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| + | ''For other versions of this song, see: [[Call Any Vegetable]]. | ||
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==Lyrics== | ==Lyrics== | ||
| − | A lot of people don't bother about their friends in the VEGETABLE KINGDOM. They think, | + | |
| + | '''FZ:''' ''A lot of people don't bother about their friends in the VEGETABLE KINGDOM. They think, "Ah, what can I say? What can a person like myself say to a vegetable?" But the answer is simple, my friends: Just call ... and tell them how you feel ... about muffins, pumpkins, wax paper, caledonia, mahoganies, elbows and green things in general ... and soon: a new rapport! You and your new little green & yellow buddies... grooving together! OH NO! Maintaining your coolness together! Worshipping together in the church of your choice! Only in America! Woh-oh-oh-ah-agh-h ...<br> | ||
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| − | + | Call any vegetable<br> | |
| − | <br>Call it by name | + | Call it by name<br> |
| − | <br>You gotta call one today | + | You gotta call one today<br> |
| − | <br>When you get off the train | + | When you get off the train<br> |
| − | <br>Call any vegetable | + | |
| − | <br>And the chances are good | + | Call any vegetable<br> |
| − | <br>AR-R-H-R that the vegetable | + | And the chances are good<br> |
| − | + | AR-R-H-R that the vegetable will respond to you!<br> | |
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| − | <br> | + | '''FZ:''' ''Oh no! Can you see them responding? The pumpkin is breathing hard: huffa-puffa-huffa-puffa-huffa-puffa ...What a pumpkin!<br> |
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| + | ==Players On This Song== | ||
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| + | * [[Biography|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=== | + | ===Zappa Albums & Side Projects=== |
| − | * [[Absolutely Free]] | + | * [[Absolutely Free]] |
| − | * [[Mothermania]] | + | * [[Mothermania]] (included in '''Call Any Vegetable''') |
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| − | ===Tribute & Cover Albums=== | + | ===Tribute & Cover Albums=== |
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==Notes About This Song== | ==Notes About This Song== | ||
| − | [[Soft-Sell Conclusion]] was originally called "If You Like Chickens". | + | *Recorded at TTG, Los Angeles in November 1966. |
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| + | *This version of the song is a suite with three parts: "[[Call Any Vegetable (1966 - Los Angeles)|Call Any Vegetable]]", "[[Invocation & Ritual Dance Of The Young Pumpkin]]" and "Soft-Sell Conclusion". On ''[[Mothermania]]'', the whole suite is combined to one single track under the title "'''Call Any Vegetable'''". | ||
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| + | *This song was originally called "'''If You Like Chickens'''". | ||
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| + | *It includes quotes from "[[God Bless America]]" (Irving Berlin), "[[America The Beautiful]]" (Ward/Bates), "[[Wikipedia:Marines' Hymn|Marines'Hymn]]" (trad.) and "[[L'Histoire Du Soldat]]" ([[Igor Stravinsky|Stravinsky]] - the theme appears at 1:25, right after "the pumpkin is breathing hard".) | ||
==CC Clues In This Song== | ==CC Clues In This Song== | ||
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| + | * References [[pumpkin]]s. | ||
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| + | * Mentions [[muffins]] | ||
[[Category:Tracks]] | [[Category:Tracks]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Tracks with sexual topics]] | ||
Latest revision as of 19:57, 30 November 2021
For other versions of this song, see: Call Any Vegetable.
Lyrics
FZ: A lot of people don't bother about their friends in the VEGETABLE KINGDOM. They think, "Ah, what can I say? What can a person like myself say to a vegetable?" But the answer is simple, my friends: Just call ... and tell them how you feel ... about muffins, pumpkins, wax paper, caledonia, mahoganies, elbows and green things in general ... and soon: a new rapport! You and your new little green & yellow buddies... grooving together! OH NO! Maintaining your coolness together! Worshipping together in the church of your choice! Only in America! Woh-oh-oh-ah-agh-h ...
Call any vegetable
Call it by name
You gotta call one today
When you get off the train
Call any vegetable
And the chances are good
AR-R-H-R that the vegetable will respond to you!
FZ: Oh no! Can you see them responding? The pumpkin is breathing hard: huffa-puffa-huffa-puffa-huffa-puffa ...What a pumpkin!
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
-
Zappa Albums & Side Projects
- Absolutely Free
- Mothermania (included in Call Any Vegetable)
Tribute & Cover Albums
-
Notes About This Song
- Recorded at TTG, Los Angeles in November 1966.
- This version of the song is a suite with three parts: "Call Any Vegetable", "Invocation & Ritual Dance Of The Young Pumpkin" and "Soft-Sell Conclusion". On Mothermania, the whole suite is combined to one single track under the title "Call Any Vegetable".
- This song was originally called "If You Like Chickens".
- It includes quotes from "God Bless America" (Irving Berlin), "America The Beautiful" (Ward/Bates), "Marines'Hymn" (trad.) and "L'Histoire Du Soldat" (Stravinsky - the theme appears at 1:25, right after "the pumpkin is breathing hard".)
CC Clues In This Song
- References pumpkins.
- Mentions muffins
