Cowboys - Revision history

Jason.Kreitzer at 14:55, 23 December 2021

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Alphabetization

2021-08-20T10:00:21Z

References to western actors and country singers: Molly Bee - not a boy. No evidence was an influence.

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References to western actors

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	* [[Truck Driver Divorce]]: In the interview ''[[Frank Zappa, 82/03]]'' Zappa said about this song: ''"[[Truck Driver Divorce]]" (…) will probably be the end of country and western music. It's like country music on PCP.”''		* [[Truck Driver Divorce]]: In the interview ''[[Frank Zappa, 82/03]]'' Zappa said about this song: ''"[[Truck Driver Divorce]]" (…) will probably be the end of country and western music. It's like country music on PCP.”''

−	*[[Robert Charlebois]]' "[[Petroleum]]": ''"I don't wanna play cowboys and Indians at the Forum"''	+

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 ==References to western actors and country singers==
-* Zappa wrote his first soundtrack for the low-budget western ''[[Run Home Slow]]''.
+* Zappa wrote his first soundtrack for the low-budget western ''[[Run Home Slow (The Film)|Run Home Slow]]''.
 * Zappa once met [[John Wayne]] while the actor was drunk.
 * [[John Wayne]] is listed as an influence in the [[Freak Out!]] list

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	* [[San Ber'dino]]: ''“She’s in love with a boy from the rodeo/who pulls the rope on the chute/when they let those suckers go.”''		* [[San Ber'dino]]: ''“She’s in love with a boy from the rodeo/who pulls the rope on the chute/when they let those suckers go.”''
	* [[Truck Driver Divorce]]: In the interview ''[[Frank Zappa, 82/03]]'' Zappa said about this song: ''"[[Truck Driver Divorce]]" (…) will probably be the end of country and western music. It's like country music on PCP.”''		* [[Truck Driver Divorce]]: In the interview ''[[Frank Zappa, 82/03]]'' Zappa said about this song: ''"[[Truck Driver Divorce]]" (…) will probably be the end of country and western music. It's like country music on PCP.”''
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		+	*[[Robert Charlebois]]' "[[Petroleum]]": ''"I don't wanna play cowboys and Indians at the Forum"''

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 ==References==
+* [[He's So Gay]]: ''“He’s just a cowboy for a day.”''
 * [[Lonesome Cowboy Burt]]
 * [[Montana]]: ''“And then I might just jump back on and ride like a cowboy into the dawn of Montana”''
 * [[Poofter's Froth Wyoming Plans Ahead]]: ''“Meanwhile (...) we have some sort of a cowboy song for you….”''
 * [[San Ber'dino]]:  ''“She’s in love with a boy from the rodeo/who pulls the rope on the chute/when they let those suckers go.”''
 * [[Truck Driver Divorce]]: In the interview ''[[Frank Zappa, 82/03]]'' Zappa said about this song: ''"[[Truck Driver Divorce]]" (…) will probably be the end of country and western music. It's like country music on PCP.”''
-* [[Rhymin' Man]]: ''“Cowboys do that all the time. (…) Cowboys rhyme that with horse manure.”''
 ==References to western actors and country singers==

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 * Zappa once met [[John Wayne]] while the actor was drunk.
 * [[John Wayne]] is listed as an influence in the [[Freak Out!]] list
-* Country singer [[Molly Bee]] is listed as an influence in the Freak Out List.
+* Country singer [[Molly Bee]] is listed on the Freak Out List.
 * When FZ returned to California in 1968, he moved into a large [[The Log Cabin|log cabin]], once owned by old-time cowboy star [[Tom Mix]].
 * [[Andy]]: ''“[[Andy Devine]] had a thong rynd.”''

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 Zappa references cowboys and westerns frequently in his music, but yet he disliked country music and conservative Southern rednecks.
-''"As for [[Bob Dylan]], 'Highway 61 Revisited' was really good. Then we got 'Blonde on Blonde' and it started to sound like cowboy music, and you know what I think of cowboy music."'' - Frank Zappa, Playboy-interview (1993)
+''"As for [[Bob Dylan]], '[[Highway 61 Revisited]]' was really good. Then we got 'Blonde on Blonde' and it started to sound like cowboy music, and you know what I think of cowboy music."'' - Frank Zappa, Playboy-interview (1993)
 ''“I'm not really fond of commercial cowboy music or contemporary country – the "Slick Willie" type of shit.”'' (FZ in [[The Mother of All Interviews (Part 1)]]

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 * When FZ returned to California in 1968, he moved into a large [[The Log Cabin|log cabin]], once owned by old-time cowboy star [[Tom Mix]].
 * [[Andy]]: ''“[[Andy Devine]] had a thong rynd.”''
-* Zappa covered [[Johnny Cash]]’s [[Ring Of Fire]]
+* Zappa covered [[Johnny Cash]]’s ''“[[Ring Of Fire]].”''
 * He also covered ''[[Theme From "Bonanza"]]'', introducing it with the words: ''"Speaking of torture: how about this ugly son of a bitch...?!"''
 * ''[[That Evil Prince]]'': ''"They're all dead, dear; Zombies, I believe; the "Walking Dead"; [[Jack Palance]] did a show on them once."''

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 ''“He had an instinctive hatred of almost everything American, especially cowboys.”'' ([[Nigey Lennon]] about FZ in: [[Zappa, City paper, 94-1]])
 ==References==
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 * [[No Not Now]]: ''“The big ol’ hat/ The cowboy pants (…) the hobby-horse (…) ride that bull”''
 * [[Truck Driver Divorce]]: In the interview ''[[Frank Zappa, 82/03]]'' Zappa said about this song: ''"[[Truck Driver Divorce]]" (…) will probably be the end of country and western music. It's like country music on PCP.”''
 * [[Lonesome Cowboy Nando]]
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 * [[Andy]]: ''“[[Andy Devine]] had a thong rynd.”''
 * Zappa covered [[Johnny Cash]]’s [[Ring Of Fire]]
 * ''[[That Evil Prince]]'': ''"They're all dead, dear; Zombies, I believe; the "Walking Dead"; [[Jack Palance]] did a show on them once."''
 * [[Jack Palance]], [[Singing Cowboys]] and [[Will Rogers]] are mentioned in the [[Them Or Us]] List.
-* The line ''"Hi-ho Silver"'' is a reference to the cowboy series “The Lone Ranger”.
+* The line ''"[[Hi-ho, Silver! Away!]]"'' is a reference to the cowboy series ''“The Lone Ranger”.''
 * Before he became a politician [[Ronald Reagan]] starred in a few low-budget western movies.
 [[Category:Targets]]
 [[Category:Conceptual Continuity]]

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	''“I'm not really fond of commercial cowboy music or contemporary country – the "Slick Willie" type of shit.”'' (FZ in [[The Mother of All Interviews (Part 1)]]		''“I'm not really fond of commercial cowboy music or contemporary country – the "Slick Willie" type of shit.”'' (FZ in [[The Mother of All Interviews (Part 1)]]

−	''“He had an instinctive hatred of almost everything American, especially cowboys.”'' ([[Nigey Lennon]] about FZ in: [[Zappa, City paper, 94-1]]	+	''“He had an instinctive hatred of almost everything American, especially cowboys.”'' ([[Nigey Lennon]] about FZ in: [[Zappa, City paper, 94-1]])