Yeah, I'm a bit late to get into the Frank Zappa game as I've only really started listening to his music in 2009, but believe me I'm dedicated.
Frank is pretty much the most original artist to ever exist.
I don't know what I can say. He's a super political, super talented, super revered musician.
I don't really supposed anyone who knows their music can NOT attribute Frank Zappa to some sort of greatness.
Also, he's hilarious. You'll find that he's almost always making fun of at least 1 person.
So Listen to Frank, but a warning; My Drummer has around 1400 songs from him, so you most likely will never be familiar with all of his songs, sorry!
Noticeable Traits:
Just forget about it, he's Frank Zappa
My Favorite Songs
Frank Zappa - Muffin Man (Live)
Frank Zappa - Don't Eat That Yellow Snow
Frank Zappa - Fine Girl
Albums
Freak Out (1966)
Hungry Freaks, Daddy I Ain't Got No Heart Who Are the Brain Police? Go Cry on Somebody Else's Shoulder Motherly Love How Could I Be Such a Fool? Wowie Zowie You Didn't Try to Call Me Any Way the Wind Blows I'm Not Satisfied You're Probably Wondering Why I'm Here Trouble Every Day Help, I'm a Rock It Can't Happen Here The Return of the Son of Monster Magnet
Absolutely Free (1967)
Plastic People The Duke of Prunes Amnesia Vivace The Duke Regains His Chops Call Any Vegetable Invocation & Ritual Dance of the Young Pumpkin Soft-Sell Conclusion Big Leg Emma Why Don'tcha Do Me Right? America Drinks Status Back Baby Uncle Bernie's Farm Son of Suzy Creamcheese Brown Shoes Don't Make It America Drinks and Goes Home
We're Only In It For The Money (1968)
Are You Hung Up? Who Needs the Peace Corps? Concentration Moon Mom & Dad Telephone Conversation Bow Tie Daddy Harry, You're a Beast What's the Ugliest Part of Your Body? Absolutely Free Flower Punk Hot Poop Nasal Retentive Calliope Music Let's Make the Water Turn Black The Idiot Bastard Son Lonely Little Girl Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance What's the Ugliest Part of Your Body? Mother People The Chrome Plated Megaphone of Destiny
Lumpy Gravy (1968)
Lumpy Gravy, Part One Lumpy Gravy, Part Two
Cruising With Ruben And The Jets (1968)
Cheap Thrills Love of My Life How Could I Be Such a Fool? Deseri I'm Not Satisfied Jelly Roll Gum Drop Anything Later That Night You Didn't Try to Call Me Fountain of Love No. No. No. Any Way the Wind Blows Stuff Up the Cracks
Uncle Meat (1969)
Uncle Meat: Main Title Theme The Voice of Cheese Nine Types of Industrial Pollution Zolar Czakl Dog Breath, in the Year of the Plague The Legend of the Golden Arches Louie Louie The Dog Breath Variations Sleeping in a Jar Our Bizarre Relationship The Uncle Meat Variations Electric Aunt Jemima Prelude to King Kong God Bless America A Pound for a Brown on the Bus Ian Underwood Whips It Out Mr. Green Genes We Can Shoot You If We'd All Been Living in California... The Air Project X Cruising for Burgers
Disc two
Uncle Meat Film Excerpt, Pt. 1 Tengo Na Minchia Tanta Uncle Meat Film Excerpt, Pt. 2 King Kong Itself King Kong II King Kong III King Kong IV King Kong V King Kong VI
Hot Rats (1969)
Peaches en Regalia Willie the Pimp Son of Mr. Green Genes Little Umbrellas The Gumbo Variations It Must Be a Camel
Burnt Weeny Sandwich (1970)
WPLJ Igor's Boogie, Phase One Overture to a Holiday in Berlin Theme from Burnt Weeny Sandwich Igor's Boogie, Phase Two Holiday in Berlin, Full-Blown Aybe Sea The Little House I Used to Live In Valarie
Weasels Ripped My Flesh (1970) Side one
Didja Get Any Onya? Directly from My Heart to You Prelude to the Afternoon of a Sexually Aroused Gas Mask Toads of the Short Forest Get a Little
Side two
The Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue Dwarf Nebula Processional March & Dwarf Nebula My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama Oh No The Orange County Lumber Truck Weasels Ripped My Flesh
Chunga's Revenge (1970)
Transylvania Boogie Road Ladies Twenty Small Cigars The Nancy and Mary Music Tell Me You Love Me Would You Go All the Way? Chunga's Revenge The Clap Rudy Wants to Buy Yez a Drink Sharleena
Filmore East (1971)
Little House I Used to Live In The Mud Shark What Kind of Girl Do You Think We Are? Bwana Dik Latex Solar Beef Willie the Pimp, Pt. 1 & 2 Do You Like My New Car? Happy Together Lonesome Electric Turkey Peaches en Regalia Tears Began to Fall
200 Motels (1971) Side one
Semi-Fraudulent/Direct-From-Hollywood Overture Mystery Roach Dance of the Rock & Roll Interviewers This Town Is a Sealed Tuna Sandwich (Prologue) Tuna Fish Promenade Dance of the Just Plain Folks This Town Is a Sealed Tuna Sandwich (Reprise) The Sealed Tuna Bolero Lonesome Cowboy Burt
Side two
Touring Can Make You Crazy Would You Like a Snack? Redneck Eats Centerville She Painted up Her Face Janet's Big Dance Number Half a Dozen Provocative Squats Mysterioso Shove It Right In Lucy's Seduction of a Bored Violinist & Postlude
Side three
I'm Stealing the Towels Dental Hygiene Dilemma Does This Kind of Life Look Interesting to You? Daddy, Daddy, Daddy Penis Dimension What Will This Evening Bring Me This Morning
Side four
A Nun Suit Painted on Some Old Boxes Magic Fingers Motorhead's Midnight Ranch Dew on the Newts We Got The Lad Searches the Night for His Newts The Girl Wants to Fix Him Some Broth The Girl's Dream Little Green Scratchy Sweaters & Corduroy Ponce Strictly Genteel (The Finale)
Just Another Band From L.A. (1972) Side one
Billy the Mountain
Side two
Call Any Vegetable Eddie, Are You Kidding? Magdalena Dog Breath
Waka/Jawaka (1972) Side one
Big Swifty
Side two
Your Mouth It Just Might Be a One-Shot Deal Waka/Jawaka
The Grand Wazoo (1972)
For Calvin (And His Next Two Hitch-Hikers) The Grand Wazoo Cletus Awreetus-Awrightus Eat That Question Blessed Relief
Over-Nite Sensation (1973) Side one
Camarillo Brillo I'm the Slime Dirty Love Fifty-Fifty
Side two
Zomby Woof Dinah-Moe Humm Montana
Apostrophe (1974) Side one
Don’t Eat the Yellow Snow Nanook Rubs It St. Alfonzo’s Pancake Breakfast Father O’Blivion Cosmik Debris
Village of the Sun Echidna's Arf (Of You) Don't You Ever Wash That Thing?
Side three
Cheepnis Son of Orange County More Trouble Every Day
Side four
Be-Bop Tango (Of the Old Jazzmen's Church)
One Size Fits All (1975) Side one
Inca Roads Can't Afford No Shoes Sofa No. 1 Po-Jama People
Side two
Florentine Pogen Evelyn, a Modified Dog San Ber'dino Andy Sofa No. 2
Bongo Fury (1975) Side one
Debra Kadabra Carolina Hard-Core Ecstasy Sam With the Showing Scalp Flat Top Poofter's Froth Wyoming Plans Ahead 200 Years Old
Side two
Cucamonga Advance Romance Man With the Woman Head Muffin Man
Zoot Allures (1976) Side one
Wind Up Workin' in a Gas Station Black Napkins The Torture Never Stops Ms. Pinky
Side two
Find Her Finer Friendly Little Finger Wonderful Wino Zoot Allures Disco Boy
Zappa In New York (1978) Disc one
Titties & Beer Cruisin' for Burgers I Promise Not to Come in Your Mouth Punky's Whips Honey, Don't You Want a Man Like Me? The Illinois Enema Bandit
Disc two
I'm the Slime Pound for a Brown Manx Needs Women The Black Page Drum Solo/Black Page #1 Big Leg Emma Sofa Black Page #2 The Torture Never Stops The Purple Lagoon/Approximate
Studio Tan (1978) Side one
The Adventures of Greggery Peccary
Side two
Revised Music for Guitar and Low-Budget Orchestra Lemme Take You to the Beach RDNZL
Sleep Dirt (1979) Side one
Filthy Habits Flambay Spider of Destiny Regyptian Strut
Side two
Time Is Money Sleep Dirt The Ocean Is the Ultimate Solution
Sheik Yerbouti (1979) Side one
I Have Been in You Flakes Broken Hearts Are for Assholes I'm So Cute
Side two
Jones Crusher What Ever Happened to All the Fun in the World Rat Tomago Wait a Minute Bobby Brown (Goes Down) Rubber Shirt The Sheik Yerbouti Tango
Side three
Baby Snakes Tryin' to Grow a Chin City of Tiny Lites Dancin' Fool Jewish Princess
Side four
Wild Love Yo' Mama
Orchestral Favorites (1979) Side one
Strictly Genteel Pedro's Dowry Naval Aviation in Art?
Side two
Duke of Prunes Bogus Pomp
Joe's Garage (1979)
Act I
Side one
The Central Scrutinizer Joe's Garage Catholic Girls Crew Slut
Side two
Fembot in a Wet T-Shirt On the Bus Why Does It Hurt When I Pee? Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up Scrutinizer Postlude
Act II
Side one
A Token of My Extreme Stick It Out Sy Borg
Side two
Dong Work for Yuda Keep It Greasey Outside Now
Act III
Side three
He Used to Cut the Grass Packard Goose
Side four
Watermelon in Easter Hay A Little Green Rosetta
Tinseltown Rebellion (1981)
Fine Girl Easy Meat For the Young Sophisticate Love of My Life I Ain't Got No Heart Panty Rap Tell Me You Love Me Now You See It- Now You Don't Dance Contest The Blue Light Tinseltown Rebellion Pick Me, I'm Clean Bamboozled by Love Brown Shoes Don't Make It Peaches III
Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar (1981)
Disc 1 (Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar)
Side one
five-five-FIVE Hog Heaven Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar While You Were Out
Side two
Treacherous Cretins Heavy Duty Judy Soup 'n Old Clothes
Disc 2 (Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar Some More)
Side one
Variations on the Carlos Santana Secret Chord Progression Gee, I Like Your Pants Canarsie Ship Ahoy
Side two
The Deathless Horsie Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar Some More Pink Napkins
Disc 3 (Return of the Son of Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar)
Side one
Beat It With Your Fist Return of the Son of Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar Pinocchio's Furniture Why Johnny Can't Read
Side two
Stucco Homes Canard Du Jour
You Are What You Is (1981) Side one
Teen-Age Wind Harder Than Your Husband Doreen Goblin Girl Theme from the 3rd Movement of Sinister Footwear
Side two
Society Pages I'm a Beautiful Guy Beauty Knows No Pain Charlie's Enormous Mouth Any Downers? Conehead
Side three
You Are What You Is Mudd Club The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing Dumb All Over
Side four
Heavenly Bank Account Suicide Chump Jumbo Go Away If Only She Woulda Drafted Again
Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch (1982) Side one
No Not Now Valley Girl I Come from Nowhere
Side two
Drowning Witch Envelopes Teen-Age Prostitute
The Man From Utopia (1983)
Cocaine Decisions SEX Tink Walks Amok The Radio is Broken We Are Not Alone The Dangerous Kitchen The Man from Utopia Meets Mary Lou Stick Together The Jazz Discharge Party Hats Luigi & the Wise Guys Mōggio
Baby Snakes (1983) Side one
Intro Rap/Baby Snakes Titties & Beer The Black Page #2 Jones Crusher Disco Boy
Side two
Dinah-Moe Humm Punky's Whips
London Symphony Orchestra Volume 1 (1983) Side one
Sad Jane Pedro's Dowry Envelopes
Side two
Mo 'n Herb's Vacation, First Movement Mo 'n Herb's Vacation, Second Movement Mo 'n Herb's Vacation, Third Movement
Boulez Conducts Zappa: The Perfect Stranger (1984) Side one
The Perfect Stranger Naval Aviation in Art? The Girl in the Magnesium Dress
Side two
Outside Now Again Love Story Dupree's Paradise Jonestown
Them Or Us (1984) Side one
The Closer You Are In France Ya Hozna Sharleena
Side two
Sinister Footwear II Truck Driver Divorce
Side three
Stevie's Spanking Baby, Take Your Teeth Out Marqueson's Chicken Planet of My Dreams
Side four
Be in My Video Them or Us Frogs with Dirty Little Lips Whippin' Post
Thing-Fish (1984) Disc 1 (Part I)
Prologue The Mammy Nuns Harry & Rhonda Galoot Up-Date The 'Torchum' Never Stops That Evil Prince You Are What You Is Mudd Club Meek Shall Inherit Nothing Clowns on Velvet Harry-as-a-Boy He's So Gay Massive Improve'lence Artificial Rhonda
Disc 2 (Part II)
Crab-Grass Baby White Boy Troubles No Not Now Briefcase Boogie Brown Moses Wistful Wit a Fist-Full Drop Dead Won Ton On
Opus IV: No. 1 1st Movement: Andantino No. 1 2nd Movement: Allegro assai No. 2 2nd Movement: Allegro assai No. 3 1st Movement: Andante No. 3 2nd Movement: Tempo di minuetto No. 4 1st Movement: Minuetto
Frank Zappa Meets The Mothers Of Prevention (1985)
I Don't Even Care One Man, One Vote Little Beige Sambo Aerobics in Bondage We're Turning Again Alien Orifice Yo Cats What's New in Baltimore? Porn Wars H.R. 2911
Does Humor Belong In Music? (1986)
Zoot Allures Tinsel-Town Rebellion Trouble Every Day Penguin in Bondage Hot-Plate Heaven at the Green Hotel What's New in Baltimore Cock-Suckers' Ball WPLJ Let's Move to Cleveland Whipping Post
Jazz From Hell (1986) Side one
Night School The Beltway Bandits While You Were Art II Jazz from Hell
Side two
G-Spot Tornado Damp Ankles St. Etienne Massaggio Galore
London Symphony Orchestra Volume 2 (1987) Side one
Bogus Pomp
Side two
Bob in Dacron Strictly Genteel
Guitar (1988) Disc one
Sexual Harassment in the Workplace Which One Is It? Republicans Do Not Pass Go Chalk Pie In-A-Gadda-Stravinsky That's Not Really Reggae When No One Was No One Once Again, without the Net Outside Now (Original Solo) Jim & Tammy's Upper Room Were We Ever Really Safe in San Antonio? That Ol' G Minor Thing Again Hotel Atlanta Incidentals That's Not Really a Shuffle Move It or Park It Sunrise Redeemer
Disc two
Variations on Sinister #3 Orrin Hatch on Skis But Who Was Fulcanelli? For Duane GOA Winos Do Not March Swans? What Swans? Too Ugly for Show Business Systems of Edges Do Not Try This at Home Things That Look Like Meat Watermelon in Easter Hay Canadian Customs Is That All There Is? It Ain't Necessarily the Saint James Infirmary
Broadway The Hard Way (1988)
Elvis Has Just Left the Building Planet of the Baritone Women Any Kind of Pain Dickie's Such an Asshole When the Lie's So Big Rhymin' Man Promiscuous The Untouchables Why Don't You Like Me? Bacon Fat Stolen Moments Murder by Numbers Jezebel Boy Outside Now Hot Plate Heaven at the Green Hotel What Kind of Girl? Jesus Thinks You're a Jerk
The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life (1991) Disc one
Heavy Duty Judy Ring of Fire Cosmik Debris Find Her Finer Who Needs the Peace Corps? I Left My Heart in San Francisco Zomby Woof Boléro Zoot Allures Mr. Green Genes Florentine Pogen Andy Inca Roads Sofa No. 1
Disc two
Purple Haze Sunshine of Your Love Let's Move to Cleveland When Irish Eyes Are Smiling "Godfather Part II" Theme A Few Moments with Brother A. West The Torture Never Stops, Pt. 1 Theme from "Bonanza" Lonesome Cowboy Burt The Torture Never Stops, Pt. 2 More Trouble Every Day Penguin in Bondage The Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue Stairway to Heaven
Make A Jazz Noise Here (1991) Disc one
Stinkfoot When Yuppies Go to Hell Fire and Chains Let's Make the Water Turn Black Harry, You're a Beast The Orange County Lumber Truck Oh No Theme from Lumpy Gravy Eat That Question Black Napkins Big Swifty King Kong Star Wars Won't Work
Disc two
The Black Page (new age version) T'Mershi Duween Dupree's Paradise City of Tiny Lights Royal March from L'Histoire du Soldat Theme from the Bartok Piano Concerto #3 Sinister Footwear 2nd mvt. Stevie's Spanking Alien Orifice Cruisin' for Burgers Advance Romance Strictly Genteel
Playground Psychotics (1992) Disc one
Here Comes the Gear, Lads The Living Garbage Truck A Typical Sound Check This Is Neat The Motel Lobby Getting Stewed The Motel Room Don't Take Me Down The Dressing Room Learning "Penis Dimension" You There, with the Hard On! Zanti Serenade Divan" Sleeping in a Jar Don't Eat There Brixton Still Life Super Grease Wonderful Wino Sharleena Cruisin' for Burgers Diphtheria Blues Well Say Please Aaawk Scumbag A Small Eternity with Yoko Ono
Disc two
Beer Shampoo Champagne Lecture Childish Perversions Playground Psychotics The Mudshark Interview There's No Lust in Jazz Botulism on the Hoof You Got Your Armies The Spew King I'm Doomed Status Back Baby The London Cab Tape Concentration Moon, Part One The Sanzini Brothers It's a Good Thing We Get Paid to Do This Concentration Moon, Part Two Mom & Dad Intro to Music for Low Budget Orchestra Billy the Mountain He's Watching Us If You're Not a Professional Actor He's Right Going for the Money Jeff Quits A Bunch of Adventures Martin Lickert's Story A Great Guy Bad Acting The Worst Reviews A Version of Himself I Could Be a Star Now
Ahead Of Their Time (1993)
Prologue Progress? Like It or Not The Jimmy Carl Black Philosophy Lesson Holding The Group Back Holiday in Berlin The Rejected Mexican Pope Leaves the Stage Undaunted, the Band Plays On Agency Man Epilogue King Kong Help, I'm a Rock Transylvania Boogie Pound for a Brown Sleeping in a Jar Let's Make the Water Turn Black Harry, You're a Beast The Orange County Lumber Truck (Part I) Oh No The Orange County Lumber Truck (Part II)
The Yellow Shark (1993)
Intro Dog Breath Variations Uncle Meat Outrage at Valdez Times Beach II III Revised The Girl in the Magnesium Dress Be-Bop Tango Ruth Is Sleeping None of the Above Pentagon Afternoon Questi Cazzi Di Piccione Times Beach III Food Gathering in Post-Industrial America, 1992 Welcome to the United States Pound for a Brown Exercise, No. 4 Get Whitey G-Spot Tornado
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