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==References to American institutions and brands==
 
==References to American institutions and brands==
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* The [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]]
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* [[American Civil Liberties Union]]
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* [[American Medical Association]]
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* [[American Society of University Composers]]
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* [[Barbie]], [[Ken]] and [[Cindy]]
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* [[Boston Globe Jazz Festival]]
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* [[Burger King]]
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* [[Capitol Records]]
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* [[Central Intelligence Agency]]
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* [[Wikipedia:CNN|CNN]]
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* [[Department of Defense]]
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* [[Dodge]]
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* [[DownBeat]]
 
* The [[Wikipedia:Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]]
 
* The [[Wikipedia:Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]]
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* [[The White House]]
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* The [[FCC]]
 
* [[The First Lady]]
 
* [[The First Lady]]
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* [[The President]]
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* [[Free Press]]
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* [[Guitar Player Magazine]]
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* [[Hustler]]
 
* The [[I.R.S.]]
 
* The [[I.R.S.]]
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* The [[FCC]]
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* [[Jack Daniels]]
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* The [[U.S.O.]]
 
 
* [[L.A.P.D.]]
 
* [[L.A.P.D.]]
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* [[Parents Music Resource Center|PMRC]]
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* [[Life (magazine)]]
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* [[PTA]]
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* [[Look]]
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* [[Los Angeles Free Press]]
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* [[Los Angeles Museum Of Contemporary Art]]
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* [[Los Angeles Philharmonic]]
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* [[Lucky Strike]]
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* [[MCA]]
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* [[MGM Records]]
 
* [[M.P.A.A.]]
 
* [[M.P.A.A.]]
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* [[MCA]]
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* [[MTV]]
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* [[Miami Pop Festival]]
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* [[Mormons]]
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* [[The New York Times]]
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* [[Newport Jazz Festival]]
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* [[Oldsmobile]]
 
* [[PCP]]
 
* [[PCP]]
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* [[American Civil Liberties Union]]
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* [[PTA]]
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* [[American Medical Association]]
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* [[Parents Music Resource Center]]
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* [[American Society of University Composers]]
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* [[Pepsi Cola]]
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* [[Department of Defense]]
 
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* [[Statue Of Liberty]]
 
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* [[Mormons]]
 
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* [[Wikipedia:CNN|CNN]]
 
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* [[MTV]]
 
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* [[MCA]]
 
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* [[MGM Records]]
 
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* [[Capitol Records]]
 
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* [[Warner Brothers]]
 
 
* [[Playboy]]
 
* [[Playboy]]
 
* [[Playgirl]]
 
* [[Playgirl]]
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* [[Hustler]]
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* [[The President]]
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* [[Record World]]
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* [[Relix]]
 
* [[Rolling Stone]]
 
* [[Rolling Stone]]
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* [[The New York Times]]
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* [[Statue Of Liberty]]
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* [[Guitar Player Magazine]]
 
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* [[Life (magazine)]]
 
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* [[Relix]]
 
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* [[Record World]]
 
 
* [[Stereo Review]]
 
* [[Stereo Review]]
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* [[DownBeat]]
 
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* [[Free Press]]
 
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* [[The Washington Post]]
 
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* [[Boston Globe Jazz Festival]]
 
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* [[Miami Pop Festival]]
 
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* [[Los Angeles Museum Of Contemporary Art]]
 
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* [[Los Angeles Free Press]]
 
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* [[Los Angeles Philharmonic]]
 
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* [[Village Voice]]
 
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* [[Newport Jazz Festival]]
 
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* [[Barbie]], [[Ken]] and [[Cindy]]
 
 
* [[Studebaker Hawk]]
 
* [[Studebaker Hawk]]
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* [[Oldsmobile]]
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* The [[U.S.O.]]
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* [[Dodge]]
 
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* [[Pepsi Cola]]
 
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* [[Jack Daniels]]
 
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* [[Lucky Strike]]
 
 
* [[Uncle Ben's Rice]]
 
* [[Uncle Ben's Rice]]
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* [[Burger King]]
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* [[Village Voice]]
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* Ronald McDonald is mentioned in [[Packard Goose]]
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* [[Warner Brothers]]
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* [[The Washington Post]]
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* [[The White House]]
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* [[Wikipedia:Ronald McDonald|Ronald McDonald]] is mentioned in [[Packard Goose]]
  
 
==Composers and conductors==
 
==Composers and conductors==

Revision as of 12:54, 29 August 2021

Frank Zappa dressed up as Uncle Sam for a 1988 publicity shoot to promote voting in the presidential elections.

While Zappa was born and raised in the United States he was often critical of the American government, its foreign policy, organized religion, media, corporations and the consumer culture.

Track and album references to America

  • Various characters associated with the U.S.A. can be seen in You Are What You Is (The Music Video), including President Reagan, a Ku Klux Klan member and a Playboy Bunny
  • Clean American Version, a text that can also be seen on the artwork for Absolutely Free
  • The M.O.I. American Pageant is the name of side two of Absolutely Free (track 10-15 on the CD version)
  • Zappa often used the monicker "American composer" to describe himself in the most straightforward way.

Locations

References to American institutions and brands

Composers and conductors


Hip hop Musicians


Blues singers

Doo-wop and R&B singers

Jazz Composers

Rock, Folk and Pop Artists


Writers

Comedians and TV Presenters

Politics, Religion and Business

Criminals


Fictional characters


Scientists

Painters

Bandmembers, Supporting Cast, Family Members and Other

Note: Most of the people listed here are or were Americans and therefore would be too numerous to list each one of them indvidually on this page. Occasionally some of them might be born in another country:

Miscellaneous

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