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==Albums and tracks==
 
==Albums and tracks==
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* [[Auld Lang Syne]] (based on a Scottish poem)
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* In Frank Zappa's list with influences, printed in the sleeve of ''[[Freak Out!]]'', writer [[Cecil Forsyth]], film producer [[J. Arthur Rank]] and Beatles manager [[Brian Epstein]] are mentioned.
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* [[The Blue Light]]: ''"A body of water to isolate England"''
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* ''[[Invocation & Ritual Dance Of The Young Pumpkin]]'': [[Gustav Holst]]'s ''Jupiter'' from ''The Planets'' is musically quoted.
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* [[Dead Girls Of London]]
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* The sleeve of ''[[We're Only In It For The Money]]'' is a parody of [[The Beatles]]' ''[[Sgt. Peppers' Lonely Hearts Club Band]]'', while the idea to pose in women's dresses was based on [[The Rolling Stones]]' cover photo for ''Have You Seen Your Mother Baby, Standing In The Shadow?''. Musician [[Eric Burdon]] and explorer [[Richard E. Byrd]]  can also been seen on the cover of ''We're Only In It For The Money''.
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* [[English Tea Dancing  Interludes]]
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* ''[[Absolutely Free (The Track)]]'': [[Donovan]]'s ''Mellow Yellow'' is referenced.
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* [[Interview (What's The Name Of Your Group?)]]: ''"Have you been to England yet?"''
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* On ''[[Uncle Meat]]'', during [[67/09/23 London UK Royal Albert Hall|the band's performance]] at the [[Royal Albert Hall]] in London, ''[[Louie Louie]]'' was played on the pipe organ.
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* [[The London Cab Tape]]
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* ''[[The Mud Shark]]'' was based on an infamous incident involving [[Led Zeppelin]].
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* [[Packard Goose]]: ''"All the rock'n roll writers are the worst kind of sleaze/selling punk rock like some new kind of English disease."''
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* ''[[Do You Like My New Car?]]'': ''"We are not groupies! (...) I told Robert Plant, I told Elton John (...) Roger Daltrey never laid a hand on me!"''.
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* [[Scene 30: JCB & Rance]]: ''"The fuckin' Devil's got an English accent!"''
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* [[Martin Lickert]], [[Keith Moon]] and [[Ringo Starr]] can be seen and heard in ''[[200 Motels]]''.
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* [[Strictly Genteel (The Track)|Strictly Genteel]]: ''"Lord, have mercy on the people of England and the terrible food these people must eat."''
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* ''[[Dental Hygiene Dilemma]]'': ''"It's just as if [[Donovan]] himself appeared on my very own TV set"''.
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* ''[[Interview (What's The Name Of Your Group?)]]'': ''"Have you been to England yet?"''
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* ''[[Scene 30: JCB & Rance]]'': ''"The fuckin' Devil's got an English accent!"''
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* ''[[Magic Fingers]]'': ''"beat you with a pair of tennis shoes I got from [[Jeff Beck]]"''.
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* ''[[Strictly Genteel (The Track)|Strictly Genteel]]'': ''"Lord, have mercy on the people of England and the terrible food these people must eat."''
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* ''[[Billy The Mountain]]'': [[Edward Elgar]]'s ''Pomp & Circumstance, March Nr. 1'' is quoted.
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* ''[[Carolina Hard-Core Ecstasy]]'': ''"I had a Roger Daltrey cape on."''
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* ''[[Titties 'n Beer]]'' and ''[[Punky's Whips]]'': ''"More fluid than [[Jeff Beck]]"''.
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* ''[[Dead Girls Of London]]''
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* ''[[Packard Goose]]'': ''"All the rock'n roll writers are the worst kind of sleaze/selling punk rock like some new kind of English disease."''
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* At the 1981 Halloween concert, Zappa played ''[[Auld Lang Syne]]''.
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* British actor [[Claude Rains]] can be seen on the cover of ''[[Tinseltown Rebellion]]''. 
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* ''[[The Blue Light]]'': ''"A body of water to isolate England"''
 
* [[London Symphony Orchestra Vol. I]]
 
* [[London Symphony Orchestra Vol. I]]
 
* [[London Symphony Orchestra Vol. II]]
 
* [[London Symphony Orchestra Vol. II]]
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* ''[[Be In My Video]]'': The line ''"let's dance the blues under the megawatt moonlight"'' references [[David Bowie]]'s music video for ''Let's Dance''.
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* In ''[[Them Or Us (The Book)]]'' the question is asked: ''"Who'll be the 'Mozart' of your century? [[David Bowie]]?"''
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* ''[[We're Turning Again]]'': ''"We can laugh at [[Keith Moon]]'s jokes."''. The song also references '[[The Bonzo Dog Band]]'s ''"Canyons Of Your Mind"''.
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* ''[[English Tea Dancing  Interludes]]''.
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* ''[[The London Cab Tape]]''
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* ''[[Uncle Meat Film Excerpt]]'': ''"Look, I've seen everybody around, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Arthur Brown, and his fire and his head."''
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* Zappa covered [[Cream]]'s ''[[Sunshine Of Your Love]]'' and [[Led Zeppelin]]'s ''[[Stairway To Heaven]]''.
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* During the ''[[Texas Medley]]'', Zappa covered three Beatles songs with lyrics referring to US TV evangelist [[Jimmy Swaggart]].
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* Frank Zappa dedicated ''[[The Real Frank Zappa Book]]'' to [[Stephen Hawking]], among others.
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* Zappa's ''[[Dio Fa]]'' features an appearance by [[Isaac Newton]].
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* In the liner notes of ''[[Civilization Phaze III]]'', the Holy Hand Grenade is mentioned, a reference to ''Monty Python and the Holy Grail''.
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* ''[[The Handsome Cabin Boy]]'' by [[Ewan MacColl]] is covered on ''[[The Lost Episodes]]''.
  
 
==Concerts & other locations==
 
==Concerts & other locations==

Revision as of 13:39, 8 June 2026


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"Lord, have mercy on the people in England, for the terrible food these people must eat." - Opening lines of Strictly Genteel.

Articles about Great Britain, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

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Concerts & other locations

Zappa associates from the United Kingdom

Classical composers, conductors and musicians

Jazz musicians

Folk musicians

Rock and pop artists

Actors, comedians, film directors, producers and documentary makers

Writers, journalists, critics, magazines

Visual artists

Film, radio and television

Interviews

Miscellaneous

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