Frank Zappa Moving To Montana

[MichaelJamesRichard]

"Montana," released summer of '73, my wife and I were off the grid, working in Yellowstone Park, right outside Gardiner, Montana. I'd never heard the song. We bought a '55 Buick... with Montana plates, of course....

Went back to Michigan... My cousin, John, a big Zappa fan, fell over laughing when we drove up.

John, gasping for air: "Wait'll I tell... har de har har, everyone, tee hee hee, my cousin's, snark snark snort, a dental floss tycoon!"

Me: "Wha? What's so funny?"

[SonnyREast]

wow that was epic Frank!

[snowbird29803]

Those were the dayssss.........what was I saying?

Another unappreciated genius

[Doyalwcheese]

why cook meat? because it makes it easier to digest!

[keeskapteyn314]

all time coolest facial hair ever!

[mrwea1959]

Ah, alas poor Francisco, we knew him well. I'm sure glad that I got to see him a few times. Incomparable.

[neil0502]

Thanks, Bro.

My wife got tired of ME singing it, and YOU allowed me to play it for her :-)

[docatomics]

..raise me up some onesome

~RAGNARöK

[tarzappa]

Zappa was checked several times before his disease was termed fatal.....the first couple of test results came back negative.....flakes strike again?

[Charles87sf]

How bout some thumbs up just for the hell of it!

[unprevarication]

Classic FZ. Great stuff. I miss those times.... thought I hardly remember them.

[HungryFreak14]

Is it just me, or is Frank Zappa amazing! Sure he's wierd as hell, but the way he approached music from every angle and expiramented with so many styles was genius. Wish I'd been listening to all of this greatness earlier on, considering I was listening to Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan when I was six or seven.

[thisgalaintdancinmr]

<3 

[sharpieebitch]

@thisgalaintdancinmr

People who listen to frank zappa hate Jesus. Frank zappa was a druggie and a pervert. Oh and he stunk really bad because he didn't cut his hair or bathes. He was a drugged out hippy who had to resort to curse words to get attention. Its sad really. All he needed was Jesus. Drugs don't solve your problems; church does

[Longmiestr]

I had a jacket like that back in the day..lol

[spiccybaby]

Love "Overnite Sensation" and "Apostrophe" to bits, every song a gem, just brilliant albums. Much as I like his earlier and later stuff, those two do it for me.

[schmutzgreiffer]

On Ruth, On Ruth!

[gorgobar]

musical virtuoso + comedy lyrics + funkadelic = win

[Dee74292]

ya zap that can u fucken dig this shit

[hildchen11]

too bad he is dead. i just loved him. i was fourteen, when i heard him the first time. and ever since i was hooked

[hildchen11]

too bad he is dead. i just loved him.

[MsRavenlunatic]

Frank Zappa was a musical genius. Totally innovative for his time, and misunderstood.

[voncello]

I didn't know Eddy played the violin. Or is that The Florescent Leach?

[aggagg]

@voncello That's Jean-Luc Ponty.

[voncello]

@aggagg Oh yeah! He was on the album too wasn't he?

[aggagg]

@voncello This is Jean-Luc Ponty.

[MrRedrays]

That guitar tone!! Almost sounds like he's using a Blue Box at the start of the solo, but I don't think so. Can't tell if he's playing a Gibson or a Hagstrom. Hagstrom pup's might be able to get that tone. Dunno.

[ugtibo]

@MrRedrays

that's no Hagstrom, it's a gibson sg replica, with a gibson neck, but heavily modified

[jbuck594]

Who were the Zappa drummers?

[cjk9013]

From when I started listening: Ralph Humphrey (shown here), Ralph and Chester Thompson (later with Weather Report and then Genesis), Ansley Dunbar (Vanilla Fudge, Journey...), Terry Bozzio, Vinnie C. (cn't spell name from memory, currently w/ Jeff Beck), and lastly Chad Wackerman. All superb drummers who have participated in some fantastic and challenging music over their ongoing careers. From memory, could have missed someone.

[jbuck594]

I think you got them all. I know that there atleast 3 or 5.

[vito321321]

the band is incredible D:

[motonegros]

Genius.

[SteelArmadillo]

DAT JACKET

[philipatoz]

Frank was one odd duck - he was absolutely dead-serious about the wacky, the silly, and the absurdly insane juxtapositioned against some amazingly creative music. And when he solos, just look at how into it he really is. You can't name another rock-era composer nearly as prolific in recordings and compositions. He was truly obsessed with what he did, yet never seemed to be too happy a guy. A tortured genius was Frank!

[MarcBeckK]

@philipatoz You can't really judge how good you are on how much you are into it, I agree with you on the other stuff, but just look at Steve Vai, he looks like he's having something rammed up his butt every time he plays, yet he sounds like s***. Zappa does lean back and forth when he's soloing which is really Scofields thing, that's pretty funny I think and they both sound like gold.

[PepperWhite62]

@philipatoz What's even more strange was not only Zappa not into drugs of any kind he even forbade the groupies and hangers on to have even marijuana in his house. He was a genius,guitar virtuoso and a great writer of both lyrics and music.

[iamatreestump]

@philipatoz mike patton

[SativaBeliver]

that girl on the xylophone is absoluley amazizing i play drums and percussion instruments but she brings it to a new level pro status... not to say frank and the band is bad. You really dont see rock music of this calibur being made today. Frank Zappa was the best rock act everrrr I wish i was old enough to see him

[RAINRIEN]

Ruth Underwood professional musician, known for playing xylophone, marimba, vibraphone and other percussion in Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention from 1969 to 1977 in over 10 Zappa/Mothers recordings. Examples of her virtuosity can be heard on the Rollo Interior interlude from St. Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast, from the Apostrophe,Roxy & Elsewhere on Inca Roads, One Size Fits All Some glimpses of Underwood in action can be seen in the Zappa movie 200 Motels & Dub Room Special DVD Fantas Sticks

[urwclwg]

That's Ruth Underwood, and your are right, there is nothing like her, and there is nothing like him. In addition, this set features Ian Underwood (on clarinet) Tom Fowler (on horn), Jean Luc Ponty on vioin, and Billy Preston on keyboards. Had Ricky Lanciotti been there for vocals, this would have been the definitive live recording.

[cjk9013]

Thanks; it was George Duke on keyboards.

[lotec51]

truly the voiceof freedom when it came to what we can listen to with out the gov sicking its nose in it. saw the mothers once in the early 70s. sweet! god bless frank and his family. and she could a good tyrone.

[fischarch]

one of my favOrite sOngs of allll time...

great!!!

[kronlof2]

Absolutely wonderful. Thanks for posting. RIP my friend..

[zebonaut]

Great Footage!! Almost leike being at a rehearsal.

And the JACKET!!

Clearly a tribute to Spike Jones, who Frank admired a lot

(yes, even he had influences)

[bens22]

You mean Spike Milligan?

[aqua7cn]

Hello my friend Frank...and i always loved JL Ponty

[daneslav]

Dental floss is commonly made out of one of two polymers (synthetic compounds), either nylon or Teflon. Nylon is defined as a fiber-forming substance of a long-chain synthetic polyamide. A polyamide is a compound characterized by more than one amide group; an amide is a chemical related to ammonia. Teflon is the trade name of the polymer polytetrafluoroethylene, or PTFE.

[crabhat]

A pygmy pony is also a notable component. EORR.

[esmith97403]

it used to be made out of silk too.

[JoeySunB]

...simply amazing ! I was lucky to see Zappa & the Mothers at one of their first NYC gigs at the old Garrick Theater...

.... Halloween at the Fillmore East (' White Album ")

Frank WE MISS YOU !!!! Now recognized as a great American 20th c. composer by academics .... you never know what you got 'til it's gone....

[reallygonecat]

Jes' me n' the pygmy pony, over by tha dennil floss bush

[gs400s]

1:58 to 5:50 the very best of F.Z.

[TheyOmen666]

Awsome video! and I love this song! Zappa kick's ass, Music is the BEST!

[timmo1782]

just wondering why you put 'prostate cancer' in the tag words? damn that disease..

[irishocity]

Because Frank Zappa died of prostate cancer ... and maybe it might get people to ask questions and think about maybe getting checked out themselves ... thanks

[timmo1782]

yes, i know he died of it. just thought it was strange to add those tags to this video, when he was in his prime (musically and physically).

[MarcBeckK]

@irishocity good point, he did in fact go around with the cancer for more than 10 years before it killed him.