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==Appearances of vacuum cleaners in Zappa's work==
  
*[[Captain Beefheart]] (the vocalist on [[Willie The Pimp]]) holds a vacuum cleaner on a photograph inside the [[Hot Rats]] cover. In tune with the song's content it provides phallic or sexual suggestions. Beefheart himself used to be a vacuum cleaner salesman.
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*[[Captain Beefheart]] (the vocalist on ''[[Willie The Pimp]]'') holds a vacuum cleaner on a photograph inside the [[Hot Rats]] cover. In tune with the song's content it provides phallic or sexual suggestions. Beefheart himself used to be a vacuum cleaner salesman.
* Inside the cover of [[Chunga's Revenge]] is a painting by [[Cal Schenkel]] featuring the [[Gypsy Mutant Vacuum Cleaner]]<br>
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* Inside the cover of ''[[Chunga's Revenge]]'' is a painting by [[Cal Schenkel]] featuring the ''[[Gypsy Mutant Vacuum Cleaner]]''<br>
* In [[200 Motels (The Film)]] [[Dick Barber]] plays the [[Gypsy Mutant Vacuum Cleaner]]<br>
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* In ''[[200 Motels (The Film)]]'' [[Dick Barber]] plays the [[Gypsy Mutant Vacuum Cleaner]]<br>
* On the backside cover of [[One Size Fits All]] the [[Gypsy Mutant Vacuum Cleaner]] appears as a star sign<br>
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* On the backside cover of ''[[One Size Fits All]]'' the [[Gypsy Mutant Vacuum Cleaner]] appears as a star sign<br>
 
<blockquote>'''[[COMA BERNICE "The Plumber"]]:'''<br>
 
<blockquote>'''[[COMA BERNICE "The Plumber"]]:'''<br>
 
[[Alpha Romeo]] (front wheel),<br>
 
[[Alpha Romeo]] (front wheel),<br>
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'''[[Drano|DRANO]]''' (hose):<br>
 
'''[[Drano|DRANO]]''' (hose):<br>
 
[[Gainsayer]], [[wikipedia:Lotte Lenya|Lotte Lenya]], [[Dristan]], [[Modus Operandi]], [[Grunion Run|Grunion]], [[Rascallion]]<br></blockquote>
 
[[Gainsayer]], [[wikipedia:Lotte Lenya|Lotte Lenya]], [[Dristan]], [[Modus Operandi]], [[Grunion Run|Grunion]], [[Rascallion]]<br></blockquote>
* [[Joe's Garage Acts I, II & III]]: the character Sy Borg is described as "a cross between an industrial vacuum cleaner and a chrome piggy bank with marital aids stuck all over its body" in [[A Token Of My Extreme]].
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* [[Joe's Garage Acts I, II & III]]: the character Sy Borg is described as ''"a cross between an industrial vacuum cleaner and a chrome piggy bank with marital aids stuck all over its body"'' in [[A Token Of My Extreme]].
* [[L. Ron Hoover]]'s name references the famous vacuum cleaner brand "Hoover".  
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* [[L. Ron Hoover]]'s name references the famous vacuum cleaner brand ''"Hoover"''.  
* In the infamous Zappa documentary that [[Roelof Kiers]] filmed in 1971 Zappa uses a vacuum cleaner on [[Lucy Offerall]]'s breasts. (http://globalia.net/donlope/fz/videography/VPRO.html)
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* In the infamous Zappa documentary that [[Roelof Kiers]] filmed in 1971 ''([[Frank Zappa (1971 Documentary)]])''  Zappa uses a vacuum cleaner on [[Lucy Offerall]]'s breasts.
  
 
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Revision as of 09:37, 25 May 2011

Appearances of vacuum cleaners in Zappa's work

COMA BERNICE "The Plumber":

Alpha Romeo (front wheel),
Henna Brillo (backside of head cap),
Charo (frontside of head cap),
DRANO (hose):

Gainsayer, Lotte Lenya, Dristan, Modus Operandi, Grunion, Rascallion