| 词条 | Who Are the Brain Police? |
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| name = Who Are the Brain Police? | cover = FZWhoAreTheBrainPoliceCover.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = The Mothers of Invention | album = Freak Out! | B-side = Trouble Every Day | released = {{Start date|1966}} | format = | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = Experimental rock | length = {{Duration|m=3|s=22}} | label = Verve | writer = Frank Zappa | producer = Frank Zappa | prev_title = How Could I Be Such Fool? | prev_year = 1966 | next_title = Big Leg Emma | next_year = 1967 }} "Who Are the Brain Police?" is a Frank Zappa song, performed by The Mothers of Invention, released on the Mothers' debut album, Freak Out!. It was released by Verve Records as a single in 1966. Zappa stated that the song was one of religious theme.[1] Zappa wrote about the song on the Freak Out! liner notes: "At five o’clock in the morning someone kept singing this in my mind and made me write it down. I will admit to being frightened when I finally played it out loud and sang the words."[2] In a 1988 interview, Zappa added: {{quote|A lot of people police their own brains. They're like citizen soldiers, so to speak. I've seen people who will willingly arrest, try and punish their own brains. Now that's really sad. That's vigilante brain policism. It's not even official, it's like self-imposed. ... It's hard to pin it down to one central agency when you realize that so many people are willing to do it to themselves. I mean, the people who want to become amateur brain police, their numbers grow every day – people who say to themselves, 'I couldn't possibly consider that', and then spank themselves for even getting that far. So, you don't even need to blame it on a central brain police agency. You've got plenty of people who willingly subject themselves to this self-mutilation.[3]}}Song structureThe song's structure was described in detail by AllMusic: {{quote|Simply put, it is weird and creepy. A chorus of living-dead voices supports a slow and sloppy waltz beat. Lyrics make numerous references to melting plastic and chromium and repeatedly ask the question found in the song's title (answered by the brainless chorus). Halfway through, the song breaks into a fast-paced bridge; the same happens in the coda, which includes a kazoo solo.[4]}}Critical receptionThe song was stated to be a "direct defiance of top 40 radio".{{attribution needed|date=May 2016}} Repetitive lyrics were noted as part of this "defiance".[5] The song was also cited by Mojo magazine as "one of the scariest songs to ever emerge from the rock psyche". While comparing it to Kafka, Mojo described the song as "a vision of contemporary America where personal identity and individuality is erased".[6] Personnel
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References1. ^{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NBfhgQf1-QwC&pg=PA64&dq=%2522Who+are+the+brain+police%2522&hl=en&sa=X&ei=V2QVUs7BD-_i4APcjICQDA&ved=0CEgQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=%2522Who%2520are%2520the%2520brain%2520police%2522&f=false|title=Academy Zappa: Proceedings of the First International Conference of Esemplastic Zappology (ICE-Z)|last=Watson|first=Ben|last2=Leslie|first2=Esther|date=2005-01-01|publisher=SAF Publishing Ltd|isbn=9780946719792|language=en}} {{Frank Zappa}}{{1960s-single-stub}}2. ^{{Cite web|url=http://aln2.albumlinernotes.com/Freak_Out_.html|title=Freak Out!|website=aln2.albumlinernotes|access-date=2016-04-09}} 3. ^{{Cite web|url=http://wiki.killuglyradio.com/wiki/Interview_by_Bob_Marshall|title=Interview by Bob Marshall - Zappa Wiki Jawaka|website=wiki.killuglyradio.com|access-date=2016-04-09}} 4. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/song/who-are-the-brain-police-mt0044284074|title=Who Are the Brain Police? - The Mothers of Invention,Frank Zappa {{!}} Song Info {{!}} AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=2016-04-09}} 5. ^{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uAYfqgGf4yYC|title=The Words and Music of Frank Zappa|last=Lowe|first=Kelly Fisher|date=2007-01-01|publisher=U of Nebraska Press|isbn=0803260059|language=en}} 6. ^{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AVQbF9lTBwgC|title=The Mojo Collection: 4th Edition|last=Magazine|first=Various Mojo|date=2007-11-01|publisher=Canongate Books|isbn=9781847676436|language=en}} 7. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/song/who-are-the-brain-police-mt0044284074|title=Who Are the Brain Police? - The Mothers of Invention,Frank Zappa {{!}} Song Info {{!}} AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=2016-04-09}} 8. ^{{Cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-insect-god-ep/id60290058|title=The Insect God - EP by Monks of Doom on iTunes|website=iTunes|access-date=2016-04-09}} 9. ^{{Cite web|url=http://randomjonpoole.bandcamp.com/album/whats-the-ugliest-part-of-your-body-the-works-of-frank-zappa-circa-65-69|title=What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body? (the works of Frank Zappa circa '65 – '69), by Random Jon Poole|website=Random Jon Poole|access-date=2016-04-09}} 8 : Frank Zappa songs|1966 songs|Songs written by Frank Zappa|Song recordings produced by Tom Wilson (record producer)|1966 singles|Verve Records singles|Songs critical of religion|Political songs |
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