Texas Medley - Revision history

Jason.Kreitzer at 19:02, 6 December 2021

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Jason.Kreitzer at 19:09, 31 July 2021

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Spider of Destiny at 09:53, 4 November 2020

2020-11-04T09:53:51Z

Spider of Destiny at 19:24, 14 October 2011

2011-10-14T19:24:15Z

SPMoore at 18:15, 11 January 2009

2009-01-11T18:15:07Z

Maroual at 13:23, 11 January 2009

2009-01-11T13:23:14Z

Maroual at 13:21, 11 January 2009

2009-01-11T13:21:52Z

Duncan at 13:06, 11 January 2009

2009-01-11T13:06:53Z

Emdebe: Category:Tracks

2009-01-11T12:55:52Z

Category:Tracks

Duncan: Linkage

2009-01-11T12:54:53Z

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 The '''[[Texas Medley]]''' or '''Texas Motel Medley''' is a brief suite that was featured by [[Biography|Zappa]] in his 1988 tour beginning in late February, 1988.  It consists of three [[The Beatles|Beatles]] songs with the words re-written to reflect the recent exposure of evangelist [[Jimmy Swaggart|Jim Swaggart]] with a prostitute in a Louisiana motel on February 21, 1988.  The medley was apparently first performed on February 28, exactly one week later.
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 Zappa targets, in addition to Swaggart, fellow evangelists [[Pat Robertson]] and [[Jerry Falwell]], as well as [[Ronald Reagan|Reagan administration]] figures, [[John Poindexter]] and [[Ed Meese|Edward Meese]].  The last two are usually referenced at the end of some incomprehensible lyric (often from the original song) as "actual testimony" probably meant as a reference to the less than candid public testimony of these figures at the [[Iran-contra affair|Iran-Contra]] hearings in 1987.
-The suite runs about nine minutes in length.
 [[Category:Tracks]]
 [[Category:Tracks with sexual topics]]

← Older revision		Revision as of 19:09, 31 July 2021
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−	The '''[[Texas Medley]]''' or '''Texas Motel Medley''' is a brief suite that was featured by [[~~Frank Zappa~~\|Zappa]] in his 1988 tour beginning in late February, 1988. It consists of three [[The Beatles\|Beatles]] songs with the words re-written to reflect the recent exposure of evangelist [[Jimmy Swaggart\|Jim Swaggart]] with a prostitute in a Louisiana motel on February 21, 1988. The medley was apparently first performed on February 28, exactly one week later.	+	The '''[[Texas Medley]]''' or '''Texas Motel Medley''' is a brief suite that was featured by [[Biography\|Zappa]] in his 1988 tour beginning in late February, 1988. It consists of three [[The Beatles\|Beatles]] songs with the words re-written to reflect the recent exposure of evangelist [[Jimmy Swaggart\|Jim Swaggart]] with a prostitute in a Louisiana motel on February 21, 1988. The medley was apparently first performed on February 28, exactly one week later.

	The suite consists of the following three songs:		The suite consists of the following three songs:

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 The suite consists of the following three songs:
-#[[Norwegian Wood]] - re-styled as "Norwegian Jim", the words describe the encounter of Swaggart with a prostitute.  An amusing insertion is the repetition of a riff from [[wikipedia:Leonard Bernstein|Leonard Bernstein]]'s song "I Feel Pretty" from "[[wikipedia:West Side Story|West Side Story]]."
+# ''[[Norwegian Wood]]'' - re-styled as "Norwegian Jim", the words describe the encounter of Swaggart with a prostitute.  An amusing insertion is the repetition of a riff from [[wikipedia:Leonard Bernstein|Leonard Bernstein]]'s song "I Feel Pretty" from "[[wikipedia:West Side Story|West Side Story]]."
-#[[Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds]] - re-styled as "Louisiana Hooker with Herpes" with appropriate lyrics.
+# ''[[Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds]]'' - re-styled as "Louisiana Hooker with Herpes" with appropriate lyrics.
-#[[Strawberry Fields Forever]] - re-styled as "Texas Motel", but the refrain changes constantly.
+# ''[[Strawberry Fields Forever]]'' - re-styled as "Texas Motel", but the refrain changes constantly.
 Zappa targets, in addition to Swaggart, fellow evangelists [[Pat Robertson]] and [[Jerry Falwell]], as well as [[Ronald Reagan|Reagan administration]] figures, [[John Poindexter]] and [[Ed Meese|Edward Meese]].  The last two are usually referenced at the end of some incomprehensible lyric (often from the original song) as "actual testimony" probably meant as a reference to the less than candid public testimony of these figures at the [[Iran-contra affair|Iran-Contra]] hearings in 1987.
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 [[Category:Tracks]]

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 #[[Strawberry Fields Forever]] - re-styled as "Texas Motel", but the refrain changes constantly.
-Zappa targets, in addition to Swaggart, fellow evangelists [[Pat Robertson]] and [[Jerry Falwell]], as well as [[wikipedia:Presidency of Ronald Reagan|Reagan administration]] figures, [[wikipedia:John Poindexter|John Poindexter]] and [[Ed Meese|Edward Meese]].  The last two are usually referenced at the end of some incomprehensible lyric (often from the original song) as "actual testimony" probably meant as a reference to the less than candid public testimony of these figures at the [[wikipedia:Iran-Contra Affair|Iran-Contra]] hearings in 1987.
+Zappa targets, in addition to Swaggart, fellow evangelists [[Pat Robertson]] and [[Jerry Falwell]], as well as [[Ronald Reagan|Reagan administration]] figures, [[John Poindexter]] and [[Ed Meese|Edward Meese]].  The last two are usually referenced at the end of some incomprehensible lyric (often from the original song) as "actual testimony" probably meant as a reference to the less than candid public testimony of these figures at the [[Iran-contra affair|Iran-Contra]] hearings in 1987.
 The suite runs about nine minutes in length.
 [[Category:Tracks]]

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 The '''[[Texas Medley]]''' or '''Texas Motel Medley''' is a brief suite that was featured by [[Frank Zappa|Zappa]] in his 1988 tour beginning in late February, 1988.  It consists of three [[The Beatles|Beatles]] songs with the words re-written to reflect the recent exposure of evangelist [[Jimmy Swaggart|Jim Swaggart]] with a prostitute in a Louisiana motel on February 21, 1988.  The medley was apparently first performed on February 28, exactly one week later.
-The suite consists of the these three songs:
+The suite consists of the following three songs:
 #[[Norwegian Wood]] - re-styled as "Norwegian Jim", the words describe the encounter of Swaggart with a prostitute.  An amusing insertion is the repetition of a riff from [[wikipedia:Leonard Bernstein|Leonard Bernstein]]'s song "I Feel Pretty" from "[[wikipedia:West Side Story|West Side Story]]."
 #[[Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds]] - re-styled as "Louisiana Hooker with Herpes" with appropriate lyrics.

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-The '''Texas Medley''' or '''Texas Motel Medley''' is a brief suite that was featured by Zappa in his 1988 tour beginning in late February, 1988.  It consists of three Beatles songs with the words re-written to reflect the recent exposure of evangelist [[Jimmy Swaggart|Jim Swaggart]] with a prostitute in in a Louisiana motel on February 21, 1988.  The medley was apparently first performed on February 28, exactly one week later.
+The '''[[Texas Medley]]''' or '''Texas Motel Medley''' is a brief suite that was featured by [[Frank Zappa|Zappa]] in his 1988 tour beginning in late February, 1988.  It consists of three [[The Beatles|Beatles]] songs with the words re-written to reflect the recent exposure of evangelist [[Jimmy Swaggart|Jim Swaggart]] with a prostitute in in a Louisiana motel on February 21, 1988.  The medley was apparently first performed on February 28, exactly one week later.
 The suite consists of the these three songs:
-.  [[Norwegian Wood]] - re-styled as "Norwegian Jim", the words describe the encounter of Swaggart with a prostitute.  An amusing insertion is the repetition of a riff from Leonard Bernstein's song "I Feel Pretty" from "West Side Story."
+Zappa targets, in addition to Swaggart, fellow evangelists [[Pat Robertson]] and [[Jerry Falwell]], as well as [[Presidency of Ronald Reagan|Reagan administration]] figures, [[wikipedia:John Poindexter|John Poindexter]] and [[Ed Meese|Edward Meese]].  The last two are usually referenced at the end of some incomprehensible lyric (often from the original song) as "actual testimony" probably meant as a reference to the less than candid public testimony of these figures at the [[wikipedia:Iran-Contra Affair|Iran-Contra]] hearings in 1987.
-.  [[Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds]] - re-styled as "Louisiana Hooker with Herpes" with appropriate lyrics.
+The suite runs about nine minutes in length.
-.  [[Strawberry Fields Forever]] - re-styled as "Texas Motel", but the refrain changes constantly.
+[[Category:Tracks]]

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−	The '''Texas Medley''' or '''Texas Motel Medley''' is a brief suite that was featured by Zappa in his 1988 tour beginning in late February, 1988. It consists of three Beatles songs with the words re-written to reflect the recent exposure of evangelist [[Jim Swaggart]] with a prostitute in in a Louisiana motel on February 21, 1988. The medley was apparently first performed on February 28, exactly one week later.	+	The '''Texas Medley''' or '''Texas Motel Medley''' is a brief suite that was featured by Zappa in his 1988 tour beginning in late February, 1988. It consists of three Beatles songs with the words re-written to reflect the recent exposure of evangelist [[Jimmy Swaggart\|Jim Swaggart]] with a prostitute in in a Louisiana motel on February 21, 1988. The medley was apparently first performed on February 28, exactly one week later.

	The suite consists of the these three songs:		The suite consists of the these three songs:

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	Zappa targets, in addition to Swaggart, fellow evangelists [[Pat Robertson]] and Jerry Falwell, as well as Reagan administration figures, John Poindexter and Edward Meese. The last two are usually referenced at the end of some incomprehensible lyric (often from the original song) as "actual testimony" probably meant as a reference to the less than candid public testimony of these figures at the Iran-Contra hearings in 1987.		Zappa targets, in addition to Swaggart, fellow evangelists [[Pat Robertson]] and Jerry Falwell, as well as Reagan administration figures, John Poindexter and Edward Meese. The last two are usually referenced at the end of some incomprehensible lyric (often from the original song) as "actual testimony" probably meant as a reference to the less than candid public testimony of these figures at the Iran-Contra hearings in 1987.

−	The suite is widely available but usually not for long because of copyright issues. It runs about nine minutes in length.	+	The suite is widely available but usually not for long because of copyright issues. It runs about nine minutes in length.[[Category:Tracks]]

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+The '''Texas Medley''' or '''Texas Motel Medley''' is a brief suite that was featured by Zappa in his 1988 tour beginning in late February, 1988.  It consists of three Beatles songs with the words re-written to reflect the recent exposure of evangelist [[Jim Swaggart]] with a prostitute in in a Louisiana motel on February 21, 1988.  The medley was apparently first performed on February 28, exactly one week later.
 The suite consists of the these three songs:
-.  Norwegian Wood - re-styled as "Norwegian Jim", the words describe the encounter of Swaggart with a prostitute.  An amusing insertion is the repetition of a riff from Leonard Bernstein's song "I Feel Pretty" from "West Side Story."
+.  [[Norwegian Wood]] - re-styled as "Norwegian Jim", the words describe the encounter of Swaggart with a prostitute.  An amusing insertion is the repetition of a riff from Leonard Bernstein's song "I Feel Pretty" from "West Side Story."
-.  Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds - re-styled as "Louisiana Hooker with Herpes" with appropriate lyrics.
+.  [[Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds]] - re-styled as "Louisiana Hooker with Herpes" with appropriate lyrics.
-.  Strawberry Fields Forever - re-styled as "Texas Motel", but the refrain changes constantly.
+.  [[Strawberry Fields Forever]] - re-styled as "Texas Motel", but the refrain changes constantly.
-Zappa targets, in addition to Swaggart, fellow evangelists Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell, as well as Reagan administration figures, John Poindexter and Edward Meese.  The last two are usually referenced at the end of some incomprehensible lyric (often from the original song) as "actual testimony" probably meant as a reference to the less than candid public testimony of these figures at the Iran-Contra hearings in 1987.
+Zappa targets, in addition to Swaggart, fellow evangelists [[Pat Robertson]] and Jerry Falwell, as well as Reagan administration figures, John Poindexter and Edward Meese.  The last two are usually referenced at the end of some incomprehensible lyric (often from the original song) as "actual testimony" probably meant as a reference to the less than candid public testimony of these figures at the Iran-Contra hearings in 1987.
 The suite is widely available but usually not for long because of copyright issues. It runs about nine minutes in length.