The Netherlands
Contents
Articles referencing the Netherlands or other Dutch topics
- Zappa cited Amsterdam among his "favorite other stuff" in Data For Sensitive or Critical-sensitive Position (1968).
- In Memoriam: Hieronymus Bosch, about Hieronymus Bosch.
- One of the constellations on the back cover of One Size Fits All is named Gemma, after 16th-century Dutch scientist Regnier Gemma Frisius.
- This Ain't CNN: Dutch is spoken.
Concerts & Locations
- 70/06/18 Uddel Netherlands VPRO TV, footage of this concert was used for Roelof Kiers' documentary Frank Zappa (1971 Documentary). Kiers later also filmed Frank Zappa Filmt 200 Motels.
- Introducing...The Mothers, 1970 interview.
- 71/11/27 Rotterdam Netherlands The Ahoy. During this concert (available on some bootlegs) Zappa and the Mothers sang a Dutch sentence: "Geef mij wat vloerbedekking onder deze vette zwevende sofa" ("Give me some floor coverage underneath this fat, floating sofa." ) with the audience instead of the usual German. The word "vloerbedekking" also appeared in a cartoon Zappa made with Belgian cartoonist Kamagurka in 1975. On "Theme From Lumpy Gravy" on Make A Jazz Noise Here (1988) Zappa says to the audience: "May you never hear "vloerbedekking" again."
- 74/09/28 Rotterdam Netherlands Sportpaleis Ahoy
- 77/02/05 Amsterdam Netherlands Jaap Edenhal
- 78/02/13 Rotterdam Netherlands The Ahoy
- 79/02/27 Rotterdam Netherlands The Ahoy
- 80/05/24 Rotterdam Netherlands The Ahoy
- 82/05/15 Rotterdam Netherlands The Ahoy
- 84/09/16 Rotterdam Netherlands The Ahoy
- 88/05/03-04 Rotterdam Netherlands The Ahoy
