Zappa - Sweden 1973 1. Montana

[blackfloyd23]

Blasted this on my way to my first set of university level classes today. The bass on this makes it IMPOSSIBLE to not strut. This is THE BEST song to walk to, no lie.

[sdgakatbk]

3 minutes plus of bliss. I don't know whether to sit here stunned or to say YEAH!!

[undergroundjohnny]

This Frank's best guitar solo of all time IMO!!!

[longboarder1960]

ahhhh.... MONTANA ... one of my favorite Zappa tunes!

The studio album solo, is one of my favorite guitar solos of ALLTIME !

Jean Luc Ponty on Violin and George Duke on Keyboards....

you fukin MOTHERS!

[mozartfx1]

Funky - Jazz - Rock! Love it! "That ugly sum-bitch could play guitar" - Stevie Wonder

[giogiope89]

2 people are stupid shredders

[danogzilla]

he's fearless.

[maxrichbreak]

THAT VERY, VERY TRUTH, I'M ONLY INTERESTED IN TWO THINGS... ¡ TITTIES AND BEER...TITTIES AND BEER TITTIES AND BEER .....!

[undergroundjohnny]

My favorite FZ solo...period!

[RamBozo3]

Lightning licks at blazin speed. what a great version. So raw.

No vocals during the re-transition.... This is rare stuff - THANKS!

[HungryFreak1993]

Does anyone know all the songs in this set? As on different channels I have seen different recordings that all look as though they are from the same place

[toadyalfred]

5:52 - 6:34 This section is just plain awesome. I love the chord changes. Zappa was an incredibly orchestrator and composer.

[HenningBruckhoff]

I ve heard and seen him at this time in germany and it blows my mind ! Zitat FZ(199.) : ich übe jetzt schon so lang, langsam wird es besser, oder so..

[jlk1333]

good lord that's the most ridiculous solo i've ever heard; i wanna learn guitar just to play something like that

[maxfieldmeister]

One of my favorite guitar solos of all time . . . he follows his idea so well throughout and makes it sound dirty!

[JoKeRzCaRdProDucTion]

god frank was such a fucking genious, and a shreding guitar player, RIP

[frankorusso]

Incredibile, divertente, geniale Frank!!!

[greenmedicineman]

BLACK NAPKINS!!!!!!!!!!!!

[greenmedicineman]

@greenmedicineman Dude shut up this song rocks you ass, ha ha , I'm talking to myself. Frank is the Man....never gets old...the 1 and only ...how much more can I say except if you don't know you probably never will....this shit is to complex for most common sheeple......gotta stop by every now and then to hear this most amazing improvisation possibly ever. Peace and happiness to all you barking pumpkins out there....!

[caliboy304]

this is an awesome song about dental floss

[neurogirl11]

I LOVE some of Zappa's songs(the clean ones) his songs crack me up only my friends REFUSE to listen they say it's weird -_- dummies

[NameNotaNumber]

Fantastic guitar playing indeed. Lesser guitarists will just reach straight for those high notes immediately - Frank loved to stomp around those low frets as if to say f**k you, I like it down here. Zappa's guitar playing was in my opinion at its absolute best in the early 70's. There are some incredible solos on Apostrophe and Overnight Sensation.

[MyNameIsKojak]

awesome guitar playing

[howardstern666]

where was napoleon?

[Crudblud89]

He didn't join until 1974, also known as the Roxy era.

[OmfgShamsor]

With your mother in bed.

[daslatrobe]

How sad - we really did dress like that didn't we?? NOW I understand why we needed all the drugs!

[racefaceec90]

wouldn't it be awesome if the zappa band had done the music for the muppet show band (as well as the muppet band,they rocked too!!!)

[MacArsenault]

Actually they did one, but I can't remember the setting.

It was great.

[newriko2]

ah, Jean luc Ponty , tres bien. and the Fowler Bros'....great stuff.

[MotorChains]

im a huge zappa fan love the retro version

[jazzernauts]

Never heard this live with Duke on keys and Ruth on Tymp!  Nice.

[Sronpop]

Rediculously amzing, yeah the description is pretty accurate alright. I might not know too much Zappa but goddamn stuff like this is awesome, might start trying to get into him, any albums anyone would recommend.

[RadioheadaphexZappa]

I recommend those albums !(my favorites) :

The Grand wazoo

Studio tan

Over-nite Sensation

Orchestral favorites

Roxy and elsewhere

[ledzeppelinisgood72]

one size fits all

[ledzeppelinisgood72]

one size fits all

[mpmikeymike]

The only thing better than this is watching dental floss bikinis.....and maybe a little Dinah Moe Hum.....

[mrhorn2001]

once we get older and stop making sense, stop making sense making sense. i got a girlfriend that's better than that and nothing is better than this, is it?

[acefrehley2001]

I went to high school in a pretty small town. In the 80s, all the "cool" kids were into Ratt and Bob Jovi. They had probably never heard a Zappa record. Anyways, there was a lower income, mentally disabled kid in school. Always wore dated hand-me-downs and was ridiculed. One day, he wore a Zappa T-shirt and all the "cool" morons laughed. The irony is that Zappa could rock harder than any of the cheeseballs those idiots listned to!!!

[BigSwifty68]

A little tweezer glint!

[Itruth09]

fz isnt dead he just smells funny

mein gott this is good stuff yummyumm

[slimetta]

haben wir es mit einem deutschen zu tun....

meine fresse das waren noch zeiten.....wooow

[gratefullydeadly]

Thank you for posting this. I have been an FZ fan for 30+ years and always considered the guitar solos the frosting on the cake. I notice a lot of comments on his playing. I recommend his "Guitar" and "Shut up and play your guitar" albums to those who like the sweet stuff. The Muffin Man lives.

[SaidThePaleMoon]

Where can I find the original version of this song? Not live?

[DrumDaMitz]

You can find this tune on the 1973 LP 'Over-Nite Sensation'.

Buy it.

Now.

;)

[trh2130]

Zappa - the best Gibson SG player

[jdis]

i know many will say zappa's best bands were in the 80's, but this is definitely a hard one to beat. Ruth on mallets, plus george duke is simply amazing on keys while adding a nice funky vibe to the band, and jean luc ponte is well...

[zappalives]

Some need transcendental meditation to reach a state of peace of mind. Me, I just need any piece of good Zappa music, and I'm flying in mid-air. Zappa lives on forever !!

I've heard all this music for so many years, and now, with the you tube revolution, it's all there to see. Where were all these videos before ? How is it possible that nobody had the idea of publishing them ? did thet really think there wasn't an audience for the se videos ? Certainly beats me !

[MFJVIDEO]

FRANK FUCKING TASTIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[djanchovy]

Zappa=intricately technical garbage.

[SirYellowShark]

you're obviously another folly ridden fool who is too stupid to appreciate Frank and everything he has done for contemporary music....."ignorance has a certain charm, stupidity doesn't" FZ

[Zocchi74]

djanchovy=bad pizza topping

[Shinmeiryu]

Bull shit. In fact, Zappa is far from a TECHNICAL master of the guitar, but he is still a master nonetheless. He's no redundant shredder, like Malmsteen, but at the same time, I doubt many shredders could play something as rhythmically diverse and complex as five-five-FIVE, or groove as well as Get A Little.

[un4givn4evr]

OOOOHHHHHHHH!! YeA aLl ThEm SoUnDs!1!1!1

[oregonbobv]

This the Overnight Sensation Band. Wow! Ruth Underwood cooks.!!!

[Capuano]

What is it about dorian mode sound that allows for such awesome solos? I'm looking at you, So What, Impressions, Montana, etc.

[wesbroadway]

for me it's that sharp-4th interval between the minor 3rd and the major sixth. big ugly leap. like in "If only she would'a" that first note is a stretch up to the 6th, while the bg is Im-IV. nasty.

[DajaWaja]

@wesbroadway that lil thing is called a tritone from an F to a B

[BEATDOWNBANKER]

UUHH!THIS SUCKS!

[imarobot7]

Wow... why post then?

[gapagonia]

just an awesome jam...thanks for the post!

[justinbushaw]

wheres Tina?

[maestro48239]

frank stole my moms curtains to make that jacket!!! :D

great post!!! 5/5

[easyTree77]

What about those trousers? They look like a gateway to another dimension..

[Highnightt]

nice guitar

[ludy39]

oh my thats a good version

[cosmikdebris1984]

I love the solo in this video

[JeremyJonson]

this man has covered more musical textures in the air and pushed the limits of the given sonic space more than anyone ever has. I'll put money on that. it says alot about the mainstream music industry to see such a legacy so often overlooked.good thing is that this eliminates the kind of disposability that comes with radio garbage. not only will the music stand the test of time, but it was so ahead even then that it will show us possibilities as time passes, while idiots forget emo,rap or metal!

[backwoodsmister]

Very well articulated, Jeremy. Agree 100%.

[darwinator12932112]

dam i wish there was someone as great as zappa scouting musicans nowadays

[greenmedicineman]

@darwinator12932112 Amen my freind...if they only knew.

[rappidog]

Where did this gem come from? It's great. The hits keep comin' atcha

[tallcoolslovak]

Awesome....Great post! Seen him "back in the day", thanks for the memories!

[thegirl44]

As much as Frank has always had vibrant and talented keyboard players I'll always have a special place in my heart for George Duke. George just dug the hell out of playing, up there all smiling and groovin' and shit. George's smile is like a baby's smile, you can't help but smile back.

[grebssie]

Frankie rules.

[OFrPDaddy]

That's kool

[yonmasonrobocop]

zappa for president

[jptulg]

Saw the late great Zappa twice, he was a musical genius!!

[yellowshark74]

YEAHHHHH!!!!!

[zappata19761976]

Mierda... este es el mejor músico del siglo XX, y el tiempo, que es el culo del infierno todopoderoso, me dará la razón...

[Zinn18777]

his bands were tighter than anybody....no contest......good shit

[Informatisse]

good joke about the ratio ,:}

[fernberg338]

yeah frank definatley knew what he was doing when he was scouting musicians

[hihats]

Ralph Humphrey on drums...currently providin' the fascinatin' rhythm on Dancing With The Stars.

[patsavageband]

The Duke of prunes, Jean Luc, Bruce, Ian and Ruth. Wow! Elevated.

Pat

[auntiephos]

There's something very wrong with the aspect ratio on this - looks like a 4x3 picture that's been pillarboxed into 16x9 and then squashed back to 4x3. Good to hear this early version of Montana though. All together now... "I'm plucking the ol' dental floss, that's growing on the prairie..." 8-)

[wesbroadway]

yeah stupid Nero made it weird... the original that i uploaded looks good in win media player, but uploaded to here it got squished.

[Sinisterambo]

This song needs Nappy

[herrdruhl]

Song from my ATF Zappa album!! Effing Cool!!!

[jlk1333]

ty for posting; love zappa's soloing air sculptures; wish i was born 40yrs ago.

[chz999]

That was a helluva band! A well oiled funky machine. My first introduction to Zappa was ONE SIZE FITS ALL, I remember being intriged by Inca Roads... thinking WTF? Pyjama People was my personal epiphany, the dude was a badass guitar player that wah wah stuff he does on that song just kills. You have to past the surface manifestations with Frank to appreciate his genius. To paraphrase Steely Dan, Frank was major dude. :-)

[danrose]

Sure knew how to run a band,saw the show Perth West Oz '74.Read his auto bio.Friends recently dug Dweezil's "Zappa plays Zappa"

[koaik]

how could you listed to his solo and just not move !!! you can't hear it and stay still !!! every time I hear it my head goes loose and a smile covers my face !!! the you guitar lord almighty Zappa :) RIP

[bitemyballbag]

HAHA!! lol what an amazing video!. Fantastic solo, and with those check trousers. Long live FZ. Peace

[niagarafallscanbill]

The only song 1973 I ever liked by Frank Zappa.

[niagarafallscanbill]

One of the rare songs by Frank Zappa I actually liked. The last time 1973 he probably had done anything intelligently classy.

[GreggaryPeccary]

pooooothead!

[pam0102]

did you know that zappa never did drugs! thats right. just a natural born freak

[aurzada]

He dove in with both feet, and never let up. What a magical moment. At 4:50 is where my jaw hit the table top. I listened to Phish because Trey really WANTED to play like this and he got close, but when Zappa let it loose, he can't be touched.

[wesbroadway]

gives ya the chills, huh? this solo is so rad - i'm most fond of that riff he pulls out at 5:30. sick!

[hinneinisannidanni]

Yes, one foot to actually support himself and the other one to KICK that wah-wah pedal!

[happypacow]

Think I'll move to Montana...

[RobManDudeGuy]

F.Z.Pluckin the Floss!!!!

[LarkinPeezy]

Greatest thing about Frank Zappa. With music like his you simply cannot die.

[hinneinisannidanni]

Oh, yes! This is a particurlarly fantastic solo. And on s side note: I would die for owning a jacket like that!

[sick60s]

Im sure where ever you are your Rockin there f.n world  RIP Frank

[XxWaveWarlockxX]

MADNESS!!

[jax1moi8]

Too bad he didn't have singers for the post-guitar solo "I'm pluckin' the ol' dental floss/That's growin' on the prairie/Pluckin' the floss/I've plucked all day and all night and all afternoon ... Even though he's a bit dinky to be slappin' a big saddle or blanket on anyway ..."

[hinneinisannidanni]

I think it's "he's a bit dinky to slap a big saddle or blanket on anyway", at least the other one doesn't fit to the melody - there is two syllables too many. ;)

[davidabailey]

I saw this band at the Liverpool stadium on the same tour - 34 years ago.God I'm getting old! Thank you for posting.

[lebouski]

dental floss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[scrubbermuffin]

look at his expresions theyre funny

this is a cool song

[gablinho]

man, i love that modified les paul!

[scrubbermuffin]

thats an sg man

[scrubbermuffin]

that solo was almost 5 minutes long

what a weird song

[zonkov88]

Zappa's got the skillz

[ophone77]

Indeed, sblug2 my friend.

[sblug2]

Hope this video will stay on youtube, I like it !

[Docco44647]

"eddie van halen took lessons from this guy!"

i think you may be talkigna bout vai u eediot

[TejasDragon]

eddie van halen took lessons from this guy!

[cptnoremac]

I guess he wasn't paying much attention, then.

[foukeall]

This just KICKS ASSES!!!

[jetstreamone]

KNOCKS THE SPOTS OF ANY OF TODAYS BANDS

[ChristerLindstrom]

Just found this video by chance. I realized I was there, age 18! Long time ago. Nice memories. I remember they did not play as loud as many other bands at that time. Good thing I thought.

[gypsydoc5]

Maybe we should mention the very rare line-up of Napoleon-Murphy Brock, Bruce and Tom Fowler, Ian and Ruth Underwood, George Duke, Ralph Humphrey and Chester Thompson! Very Rare.

[shorrosh]

it's not Chester Thompson. he's black...this guy isn't black...unless I'm mistaken, he is a drummer by the name of Ralph Humphrey. He played on the Over-Nite Sensation album and played with George Duke, the fowlers, and pretty much every other member of that lineup.

[jax1moi8]

I also saw Jean-Luc Ponty standing there with his violin.

[razorback0z]

No sh1t ?? is there any excellent musician Frank didnt rope into working with him ? I love Jean Luc's stuff and Im sure he learned a lot from the master in these early days. Love ya Frank.... please come back!

[DeadHeadTyler]

excellent handling of the axe....... where can i get an outfit like that??

[Driedzombie]

they don't make them like Zappa anymore. He is by far the best musician I have ever had the pleasure to see live. Titties and Beer!!!!

[memanous]

Seriously whoever put this series of videos on. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you!

[Spawnof84]

VIVA ZAPPA!

[doublemtr]

«i'm gonna be a dental floss tycoon» then the solo guitar and his final hymn Wippie-Ty-Yo Ty-e-yea

[ronnysoeberg]

My fav part of this tune is at the end of the solo, end of the violin part where it breaks down into triplets. I just love that.

[dodecafono]

it breaks down into quintuplets =)

[hinneinisannidanni]

I don't care if you think it's silly folks! :D

[whiskeyvengeance]

This song got so much better live when Nap joined, though its cool to hear Jean Luc-Ponty on violin in this version.

[funkyappledog]

FZ solos are masterful and free with less confines then the poppy garbage we are used to .kinda like where jazz &rock meet that fusion is his gtr legacy,and hey hes human no robot!

[dazamaru]

more exceptional entertainment...this is what free music looked like, preserved for all posterity. This

one of Frank's more coherent solos. And at 5;50, they go thru one of my favorite changes. Many dont know this, but on the album, Tina Turner, herself, sang background and lead on this section.

[pood2thenoobie]

Zappa's solos aren't coherent? since what song?

[dazamaru]

maybe because you arent a musician...they are beyond you...

[pood2thenoobie]

but I am a musician....and how are his solos not coherent? That's what I was asking. :O) Let's lay off the insults for a little bit too buddy, it was just a question.

[ronnysoeberg]

Don't worry about him. People who can't read usually never have anything to contribute in a discussion anyways :)

[xaxaxa22]

Ralph Humfrey (bien fufé fe foir) on the drums.

Sublime !

[longboarder1960]

GO MOTHERS.... Mr. Zappa wrote the first lead for a violin in a rock song.. for Mr. Ponty

[topkiddie]

oh yeah,they are also playing in sub zero temperatures. true masters.

[topkiddie]

a great solo by Frank.If you watch the rest of the gig you will see some great Jean Luc Ponty as well,he was a fiddler,but not the wrong kind of fiddler at least i hope not. love F.Zs trousers,he had style hahahahahaha

[ozaccent11]

just bought the dvd and it is awesome. great rock jazz infusion with FZ going off on the guitar.

[monkeykingrecords]

where did you get this on DVD?

[ultzisakhain]

Amazing performance by Frank... and an even more amazing suit!

[xen300]

This is so good it makes me weep.

[ozaccent11]

where is Napoleon Murphy Brock?

[bekzzo]

I think this is just before he joined the band.

[qpine]

Wasn't in the band yet.

[Peruanas0]

Bien Jean Luc POnty, George Duke, Tom Fowler,Ian & Ruth Underwood!!

Alguien sabe quien toca la batería??

5 estrellas!

grandioso Frank ZAppa

Music is the best!!

[gargano3000]

he has to be the whitest guitar palyer i've heard

[knoxlobster]

right on!

[DiegoDCvids]

Great!!

[timmo1782]

good god aint it funky !!

[Nicobaia]

Perfect,just perfect one more time...Thank you.

[llerdy]

He had some kind of strange phenomenon thing with audiences in Sweden, then again anywhere he'd play he would have had a profound effect on at least some of the audience members. This is great stuff.

[suchness9]

Damn, I've seen alot of Zappa videos but that's one of the best performances they ever gave. Frank was certainly in good form that day. One of the best solo's I've heard him play. That was a very short lived line-up too.

[nik1zum]

Must have been pretty cold there in Sweden with those rollnecks and suits, and Ruth with clothes on for a change!

[hihats]

jus' braggin' for sec'...I saw this version of The Mothers on believe it or not,Mothers Day/1973.

They were opening for The Mahavishnu Orchestra.

[MrGreenGenes]

Mindblowing as usual. Zappa is the greatest..I love it when He rocks it out:D!!!

[kast55555]

Friggin Amazing...One of the best videos on YouTube.

Thanks for uploading it...Made my day

[baltio]

I have to agree with you. This guitar solo is just excellent. Swedish television did a program on Zappa a couple of years ago, in connection with the 10th "anniversary" of Zappa´s death. It was a nice program, but I was furious that they cut this tune as the solo was just starting...