| "Bobby Brown (Goes Down)" | ||||
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| Song by Frank Zappa from the album Sheik Yerbouti | ||||
| Released | March 3, 1979 | |||
| Recorded | 1978 | |||
| Genre | Comedy rock, Progressive rock | |||
| Language | English | |||
| Length | 2:49 | |||
| Label | Zappa | |||
| Writer | Frank Zappa | |||
| Composer | Frank Zappa | |||
| Producer | Frank Zappa | |||
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"Bobby Brown (Goes Down)" ( (song sample, 600Kb)) is a song by Frank Zappa released on his album Sheik Yerbouti in 1979. One of his best known songs, it was hugely successful in Europe.
The song describes a wealthy, misogynist student named Bobby Brown, "the cutest boy in town", whose life is the archetypical American Dream until a traumatic sexual encounter with "Freddie", a lesbian involved in the women's liberation movement, leaves him questioning his sexuality. He eventually turns gay and by the end of the song is a self-described "sexual spastic" involved in golden showers and S&M, for which he thanks Fred.
Upon the release of The Karate Kid in 1984, rumors flew. There was widespread uproar because the slightly effeminate, and, seemingly, only compassionate member of Cobra Kai was named Bobby Brown. Several LGBTA groups boycotted the film for the inclusion of this name applied to such an unlikeable character.