Difference between revisions of "United States of America"

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* [[Flakes]]: "All what we got here is American made."  
 
* [[Flakes]]: "All what we got here is American made."  
 
* [[Bobby Brown Goes Down]]  "Oh God, oh God, I'm the American dream!"
 
* [[Bobby Brown Goes Down]]  "Oh God, oh God, I'm the American dream!"
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* [[Fembot in A Wet T-Shirt Nite]]: "And Mary is the kind of red-blooded American girl who'll do anything..."
 
* [[Tinsel Town Rebellion]]
 
* [[Tinsel Town Rebellion]]
 
* [[Conehead]]
 
* [[Conehead]]
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* [[Truck Driver Divorce]]
 
* [[Truck Driver Divorce]]
 
* [[Stevie's Spanking]]
 
* [[Stevie's Spanking]]
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* [[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 myprecious time to something as boring as reproduction!"''
 
* [[Be In My Video]]  (satire of [[MTV]])
 
* [[Be In My Video]]  (satire of [[MTV]])
 
* [[What's New In Baltimore?]]
 
* [[What's New In Baltimore?]]
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* [[PTC]]
 
* [[PTC]]
 
* [[PCP]]
 
* [[PCP]]
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* [[American Civil Liberties Union]]
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* [[American Medical Association]]
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* [[American Society of University Composers]]
 
* [[Department of Defense]]
 
* [[Department of Defense]]
 
* [[Statue Of Liberty]]
 
* [[Statue Of Liberty]]
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* [[Jules Feiffer]]
 
* [[Jules Feiffer]]
 
* [[Theodore Sturgeon]]
 
* [[Theodore Sturgeon]]
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* [[Lawrence Ferlinghetti]]
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* [[Eberhard Kronhausen]]
  
 
==Comedians and TV Presenters==
 
==Comedians and TV Presenters==
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* [[3 Stooges]]
 
* [[3 Stooges]]
 
* [[Harold LLoyd]]
 
* [[Harold LLoyd]]
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* [[Larry King]]
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* [[Ted Koppel]]
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* [[Joan Rivers]]
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* [[Dan Rather]]
  
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==Politicians, Religious leaders and Business People==
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==Politics, Religion and Business==
 
* [[George Washington]]
 
* [[George Washington]]
 
* [[Thomas Jefferson]]
 
* [[Thomas Jefferson]]
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* [[Duckman]]
 
* [[Duckman]]
 
* [[Uncle Remus]]
 
* [[Uncle Remus]]
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* [[Beavis and Butt-head]]
 
* [[Ren And Stimpy]]
 
* [[Ren And Stimpy]]
 
* [[The Simpsons]]
 
* [[The Simpsons]]
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* [[Little Orphan Annie]]
 
* [[Little Orphan Annie]]
 
* [[Santa Claus]]
 
* [[Santa Claus]]
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* [[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."''
  
 
==Scientists==
 
==Scientists==
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* [[KABC-TV L.A.]]
 
* [[KABC-TV L.A.]]
 
* [[Mark Spitz]]
 
* [[Mark Spitz]]
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* 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.
 
* [[Halloween Concerts]]
 
* [[Halloween Concerts]]
 
* [[The Palladium Shows]]
 
* [[The Palladium Shows]]
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* [[Church of American Secular Humanism]]
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* [[Clean American Version]], a text that can also be seen on the artwork for [[Absolutely free]]
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* The M.O.I. American Pageant is the name of side two of [[Absolutely Free]] (track 10-15 on the CD version)
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* Zappa often used the monicker ''"American composer"'' to describe himself in the simplest way.
  
 
[[Category:Countries]]
 
[[Category:Countries]]

Revision as of 09:32, 9 December 2010

Frank Zappa was born in Baltimore, U.S., but later moved to the Mojave Desert.

In his work Zappa was very critical of his home country, especially the American government, its foreign policy, organized religion, media, advertisement corporations and the consumer culture. This is one of the reasons why his music was far more popular in Europe.

Despite his criticisms Zappa didn't hate his country.

Locations

Track and album references to America

References to American institutions and brands

Composers and conductors

Blues singers

Doo-wop and R&B singers

Rock, Folk and Pop Artists

Writers

Comedians and TV Presenters

Politics, Religion and Business

Criminals

Fictional characters

Scientists

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

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