FZ album(s) in which song has appeared

• You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 3 (1989), quoted in King Kong, performed in London, UK, June 19, 1982 (late show)
• Frank Zappa Meets The Mothers Of Prevention (1985), as Yo Cats, recorded at UMRK, c. 1982-85
  • same version re-mixed on Have I Offended Someone? (1997) as Yo Cats

 

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

• March-April 1982 (rehearsals)—known performances: 1
• May-July 1982 (Europe)—known quotations: 1
• February-March 1988 (North America)—known performances: 2

 

Comments

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

1988: Frank Zappa meets Milli Vanilli. In tribute to the lip-synching wonders of the world, this band never actually performs this tune. Instead, Frank has the FZMTMOP track played over the PA system, which the band then pretended they were actually playing. Sort-of a full-blown "Putting on the Hitz", if you know what I mean.

 

Conceptual Continuity

• Po-Jama People

More Unions:

• Rudy Wants To Buy Yez A Drink ("I'm the union man")
• Lonesome Cowboy Burt ("Unionized roofin' old son-of-a-gun")
• Flakes ("We're protected by unions")
• Stick Together ("This is a song about the union, friends")