A few months back I shared a video of Alice Cooper talking about Frank Zappa.
Here's Frank Zappa talking about Alice Cooper:
Category: Music
70th Birthday Celebration
2010. Official upload by Roundhouse London.
So far as I know there's no DVD release. Which is a pity because obviously they've got DVD-quality video here.
Dancin' Fool
SNL, 1978.
Interview/Chunga
Interesting to hear him talk about the Libertarian Party -- I've always figured he was ideologically closer to them than either major party, but wouldn't be able to reconcile their total lack of empathy for their fellow man. Guess this confirms it.
New York, '88; another upload by tomtiddler1.
I hadn't set out to do another election video so soon after we got through the damn election, but what the hell, it's a pretty good interview.
Now, the concert video looks like the 1988 equivalent of a cell phone video, but what the hell -- maybe I'll give Chunga's Revenge a do-over at some future date. But it's not a bad rendition, for all that.
Underground Merchandising
In the words of uploader and co-director Ed Seeman:
This three minute film was created by Frank Zappa and Me in the late 60's to illustrate the art of UNDERGROUND MERCHANDISING of his album FRAK OUT! [sic] It was the begining of our filming relationship that lasted two years and became the initial shooting for UNCLE MEAT. This opening was shot at the Garrick Theater in Greenwich Village.
I did all the shooting for the next two years with a silent camera so that Frank could score it himself.
To read the whole story check out my Zappa web site at www.edseeman.com/zappa
Salad Party
Since Denny Walley mentioned Johnny "Guitar" Watson as one of Zappa's early influences, it's only fitting to show this video of Frank, Dweezil, and a host of others jamming with him.
R&B
Zappa and childhood friend Denny Walley talk about his early blues influences.
Another documentary from the Dutch station VPRO -- man, those guys must love him.
This one appears to be a 2007 doc called Frank Zappa: Pioneer of the Future of Music. At a glance I can't find any place to purchase it legally, which is a shame -- if you know of any, please let me know and I'll gladly link to the store.
Edit 2012-12-29: I've posted the entirety of the documentary.
Love of My Life
Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue
Appleton, 1969. Soundboard recording, via YourArf. My fiancée; just came into the room and described it as "like Spike Jones on acid"; I doubt she is the first or last person to describe Zappa that way.
Bamboozled by Your Husband
Harder than Your Husband/Bamboozled by Love, Albuquerque, 1980.