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==Notes About This Song==
 
==Notes About This Song==
  
''"Wipe Out"'' is a classic song from 1963 by the surf rock brand The Surfari's.  
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''"Wipe Out"'' is a classic song from 1963 by the surf rock band The Surfari's.  
  
 
''"An applause-meter type test indicates that the crowd does not want ''Caravan'' with a drum solo. "All right, we'll play ''[[Wipe Out]]''" (the nadir of early-'60s schlock). Which they proceed to do, in three tempos at once. The mindless riff of ''Wipe Out'' melts like plastic."''  (From: [[Frank Zappa: The Mother of Us All]])
 
''"An applause-meter type test indicates that the crowd does not want ''Caravan'' with a drum solo. "All right, we'll play ''[[Wipe Out]]''" (the nadir of early-'60s schlock). Which they proceed to do, in three tempos at once. The mindless riff of ''Wipe Out'' melts like plastic."''  (From: [[Frank Zappa: The Mother of Us All]])

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"Wipe Out" is a classic song from 1963 by the surf rock band The Surfari's.

"An applause-meter type test indicates that the crowd does not want Caravan with a drum solo. "All right, we'll play Wipe Out" (the nadir of early-'60s schlock). Which they proceed to do, in three tempos at once. The mindless riff of Wipe Out melts like plastic." (From: Frank Zappa: The Mother of Us All)

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