Frank Zappa's call to TAX THE CHURCHES

[90-percent]

I finally found this! What I want my DU buds to appreciate starts at about 1:13 or so into this vid.

A couple of interesting points. This is a LIVE SHOW BROADCAST LIVE on MTV in 1981. Back in the day when MTV was still new and trying to figure out what they were supposed to do. Well, I think they learned pretty quickly live Zappa wasn't the most "Sponsor friendly" content, given Frank's body of work.

Dweezil Zappa in the late 80's seemed to be doing a good job as a MTV veejay. Then his dad was one of his guests and said something disparaging, perhaps MTV itself or the music business, and got his son fired.

Dweezil tours extensively with his Zappa Plays Zappa shows and he's been quite successful. I prefer shows featuring a lot of Frank Alumni - Nappy Brock, Terry Bozzio, Steve Vai and others. (A young Steve Vai is the second lead guitar in this video)

Enjoy!

90% Jimmy

[gopiscrap]

1. I am with that as long as they get deductions for what they spend on social services

[DinahMoeHum]

2. My signature line says it all. . .

I miss the Halloween madness Frank drummed up in those days - and I do remember that song "Heavenly Bank Account"

[90-percent]

3. and Dumb all Over

actually, Frank's anti-organized-religion material seems to start around 1:00.

I'm in a few FZ Facebook groups and I recalled I did actually go to a Halloween Palladium show! Also drove down to Zappaween in Philly in 1986.

I am square in the middle of Frank's demographic as he once described.: an aliented pimply smart but ostracized suburban long island teenager.

-jim

[DinahMoeHum]

4. AFAIC, "Dumb All Over" was Rap music BEFORE Rap became. . .

. . .all the rage, and another genre of music among marketers.

FZ was indeed ahead of his time.

[90-percent]

5. FZ

he's been my hero since the Oct 16, 1971 Stony Brook late show with the Flo & Eddie Mothers.

-jim

[JimboBillyBubbaBob]

6. I use Frank in my government classes.

He still speaks well to the 1st Amendment!

[GreenStormCloud]

7. And give Congress and the Presidency to the Republicans.

Most people are members of a church. A move to tax the churches will alienate lots of folks.

[nikto]

8. Personally, I would only be devoted to a church...

... run by a pastor who owns a 40,000-gallon swimming pool,
in the shape of a cross.

Now, that's where the money should go.

To taxes?

Bah!

[Enthusiast]

9. Thanks, Jimmy!

I watched the entire thing. Just excellent.

[90-percent]

10. Thank you

You invested two hours of your online life to listen to my hero. I really appreciate that. I am happy you enjoyed it!

I sometimes wonder what the dark GW Bush years would have been like if Frank had been alive to comment on it? Frank had a gift for speaking truth to power.

And he even became friends with Al and Tipper Gore after the PMRC hearings in the mid 80's!

-jim

[Enthusiast]

11. Frank would have created something amazing

for a third base, silver spoon, Iraq War Bush parody.

Yeah, I heard about the Gores and Frank. How amazing!