Frank Zappa - Whippin' Post Lyrics






I been run down
Lord, I been lied to
And I don't know why
I let that mean woman make out a fool

She took all my money
Wrecked my new car
Now she's with one of my good-time buddies,
Drinkin' in some cross-town bar

Sometimes I feel
Sometimes I feel
Like I been
Tied to the whippin' post
Tied to the whippin' post
Good Lord, I feel like I'm dyin'

My friends tell me
That I been such a fool
But I got to stand there an' take it
All for loving you

Drown myself in sorrow
As I look at what you done
Nothin' seems to change;
That bad times stay the same,
And I can't run

Sometimes I feel
Sometimes I feel
Like I been
Tied to the whippin' post
Tied to the whippin' post
Good Lord, I feel like I'm dyin'





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  1. J.... P....

    GRANDE BOBBY!

  2. M.... A....

    Velocidad a x.75 ❤️

  3. J.... P....

    ON the vocals.... Robert "Bobby" Martin (born June 1948) is an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Martin sings and plays keyboards, horns, saxophones and other instruments.
    Born: June 1948, Philadelphia
    Profession: Singer-songwriter, Multi-instrument...
    Instruments played: Keyboard, French horn,
    Album: American Soul Man

  4. s.... c....

    zappa and his..... he as sanger! so nice!

  5. E.... A....

    matthew mcconaughey or daniel day lewis for gran zappa's biopic

  6. I.... M....

    Amazing

  7. d.... t....

    zappa was a good picker

  8. C.... T....

    Utter freaking masterpiece cover. Good Lord indeed.

  9. J.... J....

    I'm a Hispanic who grew up on RnB, hip-hop and brake danced in my youth. This being my first time watching Frank, I gotta say THIS WAS FUCKING AMAZING!!

  10. V.... K....

    Holy Mofo... love Zappa LOVE ABB whew this is awesome. Great vocals. Lucky enought to have seen the Mistro a few times. Great video whoever posted thanks...

  11. A.... ....

    Mmmmmmmeh.....Decent vocals but overdone, wanky '80s guitar.

  12. g.... ....

    So Frank used a coin for a pick?

  13. B.... J....

    nice but waaay too fast

  14. M.... B....

    Are you sure that's the way Duane would have done it ?

  15. J.... ....

    Nearer the end,I think,,god bless you frank,requiem et pace,genius..

  16. R.... W....

    This is the closest you’re going to ever get to a smile on Frank’s face

  17. D.... ....

    Knowing the ABB and Fillmore East album inside out, I can only say that this cover of Whipping Post is shit and the antics of the zappa band from the weird bass player, to the over the top singing and the towel cooling moron, the ABB and Duane would roll in his grave watching this abortion. Thats the thing about Zappa - he was a real good guitar player but always had to be over the top weird to carve out his own niche cause he couldn't stand up to players like Duane Allman, Clapton, Beck, Stevie Ray, Hendrix, etc. - and thats not what those great musicians were about - but frank needed to be weird to rate.

    D.... ....

    zappas guitar solo is awesome and unique here..the people you name would mostly just play what you expect..

  18. C.... J....

    I wonder what Zappa would think of this stupid ass world we live in now....

  19. E.... B....

    Zappa is the only member of the band who can't actually play his instrument. An insult to the song 👎

  20. J.... T....

    My god. Coming from the video of Duane and Greg’s amazing performance at Fillmore... this makes me wanna barf. Such a soulful song ripped of its integrity by Zappa’s capricious and brutal demonstration of a “cover”

  21. p.... ....

    Bobby, you can tie me to the whippin post any day!!!!!

  22. S.... P....

    I'm impressed they can play it this fast.

  23. W.... ....

    That is fucking awful

  24. D.... E....

    intense

  25. S.... F....

    This can’t hold a candle to the original. No soul at all.

  26. a.... b....

    Is that Victor wooten on bass ???????

  27. P.... J....

    so cool to see Chad on drums. He has a Tommy Scholz kind of sound on his stereo solos.

  28. R.... P....

    Wow. Just wow.

  29. P.... S....

    "there ain't no such thing as dying" - miss you sooooo much Frank - Born 21st December 1940 to 'eternity'

  30. K.... C....

    Love it....

  31. j.... e....

    A good version of this song with Jules and Lorna Forthergill from England and their band Northsyde; I have met Jules and talked to him lengthy about guitars and equipment at a pub in Sweden, he´s a great jammin´ guitarist too, and his wife sings very well, excellent drummer and bassist I just heard he passed away from an aggressive cancer. RIP.. Guitarist with soul and ability : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DNcl8n1yRs&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR1P46xVKvEmfF-C4ziuXRRvhgvmjBtw8WcllVzEV0lc4Ms0rx1-JjDSDxE

  32. �.... �....

    عربي مر من هنا 🚶🏾‍♂️ .

  33. W.... D....

    Zappa had other good singers in his band over the years as well. Ike Willis in the Illinois Enema Bandit did just as good a job as Martin here imo. Andrew Belew in City of Tiny Lights also good.

    W.... D....

    This is brilliant just say it twat

  34. h.... c....

    Wow! Searching versions of Whipping Post. Martin has got a lot of heart, Zappa, of course, kills it, but I still prefer Allman Brothers.

  35. L.... J....

    I never got to see Frank play live butt one night on acid I talked to him on the phone for about 3 hours

    L.... J....

    You can talk to anyone on acid.

  36. R.... H....

    Who is that singer!?

  37. G.... A....

    The Allman Brothers were sensational but Frank Zappa was just on another level. I'm still not sure whether he was taking the piss out of the song but his playing makes the Allman Brothers look like a garage band.

  38. M.... B....

    Wow I had no idea

  39. h.... ....

    Wow, what pipes .

  40. T.... L....

    oh yeah, and aside from the vocal..Frank and the gang are banging like it's their last concert on this planet.

  41. s.... ....

    this was their final encore when i saw them at brendan byrne arena in the meadowlands in 1984. i've always said it was the best live song i've ever heard done. absolutely amazing cover.

  42. G.... ....

    Was listening to Zappa's "Whipping Post" with my band as we were all riding together in the van on the way home after playing. At one point when the band stopped playing and you could hear the sound of the live audience, my bass player was freaking out, suddenly realizing that he was listening to a live performance. "WHAT! This is LIVE?" We were all in shock, honestly.

  43. S.... B....

    Heard this by Groove Therapy at JQ's Sat. nite Lake Worth Fl...outstanding..like this version...

  44. f.... ....

    Somebody call paramedics--Frank Zappa and the Mother's just ran over the Allman Brothers--and then backed over them!

  45. M.... S....

    Bob Martin, best singer ever in my youth, great!!!!

  46. W.... L....

    Hehehe Robby steals Frank the show respect

  47. D.... B....

    WOW! Excellent!

  48. a.... c....

    I'm not gay, but if Bobby Martin sung that anywhere near me, I'd repeatedly marry him and let him have his way with me. However he liked. Forever. It's PERFECTION personified.

  49. T.... L....

    Best cover ever....so good it isn't really a cover...reinvention by the Muthas thereof.......................eh?

  50. T.... W....

    that's Terri Bozio on drums. him and his sister Dale were in the band Missing Persons

    T.... W....

    Not Terry Bozzio, he had left by this point. The drummer is Chad Wackerman :-)

    T.... W....

    Mate...that's Chad Wackerman on drums.
    Terry was replaced by Vinnie,and then..after a brief stint of Mr Logeman,Chad was hired.

  51. S.... V....

    Perfection at work.

  52. B.... ....

    This vid is one of my favorites. The close ups of the faces . . priceless memories of Frank and Bobby at their best. Love it/them. x

  53. P.... P....

    The singers name is Robert Martin and he totally stole the show with his exceptional vocal performance. Even FZ had this look on his face like” damn he’s killing it again and I’ve gotta follow this?!?!”

    P.... P....

    So true! Frank is/was just as humble as Clint: They allways gave the spotlight to another greats diminshing their own greatness, like to Jeff Bridges, Kevin Costner, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman etc.

    P.... P....

    more like "that's what I'm paying you for. Good job!"

    P.... P....

    @pneumatica3 I got the same feeling.

    P.... P....

    I saw that tour. No way in hell did Bobby Martin steal the show ... with a cover. A great cover, and the finale ... but a cover!

    My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama!

    P.... P....

    h
    he sucked

  54. V.... S....

    Zappa doin Allman. O lord I feel I am dying .

  55. 2.... ....

    Bobby Martin-voc

  56. m.... ....

    God I wish I could sing like that

  57. P.... ....

    That look he gives at 1:14...love it! 👍👍

  58. P.... K....

    so blessed to have seen Frank in concert ! genius

  59. M.... N....

    😎💜💜💜😎💜💜💜😎💜💜💜👌

  60. p.... ....

    This has to be the best live version of this song. Tell me if I'm wrong. I really want to know.......

    p.... ....

    Best https://youtu.be/IFMbniEoBX4

    p.... ....

    not the only reason @Stewart Lybrand , he was asked to play the song in 1974 in Heksinki, you can actualy listen to this on the YCDTOSA vol 2.

    p.... ....

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8ZnNSAT0OY

    p.... ....

    Barcelona 1988 was a good version

    p.... ....

    @Maurice van Dijk Volumn 2 is by far my favorite edition of You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore (but they are all worth hearing). It's the only full concert in the series and is a great concert by what was possibly Frank's best band. The song is called "Whipping Floss" here, and is really a mutated Montana.

  61. J.... E....

    ZAPPA!!!!!!!

  62. w.... ....

    I'm sort of surprised that so few have mentioned the performance here by the singer (whose name I don't know)...my goodness!! That guy's vocals are immaculate!!! His singing is pitch perfect! And this is not an easy song to sing....

    w.... ....

    TREVA Mae Concur

    w.... ....

    Bobby Martin! Indeed!

    w.... ....

    @TREVA Mae You have a tin ear. He's a far cry better than "decent".

    w.... ....

    Some friends of mine in a band here in Nashville called Roadhouse Roosters never cease to amaze patrons that come into Layla's on Sundays to their high caliper musicianship. They play lots of 70s bluesy rock, which includes Whipping Post and a number of other Allman Bros songs. They also do a ton of Skynard stuff too.
    This band usually has three guitar players and one who had been with this band is a child prodigy recently turned 19 and sounds like he's been playing for 30. His major influence is Duane Allman and you can hear it.
    He leaves the crowd absolutely flabbergasted..

    w.... ....

    @jack Macer ya man ,seen em many time to count in that era

  63. R.... B....

    Excellent!!!

  64. C.... P....

    genialidad de los Allman Brothers por otro genio como Zappa.

  65. J.... B....

    This is a "Look-at-how slick- we-are!" cover.

    J.... B....

    No? Is that so...

    How about his great album: "We are only in it for the money"?

    Rediculing The Beatles!

    And getting himself loads of money and praise?

    Get real bob

    J.... B....

    Have you even listened to the original?

    J.... B....

    anyone posting a mustache forever is no worthy of licking Lennons toes.

    J.... B....

    Zappa has always been a prancer.

    A brilliant one at that is granted.

    Please listen to the Fillmore East rendition of this song.

    If you think piling up notes into a beat constitutes feeling, I have pity on you.

    J.... B....

    I personaly think you are offended somehow..........We´re only in it for the Money is what is was, then and now!!!........And tell me where he made fun of the Beatles?.........I can´t hear it in the Lyrics? ......what I hear is that he showed that Hippies and flowerpower just was a Hype.......I´m really kind of phoney but forgive me cause I´m stoned.....

  66. P.... ....

    That sly little look Frank gives at 1:14 makes the whole video!

    P.... ....

    Yes PJ, but this one's better-- 0:20

  67. a.... m....

    R.I.P. Gregg Allman great song!!!

  68. O.... P....

    r.i.p Gregg Allman who died 5-27

  69. m.... ....

    Is that Chad Wackerman on drums?

    m.... ....

    @cruzmaiden Yeppers, interspersed with gigs with Allan Holdsworth. Pretty much the best drummer ever!!!

    m.... ....

    Wanckerman for sure. So great!

    m.... ....

    @Tim Woll Wrong, it's Wackerman. https://youtu.be/L5gnubhlgF0?t=404

    m.... ....

    @Tim Woll You were wrong every time you wrote that. Definitely Wackerman.

    m.... ....

    @Chris Maxfield never said it.

  70. p.... ....

    methinks the maestro might be having a little fun! "the disgusting stink of a too loud electric guitar...now that's my idea of a good time." - FZ.

  71. B.... J....

    Zappa: HEY GREGG!!!
    Gregg Allman: what?
    Zappa: WELCOME TO THE 80'S MOTHERFUCKER 
    Gregg: lol

  72. X.... ....

    agrreeeeeees

  73. k.... ....

    I saw him do this at the Fox in Atlanta in 1981.I have never seen a crowd jump to their feet faster in my life when they broke into it.

    k.... ....

    I was there.  Ballsy for sure.

    k.... ....

    Me too, I had forgotten if it was at The Fox in 81 or the Civic Center in 84. Thanks

    k.... ....

    Was the 2nd Encore

  74. i.... ....

    Frank didn't live on the edge, he invented it.

  75. j.... w....

    it looks like he may be using a metal pick.

    j.... w....

    jay wire it’s a nickel. In his book. He never had picks. Said they were too hard to keep up with

    j.... w....

    @Jacob Thaxton Brian May style!

  76. D.... D....

    Bobby Martin's a bizarre creature! Great though.

  77. j.... ....

    This was the final encore number they played in ATL when I saw them in '84. Amazing concert!

  78. G.... M....

    IF CARLSBERG DID FLAGELLATION !!!!

  79. y.... ....

    my favourite from 'does humor belong in music' ...fantastic! (nice to see a good quality upload as well, thanks)

    y.... ....

    I've just given the 2nd like in 5 years to this comment. I do hope this unbelievable quality of music is not being slowly forgotten as we old rockers fade away!

  80. A.... M....

    he's god

  81. G.... S....

    Zappa is a fuckin' genius ..No one like him!

    G.... S....

    Ok. I won't. No but seriously I do.

    G.... S....

    Too bad one of the greatest songs played by Duane was straight butchered by Zappa’s nonsensical “music”

  82. R.... P....

    Excelente!

  83. I.... U....

    Incredible!!! love it!!!!!!!

  84. A.... M....

    He does what I never dreamt of was possible... A true genius!

  85. N.... V....

    Master of universe !!

  86. K.... M....

    yeaahhhhh perrrrrrrrrrrrfect !!!!!!