Cardiacs - The Duck and Roger The Horse

[Marinecreature]

Everybody thinks Cardiacs is like their favourite band when they first hear them, until they *become* their favourite band...

[chaparganju]

the similarity between cardiacs and dream theater is to play different scales and weird notes in sync along with the whole band! which is not easy!

[madcap2x]

ryan singer

[theMAXJ420]

anyone who compares dream theater to this has clearly not heard dream theater 

[MrBoowashere]

CARDIACS! Your music is BIG LIFE! :D

[Nemisis3131]

This should be the national anthem!

[bodnotbod]

Fucking amazing song and video. The Cardiacs are the most exhilerating band I've seen live. It's like being in a mad wind-tunnel or on a roller-coaster. The music really penetrates you. It makes you feel so alive.

[LeoVKMusic]

There is sorcery at work here!!

[chaparganju]

Dream theater 2

[KeizerrO]

@chaparganju Except cardiacs formed about ten years earlier and doesn't play 70's prog with metalriffs and 5 minute solos

[thatstidy]

@chaparganju They are just like those tattooed, weight lifting, metal bores. Are you a musicologist.?

[cloggedspanky]

@chaparganju Dream theater 2? Lolwut?

[mattstagger]

@chaparganju The only comparison I could possibly see is technical discipline, but Dream Theater and Cardiacs my friend are cut fron different fabrics.

[broom2000]

Good ol' fashioned lunacy!!

[spacetossss]

its like queen on punk

[jakeguitarpro01]

fucking amazing. blown away!

[Gretgor666]

Whoa, that requires skill, man! Prog-like compo with punk-like speed?

Cool stuff. I admire these guys already.

[Gerry50ify]

Incredibly creative! I wish I heard these guys when the first time around, but better late than never.

[suexian]

Absolutely incredible.

[mrtopher101]

"panic attack acid trip" first thing that came to my mind after watching this

[JaybeeDefiance]

Bingo Chesney!

[Usurped]

bit of early genesis in there somewhere!

[livvi67]

That was absolutely bizarre. And yet I couldn't stop listening to it.

[heartofthesunmusic]

shit

[TobeUK]

talented, tight as hell, unusual, original, smart, strange, awesome more like

[stephenadams55]

feel free to join the facebook group

cardiacs -the duck and roger the horse, for christmas number 1, 2010

[w3xf0rd]

Get well soon Tim, we need you. I saw them play a few times in the late 80s and early 90s and would dearly love to see them again. I miss Jim!

[dramaticuslionus]

It is indeed an awesome list. There is an edition of the Pengiun book of rock out there that says Cardiacs, "Will be seen as the most seminal band of the eighties"... With Oingo Boingo it was them that influenced Tim. I have seen most of these bands in the pond over the years before they got famous. Oceansize were at Tim's fortieth birthday party. He is very ill and people need to get together to help and celebrate his work highly. He is a forgotten genius, a treasure, a treat, like a sweet.

[dramaticuslionus]

I was there too, as well as at pretty much every gig they did from 1984 onwards. They remain the most important and breathtaking band that the UK has ever produced and they are sadly, sadly ignored by the major press. Awesome beyond belief. Responsible for inspiring a large amount of significant bands, the most obvious is Blur who were in the moshpit/pond throughout the eighties and early nineties and payed tribute to the band in the early days of Blurmania... Nothing short of genius.

[Dmanlamius76]

This list is breathtaking: Tim Smith has influenced over three decades of musicians (including the pioneers of the Nu Metal, Avant-Garde Metal and Math Rock genres), such as Mike Vennart of Oceansize, Mike Patton of Faith No More and Mr Bungle, Damon Albarn of Blur and Gorillaz, Thom Yorke of Radiohead as well as such acts as Dog Fashion Disco, System of a Down, They Might Be Giants, The Adicts, Marillion, Tool, Estradasphere, Sikth,

[Dmanlamius76]

The Wildhearts, The Blood Brothers, The Darkness, The Scaramanga Six, Bus Station Loonies, Toy Dolls, Kaiser Chiefs, Nomeansno, Ring, Uz Jsme Doma, The Monsoon Bassoon, Battles, Jellyfish, Melvins, Hella, This Heat, Primus, Kino, The Mars Volta, Pixies, The Young Knives, It Bites, Korn, Clor, Clearlake, Talking Heads, Ott, Oingo Boingo, Flipron, The Smashing Pumpkins, Super Furry Animals, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Little Trophy, The Display Team, Silvery and many others...

[u1234u]

yay!

[FeedsNoSliesMusic]

Dmanlamius76, I think that list is quite disputable. Any influence that might show in all that music could be attributed to other people.

[commuso]

I was at this gig - Salisbury Arts Centre (of all places). An old converted Church. Gig at 2pm on a Sat afternoon. it was released as a live video - still have it somewhere. Fantastic band...

[rviesi]

Istericamente strepitoso!

[muddyflucker]

Tim would say, well it just a pop tune, but fuck me its good. (I miss Sarah).

[dasnervtgewaltig]

perfect

[Whalesucker]

These guys are possibly weirder than primus

but fucking awesome all the same

[matoshIee]

how can you say possibly weirder? they were!

[thunkawoo]

@Whalesucker way before primus too.

[mioluce]

@Whalesucker much much weirder than primus, with all due respect to primus, who sucks

[the1tedunderhill]

Ohmygodammm! Ow,ow,owesome! I thought Gentle Giant were intricate, but these guys do all that, and rock out too. Much respect.

[lightoffuturedays]

boom! cardiacs are what it's all about.. they even make snow patrol look crap.

[ocsdct]

Extraordinary band! Long time I didn't hear it...

[tetraf]

I wish to be seen them in a gig with Zappa...

[PETELOUDTROUSERS]

good disco number that one!

[DimeBar5]

Fuckin amazing. In a world where Kaiser Chiefs reign supreme, this is positively godlike. Why are none of their albums currently available in the shops ?

[eggsbean]

yr 20 years to late. want some mp3?

[felmanator]

I could SO use some mp3! Where do you FIND em.

[zombiegod]

Jee Whizz!!!

[f3lixh3lix]

this ...... i'm speechless, youtube thanks, and MrMinnow, respect! -D

[JazzySimpleton]

Bic Hayes just released an album under the name Mikrokosmos. Check it out!

& Thanks for posting this fine piece of awesomeness!

[f3lixh3lix]

Thank you for that post, i did check it out and loved it - - - thanks! -D

[ady24]

great video-which i fortunately have,not for sale i'm afraid..

..the bit when it goes crazy with sarah twirling-f**kin great!

[Fudoaskua]

if this band comes to an end we're screwed Dx

[MrGul]

Awesome! From my favorite Cardiacs album, too. =)

[evelinemiljoen]

brilliant!

[ALV2500]

Anyone have them live on The Tube ?

[dogstand]

What a treat. Like a sweet.

[Kiajaroovah]

maresnest-tastic.

tippity top

[moonhoolie]

I get teary knowing there are thing slike this that will never come again!

Unprecedented!

[thulitharn]

Always one of the strangest of bands but full of quirks. Nice to see the vid...