― bob snoom, Tuesday, 6 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Brian MacDonald, Tuesday, 6 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Nude spock, Tuesday, 6 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― stevo, Tuesday, 6 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
I figured this thread was about dead... Don't hurt me!
― Nude Spock, Tuesday, 6 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
I'm tired of celebrations of weirdness, too.
― DeRayMi, Sunday, 11 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Nude Spock, Sunday, 11 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
The really interesting thing about this band, for me, is the consistent in-joke referencing from album to album. They repeat the same phrases or explore the same subject matter as previous for a line or two. It's an on-going thing and it's the thin line that keeps it all "the same". Just a quick example offa WR: "Shit Like That" he says "I need another DOCTOR!" and "doctor" is sung/screamed the exact same way as off the Widowermaker e.p. where he goes "DOCTOR don't toucha me there, DOCTOR" etc. There's a whole bunch of these references/phrases if you go back and play your albums, you'll see it clearly. It's funny. Other phrases: "empty parking lot" (found in Negro Observer and Golden Showers) and "get down", a phrase which finally gets it's own song on WR. Anyway, there's a bunch.
― Nude Spock, Monday, 12 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
-Boredoms fan
― Be sure to Loop! Loop, Loop, Loop. (ex machina), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 13:04 (twenty years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 25 May 2004 15:03 (twenty years ago) link
― sexyDancer, Tuesday, 25 May 2004 15:24 (twenty years ago) link
(I know this is just more of an indie cred/protest issue, but if you can find the used Touch & Go copies, you're a better man/woman for it (and slightly more rich). The Butts kinda did to that label what the ex Dead Kennedys did to Jello Biafra...)
― donut bitch (donut), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 15:34 (twenty years ago) link
shakey mo sounds knows what he's talking about, but i think youll be happiest with the great mid 80s trilogy material ("rembrandt pussyhorse" "psychic...powerless" and "locust abortion technition")hairway to steven isnt quite as good in my opinion, and stay way clear of anything after that. also, i'm not sure humpty dupty lsd really is a good career overview, it's more an odds and ends thing.
also seek out CREAM CORN ep, hard to find tho.
definitely agree with donut bitch, don't buy from latino bugger veil!!
― my name is limitless, Tuesday, 25 May 2004 16:09 (twenty years ago) link
― gareth (gareth), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 16:48 (twenty years ago) link
― beaty dna, Tuesday, 25 May 2004 17:52 (twenty years ago) link
― noodle vague (noodle vague), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 17:54 (twenty years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 25 May 2004 18:13 (twenty years ago) link
― beaty dna, Tuesday, 25 May 2004 18:39 (twenty years ago) link
― donut bitch (donut), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 19:16 (twenty years ago) link
― donut bitch (donut), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 19:17 (twenty years ago) link
― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 19:25 (twenty years ago) link
― charltonlido (gareth), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 20:21 (twenty years ago) link
― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 20:25 (twenty years ago) link
― noodle vague (noodle vague), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 20:27 (twenty years ago) link
― hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 20:29 (twenty years ago) link
― donut bitch (donut), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 23:53 (twenty years ago) link
I remember geting super wasted driving around austin with my best friend who was a stripper at the time singing their version of American Woman over and over again.
Saw gibby around in his hot rod a few times too. The austin scene was kinda tight and we shared dealers from what i remember.
― hector (hector), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 04:10 (twenty years ago) link
Locust Abortion Technician is a way of life = LSDmo.
― Ian Christe (Ian Christe), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 05:09 (twenty years ago) link
But Amazon UK says it's been deleted. Should I just get Hairway To Steven and have done with it? (I've never heard HTS btw)
― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Sunday, 28 August 2005 11:58 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ian John50n (orion), Sunday, 28 August 2005 12:40 (eighteen years ago) link
― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Sunday, 28 August 2005 13:42 (eighteen years ago) link
but the pcpep/brown reason to live period stuff is just as good, in a different way.
just get hairway to steven, you can't go wrong with that. then get rembrambt pussyhorse after that, i reckon
― charltonlido (gareth), Sunday, 28 August 2005 13:47 (eighteen years ago) link
oh, high school.
― Ian John50n (orion), Sunday, 28 August 2005 13:58 (eighteen years ago) link
― donut gon' nut (donut), Sunday, 28 August 2005 18:35 (eighteen years ago) link
Stupidity? Annoyingness?
Zoogz Rift >>>>>> Butthole Surfers
― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Sunday, 28 August 2005 18:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ian John50n (orion), Sunday, 28 August 2005 19:12 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Sunday, 28 August 2005 19:15 (eighteen years ago) link
Also, Zoogz's music is vastly better than the BH Surfers' music and this counts because this is music that we are talking about.
― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Sunday, 28 August 2005 19:47 (eighteen years ago) link
QUALIFY THIS STATEMENT
― Ian John50n (orion), Sunday, 28 August 2005 19:52 (eighteen years ago) link
Zoogz, on the other hand, is seriously talented at a Zappa-type level. And that doesn't just mean goofy complexity all the time. Like Zappa, he was also just plain talented at writing good tunes (plus arranging, having a really tight band that sounded good, etc.).
― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Sunday, 28 August 2005 20:18 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 28 August 2005 20:23 (eighteen years ago) link
― Rockist_Scientist (RSLaRue), Sunday, 28 August 2005 20:24 (eighteen years ago) link
And what could be more direct than some of Zoogz's pronoucements???
― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Sunday, 28 August 2005 20:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Sunday, 28 August 2005 20:43 (eighteen years ago) link
― the food has a top snake of 1 (ex machina), Sunday, 28 August 2005 20:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Sunday, 28 August 2005 20:51 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Sunday, 28 August 2005 21:04 (eighteen years ago) link
just something from 2017 I didn't know: https://superiorshit.blogspot.com/2017/06/how-artwork-fo-butthole-surfers-ended.html
― StanM, Sunday, 2 January 2022 19:51 (two years ago) link
on Kickstarter--Pledge $250 or more"What Does Regret Mean?" BookGet a special edition Melodic Virtue/Aaron Tanner's Butthole Surfers coffee table book, "What Does Regret Mean?" - the first 100 donors who will pledge $300 or more for this reward will receive a book signed by Gibby Haynes, Paul Leary, and King Coffey!
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 2 January 2022 19:58 (two years ago) link
Anyone hear Leary's new album yet?
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Wednesday, 8 June 2022 22:44 (two years ago) link
Born Stupid? Yeah, I thought it was surprisingly enjoyable.
― StanM, Wednesday, 8 June 2022 23:15 (two years ago) link
Just leaving this here...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jj38l9n98aE
― MaresNest, Friday, 6 January 2023 18:45 (one year ago) link
there are several clips with Gibby Haynes with The Paul Green Rock Academy on YT, from last Summer. All quite hectic.
― StanM, Friday, 6 January 2023 19:46 (one year ago) link
crucial chunks of the Butthole Surfers catalog are now available via Matador on digital services ; LP reissues coming down the road (please look both ways). Stream / download : https://t.co/6uSVENanQqmore detail : https://t.co/mhmcRvgwwB@buttholesurfers pic.twitter.com/XeKtLQz9Ld— Matador Records (@matadorrecords) May 24, 2023
― city worker, Wednesday, 24 May 2023 15:01 (one year ago) link
crucial chunks of the butthole
― papal hotwife (milo z), Wednesday, 24 May 2023 18:46 (one year ago) link
No bonus material? It's just a (bowel) movement then
― StanM, Thursday, 25 May 2023 10:28 (one year ago) link
haha they removed Negro Observer
https://store.matadorrecords.com/psychic-powerless-another-man-s-sac
― StanM, Thursday, 8 February 2024 14:24 (four months ago) link
I just had a good look at the images of the vinyl, and it looks the the record covers all have a logo in the upper left hand corner now?
I just cancelled my order, these seemed like a good deal but not if they're messing around with the music and art.
― Cow_Art, Thursday, 8 February 2024 20:17 (four months ago) link
I think that's just a sticker maybe?
― StanM, Friday, 9 February 2024 03:26 (four months ago) link
I assumed that at first, but since when do they show stickers on the mockups with the record coming out of it?
Maybe it is, but messing with the music is my main problem with it. Part of the appeal was getting proper versions of these but I can't say that's the case now. And if they're willing to cut a song, who knows what other alterations there may be. I get being... embarrassed, maybe the Surfers themselves wanted the song removed. But for a B.S. song that has the word "negro" in the title, it could be a lot worse. Why not just change the title to "Observer?"
"I Wanna Be Black" isn't the best Lou Reed song but I'm not buying a version of Street Hassle that doesn't have it.
― Cow_Art, Friday, 9 February 2024 10:08 (four months ago) link
the remasters are very good though, heard the download versions and they're definitely improvements over the 1999 (?) reissues.
― StanM, Monday, 12 February 2024 21:58 (four months ago) link