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You Are What You Is (song)

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whilst applying hair pomade. It is also notable for being the only conventional music video that Zappa ever made. The lyrics also contain the sentence "I ain't no nigger no more", which likely also had an effect on its broadcast. The video was banned from ever being aired on
296:"You Are What You Is" contains references to other songs throughout his career and on the album itself, commonly referred as Zappa's "Conceptual Continuity". References include "Gimme a five dollar bill and an overcoat too" from "Wonderful Wino" on 29: 237:. The second young man "of the negro persuasion, devoted his life to become a caucasian". Like the first man, he changes his diet to fit in with the culture he is looking to join. It goes over the stereotype of 1548: 218:
The lyrics, which essentially tell the listener to be themselves and embrace their culture, tell the stories of two young men, both of whom Zappa describes as "foolish". The first man is from a
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including involving a loose story about working at the post office and referencing lyrics in the next song that serves as a segue until it transitions into the next song, "Mudd Club".
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to be manly. Then the song refers to him as even trying to eat like someone going through hardship. He begins to talk like the character Kingfish, from the radio show
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early on, then returns to Zappa for the tail end of "You Are What You Is", to which Butt-Head replies, "This is still on? That pisses me off!").
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who was known for being a heavily stereotypical black character. These themes overall relate to Zappa's dislike of
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culture would bring them more acceptance. Eventually the song goes into a frenzy of racial stereotyped
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family who has a great life, but he pretends to come from a culture of hardship and sings the
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Index


Single
Frank Zappa
You Are What You Is
B-side
Label
Barking Pumpkin
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Frank Zappa
album of the same title
B-side
Valley Girl
Thing-Fish
middle class
blues
Amos and Andy
poseurs
African-Americans
collard greens
Caucasian
one-liners
music video
Ronald Reagan
electric chair
MTV
Beavis and Butt-Head
The Europeans
Zoot Allures
200 Motels

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