Trouble Every Day (1966)
Trouble Every Day" (labeled in early prints as "Trouble Comin' Every Day") is a song by the Mothers of Invention, released on their 1966 debut album Freak Out![1]
Key Lyrics
Wednesday I watched the riot, I seen the cops out on the street
Watched 'em throwin' rocks and stuff and chokin' in the heat
Listened to reports about the whisky passin' 'round
Seen the smoke and fire and the market burnin' down
Watched while everybody on his street would take a turn
To stomp and smash and bash and crash and slash and bust and burn
Hey, you know something people?
I'm not black but there's a whole lots a times I wish I could say I'm not white
Background
Frank Zappa wrote the song in 1965 at 1819 Bellevue Avenue, Echo Park, Los Angeles, the residence of a methamphetamine chemist referred to by Zappa as "Wild Bill the Mannequin-Fucker" after watching news coverage of the Watts Riots.[2] Originally dubbed "The Watts Riot Song", its primary lyrical themes are racial violence, social injustice, and sensationalist journalism. The musical style—featuring multiple guitar tracks and a harmonica—much more closely resembles blues than mainstream rock and roll.[3]
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Reference
- ↑ Trouble Every Day (song). Wikipedia. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
- ↑ Neil Slaven. Electric Don Quixote: The Definitive Story of Frank Zappa. 2003. Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0-7119-9436-2. Retrieved from Wikipedia, February 5, 2021.
- ↑ Kelly Fisher Lowe. The Words and Music of Frank Zappa. p. 33–35. 0ctober 2007. ISBN 978-0803260054. Retrieved February 5, 2021.