Frank Zappa - 1978 - A Pound For A Brown - Düsseldorf, Germany
Well as this tour is winding down, the band is very loose and Adrian appears to be the butt of a few jokes thanks to his announcement of accepting a position with David Bowie after the end of the tour. Some funny intros by Frank open the show (Adrian Belew on surgical jelly) and a very typical opening ensues. Frank rips a Torture solo and adds in a little Smoke on the Water with the band following in right before returning to the final verse. The highlites of the show begin during Pound For a Brown and nice solos by Ed, Peter and Tommy. The usual slot for Frank to do a little vocal conducting turns into a speech by Patrick about a Journey to an undeciperhable planet with a reverend at the helm who has a unquenchable desert dry thirst so he wraps his succulent lips around Adrain Belew's throbbing gristle while Adrian has a rubber shirt wrapped around his "bird-cage" like chest. More with a rubber glove and some jelly. Weird! Baghdad make another appearance as a secret word.
