Moon Zappa Valley Girl

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[DallasBiff]

Frank Zappa was very perplexing, he could be very liberal and then be very conservative on issues.

[DallasBiff]

RIP, Frank Zappa.

[SamAdams76]

I was stationed at Camp Pendleton when this song came out. They played it endlessly on KROQ-Pasadena. A fun song and that was the way even girls in Escondido/Carlsbad/Oceanside talked at the time.

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."

[Disambiguator]

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."

One hit wonder.

/s

[dfwgator]

By all accounts, Frank was a staunch anti-Communist, but he despised Joe McCarthy, and that’s what probably made him so anti-Republican.

[dfwgator]

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."

LOL, it's not exactly "Inca Roads", is it?

[Truthoverpower]

Yeah ! Moon unit ! Dweezil!! The line goes on!

Thanks Frank for the memories and passing on your COOL JEANS 👖

[newfreep]

I became a single dad when my girls were 4 & 1 and living in Dayton,OH.

My oldest was a “tween” when “Valley Girl” came out and did her best to “talk the talk” - esp with her friends. It was cute...and quite the adventure.

She was surprised to learn her dad once lived in Hollywood, just over the Hlywd Hills from the famous SF Valley.

[sit-rep]

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!!

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tortoise*

[Steely Tom]

When this song came out on the radio back in the '80s, I heard an interview of Frank Zappa on some NPR show, probably Morning Edition.

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.

[ImpBill]

Nope “Valley Girl” was nothing like my favorite, “Nanook Rubs It”.

Do not eat yellow snow.

[mylife]

There will never be another Frank Zappa, but Dweezil trys.

[DallasBiff]

“Like” I lived in Huntington Beach in 82’ and for 2 weeks that June I drove my X-wife up to Pasadena for a job training session and all we heard on 106.7 KROQ was the “tubular” Valley Girl!

[mylife]

[plain talk]

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.

[Atticus]

I may be imagining it but I think Zappa had another novelty hit called Dancin’ Fool, an anti-disco track.

[Publius]

Frank Zappa: "Dancin' Fool"

[Diana in Wisconsin]

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! :)

[Hootowl99]

Blast it, it took me years to forget that song. Thanks a lot...

“Goin to Montana soon. Gonna be a dental floss tycoon.”

@&$/@& now I'm triggered.

[Atticus]

That’s it! Dancin’ Fool and Valley Girl lit up AM radio back in the day. Probably sold a lot of 45s like other novelty hits. Anyone remember Mr. Jaws?