Tale of the Three Assholes, 1977

Posted on July 22, 2009 by urbangraffito

Recorded at the Palladium in New York City on October 29th, 1977, Frank Zappa tells the story behind “Bobby Brown (Goes Down)“, one of his most famous songs which topped the charts in some European countries around 1979/80.

Thanks to ‘YourArf‘ for posting this gem.

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4 Responses to Tale of the Three Assholes, 1977

  1. Hugh says:
    July 23, 2009 at 3:01 am

    HA! I love the photo choice (Gotti boys) to help us visualize the “three assholes”. There was a hair gel shortage in Howard Beach because of deeze guys!
    Only kidding. Please don’t have me wacked, I’m a family man.

    I love these little moments with Frank on stage.
    I miss the Palladium days. Good times! Thanks for the post.

    I wonder if Bobby(Mr. Whitney Houston)Brown has ever listened to Bobby Brown? I don’t think it would make it on his iPod.

  2. Plooker says:
    July 23, 2009 at 3:22 pm

    What’s a crumpet?

  3. Noam says:
    July 23, 2009 at 4:21 pm

    Crumpet- small round muffin-like bread; good looking woman

  4. Paul Sempschi says:
    July 24, 2009 at 1:21 am

    Crumpet = implies they were British.

    Gotti boys = Daddy’s blood money.

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