Amnesia Vivace
For other versions of this song, see: The Duke Of Prunes
Lyrics
La-la-la la la lah
La la la-la-la-a-a-a-a ...
(Chunka Chunka Chunka ...)
La la-la-la la-la ...
My darling
You mean so very much to me
I love you so deeply!
It just makes me ...
La la-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a ...
(Duke ... Duke ... Duke ... Duke of Prunes ... Prunes)
I hardly recognize you, darling
Oh, I'll never forget you, darling ...
(Duke of Prunes ... Prunes ... Prunes)
Oh I suppose I will forget you eventually
In fact, I've already forgotten you.
(Duke of Prunes ... Prunes ... Prunes)
What is your name? Nice to see you again.
Players On This Song
- Frank Zappa - guitar, vocals
- Ray Collins - vocals, tambourine
- Jim Fielder - guitar, piano
- Don Preston - keyboards
- Bunk Gardner - woodwinds
- Roy Estrada - bass, vocals
- Jimmy Carl Black - drums, vocals
- Billy Mundi - drums, percussion
Records On Which This Song Has Appeared
Singles
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Zappa Albums & Side Projects
Tribute & Cover Albums
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Notes About This Song
- Recorded at TTG, Los Angeles in November 1966.
- The song was originally called "Remember".
- This version of the song is a suite with three parts: "The Duke Of Prunes", "Amnesia Vivace" and "The Duke Regains His Chops". On Mothermania, the whole suite is combined to one single track under the title "The Duke Of Prunes".
- It includes quotes from "The Rite Of Spring" (Stravinsky), "The Firebird" (Stravinsky), and "Duke Of Earl" (Dixon/Edwards/Williams)
- FZ in The Real Frank Zappa Book:
"Then there's a place in 'Duke of Prunes' where the "Berceuse" from Stravinsky's 'Firebird Suite' is floated over another, more rhythmic theme from 'The Rite Of Spring'."
