Frank Zappa

Non perchè fosse figlio di padre siciliano (un pochino si, veramente!), ma in assoluto, " u zu Frank", è riuscito, nel bene e nel male a far parlare di se.

Titoli come "Tengo na minchia tanta" e "Fuck yourself" la dicono lunga, sul suo modo originale e stravagante di vedere ed intendere il mondo e la musica.

Domenica scorsa con zio Mike, ho ascoltato la canzone "Fuck yourself", che avevo già ascoltato anni fa (album: Flexable - Steve Vai). Devo ammettere però che dopo tutti questi anni, l'effetto che ha suscitato questa canzone, è "deleterio" (nel senso positivo del termine).

Quel groove della coppia ritmica, la chitarra di Steve Vai per finire alla voce calda e penetrante di Zappa.

Voglio riportare qui di seguito il testo della canzone: una protesta generale e contro tutti!

A tema col periodo che sto vivendo... ecco perchè come Zappa, "tengo na minchia tanta"!

Fuck Your Self

Fuck yourself with a rubber hose
Stick it in your mouth and down your throat
Up your nose and in your heinie hole
I don't care where it goes
And it don't matter if you're straight or gay
You should fuck yourself anyway
Now, you don't have to listen to a word I say
But I know you, you'll be humpin' away

Fuck yourself with your neighbor's nose

If you can't use that, use a 10-foot pole

Stick it up your ass and go for a stroll

Everyone will know you've been to this show


If you can't take, eat my stool
Masturbate with some crazy glue
I don't care what you do
Fock yourself with a garden tool
Fuck yourself with politics
Ahh they're full of fuckin' fuckin' shit
I mean you know we've been lied to ever since we were born
It's amazing that we've been getting fucked that
long

Fuck yourself with the world wide web

Man you could ride that sucker right from your bed

You may even meet a Tom, Dick, Jane or Billy

Then grab onto your modem and fuck yourself silly


Fuck yourself with your heart and soul
Give it everything you got, hey I'm talkin' to you
If you can't even fuck yourself,
How ya gonna fuck somebody else?
Fuck yourself with my microphone
I'll give it to you later when we're all alone
We can turn it up loud
And see if you come, but
Don't get your jizz on my microphone

Fuck yourself with organized religion

Now that is some seriously sinnin' business

If the Lord sees their pathetic crimes

He'll be fuckin' them 'til the end of time


And can someone explain to me this racist crap
I know it isn't white, but it isn't black
And to all you people who only see things your way

Well, you can suck my dick and take all day

Fuck your nose with a pound of blow
Watch your money get up and go
but when you burnt your brain and you say
I don't know!
I hate to tell you but I told you so

Fuck yourself with this grunge rock noise

I mean, stuff those albums in your groin

They come down on me because I know how to play -

Hey... fuck you!

Fuck yourself with a copy of Rolling Stone
Or are they too holy for your holiest of holes
Now those people think they're holier than Moses
But aren't they just a bunch of fuckin' posers
Fuck yourself with your mother's jewelry
I won't tell, I ain't a stooly
If you pounce hard enough you'll cough up a ruby
Your blood will be rich and so will your doodie

Fuck yourself with the latest fashion

With your spikes and your hair and those cute
little buttons

And if you happen to have some leather and lace

Fuck yourself 'til you're blue in the face

Fuck yourself with your income tax
They're fucking you and that's a fact
Before you know it your money's all spent
And you've just been fucked by the government
Fuck yourself with your lawyer friend
You're the only one that's getting fucked in the end
I have been so fucked by legal bills
that my asshole is the size of Beverly Hills

Fuck yourself with your full-length sweater

With your minks and your diamonds and your Irish Setter

With your cash and your trash and your sinks and your drinks

Just fuck yourself 'til you can't even think

Those of you who enjoy this song
thank you thank you, I love you
Let's get it on
But for those of you who are totally outraged
Fuck yourself with your face.