Iron Man
Frank Zappa liked two musical pieces with the title Iron Man by two different artists.
Iron Man (Eric Dolphy)
Iron Man is a 1968 jazz album by Eric Dolphy. It was released four years after Dolphy's death.
Interviewed by David Reitman (Rock Magazine, 25 January 1971), Zappa said that Iron Man was his favorite album by Eric Dolphy, along with his performance on Oliver Nelson's The Blues and the Abstract Truth. [1]
Iron Man (Black Sabbath)
Iron Man is a 1970 song by Black Sabbath from their second album, Paranoid, which also features their other two hits, War Pigs and Paranoid.
Interviewed by Hugh Fielder for Sounds (9 September 1978), Zappa said: " 'Iron Man'. Are you kidding me? 'Iron Man'! That's a work of art. I'm really into that. I used to like 'Supernaught' but I think 'Iron Man' is the one now."
Zappa also played Iron Man during Star Special (1980), as a guest DJ on BBC Radio 1.
