

Buzz Gardner was in the band too, as of that date. Good stuff - but did you know there's a longer edit of the same performance where Frank's long solo turns into a duet with Ian?

[@666UFO666]

@1968dps Right on!!!!!!

[@SteveSparx]

Tremendous

[@billtonelli]

enjoy the day

[@FriedChickenofDeath6]

@1968dps Frank couldn't have recorded more. He made 75 albuns and died at 53 or 54 years old. It's more than 1 album each year if he started recording at age 0... That's some impressive things about FZ!

[@fedociacc90]

Rest In Peace Frank!

[@Bluesmen88]

@1968dps I agree that he was an incredible guitarist, but I think wrong when you say you wish he recorded more, he had more than 40 albums under his belt, and archivist are still finding tapes of live shows.

[@boogster123321]

@1968dps i dont know i could say i wanted frank to record more, if i did he would have basically recorded his entire life but i do pity that he didnt release more

[@esp1musf]

what is interesting for me is that they play this with a swung feel. on the album, it is a completely straight eights feel. you live and learn, apparently.

[@The-F.R.E.E.-J.]

Frank had them rehearse virtually every song in multitudes of styles so, with a signal they had been trained to understand, he could switch it to blues or a boogie or reggae or whatever he wanted - and they could do it flawlessly.

[@mckay91095]

Im glad Frank was here in my hood :D

[@IRiSHo79]

@1968dps What are you talking about "pity he didn't record more"? The man made over 40 albums!

[@garygor1960]

Pho kyeah!

[@fadethetrade]

@Bluesmen88 62 albums and that was 5% of hat he has in the vault

[@marcyd94]

The ending just woke me up :(

[@vvvvaaaacccc]

5:55 is he quoting the theme from "Peaches en Regalia"? sounds possible, to me.

[@thekatie40]

lol love this one, rip frank

[@bamboosa]

There are literally thousands of hours of unreleased masters in the Zappa vaults - there are over a hundred Zappa albums out there - too bad he didn't record more? Nobody in the history of recording has taped as much stuff as Zappa. A hundred hours of Z. in u-tube alone. Wiki had to reformat just to accommodate the Zappa legacy. Frank likes those who do the research.

[@Gecko7291971]

Now I heard Dweezil's version of this song, But I never realized it was Originally recorded by Frank Zappa

[@spitlerspitler]

@1968dps could zappa ever record even more?

[@spookybaba]

With ya there, mate ;-)

[@nortonisnotron]

Live at the Ark 1968 to be exact

[@huppmoile]

Somehow, this version got algorithmed into my suggesteds right between Yngwie and Nuno - and I’m a better person for it.

[@Beatnikzombie]

Oh, man, that was sounding so yummy. It was the high point of my messed up day.

[@jonp4846]

3:29 -3:45 Needles and Pins

[@1968dps]

No disrespect to Zappa. Cheers for the replies (the nice one's anyway). I KNOW he recorded a LOT of stuff, LMAO! I'll reiterate. I merely suggested that, in an age where acid guitar rock was king with the likes of Hendrix, Vanilla Fudge, James Gang, etc, it would have been awesome if Frank had recorded an album loaded with "studio cuts" like the above, WTP and more distorted freakouts instead of the tripe he was churning out in 1969. Nineteen-Sixty-Nine! I meant in THAT year not later on...

[@princesstamika]

I love this version so much I can't even put it into words.

[@loucious73]

thank zappa for zappa and zappa. i am atheist and jesus is chillin with FZ

[@jaypauljackson]

from weasles ripped my flesh,the Lp had alot of great songs and poppa john chreech playing violin on. directly from my hart to you. J.p.J

[@nortonisnotron]

This is still listed as the wrong date.

[@BigJiggety]

Much as I like this, I do prefer the version on "Weasels Ripped my Flesh."

[@snesfan8935]

Dad's version also awesome.

[@jamie.north123]

@1968dps Defo mate. But Zappa wouldn't have wanted to be "rated" in anyway.

[@Dstrbrdgrnd]

Don't you boys know any nice songs?

[@gregsawka201]

How about 'Broken Hearts Are For Assholes'? That's a nice little tune to sing around the campfire!😉😜

[@SufferDYT]

@IBETHISNAMEISTAKEN buy her joe's garage. fantastic albums

[@nortonisnotron]

1968 dude.

[@Blink182plus44equ226]

@YourArf I always thought his instrumentals were pretty good. Like the Sheik Yerbouti.

[@zekky1000]

that's impossible, the song was made in 1969 wasn't it? Anyway The Mothers were great players, so the difference from a live to a studio is very hard to tell unless there are some clear notifiers

[@1968dps]

Zappa was a tremendous guitarist... Pity he didn't record more!!! If Frank had say, recorded an album of tracks similar in structure to Willie The Pimp, '69, the album would probably have been rated amongst the greatest rock ventures of all fucking time... RIP...

[@MrPeckington]

@1968dps He still has numerous albums in the vault, but Gail Zappa and the Zappa Family Trust only release one every now and then to make money. It's definitely not how Frank would have wanted it.

[@pherrington13]

Get out and vote ! ;-)

[@gloriabornn9232]

R.I.P.FRANKIE

[@xenakis9]

And what movie was this music for?

[@spookybaba]

The titles you mention, you're saying are 60s releases. They're 70s, Motha. Ain't they????? :-/

[@tcrawley222]

Pitty he didnt record more???? I know of 420 albums he recorded!!!

[@1968dps]

It's all relative. Yes, I certainly have heard Hot Rats. I stand by my guns. It's movie music apart from WTP. And that's all I was saying. If Zapper had spent less time recording avant garde shit and more time recording stuff like WTP he might have produced a truly awesome rock record. In 1969. I'm not talking about later on. I personally enjoy late sixties heavy rock. With WTP Zapper proved he could wig-out with the very best. I absolutely loved the axe playing on WTP.........

[@Zombywoof91]

@IBETHISNAMEISTAKEN what songs?

[@manoftheworld1000]

Best part is at 3:30/LOL!

[@SaltAndPepperSoldier]

@LayenPipes I know 120 albums from him...

[@mothafuckajones666]

Tripe? Hot Rats? No, I don't think you've heard Hot Rats. That's one of the best albums ever.

[@rizprocker]

@Malam4rco lol!

[@lilgunnboy]

If you like Zappa, try listening to some Captain Beefheart

[@grant1r]

@1968dps I don't think his music has ever been guitar oriented... He did have lots of amazing guitar playing throughout his albums in any given year. His 'experimental crap' has gained a lot of recognition from people in all different disciplines. I am so sorry you don't appreciate the aesthetic.

[@1968dps]

Sorry I meant guitar oriented stuff in 1969 onward instead of experimental crap...

[@lucasbaugher7768]

I'm voting for Nanook.....the muffin man is not out for our best interests...little green Rosetta ,ya....youbetcha

[@mothafuckajones666]

>avant garde shit Oh, you mean Frank Zappa was doing something way different and original compared to the fairly samey hard rock scene of the late 60s? Yeah fuck that, he should have just sounded like everyone else! Zappa didn't want to be put along with those groups on purpose. He wanted to be a composer, not just a rock musician. His work around this time ("Peaches en Regalia," "Holiday in Berlin") are some of the most challenging and brilliant works of the 60s by way of their originality.

[@pudman31]

No, the Apostrophe(') was right.

[@simonmcgrath4112]

We miss u Frank!! Just imagine the fun he'd have writing songs about the Trump presidency?? Maybe there's a parallel universe were FZ is president??

[@yb4neal]

Well he is no Justin Biber, thankfully.

[@xALLIGATOxSNAPZx]

4 people's mama's* If you're going to be unoriginal at least do it right

[@lastdaysguitar]

I like this song better fast paced - like it was on Weasles... it just loses too much energy here.

[@rrrrrrr6028]

فين العرب يهو؟🙂

[@precisionb]

Whatever the Bands name or music is NO Comparison to FRANK ZAPPA & The Mothers Sorry bud. I have a few bands myselfa and I don't think I'll ever be that creative!

[@mikevlade4221]

Ukulele..Roe.

[@itsBayFreshALLday]

No commercial potential what so ever. Are you hung UP? I rather be a rock then a cop!