Fifty-Fifty
Frank Zappa Lyrics
Well, my dandruff is loose
An' my breath is chartreuse
I know I ain't cute
An' my voice is ka-poot
But that's awright people
I'm just crazy enough to sing to you
Any old way
I figure the odds be fifty-fifty
Ain't gonna sing you no love song
How my heart is all sore
Will not beg your indulgence
Cause you heard it before
But that's awright people
I'm just crazy enough to sing to you
Any old way
I figure the odds be fifty-fifty
I just might have some thing to say
I have taken your time
I have sung you my song
Ain't no great revelation
But it wasn't too long
But that's awright people
I'm just crazy enough to sing to you
Any old way
I figure the odds be fifty-fifty
I just might have some thing to say
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The only two historical claims Frank Zappa's song "Fifty-Fifty" has are that it is the only track from the successful 1973 LP Over-Nite Sensation that is largely forgotten nowadays and that it represents one of the very few recordings featuring Ricky Lancelotti's distinctive vocals. And on this song, the mad lion (please believe these two words make the best possible description of his talent) got the chance to stretch his singing further than usual. Read Full BioThe only two historical claims Frank Zappa's song "Fifty-Fifty" has are that it is the only track from the successful 1973 LP Over-Nite Sensation that is largely forgotten nowadays and that it represents one of the very few recordings featuring Ricky Lancelotti's distinctive vocals. And on this song, the mad lion (please believe these two words make the best possible description of his talent) got the chance to stretch his singing further than usual. The lyrics jab at empty-headed one-hit-wonder singers: "I'm just crazy enough to sing to you/Any old way/I figured the odds be fifty-fifty/I just might have something to say." Zappa often complained about the inanity of rock lyrics, even his, the result of the music industry diktat stating that instrumental music is worthless.
The song was not a crowd-pleaser. Lancelotti's vocals on the studio version are really off-the-wall: he screams in an intentionally awful Roger Daltrey/Robert Plant kind of way as a show of the narrator's total lack of talent. The middle-section guitar solo (featuring Zappa's rockiest sound to date) should not be overlooked. Live, without Lancelotti -- he only appeared as a guest at one show -- it just was not the same; thus the song was performed a few times in 1973 only (bootleg recordings can be found on Dupree's Paradise and Tiny Nightmares). The singer's real talent can be fully experienced on "Zomby Woof" from the same LP.
The song was not a crowd-pleaser. Lancelotti's vocals on the studio version are really off-the-wall: he screams in an intentionally awful Roger Daltrey/Robert Plant kind of way as a show of the narrator's total lack of talent. The middle-section guitar solo (featuring Zappa's rockiest sound to date) should not be overlooked. Live, without Lancelotti -- he only appeared as a guest at one show -- it just was not the same; thus the song was performed a few times in 1973 only (bootleg recordings can be found on Dupree's Paradise and Tiny Nightmares). The singer's real talent can be fully experienced on "Zomby Woof" from the same LP.
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Ferry Ratelband
Well, my dandruff is loose
And my breath is chartreuse
I know I ain't cute
And my voice is kaput
But that's alright, people
I'm just crazy enough to sing to you
Any old way
I figure the odds be fifty-fifty
I just might have something to say
I ain't gonna sing you no love song
How my heart is all soft
Will not beg your indulgence
Cause you heard it before
And that's alright, people
I'm just crazy enough to sing to you
Any old way
I figure the odds be fifty-fifty
I just might have something to say
In my pants
Now I've taken your time
I have sung you my song
Ain't no great revelation
But it wasn't too long
And that's alright, people
I'm just crazy enough to sing to you
Any old way
I figure the odds be fifty-fifty
I just might have something to say
theJaydog
Jean Luc Ponty's Violin at 2:35....rules!
Obdelwellx Frank
@R.L. Shallbetter A Baritone Violin 🎻
dstroviolin
R.L. Shallbetter Might be a 5 string or a violectra
R.L. Shallbetter
theJaydog is it a viola? The lower notes on that solo (C3) correspond to the viola. I could just be on drugs.
earth human
FRANK ZAPPA IS THE STANLEY KUBRICK OF MUSUC!
Richard Seeley
Amen!
The Supernatural Anaesthetist
Musuck?
Broke Dick Dawg
Frank's better than Stanley, may they both rest in peace. Huge fan of both. Kubrick = Pink Floyd, Frank has no equal.
Vivian Stanshall
That's what my mum said
I said pink floyd was
But i get it
Richard Bird
This one is like a Zappa response to Return to Forever, and pretty dope, at least to me. George Duke Zappa is the Zappa I like best.