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Mike Keneally played guitar in Frank Zappa's band in [[1988]]. He remembers this: | Mike Keneally played guitar in Frank Zappa's band in [[1988]]. He remembers this: | ||
| − | "[[Sting]] left a note for Frank after the show thanking him for inviting him onstage, and it ended with "if you can get me the music for the song [[The Idiot Bastard Son]] you won't be disappointed - love, Mr. [[Sting]]." (Frank had called him Mr. [[Sting]] onstage, as you heard in that clip.) Frank showed us the note and wished that he had a copy of the music he could send him right away and blow his mind. I remembered that that song was in "The Frank Zappa Songbook Vol. 1," which had come out in [[1973]] and which I had a copy of at home, so I called my wife to see if she could Xerox it and mail it to me on the road. She did that one better by taking the book to her office and faxing the sheet music for that song - in [[1988]]! - to the next hotel we were staying at, and I was able to hand the music to Frank the next day, which pleased/surprised him quite a bit, and he got the music to [[Sting]] shortly thereafter. | + | "[[Sting]] left a note for Frank after the [[1988-03-03 | show]] thanking him for inviting him onstage, and it ended with "if you can get me the music for the song [[The Idiot Bastard Son]] you won't be disappointed - love, Mr. [[Sting]]." (Frank had called him Mr. [[Sting]] onstage, as you heard in that clip.) Frank showed us the note and wished that he had a copy of the music he could send him right away and blow his mind. I remembered that that song was in "The Frank Zappa Songbook Vol. 1," which had come out in [[1973]] and which I had a copy of at home, so I called my wife to see if she could Xerox it and mail it to me on the road. She did that one better by taking the book to her office and faxing the sheet music for that song - in [[1988]]! - to the next hotel we were staying at, and I was able to hand the music to Frank the next day, which pleased/surprised him quite a bit, and he got the music to [[Sting]] shortly thereafter. |
Four years later I was on tour with Dweezil and Ahmet in Europe, and while trawling the record stores on a day off I found a live CD bootleg of [[Sting]] from a tour that had happened several years previously, and it included a live version of "[[The Idiot Bastard Son]]," sung by [[Sting]] with absolutely gorgeous piano accompaniment from [[Kenny Kirkland]]. Really beautiful actually." | Four years later I was on tour with Dweezil and Ahmet in Europe, and while trawling the record stores on a day off I found a live CD bootleg of [[Sting]] from a tour that had happened several years previously, and it included a live version of "[[The Idiot Bastard Son]]," sung by [[Sting]] with absolutely gorgeous piano accompaniment from [[Kenny Kirkland]]. Really beautiful actually." | ||
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The song we sing, do you know? | The song we sing, do you know? | ||
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=Alternative and cover versions= | =Alternative and cover versions= | ||
Revision as of 22:46, 20 June 2024
| "The Idiot Bastard Son" | |
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| Performed by Sting | |
| Writer(s): | Frank Zappa |
"The Idiot Bastard Son" is a song written by Frank Zappa and performed by Sting on 1988-07-27.
Contents
About the song
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Personnel
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Lyrics
The idiot bastard son The Father's a Nazi in congress today The Mother's a hooker somewhere in L.A. The idiot bastard son Abandoned to perish in back of a car Kenny will stash him away in a jar The Idiot boy Try and imagine A window all covered in green All the time he would spend At the church he'd attend Warming his pew Kenny will feed him & Ronnie will watch The child will thrive and grow And enter the world Of liars and cheaters and people like you Who smile and think they know What this is about You think you know everything - maybe so The song we sing, do you know? We're listening The Idiot Boy Try and imagine Awindow all covered in green All the time he would spend All the colors he'd blend Where are they now?
Quotations and trivia
Mike Keneally played guitar in Frank Zappa's band in 1988. He remembers this:
"Sting left a note for Frank after the show thanking him for inviting him onstage, and it ended with "if you can get me the music for the song The Idiot Bastard Son you won't be disappointed - love, Mr. Sting." (Frank had called him Mr. Sting onstage, as you heard in that clip.) Frank showed us the note and wished that he had a copy of the music he could send him right away and blow his mind. I remembered that that song was in "The Frank Zappa Songbook Vol. 1," which had come out in 1973 and which I had a copy of at home, so I called my wife to see if she could Xerox it and mail it to me on the road. She did that one better by taking the book to her office and faxing the sheet music for that song - in 1988! - to the next hotel we were staying at, and I was able to hand the music to Frank the next day, which pleased/surprised him quite a bit, and he got the music to Sting shortly thereafter.
Four years later I was on tour with Dweezil and Ahmet in Europe, and while trawling the record stores on a day off I found a live CD bootleg of Sting from a tour that had happened several years previously, and it included a live version of "The Idiot Bastard Son," sung by Sting with absolutely gorgeous piano accompaniment from Kenny Kirkland. Really beautiful actually."
In Sting's live version the singers mix up the lyrics a bit, singing different words here:
"You think you know everything - maybe so The song we sing, do you know? We're listening"
Alternative and cover versions
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See also
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External links
References
sources: Mike Keneally, Geoff Edgers
