FZ album(s) in which song has appeared

• Broadway The Hard Way (1988), as When The Lie's So Big, performed in Washington, DC, February 9, 1988; Cleveland, OH, March 5, 1988; Rochester, NY, March 11, 1988
• Frank Zappa For President (2016), as When The Lie's So Big, performed in Uniondale, NY, March 25, 1988
  • same recording on Zappa '88: The Last U.S. Show (2021) as When The Lie's So Big

 

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

• February-March 1988 (North America)—known performances: 30
• April-June 1988 (Europe)—known performances: 10

 

Comments

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

1988: Essentially performed as on BTHW, with the occasional deviation coming in the "Is Everybody Stupid?" line (which on BTHW appears as "Do you believe in the Invisible Army?").

 

Conceptual Continuity

• Treacherous Cretins