Amy Winehouse vs. The Residents

[derby378]

That's what was just invoked in a sketch from tonight's Saturday Night Live. Wow.

[bbernardini]

1. Wow. How many people who watch SNL these days would get that? nt

[derby378]

2. I'm showing my age, aren't I?

HA! :rofl:

[Blue_In_AK]

3. I know Amy but I don't know The Residents.

Who are they?

[derby378]

4. Here ya go

The Residents are an avant-garde music and performance collective, who have released nearly sixty albums, created numerous musical short films, designed three CD-ROM projects, and undertaken six major world tours. Throughout their career, spanning nearly four decades, they have maintained complete anonymity....They are known for their secrecy, singular art, prolific releases and embrace of new technology.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Residents

http://www.residents.com/

[Pushed To The Left]

5. I don't remember much about their music, but the videos featured people with giant eyes for heads

Must have been in the mid-80s.

[Blue_In_AK]

8. They were pretty successful with that secrecy and anonymity

thing. Four decades and I've never heard of them. :shrug:

[bbernardini]

9. Well, their complete lack of anything remotely resembling a standard pop song probably helped.

Don't get me wrong, I think what little I've heard of The Residents is brilliant stuff, but there was never a chance of anything they ever released becoming a pop hit.

One of William Poundstone's "Big Secrets" books attempts to uncover the identities of The Residents, and as I recall, they were pretty certain they figured out at least one, if not two of them.

Me, I want to know if Negativland's "The Weatherman" really talks like that. :)

[THUNDER HANDS]

6. SNL was great tonight

Bill Hader as Animal during the muppet show musical number was fucking brilliant.

[Ellen Forradalom]

7. Wow, indeed