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Freak Out! (Music)
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Freak Out! is the debut album by American avant-garde artist Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, released in 1966 through Verve Records.Freak Out! is widely considered to be one of Zappa's best albums and one of the most impressive debut albums of all time. Historically it's important for being the second double-album in rock history, coming out just one week after Bob Dylan's Blonde on Blonde. It's also an early example of a Concept Album and was one of the main inspirations for The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.Even today the music sounds like nothing else out there. The liner notes inside the album are also worth mentioning as they are neatly packaged to appeal to all geeks world wide. Fan favorites are "Who Are The Brain Police?", "Trouble Every Day", "It Can't Happen Here" and "The Return Of The Son Of Monster Magnet". | |
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Non Sequitur | |
| Freak Out! (Music) / int_1495d0e6 | comment |
Non Sequitur: From "Go Cry On Somebody Else's Shoulder": | |
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| Freak Out! (Music) / int_1616e13 | type |
Ripped from the Headlines | |
| Freak Out! (Music) / int_1616e13 | comment |
Ripped from the Headlines: "Trouble Every Day" was inspired by the race riots in Watts, Los Angeles in 1966. | |
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| Freak Out! (Music) / int_16d8476f | type |
Protest Song | |
| Freak Out! (Music) / int_16d8476f | comment |
Protest Song: Virtually all of the songs reject American government and society. | |
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| Freak Out! (Music) / int_17ce80aa | type |
All There in the Manual | |
| Freak Out! (Music) / int_17ce80aa | comment |
All There in the Manual: The liner notes of "Freak Out!" explain biographical trivia about Zappa and his band members, relevant quotes, pictures, information about each track and a whole list with people whom influenced Zappa's music. | |
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| Freak Out! (Music) / int_2487dbf0 | type |
Vomit Chain Reaction | |
| Freak Out! (Music) / int_2487dbf0 | comment |
Vomit Chain Reaction: "I Ain't Got No Heart" has one near the end. | |
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| Freak Out! (Music) / int_2bd2b7b8 | type |
List Song | |
| Freak Out! (Music) / int_2bd2b7b8 | comment |
List Song: "It Can't Happen Here" asks "Who could imagine that they would freak out in...?" and lists Kansas, Minnesota and Washington, D.C. | |
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| Freak Out! (Music) / int_2be74be | type |
Sucky School | |
| Freak Out! (Music) / int_2be74be | comment |
Sucky School: "Hungry Freaks, Daddy" attacks the American education system, Zappa being pro-autodidact. The liner notes to this specific song also have this call to arms: "Drop out of school before your mind rots from exposure to our mediocre educational system. Forget bout the Senior Prom and go to the library and educate yourself if you’ve got any guts. Some of you like pep rallies and plastic robots who tell you what to read. Forget I mentioned it. This song has no message Rise for the flag salute." | |
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| Freak Out! (Music) / int_2bf54826 | type |
Longest Song Goes Last | |
| Freak Out! (Music) / int_2bf54826 | comment |
Longest Song Goes Last: The album closes with "The Return of the Son of Monster Magnet" (12:22). | |
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My Country Tis of Thee That I Sting | |
| Freak Out! (Music) / int_2c5bfae3 | comment |
My Country Tis of Thee That I Sting: "Hungry Freaks, Daddy" "Trouble Every Day", a criticism of the race riots that were frequently in the news during the 1960s and the way the media sensationalized them. "The Return Of The Son Of Monster Magnet" | |
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| Freak Out! (Music) / int_33d46120 | type |
Lampshade Hanging | |
| Freak Out! (Music) / int_33d46120 | comment |
Lamp Shade Hanging: "You're Probably Wondering Why I'm Here". | |
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| Freak Out! (Music) / int_34f6774c | type |
Concept Album | |
| Freak Out! (Music) / int_34f6774c | comment |
Concept Album: The songs are accompanied by very specific liner notes which give the listener insight in the lyrics and the inspiration behind the zanyness. The album is often considered the first rock concept album (if The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds, which came out a month before it, isn'tnote the songs on Pet Sounds are thematically unified but Brian Wilson has hinted that it may not have been consciously intended as a concept album), so it could be listed as the Ur-Example, Trope Maker, and/or Trope Codifier. | |
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| Freak Out! (Music) / int_3aec9e5e | type |
Properly Paranoid | |
| Freak Out! (Music) / int_3aec9e5e | comment |
Properly Paranoid: "Who Are The Brain Police?" | |
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| Freak Out! (Music) / int_3ea462d7 | type |
Take That, Audience! | |
| Freak Out! (Music) / int_3ea462d7 | comment |
Take That, Audience!: The liner notes mention the Mothers' closing message to tourists at the Hollywood Whiskey A-Go-Go: "If your children ever find out how lame you really are, they'll murder you in your sleep." | |
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| Freak Out! (Music) / int_3eb0f889 | type |
Pun-Based Title | |
| Freak Out! (Music) / int_3eb0f889 | comment |
Pun-Based Title: "Motherly Love", which references the band's name, the Mothers of Invention. | |
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| Freak Out! (Music) / int_4557702e | type |
The Conscience | |
| Freak Out! (Music) / int_4557702e | comment |
The Conscience: This exchange takes place at the beginning of "The Return Of The Son Of Monster Magnet": | |
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| Freak Out! (Music) / int_4930959c | type |
Bigger Than Jesus | |
| Freak Out! (Music) / int_4930959c | comment |
Bigger Than Jesus: In the liner notes a "noted L.A. disc jockey" has the following to say: "I’d like to clean you boys up a bit and mold you. I believe I could make you as big as the Turtles". | |
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| Freak Out! (Music) / int_4b1ca7d2 | type |
Genre Roulette | |
| Freak Out! (Music) / int_4b1ca7d2 | comment |
Genre Roulette: Rock, Doo-wop and modern Classical Music. | |
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| Freak Out! (Music) / int_4e7c4536 | type |
Wham Line | |
| Freak Out! (Music) / int_4e7c4536 | comment |
Wham Line: "Trouble Every Day" | |
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| Freak Out! (Music) / int_5daf0f22 | type |
Iconic Song Request | |
| Freak Out! (Music) / int_5daf0f22 | comment |
Iconic Song Request: Frank Zappa once heard someone request "Caravan" by Duke Ellington, but "with a drum solo". He referenced this bizarre request in "You're Probably Wondering Why I'm Here" and would do so again on "America Drinks And Goes Home" on Absolutely Free. | |
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Viewers Are Geniuses | |
| Freak Out! (Music) / int_641cf81d | comment |
Listeners Are Geniuses: Zappa aimed at a very eccentric and/or intellectual demographic with this album. | |
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| Freak Out! (Music) / int_64e975cf | type |
Manly Tears | |
| Freak Out! (Music) / int_64e975cf | comment |
Manly Tears: "You Didn't Try To Call Me", takes this up to eleven. | |
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Freak Out! (Music) / int_64e975cf | |
| Freak Out! (Music) / int_6f77ef8e | type |
Anti-Love Song | |
| Freak Out! (Music) / int_6f77ef8e | comment |
Anti-Love Song: Most of the love songs on this album are parodies of the genre, like "I Ain't Got No Heart". | |
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Freak Out! (Music) / int_6f77ef8e | |
| Freak Out! (Music) / int_74149c93 | type |
Epic Rocking | |
| Freak Out! (Music) / int_74149c93 | comment |
Epic Rocking: "The Return Of The Son Of Monster Magnet" is over 12 minutes long. | |
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| Freak Out! (Music) / int_744e3311 | type |
Police Brutality | |
| Freak Out! (Music) / int_744e3311 | comment |
Police Brutality: "Who Are The Brain Police?", naturally. "Help I'm A Rock" "Trouble Every Day" | |
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Real Life Writes the Plot | |
| Freak Out! (Music) / int_786bf97f | comment |
Real Life Writes the Plot: During one of their concerts, Zappa actually heard somebody request "Caravan" by Duke Ellington, but "with a drum solo." He used this line in "You're Probably Wondering Why I'm Here". | |
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| Freak Out! (Music) / int_78e8eba5 | type |
"I Am" Song | |
| Freak Out! (Music) / int_78e8eba5 | comment |
"I Am" Song: "I'm Not Satisfied", "Help I'm a Rock", and "You're Probably Wondering Why I'm Here". | |
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| Freak Out! (Music) / int_7bef792a | type |
BreakUpSong | |
| Freak Out! (Music) / int_7bef792a | comment |
Break Up Song: "Go Cry On Somebody Else's Shoulder", "Anyway The Wind Blows", "How Could I Be Such A Fool?", "You Didn't Try To Call Me". | |
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Freak Out! (Music) / int_7bef792a | |
| Freak Out! (Music) / int_7fbe9a30 | type |
Freak Out | |
| Freak Out! (Music) / int_7fbe9a30 | comment |
Freak Out and Freaky Is Cool: Well, duh! | |
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Kent Brockman News | |
| Freak Out! (Music) / int_7fff034b | comment |
Kent Brockman News: Sarcastically lamblasted in "Trouble Every Day" (see also News Monopoly). | |
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| Freak Out! (Music) / int_81bdc398 | type |
He's Back! | |
| Freak Out! (Music) / int_81bdc398 | comment |
He's Back!: "The Return Of The Son Of Monster Magnet". | |
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| Freak Out! (Music) / int_86b21114 | type |
Badass Boast | |
| Freak Out! (Music) / int_86b21114 | comment |
Badass Boast: "Motherly Love". | |
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Capitalism Is Bad | |
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Capitalism Is Bad: Consumerism is criticized in "Hungry Freaks, Daddy". | |
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| Freak Out! (Music) / int_8c00118f | type |
Spoken Word in Music | |
| Freak Out! (Music) / int_8c00118f | comment |
Spoken Word in Music: During the fade-out of "You Didn't Try To Call Me", the protagonist complains how his girlfriend didn't call him in a rant that gets more ridiculous with each line. | |
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Freak Out! (Music) / int_8c00118f | |
| Freak Out! (Music) / int_8f22d0d9 | type |
High-School Rejects | |
| Freak Out! (Music) / int_8f22d0d9 | comment |
High-School Rejects: "Hungry Freaks, Daddy". | |
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| Freak Out! (Music) / int_986d2a02 | type |
Doo-Wop Progression | |
| Freak Out! (Music) / int_986d2a02 | comment |
Doowop Progression: "Go Cry On Somebody Else's Shoulder" follows this pattern. | |
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Freak Out! (Music) / int_986d2a02 | |
| Freak Out! (Music) / int_99699561 | type |
Questioning Title? | |
| Freak Out! (Music) / int_99699561 | comment |
Questioning Title?: "Who Are The Brain Police?", "How Could I Be Such A Fool?" | |
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| Freak Out! (Music) / int_99d03787 | type |
News Monopoly | |
| Freak Out! (Music) / int_99d03787 | comment |
News Monopoly: "Trouble Every Day" | |
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Freak Out! (Music) / int_99d03787 | |
| Freak Out! (Music) / int_9dab0a6e | type |
Continuity Nod | |
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Continuity Nod: "Who Are The Brain Police" mentions plastic people and chrome, things Zappa would regularly reference in his work. "You're Probably Wondering Why I'm Here" and "It Can't Happen Here" also mention plastic. Suzy Creamcheese would have cameos on later Zappa albums, such as Absolutely Free, We're Only in It for the Money and Uncle Meat. "You're Probably Wondering Why I'm Here" talks about "women painting their faces", another phrase that Zappa would re-use in his conceptual continuity. The line "we'll bite your neck" in "Motherly Love" would be revisited on Absolutely Free during the song "Duke Of Prunes" and "Brown Shoes Don't Make It". TV dinner and a swimming pool in "It Can't Happen Here" are referenced once more during "Brown Shoes Don't Make It" on Absolutely Free. Criticism of high school would occur regularly in Zappa's lyrics: "Prelude to King Kong" (Uncle Meat), "Wind Up Workin' In A Gas Station" (Zoot Allures),... "Caravan with a drum solo" is mentioned again in "America Drinks & Goes Home" on Absolutely Free. "Wowie Zowie" would be referenced again on Uncle Meat (1968), after the line: "My name is Ian Underwood and I'm the straight member of the group." The refrain "up and down my spine" would also reappear in "Cheap Thrills" on Cruising with Ruben & the Jets (1968). "How Could I Be Such A Fool", "I'm Not Satisfied", "Anyway The Wind Blows" and "You Didn't Try To Call Me" would be sang and arranged in different versions of Zappa's Cruising with Ruben & the Jets (1968). The line "Blow your harmonica, son", a reference to Lightnin' Slim, would be uttered again during "Prelude To The Afternoon Of A Sexually Aroused Gas Mask" on Weasels Ripped My Flesh (1970). "It Can't Happen Here" would be quoted again near the end of "The Legend of The Illinois Enema Bandit" on Zappa in New York (1977). "The Return Of The Son Of Monster Magnet'' is the first Zappa track featuring monster movie imagery. The final line "Leave my nose alone, please" in "The Return Of The Son Of Monster Magnet" would also be the final line on the album You Are What You Is (1981). Freak Out! is also the first album where Zappa prints the quote "The present-day composer refuses to die" by his idol Edgard Varèse in the liner notes. | |
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Homage | |
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Homage: The second movement of "The Return Of The Son Of Monster Magnet" was titled "In memoriam Edgar Varèse", to the composer who was Zappa's main inspiration. | |
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Speech Bubbles | |
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Speech Bubbles: Used on the front and back cover. | |
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Kazoos Mean Silliness | |
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Kazoos Mean Silliness: Kazoos are used on a few songs to comic or satiric effect, most notably on "You're Probably Wondering Why I'm Here" and "Hungry Freaks, Daddy." | |
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Hairy Girl | |
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Hairy Girl: "Wowie Zowie" | |
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Dreaming of Things to Come | |
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Dreaming of Things to Come: Zappa claimed to have dreamed the lyrics to "Who Are The Brain Police?" | |
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Distinct Double Album | |
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Distinct Double Album: The album was one of the first rock double albums in history, and may have in fact been the first.note Blonde on Blonde was allegedly released in May of 1966, while Freak Out! came out at the end of June. But the date of Blonde on Blonde's chart entry in July, plus the memories of fans who bought the album when it came out, suggest that Blonde on Blonde probably actually was released simultaneously with Freak Out!. It features parodies of love songs on the first record and political commentary and complete zany mayhem on the second record. | |
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Take That! | |
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Take That!: This album attacks the American government, education system, consumerist society, the flag salute, the general conformist public, television, race riots and sappy love songs. "Trouble Every Day" attacks racism, politics, mass media and especially the protest singers of the day: Lyndon Johnson 's plans for a "great society" are sarcastically denounced twice in "Hungry Freaks, Daddy" and "Trouble Every Day". Take That, Audience!: The liner notes mention the Mothers' closing message to tourists at the Hollywood Whiskey A-Go-Go: "If your children ever find out how lame you really are, they'll murder you in your sleep." | |
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The Not-Remix | |
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The Not-Remix: Like many Zappa albums, Freak Out received some extra production embellishments when it was first reissued on CD via Rykodisc, largely to re-center the audio (the 1966 stereo release simply followed the trend of having half of everything on one channel and the other half on the other); this remix has since been standard for all releases save for the limited edition The MOFO Project/Object release in 2006. While the remix doesn't deviate too much from the original 1966 release and is overall considered decent enough by Zappa fans (especially for those who dislike pre-70's stereo mixing), most prefer the original. | |
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Last Note Nightmare | |
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Last Note Nightmare: "Who Are The Brain Police?" ends in a slowly speeding up drone. Towards the end of "I Ain't Got No Heart", a Vomit Chain Reaction briefly takes place before the song ends with a symphonic fanfare. | |
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Jump Scare | |
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Jump Scare: The sudden scream that occurs 1:27 minutes into "Who Are The Brain Police". | |
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Inner Monologue | |
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Inner Monologue: Zappa acts as Suzy Creamcheese's conscience at the start of "The Return Of The Son Of Monster Magnet". | |
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Electronic Speech Impediment | |
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Electronic Speech Impediment: "The Return Of The Son Of Monster Magnet" has sped up comedic voices. | |
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Shout-Out | |
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Shout-Out: "The Return Of The Son Of Monster Magnet" refers to Monster Magnet, a 1960s toy. The second movement of "Help, I'm a Rock" was titled "In memoriam Edgar Varèse", the composer who was Zappa's main inspiration. Varèse receives a second shout-out in the liner-notes, where his quote "The present-day composer refuses to die" is cited for the first of many times in Zappa's work. In the liner notes, a long list can be read under the following declaration: "These People Have Contributed Materially in Many Ways to Make Our Music What it is. Please Do Not Hold it Against them." Many of them are quite obscure, some more famous than others and some are people from Zappa's own personal circle of friends, colleagues and professional connections. Among the more recognizable names are composers (Igor Stravinsky, Edgard Varèse, Anton Webern, Pierre Boulez (with whom Zappa would later work together on The Perfect Stranger), Charles Ives, Maurice Ravel, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Arnold Schönberg), folk singers (Bob Dylan, Joan Baez), R&B artists (Richard Berry, best known for the original version of "Louie Louie"), blues artists (Muddy Waters, Johnny "Guitar" Watson, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Guitar Slim, Lightnin' Slim, Howlin' Wolf, Albert Collins, Willie Dixon, Skip James, Buddy Guy,...), rock artists (Elvis Presley (whom Zappa hated)), David Crosby (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young)), outsider musicians (Tiny Tim, Captain Beefheart (listed as "Don Vliet")), jazz musicians (Eric Dolphy, Roland Kirk, Bill Evans, Charles Mingus), World Music artists (Ravi Shankar, Chatur Lal,...), painters (Salvador Dalí, Yves Tanguy), writers (Jules Feiffer, Robert Sheckley, Cordwainer Smith, Bram Stoker, Theodore Sturgeon, James Joyce), entertainers (Lenny Bruce, Wolfman Jack, Sabu, John Wayne (whom Zappa had an unpleasant encounter with, according to The Real Frank Zappa Book)) and record producers and managers including Phil Spector and Brian Epstein. "Wowie Zowie" has a shout-out to The Beatles' "Love Me Do". The song itself inspired David Bowie to name his son Wowie Zowie Bowie. In the liner notes, Zappa mentions that "Help, I'm A Rock" is dedicated to Elvis Presley. Also, the song's title is a reference to Simon & Garfunkel's "I Am a Rock". "It Can't Happen Here" seems to be a reference to It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis. | |
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Self-Deprecation | |
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Self-Deprecation: In the liner notes, Zappa writes: "You're Probably Wondering Why I'm Here": | |
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Refuge in Audacity | |
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Refuge In Unmitigated Audacity: It was unheard of for an unknown rock group to release a double album at the time Freak Out! appeared, and by some accounts, it's the first rock double album of any kind. The fact that Tom Wilsonnote who had worked with Bob Dylan and Simon & Garfunkel during his time as a staff producer at Columbia Records produced it probably helped the group's fortunes a lot. Wilson had, by that point, gotten the kind of stature that basically meant any act he produced could do pretty much anything they wanted, as long as he signed off on it (which he usually did— he was a smart enough producer to trust his artists' instincts). Zappa found out late in the recording sessions that Wilson was high on LSD during their time together, which also explains why the Mothers got away with as much as they did on this album. | |
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Excited Episode Title!: "Freak Out!" | |
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Help, I'm Stuck! | |
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Help, I'm Stuck!: "Help, I'm A Rock". | |
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Screw This, I'm Outta Here | |
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Screw This, I'm Outta Here: "I'm Not Satisfied". | |
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Album Title Drop: From "It Can't Happen Here": | |
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Broken Record: "It Can't Happen Here." "The Return Of The Son Of Monster Magnet". | |
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Progressive Rock: More progressive than progressive rock itself. | |
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Department of Redundancy Department: "Wowie Zowie": | |
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Answer Cut: "You're Probably Wondering Why I'm Here?" | |
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