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Funniest Zappa tune?
- Thread starter SonofJud
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What Kind of Girl Do You Think We are (actually, All of the Fillmore East show)
Bobby Brown
Dancin' Fool (it's so over the top)
Bobby Brown
Dancin' Fool (it's so over the top)
I was going to say Nanook Rubs It, but after reading Mikey Fingers post, I'll have to go with Stinkfoot. It made me literally laugh out loud just reading the lyrics!
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too many to name...but here's a couple I haven't see mentioned...
Big legged Emma
Bamboozled by Love
Big legged Emma
Bamboozled by Love
I'm not 100% sure of the name of the song, I think it's "Lets Make the Water Turn Black"
"...And all the while, on a shelf in the shed, Kenny's little creatures on display..."
It's just such a poppy, happy melody, with such twisted lyrics
"...And all the while, on a shelf in the shed, Kenny's little creatures on display..."
It's just such a poppy, happy melody, with such twisted lyrics
Love this thread. Brings back memories reading through the titles.
No one mentioned Valley Girl.
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May not be the funniest but, hey, could it get any better than Moon Unit live with the Solid Gold Dancers?
No one mentioned Valley Girl.
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May not be the funniest but, hey, could it get any better than Moon Unit live with the Solid Gold Dancers?
Dong Work For Yuda is pretty funny too.
"Bartender, bring me a colada and milk
On second thought, make that a water . . .HtO"
"Ah'm almost two kilometers tall"
"This girl must be praketing richcraft"
"Bartender, bring me a colada and milk
On second thought, make that a water . . .HtO"
"Ah'm almost two kilometers tall"
"This girl must be praketing richcraft"
My original favorite from FZ was the whole Sheik Yerbouti album.
"I Have Been in You", "Bobby Brown", "I'm So Cute!" and... "Broken Hearts are for ********"
"You say you can't live with what you been through
Well, ladies you can be an ******* too
You might pretend you ain't got one on the bottom of you,
But don't fool yerself girl
It's lookin' at you...."
The man is irreplaceable!
He invented the forty dollar bill!
Thank you for reminding me to hear FZ again!
"Nanook, no no... Don't be a naughty eskimo...."
"I Have Been in You", "Bobby Brown", "I'm So Cute!" and... "Broken Hearts are for ********"
"You say you can't live with what you been through
Well, ladies you can be an ******* too
You might pretend you ain't got one on the bottom of you,
But don't fool yerself girl
It's lookin' at you...."
The man is irreplaceable!
He invented the forty dollar bill!
Thank you for reminding me to hear FZ again!
"Nanook, no no... Don't be a naughty eskimo...."
^^^This. Sublimely surreal & dadaist while being simultaneously hysterical.
"I am the eggs of all persuasion...
I am here and you are my sofa."
When I was touring Germany I used to use "ich bin heir und du bist mein sofa" as a pickup line with local chicks hanging around after the set. Talk about an icebreaker!
Some of my favorite funny ones:
Dancin' Fool, as mentioned above, the whole thing is over the top.
Catholic Girls from "with the tiny little mustache" to "How do they go? Aaaaall the waaaaaaaay" and every other lyrical gem, this song is one of my favorites.
Wowie Zowie is somewhat more obscure, but was one of my first favorite Zappa songs, maybe because of the "I don't even care if you shave your legs" line and the Frankie Valli falsetto at the end.
You Are What You Is, love the grammatical jokes and the whole "traded his daishiki for some Jordache jeans" stuff.
Cosmik Debris contains perhaps the funniest line: "Now is that a real poncho or is that a Sears poncho?", as well as the hilarious "The price of meat has just gone up, and your old lady has just gone down" right before it. Brilliance.
Dancin' Fool, as mentioned above, the whole thing is over the top.
Catholic Girls from "with the tiny little mustache" to "How do they go? Aaaaall the waaaaaaaay" and every other lyrical gem, this song is one of my favorites.
Wowie Zowie is somewhat more obscure, but was one of my first favorite Zappa songs, maybe because of the "I don't even care if you shave your legs" line and the Frankie Valli falsetto at the end.
You Are What You Is, love the grammatical jokes and the whole "traded his daishiki for some Jordache jeans" stuff.
Cosmik Debris contains perhaps the funniest line: "Now is that a real poncho or is that a Sears poncho?", as well as the hilarious "The price of meat has just gone up, and your old lady has just gone down" right before it. Brilliance.
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I've been asked by an old friend from LA to play "Zomby Woof" on a tribute record (for FZ?) . . he's involved with Muffin Records Productions USA . . . 
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Muffin Records Productions USA | Facebook
. . . Muffin Records Productions USA | Facebook
