My parents always said, ‘You like that, you pursue that.’” Despite this, Moon craved normalcy, “I hated it. Ahmet told The Guardian in 2006, “Right away, we were recognized as individuals and brought up to believe in ourselves. They called their parents by their first names, they decided whether or not to go to school, they were given the kind of freedoms that children dream about. The Zappa kids – Moon, Dweezil, Diva, and Ahmet – had an unconventional upbringing by the standards of the day. Listen to Frank Zappa's 'Valley Girl' now. According to Moon, “I did feel his presence in the house, but you didn’t bother my father unless it was really important.” According to his autobiography, 1989’s The Real Frank Zappa Book, family came second to music – wife Gail was described as his best friend, but their conversations mainly concerned business and his children knew not to interrupt his work. The Zappa familyįrank spent much of his time at home in Los Angeles in the early 80, but his waking hours were mostly spent working in his basement recording studio. And, even stranger, it wouldn’t have happened at all without his then-teenage daughter, Moon Unit Zappa.

But with his 1982 single, “Valley Girl,” Frank Zappa did something truly unexpected – he had a hit single. He’d experimented in psychedelia, jazz, funk, even doo-wop, while pushing boundaries with satirical and often plain bizarre lyrics and album concepts. By the early 80s there wasn’t much that Frank Zappa could do to surprise his fans.

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