Guest illfly mandog Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwLXPEYZi2M Ive been listening to the Residents for some time now. They are easily amongst my favorite bands. Over the last year Ive started to feel that they are one of the first punk bands. Now i know its not punk in the way we are familiar with today, but, take this into consideration. They where trying to separate themselves from the mainstream by doing oddball covers of pop songs. There where not trained musicians in anyway. They just grabbed there pianos, horns, guitars and electronics and just went for it. And to top it all off they where living in Louisiana in the 60's,a hot spot for racism,and dressing up like retarded KKK members. I would like to hear my fellow WATMMers opinions on this topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Enter a new display name Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 I saw them in concert last month. Their music is definitely among some of the weirdest things I ever heard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atop Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 Proto-people Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest illfly mandog Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 excellent point Atop! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chassis Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 Meet the Residents is my favourite album. Although when my mates and I get pissed, "Kaw Liga" or "On the way to Oklahoma" usually go on. favourite track: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUxN4gyarEw Best video by far: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HIh05FILq4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chenGOD Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 Great band one of the best of all time. Don't necessarily believe the stuff about them dressing like KKK members. All their early history is undocumented, and could very easily have been invented by cryptic corporation. I think my favorite track has to be Santa Dog 84 (the original is damned tough to top though....) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest illfly mandog Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 (edited) what are they wearing in the Third Reich and Roll video? smelly tongues is my fav as well, chassis. Edited March 23, 2010 by illfly mandog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Poole Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 these guys have always creeped the hell out of me. i find them fascinating, yet i can't watch a couple of their videos or listen to a couple of their songs without getting a feeling of dread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KY Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 That's an interesting and oddly understandable reaction. It's definitely basement dwelling music innit really dig everything from third Reich and prior, along with a few later gems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KY Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 On second thought, my feelings would be more succinctly stated by saying that The Residents should have been called Devo instead, as "devo" defines their music for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chenGOD Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 Also they have excellent guests playing with them throughout their career. I got to hear snakefinger because of the residents. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4k5bvYtozI And this residents appearance with Conway Twitty is just bizzare. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PK5qKhPBnlA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Z_B_Z Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 I've always wanted to get into these guys. What should I start with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Poole Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 That's an interesting and oddly understandable reaction. It's definitely basement dwelling music innit funny you say that because the first time i ever heard the residents was through this really weird guy i did a roof for. i mean a real addams family motherfucker. he hung out in his basement all day and would emerge every once in a while with a different pet snake in his hand. he kept trying to get me to borrow one of his thousand residents dvd's. i would have taken him up on it, but that would have meant spending more time talking to him (which was awkward at best), so i told him i only listen to gangster rap. he was really nice, and even bought us lunch a couple times, but god only knows what went on in that basement all day with all those snakes and residents dvd's. *shivers* 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest illfly mandog Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 Z_B_Z-just start with Meet The Residents! chenGOD- thanks for the conway twitty! most excellent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SecondaryCell Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 One of my favorites - definitely creepy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvJiyOPmsJs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr12000 Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 That's an interesting and oddly understandable reaction. It's definitely basement dwelling music innit funny you say that because the first time i ever heard the residents was through this really weird guy i did a roof for. i mean a real addams family motherfucker. he hung out in his basement all day and would emerge every once in a while with a different pet snake in his hand. he kept trying to get me to borrow one of his thousand residents dvd's. i would have taken him up on it, but that would have meant spending more time talking to him (which was awkward at best), so i told him i only listen to gangster rap. he was really nice, and even bought us lunch a couple times, but god only knows what went on in that basement all day with all those snakes and residents dvd's. *shivers* This is a great story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Z_B_Z Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 My guess is he had quite the porn collection as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Poole Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 the gangster rap part i made up. i can't remember what i told him. My guess is he had quite the porn collection as well i'm sure it's epic. shit, mine is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whylessness Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 i can't tell if this music is therapeutic or if it is pulling me down into a deeper darkness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebraska Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 http://youtu.be/7T343JR_BjM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whylessness Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 finity samples sinister exaggerator don't add it to bocpages it's a secret to everyone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diurn Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 (edited) I've been following them since 2006 or so, this prolific weird band has an extensive discography but my favourites are Commercial Album, God in Three Persons, Mush-room or The king & the Eye but every work have something special. They released Metal Meat and Bone recently but haven't listened the whole album yet. Anybody here has seen them live? I would like to. PD: Also the new track DIE DIE DIE is hilarous see ya Edited September 18, 2020 by Diurn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruising for burgers Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 On 3/23/2010 at 3:10 PM, chenGOD said: don't necessarily believe the stuff about them dressing like KKK members. huuu, it's in the op: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chenGOD Posted November 1, 2022 Share Posted November 1, 2022 Yeah my bad on that one? Who knows what I was thinking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TubularCorporation Posted November 1, 2022 Share Posted November 1, 2022 (edited) Last week I checked Discogs to see if there was a listing for The Ultimate Box Set, but there isn't. We used to play Mark Of the Mole a lot in the back room of the grocery store where I worked when I was 15. The communal tape pile was basically a couple early 90s Melvins albums, the first couple Butthole Surfers albums, Mark Of the Mole, the first Prodigy album, a couple European grindcore albums, a couple Gwar albums and Thing-Fish. I don't think you could get away with playing Thing-Fish in a grocery store these days. Edited November 1, 2022 by TubularCorporation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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