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Favorite song from '200 Motels'?

posted 12 years ago by IggyStooge
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My favorite is "What Will This Evening Bring Me This Morning". My other two favorites from this are "Lonesome Cowboy Burt" and "Mystery Roach".

[–] beatlenut8 12 years ago

I agree with your picks Iggystooge. I also like Magic Fingers, Daddy Daddy & the majestic She painted up her face

[–] Henry_Framus_Valentine 11 years ago

This Town is a Sealed-Tuna Sandwich

By the way, how`s your mom, Ed?

[–] IsabeauMichelle 11 years ago

I walked around singing Lonesome Cowboy Burt for years after I saw this movie. I don't know if that makes it my favorite song. Maybe I just couldn't get it out of my head. Goin' to Montana to Grow Some Dental Floss?

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[–] Henry_Framus_Valentine 11 years ago

I used to annoy my son when he was 5 years old by singing a parody of "LCB" I made up: "My name is Barney/I`m a purple dinosaur/And I got me a lot of friends/There`s Baby Bop and Misterogers/And Bert and Ernie and Dennis Franz."

By the way, how`s your mom, Ed?

[–] darryl-tahirali 10 years ago

Favorite song from '200 Motels'? - IggyStooge

Depends what you mean by "song."

My favorite track is "Strictly Genteel," although the version here may not be my favorite. Then comes "Lucy's Seduction of a Bored Violinist," and then I'd have to dig out the soundtrack because I haven't heard it in a good long while.

As far as the vocal numbers go, though, I'll take versions done elsewhere because I cannot stand Flo and Eddie. This was Zappa's worst period, making vacuous comedy music for the most part. At least when he got pushed off the stage, he could take the time and write Waka/Jawaka and The Grand Wazoo.

"Magic Fingers" is okay but I'd rather hear Ray White sing it on You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 6.

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