I was watching the local news at my mother's house Thanksgiving night (it's a Philadelphia station) and I just happened to catch a snatch of a child who supposedly performed at Philadelphia's kind of sad, definitely janky Thanksgiving Day Parade (CeCe Peniston, for example, lip synched the original, 20-year-old version of her "song that everyone knows," "Finally" -- no remix or anything!). Except, instead of performing, this child looked like he was batting out an invisible fire that apparently had a tenacious grip on his entire body. I soon discovered that he's a Radio Disney type named Zack Montana. I don't think he's related to Hannah, as she is a fictional character, but I do think that the last name is supposed to remind you of her and/or confuse you (especially if you are old and were previously used to Montana only being a state, a steamboat and a Slim).
I would have posted the video that introduced me to this wunderkind, but the quality of the clip posted on ABC 6's site is so poor, you can barely make out what's going on. That's jank on top of jank (spread jank, it's the Philly way). Luckily, Zack's act doesn't seem to change very much between performances, so I was able to find a much sharper, slightly older version of his up-to-the-syllable interpretive dancing on YouTube. It is above. This kid's got swagger like nothing I've ever experienced. It's like a drag show, except he's impersonating not a woman, but an adult, and since he's 13, Justin Bieber soooo qualifies as a grown-up.
(Am I wrong for kind of digging the song, though?)
At first I thought he is Hannah's brother. Lol.
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Posted by: Jen | November 29, 2011 at 04:57 AM
"(especially if you are old and were previously used to Montana only being a state, a steamboat and a Slim)"
actually, Montana's always just been a tragic redhead from the RW Boston in my eyes...
Posted by: NineDaves | November 29, 2011 at 08:49 AM
"spread jank it's the Philly way " Huh ? Don't know what you mean chief. I go to that parade every year and love it. The stuff they show on the teevee is that weird lip sync/canned dance routine, unwatchable crap that's not even in the main body of the parade. I was watching at home this year due to a cold and for the record when I flicked over to the Macy's Day parade they had equally unwatchable, bad lip sync, dance routine crap as well. Only difference was that they had Broadway-level crap.
Posted by: Myra Flection | November 29, 2011 at 08:58 AM
PS
Love your blog !
Posted by: Myra Flection | November 29, 2011 at 11:37 AM
Zach Montana is clearly where it's at. Some of the off-brand Biebers have been creating decent pop songs lately, it's weird--I feel "Unfriend You" by Jason Chance and "On My Mind" by Cody Simpson too. With much guilt and only through the internet will I admit it, though.
Also, as a long-time fan of your blog, I thought I should bring this up in case you hadn't noticed yet that your pop divas video is on Perez. Is that right!?
http://perezhilton.com/2011-11-29-madonna-lady-gaga-whitney-houston-mariah-carey-britney-spears-christina-aguilera-cher-celine-dion-pop-divas-cattiness-love-video
Posted by: Scott Fine | November 29, 2011 at 11:53 AM
Dancing aside, can we talk about how he's wearing a jean jacket with the sleeves cut off? Adorbes!
Posted by: Jessica | November 30, 2011 at 10:11 PM
Zack Montana has major swagg and I think he is gonna be a superstar ! Passion and drive like ive never seen
Posted by: kim Shmoke | December 01, 2011 at 03:55 AM
Omg I met him today!
Posted by: Silvia S. | December 02, 2011 at 11:02 PM
Jk!!!:)
Posted by: Silvia S. | December 02, 2011 at 11:07 PM
zack rocks that kid is going places major swagggggggg
Posted by: kim Shmoke | December 31, 2011 at 02:25 AM
Thanks for sharing!
Posted by: Blue Screen | January 26, 2012 at 01:11 AM