Mothers Day 2014

(Frank Zappa, digital download, Zappa Records, May 10, 2014)

 

Zoot Allures 1982 6:12

Alte Oper, Frankfurt, Germany
June 11, 1982 (late show)
&
Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK
June 18, 1982

Drum overdubs:
UMRK, Los Angeles, CA
c. 1983-1984

FZ—lead guitar
Ray White—guitar
Steve Vai—guitar
Tommy Mars—keyboards
Bobby Martin—keyboards
Ed Mann—percussion
Scott Thunes—bass
Chad Wackerman—drums (overdubbed)

 

Cosmik Debris 1973 8:12

includes a quotation from Who Knows (Hendrix)

Finlandia-talo, Helsinki, Finland
August 23, 1973 (late show)

FZ—guitar, vocals, percussion
Jean-Luc Ponty—violin
George Duke—keyboards, vocals
Ian Underwood—bass clarinet, synthesizer
Ruth Underwood—percussion
Bruce Fowler—trombone
Tom Fowler—bass
Ralph Humphrey—drums, cowbell

FZ: The name of this song is "Cosmik Debris," and it's a song about a guru, who may be visiting you . . . All right? One, two, three, four . . .

The Mystery Man came over
An' he said, "I'm outa-site!"
He said, for a nominal service charge
I could reach nervonna t'nite
If I was ready, willing 'n able
To pay him his regular fee
He would drop all the rest of his pressing affairs
And devote His Attention to me
But I said . . .

Look here brother
Who you jivin' with that Cosmik Debris?
(Now who you jivin'?)
Look here brother
Don't you waste your time on me

The Mystery Man got nervous
An' he fidget around a bit
He reached in the pocket of his Mystery Robe
An' he whipped out a shaving kit
I thought it was a razor
An' a can of foamin' goo
But he told me right then when the top popped open
There was nothin' his box won't do
With the oil of Afro-dytee
An' the dust of the Grand Wazoo
He said, "You might not believe this, little fella
But it'll cure your Asthma too!"
An' I said . . .

Look here brother
Who you jivin' with that Cosmik Debris?
(Now what kind of a geroo are you anyway?)
Look here brother
Don't you waste your time on me

I've got troubles of my own, I said
An' you can't help me out
So take your meditations an' your preparations
An' ram it up yer snout
"But I've got a Kristl Bol," he said
An' he held it to the light
So I snatched it
All away from him
An' I showed him how to do it right

I wrapped a newspaper 'round my head
So I'd look like I was Deep
I said some Mumbo Jumbos then
An' I told him he was goin' to sleep
I robbed his rings
An' pocket watch
An' everything else I found
I had that sucker hypnotized
He couldn't even make a sound
I proceeded to tell him his future then
As long as he was hanging around, I said
"The price of meat has just gone up
An' yer ol' lady has just gone down"

So look here brother
Who you jivin' with that Cosmik Debris?
Don't you know
You could make more money as a butcher
So don't you waste your time on me

FZ: Thank you!

 

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