Absolutely Free (song) which is explained by Zappa in the spoken introduction to the song ("The first word in this song is discorporate. It means to leave your body"). "Discorporate" plays heavily in Robert Heinlein's science fiction novel "Stranger in a Strange Land", which was very popular among hippies and provided the muse for several songs by Jefferson Airplane. The lyrics also reference the song "Mellow Yellow" by singer-songwriter Donovan, who is often associated with the hippie movement ("The dreams as they live them are all mellow yellow"). On some pressings of the album, especially on earlier releases, two lines of the lyrics
Behind the Mask (Yellow Magic Orchestra song) state." Yellow Magic Ochestra made use of synthesizers for the melodies and digital gated reverb for the snare drums. It was the first studio recording of this song. In 1980, the song was released as a single in the UK with the B-side as "Yellow Magic (Tong Poo)", and it was included in the US and European versions of the band's next studio album "x∞Multiplies" that same year. Following the break-up of Yellow Magic Orchestra in 1983, the band's former keyboardist and the writer of the song, Ryuichi Sakamoto, re-recorded it in 1987 with Michael Jackson's additional lyrics and lead