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'''FOREWORD'''<br> | '''FOREWORD'''<br> | ||
| − | THESE are words to the songs on our new album "ABSOLUTELY FREE." This is not a reprint of the actual libretto that is punlished in the United States to accompany this record. It is a hasty attempt to give the Bristish listener a chance to more fully understand the message inherent in the album.<br> | + | THESE are words to the songs on our new album "[[Absolutely Free|ABSOLUTELY FREE]]." This is not a reprint of the actual libretto that is punlished in the United States to accompany this record. It is a hasty attempt to give the Bristish listener a chance to more fully understand the message inherent in the album.<br> |
Pauline Butcher, secretary at large, in a gruelling five hour session, was subjected to the awful task of translating the garbled nonsense on our album into a form that I hope most of you can understand.<br> | Pauline Butcher, secretary at large, in a gruelling five hour session, was subjected to the awful task of translating the garbled nonsense on our album into a form that I hope most of you can understand.<br> | ||
Some of the terms, abbreviations and colloquial expressions used in the lyrics may not be familiar to Britis [''[[Wikipedia:Sic|sic]]''] listeners. Along with the actual words to the songs this special version of the libretto will include brief technical explanations for you. | Some of the terms, abbreviations and colloquial expressions used in the lyrics may not be familiar to Britis [''[[Wikipedia:Sic|sic]]''] listeners. Along with the actual words to the songs this special version of the libretto will include brief technical explanations for you. | ||
| − | <div align=right>FRANK ZAPPA</div align=right> | + | <div align=right>[[Frank Zappa|FRANK ZAPPA]]</div align=right> |
'''No 1 in a series UndergroundOratorios'''<br> | '''No 1 in a series UndergroundOratorios'''<br> | ||
Revision as of 13:07, 28 March 2007
FOREWORD
THESE are words to the songs on our new album "ABSOLUTELY FREE." This is not a reprint of the actual libretto that is punlished in the United States to accompany this record. It is a hasty attempt to give the Bristish listener a chance to more fully understand the message inherent in the album.
Pauline Butcher, secretary at large, in a gruelling five hour session, was subjected to the awful task of translating the garbled nonsense on our album into a form that I hope most of you can understand.
Some of the terms, abbreviations and colloquial expressions used in the lyrics may not be familiar to Britis [sic] listeners. Along with the actual words to the songs this special version of the libretto will include brief technical explanations for you.
No 1 in a series UndergroundOratorios
PLASTIC PEOPLE
The insincere ass holes who run almost everybody's country are plastic people. References to Sunset Boulevard, Pandora's Box, CIA, and Laurel Canyon, all relate tothe [sic] first youth riots in Los Angeles last year.
[Lyrics of Plastic People follow.]
THE DUKE OF PRUNES
The Duke of Prunes is a surrealistic love song. Euphemistic sexual imagery popular in country blues tunes, with which many of you might already be familiar, is transmuted in this particular piece from the basic " ... me, suck me, till my eyes roll back baby" to "prune me, cheese me, go-kart ... " or something like that. This song is very strange.
[Lyrics of The Duke Of Prunes follow.]
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