Comments on: Moon Zappa: "Valley Girl"

By: wilberfan

wilberfan — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 01:33:00 +0000

You’ve gotta hand it to the director–they had to fill a lot of ‘visual time’ since Moon wasn’t singing (speaking) the entire time. And, yes, Moon (and Dad) are mocking this entire subculture…

By: noah django

noah django — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 19:33:00 +0000

I remember this being on the radio when I was maybe 6 and the subsequent trend of Val-speak, tshirts, stickers etc. what I didn’t get until now is how Moon is not championing valley girls, she’s pointing out how vapid the whole phenomenon is. or at least, that’s my interpretation. it’s pretty meta, but if I’m correct, it’s probably one of the all-time biggest backfires

By: 20thCenturyVole

20thCenturyVole — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 21:09:00 +0000

Moon Unit 2 changed it to Dweezil

By: D

Thu, 13 Sep 2012 17:43:00 +0000

For the less informed, like the person above Frank’s kids names are:

Dweezil Zappa
Moon Unit Zappa
Ahmet Zappa
Diva Zappa

By: D

Thu, 13 Sep 2012 17:41:00 +0000

lol only her, the rest look like straight from the late 70′s

By: TheMudshark

TheMudshark — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 09:17:00 +0000

I have to agree with you there, Pat.

By: TheMudshark

TheMudshark — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 09:13:00 +0000

Thanks, this info makes that episode at least five times more enjoyable.

By: ocker3

ocker3 — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 06:04:00 +0000

Youch, my ears! But hey, at least we have an early example of a forehead-mounted dildo

By: ocker3

ocker3 — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 06:04:00 +0000

The huge amount of spoken-word stuff just Drags On!

By: yupgiboy

yupgiboy — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 03:38:00 +0000

And? You say that like it’s a bad thing. It was common practice then and had been for years. This performance was promoting a single release and not a concert tour. It makes prefect sense to lip sync to the single that record company was promoting. I don’t know why more people don’t understand that.

By: Pat Eisel

Pat Eisel — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 02:00:00 +0000

Honestly, this just isn’t good. It’s bad. And by bad, I mean it sucks. It’s embarrassing for every one of those performers. I feel abused and a little sick after watching it. A Zappa family low point at best.

By: Pat Eisel

Pat Eisel — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 01:53:00 +0000

Holy shit! can we get a whole separate thread for this?

By: Jamaica

Jamaica — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 23:34:00 +0000

Ok, fine…for sure for sure.

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 22:40:00 +0000

I’ve just realized that, despite hearing the song quoted for 30 years, this is the first time that I’ve ever heard it.

By: pduggie

pduggie — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 20:53:00 +0000

I just got that now.

By: Gyrofrog

Gyrofrog — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 20:31:00 +0000

As the man said:

By: devophill

devophill — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 19:42:00 +0000

Wow, I didn’t know you could say “Lord God King BuFu” on national television! They didn’t even bleep it.

By: Lucy Gothro

Lucy Gothro — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 19:20:00 +0000

The preview on the main page is for Super Sylvia…?

By: isaacb2

isaacb2 — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 18:40:00 +0000

and by “perform” you mean “lip sync”

By: Boundegar

Boundegar — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 18:28:00 +0000

What is this “class” of which you speak?

By: 20thCenturyVole

20thCenturyVole — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 18:00:00 +0000

Which was she, MU1 or MU2? Dweezil was the other.

By: SomeGuyNamedMark

SomeGuyNamedMark — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 17:58:00 +0000

So very very 80s

By: MonkeyBoy

MonkeyBoy — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 17:41:00 +0000

She was 14 at the time and maybe the networks or her father had enough class then not to sexualize her.

(I met her around 1990 and found her much more attractive as an adult than a teenager – as opposed to a common pattern in Hollywood where cute female child stars often grow up to be bland cows.).

By: Kelly M

Kelly M — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 17:36:00 +0000

This really did penetrate culture. There are whole segments of middle-class white girls who talk this way.

Anyway, my favorite Solid Gold non-sequitor WTF was the Plasmatics: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iij2_JvHGr8

By: Glen Able

Glen Able — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 17:28:00 +0000

She’s only 14 or 15 in that clip, I think? I believe it was also her singing “I don’t want nobody to shoot me in the foxhole” a couple of years earlier on her dad’s You Are What You Is.

Most recently, I spotted her name in the Curb Your Enthusiasm credits – she played that helpful, mysterious burka’d Muslim woman.

By: Boundegar

Boundegar — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 17:24:00 +0000

I don’t get why her outfit is so completely different from the dancers. Is she the valley girl, or are they?

By: MrWednesday7

MrWednesday7 — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 17:09:00 +0000

“gag me with a spoon” LOL