Amnesia Vivace

For other versions of this song, see: The Duke Of Prunes

Lyrics

La-la-la la la lah
La la la-la-la-a-a-a-a ...

(Chunka Chunka Chunka ...)

La la-la-la la-la ...

My darling
You mean so very much to me
I love you so deeply!
It just makes me ...

La la-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a ...

(Duke ... Duke ... Duke ... Duke of Prunes ... Prunes)
I hardly recognize you, darling
Oh, I'll never forget you, darling ...
(Duke of Prunes ... Prunes ... Prunes)
Oh I suppose I will forget you eventually
In fact, I've already forgotten you.
(Duke of Prunes ... Prunes ... Prunes)
What is your name? Nice to see you again.

Players On This Song

• Frank Zappa - guitar, vocals
• Ray Collins - vocals, tambourine
• Jim Fielder - guitar, piano
• Don Preston - keyboards
• Bunk Gardner - woodwinds
• Roy Estrada - bass, vocals
• Jimmy Carl Black - drums, vocals
• Billy Mundi - drums, percussion

Records On Which This Song Has Appeared

Singles

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Zappa Albums & Side Projects

• Absolutely Free
• Mothermania

Tribute & Cover Albums

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Notes About This Song

• Recorded at TTG, Los Angeles in November 1966.

• The song was originally called "Remember".

• This version of the song is a suite with three parts: "The Duke Of Prunes", "Amnesia Vivace" and "The Duke Regains His Chops". On Mothermania, the whole suite is combined to one single track under the title "The Duke Of Prunes".

• It includes quotes from "The Rite Of Spring" (Stravinsky), "The Firebird" (Stravinsky), and "Duke Of Earl" (Dixon/Edwards/Williams)

• FZ in The Real Frank Zappa Book:

"Then there's a place in 'Duke of Prunes' where the "Berceuse" from Stravinsky's 'Firebird Suite' is floated over another, more rhythmic theme from 'The Rite Of Spring'."