Frank Zappa - Dumb All Over

[NAD]

These lyrics are so awesome.

Whoever we are
Wherever we’re from
We shoulda noticed by now
Our behavior is dumb
And if our chances
Expect to improve
It’s gonna take a lot more
Than tryin’ to remove
The other race
Or the other whatever
From the face
Of the planet altogether

They call it the earth
Which is a dumb kinda name
But they named it right
’cause we behave the same...
We are dumb all over
Dumb all over,
Yes we are
Dumb all over,
Near ’n far
Dumb all over,
Black ’n white
People, we is not wrapped tight

Nurds on the left
Nurds on the right
Religous fanatics
On the air every night
Sayin’ the bible
Tells the story
Makes the details
Sound real gory
’bout what to do
If the geeks over there
Don’t believe in the book
We got over here

You can’t run a race
Without no feet
’n pretty soon
There won’t be no street
For dummies to jog on
Or doggies to dog on
Religous fanatics
Can make it be all gone
(I mean it won’t blow up
’n disappear
It’ll just look ugly
For a thousand years...)

You can’t run a country
By a book of religion
Not by a heap
Or a lump or a smidgeon
Of foolish rules
Of ancient date
Designed to make
You all feel great
While you fold, spindle
And mutilate
Those unbelievers
From a neighboring state

To arms! to arms!
Hooray! that’s great
Two legs ain’t bad
Unless there’s a crate
They ship the parts
To mama in
For souvenirs: two ears (get down!)
Not his, not hers, (but what the hey? )
The good book says:
(it gotta be that way!)
But their book says:
Revenge the crusades...
With whips ’n chains
’n hand grenades...
Two arms? two arms?
Have another and another
Our God says:
There ain’t no other!
Our God says
It’s all okay!
Our God says
This is the way!

It says in the book:
Burn ’n destroy...
’n repent, ’n redeem
’n revenge, ’n deploy
’n rumble thee forth
To the land of the unbelieving scum on the other side
’cause they don’t go for what’s in the book
’n that makes ’em bad
So verily we must choppeth them up
And stompeth them down
Or rent a nice french bomb
To poof them out of existance
While leaving their real estate just where we need it
To use again
For temples in which to praise our god
(cause he can really take care of business!)

And when his humble tv servant
With humble white hair
And humble glasses
And a nice brown suit
And maybe a blond wife who takes phone calls
Tells us our God says
It’s okay to do this stuff
Then we gotta do it,
’cause if we don’t do it,
We ain’t gwine up to hebbin!
(depending on which book you’re using at the
Time...can’t use theirs... it don’t work
...it’s all lies...gotta use mine...)
Ain’t that right?
That’s what they say
Every night...
Every day...
Hey, we can’t really be dumb
If we’re just following god’s orders
Hey, let’s get serious...
God knows what he’s doin’
He wrote this book here
An’ the book says:
He made us all to be just like him,
So...
If we’re dumb...
Then God is dumb...
(an’ maybe even a little ugly on the side)

 

[NAD]

*beep* *beep* *beep* *beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee--
Dammit! PADDLES! CLEAR!
*beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee--
Again! CLEAR!
*beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee--

Call it, time of death: 3:01pm PDT.

 

[lizard]

"she whipped off her bloomers
as I stiffened my thumb
and applied rotation
on her sugar plum..."

 

[unhinged]

zappa rules
funny + wise
sadly missed
one of the few people on this earth I'd actually like to have met

 

[JayKeeley]

Steve Vai played with Zappa.

Zappa is a legend, and I don't own any of his albums. I once owned a Dweezil Zappa album - very underrated shredder btw.

Best Zappa album to start with? (Probably impossible to answer I know, but does he have an alltime 'classic'?).

 

[lizard]

yeah he credited Vai with "stunt guitar."

I would say Overnite Sensation simply because its got the funniest songs, probably, except for I am the Slime.

and maybe Apostrophe.

 

[NAD]

Back from the dead, it's the ZOMBIE THREAD. :zombie:

Zappa's discography is mind boggling, I only have You Are What You Is and Apostrophe, but I started with LaLonde Picks, which is a greatest hits of sorts, picked by Larry LaLonde (you know, Primus weirdo and death metal inventor ). I would go that route or some other compilation, just because he went in so many directions.

Then again I think I'm going to agree with lizard that Apostrophe is a good place to start, because it's relatively accessible for him. Plus it has Don't Eat The Yellow Snow. :Spin:

 

[lizard]

he was so amazingly diverse and prolific that yeah, tread carefully, and then if you like what you hear on apostrophe you can branch out.

I would still lean toward Overnite tho, because of Camarillo Brillo, Dynamo Hum (I got a thirty dollar bill says you can't make me cum, you just can't do it...), and Montana.

 

[NAD]

Sounds like Overnight Sensation will be my next one. Also whichever album Wind Up Workin' in a Gas Station is on because the chorus to that song nearly kills me every time I hear it, so damn funny.

 

[HarmonyDies....]

Overnite Sensation
Apostrophe

Some of my favs.

 

[unhinged]

those are cool
try man from utopia
it has 'dangerous kitchen' on it, one of my all time faves

bongo fury is pretty mad, he made that one with captain beefheart

 

[Demonspell]

Allow me to insert a recommendation for Sheik Yerbouti (which has none other than Adrian Belew on it) and Joe's Garage here...the instrumental albums like Hot Rats and Grand Wazoo are also really cool...

 

[NAD]

You know your mama and your daddy
Sayin I’m no good for you
They call me dirty from the alley
Til I don’t know what to do

I get so tired of sneakin around
Just to get to your back door
I crawled past the garbage
And your mama jumps out screamin’
Dont come back no more!

I cant take it
My guitar wants to kill your mama
My guitar wants to kill your mama
My guitar wants to burn your dad
I get real mean when it makes me mad

Later I tried to call you
Your mama told me you werent there
(you just weren’t there)
She told me don’t bother to call again
Unless I cut off all my hair

I get so tired of sneakin’ around
Just to get to your back door
I crawled past the garbage
And your mama jumped out screamin’
Dont come back no more!

I cant take it
My guitar wants to kill your mama
My guitar wants to kill your mama
My guitar wants to burn your dad
I get real mean when it makes me mad

 

[NAD]

This here song might offend you some.
If it does, it's because you're dumb.
That's the way it is where I come from.
If you been there too, let me see your thumb.

Let me see your thumb. (16x)

Show me your thumb if your really dumb.
Show me your thumb if your really dumb.
Show me your thumb if your really dumb.
Show me your thumb if your dumb.

Hey now, better make a decision.
Be a moron, and keep your position.
You oughta know now, all your education,
won't help you no-how.

You're gonna wind up workin' in a gas station.
Wind up workin' in a gas station.
Wind up workin' in a gas station.
Wind up workin' in a gas station.

Pumpin' the gas every night.
Pumpin' the gas every night.
Wind up workin' in a gas station.
Wind up workin' in a gas station.

Pumpin' the gas every night.
Pumpin' the gas every night.
Wind up workin' in a gas station.
Wind up workin' in a gas station.

Many da camper wants to by some white.
Wind up workin' in a gas station
Many da camper wants to by some white.
Wind up workin' in a gas station
Many da camper wants to by some white.
Wind up workin' in a gas station
Many da camper wants to by some white.
Wind up workin' in a gas station

Wind up workin' in a gas station.
Wind up workin' in a gas station.
Wind up workin' in a gas station.
Wind up workin' in a gas station.

 

[MFJ]

I proudly own the "Roxy and Elsewhere" DLP

 

[lizard]

it's probably only for guitar maniacs but the double CD "Shut Up and Play Your Guitar" is nothing but solos by Vai (and I can't remember if Belew is on it) and Zappa, who remains one of the most underrated rock guitarists ever.

 

[Demonspell]

Agreed, people tend to forget what a great guitarist he was because of the filthy lyrics and general weirdness. I finally got around to filling up on Zappa albums and I've been on a huge FZ kick as a result.
Marksveld: Awesome live album, that and One Size Fits All are mandatory...

 

[Dick Sirloin]

what's the ugliest part of your body?
some say your nose
some say your toes
but i think it's your mind...



Has anyone heard the doo-wop album the Mothers released under the name Reuben & the Jets???

 

[Demonspell]

Cool to see this thread bumped. More excellent live FZ mayhem: Zappa In New York, You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore vol. 2, Make A Jazz Noise Here.

 

[Dick Sirloin]

I've determined the 30 or so Zappa albums I'll eventually end up buying, since there's no way I'll ever get everything.

I have 7 of these...


1 freak out
2 absolutely free
3 lumpy gravy
4 we’re only in if for the money
5 cruising with reuben and the jets
6 hot rats
7 burnt weeny sandwich
8 chunga’s revenge
9 weasels ripped my flesh
10 200 motels
11 “
12 just another band from LA
13 waka/jawaka
14 the grand wazoo
15 over-nite sensation
16 apostrophe
17 one size fits all
18 roxy and elsewhere
19 bongo fury
20 zoot allures
21 sheik yerbouti
22 joe’s garage
23 “
24 shut up n play yer guitar
25 “
26 “
27 you are what you is
28 arriving too late to save a drowning witch
29 london symphony orchestra
30 civilization phase iii
31 “
32 the yellow shark


What am I missing?