FZ album(s) in which song has appeared

• Uncle Meat (1969), as Cruising For Burgers, recorded at Apostolic Studios, NYC, 1967-1968
  • same version on Meat Light (2016), as Cruising For Burgers
  • same version on Meat Light (2016), as Cruising For Burgers
• Road Tapes, Venue #3 (2016), as Cruising For Burgers, performed in Minneapolis, MN, July 5, 1970
• BTB I: Freaks & Motherfu*#@%! (1991), as Cruising For Burgers, performed in NYC, November 1970
  • same version on BTB II: Tengo Na Minchia Tanta (1992), as Cruising For Burgers
• Carnegie Hall (2011), as Cruising For Burgers, performed in NYC, October 11, 1971
• BTB II: Swiss Cheese/Fire! (1992), as part of Wonderful Wino/Sharleena/Cruisin' For Burgers, performed in Montreux, December 4, 1971
• Playground Psychotics (1992), as Cruisin' For Burgers, performed in London, December 10, 1971
• Zappa In New York 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (2019), as Cruisin' For Burgers, performed in NYC, NY, December 26 & 27, 1976
• Zappa In New York 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (2019), as Cruisin' For Burgers (1977 Mix), performed in NYC, NY, December 29, 1976
  • same version, different mix, on Zappa In New York (CD, 1991), as Cruisin' For Burgers
• Make A Jazz Noise Here (1991), as Cruisin' For Burgers, performed in 1988

 

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

• December, 1967-August, 1968 (MOI)—known performances: 1
• November, 1968-May, 1969 (MOI)—known performances: 2
• May-August, 1969 (MOI)—known performances: 1
• May, 1970 (MOI Reunion)—known performances: 1
• June-December, 1970 (MOI)—known performances: 9
• August-October, 1971 (MOI)—known performances: 4
• November-December, 1971 (MOI European Tour)—known performances: 7
• December, 1976 (New York)—known performances: 4
• January-February, 1977 (Europe)—known performances: 5
• October-December, 1980 (North America)—known performances: 1 (only rehearsals)
• September-December, 1981 (North America)—known performances: 1 (only rehearsals)
• February-March, 1988 (North America)—known performances: 3; known quotations: 1
• April-June, 1988 (Europe)—known performances: 12

 

Comments

Foggy G, "The Songs That Were Played," We're Only In It For The Touring

1968: As during the Flo 'n' Eddie period, this tune appears at the tail end of "Holiday in Berlin". Performed as an instrumental, this version sounds more like the overdone Xmas '76 version (as heard on the CD release of ZINY) than the "Uncle Meat" track. The music has a more dramatic feel to it, and lacks the innocent simplicity of the studio release. There is no guitar solo, as we simply get the instrumental rendering of the composed portions.

1970: Essentially performed as on "Freaks and Motherfu*#@%!" from Beat the Boots Volume I.

1971: Essentially performed as on "Playground Psychotics". Notice the excellently placed "me" in the opening bars—a lingering lyric from the previous tune ("Sharleena"), which somehow links these two songs together and provides a neat sense of continuity. Don'tcha agree?

1976-77: Essentially performed as on ZINY, with the standard deviation coming in Frank's solo. The instrumental version, and did this tune ever rock harder.

1988: Essentially performed as on MAJNH, with the standard deviation coming in Frank's solo.

 

Conceptual Continuity

• Mr. Green Genes ("fake ID")