Secret Word - Revision history

Spider of Destiny at 15:39, 4 July 2026

2026-07-04T15:39:49Z

Spider of Destiny: /* Quotes */

2026-06-05T21:07:02Z

Quotes

Spider of Destiny at 18:44, 5 June 2026

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Jason.Kreitzer at 01:12, 20 July 2021

2021-07-20T01:12:56Z

Spider of Destiny: /* List */

2020-10-21T18:11:14Z

List

Spider of Destiny at 18:10, 21 October 2020

2020-10-21T18:10:46Z

Spider of Destiny at 13:24, 28 June 2011

2011-06-28T13:24:36Z

Spider of Destiny: moved Secret Word (CC) to Secret Word over redirect: Adding "(CC)" is unneccesary, since it's already mentioned in the category.

2010-12-27T00:14:30Z

moved Secret Word (CC) to Secret Word over redirect: Adding "(CC)" is unneccesary, since it's already mentioned in the category.

Fishbrain: Added "Ring of Fire"

2007-11-21T19:52:53Z

Added "Ring of Fire"

Propellerkuh at 06:41, 19 March 2007

2007-03-19T06:41:19Z

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 ==Quotes==
-''"Well, you gotta understand that you put a band together and before they can do the secret word, they gotta be so assured that they know the material, that they can get back to safe ground if the secret word doesn't work, (laughter) or y'know. The secret word, it takes a lot of practice to be able to get a whole band to think in that mode, because if you rehearse a song, and you're performing it during the concert, you're relying on what you learned during the rehearsal, in order to do a good job and get everything in order. But say you're playing along, and suddenly somebody in the band starts saying, or doing something which is not part of what you learned. That can really fuck you up if you don't know what to do in that instance. Also, you gotta know that on stage, sometimes it's difficult to hear what the other guys are saying. So the secret word stuff is risky business."''- Frank Zappa, ''[[They're Doing the Interview of the Century, Part 1]]'', [[Den Simms]], Eric Buxton, Rob Samler, ''[[Society Pages]]'', April 1990.
+''"Well, you gotta understand that you put a band together and before they can do the secret word, they gotta be so assured that they know the material, that they can get back to safe ground if the secret word doesn't work, (laughter) or y'know. The secret word, it takes a lot of practice to be able to get a whole band to think in that mode, because if you rehearse a song, and you're performing it during the concert, you're relying on what you learned during the rehearsal, in order to do a good job and get everything in order. But say you're playing along, and suddenly somebody in the band starts saying, or doing something which is not part of what you learned. That can really fuck you up if you don't know what to do in that instance. Also, you gotta know that on stage, sometimes it's difficult to hear what the other guys are saying. So the secret word stuff is risky business."''- Frank Zappa, ''[[They're Doing the Interview of the Century, Part 1]]'', [[Den Simms]], [[Eric Buxton]], [[Rob Samler]], ''[[Society Pages]]'', April 1990.
-''"(...) that's what the secret word is for. You just abuse it. How far can you take it? How many times can you stick in the wrong word in the middle of a song and literally change the meaning of the song?"'' - Frank Zappa, ''[[They're Doing the Interview of the Century, Part 1]]'', [[Den Simms]], Eric Buxton, Rob Samler, ''[[Society Pages]]'', April 1990.
+''"(...) that's what the secret word is for. You just abuse it. How far can you take it? How many times can you stick in the wrong word in the middle of a song and literally change the meaning of the song?"'' - Frank Zappa, ''[[They're Doing the Interview of the Century, Part 1]]'', [[Den Simms]], [[Eric Buxton]], [[Rob Samler]], ''[[Society Pages]]'', April 1990.
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 ==Quotes==
 ''"Well, you gotta understand that you put a band together and before they can do the secret word, they gotta be so assured that they know the material, that they can get back to safe ground if the secret word doesn't work, (laughter) or y'know. The secret word, it takes a lot of practice to be able to get a whole band to think in that mode, because if you rehearse a song, and you're performing it during the concert, you're relying on what you learned during the rehearsal, in order to do a good job and get everything in order. But say you're playing along, and suddenly somebody in the band starts saying, or doing something which is not part of what you learned. That can really fuck you up if you don't know what to do in that instance. Also, you gotta know that on stage, sometimes it's difficult to hear what the other guys are saying. So the secret word stuff is risky business."''- Frank Zappa, ''[[They're Doing the Interview of the Century, Part 1]]'', [[Den Simms]], Eric Buxton, Rob Samler, ''[[Society Pages]]'', April 1990.
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 The concept of '''The Secret Word For Tonight''' meant that at the begin of a concert that word was stated – either by [[Biography|Frank Zappa]] or sometimes by the audience – and could pop up at every moment during the show, being a special challenge for the band and fun for the audiences.
-==List==
+==Chronological list==
 * ''[[Status Back Baby]]'': ''I hear the secret whispers wherever I go...''
-* Mudshark: [[The Mud Shark]] on [[Fillmore East, June 1971]], [[Live In Melbourne]]
+* ''[[The Mud Shark]]'' on ''[[Fillmore East, June 1971]]'', [[Live In Melbourne]]
 * [[Hi-ho, Silver! Away!]]
-* ...
+* ''[[Ring Of Fire]]'': ''[[Heavy Duty Judy]]'' on [[The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life]]
 [[Category:Conceptual Continuity]]

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−	The concept of '''The Secret Word For Tonight''' meant that at the begin of a concert that word was stated – either by [[Frank Zappa]] or sometimes by the audience – and could pop up at every moment during the show, being a special challenge for the band and fun for the audiences.	+	The concept of '''The Secret Word For Tonight''' meant that at the begin of a concert that word was stated – either by [[Biography\|Frank Zappa]] or sometimes by the audience – and could pop up at every moment during the show, being a special challenge for the band and fun for the audiences.

	==List==		==List==

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 ==List==
-* ''[[Status Back Baby]]'': ''I hear the secret words wherever I go...''
+* ''[[Status Back Baby]]'': ''I hear the secret whispers wherever I go...''
 * Mudshark: [[The Mud Shark]] on [[Fillmore East, June 1971]], [[Live In Melbourne]]
 * (Plastic Laser Gun): [[Intro - The Yellow Shark|Intro]] on [[The Yellow Shark]]

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 Secret words:
-* Mudshark
+* Mudshark: [[The Mud Shark]] ~ [[Fillmore East, June 1971]], [[Live In Melbourne]]
 * (Plastic Laser Gun): [[Intro - The Yellow Shark|Intro]] ~ [[The Yellow Shark]]
 * Hi ho, Silver