FZ album(s) in which song has appeared

• Imaginary Diseases (2006) as part of Farther O'Blivion, performed c. October 27-December 15, 1972
• Waka/Wazoo (2022), as part of Farther O'Blivion, performed in San Francisco, CA, December 15, 1972
• BTB I: Piquantique (1991) as part of Father O'Blivion, performed in Stockholm, Sweden, August 21, 1973
• Road Tapes, Venue #2 (2013) as part of Farther O'Blivion, performed in Helsinki, Finland, August 23-24, 1973
• Halloween 73 (2019), as part of Magic Fingers, recorded in Los Angeles, CA, October 21, 1973
• Halloween 73 (2019), as part of Farther O'Blivion, recorded in Los Angeles, CA, October 21, 1973
• Halloween 73 (2019), as part of Don't You Ever Wash That Thing?, Montana, and Dupree's Paradise, performed in Chicago, IL, October 31, 1973, early show
• Halloween 73 (2019), as part of Big Swifty, performed in Chicago, IL, October 31, 1973, late show
  • same version on Halloween 73 Highlights (2019)
• Halloween 73 (2019), as part of Farther O'Blivion—Part 1 and Farther O'Blivion—Part 2, performed in Chicago, IL, October 31, 1973, late show
• Halloween 73 (2019), as part of Medley: Son Of Mr. Green Genes/King Kong/Chunga's Revenge, performed in Chicago, IL, October 31, 1973, late show
• The Roxy Performances (2018), at the beginning of Dupree's Paradise, performed in Los Angeles, CA, December 9, 1973, early show
  • same performance as Dupree's Paradise on Roxy By Proxy (2014)
  • same performance heard at the beginning of Let's Move To Cleveland on You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 4 (1991)
• The Roxy Performances (2018), as part of Be-Bop Tango (Of The Old Jazzmen's Church), performed in Los Angeles, CA, December 9, 1973, late show
• The Roxy Performances (2018), as part of Medley: King Kong/Chunga's Revenge/Son Of Mr. Green Genes, performed in Los Angeles, CA, December 9, 1973, late show
  • same performance on Roxy By Proxy (2014), as part of King Kong/Chunga's Revenge/Mr. Green Genes
• The Roxy Performances (2018), as part of Dupree's Paradise, performed in Los Angeles, CA, December 10, 1973, early show
  • same performance on "Montana" & "Dupree's Paradise" Roxy—Hollywood, CA 1973 (zappa.com, 2007)
• The Roxy Performances (2018), as part of Be-Bop Tango (Of The Old Jazzmen's Church), performed in Los Angeles, CA, December 10, 1973, late show
  • same performance on Roxy & Elsewhere (1974) as Be-Bop Tango (Of The Old Jazzmen's Church)
  • same performance on Roxy—The Movie (2015) as Be-Bop Tango (Of The Old Jazzmen's Church)
    • same version on Roxy—The Soundtrack (2015) as Be-Bop Tango (Of The Old Jazzmen's Church)
• Apostrophe (') 50th Anniversary Edition (2024), as part of Dupree's Paradise Intro, performed in Colorado Springs, CO, March 21, 1974
• Apostrophe (') 50th Anniversary Edition (2024), as part of Medley: King Kong/Chunga's Revenge/Son Of Mr. Green Genes, performed in Colorado Springs, CO, March 21, 1974
• Zappa/Erie (2022), heard at the beginning of Dupree's Paradise (Intro), performed in Edinboro, PA, May 8, 1974
• Zappa/Erie (2022), heard at the beginning of Get Down, performed in South Bend, IN, May 12, 1974
• A Token Of His Extreme Soundtrack (2013), heard at the beginning of Earl Of Duke, performed in Los Angeles, CA, August 27, 1974
• You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 4 (1991), heard at the beginning of Smell My Beard, performed in Passaic, NJ, November 8, 1974
• Zappa/Erie (2022), heard at the beginning of Dupree's Paradise (Intro), performed in Erie, PA, November 12, 1974
• The Yellow Shark (1993) as part of Be-Bop Tango, performed in Europe, September 1992

 

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

• October-December 1972 (Petit Wazoo)—(as part of The Be-Bop Tango)
• February-May 1973 (MOI)—(as part of The Be-Bop Tango)
• June-July 1973 (MOI Pacific Tour)—(as part of The Be-Bop Tango)
• August-September 1973 (MOI European Tour)
• October-December 1973 (MOI)
• February-March 1974 (MOI)
• April-May 1975 (MOI with Captain Beefheart)
• September 1992 (Ensemble Modern)—(as part of The Be-Bop Tango)

 

Comments

Román, June 28, 1998

I think the little snip from "Be-Bop Tango" that some of you call "The Hook," and that is heard somewhere in the YCDTOSA series, can also be heard in an old Charlie Mingus album from 1963, "The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady", song 4, "Trio and Group Dances", minute 4:28 and 11:27 (timing from the 1986 MCA CD). Have you heard it? "Ta-ta ta-daa"

Jon Naurin, January 7, 1999

It is part of the composition "Be-Bop Tango" (or previously, "Farther Oblivion") as well as the most frequently occuring hand-cued lick in the 73/74 bands' cannons. It's commonly known as "The Hook," though I can't recall hearing FZ using this name (can anyone?). It was also used to segue "Montana" into the "Dupree's Paradise" foreplays in 1974, and it's as such we hear it before "Smell My Beard." The placement before the Cleveland solos seems quite random, though, but pretty amusing.

FZ, introducing the song, late show, Wighalle, Vienna, Austria, September 11, 1974

We're gonna start this program off with something a little bit unusual, we're gonna begin this program with "The Hook." Now, this is a very special tune. This is sort of a abstract, Mod Go-Go, non-objective tune. The melody is played by the bass drum. Just watch Ruth. Here we go!

Jon Naurin, July 31, 2002

What I've heard from eye-witnesses is that Frank cued ut by shaping his hand into—that's right—a hook.

A Token Of His Extreme (1976) 0:09:57

 

Conceptual Continuity

• Be-Bop Tango