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| − | [[Hratche-plche]] is a vocal sound that is featured | + | [[Hratche-plche]] is a vocal sound that is featured three times in Zappa's work. In both instances is it used in a sexual context. |
* In the song ''[[Brown Shoes Don't Make It]]'' it is sang four times after the line ''"On a rug where they walk and drool past the girls in the office"''. The sound is made again after the line ''"Back in the bed his teenage queen is rocking & rolling and acting obscene. Baby! Baby! Baby! Baby!"''. | * In the song ''[[Brown Shoes Don't Make It]]'' it is sang four times after the line ''"On a rug where they walk and drool past the girls in the office"''. The sound is made again after the line ''"Back in the bed his teenage queen is rocking & rolling and acting obscene. Baby! Baby! Baby! Baby!"''. | ||
* At the end of ''[[Florentine Pogen]]'' the sound ''"Hratche-plche"'' can be heard again after Zappa's lines: ''"Chester's gorilla's she go... "'' | * At the end of ''[[Florentine Pogen]]'' the sound ''"Hratche-plche"'' can be heard again after Zappa's lines: ''"Chester's gorilla's she go... "'' | ||
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| + | * It also returns during ''[[Lonesome Cowboy Burt (Swaggart Version)]]'' after the line ''"I huff and I puff"''. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Latest revision as of 15:56, 21 August 2026
Hratche-plche is a vocal sound that is featured three times in Zappa's work. In both instances is it used in a sexual context.
- In the song Brown Shoes Don't Make It it is sang four times after the line "On a rug where they walk and drool past the girls in the office". The sound is made again after the line "Back in the bed his teenage queen is rocking & rolling and acting obscene. Baby! Baby! Baby! Baby!".
- At the end of Florentine Pogen the sound "Hratche-plche" can be heard again after Zappa's lines: "Chester's gorilla's she go... "
- It also returns during Lonesome Cowboy Burt (Swaggart Version) after the line "I huff and I puff".
See also
- An analysis of One Size Fits All by Ben Watson, where he notices the similarity between both sounds. (http://www.militantesthetix.co.uk/zappo/OSFAweb.htm)
