TROUBLE EVERY DAY MOTHERS OF INVENTION FREAK OUT 1965
Frank Zappa wrote the song in 1965 at 1819 Bellevue Avenue, Echo Park, Los Angeles (the suburban residence of a methamphetamine chemist referred to by Zappa as Wild Bill the MannequinFucker after watching news coverage of the Watts Riots. Originally dubbed The Watts Riot Song, its primary lyrical themes are racial violence, social injustice, and sensationalist journalism. The musical stylefeaturing multiple guitar tracks and a harmonicamuch more closely resembles electric blues than mainstream rock an
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