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Sheik Yerbouti (Music)
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Sheik Yerbouti is a 1979 music album by Frank Zappa, released through Zappa Records in North America and CBS Records internationally. The album was Zappa's first release through the former label, which Zappa established through Phonogram as a vanity imprint following a lengthy legal battle with ex-manager Herb Cohen and Warner (Bros.) Records.A mostly live album with studio embellishments and heralding a visibly increased comedic emphasis, it was the first album released after winning the rights to all his songs in a court case against his former label Warner Brothers. It remains the best-selling album in his catalogue, especially in Europe, where "Bobby Brown" (no relation to the musician) even became a Number One hit in Norway. Other fan favorites are "I Have Been In You", "Broken Hearts Are For Assholes", "I'm So Cute", "Baby Snakes", "City Of Tiny Lites", "Dancin' Fool", "Jewish Princess" and "Yo' Mama". | |
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Sheik Yerbouti (Music) | isPartOf |
DBTropes | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_11187387 | type |
Gentile Jew-Chaser | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_11187387 | comment |
Gentile Jew-Chaser: "Jewish Princess". | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_11187387 | featureApplicability |
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Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_11187387 | featureConfidence |
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Sheik Yerbouti (Music) | hasFeature |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_11187387 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_1e52d870 | type |
Dance Sensation | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_1e52d870 | comment |
Dance Sensation: "Dancin' Fool", a jab at Disco. | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_1e52d870 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_1e52d870 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) | hasFeature |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_1e52d870 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_1f37a427 | type |
Face on the Cover | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_1f37a427 | comment |
Face on the Cover: Zappa in Arabian headgear, his face filling up the entire album cover. | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_1f37a427 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_1f37a427 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) | hasFeature |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_1f37a427 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_23b0d78 | type |
Title Track | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_23b0d78 | comment |
Title Track: "The Sheik Yerbouti Tango", which is an instrumental. | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_23b0d78 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_23b0d78 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) | hasFeature |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_23b0d78 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_26cce216 | type |
Age-Progression Song | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_26cce216 | comment |
Age-Progression Song: "Bobby Brown (Goes Down)" has Bobby transform from an arrogant, misogynistic high school boy into an adult closeted-homosexual S&M radio DJ. "Wild Love" compares "wild love" in old days and nowadays. | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_26cce216 | featureApplicability |
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Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_26cce216 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) | hasFeature |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_26cce216 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_28b08686 | type |
A Party, Also Known as an Orgy | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_28b08686 | comment |
A Party, Also Known as an Orgy: "Jewish Princess" | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_28b08686 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_28b08686 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) | hasFeature |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_28b08686 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_2bf54826 | type |
Longest Song Goes Last | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_2bf54826 | comment |
Longest Song Goes Last: The album closes out with "Yo' Mama", which at twelve and a half minutes takes up most of side four. | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_2bf54826 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_2bf54826 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) | hasFeature |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_2bf54826 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_2c1871ee | type |
Shining City | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_2c1871ee | comment |
Shining City: "City Of Tiny Lites". | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_2c1871ee | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_2c1871ee | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) | hasFeature |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_2c1871ee | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_2c5bfae3 | type |
My Country Tis of Thee That I Sting | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_2c5bfae3 | comment |
My Country Tis of Thee That I Sting: "Flakes" "Bobby Goes Brown" | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_2c5bfae3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_2c5bfae3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) | hasFeature |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_2c5bfae3 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_2e6b9e45 | type |
Concert Film | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_2e6b9e45 | comment |
Zappa would later name his Concert Film Baby Snakes, after one of the songs on this album. | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_2e6b9e45 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_2e6b9e45 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) | hasFeature |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_2e6b9e45 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_320c6858 | type |
Everything Has Rhythm | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_320c6858 | comment |
Everything Has Rhythm: Except for the "Dancin' Fool", who dances to "the beat" and "I'm so wrong". | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_320c6858 | featureApplicability |
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Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_320c6858 | featureConfidence |
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Sheik Yerbouti (Music) | hasFeature |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_320c6858 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_377ed3d2 | type |
IkeaErotica | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_377ed3d2 | comment |
Ikea Erotica: "I Have Been In You". | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_377ed3d2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_377ed3d2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) | hasFeature |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_377ed3d2 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_3d1aadec | type |
Punk Rock | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_3d1aadec | comment |
"I'm So Cute" and "Tryin' To Grow Me A Chin" are a parody of Punk Rock. | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_3d1aadec | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_3d1aadec | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) | hasFeature |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_3d1aadec | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_3eb0f889 | type |
Pun-Based Title | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_3eb0f889 | comment |
Pun-Based Title: On KC & The Sunshine Band's hit "Shake Your Booty", which also gives us the trope Shaking the Rump. | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_3eb0f889 | featureApplicability |
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Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_3eb0f889 | featureConfidence |
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Sheik Yerbouti (Music) | hasFeature |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_3eb0f889 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_4560b6bb | type |
Gag Nose | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_4560b6bb | comment |
Gag Nose: "Jewish Princess": | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_4560b6bb | featureApplicability |
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Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_4560b6bb | featureConfidence |
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Sheik Yerbouti (Music) | hasFeature |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_4560b6bb | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_4fa65449 | type |
Dream Land | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_4fa65449 | comment |
Dream Land: The "City of Tiny Lites" is implied to be a place you can only see when you are drunk or drugged. | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_4fa65449 | featureApplicability |
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Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_4fa65449 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) | hasFeature |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_4fa65449 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_5b2e1e5e | type |
Fake-Out Fade-Out | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_5b2e1e5e | comment |
Fake-Out Fade-Out: "Tryin' To Grow A Chin" appears to end, but then Terry Bozzio sings: "One more time for the world", whereupon the song has one final rock-out. | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_5b2e1e5e | featureApplicability |
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Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_5b2e1e5e | featureConfidence |
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Sheik Yerbouti (Music) | hasFeature |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_5b2e1e5e | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_5d86966a | type |
Man on Fire | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_5d86966a | comment |
Man on Fire: "Yo' Mama". | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_5d86966a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_5d86966a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) | hasFeature |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_5d86966a | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_61d6784f | type |
Misogyny Song | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_61d6784f | comment |
Misogyny Song: "Jewish Princess" was accused of being antisemitic, while Zappa defended himself that the subject he sang about did in fact exist, and therefore he didn't apologize for it. He did, however, write a song poking fun at his own religious background called "Catholic Girls" on his next album Joe's Garage (1979). "Broken Hearts Are For Assholes": "Bobby Brown Goes Down", in which Bobby "lets" a cheerleader do "all the work for his paper" and maybe he'll "rape her later". He also describes Women's Liberation as "creepin' across the nation" and "fucked a dyke". Arguably justified, on a purely psychological level, if you regard Bobby as having been a self-hating closeted gay man all along: homophobia and misogyny generally go together, and as soon as Bobby accepts his sexuality and starts having sex with guys, he stops being so nasty about women. | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_61d6784f | featureApplicability |
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Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_61d6784f | featureConfidence |
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Sheik Yerbouti (Music) | hasFeature |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_61d6784f | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_67784113 | type |
Non-Appearing Title | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_67784113 | comment |
Non-Appearing Title: "Sheik Yerbouti" is only referenced once on the album, in the title track "Sheik Yerbouti's Tango", which is an instrumental track. | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_67784113 | featureApplicability |
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Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_67784113 | featureConfidence |
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Sheik Yerbouti (Music) | hasFeature |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_67784113 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_6d722dcd | type |
When I Was Your Age... | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_6d722dcd | comment |
When I Was Your Age...: "Wild Love" compares relationships and dating in both the past and present. | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_6d722dcd | featureApplicability |
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Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_6d722dcd | featureConfidence |
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Sheik Yerbouti (Music) | hasFeature |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_6d722dcd | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_6f19054d | type |
Coming-Out Story | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_6f19054d | comment |
Coming-Out Story: "Bobby Brown Goes Down", where Bobby starts off as a heterosexual guy in high school, but halfway starts having sex with men (although he is still closeted). | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_6f19054d | featureApplicability |
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Sheik Yerbouti (Music) | hasFeature |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_6f19054d | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_71a34999 | type |
Painful Rhyme | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_71a34999 | comment |
Painful Rhyme: Played for laughs, in that Zappa clearly needed something funny to rhyme with "empty" and could only come up with SMPTE, a reference to the standard timecode used to label individual frames of video or film. | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_71a34999 | featureApplicability |
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Sheik Yerbouti (Music) | hasFeature |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_71a34999 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_72852a93 | type |
Henpecked Husband | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_72852a93 | comment |
Henpecked Husband: The man in "Flakes": | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_72852a93 | featureApplicability |
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Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_72852a93 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_7315fd38 | type |
Covers Always Lie | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_7315fd38 | comment |
Covers Always Lie: At first glance when seeing Zappa in his sheik headgear on the front and back album cover you assume there will be an Arabic theme going on. But no, it's not a Concept Album and no references to Sheik Yerbouti are made on the entire album, except for the instrumental "Sheik Yerbouti Tango". | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_7315fd38 | featureApplicability |
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Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_7315fd38 | featureConfidence |
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Sheik Yerbouti (Music) | hasFeature |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_7315fd38 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_74149c93 | type |
Epic Rocking | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_74149c93 | comment |
Epic Rocking: The 6:42 "Flakes" and the 12:38 "Yo' Mama". | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_74149c93 | featureApplicability |
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Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_74149c93 | featureConfidence |
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Sheik Yerbouti (Music) | hasFeature |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_74149c93 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_74b7629c | type |
Instrumentals | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_74b7629c | comment |
Instrumentals: "Rat Tomago", "Rubber Shirt" and "Sheik Yerbouti Tango". | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_74b7629c | featureApplicability |
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Sheik Yerbouti (Music) | hasFeature |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_74b7629c | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_76cbbc0b | type |
George Lucas Altered Version | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_76cbbc0b | comment |
George Lucas Altered Version: "Wait A Minute" originally had a much longer title on the LP version: "We Gotta Get Into Something Real". | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_76cbbc0b | featureApplicability |
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Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_76cbbc0b | featureConfidence |
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Sheik Yerbouti (Music) | hasFeature |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_76cbbc0b | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_7b4240c8 | type |
Your Little Dismissive Diminutive | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_7b4240c8 | comment |
Your Little Dismissive Diminutive: "City Of Tiny Lites". "Dancin' Fool" | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_7b4240c8 | featureApplicability |
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Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_7b4240c8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) | hasFeature |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_7b4240c8 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_7d89315b | type |
"The Reason You Suck" Speech | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_7d89315b | comment |
"The Reason You Suck" Speech: "Yo' Mama". | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_7d89315b | featureApplicability |
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Sheik Yerbouti (Music) | hasFeature |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_7d89315b | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_8338de89 | type |
"I Want" Song | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_8338de89 | comment |
"I Want" Song and Jewish American Princess: "Jewish Princess". | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_8338de89 | featureApplicability |
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Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_8338de89 | featureConfidence |
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Sheik Yerbouti (Music) | hasFeature |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_8338de89 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_87ab7f69 | type |
Sharp-Dressed Man | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_87ab7f69 | comment |
Sharp-Dressed Man: "Bobby Brown Goes Down" | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_87ab7f69 | featureApplicability |
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Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_87ab7f69 | featureConfidence |
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Sheik Yerbouti (Music) | hasFeature |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_87ab7f69 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_8c00118f | type |
Spoken Word in Music | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_8c00118f | comment |
Spoken Word in Music: "What Ever Happened To All The Fun In The World?" and "Wait A Minute" are short interludes between Zappa band members. "The Sheik Yerbouti Tango" has an introduction by Patrick O' Hearn: "Why don't you take it down to C-sharp, Ernie?" "Rat Tomago" ends with O' Hearn laughing: "Oh-ooh-h, listen to him go!" "Dancin' Fool" also ends with a conversation between Zappa and a girl, though we only hear him talking. | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_8c00118f | featureApplicability |
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Sheik Yerbouti (Music) | hasFeature |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_8c00118f | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_97ee273 | type |
Momma's Boy | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_97ee273 | comment |
Momma's Boy: "Yo' Mama" | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_97ee273 | featureApplicability |
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1.0 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) | hasFeature |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_97ee273 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_99699561 | type |
Questioning Title? | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_99699561 | comment |
Questioning Title?: "Whatever Happened To All The Fun In The World?" | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_99699561 | featureApplicability |
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Sheik Yerbouti (Music) | hasFeature |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_99699561 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_9e03d7f6 | type |
Mr. Fixit | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_9e03d7f6 | comment |
Mr Fix It: Subverted in "Flakes", in which Zappa complains about incompetent repair men. | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_9e03d7f6 | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_9e03d7f6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) | hasFeature |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_9e03d7f6 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_9e9c53ee | type |
One-Man Song | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_9e9c53ee | comment |
One-Man Song: "Bobby Brown Goes Down". | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_9e9c53ee | featureApplicability |
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Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_9e9c53ee | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) | hasFeature |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_9e9c53ee | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_9f62723d | type |
Get Out! | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_9f62723d | comment |
Get Out!: "Yo' Mama". | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_9f62723d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) | hasFeature |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_9f62723d | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_b01abe4f | type |
Catchphrase | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_b01abe4f | comment |
"Jewish Princess" has the line "Hi-ho, Silver! Away!", a reference to the Catchphrase of the cowboy The Lone Ranger, a character where comedian Lenny Bruce- one of Zappa's influences- once did a routine about too. | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_b01abe4f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) | hasFeature |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_b01abe4f | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_b9a22821 | type |
Jive Turkey | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_b9a22821 | comment |
Jive Turkey: "Flakes" | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_b9a22821 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) | hasFeature |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_b9a22821 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_c1863a22 | type |
What's an X Like You Doing in a Y Like This? | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_c1863a22 | comment |
What's an X Like You Doing in a Y Like This?: Phrase heard during "Dancin' Fool". | |
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1.0 | |
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Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_c4b74656 | type |
One-Woman Song | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_c4b74656 | comment |
One-Woman Song: "Jones Crusher" and "Jewish Princess". | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_c4b74656 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) | hasFeature |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_c4b74656 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_c5f0119c | type |
Insane Troll Logic | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_c5f0119c | comment |
Insane Troll Logic: "I'm So Cute" uses this to prove that ugly people end up in Hell. | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_c5f0119c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) | hasFeature |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_c5f0119c | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_c75df49a | type |
Shout-Out | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_c75df49a | comment |
Shout-Out: Zappa would later name his Concert Film Baby Snakes, after one of the songs on this album. "I Have Been In You" is a stab at Peter Frampton's "I'm In You". The song was also used in the film Happy Together by Wong Kar-Wai, along with "Chunga's Revenge" from the eponymous album. "Flakes" has a Bob Dylan parody half way. "Broken Hearts Are For Assholes" references The Gong Show. "I'm So Cute" starts off with the chant One two three four!, a reference to The Ramones. "Jewish Princess" has the line "Hi-ho, Silver! Away!", a reference to the Catchphrase of the cowboy The Lone Ranger, a character where comedian Lenny Bruce- one of Zappa's influences- once did a routine about too. "Yo' Mama" has a shout-out to Managua, capital of Nicaragua. | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_c75df49a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) | hasFeature |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_c75df49a | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_c9597a03 | type |
Self-Deprecation | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_c9597a03 | comment |
Self-Deprecation: The line "one of my legs is shorter than they other" in "Dancin' Fool" references Zappa's own accident in 1971, when he was pushed off stage by an idiot and had to spent months in the hospital. It caused his voice to be much lower than before and one his legs to be a bit shorter than the other. | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_c9597a03 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) | hasFeature |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_c9597a03 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_cbf05a02 | type |
Vagina Dentata | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_cbf05a02 | comment |
Vagina Dentata: "Jones' Crusher" about a girl who's able to crush male private parts during sex- which isn't exactly this trope, but still worth mentioning. | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_cbf05a02 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) | hasFeature |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_cbf05a02 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_cdee850f | type |
Dancing Is Serious Business | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_cdee850f | comment |
Dancing Is Serious Business: To the fool in "Dancin' Fool" it is, but not to Zappa or the listeners. | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_cdee850f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) | hasFeature |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_cdee850f | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_d0f0a80d | type |
One-Word Title | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_d0f0a80d | comment |
One-Word Title: "Flakes" | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_d0f0a80d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) | hasFeature |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_d0f0a80d | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_d29f109e | type |
Live Album | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_d29f109e | comment |
Live Album: Certain tracks were recorded live, with a lot of overdubs. The only implication can be found near the end of "Yo' Mama", where Zappa names his band members and thanks the audience for coming to the show. | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_d29f109e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) | hasFeature |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_d29f109e | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_d70eacf6 | type |
So You Were Saying...? | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_d70eacf6 | comment |
So You Were Saying...?: "Broken Hearts Are For Assholes" has a mid-section interlude where Zappa and Patrick O'Hearn start trading lines that are apparently a description of upcoming events in some kind of BDSM club. After a while the singer returns to his original point again: "But you forgot what I was saying..." | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_d70eacf6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) | hasFeature |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_d70eacf6 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_d848560f | type |
Unusual Euphemism | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_d848560f | comment |
Unusual Euphemism: "Rubber Shirt" for a condom. | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_d848560f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) | hasFeature |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_d848560f | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_dbfe8427 | type |
Intercourse with You | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_dbfe8427 | comment |
Intercourse with You and Bawdy Song: "I Have Been In You", "Broken Hearts Are For Assholes", "Bobby Brown Goes Down", "Jones' Crusher", "Jewish Princess" and "Wild Love". Basically, half the album. | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_dbfe8427 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) | hasFeature |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_dbfe8427 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_df7e9c0 | type |
Obligatory Bondage Song | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_df7e9c0 | comment |
Obligatory Bondage Song: "Bobby Brown Goes Down", "Broken Hearts Are For Assholes". | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_df7e9c0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) | hasFeature |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_df7e9c0 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_e18675e6 | type |
Word Salad Lyrics | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_e18675e6 | comment |
Word Salad Lyrics: Certain songs are certainly this, including "Baby Snakes". | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_e18675e6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) | hasFeature |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_e18675e6 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_e34400ab | type |
Ambiguously Gay | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_e34400ab | comment |
Ambiguously Gay: Dagmar in "Broken Hearts Are For Assholes". | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_e34400ab | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_e34400ab | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) | hasFeature |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_e34400ab | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_e680af6f | type |
Grief Song | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_e680af6f | comment |
Grief Song: "Whatever Happened To All The Fun In The World?", a spoken word track where we are informed that "Larry's not with us anymore", because he apparently "bit the big one". The others find this hilarious, though. Larry Fanoga was the alter ego of Zappa band member Jim "Motorhead" Sherwood. | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_e680af6f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) | hasFeature |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_e680af6f | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_f081b6bc | type |
EmoTeen | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_f081b6bc | comment |
Emo Teen: The 14 year old punker in "Tryin' To Grow Me A Chin" and the one in "I'm So Cute". | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_f081b6bc | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) | hasFeature |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_f081b6bc | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_f2877d9e | type |
IncrediblyLamePun | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_f2877d9e | comment |
Incredibly Lame Pun: "Tryin' To Grow A Chin": | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_f2877d9e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_f2877d9e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) | hasFeature |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_f2877d9e | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_f3cf057b | type |
Fading into the Next Song | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_f3cf057b | comment |
Fading into the Next Song: All tracks do, most notably between "Broken Hearts Are For Assholes" and "I'm So Cute". | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_f3cf057b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_f3cf057b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) | hasFeature |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_f3cf057b | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_f9f2c33 | type |
Running Gag | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_f9f2c33 | comment |
Jewish Princess has the first example of "Hi-ho, Silver! Away" in a Zappa song, a Running Gag his band member Ike Willis kept going for years and would return on "Massaggio Galore" from Jazz from Hell. As Zappa explained in a 1993 interview with the magazine Pulse | |
Sheik Yerbouti (Music) / int_f9f2c33 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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