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Eat That Question

The more abstract and weirdthey make me look, the less access that I haveto a normal...

The more abstract and weird
they make me look, the less access that I have
to a normal channel of communication with the people who might benefit
from what I have to say

Full Transcript

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The more abstract and weird they make me look,
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the less access that I have to a normal channel of communication
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with the people who might benefit from what I have to say.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
00:46:57
Uploaded
Nov 02, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography, music
Production
Les Films du Poisson,UFA Fiction,SWR,ARTE

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Movie Summary

An in-depth look at the life and work of avant-garde musician, Frank Zappa.
I think there are other people that might agree with it, if they heard it, - Eat That Question 00:11
I think there are other people that might agree with it, if ...
If you read about me in the papers, they write about me like I'm a maniac. - Eat That Question 00:06
If you read about me in the papers, they write about me like...
Everybody knows that Gail is the boss's wife. - Eat That Question 00:05
Everybody knows that Gail is the boss's wife.
I'm gonna tell you one more time. - Eat That Question 00:11
I'm gonna tell you one more time.
When the Pope thought that maybe you would play - Eat That Question 00:06
When the Pope thought that maybe you would play
We're not talking about the Pope that's in there now, - Eat That Question 00:08
We're not talking about the Pope that's in there n...
It was the one before that, who got in touch with my former manager, - Eat That Question 00:17
It was the one before that, who got in touch with my former ...
I don't do it for the Pope and I don't do it for political leaders - Eat That Question 00:34
I don't do it for the Pope and I don't do it for...
"Everybody will see you." - Eat That Question 00:05
"Everybody will see you."
Fuck the Communists you know - Eat That Question 00:06
Fuck the Communists you know
And I do my music for people who like music. - Eat That Question 00:05
And I do my music for people who like music.
That's Frank Zappa, ladies and gentlemen, one of the legends, legendary man. - Eat That Question 00:06
That's Frank Zappa, ladies and gentlemen, one of the le...
You always were a renegade against the music business. - Eat That Question 00:05
You always were a renegade against the music business.
Because it's designed to create product and not to create music. - Eat That Question 00:06
Because it's designed to create product and not to crea...
Well, the music business, as a business, - Eat That Question 00:07
Well, the music business, as a business,
All right, here is Frank Zappa's new album called Tinseltown Rebellion. - Eat That Question 00:10
All right, here is Frank Zappa's new album called Tinse...
"The people there think substance is a bore - Eat That Question 00:20
"The people there think substance is a bore
That the lyrics have the intellectual consistency of toothpaste? - Eat That Question 00:05
That the lyrics have the intellectual consistency of toothpa...
...from something that I prepared for Newsweek magazine, - Eat That Question 00:06
...from something that I prepared for Newsweek magazine,
{\an8}I wrote this little article for the section in there that's called "My Turn," - Eat That Question 00:14
{\an8}I wrote this little article for the section in there t...