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''"I like to go on the road. The worst thing about going on the road is the travelling around but once you get there it's really nice to play in different places. I can't imagine being a studio group and playing live in the studio and importing an English audience or a Danish audience or a Dutch audience, because judging from the tapes which have been made over the last two years on our European tours, we've played different kinds of shows for those audiences. Especially the Danish audiences because we've done our farthest out weirdness there."'' - [[Frank Zappa Interview By Barry Miles]], International Times, 25 August 1969.
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'''Denmark''' is a country in Northern [[Europe]]. The capital is [[Copenhagen]].  
  
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==Articles referring to Denmark and other Danish topics==
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==Frank Zappa concerts in Denmark==
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* ''[[Ian Underwood Whips It Out (Live On Stage In Copenhagen)]]''
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* [[67/09/27 Copenhagen Denmark Falkoner Theatret]]  
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* ''"'[[Disco Boy]]' came about because we were in Denmark and we went to the place there called The Disc Club, and it was really poot. It was so make-believe sophisticated that it was embarassing. The place was decorated like a playboy-type living room would sorta be like - lowboy chairs and snackettes on the table, and everybody drinks and dances to these robots beat records, which I happen to like you know. I'm very fond of monotony. I think it's an integral part of contemporary civilisation and once you adapt to it you're better in phase with reality. I think that it's probably one of the funnier commentaries on the disco syndrome"'' - Zappa in New Music Express, 1977 interview.
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* [[67/10/01 Copenhagen Denmark Falkoner Theatret]]  
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* ''[[Dong Work For Yuda]]'' was inspired by translation problems between [[John Smothers]] and a Danish cab driver. Smothers wanted to be taken to the Falkoner Center, but the cab driver didn't understand his request: ''"Falcum. Take me to the Falcum."''
 
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* ''[[Copenhagen Night Music]]''
 
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==Concerts & other locations==
 
 
* [[68/10/03 Copenhagen Denmark Tivoli Gardens]]
 
* [[68/10/03 Copenhagen Denmark Tivoli Gardens]]
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* [[69/ Denmark]]
 
* [[70/12/02 Copenhagen Denmark K.B.-Hallen]]
 
* [[70/12/02 Copenhagen Denmark K.B.-Hallen]]
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* [[71/11/20 Aarhus Denmark]]
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* [[71/11/20 Odense Denmark]]
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* [[71/11/21 Copenhagen Denmark KB-Hallen]]
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* [[71/11/22 Odense Denmark]]
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* [[73/08/18 Copenhagen Denmark KB-Hallen]]
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* [[74/09/20 Copenhagen Denmark KB-Hallen]]
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* [[75/02/ Copenhagen Denmark Tivoli Gardens]]
 
* [[76/02/21 Aarhus Denmark Vejlby-Risskov Hallen]]
 
* [[76/02/21 Aarhus Denmark Vejlby-Risskov Hallen]]
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* [[76/02/29 Copenhagen Denmark Falkoner Theatret]] 
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* [[76/03/03 Copenhagen Denmark Tivolis Koncertsal]]
 
* [[77/01/13 Copenhagen Denmark Falkoner Theatret]]
 
* [[77/01/13 Copenhagen Denmark Falkoner Theatret]]
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* [[78/02/17 Copenhagen Denmark Falkoner Theatret]]
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* [[79/03/01 Copenhagen Denmark Falkoner Theatret]]
 
* [[79/03/05 Copenhagen Denmark Falkoner Teatret]]
 
* [[79/03/05 Copenhagen Denmark Falkoner Teatret]]
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* [[80/05/30 Copenhagen Denmark Forum]]
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* [[82/05/05 Aarhus Denmark Vejlby-Risskov Hallen]]
 
* [[82/05/11 Copenhagen Denmark Brondbyhallen]]
 
* [[82/05/11 Copenhagen Denmark Brondbyhallen]]
 
* [[88/04/25 Copenhagen Denmark Falkoner Teatret]]
 
* [[88/04/25 Copenhagen Denmark Falkoner Teatret]]
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==References to Denmark in Frank Zappa's work==
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* ''[[Ian Underwood Whips It Out (Live On Stage In Copenhagen)]]''
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* ''"'[[Disco Boy]]' came about because we were in Denmark and we went to the place there called The Disc Club, and it was really poot. It was so make-believe sophisticated that it was embarassing. The place was decorated like a playboy-type living room would sorta be like - lowboy chairs and snackettes on the table, and everybody drinks and dances to these robots beat records, which I happen to like you know. I'm very fond of monotony. I think it's an integral part of contemporary civilisation and once you adapt to it you're better in phase with reality. I think that it's probably one of the funnier commentaries on the disco syndrome"'' - Zappa in New Music Express, 1977 interview.
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* ''[[Dong Work For Yuda]]'' was inspired by translation problems between [[John Smothers]] and a Danish cab driver. Smothers wanted to be taken to the Falkoner Center in [[Copenhagen]], but the cab driver didn't understand his request: ''"Falcum. Take me to the Falcum."''
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* ''[[Copenhagen Night Music]]''
  
 
==See also==
 
==See also==
 
* [[Søren Gaden]]
 
* [[Søren Gaden]]
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* [[Arne Norheim]]
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* [[Ole Lysgaard]]
 
* ''[[Frank Zappa - The Nordic Stories]]''
 
* ''[[Frank Zappa - The Nordic Stories]]''
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==Frank Zappa about Denmark==
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''"I like to go on the road. The worst thing about going on the road is the travelling around but once you get there it's really nice to play in different places. I can't imagine being a studio group and playing live in the studio and importing an English audience or a Danish audience or a Dutch audience, because judging from the tapes which have been made over the last two years on our European tours, we've played different kinds of shows for those audiences. Especially the Danish audiences because we've done our farthest out weirdness there."'' - Frank Zappa in ''[[Frank Zappa Interview By Barry Miles]]'', International Times, 25 August 1969.
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''"And then you have you pseudo-intellectual audiences like in [[Denmark]]."'' - Frank Zappa in ''[[Garni Du Jour, Lizard King Poetry And Slime]]'', interview by Tim Schneckloth, Down Beat, 1978.
  
 
[[Category:Countries]]
 
[[Category:Countries]]

Latest revision as of 09:31, 11 August 2026

Denmark.gif

Denmark is a country in Northern Europe. The capital is Copenhagen.

Frank Zappa concerts in Denmark

References to Denmark in Frank Zappa's work

  • Ian Underwood Whips It Out (Live On Stage In Copenhagen)
  • "'Disco Boy' came about because we were in Denmark and we went to the place there called The Disc Club, and it was really poot. It was so make-believe sophisticated that it was embarassing. The place was decorated like a playboy-type living room would sorta be like - lowboy chairs and snackettes on the table, and everybody drinks and dances to these robots beat records, which I happen to like you know. I'm very fond of monotony. I think it's an integral part of contemporary civilisation and once you adapt to it you're better in phase with reality. I think that it's probably one of the funnier commentaries on the disco syndrome" - Zappa in New Music Express, 1977 interview.
  • Dong Work For Yuda was inspired by translation problems between John Smothers and a Danish cab driver. Smothers wanted to be taken to the Falkoner Center in Copenhagen, but the cab driver didn't understand his request: "Falcum. Take me to the Falcum."
  • Copenhagen Night Music

See also

Frank Zappa about Denmark

"I like to go on the road. The worst thing about going on the road is the travelling around but once you get there it's really nice to play in different places. I can't imagine being a studio group and playing live in the studio and importing an English audience or a Danish audience or a Dutch audience, because judging from the tapes which have been made over the last two years on our European tours, we've played different kinds of shows for those audiences. Especially the Danish audiences because we've done our farthest out weirdness there." - Frank Zappa in Frank Zappa Interview By Barry Miles, International Times, 25 August 1969.

"And then you have you pseudo-intellectual audiences like in Denmark." - Frank Zappa in Garni Du Jour, Lizard King Poetry And Slime, interview by Tim Schneckloth, Down Beat, 1978.

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