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The Idiot Bastard Son
Song by Frank Zappa
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Search complete. 5 mentions across 2 episodes found for "The Idiot Bastard Son".
Oct 8, 2026
#373 - Albums to Check Out (with Ciri Kline)
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55:26NickHOST
Okay.
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55:27NickHOST
So let's play the idiot bastard son.
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55:29NickHOST
This is a song about this dude that he grew up.
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55:32NickHOST
He actually, when he was in high school, growing up in California, there was this kid that lived next door whose parents left them with neighbors and
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55:53NickHOST
that was Captain Beefheart.
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55:54NickHOST
Okay.
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55:56NickHOST
So this is the idiot bastard son from We're Only In It For The Money.
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55:59NickHOST
Nice.
Pick Of The Pack - The Best Radio You Have Never Heard Vol. 541
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85:41Frank ZappaSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
[gentle music]
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85:42StingSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The idiot bastard son, the father's a Nazi in Congress today.
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85:51StingSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The mother's a hooker somewhere in LA.
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85:56StingSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
[crowd cheering] The idiot bastard son, abandoned to perish in back alley- Kenny will stash him away in a jar.
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86:14StingSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The idiot boy.
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86:18StingSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Try and imagine a window all covered in green.
23 MINS LATER
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109:15speaker_23UNKNOWN
I know you dug this mellow jive 'cause you dig it on the mellow side.
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109:21Perry BaxHOST
Closing up with the title track from Joe Jackson's Jumpin' Jive album from 1981, and there was live Doors from the Isle of Wight Festival in 1970, When the Music's Over.