The Shaggs - I'm so happy when you're near

[guinnesstrail]

Their music is falling apart at the tail end of a möbius strip. Brilliant.

[zincfreud]

Awesome

[playgirlc]

i am going to have nightmares. i'm not kidding.

[ForwardForwar]

tweeeeeeeeeeeee

[DHOPW42]

From 1:22 to 1:26 the drums and the guitar meet in rythm so nicely... I think it's the only place in the entire song.

[stabojert]

@DHOPW42 and after that it sounds like shes quickly tuning the guitar :D

[acp59er]

Every now and then I hear something that puts my faith back in humanity - this group is one of them. Thank you Shaggs.

[inkydoug]

@acp59er Amen to that.

[VirgoChild66]

the drummer could be in a punk band...

[bulbousivan]

OMG, This is seriously mind blowing, I think I may need therapy after listening to the Shaggs.............

[giamozz]

Sounds like they were tuning their guitar 3 times in this song ! ;o(

[steve757]

This song has changed my life forever!

[MrBrownstone1994]

The shaggs definatley influenced lady gaga and justin bieber NO 2 ways about that

[999manman]

This is more polyrhythmic than Frank Zappa and they're not even trying to be! I LOVE IT!!!!

[allbman]

The drum fills are amazing

[ViRiStEiN]

"The band is primarily notable today for their perceived ineptitude at playing conventional rock music" Wikipedia

[erospradog]

WHAT THE...

[purorockandron]

la wea mala

[AnonymousTheMusician]

really reminds me of daniel johnston, another brutally honest musician with a mental handicap

[iamcosmichands]

@AnonymousTheMusician The Shaggs aren't mentally handicapped

[ritchi3131]

ho my god !! que c est mauvais !

[akattack]

oh my...

[figliadicinci]

Le orecchie mi stanno sanguinando!

[MultiManque]

Just music was banned in their house. Poor girls...

[evarlam]

The epitome of 60's psychedelia...

[ShaolinDragon9]

Wow, sounds like how music is today, can't believe these girls ever got signed, the drums are way off beat with the guitar, they must have been on some serious drugs, so were the people who listened to this or recorded it...I don't take drugs and after listening to this, I felt like I just did....

[JPBerger71]

@ShaolinDragon9

Hey, listen at around 1:20! Sync! :D

[Johnnywhamo]

@ShaolinDragon9 they didn't actually get signed. Their father brought some money to some studio and they made...this...music? They guy recording tried to tell the father it was crap but the father insisted her take his money and record regardless. Wiki them and you'll read up on their most odd story.

[ShaolinDragon9]

@Johnnywhamo Yeah I did some research on them...pretty bizzare story...

[Johnnywhamo]

@ShaolinDragon9 Pretty crazy stuff huh,lol. It doesn't mention it but the singer sounds like she has a mental handicap of some sort as well.

[wereadouremail]

Lou Reed only (wet) DREAMED that the Velvet Underground could EVER be this good.

[Tifa556]

this song has one of my favorite guitar solos of all time... i've cried listening to it before (even though it's just a guitar's replica of the verse melody) because there is just something so achy-breaky heart about it!

[ariesmajor]

creepy.....just creepy

[oneeyedman99]

This is the kind of music that practitioners of "free jazz" are trying to achieve, total freedom from the boundaries of their technical training. For the Shaggs that is not an issue, since they only had the bare minimum of training needed to play their instruments. This is what Captain Beefheart always wanted to sound like but couldn't, except maybe on Trout Mask.

[Dmblove1027]

"But some times i think we are completely insane.."

yes... yes i think so too...

-.-

[kened1954]

My cousin dated the drummer. No joke. She gives drum lessons.

[yroe12]

this is top 3 shaggs

[TheSunbau]

But...........what are you doing? Where is the metronome, and where are the cymbals and the drummers left hand? Yes..........I'm really glad you had the courage to go over the musical threshold. Love you!!! Check up THE ZETTLERS and their versions of "Skinnie minnie and "Beautiful Delilah". And check up the intro - it´s in 7/4 - not bad because the recordings were made 1965. Irresistible good!

[dudecicero]

Don't you people get it? They are the pioneers in a type of experimental music so advanced, no human being will be able to comprehend with our current primitive brains...

Nah, this is just the musical equivalent of spoken gibberish.

[tejasocho]

perfection

[Mulyanis77]

This is so bad that it actually goes beyond good, and directly back to bad again. Cannot be unheard. I feel violated.

[Mulyanis77]

Give me cancer now god.

Shocking brutallity.

[Mulyanis77]

Give me cancer now god.



[mrswillmester]

This is the song I hear right before I lick her window.

[zorac91]

a disaster, complete disaster yet a true masterpiece

[JetsonVinyl]

And yet we are still talking about them 2011 - how great is that! The Shaggs RULE!!!!

[DefendedHomestand]

Its like the three of them are all playing a different song.

[miaoudzilla]

This song is so complex that meshuggah are jelly.

[601dude]

you have to give them credit, everyone is on a different page but were able to keep their individual beat. lol

[TheSharkspineGuns]

How can this not charm your arse off?

[melizmatea]

Wow. This is kind of like the musical version of Henry Darger. Sort of. Maybe not quite as good. But similarly fascinating.

[theocean1973]

It sounds like it's backwards...

[Justaglimmer]

@theocean1973 Or maybe they are the only thing that is onward?

[fbanswers]

@Justaglimmer or maybe not.

[evillano]

This is simply amazing, It's so pure it hurts...

[justanotherwave]

I don't know what to think of this band, I like their music and hate it simultaneously. It's so innocently done, as if they have no idea how terrible and beautiful it sounds. You can really tell they were doing everything in their power to please their father despite having no idea what they were doing. I'm not even sure whether they were fans of music in the first place, let alone were able to comprehend how to play it. It's definitely unique in terms of popular music.

[angrygrunt]

rhythm is overrated

[tommorellorules]

What the hell is going on, this is like a weird dream in song form...I kind of like it

[jamtex65]

She hits that drum and cymbal when she's DAMN good and ready!

[CollyShawBand]

WOW!! Great drumming kids

[Doodah005]

Did they ever hear about a thing called a metronome ?

[Justaglimmer]

@Doodah005 I'm so glad they didn't:)

[Bietel]

Did you notice that metronomes don't listen to what you're playing?

[PLeasureJet]

@Doodah005 OR MAYBE THE WHOLE SONG IS JUST ONE LONG BAR

[amokonestar]

LOL! These bitches are punkROCK!

[MephistoLeo]

this is like a slower version of grindcore

[oldman6688]

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IT'S LIKE A CAR CRASH.

[delvallemost]

this is hipster music you wouldn't understand

[LegionarioCruel]

F*ck!

[clarner26]

dog tooth

[markusclarkus69]

I love the run on the drums in the middle of a verse at 1:43

[barbarianjoe99]

this is freaken amazing.

[Justaglimmer]

@barbarianjoe99 And the story behind the band is just as amazing.. This album was on Kurt Cobain's top-50 list... as I'm sure you already knew..

[coreykirkmusic]

@barbarianjoe99 Frank Zappa once said that they are more important to music than The Beatles.

[IDCMI]

Baad music.

[Justaglimmer]

@IDCMI Maybe so, but you can't just ignore them, can you? :)

[IDCMI]

@Justaglimmer Hehe...

True. True.

[chucknorris317]

japierdolecotojest