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I just suddenly realized, "I don't want to bea timpanist in an orchestra

Zappa • 2020
I just suddenly realized, "I don't want to be
a timpanist in an orchestra

Full Transcript

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I just suddenly realized,
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"I don't want to be a timpanist in an orchestra.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
30
Timestamp in Movie
00:33:52
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.
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
I didn't live my life and then look back on it and go, - Zappa 00:09
I didn't live my life and then look back on it and go,
I... my whole world had been shaken up. - Zappa 00:04
I... my whole world had been shaken up.
And Frank recently came back from a town near Brussels - Zappa 00:07
And Frank recently came back from a town near Brussels
How did you communicate with these kids - Zappa 00:08
How did you communicate with these kids
I said, "I'm really glad that you... you guys - Zappa 00:07
I said, "I'm really glad that you... you guys
It's just very depressing, you know, - Zappa 00:05
It's just very depressing, you know,
Frank, you're going to kill the tourist business - Zappa 00:04
Frank, you're going to kill the tourist business