Frank Zappa — Don't Eat The Yellow Snow
Album: Over-Nite Sensation
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Released: 1973
Length: 3:26
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Dreamed I was an Eskimo (Bop-bop ta-da-da bop-bop ta-da-da)
Frozen wind began to blow (Bop-bop ta-da-da bop-bop ta-da-da)
Under my boots and around my toe (Bop-bop ta-da-da bop-bop ta-da-da)
Frost had bit the ground below (Boop-boop aiee-ay-ah)
Was a hundred degrees below zero (Booh!) (Bop-bop ta-da-da bop-bop ta-da-da)
And my momma cried (Boo-a-hoo hoo-ooo)
And my momma cried (Nanook, a-no no) (No no)
(Nanook, a-no no) (No no)
(Don't be a naughty Eskimo-wo-oh) (Bop-bop ta-da-da bop-bop ta-da-da)
Save your money, don't go to the show
Well, I turned around an' I said "ho ho" (Booh!)
Well, I turned around an' I said "ho ho" (Booh!)
Well, I turned around an' I said "ho ho"
And the Northern Lights commenced t' glow
And she said (Bop-bop ta-da-da bop)
With a tear in her eye
Watch out where the huskies go
An' don't you eat that yellow snow
Watch out where the huskies go
An' don't you eat that yellow snow
Frozen wind began to blow (Bop-bop ta-da-da bop-bop ta-da-da)
Under my boots and around my toe (Bop-bop ta-da-da bop-bop ta-da-da)
Frost had bit the ground below (Boop-boop aiee-ay-ah)
Was a hundred degrees below zero (Booh!) (Bop-bop ta-da-da bop-bop ta-da-da)
And my momma cried (Boo-a-hoo hoo-ooo)
And my momma cried (Nanook, a-no no) (No no)
(Nanook, a-no no) (No no)
(Don't be a naughty Eskimo-wo-oh) (Bop-bop ta-da-da bop-bop ta-da-da)
Save your money, don't go to the show
Well, I turned around an' I said "ho ho" (Booh!)
Well, I turned around an' I said "ho ho" (Booh!)
Well, I turned around an' I said "ho ho"
And the Northern Lights commenced t' glow
And she said (Bop-bop ta-da-da bop)
With a tear in her eye
Watch out where the huskies go
An' don't you eat that yellow snow
Watch out where the huskies go
An' don't you eat that yellow snow
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EXCELLENT!! ICONIC!! Thanx RP!
Zep wrote:
There's no such thing as a pro-abortion, it isn't something a woman does for fun......
As for executions, one has to wonder sometimes......
tnt_thomas wrote:
How about pro-abortion/anti-execution? Do you approve of that?
There's no such thing as a pro-abortion, it isn't something a woman does for fun......
As for executions, one has to wonder sometimes......
Thank you PSD for sweet silly Zapp to do away with the skanky Decemberpiss
Black Napkins please
But of course, now I'm also seeing Bill's theme here after the recent blizzard up north. Ha! Well done Bill.
randyblew wrote:
randyblew wrote:
A blast from the past! Brings back memories of a Mothers in concert in 1975!
Nice to hear Mr. Zappa on RP.
Agree generally with this. I laughed when I heard it playing, so as the once every other year odd track it works, and it IS Zappa, but there is soooo much more of his work out there that could be played. Acquired taste true, but like a good black cup of coffee.
Zep wrote:
Zep wrote:
Please, for the love of whatever deity you worship, there is more and better Zappa than this. In the RP library, there is only "Joe's Garage" (not too bad), "Camarillo Brillo" (biting), "Montana" (not played for five years), and this. "Yellow Snow" is tired worn-out underground and college radio stuff. Everyone has heard it. You can go with the winding guitar stuff from the "Shut Up and Play" discs, but that's going to send a lot of listeners to the mute button. You could punch some material from "Sheik Yerbouti" but that's dated. But please please please - retire this one in favor of something else.
Hello Frank
ZAPPA!!! Bill, you rock!
Oh yeah! The Zap!! How about some Dynamo Hum?
Wheeee! This is AWESOME!
Frank Zappa by ~Bermud
Neringa Stonyte ©2008-2010 ~Bermud
a rough attempt on Frank Zappa.
I got a present yesterday from my brother. Yes,'tis a Frank Zappa CD
I have to share this Zappa story. I read it shortly after he passed and it is just so typical of him. Very early on in his career he appeared on an extremely right wing Saturday morning radio talk show out in California knowing full well he was about to be ridiculed and "made an example of" by the one legged army veteran that hosted the show. Almost as soon as he came on the show the host "quipped" "You have long hair you must be a girl" and Zappa shot back without missing a beat "You have a wooden leg you must be a table". Freakin Zappa- you gots to love it however it comes
h_in_bristol wrote:
I think this is the first time I heard FZ on RP.
I am happy I stayed up late!
More FZ, please!
Hear Hear!
A guitar genius!
"Yellow Snow" is tired worn-out underground and college radio stuff.
Yup. Some of the music is still great, but the ado shock lyrics are rather passé.
Zappa is great. I saw him at UBC in Vancouver in 1975. They did a skit about undressing at the border not too long after I had to drop my drawers at the Detroit tunnel. Entertaining.... I think.
Zep is right. Play the better music.
The only problem with RP. Given the size of Ambassador Zappa's library, isn't there something rather the lamest song off the second lamest Zappa album (Overnight Sensation comes in first) that you can play?
Weasels Ripped My Flesh? Freak Out? We're Only in it for the Money? Joe's Garage? Roxy and Elsewhere? Live in LA? Where are all these great albums? Why the commercially viable stuff all the time? How about some of his classical stuff?
I think this is the first time I heard FZ on RP.
I am happy I stayed up late!
More FZ, please!
Please, for the love of whatever deity you worship, there is more and better Zappa than this.
In the RP library, there is only "Joe's Garage" (not too bad), "Camarillo Brillo" (biting), "Montana" (not played for five years), and this. "Yellow Snow" is tired worn-out underground and college radio stuff. Everyone has heard it.
You can go with the winding guitar stuff from the "Shut Up and Play" discs, but that's going to send a lot of listeners to the mute button. You could punch some material from "Sheik Yerbouti" but that's dated.
But please please please - retire this one in favor of something else.
The_Enemy wrote:
Coppertop wrote:
I'm not sure that was a conservative.
More a righteous ass of indeterminate origin. Remember it was Al's wife Tipper who was behind the big push on this stuff. Frank was a Conservative Capitalist Libertarian of the First Order. That Frank held his own doesn't surprise me nor his ability to remain insulting in the most pleasant way.
I'm so glad someone found that Crossfire piece.
The moron representing the conservative side was excellent. He sure put Frank in his place!
Here's the link again:
https://www.ifilm.com/viralvideo?ifilmid=2658805
^%#@ brilliant piece of video. I'm impressed at Zappa's ability to hold his hold against 3 journalists without sinking to their level.Coppertop wrote:
I'm so glad someone found that Crossfire piece.
The moron representing the conservative side was excellent. He sure put Frank in his place!
Here's the link again:
https://www.ifilm.com/viralvideo?ifilmid=2658805
^%#@ brilliant piece of video. I'm impressed at Zappa's ability to hold his hold against 3 journalists without sinking to their level.
Nice to hear some Zappa. I remember the day he died. I send a postcard regretting his death to an ex-girlfriend I had not seen or heard of in many, many years. We used to listen to Zappa a lot.
It turned out she send me a postcard the very same day!
Great memories.
I hate the playing of the short version... why not just go for the full thing as long is you're doing freeform radio?
And while you're at it, more Zappa! Hot Rats! Roxy & Elsewhere! Overnight Sensation! One Size Fits All!
(thank you)
Zep wrote:
Please, there has GOT to be some better Zappa than this. Please? Pretty please?
''I'm a little pimp with my shoes shined black...''
Love it.
Hey, this is fun! Sure put a smile on my miserable chops after a day of tedium at work. 8 from the Nottingham jury.
nuggler wrote:
Don't get no jazz on that sofa, sofa !
Sofa King good!
Oh, Bill, gross!!!
More FZ, More FZ
Zep wrote:
Please, there has GOT to be some better Zappa than this. Please? Pretty please?
Any FZ is better than no FZ. Thanks!!
Please, there has GOT to be some better Zappa than this. Please? Pretty please?
Don't get no jazz on that sofa, sofa !
Oh God I love this...
walking through the snow on the way to St. Regis Elementary back in the mid 70s, my friends and I singing this song, and guys in my class getting in trouble for singing lyrics from Titties and Beer in class...
and there were, on the shelves of everyone's older brothers,
Dyna Moe Hum, G-Spot Tornado and Shut Up and Play Yer Guitar, and who can possibly overlook that unparalleled guitar solo on Wet T Shirt Night where it fades into On The Bus? Frank -- you da man, mon!
YES, LET US invoke the chuckling ghost of Frank Zappa
and jump up and down upon the chest of the fuddy establishment
and injure them
Great googly moogly!
so strictly commercial...
Meet me at St. Alphonso's Pancake Breakfast!
Is that Frank Zappa I hear....on RP.....Kewl!!!!
dasuperman wrote:
man, this song's great...i had this girlfriend that was disgusted by this song...it was amazing the annoyance i could generate just by putting it on...(not that that makes it a good song, but...)
As I mentioned earlier you should play her "Stick It Out" off Joe's Garage. It's even sung in German as well!!!
Tonedeaf wrote:
Gotta love it!! Zappa has so much fantastic music and is so under appreciated by the masses. Sure would like to hear some stuff off of Sheik Yerbouti and Joe's Garage!!
I love Joe's Garage also but I doubt if any radio programmer would have the cojones to play "Stick It Out!"
I just love that screaming guitar!
Aaaagh! The short version! The cuts always grate when I hear this one ....
Good ol' Frank. Sure miss his ascerbic wit.
Thank you. I was having a bad day....I needed something silly to break me out of this self absorbed bubble I have been hiding in today. Tee Hee....Love FZ
YESSSSSSSSSSSS!
This reminds me of my childhood...My dad was always playing Zappa!
We need more surprises like this during the day!
PEEK-A-BOO!!!!
MOST EXCELLENT
Gotta love it!! Zappa has so much fantastic music and is so under appreciated by the masses. Sure would like to hear some stuff off of Sheik Yerbouti and Joe's Garage!!
Why must it snow in Cali for yall to play Frank??
other than Peaches of course.
Zappa on the Radio! YES!
Nice reflector umbrellas in his glasses...
coding_to_music wrote:It really kills me to visualize Howard Kaylan singing these lyrics!
Frank Zappa's appearance on Crossfire in 1986
Quite interesting
Frank should lay off the coffee though, he appears quite angry and uptight .
He was very correct about where this country is heading...
Zappa and Lofton on Crossfire
"Angry and uptight"? Gee, considering the provocation, I thought he was amazingly mellow!
If this Lofton clown had bothered to do any homework, he could have thrown Zappa's song Magdalena in his face! (Not that I think the song, by portraying incipient incest is promoting incest...)
Great Googley-moogley!
Frank Zappa Frank Sinatra! Only on RP!
Yooowwwwzaaaa! It's really Zappa, they're playin'...
Bill, you are the King of music!
thewiseking wrote:
How dare they.
With all the incredibly brilliant Zappa music to play, they pick this pos?
How bout Gumbo Variations? Willie the Pimp or Hot Rats? Roxy and elsewhere?
For shame radio paradise.
For shame.
Sometimes you gotta take what you can get and try to enjoy it.
He still sounds great!
Nice Frank segue - Zappa > Sinatra. I used to have a bumpersticker that said Zappa For President. Now that would have been interesting - in a good way.
tnt_thomas wrote:
Like being anti-abortion/pro-execution.
How about pro-abortion/anti-execution? Do you approve of that?
thewiseking wrote:
How dare they.
With all the incredibly brilliant Zappa music to play, they pick this pos?
How bout Gumbo Variations? Willie the Pimp or Hot Rats? Roxy and elsewhere?
For shame radio paradise.
For shame.
I wouldn't mind "Shut Up and Play yer Guitar," but when I played this on college radio I got hate calls.
How about "Dynamo Hum" or "City of Tiny Lites?"
Zappa picks on northern types hunting seals (with lead-lined snowshoes - good one). Wonder if he's vegan or if it's southern (California?) silly attitudes against harming any animal while gulping Big Mac's and BBQing chicken? Like being anti-abortion/pro-execution.
thewiseking wrote:
How dare they.
With all the incredibly brilliant Zappa music to play, they pick this pos?
How bout Gumbo Variations? Willie the Pimp or Hot Rats? Roxy and elsewhere?
For shame radio paradise.
For shame.
Hot Rats & Weasels Eat My Flesh are other favs.....
Maxwell the poodle loves this one!
Destined to replace the mud-shark in my mythology.
Great googlymoogly!
Fun, Bill! Haven't heard in some time... love it!!
"Great Googly Moogly!"
How dare they.
With all the incredibly brilliant Zappa music to play, they pick this pos?
Maybe because it's snowing (heavily) today in a lot of places in North America.
LOVE LOVE LOVE Zappa, this whole recording in particular. THANKYAVERYMUCH!!
How dare they.
With all the incredibly brilliant Zappa music to play, they pick this pos?
How bout Gumbo Variations? Willie the Pimp or Hot Rats? Roxy and elsewhere?
For shame radio paradise.
For shame.
Someone like me should look askance at Zappa. Instead, I appreciate his sardonic humor.
Yowzers there it is...love this one.
Nanook, ah-no-no....
Always loved this whole album.
Fun to hear it here.
Zappa
Very interesting, different, engaging, but this is STILL one of his "hits." How about the surreal "Billy The Mountain?" for an out-there track?
Zappa's tunes are off-the-graph. My little dudes show my reaction when I hear him...not a bad thing either.
this guy and his music are the worst attempt at music I have ever loved so much!!!
Frank!
I'm laughing my ass off. This is pure genius. Zappa was a genius. Zappa was before his time. He was quite a poet. I don't believe a word I am saying.
...and damn funny too.
How about some "Tits and Beer"?
Guilty pleasure if ever there was.
Hannio wrote:
I'm a little disappointed at how little of Zappa's very extensive work gets played on RP.
And yet there's room on the hard drive for 11 Ween tracks. How's that for injustice?
This song and the rest of the Apostrophe album, while good, wasn't his best. Nevertheless, he deserved every dime he made off it and more. As far as I'm concerned, he's the Charles Ives of the counterculture - one in a long line of original geniuses to emerge in American music.
This song was destroyed by too much air play back in the 70s. Still, I haven't heard it in years and Frank-ly, I like it. It would be really be nice to hear some more obscure Zappa cuts. How 'bout something off 'Live at the Filmore East." album?
coding_to_music wrote:
Frank Zappa's appearance on Crossfire in 1986
Quite interesting
Frank should lay off the coffee though, he appears quite angry and uptight.
He was very correct about where this country is heading...
https://www.ifilm.com/viralvideo?ifilmid=2658805
I'm so glad someone found that Crossfire piece.
The moron representing the conservative side was excellant. He sure put Frank in his place!
C'mon lets hear something from, "Freakout".
Trouble Every Day
Go Cry on Somebody Elses Shoulder
come to mind.
The man was a freak'n genius.
Frank Zappa's appearance on Crossfire in 1986
Quite interesting
Frank should lay off the coffee though, he appears quite angry and uptight.
He was very correct about where this country is heading...
https://www.ifilm.com/viralvideo?ifilmid=2658805
This song is terrible.
Did he say, "The Huskey Wee-Wee"?
I don't think I have ever heard of it referred to as Husky! Hope I never see one of those!
I'm sure glad I can switch over to the LRC at times like this.
mojoman wrote:
Sorry, but I outgrew this sort of thing in about 7th grade.
Not me!
I actually need to go out and shovel. I'll wait until this song is finished...
I have to admit, I was thinking about, and wrote a poem about this topic in 1978. I was in the 6th grade, and king of the mountain was the main topic of my existance, since I lived in WI, USA.
It it still true today! Oh, don't you eat that yellow snow!
60 albums, before the era when any d*&hed with a cd burner could put out an album.
you want a treat? off the top of my head i'd say try filmore east. a very satisfying album from a venue that hosted only the best. ok, and some of the worst.
Sorry, but I outgrew this sort of thing in about 7th grade.
Frank Zappa must be one of the most rejected artists at RP! I just took a look in the upload library. One example: Rejected: Frank Zappa - Variations on The Carlos Santana Secret Chord Progression
jberko wrote:
On this fine winter's day, I am going to be a naughty eskimo - great googly moogly!!!!
This Wall Street executive knew how to invest his money.
lotus_65 wrote:
These comments illustrate my point that if anyone out there needs to use this format to bash artists or those who enjoy their efforts they should either:
A) Straighten out their medication.
B) Zip it and wait for the next song, which will undoubtably suit your taste better. And while your waiting, it would be a perfect time to write Bill a check.
C) Go away.
Get it?
My feelings EXACTLY, when I read ugly posts. I, personally prefer B.
this is one of the silliest songs i've ever heard. I love it! (pimp)
On this fine winter's day, I am going to be a naughty eskimo - great googly moogly!!!!
Hannio wrote:
I'm a little disappointed at how little of Zappa's very extensive work gets played on RP. Where else are we going to hear it?
Shut up and play yer guitar!
i pounced... and i pounced again...
I gave it a 9, for it being so delightfully bizarre.
Arrrgh ... the short version -- it always throws me off.
It's a shame he had to check out so soon ... if only he was around today ... oh well.
Call Any Vegetable!
Admittedly that's the track, but it always feels so incomplete.
Shame shame...Play the whole song or not at all. DISAPPOINTED!! I DO love this song!!!
is that hear Fido or here fido ? (pimp) ">
Irresistible.
ScopArch wrote:
Fantastic! Thanks Bill! More Zappa!
I'm a little disappointed at how little of Zappa's very extensive work gets played on RP. Where else are we going to hear it?
I feel like I just ate some yellow snow after that Les Rythmes Digitales tune...thanks for cleansing my palate with this classic.
This is one of the greats- all time
Art_Carnage wrote:
It's a shame that someone as talented as Zappa wasted so much of it on trivial crap like this.
Great googly-moogly! It's a shame dips like you have Internet access.
The sound of his favorite baby seal getting beat on gets me everytime. Completely defuses the otherwise not very pleasant image, and just cracks me up.
And it's nice to know someone else uses the phrase "great googly-moogly".
Unfortunately, the theme music for my life. :fight.gif:
mattmudpuppy wrote:
"A little foolishness, now and then, is relished by the wisest men." -Roald Dahl
If only it had been "now and then". Sadly, he didn't realize that he was trivializing his career by doing so much of what can only be called "novelty songs".
Fantastic! Thanks Bill! More Zappa!
zappa rules
Zappa's whole point was to illustrate how we shouldn't take ourselves too seriously. Be good at what you do, have fun at it, and laugh. Frank has got the angels in heaven rolling on the floor laughing and tapping their feet as we speak.
Fun!
He had the guts and the brains and the whatever the hell else it took to create this stuff, and I love him for it.
I have this CD and I really like the live instrumental, "Sexual Harasment in the Work Place"
Such a classic! Sure miss ya, Mr. Zappa.
joe1 wrote:These comments illustrate my point that if anyone out there needs to use this format to bash artists or those who enjoy their efforts they should either:
A) Straighten out their medication.
B) Zip it and wait for the next song, which will undoubtably suit your taste better. And while your waiting, it would be a perfect time to write Bill a check.
C) Go away.
Get it?
Hey!...ChristianaT!
About as cool as the drool on and Eskimo's Tool...I reckon...
Grow up!!
More Frank, anytime!
Hairfarmer wrote:
It's a shame so many people can't get past lyrics. This piece (especially in it's entirity) is one of Zappa's more difficult compositions, musically. Problem is so many people just can't get thier ears past the lyrics to hear everything that's going on.
Zappa is high in the pantheon of musical geniuses. While his cynical humor had value it did get in the way of building, what could have been, an unprecedented musical legacy for the modern era. This is among the songs where Zappa really got in his own way.
Pure musical genius. And this from a man who won classical music awards.
excellent with yesterday's corn dog and mustard...why not?
Art_Carnage wrote:
It's a shame that someone as talented as Zappa wasted so much of it on trivial crap like this.
"A little foolishness, now and then, is relished by the wisest men." -Roald Dahl