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| − | == Lyrics ==
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| − | ===Absolutely Free version=== | + | ==Versions of this Song== |
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| − | A moonbeam through the prune<br>
| + | ===''Mystery Disc'' Version=== |
| − | In June<br>
| + | *[[The Duke Of Prunes (1963 - Los Angeles)]] |
| − | Reveals your chest<br>
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| − | I see your lovely beans<br>
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| − | And in that magic go-kart<br>
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| − | I bite your neck<br>
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| − | The cheese I have for you<br>
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| − | My dear<br>
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| − | Is real<br>
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| − | And very new!
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| − | A moonbeam through the prune<br>
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| − | In June<br>
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| − | Reveals your chest<br>
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| − | I see your lovely beans<br>
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| − | And in that magic go-kart<br>
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| − | I bite your neck<br>
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| − | The love I have for you<br>
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| − | My dear<br>
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| − | Is real<br>
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| − | And very new!
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| − | Doh-Doh-Doh Doh-Doh
| + | ===''Absolutely Free'' Version=== |
| | + | *[[The Duke Of Prunes (1966 - Los Angeles)]] |
| | + | *[[Amnesia Vivace]] |
| | + | *[[The Duke Regains His Chops]] |
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| − | Prune!<br>
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| − | (Pah-Da-Dahhh!)<br>
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| − | If it is a real prune...<br>
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| − | (Pah-Da-Dahhh!)<br>
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| − | Knows no cheese!<br>
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| − | (Chunka Chunk . . .<br>
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| − | Chunka Chunka Chunka Chunka Chunk . . . )<br>
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| − | And stands . . .<br>
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| − | (Oh No-o-o-o!)<br>
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| − | Taller & stronger<br>
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| − | Than any tree<br>
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| − | Or bush!<br>
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| − | And I know<br>
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| − | The love I have for you<br>
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| − | Will grow & grow & grow<br>
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| − | I think<br>
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| − | And so my love<br>
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| − | I offer you<br>
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| − | A love that is strong<br>
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| − | A prune that is true!
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| − | | + | ===''Läther'' Version=== |
| − | === Mothermania Version ===
| + | *[[The Duke Of Orchestral Prunes]] |
| − | A moonbeam through the prune<br>
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| − | In June<br>
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| − | Reveals your chest<br>
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| − | I see your lovely beans<br>
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| − | And in that magic go-kart<br>
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| − | I bite your neck<br>
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| − | The cheese I have for you<br>
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| − | My dear<br>
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| − | Is real<br>
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| − | And very new!
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| − | A moonbeam through the prune<br>
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| − | In June<br>
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| − | Reveals your chest<br>
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| − | I see your lovely beans<br>
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| − | And in that magic go-kart<br>
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| − | I bite your neck<br>
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| − | The love I have for you<br>
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| − | My dear<br>
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| − | Is real<br>
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| − | And very new!
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| − | Doh-Doh-Doh Doh-Doh
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| − | Prune!<br>
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| − | (Pah-Da-Dahhh!)<br>
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| − | If it is a real prune...<br>
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| − | (Pah-Da-Dahhh!)<br>
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| − | Knows no cheese!<br>
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| − | (Chunka Chunk . . .<br>
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| − | Chunka Chunka Chunka Chunka Chunk . . . )<br>
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| − | And stands . . .<br>
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| − | (Oh No-o-o-o!)<br>
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| − | Taller & stronger<br>
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| − | Than any tree<br>
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| − | Or bush!<br>
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| − | And I know<br>
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| − | The love I have for you<br>
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| − | Will grow & grow & grow<br>
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| − | I think<br>
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| − | And so my love<br>
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| − | I offer you<br>
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| − | A love that is strong<br>
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| − | A prune that is true!
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| − | LA LA LALA LA LA LALALA LAH LAH LAH LA LA<br>
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| − | LA LA LA LA OOOOOOOOH!<br>
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| − | (Chunka Chunka Chunka . . . )<br>
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| − | LA LA LA LALA . . .
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| − | My darling . . . you mean so very much to me . . . I love<br>
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| − | you so deeply! It just makes me . . .
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| − | LA LA LA LA LA LA etc.
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| − | (Duke, Duke, Duke, Duke of Prunes, Prunes)<br>
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| − | I hardly recognize you, darling . . . Oh, I'll never forget you, darling. . .<br>
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| − | (Prunes, Duke of Prunes, Prunes, Prunes)<br>
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| − | Oh I suppose I will forget you eventually . . . In fact, I've already forgotten you . . .<br>
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| − | (Duke of Prunes, Prunes, Prunes)<br>
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| − | What is your name? Nice to see you again.
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| − | And you'll be my Douchess<br>
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| − | My Douchess of Prunes
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| − | A moonbeam through the prune<br>
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| − | In June<br>
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| − | Reveals your chest<br>
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| − | I see your lovely beans<br>
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| − | And in that magic go-kart<br>
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| − | I bite your neck<br>
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| − | The cheese I have for you<br>
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| − | My dear<br>
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| − | Is real<br>
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| − | And very new!<br>
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| − | (New cheese!)
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| − | Prunes!<br>
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| − | (Pah-Da-Dahhh!)<br>
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| − | If they are fresh prunes . . .<br>
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| − | (Pah-Da-Dahhh!)<br>
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| − | Know no cheese!<br>
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| − | (Chunka Chunka Chinky Chunky Stinky Stanky . . . )<br>
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| − | And they just lie there<br>
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| − | Drowning & sickening<br>
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| − | And it's just . . . I dunno<br>
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| − | Oh-h-h-h-h!<br>
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| − | And I know<br>
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| − | I think<br>
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| − | The love I have for you<br>
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| − | Will never end<br>
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| − | Well . . . maybe<br>
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| − | (Whah!)
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| − | And so my love<br>
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| − | I offer you<br>
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| − | A love that is strong<br>
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| − | A prune that is true!<br>
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| − | (Ha Ha!)
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| − | This is the exciting part . . .<br>
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| − | It's like the SUPREMES...<br>
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| − | See the way it builds up<br>
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| − | BABY BABY<br>
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| − | D'ya feel it?<br>
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| − | BABY BABY<br>
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| − | My prune is yours, my love<br>
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| − | My cheese for you<br>
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| − | My baby prune<br>
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| − | My baby prune<br>
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| − | I do like you<br>
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| − | My baby cheese etc., etc.<br>
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| − | You know I do<br>
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| − | My dear<br>
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| − | I love you etc., etc.<br>
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| − | Oh cheesy fat<br>
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| − | Oh cheesy fat<br>
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| − | Oh cheesy fat<br>
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| − | Oh baby fat<br>
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| − | Oh cheesy fat<br>
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| − | Oh baby blue
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| − | Cheesy, cheesy!
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| − | == Players On This Song ==
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| − | [[Absolutely Free|ABSOLUTELY FREE]] version
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| − | * [[Frank Zappa]] - guitar, vocals
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| − | * [[Ray Collins]] - vocals, tambourine
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| − | * [[Jim Fielder]] - guitar, piano
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| − | * [[Don Preston]] - keyboards
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| − | * [[Bunk Gardner]] - woodwinds
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| − | * [[Roy Estrada]] - bass, vocals
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| − | * [[Jimmy Carl Black]] - drums, vocals
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| − | * [[Billy Mundi]] - drums, percussion
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| − | ==Records On Which This Song Has Appeared==
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| − | ===Singles===
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| − | ===Zappa Albums & Side Projects===
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| − | '''[[:Category:Original Albums|Original Albums]]'''
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| − | *[[Absolutely Free]]
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| − | *[[Mystery Disc]]
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| − | *[[Orchestral Favorites]]
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| − | *[[Läther]]
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| − | '''[[:Category:Beat The Boots|Beat The Boots]]''' | |
| − | <br>-<br>
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| − | '''[[:Category:Compilations|Compilations]]'''
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| − | *[[Mothermania]]
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| − | '''[[:Category:Unauthorized Compilations|Unauthorized Compilations]]'''
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| − | <br>-<br>
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| − | '''[[:Category:Samplers And Promos|Samplers And Promos]]'''
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| − | <br>-<br>
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| − | '''[[:Category:Special Editions|Special Editions]]'''
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| − | <br>-<br>
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| − | '''[[:Category:Miscellaneous|Miscellaneous]]'''
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| − | <br>-<br>
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| − | ===Tribute & Cover Albums===
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| − | *[[LeBocal]]: [[Oh No ! ... Just Another Frank Zappa Memorial Barbecue]]
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| − | *[[Nasal Retentive Orchestra]]: [[Tales Of Brave Flegmar]] in Tales Of Brave Flegmar part 2 | |
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| − | == Notes About This Song ==
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| − | [[The Duke Of Prunes]] was originally called "Garbage Eaters". | |
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| − | === FZ about this song ===
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| − | ''"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 "fuck 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."''<br>
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| − | (From FZ's note-to-note comments to the album)
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| − | === Ray Collins about this song ===
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| − | <blockquote>Frank had this beautiful tune called 'And Very True', and when we went in to record it, being a little crazy at the time, I just ad-libbed on the spot. The original lyrics I think were something like 'Moobeam through the night', something very loving, although Frank didn't like love songs. And I changed it to, 'Moonbeam through the prune, in June, I can see your tits.' I just made it up on the spot. So later, after we recorded it - you can hear Frank cracking up on record - it was fun. In fact, that's my favorite Mothers album, the Absolutely Free album. So later, after we recorded it, I told Frank 'Well, you know, I just made up those lyrics as we went along, so if not money, I should at least get album credit for it.' I didn't say, 'Don't pay me'. So he says, 'Well, just tell me what you want to put on the album.' And so a couple of days later, I said, 'Well, just put Prune: Ray Collins'. And he added the 'Side 3' part. That was out of his own mind. [There is a credit in the Absolutely Free album that says `side 3 PRUNE: Ray Collins'.]</blockquote>
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| − | (From [[Necessity Is... The Early Years Of Frank Zappa And The Mothers Of Invention]])
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| − | == CC Clues In This Song ==
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| − | [[Category:Tracks|Duke Of Prunes, The]]
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| − | [[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)|Duke Of Prunes, The]]
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