Notes & Comments - You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore vol 1
May 1988, 137:34 min
Discography
| Notes & Comments
You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore vol 1
1. The Florida Airport Tape (1:04)
2. Once Upon A Time (4:38)
3. Sofa #1 (2:53)
4. The Mammy Anthem (5:41)
5. You Didn't Try To Call Me (3:39)
6. Diseases Of The Band (2:22)
7. Tryin' To Grow A Chin (3:44)
8. Let's Make The Water Turn Black/
Harry, You're A Beast/
The Orange County Lumber Truck (3:28)
9. The Groupie Routine (5:41)
10. Ruthie-Ruthie (Brock/Berry) (2:57)
11. Babbette (3:36)
12. I'm The Slime (3:13)
13. Big Swifty (8:47)
14. Don't Eat The Yellow Snow (20:16)
15. Plastic People (Zappa/Berry) (4:39)
16. The Torture Never Stops (15:48)
17. Fine Girl (2:55)
18. Zomby Woof (5:39)
19. Sweet Leilani (Owens) (2:39)
20. Oh No (4:34)
21. Be In My Video (3:30)
22. The Deathless Horsie (5:29)
23. The Dangerous Kitchen (1:50)
24. Dumb All Over (4:20)
25. Heavenly Bank Account (4:06)
26. Suicide Chump (4:56)
27. Tell Me You Love Me (2:09)
28. Sofa #2 (3:01)
1. The Florida Airport Tape
Wrong date on the booklet: it was performed on April, 1970
(corrected in the YCDTOSA 2 booklet). The band listed performed
in Miami on April, 1970 (I don't know the day).
2. Once Upon A Time
lyrics (the first part is due to me, the second to Brian Downing,
both have been refurbished with the help of the Robbert Heederik
vault of files):
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once upon a time
way back a long time ago,
when the universe consisted of nothing more elaborate than
Mark Bolman
oh, thank you Frank
and don't misspell it, that's not Marc Bolan that's Mark Volman
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From: Charles Ulrich
Date: 20 Apr 1995 18:56:54 GMT
Bolan. Mark Bolan was the singer/guitarist of T. Rex. Mark
Volman (and Howard Kaylan, of course) sang back-up on many T.
Rex songs, including the hit "Bang a Gong (Get It On)". (That's
why it sounded so authentic when Flo & Eddie did an excerpt
from this song on one of their albums.)
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Hiya friends
I wanna welcome each and everyone of you
I wanna say to you tonight
I feel great
I mean, I feel great
everywhere I go people are always comin' up to me
and they say Mark, Mark, Mark
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From: Brian Czako
Date: 5 Dec 95
"Mark, Mark, Mark" - Volman sounds like he's barking here
Brian Czako
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Mark are you kiddin'
lemme tell you this friends:
I am not kiddin'
I mean, I am portly and I am maroon
well, how many people here tonight can guess what I am?
aaaah
I can't guess what you are
well, then I'll give you some clues
and the first clue is
I am portly
does that help?
not much
no, I don't know who you are
Okay, I got one
clue number two:
I am double knit
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From: MHB@mitvma.mit.edu
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 95 14:37:50 EDT
I betcha that's "double knit," which was the technique used to
weave the stretchable polyester fabrics that comprised leisure
suits in the '70s, which was the subject under discussion in
"Eddie Are You Kidding?" and, presumably, this song as well.
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does that help?
no, not much
Whaddya mean?
well, then I've to give you one more clue
I know this is gonna give it away
and I hate like damn to tell you this
but clue number three:
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the following was posted to affz:
From: brian@dsm.fordham.edu (Brian Downing)
Date: Sat, 27 Feb 1993 18:14:13 GMT
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Ich bin Maroon!
Ahhhhhhhh you're a sofa!
once upon a time
way back a long time ago,
when the universe consisted of nothing more elaborate than
Mark Volman ...
thank you Frank
... trying to convince each and every member
of this extremely hip audience here tonight,
that he was nothing more, nothing less
than a fat maroon sofa,
suspended in the midst of a great emptiness
a light shined down from heaven (* twinkling sounds *)
And there he was ladies and gentleman, the good lord
and he took, he took a look at the sofa,
and he said to himself
"Quite an attractive sofa"
"This sofa could be commercial"
With a few more Margaritas and the right company
However, I digress
"What this sofa needs" said the Big 'G'
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From: Brian Czako
Date: 5 Dec 95
[...] really should be "The Big 'G'", you know, as in God.
Brian Czako
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"Is a bit of flooring underneath of it"
and so in order to make this construction project possible,
he summoned the assistance of the celestial corp of engineers,
and, by means of a cute little song in the German language
(which is the way he talks whenever it's heavy business)
the Good Lord went something like this:
(take it away Jim Pons!)
Gib zu mir etwas Fuabodenbelag
unter diesen fetten flieaenden Sofa
Everybody!
Gib zu mir etwas Fuabodenbelag
unter diesen fetten flieaenden Sofa
and of course ladies and gentlemen that means:
"give unto me a bit of flooring under this fat floating sofa"
and sure enough boards of oak appeared throughout the emptiness
as far as vision permits,
stretching all the way from Belfast to Bogner Regis
and the Lord put aside his huge cigar
and proceeded to deliver unto the charming maroonish sofa
the bulk of his message
with the assistance of a small electric clarinet
and it went something like this...
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2. Once Upon A Time
3. Sofa #1
These two songs were the first two parts of a big piece, that we
may call "The Big Sofa", that The Mothers used to perform in the
"Flo & Eddie Era". A good take of the whole thing can be heard in
the Rhino officialized boot "Fire!". It consists of: "Once Upon A
Time I", "Sofa #1" (these ones), "Once Upon A Time II" (a quick
reprise of OUAT I), "Stick It Out" and "Divan" (Zappa named the
last part of "The Big Sofa" in "Playground Psychotics" (disc 1,
track 13)). This version of "Stick It Out" is still officially
unreleased (April, 1995).
4. The Mammy Anthem
Wrong date on the booklet: it was performed on July 14, 1982.
[BP]: solo is shortened, original title was "Born To Suck".
5. You Didn't Try To Call Me
Bootleg(s) in which this version has appeared:
"Things Wayne Newton Never Told You" (LP),
"Songs Einstein, Jr Never Heard" (CD),
"Erdbeben in Munchen" (CD),
"Cuccurullo Brillo Brullo" (2 CD).
6. Diseases Of The Band
7. Tryin' To Grow A Chin
Wrong band on the booklet: Ike Willis must be added to the line-up
listed (FZ presents IW in DOTB).
9. The Groupie Routine
Wrong date on the booklet: it was performed on July 7, 1971
(corrected in the YCDTOSA 2 booklet).
10. Ruthie-Ruthie
Bootleg(s) in which this version has appeared:
"Myster Box (The Rondo Hatton Band)" (10 LP),
"Cuccurullo Brillo Brullo" (2 CD).
The "Freak me out Frank, Freak me out" bit at the beginning appears
also on the "Remington Electric Razor" vynil bootleg. This intro is
not mentioned in the booklet but I don't think it comes from the
"Ruthie-Ruthie" tape.
10. Ruthie-Ruthie
11. Babbette
Wrong date on the booklet: it was performed on November 8, 1974
(source: affz, Pat Buzby (his source: "Society Pages")).
14. Don't Eat The Yellow Snow
Wrong band and imprecise date on the booklet: Ike Willis must be
added to the line-up listed, for the date [BP] so speaks:
a) Don't eat the Yellow Snow: Feb 19
b) Nanook rubs it: Feb 18 first show (poem parts)
Feb 19 (religion rap)
first part misses a poem recited by Warren
c) St Alphonzo's to Rollo Feb 18 first show
Some YCDTOSA series poetry Conceptual Continuity/Statistical
Density clues (see also "King Kong" from "YCDTOSA 3").
Moreover, Tan Mitsugu wrote:
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From: a930m14m@eds.ecip.nagoya-u.ac.jp (Tan Mitsugu)
Date: 21 Aug 1995
Anyway, I've found another piece of information on YCDTOSA
Vol.1. It's not my own finding, though. It's from Society
Pages #7. I've read the lyrics of Vol.1, and this reading
reminded me of an article which was in the 'DIDJA KNOW...'
column of SP #7. It says:
> DIDJA KNOW the origin of that twisted poem ("Alone in the
> hissing laboratory of his wishes...etc.") that Frank recites
> during the "Don't Eat The Yellow Snow" suite from YCDTOSA,
> VOL.1? It comes from "Under Milk Wood", a poem by Dylan
> Thomas. Since Frank misquotes the middle part of the poem,
> dropping a few words, it would seem that he must have been
> reciting it from memory.
I tried to check it by going to my university's library. Then
I did find the quoted paragragh. Here's the original:
Alone in the hissing laboratory of his wishes,
Mr Pugh minces among bad vats and jeroboams,
tiptoes through spinneys of murdering herbs,
agony dancing in his crucibles, and mixes
especially for Mrs Pugh a venomous porridge
unknown to toxicologists which will scald and
viper through her until her ears fall off like figs,
her toes grow big and black as balloons,
and steam comes screaming out of her navel.
Source: Society Pages #7, p.52.
Dylan Thomas, "Under Milk Wood", J.M.Dent & Sons Ltd.,
London, 1954, p.63.
It's interesting that while FZ himself said 'reading a book
make me sleep', he did remember Dylan Thomas's poetry. The
result of higher education?
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16. The Torture Never Stops
Wrong date on the booklet: it was performed on Febrauary 25, 1978
(corrected in the YCDTOSA 2 booklet).
21. Be In My Video
The song is preceeded by a short 1970 chat in wich Aynsley Dumbar
seems to negotiate a "knob-job" with a girl who wants to go to
Orlando (thanks to Mike Keneally for having recognized the magic
two-words word "knob-job" in his "The Poodle Bites! or Repudiating
The Poodle" (http://psy.ucsd.edu/~scott/keneally17.html#notes)).
This version appears in the "Does Humor Belong in Music?" video.
21. Be In My Video
22. The Deathless Horsie
23. The Dangerous Kitchen
Wrong date on the booklet: it was performed on August 26, 1984
(corrected in the YCDTOSA 2 booklet).
22. The Deathless Horsie
[BP]: solo is shortened.
24. Dumb All Over
25. Heavenly Bank Account
26. Suicide Chump
Bootleg(s) in which these versions have appeared:
"Heavenly Bank Account" (2 LP);
"Halloween" (LP).
[BP]: on both DAO and SC one solo is missing.
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