Believe it or not, yes. In its early days, MTV was so desperate for content that they resorted to airing honest-to-goodness art.

i have never wanted a Residents' hand puppet more than i do after having seen this video.

I take it to have a double meaning. The first is a skeptical comment about human relationships. Being in love with someone generally leads to unhappiness, so a love that gets away mercifully spares you of that unhappiness. The other meaning is that we tend to imagine perfection in those that reject us. At times, everyone thinks back to a failed relationship, and imagines how perfect things would have been if only it would have worked out. There's more to elaborate on, but I'm out of room!

Great one

I saw this back in '81 too. Loved it!

The darling of the COMMERCIAL ALBUM.

The Residents son lo más artístico que he visto y escuchado, por algo tengo más de 25 vinilos en mi colección, sin contar cassettes y singles.

I like this video because: 1. He hits the wall like 11 times 2. He puts his arm behind the picture at 0:55

Saw this only ONCE in '81 or something. I never forgot it. PUPPETS! Yeah!

Me too! I had the album that had john travolta and barbara stresand on the cover-with faces covered up by the residents. Picnic boy is my favorite song.

Viva the Residents !

A M A Z I N G and creepy!

Yes

Great.

Idols

0:56 first time i realized his arm, it freakd me out

I love it when he takes de picture of the woman.

I never quite understood how they got Phil Collins to star in this one. Curious.

Genius.

Still amazing and disturbing.

I totally agree :p

"Perfect Love" from "The Commercial Album" (1980)

both are open to interpretation.

@theFa182 puede ser que sea surrealista, porque los videos parecen salidos de un cuadro surrealista de dali, carrington, breton etc, etc, pero esto es mas avantgarde porque su musica no se basa solo en ritmos conocidos sino mas atipicos usados en la musica de avanzada

I wish i had those puppets

Is that the same man from the Mans World video?

same guy of Renaldo and the loaf - song for swinging larvae.

Am I going senile, or was the Video Voodoo version of this a little different? I remember a couple sock puppets at the beginning of this one, or was that a different video?

0:55 were did his arm go

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Yeah, it must have been pretty startling. In its defense, though, MTV had a very "fringe" feel when it was young.

2022

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Mr Burns? Is that you?

reminds me of the oompa loompa songs when the voice gets deep on last verse

this song depresses me

I ended up not seeing their last damned live show because I was stubborn and refused to let my gf pay my way in. Shortly thereafter, snakefinger died.

@shootitup21 like shootin it up

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i think i just figured it out. the man in the video is seen staring at the picture...i think it was his wife, who is dead now. they were together forever because they never got divorced or broken up, their relationship only ended because she died ("getting away"). They had a perfect love but it ended because she "got away" by dying.

there's something i must tell you...

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Y por cierto no puedo creer que las señoritas burguesas del mtv ponian a the residents, porque como han sido siempre unos claisistas que en su ignorancia musical consideran que esto es "raro" y consideraron normal a tanto grupo basura como wang chung, abc o fluck of seagulls

the residents music videos give me a headache lol

pretty much all of there good songs are abstract and creepy. don't believe in me.don't believe in medon't believe in medon't believe in me.............

It easy to be weird and make a jarring noise though isnt it? None of the their music is music (yes, subjective) I love weird stuff, thats why I looked into this band. but this is irritating crap. (my opinion only)

The Residents' sound seem too cold, sterile and "art project-y" for me. They seem like a more existential version of Blue Man Group! Too post modern for post modern sake and this coming from a guy who likes Beefheart, Zappa, Devo, a bit of Kraftwerk, etc