Hungry Freaks, Daddy
Contents
Lyrics
- Freak Out! version (1966)
- Unmitigated Audacity version (1991)
- The MOFO Project/Object version (2006)
Players On This Song
FREAK OUT! version
- Frank Zappa - guitar & vocals
- Ray Collins - lead vocalist, harmonica, tambourine, finger cymbals, bobby pin & tweezers
- Jimmy Carl Black - drums (also sings in some foreign language)
- Roy Estrada - bass & guitarron; boy soprano
- Elliot Ingber - alternate lead & rhythm guitar with clear white light
Records On Which This Song Has Appeared
Singles
Zappa Albums & Side Projects
- Freak Out! (1966)
- The MOFO Project/Object (2006)
- The MOFO Project/Object (Deluxe Edition) (2006)
- Electric Aunt Jemima (BTB) (1992) - as part of Little House I Used To Live In
- Unmitigated Audacity (BTB) (1991)
- Mothermania (1969)
- Zappa En La Radio (1998)
- Frank Zappa y The Mothers of Invention (1972) ~ "Azotados Habrientos Papi"
- Pop History Volume 11 (1972)
- Pop History Volume 14 (1972)
- Pop History Volume 6 (1972)
- Pop History Volume 7 (1972)
- Preg-Nant (1972)
- Superstarshine Volume 13: The Mothers of Invention (1972)
- Pop Giants Volume 27: The Mothers of Invention Starring Frank Zappa (1973)
- April '88 Sampler (1988)
- No Commercial Potential (1995)
- Return Of The Son Of Kill Ugly Radio (1996)
- The Old Masters, Box I (1985)
- Threesome No. 1 (2002)
Tribute & Cover Albums
Notes About This Song
FZ liner notes on "Freak Out!" (1966): "'Hungry Freaks, Daddy' was written for Carl Orestes Franzoni. He is freaky down to his toe nails. Some day he will live next door to you and your lawn will die. Drop out of school before your mind rots from exposure to our mediocre educational system. Forget bout the Senior Prom and go to the library and educate yourself if you’ve got any guts. Some of you like pep rallies and plastic robots who tell you what to read. Forget I mentioned it. This song has no message. Rise for the flag salute."
The "Great Society" referred to in "Hungry Freaks, Daddy" and "Trouble Every Day" was an idealistic catch-phrase of President Johnson’s. Some startling kazoo notes leap out of the mix after each bridge in the former song, aligning pop-music idioms with little-kid music in a cheap fanfare manner. Frank, who wrote in his book that every song on Freak Out! had a "function within an overall satirical concept," molded the garbage of the industrial music machine into images of pure acidity, asking listeners to question the music they typically chose for their entertainment ("shaking people out of their complacency" was a frequent Mothers motive).