Frank Zappa - Montana

Band:  Frank Zappa & The Mothers
Song:  Montana
Album:  Over-Nite Sensation (1973)
Genre:  Progressive Rock

A big memory I have is this specific song by Frank Zappa.  I remember my dad had some audio editing program, and he clipped the part at 5:04 that said "Get a cup of coffee" and just made a little loop that said "cup of coffee" over and over again.  I though it was hilarious at the time, and thinking back it's not exactly any less funny.

When it comes down to it, I never much got into Zappa's music.  I've never been the biggest fan of long songs or Prog stuff, so he solidly landed outside of my usual listening sphere.  Especially when I first started getting into music.  I think my favorite band at the time was probably The Clash since they blew through songs so quickly.  3 minutes was about the limit of my attention, ya know?

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A to Z challenge: One size fits "O"

I have done really good about not using any of the stupid title names I came up with that almost matched the albums.  I really really did my best to not use them cause they were horrible.  This one was too good to pass up though.

One Size Fits All is a wonderful album by Frank Zappa.  Zappa was a very interesting fellow with a lot of strange life philosophies.  He was also an amazingly talented off the wall musician who made a lot of weird sounds, put them together, and tossed a weird rambling story over top of it.

Tracks off of this album to note are:

Inca Roads

Can't Afford No Shoes

San Ber'dino

Andy

 

If you want to get specific it was Zappa with his band "The Mothers Of Invention".  Just  throwing that out there.  Like the song, "Smoke On The Water"?  That line that says "Frank Zappa & The Mothers" is talking about this guy.

Frank Zappa - Inca Roads

Zappa is an interesting guy, as I have said before.  He's got some weird songs, and some really weird songs.  This one is just a tiny bit weird sounding.

Frank Zappa - I'm The Slime

Frank Zappa is a weird guy.  Like really, he's messed up.

He made a style of music that nobody else has quite managed to duplicate.  He also managed to have some of the most vulgar lyrics of the era.

A little know fact here, the song "Smoke On The Water" is about a fire that burned up all of Zappa and The Mothers' (his band) equipment.

I'm thinking here, and I can't think I anything that I can tell you about this man.  His autobiography is truly a thing to read.  A very different insight into life than most people will give you.

Some of the best things about this music I'd say would be the fact that it changes up so much.  If you look up live versions of his music, it's always different than the album version.