The Residents (electronic, pop, rock, albums, classic)

cardboard adolescent · 02-29-2008, 12:36 PM

What is there really to say? These guys are the original avant-rock band... they've been around since the 60's and are still at it. They have recorded an incredible range of material, from skewed dada rock to weird experimental electronica. From albums like "The Commercial Album," where each song is about a minute long and is meant to be played three times to resemble a pop song to "The Third Reich N' Roll," which takes killing yr idols to a whole new level (deconstructing various garage rock songs in epic style), The Residents have been breaking down barriers of good taste for decades in classic absurdist style.

haveyouheard · 02-29-2008, 01:34 PM

I can't agree more. For anyone looking to artists like Mike Patton or Captain Beefheart as the forerunners in avante-rock, The Residents have been doing it far longer and anonymously!

I really like the spoken word story on God in Three Persons as well as the albums listed above.

Oh, and Duck Stab

and wormwood

cardboard adolescent · 02-29-2008, 03:37 PM

God in Three Persons is a masterpiece

GravitySlips · 03-01-2008, 07:03 AM

I don't listen to them often, but they're cool.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 03-01-2008, 10:35 AM

Don't like everything they do but i'm glad they exist.

jackhammer · 03-01-2008, 12:27 PM

So are the aforementioned albums the ones to go for? Someone give me a list and I will get-a-hunting!

Urban Hat€monger ? · 03-01-2008, 12:34 PM

Every Resident's album I have heard have been totally different to the last one I heard.

I say just throw yourself in at the deep end & see what you get.
I think that's one of the things I like about them most.

jackhammer · 03-02-2008, 06:47 AM

I got hold of the Commercial Album and I will go from there.

SATCHMO · 03-02-2008, 09:54 AM

I despise them

haveyouheard · 03-03-2008, 07:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SATCHMO

I despise them

Haha, obviously. I can tell from your avatar.

02-29-2008, 12:36 PM	#1 (permalink)
cardboard adolescent ;) Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: CA Posts: 3,503	The Residents What is there really to say? These guys are the original avant-rock band... they've been around since the 60's and are still at it. They have recorded an incredible range of material, from skewed dada rock to weird experimental electronica. From albums like "The Commercial Album," where each song is about a minute long and is meant to be played three times to resemble a pop song to "The Third Reich N' Roll," which takes killing yr idols to a whole new level (deconstructing various garage rock songs in epic style), The Residents have been breaking down barriers of good taste for decades in classic absurdist style.

02-29-2008, 01:34 PM	#2 (permalink)
haveyouheard Groupie Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 44	I can't agree more. For anyone looking to artists like Mike Patton or Captain Beefheart as the forerunners in avante-rock, The Residents have been doing it far longer and anonymously! I really like the spoken word story on God in Three Persons as well as the albums listed above. Oh, and Duck Stab and wormwood __________________ -Adam Trimble Co-host of the weekly music review podcast Have You Heard.

03-01-2008, 10:35 AM	#5 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	Don't like everything they do but i'm glad they exist. __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.

03-01-2008, 12:27 PM	#6 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	So are the aforementioned albums the ones to go for? Someone give me a list and I will get-a-hunting! __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

03-01-2008, 12:34 PM	#7 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	Every Resident's album I have heard have been totally different to the last one I heard. I say just throw yourself in at the deep end & see what you get. I think that's one of the things I like about them most. __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.

02-29-2008, 03:37 PM	#3 (permalink)
cardboard adolescent ;) Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: CA Posts: 3,503	God in Three Persons is a masterpiece

03-01-2008, 07:03 AM	#4 (permalink)
GravitySlips Music Addict Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 1,578	I don't listen to them often, but they're cool.

03-02-2008, 06:47 AM	#8 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	I got hold of the Commercial Album and I will go from there. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

03-02-2008, 09:54 AM	#9 (permalink)
SATCHMO Al Dente Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 4,708	I despise them

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