We should talk about one of the coolest bands of all time.
Favorite obscure tracks?
Favorite Era/Live Show?
What do you think of Bobuck leaving the band after 40 years?
Will the new album be any good?
Some good, underappreciated tracks:
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I actually have hope that the new album will be good. This is gonna be like the first album of purely new material since Voice of Midnight I think, which was them at their cheesiest, I think. As much as I like how much Bobuck has done for the Residents, I wasn't a huge fan of the last few tours musically which I think he was mostly responsible for. They were still cool and the ghost stories were great, but the music was mostly like atonal ambient gamelon sounding stuff with Nolan Cook shredding super insane guitar bits. Like it was cool but I honestly prefer the Residents poppier, full band type stuff.
But anyway the new album should be nuts since Eric Drew Feldman is working on it and I'd assume he's definitely taking some of the reigns of the music writing since that was Bobucks role initially.
Title in Limbo is their best album
Do you think they will tour in latam again?
they're playing a show in japan next year, presumably in support of the new album. They aren't known for doing throwaway shows, so I assume they're gonna come up with a new stage set up and act. And if so, I don't think they would do that for a single show. So it's definitely a possibility.
Just recently starting to take a shine to The Residents.
Listened just to Meet The Residents so far, loving the hell out of it
Where to go from here?
Other than Demons Dance Alone, is there any other late-Residents album worth appreciating?
Listen to their albums between Meet The Residents and The Commercial Album in chronological order
It's a very good experience.
Not Available is often considered their best from that era. If you want poppier stuff check out the Commercial Album. I think they're a band to listen to chronologically. As they progress their stuff can get a little cheesey and it requires more patience and understanding to appreciate.
What do you consider Late Era? Freak Show is my favorite album from the 90's. Wormwood and Animal Lover are both pretty good from the 00's. Bunny Boy is pretty good too but it's maybe a little too poppy at times.
So are they a band or a random bunch of musicians that come and go?
One of them is David Byrne
Sort of--they started out with fourish main members two of which apparently split off around the mole show era. Since then it's been one main music man and one main singer/lyricist with musicians contributing varying amounts on different albums.
Here's their latest single. Pretty cool stuff. And the video is great. The cover art for their new album though? I'm not a big fan.
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Their best moment of all time forever
Actually that one's a fucked up bootleg, this is the best audio verison:
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video version
>tfw you will never put on a show this amazing
cube e live in holland is also their all time best album cover probably
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sorry i'm drunk here's a link to a video of a performance of that song
Heard this one recently
Was this confirmed?
It's that time of year
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Is there like a chart for these guys? Ive listened too not availble and the commercial album and im interested, but there discography is really dense and hard too get pick though.
>not posting 12 Days of Brumalia
NO, but it's possible. The Residents isn't a "band" more than it is an anonymous collective that has worked interconnectedly in the music community for decades.
I've actually been unironically enjoying meet the residents.
Haven't explored much of their other works but meet the residents sounds strangely serene/profound under the wacky performances.
Enjoy mate
somebody should make a chart like this for lil b.
I saw the residents live on their "retrospective" tour a few years ago. Best part was the christmas tree.