The whole friggin album is instrumentally n musically phenomenal as well as the lyrical content w in. Pure Gold. I have 34 albums in Mint Condition. Zappa 4-Ever 🕶🤙"
Frank, introducing this song in Australia in Jan. of that year: *Ah, thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen, this is the part of our program that deals with the exploits of that great undiscovered American folk hero, Michael Kenyon, professionally known as The Illinois Enema Bandit.* *For the past 10 years in a town just outside of Chicago, Michael used to go around the countryside, wearing a ski mask, carrying a briefcase, and in the briefcase was a pistol, some rope, a thermometer, and some enema equipment, which he would use to give special rinsings to college-educated women in the area.* *He would break into their homes and address them with his peculiar little lisping sort of a voice through the ski mask and indicate to them by means of the pistol that he wanted them to lie face down on some sort of a hard surface and then he would tie them up. Then he would remove from the briefcase the little thermometer and inserted thusly, leaving it for just a moment, a moment or two, withdrawing it eventually, giving it a quick read, a quick sniff back into the little thing, and back into the briefcase. Then, he would dash into the commode and fill up the bag with hot water. Then he would rush back into where the college-educated woman was tied up, spread the gluteus maximus and then he would jam the thing in there and give it a couple of quick little poots, beat his meat, and then tell the girl not to call the police for at least five minutes until after he had gone.* *Well, finally they caught him. He was tried and convicted in December, in Superior Court in Chicago. This is a true story, this is one of the great Americans of our time. You've heard of Richard Nixon, this guy is better. And he is a real person. Unfortunately, he was convicted of five counts of armed robbery, because apparently there is no law against administering an enema to a college-educated woman. His big mistake was, when he got ahold on an ugly one, he robbed her. So never let that happen to you. Meanwhile, here's the tune.*
A few notes on the announcer at the very beginning....Don Pardo. Dominick George "Don" Pardo (February 22, 1918 - August 18, 2014) was an American radio and television announcer whose career spanned more than seven decades. A member of the Television Hall of Fame, Pardo was noted for his 70-year tenure with NBC, working as the announcer for early incarnations of such notable shows as The Price Is Right, Jackpot, Jeopardy!, Three on a Match, Winning Streak and NBC Nightly News. His longest, and best-known, announcing job was for NBC's Saturday Night Live, a job he held for 38 seasons, from the show's debut in 1975 until 1981 and then 1982 until his death in 2014.[1] In December 1976, Pardo participated in a musical performance by Frank Zappa, reciting a verse of the song "I'm the Slime". Pardo subsequently reprised this role on the live-recorded version of the song for the Zappa in New York album[12] (it was not featured on the first release in 1978, but it appears on the 1993 CD re-release). He also provided narration for the songs "The Illinois Enema Bandit" and "Punky's Whips" (a business dispute between Zappa and his record company of the time led to "Punky's Whips" being removed from the 1978 album, but the song was reinstated on the 1993 CD).[citation needed] Pardo also participated in the "Weird Al" Yankovic song "I Lost on Jeopardy",[16] from his second album, "Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D, a parody of "Jeopardy" by The Greg Kihn Band, and its refrain "Our love's in jeopardy."[17] The song became the fourth music video released by Yankovic, and featured a number of cameo appearances including Kihn, original Jeopardy! host Art Fleming, Yankovic's mentor Dr. Demento, Pardo, and Yankovic's parents.[18] In 1989, he participated in the recording "I Beg Your Pardon" by Canadian synthpop band Kon Kan, which was an international hit single.[citation needed] In 2009, he appeared in an episode of 30 Rock (Cutbacks) as Sid, TGS's announcer. from Wiki...
Frank did say the part about the girls calling for the bandit to be freed was making fun of blues songs where women want a man to be be freed no matter what he had done.
This is where Ray White makes his debut. Before this ,nobody knew who he was. Yes, he goes back that far. But, this is Ray White. Fortunately, Frank was one of the greatest talent scouts, ever. Besides that, he already knew what he would do with these musicians when he found them . Or made the come to him. Ray White is still in the Zappa band as far as I know. One of the greatest!!!!
Hello Rory , what a nice afternoon with Frank Zappa's music. My father watch your videos because he is a Frank Zappa's fun and he has several vinyls of him . A fact about Zappa's, he was very critic during Ronald Reagan's government, because there was lot of censorships towards artist like him because of his lyrical content and he said that Republican party wanted to impose a theocracy fascist in the US. And my father found out his lyrics explored several topics very unsual.... and a very special way of composing music out of the ordinary according to that period of time greetings from Rosa👏🏻👌👍✌🎸🎷
The introduction is exactly what he wrote about. Don pardo announcement tells you exactly what the song is about, and yes it was a true story. You can see the woman’s liberation groups up in arms. 😂 😂😂😂😂 only Frank could write a banger and make it hilarious at the same time. This has franks genius smeared all over it. Abundant talent in this one track
This song is an indictment of the US judicial system, and he telegraphs that message in the opening when Pardo says, 'Apparently there was no law against THAT!'
You MUST head the newly released Zappa 75 Zagreb live album--especially the version of "Black Napkins" on that...mindblowing. It features a lineup for his band that only played together briefly, notably with a short-time female singer (who is incredible), along with Napoleon Murphy Brock.
For Rory's benefit, Frank said - "The basic story is true, some of the mechanical details of the bandit's processes had to be guessed at, and the courtroom verse is a parody of traditional blues/folk mythology where there's always some girl who has to have her man go free, no matter what. This part of the story has been fictionalised, as has the final "philosophical conclusion". The "wanna wanna enema" bit refers to a statement that Roy Estrada occasionally made to Jimmy-Carl Black" The song was written before the actual court case - and according to some sources the trial was pretty bizarre. Due to local laws they not only couldn't construe his actions as "rape with a foreign object" , they couldn't even charge him with "ass-ault" - so armed robbery it was. And Kenyon did have an (ex?) girlfriend defending him. As Frank used to say: "a true American folk hero - you've heard of (Richard Nixon/George Lincoln Rockwell), well, this guy is even better..." Some earlier live versions had Frank & Co acting out Kenyon's crimes, either with puppets or (on a few occasions) with ladies from the audience helping them mime it.
You can listen to a Pink Floyd album or song, and it can send you soaring on a journey through space and time. Zappa does the same thing here only he’s shoving your head in the toilet and giving you a swirly and you can’t help but like it! One of my all-time favorite Zappa tunes.
Alright-alright! Ray White, the assistant Illinois Enema Bandit, live on stage here in New York! That's it sit right down and make yourselves comfortable
The guitar solo sneaks in like its tippy toeing , sneaking up on its next victim! The proceeds into commencing his enemish behavior with wreckless abandonement.
Mate the singer in this particular track is Ray White one of his 80's band rhythm guitarist en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_White, in his career Zappa had various vocalists singing songs that had a higher register than Zappa's own voice which is quite opposite in the lower register due to an incident he had when he was young that injured his larynx causing him to change his voice and tone ever after the accident. This is from the web: As many of you surely know, Zappa had a pretty bad accident that night when he was thrown off the stage into the orchestra pit. He had a broken leg, a broken rib, a hole in the back of his head, a paralyzed arm and as a result of a damaged larynx, he had his voice permanently lowered.
I don't know about the "brown eye" theory, but you know what Rory?... you may be right. Zappa LOVED doo-wop and R&B, and he had a HUGE 45's collection. He almost for sure, at least HEARD of the song, and Frank took the piss out of EVERYTHING and EVERYONE. So...lol... let's just say.... I wouldn't be surprised. However... he wrote the song because the guy really did this stuff. And Zappa thought it was a good idea for an epic blues ballad. Well? Whaddaya think?
The Chuck Berry song does seem plausible: it's right up FZ's,alley. I have wondered whether it was referencing the Beatles' song, "Maxwell's Silver Hammer."
If you don't like the words, set English subtitles... I did and guess what the trascription was: "the Illinois animal abandoned", which can be used as an euphemistic title :) Thank you for the right-on reaction
Don Pardo, original Saturday Night Live narrator, in the black cape. Also, Lou Marini, Tom Malone, and Randy n Mike Becker, the Becker bros. Played on this al um. Lou n Tom was placed in the blue bros. Band and starred in the blues bros. Band, and movie. All good shit to check out. I ain't messing with you dog, this is good shit!!!!
When Frank got knocked down in the orchestra pit , 72 I believe, the injury caused his vocal octave to drop. If you listen to Trouble Every Day from Freak out for instance, and compare it to ,...let's say Apostrophe album, you'd see what I mean.
Great song - however, if you are interested about Roy Estrada, ex-Mothers bassist, who gets a mention by Frank at the very end of the song "this is for Roy Estrada, wherever he is" - well he is currently serving 25 years for child sex offences. With no parole. You will find Roy, being frankly unpleasant, in Zappa's Baby Snakes movie, should you wish. Unfortunately, he was also a fine bass player - check out the FZ:OZ album, I would suggest (with the best released version of Advance Romance in my opinion), for more of that.
Yes and he played bass in Little Feet but he also liked fiddling with other little bodyparts! R.I.P. (Rest In Peace) Frank Zappa R.I.P. (Rot In Prison) Roy Estrada, a _real_ MOTHERf*cker!
The introduction is exactly what he wrote about. Don pardo announcement tells you exactly what the song is about, and yes it was a true story. You can see the woman’s liberation groups up in arms. 😂 😂😂😂😂 only Frank could write a banger and make it hilarious at the same time. This has franks genius smeared all over it. Abundant talent in this one track
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When I was introduced to this tune I couldn’t believe the talent coupled with the weird subject matter. I was hooked.
The whole friggin album is instrumentally n musically phenomenal as well as the lyrical content w in. Pure Gold. I have 34 albums in Mint Condition. Zappa 4-Ever 🕶🤙"
Frank, introducing this song in Australia in Jan. of that year:
*Ah, thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen, this is the part of our program that deals with the exploits of that great undiscovered American folk hero, Michael Kenyon, professionally known as The Illinois Enema Bandit.*
*For the past 10 years in a town just outside of Chicago, Michael used to go around the countryside, wearing a ski mask, carrying a briefcase, and in the briefcase was a pistol, some rope, a thermometer, and some enema equipment, which he would use to give special rinsings to college-educated women in the area.*
*He would break into their homes and address them with his peculiar little lisping sort of a voice through the ski mask and indicate to them by means of the pistol that he wanted them to lie face down on some sort of a hard surface and then he would tie them up. Then he would remove from the briefcase the little thermometer and inserted thusly, leaving it for just a moment, a moment or two, withdrawing it eventually, giving it a quick read, a quick sniff back into the little thing, and back into the briefcase. Then, he would dash into the commode and fill up the bag with hot water. Then he would rush back into where the college-educated woman was tied up, spread the gluteus maximus and then he would jam the thing in there and give it a couple of quick little poots, beat his meat, and then tell the girl not to call the police for at least five minutes until after he had gone.*
*Well, finally they caught him. He was tried and convicted in December, in Superior Court in Chicago. This is a true story, this is one of the great Americans of our time. You've heard of Richard Nixon, this guy is better. And he is a real person. Unfortunately, he was convicted of five counts of armed robbery, because apparently there is no law against administering an enema to a college-educated woman. His big mistake was, when he got ahold on an ugly one, he robbed her. So never let that happen to you. Meanwhile, here's the tune.*
A few notes on the announcer at the very beginning....Don Pardo.
Dominick George "Don" Pardo (February 22, 1918 - August 18, 2014) was an American radio and television announcer whose career spanned more than seven decades.
A member of the Television Hall of Fame, Pardo was noted for his 70-year tenure with NBC, working as the announcer for early incarnations of such notable shows as The Price Is Right, Jackpot, Jeopardy!, Three on a Match, Winning Streak and NBC Nightly News. His longest, and best-known, announcing job was for NBC's Saturday Night Live, a job he held for 38 seasons, from the show's debut in 1975 until 1981 and then 1982 until his death in 2014.[1]
In December 1976, Pardo participated in a musical performance by Frank Zappa, reciting a verse of the song "I'm the Slime". Pardo subsequently reprised this role on the live-recorded version of the song for the Zappa in New York album[12] (it was not featured on the first release in 1978, but it appears on the 1993 CD re-release). He also provided narration for the songs "The Illinois Enema Bandit" and "Punky's Whips" (a business dispute between Zappa and his record company of the time led to "Punky's Whips" being removed from the 1978 album, but the song was reinstated on the 1993 CD).[citation needed]
Pardo also participated in the "Weird Al" Yankovic song "I Lost on Jeopardy",[16] from his second album, "Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D, a parody of "Jeopardy" by The Greg Kihn Band, and its refrain "Our love's in jeopardy."[17] The song became the fourth music video released by Yankovic, and featured a number of cameo appearances including Kihn, original Jeopardy! host Art Fleming, Yankovic's mentor Dr. Demento, Pardo, and Yankovic's parents.[18]
In 1989, he participated in the recording "I Beg Your Pardon" by Canadian synthpop band Kon Kan, which was an international hit single.[citation needed]
In 2009, he appeared in an episode of 30 Rock (Cutbacks) as Sid, TGS's announcer.
from Wiki...
Zappa was an ugly boring clown
Frank did say the part about the girls calling for the bandit to be freed was making fun of blues songs where women want a man to be be freed no matter what he had done.
This is where Ray White makes his debut. Before this ,nobody knew who he was. Yes, he goes back that far. But, this is Ray White. Fortunately, Frank was one of the greatest talent scouts, ever. Besides that, he already knew what he would do with these musicians when he found them .
Or made the come to him. Ray White is still in the Zappa band as far as I know.
One of the greatest!!!!
There really WAS an "Illinois Enema bandit"
Hello Rory , what a nice afternoon with Frank Zappa's music. My father watch your videos because he is a Frank Zappa's fun and he has several vinyls of him . A fact about Zappa's, he was very critic during Ronald Reagan's government, because there was lot of censorships towards artist like him because of his lyrical content and he said that Republican party wanted to impose a theocracy fascist in the US. And my father found out his lyrics explored several topics very unsual.... and a very special way of composing music out of the ordinary according to that period of time greetings from Rosa👏🏻👌👍✌🎸🎷
Ray White on main vocals - try Doreen from You Are What You Is, you won't regret it
The introduction is exactly what he wrote about. Don pardo announcement tells you exactly what the song is about, and yes it was a true story. You can see the woman’s liberation groups up in arms. 😂 😂😂😂😂 only Frank could write a banger and make it hilarious at the same time. This has franks genius smeared all over it. Abundant talent in this one track
Zappa described his picking
Style as “A chicken fighting
With A Spider”😁 If you watch
Real close, you can see it!!😅
Zappa was an arrogant asshole
This song is an indictment of the US judicial system, and he telegraphs that message in the opening when Pardo says, 'Apparently there was no law against THAT!'
Zappa was trash
He was a shit boring ugly clown
His music too
Ok, we get it. You’re above all this. Here’s a brownie button, now go eat a bowl of fuck, you’ll love it.
@@marlon-jl4geMarlon believes that by degenerating us who enjoy FZ, his sky daddy will approve of his actions and reward his vacant soul
You MUST head the newly released Zappa 75 Zagreb live album--especially the version of "Black Napkins" on that...mindblowing. It features a lineup for his band that only played together briefly, notably with a short-time female singer (who is incredible), along with Napoleon Murphy Brock.
For Rory's benefit, Frank said - "The basic story is true, some of the mechanical details of the bandit's processes had to be guessed at, and the courtroom verse is a parody of traditional blues/folk mythology where there's always some girl who has to have her man go free, no matter what. This part of the story has been fictionalised, as has the final "philosophical conclusion". The "wanna wanna enema" bit refers to a statement that Roy Estrada occasionally made to Jimmy-Carl Black"
The song was written before the actual court case - and according to some sources the trial was pretty bizarre. Due to local laws they not only couldn't construe his actions as "rape with a foreign object" , they couldn't even charge him with "ass-ault" - so armed robbery it was. And Kenyon did have an (ex?) girlfriend defending him.
As Frank used to say: "a true American folk hero - you've heard of (Richard Nixon/George Lincoln Rockwell), well, this guy is even better..."
Some earlier live versions had Frank & Co acting out Kenyon's crimes, either with puppets or (on a few occasions) with ladies from the audience helping them mime it.
You can listen to a Pink Floyd album or song, and it can send you soaring on a journey through space and time. Zappa does the same thing here only he’s shoving your head in the toilet and giving you a swirly and you can’t help but like it! One of my all-time favorite Zappa tunes.
Alright-alright! Ray White, the assistant Illinois Enema Bandit, live on stage here in New York!
That's it sit right down and make yourselves comfortable
The guitar solo sneaks in like its tippy toeing , sneaking up on its next victim! The proceeds into commencing his enemish behavior with wreckless abandonement.
Honking soloing man!
Yes mate I requested this a while ago it’s absolutely incredible this live version the best one ever
Mate the singer in this particular track is Ray White one of his 80's band rhythm guitarist en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_White, in his career Zappa had various vocalists singing songs that had a higher register than Zappa's own voice which is quite opposite in the lower register due to an incident he had when he was young that injured his larynx causing him to change his voice and tone ever after the accident. This is from the web: As many of you surely know, Zappa had a pretty bad accident that night when he was thrown off the stage into the orchestra pit. He had a broken leg, a broken rib, a hole in the back of his head, a paralyzed arm and as a result of a damaged larynx, he had his voice permanently lowered.
I don't know about the "brown eye" theory, but you know what Rory?... you may be right. Zappa LOVED doo-wop and R&B, and he had a HUGE 45's collection. He almost for sure, at least HEARD of the song, and Frank took the piss out of EVERYTHING and EVERYONE. So...lol... let's just say.... I wouldn't be surprised. However... he wrote the song because the guy really did this stuff. And Zappa thought it was a good idea for an epic blues ballad. Well? Whaddaya think?
Yeah! Hes got his sound so he can ease in that volume knob on his guitar and sail away, !!!!
Frankus Goodus Zappus
arranging against the up beat is what makes it reggae 🎶
Glad to find your channel with loads of great Zappa reactions 😍
Haha welcome to the Zappa gang 🤣
The term "Brown-Eyed Handsome Man" also turns up in John Fogerty's "Centerfield." That one was certainly a call back to Chuck Berry.
The Chuck Berry song does seem plausible: it's right up FZ's,alley. I have wondered whether it was referencing the Beatles' song, "Maxwell's Silver Hammer."
If you don't like the words, set English subtitles... I did and guess what the trascription was: "the Illinois animal abandoned", which can be used as an euphemistic title :) Thank you for the right-on reaction
Lol! Yeah! When the third eye winks! Lol
Don Pardo, original Saturday Night Live narrator, in the black cape. Also, Lou Marini, Tom Malone, and Randy n Mike Becker, the Becker bros. Played on this al um. Lou n Tom was placed in the blue bros. Band and starred in the blues bros. Band, and movie. All good shit to check out. I ain't messing with you dog, this is good shit!!!!
Weird things are good for your mental health.
Shit dude, it's about enemas! Don't get confused! Lol!!
When Frank got knocked down in the orchestra pit , 72 I believe, the injury caused his vocal octave to drop. If you listen to Trouble Every Day from Freak out for instance, and compare it to ,...let's say Apostrophe album, you'd see what I mean.
Fuckun balls to the Wall!!!!
My balls are happy!
A master pièce of FZ...In this album The Purple lagoon is such incrédible...
With an incredible sax solo by Michael Brecker !
Zappa was garbage
I love that you know your references, be it Salvador Dali, Chuck Berry or whatever!
Great song - however, if you are interested about Roy Estrada, ex-Mothers bassist, who gets a mention by Frank at the very end of the song "this is for Roy Estrada, wherever he is" - well he is currently serving 25 years for child sex offences. With no parole. You will find Roy, being frankly unpleasant, in Zappa's Baby Snakes movie, should you wish. Unfortunately, he was also a fine bass player - check out the FZ:OZ album, I would suggest (with the best released version of Advance Romance in my opinion), for more of that.
Yes and he played bass in Little Feet but he also liked fiddling with other little bodyparts!
R.I.P. (Rest In Peace) Frank Zappa
R.I.P. (Rot In Prison) Roy Estrada, a _real_ MOTHERf*cker!
And i was just listening to his ‘77 bit on rubber goods mask jeez, had no idea
Horrible zappa, Horrible songs
Ugly clown zappa was garbage
@@marlon-jl4gewhat may I ask are you doing here besides proving what a lack of taste and
Michael Kenyan will not be forgotten thanks to Frank. R.I.P. Don Pardo.
There’s a 81 Halloween version of this with an amazing Zappa solo.
Yup, it's true. I remember the new stories. I'm from central, IL.
Whipping it up into a frenzy,,,,
IEB is just brilliant
Michael Kenyon for president
Ray white.
The introduction is exactly what he wrote about. Don pardo announcement tells you exactly what the song is about, and yes it was a true story. You can see the woman’s liberation groups up in arms. 😂 😂😂😂😂 only Frank could write a banger and make it hilarious at the same time. This has franks genius smeared all over it. Abundant talent in this one track