Pygmy Twylyte | The Idiot Bastard Son | Dickie S Such An Asshole (Live at The Roxy, 1973) Published on 20 jan. 2019 Released as part of the 1974 live LP Roxy & Elsewhere, “Pygmy Twylyte” was A regular feature during Frank Zappa S 1973 – 1974 tour but never reappeared afterwards. The “original” version is A short (two minutes), fast paced song with A twisted melody exploiting all of singer Napoleon Murphy Brock S wide range. Lyrics make absolutely no sense “Green hocker croakin’ | In the Pygmy Twylyte | Crankin’ an’ A coke N | In the Winchell S do nut Midnite.” It roughly looks like A leftover leaf from Zappa S “Life on the road” songbook or maybe A drug addict spoof similar to “It Just Might Be A One Shot Deal.” In any case, the lyrics are mostly irrelevant to the song – their role was to make Brock S life as difficult as possible. The Roxy version was recorded early in the tour and extensively overdubbed in the studio later. The performance included on You Can T Do That on Stage Anymore, Volume 2, from A late 1974 show, is all the more significant. Lasting … Meer lezen over Frank Zappa – Pygmy Twylyte | The Idiot Bastard Son | Dickie S Such An Asshole (Live at The Roxy, 1973) + VPRO | Roelof Kiers – A day with Frank Zappa, 1971 (Documentary)