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[Music] The Residents



Juan Albion

Chicken Sniffer 3rd Class
I've posted a couple of links recently to videos by The Residents. This band has been together for 48 years, but no-one really knows how much the line-up might have changed in that time.

I've seen them twice in London, "The Mole Show" at the Hammersmith Odeon (as was) and "Cube-E" at Sadler's Wells (of all places). This morning tickets went on sale for their North American tour next spring and I grabbed a pair (as it were) to their show at the 500-capacity Mod Club in Toronto. But I'm still not sure if they are geniuses or just doing an emperor's new clothes routine to see who'll fall for it. Avant-garde for sure.

Last time I saw them I asked my brother if he wanted to come along, and although he'd never heard of them, he said sure, no band can be so bad as to miss a chance of a free ticket. Nearly 20 years later, he is still in a state of shock, I think!

Has anyone else seen them? Got an opinion?

Here's a bit of a live show.

 






Harry Wilson's tackle

Harry Wilson's Tackle
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Harry Wilson's tackle

Harry Wilson's Tackle
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ps, Mrs T and I digress over one of their imitators - Devo. She says 'great', I say 'irritating shit'.

I have only one Residents CD - Third Reich R&R - I wonder if PPF has a copy too? :laugh:
 






Juan Albion

Chicken Sniffer 3rd Class
ps, Mrs T and I digress over one of their imitators - Devo. She says 'great', I say 'irritating shit'.

I have only one Residents CD - Third Reich R&R - I wonder if PPF has a copy too? :laugh:

Most of my Residents collection is on vinyl but I did buy a CD-ROM they put out for Mac, even though I've never owned a Mac and so was never able to play it. But they were way ahead of the curve in that department.
 






Superphil

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Jul 7, 2003
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In a pile of football shirts
Have a couple of their ‘songs’ on a compilation album put out by Sounds magazine in the 80s, one of the tracks is called ‘La’ IIRC. Unique, or just a massive joke? Either way there have been a lot worse bands/acts over the years.
 




Goldstone1976

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Apr 30, 2013
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Not for me, Clive. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m off to see if I can find some dough I left under the box.
 








Pevenseagull

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Jul 20, 2003
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I like putting buckets on kids' heads and telling them they are in The Residents.
 



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