Germany
Articles referring Germany or German topics
Albums and tracks
- In Frank Zappa's list with influences, printed in the sleeve of Freak Out!, scientist Albert Einstein, sexologist Eberhard Kronhausen and composer Karlheinz Stockhausen are mentioned.
- Absolutely Free: mentions "Donner & Blitzen" (thunder & lightning).
- On the cover of We're Only In It For The Money actor Max Schreck, scientist Albert Einstein and a bust of Ludwig van Beethoven can be seen.
- Mr. Green Genes: "with sauerkraut".
- Holiday In Berlin, Full Blown
- Didja Get Any Onya?: "Years ago in Germany..."
- Does This Kind Of Life Look Interesting To You?: "(...) and a three month supply of German bookings with tickets on Air Rangoon."
- Strictly Genteel: "God have mercy on (...) the purple lipped censors and the Germans of course".
- On the front cover of One Size Fits All a scroll can be seen with German lyrics: "Divan divan, weisst du wer ich bin?" ("Sofa, sofa, do you know who I am?")
- Sofa No. 2: The lyrics are sung in German.
- Seal Call Fusion Music: "Ok, Ok now a waltz seal call solo . . . from-from Bavaria."
- Stick It Out: certain lyrics are sung in German.
- Reagan At Bitburg, based on Ronald Reagan's controversial visit to Bitburg, Germany.
- Once Upon A Time on You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 1: certain lyrics are sung in German.
- German Lunch on You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 5.
- Divan: certain lyrics are sung in German.
- A Solo From Cologne
- A Solo From Heidelberg
- Bavarian Sunset
- Welcome To The United States:
- Certain lyrics are spoken in German.
- "Have you ever been or are you now involved in espionage or sabotage; or terrorist activities; or genocide; or between 1933 and 1945 were you involved, in any way, in persecutions associated with Nazi Germany or its allies?"
- While rehearsing with the Ensemble Modern for The Yellow Shark did a few try-outs based on the German children's book Der Struwwelpeter, but eventually dropped the idea.
- This Ain't CNN, This Is All Wrong, You're Just Insultin' Me Aren't You! and Cold Light Generation: German is spoken.
- Waffenspiel: a German sounding word that nevertheless doesn't exist.
- Library Card: certain lyrics are sung in German.
- Magic Pig: certain lyrics are sung in German.
- German, for all the Zappa songs sung in German.
Locations in Germany
- 68/09/28 Essen Germany Grugahalle
- 68/10/09 Munich Germany Deutsches Museum Kongressaal
- 78/02/25 Neunkirchen am Brand Germany Hemmerleinhalle
- 78/09/03 Saarbruecken Germany Ludwigsparkstadion
- 78/09/07 Berlin Germany Deutschlandhalle
- 78/09/08 Munich Germany Circus Krone
- 80/07/03 Munich Germany Olympiahalle
- 82/06/08 Hamburg Germany Congress Centrum Hamburg
- 82/06/26 Munich Germany Olympiahalle
- 84/09/08 Ahlen Germany Motorcross-Stadion am Morgenbruch
- 84/09/09 St. Goarshausen Germany Loreley-Freilichtbuhne
- 88/04/12 Berlin Germany Deutschlandhalle
- 88/04/13 Offenbach Germany Stadthalle
- 88/04/14 Cologne Germany Sporthalle
- 88/04/22 Wuerzburg Germany Carl-Diem-Halle
- 88/04/24 Bremen Germany Stadthalle
- 88/05/05 Dortmund Germany Westfalenhalle
- 88/05/09 Munich Germany Rudi-Sedlmeyer-Halle
- 88/05/25 Mannheim Germany Rosengarten/Mozartsaal
- 88/05/06 Hamburg Germany Congress Centrum Hamburg
- 88/05/26 Fuerth Germany Stadthalle
- 92/09/17-19 Frankfurt, Germany, Alte Oper
- 92/09/22-23 Berlin, Germany, Philharmonie
- Berlin
- Cologne
- Munich
- Frank-Zappa-Straße
- Frank Zappa Monument, Bad Doberan
- Frankfurt Press Conference 21.7.92
Zappa associates from Germany
- Ensemble Modern
- Lukas Foss conducted a version of L'Histoire Du Soldat, narrated by Frank Zappa.
- Andreas Mölich-Zebhauser
- Hermann Kretzschmar
- Henning Lohner, directer of the documentaries Peefeeyatko, The Yellow Shark and The Revenge Of The Dead Indians.
- Fritz Rau
- Peter Rundel
- Claus Wiedemann
- Dietmar Wiesner
Classical composers, conductors and musicians
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Ludwig van Beethoven
- Ensemble Modern
- Lukas Foss
- Hans Werner Henze
- Aloys and Alfons Kontarsky
- Hermann Kretzschmar
- Henning Lohner
- Peter Rundel
- Karlheinz Stockhausen
- Richard Wagner, composer of Lohengrin
- Kurt Weill
- Dietmar Wiesner
Folk Artists
Rock and pop artists
German actors
German comedians
German writers
- Franz Kafka (born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, but identified as German)
German brands
German scientists
German visual artists
Zappa Phenomena
- Arf Society
- Sheik Yerbouti (The Band)
- The Zappanale Festival.
- Andreas Rausch, author of Zappaesk and creator of the YouTube series The Dog & Frank Zappa.
Miscellaneous
- Communism
- German TV Interview (1970)
- Joseph Goebbels
- Rosemarie Heinikel
- Adolf Hitler (for references about Nazis)
- Rosy Rosy
- Zyklon-B
