Frank Zappa
“Columbia, S.C.” Part 1
Thank you
Suppose we were to just sort of make something up, right here on the stage, would that be offensive to you? Okay
Blues, jazz? Suppose— Suppose it was none of the above. Suppose some of those other things crept into it periodically. All we'd like to do is just to extend our imagination a little bit up here and see what happens. Okay?
(Alright. Let's start off with uh— with the steel drum, and the bass, and the baritone oboe.)
I wonder what this will sound like. If it's too crappy, we'll quit
(Alright. You're ready? How about . . . Let's do it— do it a waltz.)
You can dig it, couldn't you?
One, two, three . . . one, two, three . .