Zappa's earliest influences were 1950s pop and rock (such as doo-wop and rhythm and blues), and 20th-century classical composers including Igor Stravinsky and Edgard Varèse. His output was divided between adventurous instrumental compositions and succinct, catchy rock songs with ribald, satirical, or comically absurd lyrics. On stage he demanded virtuosity and spontaneity from his musicians, and employed many performers who would later go on to achieve fame in their own rights. He directed and released a number of films featuring himself, his musicians and entourage, including 200 Motels and Baby Snakes.
His career started in 1955. His earliest recordings date from the mid-1960s, and include collaborations with his school friend Captain Beefheart. In 1965 he joined a bar-band called The Soul Giants, quickly dominating its musical direction and rechristening it The Mothers. Their first release (as The Mothers of Invention; the name alteration requested by their record company) was the 1966 double album Freak Out!. The line-up of the Mothers gradually expanded to accommodate Zappa's increasingly ambitious and avant-garde music, but by 1969 he decided to work outside the band structure, focusing on his solo career, and effectively disbanding the Mothers in 1971.
The beginnings of his solo career in the late sixties and early seventies was characterised by a strong free jazz influence, with albums containing little, if any, lyrical content, such as Hot Rats, Waka/Jawaka and The Grand Wazoo. Towards the mid-seventies his albums became more rock-orientated, with a combination of Jazz Fusion instrumentation and Rock song structures. This more accessible sound bore reasonable mainstream appeal, especially with the release of the well-advertised albums Over-Nite Sensation and Apostrophe (') (which both went Gold), but Zappa's unpredictably eclectic output never led to solid mainstream recognition. He received uniformly lukewarm reviews from popular music publications such as Rolling Stone throughout his career. In his late seventies' output, the gulf between his humorous songs and more lengthy, complex instrumental music widened, and albums, such as Zappa in New York, Joe's Garage: Acts I, II & III, and Sleep Dirt displayed, by track, both sides firmly segregated.
Zappa saw a second run of success in the early eighties with the release of many albums with predominantly comedic rock songs, but later continued to experiment with virtually every style of music through the eighties, and was productive as ever until his death. His output in this later-career period included two albums of strikingly original classical music with the London Symphony Orchestra, an electronic take on 18th-century chamber music (written by the obscure Italian composer 'Francesco Zappa', no relation), an album of Synclavier compositions (misleadingly titled Jazz From Hell which garnered a Grammy award), a double-CD release of electric guitar instrumental music (the laconically titled Guitar) and a plenitude of official live releases, revisiting fan-favourites as well as showcasing Zappa's talent for reinventing the music of others; his version of Stairway to Heaven becoming a word-of-mouth favourite.
Zappa produced almost all of his own albums, spending many hours in the studio recording and manipulating tracks, and was always at the forefront of emerging technologies; from tape editing, collage, multitrack and overdubbing in the sixties to digital recording, electronic instruments and sampling in the eighties. Conversely, Zappa was also a obsessive self-archivist, recording virtually every one of his live performances, and often using live recordings of new material without needing to enter the studio. The archive of tapes at his family home in Los Angeles continues to be a source of posthumous releases for the Zappa Family Trust. He was also noted as a spotter of talent and his shifting line-up of musicians included Lowell George, Jean-Luc Ponty, Terry Bozzio, Chad Wackerman, George Duke, Mike Keneally, Adrian Belew and Steve Vai, as well as giving Alice Cooper his first break in music and working again with his old collaborator Captain Beefheart when his career was in decline.
In the late 1980s he became active in politics, campaigning against the PMRC's music censorship scheme and acting as culture and trade representative for Czechoslovakia in 1989; and considered running as an independent candidate for president of the US.
His death in Los Angeles, California, on 4th December 1993 came three years after he was diagnosed with prostate cancer.
I'm Not Satisfied
Frank Zappa Lyrics
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Got no place to go
I'm tired of walking up and down the street all by myself
No love left for me to give
I try and try but no-one wants me the way I am
Why should I pretend I like
To roam from door to door
I just don't care no more
Because I'm not satisfied
Everything I tried
I don't like the way
Life has been abusing me
Yeah! Yeah!
Who would care if I was gone?
I never met no-one who'd care if I was dead and gone
Who needs me to care for them?
Nobody needs me, why should I just hang around?
Why should I just sit and watch
While the others smile?
I just wish that someone cared
If I was happy for a while
Because I'm not satisfied
Everything I tried
I don't like the way
Life has been abusing me
Yeah!
The lyrics of Frank Zappa's song "I'm Not Satisfied" express feelings of loneliness, isolation, and despair. The singer has no place to go and no one to love him. He feels like he has tried everything, but nothing seems to work out for him. He is tired of pretending to be someone he's not and thinks about killing himself. The singer feels like no one cares if he is gone or if he is happy, which makes him feel even more alone and unimportant.
The song's lyrics highlight the feeling of being stuck and powerless, which is why the song resonates with so many people. It's a common feeling to feel like nothing we do is enough or that we are never enough for people. The song "I'm Not Satisfied" captures this sense of hopelessness and illustrates how it feels to think that no one cares for us or needs us.
In conclusion, Frank Zappa's song "I'm Not Satisfied" presents a powerful message that loneliness can make a person feel unimportant, and even though they try to change it, life seems to be abusing them. The lyrics express the singer's desire for someone to understand his pain and offer some comfort, making it a powerful and emotional song.
Line by Line Meaning
Yeah!
Expression of frustration and restlessness
Got no place to go
Feeling lost and directionless in life
I'm tired of walking up and down the street all by myself
Feeling isolated, lonely and unsatisfied with social life
No love left for me to give
Feeling emotionally depleted and unable to give love
I try and try but no-one wants me the way I am
Feeling rejected and unable to find acceptance
Why should I pretend I like to roam from door to door
Questioning the need to conform to societal norms of socializing
Maybe I'll just kill myself, I just don't care no more
Feeling helpless and depressed, contemplating suicide
Because I'm not satisfied, everything I tried
Unfulfilled in life despite effort to find happiness
I don't like the way life has been abusing me
Feeling victimized by life experiences and circumstances
Who would care if I was gone?
Feeling insignificant and unimportant in the world
I never met no-one who'd care if I was dead and gone
Feeling unloved and unnoticed by others
Who needs me to care for them?
Questioning the value of oneself in the lives of others
Nobody needs me, why should I just hang around?
Feeling unnecessary and purposeless in life
Why should I just sit and watch while the others smile?
Feeling left out and unable to enjoy life as others do
I just wish that someone cared if I was happy for a while
Desiring empathy and companionship in life
Yeah!
Expression of frustration and restlessness
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: LUTHER VANDROSS
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@AdamSurvivingAmerica
Yeah!
Got no place to go
(I'm tired of walking
Up and down the street all by myself)
No love left for me to give
(I tried and tried
But no one wants me the way I am)
Why should I pretend I like
To roam from door to door
Maybe I'll just kill myself
I just don't care no more
Because
I'm not satisfied
Everything I've tried
I don't like the way
Life has been abusing me
Yeah!
Yeah!
Who would care
If I was gone
(I never met no one
Who'd care if I was dead and gone)
Who needs me
To care for them
(Nobody needs me
Why should I just hang around?)
Why should I just sit and watch
While the others smile
I just wish that someone cared
If I was happy for a while
Because
I'm not satisfied
Everything I've tried
I don't like the way
Life has been abusing me
Yeah!
@tezwintincorporated2054
My wife sings this song to me every morning
@robertpina7345
Lucky you
@pixelwrinkly1528
You're lucky.
At least she sings it to you.
Wait till she gets a lawyer to type it out and send it in the mail. :-)
@conservativegal3005
she looks over and says "YEEAAHH.."
@matthewabell914
That is sort of sad,
@matthewabell914
LOL. That's funny as fuck, dude.
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@ClaurioNeves
Isso é alguém que soa muito à frente de seu tempo... Esses arranjos, esse instrumental, esses acordes, esses vocais, essa letra... Isso é lindo!
This is someone who sounds WAY AHEAD of his time... This arrangement, these chords, these vocals, these lyrics... That's just beautiful!
@RaxOldies
welcome to 1966 !! ( lol ) Glad I was there for this masterpiece !
@beatriz4998
❤
@samueIferreira
sim, e eu odeio tudo antes da década de 70 por conta da gravação