Stinkfoot

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Stinkfoot (also stink-foot , literally "stinkfoot", official German-language name: sweat foot , medical name hyperhidrosis pedis ) is a composition in song form by the American musician and composer Frank Zappa . The piece was first published by Zappa on his album Apostrophe (') , which was released on April 22, 1974, as the last of nine pieces of music contained on it. Other publications in the instrumentation and arrangements deviate from the original version, followed Zappa live albums and best-of - Compilations .

Content of the lyrics

After a partial rap presented introductory and ironic explanation of the theme of the lyrics told from the first-person perspective in parodic way from someone it over a period of weeks not succeed, too tight-fitting boots in snakeskin (Python boot) strip And for this reason, when he finally manages to take off his boot, he suffers from a sweaty foot that his girlfriend and dog find repulsive. The lyrics were inspired by a television commercial for foot spray, according to Zappa. The lyrics end with an imagined dialogue between the dog of the protagonist named “Fido” (German equivalent roughly “Fifi”) and ends with the conclusion “Isn't that a single mess?” Stinkfoot contains the line “the crux of the biscuit” is the apostrophe ” (German, analogously:“ The core of the matter is the apostrophe ”) is the eponymous word for the album.

Live releases of the composition

The earliest live recording of the piece of music published to date is on the Zappa live album You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore, Vol. 2 - The Helsinki Concert , first released in 1988 . On this September 22, 1974 recording of a fully documented appearance, Stinkfoot opens the concert after a prelude by keyboardist George Duke and saxophonist / singer Napoleon Murphy Brock . Another version published during Zappa's lifetime is on the live album Make A Jazz Noise Here, first published in 1991, with recordings from 1988. After Frank Zappa's death in 1993, the Zappa Family Trust, which mainly consisted of family members, made further live versions released.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Frank Zappa: Apostrophy (') , Rykodisc RCD 10519, 1995
  2. ↑ “Scientists call this disease 'Bromidrosis'. But us regular folks who might wear tennis shoes or an occasional python boot know this exquisite litte inconvenience by the name of stink-foot. " - Frank Zappa: Plastic People - Songbook , p. 382. German first edition, Zweiausendeins, Frankfurt 1977. ISBN 3-86150-053-1
  3. ^ Frank Zappa: Plastic People - Songbook , p. 385. German first edition, two thousand and one, Frankfurt 1977. ISBN 3-86150-053-1
  4. ↑ Barry Miles: Zappa , p. 276. Rogner & Bernhard bei Zweiausendeins, Berlin 2005. ISBN 3-8077-1010-8
  5. ↑ "Ain't this boogie a mess!" - Quoted from Frank Zappa: Plastic People - Songbook , p. 386. German first edition, Zweiausendeins, Frankfurt 1977. ISBN 3-86150-053-1
  6. ↑ "The crux of the biscuit is the apostrophe." - Frank Zappa: Plastic People - Songbook , p. 384. German first edition, Zweiausendeins, Frankfurt 1977. ISBN 3-86150-053-1
  7. ↑ List of authorized live releases of the piece

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