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In the United States especially, musicians are generally regarded as sort of useless...

In the United States especially, musicians are generally regarded as sort of useless adjuncts to the society,
unless they do something creative like write a Coca-Cola jingle,
and then they'll be accepted

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In the United States especially,
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musicians are generally regarded as sort of
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useless adjuncts to the society, unless they do something creative like
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write a Coca-Cola jingle, and then they'll be accepted.
Duration
17 seconds
Views
33
Timestamp in Movie
00:10:59
Uploaded
Nov 02, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography, music
Production
Les Films du Poisson,UFA Fiction,SWR,ARTE

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An in-depth look at the life and work of avant-garde musician, Frank Zappa.
But musicians usually are regarded as sort of the scum of the earth, - Eat That Question 00:17
But musicians usually are regarded as sort of the scum of th...
This particular project has been very expensive. - Eat That Question 00:06
This particular project has been very expensive.
We are the other people We are the other people - Eat That Question 00:19
We are the other people We are the other people
Do you think that I creep in the night - Eat That Question 00:08
Do you think that I creep in the night
Let me take a minute to tell you my plan - Eat That Question 00:13
Let me take a minute to tell you my plan
Record companies have a peculiar way of making sure - Eat That Question 00:08
Record companies have a peculiar way of making sure
And don't you get a feeling that now, with your records moving up in the charts, - Eat That Question 00:06
And don't you get a feeling that now, with your records...
- I've been hearing that. - Do I look like - Eat That Question 00:07
- I've been hearing that. - Do I look like
Before that, you never got your music heard by anybody, isn't that correct? - Eat That Question 00:05
Before that, you never got your music heard by anybody, isn&...
- And now... - And they still don't care, - Eat That Question 00:05
- And now... - And they still don't care,
But then, isn't it... The minute you look at you, - Eat That Question 00:07
But then, isn't it... The minute you look at you,
That you look, when somebody sees you for the first time, - Eat That Question 00:06
That you look, when somebody sees you for the first time,
And where are you going from here, - Eat That Question 00:06
And where are you going from here,
I mean, where are you going to go from here, - Eat That Question 00:06
I mean, where are you going to go from here,
Well, I think one thing that I'd like to do is to not work. - Eat That Question 00:07
Well, I think one thing that I'd like to do is to not w...
Well, isn't that what you're going to do for a livelihood, eventually? - Eat That Question 00:06
Well, isn't that what you're going to do for a liv...
People don't compose for a livelihood, especially in the United States. - Eat That Question 00:07
People don't compose for a livelihood, especially in th...
The composition end of my musical experience - Eat That Question 00:11
The composition end of my musical experience
I also got ahold of an album called The Rite of Spring. - Eat That Question 00:08
I also got ahold of an album called The Rite of Spring.
I thought, "Boy, if anybody could make a missing link - Eat That Question 00:15
I thought, "Boy, if anybody could make a missing link