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| + | [[Image:GMVCleaner.jpg|frame|The Gypsy Mutant Vacuum Cleaner in the sleeve of ''[[Chunga's Revenge]]'' (1970).]] | ||
| + | [[File:Dick Barber and Jim Sherwood.jpg|400px|thumb|right|Dick Barber (as the vacuum cleaner) and Jim Sherwood in ''200 Motels''.]] | ||
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| + | '''Vacuum cleaners''' are part of Frank Zappa's conceptual continuity. | ||
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==Appearances of vacuum cleaners in Zappa's work== | ==Appearances of vacuum cleaners in Zappa's work== | ||
| − | *[[Captain Beefheart]] (the vocalist on ''[[Willie The Pimp]]'') holds a vacuum cleaner on a photograph inside the [[Hot Rats]] cover. In tune with the song's content it provides phallic or sexual suggestions. Beefheart himself used to be a vacuum cleaner salesman. | + | *[[Captain Beefheart]] (the vocalist on ''[[Willie The Pimp]]'') holds a vacuum cleaner on a photograph inside the ''[[Hot Rats]]'' cover. In tune with the song's content it provides phallic or sexual suggestions. Beefheart himself used to be a vacuum cleaner salesman. |
| − | * Inside the cover of ''[[Chunga's Revenge]]'' | + | * Inside the cover of ''[[Chunga's Revenge]]'' a painting by [[Cal Schenkel]] features the ''[[Gypsy Mutant Vacuum Cleaner]]''<br> |
* In ''[[200 Motels (The Film)]]'' [[Dick Barber]] plays the [[Gypsy Mutant Vacuum Cleaner]]<br> | * In ''[[200 Motels (The Film)]]'' [[Dick Barber]] plays the [[Gypsy Mutant Vacuum Cleaner]]<br> | ||
* On the backside cover of ''[[One Size Fits All]]'' the [[Gypsy Mutant Vacuum Cleaner]] appears as a star sign<br> | * On the backside cover of ''[[One Size Fits All]]'' the [[Gypsy Mutant Vacuum Cleaner]] appears as a star sign<br> | ||
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[[Charo]] (frontside of head cap),<br> | [[Charo]] (frontside of head cap),<br> | ||
'''[[Drano|DRANO]]''' (hose):<br> | '''[[Drano|DRANO]]''' (hose):<br> | ||
| − | [[Gainsayer]], [[ | + | [[Gainsayer]], [[Lotte Lenya]], [[Dristan]], [[Modus Operandi]], [[Grunion Run|Grunion]], [[Rascallion]]<br></blockquote> |
| − | * [[Joe's Garage Acts I, II & III]]: the character Sy Borg is described as ''"a cross between an industrial vacuum cleaner and a chrome piggy bank with marital aids stuck all over its body"'' in [[A Token Of My Extreme]]. | + | * [[Joe's Garage Acts I, II & III]]: the character Sy Borg is described as ''"a cross between an industrial vacuum cleaner and a chrome piggy bank with marital aids stuck all over its body"'' in ''[[A Token Of My Extreme]]''. |
* [[L. Ron Hoover]]'s name references the famous vacuum cleaner brand ''"Hoover"''. | * [[L. Ron Hoover]]'s name references the famous vacuum cleaner brand ''"Hoover"''. | ||
| − | * In the infamous Zappa documentary | + | * In the infamous Zappa documentary by [[Roelof Kiers]] ''([[Frank Zappa (1971 Documentary)]])'' (1971), Zappa uses a vacuum cleaner on [[Lucy Offerall]]'s breasts. |
| + | * From the article ''[[Zubin And The Mothers]]'': ''Zappa then gave a brief preamble to [[200 Motels]] (...) The whole mother is two and one half hours long, but one sequence, which required, among other things, a soprano soloist, three dancers, a chorus, a narrator, an industrial [[vacuum cleaner]], a noisy 16mm projector and a dental-health film, was deleted, cutting this performance to about an hour.)'' | ||
[[Category:Conceptual Continuity]] | [[Category:Conceptual Continuity]] | ||
Latest revision as of 14:31, 14 July 2026
The Gypsy Mutant Vacuum Cleaner in the sleeve of Chunga's Revenge (1970).
Vacuum cleaners are part of Frank Zappa's conceptual continuity.
Appearances of vacuum cleaners in Zappa's work
- Captain Beefheart (the vocalist on Willie The Pimp) holds a vacuum cleaner on a photograph inside the Hot Rats cover. In tune with the song's content it provides phallic or sexual suggestions. Beefheart himself used to be a vacuum cleaner salesman.
- Inside the cover of Chunga's Revenge a painting by Cal Schenkel features the Gypsy Mutant Vacuum Cleaner
- In 200 Motels (The Film) Dick Barber plays the Gypsy Mutant Vacuum Cleaner
- On the backside cover of One Size Fits All the Gypsy Mutant Vacuum Cleaner appears as a star sign
Alpha Romeo (front wheel),
Henna Brillo (backside of head cap),
Charo (frontside of head cap),
DRANO (hose):
Gainsayer, Lotte Lenya, Dristan, Modus Operandi, Grunion, Rascallion
- Joe's Garage Acts I, II & III: the character Sy Borg is described as "a cross between an industrial vacuum cleaner and a chrome piggy bank with marital aids stuck all over its body" in A Token Of My Extreme.
- L. Ron Hoover's name references the famous vacuum cleaner brand "Hoover".
- In the infamous Zappa documentary by Roelof Kiers (Frank Zappa (1971 Documentary)) (1971), Zappa uses a vacuum cleaner on Lucy Offerall's breasts.
- From the article Zubin And The Mothers: Zappa then gave a brief preamble to 200 Motels (...) The whole mother is two and one half hours long, but one sequence, which required, among other things, a soprano soloist, three dancers, a chorus, a narrator, an industrial vacuum cleaner, a noisy 16mm projector and a dental-health film, was deleted, cutting this performance to about an hour.)
