Butthole Surfers- Classic or dud?

Well, you did pick a pretty downtempo track there, though. Of course it's a cash-in, thank god they don't do anything new anymore after the last couple of years... I'm still psyched for the show in Ghent on Thursday, old reheated stuff or not.

in Ghent?

phenomenal. miss this tour at yr peril.

Lady Sniff.

yeah, I missed the show in Ghent. (xpost and xxpost)

that was the weirdest show ever yesterday, ending in a (sadly) Buttholic classic,weirdest way, as Hayens angrily throwing beer at the soundman, getting arrested,stopping the show (about after 75 minutes), leaving the crowd pissed off and amazed.
(good education for the scool of rock kids...)

http://www.prefixmag.com/news/butthole-surfers-concert-at-webster-hall-ends-in-n/20322/

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2008/07/butthole_surfer_1.html

weird show. felt stiff at first (esp. "Moving to Florida" but mebbe because Gibby was reading the gibbyerish lyrics?) and i really don't dig the IWS-era psychobilly stuff that the school kids played on the most. that said, the kids were perfect for "Cowboy Bob" (horns and shrieks) and right before the shit went down with the sound guy, they were really getting deep into the good stuff: "Cowboy Bob" "Two Parter" "Graveyard" and "Cherub." was praying for "Whirling Hall of Knives" (maybe the only Rembrandt Pussyhorse song that can actually get recreated live?) or "Jimi" when it all fell apart. even hoped that without Gibby they would've come out to at least encore "Psychedelic Jam" or "Something" (since Paul sings that anyway) but alas.
and is it just me, or is it Paul Leary the one who's actually been under a rock and hiding all this time?

at least they played most of it.great setlist, although the mediocre sound and that ?! ending.(i wonder what other songs were supposed to be played)
Setlist:

22 Going on 23
Fast
Suicide
Moving to Florida
100 Million
Watlo
Goofy's Concern
To Parter
Tornadoes
1401
Graveyard
Dust Devil
Ulcer Breakout
Roky
Cowboy Bob
Cherub
Sweat Loaf
Jimi
Cartoon Song
X-Ray
The Shah Sleeps in Lee Harvey's Grave

there's no way they played "Jimi," unless it was 5 seconds long or something.

The best detail out of that whole story is Genesis P-Orridge running onstage to tell everyone to calm down. I would have paid double-digits to see that alone.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3481/3277979314_498991cbba.jpg?v=0

yep that's my kid

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its a video of my 2yo demanding to listen to the Butthole Surfers (specifically the Double Live LP)

precious moments

Bopples!

other bands requested by name: King Khan, the Cramps

That dbl live album was the forst thing I ever bought on CD. I did so coz it had extra tracks. It was really expensive and a kid in a Misfits t-shirt laughed at me whilst I was paying for being some sort of sell-out idiot.

first.

ha i think i was that kid, dude

Bump because ILM needs more purple. And because "John E. Smoke" just shuffled up in itunes.

holy shit i can't even read this it don't render right on my thing. but yes bumperino. have a negroni they are very good. john e smokes!

entirety of legendary Blind Eye Sees All film:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_r9aI7TWeg&feature=youtu.be

This might be only resonating with me, but was just playing the Revillos' "From The Freezer" and there are some weird similarities between the demo version of "No Such Luck" and "Waiting for Jimmy to Kick." Probably just random, but I wonder if anyone else has noticed that...

http://open.spotify.com/track/530jF89CkUEU1PaxTeDlCK

I was told that early in their career they appeared on the original People's Court being sued about some pointless thing and kept repeating their band name by way of introduction again and again. It really sounds like the kind of thing they would find funny. Has anybody seen this, if it exists?

there's no way that's true

it's a popular internet rumor, but there doesn't seem to be any support for it

This story was told to me in no later than 1992 by a guy who claimed to have watched the episode, so at least I know it is not an "internet rumor."

I love "there's no way that's true" as an answer though. Guess what, I heard they were really The Banana Splits before they were The Butthole Surfers too.

pretty sure you couldn't say the word "Butthole" on TV during the Wapner era

also Eddie Haskell was played by Alice Cooper on Leave it to Beaver

pretty sure you couldn't say the word "Butthole" on TV during the Wapner era

― a dense custard of infinity (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, July 2, 2012 12:52 PM (56 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i heard that's what the case was about.

See, I've thought that over and am prepared to astonish everyone with my brilliant theory.

Before you knew of the Butthole Surfers, were you likely to put those two words together?
Now, imagine if you say something like

"I'm Gibby, of the Buh Hole Surfers"

pretty quick to an audience that does not recognize "Butthole Surfers" as a word, they probably are not especially likely to hear the "bad word." And if they did, they probably would not credit their own ears.

What I recall from the story was that they were being sued about some typical people's court bullshit, which is why it sounds so funny.

the video's been taken down but it does look like the Surf Punks (different band) were on People's Court. maybe that's what they were thinking of.

http://download-video-coolguy.blogspot.com/2009/10/court-tv-surf-punks-on-people-court-tv.html

merged with the L-l-l-l S-s-s-s D-d-d-d bedroom scenes from the Blind Eye Sees All video.

yeah, i have to believe that the butthole surfers story comes from someone misremembering or "spicing up" an account of the surf punks' appearance

Oh well. The world's a duller place if this story isn't true.

I just want to put in a good word for "PSY" from the first bad Butthole Surfers record Pioughd. PSY is their Marquee Moon, their Stairway to Heaven, buried on the record that would introduce their "inconsequential period" in which their main talent seemed to become getting unjustifiable record deals.

best BS tracks:

PCPPEP (all!!!!)
Psychic Powerless (all!!!)
Cream Corn: To Parter, Tornadoes
Rembrandt Pussyhorse: Creep in the Cellar, Sea Ferring
Locust Abortion Technician: it's a unity, so ALL
Hairway to Steven: ditto, it's all great
Widowermaker: Helicopter and Bong Song, but it's an EP so just play it all

The first record has versions of stuff that ended up on PCPPEP, where they were done better. But there's other good stuff on that hideous thing too.

Oh, by the way, I found the Jack Officers totally yummy throughout, but alas I haven't heard that one in ages. A first class pop novelty I'd say.

Butthole Surfers are CLASSIC, possibly putting out a larger quantity of good stuff in the 1980s than anybody else.

Oh, I forgot Perry from Rembrandt. Doing the Perry Mason theme was even funnier than doing American Woman.

haha finally saw that clip of Shakey Mo's kid :D

was just about to add, what about perry?! but you rectify that. rembrandt pussyhorse = so underrated!

"Whirling Hall of Knives" is my favorite. Guitar is just so awesome.

I think I need a better stereo system for whirling hall of knives

Maybe so, make it happen.

I'm a huge fan of Independant Worm Saloon, it was my first record of theirs, a very important record for me, I understand why people like the other stuff better, but this is probably my favorite record by them even though it doesnt represent what they do very well. IWS just has loads of amazing guitar playing, apart from the last few tracks I just adore the songs.

I'm still missing Widowermaker and Humpty Dumpty LSD, Jackofficers album, Leary's History Of Dogs, P (the 1995 album with Johnny Depp, anyone heard that?) and I havent bought anything by them in maybe five years.

Weird Revolution has some bad things on it but the Gibby Haynes album is the only thing that really didnt interest me much at all.

I saw them in glasgow on their last tour and it was okay, I enjoyed the support band Desalvo far more, who were really heavy and I had saw them support Dinosaur Jr before that. I think it would have been better if they had played new stuff, because while I enjoyed it a bit, they just couldnt compete with their 80s performances of the same material. I really do wonder if they could get the spark back, maybe Kramer could produce it. I think if they all got together and just tried to make something really deranged again, maybe it could work?

What have they all actually been doing? I heard Leary was producing pop records like Nelly Furtado and playing in John Paul Jones' band.

Weird Revolution is so underrated and such a genius piss-take on everything, including the Butthole Surfers. I think of it as the Jack-Officers 2nd LP.

P is real mishmash of nice buttlholian moments and really bad rock songs.

There's a complete 1985 show from Trenton NJ on youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Liv8WjWPBq4&feature=context-cha&playnext=1&list=PL6422179C8CE402F6

i'm going to listen to their complete discography in order today

i've never really listened to them much

I went to a show last night and the DJ played "U.S.S.A." right before the first band went on. I don't think I've heard that song in close to 20 years.

Not sure i've ever heard this band. Never got around to it.

Whoa, is this thread on acid?!