#792 The Zappa Show, Feat. Director Alex Winter; Opinions on Viagra Boys

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4.4 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2021

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot discuss the life and career of Frank Zappa with actor and documentarian Alex Winter, director of ZAPPA. They also review the new album by Viagra Boys.

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Featured Songs:

Frank Zappa, "Peaches en Regalia," Hot Rats, Bizarre, 1969

Viagra Boys, "I Feel Alive," Welfare Jazz, Year0001, 2021

Viagra Boys, "Ain't Nice," Welfare Jazz, Year0002, 2021

Viagra Boys, "Into the Sun," Welfare Jazz, Year0003, 2021

Viagra Boys, "Creatures," Welfare Jazz, Year0004, 2021

Viagra Boys, "In Spite of Ourselves (feat. Amy Taylor)," Welfare Jazz, Year0005, 2021

Frank Zappa, "Valley Girl (feat. Moon Zappa)," Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch, Barking Pumpkin, 1982

Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention, "Camarillo Brillo," Over-Nite Sensation, DiscReet, 1973

Frank Zappa, "Willie the Pimp," Hot Rats, Bizarre, 1969

Frank Zappa and Ensemble Modern, "Dog Breath Variations," The Yellow Shark, Barking Pumpkin, 1993

Edgard Varèse, "Poème électronique," Music of Edgard Varèse, Columbia, 1960

The Mothers of Invention, "Trouble Every Day," Freak Out, Verve, 1966

Frank Zappa, "The Black Page, No. 2 (Live)," Baby Snakes, Barking Pumpkin, 1983

The Mothers of Invention, "Didja Get Any Onya," Weasels Rip My Flesh, Bizarre, 1970

John Carpenter, "Halloween Theme," Halloween (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), Columbia, 1979

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0:00.0	You're listening to sound opinions and later in the show will finally delve into the world of Frank Zappa.
0:05.0	Some of our listeners have been asking for this show for years.
0:09.0	Yep.
0:10.0	And fortunately for them, Alex Winter released his great documentary, Zappa, last year.
0:15.0	But first we've got some new music to review. Oh Jesus Christ, Christ, I feel alive.
0:25.0	Who's just that's when you've thought to lie.
0:28.0	He's gonna come up and die.
0:34.0	But baby, now I feel alive.
0:39.0	That is a little bit of a song called I Feel Alive by Viagra Boys from their new album,
0:47.0	their second Welfare Jazz.
0:51.0	Greg, I first discovered Viagra Boys as a buried treasure. They formed in 2015 in Stockholm,
1:00.0	Sweden, two tattoo artists Henricoqueerte and Sebastian Murphy.
1:07.0	Murphy was born in San Francisco, but ended up living in Stockholm.
1:10.9	They went out for a night of drinking that ended in a karaoke bar where Murphy was
1:16.6	belting out a song by Mariah Carey. The two gentlemen said then and there we must form a band.
1:24.0	They started out with two EPs.
1:26.6	The first album, 2018, Street Worms really caught my attention. What are they given us on their second album?
1:36.0	It's more ambitious than the first, not to tip my hand. Let's play a song. We'll come back and we'll do our reviews. This is the opening track on welfare
1:46.6	jazz, the first of 13 songs it's called Ain't Nice by Viagra Boys. I need a place for all this in my closet.
2:04.0	I need a place to put all my electronics
2:07.0	ain't nice.
2:10.0	I ain't nice. You ain't that nice, but you got a nice face.
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