Zappa is said to have replied, " You have a wooden leg ; does that make you a table?

* Frank Zappa has a song called " Dinah-Moe Humm " (" So I pulled on her hair, Got her legs in the air, An ' asked if she had any cooties on there ( Whaddya mean cooties!

Pyne insulted Zappa by saying, " So I guess your long hair makes you a woman.

Then I listened to it a couple more times, because I couldn't believe Frank Zappa could do this to me — and because a double album cost a lot of money.

Belew has described his year in Zappa's band as a " crash course " in music theory due to Zappa's rigorous rehearsals and often technically demanding music, and has commented " I went to the Frank Zappa School of Rock.

#" I Want a Yacht " ( Zappa, Thunes, Gail Zappa ) 3: 40

" Zappa said, " All I did was in a documentary way make a record which tells you exactly what they really sound like.

Zappa stated regarding the album's lyrics, " I detest ' love lyrics '.

In 1984, Zappa prepared a remix of Cruising with Ruben & the Jets for its compact disc reissue and the vinyl box set The Old Masters I.

Zappa stated " The master tapes for Ruben and the Jets were in better shape, but since I liked the results on We're Only in it For the Money, I decided to do it on Ruben too.

The album includes a spoken dialogue between Zappa and Pamela Zarubica ( in character as the mythical Suzy Creamcheese ), in which the latter says: " I remember Elmer telling me that you really had a lot of talent, but he didn't see how anyone could ever make it who insisted on saying ' fuck ' onstage.

" Oh No I Don't Believe It " ( Frank Zappa )

* Music: Frank Zappa wrote a song named " Grunion Run " ( originally released as a single by The Hollywood Persuaders ), as has Jonathan Richman (" Grunion Run " on his album " I, Jonathan ").

" Oh No I Don't Believe It " 6: 15 ( Written by Frank Zappa )

Excerpts from " The World's Greatest Sinner " soundtrack, composed by Zappa, are audible on both " I Don't Know If I can Go Through This Again " ( from Lumpy Gravy ) and " Mother People " ( from We're Only in It for the Money ).

This track was omitted from non-US versions, and replaced with three other pieces: " I Don't Even Care ", co-written by Zappa and Johnny " Guitar " Watson, and two instrumental tracks — " One Man, One Vote " ( a Synclavier composition ) and " H. R.

# " I Don't Even Care " ( Zappa, Watson ) – 4: 39

#" I Don't Even Care " ( Zappa, Watson ) – 3: 47

# " I Don't Even Care " ( Zappa, Watson ) – 4: 39

When he hosted SNL, Zappa also appeared in a Coneheads sketch as a man dating Connie, where he makes note that he prefers French women.

" He concluded by saying: " That this band could run the gamut from Zappa to Bowie, and perhaps inspired both, makes Easy Action a good study and entertaining record.

Cuccurullo is name-checked four times on Zappa's Joe's Garage, first by ( Dale Bozzio's character ) Mary in " Catholic Girls ", by Zappa ( in character here as Larry ) in " Crew Slut ", when reassuring Mary, " of course I'll introduce you to Warren!

* Go with what you know, Dweezil Zappa, ( 2006 ), Zappa Records

Frank Zappa attempted to define " underground " by noting that the " mainstream comes to you, but you have to go to the underground.

" My parents were hippies, but they were Frank Zappa hippies, you know?

According to an apocryphal tale from this era, in a televised face-off, either Capp ( on the Dick Cavett Show ) or ( more commonly ) conservative talk show host Joe Pyne ( on his own show ) is supposed to have taunted iconoclastic musician Frank Zappa about his long hair, asking Zappa if he thought he was a girl.

Freak Out !, Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention's sardonic farce about rock music and America as a whole, and Face to Face by The Kinks, the first collection of Ray Davies's idiosyncratic character studies of ordinary people, are conceptually oriented albums.

Jello Biafra's biting lyrics tackled the sociopolitical concerns of the Reagan era with a distinct sense of morbid humor and satire, following in the footsteps of such earlier rock satirists as Frank Zappa and non-musical countercultural figures like Abbie Hoffman and Lenny Bruce.

* 1993 – Frank Zappa, American musician and composer ( b. 1940 )

These include Frank Zappa, Shawn Lane, Steven Mackey, Nick Didkovsky, Scott Johnson, Lois V Vierk, Tim Brady, Tristan Murail, John Rogers, and Randall Woolf.

Impressionism has also influenced at least some of the music of Manuel de Falla, Paul Dukas, Jean Sibelius, George Butterworth, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Gustav Holst, John Ireland, Cyril Scott, Zoltán Kodály, Ottorino Respighi, Jacques Ibert, Bohuslav Martinu, Olivier Messiaen, Alan Hovhaness, Ned Rorem, György Ligeti, Selim Palmgren, and Toru Takemitsu, among others, as well as jazz musicians such as Bix Beiderbecke, Duke Ellington, Claude Thornhill, Bud Powell, Dave Brubeck, Gil Evans, Bill Evans, Herbie Hancock, Frank Kimbrough, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Shirley Horn and Esperanza Spalding, progressive rock musicians such as King Crimson, Frank Zappa, Pink Floyd, and Yes, the entire genre of post-rock, and electronic artists like Tangerine Dream and Popol Vuh, as well as Aphex Twin and Autechre.

* Restoration of Jimi Hendrix-Frank Zappa Stratocaster With images, video and first-hand account of the experience, by Dweezil Zappa.

The Beatles developed along similar lines, creating various modernist musical effects on several albums, while musicians such as Frank Zappa, Syd Barrett and Captain Beefheart proved even more experimental.

* 1985 – Tipper Gore and other political wives form the Parents Music Resource Center as Frank Zappa and other musicians testify at U. S. Congressional hearings on obscenity in rock music.

In 1971, Waits moved to the Echo Park neighborhood of L. A. ( at the time, also home to musicians Glenn Frey of the Eagles, J. D. Souther, Jackson Browne, and Frank Zappa ) and signed with Herb Cohen at the age of 21.

He began touring and opening for such artists as Charlie Rich, Martha and the Vandellas, and Frank Zappa.

* Mentioned by Frank Zappa on CNN television series Crossfire March 28, 1986.

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) " Frank Zappa in a spong coat.

When Lennon was invited to play with Frank Zappa at the Fillmore on June 5, 1971, Ono joined in as well.

* December 4 – Frank Zappa, American guitarist and composer ( b. 1940 )

* December 21 – Frank Zappa, American musician, composer, and satirist ( d. 1993 )