The Mothers Of Invention - Oh, In The Sky (1968)

[@CBGB42]

I like the part where he says oh in the sky

[@samuelgraves340]

Tom White 😂😂😂

[@DrJ-hx7wv]

It's better when he says "Oh in the Sky." You don't know what you're talking about (typical KZbin comment)

[@laneparker1219]

Yes me too, my second favorite is when he says all night long

[@Tank196958]

I missed that part, can you tag the time in a comment?

[@yugandali]

Tom White is definitely a man of discerning tastes.

[@devildog7355]

Ever since I made this my alarm, I have never been late to work.

[@divesatlive2899]

Damn, roflmao

[@Bluemax54]

That is funny

[@roberttrester4030]

I bet damn!

[@buddhahead7732]

LMFAO!!!!!!

[@grandwazooX]

lol cool

[@deadlysau5]

I want this song to be on my funeral

[@myhomeo429]

Not a bad idea. Works for me and my non religion.

[@lewipacheco9407]

me too

[@nightshadegatito]

You are SO right dude

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

Why wait? Have it in your wedding!

[@captlarry-3525]

why not have a Solar Tombstone that plays it continuosly ?

[@nathanwells3566]

Sounds like someone singing through a kazoo.

[@russg1801]

Or that snozz...same thing!

[@digurgel]

totally!! hahahahahah

[@mikewatkinson1996]

Those sarcastic zappa doowops make me lol every time

[@el_chief_dannyboy]

Mike Watkinson It’s actually R&B mann but doo wop is a sub-genre of R&B

[@IIMaRVII]

What are you talking about? This is doo wop without a doubt

[@desherman9526]

Saw them in Chicago in 1970. A heckler yelled "Those aren't the original Mothers!" And Frank Zappa yelled back "Now you stop that!"

[@nickandthecrisis]

Was it the Flo and Eddie mothers or the 1970 Reunion one with Ray Collins?

[@alan1james]

When a true lover of doowop listen to this (and other songs from Zappa), then he or she knows that Frank truly loved this wonderful style and that it couldn't be other way for doing it so perfectly and laugh of it so hilariously... Thanks Frank for all your Talent.

[@neilh9442]

❤ Frank-wop. It's like a jellyroll gumdrop!

[@judobongobuck]

Frank put the wop in the Do-pa do-wah wah pa-wop. @@neilh9442

[@spzm3x]

Memories of El Monte by Zappa ⭐️

[@e_laucas]

early zappa is so doo-wop influenced

[@andrewmcintosh5201]

Sounds like Axl Rose.

[@hr-sp]

fuckin lmao

[@EclecticoIconoclasta]

They are both from LA

[@chriso5374]

Right you are!!!!!

[@scottpierce68]

@@EclecticoIconoclasta Axl's from Indiana

[@juanelorriaga2840]

Actually Axl sounds like him

[@FZmustacheFZ]

I love the intro..beautiful. Frank's intentionally pissed off face followed by a hand signal for some lovely grumbling. Great stuff.

[@theelectrodefunhouse4651]

I played this for my cat. He left the room.

[@peytonparabdeen2413]

Oh boy, really?

[@vataksegen2588]

'I' played this for my room Some cat came in.

[@dave2870]

My snake left,even though he doesn't have ears.

[@Gnathorn]

My neighbors love this^^ They keep bangin my door like they wanna come inside and party with me^^

[@jan_Travis]

This is the kind of song that you'd hear at 4AM when you're very tired but can't sleep but something about this song starts making you cry.

[@laughingcorpsev2024]

Thats me right now actually

[@alexmirante9972]

Sounds personal

[@judobongobuck]

Now it's public. @@alexmirante9972

[@TheGrouch2000]

Yes, & for all the wrong reasons!

[@dtmstormphotography]

Zappa is the greatest musician to ever walk the earth 🌏🎶

[@dtmstormphotography]

@Roberto Ribeiro well, that’s your opinion, I disagree

[@HakanTunaMuzik]

I agree

[@harryvandenberg2867]

@@HakanTunaMuzik what a nonsence!!

[@HakanTunaMuzik]

@@harryvandenberg2867 what is nonsence is you tellimg me THAT MY OPINION is wrong lol

[@harryvandenberg2867]

@@HakanTunaMuzik This sounds so terrible that I can't name it music. I

[@BradBrassman]

The album Reuben and the jets embodies more of this style and is great. You can play it to 50's fans and they love it.

[@seanbush5056]

It's such an underappreciated record, fantastic stuff!

[@MyYTaccountName]

The quickest way to clear out a restaurant? Put this on the jukebox.

[@jjjd12346]

am I insane for actually thinking this song is super peaceful

[@danielcastaneda4356]

i dont think its peaceful because wtf right but i like it

[@theo9952]

yes !

[@panatypical]

mfjoey Like, rest in peaceful....

[@averagebritishguy7082]

Probably.

[@ethanmorrow4241]

I listen to extreme metal so you tell me...

[@quickthunder86]

This song is the answer on a question: "where is God?".

[@CptnWolfe]

I'm sure that song "he ain't real" is about where God is

[@GadgetInspektor]

And the answer to the question: Who is god. You

[@Butter1532]

Cptn. Wolfe That’s your opinion Dumb Ass

[@WhoCares-dl8zr]

@@Butter1532 Its okay I bet Santa isn't going to get him any gifts for Christmas

[@Just2532yd]

Cptn. Wolfe kzbin.info/www/bejne/nnOWnGadZ5eXm7s

[@chuckanziulewicz9926]

Interesting, if unfortunate, bit of trivia: The bass player and singer on that tune, Roy Estrada, is currently incarcerated in the Texas State Prison System. He was convicted for sex offenses, first having been convicted of child sex abuse in 1994 and serving six years' imprisonment, then pleading guilty to abuse of a young relative in 2012. He will not be eligible for release until 2036, at which time he will be 93 years old.

[@aaronbaraiya3692]

damn pretty interesting and unfortunate indeed

[@AqueousMantra]

God damn, that really ruins this song now. That's hard to process

[@harrisonwestphall2381]

Hope he hits those falsetto notes when his friendly co-prisoners are driving a freeway through his A#$.

[@barttheanorak]

@@AqueousMantraI take a small amount of comfort in the fact that his original stint in the Mothers and his brief period with Little Feat took place some years prior to his earliest known offences. But yeah he’s in the right place and I’m glad he’s not eligible for parole.

[@mustlovepretzels]

Frank Zappa described Roy Estrada as an "asthmatic Pachuko".

[@HappyCamper2025]

Lol. Roy is asthmatic. Once he and I were at a burger place in Anaheim and I noticed his lip got big. He must of had some kind of allergic reaction to a hot pepper. It went away but was hilarious.

[@wordvert7374]

The Punk of it's time.. Easily one of favorite band's ever..

[@el_chief_dannyboy]

word vert Punk? This is R&B

[@wordvert7374]

@@el_chief_dannyboy ....and beyond..

[@el_chief_dannyboy]

word vert Truuuuu

[@headleygrange6205]

He means the asthetic of this band is Punk, I believe, which is true

[@wonkylommiter6364]

Best Doo Wop ever! true sentiment re apathy, America and anywhere else, very relevant still.

[@judobongobuck]

This time is the 1st time I even heard this song ever! ThankYou thank you THANKS

[@ingenito919]

RIP Headphone users

[@Chromeape]

They should be grateful for the pleasure of dyeing in the hands of the mothers

[@peterm1826]

your not kidding

[@beastofmisery]

actually not true, using currently akg k550mk3 (with realtek sound card, I guess)and it sounds very good (realtek sound card, I guess), even the high notes of vocalist, love it

[@CptnWolfe]

This is the kind of song you like but hate yourself for liking it

[@odst522]

hey, what about no?

[@gaugebessert7617]

i love myself for liking this

[@texasray5237]

No, it's the kind of song I detest but forgive myself for detesting it.

[@mikedevine3984]

No way this is an all the windows down too loud in traffic! Whilst keeping a perfectly blank face.

[@marcap9757]

I love this song! I hate myself but not for this song ❤️👌🏼

[@kookamunga2458]

Just bought my 13 Zappa album "we are only in it for the money ." Frank was a genius and the rest of the band had to play to very high standard of musicianship. Even the mastering and mixing supreme . One happy customer ?

[@mu99ins]

I have "Burnt Weenie Sandwich" in my car's CD player.

[@headleygrange6205]

I have nearly all of The Mothers and Zappa on minty VINYL. Try not to be jealous lol

[@judobongobuck]

Well, you better eject it before it makes a mess. hehe @@mu99ins

[@judobongobuck]

jealousy is just another form of envious jello. We are already planning to visit the nearest record shop, you will not hold that record for long my good fan of Frank. I have somewhere btw 12 and 20, myself, but some are CDs and cassettes, not collectables.@@headleygrange6205

[@guitarheroplayer-fs5js]

@@headleygrange6205 Coloured green and minty or regular vinyl?

[@LuneyTune72]

I really love this song.

[@pfaffman100]

Fantastic afternoon made even better. Many Thank's for the post.

[@respite8456]

you know something is wrong when closed captions are not working

[@captainsoul1953]

I remember this!!...me and my brother Will watched it....black and white then...i wasnt like the other boys...still love it...cant believe its on youtube! Jim

[@roarinfireball]

Legendary performance. And not to mention the war on apathy speech I think is more relevant today than it was in a long time.

[@AlexReynard]

I enjoy singing this song at the top of my lungs while vacuuming. :)

[@paulkosik5474]

I lived thru this in 1968 and I loved it-Long Live Doo-Wop-Paul was here-04-12-16.

[@joelr.p.1990]

Best singer ever !

[@lofi73]

excellent vocal by Roy Estrada.Cracks me up every time!

[@Ivearted]

I’m about to listen to that again.....

[@G8GT364CI]

Jimmy Carl Black was an excellent R&B drummer.

[@jan_Travis]

Hell yeah he was! He wasn't flashy or technical like some of Frank's later drummers but the guy had rhythm! I love the beats from Freak Out! especially the Return of the Son of Monster Magnet! So many great beats to ste-..... "borrow" lol.

[@davidleewrath6919]

@@jan_Travis Perfect for what Frank wanted to do at the time. Every single player was.

[@DrelvanianGuardOffic]

Still better than The Chainsmokers or Selena Gomez..

[@tassomando5391]

A Voice Crying Out comparisons not needed at all. Every artist has their own way of making art. There are millions who love Selena and The Chainsmokers.

[@mynameisjack0618]

tasso mando He’s right. Your tastes are valid, and so is anyone else’s. I bet The Chainsmokers put as much soul into their art as Frank Zappa.

[@denver-gi7ot]

@@mynameisjack0618 Bullshit, Chainsmokers suck, objectively. They're just a manufactured group designed to make profits.

[@marinewelsh9927]

@@denver-gi7ot lmao okay boomer I don’t like the chain smokers either but music is subjective, narfman.

[@biffdorkinton555]

Cracked me up as a kid and still does.

[@TaylorHelmutf5c]

merry birthday, roy!

[@wilsonhaven]

Beautiful guitar!

[@jazzrabs]

This is just one of my favourite songs, damn so good.

[@tinofiniquity6083]

I’m pretty sure he’s actually singing “Oh who’s this guy” and the other line is “One night love”, making it about a kid who gets off with a girl one night but sees her getting off with someone else the next night; this makes more sense given the doo-wop music setting (the words of which tended to be about the highs and lows of teen romance) It’s brilliant because it tells you a whole story of young heartbreak using only two lines instead of a whole lyric...

[@RedGarnett-n2p]

He is

[@augustusbetucius2931]

I'm sure anyone can hear a range of things in the lines he sings. I clearly hear "Oh, in the sky".

[@Hkouggbmha]

No he’s saying in the sky

[@villaparis2]

Very sad to hear Roy is a pedo which I only discovered recently. The Mothers Of Invention was a deliberately freaky rock band which was always going to attract weirdo's but if Zappa had known about Roy he would have dropped him like a stone, unfortunate Zappa brought him back a few times. I thought there was something weird about him when he was playing with the blow up doll in Baby Snakes but I thought it was just for show. It's no consolation that Roy did his sex offences after Zappa died at least Roy was shown to be a freak

[@seanbrennan5192]

You haaaad to tell me that didn’t you... :(

[@Lubiaa]

so here's how it'll goes i'll still think he is a goddamn professional musician but fuck his sick fantasies

[@Lubiaa]

just like morissey

[@brandonhendrix7223]

I'm not implying Zappa knew about Roy's 'proclivities' but Gail once said this, which in hindsight raised eyebrows: ""Roy has his nerve complaining about FZ in interviews now and if I catch another example I will officially go on record for what he has never taken responsibility for and remind him that we did not report him to the police all those years ago." Who truly knows what she's talking about--maybe not related at all but still...

[@lindamaemullins5151]

@@brandonhendrix7223 😲🤨🤷‍♀️

[@captlarry-3525]

You have to be a hell of a good singer to pull this off. Killer parody, and the lyrics. We won't be forgetting them soon !

[@samosheppard6765]

LMFAO can't help it I'm in stitches it's just hell lol

[@Beto-pn6rl]

My favorite part is "This song goes out to Tencha, Nacho and Techa Aaaaayyyy!!" and then you hear the guy trying not to bust out laughing and without a doubt I love that tune Go cry on somebody elses shoulder

[@Romany1111]

Roy Estrada on bass and vocals. In prison for sex abuse of minor, not eligible for parole.

[@usware5240]

Lots of creepy vibes from a lot of the work in general. Frank seemed like a pervert to me.

[@johnolson5538]

@@usware5240 he must take after you.

[@augustusbetucius2931]

@@usware5240 Not a pervert, but definitely a serial adulterer, as well as often cold, uncaring and self absorbed.

[@TonyG0317]

I'm here because the girl I like dedicated this to me and well, wow, this just murdered all my expectations..

[@jan_Travis]

bruh, if i had a girl recommend me the mothers, i think i'd just want to marry that woman.

[@Just2532yd]

You should have married her

[@ThePowerpointMaster]

@@jan_Travis INSTANTLY, NO SECOND THOUGHTS

[@ABurgess]

man, the look on Frank's face at 0:11...

[@G8GT364CI]

What a great drummer Jimmy Carl Black was, he plays behind the beat perfectly, actually everyone is perfect in this. That Hofner bass sounds great.

[@michaelrfitzgerald3982]

Yes, I was impressed by how effective he was on this.

[@DistantLights]

He's the indian of the group

[@johnolson5538]

@@DistantLights What's there to live for? Who needs the Peace Corps?

[@skawashers]

Roy Estrada the vocalist should be singing.. oh behind bars.. oh behind bars, ,i`m behind bars because Roy Estrada cant help himself from fiddling with under 10s

[@JBroughton2]

William W. Campbell-Shepherd IX yeah and how many ancient civilizations engaged in slavery boomer? The whole idea that because a civilization of the past engaged in a certain activity that means “x” is acceptable, is nonsense. He molested children, I don’t care if they were 11 or 13, that’s unacceptable and he should at the least, be punished. This age of moral relativism we live in thanks to the yippie generation bringing it to the forefront in the 1960s, is destroying European civilization.

[@goonfish1704]

@William W. Campbell-Shepherd IX "ephobophilia" is literally something only fucking pedophiles say. absolutely disgusting comment.

[@ironfistovwudang3485]

@William W. Campbell-Shepherd IX Get the hell out of here with that liberal pseudoscience bull! "Not defending it" is everything you didn't do with that pleedophile sympathizing garbage you are masquerading as curiosity and everything that pleedophiles tell themselves while they're liberating their immoral seamen all over a child's innocence. People like you wouldn't dare say that to any real man in any tangible setting, because you'd get knocked out! Bless (Censored myself due to communist KZbin and it's war on free speech)

[@dtmstormphotography]

I love this song so much!! & this band so much! & Zappa So So Much!!

[@pgroove163]

his best band.....by far

[@harrisonwestphall2381]

"Before America scarfs up the world and shits on it....." 2017 Person: Whoops......

[@jg3rtub3]

From Oct 2019- my first thought? Too late!

[@makanekmalek]

Wait a minute! Is it Jimmy Carl Black the Indian of the group on the drums?

[@theo9952]

who else ?

[@Mister_Pedantic]

Artie Tripp is there too. They performed King Kong in this and you could see him.

[@myhomeo429]

Of course

[@thespewking]

ooooh roy. love this ....

[@seanbrennan5192]

After 3 or 4 listens this shit gets stuck in your head all day lmao fuck me

[@bigboredthing]

And people wonder why Zappa named his child Moon Unit...

[@theo9952]

erm... why ?

[@bigboredthing]

All the drugs dude, all those wonderful hallucinogenic drugs

[@theo9952]

bigboredthing But Frank Zappa's only drugs were coffee and cigarettes.

[@BrewsterMacKenzie]

Was this conspiracy led by Bigfoot and the guy who painted the WTC with thermite?

[@dazzaMusic]

...And he named his daughter Diva

[@mortimersnerd7185]

OMG @ 2:27....loved frank for most of my adult life...never realized just how much ahead of EVERYTHING this guy was.......I'm watching interviews of frank I was never exposed to before...the guy is 100% right.... Amerika is NOW scarfing everything up in the world and shitting on it.

[@mu99ins]

Let me say this carefully, so as not to offend... You wouldn't want America to scarf up the world and shit on it, would ya? Oh, absolutely not. Never. Stop it. I love simplistic politics. It's so tidy and easy to understand. I love Zappa music, and some of his politics WAS right on. And during the Vietnam War, people were wondering, what the heck? And so blanket statements were made, and people began to think...sort of. Anyhow, the upshot was, as always, they got some things right, and most things wrong. The Yippies (different than Hippies) of that era eventually took over education in America, so now, instead of Liberal education, the schools teach socialism, careful to not to name it as such. History has been deconstructed. Art has been deconstructed. Literature has been deconstructed. Free speech has been deconstructed. Math has been decolonized. Gender has been deconstructed. Males die at a higher rate during the Chinese virus pandemic, and so womanhood is the victim. kzbin.info/www/bejne/j4vbg4OaodStf6M

[@jamez1005]

this song always cheers me up.

[@spiritualkhamsa222vau-odel7]

I remember Frank growing up, He's a funny guy. Absolutely amazing, Haha 😄😃🌌🫂💫😍😁💖🤗

[@captlarry-3525]

I only knew him when he was older ...(rim shot)

[@sam_uelson]

It was probably rehearsed with Ray Collins singing

[@l_michi]

So much meaning

[@oknarbtal]

voice of an angel.

[@beastieboy9286]

With the heart of a child abusing devil.

[@3DDoor]

Great explanation by Zappa of his intentions at the end of the video.

[@jacekane2260]

Quite brilliant

[@Boxerdad]

They don't write them like that nowadays, Brilliant!

[@teameukussin3686]

1:31, the best part ever !

[@leguspocus3430]

Sublime!

[@zolarczakl3880]

I saw The Grandmothers way back when, featuring Roy Estrada, Bunk (or Buzz) Gardner, Don Preston, Billy Mundi, and somebody I've never heard of on guitar. It was a nightclub so very intimate setting. I got Roy to sing a few seconds of "Oh, In The Sky" I'm sure not many people ever requested that. This was long before KZbin made all of this possible.

[@cynthiatheendlesslyambitio6574]

Luv the post early 60’s Doo-wop flair, they can do a whole valli and everly brothers alternate renditions, and would still sound whole heartedly dope

[@BhikkhuMuffinMan]

the voice of an angel...

[@kacperfornal5998]

And child abuser

[@davidbolger2000AD]

Shame that Estrada only brought shame on himself by joining Children Of God/Family International and doing all that horrific shit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Had Frank known he would've *UNLEASHED AN AUTISTIC/NEURODIVERGENT RAGE UPON MOLEYSCUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*

[@RedGarnett-n2p]

Lmfao 😂😂😂

[@mathforphysics]

is that roy estrada singing ?

[@hotelandelevator1236]

3.5k views, this deserves way more

[@stereom]

It is now on "The Road Tapes Vol 1", a recent live album with a concert in Vancouver, a couple of months before this BBC date.

[@woofer32]

great to see this,,,,,

[@limpusshrimpus9810]

I always come back for that "This song is for" part

[@6789drummerdude]

one of the best songs ever.

[@southernoregoncatmom6519]

That's some interesting Doo-Wop!!!!! :)

[@LazzariJ]

:-) I remember this :-) I've never been the same since!

[@bikingfencer]

I had not heard that; it checks out. Damn

[@MarcBrewer]

Yup, it's the second most popular chord progression of early rock & roll.

[@ridhuanxvi5350]

Zappa force them to play along with him. They were his hostages. The part when the singer crying 'Oh, in the sky' is actually a hint of him trying to tell police they were kept hostages by Zappa. 😅

[@paddy5972]

Call the police is the last thing he would want to do

[@crowkid5553]

Funny considering he himself is still stuck there

[@SonOfCheepThrill]

totally love Roy's falsetto.. non fans = annoyed.. fans = this is so sweet.. the original MOI is always the best..!!

[@theo9952]

FZ playing chord background... Very rare.

[@slowuncle]

he played this style in doo wop bar bands from 59 thru 62 at least

[@peytonparabdeen2413]

Great performance, Elmo!

[@IThinkYouLookLarvely]

2:56 possibly the first time the BBC let the word "shit(s)" on TV?

[@laughingcorpsev2024]

0:17 this guy is the same person who was in the ending of the song called WPLJ lool i love him

[@carlosantuckwell]

Great send-up.

[@joejansen2277]

All I can SAY is I Lov it

[@Jjosh1358]

I WANT THAT BASS!

[@gregtutt3278]

Up In The Sky, Dont Ask Me Why x

[@pilotfish4171]

Ooooh in the jaiiiiil

[@LittleWhoreRecords]

This is my Shower song.

[@mu99ins]

What do you listen to when you take a bath?

[@lovevolv]

@ThePnewsome not the captain, roy estrada, who was later in the captain's band btw

[@walrus3479]

roy estrada on vocals ladies and gentlemen. he is currently incarcerated in the texas state prison system for child sex abuse related charges.

[@mu99ins]

You implication being that this is the type of music a teen sex abuser would make? I say, no. I do not conflate one's sexual urges to art. The Birdman of Alcatraz, who studied birds and their diseases, also wrote child pornography. So, should we discard his work with bird diseases?

[@walrus3479]

​@@mu99insnah i just thought it was funny

[@jlabsy9699]

It’s a tragedy what became of Roy Estrada (the guy singing)

[@jonnymcloughlin]

this is hilarious, you could never get away with this these days haha.

[@xwsftassell]

It's called "Who is This Guy?", not "Oh, in The Sky".

[@chrislcole6261]

This is gold