Frank Zappa came to be interviewed for our TV show and I think that after the interview I hated Zappa even more than when it started. I remember when he was so mean to us when the Mothers of Invention played with the Velvet Underground— I think both at the Trip, in L.A., and at the Fillmore in San Francisco. I hated him then and I still don’t like him. And he was awfully strange about Moon. I said how great she was, and he said, “Listen, I created her. I invented her.” Like, “She’s nothing, it’s all me.” And I mean, if it were my daughter I would be saying, “Gee, she’s so smart,” but he’s taking all the credit. It was peculiar.Here's Moon performing the old 1982 song "Valley Girl." Listening to that today is a completely different experience because back then talking like that was really weird and unbelievably stupid. Today, that kind of speech is so common, perplexingly common. I hear it all the time from people who completely intend to be taken seriously — mainstream journalists, law professors — female and male.
Showing posts with label Velvet Underground. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Velvet Underground. Show all posts
Saturday, December 14, 2013
Andy Warhol hated Frank Zappa.
From "The Andy Warhol Diaries," Thursday, June 16, 1983:
Monday, December 17, 2012
"And there's even some evil mothers/They're gonna tell you that everything is just dirt..."
"... that women never really faint/And that villains always blink their eyes/And that children are the only ones who blush/And that, life is just to die."
A Velvet Underground lyric.
Are you one of those evil mothers that tell you women never really faint? I kind of am.
A Velvet Underground lyric.
Are you one of those evil mothers that tell you women never really faint? I kind of am.
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