The Residents - Act Of Being Polite

[xmasterfunk]

it reminds me of edgar allen poe. i love this "kind" of weird shit. lol not all kinds but i can find substance in this. well done

[maybeimamonkey]

unsettling!



[soundvisionary13]

evoltionist2010 RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!!!

[indipendentism]

we found "infinite jest"

[indipendentism]

drugbroughtmehere

[ChameleonsUKfan2012]

Weird is on it's way back (I hope). Because if Beiber and Gaga or normal I prefer 70s-80s weird anyday! I hope I'm not alone. I don't want to live in the past but relive the weird experimental period with a younger group of 20 year old rockers than teen stage performers that those asshats at MTV play over and over! if you hate MTV please thumbs up . I dont normally ask but this is one time I will

[floyd65]

um, what ...

[jockstrapbill7]

This is so weird. I can't stop watching it.

[vanzpp]

Hmmmm..Maybe I'm naive. I read this video as something more innocuous. I assumed the guy in the video worked retail, the type of job where you have to be polite to all the customers, even the assholes. I thought the guy came home from a shitty day at the office, and he lost it.

[SavannahDarlink]

Oh god this always makes me giggle.

I just hear him basically saying: I fucked her, I didnt MEAN to upset her when i fell asleep, I was just exhausted from the act of being polite!

[cthulhugamete]

quality entertainment

[TheSpandragon]

This video is like...everything!

[finoskaramelom]

LSDDDDD

[131flora]

i hate them. most overrated group of all time

[walkingupsidedown]

nice work

[Aleirbag39]

(L)

[puffin1973]

Is this what the brown acid feels like?

[Bram25]

25 impolite bastards disliked.

[stevosomebizzare]

love and devotion

[Alexandra14anarch]

This is like a bad acid trip

[Nobodie92]

the residents never fail to unerve me...

[xneilp]

stamp on kittens

[TheMoonunit13]

smoke catnip and watch this MEOW

[krafteass]

0:58 anyone else think it kinda looks like steve carell and hitlers love child ?

[PIKAMONjake]

wtf, german haircut

[catacombkilla619]

if it says "the residents" anywhere in the name, just shut down your computer...

[riamayen]

lo que provoca la esquizofrenia

[evolutionist2010]

how the fuck did i get here?

[jen268827]

@evolutionist2010 I know what you mean. Let's get back to the breastfeeding videos,

[evolutionist2010]

@jen268827 lol. 

[ocbneurona]

@evolutionist2010 welcome to this part of the brain!!

[TheMaddd9]

Just discovered them; they're awesome!!

[ichihentai]

Eye!

[ballpeenbaby]

thinks this is best viewed while as my dad would say 'high on dope'

[milascave2]

Before youtube and MTV, we stayed up late to catch video of The Residents.

[bellezaelectronica]

wtf 0.0

[Viz731]

Something inside of me makes me hate "The Residents" music so so much...

[edwatom]

@Viz731 Why?

[Viz731]

@edwatom It is very witty but it just creeps the heck out of me.. Their music is not the kind of music I would sit and listen to...

[edwatom]

@Viz731 Heh, indeed it is geniously witty; they can get alot of meaning out in a minute, but I find this very calm in comparison to any of their songs with echoey or very nasal vocals. Constantinople, for example, or most songs from Third Reich N Roll.

[edwatom]

This is tame :p

[Viz731]

@edwatom tame?

[edwatom]

@Viz731 Compared to anything on their previous albums, this is alot less "strange". I could see this being made by The Cure, for example.

[Komodoensis]

Excellent :)

[kittyz09]

sick

[whatthemeh]

Something about the absurd lyrics and how the music complements that just makes me laugh out loud, this tickles my soul.

[CuftaCFT]

very nice tripping music. i could get high and go in the dark corner of room, and have so much good time, just listening to this

[TheFunkyKingston]

Εξαιρετική μπάντα...

[frenchpansy499Z]

This is like a bad acid trip.

[DrFrohman]

@frenchpansy499Z Nice going commenting on EVERY video I link you to.

[frenchpansy499Z]

@DrFrohman NOU.

[gordosproductions]

trippy silent

[Cannedscourge]

how old are these guys and are they still makeing videos.

[edgarsaenz]

They should make there videos in 3D

[tobiasaurusrex]

@edgarsaenz It's either, "them there videos", or "their videos."  -_o

[edgarsaenz]

@tobiasaurusrex What's your point

[tobiasaurusrex]

@edgarsaenz "there", vs "their", vs "they're" is all. EFL and all.

[edgarsaenz]

@tobiasaurusrex All I Wanted you to say what dave said is i have all there videos on 3D Bring your 3D Classes I'll play them not up down side to side

[edgarsaenz]

@tobiasaurusrex If it makes you feel better my good friend Dave just showed me them videos in 3D there awesome

[tobiasaurusrex]

@edgarsaenz Excellent, sounds great, I wish I could.

[saltemann]

well this was great,, haha

[fromZONE6toANAHEIM]

My Favorite Part:

1:02 - 1:06

[Volcanic9]

Not the original video!!!!

[Leenamoe]

shortcut: 0:04

[ohnoesfedzilla]

wtf lol

[xxalex213xx]

..........

the fuck did i just watch

[tubebeaver1]

beautiful video!



[fckYTreg]

weird weird weird.

...wrapping it with care.

[54herve]

je suis resident!!! ou residu?

[mysterymachinist]

this is amazing video work. what program did you use to make this? excellent stuff.

[oRISHI12]

i'm desesperately searching for the icky flix dvd download, anyone has a link? i can't buy it from amazon since they won't ship it to where i live.

[brandonw2010mlg]

@oRISHI12 This is one of the most obscure bands in history, i wish you best of luck lol

[SatansBitchIsGod]

BEst of their songs

[Boomology101]

Hooray!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!

[atr222]

omg watching this video at 2 am and just goin to bed... Im sure i'll have nightmares !

[50sAllTheWay]

Can someone tell me what this was all about? I don't know if I got it right. Sure, it was creepy, but maybe more creepy if there was something else to it.

[frankblues]

Is there a man among us who has not felt this at one time in his life? Whether it is endlessly lapping away at her labia, or tickling her clitoris for what seems an eternity while suffering from agonising finger cramp; the effort to bring your partner to sexual ecstasy can be a torment. It can break the endurance of even the strongest man.

[RagtimeGoldfield]

Seriously creeps me the hell out.

[zerobeat18]

Even though this isn't the original video from 1980, it's worthy of being an actual Residents creation. Great job.

[tatunkha]

Many people would benefit listening to this gem. I always loved it.& hey you have put together a wonderful clip too thanks for the upload. Have you shown this work to the Residents. I think that the would approve.

[csschampmy]

SCARY LOL

[volimsir]

I really don't know what the fuck I just watched, and I'm not really sure if I want to know.

Seems like they rely on questioning sanity (I really can't remember the name of this "fear". Essentially, it's the fear of a parallel world, where something is slightly off). Adding this eerie masterpiece of music makes it really fucking scary.

[Mumzzen]

So..I guess out from the lyrics and the image of the woman with the bandage on her head, that he hit her in the head, the night before? I love this! This and "Hello skinny" are the most scariest song I have ever heard!

[denisethepainter]

I really like this experimental music. It's fun, artistic and ethereal.The accompanying video is really surreal and great art.Works for me but not every one is gonna appreciate this. It's not "Achy Breaky Heart"...LOL

[pikachops]

great freaky music beats the shit out of xfactor(crap uk programme)

[slagitor]

this piece really freaks my cat out!

[Tomymdobson]

Truely creepy :D in a good way :)

[Jordy2136]

Wicked.

[aSpectre999]

Shame their songs aren't that long.

[timeblind]

@aSpectre999 each song on the entire album is exactly 60 seconds long. its interesting to check how they end each one to land exactly on the 60s mark

[XIXColemanXIX]

I think i get it. The dude was so tired of being nice and normal and what not that, he went and got drunk. Then he came home and was so drunk and pissed that he smacked his bitch up. And he doesn't exactly remember what happened

[thatlittleweirdkid]

I'm so pleased with myself :) I learned to play this on the trumpet, playing by ear (something I truly suck at). So far the only other things I learned by ear are the McDonalds tune and the Old Spice tune.

[xreddragonx]

@thatlittleweirdkid Wooow. *eyeroll*

[steinber]

Fucking trolls...know it all cunts should have their last word and go die. I had the priviledge of seeing the Residents 13th Anniversary Show w/ fucking Snakefinger, no less, back in about '85 I think. It was brilliant and I'll never forget it but that's just my opinion.

[CrazyAzdaja]

something wrong...

[PHISHjohnsonPHISH]

i love the hitler youth haircut that guy had

[Bacon4Rashers]

@PHISHjohnsonPHISH-I just love the Hitler youth,infact i might get that on a shirt.

[yuppigup]

@PHISHjohnsonPHISH exactly what i was thinking

[tomgv15]

My fave cut from the Residents - off of 40 top hits - vinyl lp w/40 tracks. love a lot of others from them - but "I was just exhausted from the act of being polite" is a phrase I've loved ever since it came out.

[XdracoX117X]

;lD

[44Daddy44]

Any meaning or story behind this Masterpeice?

[genglemt]

This vid looks very much to have been inspired by Terry Gilliam's animations for Python...

[mrzerolex]

Amazing

[AkodoKojima]

Seaking Fuck yeah!

[Renardsurleweb]

@ElNikster

they use specific harmonies and melodies you dont hear really often. Yes of course you can always criticise underground stuff, but I think the artist whose music sucks dick are not these ones. It's easier to drop your pants down to be liked by everyone...isn't it

[Renardsurleweb]

@ElNikster

Aaah...shit.. You found it! what defines good music. ..Why have I been such a fool.... Ok let's check the charts.

[osocali777]

those hands creep me out.....ALOT

[Anophis]

I actually really like this song. This version of the video, not so much. But the song is very nice!

[pazzensutra]

That guy looks like Hitler without the moustache!

[thefreakwatcher]

Is that the real videoclip ? i,ve seen another

[fizzypopism]

I don't understand how nearly every hater of this video is saying 'they're crazy' or 'they're on drugs'. That's stupid. Why can't people make something unique and engaging and be sane and sober. Now, most people in our society have experimented with drugs, and artists are more prone than others. But to say that The Residents were tripping on every drug imaginable when they made every single one of their songs and that their music is just the produce of their trips is ignorant.

[pazzensutra]

@fizzypopism I agree. It's like some people say that Sgt. Pepper was great because of drugs, but the Grateful Dead did more drugs than you can shake a stick at, and they never came up with a Sgt. Pepper. Zappa didn't do drugs either.

[fizzypopism]

@pazzensutra Thanks for being able to back me up (that's cool you mentioned). I mean, while drugs and can definitely influence you, they inspire music because they are just another type of experience you have. Not unlike hearing music from another country, or a breakup. It takes talent and skill to take those influences and construct them into a work of art. Saying drugs makes weird music is like saying love makes sappy music.

[karaloyal]

@fizzypopism some people cannot imagine that anyone can come up with a creative idea without being stoned. Those people are what I like to call, "boring".

[MissPandora1967]

Disturbing..I do disturbing..

[stomachlining]

the Residents...the uncomfortable truth

[LillieBoo225]

My opinion cont. It really speaks to me and I think it is true art because anyone could take one of their videos and experience something different and take from it something different like Im sure one could even say this is about some voyeuristic pervert who was wanking and peeping into a window!

[LillieBoo225]

This video to me is about a family and how fake they are, like with christmas and holidays etc. and how people are always forced to be polite to their families and how we all have to be victims of social and familial norms.

[candyjunkie101]

DORFYO

[fatfreddiescat]

Why blood ? This is a song about being polite.

[899466]

@fatfreddiescat

Well, it's about the "act" of being polite. He's exhausted from the act, so the husband was probably "impolite" towards his wife. I.e., injured her/ killed her.

Fantastic song.

[fatfreddiescat]

@899466

Oh, I mean you can really hurt someone by being polite (particularly women) without resorting to physical violence - just by falling asleep when they don't expect you to/don't want you to..

I love this song too (soo funny) but don't think much about this vid (and much of the Commercial DVD vids)

[birdandthe]

i know exactly how they feel, exhausted by stifling boring fools, acting the lowest common denominator just to be 'sociable' ok try 'nail down the coffins' by casio smith. which has similar sentiments.

[shootitup21]

im sorry, but for all you fantastically, higher minded genius fart critics out there. im going to say it... this song, the video, that so called impressionist art form or some crap.. is all A MASSIVE PILE OF SHIT, this is not the new age of music, this is not something that only IQ 5000000 people understand. its just stupid. i mean seriosuly, you all say its so great, so ANALYSE it for me, explain the effects and techniques the song uses to portray this so called art. id like to see you try.

[SenorRobertoIglesias]

@shootitup21 Cool opinion, bro.

[JonoWeekes]

@shootitup21 You're funny. Hahaha.

[aversion2sunlight]

@shootitup21 I just think it's funny.

[UberNerdsAreCool]

Creepy.

[Alma889900]

I'm lovin the song!

[idosports24]

i don't understand this, but somehow i love it.

[dervxerox]

nice

[wontxletxgo]

Anybody who thinks this isn't music should go look up Harry Partch...

This is like music 2.0 if you ask me...

[pitbylllson]

i dont get it

[ielectroshank]

this is so scary at night like fareal@

[whitmanjaywhitman]

that john lennon and his fam?

[MrClavicle1234]

These guys seriously sound like they inspired Pink Floyd... Do you think/know they did?

[ClassicRockSovereign]

@MrClavicle1234

I knew I wasn't the only guy who thought that.

[ChuckRage72]

I think I'm starting to get it. Maybe.

[chessmeister]

I don't think people understand just how much the Residents have contributed to the music business... They kind of were one of the first first bands to seriously make music videos. The Residents show up in many places once you start looking for them- they're everywhere, but nobody knows who they are. They have inspired many artists who are now popular.

[saintmoglis]

resident's music is really strange.U should hear it for a week and then decide if they are good or not.When i first heard i said ''what a bullshit''

.After some months i realised that their music is awsome

[cropanimationstm]

This is awesome! :DD

[DOWmannen]

sick mental fucking pshycopathic insanity

scary sick shit WTF how can u guys like this shit!!!!!!!

[MJSpiderman7116]

Agreed dude, this stuff is sick. It sounds like a horror movie soundtrack, and the video has a Hitler lookalike, creepy hands, blood going down the screen, etc. These people are clearly on drugs, and Idk how people can walk around on a daily basis, put this on their iPods and say "This is good music."

[atla3x]

Just because you can't appreciate music thats not traditionally acceptable doesn't mean it's bad. Take the formal stick out of your ass and shut the fuck up.

[atla3x]

The Residents are pioneers in making weird music. We don't care if you don't like it, but shut the fuck up and don't dismiss it as talented because The Residents sure as hell are talented and more artistically capable than a majority of artists.

[MJSpiderman7116]

Name five.

[atla3x]

Name five artists that aren't as interesting and artistic as The Residents? I can probably name hundreds. I have no idea where to begin; narrow it down a little bit.

[jsadecki]

@atla3x HAHAHA ok then :L

[Jcolinsol]

You got thumbsed down into oblivion, mainly because you failed to state your subjective preferences using e-prime.

[MJSpiderman7116]

Not really, more like the fans couldn't handle having nothing to back up BS and "bawled" me into oblivion with thumbs down because of it. Which this comment will likely be as well. And I really don't care, just shows how close minded certain people are.

[Jcolinsol]

Not really, you just failed to recognize that your preferences when it comes to music are preferences, and nothing more.

[Cyanarchy]

For all the reasons you mentioned and more.

[atla3x]

Step aside, pussy.

[AJMOOOO0]

They need to take their medicines regularly....

[SHAYTARDSisawesome]

the first time i heard of the residents i was in an airport going or coming from connecticut this past summer and my brother showed me this exact video and ive beeen listening to them ever since

[thatlittleweirdkid]

Hands = Creepy on so many levels.

And is this about murder/spousal abuse or something?

[verdemanthe1]

wtf you weird little kid this is beyond crazy,your creeping me out again(really?your favorite?)

[thatlittleweirdkid]

Favorite fo sho

[NYOM19a]

@thatlittleweirdkid Actually, it is inspired by a true story from the life of one of the residents:

One day, he took his blow-up wife to bathroom with him and took out a pair of scissors, because he wanted to commit mass suicide. But just as he was about to, his favorite actor asked him if he wanted something, and he answered so politely, he collapsed and accidentally punctured his wife and he made a song to make her feel better...

[thatlittleweirdkid]

@NYOM19a Wow... I can honestly say I never could have guessed that story. But thanks for sharing, maybe the song wont creep me out so much any more.

[NYOM19a]

@thatlittleweirdkid I think that you should know that you should know that after thet event everyone turned inside out and died a violent and gruesome death.

[derwhisper]

yeeeeaaaahhhh i love the residents!!!!

[KelliculusRex]

I first saw this on "Penn and Tellers Cruel Tricks for Dear Friends" ages ago and loved it. I'm glad I finally got around to looking up some more of their stuff

[testchimp23]

A friend of mine used to tell me that The Residents WE'RE Penn and Teller. As for me, I dunno.

[drybonesband]

dada supreme God bless the residents

[lellanbellan]

soooo creepy.. really i am fu**ing scared O.o' why does everybody thinks that tey are so great..

[catcookie]

I see what you mean, kind of like what's in the mind of someone locked in a mental hospital.

[RUTVonline]

Great fan tribute.

[johnnynoirman]

this is surberb!