the residents

a friend of mine showed me a few of their songs..fucking weird shit.

anyone listen to them? if so, which of their albums are the best?

Third Reich and Roll and Meet The Residents are my faves, but I don't really know much later stuff

Deconstructing music since before it was cool!

ok thanks. time to buy some records!

Fingerprince is a great record. avoid Commercial Album unless you're into concept records.

cheers! i agree there are some good "tracks" on that album, but overall it is kind of weak. besides out of 40 or so songs i should think it would have a couple goods ones on it. however, i wouldn't classify it as a "best of" though.

shit i forgot about eskimo i haven't heard that record in years, that was a solid record. i change my vote to eskimo

Duck Stab is one of my all time favorites- if you're a residents fan, do yourself a favor and get it. it's catchy as hell... Wormwood (the one they based off stories from the Bible) is pretty good too.

On a related topic, how many of you have seen them in concert?

word- i saw them at the showbox in seattle a few years back- it was the wormwood tour, and it was quite sacrilicious...

[Edited on Aug 18, 2002 by mrsatan]

[Edited on Aug 18, 2002 by mrsatan]

okay, THAT'S fuckin cool!!!

anyone have their DVD? it's called "Icky Flix", and it will surely make your head explode.

1 year, 2 months, 27 days later...I just have to bump this.

I just got my first Residents album the other day. I got HELL!
now I'm hooked. I will be buying a bunch more stuff. hooray!

oh and yes. I went to eat at the house of blues YEARS ago and had no idea what the hell the show was. But....it was memorable. odd how things like that come back later in life.

I wish I'd seen them in concert.

There's also a fav. residents thread here...

http://suicidegirls.com/boards/Music/20847/

yes. but this one was older. I'm oldskool like that.

Man, I LOVE this thread. And now that Donkey's gone, I am OFFICIALLY THEE BIGGEST RESIDENTS FAN ON SG.

Take THAT, n00bs!!!

Isn't it a bit of hyperbole calling something that's only a year old oldskool?? I mean I realize time is shrinking, but..

Brilliant musical anarchists.

I know who they are, too. But if I told ya I'd have to kill ya.

*raises hand* saw the Demons Dance Alone tour at the Chicago House of Blues. Great show, except for the obvious gripe that they only played stuff from that album (with the exception of 'From the Plains to Mexico'), and i'm a much bigger fan of their early 'classic' period; but then of course their concerts are meant to be thematic... i digress.... definitely catch them live if you get the chance!

i join in the chant and recommend 'icky flix'... although some of the visuals (which i'm sure were groundbreaking when they debuted) are quite dated now, it's an excellent summary of their career thus far. the 'hello skinny' & 'songs for swinging larvae' videos still give me the willies