1.Penguin In Bondage
Frank zappa (lead guitar, vocals)
George duke (keyboards, synthesizer, vocals)
Tom fowler (bass)
Ruth underwood (percussion)
Jeff simmons (rhythm guitar, vocals)
Don preston (synthesizer)
Bruce fowler (trombone)
Walt fowler (trumpet)
Napoleon murphy brock (tenor saxophone, flute, lead vocals)
Ralph humphrey (drums)
Chester thompson (drums)
Debbie (background vocals)
Lynn (background vocals)
Robert camarena (background vocals)
Thank you.
Brian, i could use a little bit more monitor.
Hello hello, can't you turn up any more than that？
Hello hello, hey!
Alright!
Pardon me folks.
The name of this song is penguin in bondage,
An' it's a song that ah, deals with the possible variations on
A basic theme which is...well,
You understand what a basic theme is.
And then the variations include ah, manoeuvres that might be
Executed with the aid of ah, extra-terrestrial gratification
And devices which might or might not be supplied in a local
Department store or perhaps a drugstore but at very least in
One of those fancy new shops that they advertise in the
Back-pages of the free press.
This song suggests to the suggestible listener that the
Ordinary procedure ah,
That i am circumlocuting at this present time in order to get
This text on television,
Is that ah, if you wanna do something other than what you
Thought you were gonna do when you first took your clothes off
And you just happened to have some devices around...
Then it's, it's not only okay to get into the
Paraphernalia of it all but...hey!
What did he say？ ready？
She's just like a penguin in bondage, boy
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh...
Rennenhenninnahenninnenninahennn
Way over on the wet side
Of the bed (knirps for moisture)
Just like the mighty penguin
Flappin' her eight ounce wings
Lord, you know it's all over
If she comes atcha on the strut ＆ wrap 'em
All around yer head
Flappin her eight ounce wings, flappinumm
She's just like a penguin in bondage, boy
Shake up the pale-dry
Ginger ale
Tremblin' like a penguin
When the battery fail
Lord, you must be havin' her jumpin' through
A hoopa real fire
With some kleenex wrapped around a
Coat-hang wire
She's just like a penguin in bondage, boy
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh...
Rennenhenninnahenninneninahenn
Howlin' over to some
Antarcticulated moon
In the frostbite nite
With her flaps gone white
Shriekin' as she spot the hoop across the room
Lord, you know it must be a penguin bound down
When you hear that terrible screamin' and
There ain't no other
Birds around
She's just like a penguin in bondage, boy
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh...
She's just like a penguin in bondage, boy
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh...
Rennenhenninnahenninneninahennn
Aw, you must be careful
Not to leave her straps
Too loose
'cause she just might box yer dog
She just might box yer doggie
An' leave you a dried-up dog biscuit...
2.Pygmy Twylite
Frank zappa (lead guitar, vocals)
George duke (keyboards, synthesizer, vocals)
Tom fowler (bass)
Ruth underwood (percussion)
Jeff simmons (rhythm guitar, vocals)
Don preston (synthesizer)
Bruce fowler (trombone)
Walt fowler (trumpet)
Napoleon murphy brock (tenor saxophone, flute, lead vocals)
Ralph humphrey (drums)
Chester thompson (drums)
Debbie (background vocals)
Lynn (background vocals)
Robert camarena (background vocals)
Green hocker croakin'
In the pygmy twylyte
Crankin' an' a-coke'n
In the winchell's do-nut midnite
Out of his deep on a 'fore day run
Hurtin' for sleep in the quaalude moonlight
Green hocker in a greyhound locker
Smokin' in the pygmy twylyte
Joined the bus on the 33rd seat
By the doo-doo room with the reek replete
Crystal eye, crystal eye
Got a crystal kidney ＆ he's 'fraid to die
In the pygmy twylyte
Or the downer midnite
In the pygmy twylyte
Or the downer midnite
In the pygmy twylyte
Or the downer midnite
In the pygmy twylyte
Or the downer midnite
3.Dummy Up
Frank zappa (lead guitar, vocals)
George duke (keyboards, synthesizer, vocals)
Tom fowler (bass)
Ruth underwood (percussion)
Jeff simmons (rhythm guitar, vocals)
Don preston (synthesizer)
Bruce fowler (trombone)
Walt fowler (trumpet)
Napoleon murphy brock (tenor saxophone, flute, lead vocals)
Ralph humphrey (drums)
Chester thompson (drums)
Debbie (background vocals)
Lynn (background vocals)
Robert camarena (background vocals)
Sunrise
Get up in the mornin'
You know, i dig this mornin'
The sun is shinin' bright
I'm gonna get outside
Gonna wash my face
Grab my hat
Put it on my head
I take a walk downtown
Yeah... because i feel so-oh good
I think i'm gonna take a walk downtown
Hey! sunrise!
Wo!
Somethin' i never seen before
Been walkin' down the street every day
Nobody like you ever passed my way
Maybe it must be too much sun
Couldn't be my hat, must be too much...
Wait a minute! is that you？
What's that？...what, what's that？...
What, what's that？...what？...
Dummy up
What is that？...
I know what that is, i know what that is...
I bet you that's a restaurant menu...
Let me see!...let me see!
Not only do you get the desenex burger
What？
Not only...the desenex burger
Well you are in for a real treat, jim
Wait a minute...i think i like that dance better than...
What are you talkin' about, creep？
What i'm talkin' about is you've been in this killer fog down
here too long
What？
You need somethin' to get up and go to school with
Wait a minute, you're not talkin' to an old fool now,
You know i wasn't born yesterday!
Heh heh heh!
Wait a minute...
I like that little dance you were doin' there...
(jeff simmons tries to corrupt napoleon murphy brock by showing
him a lewd dance and suggesting that he'd smoke a high-school
diploma...)
Hey! wait a minute!
Hey this, this stuff...
I never seen one of these before...that's not a menu...
This stuff is expensive
What is that？
You shoot it, you'll conserve all winter.
I do what？
It lasts longer
(not only do you get the desenex burger)
Now come on, try it.
No, no.
It's really good.
No. smoke that？!
Have i ever lied to you？
Have i ever seen you before？
I don't, i don't even know you!
Look...
I don't even know what that is!
And you're drivin' me to smoke it？!...
Just before, we smoked the tapes that you made.
Smoked the tapes？
Smoked the tapes of your group.
I think i'm with the damned.
You can really get off.
Let's try a joint of this.
A what？
A joint.
You mean this kinda joint？
No man!
Where you been in livin'？...reseda？
No, san jose.
(the evil dope pusher is cutting up a white gym sock, formerly
owned by carl zappa and still damp. the shredded sock will be
placed inside of a high-school diploma and ignited with a
sulphur-pre
Ion... his first taste of big city life!...)
That's okay, wait...
Hey! the roach of this is really gonna be good, so i'll...
Have mercy!
What do you do with that thing？
What do you do with that thing？ yeah!
Wait a minute!
Wait a minute!
Wait a minute!
What do you do with that thing？
I wanna know!
Wait a minute!
(now the next step of this operation： the evil corrupter of
youth is going to take him from step one, which is a mere
high-school diploma stuffed with a gym sock, to step two, which
is a college
Ee stuffed with absolutely nothing at all. smoke that and it'll
really get you out there!...)
I still don't feel as good as i felt this mornin'...yeah yeah...
(you'll grow out of it...)
Dummy up!
I heard it again, somebody said...
You see this？
Wait a minute!...
College!
College!
That's college-rhythm.
You mean if i smoke that, it's the same as this,
As if i was at college？
Roll it on up!
Roll it on up!
Roll it on up!
Give me that!...
No no, the college degree is stuffed with absolutely nothing at
all.
You get, you get nothing with your college-degree...
But that's what i want!
I forgot, i'm sorry...
Well, if you get nothin', well that's what i want.
(a true zen saying： nothing is what i want. the results of a
higher education...)
4.Village Of The Sun
Frank zappa (lead guitar, vocals)
George duke (keyboards, synthesizer, vocals)
Tom fowler (bass)
Ruth underwood (percussion)
Jeff simmons (rhythm guitar, vocals)
Don preston (synthesizer)
Bruce fowler (trombone)
Walt fowler (trumpet)
Napoleon murphy brock (tenor saxophone, flute, lead vocals)
Ralph humphrey (drums)
Chester thompson (drums)
Debbie (background vocals)
Lynn (background vocals)
Robert camarena (background vocals)
Goin' back home
To the village of the sun
Out in back of palmdale
Where the turkey farmers run, i done
Made up my mind
And i know i'm gonna go to sun
Village, good god i hope the
Wind don't blow
It take the paint off your car
And wreck your windshield too,
I don't know how the people stand it,
But i guess they do
Cause they're all still there,
Even johnny franklin too
In the village of the sun
Village of the sun
Village of the sun, son
(sun village to you)
Little mary, and teddy, and thelma too
Where palmdale bouldevard
Cuts on through
Past the village inn ＆ barbecue
(i heard it ain't there...
Well i hope it ain't true)
Where the stumblers gonna go
To watch the lights turn blue
Where the stumblers gonna go
To watch the lights turn
Blue-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-wahhh？
Goin' back home
To the village of the sun
Out in back of palmdale
Where the turkey farmers run, i done
Made up my mind
And i know i'm gonna go to sun
Village, good god i hope the
Wind don't blow
It take the paint off your car
And wreck your windshield too,
I don't know how the people stand it,
But i guess they do
Cause they're all still there,
Even johnny franklin too
In the village of the sun
Village of the sun
Village of the sun, son
(sun village to you)
5.Echidna's Arf(Of You)
Frank zappa (lead guitar, vocals)
George duke (keyboards, synthesizer, vocals)
Tom fowler (bass)
Ruth underwood (percussion)
Jeff simmons (rhythm guitar, vocals)
Don preston (synthesizer)
Bruce fowler (trombone)
Walt fowler (trumpet)
Napoleon murphy brock (tenor saxophone, flute, lead vocals)
Ralph humphrey (drums)
Chester thompson (drums)
Debbie (background vocals)
Lynn (background vocals)
Robert camarena (background vocals)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
Village...
6.Don't You Ever Wash That Thing？
Frank zappa (lead guitar, vocals)
George duke (keyboards, synthesizer, vocals)
Tom fowler (bass)
Ruth underwood (percussion)
Jeff simmons (rhythm guitar, vocals)
Don preston (synthesizer)
Bruce fowler (trombone)
Walt fowler (trumpet)
Napoleon murphy brock (tenor saxophone, flute, lead vocals)
Ralph humphrey (drums)
Chester thompson (drums)
Debbie (background vocals)
Lynn (background vocals)
Robert camarena (background vocals)
Ladies and gentlemen, watch ruth!
All through this film
Ruth has been thinkin'
What can i possibly do
That will amaze everyone？
I think she's come up with the answer,
Just keep your eye on her!
Thank you!
7.Cheepnis
Frank zappa (lead guitar, vocals)
George duke (keyboards, synthesizer, vocals)
Tom fowler (bass)
Ruth underwood (percussion)
Jeff simmons (rhythm guitar, vocals)
Don preston (synthesizer)
Bruce fowler (trombone)
Walt fowler (trumpet)
Napoleon murphy brock (tenor saxophone, flute, lead vocals)
Ralph humphrey (drums)
Chester thompson (drums)
Debbie (background vocals)
Lynn (background vocals)
Robert camarena (background vocals)
Cheepnis.
Let me tell you something, do you like monster movies？
Anybody？
(yeah!)
I love monster movies, i simply adore monster movies, and the
cheaper they are, the better they are. and cheepnis in the case
of a monster movie has nothing to do with the budget of the
film, al
H it helps. but true cheepnis is exemplified by visible nylon
strings attached to the jaw of a giant spider. i'll tell you, a
good one that i saw one time, i think the name of the film was '
Onquered the world' (yeah!) and the... did you ever see that
one？ the monster looks sort of like an inverted ice-cream corn
with teeth around the bottom. it looks like a, like a teepee or
a
Of a rounded off pup-tent affair. and ah, it's got fangs on the
base of it, i don't know why but it's a very threatening sight.
and then he's got a frown and, you know, ugly mouth and
everythin
D there's this one scene where the ah monster is coming out of a
cave. see？ there's always a scene where they come out of a cave,
at least once. and the rest of the cast...it musta been made aro
He 1950's. the lapels are about like th
At wide, the ties are about that wide and about this short, and
they always have a little revolver that they're gonna shoot the
monster with. and there is always a girl who falls down and
twists
Ankle. hey hey! of course there is! you know how they are, the
weaker sex and everything, twisting their ankle on behalf of a
little ice-cream corn. well in this particular scene, in this
scene
, they ah, they didn't wanna re-take it 'cause it musta been so
good they wanted to keep it, but they... when the monster came
out of the cave, just over on the left hand side of the screen
you
Ee about this much two-by-four attached to the bottom of the
thing as the guy is pushing it out, and then obviously
off-camera somebody's goin'： 'no! get it back!' ...and they drag
it
Just a little bit as the guy is goin'： 'kch! kch!' now that's
cheepnis.
Right. and this is cheepnis here： one two three four...
I ate a hot dog
It tasted real good
Then i watched a movie
From hollywood
(repeat)
Little miss muffett on a squat by me
Took a turn around, i said： can y'all see？
The little strings on the giant spider？'
The zipper from the black lagoon？
The vents by the tanks where the bubbles go up？
(and the flaps on the side of the moon)
The jelly ＆ paint on the 40 watt bulb
They use when the slime droozle off
The rumples ＆ the wrinkles in the cardboard rock
And the canvas of the cave is too soft
The suits ＆ the hats ＆ the tie's too wide
And too short for the scientist man
The chemistry lady with the roll-away mind
And the monster just ate japan
Ladies and gentlemen,
The monster,
Which the peasants in this area call frunobulax
(apparently a very large poodle dog)
Has just been seen approaching the power plant
Bullets can't stop it
Rockets can't stop it
We may have to use nuclear force!
Here comes that poodle dog!
Big as a blimp with a rhinestone collar
Snappin' off the trees
Like they was bonsai'd ornaments on a
Dry-wobble landscape
Keep it away! don't let the poodle bite me!
We can't let it reproduce! oh!
Somebody get out the pants!
The national guard has formed up at the base
Of the mountain
And is attempting to lure the enormous poodle
Towards the cave
Where they hope to destroy it with napalm
A thousand of the troopers are now lined up
And are calling to the monster...
Here fido
Here fido
Here fido
Got a great big slimey thing
Got a great big heavy thing
Got a great big poodle thing
Got a great big hairy thing
(repeat)
C'mon! everybody! let's go!
Get the distilled water! get the canned goods!
Get the toilet paper! you know we need it!
Go to da shelter
My baby, my baby,
Go to da shelter
Go to da shelter
(repeat)
Little miss muffett on a squat by me,
Can ya see the little string danglin' down
Makes the legs go wabble an' the mouth flop shut
An' the horrible eye, horrible eye, horrible eye
Go rollin' around
Can y'see it all
Can y'see it from here
Can y'laugh till yer weak on yer knees
If you can't, i'm sorry 'cause that's
All i wanna know
I need a little more cheepnis please
Baby, i'm sorry 'cause it's all i wanna know
I need a little more cheepnis please
Baby, i'm sorry 'cause it's all i wanna know
I need a little more cheepnis please
(etc. repeats)
8.Son Of Orange County
Frank zappa (lead guitar, vocals)
George duke (keyboards, synthesizer, vocals)
Tom fowler (bass)
Ruth underwood (percussion)
Jeff simmons (rhythm guitar, vocals)
Don preston (synthesizer)
Bruce fowler (trombone)
Walt fowler (trumpet)
Napoleon murphy brock (tenor saxophone, flute, lead vocals)
Ralph humphrey (drums)
Chester thompson (drums)
Debbie (background vocals)
Lynn (background vocals)
Robert camarena (background vocals)
And in your dreams
You can see yourself
As a prophet
Saving the world
The words from you lips
(i am not a crook)
I just can't believe you are such
A fool
I just can't believe
You are such a fool
I just can't believe
You are such a fool
I just can't believe
You are such a fool
I just can't believe
You are such a fool
9.More Trouble Every Day
Frank zappa (lead guitar, vocals)
George duke (keyboards, synthesizer, vocals)
Tom fowler (bass)
Ruth underwood (percussion)
Jeff simmons (rhythm guitar, vocals)
Don preston (synthesizer)
Bruce fowler (trombone)
Walt fowler (trumpet)
Napoleon murphy brock (tenor saxophone, flute, lead vocals)
Ralph humphrey (drums)
Chester thompson (drums)
Debbie (background vocals)
Lynn (background vocals)
Robert camarena (background vocals)
Well i'm about to get sick
From watchin' my tv
Been checkin' out the news
Till my eyeballs fail to see
I mean to say that every day
Is just another rotten mess
And when it's gonna change, my friend
Is anybody's guess, so i'm
Watchin' and i'm waitin'
Hopin' for the best
Even think i'll go to prayin'
Every time i hear 'em sayin'
There's no way to delay
That trouble comin' every day
No way to delay the trouble
Comin' every day
Wednesday i watched the riot
Seen the cops out on the street
Watched 'em throwin' rocks ＆ stuff ＆ chokin'
In the heat
Listen to reports
About the whisky passin' 'round
Seen the smoke ＆ fire
And the market burnin' down
Watched while everybody
On his street would take a turn
To stomp ＆ smash ＆ bash ＆ crash ＆ slash ＆
Bust ＆ burn
And i'm
Watchin' and i'm waitin'
Hopin' for the best
Even think i'll go to prayin'
Every time i hear 'em sayin' that there's
No way to delay
That trouble comin' every day
No way to delay
That trouble comin' every day
10.Be-bop Tango(Of The Old Jazzmen's Church)
Frank zappa (lead guitar, vocals)
George duke (keyboards, synthesizer, vocals)
Tom fowler (bass)
Ruth underwood (percussion)
Jeff simmons (rhythm guitar, vocals)
Don preston (synthesizer)
Bruce fowler (trombone)
Walt fowler (trumpet)
Napoleon murphy brock (tenor saxophone, flute, lead vocals)
Ralph humphrey (drums)
Chester thompson (drums)
Debbie (background vocals)
Lynn (background vocals)
Robert camarena (background vocals)
Some of you may know that the tango, which is not a very popular
dance anymore, was at one time reputed to be a dance of
unbridled passion. back in the old days when it wasn't so easy
to get you
Ks off, when it was hard to make contact with a member of the
opposite camp and you had to resort to things like dancing close
together and going hey...
Those were the days. well those days are probably gone forever,
i don't know, unless nixon is going to bring them back a little
bit later. but we have this very special highly evolved
permutated
O. it's actually a perverted tango. by the time... yes, it's so
perverted! this is the be-bop tango, a special entertainment
event that includes choreography a little bit later, so watch
out fol
You can turn on the big lights, we may need 'em. you know, the
ones in the audience. heh heh. okay, 're you ready？ not too fast
now 'cause i wanna get the right notes on the tape 'n' this,
this
O be the one. this has to be the one with all the right notes on
it. okay, 're you ready？ this is a hard one to play. one two
three four...
The cowbell as a symbol of unbridled passion, ladies and
gentlemen.
Now, as you might have noticed, bruce fowler has just completed
some sort of trombone solo, based on the-ah, idea of an evolved
tango-event. bruce has also prepared for you a demonstration of
a
That he hopes will sweep the ocean right after the mud shark
did. bruce is now warming up the important muscles of the body,
in preparation...in preparation for the real live be-bop tango
which
E gonna demonstrate. napoleon will assist him. napoleon just put
your horn down, just relax, put your head back, here comes the
drill. okay, heh heh heh, you know what i'm talkin' about？ okay.
This is sort of like jazz in it's own peculiar way. jazz is not
dead, it just smells funny! okay, let's go! yeah man, jazz man,
you know what i mean？ this is be-bop, even though you think it
doe
Sound like that. be-bop! now, as you might have noticed, some of
you with a musical education can tell that the notes that george
just sang when he went： 'this is be-bop, even though you th
T doesn't sound like that', is actually a sort of a twisted form
of the theme of the tango itself which will get even more
depraved as the number goes on. george will now attempt to
dismemb
At melody, play it and sing it at the same time while... tu-dup.
hey, that's the way! while we sort of dance to it. okay, try it
george. tu-dup, tu-dee... oh yeah! as i was saying. now, what
we'
E to do at this point is get some volunteers from the audience
to... i know you will, oh god you will... we need some...heh heh
heh... now, as a matter of fact you did, didn't you... no, we
wann
E some people who've never tried it bef
Ore, who've never even thought of trying it before. a boy, a
girl, preferably who like each other, who would like to come up
here and attempt to dance to what george sings. do we have
anybody wh
..you're one.
Okay, what's your name？
Carl.
Your name is carl？ please carl step on to the stage. pleased to
meet you carl. alright. okay？ let's see-ah, is there anybody in
the, in the back？ where...oh-oh, hey! what's your name？
Rick.
Rick, and？
Jane.
Rick and jane and carl! alright, here's how it works： there's a
beat going on like this; that's a pedestrian beat. you don't
dance to that beat, you dance to what george sings, okay？ the
little
Okay？ the little quick ones, okay？ ready？ george, make them
dance!
Dup. no no rick, you're too reserved. ready？ give it to 'em
george! tu-dup, tu-dup pu-dee-da... no no, come on now, loosen
up. listen, encourage them! when it... ah! okay! alright, one
more time
Ce!
Tu-dup, du-dee-da... let's study this phenomenon.
tu-duppy-dup-pu-dee-da... now look, rick and jane and carl,
you're, you're wonderful but you're just too reserved. i still
can... i know you wil
Ybe in a minute. okay, i'll t-tell you what： go back to your
seats and we'll bring up the next batch. okay？ carl, rick and
jane! alright, you wanna try...？
Anything you say frank!
Oh my god! alright, you're name is lana, right？ lana dance!
Du-dup-dee-dup... now that's more like it. du-dup-dee-dup...
lana, you're so good we have to bring up some other people to
assist you. brenda, imported from edward's air force base, where
she...
Es and gentlemen, brenda... brenda is a professional harlot and
she just got finished stripping for a bunch of guys at edward's
air force base, and she made it down here in time for the show.
tw
Rs of taking it off for the boys in the car, really good. okay.
heh. brenda, brenda has a lovely assistant named carl, or robert
james davis if you prefer. herb cohen, ladies and gentlemen!
okay
Ce!
Du-du-dip... you're still too adagio, i keep telling you!
du-dup-du-dee-da... turn on the bubble machine! dup-dee-da,
dup-dee-da... god, is that a cheap bubble-machine! bow,
du-du-du-du-du-da...
Es and gentlemen： don's ex-wife! ladies and gentlemen, you're
probably sitting in your chairs, saying to yourselves： i could
do that. and of course you can! and now is your big chance! all
you h
O do, the first step is easy, all you gotta do is stand up. go
ahead, just stand up. there you go, you are standing up. yes,
some of you are not standing up but you won't have as much fun
as the
Who are standing up. okay, turn on the big lights so everybody
can see what's going on. yes, very many of you are standing up.
okay, link your mind with the mind of george duke! and when...
Du-dup... that's it! when he plays those funny fast little
notes, twitch around and have a good time with the be-bop tango,
let's try it! anything you wanna do is alright. you gotta do
anything
Anna do, it's alright. yes you got to know you came to the right
place, tonight. (give me some of that wine now). as you might
have guessed, ladies and gentlemen, this is the end of our
concert.
Ike to thank you ver... wanna thank you very much for coming.
hope you had a good time. bruce fowler on trombone, napoleon
murphy brock on tenor sax and lead vocals, ruth underwood on
percussion
Ph humphrey on drums, chester thompson on drums, tom fowler on
bass and george duke on the keyboards. thank you very much.
alright, alright...
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