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[[File:Zappa Uncle Sam.jpg|500px|thumb|right|Frank Zappa dressed up as Uncle Sam for a 1988 publicity shoot to promote voting in the presidential elections.]] | [[File:Zappa Uncle Sam.jpg|500px|thumb|right|Frank Zappa dressed up as Uncle Sam for a 1988 publicity shoot to promote voting in the presidential elections.]] | ||
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* [[Brown Shoes Don't Make It]]: "I'd like her do a nasty/on the White House lawn." | * [[Brown Shoes Don't Make It]]: "I'd like her do a nasty/on the White House lawn." | ||
* [[Camarillo Brillo]] "... and every newt in Idaho" (...) "by the bush in Buffalo" | * [[Camarillo Brillo]] "... and every newt in Idaho" (...) "by the bush in Buffalo" | ||
| + | * [[A Chance Encounter In Cincinnati]] | ||
* [[Cheepnis]]: "Then I watched a movie from [[Hollywood]]..." | * [[Cheepnis]]: "Then I watched a movie from [[Hollywood]]..." | ||
* [[Cocaine Decisions]] | * [[Cocaine Decisions]] | ||
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* [[Heavenly Bank Account]] | * [[Heavenly Bank Account]] | ||
* [[Hotel Atlanta Incidentals]] | * [[Hotel Atlanta Incidentals]] | ||
| − | * [[Hungry Freaks Daddy]]: "Mr. America walk on by..." | + | * [[Hungry Freaks, Daddy (1966 - Los Angeles)|Hungry Freaks Daddy]]: "Mr. America walk on by..." |
* [[I Don't Wanna Get Drafted]] | * [[I Don't Wanna Get Drafted]] | ||
* [[I Left My Heart In San Francisco]] | * [[I Left My Heart In San Francisco]] | ||
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* [[It Ain't Necessarily The Saint James Infirmary]] | * [[It Ain't Necessarily The Saint James Infirmary]] | ||
* [[It Can't Happen Here]]: "Who could imagine that they would freak out in [[wikipedia:Minnesota| Minnesota]] (...), [[wikipedia:Kansas| Kansas]], (...) [[wikipedia:Washington D.C.|Washington D.C.]]?" | * [[It Can't Happen Here]]: "Who could imagine that they would freak out in [[wikipedia:Minnesota| Minnesota]] (...), [[wikipedia:Kansas| Kansas]], (...) [[wikipedia:Washington D.C.|Washington D.C.]]?" | ||
| + | * [[It Has Just Been Passed…]] is about a ridiculous law in Arizona. | ||
* [[It's From Kansas]] | * [[It's From Kansas]] | ||
| − | * [[JCB & Kansas On The Bus]] | + | * [[JCB & Kansas On The Bus 1]] |
| + | * [[JCB & Kansas On The Bus 2]] | ||
* [[Rhymin' Man]] (about [[Rhymin'_Man#Notes_About_This_Song|Jesse Jackson]]) | * [[Rhymin' Man]] (about [[Rhymin'_Man#Notes_About_This_Song|Jesse Jackson]]) | ||
* [[Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk]] | * [[Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk]] | ||
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* [[This Ain't CNN]] | * [[This Ain't CNN]] | ||
* [[Times Beach]] | * [[Times Beach]] | ||
| − | * [[ | + | * [[Tinseltown Rebellion]] |
* [[Trouble Every Day]]: was inspired by the [[wikipedia:Watts riots|Watts riots]] | * [[Trouble Every Day]]: was inspired by the [[wikipedia:Watts riots|Watts riots]] | ||
* [[Truck Driver Divorce]] | * [[Truck Driver Divorce]] | ||
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* [[125th]] | * [[125th]] | ||
* [[Alabama]] | * [[Alabama]] | ||
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* [[Baltimore]] | * [[Baltimore]] | ||
* [[Boney's Market]] | * [[Boney's Market]] | ||
* [[Broadway]] | * [[Broadway]] | ||
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* [[Cafe au-Go-Go]] | * [[Cafe au-Go-Go]] | ||
* [[California]] | * [[California]] | ||
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* [[Cheviot Hills]] | * [[Cheviot Hills]] | ||
* [[Chicago]] | * [[Chicago]] | ||
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* [[Cucamonga]] | * [[Cucamonga]] | ||
| + | * [[Detroit]] | ||
| + | * [[Downey]] | ||
* [[Edwards Air Force Base]] | * [[Edwards Air Force Base]] | ||
* [[El Monte Legion Stadium]] | * [[El Monte Legion Stadium]] | ||
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* [[Irwindale]] | * [[Irwindale]] | ||
* [[Jai Alai Fronton]] | * [[Jai Alai Fronton]] | ||
| + | * [[Kansas]] | ||
* [[Lancaster]] | * [[Lancaster]] | ||
* [[Langley]] | * [[Langley]] | ||
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* [[Laurel Canyon]] | * [[Laurel Canyon]] | ||
* [[Lincoln Center]] | * [[Lincoln Center]] | ||
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* [[Los Angeles]] | * [[Los Angeles]] | ||
| − | * [[ | + | * [[Massachusetts]] |
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* [[Miami]] | * [[Miami]] | ||
* [[Mojave Desert]] | * [[Mojave Desert]] | ||
* [[Monterey]] | * [[Monterey]] | ||
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* [[New Jersey]] | * [[New Jersey]] | ||
* [[New York]] | * [[New York]] | ||
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* [[Park Avenue]] | * [[Park Avenue]] | ||
* [[Pauley Pavilion]] | * [[Pauley Pavilion]] | ||
| + | * [[Pennsylvania]] | ||
* [[Playa del Rey]] | * [[Playa del Rey]] | ||
* [[Pomona]] | * [[Pomona]] | ||
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* [[Royce Hall]] | * [[Royce Hall]] | ||
* [[San Diego]] | * [[San Diego]] | ||
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* [[San Fernando Valley]] | * [[San Fernando Valley]] | ||
* [[San Francisco]] | * [[San Francisco]] | ||
* [[San Joaquin Valley]] | * [[San Joaquin Valley]] | ||
* [[San Quentin]] | * [[San Quentin]] | ||
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* [[Santa Monica]] | * [[Santa Monica]] | ||
* [[Shrine Exposition Hall]] | * [[Shrine Exposition Hall]] | ||
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* [[Uptown Hall]] | * [[Uptown Hall]] | ||
* [[Utah]] | * [[Utah]] | ||
| + | * [[Ventura]] | ||
* [[Virginia]] | * [[Virginia]] | ||
| + | * [[Wall Street]] | ||
* [[Washington]] | * [[Washington]] | ||
* [[Westchester]] | * [[Westchester]] | ||
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* [[American Civil Liberties Union]] | * [[American Civil Liberties Union]] | ||
* [[American Medical Association]] | * [[American Medical Association]] | ||
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* [[Barbie]], [[Ken]] and [[Cindy]] | * [[Barbie]], [[Ken]] and [[Cindy]] | ||
* [[Boston Globe Jazz Festival]] | * [[Boston Globe Jazz Festival]] | ||
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* [[Capitol Records]] | * [[Capitol Records]] | ||
* [[Central Intelligence Agency]] | * [[Central Intelligence Agency]] | ||
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* [[DownBeat]] | * [[DownBeat]] | ||
* The [[Wikipedia:Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] | * The [[Wikipedia:Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] | ||
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* [[Guitar Player Magazine]] | * [[Guitar Player Magazine]] | ||
* [[Hustler]] | * [[Hustler]] | ||
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* [[Look]] | * [[Look]] | ||
* [[Los Angeles Free Press]] | * [[Los Angeles Free Press]] | ||
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* [[Los Angeles Philharmonic]] | * [[Los Angeles Philharmonic]] | ||
* [[Lucky Strike]] | * [[Lucky Strike]] | ||
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* [[MGM Records]] | * [[MGM Records]] | ||
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* [[MTV]] | * [[MTV]] | ||
* [[Miami Pop Festival]] | * [[Miami Pop Festival]] | ||
* [[Mormons]] | * [[Mormons]] | ||
| + | * [[NBC]] | ||
* [[The New York Times]] | * [[The New York Times]] | ||
* [[Newport Jazz Festival]] | * [[Newport Jazz Festival]] | ||
* [[Oldsmobile]] | * [[Oldsmobile]] | ||
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* [[PTA]] | * [[PTA]] | ||
* [[Parents Music Resource Center]] | * [[Parents Music Resource Center]] | ||
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* [[Uncle Ben's Rice]] | * [[Uncle Ben's Rice]] | ||
* [[Village Voice]] | * [[Village Voice]] | ||
| + | * [[Wall Street Journal]] | ||
* [[Warner Brothers]] | * [[Warner Brothers]] | ||
* [[The Washington Post]] | * [[The Washington Post]] | ||
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* [[Aaron Copland]] | * [[Aaron Copland]] | ||
* [[Robert Craft]] | * [[Robert Craft]] | ||
| − | * [[Fred E. Graff]] | + | * [[The World’s Greatest Sinner (The Film)|Fred E. Graff]] |
* [[Michael Hedges]] | * [[Michael Hedges]] | ||
* [[Charles Ives]] | * [[Charles Ives]] | ||
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* [[Wikipedia:Z-Trip|DJ Z-Trip]] | * [[Wikipedia:Z-Trip|DJ Z-Trip]] | ||
* [[I'm The Slime#Notes About This Song|Ill Bill]] | * [[I'm The Slime#Notes About This Song|Ill Bill]] | ||
| − | * [[J Dilla]] | + | * [[Dance Contest#Notes About This Song|J Dilla]] |
| − | * [[J*Davey]] | + | * [[Dirty Love#Trivia|J*Davey]] |
* [[Madvillain]] | * [[Madvillain]] | ||
* [[MF Doom]] | * [[MF Doom]] | ||
| − | * [[Mr. Dibbs]] | + | * [[Little Umbrellas#Notes About This Song|Mr. Dibbs]] |
* [[Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire]] | * [[Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire]] | ||
* [[Tyler, The Creator]] | * [[Tyler, The Creator]] | ||
| − | * [[Young Chris]] | + | * [[Uncle Remus#Notes About This Song|Young Chris]] |
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==Blues singers== | ==Blues singers== | ||
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* [[Captain Beefheart]] | * [[Captain Beefheart]] | ||
* [[Richard Carpenter]] | * [[Richard Carpenter]] | ||
| − | * [[ | + | * [[Zappa Picks By Larry LaLonde Of Primus#Background Information|Les Claypool]] |
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* [[Kurt Cobain]] | * [[Kurt Cobain]] | ||
* [[Alice Cooper]] | * [[Alice Cooper]] | ||
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* [[Larry Fischer|Wild Man Fischer]] | * [[Larry Fischer|Wild Man Fischer]] | ||
* [[Jon Fishman]] | * [[Jon Fishman]] | ||
| − | * [[ | + | * [[Flo & Eddie]] |
* [[John Frusciante]] | * [[John Frusciante]] | ||
* [[The Fugs]] | * [[The Fugs]] | ||
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* [[Jefferson Airplane]] | * [[Jefferson Airplane]] | ||
* [[Janis Joplin]] | * [[Janis Joplin]] | ||
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* [[The Leaves]] | * [[The Leaves]] | ||
* [[Little Richard]] | * [[Little Richard]] | ||
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* [[Moe.]] | * [[Moe.]] | ||
* [[The Monkees]] | * [[The Monkees]] | ||
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* [[Jim Morrison]] | * [[Jim Morrison]] | ||
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* [[Ted Nugent]] | * [[Ted Nugent]] | ||
* [[The Osmonds]] | * [[The Osmonds]] | ||
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* [[Tiny Tim]] | * [[Tiny Tim]] | ||
* [[The Tubes]] | * [[The Tubes]] | ||
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* [[Twisted Sister]] | * [[Twisted Sister]] | ||
* [[Umphrey's McGee]] | * [[Umphrey's McGee]] | ||
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* [[The Velvet Underground]] | * [[The Velvet Underground]] | ||
* [[Frank Vignola]] | * [[Frank Vignola]] | ||
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* [[Tom Waits]] | * [[Tom Waits]] | ||
* [[Walk the Moon]] | * [[Walk the Moon]] | ||
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* [["Weird Al" Yankovic]] | * [["Weird Al" Yankovic]] | ||
* [[Yonder Mountain String Band]] | * [[Yonder Mountain String Band]] | ||
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==Writers== | ==Writers== | ||
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* [[Pee-Wee Herman]] | * [[Pee-Wee Herman]] | ||
* [[Larry King]] | * [[Larry King]] | ||
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* [[Harold Lloyd]] | * [[Harold Lloyd]] | ||
* [[Soupy Sales]] | * [[Soupy Sales]] | ||
* [[Rod Serling]] | * [[Rod Serling]] | ||
| − | * [[ | + | * [[Annie Sprinkle]] |
==Politics, Religion and Business== | ==Politics, Religion and Business== | ||
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* [[Jerry Falwell]] | * [[Jerry Falwell]] | ||
* [[Larry Flynt]] | * [[Larry Flynt]] | ||
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* [[Al Gore]] and [[Tipper Gore]] | * [[Al Gore]] and [[Tipper Gore]] | ||
* [[Billy Graham]] | * [[Billy Graham]] | ||
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* [[Religion|Thomas Jefferson]] | * [[Religion|Thomas Jefferson]] | ||
* [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] | * [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] | ||
| + | * [[John F. Kennedy]] | ||
* [[Henry Kissinger]] | * [[Henry Kissinger]] | ||
* [[C. Everett Koop]] | * [[C. Everett Koop]] | ||
* [[Religion|Abraham Lincoln]] | * [[Religion|Abraham Lincoln]] | ||
* [[Ed Meese]] | * [[Ed Meese]] | ||
| + | * [[Merrill Lynch]] | ||
| + | * [[Sun Myung Moon]] | ||
* [[Richard Nixon]] | * [[Richard Nixon]] | ||
* [[Oliver North]] | * [[Oliver North]] | ||
| + | * [[Bob Packwood]] | ||
* [[John Poindexter]] | * [[John Poindexter]] | ||
* [[Ronald Reagan]] | * [[Ronald Reagan]] | ||
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* [[Pat Robertson]] | * [[Pat Robertson]] | ||
* [[John D. Rockefeller IV]] | * [[John D. Rockefeller IV]] | ||
| − | * [[ | + | * [[Rothschild Venture Capital]] |
* [[Jimmy Swaggart]] | * [[Jimmy Swaggart]] | ||
* [[Strom Thurmond]] | * [[Strom Thurmond]] | ||
* [[Robert Tilton]] | * [[Robert Tilton]] | ||
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* [[Religion|George Washington]] | * [[Religion|George Washington]] | ||
* The [[Iran-contra affair]] | * The [[Iran-contra affair]] | ||
* The [[Cold War]] | * The [[Cold War]] | ||
| + | * [[The World Church]] | ||
==Criminals== | ==Criminals== | ||
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==Miscellaneous== | ==Miscellaneous== | ||
| + | * [[Richard E. Byrd]] | ||
* [[Church of American Secular Humanism]] | * [[Church of American Secular Humanism]] | ||
* [[The Flag Salute]] | * [[The Flag Salute]] | ||
* [[Great Society]] | * [[Great Society]] | ||
* [[Hawaiian Lunch]] | * [[Hawaiian Lunch]] | ||
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* [[The Log Cabin]] | * [[The Log Cabin]] | ||
* [[Willie Mays]] | * [[Willie Mays]] | ||
* [[Palladium]] | * [[Palladium]] | ||
* [[The Plaster Casters Of Chicago]] | * [[The Plaster Casters Of Chicago]] | ||
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* [[Mark Spitz]] | * [[Mark Spitz]] | ||
* [[United Mutations]] | * [[United Mutations]] | ||
Latest revision as of 16:54, 1 January 2023
While Zappa was born and raised in the United States he was often critical of the American government, its foreign policy, organized religion, media, corporations and the consumer culture.
Track and album references to America
- 200 Years Old: (Pennsylvania mentioned)
- Agency Man: "Let's try California..."
- America Drinks
- America Drinks & Goes Home
- Amnerika
- Be In My Video (satire of MTV)
- The Beltway Bandits
- Billy The Mountain
- Bobby Brown Goes Down "Oh God, oh God, I'm the American dream!"
- Broadway The Hard Way
- Brown Shoes Don't Make It: "I'd like her do a nasty/on the White House lawn."
- Camarillo Brillo "... and every newt in Idaho" (...) "by the bush in Buffalo"
- A Chance Encounter In Cincinnati
- Cheepnis: "Then I watched a movie from Hollywood..."
- Cocaine Decisions
- Concentration Moon: "American way/how did it start? Thousands of creeps killed in the park..."
- Conehead
- Debra Kadabra "Just across East L.A."
- Dental Hygiene Dilemma: (...) a rancid motel in Orlando, Florida, with the highest MILDEW rating of any commercial lodging facility within the territorial limits of the United States"
- Dickie's Such An Asshole (about Richard Nixon)
- Do Not Pass Go (from the American board game "Monopoly")
- Dog Breath, In The Year Of The Plague: "Going to El Monte Legion Stadium"
- Dumb All Over
- Elvis Has Just Left The Building
- Emperor Of Ohio
- Fembot in A Wet T-Shirt Nite: "And Mary is the kind of red-blooded American girl who'll do anything..."
- Flakes: "California's got the most of them." (...) "All what we got here is American made."
- The Florida Airport Tape
- Flower Punk: "I'm going up to Frisco to join a psychedelic band." (...) The youth in America today is so wonderful."
- Food Gathering In Post-Industrial America
- God Bless America
- H.R. 2911
- Harry-As-A-Boy: "just like every other American, I'm too concerned with my own personal health and well-being to think of devoting any of my precious time to something as boring as reproduction!"
- Harry You're A Beast: "That's you, American womanhood."
- Heavenly Bank Account
- Hotel Atlanta Incidentals
- Hungry Freaks Daddy: "Mr. America walk on by..."
- I Don't Wanna Get Drafted
- I Left My Heart In San Francisco
- The Idiot Bastard Son: "The father's a Nazi in Congress today/The mother's a hooker somewhere in L.A."
- If We'd All Been Living In California...
- It Ain't Necessarily The Saint James Infirmary
- It Can't Happen Here: "Who could imagine that they would freak out in Minnesota (...), Kansas, (...) Washington D.C.?"
- It Has Just Been Passed… is about a ridiculous law in Arizona.
- It's From Kansas
- JCB & Kansas On The Bus 1
- JCB & Kansas On The Bus 2
- Rhymin' Man (about Jesse Jackson)
- Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk
- Jim & Tammy's Upper Room
- Just Another Band From L.A.
- Legend Of The Illinois Enema Bandit: "A famous criminal from right around Chicago".
- Let's Make The Water Turn Black: "Selling lamps and chairs to San Ber'dino squares"
- Let's Move To Cleveland
- Lonesome Cowboy Burt "All my family from down in Texas" and "Come out here to Californy"
- Lonesome Cowboy Burt (Swaggart Version)
- Love Story (about an old Republican couple)
- The Madison Panty-Sniffing Festival
- The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing
- Montana
- More Trouble Every Day (Swaggart Version)
- Mudd Club
- Nig Biz
- Orrin Hatch On Skis
- Outrage At Valdez
- Penguin In Bondage (Swaggart Version)
- Plastic People: "Ladies and gentlemen: the President of the United States!" (...) "My fellow Americans""
- Poofter's Froth Wyoming Plans Ahead (about the 200th birthday of the U.S.A.)
- Porn Wars
- Porn Wars Deluxe
- Promiscuous (about C. Everett Koop)
- The Radio Is Broken
- Reagan At Bitburg
- Redneck Eats
- Republicans
- The Return Of The Son Of Monster Magnet: "America's wonderful, wonderful, wonderful, wonderful, wonderful, wonderful, wonderful, wonderful... it really makes it!"
- Ride My Face To Chicago
- Road Ladies: "I remember there was one time in Minneapolis..."
- San Ber'dino
- Semi-Fraudulent/Direct-From-Hollywood Overture
- Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch: "America's polluted waters"
- Soft-Sell Conclusion: "Worshipping together in the church of your dreams. Only in America!"
- Star Wars Won't Work
- Stevie's Spanking
- Strictly Genteel: "A disaster area the size of Atlantic City, New Jersey."
- Take Me Out To The Ball Game
- Theme From "Bonanza"
- This Ain't CNN
- Times Beach
- Tinseltown Rebellion
- Trouble Every Day: was inspired by the Watts riots
- Truck Driver Divorce
- The Untouchables
- Valley Girl (about girls from the San Fernando Valley)
- Village Of The Sun
- The Voice Of Cheese: "Hello teenage America!"
- Welcome To The United States
- Were We Ever Really Safe In San Antonio?
- What's New In Baltimore?
- When The Lie's So Big
- When Yuppies Go To Hell
- Who Needs The Peace Corps?: "Go to San Francisco"
- Why Don't You Like Me? (about Michael Jackson)
- Willie The Pimp ("standing on the porch of the Lido Hotel")
- Would You Go All The Way? (for the U.S.A.?)
- Various characters associated with the U.S.A. can be seen in You Are What You Is (The Music Video), including President Reagan, a Ku Klux Klan member and a Playboy Bunny
- Clean American Version, a text that can also be seen on the artwork for Absolutely Free
- The M.O.I. American Pageant is the name of side two of Absolutely Free (track 10-15 on the CD version)
- Zappa often used the moniker "American composer" to describe himself in the most straightforward way.
Locations
- 125th
- Alabama
- Baltimore
- Boney's Market
- Broadway
- Cafe au-Go-Go
- California
- Canal
- Canoga Park
- Canter's Deli
- Cheviot Hills
- Chicago
- Cucamonga
- Detroit
- Downey
- Edwards Air Force Base
- El Monte Legion Stadium
- Encino
- Fillmore East
- Fillmore West
- The Freak Out! Hot Spots (where all 69 locations are American)
- Freak 2: Hot Spots
- Fresno
- Garrick Theatre
- Georgia
- Glendale
- Glenoaks
- Granada Hills
- Greenwich Village
- Hollywood
- Hollywood Boulevard
- Houston
- Huntingpark
- Irwindale
- Jai Alai Fronton
- Kansas
- Lancaster
- Langley
- Lankershim Boulevard
- Las Vegas
- Laurel Canyon
- Lincoln Center
- Los Angeles
- Massachusetts
- Miami
- Mojave Desert
- Monterey
- New Jersey
- New York
- Ontario (California)
- Orange County
- Pal Studio
- Palmdale
- Palo Alto
- Park Avenue
- Pauley Pavilion
- Pennsylvania
- Playa del Rey
- Pomona
- Reseda
- Royce Hall
- San Diego
- San Fernando Valley
- San Francisco
- San Joaquin Valley
- San Quentin
- Santa Monica
- Shrine Exposition Hall
- Sun Village
- Sunset Boulevard
- Uptown Hall
- Utah
- Ventura
- Virginia
- Wall Street
- Washington
- Westchester
- White Street
- Wyoming
- Category:Clubs And Bars
- Category:Radio Stations
- Category:Recording Studios
- Category:Schools & Colleges
References to American institutions and brands
- American Civil Liberties Union
- American Medical Association
- Barbie, Ken and Cindy
- Boston Globe Jazz Festival
- Capitol Records
- Central Intelligence Agency
- CNN
- Department of Defense
- Dodge
- DownBeat
- The FBI
- Guitar Player Magazine
- Hustler
- The I.R.S.
- Jack Daniels
- L.A.P.D.
- Life (magazine)
- Look
- Los Angeles Free Press
- Los Angeles Philharmonic
- Lucky Strike
- MGM Records
- MTV
- Miami Pop Festival
- Mormons
- NBC
- The New York Times
- Newport Jazz Festival
- Oldsmobile
- PTA
- Parents Music Resource Center
- Pepsi Cola
- Playboy
- Playgirl
- The President
- Record World
- Relix
- Rolling Stone
- Statue Of Liberty
- Stereo Review
- Studebaker Hawk
- The U.S.O.
- Uncle Ben's Rice
- Village Voice
- Wall Street Journal
- Warner Brothers
- The Washington Post
- The White House
- Ronald McDonald is mentioned in Packard Goose
Composers and conductors
- Charles Amirkhanian
- George Antheil
- John Cage
- Elliott Carter
- Aaron Copland
- Robert Craft
- Fred E. Graff
- Michael Hedges
- Charles Ives
- Moondog
- Kent Nagano
- Conlon Nancarrow
- Chris Opperman
- Leo Ornstein
- Walter Piston
- Gardner Read
- Roger Huntington Sessions
- Sid Sharp
- Joel Thome
- Jack Tillar
- Joe Stuessy
- Michael Zearott
Hip hop Musicians
- Arsonists
- Action Bronson
- Mike E. Clark
- DJ Signify
- DJ Z-Trip
- Ill Bill
- J Dilla
- J*Davey
- Madvillain
- MF Doom
- Mr. Dibbs
- Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire
- Tyler, The Creator
- Young Chris
Blues singers
Doo-wop and R&B singers
Jazz Composers
Rock, Folk and Pop Artists
- ? and the Mysterians
- The Allman Brothers Band
- Trey Anastasio
- Joan Baez
- The Basooties
- The Beach Boys
- Chuck Berry
- Jello Biafra
- Black Oak Arkansas
- Blood, Sweat & Tears
- Pat Boone
- Tim Buckley
- The Byrds
- John Cale
- Captain Beefheart
- Richard Carpenter
- Les Claypool
- Kurt Cobain
- Alice Cooper
- David Crosby
- Christopher Cross
- John Denver
- Devo
- Disco Biscuits
- Dog Eat Dog
- Dream Theater
- Bob Dylan
- The Feederz
- Wild Man Fischer
- Jon Fishman
- Flo & Eddie
- John Frusciante
- The Fugs
- Bill Graham (1931 – 1991) was a prominent rock concert promoter, who flourished from the 1960s until his death. He operated the Fillmore Venues.
- Grand Funk Railroad
- Grateful Dead
- Bill Haley & His Comets
- Don "Sugarcane" Harris
- Screamin' Jay Hawkins
- Jimi Hendrix
- Chrissie Hynde
- Michael Jackson
- Ron Jarzombek
- Jefferson Airplane
- Janis Joplin
- The Leaves
- Little Richard
- Living in a Box
- Love (The Band)
- Gary Lucas
- Lynyrd Skynyrd
- Madonna
- The Mars Volta
- Punky Meadows
- Moe.
- The Monkees
- Jim Morrison
- Ted Nugent
- The Osmonds
- Elvis Presley
- Prince
- Helen Reddy
- Lou Reed
- The Residents
- Neil Sedaka
- The Seeds
- The Shaggs
- Ron Simasek
- Gene Simmons
- Simon & Garfunkel
- Nancy Sinatra
- Slash
- Grace Slick
- Sonny & Cher
- Bruce Springsteen
- Steely Dan
- Suburban Lawns
- System of a Down
- Telesma
- David Thomas
- Tiny Tim
- The Tubes
- Twisted Sister
- Umphrey's McGee
- Eddie Van Halen
- Vanilla Fudge
- The Velvet Underground
- Frank Vignola
- Tom Waits
- Walk the Moon
- Johnny Winter
- "Weird Al" Yankovic
- Yonder Mountain String Band
Writers
- William S. Burroughs
- E.E. Cummings
- Jules Feiffer
- Lawrence Ferlinghetti
- Eberhard Kronhausen
- William Manchester
- Thomas Paine
- Robert Sheckley
- Cordwainer Smith
- Theodore Sturgeon
Comedians and TV Presenters
- Steve Allen
- Roseanne Barr
- John Belushi
- Lenny Bruce
- Lord Buckley
- Johnny Carson
- Pee-Wee Herman
- Larry King
- Harold Lloyd
- Soupy Sales
- Rod Serling
- Annie Sprinkle
Politics, Religion and Business
- Spiro Agnew
- Jim Bakker
- George H.W. Bush
- Jimmy Carter
- Jerry Falwell
- Larry Flynt
- Al Gore and Tipper Gore
- Billy Graham
- Orrin Hatch
- L. Ron Hubbard
- Reverend Hymers
- Jesse Jackson
- Thomas Jefferson
- Lyndon B. Johnson
- John F. Kennedy
- Henry Kissinger
- C. Everett Koop
- Abraham Lincoln
- Ed Meese
- Merrill Lynch
- Sun Myung Moon
- Richard Nixon
- Oliver North
- Bob Packwood
- John Poindexter
- Ronald Reagan
- Oral Roberts
- Pat Robertson
- John D. Rockefeller IV
- Rothschild Venture Capital
- Jimmy Swaggart
- Strom Thurmond
- Robert Tilton
- George Washington
- The Iran-contra affair
- The Cold War
- The World Church
Criminals
Fictional characters
- Beavis and Butt-head
- Conehead
- Donald Duck
- Duckman
- Sgt. Fury
- Hunchentoot: "He's a COMMUNIST, you dip-shit! It's your DUTY as an AMERICAN to release me so I can rid the universe of this stinking son-of-a-bitch."
- King Kong
- Little Orphan Annie
- Raggedy Ann
- Ren And Stimpy
- Santa Claus
- The Simpsons
- Superman
- Uncle Remus
Scientists
Painters
Bandmembers, Supporting Cast, Family Members and Other
Note: Most of the people listed here are or were Americans and therefore would be too numerous to list each one of them indvidually on this page. Occasionally some of them might be born in another country:
- Category:Bandmembers
- Category:Supporting Cast
- Category:Zappa Family
- Category:Zappa Household
- Category:Babysitters
- Category:Secretaries
- Category:Musicians
- Category:Arrangers
- Category:Managers
- Category:Roadies
- Category:Road Managers
- Category:Record Companies
- Category:Animators and cartoonists
- Category:Producers
- Category:Actors
- Category:Favorite Films
- Category:Favorite TV shows
- Category:Cover Artists
- Category:DJs
- Category:Engineers
- Category:Film Directors
- Category:Lawyers
- Groupies (CC)
