Let's go back a bit in time when things weren't messed up like now (at least a little bit lesser): Frank Zappa - 25 Years Extravaganza - Tv Doc. updated version of Rudi Dolezals austrian docu, most parts suitable for english speaking folks, ca.
30mins.
Eddie RUKidding - 23-11-2024 at 06:38
I love Burnt Weeny Sandwich but Uncle Meat is a much better LP
BWS, as we know come from when Zappa broke up the Mothers and although its good, I see it and Weasels both as post marks to the original Zappa era as
collages of material of what might have been.
Did Don Preston's solo exceed to sound barrier and caused the fire lolursinator2.0 - 6-12-2024 at 22:12
According to Don Preston it made Zappa mad that his musicians regulary received more applause for their soloing then he himself for his compositions.
Obviously Dons King Kong solo at least managed to light the fire of that stupid with a flare gun...
Btw, found a facebook entry today providing Zappas own version of that incident:
On December 4, 1971 the Montreux Casino burned down during a concert of Frank and the Mother’s .... the song of Deep Purple “smoke on the
water” was beginning to be born.Frank Zappa telling the story of the fire at the Montreux Casino, from "The Real Frank Zappa Book", pag.
112-113:
"On December 4 [1971], we were working at the Casino de Montreux in Geneva, Switzerland, right on the edge of the lake -just in front of Igor
Stravinsky Street- a venue noted for its jazz festivals. In the middle of Don Preston's synthesizer solo on "King Kong", the place
suddenly caught fire. Somebody in the audience had a bottle rocket or a Roman candle and fired it into the ceiling, at which point the rattan covering
started to burn (other versions of the story claim the blaze was the result of faulty wiring). There were between twenty-five hundred and three
thousand kids packed into the room -well over capacity.Since more kids were outside, trying to get in, the organizers had cleverly chained the exit
doors shut. When the fire began, the audience was left with two ways out: through the front door, which was pretty small, or through a plate-glass
window off to the side of the stage.I made an announcement -something like: "Please be calm. We have to leave here. There is a fire and why
don't we get out?". You'd be surprised how well people who speak only French can understand you when it's a matter of life and
death. They began filing out through the front door. As the room was filling with smoke, one of our roadies took an equipment case and smashed the big
window. The crew then began helping people to escape through it into some kind of garden place below. The band escaped through an underground tunnel
that led from behind the stage through the parking garage.A few minutes later the heating system in the building exploded, and some people were blown
through the window. Fortunately, nobody was killed and there were only a few minor injuries -however, the entire building, about thirteen million
dollars' worth, burned to the ground, and we lost all our equipment."
And but also, just another (AI-driven?) docu on youtube: What's Wrong with Frank Zappa 85minsEddie RUKidding - 6-12-2024 at 22:53
Yeah, had read Zappa's account, they were all lucky but lost all their gear.
I wonder what Synth Don lost. think Frank lost a switchmaster guitar.Eddie RUKidding - 7-12-2024 at 23:42
This is the best version of Carolina Hardcore Ecstasy i have heard by Zappa
Robert Martin update with Dr. Dot Bobby Martin on his health and financial issues (the latter caused by the first) and how we fans can help out.Eddie RUKidding - 29-3-2025 at 22:51
Frank Zappa interviewed at home 1983 11mins - about uncle meat movie, dislike of MTV, rerelease of old albums, riots at 82 show Eddie RUKidding - 7-6-2025 at 22:51
Cool - I used to watch that TV show but missed this Episode back in the day- if it ever got shown on TVursinator2.0 - 16-6-2025 at 01:03
great interview
Frank Zappa: 1976 radio "Inner View" interview by Jim Ladd contains the famous phrase of freedom being an illusion (somewhere in the 13th
minute)ursinator2.0 - 27-6-2025 at 17:09
Great! I guess this is the Öberg / Ågren cameo that Keneally is talking about. I remember once having seen that as video but pitily it seems to have
been erased from yt meanwhile: Mats & Morgan joins Zappa on-stage
Also didn't know that FZs illness was an issue that early. I always thought the tensions inside the band were the only reason for its self
destruction. What a pity that the six piece group never happened...Eddie RUKidding - 4-9-2025 at 23:18
Is good interview and sheds light on the last band, the 6 piece would have been a good thing- Zappa had prostrate issues (was misdiagnosed) for a
while. Eddie RUKidding - 10-9-2025 at 00:28
Travers says towards the end that he cannot come and go anymore as he used to all those years cause it is now other people who are responsible and
making the decisions - probably that type of accountant ruling the record companies, that FZ hated so much - who knows? I wonder if any more difficult
to listen to stuff will see the light of day ever...
think it could spell the end, Joe has so much knowledge of the tapesEddie RUKidding - 24-9-2025 at 05:20
Zappa on Dick Cavett Show 1971 [video of 200 Motels starts at [10:54]]
[00:15]Sofa
interview,
[10:54]200 Motels video excerpt
interview,
[14:38]Who Are The Brain Police
Zappanale 26 – Banned from Utopia
feat. napoleon murphy brock, denny walley, ed mann, robert martin, albert wing, ray white, tom fowler, robbie mangano
3:35 Chunga's Revenge
8:50 Zomby Woof
14:32 I'm The Slime
21:04 Village Of The Sun
26:08 Dupree's Paradise (/w Mats Öberg)
37:46 Society Pages
40:31 More Trouble Every Day (w/ minor Ray & Bobby kerfuffle)
46:32 I Ain't Got No Heart
48:46 Marque-Son's Chicken
56:20 Bobby got technical difficulties
58:26 Happy Birthday (to Albert Wing, maybe?)
59:10 Big Swifty
1:03:31 City Of Tiny Lites
1:11:10 Montana
1:19:17 Bamboozled By Love
1:23:45 Audience Members Conduct The Band
1:30:48 Denny Walley Solo/Bamboozled Outro
1:35:39 The Illinois Enema Bandit
1:48:49 Ray really doesn't wanna do Doreen
1:49:42 Andy
1:58:59 Whipping Post
Happy Zappadan everybody ursinator2.0 - 17-12-2025 at 19:40
Probably the same stuff (first ever FZ concert?) two times (haven't listened to it yet):
First the source audio and then a radio program that was derived from it.
