@AirplayBeats reacts to Frank Zappa - Montana Like comment and subscribe patreon.com/user?u=81569817 Airplay Beats 3609 Bradshaw Rd Ste H #337 Sacramento, CA 95827 Www.Airplaybeats.com
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
@@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...
@@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.
@@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.
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!
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.
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?
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.
@@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."
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. ✌️🔥
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.
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.
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.
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..
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.
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…
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.
'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!!...
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!!!
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 !
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.
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 RU-vid 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!
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."
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.
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..
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".
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
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.
Ole Frank Zappa….he is Great in a Song from Johnny Cash that has a lot of actors from Chris Rock to Kayne West to Lisa Marie Presley. Song called Sooner or Later God’s Going to Cut You Down. A very DEEP SONG ❤
Yes, it was played at parties. Not that I can remember much else. I saw Zappa at Cole Field House on the University of Maryland campus in October 1978. Right before his SNL appearance in New York. What a bizarre two hours those were. The crowd was something out of the bar scene in Star Wars. And Frank was like a mad scientist/conductor with a massive orchestra of keys, percussion, horns, you name it. And then he'd launch into these insane monologues from a stool, having a cigarette. Then he'd pick up his guitar and destroy the paint on the walls, banging out sounds from it with various sex toys. I've been around awhile, but I never had an evening like that before or since.
Damn I was only 8. I’m from that area and wish I had been there. There was a much different vibe in college park back then. Always makes me think of Halloween. I’ve seen Ike Willis in some odd bands over the years. Zappa plays Zappa is always fun to see.
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"
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).
f the Ikettes' harmonies, Zappa said: ”It was so difficult, 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. You know the part that goes "I'm pluckin' the ol' dennil floss..."? Right in the middle there. And one of the harmony singers got it first. She came out and sang her part and the other girls had to follow her track. Tina was so pleased that she was able to sing this that she went into the next studio where Ike was working and dragged him into the studio to hear the result of her labor. He listened to the tape and he goes, ‘What is this shit?’ and walked out".
