A History of the Residents - The Eyes Scream with Penn & Teller

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A History of the Residents - The Eyes Scream with Penn & Teller

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Күн бұрын

Really surprised this isn't on KZfaq, it's a 1991 documentary about San Francisco experimental group The Residents...you can see the likes of Orbital or Deadmau5 aren't exactly new in their masks or even lit up faces & torch eyes (check out the 1985 live performance 35mins in!). Narrated by Penn Jillette this is taken of my own VHS - which sadly is crumbling at the 7:20 min mark, the rest seems fine.
Features clips of Don't Be Cruel, Teddy Bear, Hello Skinny, One Minute Movies, strange Japanese interviews, It's A Man's Man's Man's World, From the Plains to Mexico - Night Music, Earth vs The Flying Saucers, Reich & Roll Jailhouse Rock, and many more.
Why isn't this available commercially on DVD?

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@nathanwhitmer7395 3 жыл бұрын

I remember when I thought Talking Heads was weird...Anybody with a craving for weird music will eventually end up at The Residents

@PEGGLORE 2 жыл бұрын

@@jamesgonzalez2973 But I'm still waiting to see the Duck Stab 50th anniverssary show, which has been cancelled twice now. Still don't know when it's happening, but must be that tour that they're doing right now. Bit confused now..

@JJONNYREPP 2 жыл бұрын

i think they just laugh at you and say: you fell for that one ie: they're nought more than basket cases and people have been canned for looking like alleged residents' members... i used to won 1 minute movies. maybe the cryptic corp could go seek out the lags who stole a heap deal of shit from me - not literal shit. fine representative art.

@FrenchToasted1995 Жыл бұрын

to me it goes from talking heads, devo, zappa, the residents and finally throbbing gristle..... then ramleh

@JJONNYREPP Жыл бұрын

@@FrenchToasted1995A History of the Residents - The Eyes Scream with Penn & Teller 1950pm 12.10.22 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pqyRdK57rL7Ofqs.html hmmmmmmm... i doubt they are a coherent whole, though. t.g? hmmmmm. dunno. i think you need to be specifically geared to a certain mindset. and i have found you take yer life in yer hands enjoying that band. i am surmising more deaths have been caused by just listening to it than really preaching the coomb credo. and, let's face it, they get kindda angry if yer not OTO or in awe of the OTO... as for the missing link: laibach. that community is still going strong. i leave of those guys. it's old hat and i feel they should have knocked the old college media studies project on the head a while back. the residents? old hat. but they or it can still be heard shining thru via john dwyer's skits (osees)...... noise annoys and some times it doesnt. people annoy more than music, though. it's strictly personal and i doubt i can alter yer perception of what you enjoy and i wouldnt even try. adios old dragon...

@nathanwhitmer7395 Жыл бұрын

@@FrenchToasted1995 Throbbing Gristle I've heard and would agree they're pretty out there. Haven't heard of Ramleh yet... Thanks for introducing me to an unfamiliar band!

@TV-lb1wn Жыл бұрын

I like how the video messing up at 7:28 wasn't intentional, but is fitting anyway.

@mystikgleam9541 11 ай бұрын

I thought the same thing it felt like a cool effect

@ckconey4083 3 жыл бұрын

Great memories of several live concerts. I got to see Snakefinger when he was still alive. Such good times...fine performance art at its best!

@JJONNYREPP 2 жыл бұрын

On the Ration | British Pathé 0958am 25.7.22 yep. as much as you wanna coax that beard...i am thinking: i know sod all about snakefinger. the music wasn't amazingly out-there, though... i suppose, akin to the grateful dead, it deoends on how much shit ie;' drugs you ingested. shit can mean drugs or stuff in general. generic shit generic stuff. the residents churned out some shit, though. literal and/or euphemistic is anybody's guess... pretentious bollox or worth your perusal? dunno... but i bet yer feel compelled to get in that car in anticipation of yer neighbour going out to the local store(?) that means, dear friend, consumer conscious society has paid you a visit and it has been found to be insane. yer expected to deal with it. on yer own. alone. cowards!!!!

@indioloco6600 Жыл бұрын

Saw Residents with Snakefinger, Mortimer Snerd. Lucky to have attended .

@JJONNYREPP Жыл бұрын

@@indioloco6600 A History of the Residents - The Eyes Scream with Penn & Teller 0738am 17.10.22 was that in the real world or when you travelled incognito as UBU Roi? where did you see snakefinger et al play? it's of interest - can you expatiate on this... it would be worthy of a tome in itself...

@indioloco6600 Жыл бұрын

@@JJONNYREPP I saw this show at The Palm in Milwaukee Wisconsin. 1985?

@JJONNYREPP Жыл бұрын

@@indioloco6600 A History of the Residents - The Eyes Scream with Penn & Teller 21615pm 17.10.22 reads like someone is asking you for a prompt re: what did they get up to circa 1985... .................. as for you seeing the residents live: cool. i think it would have been an experience to see the residents prior to the collective becoming flabby old hat crazies as opposed to just downright crazy refer to 3rd reich n roll etc etc etc... is it still hush hush as to which guest stars they used to have join the band as opposed to just blatantly sample? those eyeballs and masks hid a whole host of ills and freakish impulses...

@c0ntrolledchaos 3 жыл бұрын

the residents and penn and teller.... I am absolutely ok with this.

@fruitypeebils 6 жыл бұрын

HOW DID I NOT KNOW THIS EXISTED

@andrewp.schubert2417 6 жыл бұрын

This is one fantastic piece of music history. So much talent and imagination.

@Friendly_Boo 5 жыл бұрын

How much drugs do you have to take for this to sound good ?

@sawtoothiandi 4 жыл бұрын

@@Friendly_Boo still waiting on an answer. im into weird obscure stuff and this freaks me out

@davidadams2395 4 жыл бұрын

@@sawtoothiandi I don't understand why this would freak you out if you like weird, obscure stuff.

@davidadams2395 4 жыл бұрын

@@Friendly_Boo It's all right that they're not your bag. I, however, agree with the OP.

@sawtoothiandi 4 жыл бұрын

@@davidadams2395 i dont mind being freaked out, i guess i cant get a handle on what angle theyre coming from. i feel like a method actor here, 'whats my motivation?' or rather what is the resident's motivation

@bigguys45s29 6 жыл бұрын

They're amazing. I can see why Devo and Talking Heads are fans of them.

@michaelwertz1072 5 жыл бұрын

Rest in eyeball, Hardy,

@rogertemple7193 3 жыл бұрын

"the Residents weren't a rock band they were more of a noise collective."

@davidames1746 2 жыл бұрын

No...more a rock band than most today...or any year, sir.

@incumbentvinyl9291 Жыл бұрын

@@davidames1746 What led you to that conclusion? I think it's rather ignorant to compare them to rock bands of today. That's like comparing an apple to a dog turd.

@whimreaper8603 Жыл бұрын

@@incumbentvinyl9291you dont get what rock is all about. Residents are more rock than anything before them or after them, sans maybe butthole surfers

@incumbentvinyl9291 Жыл бұрын

@@whimreaper8603 Your reading comprehension is abysmal.

@BNK2442 5 жыл бұрын

Penn Jillette stuck in a hotel is one of my favorite albums. :-P

@JJONNYREPP 2 жыл бұрын

On the Ration | British Pathé 1009am 25.7.22 i just bet when those guys are being pretentious on stage and commenting on life's vicarious climaxes that one of the guys just wants to fart into the mic and walk off stage. that's about as much as the residents mean to me.

@bonniemarshall3498 10 ай бұрын

They were doing this weird stuff before David Lynch.

@cameronjirowetz 6 жыл бұрын

Seeing young Homer Flynn is such a cool experience, he's changed so much and so little at the same time...

@Yodakaycool 5 жыл бұрын

@hhlohmann3881 5 жыл бұрын

Homer Flynn always was a fictional character, he is just played by a Resident

@Yodakaycool 5 жыл бұрын

Hh Lohmann huh?

@christophern310 5 жыл бұрын

Hh Lohmann what?

@rogertemple7193 3 жыл бұрын

Hh Lohman always was a fictional character, he is just played by a whatever he is."

@thedevilinthecircuit1414 3 жыл бұрын

I see and hear a lot of their influence on Tom Waits' stuff too.

@BungleGrindClown Ай бұрын

I don’t know why but I hear The Residents in Butthole Surfers, Mr. Bungle and Swans at times also.

@-RandomBiz- 4 ай бұрын

The 80's and 90's. Glad I lived through them. There will never be another time like then.

@makeaton 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for preserving this!

@hadassah179 Жыл бұрын

Truly appreciate their obsession of using eyeballs for heads!

@flymeaway1216 Жыл бұрын

anyone else high and just are scared by this yet so fascinated

@Malkmusianful 5 жыл бұрын

Also Homer and Hardy have strong Southern accents The Residents are the strangest thing to have come from the South since Bruce Hampton

@joker-mo8cb 3 жыл бұрын

Butthole surfers and flaming lips

@GagsAnimation 3 жыл бұрын

And Batpussy

@BaddaBigBoom 6 ай бұрын

No. Only one of them has the southern accent.

@ThePieManOfDeath 4 жыл бұрын

I’m so happy this exists

@davidadams2395 4 жыл бұрын

It picked up my mood right away.

@rubberchicken5670 2 жыл бұрын

God thinks we're absurd. That's why he sent The Residents.

@lalalepus 5 жыл бұрын

RIP Hardy.

@SpreadieGirthy 2 жыл бұрын

I can see why they took the name from the return letter. Hey, that's the band's name now, the boss said so.

@alleygh0st 2 жыл бұрын

Apparently they didn't take no for an answer.

@curtisgiesbrecht8325 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for uploading this.

@nickdryad 3 жыл бұрын

Frank! That movie reminded me of The Residents.

@DJ_Pigg 5 жыл бұрын

Wow, what a great video! Thanks for uploading it.

@JJONNYREPP 2 жыл бұрын

On the Ration | British Pathé 1004am 25.7.22 a bit tedious of them to don those leggings over their faces as they attempted to rob that bank without cutting those leggings in half... which way now!!?, was the cry. i am thinking the constant hijacking of one hit musical wonders is gonna be for the worse, not the better.

@sunsetpalms1923 6 жыл бұрын

Does anyone else hear a Residents influence in the music of Primus?

@dollhead2039 5 жыл бұрын

There is a more recent documentary called "Theory of Obscurity" and they touch on this subject exactly. Primus was filmed making his own statement addressing claims that he "ripped off" The Residents. Then it shows an early live recording of Primus performing what sounds to be an actual Residents song. I highly recommend watching it!

@LFrench 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, in Primus’s 3 residents covers

@redunzel77 5 жыл бұрын

The song "The Air is Getting Slippery" mentions the Residents. ..."me I'd rather play Residents cause I don't give a forgive me if I hesitate..."

@icebluekamikaze854 5 жыл бұрын

Yep, they’ve covered residents songs 3 times. That’s how I found The Residents

@Patrick96322 4 жыл бұрын

Of course !!! And Les Claypool is a Genius !!!

@keffus7 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thanks for posting.

@Patrick96322 4 жыл бұрын

Watch the film about the Residents called 'Theory of Obscurity' !

@Datsun510zen 5 жыл бұрын

The great thing about the eyeball is that the residents have never been the same band twice, but the is one constant, and it has 4 strings not 6.

@no-eb1yc 5 жыл бұрын

friggin awesome!!!

@thomaso6763 2 жыл бұрын

Hardy Fox was actually a co-founder of the group.

@BNK2442 5 жыл бұрын

19:45 R.I.P. Hardy Fox. I hope you are a heaven's resident now.

@5Cats 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, along with Elvis Presley and Aaron Presley (Who I learned about from The King And Eye)

@malcolmcarter1726 9 ай бұрын

Acid was a lot stronger in the 70's! The film has that claustrophobic peripheral element to it that one gets on higher doses of LSD. Brilliant work. I can remember listening to the Residents in the late 70s and 80s. Trippy stuff.

@timothyburrows8385 8 ай бұрын

Gold medal,award winning weird!!!!!

@arthurmadison3396 4 ай бұрын

I've never seen this! Is it me, or did they kinda mess up the live "It's a Man's, Man's, Man's, Man's World"? Maybe it was a choice. Still killed! My girlfriend got me 'The King and Eye' CD for Christmas in like 1992. I used to bring it over to her apartment for nights in. I knew she was getting adventurous when she asked me if I brought my "ELVIS CD"..then she'd turn off the tv, put on the CD, and climb into bed. THAT is one of my all-time favorite LIFE memories!!! Getting down to The Residents because your girlfriend put on the CD that SHE got YOU for Christmas. Good times.

@Maceta444 6 жыл бұрын

23:26 this has got to be their singer. I recognize that voice!

@Terrible_Peril 6 жыл бұрын

Maceta You’re correct. But no one should believe it.

@AET61 6 жыл бұрын

Asi es: Homer Flynn es Randy, es el cantante de Los Residents!!!

@jeffwhimpey 6 жыл бұрын

Shhh! Don't give it away!

@Bram25 6 жыл бұрын

No real secret. Homer and Hardy Fox are noted on most stuff as the writers and producers of the lyrics. Homer is the person behind the Pornographics moniker. (In many spellings that Pornographics.) Oh. And it's Tyrone now!

@looshkin66 6 жыл бұрын

Homer Flynn has always been the primary singer although they have had several others sing for them from time to time.....notably Molly Harvey. Jay Clem and snake finger both sing when they were in the Rez. The guys from Renaldo and the Loaf have also lent vocals to different red songs over the years.

@Jacksmusicshack 7 жыл бұрын

Im really diggin those eyeball billiards!good vid!

@lcassimmunitei1116 6 жыл бұрын

Real rock n roll

@andypitchless 6 жыл бұрын

May I add my thanks to you for uploading this gem.

@arcrs40 3 жыл бұрын

likeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee a good gift on my birthday ..

@Suckmy2012 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this!!!!!🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾

@NachtwaechterSchlafprodukte Жыл бұрын

Best live act ever as well!

@demonheadxx4410 4 жыл бұрын

I think these characters are honestly cute

@alexacruz1782 2 жыл бұрын

Yes they are, they have a lot of really cool/interesting clothes and characters

@jedidrummerjake 5 жыл бұрын

Love prog rock and THIS art form. I have one in my left pocket and the other in my right. Thank you, Residents!

@cretin_666 8 жыл бұрын

thank you for posting!!!!

@NECROKAZII 3 жыл бұрын

12:19 different times I guess lmao

@3dgyt33n3 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I REALLY hope it was some sort of satirical thing. Worst case scenario they were trying to do whatever "the forbidden zone" was trying to.

@liselottefrejdig1112 11 ай бұрын

I saw them in Stockholm on the 13th anniversary tour..

@BaddaBigBoom 6 ай бұрын

I saw them in London on the 13th anniversary tour, I still have the poster :-)

@Patrick96322 4 жыл бұрын

Wow... This is fucking incredible !!!

@artusi004 6 жыл бұрын

Great video, thank you

@richardyoungblood5730 5 жыл бұрын

RIP Hardy

@orlandogardner5288 Жыл бұрын

clever musicians, I have all their stuff. very collectable

@2FRESH-4U 7 ай бұрын

I’m so lucky I wandered into that trailer park all those years ago was looking for weed and just walked into a shady park and a guy came out with a gun in his waste band and asked me what I wanted I ended up becoming friends with him and he showed me all the residents music it was 2003 or so I’m glad I met him

@bosco7837 7 ай бұрын

This is one of the great rock'n'roll stories 😂

@feltongailey8987 Жыл бұрын

Shreveport was probably a pretty boring town until these guys broke out.

@3dgyt33n3 3 жыл бұрын

I like how the only explain who Homer is the second time he appears. You just get this random guy popping on screen talking about newspapers.

@Patrick96322 4 жыл бұрын

The Rolling Stones had a sponge, but he died in a swimming pool !!!

@senatorkennedy3450 4 жыл бұрын

Yes !!! I l-o-v-e dark humor

@johnstallings4049 3 жыл бұрын

..'...made money so he could buy another man.....cuz it's a man's 🌎!' $enator Kennedy @@senatorkennedy3450

@incumbentvinyl9291 Жыл бұрын

28:25 - I have that blue shirt! Still wear it all the time.

@Sombrero606 7 ай бұрын

Banger

@nyahanan 3 жыл бұрын

Somehow the Residents mock the Popmusic business scene, I would say, more than Frank Zappa ever mocked the Hippie movement

@pierfrancescovalbusa2906 4 жыл бұрын

I'm so confused

@BungleGrindClown 3 жыл бұрын

Their film reminds me of The Forbidden Zone

@DavidGillodes 3 жыл бұрын

Thanx.

@JayDillon-mm6yv 3 жыл бұрын

The Residents live on the very knife edge of precariousness. So true was the statement that "You could cut the air with a knife" before the revealing expose of redundancy.

@timothyburrows8385 8 ай бұрын

For God s sake WHY!!!!! JUST LOVE THE RESIDENTS!!!!!

@marSLaZZ66 4 ай бұрын

27:42 😂🤣😂🤣

@bonniemarshall3498 10 ай бұрын

Like absurdly absurd.😂😂

@Po0PYBLOX 4 жыл бұрын

4:06 this looks a lot like Tim burton and Monty Python

@bonniemarshall3498 10 ай бұрын

Except Burton as gone too commercial. Beetleguese was the first film I saw of his. A great movie and Edward Scissor hands.

@salvagemonster3612 3 жыл бұрын

He looks like Albert Brooks

@toddswift8737 Жыл бұрын

i was trying to find out who played N Senada in the WHTVFs video...was it Hardy Fox or was it Homer Flynn(2 me it looks more like Hardy Fox...but idk...cant find the IMDB listing..)...

@medes5597 Жыл бұрын

According to Peggy Honeydew, it was Homer.

@timothyburrows8385 8 ай бұрын

Wacky Fun!!!!!

@zundap100 Жыл бұрын

That show on 34:29 is really good🙂

@counter-weightmedias2263 6 жыл бұрын

They're from North Louisiana, or shall I say the original There's a difference between the different groups of residents

@madahad9 8 ай бұрын

It was Night Flight on the USA Channel in the early 80's where I was introduced to The Residents. Shortly after I bought their "greatest hits" compilation CD's Heaven and Hell. I never became more than a casual fan and their music could be very hit and miss. I love their Commercial Album and played the song Red Ryder over and over. Sadly I passed up an opportunity to see them live when they were performing after a screening of the documentary The Theory of Obscurity. I got to see the reconstruction of their unfinished film Vileness Fats on a late-night public access channel and thought it was like something you might dream while in throes of a very high fever. Hopefully the opportunity to see them will present itself in the foreseeable future, before a repressive right-wing regime deems them to be "deviate".

@Malkmusianful 5 жыл бұрын

"The video tape footage looked dated" Looks better than most films from 1972

@bonniemarshall3498 10 ай бұрын

Its a mans mans man's world James Brown bad it ri.

@bonniemarshall3498 10 ай бұрын

The Rolling Stones are t-shirt salesmen. Buy their merch.

@Jacksmusicshack 7 жыл бұрын

What..

@OTLCellartapes Жыл бұрын

is this where "the doctor and the pencil" came from??

@bonniemarshall3498 10 ай бұрын

This is what real is like for so many of us. I know it is for me with my weird dysfunctional family including my blood famiky snd and my chosen family.

@LiamPorterFilms 6 жыл бұрын

4:25 who else thought it was a smart phone?

@NECROKAZII 6 жыл бұрын

This is definitely a 'EYE POPPER' (IM SORRY......NOT SORRY)

@jamesv.4662 6 жыл бұрын

Homer and Hardy are the residents

@LFrench 5 жыл бұрын

Shhhh first rule of knowing who the residents are is not telling anyone because it’s funner not knowing

@BNK2442 5 жыл бұрын

I pretty sure this is not a secret at this point. Penn confirmed in his podcast that Fox was one. :-P

@robertspencer3694 5 жыл бұрын

Their co-founder and composer/performer Hardy Fox at 23:44

@bonniemarshall3498 10 ай бұрын

The Residents are God or Dog.😅😅

@davidbarton1928 Жыл бұрын

The U Certificate saying 'Suitable For All'. Are you sure? Some of this music is... Unsettling.

@JoeMarchi 5 ай бұрын

Chill Bill

@davidames1746 2 жыл бұрын

Ummm...maybe because the BAND didn't WANT it up? But with 'fans' like yourself who take ir upon themselves to do it who needs enemies??

@sapphomet.7777 Жыл бұрын

So their gimmick is that theyre bad at music

@learnhowto_click1334 Жыл бұрын

Nah.. 43:01

@bonniemarshall3498 10 ай бұрын

I thought Penn Teller was a right wing demagogue. But hes truly weird if he enjoys the Residents.

@mayaenglish5424 9 ай бұрын

He's a libertarian as far as I'm aware, which YES is actually different to a right winger lol. And his name is Penn Jillette, Teller is the silent guy next to Penn.