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| − | Zappa | + | [[File:Zappassock.jpg|thumb|right|Close-up of Zappa's shoes circa 1968]] |
| + | Zappa made references to shoes and other types of footwear regularly in his work. | ||
| − | * [[ | + | * [[Advance Romance]]: “Shoes is all wore.” |
* [[America Drinks]]: “1, 2, buckle my shoe.” | * [[America Drinks]]: “1, 2, buckle my shoe.” | ||
| + | * [[Be In My Video]]: “I’ll make you wear red shoes” | ||
| + | * [[Beauty Knows No Pain]]: "Beauty is a pair of shoes that makes you wanna die." | ||
| + | * [[Blue Suede Shoes]] | ||
* [[Brown Shoes Don't Make It]]: "brown shoes don't make it" (...) "shining your shoes and cut your hair." | * [[Brown Shoes Don't Make It]]: "brown shoes don't make it" (...) "shining your shoes and cut your hair." | ||
| − | * [[ | + | * [[Can't Afford No Shoes]] |
| − | * [[ | + | * [[The Captain's Fat Theresa Shoes]] (by [[GTO's|The GTO's]]) |
| − | * [[ | + | * [[Carolina Hard-Core Ecstasy]]: “Then she gave a pair of shoes to me” (…) “I wonder what the shoes for?” |
| − | * [[ | + | * [[Church Chat]]: "With a SHOE" |
| − | * [[ | + | * [[Debra Kadabra]]: “Shoes are too tight and pointed” |
* [[Dental Hygiene Dilemma]]: “Put it on your shoes, tie your bike with it.” | * [[Dental Hygiene Dilemma]]: “Put it on your shoes, tie your bike with it.” | ||
| + | * [[The Evil Prince]]: “And also his shoes” | ||
| + | * [[Excentrifugal Forz]]: “Along a Hammond organism /underneath his shoes….” | ||
| + | * [[Father O'Blivion]]: “I brought you your snow shoes” | ||
| + | * [[Frank Zappa's Got Brand New Shoes]] | ||
| + | * [[Go Cry On Somebody Else's Shoulder]]: “I bought a new pair of shoes.” | ||
| + | * [[Goblin Girl]]: “Little green shoes” | ||
* [[Hunchentoot]]: Oh me, oh my, I wasted forty pair o' shoes just-a walkin' that floor wit de HUNCHENTOOTIN' BLUES! | * [[Hunchentoot]]: Oh me, oh my, I wasted forty pair o' shoes just-a walkin' that floor wit de HUNCHENTOOTIN' BLUES! | ||
| + | * [[Joe's Garage (Track)|Joe's Garage]]: "Got matching suits and [[The Beatles|Beatle boots]]" | ||
| + | * [[Magic Fingers]] “beat you with a pair of tennis shoes” | ||
| + | * [[The Mammy Nuns]]: “We got the talkin’ shoes” | ||
| + | * [[Mr. Green Genes]]: “Eat your shoes/don’t forget the strings.” | ||
* [[Nanook Rubs It]] “with a lead-filled snow shoe.” | * [[Nanook Rubs It]] “with a lead-filled snow shoe.” | ||
| − | * [[ | + | * [[Plastic People (1965 - unknown)]] “Their shoes are brown.” |
| + | * [[Plastic People (1966 - San Francisco)]]: “Their shoes are brown.” | ||
| + | * [[Porn Wars]]: "Gold lamé hoof covers" | ||
| + | * [[Prelude To King Kong]]: "sneakers" "galoshes" | ||
| + | * [[Sinister Footwear]] | ||
* [[Stink-Foot]]: “Get your shoes and socks on people…” “Bring the slippers…” | * [[Stink-Foot]]: “Get your shoes and socks on people…” “Bring the slippers…” | ||
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* [[Valley Girl]]: “And like all these really great shoe stores…” | * [[Valley Girl]]: “And like all these really great shoe stores…” | ||
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* [[White Person]]: “Golf shoes” | * [[White Person]]: “Golf shoes” | ||
| − | * [[ | + | * [[Willie The Pimp]]: “With my shoe shined black” |
| − | * [[ | + | * [[Wonderful Wino]]: “Give me a five dollar bill and a Florscheim shoe.” |
| − | * [[ | + | * A close-up of a shoe is also clearly visible on the cover of [[Over-Nite Sensation]] |
[[Category:Conceptual Continuity]] | [[Category:Conceptual Continuity]] | ||
Latest revision as of 17:57, 6 March 2024
Zappa made references to shoes and other types of footwear regularly in his work.
- Advance Romance: “Shoes is all wore.”
- America Drinks: “1, 2, buckle my shoe.”
- Be In My Video: “I’ll make you wear red shoes”
- Beauty Knows No Pain: "Beauty is a pair of shoes that makes you wanna die."
- Blue Suede Shoes
- Brown Shoes Don't Make It: "brown shoes don't make it" (...) "shining your shoes and cut your hair."
- Can't Afford No Shoes
- The Captain's Fat Theresa Shoes (by The GTO's)
- Carolina Hard-Core Ecstasy: “Then she gave a pair of shoes to me” (…) “I wonder what the shoes for?”
- Church Chat: "With a SHOE"
- Debra Kadabra: “Shoes are too tight and pointed”
- Dental Hygiene Dilemma: “Put it on your shoes, tie your bike with it.”
- The Evil Prince: “And also his shoes”
- Excentrifugal Forz: “Along a Hammond organism /underneath his shoes….”
- Father O'Blivion: “I brought you your snow shoes”
- Frank Zappa's Got Brand New Shoes
- Go Cry On Somebody Else's Shoulder: “I bought a new pair of shoes.”
- Goblin Girl: “Little green shoes”
- Hunchentoot: Oh me, oh my, I wasted forty pair o' shoes just-a walkin' that floor wit de HUNCHENTOOTIN' BLUES!
- Joe's Garage: "Got matching suits and Beatle boots"
- Magic Fingers “beat you with a pair of tennis shoes”
- The Mammy Nuns: “We got the talkin’ shoes”
- Mr. Green Genes: “Eat your shoes/don’t forget the strings.”
- Nanook Rubs It “with a lead-filled snow shoe.”
- Plastic People (1965 - unknown) “Their shoes are brown.”
- Plastic People (1966 - San Francisco): “Their shoes are brown.”
- Porn Wars: "Gold lamé hoof covers"
- Prelude To King Kong: "sneakers" "galoshes"
- Sinister Footwear
- Stink-Foot: “Get your shoes and socks on people…” “Bring the slippers…”
- Valley Girl: “And like all these really great shoe stores…”
- White Person: “Golf shoes”
- Willie The Pimp: “With my shoe shined black”
- Wonderful Wino: “Give me a five dollar bill and a Florscheim shoe.”
- A close-up of a shoe is also clearly visible on the cover of Over-Nite Sensation
