FZ album(s) in which song has appeared

• Chunga's Revenge (1970) as Tell Me You Love Me, recorded at Whitney Studios, Glendale, & The Record Plant, LA, August 28-29, 1970
  • same version on Strictly Commercial (1995)
  • same version on Zappatite—Frank Zappa's Tastiest Tracks (2016)
• quoted in Daddy, Daddy, Daddy on 200 Motels (1971), recorded at Pinewood Studios, London, January-February 1971
  • same version on 200 Motels (The Movie) (1971)
• quoted in Bwana Dik on Fillmore East—June 1971 (1971), performed in NYC, June 5-6, 1971
  • same version on Understanding America (2012) as ending of What Kind Of Girl Do You Think We Are?
• quoted in Do You Like My New Car? on Fillmore East—June 1971 (1971), performed in NYC, June 5-6, 1971
• quoted in The Groupie Routine on You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 1 (1988), performed in LA, August 7, 1971
• quoted in Daddy, Daddy, Daddy and What Kind Of Girl Do You Think We Are?, on Philly '76 (2009), performed in Philadelphia, October 29, 1976
• Tinsel Town Rebellion (1981) as Tell Me You Love Me, performed in Berkeley, December 5, 1980
  • same version on Steve Vai's The Secret Jewel Box: Archives Vol. 2. FZ Original Recordings (2001)
• You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 1 (1988) as Tell Me You Love Me, performed in Pistoia, July 8, 1982
• Broadway The Hard Way (CD) (1989) as Why Don't You Like Me?, performed in 1988

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

• May-July, 1971 (MOI)—known performances: 1
• August-October, 1978 (Europe & North America)—known performances: 4
• October-December, 1980 (North America)—known performances: 17
• May-July, 1982 (Europe)—known performances: 15
• July-September, 1984 (North America)—known performances: 8 ("Why Don't You Like Me?" aka "Don't Be A Lawyer")
• February-March, 1988 (North America)—known performances: 9 ("Why Don't You Like Me?")

Comments

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

1978: Essentially played as on YCDTOSA Volume I, accounting for obvious differences in instrumentation, and thus lacking Vai's firepower. From tapes and available setlists, it appears that this was only played twice, on 9/17 and on 9/21.

1980: Essentially performed as on "Tinseltown Rebellion."

1982: Essentially performed as on YCDTOSA Volume I.

1984: This song made several appearances early in the tour, before disappearing until the '88 tour got of hold of it and slightly rewrote it. Known as "Don't Be A Lawyer" by band members and tape collectors until the "Broadway" release, this song is essentially "Tell Me You Love Me" with different lyrics. For the most part, the lyrics are the same as in the '88 version, except they are not directed towards Michael Jackson and thus are missing some of the more specific references. Also, there is a third verse which has a chorus of "Don't Be A Lawyer". Like "Tell Me You Love Me" in previous tours, this song was used as a set closer the handful of times it was performed.

1988: Essentially performed as on BTHW, with the standard deviation coming in Frank's end-of-song-list-of-people-not-related-to-Michael-Jackson bit. This is Stage III in the evolution of "Tell Me You Love Me". Stage I is the "Chunga's Revenge" version (which would be performed in '78 and in the early '80's), Stage II is the 1984 "Don't Be A Lawyer/Why Don't You Like Me" version, and Stage III is this. [Note: Notice the poor edit at approximately the 2:00 minute mark- Frank fails to keep a consistent beat in his editing job]