200 Motels Page #6

Synopsis: "Touring makes you crazy," Frank Zappa says, explaining that the idea for this film came to him while the Mothers of Invention were touring. The story, interspersed with performances by the Mothers and the Royal Symphony Orchestra, is a tale of life on the road. The band members' main concerns are the search for groupies and the desire to get paid.
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Music
Director(s): Tony Palmer, Frank Zappa
Production: MGM Home Entertainment
 
IMDB:
5.9
Rotten Tomatoes:
67%
R
Year:
1971
98 min
646 Views


same brand Danny Hutton puts on his face that makes him look all . . . glistening and seductive. Just put a little on

here . . . the cheeks . . . the chin . . . mmm, the quivering lips . . . I'm so commercial I could die! Somebody . . .

TURN ON A BLUE SPOTLIGHT!!!

What will this morning

bring me this evening?

Some local hot action

(I'm a young lonely guy)

Before we are leaving (maybe we can get some head)

Go to the club or the bar or wherever the p*ssy is found

In the town your band is booked to play in

It's always a little bit harder to score

If it's just your first time in a town you never hit before

If you stayed in it once and got laid

You've got it made, ahhh, got it made

If it's just your first time

Then you know it's no fun to go

Back to a plastic hotel all alone

Go to the club or the bar

Go to the club or the bar

Go to the club or the bar

Or wherever the p*ssy is found

(Boy, do I need it!)

(Open up!)

Ooo-ooo, do you like my new car?

Ooo-ooo, do you like my new car?

She's such a dignified lady

She's so pretty and soft

You can't call her a groupie

It just pisses her off

(Yeah)

She got diamonds and jewelry

She got lotsa new clothes

She ain't hurtin' for money

So that everyone knows

That she knows what she wants

Knows what she likes

Daddy, daddy, daddy . . . oooh!

Daddy, daddy, daddy . . . oooh!

Daddy, daddy, daddy

Look out . . . she's got her eyes on you

She left her place after midnight

(La la la la la)

And she drove to the club

(La la la la-ee-ah!)

You know that her and her partner

(La la la la la)

Came here lookin' for love

(La la la la-ee-ah!)

They want a guy from a group

(La la la la la)

Got a thing in a charts

(La la la la-ee-ah!)

IF HIS DICK IS A MONSTER

IF HIS DICK IS A MONSTER

IF HIS DICK IS A MONSTER

They will give him their hearts

'Cause they know what they want

(Do it, d'ya wanna-wanna?)

And they know what they like

Daddy, daddy, daddy . . . oooh!

Daddy, daddy, daddy . . . oooh!

Daddy, daddy, daddy

Look out . . . they got their eyes on you

FAM-BAM-YAK-A-TA-TAHHH!

They know what they want

Know what they like

Daddy, daddy, daddy . . . oooh!

Daddy, daddy, daddy . . . oooh!

Daddy, daddy, daddy

Awright, you got 'em screamin' all night

(La la la la la)

Screamin' all night

Ooo-ooo, do you like my new car?

(Do it, do it, d'ya wanna-wanna do it, do it?)

It's a Bentley!

(Ooh!)

Ooo-ooo, do you like my new car?

(Do it, do it, d'ya wanna-wanna do it, do it?)

[...]

(Ooh!)

Ooo-ooo, do you like my new car?

(Do it, do it, d'ya wanna-wanna do it, do it?)

It's a Chevy!

(Ooh!)

Ooo-ooo, do you like my new car?

(Do it, do it, d'ya wanna-wanna do it, do it?)

Or a Lincoln!

(Ooh!)

Ooo-ooo, do you like my new car?

(Do it, do it, d'ya wanna-wanna do it, do it?)

['Cause they're dancin'!]

(Ooh!)

Ooo-ooo, do you like my new car?

(Do it, do it, d'ya wanna-wanna do it, do it?)

[...]

(Ooh!)

Ooo-ooo, do you like my new car?

(Do it, do it, d'ya wanna-wanna do it, do it?)

[...]

(Ooh!)

Ooo-ooo, do you like my new car?

(Do it, do it, d'ya wanna-wanna do it, do it?)

[...]

(Ooh!)

Ooo-ooo . . .

Oh wow, what a night. What's the matter,

didn't you get any action tonight?

Didn't you used to be with the Mothers?

Yeah.

Is this what you do now?

I've got my own group, too. I don't mind being in this movie. I get a chance to transform a few times, drink these

vile, foamy liquids.

Bleagh.

What kind of a life is that?

It's not that bad! Really! I LIKE to be a monster

every once in awhile!

No one will ever take you seriously after this.

Why, because I transform? I LIKE to be a monster!

There's a little monster in every one of us.

You'll probably stay here for the rest of your life with your fake potions and your twisted monster face. You coulda

BEEN something in rock and roll.

I TRIED to get a hit single. It drove me to drink.

Ugh.

Hoo-hoo-ha-ha . . .

Go on, laugh about it. You could have been a star. You could have spread your aura across vast continental

areas, your name on millions of small, hot lips, whispering under secure, pink blankets in the lonely midnight dark. But

whaddya do? Ya join the Mothers, and ya end up working for Zappa, and he makes you be a creep! You coulda played

the blues with John Mayall, or far-out exciting

jazz with Blood Sweat and Tears.

You really think so?

Look. No one will ever take you seriously after this. How can they take you seriously? In this business you've either

got to play the blues or sing with a high voice.

You're right. I never should have joined the Mothers. Why, I could be a star now! Oh, when I think of all those millions of . . .

Hey.

Hot pink juicy little . . .

Hey. Listen, do you know where I can uh, get

any dope in this imaginary town?

Man, there's no dope in this town. Just these

vile, foamy liquids.

Well, they're fake aren't they?

No, they're real! I mix them myself at home, and then I bring them in the morning . . . secret spiritual formulas . . .

Ew, what's a secret spiritual formula?

The stuff that goes in the elixir, the potion, whatever

I mix is irrelevant to the result.

You mean they're fake potions, right?

Look, it doesn't matter what's in the mix. It's the liquid! The concept . . . of the liquid . . . is enough to trigger a

special cosmic state. Its because I'm so

spiritually evolved . . .

Oh, listen, I just wanna get out of it, and go back to me fake motel room and play the blues, you know. F*** your

spiritual evolvement. Anyway, what happens if a new and exciting blues talent such as meself drinks your stuff?

Here. Take this back to your fake room.

Drink it.

I'd feel a lot happier if there was something I could smoke.

Well, here. Dip this in it. Now, let it dry out. That

ought to get you a little HIGH. Or something.

Ew, I can't take you seriously.

Look, you might as well take this too.

I know its only fake potion. Well listen. We should get together sometime. Have a jam. Yeah, play some blues.

Extensions! Why not some extended blues licks?

White people can play the blues, you know.

Hello. Frank. Yeah, I gave it to him.

Yeah, he went back to the special room.

No, no. He's gonna smoke it. Yeah, right.

Hey, listen. You got any idea when we're

gonna get paid for this?

What will I say

The next day to whatever

I drag to my hotel tonight?

(If things go all right!)

What will I say

The next day to whatever

I drag to my hotel tonight?

(Will she be outasite?)

What will this evening

Bring me this morning?

What will this evening

Bring me this morning?

A succulent fat one

A mod little flat one

Maybe a hot one (to give me the clap!)

Maybe a freak who gets off with a strap

What will I say the next day to whatever I drag to my hotel tonight?

(What will I say the next day to whatever I drag to my hotel tonight?)

If things go all right!

(If things go all right!)

What will I say the next day to whatever I drag to my hotel tonight?

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Frank Zappa

Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American musician, composer, activist and filmmaker. His work is characterized by nonconformity, free-form improvisation, sound experiments, musical virtuosity, and satire of American culture. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa composed rock, pop, jazz, jazz fusion, orchestral and musique concrète works, and produced almost all of the 60-plus albums that he released with his band the Mothers of Invention and as a solo artist. Zappa also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed album covers. He is considered one of the most innovative and stylistically diverse rock musicians of his era.As a self-taught composer and performer, Zappa's diverse musical influences led him to create music that was sometimes difficult to categorize. While in his teens, he acquired a taste for 20th-century classical composers such as Edgard Varèse, Igor Stravinsky, and Anton Webern, along with 1950s rhythm and blues and doo-wop music. He began writing classical music in high school, while at the same time playing drums in rhythm and blues bands, later switching to electric guitar. His 1966 debut album with the Mothers of Invention, Freak Out!, combined songs in conventional rock and roll format with collective improvisations and studio-generated sound collages. He continued this eclectic and experimental approach, irrespective of whether the fundamental format was rock, jazz or classical. Zappa's output is unified by a conceptual continuity he termed "Project/Object", with numerous musical phrases, ideas, and characters reappearing across his albums. His lyrics reflected his iconoclastic views of established social and political processes, structures and movements, often humorously so. He was a strident critic of mainstream education and organized religion, and a forthright and passionate advocate for freedom of speech, self-education, political participation and the abolition of censorship. Unlike many other rock musicians of his generation, he personally disapproved of drugs and seldom used them, but supported their decriminalization and regulation. During Zappa's lifetime, he was a highly productive and prolific artist, earning widespread acclaim from critics and fellow musicians. He had some commercial success, particularly in Europe, and worked as an independent artist for most of his career. He remains a major influence on musicians and composers. His honors include his 1995 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the 1997 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2000, he was ranked number 36 on VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock. In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked him at number 71 on its list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time", and in 2011 at number 22 on its list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". more…

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