FZ album(s) in which song has appeared

• BTB I: Saarbrücken 1978 (1991), as The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, performed in Saarbrücken, Germany, September 3, 1978
• Chicago '78 (2016), as The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, performed in Chicago, IL, September 29, 1978
• Beat The Boots III: Disc Six (2009), as The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, performed at Saturday Night Live, New York, NY, October 21, 1978
• BTB I: Anyway The Wind Blows (1991), as The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, performed in Paris, France, February 24, 1979
• Zappa '80—Mudd Club/Munich (2023), as The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, performed in New York, NY, May 8, 1980
• Zappa '80—Mudd Club/Munich (2023), as The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, performed in Munich, Germany, July 3, 1980
• You Are What You Is (1981), as The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, recorded at UMRK, Los Angeles, CA, July-September 1980
  • same version, with overdubs from UMRK, c. 1982-84 on Thing-Fish (1984) as The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing
• Buffalo (2007), as The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, performed in Buffalo, NY, October 25, 1980
• Halloween 81 (2020), as The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, performed in New York, NY, October 31, 1981, early show
  • same version in The Torture Never Stops (1982/2007) as The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing
• Zappa—Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2020), as The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, performed in New York, NY, August 25, 1984

 

Tour(s) on which song is known to have been performed (main source: FZShows, v. 7.1)

• August-October 1978 (Europe & North America)—known performances: 31
• February-April 1979 (Europe)—known performances: 29
• March-May 1980 (North America)—known performances: 35
• May-July 1980 (Europe)—known performances: 22
• October-December 1980 (North America)—known performances: 17
• September-December 1981 (North America)—known performances: 24
• May-July 1982 (Europe)—known performances: 9
• July-September 1984 (North America)—known performances: 16
• September-October 1984 (Europe)—known performances: 13
• October-December 1984 (North America)—known performances: 14
• February-March 1988 (North America)—known performances: 3
• April-June 1988 (Europe)—known performances: 2

 

Comments

Foggy G, "The Songs That Were Played," We're Only In It For The Touring

1978: Essentially performed as on "Saarbrucken" from Beat the Boots Volume I. Take note of the evocative Denny Walley slide- a nice touch that makes this version tops in my book.

1979: Performed as on "Anyway the Wind Blows" from Beat the Boots Volume I.

1980 Mar-Jul: Essentially performed as on YAWYI, allowing for obvious differences in instrumentation, and lacking the poignant bite of Denny's slide.

1980 Oct-Dec: Essentially performed as on YAWYI, with Denny's slide being sorely missed.

1981-82: Essentially played as on YAWYI, and like I have said before, Denny Walley's slide is sorely missed.

1984: Essentially played as on "You Are What You Is", with the obvious differences in the instrumental accompaniment. Denny Walley's slide is sorely missed on this tune.

1988: Essentially performed as on YAWYI, allowing for obvious differences in instrumentation.

 

Conceptual Continuity

• Can't Afford No Shoes ("Chump Hare Rama")

Working The Wall:

• Broken Hearts Are For Assholes ("And so you worked the wall with Michael")
• SEX ("Work the wall with the local jones")
• The Jazz Discharge Party Hats ("Decided they were gonna work the wall on these girls")
• You Are What You Is ("I'm goin' down 'n work the wall 'n work the floor . . .")
• Mudd Club ("Then they work the wall")

One-Adam-Twelve:

• You Are What You Is (on Thing-Fish (1984)) ("One-Adam-Twelve . . . see de mammy")
• The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing (on Thing-Fish (1984)) ("One-Adam-Twelve . . . see de sucker")
• The Crab-Grass Baby ("One-Adam-Twelve . . . see the enormous white pompadour!")
• Drop Dead ("One-Adam-Twelve . . . see de MAMMY")
• Tinsel Town Rebellion (on Does Humor Belong In Music? (1986)) ("One-Adam-Twelve, see de pecker!")
• Penguin In Bondage (on Does Humor Belong In Music? (1986)) ("One-Adam-Twelve, see the hoop")