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Zappa

Just a crazy guywho spent the money to hire English musiciansto do a concert at the...

Zappa • 2020
Just a crazy guy
who spent the money to hire English musicians
to do a concert at the Barbican and make an album
for Barking Pumpkin Records

Full Transcript

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Just a crazy guy who spent the money
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to hire English musicians to do a concert at the Barbican
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and make an album for Barking Pumpkin Records.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
29
Timestamp in Movie
01:31:38
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.
How do you get the London Symphony Orchestra - Zappa 00:05
How do you get the London Symphony Orchestra
It's just as serious to write a song like "Valley Girl" - Zappa 00:08
It's just as serious to write a song like "Valley ...
Unless they have sufficient time to rehearse it, - Zappa 00:07
Unless they have sufficient time to rehearse it,
Conductor: So, you could you take a look, please, at 159? - Zappa 00:04
Conductor: So, you could you take a look, please, at 159?
Robot: The inhabitants here do not have the intelligence - Zappa 00:07
Robot: The inhabitants here do not have the intelligence
If given the choice between not making music at all - Zappa 00:10
If given the choice between not making music at all
I had bought the Synclavier and started doing - Zappa 00:11
I had bought the Synclavier and started doing
Even have it executed at any speed or any amplitude. - Zappa 00:04
Even have it executed at any speed or any amplitude.
I would rather do it myself - Zappa 00:05
I would rather do it myself
Stop the game, and I want to-- and have him get some - Zappa 00:06
Stop the game, and I want to-- and have him get some
It's not easy to keep converting capital - Zappa 00:12
It's not easy to keep converting capital
But I would rather do it this way than to rely on - Zappa 00:13
But I would rather do it this way than to rely on
Do you still think that music students in universities - Zappa 00:09
Do you still think that music students in universities
Because a lot of times, uh, composers will come to me, - Zappa 00:19
Because a lot of times, uh, composers will come to me,
You have to have some other kind of a job - Zappa 00:05
You have to have some other kind of a job
And, uh, it's a sad story, but it's true. - Zappa 00:04
And, uh, it's a sad story, but it's true.
A lot of people, and they are becoming - Zappa 00:09
A lot of people, and they are becoming
The Parents Music Resource Center - Zappa 00:07
The Parents Music Resource Center
Later this month, a Senate committee - Zappa 00:04
Later this month, a Senate committee
A tribute to the clout of the center, - Zappa 00:07
A tribute to the clout of the center,