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Song reference not mentioned in "Billy The Mountain"?
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g***@yahoo.com
2019-08-01 20:24:44 UTC
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Hello.
I was listening to Billy the Mountain, and towards the end of the song is
do-do-do do-do-doot doot do-do-do ... ... I'm so hip ... beef pies ... he
was born next to the beef pies, underneath Joni Mitchell's autographed
picture, right beside Elliot Robert's big bank book, next to the boat where
Crosby flushed away all his stash and the cops got him in the boat and drove
away, to the can where Neil Young slipped another disc ...
Frozen (something) pie
Frozen (something) pie
Frozen (something) pie
And that was the main influence on him
The influence of a frozen beef pie.
I didn't think too much of it at first, but then I was driving some people
somewhere when a song came on the classic rock radio station that sounded
EXACTLY like that part of the song. It was quite interesting. I was so
surprised that I almost crashed into the back of a car that was stopped in
front of me.
But I couldn't find out what song it was that FZ was making fun of. None of
the FAQs, or the Notes N' Comments sections of Zappa websites have mentioned
it.
I would like to know the group and the song title that was being parodied in
that part of the song. If you don't know what the hell I'm talking about,
you can check it out on the Just Another Band from L.A. album, or the
Playground Psychotics album. It appears more than halfway into the song,
and it starts with the "do-do-do do-do-doot doot do-do-do" part. From what
I recall of the song on the radio, it had a folk feel to it, with acoustic
guitars and whatnot.
Thanks for any help,
The Deej
You must be young ... That part made us laugh the most. Its "Crosby still BLAH BLAH Suite:Judy Blue Eyes"
The old geezer
2019-08-01 22:05:30 UTC
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19 years later he ain’t so young anymore!
Martin Gregorie
2019-09-03 12:02:10 UTC
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Post by g***@yahoo.com
Hello.
I was listening to Billy the Mountain, and towards the end of the song
do-do-do do-do-doot doot do-do-do ... ... I'm so hip ... beef pies ...
he was born next to the beef pies, underneath Joni Mitchell's
autographed picture, right beside Elliot Robert's big bank book, next
to the boat where Crosby flushed away all his stash and the cops got
him in the boat and drove away, to the can where Neil Young slipped
another disc ...
Frozen (something) pie Frozen (something) pie Frozen (something) pie
And that was the main influence on him The influence of a frozen beef
pie.
I didn't think too much of it at first, but then I was driving some
people somewhere when a song came on the classic rock radio station
that sounded EXACTLY like that part of the song. It was quite
interesting. I was so surprised that I almost crashed into the back of
a car that was stopped in front of me.
But I couldn't find out what song it was that FZ was making fun of.
None of the FAQs, or the Notes N' Comments sections of Zappa websites
have mentioned it.
I would like to know the group and the song title that was being
parodied in that part of the song. If you don't know what the hell I'm
talking about, you can check it out on the Just Another Band from L.A.
album, or the Playground Psychotics album. It appears more than
halfway into the song, and it starts with the "do-do-do do-do-doot doot
do-do-do" part. From what I recall of the song on the radio, it had a
folk feel to it, with acoustic guitars and whatnot.
Thanks for any help,
The Deej
You must be young ... That part made us laugh the most. Its "Crosby
still BLAH BLAH Suite:Judy Blue Eyes"
I know of two official versions of 'Billy the Mountain', in JABFLA and
Playground Psychotics, neither have anything like

"I'm so hip ... beef pies ...he was born next to the beef pies,
underneath Joni Mitchell's autographed picture"

or

"Frozen (something) pie Frozen (something) pie Frozen (something) pie"

though I can hear where something like that might be ad libbed in the
JABFLA version (just after SH rings his wife when he's making wings).

... so which album has the version of BTM everybody is supposed to know
and where and when was it recorded?
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