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The Idiot Bastard Son

Song by Frank Zappa

Search complete. 5 mentions across 2 episodes found for "The Idiot Bastard Son".

Oct 8, 2026

NickHOST
55:26
Okay.
NickHOST
55:27
So let's play the idiot bastard son.
NickHOST
55:29
This is a song about this dude that he grew up.
NickHOST
55:32
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
NickHOST
55:53
that was Captain Beefheart.
NickHOST
55:54
Okay.
NickHOST
55:56
So this is the idiot bastard son from We're Only In It For The Money.
NickHOST
55:59
Nice.
Frank ZappaSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
85:41
[gentle music]
StingSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
85:42
The idiot bastard son, the father's a Nazi in Congress today.
StingSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
85:51
The mother's a hooker somewhere in LA.
StingSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
85:56
[crowd cheering] The idiot bastard son, abandoned to perish in back alley- Kenny will stash him away in a jar.
StingSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
86:14
The idiot boy.
StingSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
86:18
Try and imagine a window all covered in green.

23 MINS LATER

speaker_23UNKNOWN
109:15
I know you dug this mellow jive 'cause you dig it on the mellow side.
Perry BaxHOST
109:21
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.

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