It concerns the Mystery Man, a typical guru or psychic, offering to help the narrator reach Nervanna [sic] for a "nominal service charge," and the narrator's refusal to buy into his act, "Look here, brother, who you jiving with that cosmik debris?" When the Mystery Man gets pushy, Zappa as the narrator tells how he snatched the crystal ball, hypnotized the Mystery Man, stole his stuff and blew his mind.[2]
The song was popular on the Dr. DementoShow in the 1970s, and in Zappa's concerts, with memorable guitar solos from Zappa, also featuring George Duke on keyboard and Napoleon Murphy Brock on sax. The song was featured in the late-2010 Zappa Plays Zappa tour, where through video and editing (from 1970s-era shows), Frank Zappa on a large video screen both sang and played a guitar solo while the ZPZ band provided a live backing. This song was also a B-side to the single "Don't Eat the Yellow Snow."
Connections to previous Zappa songsedit
References of previous songs are frequent in many Frank Zappa songs. "Cosmik Debris" shares the lyric "Now is that a real poncho or is that a Sears poncho?" which is a reference to the song "Camarillo Brillo" from the previous album "Over-Nite Sensation." The "dust of The Grand Wazoo" is also mentioned in the lyrics and refers to the album released by Zappa in 1972.[3]
Track listedit
A-side "Don't Eat The Yellow Snow" – 3:26 (Contains Don't Eat The Yellow Snow, Nanook Rubs it and the intro to St. Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast)
B-side "Cosmik Debris" – 4:10
Notes and referencesedit
^Ulrich, Charles (May 13, 2018). The Big Note: A Guide to the Recordings of Frank Zappa. New Star Books. ISBN1-554201-46-2.
^. Archived from the original on 2011-03-02. Retrieved 2011-04-01.
^François Couture. "Cosmik Debris - Frank Zappa | Song Info". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-10-09.
January 01, 1970
cosmik, debris, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, october, 20. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Cosmik Debris news newspapers books scholar JSTOR October 2016 Learn how and when to remove this message Cosmik Debris is a song by American composer Frank Zappa from his 1974 album Apostrophe Cosmik Debris Single by Frank Zappafrom the album Apostrophe A side Don t Eat the Yellow Snow ReleasedApril 22 1974RecordedMay 28 1973 1 GenreJazz rock blues rockLength4 10LabelDiscReet RecordsSongwriter s Frank ZappaProducer s Frank ZappaFrank Zappa singles chronology I m the Slime 1973 Cosmik Debris 1974 Don t Eat the Yellow Snow 1975 It concerns the Mystery Man a typical guru or psychic offering to help the narrator reach Nervanna sic for a nominal service charge and the narrator s refusal to buy into his act Look here brother who you jiving with that cosmik debris When the Mystery Man gets pushy Zappa as the narrator tells how he snatched the crystal ball hypnotized the Mystery Man stole his stuff and blew his mind 2 The song was popular on the Dr Demento Show in the 1970s and in Zappa s concerts with memorable guitar solos from Zappa also featuring George Duke on keyboard and Napoleon Murphy Brock on sax The song was featured in the late 2010 Zappa Plays Zappa tour where through video and editing from 1970s era shows Frank Zappa on a large video screen both sang and played a guitar solo while the ZPZ band provided a live backing This song was also a B side to the single Don t Eat the Yellow Snow Connections to previous Zappa songs editReferences of previous songs are frequent in many Frank Zappa songs Cosmik Debris shares the lyric Now is that a real poncho or is that a Sears poncho which is a reference to the song Camarillo Brillo from the previous album Over Nite Sensation The dust of The Grand Wazoo is also mentioned in the lyrics and refers to the album released by Zappa in 1972 3 Track list editA side Don t Eat The Yellow Snow 3 26 Contains Don t Eat The Yellow Snow Nanook Rubs it and the intro to St Alfonzo s Pancake Breakfast B side Cosmik Debris 4 10Notes and references edit Ulrich Charles May 13 2018 The Big Note A Guide to the Recordings of Frank Zappa New Star Books ISBN 1 554201 46 2 Zappa com gt FZ Official Discography gt Apostrophe 1974 Archived from the original on 2011 03 02 Retrieved 2011 04 01 Francois Couture Cosmik Debris Frank Zappa Song Info AllMusic Retrieved 2016 10 09 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cosmik Debris amp oldid 1188747688, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
