One of Zappa's funniest songs, I think. As Zappa states in the spoken intro, the song is about faddish American consumerism preceding the 1976 bicentennial. The song is in the form of a letter being dictated from some CEO-type ordering his workers to ramp up production of numerous tacky trinkets. The dictation continues right through the salutation. It's a brilliant song structure, don't you think?
One of Zappa's funniest songs, I think. As Zappa states in the spoken intro, the song is about faddish American consumerism preceding the 1976 bicentennial. The song is in the form of a letter being dictated from some CEO-type ordering his workers to ramp up production of numerous tacky trinkets. The dictation continues right through the salutation. It's a brilliant song structure, don't you think?