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A [[Beatles]] hit that [[the Mothers]] once played as an encore.[https://books.google.com/books?id=FB0O_HCpBy0C&q=want+hold+your+hand#v=snippet&q=want%20hold%20your%20hand&f=false]
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[[File:I Want To Hold Your Hand.jpg|400px|thumb|right|The single.]]
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'''I Want To Hold Your Hand''' is a 1964 song by [[The Beatles]], which became one of their biggest hits. It was their breakthrough single in the United States.
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At the infamous [[71/12/10 London UK Rainbow Theatre]] concert Zappa's band played it as encore. During the performance he was pushed off the stage by [[Trevor Charles Howell]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=FB0O_HCpBy0C&q=want+hold+your+hand#v=snippet&q=want%20hold%20your%20hand&f=false Zappa, Frank.  "Send In The Clowns" ''The Real Frank Zappa Book'', 1988.]</ref>
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==Zappa about the song==
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'''Matty Biberfeld:''': '''What do you think about the, uh … current state of Rock & Roll, this Psychedelic Rock, Blues Rock, Folk Rock … uh …'''
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'''FZ:''': ''Poop Rock!''
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'''MB:''': '''… all kinds of Rock, and, uh, now the [[The Beatles|Beatles]] are coming … are coming up with songs which, to some people, are putting on the audience. The new, uh, single …'''
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'''FZ:''': ''You don't think the Beatles have always put on their audience?''
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'''MB:''': '''Well now, more blatantly, I think, I was …'''
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'''FZ:''': ''What could be more blatant than "I Wanna Hold Your Hand"?''
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- Quoted from WRVR, NYC interview with Matty Biberfeld. Audio recording can be heard on ''[["Poop Rock"]]''.
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==External links==
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* [[Wikipedia:I Want To Hold Your Hand]]
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==References==
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[[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)]]
 
[[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)]]
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[[Category:Covers And Musical Quotes]]
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Latest revision as of 12:07, 5 October 2021

The single.

I Want To Hold Your Hand is a 1964 song by The Beatles, which became one of their biggest hits. It was their breakthrough single in the United States.

At the infamous 71/12/10 London UK Rainbow Theatre concert Zappa's band played it as encore. During the performance he was pushed off the stage by Trevor Charles Howell.[1]

Zappa about the song

Matty Biberfeld:: What do you think about the, uh … current state of Rock & Roll, this Psychedelic Rock, Blues Rock, Folk Rock … uh …

FZ:: Poop Rock!

MB:: … all kinds of Rock, and, uh, now the Beatles are coming … are coming up with songs which, to some people, are putting on the audience. The new, uh, single …

FZ:: You don't think the Beatles have always put on their audience?

MB:: Well now, more blatantly, I think, I was …

FZ:: What could be more blatant than "I Wanna Hold Your Hand"?

- Quoted from WRVR, NYC interview with Matty Biberfeld. Audio recording can be heard on "Poop Rock".

External links

References