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* "The present-day composer refuses to die!". ([[Edgard Varèse]], 1921) | * "The present-day composer refuses to die!". ([[Edgard Varèse]], 1921) | ||
| − | * "I’d like to clean you boys up a bit and mold you. I believe I could make you as big as the Turtles". (a noted L.A. disc jockey - the "noted L.A. disc jockey" was | + | * "I’d like to clean you boys up a bit and mold you. I believe I could make you as big as [[Flo & Eddie|the Turtles"]]. (a noted L.A. disc jockey - the "noted L.A. disc jockey" was Lord Tim, as explained by FZ in "Frank & Moon", an article by Michael Goldberg in Creem, November 6, 1982) |
The quote is also attributed to Reb Foster, an L.A. disk jockey and The Turtles' manager at the time. | The quote is also attributed to Reb Foster, an L.A. disk jockey and The Turtles' manager at the time. | ||
| − | * "No commercial potential". (a very important man at | + | * "No commercial potential". (a very important man at Columbia Records) --> this was Vice President Clive Davis, who’d go on to sign Aerosmith and eventually start Arista Records |
* "I find your approach to music to be commensurate with the major motivational forces exemplified most manifestly in the 'tragicomic' aspects of the ‘theatre of the absurd’". ([[David Anderle]]) | * "I find your approach to music to be commensurate with the major motivational forces exemplified most manifestly in the 'tragicomic' aspects of the ‘theatre of the absurd’". ([[David Anderle]]) | ||
* "I told you so". ([[Billy James]]) | * "I told you so". ([[Billy James]]) | ||
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* "Straight Ahead!" ([[Tom Wilson]], March 1966) | * "Straight Ahead!" ([[Tom Wilson]], March 1966) | ||
| − | * "What the h--- you gonna do with all those drums at 1:00 in the morning?" ([[Herbie Cohen]], March 1966) | + | * "What the h--- you gonna do with all those drums at 1:00 in the morning?" ([[Herb Cohen|Herbie Cohen]], March 1966) |
| − | * "Tell us where those drums are... we want to repossess them... we’ll call [[MGM Records]]! We’re a multi-million dollar company and we can play havoc with you." ( | + | * "Tell us where those drums are... we want to repossess them... we’ll call [[MGM Records]]! We’re a multi-million dollar company and we can play havoc with you." (Laurentide Finance Co., March 1966) |
| − | * "If your children ever find out how lame you really are, they’ll murder you in your sleep". (our closing message to tourists at the [[Hollywood]] [[Wiskey A-Go-Go]], December 1965) | + | * "If your children ever find out how lame you really are, they’ll murder you in your sleep". (our closing message to tourists at the [[Hollywood]] [[Whisky a Go-Go|Wiskey A-Go-Go]], December 1965) |
[[Category:Articles by Zappa]] | [[Category:Articles by Zappa]] | ||
| + | [[Category:1966]] | ||
Latest revision as of 07:59, 21 October 2021
Freak Out! had the kind of minute detail (sleevenotes, in-jokes, parodies) that generated instant cult appeal. What about the following "Relevant Quotes"?
- "The present-day composer refuses to die!". (Edgard Varèse, 1921)
- "I’d like to clean you boys up a bit and mold you. I believe I could make you as big as the Turtles". (a noted L.A. disc jockey - the "noted L.A. disc jockey" was Lord Tim, as explained by FZ in "Frank & Moon", an article by Michael Goldberg in Creem, November 6, 1982)
The quote is also attributed to Reb Foster, an L.A. disk jockey and The Turtles' manager at the time.
- "No commercial potential". (a very important man at Columbia Records) --> this was Vice President Clive Davis, who’d go on to sign Aerosmith and eventually start Arista Records
- "I find your approach to music to be commensurate with the major motivational forces exemplified most manifestly in the 'tragicomic' aspects of the ‘theatre of the absurd’". (David Anderle)
- "I told you so". (Billy James)
And there were even "More relevant quotes":
- "Straight Ahead!" (Tom Wilson, March 1966)
- "What the h--- you gonna do with all those drums at 1:00 in the morning?" (Herbie Cohen, March 1966)
- "Tell us where those drums are... we want to repossess them... we’ll call MGM Records! We’re a multi-million dollar company and we can play havoc with you." (Laurentide Finance Co., March 1966)
- "If your children ever find out how lame you really are, they’ll murder you in your sleep". (our closing message to tourists at the Hollywood Wiskey A-Go-Go, December 1965)
