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==Frank Zappa about the United States==
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''"Remember: dumbness is the American way. Dumbness has created more progress for this country – just from people saying, Well, I really don't know what's going on here, but let's try this. And then they come up with something great. The best example of that is [[wikipedia:Thomas Edison|Thomas Edison]]. You know about the filament in the electric light bulb, don't you? He'd tried everything until he finally said, I'd be willing to try a piece of dental floss with some cheese on it if I thought it would work."''- Frank Zappa in ''[[Garni Du Jour, Lizard King Poetry And Slime]]'', interview by Tim Schneckloth, Down Beat, 1978.
  
  

Latest revision as of 09:47, 11 August 2026

Frank Zappa dressed up as Uncle Sam for a 1988 publicity shoot to promote voting in the presidential elections.


Jan Donkers: "Your friend Captain Beefheart says he comes from Mars, where do you come from?"
Frank Zappa: "Well, I don't want you to hold it against me, but I come from the United States".

- Frank Zappa, Introducing...The Mothers, 1970.

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

  • 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.

US States

Cities

Other locations

References to American institutions and brands

Composers and conductors


Hip hop Musicians

Blues singers

Doo-wop and R&B singers

Jazz Composers

Rock, Folk and Pop Artists

American Zappa cover bands

Writers

Comedians and TV Presenters

Politics, Religion and Business

Criminals

Fictional characters and associated media

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:

Miscellaneous

Frank Zappa about the United States

"Remember: dumbness is the American way. Dumbness has created more progress for this country – just from people saying, Well, I really don't know what's going on here, but let's try this. And then they come up with something great. The best example of that is Thomas Edison. You know about the filament in the electric light bulb, don't you? He'd tried everything until he finally said, I'd be willing to try a piece of dental floss with some cheese on it if I thought it would work."- Frank Zappa in Garni Du Jour, Lizard King Poetry And Slime, interview by Tim Schneckloth, Down Beat, 1978.

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