Frank Zappa TV Interview- Monday Conference Australia 1973 Robert Moore

Frank Zappa answers questions posed by Robert Moore and the members of audience about politics, rock n roll, sex, drugs, rock n roll consumer, advertising, propaganda, pop music,radio. A very interesting discussion, nonetheless.
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[@eduardoguizarperez8417]

I'm becoming addicted to hear Zappa talking, he's so smart and lucid and well articulated.

[@russk1971]

Mostly due to not being drunk or high like many of his peers. Finding him clean and sober was the normal thing on or off stage, proving that to be a great artist does not require chemical influences.

[@fleamarketfloppydisk]

What about his music?

[@danvincent2600]

Reminds me of iggy pop until he became the frontman for banks and holiday companies

[@markuskalchbrenner3284]

and he was talking things in a time , when you thought everything was alright and it wasn´t ->all the decisions from managers and businessmen were the same shit like nowadays(of course-> it was the same economy system) ! The only difference is that today you have more networks and they´re acting more sneaky because the trainig is more subtile -> propaganda had a lot of time to develope and the people are less critical ,I think

[@tomdaniels3392]

Not Me I have watched about 5 videos on this guy, I didn't know much about Him I know why, he is a bitter troll and had a very small following, I was born in 1969 listen to many forms of music, heard of this guy, but know one I ever met actually listened to him. He seems so angry about anything mainstream, He just wanted to be controversial instead of entertaining and I see why no one really listened to Him He is really just a jerk with a bad attitude , watch the faces of everybody in this interview, no one likes Him and no one wants to listen to his opinions. Ya that face you are using right now.............

[@sharktroubles]

Steve Vai once said that he and others in the band at the time would sometimes ask Frank Zappa things not so much for a particular answer, but just to hear what he'd say.

[@fidoflint]

I'm pretty sure that's just generally how questions work, universally.

[@sharktroubles]

@@fidoflint Learn to read.

[@dantecarouso]

@@sharktroubles i’m with fido

[@sharktroubles]

@@dantecarouso Go to reading comprehension class.

[@gordonely3591]

Woofers Woofing ​@@dantecarouso

[@brentwentfishing]

After watching this interview I am even more convinced that Frank was a genius that was way before his time. R.I.P. Mr. Zappa.

[@burleybater]

Yep. Curious thing. If you exchanged 1970 to 1973 with 2019 to 2022, Frank would hardly have skipped a beat, and would still be spot on. Which is pretty outrageous when you think about it. We think we're so 'new.' But this goes back 49 years, and so many of the same things were on the menu back then.

[@lastnamefirst4035]

@@burleybater you think Frank was the only smart guy? He had a platform to speak

[@d.w.5144]

My Son (12) thinks I am crasy then I look this videos or listen to Franks Musik. So I try to explain him what was going on here in Germany in the 80. So Frank Zappa helps me to get some history education to my son . Thank you Frank. Miss you.

[@PeterMayer]

Jean-Luc Ponty. Another graduate of Zappa U.

[@62Cristoforo]

Compared to U.S. and Canadian interviewers this Australian interviewer is asking more serious and intelligent questions, things the other interviewers seem to be incapable of wondering or thinking. Some types of audiences are just more intelligent than others, obviously.

[@petermata3161]

Bizarre and unapologetic also in your face !

[@Synth2000]

Compare this with current TV...

[@MacDisel1]

He answers every question, doesn't show any anger towards the questions, and is much more intelligent and media savvy than anyone else there

[@acohen1980]

Moore gave him that opportunity...Moore is on the same plane as Zappa

[@fidoflint]

@@acohen1980 Same plane? In what sense?

[@Butterking99]

Lmao the people that are asking questions are not even remotely in the same ball park it’s fucking hilarious

[@byHexted]

That’s so corny to just say “he’s smarter then anyone else there” okay so he’s smarter then you too, all the kids there are FANS, who were fans BEFORE you, at a time where it wasn’t popular music that’s considered classic and game changing.

[@byHexted]

I think they asked reasonable questions and had reasonable answers. Yall really take the genius out of Zappa by pretending everyone is super stupid and he’s the only normal smart one

[@capoleader3793]

I can't help but notice how much more intelligent young people were back then

[@lawrencesommers8779]

thank you for that ! makes sense to me.

[@Danuta628]

How I wish Frank was here today - his perspective holds up close to 50 years later

[@Afterworkinhours]

His insights are so relevant today .

[@helloitsmehb]

Hear hear

[@oterovidal2484]

He was such a great listener, he had answers for every single question and good ones too.

[@garymorgan3314]

Well said. Too right.

[@robertbodle2354]

I mostly agree, but he seems to have punted the political question a bit.

[@DeathRattlingWhore]

Yeah, a sign of intelligence.

[@TheCowMouth]

@@robertbodle2354 is it not wrong to provoke political discussion about things we disagree with?

[@cgrigalus]

23:56 damn Zappa thought this shit was true back in the 70s imagine wtf he would say now

[@TheSteelDialga]

civilization phases 4 and 5 would probably be even more ugly than the 3rd

[@ysf-psfx]

Brilliant answers, and a wide range of questions from simplistic to complex. Really impressed with the '73 Australian audience and their obvious respect for him.

[@melissarittlinger5429]

He is so smart that he answers every question as if it was given to him ahead of time. He is truly brilliant.

[@acohen1980]

and Moore is brilliant in his drawing out of Frank's views

[@davidburne9477]

Most of the talking heads on stage asking trite questions in search of a sound bite. . This was the country I grew up in. For those who want to see some hilarity, look for Norman Gunston’s interview with Frank. Norman blows some harp and Frank coolly offers him a big with the band. Very funny.

[@klausrain111]

He knew the questions before hand. He's clever and manipulative enough to do that.

[@tomdickandharry7024]

There was nothing brilliant about moore!

[@whiskeyriver4322]

........and forty-three years later, Frank Zappa is still remembered as a genius composer, legendary guitar virtuoso, and magnificent musical visionary and satirist. A one of a kind, self-taught maestro of the first order, that indeed all of the renaissance composers of the ages welcomed with open arms when he left this earth. His compositional manuscripts are testimony to the trivial atmosphere of this sometimes confrontational, always amusing interview. None of the questions, or even the answers mean anything. For Frank, and his millions of fans, it was all about the music; and nothing but the music. Anything else, was just a figment of the imagination........... Forty-three years on, and his intellect continues to sting with surprising awareness, insight and candor. His perspicacity is so overwhelmingly maintained and relevant to current times, so long after his passing, that it's amazing his name isn't a household word, in every household. A true renaissance man of the twentieth century; musical genius, multi-faceted technologist, humorist, social satirist, political commentator, author, producer, filmmaker, supporter of history in education, champion of the First Amendment, and advocate of voter responsibility. One of my generation's most painful losses when he succumbed to cancer. What great fortune it was for me to live during his lifetime............

[@trankgrappa]

truth spoken here! mind if i copy you text for occasional presenting to modern people (who have no idea about what a important person FZ was)? regards from a fellow appreciator of FZs output

[@whiskeyriver4322]

You may indeed. My opinions are free of charge, for anyone to digest, or discard. It's a pleasure to know that sometimes my thoughts are appreciated. Peace

[@trankgrappa]

great :)

[@patrickdesantos5262]

Amen.

[@uncadoug2715]

Whiskey River ...very well said

[@mark11967AD]

I was five years old when this interview took place. People, including Frank, are idealistic and straightforward here as compared to today. Nobody would or does talk this way anymore. Then it was macro thinking about overall agendas and evolvement.. intellectual and romantic. Now it’s micro about so many particular issues and scandals that are replaced daily. And frivolous really simply for ratings. Money and computers have truly taken over. The billionaires have taken over. It’s funny because I scoffed at all the serious idealism that’s what my generation did. We just wanted entertainment, drugs, and sex. And we were TV heads. Computers have only made it a million times more so empty and distracted. And now it’s all dissolving. Humanity.

[@JohnSmith-ij6ms]

youre not wrong. coming from a 23 year old

[@chrise842]

Sorry, but the billionaires haven't taken over. He came from them! He was sent by the military industrial complex to oversee the Laurel Canyon scene and form it for them. Dave McGowan

[@davidkocher2567]

Brilliant? Probably. The saddle shoes are the only thing that give me pause.

[@eis904]

He was really on his game at this point in 73. He had the best lineup these years following.

[@georgfrank1458]

Yeah, George Duke and Ruth Underwood, among others, remain closely associated with this creative period.

[@dunebillyofswanbeach4294]

The band was absolutely stellar during the mid 1970s period.

[@smwrbd]

Saw him at Cobo Hall in Detroit around 74.

[@robbinsteel]

I’m 74 & saw him 15 times. He was always great and respectful of his audience.

[@rosradley7366]

I wish George Carlin and Frank Zappa would have had their own music/comedy hour with total control over the output. A boy can dream.

[@bryanknechtel8001]

In 73 Carlin was still doing the hippy dippy weather man bit. Needless to say it wasn't close to his best stuff. George bloomed late and got better with age.

[@theresa42213]

l sure wish Frank were alive today. l miss him. There certainly will never be another Frank. Thank goodness for Dweezil, keeping his father's music going.

[@Funz2022]

Sure, but Dweezil's no Frank. They don't speak about the same things & they don't write the same way.

[@chickeastwater9883]

Stephen Morton not so much Infighting - its Gail Zappa , leaving the legacy (copywrite ect.) To Ahmet & Diva - Dweezil.- doesnt have that kind of money for Attorneys - Its a Very Strange situation

[@Chris_Stanley007]

@Stephen Morton Yup fuck Gail and fuck Ahmet & Diva. Seriously, diva??? Give me a fucking break. That bitch ain't done nothing to deserve anything.

[@adamkrauss303]

Dweezil is not only an astonishing guitarist but a humble warm individual. I have been at Dweezil shows with thousands in the audience and he stuck around after the show to chat with everyone who wanted the opportunity. And having seen many FZ shows from the late 70’s to his final performances, I must say that Dweezil takes some of his dad’s songs to new heights and with renewed energy. But it is FZ’s music after all.

[@hyacinthlynch843]

Dweezil is very talented but he doesn't posess genius.

[@spb7883]

20:35 - FZ discusses his early experience in advertising. It's intriguing that Zappa, Robert Crumb, and George Carlin all had experiences in advertising and/or radio before they "made it", and all had very similar cultural views about the United States. They saw conformity everywhere, whereas most of their contemporaries only saw conformity among their parents.

[@pablosmoglives]

Smart, respectful people everywhere. Must be an old video.

[@davemabee5798]

Must not be America.

[@teetoys76]

Dave mabee your an ass .

[@teetoys76]

I would say respectful , but not smart . Come on ...

[@adamkrauss303]

Sorry, but I find all of these people to be juvenile simpletons - albeit largely respectful ones. I am sad for them and for Frank that they just can’t recognize the brilliance of FZ and every band member he welcomed in to this elite group. I also have to say FZ is perhaps more patient than the Dali Lama in tolerating this innate, shallow and contrived questions. However, I wish Frank gave a little props to the mention of John McLaughlin, another musical genius in his own right.

[@brainsareus]

More like, neurotic white people; hyper-compartmentalizing the shit out of everything!

[@beachcomber2008]

Hooray for the internet. I had not heard this wonderful piece of music before, although from 1965 I had come to believe Frank Zappa to be the finest musician of the the twentieth century. This interview was also very good. !994, when Frank died, was a black year for me (blacker for him), but in the two thousand teens I'm still here and still hold Zappa in the highest esteem. His music is still brilliant and sparkling, and there is no-one anywhere that has surpassed him. It has been a very great pleasure to watch this.

[@sealisa1398]

Frank was a stellar communicator - good listener and stolid in verbal style, full of facts, logical and highly persuasive. Dripping with charisma. And on top of it all he was a paisano. “When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him”.

[@shinybeast8946]

Who said that?

[@kooale]

@@shinybeast8946 You can't search?... "When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him." - Jonathan Swift

[@shinybeast8946]

@@kooale When people quote something, they usually attribute it to a source.

[@AndrewGrey22]

It's almost like Frank arrived from the year 2080 to educate these people.

[@nikolajkrarup-os9gn]

He was so much ahead of his time. Sad he died so early.

[@stevenhigley1930]

ZAPPA is a musical genius, highly articulate,he has a genius I.Q.and speaks very intelligently ! Nobody compares to Zappas guitar playing and phrasing of words in his songs !!Zappa is very unique,he is the best!!!

[@stevenhigley1930]

Listening to Zappa speak is just as interesting as listening to him to perform!’

[@paulinebutcherbird]

@@stevenhigley1930 Listen to my interviews with FZ on YT, Pauline Butcher interviews Frank Zappa. It's divided into five parts: parenting, composing, TV evangelists, Party Hats, One last question.

[@MrChrispy777]

Frank Zappa was genius, perceptive, intuitive, transparent, articulate, clear-minded, stable, and highly skeptical. As a skilled critical thinker, you couldn't pull the wool over his eyes. He knew about the CIA, the Government(s), the entertainment and advertising industries, cultural trends, and much more. A true Renaissance Man.

[@nzoz1977]

46:00 ..... you'd never see an interviewer and audience member exchange like that on Australian TV these days.

[@MrRemcoLamberts]

This is one hundred % golden!. Just amazing to see Zappa so comfortable and at ease in this forum discussion (basically ABC's current Q&A program predecessor. Whatever you think of the (somewhat judgemental) questions , I believe it also shows Australia's as a country that is more liberal and open to non-conformity then the US of the UK at that time! It would have been interesting to know who some of the guest where (and how they look back on it now).

[@haydenwalton2766]

ah, the good old days - when music was good and aust journalists were intellectual

[@georgekraft1401]

This maybe the best in depth (could of gone all nite for me) interview I've seen. Frank's thoughts in many areas. The guy is still missed

[@JasonsGuitarJams]

It's funny how so many hosts try and make Frank fold under pressure. But he's just to smart for those suit and tie guys!!

[@acohen1980]

Agree 100%...Moore obviously 'gets' Zappa...and vice versa...it's a great moment in Aussie TV

[@SpaceCattttt]

Superb upload. Perfect format for Frank, this show. He wasn't forced to talk to just a boring interviewer but instead could address both a panel and the audience as well.

[@tomjeffersonwasright2288]

Zappa was a lion in a field of jackals.

[@marquezmargaret0]

tom jackson you meant jackasses, right?

[@jesusrocks7500]

His first "mass media" performance was on Steve Allen where he played a bicycle. That pretty much explains the phenomena of Frank.

[@scotsman6712]

Pronounced his name," Frank ZapPAW

[@stoggsherfnik4569]

I actually saw that when I was five or six years old, when I had just got my first bicycle and was fixing playing cards with a clothesline clip to the spokes of its wheels. I remember overhearing during the opening introductions something about “ coming up is a guest… ‘ plays the bicycle…’ My little boy brain just lit up😊🎉! It’s one of my first tv memories. By that time I had just learned the different orchestra instruments were, and the weirdest most complex looking one was the bassoon. A mad scientist invented a musical instrument, I thought, ah hah! That’s the one for me😅, I proclaimed. That really baffled the snot out of my parents. And then, that TV show Steve Alan, comes on and announces” man plays bicycle” I remember being mildly disappointed that my mom was not present so I could drag her into the living room and make her watch it. I have not yet discovered the existence of electric guitars, and I was also at the age where I still wanted to bang on everything in the kitchen.

[@mfasiscrackbeats3543]

easily one of my favorite musicians and his interviews are great, was always dropping knowledge💎

[@rubendrakkar]

jean luc ponty on violins

[@Chris_Stanley007]

Dude could always shred. His stuff with the Mahavishnu Orchestra was incredible too

[@geinikan1kan]

What a great upload. This period is so important. Zappa has formed an incredible group, and he was composing and performing some of his best compositions. His articulateness is a pleasure to listen to.

[@Patrick96322]

...when he answers: ''and so does March music! And does that bother you!??'' (around 16:30) FUCKING BRILLIANT !!!

[@MrUltraworld]

I find it amazing that Frank was able to finance shipping all of his gear and band members to Australia. It must have cost a fortune, and he wasn't a huge star commanding big fees to perform. I doubt he made any money. It says a lot about Frank. I loved Franks interviews, he was thoughtful with his answers.

[@cristicini]

Is it possible that he leased the equipment. That would make more sense.

[@MrUltraworld]

@@cristicini Many times Frank bought used gear and then sold it at the end of a tour.

[@Frunobulax74]

@MrUltraworld - There is no way Frank would have done the Australian tour if he wasn't going to profit. He was a small business. Doing tours that caused him to lose money would put him in major debt and or out of business. He couldn't afford to lose a lot of money like the big groups.

[@craigpage381]

One thing is clear... This man knew what he wanted Recognized the weight of and rate of opposition. And clearly. He knows how to answer before the presentation of a question. True self confidence..steadfast in his belief. He (to me) is an ICON.

[@RebuttalRecords]

Frank was a true visionary, he even predicted a pop icon (Michael Jackson) doing a cola commercial (Pepsi).

[@jasonbone5121]

He predicted the world we currently live in. Journey - Any Way You Want It - State Farm insurance Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train - Mitsubishi and Honda Van Halen - You Really Got Me - Nissan featuring GI Joe and Barbie Rush - Working Man - WalMart The Who - Won’t Get Fooled Again & Baba O’Reily - Nissan Cream - White Room - Apple Guns N’ Roses - Welcome To The Jungle - Taco Bell Queens Of The Stone Age - Smooth Sailing - Mountain Dew I could add more but it would take about an hour...

[@Chris_Stanley007]

Coke is still and always has been better though lol

[@thepuppethead1188]

actually lots of bands at the time had already done ads for Coke,The Who most prominently. It wasn't a prediction,just a statement.

[@thepuppethead1188]

@@jasonbone5121 most things where popular songs end up in ads are done by the labels who own the songs,not the bands.

[@dennishunt1590]

I loved Frank Zappa and still play play his wonderful music. Frank Zappa was a genius and not only because of his music.

[@papajay111]

The King of the social revolution ,,, this guy is the greatest satirist, non hippy, freak, best guitar player/orchestated rock music composer, non intellected intellectual that the mad freaky 60s ever created. And the world would not be the same place had he not been a part of it in such an influencing, yet non-influential way.

[@simonmcgrath4112]

god I love frank!! he in my opinion is and always will be the most articulate, knowledgeable and writer of some the the best songs that blow me away and I was very lucky to see him live!!! such a loss that could have been avoided by a simple test!!! long live frank and thank you to everyone who posts all these albums and other offerings!!!

[@lastnamefirst4035]

Long live Frank? He died in 1993

[@steveplattify]

That is an astonishingly thoughtful - and thought-provoking - programme. Hard to imagine any TV network that would do anything like it today. Although I was disappointed (but not surprised) not to hear more from the women members of the panel.

[@olly3700]

Just great. Really timeless. Hard to realise he's gone...

[@acohen1980]

Robert Moore gives Frank every opportunity to show his insight...both give a masterful performance

[@puturro]

too bad the other guests/panelists were interrupting him

[@gingercat777]

Never thought I'd hear Slade and Nuremberg in the same sentence....lol

[@nextmove]

Lighten up Jessica Alcorn. Frank only documented what went on on his tours and how people behave. If he had a degree in it he'd be called an anthropologist. No one forced the girls to turn up in dressing rooms or tour buses they did it by their own volition. In other words don't shoot the messenger !

[@SaintNektarios]

Don't you know that men control everything through the patriarchy and women have no control or responsibility over their own behaviour. It is always men's fault.

[@HectorSpector]

@@SaintNektarios Its so sad how wimen today are indoctrinated with that framework. It takes away empowerment from femenism. And the original sin of being born with a pp is creating a generation of simps and soyboiis.

[@paulinebutcherbird]

Is Jessica Alcorn the girl at the beginning who asks several questions, coyly?

[@قناةموسگو]

هل من عراقي سعودي عربي ?? موجودين

[@مهندالشمري-د6د]

قناة مـوسـگو نعم نعم

[@iSCUD]

نعم

[@victorrascon1716]

I wish I could read arabic:(

[@أبوبرزان-ق9ش]

نعم

[@abdalghafooryeos1185]

نعم يمني موجود

[@mikedemike5393]

the last great artist of the 20th century...Dada invocation...multi memetic...multi artformed merging synchronicity and xenochromatic audio and visual mediums....this man is still not fully understood....

[@mobiditch6848]

Great comment…

[@JoeContiMusic]

I keep re-discovering Frank and I just love it

[@mikebryan7060]

Me too. I think it will take a lifetime to take in his musical legacy

[@herakleitus]

4:33-9:50 Ironic, how the conversation about “dirty lyrics” segues into a clip of some of the most harmonically complex instrumental music you’ll hear in “rock.”

[@craigpage381]

Or in any style of music. For that matter!

[@executionsquad3926]

Noodling away, you mean.

[@dorianedwards8522]

What is truly interesting about Frank and his music is that here in the 21st century, his music is being introduced to a much larger audience than it ever was when he was alive and creating it. I think that there is a huge audience for Frank's music in the world today. It's amazing what the internet has allowed for the art of music. Experimental music has almost disappeared from contemporary music today. But Frank can still be experienced with the click of a mouse.

[@davidaston5773]

The panel is full of people who think they're cleverer than Zappa when in reality their thinking is the result of following limited and restrictive ideas. Plus, Zappa wasn't interested in fitting in or pleasing people to the detriment of himself or his creative output. Plus, he sees music in a simple honest way, while he's surrounded by, people who big it up so they can look and sound good.

[@zootsootful]

The whole thing feels like they were trying to corner him. No small task when you're faced with someone as forthright as Zappa was.

[@peterstonehouse3194]

Thank goodness for common sense and Frank Zappa, the genie of how to make complicated notions just common sense

[@That1Guy]

The music is so beautifully sophisticated and being performed here on the highest level. Everyone on this panel seems not to notice that small detail.

[@kaykybernardes2471]

Please you can tell me the name of the song that play athe 5:10?

[@hahatarachine]

@@kaykybernardes2471 RDNZL is the name of the piece

[@slimshine953]

A unique interview indeed. Zappa being his usual honest, dry, unadulterated, unassuming, humorous, and witty self. People had hair! Oh and such cute girls in the audience!

[@seansweeney3532]

It's a very nice show here, in which Zappa is allowed to state his views on a lot of things, and field questions from every direction in his unique way. What a great time capsule!

[@FirstnameLastname-jz2oq]

i thought he was quite handsome

[@LoyalOpposition]

Arab and Sicilian mix will do that.

[@flossygallaway6565]

Yup simply yummy

[@craigpage381]

Thats your profile photo???? Jist kiddin around...

[@hackupboulders]

Jade you're a dog. :-)

[@thaisqueiroz3464]

A LOT

[@Chames_Chaikowski]

This man is as sharp as a tack 📌📌📌📌📌📌📌📌📌

[@acidtacos455]

watching him talk makes me wanna go sober, he sounds so smart and easily gets his point across

[@scotsman6712]

I support you Being sober is great,life is short enough even if you live to 100. So much opportunity to do things that are positive!

[@mantovannni]

Watching any Zappa interviews just gives me more respect for him. What a mind!

[@leftenanthiccups.4849]

Ah yes,1973.😎 I was ten,going to the fourth grade at Claremont Primary, close to the river. WA. The most important things that I can remember include this interview with Frank Zappa, because he was a ' yank' as well, on the tele. But, I loved my new country🇦🇺the other good memory was when the school made us line up on the sidewalk of Sterling Hwy ,to wave at Queen Elizabeth as she drove by on her way to Fremantle Hbr.🙂

[@vrod2144]

I'm just discover his interviews. What a amazing human being. Authentic, intelegent and stands behind his words through whole his career. Everything he says is gold.

[@jansdoe6963]

I miss Mr.Zappa and his music. When I was in high school I took myself too seriously and a friend "turned me on to" Mr.Zappa and The Mothers of Invention. My friend played "You Didn't Try To Call Me" on the record player. [Yea, I'm that old.} That song made me laugh at myself. I'm in debt to my friend & Mr. Zappa and the Mothers of Invention. I learned to laugh t myself. Oh yea, I forgot my parents. They too taught me to laugh at myself. Laughing helps ya stay off the shrink's chair.

[@tracylf5409]

RIP, Frank. The people in all of this were so uninformed, I cringed. I love you forever, Frank Zappa. Thank you to his passed-away band mates in, Mother of Invention. You're the best!

[@tommyt1971]

"What is Frank Zappa?" Nobody could ever figure it out -- including himself. And that was one of the coolest things about it.

[@pierodavies9508]

Self control in action! Some of those questions....sheeeesh. Was great seeing Chris Winter lurking in the audience, and firing off a couple of questions. I was fortunate enough to be listening to to Chris on 2JJ and answered a phone in question that resulted in my winning a copy (Vinyl) of 'Bongo Fury'. No mail out in those day's. I had to travel into Sydney (William St ABC Studio) to pick it up. It still sits in my collection.

[@barkofink]

Most important part, a musician has to be surprised by his and others one creativity, melodically essentially. This is not about doing scales all day long. Still relevant today, people don't understand anything to music including most of self-proclaimed "musicians".

[@johnran6015]

I've been learning scales from a guitar teacher the past few months, now these exercises are good for playing the entire fretboard but to me it seems just knowing the general location of notes, general order, and places where the pitch goes up, goes down is all you really need to know unless you're steadfast on copying well worn tropes. Nothing takes me out of a song more when I hear a piece of a guitar solo is clearly ambitious and technical but doesn't express anything other than "look at how much I practiced this".

[@danielwalker1991]

Frank Zappa was my "Guru" of musical humor with an insight into life since I was in highschool during the 1960's... May Zappa RIP.. 💪✌️❤️‍🩹🇺🇸

[@lyndapierson6338]

pure genius. hard to find nowadays

[@yobyob9369]

I have become a fan over the last few months because what a great mind just listen all his interviews I can

[@hmol1955]

The funny thing is that everybody is asking this 'freak' about everything as the one he really is: The most sain person tou have ever meet.

[@dougbenson3719]

BS at the cut at 'sounds like sexual perversion'

[@stevejames5863]

rock music back then was a powerful source. not definely good or bad, or sometimes good sometimes bad. but in late sixties, early seventies, rock and change were involved. change sometimes politically in a vague way. but it was powerful. sometimes it was cool, sometimes for some it was upsetting and so on. it goes on today in different ways. but what i like about zappa is he gave a different view then. he was not pro drugs, he told it basically straight, he played a more esoteric music for the people. i respect all of that.... someone like lennon, who was political back then , sometimes a good message, sometimes maybe a bad one, a certain pr, where he is somewhat hypocritical by 1980. zappa was never really hypocritical, he told it straight, basically, i respect that.

[@TreMc]

what an attentive, respectful, somewhat uptight and totally willing audience.

[@danvincent2600]

What’s amazing aboot this footage is how almost word for word he says the same things in 1984 on the MTV interview. Also, a tin teardrop

[@paulinebutcherbird]

He had a program of things he said in interviews, eg in mid 1980s it was all about TV evangelism, and then later about labelling records on suitability for children, during another period it was AIDS disease, etc.

[@215Gallagher]

Yes I remember watching this when I was 14, obviously I became an instant fan, one of the great minds of the 20th century.

[@burleybater]

My God, the woman at 11:00 and there it was, the typical question deconstructing the meaning into as aimless and purposeless a thing as the musings of a distracted and autistic toddler. I discovered how fucking brilliant Frank was at the perfect age of 17, when so much of Mothers was practically brand-new. Not being a television fan, I never really blundered into the interviews until much later in life, but I listened to the music well into my early twenties. Now I realize how much more brilliant Frank actually was, than what caught my sensibility then. I don't think we thought of it as ahead of its time, but all these years later, it's positively prophetic. One other thing. Maybe the thing we loved him for the most was the impeccable manners with which he trashed the pretensions of what was at the time, a pretty tame world. Only we didn't know that, then.

[@bobsyeruncle4841]

great upload Zappa knows his own mind- refreshing

[@joewirkus]

go to 23:55 and listen to what Frank says. What he says there is true in 2020 and always has been true of the USA.

[@dorianedwards8522]

Noddy Holder? That's funny, comparing anything that he did with anything Frank did. Although I must say, he managed to bring back the spirit of early rock and roll.

[@vasantiago3038]

Duke, Ponty, Zappa, hey! Blonde wants to be a groupie.

[@sealisa1398]

V A SANTIAGO She probably did end up that way with Frank...she’s clearly hot for him.

[@pedroleal7118]

Frank is probably one of the most honest artists in rock , and probably one of the most interesting. Music needs more of that kind of people, educated, cultivated, creative, proficient and no compromise? He is missed, and is probably one of the most interesting composers of the 20th century's end! These kind of artists are dangerous to today's 'music business', they stand for something, Music, not 'business'! History will tell!

[@donkkong5551]

Man i was and still am so influenced by this individual! The thing i respect the most about this man besides his musical talents and unique style of guitar playing and soloing is he had so much self confidence in himself and achieving his and or the American Dream. He set out to do what he wanted with his life and some how got it done and got paid for doing what he enjoyed in life. He managed to get people on the same page to perform his music on more than one occasion with more than one band which seemed to be every four years. Musicians were coming and going so fast he brought us some really talented people such as Aynsley Dunbar, George Duke, Chester Thompson, Ruth Underwood, Fowler Bros, Napoleon Murphy Brock on Tush Tush Tush Btw, Terry Bozzio, Vinnie Colaiuta, Steve Vai, Chad Wackerman, Mike Keneally, Tommy Mars, Ike Willis, Adrian Belew. The list go's on and on.. RIP FZ and Gail and thanks!

[@duanedrake5552]

frank zappa, gave me his silk jacket, 561-284-5969, I'm selling it now, ask for ***Rebel stevie***

[@StillBillyD92]

Don K Kong exactly how I feel about him too. Man I wish I was alive when he was.

[@donkkong5551]

Well his son has done a fantastic job reproducing his works. I see ZPZ every time they come around. Its a shame the family Is fighting.. I owned four Zappa albums when he died. I remember being in the tenth grade waking up for school and hearing it on the news that he died from prostate cancer. I had no idea he was sick like that and i was just opening up his collection and really just dissecting everything especially after he died... It sad... Extremely motivated individual, wish i had a ounce of that mans energy & intellect.... Peace my brother!

[@StewartGartland]

Nicely said. I started listening to Frank when I was 18. I'm nearly 58 and I am still listening to him. His music is so irreverent, raucous, funny, interesting and excellent. Good grief, cats like Ed Palermo are still releasing records interpreting his music. He was prolific, visionary and a great mind, not just within music. RIP Frank, we all miss you terribly.

[@donkkong5551]

+Stewart Gartland nicely said to you also! Imagine what Frank would be doing today, he would have been a great leader for this country!

[@timmccoy1750]

Now this was a very insghted, articulated sit down interview! And this was 50 years ago! Frank just was a visionary and knew where things were heading to....

[@clacclackerson3678]

"Would one of the women like to speak?" Australia, 1973.

[@rods6405]

In a perfect universe no! Sorry could not help myself!

[@TheSteelDialga]

@@rods6405 dude

[@jimjam51075]

​@@rods6405Per a 2020 Guardian article, the publishing industry is 80% female peers and 60% female supervisors. They get to speak plenty...

[@rods6405]

@@jimjam51075 And look at the mess the world is in ! "female supervisors' managers Ive worked with them (unfortunately) poor productivity, no profits , no planning at all but always the last to be made redundant but maybe that's because HR is...... You guessed it full of females.

[@Danuta628]

This dude is so ahead of his time. It amazes me the questions coming out of the panel just shows how boxed in their mentality is. Frank is so universally brilliant that they just hang on every word

[@lastnamefirst4035]

Too bad Frank wasn't smart enough to quit smoking cause of death being cancer

[@lastnamefirst4035]

"Universally brilliant"😀

[@louieo.blevinsmusic4197]

This was the comment I was looking for. Agreed, way ahead of his time. He apparently understood, what seems so obvious now, the games that are played to brainwash folks. It must’ve been real hard for him to take part in that generation where change seemed inevitable only to watch history repeat itself by tenfold. I’ve never been a huge fan of progressive experimental rock, more of a singer/songwriter guy, but he’s very fucking captivating none the less.

[@louieo.blevinsmusic4197]

@Lastname first I’ve seen you make backhander remarks under multiple comments. Meaning you’re going out of your way. Why is that?

[@hazeshi6779]

It's probably just an angry evangelical lol

[@MacDisel1]

Love the old Slade footage, platform shoes which FZ is also rocking, Get Down Get With It

[@charlesflint9048]

Regarding air time on commercial radio: In 1979-80 the cult band The Residents rented 1 minute ad slots on the radio for where they had composed over 40 one minute tracks to broadcast instead of ads for pizzas. These tracks are all on ‘The Commercial Album’ by The Residents. Having listened to these tracks many times I always smile while listening as to what reaction this music got from J.Public.

[@browningautomatic2393]

GREAT INTERVIEW ! WEDNESDAY 3/27/24 MARCH 27, 2024

[@levijm825]

Sad i wasnt alive in his lifetime. Brilliant man!

[@harryirene1]

Sanest one in the room?

[@cosmicdrifter287]

excellent,frank is right on the money throughout this program.

[@putridabomination]

I don't normally watch interviews but for Frank Zappa I've watched many. He is one of a kind. I've listened to over 30 of his albums so far. He is an inspiration and a role model. America's Best Kept Musical Secret! He simply is the best.

[@2hotnips]

Nice profile picture.

[@TheSteelDialga]

What a fantastic interview. Wish the interviewers had some better questions though. Weirdly specific stuff. Really cool format though, I love these long interviews

[@basedbattledroid3507]

Master of Time Signatures.

[@DrMackSplackem]

Frank was a huge inspiration for me. To this day, I'm using a chicken to measure it.

[@Maza675]

I've spent the last two weeks learning to play bicycle