dxx. ZAPPA, Frank (1940-1993)
from Over-Nite Sensation
Many casual Zappa fans don't realize that Frank's real love was writing "serious" music. Apart from 200 Motels (1971), he didn't really get a chance to record his orchestral music until 1983's London Symphony Orchestra -- an expensive financial flop, which he frequently said was paid for by Dinah-Moe-Humm, a fan-favorite encore at virtually every concert in the decade between 1973 and 1983 ...
One can see the appeal -- raunchy lyrics telling a sexually-explicit story about two dumb sisters and a sophisticated narrator with zircon-encrusted tweezers.
Hear the song a decade later from the 1983 Baby Snakes album. The tempo is faster (let's get this sucka over with some audience participation); you can just feel the weariness.
Paul Pappas did the transcription:
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