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Nixon, Watergate, & Frank Zappa's "Son Of Orange County" ...a sickening touchstone to Trump 2018
'Son of Orange County'
Frank Zappa
From: 'Roxy and Elsewhere' (1974)
As the Watergate scandal grew, President Richard Nixon met with the press on Nov. 17, 1973. During a question and answer session, Nixon said, “People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook.”
Nixon’s famous line became part of Frank Zappa’s "Son of Orange County," recorded live in 1974 for his Roxy and Elsewhere LP. Napoleon Murphy Brock sang lead: “And in your dreams you can see yourself / As a prophet saving the world / The words from your lips ('I am not a crook') / I just can't believe you are such a fool.”
“It wasn't just breaking into the Democratic headquarters." Zappa later told Guitar Player magazine. "What they're trying to cover up is the fact that Nixon had decided to create a secret police. There was no legal authority to spy on U.S. citizens. He felt he had enemies everywhere [...] It was all the domestic spying on political groups, people he perceived as enemies.”
http://ultimateclassicrock.com/richard-nixon-songs/
Frank Zappa
From: 'Roxy and Elsewhere' (1974)
As the Watergate scandal grew, President Richard Nixon met with the press on Nov. 17, 1973. During a question and answer session, Nixon said, “People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook.”
Nixon’s famous line became part of Frank Zappa’s "Son of Orange County," recorded live in 1974 for his Roxy and Elsewhere LP. Napoleon Murphy Brock sang lead: “And in your dreams you can see yourself / As a prophet saving the world / The words from your lips ('I am not a crook') / I just can't believe you are such a fool.”
“It wasn't just breaking into the Democratic headquarters." Zappa later told Guitar Player magazine. "What they're trying to cover up is the fact that Nixon had decided to create a secret police. There was no legal authority to spy on U.S. citizens. He felt he had enemies everywhere [...] It was all the domestic spying on political groups, people he perceived as enemies.”
http://ultimateclassicrock.com/richard-nixon-songs/
