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| + | [[File:2MS 2024.jpg|right|Giant hand on the cover of ''[[Uncle Meat]]''. ]] | ||
| + | [[File:Burnt weeny sandwich.jpg|right |Giant hand on the cover of ''[[Burnt Weeny Sandwich]]''.]] | ||
| + | [[File:Holiday Inn - Over-Nite Sensation.jpg|500px|thumb|right|One of the giant hands at the Holiday Inn sign outside the window, depicted on the cover of ''[[Over-Nite Sensation]]''.]] | ||
| + | [[File:One size fits all.jpg|right|Giant hand on the cover of ''[[One Size Fits All]]''.]] | ||
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Hands are very prominent in Zappa's cover art. | Hands are very prominent in Zappa's cover art. | ||
| − | * On the cover of [[We're Only In It For The Money]] a rubber hand can be seen sticking beneath the letter "M" on the left lower side of the album. | + | * On the cover of ''[[We're Only In It For The Money]]'' a rubber hand can be seen sticking beneath the letter "M" on the left lower side of the album. |
| − | * In the gatefold sleeve of [[We're Only In It For The Money]] Zappa can be seen making strange hand signals, while [[Ian Underwood]] holds up a piece of paper. | + | * In the gatefold sleeve of ''[[We're Only In It For The Money]]'' Zappa can be seen making strange hand signals, while [[Ian Underwood]] holds up a piece of paper. |
| − | * [[Uncle Meat]]: Just below the title a large thumb can be seen. | + | * ''[[Uncle Meat]]'': Just below the title a large thumb can be seen. |
| − | * [[Burnt Weeny Sandwich]]: Several bloody hands are prominent. | + | * ''[[Burnt Weeny Sandwich]]'': Several bloody hands are prominent. |
| − | * [[Weasels Ripped My Flesh]]: A shaving hand. | + | * ''[[Weasels Ripped My Flesh]]'': A shaving hand. |
| − | * [[Hot Rats]]: A hidden face, visible hands resting on the side of an empty swimming pool. | + | * ''[[Hot Rats]]'': A hidden face, visible hands resting on the side of an empty swimming pool. |
| − | * [[Over-Nite Sensation]]: Two hands are seen, one appearing from the sky, fixing a street lamp. The other one taking a cigarette from a pack. | + | * ''[[Over-Nite Sensation]]'': Two hands are seen, one appearing from the sky, fixing a street lamp. The other one taking a cigarette from a pack. |
| − | * [[One Size Fits All]]: One hand paints, the other holds the moon, another is twiddling Saturn, yet another is smoking a cigar. | + | * ''[[One Size Fits All]]'': One hand paints, the other holds the moon, another is twiddling Saturn, yet another is smoking a cigar. |
| − | * [[Joe's Garage Acts I, II & III|Joe's Garage]]: Hands add paint to Zappa's face. | + | * ''[[Joe's Garage Acts I, II & III|Joe's Garage]]'': Hands add paint to Zappa's face. |
| − | * The [[Beat The Boots]] logo shows a hand holding a hammer | + | * The ''[[:Category:Beat The Boots|Beat The Boots]]'' logo shows a hand holding a hammer |
==Songs or tracks mentioning hands== | ==Songs or tracks mentioning hands== | ||
| − | * [[200 Years Old]]: "A glass of orange juice about as big as my finger" | + | * ''[[200 Years Old]]'': ''"A glass of orange juice about as big as my finger"'' |
| − | * [[The Air]]: "My hands!" | + | * ''[[The Air]]'': ''"My hands!"'' |
| − | * [[Billy The Mountain]]: "A strong masculine hand" | + | * ''[[Billy The Mountain]]'': ''"A strong masculine hand"'' |
| − | * | + | * ''[[Call Any Vegetable (1966 - Los Angeles)|Call Any Vegetable]]'': ''"Holding your hand while the neighbors decide."'' |
| − | + | * ''[[Carolina Hard-Core Ecstasy]]'': ''"She stuck her hand right in it to the bottom"'' | |
| − | * [[Carolina Hard-Core Ecstasy]]: "She stuck her hand right in it to the bottom" | + | * ''[[Catholic Girls]]'': ''"With her hand in the box" (...) They'd meet each other there/hold hands and think pure thoughts"'' |
| − | * [[Catholic Girls]]: "With her hand in the box" (...) They'd meet each other there/hold hands and think pure thoughts" | + | * ''[[The Dangerous Kitchen]]'': ''"What you get on your hands then"'' |
| − | * [[The Dangerous Kitchen]]: "What you get on your hands then" | + | * ''[[Dinah-Moe Humm]]'': ''"I whipped off her bloomers 'n stiffened my thumb"'' |
| − | * [[Dinah-Moe Humm]]: "I whipped off her bloomers 'n stiffened my thumb" | + | * ''[[Disco Boy]]'': ''"Thank the Lord that you still got hands/that help you do that jerkin' that will blot off your disco sorrow"'' |
| − | * [[Disco Boy]]: "Thank the Lord that you still got hands/that help you do that jerkin' that will blot off your disco sorrow" | + | * ''[[Do You Like My New Car?]]'': ''"Roger Daltrey never laid a hand on me!"'' |
| − | * [[Do You Like My New Car?]]: "Roger Daltrey never laid a hand on me!" | + | * ''[[Dong Work For Yuda]]'': ''"A great big weenie in both his hands"'' |
| − | * [[Dong Work For Yuda]]: "A great big weenie in both his hands" | + | * ''[[Find Her Finer]]'': About sexual gratification through fingering. |
| − | * [[Find Her Finer]]: About sexual gratification through fingering | + | * ''[[Flower Punk]]'': ''"Hey punk, where you goin' with that flower in your hand?"'' |
| − | * [[Flower Punk]]: "Hey punk, where you goin' with that flower in your hand?" | + | * ''[[Friendly Little Finger]]'' |
| − | * [[Friendly Little Finger]] | + | * ''[[Frogs With Dirty Little Lips]]'': ''"Dirty little warts on their finger-tips"'' |
| − | * [[Frogs With Dirty Little Lips]]: "Dirty little warts on their finger-tips" | + | * ''[[Hands With A Hammer]]'' |
| − | * [[Hands With A Hammer]] | + | * ''[[I Don't Even Care]]'':'' "What was hole is this lastin' hand".'' |
| − | * [[I Don't Even Care]]: "What was hole is this lastin' hand" | + | * ''[[I Have Been In You]]'': ''"Ah, little girl, there ain't no time to wash your stinky hand"'' |
| − | * [[I Have Been In You]]: "Ah, little girl, there ain't no time to wash your stinky hand" | + | * ''[[I Want To Hold Your Hand]]'' |
| − | * [[I Want To Hold Your Hand]] | + | * ''[[Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk]]'': ''"(With their fingers on the trigger)"''. |
| − | * [[Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk]]: "(With their fingers on the trigger)" | + | * ''[[Kaiser Rolls]]'': ''"I raised my finger from the center of my hand."'' |
| − | * [[Kaiser Rolls]]: "I raised my finger from the center of my hand." | + | * ''[[Legend Of The Illinois Enema Bandit]]'': ''"... his pudgy little thumb"'' |
| − | * [[Legend Of The Illinois Enema Bandit]] "... his pudgy little thumb" | + | * ''[[Lemme Take You To The Beach]]'': ''"Maybe I'll just hold your hand-eeee!"'' |
| − | * [[Lemme Take You To The Beach]]: "Maybe I'll just hold your hand-eeee!" | + | * ''[[Magdalena]]'': ''"With the grubby little hand"'' |
| − | * [[Magdalena]]: "With the grubby little hand" | + | * ''[[Man With The Woman Head]]'': ''"The face the color of a nicotine-stained hand."'' |
| − | * [[Man With The Woman Head]]: "The face the color of a nicotine-stained hand." | + | * ''[[Montana]]'': ''"Zircon encrusted tweezers in my hand."'' |
| − | * [[Montana]]: "Zircon encrusted tweezers in my hand." | + | * ''[[More Trouble Every Day (Swaggart Version)]]'': ''"And they smacked him on his little hand"'' |
| − | * [[More Trouble Every Day (Swaggart Version)]]: "And they smacked him on his little hand" | + | * ''[[Motherly Love]]'': ''"And we'll take their hands"'' |
| − | * [[Motherly Love]]: "And we'll take their hands" | + | * ''[[Packard Goose]]'': ''"Fuck all them writers with the pen in their hand."'' |
| − | * [[Packard Goose]]: "Fuck all them writers with the pen in their hand." | + | * ''[[Rhymin' Man]]'': ''"Dipped his hands in the Doctor's blood"'' (a reference to [[Jesse Jackson]]) |
| − | * [[Rhymin' Man]]: "Dipped his hands in the Doctor's blood" (a reference to [[ | + | * ''[[Sleep Dirt]]'': ''"My finger got stuck!"'' |
| − | * [[Sleep Dirt]]: "My finger got stuck!" | + | * ''[[Smell My Beard]]'': ''"And he hits his thumb"'' |
| − | * [[Smell My Beard]]: "And he hits his thumb" | + | * ''[[Strictly Genteel (The Track)]]'': ''"Reach out your hand to the girl in the dog book."'' |
| − | * [[Strictly Genteel (The Track)]]: "Reach out your hand to the girl in the dog book." | + | * ''[[Tiny Sick Tears]]'': ''"And you stick your tiny sick hand in the cookie jar."'' |
| − | * [[Tiny Sick Tears]]: "And you stick your tiny sick hand in the cookie jar." | + | * ''[[Titties 'n Beer]]'': ''"Then she gave us the finger/It was raised stiff"'' |
| − | * [[Titties 'n Beer]]: "Then she gave us the finger/It was raised stiff" | + | * ''[[Uncle Bernie's Farm]]'': ''"There's a dollar in his hand (check his wallet)"'' |
| − | * [[Uncle Bernie's Farm]]: "There's a dollar in his hand (check his wallet)" | + | * ''[[Uncle Meat Film Excerpt]]'': Massimo gives a lesson in Italian, explaining ''"This is my left hand"''. |
| − | * [[Uncle Meat Film Excerpt]]: Massimo gives a lesson in Italian, explaining "This is my left hand". | + | * ''[[Wild Love]]'': ''"Daddy's got a stinky finger"'' |
| − | * [[Wild Love]]: "Daddy's got a stinky finger" | + | * ''[[Wind Up Workin' In A Gas Station]]'': ''"Show me your thumb/if you think you're dumb"'' |
| − | * [[Wind Up Workin' In A Gas Station]]: "Show me your thumb/if you think you're dumb" | + | * ''[[Won Ton On]]'': ''"Take your hand off that chain, honey!"'' |
| − | * [[Won Ton On]]: "Take your hand off that chain, honey!" | + | * ''[[Would You Go All The Way?]]'': ''"Clutchin' at yer hand"'' |
| − | * [[Would You Go All The Way?]]: "Clutchin' at yer hand" | ||
| − | Also of note is the phrase "Hands Up!", which can be heard on the tracks [[Toads Of The Short Forest]], [[German Lunch]] | + | Also of note is the phrase ''"Hands Up!"'', which can be heard on the tracks ''[[Toads Of The Short Forest]], [[German Lunch]], [[Tiny Sick Tears]]'' and ''[[The Walking Zombie Music]]''. In the film ''[[Baby Snakes (The Film)]]'' the phrase can also be heard from a toy police car. |
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Latest revision as of 06:49, 6 October 2026
One of the giant hands at the Holiday Inn sign outside the window, depicted on the cover of Over-Nite Sensation.
Hands are very prominent in Zappa's cover art.
- On the cover of We're Only In It For The Money a rubber hand can be seen sticking beneath the letter "M" on the left lower side of the album.
- In the gatefold sleeve of We're Only In It For The Money Zappa can be seen making strange hand signals, while Ian Underwood holds up a piece of paper.
- Uncle Meat: Just below the title a large thumb can be seen.
- Burnt Weeny Sandwich: Several bloody hands are prominent.
- Weasels Ripped My Flesh: A shaving hand.
- Hot Rats: A hidden face, visible hands resting on the side of an empty swimming pool.
- Over-Nite Sensation: Two hands are seen, one appearing from the sky, fixing a street lamp. The other one taking a cigarette from a pack.
- One Size Fits All: One hand paints, the other holds the moon, another is twiddling Saturn, yet another is smoking a cigar.
- Joe's Garage: Hands add paint to Zappa's face.
- The Beat The Boots logo shows a hand holding a hammer
Songs or tracks mentioning hands
- 200 Years Old: "A glass of orange juice about as big as my finger"
- The Air: "My hands!"
- Billy The Mountain: "A strong masculine hand"
- Call Any Vegetable: "Holding your hand while the neighbors decide."
- Carolina Hard-Core Ecstasy: "She stuck her hand right in it to the bottom"
- Catholic Girls: "With her hand in the box" (...) They'd meet each other there/hold hands and think pure thoughts"
- The Dangerous Kitchen: "What you get on your hands then"
- Dinah-Moe Humm: "I whipped off her bloomers 'n stiffened my thumb"
- Disco Boy: "Thank the Lord that you still got hands/that help you do that jerkin' that will blot off your disco sorrow"
- Do You Like My New Car?: "Roger Daltrey never laid a hand on me!"
- Dong Work For Yuda: "A great big weenie in both his hands"
- Find Her Finer: About sexual gratification through fingering.
- Flower Punk: "Hey punk, where you goin' with that flower in your hand?"
- Friendly Little Finger
- Frogs With Dirty Little Lips: "Dirty little warts on their finger-tips"
- Hands With A Hammer
- I Don't Even Care: "What was hole is this lastin' hand".
- I Have Been In You: "Ah, little girl, there ain't no time to wash your stinky hand"
- I Want To Hold Your Hand
- Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk: "(With their fingers on the trigger)".
- Kaiser Rolls: "I raised my finger from the center of my hand."
- Legend Of The Illinois Enema Bandit: "... his pudgy little thumb"
- Lemme Take You To The Beach: "Maybe I'll just hold your hand-eeee!"
- Magdalena: "With the grubby little hand"
- Man With The Woman Head: "The face the color of a nicotine-stained hand."
- Montana: "Zircon encrusted tweezers in my hand."
- More Trouble Every Day (Swaggart Version): "And they smacked him on his little hand"
- Motherly Love: "And we'll take their hands"
- Packard Goose: "Fuck all them writers with the pen in their hand."
- Rhymin' Man: "Dipped his hands in the Doctor's blood" (a reference to Jesse Jackson)
- Sleep Dirt: "My finger got stuck!"
- Smell My Beard: "And he hits his thumb"
- Strictly Genteel (The Track): "Reach out your hand to the girl in the dog book."
- Tiny Sick Tears: "And you stick your tiny sick hand in the cookie jar."
- Titties 'n Beer: "Then she gave us the finger/It was raised stiff"
- Uncle Bernie's Farm: "There's a dollar in his hand (check his wallet)"
- Uncle Meat Film Excerpt: Massimo gives a lesson in Italian, explaining "This is my left hand".
- Wild Love: "Daddy's got a stinky finger"
- Wind Up Workin' In A Gas Station: "Show me your thumb/if you think you're dumb"
- Won Ton On: "Take your hand off that chain, honey!"
- Would You Go All The Way?: "Clutchin' at yer hand"
Also of note is the phrase "Hands Up!", which can be heard on the tracks Toads Of The Short Forest, German Lunch, Tiny Sick Tears and The Walking Zombie Music. In the film Baby Snakes (The Film) the phrase can also be heard from a toy police car.
See also
- Ben Watson about hands in Zappa's work. http://www.militantesthetix.co.uk/zappo/OSFAweb.htm
