For while I still have hair....

[tomsk]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8g4ygMGXU7Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gmlwVnCVsc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbjyuDYtAtk

Never surrender...with a hey nonny nonny and a ha cha cha...

[yogi]

While looking at those videos, I found this gem in the side panel. I used to watch the Steve Allen Show, but I don't recall ever seeing Frank Zappa on it as shown in this video. It's truly amazing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MewcnFl_6Y

[tomsk]

Well fan my brow...

[yogi]

We naturally change as we get older, but I'd never guess it was Frank Zappa in that video if I were not told so previously.

[tomsk]

Me too,
typical Frank though, always creating new sounds/music....

[yogi]

I'm wondering if he was serious about that cacophony or was he just pulling a prank to get the public exposure.

[tomsk]

I think he was being genuine ...have you heard any of his albums...?
I've only heard 'Hot rats ' all the way through and that a lone is FAR OUT!

[yogi]

Lovely title for an album, but no, I've not managed to hear it

[tomsk]

hE MADE 76 ALBUMS...
tHIS IS 'Peaches in regalia' the opening track from Hot rats...it's accessible and doesn't go on for hours!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGQxI0G6mKk

[yogi]

I've heard Frank Zappa compositions - who hasn't? - but as you might be able to tell music is not my specialty. Hot Rats never came to my attention on purpose but I may have listened to it unknowingly. Peaches En Regalia seems to be very representative of his style. I like it.

[tomsk]

do you have a favourite composition Yogi?

[yogi]

I had to look up the top works by Frank http://ultimateclassicrock.com/top-frank-zappa-songs/ in order to see what I remember. Valley Girl seems familiar, but that's about it. My memories of him begin with the revelation that he named his kids Moon Unit and Dweezle. I recall joking with my friends about it. The photograph on that web page is epic. That's how I remember Frank Zappa best. I think he was too advanced for my unrefined ears. Top Forty was my genre and I'm not sure Zappa's works were up there very often.

[tomsk]

It's mind boggling how much stuff he's written..
he is a genuine eccentric...