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This article is about the song . For the album, see My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama (album).
"My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama" Single by The Mothers of Invention from the album Weasels Ripped My Flesh B-side "Dog Breath" Released 1969 Format Single Recorded June 1969 Genre Hard rock Length 3:07 Label Bizarre, Reprise Writer(s) Frank Zappa Producer Frank Zappa "The Central Scrutinizer" Song by Frank Zappa from the album Joe's Garage Released September 3, 1979 Genre Comedy rock Length 3:28 Label Zappa Writer Frank Zappa Producer Frank Zappa Joe's Garage track listing "The Central Scrutinizer"
(1)"Joe's Garage"
(2)"My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama" is a song written by Frank Zappa and originally recorded by The Mothers of Invention in 1969. The song was included on 1970's Weasels Ripped My Flesh, a compilation LP of sorts that included various recordings by the band from 1967 to 1969. It was also released as a single on the Bizarre and Reprise labels as "My Guitar." Despite the more conventional naming, "My Guitar" did not chart.
The single version of the song was recorded in June 1969 and differs from the Weasels Ripped My Flesh recording. The album version features a longer break before the second verse is reprised, and is roughly half a minute longer. A shorter edit of the single version has been released on You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 5.
An a capella version of the song is included on The Persuasions' 2000 Frank Zappa tribute album, "Frankly A Capella: The Persuasions Sing Zappa."
The song was also covered by Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, and Eric Johnson on the 1996 G3 tour.
"The Central Scrutinizer," the spoken-word track that opens Act I of Joe's Garage, began as an updated version of "My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama." The two songs' chord progressions are identical.[1]
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Categories:- 1969 singles
- Frank Zappa songs
- Songs written by Frank Zappa
- 1960s song stubs
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