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* "The present-day composer refuses to die!". ([[Edgard Varèse]], 1921)
 
* "The present-day composer refuses to die!". ([[Edgard Varèse]], 1921)
* "I’d like to clean you boys up a bit and mold you. I believe I could make you as big as the Turtles". (a noted L.A. disc jockey - the "noted L.A. disc jockey" was [[Lord Tim]], as explained by FZ in "Frank & Moon", an article by [[Michael Goldberg]] in [[Creem]], November 6, 1982)
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* "I’d like to clean you boys up a bit and mold you. I believe I could make you as big as the Turtles". (a noted L.A. disc jockey - the "noted L.A. disc jockey" was Lord Tim, as explained by FZ in "Frank & Moon", an article by Michael Goldberg in Creem, November 6, 1982)
  
 
The quote is also attributed to Reb Foster, an L.A. disk jockey and The Turtles' manager at the time.
 
The quote is also attributed to Reb Foster, an L.A. disk jockey and The Turtles' manager at the time.
  
* "No commercial potential". (a very important man at [[Columbia Records]]) --> this was Vice President [[Clive Davis]], who’d go on to sign Aerosmith and eventually start [[Arista Records]]
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* "No commercial potential". (a very important man at Columbia Records) --> this was Vice President Clive Davis, who’d go on to sign Aerosmith and eventually start Arista Records
 
* "I find your approach to music to be commensurate with the major motivational forces exemplified most manifestly in the 'tragicomic' aspects of the ‘theatre of the absurd’". ([[David Anderle]])
 
* "I find your approach to music to be commensurate with the major motivational forces exemplified most manifestly in the 'tragicomic' aspects of the ‘theatre of the absurd’". ([[David Anderle]])
 
* "I told you so". ([[Billy James]])
 
* "I told you so". ([[Billy James]])
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* "Straight Ahead!" ([[Tom Wilson]], March 1966)
 
* "Straight Ahead!" ([[Tom Wilson]], March 1966)
 
* "What the h--- you gonna do with all those drums at 1:00 in the morning?" ([[Herbie Cohen]], March 1966)
 
* "What the h--- you gonna do with all those drums at 1:00 in the morning?" ([[Herbie Cohen]], March 1966)
* "Tell us where those drums are... we want to repossess them... we’ll call [[MGM Records]]! We’re a multi-million dollar company and we can play havoc with you." ([[Laurentide Finance Co.]], March 1966)
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* "Tell us where those drums are... we want to repossess them... we’ll call [[MGM Records]]! We’re a multi-million dollar company and we can play havoc with you." (Laurentide Finance Co., March 1966)
 
* "If your children ever find out how lame you really are, they’ll murder you in your sleep". (our closing message to tourists at the [[Hollywood]] [[Wiskey A-Go-Go]], December 1965)
 
* "If your children ever find out how lame you really are, they’ll murder you in your sleep". (our closing message to tourists at the [[Hollywood]] [[Wiskey A-Go-Go]], December 1965)
  
 
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Revision as of 13:44, 19 November 2020

Freak Out! had the kind of minute detail (sleevenotes, in-jokes, parodies) that generated instant cult appeal. What about the following "Relevant Quotes"?

  • "The present-day composer refuses to die!". (Edgard Varèse, 1921)
  • "I’d like to clean you boys up a bit and mold you. I believe I could make you as big as the Turtles". (a noted L.A. disc jockey - the "noted L.A. disc jockey" was Lord Tim, as explained by FZ in "Frank & Moon", an article by Michael Goldberg in Creem, November 6, 1982)

The quote is also attributed to Reb Foster, an L.A. disk jockey and The Turtles' manager at the time.

  • "No commercial potential". (a very important man at Columbia Records) --> this was Vice President Clive Davis, who’d go on to sign Aerosmith and eventually start Arista Records
  • "I find your approach to music to be commensurate with the major motivational forces exemplified most manifestly in the 'tragicomic' aspects of the ‘theatre of the absurd’". (David Anderle)
  • "I told you so". (Billy James)

And there were even "More relevant quotes":

  • "Straight Ahead!" (Tom Wilson, March 1966)
  • "What the h--- you gonna do with all those drums at 1:00 in the morning?" (Herbie Cohen, March 1966)
  • "Tell us where those drums are... we want to repossess them... we’ll call MGM Records! We’re a multi-million dollar company and we can play havoc with you." (Laurentide Finance Co., March 1966)
  • "If your children ever find out how lame you really are, they’ll murder you in your sleep". (our closing message to tourists at the Hollywood Wiskey A-Go-Go, December 1965)