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| − | On a number of occasions | + | On a number of occasions, Frank Zappa took on the role of '[[Fraudulent DJ]]', and aired his favorite music selections on radio stations. One such appearance was on radio station [[Wikipedia:WRXP|WPIX]] [now WRXP], NYC. |
| − | + | ==FZ as DJ: WPIX, NYC, September 6, 1979== | |
| + | '''Playlist:'''<ref>https://www.zappateers.com/fzshows/FZDJ.html</ref> | ||
| + | * ''[[Dead Girls Of London]]'' - [[L. Shankar]] & [[Van Morrison]] | ||
| + | * ''[[Magic Fingers]]'' | ||
| + | * ''No More Mr. Nice Girl'' - L. Shankar | ||
| + | * ''[[Catholic Girls]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Touch Me There]]'' - L. Shankar | ||
| + | * ''[[A Token Of My Extreme]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Joe's Garage (Track)]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Any Way The Wind Blows]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Lonely Little Girl]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Who Are The Brain Police?]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Dong Work For Yuda]]'' | ||
| + | |||
| + | Later that year, Zappa returned as DJ during airtime slots on four consecutive days; 29th, 20th, 21st and 22nd November 1979.<ref>[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Record-World/70s/79/RW-1979-12-01.pdf ''Record World'' December 1, 1979]</ref> | ||
== FZ as DJ: WPIX, NYC, Nov 19, 1979 == | == FZ as DJ: WPIX, NYC, Nov 19, 1979 == | ||
| − | '''Playlist:''' | + | '''Playlist:''' <ref>https://www.zappateers.com/fzshows/FZDJ.html</ref> |
| − | *Gangsters - [[The Specials]] | + | * ''Gangsters'' - [[Wikipedia:The Specials|The Specials]] |
| − | * | + | * ''Gerry & The Holograms'' - [[Gerry And The Holograms]] |
| − | *[[Lemme Take You To The Beach]] - | + | * ''[[Lemme Take You To The Beach]]'' - Frank Zappa |
| − | *Rangehn - [[Nina Hagen]] | + | * ''Rangehn'' - [[Nina Hagen]] |
| − | *TV Drink - The Jets | + | * ''TV Drink'' - The Jets |
| − | *Tough On You - [[The Plastics]] | + | * ''Tough On You'' - [[The Plastics]] |
| − | *Unbeschreiblich Weiblich - Nina Hagen | + | * ''Unbeschreiblich Weiblich - Nina Hagen |
| − | *I Live In A Car - [[UK Subs]] | + | * ''I Live In A Car'' - [[UK Subs]] |
| − | *[[Bamboozled By Love]] - FZ (Warts 'n All version) | + | * ''[[Bamboozled By Love]]'' - FZ (Warts 'n All version) |
| − | *[[I Ain't Got No Heart - Freak Out!|I Ain't Got No Heart]]- FZ (Freak Out! version) | + | * ''[[I Ain't Got No Heart - Freak Out!|I Ain't Got No Heart]]''- FZ (Freak Out! version) |
| − | *[[Easy Meat]] - | + | * ''[[Easy Meat]]'' - Frank Zappa |
| − | *[[He's The Groove]] - [[Snuky Tate]] | + | * ''[[He's The Groove]] - [[Snuky Tate]] |
| − | *[[Catholic Girls]] - | + | * ''[[Catholic Girls]]'' - Frank Zappa |
| − | * | + | * ''Animal Instincts'' - Model Citizens |
| − | *Marry Me - [[Robert & Johnny]] | + | * ''Marry Me'' - [[Wikipedia:Robert & Johnny|Robert & Johnny]] |
| − | *Summertime Blues - [[The Flying Lizards]] | + | * ''[[Summertime Blues]]'' - [[The Flying Lizards]] |
| − | *I'm | + | * ''I'm The Man'' - [[Wikipedia:Joe Jackson|Joe Jackson]] |
| − | *Cars - [[Gary Numan]] | + | * ''Cars'' - [[Wikipedia:Gary Numan|Gary Numan]] |
| − | *Heiss - [[Nina Hagen]] | + | * ''Heiss'' - [[Nina Hagen]] |
| − | *[[He Used To Cut The Grass]] - | + | * ''[[He Used To Cut The Grass]]'' - Frank Zappa |
| − | *Money - [[The Flying Lizards]] | + | * ''Money'' - [[The Flying Lizards]] |
| − | *Naturträne - [[ | + | * ''Naturträne'' - Nina Hagen |
| − | *[[ | + | * ''[[Regyptian Strut]]'' - Frank Zappa |
| + | * ''Air'' - [[wikipedia:Talking Heads|Talking Heads]] | ||
| + | * ''Let Me Give You Money'' - The Pipes | ||
| + | * ''Gidget Goes to Hell'' - [[Suburban Lawns]] | ||
| + | * ''I Want Sex'' - The Reactors | ||
| + | * ''Smart Boys'' - Startjets | ||
| + | * ''Stay'' - [[Frankie Valli]] & The Four Seasons | ||
| + | * ''Does It Really Matter, Irene?'' - Mothmen | ||
| + | * ''[[Mannish Boy]]'' - [[Muddy Waters]] | ||
| + | * ''What Kind of Fool?'' - The Tams | ||
== FZ as DJ: WPIX, NYC, Nov 20, 1979 == | == FZ as DJ: WPIX, NYC, Nov 20, 1979 == | ||
| − | '''Playlist:''' | + | '''Playlist:''' <ref>https://www.zappateers.com/fzshows/FZDJ.html</ref> |
| − | *Bed's Too Big Without You - [[The Police]] | + | * ''The Bed's Too Big Without You'' - [[Sting|The Police]] |
| − | *So Lonely - The Police | + | * ''So Lonely'' - The Police |
| − | *Meet The Creeper - [[Destroy All Monsters]] | + | * ''Meet The Creeper'' - [[Wikipedia:Destroy All Monsters (band)|Destroy All Monsters]] |
| − | *November 22nd - Destroy All Monsters | + | * ''November 22nd'' - Destroy All Monsters |
| − | *Messin' With The Kid - [[The Saints]] | + | * ''Messin' With The Kid'' - [[Wikipedia:The Saints (Australian band)|The Saints]] |
| − | *Story Of Love - The Saints | + | * ''Story Of Love'' - The Saints |
| − | *Summertime Blues - [[The Flying Lizards]] | + | * ''[[Summertime Blues]]'' - [[The Flying Lizards]] |
| − | *Money - The Flying Lizards | + | * ''Money'' - [[The Flying Lizards]] |
| − | *We Are Americans - (???) | + | * ''We Are Americans'' - (???) |
| − | *[[Keep It Greasey]] - | + | * ''[[Keep It Greasey]]'' - Frank Zappa |
| − | *[[A Little Green Rosetta]] - | + | * ''[[A Little Green Rosetta]]'' - Frank Zappa |
| − | * | + | * ''Life During Wartime'' - Talking Heads |
| − | * | + | * ''Gerry & The Holograms'' - [[Gerry And The Holograms]] |
| − | * | + | * ''Frolic With Closet Lizards'' - Col. Bruce Hampton |
| − | * | + | * ''Increased Resistance'' - [[Gerry And The Holograms]] |
| − | * | + | * ''Does It Really Matter, Irene?'' - Mothemn |
| + | * ''[[Mannish Boy]]'' - [[Muddy Waters]] | ||
| + | * ''Please Don't Go'' - Mothmen | ||
| + | * ''[[I Live In A Car]]'' - [[UK Subs]] | ||
| + | * ''Phone Numbers'' - [[UK Subs]] | ||
| + | * ''Roof Of My Mouth'' - Colonel Bruce Hampton | ||
| + | * ''I Want Sex'' - The Reactors | ||
| + | * ''Leaning Near A Town, She Stood The Storm'' - Col. Bruce Hampton | ||
| + | * ''The Seduction Letter'' - The Reactors | ||
| + | * ''[[Touch Me There]] - [[L. Shankar]] | ||
| + | * ''Don't Touch Me There'' - [[The Tubes]] | ||
| + | * ''Gidget Goes To Hell'' - [[Suburban Lawns]] | ||
| + | * ''My Boyfriend'' - Suburban Lawns | ||
| + | * ''I'm The Man'' - Joe Jackson | ||
== FZ as DJ: WPIX, NYC, Nov 21, 1979 == | == FZ as DJ: WPIX, NYC, Nov 21, 1979 == | ||
| − | '''Playlist:''' | + | '''Playlist:''' <ref>https://www.zappateers.com/fzshows/FZDJ.html</ref> |
| − | * | + | * ''Don't Do Me Like That'' - Tom Petty |
| − | * | + | * ''Human Fly'' - The Cramps |
| − | * | + | * ''[[Watermelon In Easter Hay]]'' - Frank Zappa |
| − | * | + | * ''Jersey City'' - Steel Tips |
| − | * | + | * ''Heiss'' - [[Nina Hagen]] |
| − | *[[ | + | * ''Owed T'Alex'' - [[Captain Beefheart]] |
| − | * | + | * ''[[Lucky Number]]'' - [[Lene Lovich]] |
| − | * | + | * ''No More Mr. Nice Girl'' - [[L. Shankar]] |
| − | * | + | * ''[[Debra Kadabra]]'' - Captain Beefheart & Frank Zappa |
| − | * | + | * ''Surfin' Bird'' - The Cramps |
| − | * | + | * ''Rangehn'' - [[Nina Hagen]] |
| − | * | + | * ''[[I Ain't Got No Heart]]'' - Frank Zappa |
| − | *[[A Token Of My Extreme]] - | + | * ''Broken English'' - Marianne Faithful |
| + | * ''Roof Of My Mouth'' - Col. Bruce Hampton | ||
| + | * ''Gerry & The Holograms'' - [[Gerry And The Holograms]] | ||
| + | * ''[[Eddie Are You Kidding?]]'' - Frank Zappa | ||
| + | * ''Money'' - [[The Flying Lizards]] | ||
| + | * ''Jesus Loves The Stooges'' - The Stooges | ||
| + | * ''In The Park With You'' - Col. Bruce Hampton | ||
| + | * ''Purple Lagoon & In The Park'' - Col. Bruce Hampton | ||
| + | * ''Gidget Goes To Hell'' - [[Suburban Lawns]] | ||
| + | * ''[[The Purple Lagoon]]'' - Frank Zappa | ||
| + | * ''Does It Really Matter, Irene?'' - Mothmen | ||
| + | * ''[[Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar (The Track)]]'' - Frank Zappa | ||
| + | * ''Purple Lagoon & Roof Of My Mouth'' - Col. Bruce Hampton | ||
| + | * ''Roll Away The Stone'' - [[Mott The Hoople]] | ||
| + | * ''Alligators Have Fun'' - Rhythm Method | ||
| + | * ''Roof Of My Mouth'' - Col. Bruce Hampton | ||
| + | * ''Cars'' - Gary Numan | ||
| + | * ''I Live In A Car'' - [[UK Subs]] | ||
| + | * ''[[Summertime Blues]]'' - [[The Flying Lizards]] | ||
| + | * ''I Want Sex'' - The Reactors | ||
| + | * ''Marry Me'' - Robert & Johnny | ||
| + | * ''[[A Token Of My Extreme]]'' - Frank Zappa | ||
== FZ as DJ: WPIX, NYC, Nov 22, 1979 == | == FZ as DJ: WPIX, NYC, Nov 22, 1979 == | ||
| − | '''Playlist:''' | + | '''Playlist:''' <ref>https://www.zappateers.com/fzshows/FZDJ.html</ref> |
| − | *Psycle Sluts - [[John Cooper Clarke]] | + | * ''[[Psycle Sluts]]'' - [[John Cooper Clarke]] |
| − | *[[The Deathless Horsie]] - | + | * ''[[Soldier Soldier]]'' - [[Spizzenergi]] |
| − | * | + | * ''[[The Deathless Horsie]]'' - Frank Zappa |
| − | *Rangehn - [[Nina Hagen]] | + | * ''Ten Feet Fall'' - XTC |
| − | *[[Carolina Hard-Core Ecstasy]] - | + | * ''The Floppy Boot Stomp'' - [[Captain Beefheart]] |
| − | * | + | * ''Money'' - [[The Flying Lizards]] |
| − | * | + | * ''Rangehn'' - [[Nina Hagen]] |
| − | *[[Jumbo Go Away]] - | + | * ''[[Carolina Hard-Core Ecstasy]]'' - Frank Zappa |
| − | *[[Yo' Mama]] - | + | * ''Meet the Creeper'' - Destroy All Monsters |
| − | *[[The Purple Lagoon]] | + | * ''It's Alright For You'' - The Police |
| − | + | * ''Roof Of My Mouth'' - Col. Bruce Hampton | |
| − | *[[ | + | * ''[[Jumbo Go Away]]'' - Frank Zappa |
| − | *[[ | + | * ''[[Yo' Mama]]'' - Frank Zappa |
| − | *( | + | * ''[[The Purple Lagoon]]'' - Frank Zappa |
| − | * | + | * ''[[Disco Boy]]'' - Frank Zappa |
| − | *[[The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing]] - | + | * ''Real Teeth Are Out'' - [[Gruppo Sportivo]] |
| − | *[[For The Young Sophisticate]] - | + | * ''Death Disco'' - Johnny Rotten (actually Public Image Ltd.) |
| − | *[[Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar]] - | + | * ''Roof Of My Mouth'' - Col. Bruce Hampton |
| − | * | + | * ''[[The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing]]'' - Frank Zappa |
| − | *[[Thirteen]] - | + | * ''[[For The Young Sophisticate]]'' - Frank Zappa |
| − | *[[ | + | * ''[[Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar (The Track)]]'' - Frank Zappa |
| + | * ''Heiss'' - Nina Hagen | ||
| + | * ''[[Thirteen]]'' - Frank Zappa | ||
| + | * ''[[Peaches III]]'' - Frank Zappa | ||
| + | * ''The Purple Lagoon'' - Frank Zappa | ||
| + | * ''Duchess'' - The Stranglers | ||
| + | * ''Gerry & The Holograms'' - [[Gerry And The Holograms]] | ||
| + | * ''Does It Really Matter, Irene?'' - Mothmen | ||
| + | * ''[[Packard Goose]]'' - Frank Zappa | ||
| + | * ''Reasons To Be Cheerful'' - Ian Dury & The Blockheads | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==Sources== | ||
| + | <references/> | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==External links== | ||
| + | * [https://www.zappateers.com/fzshows/FZDJ.html List of the WPIW playlists by Zappa.] | ||
[[Category:Appearances]] | [[Category:Appearances]] | ||
Latest revision as of 17:16, 6 July 2025
On a number of occasions, Frank Zappa took on the role of 'Fraudulent DJ', and aired his favorite music selections on radio stations. One such appearance was on radio station WPIX [now WRXP], NYC.
Contents
FZ as DJ: WPIX, NYC, September 6, 1979
Playlist:[1]
- Dead Girls Of London - L. Shankar & Van Morrison
- Magic Fingers
- No More Mr. Nice Girl - L. Shankar
- Catholic Girls
- Touch Me There - L. Shankar
- A Token Of My Extreme
- Joe's Garage (Track)
- Any Way The Wind Blows
- Lonely Little Girl
- Who Are The Brain Police?
- Dong Work For Yuda
Later that year, Zappa returned as DJ during airtime slots on four consecutive days; 29th, 20th, 21st and 22nd November 1979.[2]
FZ as DJ: WPIX, NYC, Nov 19, 1979
Playlist: [3]
- Gangsters - The Specials
- Gerry & The Holograms - Gerry And The Holograms
- Lemme Take You To The Beach - Frank Zappa
- Rangehn - Nina Hagen
- TV Drink - The Jets
- Tough On You - The Plastics
- Unbeschreiblich Weiblich - Nina Hagen
- I Live In A Car - UK Subs
- Bamboozled By Love - FZ (Warts 'n All version)
- I Ain't Got No Heart- FZ (Freak Out! version)
- Easy Meat - Frank Zappa
- He's The Groove - Snuky Tate
- Catholic Girls - Frank Zappa
- Animal Instincts - Model Citizens
- Marry Me - Robert & Johnny
- Summertime Blues - The Flying Lizards
- I'm The Man - Joe Jackson
- Cars - Gary Numan
- Heiss - Nina Hagen
- He Used To Cut The Grass - Frank Zappa
- Money - The Flying Lizards
- Naturträne - Nina Hagen
- Regyptian Strut - Frank Zappa
- Air - Talking Heads
- Let Me Give You Money - The Pipes
- Gidget Goes to Hell - Suburban Lawns
- I Want Sex - The Reactors
- Smart Boys - Startjets
- Stay - Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons
- Does It Really Matter, Irene? - Mothmen
- Mannish Boy - Muddy Waters
- What Kind of Fool? - The Tams
FZ as DJ: WPIX, NYC, Nov 20, 1979
Playlist: [4]
- The Bed's Too Big Without You - The Police
- So Lonely - The Police
- Meet The Creeper - Destroy All Monsters
- November 22nd - Destroy All Monsters
- Messin' With The Kid - The Saints
- Story Of Love - The Saints
- Summertime Blues - The Flying Lizards
- Money - The Flying Lizards
- We Are Americans - (???)
- Keep It Greasey - Frank Zappa
- A Little Green Rosetta - Frank Zappa
- Life During Wartime - Talking Heads
- Gerry & The Holograms - Gerry And The Holograms
- Frolic With Closet Lizards - Col. Bruce Hampton
- Increased Resistance - Gerry And The Holograms
- Does It Really Matter, Irene? - Mothemn
- Mannish Boy - Muddy Waters
- Please Don't Go - Mothmen
- I Live In A Car - UK Subs
- Phone Numbers - UK Subs
- Roof Of My Mouth - Colonel Bruce Hampton
- I Want Sex - The Reactors
- Leaning Near A Town, She Stood The Storm - Col. Bruce Hampton
- The Seduction Letter - The Reactors
- Touch Me There - L. Shankar
- Don't Touch Me There - The Tubes
- Gidget Goes To Hell - Suburban Lawns
- My Boyfriend - Suburban Lawns
- I'm The Man - Joe Jackson
FZ as DJ: WPIX, NYC, Nov 21, 1979
Playlist: [5]
- Don't Do Me Like That - Tom Petty
- Human Fly - The Cramps
- Watermelon In Easter Hay - Frank Zappa
- Jersey City - Steel Tips
- Heiss - Nina Hagen
- Owed T'Alex - Captain Beefheart
- Lucky Number - Lene Lovich
- No More Mr. Nice Girl - L. Shankar
- Debra Kadabra - Captain Beefheart & Frank Zappa
- Surfin' Bird - The Cramps
- Rangehn - Nina Hagen
- I Ain't Got No Heart - Frank Zappa
- Broken English - Marianne Faithful
- Roof Of My Mouth - Col. Bruce Hampton
- Gerry & The Holograms - Gerry And The Holograms
- Eddie Are You Kidding? - Frank Zappa
- Money - The Flying Lizards
- Jesus Loves The Stooges - The Stooges
- In The Park With You - Col. Bruce Hampton
- Purple Lagoon & In The Park - Col. Bruce Hampton
- Gidget Goes To Hell - Suburban Lawns
- The Purple Lagoon - Frank Zappa
- Does It Really Matter, Irene? - Mothmen
- Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar (The Track) - Frank Zappa
- Purple Lagoon & Roof Of My Mouth - Col. Bruce Hampton
- Roll Away The Stone - Mott The Hoople
- Alligators Have Fun - Rhythm Method
- Roof Of My Mouth - Col. Bruce Hampton
- Cars - Gary Numan
- I Live In A Car - UK Subs
- Summertime Blues - The Flying Lizards
- I Want Sex - The Reactors
- Marry Me - Robert & Johnny
- A Token Of My Extreme - Frank Zappa
FZ as DJ: WPIX, NYC, Nov 22, 1979
Playlist: [6]
- Psycle Sluts - John Cooper Clarke
- Soldier Soldier - Spizzenergi
- The Deathless Horsie - Frank Zappa
- Ten Feet Fall - XTC
- The Floppy Boot Stomp - Captain Beefheart
- Money - The Flying Lizards
- Rangehn - Nina Hagen
- Carolina Hard-Core Ecstasy - Frank Zappa
- Meet the Creeper - Destroy All Monsters
- It's Alright For You - The Police
- Roof Of My Mouth - Col. Bruce Hampton
- Jumbo Go Away - Frank Zappa
- Yo' Mama - Frank Zappa
- The Purple Lagoon - Frank Zappa
- Disco Boy - Frank Zappa
- Real Teeth Are Out - Gruppo Sportivo
- Death Disco - Johnny Rotten (actually Public Image Ltd.)
- Roof Of My Mouth - Col. Bruce Hampton
- The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing - Frank Zappa
- For The Young Sophisticate - Frank Zappa
- Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar (The Track) - Frank Zappa
- Heiss - Nina Hagen
- Thirteen - Frank Zappa
- Peaches III - Frank Zappa
- The Purple Lagoon - Frank Zappa
- Duchess - The Stranglers
- Gerry & The Holograms - Gerry And The Holograms
- Does It Really Matter, Irene? - Mothmen
- Packard Goose - Frank Zappa
- Reasons To Be Cheerful - Ian Dury & The Blockheads