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| − | ==Lyrics== | + | __NOTOC__ |
| | + | ==Versions of this Song== |
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| − | ===Absolutely Free version:=== | + | ===''Absolutely Free'' Version=== |
| − | <i>Cheesy, cheesy!</i>
| + | *[[Call Any Vegetable (1966 - Los Angeles)]] |
| | + | *[[Invocation & Ritual Dance Of The Young Pumpkin]] |
| | + | *[[Soft-Sell Conclusion]] |
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| − | <br>''(This is a song about vegetables . . . they keep you regular; they're real good for ya.)''
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| − | <br><br>Call any vegetable
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| − | ''<br>(Call any vegetable)''
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| − | <br>Call it by name
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| − | ''<br>(Call any vegetable)''
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| − | <br>Call one today
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| − | ''<br>(Call any vegetable)''
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| − | <br>When you get off the train
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| − | ''<br>(Call any vegetable)''
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| − | <br>Call any vegetable
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| − | <br>And the chances are good
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| − | <br>Ooooh! The vegetable
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| − | <br>Will respond to you
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| − | <br><br>''(Some people don't go for prunes . . . I dunno . . . I've always found that if they...)''
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| − | <br><br>Call any vegetable
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| − | ''<br>(Call any vegetable)''
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| − | <br>Pick up your phone
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| − | ''<br>(Call any vegetable)''
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| − | <br>Think of a vegetable
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| − | ''<br>(Call any vegetable)''
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| − | <br>Lonely at home
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| − | ''<br>(Call any vegetable)''
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| − | <br>Call any vegetable
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| − | <br>And the chances are good
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| − | <br>That a vegetable will respond to you-hoooo
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| − | <br><br>RUTA-BAY-AY-AYGA RUTA-BAY-AY-AYGA
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| − | <br>RUTA-BAY-AY-AYGA RUTA-BAY-AY-AYGA
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| − | <br>RUTA-BAYYYYY . . .
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| − | <br><br>''(A prune isn't really a vegetable. Cabbage is a vegetable.)''
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| − | <br><br>No one will know
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| − | <br>If you don't want to let 'em know
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| − | <br>No one will know
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| − | <br>'Less it's you that might tell 'em so
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| − | <br>Call and they'll come to you
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| − | <br>Covered with dew
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| − | <br>Vegetables dream
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| − | <br>Of responding to you
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| − | <br>Standing there
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| − | <br>Shiny & proud by your side
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| − | <br>Holding your hand
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| − | <br>While the neighbors decide
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| − | <br>Why is a vegetable
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| − | <br>Something to hide?
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| − | <br>YAR-R-R-R-R-G-H!
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| | + | ===''Just Another Band From L.A.'' Version=== |
| | + | *[[Call Any Vegetable (1971 - Los Angeles)]] |
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| − | ===Just Another Band From L.A. version:=== | + | ===''Playground Psychotics'' Version=== |
| − | | + | *[[Champagne Lecture]] |
| − | Call any vegetable
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| − | <br>Call it by name
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| − | <br>You gotta call one today
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| − | <br>When you get off the train
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| − | <br>Call any vegetable
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| − | <br>And the chances are good
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| − | <br>Yeah-eh-hey, the vegetable will respond to you
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| − | <br>La-la-ah la-la, the vegetable will respond to you
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| − | <br>La-la-ah la-la . . . oh
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| − | <br>
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| − | <br>Call any vegetable
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| − | <br>Pick up your phone
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| − | <br>Think of a vegetable
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| − | <br>Lonely at home
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| − | <br>Call any vegetable
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| − | <br>And the chances are good
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| − | <br>Yeah-eh-hey, the vegetable will respond to you
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| − | <br>La-la-ah la-la, the vegetable will respond to you
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| − | <br>La-la-ah la-la . . .
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| − | <br>
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| − | <br>Ruta-bay-ay-ayga, Ruta-bay-ay-ayga,
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| − | <br>Ruta-bay-ay-ayga, Ruta-bay-ay-ayga,
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| − | <br>Ruta-bayyyyy . . .
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| − | <br>
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| − | <br>No one will know
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| − | <br>If you don't want to let 'em know
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| − | <br>No one will know
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| − | <br>'Less it's you that might tell 'em so
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| − | <br>
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| − | <br>Call and they'll come to you
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| − | <br>Smiling and covered with dew
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| − | <br>Vegetables dream,
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| − | <br>Vegetables dream,
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| − | <br>Vegetables dream,
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| − | <br>Of responding to you
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| − | <br>Standing there shiny and proud by your side
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| − | <br>Holding your joint while the neighbors decide
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| − | <br>Why is a vegetable something to hide?
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| − | <br>To hide!
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| − | <br>To hide!
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| − | <br>To hide!
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| − | <br>
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| − | <br>Shoo-shoo Shoo-shoo
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| − | <br>Shoo-shoo Shoo-shoo . . .
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| − | <br><b>FZ:</b> You know, a lot of people don't bother about their friends in the vegetable kingdom. They, they think: What can I say? Some times they think: Where can I go?
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| − | <br><b>Howard:</b> Where can I go to get my poodle clipped in Burbank?
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| − | <br><b>Mark:</b> At Ralph's vegetarian poodle clippin', where you can come this . . .
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| − | <br><b>Howard:</b> Where can I go to get organic vaseline for my intercourse?
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| − | <br><b>Mark:</b> At Bob and Ray's Swahili restaurant, where you can come this close . . .
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| − | <br><b>Howard:</b> Where can I go to get my jeans embroidered in Fullerton?
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| − | <br><b>Mark:</b> At Jeans, at Jeans North where nothing fits
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| − | <br><b>Howard:</b> Where can I go to get my zipper repaired in Hollywood?
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| − | <br><b>Mark:</b> Who gives a fuck anyway!
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| − | <br><b>Howard:</b> Where can I go to get my speakers fixed?
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| − | <br><b>Mark:</b> Hey . . . at Jack La . . .
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| − | <br><b>Howard:</b> Where can I go to get my exit lights?
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| − | <br><b>Mark:</b>: At Jack La Lanne Hamburgers on 312 Whittier Boulevard
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| − | <br><b>Howard:</b> Where can I go to get my stomach pumped? Where can I go to collapse?
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| − | <br><b>Mark:</b> Adee do
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| − | <br><b>FZ:</b> Questions, Questions, Questions, flooding into the mind of the concerned young person today. Ah, but it's a great time to be alive, ladies and gentlemen. And that's the theme of our program for tonight. It's so FUCKING GREAT to be alive! Is what the theme of our show is tonight, boys and girls. And I wanna tell ya, if there is anybody here who doesn't believe that it is FUCKING GREAT to be alive, I wish they would go now, because this show will bring them down so much . . .
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| − | <br><i>God bless America
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| − | <br>Land that I... </i>
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| − | <br>
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| − | <br>Call any vegetable
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| − | <br>Call it by name
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| − | <br>You gotta call one today
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| − | <br>When you get off the train
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| − | <br>
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| − | <br>Call any vegetable
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| − | <br>And the chances are good
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| − | <br>OH! That the vegetable will RESPOND to you
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| − | <br>Mark: And if you're a consenting adult we want you to call today. In Los Angeles, the number is RIchmond 9-6135, in Downey, it's 347-8932.
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| − | <br>
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| − | <br>Call it direct,
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| − | <br>Call it collect,
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| − | <br>But call it today!
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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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| − | [[Just Another Band From L.A.|JUST ANOTHER BAND FROM L.A.]] version
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| − | * [[Frank Zappa]] (guitar & vocals)
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| − | * [[Mark Volman]] (lead vocals)
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| − | * [[Howard Kaylan]] (lead vocals)
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| − | * [[Ian Underwood]] (winds, keyboards, vocals)
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| − | * [[Aynsley Dunbar]] (drums)
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| − | * [[Don Preston]] (keyboards, mini-moog)
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| − | * [[Jim Pons]] (bass, vocals)
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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]]''' | |
| − | * [[Absolutely Free]]
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| − | * [[Just Another Band From L.A.]]
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| − | * [[Playground Psychotics]] (dialogue part)
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| − | '''[[:Category:Beat The Boots|Beat The Boots]]'''
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| − | * [[Swiss Cheese/Fire! (BTB)|Swiss Cheese/Fire!]]
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| − | * [[Freaks & Motherfuckers (BTB)|Freaks & Motherfuckers]]
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| − | '''[[:Category:Compilations|Compilations]]'''
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| − | * [[Mothermania]], including '''Soft-Sell Conclusion'''
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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]]''' | |
| − | <br>-<br>
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| − | ===Tribute & Cover Albums===
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| − | *[[Nasal Retentive Orchestra]]: [[Have A Bun]] | |
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| − | ==Notes About This Song==
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| − | === Zappa says: ===
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| − | ''"The best clue to this song might lie in the fact that people who are inactive in a society... people who do not live up to their responsibilities... are vegetables. <br>I feel that these people... even if they are inactive, apathetic or unconcerned at this point... can be motivated toward a more useful sort of existence. I believe that if you call any vegatable it will respond to you."''<br>
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| − | (From FZ's song-by-song comments to the album)
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| − | === Zappa says some more: ===
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| − | ''"There's a twisted reference to [[Charles Ives]] at the end of [[Call Any Vegetable]]. One of the things that Ives is noted for is his use of multiple colliding themes- the musical illusion of having several marching bands marching through each other. In our low-rent version, the band splits into three parts, playing "[[The Star-Spangled Banner]]," "[[God Bless America]]" and "[[America The Beautiful]]" all at the same time, yielding an amateur version of an Ives collision. Unless listeners pay attention in that one spot- there are only a few bars of it, they might think it was a 'mistake.'"''<br>
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| − | (From [[The Real Frank Zappa Book]])
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| − | ==CC Clues In This Song==
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| − | [[Category:Tracks]]
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| − | [[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)]]
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