Frank Zappa is the greatest musician of the 20th century The official song title of this Watermelon In Easter Hay is Say "Playing A Guitar Solo With This Band Is Like Trying To Grow A Watermelon In Easter Hay" I told my son to send me this song at my funeral With this most beautiful guitar solo in the world
@peterbartolomeo9563 жыл бұрын
1000%!!!!!!
@peterbartolomeo9563 жыл бұрын
Hes never been equalled. Hes so deep into every aspect of music. Composing ...morphing sounds of completely different styles...Rock Blues Jazz Fusion Reggae....he did things that no one had the imagination. to try. Always incorporated comedy into his Albums
@danobrien3863 жыл бұрын
Please quit talking and enjoy his music. You will never see another musician like Frank. Take some time and educate yourself to Frank's music catalog. You won't be disappointed
@wowwhywow3 жыл бұрын
Zappa had a very complex sound system... this guitar had a switch that would send the pickups out of phaze which creates a certain sound that is undeniably Zappa... he would usually have one pick up set to a DI output which would go directly to the house board and pump out an ULTRA CLEAN sound that would then be mixed with his on stage set-up to create a crystal clear guitar in the mix of whatever sound he was using, and finally, he had a Marshall Amp that was using the wrong size head for the cabinets he used, which caused the guitar to do sustain feedback on any note he wanted. This technique is used the most on the song FILTHY HABITS from the album SLEEP DIRT and can be seen on live versions from '88 of the song ZOOT ALLURES.
@benmurphy76543 жыл бұрын
Steve Vai was his stunt guitarist. Zappa was known for composing music that was impossible to play and getting the best musicians he could to make it happen. He kept his band members on their toes. Classifying Zappa as blues is a mistake. You can't classify Zappa because he'd go from playing his own takes on everything from progressive rock to doo wop to soul to punk rock to cartoon music to jazz and sometimes even in the same song. He didn't play as fast as Vai, but he could compose stuff that pushed him to his limits and ultimately made him what he became. He also didn't give a damn and would say stuff in his lyrics that will shock you even today.
@zappafrank13 жыл бұрын
This song brings tears to my eyes every time
@supaflydude6663 жыл бұрын
Same here
@mauicesmith17623 жыл бұрын
Me too
@Leandro.Patagonia3 жыл бұрын
It's so nostalgic
@davetothebeard3 жыл бұрын
Good god! Stop talking.
@supaflydude6663 жыл бұрын
One of the most beautiful tunes ever to be written ❤️❤️
@andrewhoran70883 жыл бұрын
Many people request it be played at their funural
@DiscountDeity3 жыл бұрын
Zappa had a lot of bands over the years, each with its own style and sound and sense of humor. This looks like it's from the 1988 tour, which means the line-up is: Ike Willis (rhythm guitar/vocals) Mike Keneally (stunt guitar/keyboards/vocals) Robert Martin (keyboards/Synclavier/ vocals) Ed Mann (percussion/Synclavier/vocals) Scott Thunes (bass/mini-moog) Chad Wackerman (drums/electronic percussion) Walt Fowler (trumpet/flugelhorn/Synclavier) Bruce Fowler (trombone) Paul Carman (alto/soprano sax) Albert Wing (tenor sax) Kurt McGettrick (baritone sax)
@peterbartolomeo9563 жыл бұрын
You play 🎸 but never heard of Frank Zappa????? You never talk over a guitar solo....Frank Zappa is the GREATEST GUITARIST ....in my 62 yrs. Better than Hendrix better than Clapton....only Page and Beck...could be remotely compared to him Stevie Via was a Zappa Hang Around a sometimes student. Check out Stevie Via talks about Frank Zappa. Lifelong friends...Stevie Via knows NO ONE COMPARED TO FRANK. HE IS ALSO A TRUE GENIUS. HE WAS A COMPOSER OF CLASSICAL MUSIC. IF YOU PLAYED IN HIS BAND YOU HAD TO BE THE BEST. YOU. GREW UP IN A POST ROCK GENERATION YOU NEED TO DIG DEEP INTO ZAPPA. AND LED ZEPPELIN ...SOME LIVE JEFF BECK. GET BUSY....JR
@donaldanderson66043 жыл бұрын
This version of his band was described as the best band you never heard as the big band imploded on tour. They would play three hour sets and do different sets each night. Zappa expected phenomenal chops from his players and when I heard him with Vai I can honestly say it was the best gig I've ever seen. And I've seen most of the greats....
@somersetcace13 жыл бұрын
I saw him a couple of times on his Tinsel Town Rebellion tour, and yeah, I can attest it was pretty damned awesome.
@skippybiscuit95663 жыл бұрын
This is called genius
@MrButch88443 жыл бұрын
There is a ton of live footage of Zappa it's not hard to find
@osbjornmusic33663 жыл бұрын
Hey, I've enjoyed quite a lot of your videos lately, and I think you are on to something with this series. I listened to Zappa for the first time two years ago myself, and he is now one of my favorite guitarists. I like the fact that you talk during solos, its a reaction video so that's what these pompous people in the comments should expect :)
@pipco1212343 жыл бұрын
The genre is Zappa {-
@peterz44273 жыл бұрын
Frank always defied categorization, he was unique in so many ways... Did you know he's completely self taught? Never had any lessons. P.s. there's a really good version of this on You Can't Do That On stage Vol. 1.
@briangilbert2303 жыл бұрын
You'll like the tones he uses on the studio version.
@talknrock90053 жыл бұрын
Cool thanks, I'll look it up
@scotttrainer97043 жыл бұрын
He's a great player and writer.
@germanocolla26673 жыл бұрын
ok, but........for the beauty of the sound, the version of the album is unattainable. It is the one to listen / judge ...
@ericclinton73993 жыл бұрын
franks early influences were Johnny guitar watson, howling wolf and Clarence gatemouth brown,. he liked players that attacked the strings. even when he is playing soft melodic solos like this one, he is still picking the strings harder than you would expect, thsi allowed him to get those sustaining notes and that aggressive attack, Frank was instrumental in helping Steve Vai find his tone. when Frank hired him at 18 to transcribe his solos, Steve’s tome, in Vais own words, wasnt very good...he could shred but no matter what he played or thru, his tone wasnt that great. Frank told him his tone is in his head, it took Steve awhile to get it but he finally did by playing slow, and concentrating on hearing each note and adjusting his left and right hand techniques until ge finally had an image in his head of what he wanted to sound like and then figured out how to get that sound . Steve soent two years working on it while going to school and transcribing Franks solos from recordings of shows, at the age of 20, he was finally ready to take the stage with Zappa...the audition for Zappa’s band is reputedly the most difficult to pass, you had to be able to sight read, sing and change rhythm at the drop of a hat or in literal term at the twirl of a finger because Frank was constantly composing, even mid song mid concert, if he suddenly wanted the song to have a reggae feel, he had a hand signal to let the band know it...you should listen to the three shut and play your guitar albums, none of those songs are actually songs, the solos were taken from other songs, as were the rhythm tracks and drum tracks, he would splice them together, effectively creating new songs as part of his project object philosophy on music
@jedburnell90463 жыл бұрын
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 5 There is a name for this timing, but I haven't read music for decades. Moby Grape also had song like this except it was 3/4 instead of 4/5.
@zappafan34733 жыл бұрын
holy shit are you going to talk over the whole fucking song? you're supposedly a musician?
@johnnosiennek70663 жыл бұрын
Come on dude it's called controlled feed back,and I don't play guitar!
@WallyStreetify3 жыл бұрын
Steve Vai worshipped FZ, and eventually played in his band.
@ertlk243 жыл бұрын
This is the last song on Joe's Garage: "Joe's imaginary guitar solo" It's played in E-Lydian.
@boostedlss64502 жыл бұрын
This is one rare instance where the studio version is worth a listen if you love guitar tones.
@briangilbert2303 жыл бұрын
I prefer the the album version for artistry.
@TheSoundCenter Жыл бұрын
My sweet summer child, that is a bari sax, not a synth
@Grithron23 жыл бұрын
The band is big but not that big. Discounting the one-off electric orchestras (of Lumpy Gravy and the Royce Hall event), the biggest band Frank ever toured with was the Grand Wazoo in 1972 (no film footage but enough recordings exist). Some of Frank's more intense and exploratory solos happened in a just-loosely-structured number called TREACHEROUS CRETINS. But the version on the Shut Up... album isn't very representative: a better example is this one kzbin.info/www/bejne/nX3NeKKZmriYhNk (Vinnie C on drums) Or, to get an idea of how Frank can abruptly change the tone of a band jam when his solo turn arrives, try the CHUNGAS REVENGE which begins 1:13:47 minutes into this kzbin.info/www/bejne/iJrCq6qofMeZhKM (Terry Bozzio on drums, Hofner-Melodica solo from Andre Lewis)
@christophersleight193 жыл бұрын
Quiet young man, quiet. You are listening to the Greatest American composer in history. His guitar work is the most unique in the Galaxy. Quiet, shhhhhh!
@peterbartolomeo9563 жыл бұрын
Thank you. Hes too young. He has....NO CLUE
@christophersleight193 жыл бұрын
@@peterbartolomeo956 thanks, I lost my head. As my father "Pappy" would have said "Son, slow down. Your acting like a Bear Cub that just discovered his pecker." After Pappy died, I was visiting a really poorly funded Zoo in Wisconsin. I look into an enclosure, and in the back, almost hidden in a shadow is a perfectly round Ball of fur. It's squealing and snarfing Completely consumed with...... He lifts his head, it's a Cub and he was discovering himself. And suddenly my father's description of my nature was so accurate. I was "Bear Cubbing." Peter, thanks again. I hope my story was acceptable. My father was wise, and Dweezil's Dad was a rare Gem. Dweezil has really developed into an excellent guitar player. I really enjoy what he is doing. Some people don't approve, greetings from Colorado Springs Colorado, Christopher "Pher"
@benmurphy76543 жыл бұрын
You need to do his song Punkys Whips
@wtecosky3 жыл бұрын
Make this the National Anthem
@markgrant11633 жыл бұрын
Shaddup!
@lifesabeach25973 жыл бұрын
Anyone that mentored people like Steve Via is a master in my book
@talknrock90053 жыл бұрын
I would agree
@jeffmartin10263 жыл бұрын
The studio version is much, much better and much cleaner. You should check out his studio versions first to see what he does/has fun with that original track. Frank was a serious composer and often filled out his band with an array of instruments. Frank wrote everything from Do-Wop>Pop>Rock>Jazz>Full Orchestral >Pure Guitar Solo work. His lyrics range from social/sexual commentary, comedy, cheezy sci-fi, politics and vegitables. Suggestions: Brown Shoes Don't Make It Trouble Every Day Sofa #1 (Instrumental) Sofa #2 (lyrics) Montana Inca Roads Uncle Meat (and the variations) Joe's Garage
@talknrock90053 жыл бұрын
Thanks alot for all the feedback 🙂
@sabre69863 жыл бұрын
You should really listen to Joes Garage All the way through. not on your page just to hear it and understand :)
@sabre69863 жыл бұрын
This song is a part of a whole performance ;)
@Peter-K3 жыл бұрын
Here is another video you should check out, the Black Page 1&2, which is considered one of the most complicated pieces of rock music ever written. The name comes from what Frank Zappa's musicians used to call the sheet music he gave them, it was so dense with notes that it looked like a 'black page'...the band playing it is Frank's son Dweezil's, with Terry Bozzio on drums (the musician Frank originally wrote the tune for) and one of your favorites, Steve Vai... kzbin.info/www/bejne/l3W0dmtoetGsgMk
@GoodCorporateRobot3 жыл бұрын
Seems like you're into guitar. Let Frank show you. Listen to "Soup 'N Old Clothes" from Shut Up and Play Yer Guitar.
@mcleodkirk13 жыл бұрын
The bars alternate between 4/4 and 5/4
@matthewoconnor58383 жыл бұрын
Frank was a once in a lifetime artist,so brilliant and individual.
@Peter-K3 жыл бұрын
Dude, respectfully, you are too visually driven, music is about the sound, not the sights. Steve Vai owes his career to FZ, when he was 20 he joined the band, check out this link of him talking about his audition and first tour with Frank. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jqmUg5qrfaZnjqc The original version of WIEH from Joe's Garage is a better representation of it, IMO anyway, no video, just the music. If you want live performances there is a ton of it released by FZ, not video, but plenty of audio. There is a whole catalogue of songs released by the Zappa family on KZbin, just look it up. I would strongly suggest Willie the Pimp from Hot Rats 1969 as a very good example of FZ's prowess on the guitar...it really has a wicked jam. You could also check out the title track from the album Apostrophe, Frank and Jack Bruce (Bassist from Cream) share a great bass/guitar jam, crazy licks in that one.
@joshmastiff11283 жыл бұрын
I love the reactions but I like your skits better
@talknrock90053 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the feedback I would probably agree but the reactions seem to get more views 🤔🤷♂️
@zappafanseeker10993 жыл бұрын
@@talknrock9005 Your skits are fun, but by "reacting" to Zappa and Vai, you are tapping into some of the most enthusiastic rabid longterm fanbases on the planet. The more you do, the more you will show up in "our" suggestion columns, and people will want to comment and make suggestions, cuz thats just what we do. On your first FZ video on dec 26, 428Chase made a most astute comment recommendation to another video from the 1973 Swedish tour called dupree's paradise, and gave a link to a high quality video. not asking for a reaction video, just asking you to intently watch an example of a serious Zappa composition. I know at least half the people in that group, and can assure you that they were very happy and proud to be doing that music.
@talknrock90053 жыл бұрын
@@zappafanseeker1099 thanks for you comment I see what you mean and I definitely plan on keeping many reaction videos coming and I do really enjoy discovering all of this amazing music 🙂
@timkaufhold61633 жыл бұрын
You talk a lot let music play try something off yellow shark
@talknrock90053 жыл бұрын
Thanks I'm planning on cutting back on my blabbing in upcoming reactions 👍🙂
@jkl19603 жыл бұрын
The Yellow Shark is my most prized CD. I'm not sure this young man is ready for it though. Maybe he should listen to some Chunga's Revenge first. I'd recommend Road Ladies. LOL
@timkaufhold61633 жыл бұрын
@@jkl1960 think Frank Zappa music was and is so intense and original must people don't know what they heard.
@TarantuLandoCalcuLingus3 жыл бұрын
@@jkl1960 that's the most terriblest shit I've ever read