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Spider of Destiny: /* Cars in Zappa's Lyrics */

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Cars in Zappa's Lyrics

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 * "[[Does This Kind Of Life Look Interesting To You?]]": "A dog, a car, an epidemic of body lice with your own record company..."
 * [[Elvis Has Just Left The Building]]: "He gave away '''Cadillacs''' once in a while"
 * In the song [[Florentine Pogen]] on the album [[One Size Fits All]], the wealthy female protagonist is described as owning a ''''59 Morgan'''. The song goes on to explain that "She didn't like it when her '''fan belt shrunk and got shorter''' (''Ointment'') / '''Battery leaks could nearly cost her a quarter'''".
 * [[Flower Punk]]: ''"When my royalty check comes I think I'm going to buy a Mustang. No, I think I'll... I think I'll get a Corvette. No, I think I'll get a Harley Davidson."''
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 * The song "[[You Are What You Is (The Track)|You Are What You Is]]" mentions the car "'''Mercedes Benz'''" as a typically "white" car in the conversation between the black and the white person in the middle of the song ("I don't understand you...", "BWANA MA-COO-BAH!", "Would you please speak more clearly?", "'''MERCEDES BAINNNNNNNZ!'''").
 * [[You're Probably Wondering Why I'm Here]]: "You tore a big hole in your '''convertible''' top/What will you tell your mom and pop?"
 ==Cars depicted in Artwork for Releases==

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 * [[Flower Punk]]: ''"When my royalty check comes I think I'm going to buy a Mustang. No, I think I'll... I think I'll get a Corvette. No, I think I'll get a Harley Davidson."''
 * [[Heavenly Bank Account]]: "He's got seven '''limousines'''/And a private plane"
 * In the title song, "[[Joe's Garage (Track)]]", on ''[[Joe's Garage Acts I, II & III]]'' (1979), there is actually a car in the garage where Joe's band has its mediocre practice sessions: "It wasn't very large / There was just enough room to cram the drums / In the corner over by the '''Dodge / It was a fifty-four with a mashed up door'''" (...)
 * "[[Lumpy Gravy]]", ''Lumpy Gravy Part 1'' or [[At The Gas Station]] in the sectorized version, uses an almost identical dialogue as the Crab-Grass Baby character in [[Thing-Fish]]: (...) Her and her girlfriend used to go out and booze it up and tear up the '''seats'''; rip the seats completely out, and so I got '''a fifty-six Olds'''. About the time I got it running decently, she got in it and wrecked the trans... tore it completely up, so I had to get '''another Oldsmobile''' (...)
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 * ''[[Them Or Us (The Book)]]'' (1984): [[Cadillac El Dorado]], [[Dodge]], [[Volkswagen]], [[Volvo]], [[Mercedes Benz]], [[Mercedes Benz|Mercedes]], [[Oldsmobile]], [[Phydeaux III]] (the bus), [[Porsche]], [[Studebaker Hoch]]
 * ''[[The Real Frank Zappa Book]]'' (1989): [[Kaiser Henry J]]
-*  ''[[The Story Of Ruben & The Jets]]''
+* ''[[The Story Of Ruben & The Jets]]''
 * "[[FZ's Cadillac Extravaganza]]"

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 *[[Alpha Romeo|ALPHA ROMEO]], a star in the ''[[One Size Fits All]]'' (1975) [[:Category:One Size Fits All (The List)|universe]], is a reference to a car owned by [[Cal Schenkel]].
 *[[Leo Limón|LEO LIMON]] [8-10 / 0º-30º], one of the constellations in the ''[[One Size Fits All]]'' (1975) [[:Category:One Size Fits All (The List)|universe]], is pictured as a car. The car is actually a [[Wikipedia:Plymouth (automobile)|49 Plymouth]], another car owned by [[Cal Schenkel]]. The constellation has stars called [[Fan Belt|FAN BELT]] (a reference to the song "[[Florentine Pogen]]") [[Differential]], and [[Steering Wheel]], amongst others.
-*[[Leo Limón]], one of the illustrators for FZ's first song book, is credited with [[CHOLLO]] on the ''[[Just Another Band From L.A.]]'' album (1972), which has a car on the cover.
+*[[Leo Limón]], one of the illustrators for FZ's first song book, is credited with CHOLLO on the ''[[Just Another Band From L.A.]]'' album (1972), which has a car on the cover.
 *[[VIRGIL]] [8-10 / 15º-(-30º)], another ''[[One Size Fits All]]'' constellation, has three stars named [[Horn Relay]], [[R.Dir.Sig.Lamp]] and [[Acc. Flasher]].
 *Front, page 3 and back cover of booklet coming with [[Uncle Meat]] feature 40s and 50s style cars.

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 ==Cars depicted in Artwork for Releases==
-* [[Alpha Romeo|ALPHA ROMEO]], a star in the ''[[One Size Fits All]]'' (1975) [[:Category:One Size Fits All (The List)|universe]], is a reference to a car owned by [[Cal Schenkel]].
+*[[Alpha Romeo|ALPHA ROMEO]], a star in the ''[[One Size Fits All]]'' (1975) [[:Category:One Size Fits All (The List)|universe]], is a reference to a car owned by [[Cal Schenkel]].
-* [[Leo Limón|LEO LIMON]] [8-10 / 0º-30º], one of the constellations in the ''[[One Size Fits All]]'' (1975) [[:Category:One Size Fits All (The List)|universe]], is pictured as a car. The car is actually a [[Wikipedia:Plymouth (automobile)|49 Plymouth]], another car owned by [[Cal Schenkel]]. The constellation has stars called [[Fan Belt|FAN BELT]] (a reference to the song "[[Florentine Pogen]]") [[Differential]], and [[Steering Wheel]], amongst others.
+*[[Leo Limón|LEO LIMON]] [8-10 / 0º-30º], one of the constellations in the ''[[One Size Fits All]]'' (1975) [[:Category:One Size Fits All (The List)|universe]], is pictured as a car. The car is actually a [[Wikipedia:Plymouth (automobile)|49 Plymouth]], another car owned by [[Cal Schenkel]]. The constellation has stars called [[Fan Belt|FAN BELT]] (a reference to the song "[[Florentine Pogen]]") [[Differential]], and [[Steering Wheel]], amongst others.
-* [[Leo Limón]], one of the illustrators for FZ's first song book, is credited with [[CHOLLO]] on the ''[[Just Another Band From L.A.]]'' album (1972), which has a car on the cover.
+*[[Leo Limón]], one of the illustrators for FZ's first song book, is credited with [[CHOLLO]] on the ''[[Just Another Band From L.A.]]'' album (1972), which has a car on the cover.
-* [[VIRGIL]] [8-10 / 15º-(-30º)], another ''[[One Size Fits All]]'' constellation, has three stars named [[Horn Relay]], [[R.Dir.Sig.Lamp]] and [[Acc. Flasher]].
+*[[VIRGIL]] [8-10 / 15º-(-30º)], another ''[[One Size Fits All]]'' constellation, has three stars named [[Horn Relay]], [[R.Dir.Sig.Lamp]] and [[Acc. Flasher]].
-* Front, page 3 and back cover of booklet coming with [[Uncle Meat]] feature 40s and 50s style cars.
+*Front, page 3 and back cover of booklet coming with [[Uncle Meat]] feature 40s and 50s style cars.
 ==Cars in Zappa literature==

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 * "[[Lumpy Gravy]]", ''Lumpy Gravy Part 1'' or [[At The Gas Station]] in the sectorized version, uses an almost identical dialogue as the Crab-Grass Baby character in [[Thing-Fish]]: (...) Her and her girlfriend used to go out and booze it up and tear up the '''seats'''; rip the seats completely out, and so I got '''a fifty-six Olds'''. About the time I got it running decently, she got in it and wrecked the trans... tore it completely up, so I had to get '''another Oldsmobile''' (...)
 * Though largely an instrumental piece, '''[[The Orange County Lumber Truck]]''' appears on three Zappa albums: first on ''[[Weasels Ripped My Flesh]]'' (1970), ''[[Make A Jazz Noise Here]]'' (1991), and ''[[Ahead Of Their Time]]'' (1993).
 * In "[[Would You Go All The Way?]]" on ''[[Chunga's Revenge]]'' (1970), the car mentioned is in the dubious possession of a lascivious greaser, attempting to seduce a young woman by playing on her fantasies of military machismo: "Who's this dude with his hair straight back? / His new white socks 'n his pants all black / His t-shirt's rolled / His watch is gold / '''A '55 Chevy that his brother just stoled"''' (...)
 * The song "[[You Are What You Is (The Track)|You Are What You Is]]" mentions the car "'''Mercedes Benz'''" as a typically "white" car in the conversation between the black and the white person in the middle of the song ("I don't understand you...", "BWANA MA-COO-BAH!", "Would you please speak more clearly?", "'''MERCEDES BAINNNNNNNZ!'''").