Frank Zappa: the lost Interview, 1990 (Sub-Ita)
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Happy 80th birthday, Frank!
The whole interview by Niles Lesh from 1990, with improved audio and video [at the best of my capabilities :) ]
○ According to Mr. Lesh, it was recorded in 3 segments in LA in 1990, but never completed as a final project and therefore never released. That's why it's been called "the lost tapes" or "the lost interview", and it resurfaced back in 2008 thanks to the author.
This project meant to highlight Frank Zappa's 50th birthday and his 30 of the music industry most strident years! - Hudba
Thank you for posting this. Frank Zappa was one of the most original and important artists of the 20th century. Self taught composer and musician. Only had a high school education but intellectually beyond most of us. A tremendous loss he died so young. I'm glad people are still discovering and listening to his music and interviews.
Thank you for your comment. I've been working on this for weeks, only to share it with people who appreciate Frank like you do.
@@Andrea_Manconi Thanks very much from this guy here also. Can you share how did you get hold of this material, if you don’t mind? Cheers.
@@dago87able No problem: you can find it on YT, it's been around for years, but it's really washed up in some parts and cut to many pieces. I did my best to fix it and reupload it as a whole document.
@@Andrea_Manconi kudos for the job then! I was indeed aware of the separate clips on yt.
Brilliant
In this interview, FZ uses the term "candy-coated dictatorship" to describe what america was fast turning into. He was quite accurate. Now, in 2021, the candy coating has pretty much been worn off and we in the US are existing in what, for all practical purposes, amounts to an orwellian dystopia.
Something about politics , he’s a genius And his words make more sense today thanback then, maybe this is a bot response meant to elicit a response happy birthday Dwave from The Dr. demented show
This is The Central Scrutinzer
Same in Melbourne Australia
@Avalon Hike "How Pathetic it must be to earn your livelihood spreading worthless, divisive prattle. I Guess someone fed you alot of Crap at a young age
@@willbarrow8271 lmfaooo it’s not as though he’s wrong.
Listening to FRANK ZAPPA talk and being interviewed is twice as intresting as his music.To bad he only lived to be 53.imagine what he would have thought of what is going on today.R.I.P Frank, unfortunately, the world is really messed up without you.
Cynical, independent thinker, passionate musical genius, Soothsayer and misfit!
What a legacy (there’s more recordings still to be released)
Thanks for posting
Don’t forget on the spectrum spontaneous asshole with no ability or desire to treat people right. And i love the guy.
The humor of this man... just incredible! Thank you. 😂
So many folks have no idea what an absolutely brilliant guy Frank was.. not just a musical and compositional genius, but just simply brilliant.
This guy was a genius..far ahead of his time.
And to this day, being able to think for yourself and to think critically is labeled "eccentric" and "weird."
Thanks Frank and rest in peace.
I can't believe how much I was influenced by this man's music as a kid. My mother would listen to his album's. There would be times when his name would come in conversations and it would alway be in hushed tones. Now I am in my forties I see the interviews and have rediscovered the music on my own I don't feel so alone or cynical. He was a really honest man in a world that frankly was not interested. We could really use this man more now then ever.
Reading some comments here reminds me a poster I had of him from Guitar World magazine....saying "the stupidity of thinking it's cool to be stupid".
Well...Thanks for this interview, he's a genuine mind and awesome musical influence. Seeing Dweezil touring playing his music is always a treat.
I really like listening to his words and point of view.
Such an intriguing presence and relaxing voice. Gone too soon, Rip.
Im from Palmdale Lancaster ive been there my whole life. Zappa is honestly a legend to me.
Wow Frank has a amazing mind.
No doubt, a great thinker!
The world's a worse off place without him.
What a guy. Intellectual, charismatic and super, super cool. Very interesting interview.
If you look up cool in the dictionary, you will see Jimi Hendrix. If you look real close, you can see he’s holding up a picture of Frank Zappa
Frank zappa was a boring clown and an ignorant, he can not hold a candle to jimi hendrix
Frank was such a brave person! I wished I would be,too, if I would be in the situation that Zappa was...Frank, I will never forget...
One of the greatest composers, guitarists, philosophers and defenders of free speech of the 20th century.
I’ve always loved listening to Zappa talk.
I wish Frank was still around. I miss him.
What an absolute genius this man was. RIP
One extremely rare, honest, highly intelligent and highly creative man. A true human being and one I always loved and respected enormously. The light of his genius will never fade!.
Damn right. 👏
Frank nailed the future...incredible.
I miss him so much
damn i miss zappa
One can only imagine what FZ would think about social media, internet, media, climate, Democracy, etc...today.
I wish we still had him screaming his feelings about it from the roof tops
Fz made pretty accurate predictions for most of those. We actually know. Still would love to hear him verbally undress the current situation.
Miss you Mr Zappa.
Frank was a visionary.
This is a great interview. You can tell Zappa finds the questions interesting and was completely engaged with the chronological nature of questions and his reflection on historical events.
so refreshing to listen to a so down down down to earth person in touch with reality speaking the truth.
Arabic scales are an essential part of his guitar solos and compositions.
It will be good to remember that quintuple and sextuple thirds are exclusively European. But (notwithstanding evidences from other parts of the world) quadruple thirds and lesser tertial chains are European as well as Bantu African. Once more: Europe and Africa, related in their preference given to thirds, both in melody and in chordal organisation, were torn apart by a South Asiatic and Mediterranean wedge of quartal melodies." Curt Sachs The Wellsprings of Music p. 152
Hey Ben, didnt you write the ,poodle play’ -book about Frank’s music and his final last days? If so, thanks a lot. Ben van Pel Netherlands
He has Mixed a few styles of music together and is called a genius? Hahahaha thanks for the laugh he was a shit boring clown and his music too
So very intelligent, and well spoken and without the profanity. What a treat..
Thanks Andrea, Frank Zappa is such a great educator in many ways
R.I.P frank gone but not forgotten.
But very gone.
Wisdom personified..
Wish he was still with us… we need his music, his perspective, & his honesty today
We need George Carlin too
@@riceflatpicking4954 Carlin checked out before it really hit the fan. He laid out everything in his last specials.
Love how he clearly and expressively resents some of the questions, then proceeds to give a fantastic answer.
Great guitarist, great composer, great thinker. And funny too.
Nuff’ said!
🕺🏽💃🏽🍻🍻
a great satirist above all.
Zappa knew is own mind, very intelligent with a healthy distrust of authority he is sorely missed today.
What an interesting and intelligent man. I can see that he was cynical, but he knew what he was talking about!
It is amazing. I was watching an interview with Randy Bachman of the Guess Who and BTO fame. He said the exact same thing in an interview, almost word for word that Frank said in this interview, regarding the kind of music they had to play in order to get a gig. The main goal was keeping them dancing, and drinking. If they were not drinking you lost the gig. He told a story of how they got fired from a gig, but the manager couldn't replace them quick enough for the next night so he asked them to do one more night but to change their song list. They did and the guy not only kept them, but it was out of that, that spawned the hit Taking Care of Business. When they went to record it, that's a whole new story, for a different time.
I've noticed that the tales from the Swing era are just about the same!
OMG.. I met him and befriended him and miss him more than anyone I can think of including dead family members. Bloody musical genius and a very deeply thinking person about life, the universe and everything as Douglas Addams would put it ;P RIP Frank. I deeply miss you still. From Frank 2 Frank, heh..
Oh, and thx a ton for this little pearl of a live interview !!!!
And between all his so fucking smart remarks we see him sucking hard on that cigarette that ultimatly killed him. Soo sad.
@@Drifterella Thank you for such a great appreciation and the amazing story you just shared!
I agree with close to 10000% on everything he says.
Wow !! I could listen to him for hours/days/weeks/and months ..........
' As a young girl, I went to lots of Frank Zappa concerts . Listened his music much. Thanks !!!! ' ! ❤ ! " Responsibility Matters for ALL Lives " !
God I miss Frank
Always expect the unexpected when interviewing Frank Zappa.
This Interview Is From 1990...The Same Year That Zappa Was Diagnosed With Terminal Prostate Cancer.
Zappa Was Not Feeling Well In 1990...And It Shows.
Agreed...sounds a bit weak in his voice and looks tired...those cigarettes weren't good ole Frank
Unique, misunderstood, talented, abrasive, funny, complex.
Everything you said + brilliant + visionary.
What a beautiful human.
Frank Zappa is a Perfect example of that saying " You don't know what you've got till it's gone." I wish He would've run for President.👍
@@davebryant8050 It’s a shame how the Dems have turned to the party of censorship. It used to be the religious right wing nut jobs that wanted censorship. Well maybe you could call BLM and LGBTQ religions now though. they basically are in their own right. Zappa would not like Trump, but he would also not like Biden. He was always an independent and in fact was going to run for president before he got sick
Zappa was a boring clown and his music too
@@marlon-jl4ge 😄👍
@@marlon-jl4ge Stupidity is the most abundant element on earth. -FZ
I prefer to listen to street musicians , hahahaha
Instead of that shit clown zappa, hahahaha
FZ will be an Idol for million years. A Genius.
I love this man.
Thank you so much!
Thanks Andrea.
You're welcome Brian!
This guy was a genius not just as a composers and musician but as a human. His insight of the human race and politics is incredible. Music is the best!
and thanks for speaking the truth about Elvis, Frank!
Had me going for a second with that Rushmore thing
Fantastic - thanks for the share! 👍
I was blessed to see Frank in 78 at a small venue in R.I.. He played long that night and said he enjoyed the crowd.
I was fortunate enough to see 6 of his concerts; two with Flo & Eddy along with so many incredibly talented musicians. Can’t remember all the first bands to all the concerts… but here are a couple. Chuck Berry (the first concert seen) and a few years later The Birds of Fire Concert ;John McLaughlin with Ravi & his Orchestra. Love & peace Frank Zappa🙏🕊
Thank you for posting this
Fascinating conversation. A true visionary.
If Frank were still alive he'd have a plethora of songs reacting to what's going in this country.
if frank were alive, he would be very depressed
In 2022 Frank would start picking on the woke-tards and their delusional demands (because they beg to be mocked) and a bunch of PC Babies would have him canceled. Frank would be allowed no voice in this country today. The left-leaning corporations would silence him. Because Frank spoke the truth and that's taboo now.
The absurdity on BOTH sides of the culture would provide a never ending well of material
Thank you Zappa for keeping it real.
Excellent interview. Thank you.
The legendary Frank Zappa was so far ahead of his time on so many levels it aint even funny.
Thanks for sharing this! Great upload.
I really love listening to him
Great interview!
Zappa was brilliant. Totally one of a kind, multi-talented, multi-instrumentalist, with a hawk's vision of calling it like he sees it. There is so many gems in this interview, thank you for posting
Frank would hate whats happening in thw world today
The quality of this footage is perfectly synced with his tone and diction. At times ominous and bright. Que Viva Zappa!
Che bella questa intervista... Storia ragazzi storia!
Thank you so much for sharing this.💜
Damn, Zappa was a very well read person
Great, thanks for posting. What a great person he was.
Grazie per averla pubblicata.
So smart. So relevant to today. Uncle Frank!
What a brilliant interview. Thanks so much for posting this.
Frank never let me down. Ever! I feel so blessed to have his music in my life for over 50 years. Great interview. Xxx🎶🐵❤️
Great interview
Straight Up LEGENDARY GENIUS !!)
He describes 2016 perfectly!
A genius!!!
Thank you for posting this-I could listen to Mr Zappa all night RIP.
This is my favourite Frank Zappa interview. Prophetic in some parts, interesting in all
Try my interviews with Frank on You Tube: Pauline Bird interviews Frank Zappa. They are in five parts: Parenting, Composing, Evangelism, Jazz Party Hats, Ask me a question
Ah! Finally someone spliced together the separate parts (or found the whole interview). Nice!
"If I Was President" segment is outstanding
This man had a brilliant mind, independent and rational. I'm impressed.
It is true. He was real D.I.Y man in everything. He watched all news so he was very aware politics and society.
I don't know how much he knew macroeconomics?
Music industry he knew everything and MTV music ha ha.
He was a boring clown and his music too, hahahaha
You just got a new sub, this is the type of content that needs to be shared.
Thank you! I really appreciate that!
if like most people you hear this man’s music before you hear his philosophy it’s kinda the perfect fit 🙂👍.
No doubt Why this interview was ‘Lost’!
Thank You for Found it and post it !
Still super current for today!
A man with nearly total focus ❤ Love it or leave it…
All hail Frank Zappa. He was spot on, on every Point that he was asked about. Open minded (Like a parachute, it only works when it's open), on every subject. Bravo Frank and May you Rest in peace!
Frank Zappa very down to earth person and Great Musician.
One hell of an interview 👍
Thank you for posting this. So many quotable moments. I was only 7 in 1990 but I did get to hear Zappa plays Zappa live a couple years ago.
They played Frank’s music with the respect and precision required.
Keep it Greazy
Absolute GOLD. Thank you SO much for putting this out! PRICELESS.
could not agree more! really sheds a lot of light on Franks history, and musical career. What an absolute GEM!
He was prophetic as to what our government was and Is now
Saw Frank live in 1977 and was one the best concerts I ever saw...A real professional.