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==Lyrics== | ==Lyrics== | ||
==Players On This Song== | ==Players On This Song== | ||
| − | *[[Frank Zappa]] lead guitar | + | *[[Biography|Frank Zappa]] lead guitar |
*[[Ike Willis]] guitar | *[[Ike Willis]] guitar | ||
*[[Mike Keneally]] guitar, synth | *[[Mike Keneally]] guitar, synth | ||
*[[Bobby Martin]] keyboards | *[[Bobby Martin]] keyboards | ||
*[[Ed Mann]] percussion | *[[Ed Mann]] percussion | ||
| − | *[[Walt Fowler]] trumpet | + | *[[The Fowler Brothers|Walt Fowler]] trumpet |
| − | *[[Bruce Fowler]] trombone | + | *[[The Fowler Brothers|Bruce Fowler]] trombone |
*[[Paul Carman]] alto sax | *[[Paul Carman]] alto sax | ||
*[[Albert Wing]] tenor sax | *[[Albert Wing]] tenor sax | ||
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==Notes About This Song== | ==Notes About This Song== | ||
| − | Out-take from [[The Torture Never Stops]] at Johanneshovs Isstadion, Stockholm May 1, 1988 | + | Out-take from ''[[The Torture Never Stops]]'' at [[88/05/01 Stockholm Sweden Johanneshovs Isstadion|Johanneshovs Isstadion, Stockholm May 1, 1988]]. |
| − | + | ''Gorgo'' could be a reference to the 1961 British monster movie ''Gorgo''. Yet in ''[[The Real Frank Zappa Book]]'' Zappa mentions that he owned ''"a vile short-tempered Siamese cat named Gorgo"'', whom he named after Gorgonzola, one of the Grunt People in his project ''[[Captain Beefheart vs. The Grunt People]]''. | |
==CC Clues In This Song== | ==CC Clues In This Song== | ||
'''Gorgo''' is one of the stars in the "[[One Size Fits All]]" (1975) "universe". | '''Gorgo''' is one of the stars in the "[[One Size Fits All]]" (1975) "universe". | ||
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[[Eddie Are You Kidding?]] performed by [[Flo & Eddie]] (without FZ), contains a line 'Our lovely model [[Gorgo]] here will demonstrate'... (see [[Illegal, Immoral And Fattening]] from 1975). | [[Eddie Are You Kidding?]] performed by [[Flo & Eddie]] (without FZ), contains a line 'Our lovely model [[Gorgo]] here will demonstrate'... (see [[Illegal, Immoral And Fattening]] from 1975). | ||
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[[Category:One Size Fits All (The List)]] | [[Category:One Size Fits All (The List)]] | ||
[[Category:Fictional characters]] | [[Category:Fictional characters]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Animals]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Zappa Household]] | ||
| + | [[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)]] | ||
Latest revision as of 20:43, 5 December 2021
Lyrics
Players On This Song
- Frank Zappa lead guitar
- Ike Willis guitar
- Mike Keneally guitar, synth
- Bobby Martin keyboards
- Ed Mann percussion
- Walt Fowler trumpet
- Bruce Fowler trombone
- Paul Carman alto sax
- Albert Wing tenor sax
- Kurt McGettrick baritone sax
- Scott Thunes bass
- Chad Wackerman drums
Records On Which This Song Has Appeared
Singles
FZ Albums & Side Projects
Tribute & Cover Albums
Notes About This Song
Out-take from The Torture Never Stops at Johanneshovs Isstadion, Stockholm May 1, 1988.
Gorgo could be a reference to the 1961 British monster movie Gorgo. Yet in The Real Frank Zappa Book Zappa mentions that he owned "a vile short-tempered Siamese cat named Gorgo", whom he named after Gorgonzola, one of the Grunt People in his project Captain Beefheart vs. The Grunt People.
CC Clues In This Song
Gorgo is one of the stars in the "One Size Fits All" (1975) "universe".
Eddie Are You Kidding? performed by Flo & Eddie (without FZ), contains a line 'Our lovely model Gorgo here will demonstrate'... (see Illegal, Immoral And Fattening from 1975).
