106 – Frank Zappa – Mr. Green Genes

The last Frank Zappa song for now, maybe the last one on this site. The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life is an alltogether good introduction into Zappa’s music, full of humor (listen to their version of Johnny Cash’ Ring Of Fire, and how that title returns in various songs), and extraordinary well performed. That band was smokin’! Anyway, I couldn’t find this version of Mr. Green Genes, sung by Ike Willis, on Youtube… so here are the magnificent Son Of Mr. Green Genes (which doesn’t qualify to be posted here on its own because the very fact that it isn’t sung, and as such is no song…), and the original version from Uncle Meat which is somewhat less powerful.

Youtube – Uncle Meat version.

Youtube – instrumental version, called Son of Mr. Green Genes, from Hot Rats.