Notes & Comments - You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore vol 6
July 1992, 137:44 min
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You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore vol 6
1. The M.O.I. Anti-Smut Loyalty Oath (3:01)
2. The Poodle Lecture (5:02)
3. Dirty Love (2:40)
4. Magic Fingers (2:21)
5. The Madison Panty-Sniffing Festival (2:44)
6. Honey, Don't You Want A Man Like Me? (4:02)
7. Farther O'Blivion (2:22)
8. Is This Guy Kidding Or What? (4:03)
9. I'm So Cute (1:39)
10. White Person (2:07)
11. Lonely Person Devices (3:14)
12. Ms. Pinky (2:00)
13. Shove It Right In (6:46)
14. Wind Up Working In A Gas Station (2:32)
15. Make A Sex Noise (3:09)
16. Tracy Is A Snob (3:54)
17. I Have Been In You (5:05)
18. Emperor Of Ohio (1:32)
19. Dinah-Moe Humm (3:16)
20. He's So Gay (2:34)
21. Camarillo Brillo (3:10)
22. Muffin Man (2:25)
23. NYC Halloween Audience (0:46)
24. The Illinois Enema Bandit (8:05)
25. Thirteen (Zappa/Shankar) (6:09)
26. Lobster Girl (O'Hearn/Colaiuta/Zappa) (2:21)
27. Black Napkins (5:22)
28. We're Turning Again (4:57)
29. Alien Orifice (4:16)
30. Catholic Girls (4:04)
31. Crew Slut (5:34)
32. Tryin' To Grow A Chin (3:33)
33. Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance (3:47)
34. Lisa's Life Story (Zappa/Popeil) (3:06)
35. Lonesome Cowboy Nando (5:15)
36. 200 Motels Finale (3:43)
37. Strictly Genteel (7:08)
1. The M.O.I. Anti-Smut Loyalty Oath
Part of the M.O.I. speech included in this track is available
through the Internet from the Robbert Heederik web page
"St. Alphonzo's Pancake Homepage"
(http://www.fwi.uva.nl/~heederik/zappa/), here is included with
a little correction by Charles Ulrich .
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"I _(you just fill in the blank)_, do hereby solemnly swear, in
accordance with the regulations of the contract with this here
rock and roll engagement. And The Imbecilic Laws of the State of
Florida, and the respective regulations perpetrated by Red-Necks
Everywhere! Do Hereby Solemnly Swear!, UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, TO
REVEAL MY TUBE, WAD, DINGUS, WEE-WEE, AND OR PENIS ANYPLACE ON
THIS STAGE!! THIS Does NOT include Private Showings in the motel
room, however."
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2. The Poodle Lecture
8. Is This Guy Kidding Or What?
Wrong date on the booklet: it was performed on October 30, 1977
(source: affz, Pat Buzby).
4. Magic Fingers
Wrong date and location on the booklet: it was performed on December
5, 1980 at the Berkeley Community Theatre (source: affz, Pat Buzby).
4. Magic Fingers
5. The Madison Panty-Sniffing Festival
9. I'm So Cute
12. Ms. Pinky
16. Tracy Is A Snob
18. Emperor Of Ohio
Wrong band on the booklet: Vinnie Colaiuta and Arthur Barrow must
be added, Chad Wackerman and Scott Thunes must be removed.
7. Farther O'Blivion
Bootleg(s) in which this version has appeared:
"Myster Box (The Rondo Hatton Band)" (10 LP),
"Cuccurullo Brillo Brullo" (2 CD).
These bootlegs contain the complete Nanook thing, really amazing.
Wrong date and band on the booklet. FO'B was performed on 1973
during the Australian summer portion of the 1973 world tour. The
line-up should also be corrected, Napoleon Murphy Brock was in that
band even if he didn't perform in this particular song.
Lastly the name of this song should incorrect. The booklet says
that "Apstrophe(')" was the album in which it has appeared, so the
correct name should be "Father O'Blivion". And here is what affz
says:
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From: 92ul08@chestud.chalmers.se (NAURIN, JON)
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 1995 11:38:03
I think this song's name is incorrect. "Farther O'Blivion" was an
instrumental tune, typical -73 band sort of BeBop Tango thing.
This song should be called "Father O'Blivion". Don't ask me why
the songs are named this way, I can't see any similarities
between them.
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10. White Person
Tan Mitsugu wrote:
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From: a930m14m@eds.ecip.nagoya-u.ac.jp (Tan Mitsugu)
Date: 17 Jul 1995
Wrong date. Maybe same as The Torture Never Stops on Vol.1.
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Jon Naurin wrote:
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From: 92UL08@chestud.chalmers.se (Jon Naurin)
Date: 15 Nov 1995
Finally, I got another tape yesterday that revealed a new error
in the YCDTOSA liner notes:
YCTDOSA 6, disc 1, track 10, "White Person". This is a
performance from Hemmerleinhalle in Neukirchen, NOT Nurnberg.
The date is February 25, 1978, NOT 1977. The musicians are
correct, though all except Zappa should be credited with
vocals.
- Jon
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11. Lonely Person Devices
Wrong date, Tan Mitsugu wrote:
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From: a930m14m@eds.ecip.nagoya-u.ac.jp (Tan Mitsugu)
Date: 17 Jul 1995
Should be 3.3.1976. (Also, you can recognize that this vamp is
in the same chord progression as 'Black Napkins' in 4/4. 'Panty
Rap' from Tinsel Town Rebellion is a reggae based on the same
vamp.)
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14. Wind Up Working In A Gas Station
Once again band and date errors, here is what affz says:
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From: spb0377@ocvaxa.cc.oberlin.edu (Pat Buzby)
Date: 17 Jan 1994 17:11:02 GMT
Bianca Odin. She was with the fall '76 band for a couple of
months and was let go in mid-tour. (Drugs?) This was the same
lineup that later made "Zappa In New York" with the added horns.
BTW, this song (which is the only officially released performance
with Bianca) was actually recorded in late October '76, and
includes Eddie Jobson on keyboards. These omissions are two of
the innumerable errors in the liner info on YCDTOSA 4 and 6.
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15. Make A Sex Noise
Wrong date and location on the booklet: it was performed in
Binghamton on March 17, 1988 (source: affz, see below).
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From: zed@maths.tcd.ie (John Walsh)
Date: 21 Apr 1995 14:56:30 +0100
spb0377@ocvaxa.cc.oberlin.edu (Pat Buzby) writes:
>YCDTOSA 6 :
> Make A Sex Noise - FZ says something near the end about finding
> sexy people in Binghamton or something like that. So could this
> be from Binghamton rather than Towson?
Yeah, the date for this recording is also wrong. On the liner
notes the date is 23-March-88 but he makes references to it being
St. Paddy's day (17-March every year) when he invites women of
irish extraction to make a sex noise on stage. I presume this
makes the date for the other song on the cd with the same date
wrong as well.
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17. I Have Been In You
Here is the what Frank says in the middle of the song
(from 3:01 to 4:22):
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From: hackbod@xanth.CS.ORST.EDU (Dianne Hackborn)
Date: 8 Jun 1993 07:39:46 GMT
You know, I can hardly resist going in you because, ever since
I started writing love songs and everything and... you know, it's
very difficult when you're English not to write a love song
because... What? That's right, if you're English, you _are_
very sensitive. That's one thing I've noticed, being an English
person. In fact, I've been an English person for almost five
minutes during this song and my sensitivity has increased to the
point where... I don't know, maybe it's just all of our
traditions: the tea, Winston Churchill, his large lips and
everything. This kind of stuff, why, you start accumulating all
of this CIVILIZATION behind you, and... you know, what can you
say? If you're English, you're Really Fantastic, aren't you?
So, darling, it should come as absolutely no surprise to you that
I went back to your little teenage room and... climbed on top of
your teenage body and... took all of my English teenage clothes
off and... you know, stuck my little lips up next to your ear and
said "I'M IN YOU I'M IN YOU I'M IN YOU!" But I don't want you to
get it wrong, you know, I don't just come over here and stick it
IN YOU AND IN YOU AND IN YOU because I like you. It's not
because... it's not even physical. I only do it (and remember,
taxes are really bad in England) the only reason I do it is to
sell records, and I hope you'll understand.
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23. NYC Halloween Audience
37. Strictly Genteel
This really is a completely unuseful comment, a " but what the
fuck" thing! In NYCHA you can can clearly one particular screeming
hard-core fanatic say "Zappaaaaa" or something like that. The same
clear scream once again appears at the end of SG at the end of
this disc. Hence NYCHA comes from the Halloween 1981 concert.
24. The Ellinois Enema Bandit
Tan Mitsugu wrote:
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From: a930m14m@eds.ecip.nagoya-u.ac.jp (Tan Mitsugu)
Date: 17 Jul 1995
After Ike shouts 'Isn't that amazing?' (6:29), an edit to
'81/'82 band occurs. (Ike disappered, and Steve Vai's guitar and
Ed Mann's marimba come in, and also, the bass is switched to
Mini-Moog bass.)
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26. Lobster Girl
Wrong date on the booklet: it was performed on October 29, 1978
(source: affz, Pat Buzby).
27. Black Napkins
The guitar solo comes from a 1984 concert.
Moreover, Tan Mitsugu wrote:
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From: a930m14m@eds.ecip.nagoya-u.ac.jp (Tan Mitsugu)
Date: 17 Jul 1995
Dave Samuels is omitted again. He is inaudible though, should
be added.
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28. We're Turning Again
Here is what Mike Keneally writes on his web page
(http://psy.ucsd.edu/~scott/zappa.html):
"[...] You will also hear me lose control of my guitar after the
Hendrix section in "We're Turning Again", to Ike's audible
amusement".
29. Alien Orifice
Bootleg(s) in which these versions have appeared:
"Heavenly Bank Account" (2 LP);
"Halloween" (LP).
Some comments for these bootlegs from from "alt.fan.frank-zappa FAQ,
Bootlegs Information, Part 2 of 2, Version 2.3, September 26, 1994":
"Solo edited on YCDTOSA 6, full length here".
Moreover the ending comes from a 1988 concert. You can hear the best
horn section you never heard in you life.
32. Tryin' To Grow A Chin
Bootleg(s) in which this version has appeared:
"Tiny Nightmares" (2 LP);
"Zurkon Music" (LP);
"Donna You Wanna" (CD).
34. Lisa's Life Story
Bootleg(s) in which this version has appeared:
"Demo's" (LP).
Once again band and date errors, here is what affz says:
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From: u9112676@muss.cis.McMaster.CA (P. Psutka)
Date: 18 Mar 1995 12:08:04 -0500
"Lisa's Life Story" is actually from '81 (and might not have Ike
Willis on it unless he sat in for that show.)
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35. Lonesome Cowboy Nando
The double issue 14-15 of Debra Kadabra, the Italian fzine
published by the Italian FZ Research Kitchen also called DK, will
include the true story of "Lonsome Cowboy Nando". Nando is
Fernando ("all my friends they call me DO" ... "Nan-Nan-Nan
DO-DO-DO") Boero, a marine biologyst from Genoa, they Italian
city where the 88 part of "Lonsome Cowboy Nando" was recorded.
Nando wrote for us the story of his friendship with FZ, it's a
very nice story, I hope I'll find someone from affz that will want
to translate it in English. Menwhile here is a rough translation
of the begining of the article:
"There is nothing I'd like better than having a jellyfish named
after me" (FZ).
In 1982, after becoming a researcher in the University of
Genoa, I asked for a work fund that could allow me to be for
a long time in the Bodega Marine Laboratory of the University
of California, Berkeley. The purpose was to study the
taxonomy and the ecology of the local jellyfish fauna (yes,
there exist people who earn a living studing jellyfish).
Actually the true purpose was another one: to meet Frank
Zappa. My strategy was a simple one:
- that fauna was (and is) not well known;
- I would find some new species for sure;
- once I have found them I would have to give them a name;
- I would dedicate one of them to FZ;
- I would tell him about it;
- He would invite me for a visit.
And that's how it went.
[...]
Also, here is what Mike Keneally writes on his web page
(http://psy.ucsd.edu/~scott/zappa.html):
"My personal favorite MK contribution to a Zappa CD occurs in
"Lonesome Cowboy Nando", when I attempt to cram the line "I
describe the little dangling utensils on this thing and tell him to
draw it up so that it looks just like a brand new jellyfish" into
the same space where I would normally say "stomp in his face so he
don't move no more". The first time I listened to this song with
Frank, he applauded me after that section. One o' them priceless
moments. You will also hear me lose control of my guitar after the
Hendrix section in "We're Turning Again", to Ike's audible
amusement".
Lyrics to this song are available through the Internet from the
Robbert Heederik web page "St. Alphonzo's Pancake Homepage"
(http://www.fwi.uva.nl/~heederik/zappa/):
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Frank:
My name is Nando,
I'm a marine biologist.
All my friends,
they call me "Doh".
Ike & Mike:
Hi, Doh!
Frank:
All my family,
from someplace in this area,
And they complain if I talk about this horrible pizza
during the show.
All:
Come out here, to Californy,
Just to find me some pretty girls.
Ones I seen gets me so horny,
Ruby lips, 'n teeth like pearls.
Wanna love 'em all, wanna love 'em dearly.
Wanna a jellyfish, I'll even pay.
I'll buy 'em furs, I'll buy 'em pizza,
I know they like me, here's what I'll say:
(1971:)
Jimmy Carl Black:
I'm lonesome cowboy Burt.
Speakin' atcha!
Won'tcha smell my fringe-y shirt?
Reekin' atcha!
My cowboy pants,
My cowboy dance,
My bold advance
On this here waitress...
Mark & Howard:
He's lonesome cowboy Burt. A-Ha!
Don'tcha get his feelings hurt.
Jimmy:
Come on in this place
An' I'll buy you a taste.
You can sit on my face.
Where's my waitress?
Mark & Howard:
Burtram, Burtram redneck!
Burtram, Burtram redneck!
Jimmy:
I'm an awful nice guy.
Worked all day in the sun.
I'm a roofer by trade,
Quite a bundle I've made,
I'm a unionized roofin' old son-of-a-gun.
Mark & Howard:
He's a unionized roofin' old son of a gun!
(1988:)
Ike:
"Darling, I crazy go nuts when I hear this,
you know what I'm sayin'?"
Frank:
When I get off, I get plastered.
I swim till I fall on the jellyfish.
Then I find me some academic kind of illustrator,
I describe the little dangling utensils on this thing,
And tell him to draw it up
so it looks just like a brand new jellyfish.
Ike & Mike:
(trying to follow along, they sing some gibberish)
Frank:
"Take that! Take that!"
I fuss an' I cuss and I keep on swimmin',
Till my snorkel puffs up an' turns red.
I drool on my shorts,
I do some water sports,
Then I take the jellyfish back to my house
And stick it in the bed! "Sorta..."
Ike & Mike:
"Whaddya do?"
Stick it again in the bed!
Frank:
"That's right!
Ike & Mike:
Stick it again in the bed!
Stick it again in the bed!
Stick it again in the bed!
(1971:)
Jimmy:
Lonesome cowboy Burt.
Speakin' atcha!
Smell my fringe-y shirt.
Reekin' atcha!
My cowboy pants,
My cowboy dance,
My bold advance
On this here waitress!
Mark & Howard:
He's lonesome cowboy Burt. Yee-ha!
Don'tcha get his feelings hurt!
Jimmy:
Come on in this place,
an' I'll buy you a taste.
You can sit on my face.
Where's my waitress?
"Opal, you hot little bitch!"
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37. Strictly Genteel
Bootleg(s) in which these versions have appeared:
"Heavenly Bank Account" (2 LP);
"Halloween" (LP).
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