The Mothers of Invention - America Drinks and Goes Home

Frank Zappa (December 21, 1940 December 4, 1993) was an American composer, electric guitarist, record producer, and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, electronic, orchestral, and musique concrète works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed album covers. Zappa produced almost all of the more than 60 albums he released with the band Mothers of Invention and as a solo artist.

In his teens, he acquired a taste for percussion-based avant-garde composers such as Edgard Varèse and 1950s rhythm and blues music. He began writing classical music in high school, while at the same time playing drums in rhythm and blues bands—he later switched to electric guitar. He was a self-taught composer and performer, and his diverse musical influences led him to create music that was often impossible to categorize. His 1966 debut album with the Mothers of Invention, Freak Out!, combined songs in conventional rock and roll format with collective improvisations and studio-generated sound collages. His later albums shared this eclectic and experimental approach, irrespective of whether the fundamental format was one of rock, jazz or classical. He wrote the lyrics to all his songs, which—often humorously—reflected his iconoclastic view of established social and political processes, structures and movements. He was a strident critic of mainstream education and organized religion, and a forthright and passionate advocate for freedom of speech and the abolition of censorship.
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Here's a special request . . . hope you'll enjoy it!

I tried to find
How my heart
Could be so blind, dear
How could I be fooled
Just like the rest
You came on strong
With your fast car
And your class ring
Soft voice and your sad eyes
I fell for the whole thing
I don't regret
Having met
Up with a girl who
Breaks hearts like they were
Nothing at all
I've done it too
Now I know
Just what it feels like
And just like I said
There's no regrets

. . . Well, it's about time to close . . . I hope you've had as much fun as we have. Don't forget the jam session Sunday . . . MANDY TENSION will be by, playing his xylophone troupe. It's really been a lot of fun. Monday night is the dance contest night: THE TWIST CONTEST . . . we're gonna give away peanut butter & jelly & baloney samwiches for all of ya. IT REALLY HAS BEEN FUN. I hope we've played your requests . . . the songs you like to hear . . . LAST CALL FOR ALCOHOL! Drink it up, folks. Wonnerful. Nice to see you, Bob . . . how's it goin'? How's the kids? Wonnerful. Nice to see ya. Yes. BILL BAILEY? Oh . . . we'll get to that tomorrow night. Yeah. CARAVAN (with a drum sola)? Right. Yeah . . . we'll do that. Wonnerful. Nice to see you again. Yeah.

LA LA LA LA LAH-H-H-H!
DOWN AT THE POMPADOUR A-GO-GO
LA LA LA LA LAH-H-H-H!
VO DO DEE OH PEE PEE
SHOOBE DOOT-N-DAH-DAH-DAH
YA DA DA-A-A-A-H-H-H-H-H!
NA NYA DA DA DA DA DAH-H-H-H-H-H!
Nite all.

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[TheHawkdaddy]

@jammmon

I'm sorry you dont like the song, now please shut the fuck up because nobody cares.

And you clearly dont get the song.

[Chacason1]

I think this is absolutely briljant. It's a very good portrayal of a band who plays sloppy, is unispired and unprofessional, playing in front of people who don't really care about music. The inquiry of the singer how the kids are doing of someone he knows from the audiance tells it all. I think Zappa knows all about it and it's true to life. But what it all comes down to is if you have a connection with these social experiences FZ is portraying or not. If it has meaning for you, it's Art.

[Smile892011]

I haven't felt this much audio addiction since The Beach Boys' "Passing By" (1968)!

[cointreau74]

@karoshimon I can't believe the people who 'run' things haven't got that yet either..Good to see an intelligent comment for a change.

[danielusgomez]

I specially like this song of Zappa

[remoteviewing0]

this is one of the greatest albums ever made. the whole thing is just a tremendous artistic accomplishment.

[bc1010101]

!! i've been hooked for 40+ years-it gets me so hot i can scream---alice cooper, alice cooper, WOW this is the swingening place in NEW Y CITY !! WHAT A F'IN GENIUS, TALENT FINDS TALENT-FLO+EDDIE(AKA TURTLES), AND ALL THE MOTHERS- GOT TO LOVE THE SGT. PEPPERS FOR WERE ONLY IN IT FOR THE MONEY-NOTHING WAS SACRED

[bc1010101]

genius. i had not heard this in at least 15 years. i was a wierd little kid i discoverd MOI in 1970 (10 yrs old) got this on an original promo album with an asst from freak out, one of my faves-were only in it for the money--who needs the peace corp? ---listen to l+r channels separately, its not just noise for the last half.

i did not have a clue that any one else ever even heard america drinks, let alone gets it !! i've been hooked for 40+ years-it gets me so hot i can scream, AliceCooper

[billbarnesjazz]

Of course it's sardonic musical satire- but if you listen, the changes are really pretty. Absolutely Free remains my favorite Zappa recording.

[Koolkitties]

@Chacason1 They drink, and they go home.

[electrovox1212]

Ray Collins sung like an ultimate faux-crooner on this song!!!