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« Reply #6195 on Dec 14, 2012, 8:55pm » | ![[Quote]](http://images.proboards.com/new/buttons/quote.png "[Quote]") |
Hm. Well, I would give a whole day to the Mole Trilogy, if you're able. That's Mark of the Mole --> Intermission --> chunes of Two Cities --> The Big Bubble. You've probably heard one or two of those, but although Big Bubble is their most controversial record I think that consuming the Mole Trilogy as a whole is essential, and there are a couple of those titles that people seem to miss.
Our Finest Flowers is really neat; it's a 'greatest hits' album in true Residents fashion: rather than just dumping a bunch of classic chunes onto a disc, what they did was take the lyrics from one song, the melody from another, maybe a drum beat or a synth line from somewhere else, and mixed them all around. So what you end up hearing is simultaneously a brand new song as well as three or four older songs being played at the same time.
Lonely Teenager contains studio recordings of the versions of the songs -- culled from their entire career -- that they played on the Talking Light tour. It's a mean one. Incredible guitar work from Nolan Cook.
Burrito will tell you that WB:RMX is pretty fucking excellent; it is a re-mix of their first album The Warner Bros. Album, which has never been officially released.
Also listen to some of their live recordings, if you can. There are a lot of them; they are all incredible (obvi). Cube E, for fucking sure. The 13th Anniversary Show. Holy fuck that is some evil Residents shit.
And I know you listened to Animal Lover; that one tend to strike people in an uncomfortable way, but I can't recommend strongly enough giving it lots of quality time. Lots and lots. It is so different; very sad, very subdued. But next to Not Available, it is probably their best and most important record.
Oh, and listen to Not Available.
Definitely listen to their latest, Coochie Brake. It's wonderful.
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« Reply #6196 on Dec 14, 2012, 9:05pm » | |
Alright, I'll give those a go.
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« Reply #6197 on Dec 14, 2012, 9:05pm » | |
Oh shit, and when you're ready for a challenge: God in 3 Persons. It's more of an epic poem than a music album; it is a very long and elaborate story that tries to comment on the notion of the holy trinity by representing the members of the godhead as a pair of conjoined twins with mystical healing powers and a washed up huckster who latches onto them and uses them for monetary gain. It gets pretty nasty; very violent, sexual, and sexually violent towards the end. It requires pretty close attention, it's not 'fun' in the way that some Residents records are, but it is a towering achievement.
Seriously, though, don't try your hand at that one unless you can sit down and do nothing but pay very close attention to it from beginning to end. Honestly, I encourage that approach to ALL of their albums -- if your attention is even slightly diverted, you will miss something important -- but it is particularly necessary with Gi3P.
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« Reply #6198 on Dec 14, 2012, 9:09pm » | |
LISTEN TO THIS MAN WHO LISTENS TO THESE RESIDENTS. I just listened to everything listed above throughout the voodoo hours and it's all quality jam. The Mole Trilogy will always be my favorite, though. I find that the live material is especially useful in perparing me for the show, because it is all over the fucking place and we really have know id yuh what the hell is going to go down on these stages.
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« Reply #6199 on Dec 14, 2012, 10:06pm » | |
HG, as a fucktard who has never listened to the Residents before, where should I start?
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« Reply #6200 on Dec 14, 2012, 10:15pm » | |
I have about thirty seconds to make this post, so I'm going to go with traditional wisdom and say Duck Stab. I'm sure at least Geno will concur. It's not their best, and it's not my favorite, but it is the most low-impact entry point to a pretty massive career that there seems to be.
That's the short answer. There's a long answer that I have been meaning to type up for a couple of days now, but my thirty seconds is up, so watch for that. It's their 40th anniversary and they are touring soon and I am going to attempt a comprehensive mass education on the subject.
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« Reply #6201 on Dec 14, 2012, 10:15pm » | |
And you're not a fucktard. Before I got here, not a single one of these assholes had ever heard of the Residents.
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« Reply #6202 on Dec 14, 2012, 10:21pm » | |
Dec 14, 2012, 10:15pm, Horned Gramma wrote:| And you're not a fucktard. Before I got here, not a single one of these assholes had ever heard of the Residents. |
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I have actually. I only ever listened to Duck Stab though.
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« Reply #6203 on Dec 14, 2012, 10:26pm » | |
Yeh, but you got here nine months after I did. I came in with Rz cannons blazing and everyone was all Huh Whuh?
Even wonk. Big surprise, though, dude's never even heard Graceland.
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« Reply #6204 on Dec 14, 2012, 10:36pm » | |
Dec 14, 2012, 10:26pm, Horned Gramma wrote:| Even wonk. Big surprise, though, dude's never even heard Graceland. |
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Boys II Men was my first concert, IRL. Don't think I don't know that shit.
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« Reply #6205 on Dec 14, 2012, 10:46pm » | |
Dec 14, 2012, 10:06pm, nick wrote:| HG, as a fucktard who has never listened to the Residents before, where should I start? |
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Duck Stab is my least favorite, which should logically make it the most popular favorite.
WB: RMX is my suggestion, but I ain't the Gramma. It's sonically charged for today's youth and contains my personal favorite vocal piece, which I feel is the most challenging aspect of the Residents.
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« Reply #6206 on Dec 14, 2012, 10:51pm » | |
Dec 14, 2012, 10:46pm, NO LOVE DEEP BJORRITO wrote:
Dec 14, 2012, 10:06pm, nick wrote:| HG, as a fucktard who has never listened to the Residents before, where should I start? |
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Duck Stab is my least favorite, which should logically make it the most popular favorite.
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Really? Duck Stab is one of my favorites. What don't you like about it?
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« Reply #6207 on Dec 14, 2012, 11:03pm » | |
I like the long musics more than the short musics. For this reason Commercial Album is actually my least favorite, but I'll take pretty much anything else over Duck Stab.
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« Reply #6208 on Dec 14, 2012, 11:04pm » | |
Duck Stab is way too easy. Its one of my least favorites as well.
WB:RMX is incredible, but one would come away from it with a very stunted impression of what they actually sound like. Technically it's not even a proper album, just something Chuck Bobuck did for a goof between projects.
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« Reply #6209 on Dec 14, 2012, 11:07pm » | |
Yeah, that's true.
Fingerprince? That one's a pretty good representation with all the classic elements.
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