Zappa Interview Today Show 1993

Run time: 10:20 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDYzuwG-gOE   Posted on YouTube: November 22, 2007 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: May 09, 2008 By DU Member: orleans Views on DU: 1087

 
they briefly discuss the hearings on capitol hill regarding record labeling
frank is asked if he has ever heard from them since then
"well, when it was revealed that i was sick i got a nice letter from the gores."

on his prostate cancer

question: i gather that yours was not caught early.

zappa: that's right.

q: is there anything you want to say to people about prostate cancer

z: well, i think it's worthwhile being examined to find out whether or not you've got it but on the other hand, over a period of years, i had urinary problems and was examined and they didn't find it. and so, that's why it came as such a shock to me when they told me that i had it. because i had urinary problems for a number of years. and you can imagine how irate a person might be when you are informed that yeah, you got it and we can't operate on it. so yeah, go have a test, but get another test--get a few tests.

q: now i know you're gonna say i'm one of these health police people but i can't help but sit here and you have cancer and you're smoking cigarettes. didn't it discourage you at all?

z: no

q: why not?

z: because i don't believe all the stories about the evil effects of tobacco are true. to me a cigarette is food--tobacco is my favorite vegetable.

q: and drugs are...?

z: usually i say the taking of drugs is a license to be an asshole. which is the same reason why people drink.

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q: how does frank zappa want to be remembered?

z: pfft. it's not important

q: not important at all?

z: no

q: want to be remembered for the music?

z: it's not important to even be remembered. i mean, the people who worry about being remembered are guys like reagan, bush. these people want to be remembered. and they'll spend a lot of money and do a lot of work to make sure that remembrance is just terrific.

q: and for frank zappa?

z: i don't care.

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well, i remember him--everytime i post something here on du. he died at the end of the year--12/4/93. he was almost 53 years old.

I confess to being a major Zappa fanatic... I have 70+ of his albums. He had more talent in a fingernail than the entire "music" industry combined has today. Having a musical education, I just can't listen to today's popular stuff - but Zappa's work still leaves me thrilled.

nicely said.

My best friend and I used to play Zappa's albums after school. He was hysterically funny, and how cool that he was unaffected by his fame. Thanks for posting this. :)

Oh, baby, what's got into ya?

Watching this made my heart hurt. But thank you so much for posting it. :hug:

That was fun seeing him goof around with the Synclavier, especially using the sampled burp as a patch!

I know he didn't like talking about his health in those last years. Somehow she softened him up enough to talk about it a bit.

Frank was truly great in many ways. I have a ton of his albums and was fortunate enough to see the Mothers play live a few times. I think of him often and find new things to enjoy in his music all the time.


WWFD?

about 9/11, bush, and our missing constitution. i'd love to hear his voice commenting on the crap we've been through.