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MindGoneHaywire
08-01-2006, 08:16 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xelh0sFo3VY

HAHAHAHAHAHA



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWRKlNlRsgI


Why the hell did I spend years recording poor-quality rock videos off public access shows aired by eccentrics when I should've known stuff like this would one day be available so easily?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NaAfDkvVA4


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZRnkBK_0no


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQYywsqgipU


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EizZ8D1LI-Q


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0GAjK64VZg

Stone
08-02-2006, 04:25 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xelh0sFo3VY

HAHAHAHAHAHA


Whoa. Those moves are something to behold.

JoeE SP9
08-02-2006, 05:14 AM
To think you had to wade through even worse stuff to pick out that. Some people have no sense of shame.:ihih:

Troy
08-02-2006, 08:32 AM
Billy Squire- my GOD that was funny.

Gwar on Joan- Absurd and surreal and ultimately boring.

Coltrane animation- ZZZzzzZZZzzz. Saxophone abuse.

Lenny Cohen- Makes me want to smash his guitar like Belushi in Animal House.

Flamin Groovies- Pretty much a classic. Perfect rock attitude, great classic song to cover. Personally I need more from music than this.

Shatner = God. Consider this sent to many of my "friends."

MORE!

3-LockBox
08-02-2006, 10:03 AM
I had a friend in the Navy that thought Squier was the second coming and then this video came out...it was kinda fun to watch his anguish every time it came on. But in Squier's defense, someone shoulda stopped this sort of thing (director, band member, himself). But at least its no worse than many of the videos that were being made at the time.

Gwar on Joan? never seen or heard of Gwar before and couldn't recall two episodes of Joan River's show.

The Coltrane thing; music is good, the animation might have been considered cool at one time, but the best music needs no visual stimuli. This wasn't stimulating.

Shatner is of course, Shatner. He kinda plays off all these old attempts at music as a goof or a joke. And they are that, but he doesn't fool me. He was serious at the time and that's what makes this so hilarious.

ForeverAutumn
08-02-2006, 10:53 AM
What the hell? That Billy Squire video is like a bad Flashdance parody. The only thing missing is legwarmers.

Swish
08-02-2006, 04:16 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xelh0sFo3VY

HAHAHAHAHAHA



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWRKlNlRsgI


Why the hell did I spend years recording poor-quality rock videos off public access shows aired by eccentrics when I should've known stuff like this would one day be available so easily?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NaAfDkvVA4


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZRnkBK_0no


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQYywsqgipU


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EizZ8D1LI-Q


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0GAjK64VZg

...and now I think even less! That is so friggin' bad that I can't believe anyone would have the balls to film it. And Gwar? WTF is that all about? I knew they were about as bad as that comedy act Insane Clown Posse, but this makes them look worse.

I really can't bear to watch any more. Really.

Swish

MindGoneHaywire
08-02-2006, 05:06 PM
I've read that Squier sued the director of the video for ruining his career. Don't know whether that's true or not, but I saw somewhere that it was actually his biggest hit. Sorta makes sense. He lost his fan base with that, and the masses are difficult for most to capture on a regular basis, especially ones musically oriented more towards "rock" than "pop." With the emount of keyboards on that rec, it's almost hard to figure Squier in that sense, though he did remain a guitar-oriented performer.

This was linked elsewhere recently. If there's worse than that, I don't know what is, nor do I want to, but rest assured I wasn't trolling around looking for THAT.

A lot of these I picked out due to their rarity. I'd never seen GWAR on Joan Rivers, didn't know they'd done that show, or any show. No, not exactly worth sitting through the whole thing. There are clips of them (with El Duce of the Mentors) on the Jerry Springer show up on You Tube as well. I've seen them live 4 or 5 times, and have none of their records. I think of them more as performance art than anything resembling anything musically serious, not even if you wanna talk speedmetal, which I do not. The thing to remember about them is that they're all from an artists' collective, and their live show is theatrical, interactive, and wetter than Tony & Tina's Wedding. That said, I have some other interview stuff myself from public access that's better than the Rivers spot.

The Flamin' Groovies clip I posted only because I've NEVER seen any video footage of them, anywhere, ever. Not the perfect clip, downright amateurish, but that's far more my cup of tea than a lot of 'professional' rock bands, then, or now.

No comments on the Roxy Music clip...interesting. Musically I thought it was the most remarkable of the clips I linked to.

I'll see if I can't locate a few more that balance being interesting, rare, and...dare I say...good.

Maybe after the Yankee game...

Troy
08-03-2006, 07:25 AM
Oh yeah, look at that, I missed the Roxy clip.

Yes, musically it is the most interesting of the 7 links, but it's really not that challenging. Never been a fan of Ferry's weird warbly vibrato. His lounge-lizard schtick bugs me. There's always been something about RM that felt insincere to me. Hard to put my finger on it.

I find it so odd that you are a fan of Roxy music because they are so affected and arty-farty. Almost progrock. Still, the song has a very retro 50s rock sound, so maybe that's what you are latching on to.

MindGoneHaywire
08-03-2006, 04:56 PM
Well, I was also trying to factor in the 'terrible' aspect on some of those choices, you see. Like, for instance, something like this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DXj3thKJ2g


But then I saw something I didn't think was terrible at all:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv5zWaTEVkI


Imagine a guy who's a Zappa fan yet says Giant Steps is 'saxophone abuse' thinking it odd that I'd like Roxy Music. Affected & arty-farty? Bah! If I think something is done well, there's a lot I'm willing to look past. Punk rock was affected & arty-farty as hell when it was Television & Patti Smith, wouldn't you agree? The Velvets were, as well--and the Ramones were a dichotomy, as you could say that aspects of their image were manipulated in 'arty-farty' ways by some of the characters who did things like designing their logos & album covers. So's Leonard Cohen, in a sense, but I'd be surprised you'd think that was a bad song if I was capable of being surprised by anything you say at this point, ya weirdo.

3-LockBox
08-03-2006, 06:31 PM
But then I saw something I didn't think was terrible at all:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv5zWaTEVkI


Now that's funny!

Troy
08-04-2006, 09:52 AM
What is this, bad choregraphy day?

LOL at both of those. That treadmill thing was very creative and fun.

Why can't I think Coltrane is saxophone abuse and still be a Zappa fan? Maybe I'm not a fan of Zappa's extreme skronk jazz period either . . . Just because you like an artist doesn't mean you have to like everything they ever did. Even if one of the things you like about that artist is that they were so varied during their career.

Yeah, TV and mayyybe some Patty Smith was arty in it's own gritty way. Definitely pretentious. Ramones arty? Uhhhh, no. There's just something fopish and preciously twee about Roxy Music that makes me surprised that you like them, that's all.

Maybe the Cohen is a good song, but I can't get past the tortured folkie delivery. Remember, for me, it's not so much what a song says as how it sounds.

Dusty Chalk
08-04-2006, 10:19 AM
Hey, did you notice that OK Go video was a "one-er" (?sp)? I wonder how many takes it took.

ForeverAutumn
08-08-2006, 07:29 PM
Well, I was also trying to factor in the 'terrible' aspect on some of those choices, you see. Like, for instance, something like this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DXj3thKJ2g


But then I saw something I didn't think was terrible at all:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv5zWaTEVkI


I think Frankie missed rehearsal.

That treadmill thing was cool. I really enjoyed watching that. I wonder how many injuries were sustained before they finally got all that down.

MindGoneHaywire
08-16-2006, 01:17 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3bMVcuiv6Q


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IIrxyGWHXc


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMAHstZ565w

Parental advisory on that one.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huj_4eKxvds


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLdRh7qdi_g


This is fun.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXDh6UhU4js


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wdh4Ezcpf6A


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJfGw-at7mY


Hey, Brad...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxbm56A8LrY

3-LockBox
08-16-2006, 01:34 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3B590zDEcE&mode=related&search=

Gene Simmons on The Mike Douglas Show is as surreal as it gets.

BradH
08-16-2006, 02:06 PM
Hey, Brad...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxbm56A8LrY

I'm hosed.

I hate that you can't download these things.

audiobill
08-16-2006, 02:53 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3B590zDEcE&mode=related&search=

Gene Simmons on The Mike Douglas Show is as surreal as it gets.

A truly classic moment. The Mike Douglas Show was an afterschool staple for the audiobill siblings and this clip brought back tons of memories.

Old Mike, I'm sure you already know, passed away recently.

Thanks for the memory trip,

Bill

MindGoneHaywire
08-17-2006, 05:06 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XE8d6yUpDG0

MindGoneHaywire
08-17-2006, 06:39 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wT7xvMi6pzE


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Omc9lkSjYjc


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvSsRBvOfos


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=um6_SP3V0w0


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyqvmP9s8DY


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Q0-rh7F-64


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONKzJS1T_XM


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUTQIlOnM7U


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ha0R91aQV1M


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TkRT13L4GA


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkNNtTmxnmo

ForeverAutumn
08-17-2006, 07:17 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XE8d6yUpDG0

That's the worst lip-syncing that I've ever seen. :10:

MindGoneHaywire
08-17-2006, 07:25 PM
http://www.slippytown.com/zoogisla.jpg

Troy
08-19-2006, 08:46 AM
Gee, that's a lot of links . . .

The Monks are pretty fun. Never heard of them. Definitely a missing link from 60s surf to experimental 70s rock. Highly unusual and interesting, but I could never take a steady diet of them.

Serge vs. Whitney is pretty amusing, but not hilarious. Maybe if they actually had sex . . .

The Plasmatics are a sentimental favorite.

Captain Beerfart always came across as a halfassed Zappa wannabe. Never got this guy. He woulda been nothing without FZ. bfd.

"Girls Talk" is a great song. Good live version.

The Damned on the Young Ones. What a lame show that was. Felt like something put on by the high school drama department. I'll take Alice Cooper any day.

Beach Boys fire . . . brother, you can hear the LSD induced gnashing teeth over the cacaphony. Pathetic excuse for a song.

Zoogz Rift- more halfassed Zappa copycatting. What a trainwreck!

Bonzo Dog Band- it's amazing what people thought was funny. Just lame.

Mirror in the Bathroom is a great song, regardless of how cheesy that video is.

Zappa- Color me Pop. His DooWop period is not my bag.

According to a German freind of mine Heino is the German Mitch Miller. The vibraslap gives me a boner. This song makes me want to goose step.

Screamin Jay . . . can you imagine anyone doing ANYTHING like that today? Brilliant.

The Husker Du is SO boring and vanilla.

That Blue Cheer rawks. Nice bass solo.

Snotra and Elvis . . . . hoooo boy. A little baggage there . . .

BradH
08-20-2006, 09:46 AM
Captain Beerfart always came across as a halfassed Zappa wannabe.

The Damned on the Young Ones. What a lame show that was.

Beach Boys fire...Pathetic excuse for a song.

I can tell the weed is still really, really good in CA.

Troy
08-21-2006, 08:33 AM
I can tell the weed is still really, really good in CA.

Well gee Brad, I thought you'd be able to figure that out by my vibraslap comment alone.

Isn't it ok for me to think "The Young Ones" is a pathetic excuse for a sitcom devised by ancient British TV execs that tried to pander to a much younger, virtually alien generation? It showed the worst of both worlds.

You watch that clip of "Fire" (have you been able to yet?) and tell me with a straight face that it's "genius." You are welcome to and I'll still call you my pal. But jeez man!

I know there are many like you that think Beerfart was brilliant, but based on that song? Forgettable junk. I still say Zappa carried him.

3-LockBox
08-21-2006, 08:57 AM
Isn't it ok for me to think "The Young Ones" is a pathetic excuse for a sitcom devised by ancient British TV execs that tried to pander to a much younger, virtually alien generation?

But that describes the 'think-tanks' at every network and their shows.

I actually liked The Young Ones a lot when I was a 'young one'. I was able to revisit it a few years ago and, well, there are still some funny bits, but it did come across like an old Benny Hill skit. But hey, it was supposed to emulate the irreverant, slap-together world of punkers, and it worked for me.

BradH
08-21-2006, 02:32 PM
Well gee Brad, I thought you'd be able to figure that out by my vibraslap comment alone.

Vibraslap. That may be the funniest damned word in the English language. Vibraslap. Sounds like some late night infommercial. With Vibraslap, your performance will increase up to ninety-five percent!


Isn't it ok for me to think "The Young Ones" is a pathetic excuse for a sitcom devised by ancient British TV execs that tried to pander to a much younger, virtually alien generation? It showed the worst of both worlds.[/QUOTE}

Well, yeah, I guess it's ok to think that. It's not like you're harming animals or small children. But I think you missed the point of that show. The Young Ones skewered youth culture by way of self-parody. Sure, the BBC execs were (and are) aging Euro-communists left over from the 70's. But the show was written by people who knew their subject inside and out.

[QUOTE=Troy]You watch that clip of "Fire" (have you been able to yet?) and tell me with a straight face that it's "genius." You are welcome to and I'll still call you my pal. But jeez man!

Tell you what is genius? The video or the music? I haven't seen it but has anyone ever said the video was "genius"? That's news to me. As for the music...what were you doing in 1966? You'd have to look to Zappa's debut to find something that bold.


I know there are many like you that think Beerfart was brilliant, but based on that song? Forgettable junk. I still say Zappa carried him.

This could probably be a thread in itself. I don't think I ever described Beefheart as "brilliant". Why you're pretending a judgement about Beefheart has to be based on this one video is beyond me. It's not like you don't know who he is. Zappa carried him? To what? Fame and fortune? Zappa produced Trout Mask Replica and brought him on the '75 tour so Zappa fans could be aware of him. How is that "carrying him"? Zappa fans always act like they're offended that someone might actually be more eccentric than Frank, therefore Beefheart must be faking it The truth is, Zappa was more of an observer of eccentricity than a practitioner. He surrounded himself with eccentrics and Beefheart was one of those people. (Actually, they grew up together). I don't agree with the things Beefheart said about Zappa because they both used each other. Zappa got to parade him around and Beefheart got some cash. But it's not like Beefheart was one of the original Mothers who whined because Frank didn't give them lifetime employment after Uncle Meat. No, Beefheart's vision was as fully realized as Zappa's, unlike so many others Frank worked with.

Vibraslap. "Two exciting activities combined for the first time into one wholesome device!"

Troy
08-22-2006, 08:38 AM
Well, yeah, I guess it's ok to think that. It's not like you're harming animals or small children. But I think you missed the point of that show. The Young Ones skewered youth culture by way of self-parody. Sure, the BBC execs were (and are) aging Euro-communists left over from the 70's. But the show was written by people who knew their subject inside and out.

Fine, but the tone was (as already mentioned) very much that hokey Benny Hill slapstick . . . mixed with the punky youth culture of the day just rang so bloody false.




Tell you what is genius? The video or the music? I haven't seen it but has anyone ever said the video was "genius"? That's news to me. As for the music...what were you doing in 1966? You'd have to look to Zappa's debut to find something that bold.

Bold? How about just plain stupid and ugly? Forget the video, it's an awful piece of music.



This could probably be a thread in itself. I don't think I ever described Beefheart as "brilliant". Why you're pretending a judgement about Beefheart has to be based on this one video is beyond me. It's not like you don't know who he is. Zappa carried him? To what? Fame and fortune? Zappa produced Trout Mask Replica and brought him on the '75 tour so Zappa fans could be aware of him. How is that "carrying him"? Zappa fans always act like they're offended that someone might actually be more eccentric than Frank, therefore Beefheart must be faking it The truth is, Zappa was more of an observer of eccentricity than a practitioner. He surrounded himself with eccentrics and Beefheart was one of those people. (Actually, they grew up together). I don't agree with the things Beefheart said about Zappa because they both used each other. Zappa got to parade him around and Beefheart got some cash. But it's not like Beefheart was one of the original Mothers who whined because Frank didn't give them lifetime employment after Uncle Meat. No, Beefheart's vision was as fully realized as Zappa's, unlike so many others Frank worked with.

Yeah, maybe it could be it's own thread, but since we're here already . . .

I've heard Trout Mask. I guess one man's bold is another awful. Being eccentric does not make him good. His vision being realized does not make it a good vision.

Yeah, FZ produced his albums and brought him on tour. In my book that's called "carrying him". The Captain never would have been heard had FZ not taken him under his wing. As you already mentioned, Beerfart even admitted to feeling exploited by Zappa.

Nope, I never bought into the Captain Beefheart mystique.

Dusty Chalk
08-22-2006, 09:38 AM
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/resources/2006/08/captainbeefflaps.jpg

BradH
08-22-2006, 10:11 AM
Yeah, FZ produced his albums and brought him on tour. In my book that's called "carrying him".

The Captain never would have been heard had FZ not taken him under his wing.

Uhhh, no. Zappa produced one album (not "albums") and brought him on a few dates of the '75 tour. Not exactly a svengali. Beefheart is still just a cult figure so I don't see how he owed sh!t to Zappa.


As you already mentioned, Beerfart even admitted to feeling exploited by Zappa.

The exploitation charge came mostly from outsiders but I don't buy it. Too much of the "precious artiste" in that argument. (See Marsalis). Beefheart claimed that Zappa slept through Trout Mask Replica. I don't buy that either. Since they grew up together, Zappa's father even entered the debate saying Beefheart was influenced by Zappa. I think the influence went both ways, that's why I say they used each other when it was convenient.


Nope, I never bought into the Captain Beefheart mystique.

I'll admit there's a mystique and that's unfortunate, there shouldn't be. (Same w/ Syd Barrett). You know I'm not big on mythologizing the arts or artists. It's more fun to deconstruct things because the reality you find is always more interesting. But it's just a plain fact, the Captain really is a few fries short of a full Gringo Platter - it was not an image he created. In my books, he's an authentic artist. His music isn't for everyone so I understand the "suck" charge but there's a helluva lot more to him than some mystique you have to buy into. Listen to Bongo Fury and tell me which one was the poet.

BradH
08-22-2006, 10:16 AM
Hey, Dust.

One word.

Vibraslap.

Dusty Chalk
08-22-2006, 10:21 AM
:thumbsup:

MindGoneHaywire
08-30-2006, 10:25 AM
MY brand of guitar wankery, from one of the few who did it well, in my estimation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tst7viX7WE8

nobody
08-30-2006, 10:47 AM
The Young Ones were goofy slapstick and funny as hell.

Of course the characters were drawn from the culture of the time. So were the folks in Leave it to Beaver...and probably even less accurately I might add. Hell, so are pretty much the characters from every sit com ever made.

If anyone else likes it or not don't matter to me.

I never liked the 3 Stooges, which puts me in the minority opinion of goofy comedy anyway.

nobody
08-30-2006, 10:51 AM
I used to hate captain Beefheart, but now that Paris is into him...I guess I'll have to re-evaluate.

Troy
08-30-2006, 01:45 PM
Yeah, I saw that Gatton episode of ACL. Had an album for a while too.

The guy was very talented, a shredder for shredder-haters, but the songs he wrote were really bland. He would have been great as a menber of a band with good writers. I've always been mystified by people that talented who commit suicide.

Regardless of how much Zappa actually did to promote him, Beefheart is inextricably linked to Zappa for most people who are even aware that either artist exists.

MindGoneHaywire
10-07-2006, 11:52 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cn8osyv-W94


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKFKI097MHQ

Troy
10-08-2006, 07:40 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cn8osyv-W94


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKFKI097MHQ

Elvis goes prog. Dang, that was great.

The Rock and Bea show was pretty funny too, but they knew they were being campy. Elvis was like Shatner. Totally serious.

MindGoneHaywire
10-08-2006, 09:57 PM
Well, if that wasn't his last film, it was surely towards the end of that career. But this is quite a ditty, isn't it? I've always liked it, I've had it on video for years. I might've tucked it onto that tape I sent you a few years ago. The Shatner analogy makes sense, but would make a lot more if Mr. Transformed had ever been taken as seriously as an actor, as Elvis was as a singer.

In recent years there have been some CD collections that came out that focused on the music from his later, 'bad' movies. I've always been too frightened to investigate, I have to believe that this is a highlight, and a campy one at that, not to mention one that I came to enjoy through the video. When it comes to his 60s output I'll stay with the Nashville To Memphis box set. Which is the best of the non-soundtrack stuff he did in the 60s.

But this one's a good watch...I'm surprised you disliked Zoogz...obviously that was a Zappa rip, but it ripped a lot of the elements I happen to like that you can fit into an off-the-wall 3-minute pop song. I happened upon a Rift comp called Looser Than Clams that I picked up for a buck nearly 20 years ago in Tennessee. It was on SST records, and I figured that east of Knoxville it wasn't likely I'd ever see anything ever again on that label, so I scooped it up.Outside of that tune, which I've always liked (different version on the rec, I think it's an alternate take while the one done on Floyd was probably the released version), and a nifty but seemingly oddly-chosen cover of Elvis Costello's High Fidelity (this guy could actually sing if he wanted to), there was a bunch of juvenile, 3rd-rate Zappaesque pap that a friend referred to as 'music for retarded children.' The charm of song titles like 'Island Of Living Puke' and 'Idiots On The Miniature Golf Course' did not redeem it enough for it to be a keeper.

However, finding it on YouTube of all places is one thing, that it was on Floyd is a double whammy. Uncle Floyd is a sorely overlooked comic genius whose list of musical guests over the years happens to be, uh, very hip & cool if you're into that pretentious NYC arty underground rock thing. The Ramones did his show like 30 times. Need I say more? Actually, much as I love the appearances by guys like David Johansen, Marshall Crenshaw, etc., it's Thor bending the metal bar in his teeth that is the best musical guest shot I myself ever saw on that program.

I've never heard Howard Stern deign to admit it, but he copped a lot from Floyd, some of which he was able to more fully develop (although, to be fair, Howard had a budget to work with that Floyd & his crew never did). I wish there were better examples of the magic this guy had going on, but I can tell you from experience that this here would come closer if the guy doing this parody only has one flaw in his presentation, which is that his singing & playing are actually far superior to the guy he's parodying.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu98YfKwn9w

Dusty Chalk
10-09-2006, 04:19 AM
Prog? No, more like psychedelic. Slight difference.

And who knew Rock could sing?

And how is it people didn't know he was gay? Not that there's anything wrong with that.

MindGoneHaywire
02-01-2007, 06:18 PM
Wow...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Agl4IvNnQPo&eurl=

Dusty Chalk
02-01-2007, 07:20 PM
Maria Callas, lol...

MindGoneHaywire
06-04-2007, 08:34 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruQ6f3nDFhE