Zappa on drugs and politics

[@roddyboethius1722]

He was a breath of fresh air. He cared about a lot more than just music.

[@redlady935]

People talk about courage usually in relation to being able to "fight for your country"...but I think nothing takes more courage in this world than risking being your authentic self and sticking with what you believe despite the the barrage of misunderstandings and criticism. Zappa never deviated from that

[@surpriseofyourlife6452]

I thought back one day and have yet to change my mind. If Perot had picked Zappa as a running mate, this country could have finally been as the founding fathers intended. Perot would have been the brains, Zappa the heart...

[@ackerjawaka4742]

Stamp your foot 4 times 🔥 titties and beer ♠️ i get the picture ⚡

[@noodlewhitley]

One reason he may have been against drugs is that his bandmates got into them and it fucked up his tours! Can you imagine finally getting a group together to play your own compositions and when you tour, they're off looking for coke/crack? It must have been so frustrating for him.

[@vestibulate]

@noodlewhitley Those guys didn't spend any time looking for drugs. Drugs came looking for them.

[@tonybarnes3858]

I've always loved Zappa. But his drug of choice was tobacco, the new chemicalized American version, and it killed him.

[@waynegrabert6839]

He also liked beer. He died of prostate cancer, which affects even nonsmokers, so there is no definite connection there. However, you are right that it was his drug of choice and a poor one at that.

[@clintstewart5545]

the difference was legal,

[@waynegrabert6839]

@@clintstewart5545 I don't think legality had anything to do with it. Zappa wasn't the type to think one should blindly comply with authority. The difference was preference.

[@bryanfreeman5239]

@@waynegrabert6839 Not trying to be argumentative, but I think it's clear Frank drank very little. Cigs and coffee made Frank's world go 'round (in addition to music, of course).

[@waynegrabert6839]

@@bryanfreeman5239 Agreed.

[@V8AmericanMuscleCar]

I miss this guy! ❤️

[@I_Willenbrock_I]

*we

[@subsbeforeJulystwithvideos]

Amazing that he was and don't forget it there will never b no one ever like him ever 🖤 well done frank rip 🙏

[@carpballet]

Did you abbreviate “be” with “b?” Lol

[@martinbrodie8507]

I love Frank Zappa. I was in high school when 'Apostrophe' and "Overnight Sensation' (my favorite albums of his) came out. Unfortunately, Frank was in denial about his own deadly drug addiction -- tobacco.

[@inputimmersion9577]

C'mon we all know there's a big difference between using drugs that alter your behaviour, your mindset, your experiences, and tobacco that doesn't get you high. Why we pretending otherwise as if we're missing the point?

[@michaelshannon3136]

@@inputimmersion9577 as if tobacco doesn't alter your mindset and behavior, essentially it's an adult pacifier. you get upset or impeded in someway you lean back on nicotine, it changes your brain chemistry in a way you don't recognize or realize until you're too addicted or trying to quit

[@inputimmersion9577]

@@michaelshannon3136 Hilarious that you can't see how someone smoking a cigarette and smoking crack are different. You're just angling for an internet debate. You're on your own mate.

[@michaelshannon3136]

@@inputimmersion9577 never talked about crack you mad lol

[@twinsmm1]

so true.

[@karinande1000]

If Zappa was president i was glad.

[@subsbeforeJulystwithvideos]

My brother always listened to U frank luv U Lyn x🤗👌

[@Danuta628]

Dayum. I wish we were born at the same time. He is the dude for me !

[@stevenwynn646]

you forgot to say no homo

[@jamesfarrington9030]

Saw his longtime sidekick Ike Willis and Co play at World Cafe in Philly a few years back. Played all of Zappas tunes. Thats when I found out Gail had died.

[@fatalfngrz6831]

I would love to see a biopic of Zappa portrayed by John Turturro

[@Olter_]

Turturro is waaaaay too old

[@fatalfngrz6831]

@@Olter_ you're right

[@rockets4kids]

@@Olter_ 1990s era Turturro would have been perfect though

[@maryveron8721]

Zappa was one of the earlier woke people in America. Power to Zappa!

[@sehlordhorr8540]

Think he would’ve hated being called woke, mate 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@user-yy9vr3sh8j]

So he would have hated being acknowledged for not being a bigot towards any group?

[@bradmanharris7350]

Zappa would have ripped anyone that called themselves woke a new….

[@user-yy9vr3sh8j]

The same way he ripped a new asshole on the Religious-Right.

[@user-yy9vr3sh8j]

@@bradmanharris7350 What exactly does it mean to be woke?

[@kradius2169]

Some straight dope on Zappa, Paulekas, et al., in Dave McGowan's "Weird Scenes".

[@indiandaeng]

Zappa did smoke pot with Flo and Eddie frequently according to them.

[@nicknickson3650]

Not frequently, they said a handful of times he would smoke with them then just go off to bed. Later he said his experiences with weed were that it just hurts his throat and makes him sleepy and he didn't see any benefit to it.

[@bryancorts5389]

Sativa!@@nicknickson3650

[@richardhedd3080]

More Zappa

[@danmasters1568]

The Deathless Horsie in the background?

[@gadymarcus2362]

Magnifico.😭

[@chicchitammuottocifa]

Rare man

[@bartwisse8197]

Uncle Frank , a fairly rare kind of American , hell , a fairly rare kind of hooman !

[@bryanfreeman5239]

Unique, indeed. Me not agree with every little thing he said, but (in addition to great music) I feel he had an important perspective. Call me a fanboy, but truly believe the entire world would benefit had FZ reluctantly agreed to loiter on planet earth a few more decades.

[@nikolajkrarup8750]

One of a kind. A genious.

[@VedantaSutra]

One of the greatest geniuses of the 20th century, indeed.

[@john.premose]

Nah, he actually was a capitalist fool. My respect is gone when I found that out.

[@humphreygruntwhistle3946]

I'm somewhat surprised that he said he wasn't a Democrat because he was certainly far more liberal than conservative on most issues. Then again, he probably thought all politicians were worthless and didn't want to be associated with either party.

[@davidfulton179]

The late Brian Ingoldsby told us during an engineering class that during the Hot Rats sessions, a musician was smoking a joint and offered it to Frank. Frank happily took it... and stubbed it out on the guy's arm

[@xpat73]

He smoked like a chimney and it killed him.

[@lisasim]

Zappa's sanity is so needed, these days.

[@TheSillybits]

Zappa was the kind of person that didn’t need drugs to either see or avoid the insanity of our world. Cool is (his) rule 😎

[@russshives5024]

ROCK n ROLL ✌

[@wyrdingroom6081]

when i work, i'm on the Zappa diet; coffee and cigarettes.. zombie FZ4PRES 🤘

[@martinbrodie8507]

Grow a 🧠. Tobacco killed Zappa.

[@wyrdingroom6081]

@@martinbrodie8507 my mother never smoked an entire cigarette in her entire life yet died of lung cancer.. spoo

[@770WT]

@@wyrdingroom6081 Why increase your chances to get it ?

[@erniebuchinski3614]

Don't forget the Twinkies. You know, just to complete the "holy trinity". As long as you don't end up like Dan White . . . Twinkie defence! 😅

[@sunkintree]

@@martinbrodie8507 Zappa was a bit of a nut in some cases. He literally said he views tobacco like a vegetable. Something he just needs to smoke. Almost the exact rational any drug user has for their own drug use

[@OriginalMasters]

Sounds like he was about to sing The Dangerous Kitchen at the end.

[@kliterantv]

Musick is His Drugs ⚡🎸⚡

[@jakecordelli6643]

A KZbin video of a KZbin video, I like it.

[@kellyneese5216]

I NEVER DID TOO MANY DRUGS. I'M RETIRED AS A SOUND BOOM OP. OUT OF NYC, AND STILL TAKE UP THE CAUSE OF FRANK, AND BOULEZ. "THE PRESENT DAY COMPOSER, REFUSES TO DIE".

[@BreadandFaxes]

THE DANG

[@IronChef3]

"reasonably"

[@ionutsfetcu4550]

Yeah

[@allanmakela3011]

Sadly missed,he was aware,of all around him,and spoke with eloquence on things truthfully

[@CusterFlux]

I miss Uncle Fwank 😥

[@TarantuLandoCalcuLingus]

How could you cut off the dangeous kitchen?!

[@ryangettig274]

Interesting choice of words,didn't say he was not religious(private-personal),said he wasn't a religious Fanatic.He & Stanley Kubrick were often depicted as wacko-eccentric types,but were essentially Family Men.Not Ozzie &Harriet,orthe Cleavers,but Family Men:)Ain't life strange?:)

[@NotJoe101]

Ahh nooo.. Zappa was an atheist. Do just a little bit of research.. “My best advice to anyone who wants to raise a happy, mentally healthy child is: Keep him or her as far away from a church as you can.” "Take the Kama Sutra. How many people died from the Kama Sutra as opposed to the Bible? Who wins?" - Frank Zappa #quote #quotes

[@leonasert2276]

Church ≠ Religious Also the big note stuff on lumpy gravy, has some religious tendencies and reminds me a bit of goethe. Also there is an interview of him, where he talks about religion. Don't want to misquote him. It is from the 80s with larry king

[@ryangettig274]

@@leonasert2276 Holy Man& St Alphonso's Pancake Breakfast have a religious bent-He Rightfully hated the hypocritical tele-vangelist who were everywhere in Reagan's 80's.I just believe Frank was THE BEST GUITARIST EVER-Packard Goose from Joe's Garage just destroys me in a beautiful way-it's so melodic & gorgeous.

[@stevefaure415]

I think Zappa would have been pretty chill had he smoked weed instead of cigarettes. The guy was always so 1950's-esque uptight about everything, but had this huge creative talent at the same time. He needed to hang with Willie and Ozzy and Louis Armstrong for a couple nights.

[@djo-dji6018]

Better creative than chill. Weed destroys your brain, there's no reason to use it unless one has some specific health problems.

[@Chrhab]

I thought he was on politics when I read the title.

[@EmbraceBoredom-pr7rt]

Im pretty sure Zappa did all types of drugs early on 😵‍💫

[@thehairybeast9707]

Reasonable sane, Reasonably insane.

[@fackinmidgietook6953]

The elitist want you stoned or are you too stoned to get it?

[@raskolnikov1242]

troll. we love him anyways.

[@krisscanlon4051]

I'm neither Rep or Dem either...neither represents me...stuck in the middle with Frank lol

[@luigiromagnoli2116]

Gail Davis fatti curare da uno specialista molto bravo dammi retta

[@Koettnylle]

Cool, I'm watching youtube on youtube

[@edpreston1635]

He was against drugs but produced horrible sounds that only a hardcore drug addict would listen to. He hated his fans because he thought they were all stupid.

[@thomasdupont7186]

Zappo was a narc

[@DirtySanchez658]

Drunk caffeine and smoked continuously. Flat out liar!!

[@bravesfan714]

Cigarettes are bad. We all know that, and either Frank chose to reject that reality or was ignorant to it altogether. That being said - there is a huge difference between a drug like tobacco and drugs like cocaine, heroin, pills, etc. It's obvious he's talking about the latter class of "hard drugs" when he says "I don't do drugs". I'm pretty most people agree with this, but would rather start an nitpick argument over someone being hypocritical rather than appreciate a once-in-a-century musician and genius.

[@BennieWilll]

Tobacco and caffeine don't inhibit work. That's the difference.

[@joenorris8220]

@@BennieWilll Tobacco doesn't inhibit work? Lol, like the coworkers that need a cigarette break, every chance they get?

[@joenorris8220]

They're addictive. One is just legal.

[@bennyhillschineseblokechar3689]

Of course Frank did use one of the worst and most pointless "drugs" on the planet , aka cigarettes , and was extremely addicted to regular fixes of Nicotine.

[@chain8847]

Love Zappa. But he was addicted to stimulants. Caffeine and nicotine. So a bit of a hypocrite.

[@teemulusua3725]

"i'm reasonably sane." says the guy who named his child "Moon Unit"

[@hater2764]

He also had a sense of humour! Something you sadly don't have.....

[@throwaway692]

But you do abuse drugs. I'm a lifelong Zappa fan. But let's cut the shit. You drank beer and smoked cigarettes like you were inhaling air.

[@geoffpoole483]

I don't think he drank alcohol, but he certainly consumed a lot of tobacco and caffeine.

[@IronChef3]

​@@geoffpoole483 FZ was fairly well known for TGIF Margarita Night! get-togethers in his later years. Though I never witnessed it firsthand, I have it on good authority that Frank had a drink or two now and again.

[@raph2k01]

Zappa used to stay up for multiple days sometimes, obviously, he used tons of coffee and cigarettes to stimulate himself and stay awake. Just a very different person than the majority of people who sure like to rest and not work as much.

[@shihyuchu6753]

Give us your BEST evidence for the origin of life apart from GOD

[@mortenkalland]

money

[@shihyuchu6753]

@@mortenkalland Nonsensical response

[@mortenkalland]

@@shihyuchu6753 Paul said: The love of money is the root of all evil" The LOVE of Money. Control the textbook is power. Devil is a Liar. Follow the money.

[@shihyuchu6753]

@@mortenkalland Not "all evil" all KINDS of Evil. And this has nothing to do with the origin of life

[@mortenkalland]

@@shihyuchu6753 I believe you have made up your mind, but you don't know who planted the idea in your head. There "universe" must be created. Penis and vagina, eyes and ears. Worms, water. It is stupid to believe in that a creator has not created this automatic system. You believe a stupid idea. You are lying to your self. Religion is from the devil.

[@chriszablocki2460]

I think drugs and alcohol are humane. I'd even consider using some type of substance on farm animals before harvesting them for meat. I just think it's a touch of grace on the less savory side of life.

[@dragongeraldb]

He lies, i have seen him drinking Wild Turkey and snorting coke in 1982 at my house when i was a kid.

[@rasjjmitchell7977]

I certainly would like to know more about that!Is this true?

[@dragongeraldb]

@@rasjjmitchell7977 i was 11 and my mother was a mess, these guys and a few women came over and had a shit load of stuff, one was talking about coke and stuff, they had whiskey and one guy who i had seen a shitload at my house, before my mother left me was screaming how much he loved wild turkey and they all had something, i just assumed they were passing it around, i saw it go from hand to hand, one of the guys was Frank Zappa because before i left to go stay at my friends for a few days(thank god) my mother said bit to me like i was going to be awestruck, i was 11 and had no idea who he was and did not care, thats all i got.

[@rasjjmitchell7977]

@@dragongeraldb That's incredible! Wow!

[@aranykert]

would you destroy your public image or give a reason for the dirty media tongues? Why we can't lie to liars?

[@joelbarish]

Something tells me you're one of those people who would say anything just to get attention

[@duster71]

Like nobody knew this about Frank,what a waste of 29 seconds.

[@cayenne7792]

a waste of 29 seconds ??? what are you doing on KZbin or a computer for that matter if ya dont have 29 seconds or more to waste???

[@bryanfreeman5239]

duster71- Much of the world still knows barely even Frank's name, let alone his music or philosophies. Nuttin' wrong with more Frank exposure.

[@stevedotwood]

​@@bryanfreeman5239 The philostopher be of assistance to me

[@ZOOTSUITBEATNICK1]

Not as bad a waste of time as your comment

[@massimomoratti9491]

You spent over a minute to write this. As hol

[@steveoh9285]

Interesting guy, but his music was not appealing to me at all.

[@nataliep.9047]

Zappa's stance on drugs was the one thing about him I admired. Other than that, he was a hateful self-righteous hippie freak like all the rest of them.

[@erniebuchinski3614]

If you think Zappa was a hippie, then your ignorance is overwhelming. Just because someone has long hair doesn't mean that they embrace the counter culture, which Zappa never did. Try getting out of the house a bit more there, Sparky - you might actually learn something. Thanks for the laugh. 🤣

[@nickwolterman2137]

I like his moustache

[@bobbyjuju7442]

What kind of people do you prefer? War mongerers? Greedy capitalists? Religious nuts?

[@tonykemp3432]

That's garbage...he was taking vast amounts of LSD in the early 70s

[@Martin-iv6lq]

Yeah. He was a swell guy alright 🙄

[@chromaticnomadic]

He was a democrat

[@erniebuchinski3614]

Who cares what party he belonged to? What's that really go to do with anything?

[@chromaticnomadic]

@@erniebuchinski3614 i say it because he claimed to not be one.