What's The Name Of Your Group? (The Suites)

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Soprano


I DON'T KNOW VERY MUCH ABOUT YOU
I'M NEW AT THIS, YOU SEE
WE JUST CAME TO DO AN INTERVIEW
INTERVIEW
I'LL JUST GET OUT MY LITTLE NOTEBOOK AND PEN


I ALWAYS HAVE TROUBLE WORKING MY TAPE RECORDER BECAUSE I'M NOT VERY MECHANICAL . . .


I CAN NEVER GET IT TO WORK WHEN I WANT IT, WHICH IS WHY I GOT MY NOTEBOOK WITH ME HERE


WHY DON'T YOU TELL ME HOW YOU'RE FEELING
ABOUT THE WORLD TODAY
BY THE WAY, WHAT DO YOU CALL YOUR GROUP
CALL YOUR GROUP


WHAT THE HECK DO YOU CALL YOUR GROUP?


Chorus


YAH YAH YAH


Soprano


I BET IT'S SOMETHING FREAKY AND OBSCENE
AN' OUTA SITE!
YEAH
I BET WHATEVER THE NAME OF YOUR GROUP IS
THAT IT'S REAL FAR OUT AN' GROOVY


Chorus


I'LL BET IT IS
REAL
REAL FAR OUT AN' GROOVY
REALLY GROOVY


Soprano


I BET YOUR GROUP NAME IS REAL WEIRD 'CAUSE YOU LOOK WEIRD YOURSELF . . .


SO MANY GROUPS GOT SUCH WEIRD NAMES TODAY. IT'S SO HARD TO CATCH UP ON IT.


YOU DON'T MIND IF WE GET SOME PICTURES, DO YOU?


WE GOT ALL KINDS OF CAMERAS AND BULBS AND WIDE ANGLE LENSES TO MAKE YOU LOOK . . .


. . . JUST LIKE A DEPRAVED TROLL, OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE . . . MAKE YOU LOOK REAL WEIRD AND FAR FUCKIN' OUT!


I'LL JUST STICK THIS LENS IN HERE AND FIX IT SO YOU LOOK LIKE A CREEP


THE KIDS WHO READ OUR ROCK & ROLL NEWSPAPER LIKE TO SEE FAMOUS MUSICIANS WHO LOOK FAR OUT & GROOVY


Chorus


REAL FAR OUT,
FAR FUCKING OUT,
FAR FUCKING OUT 'N GROOVY


Soprano


I'LL GET THIS SHOT AND THEN I'LL GET MY BOOK
AND ASK A BUNCH MORE FASCINATING STUFF


Chorus


WHEN IS YOUR NEXT L.P. TO BE RELEAS'D
AND HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN GROWING YOUR;
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN GROWING YOUR HAIR
HAVE YOU BEEN TO ENGLAND YET
AND HOW DO THEY LIKE YOUR MUSIC OVER THERE?
HOW DO THEY LIKE IT THERE


Soprano


HOW DO THEY LIKE IT?


Chorus


HOW DO THEY LIKE IT?
HOW DO THEY LIKE YOUR MUSIC OVER THERE?
OVER THERE


Soprano


I BET THE FIRST TIME YOU WENT OVER THERE IT WAS REALLY EXCITING AND HEAVY AND FAR FUCKIN' OUT . . .


I BET IT WAS GROOVY VIBES OVER THERE . . . SO EUROPEAN!


I CAN JUST IMAGINE YOU AND YOUR LITTLE GROUP . . . GOING ALL OVER EUROPE . . . PARIS . . . ROME


. . . ESSEN, EVEN THE VIENNESE WOODS!


Wait a minute . . . I just want to verify a rumor I heard. Is it true that in the Autumn of 1968, you and a bunch of other crazed buffoons actually held a secret rehearsal with members of the B.B.C. Symphony in the back room of an exotic Old English pub out on Seven Sisters Road, and there unbeknownst to the outside world at large did proceed to illicitly manufacture a semi-pornographic situation comedy Rock & Roll stage show based on all the reasons why everybody wants to quit your group . . . whatever you call it.


Isn't it also true that you put this show together, against all known laws of man and nature (including costumes) in three days, except for the music you wrote in some moderately extravagant Viennese hotel? The same hotel where you made some questionable 16mm movies of your wife and an unidentified foot?


It has also been rumored that you persisted in mounting your silly little production, even against the best judgement of Herbie Cohen, having the audacity to perform it twice in one night at the very Royal Festival Hall itself, whereupon it swiftly received a Chris Welch MELODY MAKER review, pronouncing it totally rancid and devoid of relevant social comment, and/or minimum entertainment value.


I DON'T KNOW TOO MUCH ABOUT YOUR STUFF,
I BEEN A LITTLE BUSY
THIS WON'T TAKE LONG,
JUST A FEW QUESTIONS


THIS WON'T TAKE LONG,
JUST A FEW QUESTIONS,
JUST A FEW QUESTIONS


THIS WON'T TAKE LONG

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