thinking a lot about this insane cover of Burning Love
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_KgRMLUTuk
feel like this belongs in the pantheon of totally transformative covers. as the first comment says it makes you look it up because it's hard to believe those are actually the real lyrics - now it's the Elvis version that sounds weird, not this one. also my favorite Residents outfit. wonder if those were the actual guys.
― frogbs, Wednesday, 1 February 2023 15:28 (one year ago) link
The Residents' Triple Trouble is having its New York premiere tonight at MoMA at 6:30 pm:https://www.moma.org/calendar/events/8565
It's the only screening they're holding, then beginning tomorrow it'll stream online for all MoMA members.
― birdistheword, Tuesday, 7 March 2023 21:30 (one year ago) link
every time I listen to Residents stuff I'm struck by how ahead of its time it is. maybe not musically, like I know Devo were doing similar things around then, but in some other ways. like their graphic design - I cannot believe that Eskimo is from 1978, that album cover looks so much like something you'd see hanging up in the shop in like, 2002. they have 70s albums where it sounds like they're imitating Simpsons characters. even the concepts of stuff like Third Reich and Roll & The Commercial Album seem to me like internet-era projects. a lot of their videos remind me of like, Cool 3D World stuff. pretty remarkable really
― frogbs, Thursday, 9 March 2023 20:09 (one year ago) link
More about Triple Trouble:
https://mcusercontent.com/d4b46e5c4250d808643c6623a/images/9dbec8d4-343a-2ea2-c5ce-aafadb822a0b.jpg
Virtual Box Office Premiere: The Resident's Triple TroubleWe are proud to announce the exclusive virtual box office premiere of The Resident's new feature film tonight at MIDNIGHT ET on Night Flight's The Movie Store. In Triple Trouble, directed by Homer Flynn, dive deep into the psyche of Randall "Junior" Rose (Dustin York) who is convinced that a fungus is a threat to humanity.The film premiered theatrically earlier this month at the MoMA and arrives on Night Flight's The Movie Store for purchase and rental one week before anywhere else.The Residents are including a FREE DOWNLOAD of two unreleased versions of classic tracks from the Residents' Duck Stab!/Buster & Glen opus with every purchase or rental of Triple Trouble, only on The Movie Store."The Residents continue to raise the bar by taking chances and pioneering new skills." — Kelly Park
The Residents are including a FREE DOWNLOAD of two unreleased versions of classic tracks from the Residents' Duck Stab!/Buster & Glen opus with every purchase or rental of Triple Trouble, only on The Movie Store."The Residents continue to raise the bar by taking chances and pioneering new skills." — Kelly Park
― dow, Friday, 17 March 2023 21:23 (one year ago) link
What is this, "The Last of the Residents" or something? Looking forward to those dance numbers with the clickers making music with their sonar noises.
― octobeard, Saturday, 18 March 2023 02:05 (one year ago) link
I see Fingerprince is getting a 2xLP + 7" reissue, if the price is right I might get it. its one of the most "cursed" albums I can think of
― frogbs, Saturday, 18 March 2023 22:47 (one year ago) link
How do you mean?
― dow, Sunday, 19 March 2023 00:23 (one year ago) link
well for one there are these promo images
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/meettheresidents/images/2/21/Fingerprincepromo.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20170130074653
https://i.redd.it/z9d75qdshvw61.jpg
for two idk what it is exactly but I think it actually accomplishes the goal of sounding very off without necessarily trying to. its not just using prickly series of notes its layering a bunch of them on top of each other
furthermore it has the Marge Simpson voice in it which in itself is kinda freaky for a 70s album
― frogbs, Sunday, 19 March 2023 21:37 (one year ago) link
wtf I love this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CF2o5RDkq9A
― frogbs, Thursday, 3 August 2023 02:27 (eight months ago) link
God In Three Persons is not an amazing album overall but "Kiss Of Flesh" is incredible. Love a few others like "Hard And Tenderly"
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 2 March 2024 19:50 (one month ago) link