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==Lyrics==
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==Versions of this Song==  
  
Aaaah...<br>
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===''Lumpy Gravy'' version===
Bidet!<br>
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*[[King Kong (1967 - Hollywood)]]
Bloooow-job? <br>
 
Bidet!<br>
 
Jambon<br>
 
Bloooow-job? <br>
 
Bidet! bidet! bidet!...<br>
 
Blow-job! blow-job! blow-job!...<br>
 
Jambon...jambon... ... thank you<br>
 
Oh thank you, youre really too kind<br>
 
Thank you, thank you so much<br>
 
Thank you, thank you<br>
 
<br>
 
Blow-job<br>
 
<br>
 
Help out, ladies and gentlemen<br>
 
<br>
 
Oui!<br>
 
<br>
 
I bet: oui, oui<br>
 
<br>
 
And now for the next part of our program,<br>
 
Id like to present, ah...blow-job!<br>
 
Blow-job! bidet! jambon!...<br>
 
Jambon...jambon...<br>
 
Bidet!...<br>
 
<br>
 
I want a garden!<br>
 
I want a garden!<br>
 
I want a garden!<br>
 
<br>
 
I want a nun!<br>
 
I want a nun!<br>
 
I want a burrow in the broad daylight<br>
 
<br>
 
I want a garden!<br>
 
I want a nun!<br>
 
I want a garden!<br>
 
Just like the garden that that asshole came up here on the stage<br>
 
And sang about, three years ago...<br>
 
He came up out of the audience,<br>
 
He said: I want a garden!<br>
 
I want a garden!<br>
 
I wanna water it with my tears...<br>
 
And then denny walley said: oh, you want kindergarten!<br>
 
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==Players On This Song==
 
[[Frank Zappa]] (lead guitar, vocals)<br>
 
[[Mark Volman]] (vocals)<br>
 
[[Howard Kaylan]] (vocals)<br>
 
[[Jim Pons]] (bass, vocals)<br>
 
[[Don Preston]] (keyboards, electronics)<br>
 
[[Ian Underwood]] (keyboards, alto saxophone)<br>
 
[[Aynsley Dunbar]] (drums)<br>
 
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The track on [[Sonora]] is played by '''P.I.T. Group'''.<br>
 
  
==Records On Which This Song Has Appeared==
 
===FZ Albums===
 
* [[Lumpy Gravy]]
 
* [[Uncle Meat]]
 
** [[King Kong|King Kong Itself (As Played By The Mothers In A Studio)]]
 
** [[King Kong|King Kong (It's Magnificence As Interpreted By Don DeWild)]]
 
** [[King Kong|King Kong (As Motorhead Explains It)]]
 
** [[King Kong|King Kong (The Gardner Varieties)]]
 
** [[King Kong|King Kong (As Played By 3 Deranged Good Humor Trucks)]]
 
** [[King Kong|King Kong (Live On A Flat Bed Diesel In The Middle Of A Race Track At A Miami Pop Festival)]]
 
* [[Tinseltown Rebellion]] - "Now You See It - Now You Don't"
 
* [[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 3]]
 
* [[Make A Jazz Noise Here]]
 
* [[Ahead Of Their Time]]
 
* [[Our Man In Nirvana (BTB)|Our Man In Nirvana]]
 
* [[Swiss Cheese/Fire! (BTB)|Swiss Cheese/Fire!]]
 
* [[The Ark (BTB)|The Ark]]
 
* [['Tis The Season To Be Jelly (BTB)|'Tis The Season To Be Jelly]]
 
* [[Electric Aunt Jemima (BTB)|Electric Aunt Jemima]]
 
* [[Disconnected Synapses (BTB)|Disconnected Synapses]], citing '''Ain't She Sweet?'''
 
* [[Trance-Fusion]] as "[[Diplodocus]]"
 
  
===Tributes &amp; Cover Albums===
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===''Tis The Season To Be Jelly'' version===
*[[Jean-Luc Ponty]]: [[King Kong (The Album)|King Kong]]
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*[[King Kong (1967 - Stockholm)]]
*Various Artists: [[Sonora]]
 
*[[The Muffin Men]]: [[God Shave The Queen]] as track 2 '''I Want You Kong''' and track 7 '''Kashmir Kong''', starting with '''Kashmir'''
 
*[[Zappatistas]]: [[Live In Leeds]]
 
*[[The Wrong Object]]: [[Play Zappa]] as '''King Kong (George W. Bush version)
 
*[[Colin Towns plus NDR Bigband|Colin Towns + NDR Bigband]]: [[Frank Zappa's Hot Licks (And Funny Smells)]]
 
*[[Meridian Arts Ensemble]]: [[Ear Mind I]]
 
*[[Le Bocal]]: [[Oh No ! ... Just Another Frank Zappa Memorial Barbecue]]
 
*[[Nasal Retentive Orchestra]]: [[Fric Out!]]
 
  
==Notes About This Song==
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==CC Clues In This Song==
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===''Uncle Meat'' version 1===
[[Category:Tracks]]
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*[[Prelude To King Kong]]
[[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)]]
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===''Uncle Meat'' version 2===
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*[[King Kong Itself (As Played By The Mothers In A Studio)]]
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*[[King Kong (It's Magnificence As Interpreted By Don DeWild)]]
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*[[King Kong (As Motorhead Explains It)]]
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*[[King Kong (The Gardner Varieties)]]
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*[[King Kong (As Played By 3 Deranged Good Humor Trucks)]]
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===''Uncle Meat'' version 3===
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*[[King Kong (Live On A Flat Bed Diesel In The Middle Of A Race Track At A Miami Pop Festival)]]
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===''Electric Aunt Jemima'' version===
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*[[King Kong (1968 - Essen)]]
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===''Ahead Of Their Time'' version===
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*[[King Kong (1968 - London)]]
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===''Our Man In Nirvana'' version===
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*[[King Kong (1968 - Fullerton)]]
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===''The Ark'' version===
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*[[Uncle Meat / King Kong]]
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===''Disconnected Synapses'' version===
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*[[King Kong (1970 - Paris)]]
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===''Swiss Cheese/Fire!'' version===
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*[[King Kong (1971 - Montreaux)]]
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===''You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 3'' version===
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*[[King Kong (1971/82 - various)]]
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===''Make A Jazz Noise Here'' version===
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*[[King Kong (1988 - various)]]
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===Excerpted Solos===
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*[[Ian Underwood Whips It Out (Live On Stage In Copenhagen)]] (sax solo, on ''[[Uncle Meat]]'')
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*[[Black Beauty]] (guitar solo, on ''[[Mystery Disc]]'')
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*[[Baked-Bean Boogie]] (guitar solo, on ''[[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 5]]'')
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*[[The Nancy & Mary Music]] (series of improvisations, on ''[[Chunga's Revenge]]'')
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*[[Lonesome Electric Turkey]] (Moog solo, on ''[[Fillmore East, June 1971]]'')
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*[[White Person]] ("mystery word" section, on ''[[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 6]]'')
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*[[Now You See It - Now You Don't]] (guitar solo, on ''[[Tinsel Town Rebellion]]'')
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*[[Too Ugly For Show Business]] (guitar solo, on ''[[Guitar]]'')
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*[[That's Not Really A Shuffle]] (guitar solo, on ''[[Guitar]]'')
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*[[Diplodocus]] (guitar solo, on ''[[Trance-Fusion]]'')

Revision as of 12:15, 30 December 2007

Versions of this Song

Lumpy Gravy version


Tis The Season To Be Jelly version


Uncle Meat version 1


Uncle Meat version 2


Uncle Meat version 3


Electric Aunt Jemima version


Ahead Of Their Time version


Our Man In Nirvana version


The Ark version


Disconnected Synapses version


Swiss Cheese/Fire! version


You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 3 version


Make A Jazz Noise Here version


Excerpted Solos