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<blockquote>"Don't believe anything an English person tells you, and especially don't believe anything an English person tells you about me... There's probably more eccentric people per square foot in that country than any place else - except for Los Angeles, and the number has gone up in Los Angeles because so many English people have moved there." - Frank Zappa</blockquote>
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<blockquote>''"Lord, have mercy on the people in England, for the terrible food these people must eat."'' - Opening lines of [[Strictly Genteel (The Track)|Strictly Genteel]].  </blockquote>
  
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<blockquote>"Lord, have mercy on the people in England, for the terrible food these people must eat." - Opening lines of [[Strictly Genteel (The Track)|Strictly Genteel]].  </blockquote>
 
  
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'''Frank Zappa''': ''"I hate playing in England. I don't mind playing in Europe too much. The audiences on the Continent are pretty good. I can't stand this place though. It's the people. (...) Let's not call it the audiences, just the people. (...) Maybe it's the venues that we've been playing because the behaviour patterns seem to alter with different venues. I noticed that there was a difference between the type of audience that you get at Wembley Empire Pool and the audience you get at the Odeon Hammersmith. But the thing that's always depressed me about the English audience is that they're oriented towards dressing up and queuing up and anything in between that is irrelevant. It's very hard to get any kind of feedback from the audience in a place like the Odeon Hammersmith because the behaviour pattern is just so reserved. You definitely get the impression that you're there to perform. Maybe there's a different kind of response for other kinds of music here but there's two places in the world where I'd say we have the worst audiences – [[London]] and [[Los Angeles]]. They're very similar in how jaded they are. But the response in what we do just about everyplace else is completely different."''
  
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'''And yet they seem keen enough to come along. You sold out six shows last time around.'''
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'''Frank Zappa''': ''"God knows why. I mean, even when they're clapping it doesn't feel right to me. It's like they like you for the wrong reason. There's such a big difference between what happens when you go on stage in a theatre the same size in New York City or Atlanta, Georgia, versus what happens here. It's just a weird feeling ... even though they speak English."''
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- Frank Zappa - ''I Hate Playing In England'', Hugh Fielder, Sounds, 9 September 1978. <ref>https://www.afka.net/Articles/1978-09_Sounds.htm</ref>
  
 
==Articles about Great Britain, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland==
 
==Articles about Great Britain, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland==
  
 
==Albums and tracks==
 
==Albums and tracks==
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* [[Auld Lang Syne]] (based on a Scottish poem)
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* In Frank Zappa's list with influences, printed in the sleeve of ''[[Freak Out!]]'', writer [[Cecil Forsyth]], film producer [[J. Arthur Rank]] and Beatles manager [[Brian Epstein]] are mentioned.
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* [[The Blue Light]]: ''"A body of water to isolate England"''
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* ''[[Invocation & Ritual Dance Of The Young Pumpkin]]'': [[Gustav Holst]]'s ''Jupiter'' from ''The Planets'' is musically quoted.
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* [[Dead Girls Of London]]
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* The sleeve of ''[[We're Only In It For The Money]]'' is a parody of [[The Beatles]]' ''[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]'', while the idea to pose in women's dresses was based on [[The Rolling Stones]]' cover photo for ''Have You Seen Your Mother Baby, Standing In The Shadow?''. Musician [[Eric Burdon]] and explorer [[Richard E. Byrd]]  can also been seen on the cover of ''We're Only In It For The Money''.
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* [[English Tea Dancing  Interludes]]
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* ''[[Absolutely Free (The Track)]]'': [[Donovan]]'s ''Mellow Yellow'' is referenced.
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* [[The London Cab Tape]]
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* Zappa cited London among his ''"favorite other stuff"'' in ''[[Data For Sensitive or Critical-sensitive Position]]'' (1968).
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* [[Packard Goose]]: ''"All the rock'n roll writers are the worst kind of sleaze/selling punk rock like some new kind of English disease."''
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* On ''[[Uncle Meat]]'', during [[67/09/23 London UK Royal Albert Hall|the band's performance]] at the [[Royal Albert Hall]] in London, ''[[Louie Louie]]'' was played on the pipe organ.
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* [[Strictly Genteel (The Track)|Strictly Genteel]]: ''"Lord, have mercy on the people of England and the terrible food these people must eat."''
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* ''[[The Mud Shark]]'' was based on an infamous incident involving [[Led Zeppelin]].
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* ''[[Do You Like My New Car?]]'': ''"We are not groupies! (...) I told Robert Plant, I told Elton John (...) Roger Daltrey never laid a hand on me!"''.
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* [[Martin Lickert]], [[Keith Moon]] and [[Ringo Starr]] can be seen and heard in ''[[200 Motels]]''.
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* ''[[Dental Hygiene Dilemma]]'': ''"It's just as if [[Donovan]] himself appeared on my very own TV set"''.
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* ''[[Interview (What's The Name Of Your Group?)]]'': ''"Have you been to England yet?"''
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* ''[[Scene 30: JCB & Rance]]'': ''"The fuckin' Devil's got an English accent!"''
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* ''[[Magic Fingers]]'': ''"beat you with a pair of tennis shoes I got from [[Jeff Beck]]"''.
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* ''[[Strictly Genteel (The Track)|Strictly Genteel]]'': ''"Lord, have mercy on the people of England and the terrible food these people must eat."''
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* ''[[Billy The Mountain]]'': [[Edward Elgar]]'s ''Pomp & Circumstance, March Nr. 1'' is quoted.
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* Certain stars on the constellation map on the back cover of ''[[One Size Fits All]]'' are references to the London Underground system: [[Edgware Road]], [[Charing Cross]], [[Waterloo]], [[Marylebone]], [[Bayswater]] and [[Queensway]].
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* ''[[Carolina Hard-Core Ecstasy]]'': ''"I had a Roger Daltrey cape on."''
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* ''[[Titties 'n Beer]]'' and ''[[Punky's Whips]]'': ''"More fluid than [[Jeff Beck]]"''.
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* ''[[Dead Girls Of London]]''
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* ''[[Packard Goose]]'': ''"All the rock'n roll writers are the worst kind of sleaze/selling punk rock like some new kind of English disease."''
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* At the 1981 Halloween concert, Zappa played ''[[Auld Lang Syne]]''.
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* British actor [[Claude Rains]] can be seen on the cover of ''[[Tinseltown Rebellion]]''. 
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* ''[[The Blue Light]]'': ''"A body of water to isolate England"''
 
* [[London Symphony Orchestra Vol. I]]
 
* [[London Symphony Orchestra Vol. I]]
 
* [[London Symphony Orchestra Vol. II]]
 
* [[London Symphony Orchestra Vol. II]]
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* ''[[Be In My Video]]'': The line ''"let's dance the blues under the megawatt moonlight"'' references [[David Bowie]]'s music video for ''Let's Dance''.
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* In ''[[Them Or Us (The Book)]]'' the question is asked: ''"Who'll be the 'Mozart' of your century? [[David Bowie]]?"''
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* ''[[We're Turning Again]]'': ''"We can laugh at [[Keith Moon]]'s jokes."''. The song also references '[[The Bonzo Dog Band]]'s ''"Canyons Of Your Mind"''.
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* ''[[English Tea Dancing  Interludes]]''.
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* ''[[The London Cab Tape]]''
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* ''[[Uncle Meat Film Excerpt]]'': ''"Look, I've seen everybody around, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Arthur Brown, and his fire and his head."''
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* Zappa covered [[Cream]]'s ''[[Sunshine Of Your Love]]'' and [[Led Zeppelin]]'s ''[[Stairway To Heaven]]''.
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* During the ''[[Texas Medley]]'', Zappa covered three Beatles songs with lyrics referring to US TV evangelist [[Jimmy Swaggart]].
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* Frank Zappa dedicated ''[[The Real Frank Zappa Book]]'' to [[Stephen Hawking]], among others.
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* Zappa's ''[[Dio Fa]]'' features an appearance by [[Isaac Newton]] and [[The Queen]].
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* In the liner notes of ''[[Civilization Phaze III]]'', the Holy Hand Grenade is mentioned, a reference to ''Monty Python and the Holy Grail''.
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* ''[[The Handsome Cabin Boy]]'' by [[Ewan MacColl]] is covered on ''[[The Lost Episodes]]''.
  
 
==Concerts & other locations==
 
==Concerts & other locations==
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* [[69/11/ London UK Speakeasy]]
 
* [[69/11/ London UK Speakeasy]]
 
* [[70/06/20 London UK Speakeasy]]
 
* [[70/06/20 London UK Speakeasy]]
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* [[70/11/26 Liverpool UK Mountford Hall]]
 
* [[70/11/29 London UK Coliseum]]
 
* [[70/11/29 London UK Coliseum]]
 
* [[71/12/10 London UK Rainbow Theatre]]
 
* [[71/12/10 London UK Rainbow Theatre]]
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* [[77/02/14 Edinburgh UK Playhouse Theatre]]
 
* [[77/02/14 Edinburgh UK Playhouse Theatre]]
 
* [[77/02/16-17 London UK Hammersmith Odeon]]
 
* [[77/02/16-17 London UK Hammersmith Odeon]]
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* [[78/02/27 London UK Hammersmith Odeon]]
 
* [[78/02/28-03/01 London UK Hammersmith Odeon]]
 
* [[78/02/28-03/01 London UK Hammersmith Odeon]]
 
* [[78/09/09 Stevenage UK Knebworth House Open Air Festival]]
 
* [[78/09/09 Stevenage UK Knebworth House Open Air Festival]]
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* [[Waterloo]] station
 
* [[Waterloo]] station
  
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==Composers and other musicians==
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==Zappa associates from the United Kingdom==
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* [[Jack Bruce]]
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* [[Pauline Butcher]]
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* [[Eric Clapton]]
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* [[Robert Davidson]], the photographer of ''[[The Toilet Poster]]''.
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* [[Aynsley Dunbar]]
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* [[Susan Glover]]
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* [[Alex Harvey]]
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* [[Eddie Jobson]]
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* [[Nigel Leigh]]
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* [[John Lennon]]
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* [[Martin Lickert]]
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* [[London Symphony Orchestra (The Orchestra)]]
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* [[Keith Moon]]
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* [[Music For Nations]]
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* [[Angus O'Reilly]]
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* [[Tony Palmer]]
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* [[Pink Floyd]]
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* [[Ringo Starr]]
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* [[Ralph Steadman]]
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==Classical composers, conductors and musicians==
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* [[Edward Elgar]]
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* [[Cecil Forsyth]]
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* [[Gustav Holst]]
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* [[Henry Purcell]]
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==Jazz musicians==
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* [[Allan Holdsworth]]
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* [[John McLaughlin]]
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==Folk musicians==
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* [[Ewan MacColl]]
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==Rock and pop artists==
 
* [[Alternative TV]]
 
* [[Alternative TV]]
 
* [[Ian Anderson]]
 
* [[Ian Anderson]]
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* [[The Beatles]]
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* [[The Beatles]], managed by [[Brian Epstein]]
 
* [[Jeff Beck]]
 
* [[Jeff Beck]]
 
* [[Black Sabbath]] and [[Ozzy Osbourne]]
 
* [[Black Sabbath]] and [[Ozzy Osbourne]]
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* [[David Bowie]]
 
* [[David Bowie]]
 
* [[The Boxer Rebellion]]
 
* [[The Boxer Rebellion]]
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* [[Arthur Brown]]
 
* [[Jack Bruce]]
 
* [[Jack Bruce]]
 
* [[Eric Burdon|Eric Burdon & The Animals]]
 
* [[Eric Burdon|Eric Burdon & The Animals]]
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* [[Donovan]]
 
* [[Donovan]]
 
* [[Aynsley Dunbar]]
 
* [[Aynsley Dunbar]]
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* [[Edward Elgar]]
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* [[The Fall]]
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* [[Brian Epstein]]
 
 
* [[Fila Brazillia]]
 
* [[Fila Brazillia]]
 
* [[The Flying Lizards]]
 
* [[The Flying Lizards]]
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* [[Fred Frith]]
 
* [[Gentle Giant]]
 
* [[Gentle Giant]]
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* [[Susan Glover]]
 
 
* [[Alex Harvey]]
 
* [[Alex Harvey]]
 
* [[Henry Cow]]
 
* [[Henry Cow]]
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* [[Allan Holdsworth]]
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* [[Iron Maiden]]
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* [[Gustav Holst]]
 
 
* [[Mick Jagger]]
 
* [[Mick Jagger]]
 
* [[Eddie Jobson]]
 
* [[Eddie Jobson]]
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* [[John Lennon]]
 
* [[John Lennon]]
 
* [[Lew Lewis]]
 
* [[Lew Lewis]]
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* [[Ewan MacColl]]
 
 
* [[Brian May]]
 
* [[Brian May]]
 
* [[John Mayall]]
 
* [[John Mayall]]
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* [[Keith Moon]]
 
* [[Keith Moon]]
 
* [[Nazareth]]
 
* [[Nazareth]]
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* [[Nurse with Wound]]
 
* [[Genesis Breyer P-Orridge]]
 
* [[Genesis Breyer P-Orridge]]
 
* [[Pink Floyd]]
 
* [[Pink Floyd]]
 
* [[Procol Harum]]
 
* [[Procol Harum]]
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* [[Henry Purcell]]
 
 
* [[Queen]]
 
* [[Queen]]
 
* [[The Rolling Stones]]
 
* [[The Rolling Stones]]
 
* [[Soft Machine]]
 
* [[Soft Machine]]
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* [[The Specials]]
 
* [[Spizzenergi]]
 
* [[Spizzenergi]]
 
* [[Ringo Starr]]
 
* [[Ringo Starr]]
 
* [[Sting]]
 
* [[Sting]]
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* [[The Stranglers]]
 
* [[Supergrass]]
 
* [[Supergrass]]
 
* [[These New Puritans]]
 
* [[These New Puritans]]
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* [[Steven Wilson]]
 
* [[Steven Wilson]]
  
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==Writers, journalists, magazines==
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==Actors, comedians, film directors, producers and documentary makers==
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* [[Julian Barratt]]
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* [[Billy Connolly]]
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* [[Martin Clunes]]
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* [[Noel Fielding]]
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* [[Judy Gridley]]
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* [[Lenny Henry]]
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* [[Nigel Leigh]]
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* [[Simon McBurney]]
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* [[Tony Palmer]]
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* [[John Peel]]
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* [[Claude Rains]]
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* [[J. Arthur Rank]]
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* [[Tracey Ullman]]
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==Writers, journalists, critics, magazines==
 
* [[Cecil Forsyth]]
 
* [[Cecil Forsyth]]
 
* [[Michael Gray]]
 
* [[Michael Gray]]
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* [[Andrew Greenaway]]
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* [[Robert Harris]]
 
* [[Hit Parader]]
 
* [[Hit Parader]]
 
* [[Let It Rock]]
 
* [[Let It Rock]]
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* [[Charles Shaar Murray]]
 
* [[Charles Shaar Murray]]
 
* [[New Musical Express]]
 
* [[New Musical Express]]
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* [[Tony Palmer]]
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* [[Jeremy Paxman]]
 
* [[Ian Rankin]]
 
* [[Ian Rankin]]
 
* [[Salman Rushdie]]
 
* [[Salman Rushdie]]
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* [[Robert Shelton]]
 
* [[Robert Shelton]]
 
* [[Neil Slaven]]
 
* [[Neil Slaven]]
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* [[Dylan Thomas]]
 
* [[Ben Watson]]
 
* [[Ben Watson]]
 
* [[Irvine Welsh]]
 
* [[Irvine Welsh]]
 
* [[William of Ockham]]
 
* [[William of Ockham]]
 
* [[Matthew Wright]]
 
* [[Matthew Wright]]
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==Visual artists==
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* [[Robert Davidson]]
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* [[Roger Kohn]]
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* [[Ralph Steadman]]
  
 
==Film, radio and television==
 
==Film, radio and television==
 
* [[Alice in Wonderland]]
 
* [[Alice in Wonderland]]
 
* [[An American Werewolf In London]]
 
* [[An American Werewolf In London]]
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* [[BBC Television Tribute]]
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* [[BBC Television Tribute]], produced by [[Nigel Leigh]]
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* [[Julian Barratt]]
 
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* [[Martin Clunes]]
 
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* [[Billy Connolly]]
 
 
* [[Dead Of Night]]
 
* [[Dead Of Night]]
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* [[Noel Fielding]]
 
 
* [[Fraudulent DJ]]
 
* [[Fraudulent DJ]]
 
* [[Gorgo]]
 
* [[Gorgo]]
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* [[Judy Gridley]]
 
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* [[Robert Harris]]
 
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* [[Lenny Henry]]
 
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* [[Simon McBurney]]
 
 
* [[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]
 
* [[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]
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* [[Tony Palmer]]
 
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* [[Jeremy Paxman]]
 
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* [[Claude Rains]]
 
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* [[J. Arthur Rank]]
 
 
* [[Star Special]]
 
* [[Star Special]]
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* [[Tracey Ullman]]
 
  
 
==Interviews==
 
==Interviews==
 
* [[Meet the Boss Mother sussing out Britain...]]
 
* [[Meet the Boss Mother sussing out Britain...]]
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==Miscellaneous==
 
==Miscellaneous==
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* [[Pauline Butcher]]
 
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* [[Robert Davidson]]
 
 
* The [[Elephant Man]]
 
* The [[Elephant Man]]
 
* [[Stephen Hawking]]
 
* [[Stephen Hawking]]
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* [[Roger Kohn]]
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* [[Marion Herrod]]
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* [[Martin Lickert]]
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* [[Mr. Campbell]]
 
* [[Mr. Justice Mocatta]]
 
* [[Mr. Justice Mocatta]]
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* [[Mr. Ogden]]
 
* [[Isaac Newton]]
 
* [[Isaac Newton]]
 
* [[Peter Pan]]
 
* [[Peter Pan]]
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* [[The Queen]]
 
* [[The Queen]]
 
* [[Margaret Thatcher]]
 
* [[Margaret Thatcher]]
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==Fansites==
 
==Fansites==
 
* [[Andrew Greenaway]]
 
* [[Andrew Greenaway]]
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==References==
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[[Category:Countries]]
 
[[Category:Countries]]

Latest revision as of 02:13, 26 July 2026


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"Lord, have mercy on the people in England, for the terrible food these people must eat." - Opening lines of Strictly Genteel.


Frank Zappa: "I hate playing in England. I don't mind playing in Europe too much. The audiences on the Continent are pretty good. I can't stand this place though. It's the people. (...) Let's not call it the audiences, just the people. (...) Maybe it's the venues that we've been playing because the behaviour patterns seem to alter with different venues. I noticed that there was a difference between the type of audience that you get at Wembley Empire Pool and the audience you get at the Odeon Hammersmith. But the thing that's always depressed me about the English audience is that they're oriented towards dressing up and queuing up and anything in between that is irrelevant. It's very hard to get any kind of feedback from the audience in a place like the Odeon Hammersmith because the behaviour pattern is just so reserved. You definitely get the impression that you're there to perform. Maybe there's a different kind of response for other kinds of music here but there's two places in the world where I'd say we have the worst audiences – London and Los Angeles. They're very similar in how jaded they are. But the response in what we do just about everyplace else is completely different."

And yet they seem keen enough to come along. You sold out six shows last time around.

Frank Zappa: "God knows why. I mean, even when they're clapping it doesn't feel right to me. It's like they like you for the wrong reason. There's such a big difference between what happens when you go on stage in a theatre the same size in New York City or Atlanta, Georgia, versus what happens here. It's just a weird feeling ... even though they speak English." - Frank Zappa - I Hate Playing In England, Hugh Fielder, Sounds, 9 September 1978. [1]

Articles about Great Britain, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

Albums and tracks

Concerts & other locations

Zappa associates from the United Kingdom

Classical composers, conductors and musicians

Jazz musicians

Folk musicians

Rock and pop artists

Actors, comedians, film directors, producers and documentary makers

Writers, journalists, critics, magazines

Visual artists

Film, radio and television

Interviews

Miscellaneous

Fansites

References

  1. ↑ https://www.afka.net/Articles/1978-09_Sounds.htm
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