History Music / UncleMeat

* LongTitle: "Nine Types of Industrial Pollution", "Dog Breath, in the Year of the Plague", "Ian Underwood Whips It Out (Live on Stage in Copenhagen)", "If We'd All Been Living in California", "The Legend of the Golden Arches", "A Pound for a Brown on the Bus", plus all the "King Kong" movements when the subtitles are included.

*** The kidnapped rock combo is revealed to be named Ruben & the Jets, the FakeBand from ''Music/CruisinWithRubenAndTheJets'' (1968). This also explains where they got their erect noses on the album cover of that album.

*** Uncle Meat kidnaps a rock 'n' roll combo by disguising themselves as groupies and luring them to their garage. Rock stars lusting after groupies are a recurring plot element in Zappa's songs. The garage would reappear later in ''Music/JoesGarage (1979)'' and also brings up more car imagery, including an "old Nash", mentioned during "The Air" too.

* {{Corpsing}}: Zappa cracks up near the end of "Our Bizarre Relationship".

* DesignStudentsOrgasm: The collage album cover designed by Cal Schenkel.

* EverythingIsBetterWithMonkeys: "King Kong".

The dialogues from the 1987 ''Uncle Meat'' movie would later be added as BonusMaterial on the CD re-release of the ''Uncle Meat'' album and are generally considered to be AlbumFiller. These bonus tracks would remain standard on all CD releases until the 2016 ''Meat Light'' entry in the ''Project/Object'' series of "audio documentaries," the first disc of which contained the original 1969 tracklist on CD for the first time. Most of the 1968 Royal Albert Hall concert performance would eventually be released on CD in 1993 as ''Ahead of Their Time''.

'''Personnel'''

Zappa originally intended ''Uncle Meat'' to be the CultSoundtrack for a film "for which we [[NoBudget haven't got enough money to make yet]]", as announced on the album cover. He did include the script, ''The Story of Uncle Meat'', [[AllThereInTheManual in the album liner notes]] [[DevelopmentHell but was never able to financially secure a movie adaptation]]. Instead he released a home video in 1987 called ''Uncle Meat'', which was only available through mail order from his own company. This film had nothing whatsoever to do with the script of Zappa's album and is basically him and some friends clowning around in front of the camera, intercut with far more interesting footage from the legendary 1968 concert at the Royal Albert Hall (where the track "Louie Louie (at the Royal Albert Hall in London)" was performed). The scenes with Don Preston turning into a monster while Phyllis Altenhaus gets aroused by him and eventually eat hamburgers under the shower were filmed in 1971. The footage where Zappa interplays with Massimo Bassoli was recorded in 1987. The dialogues from the 1987 ''Uncle Meat'' movie would later be added as BonusMaterial on the CD re-release of the ''Uncle Meat'' album and are generally considered to be AlbumFiller. Most of the 1968 Royal Albert Hall concert performance would eventually be released on CD in 1993 as ''Ahead of Their Time''.

# "Uncle Meat Film Excerpt Part I" (37:34) [[note]] Added on the CD reissue as bonus track [[/note]]
# "Tengo na minchia tanta" (3:46) [[note]] Added on the CD reissue as bonus track [[/note]]
# "Uncle Meat Film Excerpt Part II" (3:51) [[note]] Added on the CD reissue as bonus track [[/note]]

!! '''Tracklist'''

'''Disc One'''

* Jim "Motorhead" Sherwood: tenor sax, tambourine

* IThoughtItMeant: Many fans have made a connection between the number "1348" on the skull on the album cover and the fact that one of the tracks is called "Dog Breath (In the Year of the Plague)". As it happens 1348 was indeed the year ThePlague broke out in Europe. [[AlbumCoverDesigners Album cover designer]] Cal Schenkel however has said that he just randomly choose the number.

# "Louie Louie (Aa the Royal Albert Hall in London)" (2:19)

''Uncle Meat'' is a 1969 double album released by Music/FrankZappa and the Mothers of Invention. It's generally considered to be one of his masterpieces and is most remembered for the fan favorites "Theme from 'Uncle Meat'", "Dog Breath (in the Year of the Plague)", "A Pound for a Brown on the Bus", "Mr. Green Genes", "Cruisin' for Burgers" and [[Film/KingKong1933 "King Kong"]].

# "King Kong II (Its Magnificence as Interpreted by Don DeWild)" (1:19)

''Uncle Meat'' is a 1969 double album released by Music/FrankZappa and the Mothers of Invention. It's generally considered to be one of his masterpieces and is most remembered for the fan favorites: "Theme From 'Uncle Meat'", "Dog Breath (In The Year Of The Plague)", "A Pound For A Brown On The Bus", "Mr. Green Genes", "Cruisin' For Burgers" and [[Film/KingKong1933 "King Kong"]].

Zappa originally intended "Uncle Meat" to be the CultSoundtrack for a film "for which we [[NoBudget haven't got enough money to make yet]]", as announced on the album cover. He did include the script, ''The Story Of Uncle Meat'', [[AllThereInTheManual in the album liner notes]] [[DevelopmentHell but was never able to financially secure a movie adaptation]]. Instead he released a home video in 1987 called "Uncle Meat", which was only available through mail order from his own company. This film had nothing whatsoever to do with the script of Zappa's album and is basically him and some friends clowning around in front of the camera, intercut with far more interesting footage from the legendary 1968 concert at the Royal Albert Hall (where the track "Louie Louie (Live In The Royal Albert Hall) was performed). The scenes with Don Preston turning into a monster while Phyllis Altenhaus gets aroused by him and eventually eat hamburgers under the shower were filmed in 1971. The footage where Zappa interplays with Massimo Bassoli was recorded in 1987. The dialogues from the 1987 "Uncle Meat" movie would later be added as BonusMaterial on the CD re-release of the "Uncle Meat" album and are generally considered to be AlbumFiller. Most of the 1968 Royal Albert Hall concert performance would eventually be released on CD in 1993 as "Ahead Of Their Time".

# "The Voice Of Cheese" (0:26)
# "Nine Types Of Industrial Pollution" (6:00)

# "Dog Breath, In The Year Of The Plague" (3:59)
# "The Legend Of The Golden Arches" (3:27)
# "Louie Louie (At the Royal Albert Hall in London) (2:19)

# "Sleeping In A Jar" (0:51)

# "The Uncle Meat Variations" (4:46) -

# "Prelude To King Kong" (3:38)
# "God Bless America" (1:11)
# "A Pound For A Brown On The Bus" (1:29)
# "Ian Underwood Whips It Out (Live On Stage In Copenhagen)" (5:05)

# "If We'd All Been Living In California..." (1:14)

# "Cruising For Burgers" (2:18)

# "Tengo Na Minchia Tanta" (3:46) [[note]] Added on the CD reissue as bonus track [[/note]]

# "King Kong Itself (As Played By The Mothers In A Studio)" (0:51)
# "King Kong (It's Magnificence As Interpreted By Don Dewild)" (1:19)
# "King Kong (As Motorhead Explains It)" (1:45)
# "King Kong (The Gardner Varieties)" (6:18)
# "King Kong (As Played By 3 Deranged Good Humor Trucks)" (0:34)
# "King Kong (Live On A Flat Bed Diesel In The Middle Of A Race Track At A Miami Pop Festival)" (7:25)

* AlbumFiller: The original LP was a double album praised by every self-respecting Zappa fan. The CD release, however, had not enough tracks to make it a full double album. To compensate for that Zappa added several minutes of dialogue and a musical track, "Tenchio Minchia Tanta", from his low-budget film ''Uncle Meat'' (1987) to fill up CD 2 of the album. While "Tenchio Minchia Tanta" is enjoyable to play more than once the dialogue track isn't.
* AlbumTitleDrop: The first track is named "Theme From Uncle Meat", but it's an instrumental composition. The name is never said by anyone on the album.

** "Dog Breath (In The Year Of The Plague)"

* AlienGeometries: "Sleeping In A Jar"

* AllThereInTheManual: The movie script for "Uncle Meat" can be read in the liner notes.
* TheBet: "A Pound For A Brown On The Bus", about a very odd bet. (See RealLifeWritesThePlot)

* BiLingualBonus: "Tenchio Ta Minchia Tanta", Italian for "I've Got A Big Bunch Of Dick". The lyrics continue with the line: "I'm using the chicken to measure it!". The song is sang by Italian rock journalist Massimo Bassoli, who wrote a 1982 book about Zappa called "Zappa (E' Piu' Duro Di Tuo Marito)" [[note]] Which translates to "Harder Than Your Husband", a Zappa song [[/note]].
* {{Brainwashed}} and MindManipulation: Uncle Meat does this to his victims in ''The Story Of Uncle Meat''.

** "King Kong" was already heard in a shorter orchestral version on ''Music/LumpyGravy''. On "Uncle Meat", however, it receives a full workout. As an obvious reference to ''Film/KingKong1933'' the song also continues monster movie themes regularly found in Zappa's work.
** "The Voice Of Cheese" has Suzy Creamcheese reappear, whom debuted on ''Music/FreakOut (1966)'' and was referenced once more during ''Music/AbsolutelyFree (1967)''.
** "A Pound For A Brown On The Bus" is the first Zappa track about tour buses, a topic that would return in later songs of his, like "On The Bus" from ''Music/JoesGarage (1979)''.
** "Dog Breath (In The Year Of The Plague)", "The Air", "Our Bizarre Relationship" and "Cruisin' For Burgers" mention car imagery. The protagonist telling his loved one that he loves her in his car is similar to the sketch "Do You Like My New Car?" on ''Music/FillmoreEastJune1971'' (1971). "Dog Breath" also evokes dog imagery again, something that would get more prevalent on later Zappa albums.
** "Dog Breath (In The Year Of The Plague)" and "A Pound For A Brown On The Bus" would be performed by Zappa and the Ensemble Modern on ''Music/TheYellowShark'' (1995). "Dog Breath" was also performed on ''Music/JustAnotherBandFromLA" (1972).
** "Cruisin' For Burgers" and "A Pound For A Brown On The Bus" would be performed live on ''Music/ZappaInNewYork (1977)''.

** "Sleeping In A Jar" reference jar imagery, which is continued on "God Bless America/Prelude To 'King Kong'" where "the old cookie jar" is mentioned and "The Air": "Then I told you/ that I love you/ in my car/ in a jar/ in my car/ in a jar". This is also a CallBack to "Let's Make The Water Turn Black" and "The Idiot Bastard Son" from ''Music/WereOnlyInItForTheMoney'' (1968), in which Ronnie and Kenny stashed away their urine in a large jar. "Tiny Sick Tears" from "You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore, Volume 4" (1991) also mentions somebody going to the kitchen in the middle of the night to sneak up to a cookie jar and grab some cookies. During a concert cited in a 1971 Magazine/PlayboyMagazine interview article by F.P. Tullius Zappa tells a similar anecdote, adding an extra detail. It is apparently an ''Aunt Jemima'' jar, providing a link to the track "Electric Aunt Jemima" too.

*** During "Billy The Mountain" on ''Music/JustAnotherBandFromLA (1972)'' Studebaker Hoch buys some "Aunt Jemima syrup".

** "Ian Underwood Whips It Out (Live In Kopenhagen)" has Pamela Zarubica interrupt by saying "Wowie Zowie", which was a song from ''Music/FreakOut (1966)''.
** "Mr. Green Genes" would receive a continuity nod on ''Music/HotRats (1969)'' with the instrumental track "Son Of Mr. Green Genes". It was also played live on Zappa's ''Music/TheBestBandYouNeverHeardInYourLife'' (1991). The song advices the listener to eat all kinds of greens, which is a CallBack to the vegetable themes of ''Music/AbsolutelyFree (1967)''. It also mentions to "eat the glove". A gloved hand appears in ''The Story Of Uncle Meat'' too.

** "Cruisin' For Burgers" was given a new instrumental arrangement during the live album ''Music/ZappaInNewYork'' (1977).

*** The kidnapped rock combo is revealed to be named Ruben & The Jets, the FakeBand from ''Music/CruisinWithRubenAndTheJets'' (1968). This also explains where they got their erect noses on the album cover of that album.
** One line mentions: ''We are travelling across the wasteland toward a huge hydro-electric dam. Dynamo hum increases as we near it'', which would later receive a CallBack on "Dinah-Moe Hum" from ''Music/OverNiteSensation (1973)''.

* TheCameo: Suzy Creamcheese returns during "The Voice Of Cheese".

* CoverIdentityAnomaly: "Cruisin' For Burgers" about the joy of having a fake ID.

* CycleOfRevenge: In ''The Story Of Uncle Meat'' it is implied that Uncle Meat the MadScientist plots revenge.
* DepartmentOfRedundancy:
** Near the end of "A Pound For A Brown On The Bus" someone says "Fade!"
** The spoken word introduction of "Ian Underwood Whips It Out (Live on Stage In Copenhagen)" has Underwood tell an anecdote with the following line:

* EpicRocking: "Nine Types Of Industrial Pollution" which takes six minutes and "King Kong" which took up the entire final B side of the original LP.

* EvilLaugh: Uncle Meat, according to ''The Story Of Uncle Meat'' laughs when his diabolical plan gets into motion.

* FakeBand: Ruben and the Jets in ''The Story Of Uncle Meat''.

* FourthWallGreeting: "The Voice Of Cheese".

* GetOut: Near the end of "The Legend Of The Golden Arches" Pamela Zarubica tells an anecdote where the sound of the amplifiers was too loud, causing people in the audience to boo them to get off stage.

* ImmortalitySeeker: In ''The Story Of Uncle Meat'' Uncle Meat drinks a potion that will making him immortal.
* IncrediblyLamePun: "The Voice Of Cheese"

* {{Instrumentals}}: "Theme From 'Uncle Meat'", "Nine Types Of Industrial Pollution", "Zolar Czakl", "The Legend Of The Golden Arches", "The Dog Breath Variations", "Prelude to King Kong", "A Pound For A Brown On The Bus", "Ian Underwood Whips It Out (Live On Stage In Copenhagen)", "We Can Shoot You", "Project X" and "King Kong".

** "If We'd All Been Living In California": Zappa had the habit to secretly record stuff. One of those recordings can be heard on the album where band member Jimmy Carl Black complains about the desperate need for money.

** "Louie Louie (At the Royal Albert Hall in London)".
** "God Bless America".
** "Ian Underwood Whips It Out (Live in Kopenhagen)"
* LonersAreFreaks: Both figuratively and literally in "The Voice Of Cheese" where Suzy Creamcheese claims she couldn't make in the beatnik set, the surfin' set and the groupie set, so she joined Zappa's freak movement instead.
* LongTitle: "Nine Types Of Industrial Pollution", "Dog Breath (In The Year Of The Plague)", "Ian Underwood Whips It Out (Live On Stage In Copenhagen)", "If We'd All Been Living In California", "The Legend Of The Golden Arches", "A Pound For A Brown On The Bus"
* MadeASlave: Bimbo the Mexican Slave of Uncle Meat in ''The Story Of Uncle Meat''.
* MadScientist: The script for the unfinished movie of which "Uncle Meat" was supposed to be the CultSoundtrack is about an evil scientist called Uncle Meat, planning to rule the universe with an army of mutant monsters.
* {{Mooning}}: "A Pound For A Brown On The Bus" (see RealLifeWritesThePlot)

** One of the tracks was recorded live at the Royal Albert Hall in London where Don Preston climbed the ancient pipe organ of the concert hall and performed the doowop/rock 'n' roll song "Louie Louie" on it. The audience went berserk of such hilarious musical blasphemy.
** "A Pound For A Brown On The Bus" is an instrumental track, inspired by two of Zappa's band members engaging in a "truth or dare" game for money. Bunk Gardner bet that Jimmy Carl Black wouldn't dare to show his behind on the tour bus. Before his words were cold Jimmy has already took his pants off and done it, thus winning the bet.

** "God Bless America", a PatrioticFervor song by Music/IrvingBerlin sang in the most ridiculous way possible.

--> ''The name of this song is "King Kong". It's the story of a very large gorilla who lived in the jungle. And he was doing okay until some Americans came by and thought that they would take him home with them. They took him to the United States, and they made some money by using the Gorilla, [[KingKongClimb then they killed him]]''.
* NeverAcceptedInHisHomeTown: "The Voice Of Cheese"
--> ''Now that I've done it all over and nobody else will accept me/ I've come home to my Mothers''

* AnOddPlaceToSleep: "Sleeping In A Jar" in which we are informed that mummy and daddy are sleeping in a jar and that the jar "is under the bed."

* ThePlague: "Dog Breath In The Year Of The Plague".
* PrecisionFStrike: "Our Bizarre Relationship".

** "Nine Types Of Industrial Pollution" was thought of by Zappa after driving through New Jersey. As he recalled during an 1988 interview with Bob Marshall:

** Zappa explained the anecdote behind "A Pound For A Brown On The Bus" in London in 1969:

** The line "My ship of love is ready to attack" in "Dog Breath" refers to "Ship Of Love", the most famous hit by the {{Doowop}} band the Nutmegs.

** "Sleeping In A Jar" was sampled by hip hop duo Madvillain (consisting of Music/MFDoom and Madlib) on the track "Meat Grinder" from the album "Madvillainy" (2004) and later too by hip hop artist Tyler, The Creator from ''Music/{{OFWGKTA}}'' on his track "Fuck This Election"
* SillyLoveSongs: "Dog Breath In The Year Of The Plague", "Electric Aunt Jemima" are all surreal love songs.

* SpecialGuest: Pamela Zarubica as Suzy Creamcheese during "The Voice Of Cheese" and the London Philharmonic Orchestra during "Louie Louie", recorded at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Ruth Underwood has an early appearance playing marimba and vibes on "many of the tracks" and would later reappear on "Burnt Weeny Sandwich" (1969) too, but would only become a full member of Zappa's band from ''Film/TwoHundredMotels'' (1971) on.

** "Louie Louie (At The Royal Albert Hall)"
** Near the end of "The Legend Of The Golden Arches"

** The intro to "Ian Underwood Whips It Out (Live In Copenhagen)"
** "If We'd All Been Living In California..."
** "Prelude To King Kong"

* StarvingArtist: "If We'd All Been Living In California"

* StraightMan: Ian Underwood introduces himself as such on ''Ian Underwood Whips It Out''.

* ToiletHumour: The origin story behind "A Pound For A Brown On The Bus".

* WordSaladLyrics: Many of the songs of the album have surreal and incomprehensible lyrics. The only ones that make a little sense are "The Air" and "Cruisin' With Burgers".

'''Uncle Meat''' is a 1969 double album released by Music/FrankZappa and the Mothers of Invention. It's generally considered to be one of his masterpieces and is most remembered for the fan favorites: "Theme From 'Uncle Meat'", "Dog Breath (In The Year Of The Plague)", "A Pound For A Brown On The Bus", "Mr. Green Genes", "Cruisin' For Burgers" and [[Film/KingKong1933 "King Kong"]].

* CoverSong: "Louie Louie" by Richard Berry and "God Bless America" by Music/IrvingBerlin.

'''Uncle Meat''' is a 1969 double album released by Music/FrankZappa and the Mothers of Invention. It's generally considered to be one of his [[MagnumOpus masterpieces]] and is most remembered for the fan favorites: "Theme From 'Uncle Meat'", "Dog Breath (In The Year Of The Plague)", "A Pound For A Brown On The Bus", "Mr. Green Genes", "Cruisin' For Burgers" and [[Film/KingKong1933 "King Kong"]].

'''Uncle Meat''' is a 1969 double album released by Music/FrankZappa and the Mothers of Invention. It's generally considered to be one of his [[MagnumOpus masterpieces]] and is most remembered for the fan favorites: "Theme From 'Uncle Meat'", "Dog Breath (In The Year Of The Plague)", "A Pound For A Brown On The Bus", "Mr. Green Genes", "Cruisin' For Burgers" and [[Film/KingKong "King Kong"]].

** "King Kong" was already heard in a shorter orchestral version on ''Music/LumpyGravy''. On "Uncle Meat", however, it receives a full workout. As an obvious reference to ''Film/KingKong (1933)'' the song also continues monster movie themes regularly found in Zappa's work.

** "King Kong", a reference to ''Film/KingKong''.

** "Mr. Green Genes" would receive a continuity nod on ''Music/HotRats (1969)'' with the instrumental track "Son Of Mr. Green Genes". It was also played live on Zappa's ''Music/TheBestBandYouNeverHeardInYourLife'' (1988). The song advices the listener to eat all kinds of greens, which is a CallBack to the vegetable themes of ''Music/AbsolutelyFree (1967)''. It also mentions to "eat the glove". A gloved hand appears in ''The Story Of Uncle Meat'' too.

** "Mr. Green Genes" would receive a continuity nod on ''Music/HotRats (1969)'' with the instrumental track "Son Of Mr. Green Genes". The song advices the listener to eat all kinds of greens, which is a CallBack to the vegetable themes of ''Music/AbsolutelyFree (1967)''. It also mentions to "eat the glove". A gloved hand appears in ''The Story Of Uncle Meat'' too.

# "The Dog Breath Variations" (1:48)

'''Disc Two'''
# "Uncle Meat Film Excerpt Part I" (37:34) - Bonus Track
# "Tengo Na Minchia Tanta" (3:46) - Bonus Track
# "Uncle Meat Film Excerpt Part II" (3:51) - Bonus Track

** "King Kong" was already heard in a shorter orchestral version on ''Music/LumpyGravy''. On "Uncle Meat", however, it receives a full workout. As an obvious reference to ''Film/KingKong'' the song also continues monster movie themes regularly found in Zappa's work.
** "The Voice Of Cheese" has Suzy Creamcheese reappear, whom debuted on ''Music/FreakOut'' and was referenced once more during ''Music/AbsolutelyFree''.
** "A Pound For A Brown On The Bus" is the first Zappa track about tour buses, a topic that would return in later songs of his, like "On The Bus" from ''Music/JoesGarage''.

** "Cruisin' For Burgers" and "A Pound For A Brown On The Bus" would be performed live on ''Music/ZappaInNewYork''.

** "Sleeping In A Jar" reference jar imagery, which is continued on "God Bless America/Prelude To 'King Kong'" where "the old cookie jar" is mentioned and "The Air": "Then I told you/ that I love you/ in my car/ in a jar/ in my car/ in a jar". This is also a CallBack to "Let's Make The Water Turn Black" and "The Idiot Bastard Son" from ''Music/WereOnlyInItForTheMoney'' (1968), in which Ronnie and Kenny stashed away their urine in a large jar. "Tiny Sick Tears" from "You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore, Volume 4" (1991) also mentions somebody going to the kitchen in the middle of the night to sneak up to a cookie jar and grab some cookies. During a concert cited in a 1971 Playboy interview article by F.P. Tullius Zappa tells a similar anecdote, adding an extra detail. It is apparently an ''Aunt Jemima'' jar, providing a link to the track "Electric Aunt Jemima" too.

*** During "Billy The Mountain" on ''Music/JustAnotherBandFromLA'' Studebaker Hoch buys some "Aunt Jemima syrup".
** During "Ian Underwood Whips It Out" Underwood introduces himself as "the straight member of the group." Earlier on ''Music/WereOnlyInItForTheMoney'' Jimmy Carl Black introduced himself as "the Indian of the Group".
** "Prelude to King Kong" mentions sneakers and galoshes, evoking shoe imagery that is prominent in several of his song lyrics. The song also mentions high school, a topic Zappa criticized earlier on ''Music/FreakOut'' and ''Music/AbsolutelyFree''.

** "Ian Underwood Whips It Out (Live In Kopenhagen)" has Pamela Zarubica interrupt by saying "Wowie Zowie", which was a song from ''Music/FreakOut''.
** "Mr. Green Genes" would receive a continuity nod on ''Music/HotRats'' with the instrumental track "Son Of Mr. Green Genes". The song advices the listener to eat all kinds of greens, which is a CallBack to the vegetable themes of ''Music/AbsolutelyFree''. It also mentions to "eat the glove". A gloved hand appears in ''The Story Of Uncle Meat'' too.

*** Uncle Meat kidnaps a rock 'n' roll combo by disguising themselves as groupies and luring them to their garage. Rock stars lusting after groupies are a recurring plot element in Zappa's songs. The garage would reappear later in ''Music/JoesGarage'' and also brings up more car imagery, including an "old Nash", mentioned during "The Air" too.
*** Uncle Meat drugs the kidnapped rock combo with Kool-Aid. In "Suzy Creamcheese" on ''Music/AbsolutelyFree'' we are informed that Suzy "blew her mind on too much Kool-Aid".

** One line mentions: ''We are travelling across the wasteland toward a huge hydro-electric dam. Dynamo hum increases as we near it'', which would later receive a CallBack on "Dinah-Moe Hum" from ''Music/OverNiteSensation''.
** Uncle Meat would later return as a character in the liner notes of ''Music/TheGrandWazoo''.

--> I got busted
--> (Wasted)
--> Coming through customs (I'm so wasted)
--> With a suitcase
--> (Wasted)
--> Full of tapes
--> (I'm so wasted)
* AlienGeometries:
--> Mum and dad are sleeping
--> Sleeping in a jar
--> The jar is under the bed!

** "Dog Breath (In The Year Of The Plague)", "The Air", "Our Bizarre Relationship" and "Cruisin' For Burgers" mention car imagery. The protagonist telling his loved one that he loves her in his car is similar to the sketch "Do You Like My New Car?" on ''Fillmore East, June 1971'' (1971). "Dog Breath" also evokes dog imagery again, something that would get more prevalent on later Zappa albums.

** "Cruisin' For Burgers" and "A Pound For A Brown On The Bus" would be performed live on "Zappa In New York".

** "Cruisin' For Burgers" was given a new instrumental arrangement during the live album "Zappa In New York" (1977).

*** The plot is typical of a monster BMovie, the kind Zappa referenced a lot in his lyrics.

* {{Mooning}}: "A Pound For A Brown On The Bus".

* PoliceBrutality: "The Air".

--> "We have these surfers and they have this curious thing called the Brown Out, which is part of their culture. Now, the Brown Out is the thing that you do to impress your surfer friends and to make other people's eyebrows go up and down. And what you do is you get the other person's attention-- you wave at them or you say something amusing--and they turn around and look at you and then suddenly you reverse your position, drop your pants, and [[{{Mooning}} stick your buns out at them. That is a Brown Out. Also known as a Brown]]. And also known as {{Mooning}} on the East Coast. There are a number of variations on this procedure. If you Brown Out against a wire screen, its called a chipped beef. And if you do it against a plate glass window at a delicatessen, its called a pressed ham. Last year, before we did our Festival Hall show, we arrived at the airport and were provided with a touring bus with nice big windows so that everybody on the outside could see in and we could see out. The lovely ride from the airport to the Winton Hotel. During this trip, a wager was made between Jimmy Carl Black, the Indian of the group, and Bunk Gardner, our silver-haired tenor saxophone virtuoso. Jimmy Carl Black turned to Bunk Gardner and said "I'll bet you a pound you won't Brown Out on this here bus." Bunk Gardner, being the crafty silver-haired devil that he is, quickly computed the difference between a pound and a dollar and had his pants off before anybody knew what was happening.

* SillyLoveSongs: "Dog Breath In The Year Of The Plague", "Electric Aunt Jemima" are all surreal love songs.

** "Dog Breath (In The Year Of The Plague)" and "A Pound For A Brown On The Bus" would be performed by Zappa and the Ensemble Modern on "The Yellow Shark" (1995). "Dog Breath" was also performed on "Just Another Band From L.A." (1972).

** "The Legend of the Golden Arches" has been interpreted as a reference to {{=McDonalds=}} ''M'' sign.

Zappa originally intended "Uncle Meat" to be the CultSoundtrack for a film "for which we [[NoBudget haven't got enough money to make yet]]", as announced on the album cover. He did include the script, ''The Story Of Uncle Meat'' [[AllThereInTheManual in the album liner notes]], [[DevelopmentHell but was never able to financially secure a movie adaptation]]. Instead he released a home video in 1987 called "Uncle Meat", which was only available through mail order from his own company. This film had nothing whatsoever to do with the script of Zappa's album and is basically him and some friends clowning around in front of the camera, intercut with far more interesting footage from the legendary 1968 concert at the Royal Albert Hall (where the track "Louie Louie (Live In The Royal Albert Hall) was performed). The scenes with Don Preston turning into a monster while Phyllis Altenhaus gets aroused by him and eventually eat hamburgers under the shower were filmed in 1971. The footage where Zappa interplays with Massimo Bassoli was recorded in 1987. The dialogues from the 1987 "Uncle Meat" movie would later be added as BonusMaterial on the CD re-release of the "Uncle Meat" album and are generally considered to be AlbumFiller. Most of the 1968 Royal Albert Hall concert performance would eventually be released on CD in 1993 as "Ahead Of Their Time".

# "King Kong (It's Magnificence As Interpreted By Don DeWild)" (1:19)

* AlbumFiller: The original LP was a double album praised by every self-respecting Zappa fan. The CD release, however, had not enough tracks to make it a full double album. To compensate for that Zappa added several minutes of dialogue and a musical track, "Tenchio Minchia Tanta", from his low-budget film ''Uncle Meat'' (1988) to fill up CD 2 of the album. While "Tenchio Minchia Tanta" is enjoyable to play more than once the dialogue track isn't.

** One line mentions: ''We are travelling across the wasteland toward a huge hydro-electric dam. Dynamo hum increases as we near it'', which would later receive a CallBack on "Dinah-Moe Hum" from ''Music/{{Apostrophe}}''.

* ImAHumanitarian: ''Mr. Green Genes'' advices the listener to eat the garbage truck driver and his gloves.

** "Project X"?
** "King Kong Part I-IV" starts slowing down near the end through clever tape manipulation mimicking the introduction.

--> '''Bunk'': "Mmm, let's [stack]] here, then.

* MostAnnoyingSound: Near the end of "The Legend Of The Golden Arches" Pamela Zarubica tells an anecdote where the sound of the amplifiers was too loud, causing people in the audience to boo them to get off stage.

* BigEater: In "Mr. Green Genes" the protagonist is eating greens, beans, celery, sauerkraut, a grape, a fig, a crumpet, but then goes on to more bizarre stuff like shoes (strings and all!), socks, the shoe box, a garbage truck, its drives and his gloves.