Zappa

In 1982, avant-garde rock genius Frank Zappa scored his only top 40 hit, the Grammy-nominated, Zeitgeist-capturing "Valley Girl". The satirical broadcast.

… So he and I were the two “showbiz” people in the house. … I never wanted any of the fame of it, but I admired my father, so I wanted to be a working artist like my father.” I hope it brought you joy and connection and closer to your own creativity, and know that I am still thinking of you all today.” As it turns out, Moon got her wish: While she’ll probably always be most associated with “Valley Girl,” she’s worked steadily for the past 40 years as an actress, journalist, comedian, voiceover, singer, and author (with a memoir about her fraught childhood currently in the making). “It was a voice I picked up when I went to school in the Valley. those two I was afraid of being hurt, being exposed to attention, unwanted attention – the way I felt I had this unwanted attention on me me. The success of “Valley Girl” also affected Moon’s relationship with her father, in both good and bad ways. “Valley Girl” came out and became a mainstream leftfield hit, leading to appearances on The Merv Griffin ShowMTV, and Pure gold. I have a lot of magazines where I have drawings of naked people chained up and having sex. She never even expected “Valley Girl” to come out, and she admits that she felt wronged when Frank recorded his ’82 album, which she’d assumed was just a private recording of “Time With My.” father,” recorded. I wasn’t thinking, “We’re making a product.” I thought, ‘I spend time with my father.’” on a school night and asked him to join him in the studio to perform some improvised spoken word vocals to a song inspired by Moon’s impersonations.