Leather

Lyrics

Instrumental

Players On This Song

• Frank Zappa - lead guitar, vocals
• Ray White - rythm guitar, vocals
• Eddie Jobson - keyboards, violin, vocals
• Patrick O'Hearn - bass, vocals
• Terry Bozzio - drums, vocals
• Ruth Underwood - percussion, synthetizer
• David Samuels - timpani, vibes
• Randy Brecker - trumpet
• Mike Brecker - tenor sax, flute
• Lou Marini - alto sax, flute
• Ronnie Cuber - baritone sax, flute
• Tom Malone - trombone, trumpet, piccolo
• Don Pardo - sophisticated narration

Records On Which This Song Has Appeared

Zappa Albums & Side Projects

• Zappa In New York as I Promise Not To Come In Your Mouth
• Läther
• Halloween 77

CC Clues In This Song

This track was named "I Promise Not To Come On Your Mouth" on the Zappa In New York album. Terry Bozzio also sings this promise in the song Punky's Whips.

The word "leather" reappears several times in Zappa's work:

• Hunchentoot: According to the liner notes Muhammar Khadaffi wears a black leather S&M mask.
• Carolina Hard-Core Ecstasy: "Plastic leather 14 triple D."
• Broken Hearts Are For Assholes: "Let's talk about Leather: LEATHERRRRRR"
• We Gotta Get Into Something Real: "Hohoho leather" -"No, man, he's not interested in leather."
• Crew Slut: "I'm into leather." -"That's good: a lot of the boys in the crew love leather." (...) "You'll love it." - "With leather."
• Sy Borg: "Little leather cap and trousers"
• Valley Girl: "Could you just like picture me in a leather teddy?"
• Tinsel Town Rebellion (The Track): "Of leather groups and plastic groups"
• Mudd Club: "In serious leather, serious chains"
• Be In My Video: "Wear a leather collar" (...) after all the close-up shots of you in bondage leather"
• He's So Gay: "And every leather boy's a prince"
• Drop Dead: "...jizzing all over your leather cock-sucker costume"
• Leather
• Leather Goods
• The name of the album Läther