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For Frank,his measure of success is how close did you get to the realization of the idea...

Zappa • 2020
For Frank,
his measure of success is how close did you get to the realization of the idea that you first heard
the first time you heard it?

Full Transcript

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For Frank, his measure of success
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is how close did you get
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to the realization
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of the idea that you first heard the first time you heard it?
Duration
17 seconds
Views
35
Timestamp in Movie
00:32:08
Uploaded
May 31, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography, history
Production
N/A

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Movie Summary

An in-depth look into the life and work of musician Frank Zappa.
If you get anywhere near that, you can call it a success. - Zappa 00:05
If you get anywhere near that, you can call it a success.
'Cause you have to rely on all these other people - Zappa 00:05
'Cause you have to rely on all these other people
To do the kind of music theater that we were doing, - Zappa 00:08
To do the kind of music theater that we were doing,
'Cause that was part of what the music was saying - Zappa 00:08
'Cause that was part of what the music was saying
In fact, if we hadn't left Los Angeles, - Zappa 00:07
In fact, if we hadn't left Los Angeles,
I thought that I would love it, - Zappa 00:10
I thought that I would love it,
I just suddenly realized, - Zappa 00:05
I just suddenly realized,
And I don't want to be a triangle player - Zappa 00:08
And I don't want to be a triangle player
That was not anything that appealed to me - Zappa 00:06
That was not anything that appealed to me
And it's not that I was inexperienced as a listener - Zappa 00:08
And it's not that I was inexperienced as a listener
Everything that showed me in that one concert - Zappa 00:08
Everything that showed me in that one concert
I would sit in my orchestration classes at Juilliard - Zappa 00:06
I would sit in my orchestration classes at Juilliard
These classes taught by the greatest people on Earth. - Zappa 00:05
These classes taught by the greatest people on Earth.
One day, I was in one of the piano practice rooms - Zappa 00:18
One day, I was in one of the piano practice rooms
And on this fabulous grand piano, - Zappa 00:07
And on this fabulous grand piano,
And I can't tell you, probably within 30 seconds, - Zappa 00:07
And I can't tell you, probably within 30 seconds,
"What are you doing?" - Zappa 00:10
"What are you doing?"
What are you talking about? It's by a living composer." - Zappa 00:05
What are you talking about? It's by a living composer.&...
And if you were to hear that piece on the piano, - Zappa 00:06
And if you were to hear that piece on the piano,
It was that type of music that he could produce - Zappa 00:07
It was that type of music that he could produce