OFF:Zappa

[dench]

Hi Mike

Just in case no-one else has answered yet, the Zappa song in question is
entitled 'The Torture Never Stops'.  It appears in its original form on
his album Zoot Allures (1976).  It also turns up on the cd release of
Zappa in New York (1977).  It is a fun track!

Martin

On Thu, 5 Dec 1996, Mike Parkington wrote:

> Hi
>
> Hopefully there are some Zappa aficionados in the group who can help me
> with a problem.
>
> Years ago I used to listen to quite a lot of Zappa but mostly at friends'
> houses so where I got to know and to like a lot of Zappa material, I never
> really knew the album or track names.
>
> I was listening to the radio much more recently and the station (I forget
> which) played one of my favorite tracks but they never said what the
> title/album was. I really want to buy this and add it to my collection.
>
> The track may well be called Dungeon of Dispair or similar, from what I
> remember the lyrics go:
>
> Flies all green and buzzin in the dungeon of dispair
> Prisoners grumble and piss their clothes and scratch their matted hair
> A tiny light from a window hole a 100 yards away
> Is all they ever get to see of the regular light of the day
> And it stinks so bad their bones been chokin.......
>
> I can't remember much more except for a line about "a sinister midget with
> a bucket and a mop where the blood goes down the drain"
>
> PLEASE, somebody tell me what album this is from & what is the track title.
>
> Thanks
>
> Mike P
>