A Token of My Extreme
"A Token of My Extreme" | |
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Song by Frank Zappa | |
from the album Joe's Garage Acts II & III | |
Released | November 19, 1979 |
Recorded | Village Recorders, LA Spring 1979 |
Genre | |
Length | 5:30 |
Label | Zappa Records |
Songwriter(s) | Frank Zappa |
Producer(s) | Frank Zappa |
"A Token of My Extreme", by Frank Zappa, is a song on the 1979 concept album Joe's Garage [Part II]. The main character from this triple-album rock-opera has his mind messed-up by Lucille then "finally does something smart" and "pays a lot of money to L. Ron Hoover and the First Church of Appliantology."[1][2]
Plot
Appliantology is shown as an insincere religion, which cooperates with a "malevolent totalitarian regime."
Analysis
This song was analyzed in Zappa,[4] and also in Academy Zappa.[5] In their study of Zappa published in the journal Studies in Musical Theatre, Carr and Hand mention that the song is "a satire of L. Ron Hubbard (1911–86) and the Church of Scientology".[1] They described the work as "an ironic precursor" to Carlton's Return to the Forbidden Planet.[1]
See also
References
- ^ ISSN 1750-3159.
- ^ a b c Prince, Michael J. (Spring 2005). "The Science Fiction Protocols of Frank Zappa". Chapter&Verse. PopMatters Media, Inc.
- ^ Staff (January 1, 1989). "Frank Zappa on CD (and LP), Part I-III". Stereophile Magazine. pp. Vol. 12., No. 1.
- ^ ISBN 0-8021-1783-X.
- ISBN 0-946719-79-9.