![]() ![]() "The Jazz Discharge Party Hats" was based on a real life touring anecdote, described in full in the lyrics.As he explained in The Real Frank Zappa Book. "The Dangerous Kitchen" was based on Zappa's own experiences of working all night in his studio and getting something to eat from the kitchen downstairs.Later a riot broke out, which is depicted on the back cover. This is a reference to the 1982 concert he and his band held in Segrate, Italy, where the group battled mosquitos on stage. Zappa is depicted with a fly swatter on the cover.The Radio Dies First: "The Radio Is Broken" is just one of the clichés in sciencefiction B-movies Zappa addresses.Cloud Cuckoo Lander: The band members wearing women's pants on their heads and snorting them in "The Jazz Discharge Party Hats", as Zappa lampshades:.Just like he did before with "Rudy Wants To Buy Yez A Drink" from Chunga's Revenge (1970) Zappa attacks unions in "Stick Together"."The Dangerous Kitchen" would reappear again live on "You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore, Volume 1" (1988).The girls are also described as "college girls", whom Zappa satirized before in "The Illinois Enema Bandit" from Zappa in New York (1978). The song also mentions undergarments, which have been alluded before in Zappa's songs. Interestingly enough one of the band members also wears a T-shirt in the song and Zappa says "this would make a great way of life for them", similar to his line "Ain't this what livin' is all about?" in "Fembot In a Wet T-Shirt Nite". He says a similar line during "Fembot In A Wet T-Shirt Nite" from Joe's Garage (1979). "The Jazz Discharge Party Hats" has people skinny dipping and Zappa mentioning "the water was very, very cold".The song also appears on "You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore, Volume 4" (1991). ![]() The mention of a Cadillac and '55 Chevy continues car imagery in Zappa's lyrics. "The Man From Utopia Meets Mary Lou" mentions that Mary Lou "took my watch", which is similar to "Advance Romance"'s from Bongo Fury ("they took George's watch like they always do").The adjective "blobulent" would reappear during "The Massive Improve'lence" from Thing-Fish (1984). The final line, "Dwarf nebula!" is a call back to "Dwarf Nebula Processional March & Nebula" from Weasels Ripped My Flesh (1970). The song also mentions a "gigantic spider", which also appeared before in "Cheepnis", and the co-pilot "always plays the harmonica", which is similar to the line "Blow your harmonica, son" that Zappa used before on Freak Out (1966). Zappa expressed his love for B-movies before, most notably during "Cheepnis" from Roxy & Elsewhere (1973). "The Radio Is Broken" is a homage to sciencefiction B-movies.The opening line "chop up a line now" was used before during "Tinseltown Rebellion" from Tinseltown Rebellion (1981). It also mentions noses, which are part of Zappa's conceptual continuity. "Cocaine Decisions" attacks coke sniffing yuppies, a topic Zappa handled before in "Charlie's Enormous Mouth" from You Are What You Is (1981).B-Movie: "The Radio Is Broken" is a Homage to cheap science fiction movies and all the clichés found in them.The bigger the cushion, the better the pushin All Women Are Lustful: "The Jazz Discharge Party Hats" is both an example as well as a subversion:.A Cappella: "Luigi & The Wise Guys" is sang with vocals only.Arthur Barrow: keyboards, bass, micro bass, rhythm guitar.Bobby Martin: vocals, keyboards, saxophone.Frank Zappa: vocals, guitar, drum machine, ARP 2600.The CD re-release has a different track order (see the notes) and adds "Luigi & The Wise Guys" as bonus track. "We Are Not Alone" (3:31) note Track 5 on the CD release."SEX" (3:00) note Track 2 on the CD release."The Man From Utopia Meets Mary Lou" (3:19)."Moggio" (3:05) note Track 11 on the CD release."The Dangerous Kitchen" (2:51) note Track 6 on the CD release.The album cover was designed by Italian comic book artist Tanino Liberatore, best known for his series "Ranxerox". Together with Thing-Fish (1984) it's often perceived as his worst album. Like many albums Zappa released during The '80s it's not highly regarded among fans, mostly due to the fact that in three songs Zappa and his band members sing in rather obnoxious voices and the rest of the material isn't particularly up to Zappa's standards either. "The Man From Utopia" is best remembered for songs like "Cocaine Decisions", "The Dangerous Kitchen", "SEX", "The Jazz Discharge Party Hats" and "Moggio". Originally Zappa wanted to bring out an album called "Chalk Pie", but when a bootleg copy was brought out he scrapped the plans. The Man From Utopia is a 1983 album by Frank Zappa.
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