Beer

©The Lagunitas Brewing Co. 2006

"Every major industrialized nation has A BEER (you can't be a Real Country unless you have A BEER and an

airline -- it helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very

least you need A BEER."

— Frank Zappa, The Real Frank Zappa Book

Zappa hated beer and the "pseudo-militaric behaviour" that caused beer drinkers to behave stupid or dangerously with their buddies. Especially since the drink is promoted in advertisements as a sign of masculinity and male bonding. He felt wine drinkers didn't share this social behavior: Winos Do Not March.

References

• America Drinks
• America Drinks & Goes Home
• Beer Shampoo
• Billy The Mountain: "And drink a few beers."
• Bow Tie Daddy: "Just go on with your drinking."
• Conehead: "Where is my beer?" (...) But they rinse it away with a case of beer."
• Fembot in A Wet T-Shirt Nite: "people paying entirely too much for their beer."
• I'm A Band Leader: "Not only can I drink a whole lot..."
• The Jimmy Carl Black Philosophy Lesson: "How are you gonna get laid if you don't play rock & roll and drink beer?"
• Joe's Garage (Track): "We didn't have no dope or LSD/but a couple quartsa beer."
• Lonesome Cowboy Burt: "When I get off, I get plastered/Drink till I fall onna floor (...) I fuss, an' I cuss an' I keep on drinkin', till my eyes puff up an' turn red! I drool on m'shirt"
• Mom & Dad: "Ever let them watch you drink?"
• Titties 'n Beer

• Robert Charlebois' "Petroleum" mentions "drinkin' beer with Beelie"

See also

• Drugs