Joe's Garage

Frank Zappa Joe's Garage Album

16.The Central Scrutinizer

Frank zappa (lead guitar, vocals)
Warren cucurullo (rhythm guitar, vocals)
Denny walley (slide guitar, vocals)
Ike willis (lead vocals)
Peter wolf (keyboards)
Tommy mars (keyboards)
Arthur barrow (bass, vocals)
Ed mann (percussion)
Vinnie colaiuta (drums)
Jeff (tenor saxophone)
Marginal chagrin (baritone saxophone)
Stumuk (bass saxophone)
Dale bozzio (vocals)
Al malkin (vocals)
Craig steward (harmonica)

Sometimes when you're not looking he just sneaks up on you. he
looks like a cheap sort of flying saucer about five feet across
with a snout-like megaphone apparatus in the front with two big
eye
Nted like appletons with miniature motorized frowning chrome
eyebrows over them. along the side of his disc-like body are
several sets of stupid-looking headers and exhaust hoses which
apparentl
Pel him and punctuate his dialogue with horrible smelling smoke
rings. in the middle of his head we can see an airport wind sock
and constantly twirling anemometer. the bottom of him has a
landi
Ght and three spoked wheels. in spite of all this, it is obvious
that the way he really gets around is by being dangled from
place to place by a union guy with a dark green shirt up in the
roof
S eating a sandwich (pieces of which drop off every once in a
while and lodge themselves near the hole where they put the oil
in that makes the cheap smoke).

He hovers into view and speaks to us thusly...

Central scrutinizer:
This is the central scrutinizer...it is my responsibility to
enforce all the laws that haven't been passed yet. it is also my
responsibility to alert each and every one of you to the
potential c
Uences of various ordinary everyday activities you might be
performing which could eventually lead to *the death penalty*
(or affect your parents' credit rating). our criminal
institutions are f
F little creeps like you who do wrong things...and many of them
were driven to these crimes by a horrible force called music!

Our studies have shown that this horrible force is so dangerous
to society at large that laws are being drawn up at this very
moment to stop it forever! cruel and inhuman punishments are
being c
Lly described in tiny paragraphs so they won't conflict with the
constitution (which, itself, is being modified in order to
accommodate the future).

I bring you now a special presentation to show what can happen
to you if you choose a career in music...the white zone is for
loading and unloading only...if you have to load or unload, go
to th
Te zone... you'll love it...it's a way of life...ha, ha, ha, ha,
ha...hi, it's me, i'm back. this is the central
scrutinizer...the white zone is for loading and unloading
only...if yah gotta loa
If yah gotta unload, go to the white zone. you'll love it...it's
a way of life. that's right, you'll love it, it's a way of life,
that's right, you'll love it, it's a way of life, you'll love i
Is, is, the central scrutinizer!