Nirvana - Montage of Heck (long) (4-track tape collage 1988) Lyrics

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Cobain made some other 4-track experiments, too. One of these is often incorrectly referred to as "Montage Of Heck Pt 2" on bootlegs; it is listed in this guide as "Escalator To Hell." It features Kurt recording his voice backwards to say "she's selling the escalator to hell" and some obnoxious guitar noise.

The following songs are featured and/or hidden in either version of "Montage Of Heck" (NOT in this order):

"The Men In My Little Girl's Life" by Mike Douglas
"The Sounds of Silence" by Simon & Garfunkel
"Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!" by The Beatles
"A Day In The Life" by The Beatles
"Eruption" by Van Halen
"Hot Pants" by James Brown
"Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves" by Cher
"Go Away Little Girl" by Donny Osmond
"Rocky Mountain High" by John Denver
"Everybody Loves Somebody" by Dean Martin
"The Candy Man" by Sammy Davis, Jr.
"In A Gadda Da Vida" by Iron Butterfly
"Wild Thing" by William Shatner
"Taxman" by The Beatles
"I Think I Love You" by The Partridge Family
"Are You a Boy or Are You a Girl?" by The Barbarians
"Queen Of The Reich" by Queensryche
"Last Caress/Green Hell" covered by Metallica
"Whole Lotta Love" by Led Zeppelin
"Get Down, Make Love" by Queen
"ABC" by The Jackson Five
"I Want Your Sex" by George Michael
"Run to the Hills" by Iron Maiden
"Eye Of The Chicken" by Butthole Surfers
"Dance of the Cobra" by Butthole Surfers
"The Shah Sleeps in Lee Harvey's Grave" by Butthole Surfers
"New Age" by The Velvet Underground
"Love Buzz" by Shocking Blue
Orchestral music from 200 Motels by Frank Zappa
"Help I'm A Rock" / "It Can't Happen Here" by Frank Zappa
"Call Any Vegetable" by Frank Zappa
"The Day We Fall In Love" by The Monkees
"Sweet Leaf" by Black Sabbath (intro)
Theme from The Andy Griffith Show
Mike Love (of The Beach Boys) talking about "Transcendental Meditation"
Excerpts of Jimi Hendrix speaking at the Monterey Pop Festival
Excerpts of Paul Stanley from KISS' Alive!
Excerpts of Daniel Johnston screaming about Satan
Excerpts from sound effects records
Various children's records (Curious George, Sesame Street, The Flintstones, Star Wars).

The following Nirvana recordings can be heard in "Montage Of Heck":

"The Landlord Is A Piece Of Shit From Hell" - demo (short version only)
"Blandest" - studio version (brief snippet in short version only)
"Help Me" - demo (brief snippet in long version only)
Unidentified Song - demo (near the end of the long version only)
"Gypsies, Tramps And Thieves" - jam w/ Dale Crover (at the very end of the long version only).

The following Cobain-made sounds can be heard in "Montage Of Heck," especially the long version:

Somebody taking a piss (probably Kurt)
Kurt vomiting into a toilet
Krist ranting about having some pot and whiskey
Kurt moaning and various other distorted vocal sounds
Kurt imitating James Brown
Kurt mimicking some foreign vocal music
Various phrases muttered by Kurt.
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