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| − | The "'''Great Society'''" referred to in "[[Hungry Freaks, Daddy]]" and "[[Trouble Every Day]]" was an idealistic catch-phrase of '''President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]]’s'''. Some startling kazoo notes leap out of the mix after each bridge in the former song, aligning pop-music idioms with little-kid music in a cheap fanfare manner. Frank, who wrote in his book that every song on ''[[Freak Out!]]'' had a "function within an overall satirical concept," molded the garbage of the industrial music machine into images of pure acidity, asking listeners to question the music they typically chose for their entertainment ("shaking people out of their complacency" was a frequent Mothers motive). | + | The "'''Great Society'''" referred to in "[[Hungry Freaks, Daddy (1966 - Los Angeles)|Hungry Freaks, Daddy]]" and "[[Trouble Every Day]]" was an idealistic catch-phrase of '''President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]]’s'''. Some startling kazoo notes leap out of the mix after each bridge in the former song, aligning pop-music idioms with little-kid music in a cheap fanfare manner. Frank, who wrote in his book that every song on ''[[Freak Out!]]'' had a ''"function within an overall satirical concept,"'' molded the garbage of the industrial music machine into images of pure acidity, asking listeners to question the music they typically chose for their entertainment ("shaking people out of their complacency" was a frequent Mothers motive). |
===See also:=== | ===See also:=== | ||
| − | *[[Hungry Freaks, Daddy]] | + | *[[Hungry Freaks, Daddy (1966 - Los Angeles)|Hungry Freaks, Daddy]]: "The left-behinds of the Great Society" |
| − | *[[Trouble Every Day]] | + | *[[Trouble Every Day]]: "And if a million more agree, there ain't no Great Society" |
[[Category:Conceptual Continuity]] | [[Category:Conceptual Continuity]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Targets]] | ||
Latest revision as of 09:09, 8 September 2021
The "Great Society" referred to in "Hungry Freaks, Daddy" and "Trouble Every Day" was an idealistic catch-phrase of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s. Some startling kazoo notes leap out of the mix after each bridge in the former song, aligning pop-music idioms with little-kid music in a cheap fanfare manner. Frank, who wrote in his book that every song on Freak Out! had a "function within an overall satirical concept," molded the garbage of the industrial music machine into images of pure acidity, asking listeners to question the music they typically chose for their entertainment ("shaking people out of their complacency" was a frequent Mothers motive).
See also:
- Hungry Freaks, Daddy: "The left-behinds of the Great Society"
- Trouble Every Day: "And if a million more agree, there ain't no Great Society"
