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During the version on ''[[Make A Jazz Noise Here]]'', Zappa says: ''"May you never hear "vloerbedekking" again!"'' This is a reference to another concert (''[[71/11/27 Rotterdam Netherlands The Ahoy]]''), when Zappa and the Mothers sang a Dutch sentence: ''"Geef mij wat vloerbedekking onder deze vette zwevende sofa" ("Give me some floor coverage underneath this fat, floating sofa." )''. The word ''"vloerbedekking"'' also appeared in a cartoon Zappa made with Belgian cartoonist [[Kamagurka]] in 1975.  
 
During the version on ''[[Make A Jazz Noise Here]]'', Zappa says: ''"May you never hear "vloerbedekking" again!"'' This is a reference to another concert (''[[71/11/27 Rotterdam Netherlands The Ahoy]]''), when Zappa and the Mothers sang a Dutch sentence: ''"Geef mij wat vloerbedekking onder deze vette zwevende sofa" ("Give me some floor coverage underneath this fat, floating sofa." )''. The word ''"vloerbedekking"'' also appeared in a cartoon Zappa made with Belgian cartoonist [[Kamagurka]] in 1975.  
 
==CC Clues In This Song==  
 
==CC Clues In This Song==  
* The ''"vloerbedekking"'' line refers to the [[Sofa Suite]].
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* The ''"vloerbedekking"'' line refers to [[Sofas]].
  
 
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During the version on Make A Jazz Noise Here, Zappa says: "May you never hear "vloerbedekking" again!" This is a reference to another concert (71/11/27 Rotterdam Netherlands The Ahoy), when Zappa and the Mothers sang a Dutch sentence: "Geef mij wat vloerbedekking onder deze vette zwevende sofa" ("Give me some floor coverage underneath this fat, floating sofa." ). The word "vloerbedekking" also appeared in a cartoon Zappa made with Belgian cartoonist Kamagurka in 1975.

CC Clues In This Song

  • The "vloerbedekking" line refers to Sofas.