Frank Zappa - Montana (REACTION)

[@DavidJacobsvo]

Playful, funny, weird, unusual but serious music. You nailed Zappa.

[@jazzzman8050]

Yes! 😁👍

[@markwilliams5606]

Legendary 🐴

[@Telephonebill51]

Well, with songs named "Titties and Beer" and "The Illinois Enema Bandit", he is orders of magnitude past unusual.

[@MrTortureneverstops1]

Frank was the best !

[@lepetitoiseau]

Backing vocals : Debbie & Lynn and Tina Turner Aka The Ikettes,George Duke on keyboards and synthesizer... Frank Zappa is a;genius guitarist, composer , producer,and more.., He has always surrounded himself with the best musicians, and you are totally right, the important thing for him was the Music!!! THANKS

[@SusanHeaton]

Lowell George of Little Feat, got his start with Frank.

[@lepetitoiseau]

@@SusanHeaton and Steve Vai ! among others!!

[@mikewoodrow5878]

Adrian Belew, as well.

[@PHDWhom]

I think y'all might appreciate I Am The Slime next. Similar funky vibe, Frank rapping, it's fun as hell!

[@tmwsiy7158]

@@kosta380he was above your intellect. Sorry.

[@ykmgeedee]

Composer, bandleader, guitarist, singer FZ always had quality musicians in his ever-rotating cast. Lots and lots going on in the Zappaverse!

[@Greg-io1ip]

Is any of it substance-free? LoL! It's like Adult Swim cartoons high. Except the visuals are with your eyes closed. Stoned.

[@mayortr42]

@@Greg-io1ipZappa had always claimed to be drug and alcohol free.

[@steves2176]

Frank would fire anyone in his band who did drugs. In his early years he may have had a few beers but mostly a teetotaler! He was too brilliant for that crap to entertain him!

[@fzmoifzmoi2575]

Tina Turner and The Ikettes on backup vocals!

[@AirplayBeats]

👀

[@bassvibasics479]

@@AirplayBeats oh yeah. Story goes that Tina was so impressed by what the Ikettes had done she called Ike in to hear what they'd done. Zappa played it for him, to which his response was "was IS this shit??" and he left...

[@fzmoifzmoi2575]

​@@AirplayBeatsYup, Ike refused them being credited to the albums and insisted the girls get paid $25 per song. Frank paid them each $25 an hour from invoice records shown though.

[@brewstergallery]

@@bassvibasics479 Of course what else would an insecure jackass say to music that blew the top of his head off. Ike also said to pay them next to nothing and no credits on the album. All of the Tina / Ikettes singing with Zappa is so stellar it's intergalactic.

[@melvinwomack3717]

Bingo

[@baronofgreymatter14]

Ruthie Underwood on vibes and percussion KILLS IT. It's the keyboard thing you heard with the voices in unison in the middle of the song

[@TerryKrysinski]

I always thought it was a xylophone..not keys. T

[@adam872]

She's a monster player. What a great line up this was.

[@steveschmitz2839]

@@TerryKrysinski Ruth used Marimba for most of this I believe.

[@VendettaPtown]

Ruth is a LEGEND to those who really know music.😎

[@hippylong]

Music and comedy.... the magic of frank.

[@anthonybalistreri5226]

The thing with Zappa is the lyrics and vocals are so bizarre, but hiding beneath are incredible music and composition.

[@realbser1956]

Not the biggest Zappa fan in my younger days. It’s only now as I head into my 7th decade, and also because of YT, that I’ve grown to appreciate his genius, even if I still don’t like everything I hear. That was fun guys. ✌️🔥

[@pcraig1383]

Great reaction. Fun fact: Frank is credited with getting master keyboardist George Duke (RIP) to sing. Frank was a perfectionist.

[@rickandgen]

Frank Zappa is a musical genius in a class all by himself. Can’t be defined by any genre.

[@TheRagratus]

When they named themselves "The Mothers of Invention"--- They weren't lying!!

[@myhomeo429]

Frank first started rapping in 1966. Check out “Trouble Comin’ Every Day. Listened to this as a teenager in the 70’s with my friends. And yes, we always rolled one up first.

[@johnprice6066]

One of my all-time favorite tunes, and solos! If that solo doesn't give you stink face, you're not alive...

[@darrylbennett4297]

Zappa is a really incredible and diverse artist. It’s impossible to pigeon hole him.

[@stuBdoc]

Adrian Belew, one of the guitarists who worked with Zappa, said that every note was written in charts, there was no improvisation. If you think of that, you realize what an insane genius Zappa was. Listen to Peaches in Regalia, one of his earlier compositions. It's a rock symphony and some of the most complex writing ever, as are most of his pieces. The bizarre and often filthy lyrics just add to the craziness.

[@Greg-io1ip]

But complexity aside to show off the skills, it's like work to listen to it. Unless you're high and have lots of snacks or some wood projects that need sanding. Good shop music, as long as the work isn't too intricate. Improv abstract painting music maybe?

[@vicprovost2561]

Yes, Frank was a chore to listen to most of the time, no doubting his genius but he was a party killer in the old days, put Frank on and watch the room empty most of the time. I found Hot Rats to be an album people could listen to.

[@gmcsrbosavl6964]

But there was improvisation.

[@bookhouseboy280]

@@vicprovost2561 Frank on short attention spans: “Very few people listen to music anymore. They either watch music or dance to it but listening seems old-fashioned."

[@user-ph9wt3ue7c]

Love Adrian Belew. Saw him many times with King Crimson

[@davidpeters44]

awesome! Probably Zappa's most accessible album.

[@dannytapp7259]

Zappa's the most clever sounding band and Frank is a guitar master

[@glass2467]

I always got his music. Absolute genius. Zappa was the composer, singer and guitarist. And very prolific - many more songs like this and beyond.

[@brewstergallery]

Ned from Spain here. When I saw the thumbnail I HAD TO jump in. My older cousins turned me, my bro and sis on to Zappa & the Mothers and this had just come out. I was 11 or 12 and this was like a musical equivalent to Richard Pryor, Cheech n Chong, Redd Foxx or George Carlin. This was for havin a riot with your friends with whatever additives they preferred. The playing by everyone including percussionist/ vibraphonist Ruth Underwood is brutal and the insane singing by " Munchkins " Tina Turner and the Ikettes showed what true talent is. They blew ZAPPA's mind and pissed off Ike !

[@jimwillride]

Awesome breakdown. Ya'll are prepared for Zappa, you handled it well. Parties, yes, because we weren't dancing, we were smoking. Great channel! Keep it going, please. Much love..

[@garse70]

Tina Turner sang backing vocals on this song. A few others too on overnight sensation.

[@StefanoBartaletti]

Welcome to the funny world of Frank Zappa guys I'm happy you're enjoying it. Mind blowing fun

[@Friend_Of_The_Muse]

My Band use to do "Dirty Love" from this album when we played clubs back in the day. The Ladies never were too fond of the song. That was part of the fun doing it! LOL Myself being the vocalist of course got most of the blame! Great times.

[@blackwolf6082]

Musical genius with a flare for the dramatic and oddity

[@jimmydoverylittle8806]

No matter who's getting indicted, I always got time for Airplay Beats!

[@Phlakaton88]

Frank's tone was always wicked. He'll always be my favorite guitarist. We all know his composing chops. Amazing. He took risks every single time. Blues with some heavy cayenne pepper on the side.

[@wayL0ck]

Thanks for this! It's not the best Zappa song, but it has its moments. You really should listen to Inca Roads if you want to experience the amazing skill of Frank and his band.

[@brersci]

Yes Inca Roads will split you and your brother’s wig. The Yellow Snow Suite too!

[@alldayadventures5418]

Zombie Woof or any of the other 500+ tunes in the FZ Library.

[@jackempson3044]

It's defintitely one of his best.

[@gmcsrbosavl6964]

Not the best Zappa song, but not a bad entry point either.

[@frankhoulihanfh4972]

Don’t under estimate Montana. Stone cold classic, among the great deep cuts of that time. Or any time. Musical gem.

[@richardphilpott1225]

Ikettes on vocals. We partied our ass of to this way back in the day. Thanks for keeping the music alive.

[@steves2176]

I really like that you guys listen to, like and appreciate Frank Zappa and the statistical density, tightness and genius of his music. There's a lot of other people who listen to and comment on music on KZbin but you guys know "truly good shit" when you hear it and I appreciate that! I grew up playing the drums and most of my inspirations were Zappa drummers! He always had the best ones because you just had to be in order to play that music off a chart!! This music taught me so much about odd meter beats, time signature transitions and timing. Was always a challenge trying to play his music that really isn't the case in a lot of other music! Keep it rollin' guys!

[@johndrx165]

Ikettes on backing vocals here.

[@bert0522]

Frank was a genius, he was everything. RIP Frank and thank you. Jim

[@distressor6770]

Frank was a musical genius who surrounded himself with the most amazing musicians

[@JoaquinStick]

Hope you guys do more Zappa! Joe's Garage would be fun song to do next

[@timothyjohnart]

so happy you have discovered the genius of Frank Zappa.

[@TheRagratus]

My jaw dropped when I read the title. Then I laughed uproariously. 45 years ago when I was away at College- some friends had an off-campus apartment that was the scene of some crazy College parties. We all called that apartment.... "Montana".

[@kathleenlowe3349]

He said he would never play anything that would ever be played on mainstream radio. He left us way to early. Check out his kid's Dwezell (son) Moonunit (daughter). They are awesome. Terrific musicians! I saw them several years ago in Ann Ann Arbor, Michigan.

[@robertrosello1964]

Frank Zappa was a musical genius! Pure and simple. The Albert Einstein of music

[@danwallach8826]

Frank = FZ squared

[@owenhershey13]

Zappa! Awesome. A musical genius with a unique sense of humor ...

[@williamweiss6128]

Always the best cats playing with Zappa.

[@tonyfleck3029]

'Playful, but the music is Serious ' You got it one Guys! An insightful reaction! There is only one 'Zappa ' he was his own Genre! So much Incredible music but check out the 'Yellow Snow Suite ' from the Lp 'Apostrophe '! An accessible introduction to a Great Musician!!...

[@guystephens2881]

One of my favorite albums.

[@tjmasson1013]

Super acquired taste. Incredible musicians. Real eccletic stuff. Serious guitar floss

[@ML-un1oi]

A genius with words and music. Me and the pygmy pony. Priceless. As always fellas great reaction. Appreciate you 🙏 ❤

[@mikemet1744]

I miss Frank. A master musician all around.

[@EmptyGlass99]

You discovered the musical genre known as 'Zappa' he was a musical genius who employed the finest musicians in the world, a heady brew.

[@mrnobody9104]

Overnite Sensation the album this is from has been on my Playlist since the late 70's when my older sister bought it for me. Never tyre of this album and when my daughter was about 20 she came home with her own copy which is one of my proudest moments as a dad!!!

[@rebeccatyrrell-zn6kt]

Never listened to Frank Zappa before, he sounds crazy but cool. Thanks

[@urbanbrandt7336]

This is from the 73...im 65 and listen to zappa allways❤❤❤😅

[@benjaminbrowardONEOG]

Dudes, you've found the Holly Grail and the epitome of art. Steely Dan and Frank Zappa.

[@alldayadventures5418]

Great Choice, every song on this album is Super Great Music...!

[@marksimpson1991]

Great comments by folks here! Not much to add. It was a different time, and Frank was a different cat.

[@kathybwell]

Classic Zappa 🤩 who else could come up with lyrics about dental floss, such a complex mental floss of a song

[@sea6bear]

Frank thought music should be consumed by sitting back and listening, but conceded most people are doing tasks while listening…. Here’s a quote from him about the Ikettes, Zappa recalled, “That one part in the middle of the song ‘Montana’, that the three girls rehearsed it for a couple of days. Just that one section.” Tells you how challenging it was, it also gives insight on how he could challenge established professional musicians…

[@DWHarper62]

He also slowed down the track...

[@philiplangenhorst9851]

Good choice and a very good reaction!!!! I´m looking forward to your next Zappa reaction. Maybe Zoombie woof or San Berdino!?

[@-R.Gray-]

Another complex song featuring Ruth Underwood from that period is "Inca Roads", which has keyboardist George Duke on vocals, and is about the Incas building landing strips for aliens. There is a version on video.

[@dogtownczar]

Great reaction video to an epic Zappa tune! Possibly next one from Frank Zappa to consider reviewing - "Watch out where the huskies go and Don't Eat The Yellow Snow"

[@Rudlbugg]

Frank was my favourite type of person. There is no one like him.

[@alansnowdeal9845]

1 of the Great Musically Songs of His Quite Unique&Semi-Underated Career!!Whoevah's layin out what U 2 Reactions are deserve Props!!!No one could match His musical Genius!!!!

[@ElCentralScrutinizer]

Musicianship. You two nailed it.

[@deaniegarcia5694]

Anyone who names their kids Dweezil and Moon Unit…very creative, out there on another plane for sure!

[@2AOnlyWay]

I have almost everything he’s ever done, when you really get into Frank, sometimes it’s hard to get back into the mainstream stuff!! He’s a genius!!

[@terenzo50]

So many great tunes on this lp. I think you guys'd get a kick out of "Camarillo Brillo", "I'm the Slime", "Dirty Love" and "Dinah-Moe Humm".

[@billadkins5150]

The whole album is amazing and fun.

[@kurtmontas5439]

Love that you mentioned Parliament. Saw Parliament Funkadelic with George Clinton last night and said to my friend " this sound like Zappa, with the intricate arrangements."

[@gramps6334]

He had some of the sickest baseline grooves I've ever heard from one band. A genius. Love Zappa! Over 60 self produced albums. Incredible by any measure.

[@daniellesimkin2800]

Love this reaction ..my man on the left was in hard.. (they both were) grew up with my dad listening to Zappa so it's hard for me to imagine hearing it from this perspective but I enjoyed watching these 2 listen and react .:kp them coming

[@zappafrank1]

Frank Zappa is his own genre.

[@rodkosub1320]

Always liked Franks r&b,soul touches, Lucille,sweet reggae number

[@gerardodoherty9178]

Yeah, Lucille is a gorgeous tune.

[@wayneh.191]

Definitely need to hear more of Frank

[@IFStravinsky]

Love your reaction at then end...you were speehjless for a moment.

[@scottmessenger8639]

Definitely check out more Frank Zappa! He always surrounded himself with great musicians! Thanks for the reactions!

[@jamesrennie-xk1gn]

Welcome to Zappaworld guys. I saw him live in Glasgow 3 times in the 70s, his band was always amazing....

[@floydshambles]

oh, we played it at parties 😊

[@joededominici681]

"Roll one up for this!" 😂Love and Respect from Boston, Ma.

[@Kushalien51_nv]

Never heard anyone else say that frank zappa will rap at times glad yall said cause he does sound like he rapping in other songs a mix of music by him before the 70s too

[@stevenparker4684]

Frank Zappa was a guitar and lyrical genius

[@michaelgray4964]

"I've never heard anything like that."

[@michaelmalm3649]

Greatest musician of the twentieth century! Wrote sheet music for every part of every song. Not to mention one of the greatest guitarists in history.

[@chrisw3421]

I had no idea Frank was such a killer guitar player until I heard Black Napkins.... check it out, BLACK NAPKINS

[@garyrausch1184]

This was played on the radio in the 70s

[@armadillotoe]

A long, long time ago I had friends driving from Texas to Montana for a vacation. I made them a tape with the typical driving songs, but I did slip this song in too. They said it freaked them out, but they enjoyed it.

[@grindhouseglitch]

Frank wanted to be a Classical music composer when he was a kid.

[@Roddy1965]

A true original in the annals of music.

[@unclemeat7310]

Frank is definately different. Highly recommend "Joe's Garage" in its entirety. Keep doing what you doin

[@mrmiscast]

There just isn't many other ways to put this but Frank Zappa was one of the most original People ever to walk the planet... Which may have not been his own, by the way.. Many just excuse his music as weird or different, but his guitar playing was always very impressive and it's just fun to listen to and the quality of musianship was always above average... The man just had a different point of view... Dental Floss Tycoon... Definitely 100% original..

[@rorystorm4284]

They're almost speecless! You can see it on their faces during that long pause.

[@Kram62]

George Duke, Chester Thompson, Ruth Underwood, Napoleon Murphy Brock, Tina Turner & the he Ikettes. A great live version of Montana is from the Helsinki Concert, 1974.

[@christianevans4449]

The most amazing thing is that every song/album by Zappa is a universe in itself. Glad to know he is still alive in some way. You guys are in for a nice trip.

[@latexsolarbeef4990]

...my favorite FZ piece is the stunning 'Strictly Genteel' from 200 Motels'...but I'll tell you what..Montana'....is my 2nd....from the genius funk layout and phrasing to what is IMO Franks most definitive punch in the face solo of all time..over the brilliant galloping tempo ...AND the Ikettes...the song is a f'n ICON..............

[@walterkirk9210]

I loved the reaction guys! I loved at the end of the song when La quickly turned his head to Che like a "fastball" and Che replied by describing perfectly the Zappa experience you had just heard -- knocking it out of the park! You're so on point in the assessment! Then La adds some commentary about "something rolled" as a typical mood prep for listening to Zappa. Sometimes I think Zappa is like Sriracha sauce, it can be SO good and there's nothing else like it, but I don't want it on everything, all the time.

[@Greg-io1ip]

Always interesting Zappa. I don't know whether to laugh, groove or just smoke a bowl and make a pop tart.

[@grandwazoodebris1015]

Hard to describe Zappa briefly. Best way to think of him is as a composer and bandleader and social commentator, that knows about modern "classical" music, rock, R&B, jazz, doo-wop etc. And he can compose and play (on guitar & via his band) freely through all these styles. He always had unreal people in his band, and was super demanding band leader. There are nice videos with Steve Vai and Ruth Underwood talking about playing w/ Zappa, nice one w/ Ruth playing The Black Page on piano. Keep in mind this is one of his most commercial tunes. A couple other great kind of / sort of commercial ones are Dirty Love and Cosmik Debris. But you'll have to listen to a lot of Zappa to get a feel for how wide ranging his stuff was (Try the Grand Wazoo album for his jazz stuff, though Hot Rats was probably more ground breaking because it was earlier).

[@barkingpumpkin4631]

Play zappa trouble every day , 55 years old and still revelant , spoken word , rap

[@bjwnashe5589]

That guitar solo... My God!

[@lisarainbow9703]

Quite possibly the most challenging backup vocals ever sung...

[@davidw.hulbertiv5211]

Welcome... Zappa delivers...

[@alphasixty1316]

Whoever thought a guy getting his daytime television network debut, playing a bicycle, would come to this.

[@stevedotwood]

Zomby Woof is another great contender on this album. Musically, it's really out there, esp. the rhythm changes. Another one with Tina & the Ikettes

[@salmuscles]

I saw frank Zappa on Halloween 🎃 1984... felt forum NYC...