"Los Angeles" is the debut solo single written and performed by Frank Black. It was the first track on his solo debut album Frank Black, released in 1993.[1] It served as the main theme song for the short lived but cult favorite VH1 talk show Late World with Zach. It was also featured in the soundtrack of Tony Hawk's American Wasteland as well as in Girl Skateboards' 2003 video Yeah Right!, in which the song played during Eric Koston's video part.
Asked about the lyrical inspiration, Black said, "Well, mostly I had to get it done as someone from 4AD was flying in the next day to listen. It's loosely a sci-fi poem with a kind of Blade Runner outlook, i.e., futuristic Los Angeles."[3]
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^Phares, Heather (1993-03-09). "Frank Black - Frank Black". AllMusic. Retrieved 2010-10-14.
^Staff, MAGNET (2010-04-27). "120 Reasons To Live: Frank Black". Magnet Magazine. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
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