Frank Zappa interview with Norman Gunston ABC Australia
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Australian icon Norman Gunston interviews a bemused Frank Zappa. Norman solos on Acoustic Harmonica and gets his mojo workin.
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March 24th, 2009 at 4:31 am
that is so fukin funny!!!!
March 27th, 2009 at 12:06 am
Haha, awesome video! Norman rips it up on the harmonica! What a classic moment!!!!!
March 28th, 2009 at 11:09 am
Sleep dirt, I wonder what he had on his mind when he played that, wonderful peace of music, incredible. Very unlike other stuff he did… onde of my all time favorites
March 28th, 2009 at 1:57 pm
true man
peace.
March 29th, 2009 at 10:47 pm
gunston actually ended up playing with frank a few months later at the hordern pavilion in sydney. the gig was released as a double cd a few years back called fz:oz. gunston/mcdonald plays on the torture never stops.
April 1st, 2009 at 5:26 am
shit i grew up woth that **** and that was pretty fuckin mint HANDS DOWN!
April 1st, 2009 at 1:27 pm
This has to be the GREATEST thing on youtube without question. I love it. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
April 2nd, 2009 at 2:46 pm
There’s a lot of acoustic guitar on the older Mothers albums. We’re Only in it for the Money and Uncle Meat come to mind right away. For some reason, he got away from the acoustic in later years. By the 80’s, he usually just played electric guitar solos…leaving the written guitar parts to others like Steve Vai, Warren Cucurrullo, etc. As good as those cats were, I thought Zappa had the best touch of all when he played rhythym and melody lines.
April 3rd, 2009 at 11:10 pm
omg he can actually play the harmonica
April 5th, 2009 at 7:18 pm
Yes, the only other time I’ve heard Frank on Acoustic was on Sleep Dirt.
April 6th, 2009 at 4:17 am
zappa was so impressed with norman that he asked him to appear at his sydney concert, which he did.
April 7th, 2009 at 6:33 am
j’ai les boules de pas comprendre “l’amĂ©ricain” depuis ma naissance.
April 8th, 2009 at 9:24 am
gunston rules
April 8th, 2009 at 10:03 am
The boy has got a promising career and when he comes to Australia, give him a break.
April 10th, 2009 at 1:37 pm
wtf, are you serious?
if youve ever tryed harmonica before, you would know its harder then most instruments to learn properly
April 13th, 2009 at 8:37 pm
Rare to see Zappa strumming an acoustic guitar. Wish he did more of that.
April 14th, 2009 at 1:57 am
He’s not that good actually!
April 15th, 2009 at 11:34 pm
How many times has this guy’s premise been ripped off by other comics? The original and best! I like the slightly startled expression on FZ’s face when he realises that Gunston/McDonald is actually a very good harmonica player.
April 18th, 2009 at 4:32 am
important auction today:
Pete Brown and His Battered Ornaments
“A Meal You Can Shake Hands with in the Dark”
original Harvest Label (Gramaphone) LP - Mint
Ebay Store: the metals market
April 19th, 2009 at 5:50 am
I remember when he said: Dont ever let her know that you’re smart…
April 22nd, 2009 at 2:10 pm
I love to watch anything that Zappa had a part of awesome !
April 24th, 2009 at 1:03 pm
Gary MacDonald was doing the sasha cohen ’shock interview’ thing back when Cohen was probably still in nappies. Genius.
April 25th, 2009 at 11:37 am
hahaha FZ towards the end “you’re no Bob Dylan but…”
April 29th, 2009 at 2:31 am
I was on the floor when Norman Gunston playing along with Frank Zappa breaks out and on his own goes on to play the intro for the ABC News.
I wonder if Frank Zapper knew what it was?