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There's this piece that I had written over a period of years
while touring with The Mothers. It's called 200 Motels,
and the reason it's called 200 Motels is because all the sketches
were done either in airports or in the hotel rooms or on the planes or just traveling around,
so it's like a musical diary. It's a mixed media presentation, a combination of both film and opera,
a television show, a rock-and-roll concert,
various different elements that all tells a story of
when you go on the road, it makes you crazy
while touring with The Mothers. It's called 200 Motels,
and the reason it's called 200 Motels is because all the sketches
were done either in airports or in the hotel rooms or on the planes or just traveling around,
so it's like a musical diary. It's a mixed media presentation, a combination of both film and opera,
a television show, a rock-and-roll concert,
various different elements that all tells a story of
when you go on the road, it makes you crazy
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There's this piece that I had written
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over a period of years
while touring with The Mothers.
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It's called 200 Motels,
and the reason it's called 200 Motels
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is because all the sketches
were done either in airports
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or in the hotel rooms or on the planes
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or just traveling around,
so it's like a musical diary.
00:00:19.885 --> 00:00:23.389
It's a mixed media presentation,
00:00:23.556 --> 00:00:26.833
a combination of both film and opera,
a television show,
00:00:26.993 --> 00:00:31.567
a rock-and-roll concert,
various different elements
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that all tells a story of
when you go on the road, it makes you crazy.
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Movie Summary
An in-depth look at the life and work of avant-garde musician, Frank Zappa.
