Difference between revisions of "France"

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'''France''' is a country in Western [[Europe]].  
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'''France''' is a country in Western [[Europe]]. The capital is [[Paris]].  
  
 
==Frank Zappa concerts in France==
 
==Frank Zappa concerts in France==
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* In Frank Zappa's list with influences, printed in the sleeve of ''[[Freak Out!]]'', composers [[Pierre Boulez]], [[Maurice Ravel]] and [[Edgard Varèse]] are mentioned.  
 
* In Frank Zappa's list with influences, printed in the sleeve of ''[[Freak Out!]]'', composers [[Pierre Boulez]], [[Maurice Ravel]] and [[Edgard Varèse]] are mentioned.  
 
* ''[[Prelude To The Afternoon Of A Sexually Aroused Gas Mask]]'' parodies the title of [[Claude Achille Debussy]]'s ''Prelude To The Afternoon Of A Faun''.  
 
* ''[[Prelude To The Afternoon Of A Sexually Aroused Gas Mask]]'' parodies the title of [[Claude Achille Debussy]]'s ''Prelude To The Afternoon Of A Faun''.  
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* ''[[Interview (What's The Name Of Your Group?)]]'' and ''[[What's The Name Of Your Group? (The Suites)]]'': ''"I can just imagine you and your little group... going all over Europe... Paris... Rome... Essen, even the Viennese woods!"''
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* ''[[Scene 17: "When Do We Get Paid?"]]'': ''"You are wise because you've traveled the world. You've been to [[Paris]]. To [[London]]. To Berlin."''
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* ''[[Bathtub Man]]'': ''"Whoa, get me out of gay Paris, oh yeah."''
 
* [[Legume]] and [[Muscateer]] are constellations on the back cover of ''[[One Size Fits All]]''.
 
* [[Legume]] and [[Muscateer]] are constellations on the back cover of ''[[One Size Fits All]]''.
 
* [[Conehead]]: ''"She is from a small town in France"''  
 
* [[Conehead]]: ''"She is from a small town in France"''  
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* ''[[Boulez Conducts Zappa: The Perfect Stranger]]''
 
* ''[[Boulez Conducts Zappa: The Perfect Stranger]]''
 
* ''[[Chana In De Bushwop]]'': ''"She went to France"''
 
* ''[[Chana In De Bushwop]]'': ''"She went to France"''
* ''[[Church Chat]]'': ''"There is no hell there is only France"''
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* ''[[Church Chat]]'': ''"There is no hell, there is only France"''
* ''[[St. Etienne]]''
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* ''[[St. Etienne]]'', named after the town where this instrumental was recorded.
  
 
==Zappa associates from France==
 
==Zappa associates from France==
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* [[Gustave Flaubert]]
 
* [[Gustave Flaubert]]
 
* [[French Revolution]]
 
* [[French Revolution]]
* [[Marie Antoinette]]
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* [[Marie Antoinette]] (born in [[Vienna]], lived in France)
  
 
==Frank Zappa about France==
 
==Frank Zappa about France==

Revision as of 11:47, 11 August 2026

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France is a country in Western Europe. The capital is Paris.

Frank Zappa concerts in France

References to France in Frank Zappa's work

Zappa associates from France

Classical composers, conductors and musicians

Jazz musicians

Rock and pop artists

French Zappa cover bands

Writers, books, magazines, publishers and journalists

Visual artists

Other

Frank Zappa about France

"It was fair commentary on what Frenchness means to a person who is not French and has to be subjected to Frenchness. It is not a put-down of the French. It is the facts. Now, I was able to ascertain from some interviews I did in France that the toilet that we're speaking of in the song is referred to in France as The Turkish Toilet. So, if it's a Turkish Toilet, then what's it doing in France? Cause that's all I know from French toilets is the thing with the bombsight and the two footprints where you pull the chain and if you're lucky it doesn't climb up to your ankles when the stuff comes up out of the hole. But all the stuff in that song is true including The Mystery BlowJob that happened to one of the guys in the band. You know, it started with this Green Fudge coming out of his wheeny, and he didn't realize that you could get this disease from sticking it in somebody's mouth. That was 'cause he was a chump. But it did happen in France so it belongs in the song." (Zappa about the song In France in The Frank Zappa Interview Picture Disk, pt.2)

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