Frank Zappa (guitar, synclavier)Steve Vai (guitar)Ray White (guitar, vocals)Tommy Mars (keyboards)Chuck Wild (piano)Arthur Barrow (bass)Scott Thunes (bass)Jay Anderson (string bass)Ed Mann (percussion)Chad Wackerman (drums)Ike Willis (vocals)Terry Bozzio (vocals)Dale Bozzio (vocals)Napoleon Murphy Brock (vocals)Bob Harris (vocals)Johnny Guitar Watson (vocals)THING-FISH:Now, dis nasty sucker is de respondable party fo de en-whiffment o' de origumal potium. Through de magik o' stage-kraff, we be able to see him at woik!He now be preparin' some ugly shit to make yo' life even mo' mizzable den it awready are, since dis batch be resigned to render him IMMORTAL! We does not know if it gwine woik yet, but we kin always hope fo' de best!THING-FISH: (singing)Flies all green 'n buzznin'In his dunjing of despairPrisoners grummle an' piss dey' clothes'N scratch dey' matted hairA tiny light fum a window-holeA hunnit yards awayIs all dey ever gets t'know'Bouts de reg'luh life in de dayAn' it stink so bad, de stones been chokin''N weepin' greenish dropsIn de room where de giant fowah-puffer woikin','N de torchum never stopsDe torchum never stopsDe torchum,De torchum,De torchum never stops(Go on, 'DEWLLA! Play dat lil' guitar one mo'gin!)(spoken)Uh-oh! I smells trubba! He be messin' wit pigmeat heahhh! Muthafucker be rejectin' some CO-LOG- NUH directly into de DUO-DEENUM of de unsuspecting victim! Now he gone see if he immune to it by eatin' a dab hisseff!(singing)Flies all green an' buzznin'In his dunjing of despairAn EVIL PRINCE eats a steamin' pigIn a chamber, right near dereHe eat de snouts an' de trotters foist!De loins an' de groins id soon re-spersedHis carvin' style id well re-hoistHe stan' 'n shout:All main be coist!All main be coist!All main be coist!All main be coist!An' dis-ergree? Well, no one durst...He de best, of cose, of all de woistSome wrong been done, he done it foist...An' he stink so bad, his bones been chokin'And weepin' greenish drops,In de vat of GALOOT CO-LOG-NUH,Where de Re-zease be berlin' upBerlin' an' uh boilin' upCO-LOG-NUH!CO-LOG-NUH!GALOOT CO-LOG-UH-NUH!THING-FISH: (spoken)Oh! Do yoseff a favum 'n DON'T USE IT! Oooooooh! Look at THESE ugly suckers! Boy, when white folks come back fum bein' dead, they sho' gets scary-lookin'! But don't take their appearance too seriously, people, 'cause dey say dis de sort o' folks dat belongs on BROADWAY! The BROADWAY ZOMBIES collect around the EVIL PRINCE, who suddenly suspects the presence of an intruder. After taking a large bite from an onion he sings...EVIL PRINCE: (singing)Somewhere, over there, I can tell,There's a voice ofA potato-headed whatchamacallitWho does not wish me well!His clothes are quite stupid,And also his shoes!He's got a big ol' duck-mouth!(Who knows how he chews!)He thinks he knows somethingAbout THE GREAT PLAN!How ULTIMATE BLANDNESSMust RULE and COMMANDHe knows not a drop,Not a crumb,Not a whit,Of the reason for doingThis criminal shitAnd then, if he did,Would it matter a bit?Not at all!Because IT IS WRIT:Our BEIGE-BLANDISH GODTends to CERTIFY IT:Only the boring and bland shall survive!Only the lamest of lameness will thrive!Take it or leave it, you won't be alive,If you are overtly CREATIVE!Fairies and faggots and queers are'CREATIVE'All the best music on Broadway is'NATIVE'Who will step forwardAnd end all this trouble?For beige-blandish citizens,Clutching the rubbleOf vanishing dreamsOf wimpish amusement,Replaced by a rashOf 'CREATIVE' confusement!Soon, my brave Zombies,You'll make your return!Broadway will glow!Broadway will burn!(Along with the remnants ofEVERYTHING NEW)My HOLY DISEASE will doWonders for you!Those lovely producersWho paid for you 'then'Will do it again, and again, and again!EVIL PRINCE: (singing to the Zombies)The spying potatoWith horrible dictionWill rot in the garbageWhen this show's evictionTakes place shortly afterMy alternate skillOf THEATRICAL SABOTAGETriumphs YOUR will!I've a special reviewI've been saving for yearsFor a show just like this,With POTATOES and QUEERSI'll say it's disgusting, atrocious, and dullI'll say it makes boils inside of your skullI'll say it's the worst-of-the-worst of theyear,No wind down the plain, and it's hard on yourearI'll say it's the work of an infantile mindI'll say that it's tasteless, and that you willfindA better excuse to spend money or timeAt a Tupper-Ware Party,So, do be a smarty!Hold on to that dollarA little while longerFor spending it here,Why, it couldn't be wronger!WHAT'S HAPPENED TO BROADWAY?WHERE'S IT GONE, ALL THE GLITTER?THE 'HEART' AND THE 'SOUL'THE PATTER?THE PITTER?And after this deadly review hits the paper,In will come ROPER, BENDER & RAPER,To legally execute all that remainsOf this tragic amusement for drug-addled brainsTHING-FISH: (singing)Flies all green an' buzznin'In his dunjing of despairWho are all o' dem ZOMBIESDat he fuckin' wit down dere?Are dey crazy?Are dey sainted?Are dey STAGE-KRAFF someone painted?It have never been explained,Since at first it were created,But, a MUSICAL, like we's in,Require a WHOLE BUNCH O' EVERYTHIN'!We talkin' EVERYTHIN' DAT EVER BEEN!Look at her!Look at him!Dat what de deal we dealin' inDat what de deal we dealin' inDat what de deal we dealin' inDat what de deal we dealin' in
Lyrics by Frank Zappa
"A Different Octave" "A Kayak (On Snow)" "A Very Nice Body" "Attack! Attack! Attack!" "Dark Water!" "Don't Eat There" "Don't Take Me Down" "Flowing Inside-Out" "Have You Ever Heard Their Band?" "Here Comes The Gear, Lads" "How The Pigs' Music Works" \ \"No No No\" & Quot;No No No & Quot ; "A Different Octave" "A Kayak (On Snow)" "A Very Nice Body" "Attack! Attack! Attack!" "Cold Light Generation" "Dark Water!" "Don't Eat There" "Don't Take Me Down" "Flowing Inside-Out" "Have You Ever Heard Their Band?" "Here Comes The Gear, Lads" "How The Pigs' Music Works" 200 Years Old 50 \/ 50 50/50 9/8 Objects 9\/8 Objects A Bunch Of Adventures A Diffrent Octave A Few Moments With Brother A. West A Game Of Cards A Great Guy A Kayak ( On Snow ) A Little Green Rosetta A Nun Suit Painted On Some Old Boxes A Pound for a Brown A Pound For A Brown (On The Bus) A Pound For A Brown On The Bus A Small Eternity With Yoko Ono A Token Of My Extreme A Tunnel Into Muck A Typical Sound Check A Version Of Himself A Very Nice Body Absolutely Free Absolutely Free [Instrumental] Advance Romance Agency Man Alien Orifice Alley Cat Almost Chinese America Drinks America Drinks & Goes Home America Drinks & Goes Home America Drinks & Goes Home Amnerika Amnesia Vivace Ancient Armaments Andy Any Downers? Any Kind Of Pain Any Way The Wind Blows Any Way The Wind Blows (in album Cruising With Rub... Any Way The Wind Blows (in album Cruising With Rub... Anything Anyway The Wind Blows Apostrophe Apostrophe(') Approximate Are You Hung Up Are You Hung Up? Are You Upset? Artificial Rhonda At The Gas Station Attack! Attack! Attack! Babbette Babette Baby Snakes Baby, Take Your Teeth Out Bacon Fat Bad Acting Baked - Bean Boogie Baked-Bean Boogie Bamboozled By Love Be - Bop Tango Be In My Video Be-Bop Tango Be-Bop Tango (Of The Old Jazzmen's Church) Be-bop Tango (Of The Old Jazzmen's Church) Beat It With Your Fist Beauty Knows No Pain Beer Shampoo Big Leg Emma Billie The Mountain Billy The Mountain Bit Of Nostalgia Black Napkins Black Napkins (The Deathless Horsie) Black Page Bobby Brown Bobby Brown Goes Down Bogus Pomp Botulism On The Hoof Bow Tie Daddy Briefcase Boogie Broken Hearts Are For Assholes Brown Moses Brown Shoes Don't Make It Brown Shoes Don't Make It (in album Tinseltown Reb... Brown Shoes Don't Make It But Who Was Fulcanelli? Bwana Dik Call Any Vegetable Call Any Vegetable (in album Just Another Band Fro... Camarillo Brillo Camirillo Brillo Can't Afford No Shoes Can't Afford No Shoes Canadian Customs Canard Du Jour Canarsie Carol, You Fool Carolina Hard - Core Ecstasy Carolina Hard-Core Ecstasy Carolina Hard-Core Ecstasy (in album You Can't Do ... Catholic Girls Centerville Chalk Pie Champagne Lecture Chana In De Bushwop Charles Ives Charlie's Enormous Mouth Charlie's Enormous Mouth Charva Cheap Thrills Cheepnis Childish Perversions Chocolate Halvah Chunga's Revenge Church Chat City Of Tiny Lights City Of Tiny Lites City Of Tiny Lites (in album You Can't Do That On ... Cletus Awreetus-Awrightus Clowns On Velvet Cocaine Decisions Cock - Suckers' Ball Cock-Suckers' Ball Cold Light Generation Concentration Moon Concentration Moon, Part One Concentration Moon, Part Two Conehead Cops & Buns Cops & Buns Cops Buns Cosmik Debris Cosmik Debris [Basic Tracks - Take 3] Cradle Rock Cruising For Burgers Cucamonga Daddy, Daddy, Daddy Dance Contest Dancin' Fool Dancin' Fool Dark Water! Dead Girls Of London Dear Jeepers Deathless Horsie Debra Kadabra Dental Hygeine Dilemma Dental Hygiene Dilemma Deseri Dew On The Newts We Got Dickie's Such An Asshole Didja Get Any Onya? Dinah-Moe Humm Dinah-Moe-Hum Diptheria Blues Directly From My Heart To You Dirty Love Disco Boy Diseases Of The Band Divan Do Not Pass Go Do Not Try This At Home Do You Like My New Car? Does This Kind Of Life Look Interesting To You? Dog Breath Dog Breath, In The Year Of The Plague Don't Eat The Yellow Snow Don't You Ever Wash That Thing? Don't Eat The Yellow Snow Don't You Ever Wash That Thing? Dong Work For Yuda Doreen Doreen (in album You Can't Do That On Stage Anymor... Drafted Again Drooling Midrange Accountants On Easter Hay Drop Dead Drowning Witch Drums Are Too Noisy Duke Of Prunes Dumb All Over Dummy Up Easy Meat Echidna's Arf Echidna's Arf (Of You) Echidna's Arf Eddie Are You Kidding? Eddie, Are You Kidding? Electric Aunt Jemima Elvis Has Just Left The Building Epilogue Evelyn, A Modified Dog Every Time I See You Excentrifugal Forz F.Z./JCB Drum Duet F.Z.\/JCB Drum Duet Farther O'Blivion Father O'bliviion Father O'Blivion Father O'blivion Fembot In A Wet T-shirt Fifty - Fifty Fifty-Fifty Find Her Finer Fine Girl Flakes Flambay Florentine Pogen Flower Punk Flowing Inside - Out Flowing Inside-Out Food Gathering In Post-industrial America, 1992 For Calvin For Calvin (And His Next Two Hitch-Hikers) For Duane For The Young Sophisticate Fountain Of Love Friendly Little Finger Friendly Little Finger [Instrumental] Frogs With Dirty Little Lips Galoot up - Date Galoot Up-Date Gee, I Like Your Pants Geneva Farewell German Lunch Get A Little Go Cry On Somebody Else's Shoulder Go Cry On Somebody Else's Shoulder Goa Goblin Girl God Bless America Going For The Money Half A Dozen Provocative Squats Handsome Cabin Boy Happy Together Happy Together (Bonner\/Gordon) Harder Than Your Husband Harry - as - a - Boy Harry & Rhonda Harry & Rhonda Harry Rhonda Harry-As-A-Boy Harry, You're A Beast Harry, You're A Beast He Used To Cut The Grass He's Right He's So Gay He's Watching Us He's Right He's Watching Us Heavenly Bank Account Heavy Duty Judy Help, I'm A Rock Help, I'm A Rock Here Comes The Gear, Lads Here Lies Love Hitch Hike Holding The Group Back Holiday In Berlin Honey, Don't You Want A Man Like Me? Honey, Don't You Want A Man Like Me? Hordern Intro (Incan Art Vamp) Hot & Stupid Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel Hot Poop Hot-plate Heaven At The Green Hotel Hotel Atlanta Incidentals Hound Dog How Could I Be Such a Fool How Could I Be Such A Fool (in album Cruising With... How Could I Be Such A Fool (in album Cruising With... How Could I Be Such A Fool? How The Pigs' Music Works How's Your Bird How's Your Bird? How's Your Bird Hungry Freaks, Daddy I Ain't Got No Heart I Ain't Got No Heart (in album Tinseltown Rebellio... I Ain't Got No Heart I Come From Nowhere I Don't Even Care I Don't Wanna Get Drafted I Had A Dream About That I Have Been In You I Promise Not To Come In Your Mouth I Wish Motorhead Would Come Back I'm A Beautiful Guy I'm Not Satisfied I'm Not Satisfied (in album Cruising With Ruben & ... I'm Not Satisfied (in album Cruising With Ruben &a... I'm So Cute I'm Stealing The Towels I'm The Slime I'm So Happy I Could Cry Ian Underwood Whips It Out If Only She Woulda If We'd All Been Living In California... In France In Your Mouth Inca Roads Invocation & Ritual Dance of The Young Pumpkin Invocation And Ritual Dance Of The Young Pumpkin It Can't Happen Here It Just Might Be a One - Shot Deal It Just Might Be A One-Shot Deal Janet's Big Dance Number JCB & Kansas On The Bus #1 JCB & Kansas On The Bus #2 JCB & Kansas On The Bus #1 JCB & Kansas On The Bus #2 Jcb Kansas on The Bus #1 Jcb Kansas on The Bus #2 Jelly Roll Gum Drop Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk Jewish Princess Jezebel Boy Joe's Garage Joe's Garage Johnny Darling Jones Crusher Jumbo Go Away Just One More Time Kaiser Rolls Kaiser Rolls (Du Jour) Kangaroos Keep It Greasey Keep It Greasy Kenny's Booger Story King Kong Later That Night Latex Solar Beef Lemme Take You To The Beach Let's Make The Water Turn Black Let's Move To Cleveland Letter From Jeepers Library Card Like It Or Not Little Girl Of Mine Little Green Scratchy Sweaters & Courduroy Ponce Little Green Scratchy Sweaters & Courduroy Pon... Little Green Scratchy Sweaters Courduroy Ponce Little House I Used To Live In Little House I Used To Live In (in album Fillmore ... Little Rubber Girl Lonely Little Girl Lonely Little Girl [Instrumental] Lonesome Cowboy Burt Lonesome Cowboy Nando Lonesome Electric Turkey Lost in a Whirlpool Louie Louie Love Of My Life Love of My Life [Alternative Version] Love Story Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up Lumpy Gravy I Magdalena Magic Fingers Make A Sex Noise Man With The Woman Head Marqueson's Chicken Mary Lou Master Ringo Memories Of El Monte (1962) Meow Moggio Mom & Dad Mom & Dad Mom Dad Montana More Trouble Every Day Mother People Motherly Love Mount St. Mary's Concert Excerpt Mozart Ballet - Piano Sonata in B flat Mr. Green Genes Ms. Pinky MsPinky Mudd Club Mudd Club (in album Thing-Fish) Muffin Man Murder By Numbers My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama (in album You Ca... My Head? Mystery Roach N - Lite Nanook Rubs It Nasal Retentive Calliope Music Nig Biz No Not Now No Not Now (in album Thing-fish) No Waiting For The Peanuts To Dissolve No, No Cherry Oh No On The Bus Our Bizarre Relationship Outside Now Outside Now (in album Broadway The Hard Way) Packard Goose Panty Rap Peaches En Regalia Peaches III Penis Dimension Piano/Drum Duet Piano\/Drum Duet Pick Me, I'm Clean Pinocchio's Furniture Planet Of My Dreams Planet Of The Baritone Women Plastic People Po - Jama People Po-Jama People Poofter's Froth Wyoming Plans Ahead Porn Wars Prelude To The Afternoon Of A Sexually Aroused Gas... Progress? Prologue Promiscuous Proto - Minimalism Proto-Minimalism Punky's Whips Put A Little Motor In 'em Pygmy Twylyte Rat Tomago Redneck Eats Religious Superstition Return of The Hunch - Back Duke Return Of The Hunch-Back Duke Return of the Son of Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar Rhymin' Man Ride My Face to Chicago Right There Road Ladies Ronnie Sings? Ronnie's Booger Story Room Service Rubber Shirt Rudy Wants To Buy Yez A Drink Run Home Slow: Main Title Theme Ruthie - Ruthie Saliva Can Only Take So Much Sam With The Showing Scalp Flat Top San Ber'dino Satumaa Scrutinizer Postlude Scum Bag Semi-Fraudulent/Direct-From-Hollywood Overture Semi-Fraudulent\/Direct-From-Hollywood Overture Sex Shall We Take Ourselves Seriously? Sharleena She Painted Up Her Face Shove It Right In Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar Some More Sleep Dirt Sleeping In A Jar Smell My Beard Society Pages Sofa #1 Sofa #2 Soft - Sell Conclusion Soft-Sell Conclusion Someplace Else Right Now Son Of MrGreen Genes Son Of Orange County Son Of Suzy Creamcheese Soup 'n Old Clothes Spider Of Destiny St Alphonzo's Pancake Breakfast St. Alphonzo's Pancake Breakfast StAlfonzo s Pancake Breakfast Status Back Baby Stevie's Spanking Stick It Out Stick Together Stink Foot Stink-Foot Strictly Genteel (The Finale) Stuff Up The Cracks Suicide Chump Sy Borg T**ties & Beer Take Me Out To The Ball Game Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance Tears Began To Fall Teen - Age Prostitute Teen-Age Prostitute Teen-Age Wind Teenage Wind Telephone Conversation Tell Me You Love Me Tengo Na Minchia Tanta Texas Medley That Evil Prince That Would Be The End Of That The World's Greatest Sinner The Air The Birth of Captain Beefheart The Black Page The Black Page Drum Solo/Black Page #1 The Black Page Drum Solo\/Black Page #1 The Blackouts The Blue Light The Booger Man The Central Scrutinizer The Closer You Are The Crab - Grass Baby The Crab-Grass Baby The Dangerous Kitchen The Dead Girls Of London The Dick Kunc Story The Downtown Talent Scout The Duke Of Prunes The Duke Regains His Chops The Evil Prince The Florida Airport Tape The Girl Wants To Fix Him Some Broth The Girl's Dream The Grand Wazoo The Groupie Routine The Gumbo Variations The Idiot Bastard Son The Illinois Enema Bandit The Jazz Discharge Party Hats The Jimmy Carl Black Philosophy Lesson The Lad Searches The Night For His Newts The Little March The M.O.I. Anti-Smut Loyalty Oath The Madison Panty-Sniffing Festival The Mammy Nuns The Man From Utopia The Man From Utopia Meets Mary Lou The Massive Improve'lence The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing (in album Thing-Fis... The Motel Room The Mud Shark The Nancy & Mary Music The Nancy & Mary Music The Nancy Mary Music The Orange County Lumber Truck The Pigs' Music The Poodle Lecture The Radio Is Broken The Rejected Mexican Pope Leaves The Stage The Return Of The Son Of Monster Magnet The Sealed Tuna Bolero The Sheik Yerbouti Tango The Torture Never Stops The Torture Never Stops (in album You Can't Do Tha... The Uncle Meat Variations The Untouchables The Voice Of Cheese The White Boy Troubles The Worst Reviews Them Or Us Theme From The 3rd Mvmt Of \ Theme From The 3rd Mvmt Of \"Sinister Footwear\" Theme from The 3rd Mvmt of & Quot;Sinister Foo... They Made Me Eat It This Ain't CNN This Is All Wrong This Is Phaze I I I This is Phaze III This Town is a Sealed Tuna Sandwich This Town Is A Sealed Tuna Sandwich (Prologue) This Town Is A Sealed Tuna Sandwich (Reprise) Tiger Roach Time Is Money Tink Walks Amok Tinseltown Rebellion Tiny Sick Tears Titties 'N' Beer Titties & Beer Titties & Beer Titties Beer Toads Of The Short Forest Transylvania Boogie Trouble Every Day Trouble Every Day (in album Does Humor Belong In M... Trouble Every Day (in album You Can't Do That On S... Truck Driver Divorce Tryin' To Grow A Chin Tuna Fish Promenade Tush Tush Tush Twenty Small Cigars Uncle Bernie's Farm Uncle Remus Uncle Remus [Mix Outtake] Undaunted, The Band Plays On Underground Freak - Out Music Underground Freak-Out Music Valarie Valley Girl Variations on the Carlos Santana Secret Chord Prog... Very Distraughtening Village Of The Sun Watermelon In Easter Hay Watermelon In Eastern Hay We Are Not Alone We Can Shoot You We Gotta Get Into Something Real We're Turning Again Weasels Ripped My Flesh Wet T - Shirt Nite Wet T-Shirt Nite What Ever Happened To All The Fun In The World What Kind Of Girl Do You Think We Are? What Kind Of Girl? What Will This Evening Bring Me This Morning What's New In Baltimore? What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body? What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body? (Reprise) When The Lie's So Big Where Is Johnny Velvet? Where's Our Equipment? Whippin' Post Whippin' Post (in album Does Humor Belong In Music... White Ugliness Who Are The Brain Police? Who Needs The Peace Corps? Who Needs the Peace Corps? [Instrumental] Why Does It Hurt When I Pee? Why Don't You Like Me? Why Don'tcha Do Me Right? Why Johnny Can't Read Why Not? Wild Love Willie The Pimp Willie The Pimp (in album You Can't Do That On Sta... Willie The Pimp Part One & Willie The Pimp Part Tw... Wind Up Workin' In A Gas Station Wind Up Workin' In The Gas Station Wind Up Working In A Gas Station Wistful With a Fist - Full Wistful With A Fist-Full Won Ton On Wonderful Tattoo! Wonderful Wino Would You Go All The Way? Would You Like A Snack? Wowie Zowie WPLJ Xmas Values Ya Hozna Yo Cats Yo' Mama You Are What You Is You Are What You Is (in album Thing-fish) You Call That Music? You Didn't Try To Call Me You Didn't Try To Call Me (in album Cruising With ... You Didn't Try To Call Me (in album Cruising With ... You're Just Insultin' Me, Aren't You! You're Probably Wondering Why I'm Here Your Mouth Zomby Woof Zoot Allures Zoot Allures [Instrumental]