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==Lyrics== | ==Lyrics== | ||
What's there to live for? | What's there to live for? | ||
<br>Who needs the peace corps? | <br>Who needs the peace corps? | ||
<br>Think I'll just DROP OUT | <br>Think I'll just DROP OUT | ||
| − | <br>I'll go to Frisco | + | <br>I'll go to Frisco, buy a wig & sleep on Owsley's floor |
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<br> | <br> | ||
<br>Walked past the wig store | <br>Walked past the wig store | ||
<br>Danced at the Fillmore | <br>Danced at the Fillmore | ||
<br>I'm completely stoned | <br>I'm completely stoned | ||
| − | <br>I'm hippy & I'm trippy | + | <br>I'm hippy & I'm trippy, I'm a gypsy on my own |
| − | + | <br>I'll stay a week & get the crabs & take a bus back home | |
| − | <br>I'll stay a week & get the crabs & | + | <br>I'm really just a phony but forgive me 'cause I'm stoned |
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| − | <br>I'm really just a phony | ||
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<br> | <br> | ||
| − | <br>Every town must have a place | + | <br>Every town must have a place where phony hippies meet |
| − | + | <br>Psychedelic dungeons popping up on every street | |
| − | <br>Psychedelic dungeons | + | <br>GO TO SAN FRANCISCO! |
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| − | <br>GO TO SAN FRANCISCO | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
<br>How I love ya, How I love ya | <br>How I love ya, How I love ya | ||
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<br>How I love ya, How I love ya | <br>How I love ya, How I love ya | ||
<br>Oh, my hair is getting good in the back! | <br>Oh, my hair is getting good in the back! | ||
| − | <br> | + | <br><br> |
| − | Every town must have a place | + | Every town must have a place where phony hippies meet |
| − | + | <br>Psychedelic dungeons popping up on every street | |
| − | <br>Psychedelic dungeons | + | <br>GO TO SAN FRANCISCO! |
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| − | <br>GO TO SAN FRANCISCO | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
<br>Hotcha! | <br>Hotcha! | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
<br>First I'll buy some beads | <br>First I'll buy some beads | ||
| − | <br>And then perhaps a leather band | + | <br>And then perhaps a leather band to go around my head |
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<br>Some feathers and bells | <br>Some feathers and bells | ||
<br>And a book of Indian lore | <br>And a book of Indian lore | ||
| − | <br>I will ask the Chamber | + | <br>I will ask the Chamber of Commerce how to get to Haight Street |
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<br>And smoke an awful lot of dope | <br>And smoke an awful lot of dope | ||
<br>I will wander around barefoot | <br>I will wander around barefoot | ||
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<br>I will love everyone | <br>I will love everyone | ||
<br>I will love the police as they kick the shit out of me on the street | <br>I will love the police as they kick the shit out of me on the street | ||
| − | <br>I will sleep . . . | + | <br>I will sleep... |
| − | <br>I will, I will go to a house | + | <br>I will, I will go to a house... |
| − | <br>That's, that's what I will do | + | <br>That's, that's what I will do: |
| − | <br>I will go to a house | + | <br>I will go to a house where there's a rock & roll band 'cause the groups all live together |
| − | + | <br>And I will join a rock & roll band and I will be their road manager | |
| − | + | <br>And I will stay there with them and I will get the crabs | |
| − | <br>And I will join a rock & roll band | + | <br>But I won't care because... |
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| − | <br>And I will stay there with them | ||
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| − | <br>But I won't care | ||
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==Players On This Song== | ==Players On This Song== | ||
| + | [[The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life|THE BEST BAND YOU NEVER HEARD IN YOUR LIFE]] version | ||
| + | * [[Biography|Frank Zappa]] - lead guitar, computer-synth, vocal | ||
| + | * [[Ike Willis]] - rhythm guitar, synth, vocal | ||
| + | * [[Mike Keneally]] - rhythm guitar, synth, vocal | ||
| + | * [[Bobby Martin]] - keyboards, vocal | ||
| + | * [[Ed Mann]] - vibes, marimba, electronic percussion | ||
| + | * [[The Fowler Brothers|Walt Fowler]] - trumpet, flugel horn, synth | ||
| + | * [[The Fowler Brothers|Bruce Fowler]] - trombone | ||
| + | * [[Paul Carman]] - alto sax, soprano sax, baritone sax | ||
| + | * [[Albert Wing]] - tenor sax | ||
| + | * [[Kurt McGettrick]] - baritone sax, bass sax, contrabass clarinet | ||
| + | * [[Scott Thunes]] - electric bass, mini-moog | ||
| + | * [[Chad Wackerman]] - drums, electronic percussion | ||
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==Records On Which This Song Has Appeared== | ==Records On Which This Song Has Appeared== | ||
===Zappa Albums=== | ===Zappa Albums=== | ||
* [[We're Only In It For The Money]] | * [[We're Only In It For The Money]] | ||
* [[The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life]] | * [[The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life]] | ||
| + | * [[Understanding America]] | ||
| + | * [[Zappa '88: The Last U.S. Show]] | ||
===Tributes & Cover Albums=== | ===Tributes & Cover Albums=== | ||
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==Notes About This Song== | ==Notes About This Song== | ||
| − | On [[The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life]] version, [[Mike Keneally]] sings parts in his [[Johnny Cash]]. The joke is that Cash is the exact opposite of the hippie they portray him to be in the song. | + | |
| + | * The line ''"I'll go to Frisco/buy a wig/and sleep on Owsley's floor"'' refers to [[Wikipedia:Owsley Stanley|Owsley Stanley]], who prepared [[LSD]] experiments like a cook and was the longtime soundman and financier for the [[Grateful Dead]]. | ||
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| + | *On [[The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life]] version, [[Mike Keneally]] sings parts in his [[Johnny Cash]] voice. The joke is that Cash is the exact opposite of the hippie they portray him to be in the song. | ||
==CC Clues In This Song== | ==CC Clues In This Song== | ||
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| + | *The hippies in the song are heavily associated with [[Lice]] ("I'll stay a week [in San Francisco] & '''get the crabs''' & take a bus back home", "And I will stay there with them [the rock & roll band] and I will '''get the crabs''' but I won't care..."). | ||
| + | * Targets [[Hippies]] | ||
| + | * References [[Gypsies]] | ||
| + | * Mentions [[San Francisco]] | ||
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[[Category:Tracks]] | [[Category:Tracks]] | ||
Latest revision as of 09:05, 17 November 2021
Lyrics
What's there to live for?
Who needs the peace corps?
Think I'll just DROP OUT
I'll go to Frisco, buy a wig & sleep on Owsley's floor
Walked past the wig store
Danced at the Fillmore
I'm completely stoned
I'm hippy & I'm trippy, I'm a gypsy on my own
I'll stay a week & get the crabs & take a bus back home
I'm really just a phony but forgive me 'cause I'm stoned
Every town must have a place where phony hippies meet
Psychedelic dungeons popping up on every street
GO TO SAN FRANCISCO!
How I love ya, How I love ya
How I love ya, How I love ya Frisco!
How I love ya, How I love ya
How I love ya, How I love ya
Oh, my hair is getting good in the back!
Every town must have a place where phony hippies meet
Psychedelic dungeons popping up on every street
GO TO SAN FRANCISCO!
Hotcha!
First I'll buy some beads
And then perhaps a leather band to go around my head
Some feathers and bells
And a book of Indian lore
I will ask the Chamber of Commerce how to get to Haight Street
And smoke an awful lot of dope
I will wander around barefoot
I will have a psychedelic gleam in my eye at all times
I will love everyone
I will love the police as they kick the shit out of me on the street
I will sleep...
I will, I will go to a house...
That's, that's what I will do:
I will go to a house where there's a rock & roll band 'cause the groups all live together
And I will join a rock & roll band and I will be their road manager
And I will stay there with them and I will get the crabs
But I won't care because...
Players On This Song
THE BEST BAND YOU NEVER HEARD IN YOUR LIFE version
- Frank Zappa - lead guitar, computer-synth, vocal
- Ike Willis - rhythm guitar, synth, vocal
- Mike Keneally - rhythm guitar, synth, vocal
- Bobby Martin - keyboards, vocal
- Ed Mann - vibes, marimba, electronic percussion
- Walt Fowler - trumpet, flugel horn, synth
- Bruce Fowler - trombone
- Paul Carman - alto sax, soprano sax, baritone sax
- Albert Wing - tenor sax
- Kurt McGettrick - baritone sax, bass sax, contrabass clarinet
- Scott Thunes - electric bass, mini-moog
- Chad Wackerman - drums, electronic percussion
Records On Which This Song Has Appeared
Zappa Albums
- We're Only In It For The Money
- The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life
- Understanding America
- Zappa '88: The Last U.S. Show
Tributes & Cover Albums
Notes About This Song
- The line "I'll go to Frisco/buy a wig/and sleep on Owsley's floor" refers to Owsley Stanley, who prepared LSD experiments like a cook and was the longtime soundman and financier for the Grateful Dead.
- On The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life version, Mike Keneally sings parts in his Johnny Cash voice. The joke is that Cash is the exact opposite of the hippie they portray him to be in the song.
CC Clues In This Song
- The hippies in the song are heavily associated with Lice ("I'll stay a week [in San Francisco] & get the crabs & take a bus back home", "And I will stay there with them [the rock & roll band] and I will get the crabs but I won't care...").
- Targets Hippies
- References Gypsies
- Mentions San Francisco
