[quote author=timmo82 link=board=quotes;num=1105786629;start=105#112 date=01/22/05 at 10:24:19]<br><br>don't forget Zappa was (partly?) targeting this at a black male's treatment of women, with lyrics like 'She could get down wit de get down' & 'With a bucket on her head, Fulla water from de well'!<br>[/quote]<br><br>Mmmm, I do remember reading something about that at one point, now that you mention it, Timmo. It only sharpens my appreciation for the song. One thing that is forgotten about Zappa's songs is that it is dangerous to assume that the main person or the "I" in the song is Zappa himself. This is something that is usually the norm in most popular and especially love lyrics. You associate the singer and or musicians with the lyrics of their songs, which makes you identify with those artists and like them more and hence buy their albums. You cannot assume that with Zappa. It is true at times and at others he is the silent witness of the insanity around him or is actively making fun of it. Listen to some of the short songs on Absolutely Free for examples of the third type, like Status Back Baby or America Drinks and Goes Home. He was making fun of stupid teenagers of both sexes. I think Big Leg Emma is another example of that kind of song (and it was released as a single at about the same time). So you cannot nail him with every attitude that is expressed in every song he wrote.<br><br>Earlier today, Deb Daisy said:<br>
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I consider myself a Fine Girl, who won't settle for anything less than a Fine Boy!<br>It works both ways!
<br> <br>Deb, I'm with you......where can I get one of those?
