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References to black in Frank Zappa's work

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 ==References to black in Frank Zappa's work==
 * ''[[Trouble Every Day]]'': ''"I'm not black, but there's a lots of times I wish I could say I'm not white."''
-* '[[White Ugliness]]'': ''"Are you sure it wasn't w-white, I mean, uh, black, or..."''
+* ''[[White Ugliness]]'': ''"Are you sure it wasn't w-white, I mean, uh, black, or..."''
 * ''[[Let's Make The Water Turn Black]]''
 * ''[[Willie The Pimp]]'': ''"Pair of khaki pants, with my shoe shined black"''

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−	[[VIRGIL]] [8-10 / 15º-(-30º)], one of the constellations in the "[[One Size Fits All]]" (1975) "[[:Category:One Size Fits All (The List)\|universe]]", has a star named "[[Black]]" (~~so far unidentified -~~ a reference to [[~~Jimmy Carl~~ Black]] ~~seems to obvious here~~- ~~see also~~ "[[6 Red]]").	+	[[VIRGIL]] [8-10 / 15º-(-30º)], one of the constellations in the "[[One Size Fits All]]" (1975) "[[:Category:One Size Fits All (The List)\|universe]]", has a star named "[[Black]]".
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		+	Note that two other colors on the ''One Size Fits All'' map are [[Orange]] and [[Yellow]].
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		+	==References to black in Frank Zappa's work==
		+	* ''[[Trouble Every Day]]'': ''"I'm not black, but there's a lots of times I wish I could say I'm not white."''
		+	* '[[White Ugliness]]'': ''"Are you sure it wasn't w-white, I mean, uh, black, or..."''
		+	* ''[[Let's Make The Water Turn Black]]''
		+	* ''[[Willie The Pimp]]'': ''"Pair of khaki pants, with my shoe shined black"''
		+	* ''[[Would You Go All The Way?]]'': ''"His new white socks, 'n his pants all black."''
		+	* ''[[Latex Solar Beef]]'' and ''[[Stick It Out]]'': ''"Hear the steaming hot black screaming iridescent naugahyde python gleaming steam roller!"''
		+	* ''[[Strictly Genteel]]'': ''"Help the black man"''
		+	* ''[[Sam With The Showing Scalp Flat Top]]'': ''"The black juice came out on a hard shelled chin. I used to fiddle with my back feet music for a black onyx."''
		+	* ''[[Cheepnis]]'': ''"The zipper from The Black Lagoon"'' (a reference to the monster movie ''Creature From The Black Lagoon'')
		+	* ''[[Dickie's Such An Asshole]]'': ''"He's got a conscience black as sin!"''
		+	* ''[[Man With The Woman Head]]'': ''"Four slender bones with rings and nails endured the weight of a hard fast black rubber cigarette holder"''
		+	* ''[[Black Napkins]]''
		+	* ''[[The Black Page]]''
		+	* On the cover of ''[[Joe's Garage]]'', Zappa wears black face [[paint]].
		+	* ''[[Dumb All Over]]'': ''"Dumb all over / black 'n white"''
		+	* ''[[Jumbo Go Away]]'': ''"Or your eye will get black."''
		+	* ''[[Mudd Club]]'': ''"In a black sack dress with nine inch heels"''
		+	* ''[[Goblin Girl]]'': ''"She's black 'n' green/ Raggedy black"''
		+	* ''[[Charlie's Enormous Mouth]]'': ''"Charlie's disgusting brain, well, it's all black"''
		+	* ''[[The Dangerous Kitchen]]'': ''"The bananas are black"''
		+	* ''[[The Radio Is Broken]]'': ''In the black and white movies"''
		+	* ''[[We're Turning Again]]'': ''"Black light bedrooms on Long Island"''
		+	* ''[[Why Don't You Like Me?]]'': ''"I'll be black"''.
		+	* ''[[Sunshine Of Your Love]]'': ''"Ain't you the man in black?"''
		+	* ''[[Black Beauty]]''
		+	* ''[[This Is All Wrong]]'': ''"Oh, and their tight black pants"''
		+	* ''[[Alley Cat]]'': ''"Fluttering like a little black bird, yeah"''
		+	* ''[[The Pleated Gazelle]]'': ''"Another thrilling view of a black and starch-y nun suit"''
		+	* ''[[The Red Throbber]]'': ''"so Fred & Charlie come over and drag the sonofabitch away / Black card & all / If you get a black card when you're goin' through Customs"''
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		+	==See also==
		+	* [[Jimmy Carl Black]]
		+	* [[Black Sabbath]]
		+	* ''[[Black Tongue]]''
		+	* [[The Black-Outs]]
		+	* ''[[The Long Black Veil]]''
		+	* [[Orange]]
		+	* ''[[Paint It Black]]''
		+	* [[Yellow]]
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		+	[[VIRGIL]] [8-10 / 15º-(-30º)], one of the constellations in the "[[One Size Fits All]]" (1975) "[[:Category:One Size Fits All (The List)\|universe]]", has a star named "[[Black]]" (so far unidentified - a reference to [[Jimmy Carl Black]] seems to obvious here- see also "[[6 Red]]").
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