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 <blockquote>''"Lord, have mercy on the people in England, for the terrible food these people must eat."'' - Opening lines of [[Strictly Genteel (The Track)|Strictly Genteel]].  </blockquote>
-'''Frank Zappa''': ''"I hate playing in England. I don't mind playing in Europe too much. The audiences on the Continent are pretty good. I can't stand this place though. It's the people. (...) Let's not call it the audiences, just the people. (...) Maybe it's the venues that we've been playing because the behaviour patterns seem to alter with different venues. I noticed that there was a difference between the type of audience that you get at Wembley Empire Pool and the audience you get at the Odeon Hammersmith. But the thing that's always depressed me about the English audience is that they're oriented towards dressing up and queuing up and anything in between that is irrelevant. It's very hard to get any kind of feedback from the audience in a place like the Odeon Hammersmith because the behaviour pattern is just so reserved. You definitely get the impression that you're there to perform. Maybe there's a different kind of response for other kinds of music here but there's two places in the world where I'd say we have the worst audiences – [[London]] and [[Los Angeles]]. They're very similar in how jaded they are. But the response in what we do just about everyplace else is completely different."''
+==Frank Zappa concerts in the United Kingdom==
+* [[67/10/ London UK The Speakeasy]]
-'''And yet they seem keen enough to come along. You sold out six shows last time around.'''
+* [[67/09/23 London UK Royal Albert Hall]]
-'''Frank Zappa''': ''"God knows why. I mean, even when they're clapping it doesn't feel right to me. It's like they like you for the wrong reason. There's such a big difference between what happens when you go on stage in a theatre the same size in New York City or Atlanta, Georgia, versus what happens here. It's just a weird feeling ... even though they speak English."''
+==References to the United Kingdom in Frank Zappa's work==
 * In Frank Zappa's list with influences, printed in the sleeve of ''[[Freak Out!]]'', writer [[Cecil Forsyth]], film producer [[J. Arthur Rank]] and Beatles manager [[Brian Epstein]] are mentioned.
 * ''[[Invocation & Ritual Dance Of The Young Pumpkin]]'': [[Gustav Holst]]'s ''Jupiter'' from ''The Planets'' is musically quoted.
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 * ''[[The Handsome Cabin Boy]]'' by [[Ewan MacColl]] is covered on ''[[The Lost Episodes]]''.
-==Zappa concerts in the United Kingdom==
+==Frank Zappa associates from the United Kingdom==
 * [[Jack Bruce]]
 * [[Pauline Butcher]]
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 * [[London Symphony Orchestra (The Orchestra)]]
 * [[Keith Moon]]
-* [[Music For Nations]]
+* ''[[Music For Nations]]''
 * [[Angus O'Reilly]]
 * [[Tony Palmer]]
 * [[Pink Floyd]]
 * [[Ringo Starr]]
 * [[Ralph Steadman]]
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 ==Fansites==
 * [[Andrew Greenaway]]
 ==References==

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 * [[Martin Lickert]], [[Keith Moon]] and [[Ringo Starr]] can be seen and heard in ''[[200 Motels]]''.
 * ''[[Dental Hygiene Dilemma]]'': ''"It's just as if [[Donovan]] himself appeared on my very own TV set"''.
-* ''[[Interview (What's The Name Of Your Group?)]]'': ''"Have you been to England yet?"''
+* ''[[Interview (What's The Name Of Your Group?)]]'' and ''[[What's The Name Of Your Group? (The Suites)]]'': ''"Have you been to England yet?"''
 * ''[[Scene 30: JCB & Rance]]'': ''"The fuckin' Devil's got an English accent!"''
 * ''[[Magic Fingers]]'': ''"beat you with a pair of tennis shoes I got from [[Jeff Beck]]"''.

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 * [[The Who]]
 * [[Steven Wilson]]
 ==Actors, comedians, film directors, producers and documentary makers==

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 * [[Fred Frith]]
 * [[Gentle Giant]]
 * [[Alex Harvey]]
 * [[Henry Cow]]

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 * ''[[The Handsome Cabin Boy]]'' by [[Ewan MacColl]] is covered on ''[[The Lost Episodes]]''.
-==Concerts & other locations==
+==Zappa concerts in the United Kingdom==
 * [[67/10/ London UK The Speakeasy]]
 * [[67/09/23 London UK Royal Albert Hall]]
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 * [[84/09/24-25 London UK Hammersmith Odeon]]
 * [[88/04/18-19 London UK Wembley Arena]]
 ==Zappa associates from the United Kingdom==
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 ==Classical composers, conductors and musicians==
 * [[Edward Elgar]]
 * [[Cecil Forsyth]]
 * [[Gustav Holst]]
 * [[Henry Purcell]]
 ==Jazz musicians==
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 ==Film, radio and television==
-* [[Alice in Wonderland]]
+* ''[[Alice in Wonderland]]''
-* [[An American Werewolf In London]]
+* ''[[An American Werewolf In London]]''
-* [[BBC Television Tribute]], produced by [[Nigel Leigh]]
+* ''[[BBC Television Tribute]]'', produced by [[Nigel Leigh]]
-* [[Dead Of Night]]
+* ''[[Dead Of Night]]''
-* [[Fraudulent DJ]]
+* ''[[Fraudulent DJ]]''
-* [[Gorgo]]
+* ''[[Gorgo]]''
-* [[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]
+* ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]''
-* [[Star Special]]
+* ''[[Star Special]]''
 ==Interviews==
-* [[Meet the Boss Mother sussing out Britain...]]
+* ''[[Meet the Boss Mother sussing out Britain...]]''
 ==Miscellaneous==
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 * [[Punk]]
 * [[The Queen]]
 * [[Margaret Thatcher]]

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 * [[Lenny Henry]]
 * [[Nigel Leigh]]
 * [[Simon McBurney]]
 * [[Tony Palmer]]

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 * [[Royal Albert Hall]]
 * [[The Speakeasy Club, UK]]
 * [[Waterloo]] station

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 * [[John McLaughlin]]
 * [[Freddie Mercury]]
 * [[George Michael]]
 * [[Keith Moon]]

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 * ''[[Carolina Hard-Core Ecstasy]]'': ''"I had a Roger Daltrey cape on."''
 * ''[[Titties 'n Beer]]'' and ''[[Punky's Whips]]'': ''"More fluid than [[Jeff Beck]]"''.
 * ''[[Dead Girls Of London]]''
 * ''[[Packard Goose]]'': ''"All the rock'n roll writers are the worst kind of sleaze/selling punk rock like some new kind of English disease."''