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The Grand Wazoo (Music)
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The Grand Wazoo is a 1972 album by Frank Zappa and the final part in what, along with Hot Rats (1969) and Waka/Jawaka (1972), could be called his Jazz Fusion trilogy. The record is best remembered for the fan favorites "The Grand Wazoo", "Cletus Awreetus-Awrightus", "Eat That Question" and "Blessed Relief".Tracklist Side One "For Calvin (And His Next Two Hitch-Hikers)" (6:06) "The Grand Wazoo" (13:20) Side Two "Cletus Awreetus-Awrightus" (2:57) "Eat That Question" (6:42) "Blessed Relief" (8:00)The 1995 CD release re-arranged the titles by putting "The Grand Wazoo" as the first track and "For Calvin" as the second.Personnel Frank Zappa: vocals, guitar, percussion Lauren Wood, aka "Chunky": vocals George Duke: vocals, keyboards Tony Duran: guitars Alex Dmochowski "Erroneous": bass Billy Byers and Ernie Tack: brass Malcolm McNabb: trombone, horn, trumpet Ken Shroyer: brass, trombones Don Preston: mini-Moog Janet Ferguson: vocals, woodwinds Sal Marquez: vocals, brass, 'multiple toots', woodwinds Mike Altschul, JoAnn Caldwell, Earle Dumler, Fred Jackson, Tony Ortega, Johnny Rotella : woodwinds Joel Peskin: woodwinds, saxophone Ernie Watts: woodwinds, tenor saxophone, c melody saxophone Alan Estes, Bob Zimmitti: percussion Lee Clement: percussion, gong Aynsley Dunbar: drums Cal Schenkel: album cover design | |
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A Taste of the Lash | |
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A Taste of the Lash: Trivia is a "hot girl who likes to be flogged". | |
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Brotherhood of Funny Hats | |
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Brotherhood of Funny Hats: Zappa claimed in the liner notes for The Lost Episodes that the title The Grand Wazoo referred to whoever it is one of these organizations who has the biggest, stupidest hat. | |
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All There in the Manual | |
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All There in the Manual: The liner notes tell a story about "The Legend of Cleetus Awreetus-Awrightus & The Grand Wazoo". | |
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Ancient Rome | |
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Ancient Rome: According to the liner notes Uncle Meat owns a " life-size, minutely detailed, historically inaccurate, somewhat perverted illusionary replica of ANCIENT ROME or something." | |
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Title Track | |
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Title Track: "The Grand Wazoo". | |
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Apathetic Citizens | |
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Apathetic Citizens: The Questions don't wish to conform to new and exciting music. A wagon appears with a giant aquarium, in which we see "an impressive amount of U.D.T. (Undifferentiated Tissue), a symbolic accumulation of all the statistical errors and failed attempts of this empire's illusionary scientific community." | |
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Gratuitous French | |
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Gratuitous French: There has been a theory that the "wazoo" in the title might be a corruption of the French word "oiseau" (=bird), much like Zoot Allures is a corruption of "zut alors" (=gosh, darn it, heck!). | |
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Mad Scientist | |
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Mad Scientist: Uncle Meat is described in the liner notes as such. | |
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Big Band | |
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Big Band: The music was performed with a huge line-up. In the liner notes it is implied that Emperor Cletus also has a big band, but with a lot more musicians than your average group: The opposing army has similar amounts of musicians: | |
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Author Avatar | |
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Author Avatar: Cletus Awreetus-Awrightus, who fights against Mediocrates of Pedestrium, can be seen as a metaphor for Zappa himself, fighting against the mediocrity of most mainstream music. A group of people "who don't like music" are called "Questions". | |
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Evil Uncle | |
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Evil Uncle: Uncle Meat is described as an evil Mad Scientist in the liner notes. | |
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Gladiator Games | |
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Gladiator Games: Emperor Cletus Awreetus-Awrightus holds fights in an arena. | |
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Meaningful Name | |
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Meaningful Name: Cletus' staff members all have meaningful names: Erroneous the bass player, Gregarious the drummer note "gregarious" animals are social animals , Per Diem the roadie note "per diem" is Latin for "each day", daily allowance for expenses , Trivia "a hot giro who likes to be flogged" note Trivia means "something of not much importance" , Cretinous the biographer note A "cretin" is another word for an idiot , Nefarious his advisor note "nefarious" means "villainous and sinful" , Equilibrium the pharmacist, Dysmenhorrea the "squinting female oracle" note "dysmenhorrea" is the Latin name for menstrual cramps and "Photon" the lighting director note A photon is an elementary particle that is able to carry light . Mediocrates of Pedestrium, the opposing emperor, also has a name that implies that he is in charge of mediocrity for pedestrians. | |
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Epic Rocking | |
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Epic Rocking: The 13:20 "The Grand Wazoo" and the 8:00 "Blessed Relief". | |
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Real Life Writes the Plot | |
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Real Life Writes the Plot: "For Calvin (And His Next Two Hitch-Hikers)" was inspired an anecdote that happened to Cal Schenkel, Zappa's graphic designer: | |
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Vulgar Humor | |
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Vulgar Humor: The title of the album and its title track is a roundabout way of saying "the huge anus." | |
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Continuity Nod | |
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Continuity Nod: During "For Calvin" we hear the melody that would later become "who's makin' those new brown clouds" on "The Adventures Of Greggery Peccary" from "Studio Tan" and Läther (1993). During "Cosmik Debris" from Over-Nite Sensation (1973) Zappa makes mention of "the dust of the grand wazoo", a Call-Back to this album. In the liner notes it is explained that "the grand wazoo" is a "primitive-but-effective megaphone", which brings up associations with the Central Scrutinizer on Joe's Garage (1979). However, on Zappa's later album "The Lost Episodes" (1995) there is a track called "I'm The Grand Wazoo", which is musically unsimilar to the instrumental on The Grand Wazoo. In the liner notes to "The Lost Episodes" Zappa gives a totally different explanation to what "the Grand Wazoo" is: "Eat That Question" would be performed live on Zappa's "Make A Jazz Noise Here" (1988). The liner notes of "The Grand Wazoo" tell a background story to the tracks. This mentions the character Uncle Meat from Uncle Meat again (also seen on the back cover) and a maroon sofa, which is part of Zappa's conceptual continuity. Cletus appears "in full regalia", a continuity nod to "Peaches En Regalia" from Hot Rats. Reformed Questions join Cletus' army, where they get to work in one of the many beer-dispensing topless/bottomless night clubs, which brings up images of "America Drinks & Goes Home" from Absolutely Free (1967). A scantily-clad nubile maiden appears with "gaily painted cardboard box containing spoons", which is similar to the track "A Nun's Suit Painted On Some Boxes" from 200 Motels (1971) and the spoon that appears in "Dancin' Fool" in Sheik Yerbouti (1979). Zappa also mentions unions, people he criticized before during "Rudy Wants To Buy Yez A Drink" on Chunga's Revenge (1970). The M.O.P. has vocalists in tuxedos who "loosen their bow ties", a Call-Back to the bow tie of "Bow Tie Daddy" in We're Only in It for the Money (1968). The roadie Per Diem would reappear as a star sign constellation on the back cover of One Size Fits All. | |
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One-Man Song | |
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One-Man Song: "Cletus Awreetus-Awrightus". | |
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Balance Between Good and Evil | |
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Balance Between Good and Evil: According to the liner notes Cletus Awreetus-Awrightus -The Funky Emperor- fights against his arch-villain Mediocrates of Pedestrium. They have a "weekly battle" and the scores are posted for all there to see. | |
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Scatting | |
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Scatting: During "Cletus Awreetus-Awrightus" some scatting can be heard. | |
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Given Name Reveal | |
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Given Name Reveal: The liner notes reveal that Uncle Meat is in fact called Stu. | |
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Alliterative Name and Alliterative Title: "Cletus Awreetus Awrightus". | |
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Rock Me, Asmodeus! | |
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Rock Me, Asmodeus!: Sol Bloom's 1893 song "The Streets of Cairo, or The Poor Little Country Maid" is popular as a comically stereotypical Standard Snippet for vaguely Middle Eastern settings, so there's no surprise it's been referenced quite a lot. | |
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Shout-Out | |
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Shout-Out: According to the liner notes an exhausted messenger is revived "with a transistor radio tuned to Wolfman Jack". The British electronica group Fila Brazillia sampled "Eat That Question" on their track "Ridden Pony" from their album "A Touch Of Cloth" (1999). The hiphop duo Madvillain sampled "Cletus Awreetus-Awrightus" on the single "Never Go Pop". | |
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Product Placement: The liner notes make mention of | |
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