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Frank Zappa

Frank Zappa

American composer and songwriterWikipedia

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Sep 12, 2026

Ryan RichterHOST
6:39
Yeah.
Nate MercereauGUEST
6:39
Yeah, it's, it's, it's lining up, but in a s- just a slightly different way, where I was, like, kind of discovering my dad's record collection, which was, like, uh, Yes and Frank Zappa.
Ryan RichterHOST
6:49
Hmm.
Nate MercereauGUEST
6:50
And then I would look into who played on, like, the Zappa records.
Nadine WhitneyCORRESPONDENT
19:58
And, and, you know, that there are people who deliberately don't want to sit at the cool kids table who become cool kids, you know, like, like Patti Smith and, you know, Nirvana and those people.
Nadine WhitneyCORRESPONDENT
20:11
I mean, Frank Zappa, who knows? Whatever's going on with Frank.
Nadine WhitneyCORRESPONDENT
20:17
But those artists would have also had, you know, quite disappointing feedback because they were pioneers as well.
Nadine WhitneyCORRESPONDENT
20:33
Yes.
Matthew James DerzikHOST
71:11
Well, I'll start where you left off, because I noticed that Scream 2, and you're right, it does flow perfectly in from these walls with Screaming in a Hotel Room.
Matthew James DerzikHOST
71:23
And sonically, it kind of reminded me of a track we've talked about before on this show, particularly the final track off of Frank Zappa's Freakout, which was Return of the Son of Monster Magnet, where you get the same sort of...
Matthew James DerzikHOST
71:40
I thought that's what I thought of when I first heard that, but your description of it being the screaming of a hotel room, that is much more apt to... what the song is also um shout out to Kamisi Washington uh for playing sax on this song um he is a very very very good sax player and had done a lot of work with Thundercat uh so to hear him on this album is just a treat and he just does a wonderful performance uh throughout um
Ryan James KearnsHOST
72:11
But yeah, man,
Nadine WhitneyCORRESPONDENT
19:58
And, and, you know, that there are people who deliberately don't want to sit at the cool kids table who become cool kids, you know, like, like Patti Smith and, you know, Nirvana and those people.
Nadine WhitneyCORRESPONDENT
20:11
I mean, Frank Zappa, who knows? Whatever's going on with Frank.
Nadine WhitneyCORRESPONDENT
20:17
But those artists would have also had, you know, quite disappointing feedback because they were pioneers as well.
Nadine WhitneyCORRESPONDENT
20:33
Yes.
Bob MouldGUEST
17:46
You know, it was, you know, is, it was David Bowie's Sound and Vision.
Bob MouldGUEST
17:50
Uh, it was the, the, the Zappa catalog.
Bob MouldGUEST
17:53
Uh, you know, they were more of, they were more of a reissue or legacy label, I guess, at the time.
Bob MouldGUEST
17:58
So, um, they, you know, may- they were maybe less proven in, in, in breaking a, you know, a new indie rock band than Creation, but Ryko did s- a great job.
Barry SuttonGUEST
19:15
That is the so- You know what? All them cunts that Mark was talking of, you know they're paranoid as fuck going, "He means me.
Barry SuttonGUEST
19:21
They're onto me." Zappa's like that though, I think.
Barry SuttonGUEST
19:24
Makes everyone instantly paranoid for all the wrong reasons.
Paul HanleyHOST
19:28
Oh, yeah.
Barry SuttonGUEST
19:39
You, you, it draws you in, doesn't it?
Paul HanleyHOST
19:40
You know that song about doing that.
Barry SuttonGUEST
19:41
You know what's a good example of it, 'cause I know Mark likes Zappa and all the fucking rest of it.
Barry SuttonGUEST
19:45
On, uh, We're Only In It For The Money, "Who Needs The Peace Corps" 'cause it's, it's anti-hippie.
Pete LozanoHOST
69:54
It was released in 1977.
Pete LozanoHOST
69:57
Is it what Tangerine Dream did all of their scores on? I'm not sure, but I know that Frank Zappa, Michael Jackson, Sting, Depeche Mode, they've all used this instrument.
Pete LozanoHOST
70:07
That all tracks.
Melanie VartabedianGUEST
70:09
That's fine.
Jim DeRogatisHOST
19:54
This is like prog rock in some way.
Jim DeRogatisHOST
19:58
This is partly like Beefheart or Zappa does contemporary dance pop.
Jim DeRogatisHOST
20:06
It doesn't sound like anything else I've heard.
Jim DeRogatisHOST
20:08
And I'm really curious to see what other listeners to Sound Opinions are thinking of this.
J.R. RochfordHOST
16:36
It's just more theater.
J.R. RochfordHOST
16:38
Frank Zappa needs to say what happens.
J.R. RochfordHOST
16:41
Oh, something else financial.
J.R. RochfordHOST
16:43
I just want to get away from the Republican headquarters right now.
Jim DeRogatisHOST
19:54
This is like prog rock in some way.
Jim DeRogatisHOST
19:58
This is partly like Beefheart or Zappa does contemporary dance pop.
Jim DeRogatisHOST
20:06
It doesn't sound like anything else I've heard.
Jim DeRogatisHOST
20:08
And I'm really curious to see what other listeners to Sound Opinions are thinking of this.

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