The Feuding Zappas

She's right, though. Once she got a clearer picture of Frank's "extracurricular activities", she's like "only four?".

On the Classic Albums DVD, she implies her contempt for those activities, but here, she comes right out and says it. It's interesting that she is both fascinated and repulsed by this aspect of Frank's life.

EDIT: Okay, I've gone back and started from the beginning. I can understand Frank liking Amy Grant's voice, but Spin Doctors? Really?

 

Is this a recent picture? (I don't understand this twitter mumbojumbo.) Moon looks quite younger here than on the other photo from her twitter page.

 

This pic was posted on Feb.25 of this year!
I assumed that was when it was taken.

 

That's a bit surprising, but then if he hadn't produced Grand Funk I doubt anyone would assume he liked them.

In one call-in show shortly before he died FZ mentioned that he liked the King Missile song "Detachable P@@@s."

 

Wait!

Frank has 4 other kids
besides the ones with Gail?!

 

I'm off the bus. I don't care for tribute bands anyway. I saw ZPZ's first tour and it was very good. No deed to see that again.

 

True. A bit more straight ahead rock than one might expect he would like.

I don't think it's shocking that the writer of "Bobby Brown Goes Down" would like that song.

 

The Spin Doctors were good musicians! I'm not surprised.

 

They were alright. Their hits were as basic as could be. Eric could play a nice guitsr solo. Doubt any of them could have cut it in Frank's post MOI bands.

 

I knew that spin doctors mention would wind people up!

Moon seems like a really nice person. Thoughtful, intelligent and really interesting to listen too.

For a newbie like myself, I have only read rumors of Frank's real self and talk that he may have not been the greatest guy on earth, it makes me winder is there any official record of this stuff? I read the real Frank Zappa (about 8 years ago) and remember is being relatively family friendly and while his songs can be interpreted in certain ways I always assumed they were tongue in cheek. Part of me wants to know, the other part of me just wants to remember the music and none of this crap.

 

If I remember correctly, in the autobiography Frank described having dinner with his family as a "mini-eternity." But it was pretty clear that he was proud of his children and their different talents.

 

Absolutely. Not just intelligent but brilliant!

 

If I got Moon correctly, she said something like she was not sure if her mother wasn't already out of her wits when she told her that...

 

Just as an aside, what the hell do these interviews have to do with the vinyl format? I have listened to the Moon episode and to the Derek Shulman episode. I admit I went a bit fast-forward in spots, but I could never find the connection...

Moon did say that her dad would come back from tours with armfuls of albums, but these just might have been CDs...

 

I remember he mentioned that he didn't care for having dinner conversations with anyone, including his family.

 

Zappa didn't just like complex stuff, though--look at all of the early R&B, blues and doo-wop stuff he loved. His tastes were about as eclectic as tastes can be. It was always hard to guess what was going to resonate with him or not when it came to other folks' music, and he often played surprising tracks, especially the newer stuff he'd play, when he'd guest DJ.

 

It wouldn't be surprising though. It's more surprising that most musicians don't have 100 kids.

 

Don't know if this is the right place for this, but....
I'm listening to Moon & Rain trying to interview LAURIE ANDERSON!
What's funny is that, when Laurie has to take a phone-call , and they whisper to each other about how 'star-struck' they are, and trying to 'stay cool'!
Very funny!
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lol

 

Frank liked to complain that listening to other peoples' music took real time and he was too busy working to listen. That said I believe he retained an interest in rare doo-wop 45s and would often play them for people when they would visit him.

 

The shows I have listened too, have very little to do with Vinyl. However he does interview Bernie Grundmen at one point and dedicates the occasional show to an artists discography.

 

I heard an early episode with George Clinton where the host had some discussion of record collecting and asked Clinton if he owned certain rare records he had made, although most of it was on other topics.

 

It makes sense that he didn't have a lot of time to fully absorb other artists music given his work rate (and lack of drug use ha!).

I always found it weird that people would pester Frank, does he like this, does he like that, as if Frank's approval would give that artist some sort of kudos that the reviewer could then use to sell that artist. The man had far more interesting music insights to give than some type of guru type approval.

 

I recall reading that and then Zappa (Barry Miles) plus that book written a woman who lived in his studio (I can't seem to recall the title or find it.) It gave me a different view from what is presented in his official book.

 

"I was hanging out with Dweezil last night...."- Ahmet
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