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1966 - Frank Zappa:  "I'm not black
But there's a whole lots a times
 I wish I could say I'm not white"

2025 - JD Vance:
"you don't have to apologize for being white anymore"
Posted 2 days ago by sjccroquet    [ Reply ]
This song is still so relevant!
Posted 2 days ago by f.salvadori    [ Reply ]
 ghoulardi wrote:

Underappreciated guitarist - underappreciated lyric writer - his music was ahead of its time



You forgot, Orchestral Composer!
Posted 1 week ago by mjbaumann    [ Reply ]
 snitramc wrote:

According to my brother, who was an audio engineer at the time, Zappa finally got to where he could afford to buy the rights to his catalog from Warner Bros. He then set about remastering all his early recordings so that they'd sound like what his original intention was.

Sadly, he got so caught up in that project, he neglected his health and didn't catch his prostate cancer in time. 



apparently it was the doctor who diagnosted  badly
Posted 3 weeks ago by FGHPARIS    [ Reply ]
This is a very poor discription of Zappa 
Posted 3 weeks ago by FGHPARIS    [ Reply ]
According to my brother, who was an audio engineer at the time, Zappa finally got to where he could afford to buy the rights to his catalog from Warner Bros. He then set about remastering all his early recordings so that they'd sound like what his original intention was.

Sadly, he got so caught up in that project, he neglected his health and didn't catch his prostate cancer in time. 
Posted 3 weeks ago by snitramc    [ Reply ]
Frank Zappa, hip-hop pioneer. 
Posted 3 weeks ago by Grammarcop    [ Reply ]
Can`t understand why you hate yourself so much...
Posted 6 months ago by Lupex    [ Reply ]
Underappreciated guitarist - underappreciated lyric writer - his music was ahead of its time
Posted 7 months ago by ghoulardi    [ Reply ]
What a wonderful treat Bill. Merci !
Posted 8 months ago by UncleChig    [ Reply ]
Nah!
Posted 10 months ago by mgrazortx    [ Reply ]
 ugowsky wrote:

This is the first rap song ever!



Dylan did it before this.
Posted 1 year ago by Aud    [ Reply ]
 walk2k wrote:

Zappa 4 Prez



Some skaters on the lake have "Iggy Pop for Prez 2024" on their ramp It was 2016 and 2020 too.  If Frankie was with us, I'd likely vote for him, too.
Posted 2 years ago by jpfueler    [ Reply ]
Just a brilliant musician .. 
Posted 2 years ago by linnex-    [ Reply ]
I love Frank Zappa and I have all is albums 
Posted 2 years ago by nelsonbibow9    [ Reply ]
Zappa 4 Prez
Posted 2 years ago by walk2k    [ Reply ]
 Proclivities wrote:



Very well stated!!!
Posted 2 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
 Proclivities wrote:


*BUMP*
Posted 2 years ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
Hot Ratz is still my favorite album of all time.
Posted 2 years ago by szasz9595    [ Reply ]
 Donar wrote:

Didn't knew this. Nice.
Guess we didn't made very much progress in the last 56 years.


Oh boy we did. It's worse now. 
Posted 2 years ago by Dalsir    [ Reply ]
Saw Zappa around 1982 or so in Gainesville, FL -- truly blew me away at how incredible an ensemble he had and WHAT A SHOW.

There are far better Zappa tunes than this, but even so..

damn... I miss what this guy's contribution to music could have continued to have been..... RIPFZ!
Posted 3 years ago by Roguewarer    [ Reply ]
Didn't knew this. Nice.
Guess we didn't made very much progress in the last 56 years.
Posted 3 years ago by Donar    [ Reply ]
SOB. Where have I been?
Posted 3 years ago by Spiderwoman    [ Reply ]
Jeeezzz

This is Dylan-esque.  Subterranean Homesick Blues
Posted 3 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
Was Lowell George ever a member, before Little Feat? 
Posted 3 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
Posted 3 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
it is already here
Posted 3 years ago by chugachskier    [ Reply ]
Please play MORE Frank Zappa tunes!!!  Thank You!!
Posted 3 years ago by eileenomurphy    [ Reply ]
Jesus! I forgot how great Frank is. 
Posted 4 years ago by kevinpobrien    [ Reply ]
My most favorite artist/musician!! Sad: he can't do it on stage anymore 
Posted 4 years ago by zappa23    [ Reply ]
Am I the only one hearing "Rebel Rebel" ?
Posted 4 years ago by PinkSo    [ Reply ]
2021 and as true as in 1966.
Is Bill making a point here as Biden takes the reigns at this very moment.
Just love RP.
Posted 5 years ago by BuellRider    [ Reply ]
 tinypriest wrote:
All I can say is that RP is playing music connected with what's going on right now, November, 2020, reflecting the turmoil post-election. The mix is unnerving at times for  its prescience, and brilliant for it.
 
January 2021...

c.
Posted 5 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
A fantastic slice of early Zappa
Posted 5 years ago by drews    [ Reply ]
All I can say is that RP is playing music connected with what's going on right now, November, 2020, reflecting the turmoil post-election. The mix is unnerving at times for  its prescience, and brilliant for it.
Posted 5 years ago by tinypriest    [ Reply ]
 Steve_Bumgardner wrote:
I love Zappa! Love! Listen!!!! Even then it was today!!!
 Yeah, just like it was a thousand years ago, and beyond. Human nature. You can't will it to change.

Posted 5 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
Well, I've been around as long as this song, but this is the first I've heard it, and man...totally relevant TODAY.  Thanks RP for once again helping me find stuff I missed along the way, when I was too busy obsessing over Led Zep, Dylan, and Springsteen.

Wow, just had to amend this after hearing:

"Hey, you know something people?
  I'm not black 
  But there's a whole lots a times
   I wish I could say I'm not white".

Zappa was ahead by a century.
Posted 5 years ago by jamesat43    [ Reply ]
 Proclivities wrote:
 
Loved Mr. Zappa, but I always thought he looked like a terrier.
Posted 5 years ago by pinto    [ Reply ]
Help!  I'm a rock
Posted 5 years ago by grhorn    [ Reply ]
This is the first rap song ever!
Posted 5 years ago by ugowsky    [ Reply ]
Things are still the same in 2020. 
Posted 5 years ago by cavemanleong    [ Reply ]
Gr SpencerAR wrote:
My musical ignorance is definitely showing - I had no idea that Frank Zappa was ever in a band.  
 
Frank Zappa  was a band!
Posted 5 years ago by Steve_Bumgardner    [ Reply ]
Blow your harmonica, son .

I love Frank!!!
Posted 5 years ago by Steve_Bumgardner    [ Reply ]
I love Zappa! Love! Listen!!!! Even then it was today!!!
Posted 5 years ago by Steve_Bumgardner    [ Reply ]
Plus ca feckin' change, Frank . Be cool unto each other, people.
Posted 5 years ago by SpinyNorma    [ Reply ]
My first thought was "wow! how prescient these lyrics from 1966 are." And then I realized with anguish that what makes these lyrics so applicable to today is how little we have advanced in civil rights.
Posted 5 years ago by Lenora    [ Reply ]
 CoYoT51 wrote:
Sooooooooooo many good things in huge Zappa's work... and you play this??
 
I agree. With 60 albums released during his lifetime, and another 45 posthumously, there has to be easily 1200+ songs in his repertoire. This is a good one (I prefer the Roxy version), but I would add another few hundred to this library. But that's just me.
Posted 5 years ago by michaelmuller    [ Reply ]
Great message. Unbearable music.
Posted 5 years ago by njswede    [ Reply ]
 vandal wrote:

"Hey you know something people
I'm not black
But there's a whole lots a times
I wish I could say I'm not white" 
 
I heard that too!
Posted 5 years ago by hddixon3    [ Reply ]
Awesome. Still true, today.
Posted 5 years ago by michaelmuller    [ Reply ]

"Hey you know something people
I'm not black
But there's a whole lots a times
I wish I could say I'm not white" 
Posted 5 years ago by vandal    [ Reply ]
 CoYoT51 wrote:
Sooooooooooo many good things in huge Zappa's work... and you play this??
 

You were hoping for Valley Girl?
Posted 5 years ago by SmackDaddy    [ Reply ]
First time hearing this! WOW. Never got drawn to Zappa, but this is outstanding and soooooooo depressing that nothing has changed in 40 years.
Posted 5 years ago by SmackDaddy    [ Reply ]
Zappa-me some mo'!

(But maybe a different tune next time?)
Posted 5 years ago by mikegrinker    [ Reply ]
Just bumped it up to a 9.  This was part of my political awareness way back when I was about 13 years old.... and unfortunately still relevant today.  
Posted 5 years ago by skibbenr    [ Reply ]
My musical ignorance is definitely showing - I had no idea that Frank Zappa was ever in a band.  
Posted 5 years ago by SpencerAR    [ Reply ]
 obankenobi wrote:
         BBoyes wrote:
         ... What *didn't* Zappa do and do it incredibly well?

parent children
 

How do you know that?  The (few) interviews I have seen with his kids showed them to be very well adjusted kids, especially given the fact that they were born into a house of privilege.  They certainly aren't Paris Hiltons. 
Posted 6 years ago by bc    [ Reply ]
Saw FZ in Freiburg West Germany 1973. The Mothers were way ahead of their time.
Posted 6 years ago by iloveradio    [ Reply ]
 BBoyes wrote:
This is basically rap! What *didn't* Zappa do and do it incredibly well?
 
parent children
Posted 6 years ago by obankenobi    [ Reply ]
Agreed, but I think the real art is knowing when to conform to the norm. 
 

Posted 6 years ago by argexpat    [ Reply ]
Sooooooooooo many good things in huge Zappa's work... and you play this??
Posted 6 years ago by CoYoT51    [ Reply ]
Amazing one of my favorites
Posted 6 years ago by pilapus6    [ Reply ]
I really appreciate that this is played here. The first bar was all it took to know what was coming. Maybe I spent too much time listening to this song and album? And it almost goes without saying that he had this country pegged and that very little has changed in this country, while some other things have transformed. A nation really should not be expected to change its long-established nature much, which this piece suggests to me tonight. 
Posted 6 years ago by bam23    [ Reply ]
Well past it’s due date.
Posted 6 years ago by Lonestar    [ Reply ]
Hey, Bill.  Is there any way you could possibly squeeze "Montana" into one of your sets? Not sure where it would fit, but hearing this great song brought back the nostalgia of listening to Zappa's albums with a university mate who claimed to have Zappa's entire album collection (and who indeed looked more like Zappa than any "human" I've met since those early '70s).
Posted 6 years ago by dandueck07    [ Reply ]
Astonishing. I have been a big FZ fan for 40+ years but gained a new respect for him after really listening to this song again on a sunny spring afternoon.
 
Posted 6 years ago by billp61    [ Reply ]
 DaidyBoy wrote:
Amazing lyrics.  Some things don't change much.
 
And they still don't, unfortunately.
Posted 6 years ago by SpinyNorma    [ Reply ]
 Triquel67 wrote:
Still relevant 50 yrs later
 

Yes, that.  Amazing, and rather sad.
Posted 6 years ago by drictor    [ Reply ]
He never gets enough credit for his guitar playing. 
Posted 6 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
Great to hear a little early Frank and the Motha's.
Would love to hear more ZAPPA, Bill
Posted 6 years ago by billseye    [ Reply ]
Sounds like early rap ... saying something about the way it is.
Posted 6 years ago by Larry_Rosenow    [ Reply ]
Still relevant 50 yrs later
Posted 7 years ago by Triquel67    [ Reply ]
Think about it, he was recording this amazing stuff before Sgt. Pepper.  He was one hell of an innovator.
Posted 7 years ago by Relayer    [ Reply ]
one of the most important composers of the 20th Century in any genre.
Posted 7 years ago by MGebhard    [ Reply ]
Rap
Posted 7 years ago by tomhodgman    [ Reply ]
You're kidding, right? Early Zappa is unbeatable. Dangerous stuff yesterday and today!
Posted 7 years ago by derspingle    [ Reply ]
 sbrewer wrote:
More Zappa please.
 
I 2nd that vote!  Seen his name mentioned in a bunch of other songs' comments...yet I haven't heard many FZ or MoI songs here....maybe we'll get 'Yellow Snow' soon for the wintertime?  Long Live RP!!
Posted 7 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose
Posted 7 years ago by h8rhater    [ Reply ]
More Zappa please.
Posted 7 years ago by sbrewer    [ Reply ]
This made me go out into the garage and dance like a Tool for a few minutes.   I didn't want my roommates to catch me "doing it" in the living room this morning.{#Dancingbanana_2}
Posted 7 years ago by Michaeljcovel    [ Reply ]
 dbreese wrote:
1966. 1966!

I mean THEY RECORDED THIS IN 1966!

The lyrics, the musicianship, the engineering and production -  Ok, I get it now, the Mothers were brilliant, and Zappa may really have been a genius.

(Can you tell this is the first time I listened to this with headphones?)

 


Yeah, I was shocked when I read that this song came out before '68 or '69. But...

Frank wrote it in '65:



Frank Zappa wrote the song in 1965 at 1819 Bellevue Avenue, Echo Park, Los Angeles residence of a methamphetamine chemist referred to by Zappa as "Wild Bill the Mannequin-Fucker"[1] after watching news coverage of the Watts Riots.[2] Originally dubbed "The Watts Riot Song",[2] its primary lyrical themes are racial violence, social injustice, and sensationalist journalism.[3] The musical style—featuring multiple guitar tracks and a harmonica—much more closely resembles electric blues than mainstream rock and roll.[4]

Posted 7 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
YouTubed and saw a young Zappa play a bicycle like a xylophone on The Steve Allen Show, back in like the 50's  : P
Posted 8 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
1966. 1966!

I mean THEY RECORDED THIS IN 1966!

The lyrics, the musicianship, the engineering and production -  Ok, I get it now, the Mothers were brilliant, and Zappa may really have been a genius.

(Can you tell this is the first time I listened to this with headphones?)
Posted 8 years ago by dbreese    [ Reply ]
Saw Zappa at the Armadillo in Austin back in the late 70s.  A mind blowing experience on all fronts.
Posted 8 years ago by Markcaudill    [ Reply ]
 jbuhl wrote:
Zappa should be played immediately after every Dave Mathews track to dusche our brains.

 
I don't want to dusche my brain, thanks. I'd prefer to not douche it, either. 
Posted 8 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
There was never a better rapper than Frank Z! He was definitely light-years ahead of his time. Always remembered, forever treasured.
Posted 8 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
Zappa should be played immediately after every Dave Mathews track to dusche our brains.
Posted 8 years ago by jbuhl    [ Reply ]
Still relevant
Posted 8 years ago by dangoebel    [ Reply ]
 hayduke2 wrote:
Awesome man, 1966?!  A Powerful invention, great music with timeless lyrics I'm afraid: economic and political strife, war overseas, 
"I'm not black, but there's an awful lot of times I wish I could say I'm not white" 

 
Prophet Zappa  
Posted 8 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
 westslope wrote:
Food for thought for those heading to polls in a few days.  

...  
 
That was written in November 2016 BEFORE the presidential polls.
 
Food for thought:  America made a bad political choice because not enough Americans had listened carefully to poets like Frank Zappa.  
Posted 8 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
War every day...
Posted 8 years ago by johnybladex    [ Reply ]
There is no way to delay that trouble coming everyday..............................
Posted 8 years ago by jmpnbob    [ Reply ]
Oh. Hail. Ya!
Posted 8 years ago by buddy    [ Reply ]
 This is excellent...Big smile  kcar wrote:

gif loop of black guy with big afro moving his head left to right

gif of hippie girl dancing at concert
Yes, it is Dylanesque...if Bob were on speed. 

 


Posted 8 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
...unconfirmed reports...   if the place blows up, they'll be the first to tell...  their coverage can't be beat  . no way to delay trouble
Posted 8 years ago by Wardleader    [ Reply ]
I'M FREAKING OUT!!!
Posted 8 years ago by Angry_Old_Man    [ Reply ]
If you don't know, go read the Wiki on how this album came to be, pretty interesting.  Regarded as one of the first concept albums, over 50 years ago.  Gets an 8 for historical value.
Posted 8 years ago by jbuhl    [ Reply ]
Isn't it a flipping TRIP how from-another-planet Frank Zappa was?! It's said that he never touched hard drugs, and he certainly poked fun at those who did — example: "Cocaine Decisions;" For sure, his stuff sure is perfect for that moment when the weed of choice starts shooting sparks through all the synapses that might have otherwise been unoccupied. His musical genius transcends, inspires!
Posted 8 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
Yeah. This. Although in my case it's not a 'touch' of grey, more like a solid 'thwack!' 

chinaski wrote:
Everything old is new again. Myself, Bill and a whole host of you others with a touch of gray in here already lived through all that the song lyrics depict fifty years ago and here we go again. Did it ever stop? 'Fraid not. *sigh* The lyrics are worth a read:   https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/frankzappa/troubleeveryday.html

 


Posted 8 years ago by hanssachs    [ Reply ]
 chinaski wrote:
Everything old is new again. Myself, Bill and a whole host of you others with a touch of gray in here already lived through all that the song lyrics depict fifty years ago and here we go again. Did it ever stop? 'Fraid not. *sigh* The lyrics are worth a read:   https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/frankzappa/troubleeveryday.html

 

Indeed.  The lyrics are all the proof you need that nothing ever changes.  What goes 'round comes 'round.  It's a function of the human condition that we who never learn from history are doomed to become victims of it.  Over and over and over again.  And somewhere way off in the back-ground God (and the Devil)....laughs. 

So it goes.

Highlow
American Net'Zen


Posted 8 years ago by Highlowsel    [ Reply ]
{#Cowboy} frank if only u could watch the news today !
Posted 8 years ago by primm    [ Reply ]
Tell it FRANK!
Posted 8 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
Everything old is new again. Myself, Bill and a whole host of you others with a touch of gray in here already lived through all that the song lyrics depict fifty years ago and here we go again. Did it ever stop? 'Fraid not. *sigh* The lyrics are worth a read:   https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/frankzappa/troubleeveryday.html
Posted 8 years ago by chinaski    [ Reply ]
Posted 9 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
...AND ALL THAT PHONY STUFF ON SPORTS... and all the UNCONFIRMED REPORTS... and from my EXCENTRIFUGAL FORZ, I can clearly see that as applies to you and me, our country just ain't free... There ain't no way to delay that Trouble comin' every day!
Posted 9 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
Y'know, when I was growing up, 50-year-old music was acoustic 78's of operas, popular music and jazz from the First World War ... I started listening to FZ in the early 70's, and I always liked his stuff - all of it. Damn, I feel old. He died way too soon.  
Posted 9 years ago by hanssachs    [ Reply ]
More Mothers please!
Posted 9 years ago by buddy    [ Reply ]
Being a political geek, I've always loved this song.  I once introduced it to my kids as the first rap song.  I don't think I convinced them but I'll maintain the thought until someone, hopefully here, proves me wrong.

Oops the subject has already been covered.  A glitch told me there were no comments yet, on this song.
Posted 9 years ago by Typesbad    [ Reply ]
still sounds good and im sure frank would have a few more lyrics to add today! take your tv tube and eat it
Posted 9 years ago by primm    [ Reply ]
Love this but especially the Roxy and Elsewhere, early 70s version which came later. 
Remember, Frank was deeply inspired, even obsessed with Tricky Dick Nixon.
I would imagine Daffy Donald will inspire a few artists in similar fashion.  
Posted 9 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!
Posted 9 years ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]
The times are starting to demand a new revolution to match our '60's one!  Zappa said it so well back then.
Posted 9 years ago by linzbrock    [ Reply ]
Appreciated your commentary "on air", Bill. Summed it up for me... 
Posted 9 years ago by skossow    [ Reply ]
This is basically rap! What *didn't* Zappa do and do it incredibly well?
Posted 9 years ago by BBoyes    [ Reply ]
1966!
Posted 9 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
a true musical  genius  no one could write music  like the zappsta {#Guitarist}
Posted 9 years ago by heeps    [ Reply ]
play Uncle Remus, pls.! Says it all within just two minutes...
Posted 9 years ago by Castelfranco    [ Reply ]
Food for thought for those heading to polls in a few days.  

I feel privileged to have seen FZ at UBC, Vancouver, BC in the mid-1970s.  I absolutely loved the skit he did about he and his band mates having to drop their drawers coming over the border.  Something similar had happened to me earlier that year at the tunnel between Windsor, Ontario and Detroit, Michigan.   
Posted 9 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
More Zappa this is almost 50 years old and still so actual!
Posted 9 years ago by pilapus6    [ Reply ]
Amazing lyrics.  Some things don't change much.
Posted 9 years ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]