40 years later, Frank Zappa’s only top 40 hit gets a video
In the spring of 1982, a weird song started showing up on the radio. It involved a mostly spoken-word performance by a ditzy-sounding girl speaking a strange Southern California dialect known as “Valspeak.” It was the birth of the Valley Girl in wider pop culture, spreading from The Galleria Mall in Sherman Oaks to the rest of the planet.
Appearing on the album Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch (featuring the greatest bit of minimalist album art ever)…
…the song–starting daughter Moon Unit Zappa–reached #32 on the Billboard Hot 100. The Valley Girl became a meme copied by people everywhere. Strangely, though, even though MTV was a big deal at the time, the song never had a music video. That’s been fixed.
Zappa was a total genius and not one person even gets close to him.
Been a total fan since Freak out was first released..
Yes truly a talent when music came from the heads and minds instead of a computer, frank was ahead of his time like all greats
Quality scenes , cool as 😎💪🏴👊
Wow, this was an awesome visit to the past. Also for a great minimalist art cover, “Trio and Error” by Trio.
Like, dittuh
Frank was such an incredible musician and writer, I still wish to this day I was his illegitimate son!
Bobby Brown (Goes Down) was actually Singles Charts
Nr1 in Sweden
Nr1 in Norway
nr2 in Austria
nr4 in West Germany
nr5 in Switzerland…
USA people forget there is more to the world than USA… 😉
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Bobby Brown (Goes Down) was actually Single Charts Nr1 in Sweden and Norway, nr2 in Austria, nr4 in West Germany and Switzerland nr 5 or 6.