Montana (Frank Zappa song)
Montana is a song that was released by Frank Zappa for the first time in 1973 on the album Over- Nite Sensation. The backing vocals were sung by Tina Turner and the Ikettes.
Song structure
Montana consists of the parts Introduction - narrative - chorus - solo - Middle section - story - finale. The sung by Frank Zappa lyrics told in an absurd, humorous way of a person who 's dream is to go to the U.S. state of Montana to there on a farm " to grow dental floss " and harvest with a huge pair of tweezers. The dream of this person is a " dental floss tycoon " and to be on a pony named "Mighty Little " ( " Mighty Small" ) across the plains to ride. The entire lyrics are formulated in U.S. slang and enriched with parodic cowboy clichés.
After 1:55 minutes, right after the chorus, Zappa playing a long guitar solo. This is followed by a more complex middle section, in which sing Tina Turner & The Ikettes. After Zappa sings the last verses, and the finale Tina Turner & The Ikettes sing several times, the first line of the chorus, which should be answered each sung by a " Yippy - ty -o- ty -ay " by Kin Vassy.
Live Recordings
Montana became a preferred song by Zappa fans and was played by Zappa and his bands often live - about while touring from 1973 to 1975, 1982, 1984 and 1988 text and structure of the song were varied sometimes spontaneously by Zappa during live performances.. The version on the live album You Can not Do That On Stage Anymore, Vol 2, with the extended title Montana ( Whipping Floss ) is an example: During the Zappa concert in Helsinki on September 22, 1974 someone asked from the audience to play the band via open outcry to Whipping Post, a song by the Allman Brothers Band. Zappa then joked with the audience, as the band did not have the song in their repertoire and played instead Montana, but with an adapted spontaneously to the situation lyrics. Another live version of Montana, which was cut together by Zappa subsequently made two live recordings from 1973 and 1984, is located on the first time in 1988 published live Sammelabum You Can not Do That On Stage Anymore, Vol 4
Others
The song was released as the B - side of the single I'm The Slime (1973 ) and 1995 on the best-of compilation Strictly Commercial.
Zappa 's biographer Barry Miles According to the Tina Turner was so impressed by the song that was offering with their backup singers " raising my lonely dental floss " to sing the line. Then they played the song before her then-husband Ike Turner, who was not very enthusiastic about the recording.