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Valley Girls is the song I usually skip.

well, in my opinion, there's only one really bad tune:

tengo na minchia tanta

and, it's bad enough.
I will never understand why zappa was so fascinated by that nose-picking massimo bassoli guy...

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"bit of nostalgia for the old folks."

Not a big fan of Conehead....it's pretty cheesey IMO. It's just song full of references to the skit.

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"Why do people say "Grow some balls"? Balls are weak and sensitive! If you really wanna get tough, grow a vagina! Those things take a pounding"! -- Betty White

The ones that aren't out yet...for that reason... can I get an Amen!

Promiscuous

Only played once. Frank had the perfect chance to let that embarassment slip by almost unnoticed. Then he goes and releases it. Why?

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"Ya like horses?"

I can think of another song that fits this description -- not an embarassment, but quite controversial. Name it.

the duke.

The song you're referring to is actually funny.


And no, she's not a Valley Girl.

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"Ya like horses?"

The only redeeming factor I could find about the song "He's So Gay" is the lyric "he's got a role he wants to play".

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If I had to choose one, Manx Needs Women has never really grabbed me.

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The way I see it Barry, this should be a very dynamite show.

The song Sex is pretty boring.

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What's the ugliest part of your body ?

That Watermelon thing is just pathetic...

I always wished 'Packard Goose' would segue into 'Green Rosetta' right away

I wouldn't say "worst", but I could never get into "It Just Might Be a One-Shot Deal" and "Your Mouth." Lyrically and musically, the two songs seem very "of the time" and are now dated in a not-so-good way. Maybe it's the vocals that I can't get past.

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My go-to answer for this one is always The Jazz Discharge Party Hats. I've always found it really gross and unfunny, and it's one of the rare cases where I think Frank really does come of sounding like a sexist asshole. It also doesn't help that I've never been a big fan of Frank's sprechgresang stuff to begin with.

The first time I saw Frank, he played Dinah-Moe Humm in an encore.

I loved that song - still do - but the way they performed it that night just killed me. They played as fast as humanly possible, cut out all the good parts, and Frank just recited the lyrics in sort of a let's-just-get-this-over-with deadpan.

That was the worst Frank Zappa song: the one he played for all the wrong reasons...

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I think pretty much every live version I've heard of the song fits that description. It really only works for me on the album version where it sounds super sleazy and dirty. Played live, it kinda loses its edge.

I've never liked 'Spider of Destiny' from Sleep Dirt. Can't stand the vocal style. I haven't listened to it in like 15 years tho so things may change. I find as I get older I'm more tolerant of things I couldn't stand at one time.

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CLETUS must now, regretfully, dispose of the ones who refuse to alter their unmusical ways.
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Thought I heard somewhere that he was not a big fan of that song, but played it because he knew it was popular among his fans.

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"Why do people say "Grow some balls"? Balls are weak and sensitive! If you really wanna get tough, grow a vagina! Those things take a pounding"! -- Betty White

Wow. I couldn't remember how 'Promiscuous' went. It had never even registered in my brain. You are right, absolutely. It is an utter turd of a song.
Weird how my brain had sort of blanked the thing out...

On a par with 'Broken Hearts....'.
Maybe you had to 'be there' to get the humour, but I just get a bit embarrassed whenever that song comes on because it just seems gratuitous.

On a positive note, considering the total output of hundreds of tunes, I've really got to scratch my head to remember 'bad' Zappa.
That's got to be worth something, eh?


Guy

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Guy Cool

This from Arthur Burrow's site: "You got to play 'Dinah Mo Hum' a lot of times to get one of these." (FZ to me, in reference to his then brand new million dollar home studio.)

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Music > Everything
CLETUS must now, regretfully, dispose of the ones who refuse to alter their unmusical ways.
http://www.vulturesawait.com

i would have to say a bunch of songs off of sheik yerbouti (i'm so cute, broken hearts are for assholes etc..., weasels ripped my flesh (come on guys, its not a song!)

and the 84 remix of woiiftm/cruisin with ruben

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Who's this dude with his hair straight back?
His new white socks, 'n his pants all black
His T-shirts rolled His watch is gold
A '55 Chevy that his brother just stoled

Frogs with dirty little lips

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3'44'' (John Cage)
Zappa was bad only when he was silent...
Here check another version, not Zappa's:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUJagb7hL0E

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The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true Art and Science. - Albert Einstein

Every time I think I dislike that song the "La-la-la-laaaaa, la-la-la-laaa" part perks me right up.

I like a lot of the songs mentioned so far. But one man's meat is another man's poi, son.

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I've skipped it for so many years I don't remember the bit you mean - I don't feel like investigating though.

Cletus - you need to get the earlier Sleep Dirt without the vocals. After one listen I don't think I ever played the with-vocals version again.

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