Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up

Notes about this song

Originally recorded for Jeff Simmons' album Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up in 1969. Zappa refers to this recording in Joe's Garage Act 1

Joe is so disoriented by his disease, he goes in the

other room and plays the title cut from an old

Jeff Simmons album, and sings along with it.

- Scene Eight of Joe's Garage Act 1

This is the CENTRAL SCRUTINIZER . . . again. Hi! . . . It's me again, the CENTRAL SCRUTINIZER . . . Joe says Lucille has messed his mind up, but, was it the girl or was it the music? As you can see . . . girls, music, disease, heartbreak . . . they all go together . . . Joe found out the hard way, but his troubles were just beginning . . . his mind was so messed up . . . he could hardly do nothin' . . . He was in a quandary . . . being devoured by the swirling cesspool of his own steaming desires . . . the guy was a wreck . . . so . . . what does he do? For once, he does something SMART . . . he goes out . . . and pays a lot of money to L. Ron Hoover . . . at the First . . . at the Pch . . . hem . . . he goes out . . . and pays a lot of money to L. Ron Hoover . . . at the First Church of Appliantology!

- Scrutinizer Postlude

Versions of this song

1969 - Glendale

Details of this version

• Included on
  • Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up
  • Zappéd

1979 - Los Angeles

Details of this version

• Included on
  • Joe's Garage Act I
  • Joe's Garage Acts I, II & III

1984 - Chicago

Details of this version

• Included on
  • You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 3