Difference between revisions of "Evelyn A Modified Dog"
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+ | ''""Evelyn, A Modified Dog" is a reference to an echidna. The L.A. Zoo has a program where you help to pay for the support of the animals by adopting them. So we adopted the echidna. And that means that we gave them one ''<indecipherable word>'' so that all the food for the echidna for his life will be paid for by us. And then you get a little plaque on the animals' cage. So that's Evelyn."'' | ||
+ | - Frank Zappa, in an interview with [[Co de Kloet]] on [[The Supplement Tape]]. | ||
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==CC Clues In This Song== | ==CC Clues In This Song== | ||
+ | * [[Arf!]] | ||
+ | * [[Dogs]] | ||
+ | * A Steinway piano would later be mentioned again in [[A Very Nice Body]] and [[Religious Superstition]]. | ||
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Latest revision as of 07:59, 23 November 2021
Lyrics
Evelyn, a modified dog
Viewed the quivering fringe of a special doily
Draped across the piano, with some surprise
In the darkened room
Where the chairs dismayed
And the horrible curtains
Muffled the rain
She could hardly believe her eyes
A curious breeze
A garlic breath
Which sounded like a snore
Somewhere near the Steinway (or even from within)
Had caused the doily fringe to waft & tremble in the gloom
Evelyn, a dog, having undergone
Further modification
Pondered the significance of short-person behavior
In pedal-depressed panchromatic resonance
And other highly ambient domains . . .
Arf she said
Players On This Song
Records On Which This Song Has Appeared
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Tribute & Cover Albums
Notes About This Song
""Evelyn, A Modified Dog" is a reference to an echidna. The L.A. Zoo has a program where you help to pay for the support of the animals by adopting them. So we adopted the echidna. And that means that we gave them one <indecipherable word> so that all the food for the echidna for his life will be paid for by us. And then you get a little plaque on the animals' cage. So that's Evelyn." - Frank Zappa, in an interview with Co de Kloet on The Supplement Tape.
CC Clues In This Song
- Arf!
- Dogs
- A Steinway piano would later be mentioned again in A Very Nice Body and Religious Superstition.