Remington Electric Razor - Revision history

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Notes about this song

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Lyrics: cite audio

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 <blockquote> ''"In 1967, we were living in New York, and I got a request from an advertising agency. See, I did one commercial in '67 for [[Luden's Cough Drop Commercial|Luden's Cough Drops]], and that got an award. It got a CLIO for the best music in a commercial in '67. Then I got this request from Remington. They were looking for some kind of a 'new sound' for their commercials. (laughter) So, Linda Ronstadt happened to be managed by [[Herb Cohen]], who was our manager at the time, and they supplied me with this advertising copy, and they wanted music for it. So, [[Ian Underwood]] and I put together this track, and Linda did the vocal on top of it, and we made a demo. They paid a thousand dollars for the demo, and that was the last I ever heard from 'em. They didn't like what I did."''</blockquote>
 <div align=right>— (Frank Zappa in [[They're Doing the Interview of the Century, Part 3]])</div>
 Some internet sources have "Sharp look after" in place of "Sharper cutters" but on 'GSW Vol. 19 (1978-1979) Dark Star Interview London 02.01.79' FZ speaks the lyric clearly.
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 FZ: "It was before that"
 ==See Also==

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	''"[[Remington Electric Razor]]"'' was an radio advertising jingle Zappa recorded in 1967 with background vocals from [[Linda Ronstadt]] for ''"Remington Electric Razor Machines".'' It can be found on the album [[Apocrypha]].		''"[[Remington Electric Razor]]"'' was an radio advertising jingle Zappa recorded in 1967 with background vocals from [[Linda Ronstadt]] for ''"Remington Electric Razor Machines".'' It can be found on the album [[Apocrypha]].

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 <div align=right>— (Frank Zappa in [[They're Doing the Interview of the Century, Part 3]])</div>
-In the liner notes of [[The Simpsons]]' soundtrack CD album ''"Songs In The Key Of Springfield" (1997)'' [[Matt Groening]] revealed that back in 1989 he gave composer [[Danny Elfman]] a tape with the kind of music he wanted for the TV theme of ''"The Simpsons"''. One of the selections was Zappa's Remington Electric Razor radio commercial.
+In the liner notes of [[The Simpsons]]' soundtrack CD album ''"Songs In The Key Of Springfield" (1997)'' [[Matt Groening]] revealed that back in 1989 he gave composer [[Wikipedia:Danny Elfman|Danny Elfman]] a tape with the kind of music he wanted for the TV theme of ''"The Simpsons"''. One of the selections was Zappa's Remington Electric Razor radio commercial.
 Some internet sources have "Sharp look after" in place of "Sharper cutters" but on 'GSW Vol. 19 (1978-1979) Dark Star Interview London 02.01.79' FZ speaks the lyric clearly.

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 ''Only our Remington gives you a closer shave. Cleans you and thrills you a lot!!"''
-'''Zappa''': ''"Cleans you. Thrills you. May even keep you from getting busted!"''[http://www.radioechoes.com/?page=series&genre=OTR-Miscellaneous&series=Psychedelic%20Promos%20And%20Radio%20Spots]
+'''Zappa''': ''"Cleans you. Thrills you. May even keep you from getting busted!"''<ref>[http://www.radioechoes.com/?page=series&genre=OTR-Miscellaneous&series=Psychedelic%20Promos%20And%20Radio%20Spots Radio Echoes.com - Psychedelic Promos And Radio Spots]</ref>
 ==Players on this song==
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 ==See Also==
 * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZ8m7P3ZEAo| Youtube fan video featuring the recording]
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 ==Players on this song==
-* [[Frank Zappa]]
+* [[Biography|Frank Zappa]]
 * [[Linda Ronstadt]]
 * [[Ian Underwood]]

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 In the liner notes of [[The Simpsons]]' soundtrack CD album ''"Songs In The Key Of Springfield" (1997)'' [[Matt Groening]] revealed that back in 1989 he gave composer [[Danny Elfman]] a tape with the kind of music he wanted for the TV theme of ''"The Simpsons"''. One of the selections was Zappa's Remington Electric Razor radio commercial.
-Some internet sources have "Sharp look after" in place of "Sharper cutters" but on 'GSW Vol. 19 (1978-1979) Dark Star Interview London 02.01.79' FZ clearly speaks the lyric clearly.
+Some internet sources have "Sharp look after" in place of "Sharper cutters" but on 'GSW Vol. 19 (1978-1979) Dark Star Interview London 02.01.79' FZ speaks the lyric clearly.
 FZ: "I've got another piece on tape that the world will discover one day. In 1967 an advertising agency that handled the account of Remington Electric Razors was looking for a youth oriented commercial for an electric razor and contacted my manager and said that they would put up a thousand dollars to make a demo tape of a jingle for Remington Electric Razors and would I please submit one because they were looking for something to use for a national campaign. And they supplied me with this one page type written text for this commercial saying my job was to set it to music and I did. Linda Ronstadt is the lead vocalist."