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==Lyrics==
 
==Lyrics==
 
''Instrumental''
 
''Instrumental''
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===Tribute & Cover Albums===
 
===Tribute & Cover Albums===
 
==Notes About This Song==
 
==Notes About This Song==
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In the liner notes of the album Zappa instructs his fans to first read [[Franz Kafka]]'s ''[[wikipedia:In the Penal Colony|In the Penal Colony]]'' (German: ''In der Strafkolonie'') before they listen to this track.
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The title itself is named after the small, circular wind-hole found in place of genitalia on the common toy doll. It decided whether your doll was a boy or girl and thus, according to Zappa, was the ''"Chrome Plated Megaphone Of Destiny".'' Near the end of a never released 1985 Baltimore interview Zappa explains the same story and then adds the message of the track: ''"What do you think that does to the imagination of a kid when he finally finds out that on a human being that little chrome doo-dah ain't there? You know, it's a big breakthrough that they are putting the little plastic dorks on some of them now. That is "The Chrome Plated Megaphone of Destiny": What you don't know can hurt you.""''
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==CC Clues In This Song==
 
==CC Clues In This Song==
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*The megaphone is plated in [[chrome]].
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[[Category:Tracks|Chrome Plated Megaphone Of Destiny, The]]
 
[[Category:Tracks|Chrome Plated Megaphone Of Destiny, The]]
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[[Category:Instrumental tracks|Chrome Plated Megaphone Of Destiny, The]]

Latest revision as of 11:30, 28 October 2021


Lyrics

Instrumental

Players On This Song

Records On Which This Song Has Appeared

Singles

Zappa Albums & Side Projects

We're Only In It For The Money

Tribute & Cover Albums

Notes About This Song

In the liner notes of the album Zappa instructs his fans to first read Franz Kafka's In the Penal Colony (German: In der Strafkolonie) before they listen to this track.

The title itself is named after the small, circular wind-hole found in place of genitalia on the common toy doll. It decided whether your doll was a boy or girl and thus, according to Zappa, was the "Chrome Plated Megaphone Of Destiny". Near the end of a never released 1985 Baltimore interview Zappa explains the same story and then adds the message of the track: "What do you think that does to the imagination of a kid when he finally finds out that on a human being that little chrome doo-dah ain't there? You know, it's a big breakthrough that they are putting the little plastic dorks on some of them now. That is "The Chrome Plated Megaphone of Destiny": What you don't know can hurt you.""

CC Clues In This Song

  • The megaphone is plated in chrome.