Do not know what the contention is all about,but I agree with micheal angel.David Yow is a brilliant poet and frontman,who is not an ego freak.Like Jackson Pollock though if you fuck with the man, you are in 4 a world of hurt.I love the dichotomy.An artist who can be abstract,complex,but wont take shit from pretentious little shits who admonish things they do not understand.I have T-shirts older than these little assholes who think cause they scored a fugazi patch from hot topic they are down.
@mysterycity23 an intelligent you tube post. thank you. you wrote what i was thinking while i read all these dipshits talking about yow like they knew him. nicely put mystery city23.
what the fuck is he actually saying? reminds me on the opening Melvin's houdini where buzzo's jjust spitting nonsense. It's awesome nonsense, but nonsense, nonethelessssssss
I hear occasionally what sounds like real phrases such as "fight for breakfast," "I found my paddle round midnight," and -- my personal favorite -- "crack baby shower"
"Mingus and Parker fight for breakfast, 'cause jazz is a sludge again" Original line = "Mingus and Parker fuck for breakfast, 'cause jazz is a slut again"
wow, that is a helluva connection. He does know that you bring it up. I fucking love Can. He's got the whole nonsensical lyric thing going on in this song like Damo, and Buzzo do.
How can anyone consider this emo? This is smart noisy uncompromising rock n' roll. Listen to other legendary Touch and Go bands like Big Black, Butthole Surfers, Die Kreuzen, Killdozer, Rapeman, Scratch Acid, Shellac, Slint, etc.
I talked to David Yow recently when he was here touring with QUI, man he looked rough. Apparently his lung collapsed or something similiar to that shortly after. Still a great show though, no jesus Lizard but it was cool.
that wasn't emo, that was college rock and punk... which went on to be alternative. i remember when people started calling their music 'emo' is when it started getting faggy... by 1996, anything with an 'emo' label started getting the gay...
to be honest it did. It started off as just hardcore punk. Early Emo bands were actually pretty decent and had that hardcore edge about them until it got corporate like grunge and punk.
@samuelmichaud - Man- wtf does The Jesus Lizard have to do with the silly little 'label' known as emo? They broke up after a ten year career & then reunited b4 that word was even (ug!) born.. I met and spoke to David Yow on three different ocassions (lucky me!!) over the last 20+ years, &- no offense, dude, but he'd probably knock out yer teeth for the emo reference. .. Just sayin'.. :)
@samuelmichaud - You never met the man. He's five foot-five, & wouldn't be likely to back down from a scrap. I wouldn't either, in most cases, & I am no fucken Glen Danzig. What's he got to do with ANYTHING, anyways? He sucks. I thought the word du jour was "emo"? GAY word, btw. Are u even a Lizard fan? Or are u just a troll..? Not tryin' to pick it with you, just wondering..
@michaelangela2 What I meant was that Glen Danzig would be the type of dick-head like yourself who would attack somebody for an Emo reference. David Yow isn't some ego freak like you seem to think. Just wondering, you just a troll or an actual retarded fan?
@Thundercankles- just wondering who you mean when you say early emo- u mean like Samiam, Green Day All, etc.? Or who..? Those bands were great, but then , you are so correct- the record labels signed a ton of shitty bands to find the next big hit punk/grunge thing. They flooded the market with mediocrity!!! :(
Unfortunately Emo has been over-saturated by a bunch of mindless copycats. One person had the style of singing which you see everywhere now, then every idiot copied it. Now it's just sickening. Bloated over-fermented substances make up most of the media friendly crap we see out there today. Fortunately we have the power to ignore that shit and only pay attention to what really matters.
This is such a fantastic song but the video ain't great!
I met and sort of interviewed the band circa 1992 when I worked for a local listings magazine here in Newcastle (UK). My claim to fame is that David Yow told me to f&%k off!
@djsundancekid - now YOU got the right idea, my friend! TJL have ruined many mediochre bands 4 me over the years, cuz why listen to something "okay", when you got the BEST!!! Peace, soft DrUgS, & weird punk!!! :P
apparently...this was released as a single and video to go with because the band were playing the Reading Festival in England (pronounced redd-ing after the city its held in). Yes thats a different word. I can only assume that was the record company's idea.
Great band but this video suffers from the same kind of problems other music videos do. The videos add nothing to the music and end up being corny and not cool at all.
hahaha. try gettin slapped by david yow after he jumps on you..wonder how his balls were after i punched em lmao...seeing him steal some womans handbag then empty it onstage and sift through it...
Nice! Didn't know about this little ditty. I've witnessed some amazing things at Jesus Lizard shows, especially when billed with Cows. Sex in the audience! David Yow's rig! Some rube in the front row getting a bloody nose after being hit with an airborn mic! Plus one of the best drummers of our time.
Do not know what the contention is all about,but I agree with micheal angel.David Yow is a brilliant poet and frontman,who is not an ego freak.Like Jackson Pollock though if you fuck with the man, you are in 4 a world of hurt.I love the dichotomy.An artist who can be abstract,complex,but wont take shit from pretentious little shits who admonish things they do not understand.I have T-shirts older than these little assholes who think cause they scored a fugazi patch from hot topic they are down.
mysterycity23 1 month ago 2
@mysterycity23 an intelligent you tube post. thank you. you wrote what i was thinking while i read all these dipshits talking about yow like they knew him. nicely put mystery city23.
oceankiddd 4 weeks ago
Noah Legger is going to read this one day, what's up Noah! Fellatio Lockjaw
charliemarz1 3 months ago
Hah! David Yow's the brain that wouldn't die.
DoublePrimo44004 9 months ago 2
brill i ant! jazz is a slut again indeed!
yrebud76 11 months ago
brill i ant!
yrebud76 11 months ago
anyone have the bass tab?
nikesb2406 1 year ago
5 people fucked for breakfast.
glcore 1 year ago
my boyfriend saw them live and the singer kissed him (no sex tho)
maeblip 1 year ago
@maeblip wat a tease
CrazyDan1984 5 months ago
sometimes bands should skip the video...I won't be able to listen to this song again without thinking of this goofy video..
dannon2010 1 year ago
I would've never guessed Yow to have nice teeth.
MidiPunk 1 year ago
This track was off Down which is probably their least accessible album.
I think the only thing that makes this mtv-ish is because it looks like like they had a budget in excess of $100?
jkpunk 1 year ago
@jkpunk I think it's cool how bands do as much as they can for a video with as little money as they have. This is a cool song.
Deango2 1 year ago
@Deango2 I totally agree. I miss seeing videos like this played on music channels nowadays.
jkpunk 1 year ago 2
I can't believe nobody else has said this but these guys remind me alot of Fugazi.
fullmetalfunk 1 year ago
This is their weirdest sounding song. its not like most of their other songs, especially David Yow's singing.
Nugugerube 2 years ago
@Nugugerube this is when they were appealing to the mainstream Mtv crowd..they lost a bit of their grit.
simpsons2170 1 year ago
jesus lizard are nothing like emo - fuck up
tcdude001 2 years ago
that emo guy needs to find his apddle round midnight
TRISTAN029 1 year ago
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tcdude001 2 years ago
this song is kinda boring by jesus lizard standards. but thats okay they have others ;-)
slimedud 2 years ago
Jesus Lizard emo? that's nonsense tought in my opinion..
VacLateralus 2 years ago 2
I belive i saw this on tv when I was like 5 years or so
wordupassholes 2 years ago
and you've never been quite the same since. mwahahahahahaa >:D
PieceofMindmusic 2 years ago
no, not really. but honesty, I think this video would be the last cause of my behaviour. think of that PMRC!
wordupassholes 2 years ago
what the fuck is he actually saying? reminds me on the opening Melvin's houdini where buzzo's jjust spitting nonsense. It's awesome nonsense, but nonsense, nonethelessssssss
alejandro15187 2 years ago
I hear occasionally what sounds like real phrases such as "fight for breakfast," "I found my paddle round midnight," and -- my personal favorite -- "crack baby shower"
sharpsponge 2 years ago
David Yow is what u might call "unique" vocalist!!
TRISTAN029 2 years ago
"crack baby shower" = "crybaby showoff"
"Mingus and Parker fight for breakfast, 'cause jazz is a sludge again" Original line = "Mingus and Parker fuck for breakfast, 'cause jazz is a slut again"
even these dudes censored themselves... kinda sad
ManuelHung 2 years ago 3
@ManuelHung
thanks, but why would they be OK with using the word "fuck," but not "slut"?
sharpsponge 1 year ago
@sharpsponge "fuck" is changed to "fight"
ManuelHung 1 year ago
@ManuelHung
I'm totally braindead
sharpsponge 1 year ago
man, anyone heard of the band giddy motors from Australia? I just realized how their lead singer owes Yow everything.
alejandro15187 2 years ago
The Jesus Lizard has got to be one of the best band names ever, if not the best.
alejandro15187 2 years ago
fuck yessssaaaaa
nikesb2406 2 years ago
does david yow remind anybody else of damo suzuki
TheRainbowClintons 2 years ago
hmmmmmm
zukuzukuzukuzuku 2 years ago
wow, that is a helluva connection. He does know that you bring it up. I fucking love Can. He's got the whole nonsensical lyric thing going on in this song like Damo, and Buzzo do.
alejandro15187 2 years ago
How can anyone consider this emo? This is smart noisy uncompromising rock n' roll. Listen to other legendary Touch and Go bands like Big Black, Butthole Surfers, Die Kreuzen, Killdozer, Rapeman, Scratch Acid, Shellac, Slint, etc.
celebratedsummer88 3 years ago 2
And Naked Raygun. How could I forget the legendary Naked Raygun? Look up the video for the song Vanilla Blue. Damn good.
celebratedsummer88 3 years ago
I talked to David Yow recently when he was here touring with QUI, man he looked rough. Apparently his lung collapsed or something similiar to that shortly after. Still a great show though, no jesus Lizard but it was cool.
numbchucking 3 years ago
That's a cool Travis Bean guitar Duane plays. Nowadays they go for a fortune if you can find one. Usually $3,000-$6,000 on up.
p4horror 3 years ago
This is some good shit. Where are bands like this today when all we got is gangsta rap and pop rock? Even emo's lost its hardcore edge.
6shadow6lord6 3 years ago
Emo had a hardcore edge?
joeytabs2010 3 years ago 5
Back in the 90s when we had bands like Fugazi and Sunny Day Real Estate (half of whom would go on to join the Foo Fighters).
6shadow6lord6 3 years ago
that wasn't emo, that was college rock and punk... which went on to be alternative. i remember when people started calling their music 'emo' is when it started getting faggy... by 1996, anything with an 'emo' label started getting the gay...
testclipper 3 years ago 2
to be honest it did. It started off as just hardcore punk. Early Emo bands were actually pretty decent and had that hardcore edge about them until it got corporate like grunge and punk.
Thundercankles 3 years ago
Yeah but you can't use the word emo anymore. It's been painted in shame.
samuelmichaud 2 years ago 23
@samuelmichaud - Man- wtf does The Jesus Lizard have to do with the silly little 'label' known as emo? They broke up after a ten year career & then reunited b4 that word was even (ug!) born.. I met and spoke to David Yow on three different ocassions (lucky me!!) over the last 20+ years, &- no offense, dude, but he'd probably knock out yer teeth for the emo reference. .. Just sayin'.. :)
michaelangela2 5 months ago
@michaelangela2 I doubt it. It's David Yow, not Glen Danzig.
samuelmichaud 5 months ago
@samuelmichaud - You never met the man. He's five foot-five, & wouldn't be likely to back down from a scrap. I wouldn't either, in most cases, & I am no fucken Glen Danzig. What's he got to do with ANYTHING, anyways? He sucks. I thought the word du jour was "emo"? GAY word, btw. Are u even a Lizard fan? Or are u just a troll..? Not tryin' to pick it with you, just wondering..
michaelangela2 4 months ago
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michaelangela2 4 months ago
@michaelangela2 What I meant was that Glen Danzig would be the type of dick-head like yourself who would attack somebody for an Emo reference. David Yow isn't some ego freak like you seem to think. Just wondering, you just a troll or an actual retarded fan?
samuelmichaud 4 months ago
@Thundercankles- just wondering who you mean when you say early emo- u mean like Samiam, Green Day All, etc.? Or who..? Those bands were great, but then , you are so correct- the record labels signed a ton of shitty bands to find the next big hit punk/grunge thing. They flooded the market with mediocrity!!! :(
michaelangela2 4 months ago
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michaelangela2 4 months ago
@joeytabs2010 heheh!!
michaelangela2 4 months ago
It's called the underground. It's prone to bursting with great bands.
Rengori 3 years ago 3
Return Of The Bison.
doganddice 3 years ago
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old emo is the shit. Rites Of Spring, Embrace, Beefeater and Moss Icon, all good stuff. even newer stuff like Reversal Of Man is pretty awesome.
ohiogrinder 3 years ago
Unfortunately Emo has been over-saturated by a bunch of mindless copycats. One person had the style of singing which you see everywhere now, then every idiot copied it. Now it's just sickening. Bloated over-fermented substances make up most of the media friendly crap we see out there today. Fortunately we have the power to ignore that shit and only pay attention to what really matters.
samuelmichaud 2 years ago
I believe jesus lizard is far too cacophonous to be emo. Fugazi however..........
looshkin66 2 years ago 3
Fugazi is emo.....not like the shit that passes these days though.
looshkin66 2 years ago
and Rites of Spring, thats good emo, but what we have nowadays, bad emo. of course im sure you know this so why do i bother commenting.
PieceofMindmusic 2 years ago
Dude this sounds nothing remotely emo...
xr4gdo11x 3 years ago
Jesus lizard make other bands suck
djsundancekid 3 years ago 41
You are so right!!!
FrankTownsend 3 years ago
Doubles on that, bro. It's like I wish I never heard them, that way I wouldn't have to worry about being disappointed with everything else.
(But their videos kinda suck)
BOBMAN1980 3 years ago
Cheers..I know what you mean.
This is such a fantastic song but the video ain't great!
I met and sort of interviewed the band circa 1992 when I worked for a local listings magazine here in Newcastle (UK). My claim to fame is that David Yow told me to f&%k off!
FrankTownsend 3 years ago
@djsundancekid So true! ;)
ggvsbb 1 year ago
@djsundancekid not as good as Shellac, imo. Fucking great band though.
harryotterrules 1 year ago
@djsundancekid Wouldn't say there the greatest but there good :]
ICETHEMUSIC 1 year ago
@djsundancekid - now YOU got the right idea, my friend! TJL have ruined many mediochre bands 4 me over the years, cuz why listen to something "okay", when you got the BEST!!! Peace, soft DrUgS, & weird punk!!! :P
michaelangela2 5 months ago
One of my favorite Jesus Lizard songs no doubt!
cantlovethis 3 years ago
apparently...this was released as a single and video to go with because the band were playing the Reading Festival in England (pronounced redd-ing after the city its held in). Yes thats a different word. I can only assume that was the record company's idea.
fishandcushion 3 years ago
"Sludge" vs "Slut" wow.... bad move on TJL's part... actually sad. I liked Down a lot, but that is just lame.
ManuelHung 4 years ago
Was this a single? - lol! Yowser!
Rocktopus 4 years ago
Great band but this video suffers from the same kind of problems other music videos do. The videos add nothing to the music and end up being corny and not cool at all.
shatchett0 4 years ago
hahaha. try gettin slapped by david yow after he jumps on you..wonder how his balls were after i punched em lmao...seeing him steal some womans handbag then empty it onstage and sift through it...
best show EVER!!!
laner2281 4 years ago 3
FUCKING AWESOME!!!! lovely jesus..
dianajones 4 years ago
"Mingus and Parker fuck for breakfast
Jazz is a slut again..."
ammonRa23 5 years ago
Duane Denison is definitely a big influence on my guitar playing. Innovative player.
p4horror 5 years ago
nice. been waiting for some lizard forever. does anyone have a decent vid of "puss" or "nub" by any chance?
voidy 5 years ago
Don't forget the ol' tight n' shiny!
Tannoi 5 years ago
Nice! Didn't know about this little ditty. I've witnessed some amazing things at Jesus Lizard shows, especially when billed with Cows. Sex in the audience! David Yow's rig! Some rube in the front row getting a bloody nose after being hit with an airborn mic! Plus one of the best drummers of our time.
doughnutbreath 5 years ago