You Are What You Is (The Track) - Revision history

Spider of Destiny at 14:42, 25 April 2026

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2010-12-10T03:14:19Z

CC Clues In This Song

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Thing-Fish version

2010-12-09T16:26:15Z

Notes About This Song

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Notes About This Song

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 *The song makes references to many songs at the end: "[[Wonderful Wino]]" ("Gimme a five-dollar bill / And an overcoat, too!"), "[[Lonesome Cowboy Burt]]" ("Where's my waitress? Yeah!"), "[[Harder Than Your Husband]]" ("I'm harder than yer husband; harder than yer husband!") and "[[Mudd Club]]", into which the song fades on both ''[[You Are What You Is]]'' and ''[[Thing-Fish]]''
 *There is also a reference to [[Greek Town|Greek Town]].
-*Mentions [[Cars]]: The line "MERCEDES BAINNNNNNNZ", and the "Four-Fifty [[SLC]]", which was a kind of Mercedes.
+*Mentions [[Cars]]: The line "MERCEDES BAINNNNNNNZ", and the "[[Wikipedia:Mercedes-Benz R107 and C107|Four-Fifty SLC]]", which was a kind of Mercedes.
 *The line "He talks like the Kingfish from Amos & Andy" references [[Amos & Andy]]. (Note that the Kingfish would later lead to the [[Thing-Fish]].)
 *"Boog 'em, [[Dano]]" is a reference to "Book 'em, Danno" from the TV series [[Wikipedia:Hawaii Five-O|Hawaii Five-O]].

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 *The song makes references to many songs at the end: "[[Wonderful Wino]]" ("Gimme a five-dollar bill / And an overcoat, too!"), "[[Lonesome Cowboy Burt]]" ("Where's my waitress? Yeah!"), "[[Harder Than Your Husband]]" ("I'm harder than yer husband; harder than yer husband!") and "[[Mudd Club]]", into which the song fades on both ''[[You Are What You Is]]'' and ''[[Thing-Fish]]''
 *There is also a reference to [[Greek Town|Greek Town]].
-*The line "MERCEDES BAINNNNNNNZ" is another reference to [[Cars|cars in Zappa's work]].
+*Mentions [[Cars]]: The line "MERCEDES BAINNNNNNNZ", and the "Four-Fifty [[SLC]]", which was a kind of Mercedes.
-* The line "He talks like the Kingfish from Amos & Andy" references [[Amos & Andy]]. (Note that the Kingfish would later lead to the [[Thing-Fish]].)
+*The line "He talks like the Kingfish from Amos & Andy" references [[Amos & Andy]]. (Note that the Kingfish would later lead to the [[Thing-Fish]].)
-* "Boog 'em, [[Dano]]" is a reference to "Book 'em, Danno" from the TV series [[Wikipedia:Hawaii Five-O|Hawaii Five-O]].
+*"Boog 'em, [[Dano]]" is a reference to "Book 'em, Danno" from the TV series [[Wikipedia:Hawaii Five-O|Hawaii Five-O]].
-* "[[One-Adam-Twelve]] is a reference to the TV series.
+*"[[One-Adam-Twelve]] is a reference to the TV series.
 [[Category:Singles]]
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 *The line "MERCEDES BAINNNNNNNZ" is another reference to [[Cars|cars in Zappa's work]].
 * The line "He talks like the Kingfish from Amos & Andy" references [[Amos & Andy]]. (Note that the Kingfish would later lead to the [[Thing-Fish]].)
-* "Boog 'em, [[Dano]]" is a reference to "Book 'em, Danno" from the TV series [[Hawaii Five-O]].
+* "Boog 'em, [[Dano]]" is a reference to "Book 'em, Danno" from the TV series [[Wikipedia:Hawaii Five-O|Hawaii Five-O]].
 * "[[One-Adam-Twelve]] is a reference to the TV series.
 [[Category:Singles]]
 [[Category:Tracks]]

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 An' he look like a MAMMY! ( (manipulating the dummy) ''"See de mammy, now! See de mammy, now!"'')<br>
 His fav'rit CO-LOG-NUMM (''Smell like... chitlins!'')<br>
-Is de one dey call 'SAMMY'! (''One-Adam-Twelve, see de MAMMY!'')<br>
+Is de one dey call 'SAMMY'! (''[[One-Adam-Twelve]], see de MAMMY!'')<br>
 He finally layin' (''Armed 'n dangerous, reproach wit cautium!'')<br>
 De whole thang down,<br>
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 So see what you got! (''I know dey woikin' on it...'')<br>
 You are what you is, (''Underneath Virginia!'')<br>
-An' that's all it 'tis! (''"Boog-boog'm, Dano..." MAMMY ONE!'')<br>
+An' that's all it 'tis! (''"Boog-boog'm, [[Dano]]..." MAMMY ONE!'')<br>
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 '''MAMMY NUN ENSEMBLE (& THING-FISH):''' ''(showing Dummy #2)''<br>
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 <br>You are what you is (''... And an overcoat, too!'')
 <br>An' that's all it is (''Where's my waitress? Yeah!'')
-<br>You are what you is (''Robbie, take me to Greek Town!'')
+<br>You are what you is (''Robbie, take me to [[Greek Town]]!'')
 <br>An' that's all it is (''I'm harder than yer husband; harder than yer husband!'')
-<br>You are what you is (''I'm goin' down to White Street, to the Mudd Club y'all!'')
+<br>You are what you is (''I'm goin' down to [[White Street]], to the [[Mudd Club]] y'all!'')
 <br>An' that's all it is (''I'm goin' down 'n work the wall 'n work the floor... '')
 <br>You are what you is (''... 'N work the pipe 'n work the wall...'')

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 ==Notes About This Song==
-"You Are What You Is" was accompanied by a music video: the only one Zappa ever made in his life.  (See: [[You Are What You Is (The Music Video)]]
+"You Are What You Is" was accompanied by a music video: the only one Zappa ever made in his life.  (See: [[You Are What You Is (The Music Video)]])
 ==CC Clues In This Song==