Spain
Thierry Ardisson: You know, in France, we have a questionnaire, that we call the Marcel Proust questionnaire, and we will play that with you. First is what is, for you, the depths of misery?
Frank Zappa: "Travelling in Europe. Especially in Spain on Iberia airlines."
- Quoted from the 1988 interview with Thierry Ardisson for Bains de Minuit. [1]
Contents
Articles referencing Spain and other Spanish topics
Albums and tracks
- Frank Zappa mentions painter Salvador Dali and musician Sabicas in his list of influences inside the sleeve of Freak Out!.
- Flower Punk: Some Spanish words are spoken: "Questin dominga?" (...) ay ay! Mingia! (...) huevos".
- Roy Estrada sings Spanish at the end of WPLJ.
- On the back of One Size Fits All, the constellation maps has a star for the Spanish monetary unit Peso and singer Charo.
- Broken Hearts Are For Assholes: "Who had just blew in from Spain".
- A Little Green Rosetta: "(...) and for the people in Spain who think the French people are where it’s at." (...) And for the people in Mongolia who always wanted to go to Spain for a vacation."
- Boléro (a Spanish folk dance composed by Frenchman Maurice Ravel).
Concerts & other locations
- 88/05/14 Madrid Spain Auditorio de la Casa de Campo
- 88/05/15 Seville Spain Prado de San Sebastian
- 88/05/17 Barcelona Spain Palacio de Deportes (Zappa In Barcelona)
Other
- Georges Bizet's opera Carmen takes place in Spain.
- Charo
- Salvador Dali
- Frank Zappa en el infierno
- Román García Albertos
- Caballero Reynaldo
- Sabicas
