Before you idolize Zappa you need to do a dig on the Laurel Canyon movement. The "hippie" culture was created there by the CIA. It was never a grassroots movement. Just more Clowns In America doing what they do, manipulating society.

Zappa's father was Francis Zappa a chemical warfare specialist at the Edgewood Arsenal. Edgewood is, of course, the longtime home of America’s chemical warfare program, as well as a facility frequently cited as being deeply enmeshed in MK-ULTRA operations. Jim Morrison (also a Laurel Canyon resident), who oddly referred to himself as the "Lizard King" was the son of U.S. Navy Admiral George Stephen Morrison. The same Adm. Morrison in command of the warships that in August, 1964 supposedly came under attack in Vietnam’s Tonkin Gulf which subsequently resulted in the immediate passing by the U.S. Congress of the obviously pre-drafted Tonkin Gulf Resolution, which will, in turn, quickly lead to America’s deep immersion into the bloody Vietnam quagmire.

Laurel Canyon is a deep rabbit hole with many branches tied to the hippie movement and CIA.

I'm 40. I had social studies. I was never taught the constitution.

And old favorite of my childhood.

I graduated High School in 1975. We had a senior (Grade 12) class at my High School that was called American Government, and our teacher was older - clearly had been teaching “Civics” for decades by that time. I was lucky to have her, and I was lucky to have a Dad who served in WWII, and parents who grew up during the Great Depression. They were older than the parents of most of my classmates - my Dad was 39 when I was born, and my Mom was almost 33. They instilled in us kids qualities like personal responsibility, self-control, common sense, respect for our elders and love of service and Country. I’ve always been proud to be an American, and no matter who tries to destroy our Republic, I believe the heart and soul of America will stand strong. Too many of us still stand united on the side of what’s right, with God as our moral compass, and we will win! NCSWIC! WWG1WGA 🇺🇸

Zappa always knew... He went before the "committee" on the censorship of musicians like himself against Tipper Gore...

Friend of mines mom dated Zappa for awhile.

She was proud of that.

Zappa was a self-described "conservative."

I know all about the Laurel Canyon stuff and about Zappa's dad. That said, his statement is true. One of the last years Civics was taught in our region was 1974.

Must be a red-pill/enema bandit joke in there.... somewhere

Anyone know a good Constitution class for kids? Middle School level?

https://youtu.be/NiEBndg4KDA

Hearing this in 2021 makes you think...

Thing fish - Prologue:

Once upon a time, musta been 'round October, few years back, in one o' dose TOP SECRET LAB-MOTORIES de gubbnint keep stashed away underneath Virginia, an EVIL PRINCE, occasion'ly employed as a part-time THEATRICAL CRITICIZER set to woikin' on a plot fo de systematic GENOCIDICAL REMOVE'LANCE of all unwanted highly-rhythmic individj'lls an' sissy-boys!

De cocksucker done whiffed up a secret POTIUM... an' right 'long wid it, de ATROCIOUS IDEA dat what he been boilin' up down deahhhh jes' mights be de FINAL SOLUTIUM to DE WHITE MAIN'S 'BOIDENNN', ef yo' acquire my drift...

Well, he were sure he had a GOOD THING GOIN'... but, dere was always de possobility dat somethin' might fuck up, so, he planned to have a little test, jes' to check it all out befo' he dump't it in de wattuh supply

For those who don't get it - Frank Zappa's music featured a plethora of commentary on social and political issues in the form of satire. His lyrics are over the top and ridiculous, which feature absurd little stories or make fun of people in positions of power at the time who try to lord over ordinary folks. It was meant to be humorous, to be offensive, to be absurd. He even had songs about "flakes in California", and railed against democrats and republicans of his time. He despised social conservatism but described himself as a conservative regardless (a fiscal, and libertarian constitutionalist).

He was as American as they come. He gave a shit about the direction of society and our constitutional rights, and the entirety of his music catalog talking about the breakdown of society has been validated a dozen times over since his passing.

Frank would laugh at the idea of people being disgusted by his music or walking out of shows because he hated how uptight and restrictive everything in his time was, but he also hated the counter culture's negative influences in the form of drugs, populism, and the commies.

He was not a hippie, not like other people of his time. Listen to the guy speak, or better yet, look up his testimony for congress in the '80s where he and a few other people fought against a movie like rating system to be applied for music albums, because it would necessarily result in censorship. He argued that people ought to choose for themselves what they want to listen to, and that a reasonable solution would be printing lyrics of songs on the inside pamphlets of albums. We still ended up with 'parental advisory' stickers, but managed to avoid a full on rating system which would result in radio censorship- like television, of R rated albums. Who would have determined that? Government.

As far as the music itself, love it or hate it, it's ridiculously complex and difficult. His songs are all almost entirely compositions, written to be played the exact same way every time. I'm a musician myself and Frank Zappa had a big influence in my playing of the guitar and music theory; the stuff is no joke, as a composer Zappa was a modern virtuoso and he surrounded himself by virtuoso players like Steve Vai. Try listening to a song like 'The Black Page', 'Watermelon in Easter Hay', 'Black Napkins', or any other instrumental (like 1/3 to 1/2 of all his music is just instrumentals, but he is most remembered for his absurd songs in the public eye). He ran his band like a business man, and if someone did drugs or had a bad attitude they were out. His music is very unconventional and if you've never heard it, you are unlike to hear almost anything else like it with exception of some other fantastic, albeit, unknown artists in this day and age.

Happy Constitution Day!

I went to Catholic school we were taught US Government

“Music, is EVERYTHING “.

“You are what you is”.

Irregardless of his Father etc, I was (remain) a HUGEFZ fan and was lucky to have seen him on 3 occasions. He was a musical genius, and [frank]ly a genius in general. He didn’t suffer fools lightly as was reflected in much ofhis satirical prose. A Patriotic American; he is greatly missed.

Central Scrutenizer.

Zappa was -literally- a self-declared Satanist.

Zappa was a moron who couldn't sing for shit, so he ranted controversial songs to sell records. Glad he's gone!