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Sofa

Performances | Comments | Conceptual Continuity

FZ album(s) in which song has appeared:

• BTB II: Swiss Cheese/Fire! (1992) vocal version as second part of Sofa, performed in Montreaux, December 4, 1971
• You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 1 (1988) vocal version as Sofa #1, performed in London, December 10, 1971
• One Size Fits All (1975) instrumental version as Sofa No. 1, at The Record Plant, L.A., and/or Caribou, Nederland, Colorado, and/or Paramount Studios, L.A., December, 1974-April, 1975
  • same version with vocals added on One Size Fits All (1975) as Sofa No. 2
    • same version on Zappa Picks by Jon Fishman of Phish (2002)
    • same version on Zappa Picks by Larry LaLonde of Primus (2002)
  • same vocals reversed on Ya Hozna from Them Or Us (1984)
    • same song on Son Of Cheep Thrills (1999)
• Zappa In New York (1978) instrumental version as Sofa, performed in NYC, prob. December 27, 1976
• You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 1 (1988) instrumental version as Sofa #2, performed in Pistoia, July 8, 1982
• The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life (1991) instrumental version as Sofa #1, performed in 1988

Tour(s) in which song is known to have been performed (main source: FZShows, v. 7.1):

• August-October, 1971 (MOI)
• November-December, 1971 (MOI European Tour)
• December, 1976 (New York)
• August-October, 1978 (Europe & North America)
• May-July, 1982 (Europe)
• February-March, 1988 (North America)
• April-June, 1988 (Europe)

Comments:

Touring versions from Foggy G's We're Only In It For The Touring:

1971
Essentially performed as on YCDTOSA Volume I, and always appears as part two of the overlong and multifaceted "Sofa Suite".
1978
Essentially performed as on OSFA, accounting for obvious differences in instrumentaion. Only performed a couple times as part of the Halloween run festivities.
1982
Essentially performed as on YCDTOSA Volume I.
1988
Essentially performed as on TBBYNHIYL. While this version is obviously intended to be a performance of "Sofa #1"- the instrumental version- Ike occasionally feels so moved by the music that he begins singing along, bringing us into the realm of "Sofa #2". Apparently, however, Ike does not know the original lyrics to the song (or else has forgotten them since '78), and usually justs inserts the Secret Word into whatever spot it can fit.

Conceptual Continuity:

• Once Upon A Time
• Stick It Out
• Divan

• Time Is Money ("From my Couch-In-The-Sky")

The Chrome Continuity:

• Who Are The Brain Police? ("the plastic is all melted and so is the chrome")
• The Chrome Plated Megaphone Of Destiny
• Uncle Meat ("Chromium plated")
• Magic Fingers ("chrome-with-heavy-duty-leather-thong Peace Medallion")
• Sofa ("Ich bin der Chrome Dinette")
• Muffin Man ("oversized chrome spoon")
• A Token Of My Extreme ("chrome piggy bank")
• Stick It Out ("feel the chrome")
• Sy Borg ("chromium leg", "chrome-plated machine")
• Ya Hozna ("etteniD emorhC red nib hcI")

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