Comments on: Songs About Los Angeles: “Valley Girl” by Frank & Moon Zappa

By: Songs About Los Angeles: A Wrap Up | Los Angeles Metblogs

Songs About Los Angeles: A Wrap Up | Los Angeles Metblogs — Mon, 11 May 2009 21:22:44 +0000

[...] “Valley Girl” by Frank and Moon Unit Zappa (Jodi Kurland) [...]

By: Lucinda Michele

Lucinda Michele — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 06:22:56 +0000

@victoria: Did your dad do the dance? Because that woulda been hawesome.

My dad didn’t know MC Hammer, only hammers.

By: Victoria Lane

Victoria Lane — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 22:36:00 +0000

That song and the lingo contained within it were the bane of my parent’s life for the year I was busy parroting it. They were certain I would never again use proper English. Thankfully I was only eleven or something and I reverted to my previous worship of formal language.

My father later had his revenge with an MC Hammer song. He spent a good year telling me I couldn’t “touch this.” Not that I’d want to, dad. Srsly.

By: JC

JC — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 21:15:50 +0000

Damn I’m glad someone picked this song. Zappa and his various bandmembers over the years are among my favorite musicians ever.

And though it happened before the release of this song, a few of them went on to form Missing Persons, and write their own song about L.A….

By: Burns!

Burns! — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 20:57:02 +0000

I was 12 years old and had that same 45. I’m sure it drove my mom crazy, but I played it over and over and over and over and…

By: frazgo

frazgo — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 20:15:10 +0000

I was was in Las Vegas at the time working part-time in the mall on The Strip. Every time it came on it gave us something to goof on. More so when we got a real “val” in the store shopping as we’d goof on them and their speak whilst shopping. They never, ever figured out it was a goof.

Great memories, thanks.

By: mudshark

mudshark — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 18:35:06 +0000

…not to mention the amazing bass line!!!

By: flowerofhighrank

flowerofhighrank — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 17:43:03 +0000

In 1982, I was 19 and was referred to by many as a rock-climbing, long-haired, punk rock sex-pirate. Yeah…I was a handful.
That song was confusing: I lived in the SGV (SGV!), and I didn’t know what they were talking about. I remember grabbing girls and kissing them just because they started reciting the lyrics- but only if it was a joke. Later, I moved to the hills of Encino with an Asian Valley Girl and that has made all the difference, hasn’t it?
Plus, it was Zappa, which made it art, taking it beyond the realm of silly ass Doctor Demento novelty tunes. It described a subset of teenage humanity. You can argue with the accuracy, but why bother? We met those girls. We kissed them. We tricked them into buying us beer. They were real. Now, they’re moms and we avoid the topic of the past.

By: LA Metblog Series: Songs About Los Angeles | Los Angeles Metblogs

LA Metblog Series: Songs About Los Angeles | Los Angeles Metblogs — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 17:31:40 +0000

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By: Lucinda Michele

Lucinda Michele — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 17:17:14 +0000

Growing up a blonde girl in the Valley, that song was an undeserved albatross around my toothpick neck. With every ounce of strength in my 84-pound 11-year-old body, I wanted to kill that bitch.

I have since made peace with Moon Unit, & adore Zappa.

But the song still occasionally makes me grind my teeth.