I then went out to buy a Frank Zappa album and was surprised to find out that nothing else he recorded sounded even remotely like "Valley Girl."
By all accounts, Frank was a staunch anti-Communist, but he despised Joe McCarthy, and that’s what probably made him so anti-Republican.
Yeah ! Moon unit ! Dweezil!! The line goes on!
Thanks Frank for the memories and passing on your COOL JEANS 👖
An Era passed but it’s remnants live on! Back in the days of tortouse shell Varnet Sunglasses, Zinka, and all SoCal Beaches were White!!
The interviewer tried to get Mr. Zappa to talk about how he felt about his daughter performing the song live (she recorded it at age 14).
Frank Zappa sort of dodged the subject, but the interviewer persisted, and finally Frank said "look, if you're asking me if I'm going to let her go on the road with me, the answer is absolutely not."
I thought it was kind of a funny remark, given the wide-open sexual license of some of his early albums, which I heard when I was in eighth grade or so (1968 or '69). Made me chuckle as I drove to work that morning.
There will never be another Frank Zappa, but Dweezil trys.
Zappa was a musical genius but when he opened his mouth he was all over the place and full of himself. He would get into long anti-Christian rants on stage which I personally witnessed.
Frank - shut up and play yer guitar.
My Uncle, who passed away this year at 68, was only six years older than me.
I had VERY happy teenage years because of him and his extensive knowledge of GREAT music and artists.
I was fed a steady diet of Zappa. Thanks again, Uncle Jimmy! :)
“Goin to Montana soon. Gonna be a dental floss tycoon.”
@&$/@& now I'm triggered.
Thank you for posting.
As a bass player, I am amazed that the bass is what was played by his bassist(Scott Thunes) after being called in the middle of the night after a rehearsal to come back in and put some bass down. Here’s a favored bass-centric version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1bJo52lNsA
Frank’s comments:
“The bass line was written later?
The bass line was never written. It was the last thing that was added to the track. The track didn’t even have a bass part; it was just guitar and drums. And when Scott Thunes came in to do it, it was at a point where I thought if we left the guitar up high enough in the mix it would probably be thick enough where we wouldn’t even need a bass. But the engineer, Bob Stone, said, “Aw, go ahead and put on a bass line.” We were just about ready to go out and do a tour, and I brought Scott up to the studio one night after rehearsal. It took about an hour and a half, the same way as with Arthur Barrow on “No Not Now”—I said, “Play this: Boop, boop, boop,” and he did it. He was playing the bass through a Vox amp, and that’s what gives it that particular sound.”
http://www.donlope.net/fz/notes/Ship_Arriving_Too_Late_To_Save_A_Drowning_Witch.html
At the same time he was known for his avant guard rock in the US, he was regarded as the preeminent “chamber music” composer of the 20th Century in Europe. Only today are some of his compositions finally puzzling American classical musicians.
i like how she's dressed conservatively vs the bimbosFrank Zappa was the first concert I ever went to at the Long Beach Arena on New Years Eve 1974. I met him and his family quite a few times at their house in Hollywood Hills from the early 80’s until he died.