Drummer reacts to "The Black Page" (Live) by Frank Zappa

What. The. Fuck.
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[@L33Reacts]

This literally shut my brain off by the end. This was one of the coolest pieces of music I have ever heard. Also RIP to Bozzio's forearms after this. If you would like to make a request or just send a one time donation, here's how! @L33Reacts - PayPal WWW.PATREON.COM/L33REACTS

[@DWHarper62]

This song was originally written as a percussion piece for Terry Bozzio and then expanded to the full band... One of the great landmarks in modern composition in the 20th century...

[@gerryk3114]

Watch the Movie BABY SNAKES and see TERRY IN ACTION !!! YES, THEY PLAYED IT LIVE !!! MANY TIMES

[@CribNotes]

In case you didn't know.....Steve Vai got his career started playing in Frank Zappa's band!!

[@gerryk3114]

Taught by Joe Satriani I SAW HIS FIRST APPEARANCE PALLADIUM NYC

[@salsalzman2325]

The sheet music for this is readily available. It is the most insane thing you will ever see in your life. Nested tuplets, especially the last 4 bars and the 11 note tuplet near the end - there is a reason this has been called one of the most complicated pieces of music ever written and it is a staple of modern orchestral music.

[@L33Reacts]

Bro I looked up the sheets and WTF now I see why it's called the black page.

[@L33Reacts]

Was that what I heard and I couldn't get over? That was insane. I've never heard anything like it.

[@markdyer6996]

I was going to say , please let those who don’t know , that this is Dweezil’s band , keeping his father’s music alive , albeit with some of Frank’s bands alumni . And to think he had to battle with his siblings ( who were in charge of the Zappa Family Trust which owns the rights ) to keep playing this music , is as mind boggling as it was sad . Thankfully tho they have settled those differences and Dweezil and his remarkable band plays on . Let’s have a lot more love for Dweezil and his cohort please folks 👏👏

[@Royale_with_Cheeze]

The Zappa Family Trust (Pretty much Ahmet and Diva in control) sold EVERYTHING to UMG. Dweezil doesn't have any plans to continue with Zappa Plays Zappa, sadly. If he wants to go back on tour again, he would likely have to pay a handsome licensing fee to UMG for the right to play the music and use the name.

[@markdyer6996]

Wow ! Thanks for that . I didn’t know that . I’ll check it out . How sad !

[@jamesw.5855]

I`ve told ya. 'City of Tiny Lights'. Live Halloween at the Palladium. Adrian Belew and a very young Terry Bozzio. Put it on your list.

[@HakanTunaMuzik]

Wish you had listened to the original Frank Zappa version from Live in New York, this is not Frank Zappa, it's his sons cover band, hence why it's called Zappa plays Zappa :-)

[@yodel_diploma2315]

I support that!

[@Royale_with_Cheeze]

Terry Bozzio posted a picture of a torn muscle in one of his arms. His arm was black. Black like The Black Page that this track is titled. When Frank wrote this for Terry, he told him to practice it a little each day. Two weeks later, Terry came into the studio and hammered it out for Frank. Frank's reaction: "Bozzio, you're a fkn genius!" Frank wrote music to the strengths and limits (and pushed those limits) of any given band member at the time. Because he changed members frequently, the next drummer had to be able to play this. I'm not a musician, but I'd ask that just because a previous otherworldly musician was able to master any given piece, does that mean that the next guy had to? It did in Frank's band. To quote a line from A Little Green Rosetta, "They're pretty good musicians."

[@gerryk3114]

THIS SHOW WAS ZAPPA PLAYS ZAPPA DWEEZIL’s BAND WITH TERRY AS A GUEST !!! JOE TRAVERS WAS THE DRUMMER, AND THE THIRD WAS A PERCUSSIONIST IN DWEEZILS GROUP. WATCH TERRY PLAY THE BLACK PAGE & MUCH MORE DURING THE CONCERT FOOTAGE ON BABY SNAKES THE MOVIE

[@steveowens2505]

Bozzio played drums for Jeff Beck, Korn, and Missing Persons who Miles Davis cited as a favorite group.

[@gustavlans1850]

Hey L33! You oughta react to 'The Illinois Enema Bandit' from LIVE IN NEW YORK from 1977. IT'S HILARIOUS! I've been in love with Zappa's music since seventh grade. Love Your Pod. MUSIC IS THE BEST/ Gustav (Goodstuff) from Sweden

[@Frustino]

Bozzio also sings while drumming another track called: Punky's Whips

[@pascalsimon9780]

Incredible Band with Dweezil ! And incredible music of FZ, So unique and beautiful...

[@ManuMasson]

Saw this tour in Paris in 2006. Great show, great memory.

[@jonasolsson2256]

Very nice reaction, I really enjoyed looking at your facial expressions and your appreciation of the music. Another great song for you, as a drummer, is ”Don’t You Ever Wash That Thing”. Zappa had two drummers and Ruth on percussion at the time and there is a drum battle in this song. One of my favorites, you will enjoy, I promise!

[@garyhernandezediting]

Crazy reaction dude!!! Keep discovering "the greatest American composer of our time Mr Frank Zappa"💪🏽💪🏽🎸🎵

[@Ferretbomber]

I saw them in Denver and Seattle on that first Zappa Plays Zappa tour, got to meet Dweezil at a sound check. He is there coolest guy in the industry. I'll never forget it.

[@sonicart1808]

You said it, Frank was a genius....great reaction thanks!

[@garybeaudette4208]

This DVD is fantastic, just amazing playing and you have to get this!!!

[@L33Reacts]

I'm gonna watch more from it for sure This show is NUTS lol

[@charlesschlee-z7f]

All one can say is, "wow!" By far the best live show I've ever witnessed. Incredible.

[@L33Reacts]

Absolutely nuts. Those people had the show of their lives hahaha

[@frankiezap]

The Torture Never Stops

[@frankszappaschin]

Seamless ,just seamless.

[@monkeyfist.348]

So glad you are turned on to Zappa. For fun, go back to "Crusing with Ruben and the Jets" album to see some early work. Jellyroll gumdrop is a great song...

[@gerryk3114]

CHECK OUT GREASY LOVE SONGS, WHICH IS CRUISING, WITH MORE !!!! BASICALLY THE SAME ALBUM, BUT

[@kevinbrown3082]

This concert was shown on the tv in the uk one night. Fell on it by accident channel hopping and got drawn in. Watched the whole thing in slack jawed amazement. Even my wife, who is not usually a fan of this sort of thing was riveted. Absolutely incredible.

[@donaldanderson6604]

There is a competition here in the UK run by the BBC for young classical musicians. The Black Page has been performed by some of the percussion finalists on prime time TV!

[@MrWaterpumpkin]

I like your spontaneous reaction. You are like a machinegun, man. And that's what a music reaction should be. Right on! My recomendation - a little nice polyrthmic song by the name of T"Mershi Douween... and many other FZ compositions. You just stepped into the trap....:)

[@GoodCorporateRobot]

You’re just starting to get it. Keep pushing the Zappa. Seems to me you won’t regret it.

[@L33Reacts]

Don't worry Tom were gonna be listening to plenty of Zappa... I'm hooked bro. He is the best of the best... I can already tell.

[@Royale_with_Cheeze]

A month from now, Dec. 4th, will mark 30 years since Frank "departed for his final tour", as was announced by his family upon his passing from this world. Those of us with grey hair are lucky enough to been there at the concerts through the 70s until 1988. Others, even older, since the 60s. Yikes! R.I.P. Frank, wherever you are!

[@L33Reacts]

Damn man... he died 5 months before I was born. That's insane. RIP frank... you were the realest.

[@Royale_with_Cheeze]

@@L33Reacts You want to hear a weird coincidence? Noting that Frank died on Dec. 4th, we go back in history to Dec. 4th, 1971. Exactly 22 years to the date before Frank passed, he and the band played in a place called The Casino in Montreux, Switzerland. You probably know the song Smoke On The Water by Deep Purple. That song is about the fire at that venue as the result of "Some stupid with a flare gun burned the place to the ground." Frank Zappa was playing a concert where the fire broke out and it could've killed him. It obviously didn't, but the coincidence of the date is interesting.

[@L33Reacts]

Holy shit that's crazy... almost like the fire caught up with him. May he rest in peace.

[@TheKwaze]

The best version is the original on the "Zappa Live in New York" album

[@petertrotman7708]

Moggio is a great song and Alien Orifice with Vai on both tracks are superb.

[@marinogrivonlaverde6963]

Zappa wrote the black page for Bozzio, who was in his band at the time ( a teenager Vai was in the band too) . Zappa knew one or two things about writing music , Terry knew as well just a little bit about readind charts , so the challenge was swrved : Zappa filled a white page with ink to chart this little something for his drummer to perform... not bad as a little song .

[@larrymn333]

He's got a lot of cool stuff, unique,goes way back and even us non musicians appreciate the band.

[@arjenav5968]

Not clear to me from what you said, but you are aware that this is not Frank Zappa, but his son Dweezil's band, playing dad's music insanely well? Thanks for doing this one, do try to listen to some other Zappa original renditions of this for your own sake, not reacting. You won't regret. Glad you discovered several angles of Frank Zappa's music. Try Jazz From Hell :)

[@kevinlese633]

I got to see Frank's twice. The first time I smoked something in the men's room before the concert and woke up for the Encore. And he was playing the national anthem. I didn't make the same mistake the second time.

[@jcf1963]

No Xylophone. It’s Marimba, Vibes, Glockenspiel.

[@RodneyCook-sm2gv]

First time on your channel First time hearing this. Instant subscribe.

[@L33Reacts]

Glad to have you Rodney! Welcome aboard 😀

[@frankaviza6362]

Doc at the Radar Station greatest Captain Beefheart album. Start with the last song, "Makin Love to a Vampire with a Monkey on My Knee'. It's mind blowing.

[@FireMunki63]

Zappa Plays Zappa is an American tribute act led by Dweezil Zappa, the elder son of late American composer and musician Frank Zappa, devoted to performing the music of Frank Zappa. Vai and Bozio were guests on the 2006 tour.

[@L33Reacts]

That's not even frank? That's dweezil? Whatttt the fuck? 🤣 well they sure fooled me... geez

[@L33Reacts]

I mostly talked about bozzio and Vai so I kinda skated by ⛸️ 🛼 👍 he was a genius composer though. Absolutely unequivocally awesome 👌

[@Royale_with_Cheeze]

@@bhidtrSw.65qqhwtsloUtDeklbne15 Young Dweezil came from the school of Eddie Van Halen, and, in fact, they were friends. EVH visited the Zappa home on occasion. Before Dweezil embarked on the Zappa Plays Zappa excursion in 2006, from whence this video comes, he basically threw out everything he knew about playing guitar and dedicated himself to learning how his father played. Frank had a unique take on the instrument, and Dweezil wanted to get it right. Like a Drill Seargent in the Marine Corps, completely breaking the recruits down and building them back up from scratch, that was pretty much the approach Dweezil took to the guitar. And it proved very worthwhile. Some folks would say that Dweezil Plays Zappa is a sham because there was only one Frank Zappa, and that the genius of Frank was his improvisational skills and that you never know what he'll conduct the band to do, can't be replicated by anybody, which is true. But if you want to hear somebody play and sound as close to Frank as you can, this is the stuff right here.

[@Royale_with_Cheeze]

@@bhidtrSw.65qqhwtsloUtDeklbne15 Same here. '76, '77, '78, '80, '81, '84 & '88. I wasn't old enough to see what I would've loved to, those tours from '73 through '75 with Nappy, Ruth, Duke and Chester!!

[@Hapmorii]

I love that album, "Spot Light Kid!!!"

[@alldayadventures5418]

Black Page is off the HOOK...! Try WAKA-JAWAKA for your next live Zappa Tune. His early days were very different from the late 70's Zappa...

[@steves2176]

It's called the Black Page because after Frank meticulously wrote it for Terry Bozzio to play, the page of sheet music looked "black" because of all those wild notes! Frank called it "statistically dense"! Talk about difficult to play! When Frank approached Terry after he wrote it, he said "Bozzio, what'dya think of this"? And Terry actually looked at the sheet music, freaked out and F'cking played it cold!! This is Dweezi Zappa, Frank's son, who formed this band that he called Zappa Plays Zappa in tribute of his father! In the concert, Dweezil plays a video of his dad on a large screen behind the drums playing something amazing on the very guitar that Dweezil was using during the show, and, Dweezil played along with his dad note by note. Afterwards, his voice was shaky with obvious emotion. Dweezil said that after picking his band members for this tour, they practiced for over TWO YEARS to get everything in the set absolutely down before going out on tour. Terry Bozzio was a major influence in my drumming since 1975-1979 where I personally believe he was at his best which is what Frank brought out of him! After Terry came Vinnie Colaiuta! He ain't no slouch either!!

[@Steve-cs2xd]

I still think you will really get of on Keep it Greasy from Joe's Garage - Vinnie Colaiuta on drums - fantastic!

[@L33Reacts]

I got Joe's garage on my list. I might take a swing and do the whole thing in one sitting lol

[@alldayadventures5418]

Great triple Album, "keep it greasy" is pure filth but music is fantastic. CHECK OUT: Joe's Garage The Musical. 2 hour video, done very well in 1999 by a collage troop. They did not hide any of the filth, they danced to it...!

[@alldayadventures5418]

@@L33Reacts One whole sitting will be very tough. Your head will be swimming with what is going on. It is a very different type of Album. I suggest doing (1) ACT at a time. That would be (3) 40 minute sessions, otherwise your brain may melt. Some of the most fantastic background music you will ever here, surrounded by lyrics that are Pure Filth...

[@Royale_with_Cheeze]

@@alldayadventures5418 Frank would argue with you on the description of filth. He said something to the effect of "There are no such thing as dirty words. There is no sound that can come out of your mouth that will send you to the place where the guy with the pointed stick and horns conducts his business."

[@frankszappaschin]

Im no musician but ive always like music , first found Zappa because of older family in 1985 , i just got his music straight away and never looked back , him and Beefheart just done things for me, no other music came close.

[@jazzyben]

L33, you are hooked for the rest of your life, just like I do( 73 y.o. From Holland)

[@latheofheaven1017]

That's the thing about Zappa. He had the silly nonsense side to him, and he also had the serious composer in him. Whether you do it on the channel or off, you have to watch/listen to the entire ZPZ video that came from, Lee. Absolutely stunning. In fact, I'm going to do that myself right now!

[@gerryk3114]

IF YOU LISTEN CLOSELY, EVEN WHAT YOU CALL SILLY STUFF, IT ALL MAKES A POINT (MUSIC) AND AS FRANK WOULD SAY: AIR SCULPTURES !!! MAKING A STATEMENT OR A MOOD

[@outernothingness1177]

This was originally written as a (written!) drum solo for Bozzio (The Black Page #1). And then Frank decided to add some other instruments and a melody to it, which made it all the more enjoyable (and weird). The title of the piece derives from the fact that all those polyrhytms and demisemiquavers turns the note page all black.

[@gregjones861]

To this day, this is my favorite Zappa composition. The rhythmic subdivisions are ... stupefying. As for the same guy writing this and Billy The Mountain, well, he famously said "Something I've never heard before? Give me that ALL THE TIME!" Uh, wait till you hear the Jazz From Hell album.

[@mirthkon]

One of Zappa's mantras was "Don't Stop. Keep Going." Enough said.

[@Upe-f9c]

So easy to get Zapped for life.

[@b.a.7228]

The most intense Zappa drumming song may be "Mo 'n Herb's Vacation."

[@davidisgett7801]

That BEAFHEART album is fantastic I'm gonna bboglarize ya

[@richardwirt3193]

This is Zappa plays Zappa Franks son

[@L33Reacts]

That's crazy I had no idea. I read the zappa plays zappa part and just thought it was frank being funny haha

[@MatChew75]

Yessssss, 2 great soundboard recordings of bozzio, just phenomenal. are not through the Zappa Family trust they r Zappa in Berlin78 and Vienna 78.

[@Asymmatrix]

Zappa did orchestral pieces and apparently the musicians commented about it being a black page due to being so many notes so this was based on that.

[@xlerb_again_to_music7908]

2nd listen. Another level, another planet, another reality

[@L33Reacts]

It absolutely is... glad you got to enjoy it again!🙂🙂

[@BreezyandtheBlazers-vd3xw]

Spotlight kid is fire my man. The moon was a drip on a dark hood!

[@andremartin5446]

City of Tiny Lights, Punky's Whip or Illinois Enema Bandit...next 3 choices from Zappa!

[@MJM1309]

Frank Zappa a drummer before moving to guitar wrote this music for drums. The reason it is called the black page is because there is not much white showing on the white paper. Terry Bozio said it was the hardest he has ever played. It was what Zappa gave Terry for his audition. Buckle up this will blow your mind as a drummer Enjoy In my years I never attempted this. I knew my limitations.

[@L33Reacts]

Yeah I couldn't even imagine trying this.... absolutely terrifying LOL

[@jeanclaudesagot7030]

hello ! it was not this number for the Bozzio 's audition ! at this time Black Page was not written

[@MJM1309]

Thank you for correcting me. I may have misspoke. I thought i Heard it in an interview or something like that. I will research @@jeanclaudesagot7030 Here is what I found ""Terry Ted" Bozzio won the audition to be in Zappa's band when, after he played, all of the other drummers behind him in line left. Zappa wrote "The Black Page" for Bozzio."

[@Royale_with_Cheeze]

@@jeanclaudesagot7030 Bozzio had already been playing for Frank since spring of '75. Frank whipped this monster on him sometime in '76 before the end of year shows in NYC, where the original release was recorded.

[@gerryk3114]

FIND TERRY PLAYING THE MELODY TO “IF 6 was 9” HENDRIX SOLO HIS DRUM KIT TALKED !!

[@davidpeters44]

This is the Zappa plays Zappa band, available on DVD.

[@MatChew75]

You can get your hands on halloween 77 bozzio and o'hearn at their finest. Rhythm section!!! Really any bootleg from 75 Through early 78 with Terry bozio is incredible. Live at Hammersmith Oden 78 Live at the philly spectrum 76 or Zappa/Erie 76, live in Australia Or any of the hundreds of great bootlegs on u tube from that era.

[@rofavilla]

Steve Vai, besides being Appa's "Little Italian Devil", was responsible to write down the final sheets of Zappa's hand written notation, even before being accepted as guitar player in the band, as he was considered too young and immature to start playing around by Zappa, but he was hired to working the notation for 400 bucks a week. nice video reaction, btw! Kudos and keep up the good music vibes!

[@Royale_with_Cheeze]

Steve Vai, 18-year-old Berklee College of Music student at the time, listened to The Black Page from the Zappa In New York album and was blown away by it. He took it upon himself to transcribe all the notes to that monster composition, to prove that he could read music, and sent it to Zappa's management company along with a cassette tape of his guitar playing. Frank told him to get his butt out to LA to audition, which was grueling and for which Vai thought he surely failed. Frank told him, "You passed the audition." But, as you said, at 18, Frank knew he was too young and not ready for the rigors of the road. Frank hired him to transcribe his guitar solos from the records (because they were never written, always improvised), and the result was The Frank Zappa Guitar Book. Vai worked for Frank in that capacity until Fall of '80 when he finally did go out on tour. Sure enough, as Frank predicted, Vai suffered from exhaustion, dehydration and other "touring can make you crazy" maladies, including an encounter with groupie Laurel Fishman that included a dalliance with a banana and a hairbrush, as immortalized in the song Stevie's Spanking.

[@CliffordLake]

If one understands that Frank Zappa started out as a percussionist and that a great portion of his compositions revolved around the percussion, things become clearer.

[@blahblah2556]

Spotlight kid is off the charts class

[@Sputryk]

The Black Page - so called due to the sheer volume of notes on the page. Mesmerising to a non-musician. Seen Dweezil and Co on stage twice - superb performances. Seen Frank's hologram performance - again, superb. His choice of musicians is simply inspired, capable of performing magic. Do yourself a favour, when Dweezil next tours...GO SEE! 🤘

[@Sputryk]

What next, you ask? The album The Grand Wazoo - avant-garde big band jazz fusion! 😎

[@MatChew75]

There's a show from 1978 live in Berlin. On the front is a painted picture of Frank jammin on his guitar or Vienna78 to incredible sounding bozzio bootlegs. But it's not from 78 is from 79. Also checkout Boston76, Zagreb75 & vienna78. All bozzio finest! Their on You Tube.

[@gerryk3114]

FYI, I HAVE ALMOST ALL OF THE 127 RELEASES NEVER BOUGHT THE VINYL BOX SETS, SINCE I ALREADY HAD EVERY VINYL RELEASED !!! SAW FRANK AT HALLOWEEN AND ANY OTHER SHOW AT THAT TIME

[@garyhernandezediting]

For some fun content watch Terry bozio and Steve vai's interview talking about the songs and working with Frank... GREAT STUFF

[@mlinderict]

Vai and Bozio played this with Frank. Frank was a composer and conductor. He rehearsed his groups until they could play every son perfectly, then he would direct them in different directions. Let's do this song as reggae tonight, etc. So many leading musicians came through his group. Genius, yes. If you compare the score for 'The Black Page I & II' and Stravinsky's Rite of Spring, you will see the nested '-tuplets' throughout.

[@Shaktidej]

Check out some of Magma's music. Christian Vander the drummer and composer was a beast in this prime. Best pieces are De Futura from the Udu Wudu album and Kohntark from the 1975 live. Out of this world music but not easy to listen to for newcomers.

[@wowwhywow]

there are four different actual versions of the Black Page by Zappa (and I guess you could sub divide those four versions) 1 This version .. which is the Zappa Live in New York version. Then there is 2. The Black Page 2 (Ska) with guitar solo (Which eventually contained guitar solo's for 2 other songs named Them or Us and Chalk Pie) and then there is 3. The Black Page (computer version) it was a flexidisc given away for free in a computer magazine. And last but not least "The Back Page the New Age version" from the 88 shows, so... just with the song The Black Page...lol... you could be here for a WEEK reacting to different versions.

[@andykelly4056]

Watch Zappa live in New York the black page on there. I know fuck all about music can not play an instrument but my ears tell me Zappa is levels above the best

[@kerbygator]

I'm 63, and I have been to 5 Frank Zappa concerts in the 1970's, back at the Uptown Theater in Chicago. Dweezil was just a lil kid then. Maybe 5 or 6 years old. We were always tripping on acid when we went. I think we paid 6 or 7 bucks a ticket for balcony seats. It was good acid too. lol I haven't seen Dweezil play. It just wouldn't be the same. Steve and Terry are way too old now.

[@arzemagic]

Can you imagine anybody writing and playing the stuff in 2024 I think not

[@gerryk3114]

I AM STILL WAITING FOR THE SHOW AT THE PALLADIUM IN NEW YORK WHEN VINNIE ON DRUMS !! FRANK & VINNIE USED THEIR INSTRUMENTS TO TALK TO EACH OTHER (a lot like The MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA) BACK AND FORTH BANTER !

[@Porkcylinder]

Where are they more? Did they all take a vow?

[@chrisogburn8240]

First part (drum solo): Black Page no 1 The hip musically accessible 2nd half The Black Page no 2

[@normandaubry]

Bozzio is simply amazing. Isaw Rush 6 times live in their prime between 1979 and 1986, and as much as I love Neil Peart I hate it when people say he’s the GOAT. The notion of GOAT doesn’t seem to make to me. I saw Bruford, Palmer, Collins, Barlow and Bozzio in their prime multiple time, and they’re all as good, if not better. And from that list and all the rock drummers that I have seen Bozzio is probably the most impressive one that I have seen technically, And he is, along with Bruford, the most innovative. I won’t even mention all the amazing drummers in jazz.

[@Shaktidej]

Yeah, so much talented drummers out there, impossible to say which is the best. Though a Zappa fan, I'm very fond of Dave Weckl's smooth drumming.

[@arzemagic]

I think it’s called, he comes from nowhere from ship arriving too late album

[@xlerb_again_to_music7908]

The most amazing thing about this, to me, is that FZ imaged this - then wrote it out. So all in his head. Yes, two composers have been called genius in their lifetime - Zappa and Fripp. Most things FZ touch golden... except when he wrote stuff at this level for full orchestra ...too much... but can highly recommend any track from _One Size Fits All_ (rock) or _Grand Wazoo_ (1940's big band; well it was until FZ got his hands on it) Greta fun! :)

[@salsalzman2325]

Zappa wrote this over several months, every time he added a new section he gave it to Terry to experiment with and learn. And of course, he had to expand it to full orchestra.

[@AqueousMantra]

Steve Vai has some videos on the "nested tuplet" thing Zappa did. It's not quite polyrhythms in the way of 2 overlapping time signatures, but how many notes fit into like a half note. Like a 5 tuplet fit into the quarter note of the pulse behind it. It's the 'falling down the stairs' sound to those fills

[@L33Reacts]

I'll have to look into it. That shit blew my mind. Never heard that happen before 😆😆😆 thanks for clearing it up

[@ronlasbury6891]

Subbed to see more Zappa reactions.

[@L33Reacts]

Glad to have you! Every Friday at 8:30 am EST!

[@Asymmatrix]

@L33Reacts have you heard The Illinois Enema Bandit or Purple Lagoon/Approximate from Zappa In New York. Frank and Michael Brecker. There isn't anything better. Also, Don Pardo. Let's go.

[@garyhernandezediting]

The name of the song is derived from Frank writing the song and there were so many notes to page was just black..

[@alexanderewing3779]

Check out Clear Spot by Beefheart. Probably his most accessible album but a goodie nonetheless!

[@xane4101]

He he, sorry to say but we´ve known that for 50 years. He was, still is, Zappa Lives!

[@L33Reacts]

He sure as shit does. Dude Is an icon.

[@gerryk3114]

THE GRAND WAZOO, HOT RATS, WAKA JAWAKA, WAKA WAZOO, ONE SIZE FITS ALL, OVER-NITE SENSATION !! JUST TO NAME A FEW. FIND A VERSION OF THE BLACK PAGE WITH RUTH UNDERWOOD ON VIBES RUTH PLAYING INCA ROADS !! RUTH PLAYING ANYTHING !! THEIR IS SOOOOO MUCH !!! WATERMELON IN EASTER HAY HAS TO BE ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GUITAR PIECES EVER

[@FREENG3000]

Try "Muffin Man" from the album "Bongo Fury" (not the version here on YT) As a drummer, i guess you'll like it.

[@kenlawless7247]

This is the notorious Drum piece written by Zappa that is supposedly unplayable. Probably why there are three drummers. Most people don't know Zappa started as a drummer.

[@stephen8477]

Love the zappa reactions! You should check out jacob collier!

[@axolotl8694]

nice reax! a bit sideways, but to hear Terry Bozzio in an utter monster track, band = UK, song = Carrying No Cross. I see you've done UK's In The Dead Of Night off their first album, but this one off their second is maybe their magnum opus, and Bozzio on drums. best to go straight to studio version... best YT is currently MyMuseMoviesAndMusic. live versions with video are terrible quality... live versions without, ehh, just go studio. maybe my ATF track that hardly anyone seems to know about. ;-)

[@gilbertgiuliani.4452]

His drums on the left side of the set are tuned to a note

[@davidcherry3107]

"Zappa is a fucking genius, bro." "You heard it here first." No, we've been herding it for decades. Find the sheet music online. It's impossible to play. Every note they played was written by Zappa.

[@stephenmichael8837]

Zappa and Captain Beefheart - Willie the Pimp off of the album HOT RATS. Try it

[@corriec67]

Crank some Frank!!!

[@Asymmatrix]

How about Black Napkins. The pink napkins go in the front the black napkins go in the back - FZ

[@lunamotionproductions9559]

Explore Zappa AFTER the Mothers, from his best period. Hot Rats - 1969 onward. I think his absolute hardcore best compositions are from 1969 - 1979, but there's plenty of awesome material after that. And it took a collection of the most masterful, dedicated band members to play his compositions. Sadly he pretty much gave up guitar playing after 1988, preferring to use the Syncalvier instead of a band.

[@LarryHelmeczy]

Nice Reaction. As others have probably mentioned this is "Zappa Plays Zappa"; Generally excellent interpretations. I also happen to be a Beefheart fan. My comment is that even though Zappa and Don Van Vliet were H.S. friends and they did a tour together, they aren't very much alike. Zappa was the consummate musician, capable of playing (and writing) in a wide range of genres: Beefheart could not read nor write music. His strengths were in his poetry and visual arts. He did have enough musical talent to create his own relatively narrow but unique sound that was loosely called "dada rock" . Also, Spotlight Kid (IMO) is not one of his better albums. My favorite is "Lick My Decals, Baby" . His 1st album (produced by Zappa) is also notorious " Trout Mask Replica" .You might like "The Blimp" from that one. If you are looking for something more commercial try the song ""Big Eyed Beans from Venus" from the "Clear Spot" album.

[@beyondscienceitaly]

hundreds of parts and no snare

[@jaimescott3041]

Sick

[@howardjohnrobertson7097]

"zappa is a fucking genius, you heard it here first". Ha ha. No.