Stick It Out

FZ album(s) in which song has appeared

Carnegie Hall (2011) as Stick It Out, performed in NYC, October 11, 1971
BTB II: Swiss Cheese/Fire! (1992) as part of Sofa, performed in Montreux, December 4, 1971
Joe's Garage Acts II & III (1979) as Stick It Out, recorded at Village Recorders, LA, April 1979
Buffalo (2007) as Stick It Out, performed in Buffalo, NY, October 25, 1980

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

August-October, 1971 (MOI)—known performances: 3
November-December, 1971 (MOI European Tour)—known performances: 9
May-July, 1980 (Europe)—known performances: 18
October-December, 1980 (North America)—known performances: 19
March-April, 1982 (rehearsals)—known performances: 3
July-September, 1984 (North America)—known performances: 1; known quotations: 1

Comments

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

1971: Yes, the "Joe's Garage" song, in all its multi-lingual glory. This song appears here as part four of the five part "Sofa Suite", and somehow manages to be relevant to the whole God and Sofa story, and still, ten years later, manages to fit into the whole Joe and Music is Evil story. It is essentially performed as on "Joe's Garage", allowing for some major differences in instrumentation, and with the added bonus of Flo 'n' Eddie moaning in sexual pain?/ecstasy? during the closing strains of the tune. This tune has quite a bit more energy than the later performances, and manages to save the Sofa Suite from being an utter bore.

1980 Mar-Jul: Essentially performed as on "Joe's Garage", allowing for obvious differences in instrumentation, and with both the English and the German verses being sung. This version is particularly cheesy- and enjoyable- due to Tommy's prominent keyboards and an extended outro highlighting the "doo wop" vocals of Ike and Ray. (One annoying note- Immediately upon finishing the first verse, someone in the band- for some reason I figure it's Ike- starts encouraging the audience to clap along with the song. Get the crowd involved- that's fine- but when listening to audience tapes, this overwhelming intrusion of the taper and all his friends clapping for the next minute or so is rather annoying.)

1980 Oct-Dec: Essentialy performed as on "Joe's Garage", with both the English and the German verses being sung.

1984: An amusing little number, played very infrequently on this tour. Played as on "Joe's Garage", but with the English vocals only. On previous tours- both '70 and '80- Frank performed both the English and German verses, but for the '84 tour, we got the former verses only. Not much to the song- short, no solos- but a nice treat amid the repetitiveness of the rest of this tour.

Conceptual Continuity

American Love Poetry:

Stick It Out ("What's a girl like you/Doing in a place like this?/Do you come here often?/Wait a minute. . . /I've got it . . . /You're an Italian . . . /What? You're Jewish?/Love your nails . . . /You must be a Libra . . . /Your place or mine?")
What Kind Of Girl Do You Think We Are? ("What's a girl like you/Doin' in a place like this?")
Dancin' Fool ("Wait a minute . . . I've got it . . . you're an Italian!/Hah?/Yer Jewish?/Oh, love your nails . . . /You must be a Libra . . . /Your place or mine?")
Artificial Rhonda ("What's a nice girl like you doing in a place like this? Do you come here often?")

Divan, Divan . . .

Once Upon A Time
Sofa
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")