The band's live shows are a hoot. I don't care what others may say, the band in its latest incarnation sounds great in concert, and I've been listening to them since the early eighties. So there! Grrr!
Replying to Edenofflowers’s post #3064 asking for American composers whose work we would have liked to see interpreted by the Residents, I think Louis Armstrong and/or King Oliver could have been fascinating subjects, especially given their reputation for improvising twin coronet solos when performing together in King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band. Jellyroll Morton might have also been very rewarding. Or maybe bluesman-turned-gospel genius Thomas Dorsey (It’s Tight Like That and Precious Lord Take My Hand). Although I think it’s unfortunate that The Residents’ 1950’s science fiction “theme and footage-concentrate” project was never realized due to the cost of licensing (see their Earth vs the Flying Saucers on YouTube), the science fiction and horror B-movie genre still held great Residential potential, the best candidate being American International Pictures (AIP) staff composer Ronald Stein. Mr Stein was responsible for scoring “The Last Woman on Earth”, “Journey to the Seventh Planet”, “It Conquered the World”, “Psyche Out”, “Spider Baby”, “Attack of the 50 Foot Woman”, “Invasion of the Saucer Men”, “The Undead”, “Not of This Earth”, “Attack of the Crab Monsters”, “The Day the World Ended”, and “Mars Needs Women”, among many others. Scope J mentioned Bob Dylan. Ian Shirley’s “Never Known Questions” describes how The Residents were in contact with one of Bob Dylan’s sons, and were trying to get Mr Dylan in the studio so they could sample his voice, guitar tone, etc... so that they could re-record Bob Dylan songs partially constructed out of samples of the man himself. Now that would have been something else.
An album of scores from these movies would be very refreshing. If the band could pull it off, an album dedicated to Satchmo and King Oliver would be fun.
Well, Mr. Feldman DID work with Snakefinger during his "History Of The Blues" tour.... so, who knows?
Now available: THE RESIDENTS Eyeful (gg336) UZ JSME DOMA & RANDY Moravian Meeting (gg328) Moravian Meeting, by UZ JSME DOMA & RANDY I see that show is also on Youtube. Nice choice of songs on that setlist!
The arrangements are great, it can also be streamed on bandcamp here: Moravian Meeting, by UZ JSME DOMA & RANDY
From the Eyeful page: "It was called "a Bog benefit", with the Bog being The Residents' blog and chat group." This is the first time I've ever heard of "the Bog". What was this? An official Residents chat, or something fan-made? Are there any traces of it left on the net? I do remember that the official Residents site had a chat page - the last time I visited was around 2015. Was this the same chat?
The 'chat' LIVES!!! Chat - The Residents Sadly, Big Brother does not.... However, you can occasionally talk to Goatie and other RZ-lovers There was a time when BB was giving us free downloads, and then the Eyeful series came about.
Was “Killing Time” given a physical release? On the Klanggalerie website it’s listed Out Of Print but don’t even remember it’s release.
Amazon US say 12 June https://www.amazon.com/Killing-Time...words=hardy+fox&qid=1591826209&s=music&sr=1-1
Nice to see the chat still exists! It doesn't look nearly as active as it used to be though. I feel like years ago, the chat was featured much more prominently on the site, maybe even accessible from the front page. I also remember Goatie from the chat and from the CreateForum Residents board (I've never posted on the latter, but I do lurk there on occasion.) About Moravian Meeting - I'm just starting to listen to it now but it sounds really fresh and I agree that it would be great for a live show. I definitely have my hopes up for what they will do with Dog Stab though.
Amazon.ca lists it at $17 CDN. Not a bad deal. I was going to wait to order direct from Klanggalerie until the next Rez release came out, so I'm glad I didn't miss it.
This statement is on the website for Killing Time: "During the last months of his life, Hardy submitted several recrodings to be released after his death. Killing Time is one of them." So many several more, maybe only a few. Originally Killing Time was listed as "Ibbur", so either they changed the name or there is another release in the pipeline that is a soundtrack to "The Stone", kind of like Swords was. Also the MTR wiki states that Hardy contributed to an album by Massacre also called Killing Time. If this is true he is uncredited, but I think its a mistake. The band has Fred Frith and Bill Laswell and recorded in 1981. This is the first I've read of this guest appearance by Hardy outside the Rez at the time.
It seems like Hardy just got better and more prolific with age. His was such a unique and irreplaceable musical voice.
I would agree. Though his literal musical voice was a bit rough, his compositional skills, sense of melody and love of experimentation is what excelled him into the pantheon of legendary artists.
Without a doubt. It seems he had little interest in furthering his in depth knowledge of western music traditions, but that only added to what made him so great. I recall an interview with Snakefinger about his own music. He mentioned that after being in the “Pub Rock” scene for I think a decade (with the band Chilly Willie and the Red Hot Peppers — great stuff!) that he was attempting to “un-learn” much of his knowledge about how music is supposed to sound. He stated that he felt the traditional popular form had likely gone as far as it could and he was searching for a more unique voice. I don’t recall where I encountered the interview but I want to say it was a video on youtube.
