Frank Zappa "Freeman Report" Part 1 of 5 October 26, 1981
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- This is a long interview with Frank Zappa from October 26, 1981.
This interview only aired once as far as I know and ironically, Zappa was playing his last concerts at "The Palladium" in New York City.
Covered in this interview is Frank's negative experiences with the stage hands unions.
One of the reasons Frank never played the Palladium after November 1, 1981 was due to excessive stage hand union costs associated with doing concerts at that venue.
The first thing I noted while editing this video is how relaxed Frank is and how good Sandi Freeman was at asking Frank open ended questions and then allowing Frank to answer.
It is the only interview I have ever watched with Frank where he has a decent interviewer and he is relaxed enough to get out of his "Frank Zappa" persona. Too bad he did not do more interviews like this.
For such a long interview it has few commercial breaks.
This is a 5 part interview.
I am sorry for the poor video quality. But even "back in the day" when I was heavily into trading video NOBODY had a better quality copy of this interview.
NOBODY.
For a long time I thought this interview was lost in my tape vault, fortunately, I found it.
Enjoy this little piece of FZ interview history. - Zábava
This man had a gun for a tongue and was constantly firing shots at the sad reality that is our society. RIP Zappa, you utter legend
Don’t worry there are some born like him.. ;)
Amen to what he's saying about the unions. David Gilmour had scheduled a concert in Montreal for his On An Island tour but had to cancel it due to disputes with the local unions.
This is an absolute gem!
Thanks for saving and posting this!
Thank YOU! What a gem..best FZ long interview I've seen.
Excellent interview! Love the person asking the questions, she does a better job than 90% of the zappa interviews iv seen on youtube
This video's descriptions answered a lot of my questions and thoughts from my previous comment on your other video with Kelly Lange's from 1980. Thank you so much koolstrike for this! Keep up!
Thank you so much for sharing this! I recently decided that i need to read his work, and this is a good start for me.
Thanks for posting!
awesome zappa, awesome interviewer and awesome koolstrike for uploading this stuff. thanks and keep it up!!
@koolstrike you are fighting the good fight man, thank you so much for this interview!
This is Hot Poop!
Really great post!
ARF.
I don't wanna go down!
more, please.
Frank was hitting nail right on the head!
Frank had it all... brilliance, talent , wit, candor and big hairy Italian balls.
Point after point. He’s not wrong, but he’s the right type of arrogant. This guy should be everyone’s motto
Would have loved to meet him one day...
I have some Zappa interviews in storage, and should take them out sometime.
Frank owes we a concert in the afterlife. The production manage F.U. his performance. See you in nirvana Frank.
@kurtizzyflush Ooh. I'll have to go digging. It was reported heavily in our local media at the time. They'd originally announced Montreal, Toronto, NYC as the three spots for the tour, and then Montreal got cancelled.
This is word for word from his book..before he wrote it !
Gold absolute gold... better than that.
A unique interview - the only one to feature the anecdote of his discovery of his younger brother's "kind-of" sexual abuse, which I think sheds light on certain controversial lyrics (circa 1976, get the drift?) and on the real reasons behind his own delinquent behavior (e.g the "explosions on parents' evening" incident - revenge on the teachers who wouldn't go to the defence his brother?)
Zappa was the best
i wonder if FZ would ever know these words would echo infinitely on the internet 30 years later
Was this interview conducted in the corner of the studio canteen?
fz is right and it still goes on and on
@shaynegryn Link to the Gilmour story?
press 1 to hear the barking pumpkin!
Be sure to digest the full interview.
Any reference Frank makes to the states is sadly encompassing the whole planet.
Dumb rules!
I was a friend of Sandi Freeman's son when I was a kid. We used to burn models in the backyard while she drank vodka all day. Good times.
My rule model
He was a good spook.
‘know what fuck it I’m just gonna come right out I’m exactly like Frank Zappa I have his story except for the incident he mentioned. I’m in hs help, I’m drowning in drama.
financial freedom? what's that?
The insurance companies in the doctors that make medical so miserable. Such a shame the doctors killed him.
Frank was 100% right about unions. Look what's happening in the public sector unions now.
'67? Freak Out came out in '65. Oh, the days before the internet when fact checking required giving a shit...
Actually....."FREAKOUT" came out in 1966! ❄😅❄
What's with all the talking in the background? Show some respect!
PLAIN SPOKEN HONESTY IS REFRESHING TO SOME, AND FRIGHTENING TO OTHERS. WHICH ONE ARE YOU?
Boo, Zappa, you are dead wrong about Unions and their benefits to society.
Interesting, Zappa type one each, Frank's so called music irritates my ears and annoys my mind. I would expect music to sooth my ears and instill motion in my soul. Frank developed a knack to compose sounds that only the mentally deranged can appreciate. His accomplishments demonstrate his evil master mind of the strange kind, a legend to lost souls with troubled minds.
***** Its like this, the people I knew that paid money for Zappa records back in the 1970's thought Zappa made their collection more valuable. I for one differ, I worked way to hard for my money to give it up to the likes of Zappa. Zappa worked hard to keep his recordings from getting played by radio stations so the only way to hear Zappa is to buy Zappa. To me that was Zappa's legacy, collecting money from record collectors. As far as music goes I call it like I hear it and Zappa is "NOISE POLLUTION."
Tony Iocca
Why, if you so dislike Zappa, do you view all the CZcams videos and post that ridiculous, moronic, unfounded comment each time? Your reply to +cooter92065 is at least your opinion & views on said topic.
Anyway....the wind blows.
Tony Iocca Most music I have discovered and enjoyed was without the assistance of commercial radio.
Well, you cant appretuate his music beacuse of two reasons:
1. You doesnt know anything about rythm and complexity.
2. You dont like his kind of music.
You dont have to be a lost soul to like his music, you have to know something about music so that you can see the complexity and also sort the complex notes. You cant like something you cant hear and you cant hear his brilliance.
Go back to listening to something made for braindeads like House or Dubstep and leave the brilliance to the people who understands it.