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(Created page with 'Vegetables are a recurring theme in Zappa's work. * Plastic People (1966 - Los Angeles): ''"A prune is a vegetable ... no, a prune is not a vegetable. Cabbage is a vegetable…')
 
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* One of the constellations on [[One Size Fits All]] is called [[Borscht]], which is a vegetable soup.
 
* One of the constellations on [[One Size Fits All]] is called [[Borscht]], which is a vegetable soup.
 
* Another constellation is called [[Asparagus]]
 
* Another constellation is called [[Asparagus]]
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* Yet another constellation is called [[Legume]], which is the French word for ''"vegetable"''.
 
* [[When The Lie's So Big]]: ''"Ketchup is a vegetable"'' (a reference to a notorious wrong quote by [[Ronald Reagan]])
 
* [[When The Lie's So Big]]: ''"Ketchup is a vegetable"'' (a reference to a notorious wrong quote by [[Ronald Reagan]])
 
* [[Champagne Lecture]]
 
* [[Champagne Lecture]]

Revision as of 06:57, 19 November 2011

Vegetables are a recurring theme in Zappa's work.

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Zappa explains the meaning behind Call Any Vegetable in Absolutely Free: The Complete Libretto: "The best clue to this song might lie in the fact that people who are inactive in a society ... people who do not live up to their responsibilities are vegetables. I feel that these people, even if they are inactive, apathetic or unconcerned at this point, can be motivated toward a more useful sort of existence. I believe that if you call any vegetable it will respond to you."

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