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
Yellow Balloon and co-wrote eight of the eleven tracks. "The Yellow Balloon" album has long been considered a sunshine pop classic, although "Yellow Balloon" is the only song that charted. Yellow Balloon "Yellow Balloon" was a Top 30 hit single in the "Billboard" Hot 100 by The Yellow Balloon, included on the group's 1967 self-titled album. It was classified as being in the sunshine pop genre. In late 1966, when Dean Torrence of Jan & Dean needed some songs for a new album, he enlisted the help of Gary Zekley, a talented Los Angeles singer/songwriter/producer Torrence had worked with previously. One of