Fucking amazing, I wouldn't have beleived it, if I hadn't seen it.
The Shaggs are god, their music is 100% pure, because they're not trying to be arty or weird, they JUST FUCKING ARE - they're the most honest band in the world.
to play as badly as the shaggs must take alot of work and unlearning, i play guitar, bass and have a genral understanding of drums, to degenarate this much is hard.
With all the attention to detail (even the guitar tuning is spot on), I'm kinda surprised that they left out the backing vocal and fuzz guitar lead line. Strong 8/10. Well done!
Which leads to a disturbing or possibly comforting theory... that absolutely anybody can create "free jazz". The mathematical implications of the Shaggs compositions are staggering... the harmonic and contrapuntal variations being agony.
Good lord! Apparently this was performed at a talent show at National Chung Hsing University in Taichung, Taiwan. I think my respect for the Taiwanese just increased about 500%.
ive never understood the shaggs, never will, the whole thing they and anything like that stands for i will never know for the rest of my life...and thank fuck for that
I agree. These guys sound like they are really dissonant on purpose. It sounds more like a freejazz composition. With the Shaggs it really sounds like they are trying to sound as good as possible.
AND to have the balls to make this song part of your set? People who aren't in on the Shaags "joke" (or whatever it is) might think these guys blow. Of course I say, Bravo! Bravo!
It looks they did it .. seriously.
brazilchem 1 week ago
you have the biggest balls in the universe
turtlliwdnifuoyehthr 4 months ago
this is true psychedelic rock
turtlliwdnifuoyehthr 4 months ago
This was very hard to take on. Doesn't really match the brilliance of the original.
LeftLib 6 months ago
I want to know how to play this so bad I'm too lazy to tab it out
lepricon989 6 months ago
great job
dimmwitness 7 months ago
These are unstoppable assholes.
cullyvan 7 months ago
This is quite possibly the greatest thing I have ever seen. Oh the balls! Brilliant!
eggbertsmith 7 months ago
Brilliant!
chipmangum 7 months ago
wow. amazing. they play it just like the ORIGINAL. (which we all know was by the sister band "The Shaggs") LOL!!!!
shamrockviolet 8 months ago
pick up the tempo guys
Zynyster 8 months ago
Hendrix couldn't play this song.
Rakdos182 10 months ago
holy cow. talk about deconstructionism. i was expecting a polished, "musical" version of the original, just to hear if it could be redeemed.
...seems not... ;D
it's like these guys actually learned the song! i couldn't do it.
shldnbschmn 10 months ago
Ha ha ha! 10 out of 10 to those guys
Poopingbotham 1 year ago
Awesome cover! To do this, they must be really skilled.
Illak666 1 year ago
excellant job
webwillie1 1 year ago
This is worse than the original...
ferretsrcrunchy 1 year ago
@ferretsrcrunchy And I reckon that's a complement right? Hehehehehe........
bpabustan 1 year ago
Fucking amazing, I wouldn't have beleived it, if I hadn't seen it.
The Shaggs are god, their music is 100% pure, because they're not trying to be arty or weird, they JUST FUCKING ARE - they're the most honest band in the world.
clumpft 1 year ago
@clumpft are you fucking kidding
jjudgeandjury 8 months ago
@jjudgeandjury Er, no, judge judy, do you have anything else you wanna say?
clumpft 8 months ago
@clumpft My god, your'e a complete idiot.
jjudgeandjury 1 month ago
@jjudgeandjury Oh go fuck yourself, I hope you get cancer.
clumpft 1 month ago
Wow...just....wow. Very faithful to the original.
Onanation 1 year ago 2
to play as badly as the shaggs must take alot of work and unlearning, i play guitar, bass and have a genral understanding of drums, to degenarate this much is hard.
TheTHESTOOGE 1 year ago 4
why?
GlassPike 1 year ago
Calling earth 1. Comments are pointless... this just can't be real... can it?
blackmore4 1 year ago
With all the attention to detail (even the guitar tuning is spot on), I'm kinda surprised that they left out the backing vocal and fuzz guitar lead line. Strong 8/10. Well done!
fandjango 1 year ago
Good Work! Keep it up! The Shaggs will one day rule the world, it's prophecy.
notoriouslizw 1 year ago
My goodness - I don't know what's more jarring - the original song or the idea of someone covering it thinking it is a wonderful classic.
3investigators 1 year ago
Kinda sounds like free jazz. Very weird free jazz.
Noreillay 1 year ago
@Noreillay
Which leads to a disturbing or possibly comforting theory... that absolutely anybody can create "free jazz". The mathematical implications of the Shaggs compositions are staggering... the harmonic and contrapuntal variations being agony.
blackmore4 1 year ago
I always thought it was impossible to play that song unless you were the shaggs...
brambonius 1 year ago
good lord.. why did they chose this song?
xelcris 2 years ago
Good lord! Apparently this was performed at a talent show at National Chung Hsing University in Taichung, Taiwan. I think my respect for the Taiwanese just increased about 500%.
EMoneyB 2 years ago 3
Wow! I thought it was impossible to duplicate the Shaggs! Sweet! Excellent!!
machineof 2 years ago
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First Yoko Ono, now this . . . Folks, if you go to Japan, all I can say is DON'T drink the water!
JMIAC100 2 years ago
this is amazing
it must have taken so long to learn it
grimmissis 2 years ago 4
The Shaggs were naturally unmusical. These guys practiced to sound like this...
mjmcnult 2 years ago 6
Lol...I never thought someone would cover The Shaggs...thats brutal
ElSenseiHernan 2 years ago
ive never understood the shaggs, never will, the whole thing they and anything like that stands for i will never know for the rest of my life...and thank fuck for that
Serieth 2 years ago
Way to go! Almost as good as The Shaggs!
Kazzzo 2 years ago
lol!!!
wstsidela 2 years ago
That audience is very, very polite..
aboutime9 2 years ago 6
I wish I knew teh chords to this song :(
rockonwalrusbaby 2 years ago
they are unknowable
BigBishop1 2 years ago
great version!!
flescum 2 years ago
I love how total ineptitude and cacophony can still somehow be considered genius.
mjmcnult 2 years ago 2
don't so bad...
Sasukingu 2 years ago
too funny!
dtpod 2 years ago
They aren't japanese.
AllarisFianna 2 years ago
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leave it to japan to make a shitty fucked up song worse
ljvul24 2 years ago
awesome cover !
Bekhbo 2 years ago
i love this one :)
Necrogoat1 3 years ago
someone in front is so bored he`s reading a magazine:)
aidenmnuroff 3 years ago 2
they managed to make the song worse
Huddiethegreat 3 years ago 11
I just can't get over my astonishment that anyone beyond the English-speaking world even knows the Shaggs exist...
Blitzkrieg1701 3 years ago 6
This makes me laugh so hard.
inthefade 3 years ago 2
Thats why the Shaggs were so good. It's COMPLETELY un-reproducible.
jazztrumpet87 3 years ago 6
I agree. These guys sound like they are really dissonant on purpose. It sounds more like a freejazz composition. With the Shaggs it really sounds like they are trying to sound as good as possible.
inthefade 3 years ago 4
They're not good enough for free jazz.
Not bad enough to be the Shaggs.
These guys just suck.
jazztrumpet87 3 years ago 6
Mmm....that was nicely put.
guitarman63mm 3 years ago
I agree
this is a musical scandal
the shaggs aren't
inyourfacebook 3 years ago
cerebral.
consterned 3 years ago
haha theyre acting like theyre struggling and everything. priceless.
the shaggs are what music is like in hell.
YogritMUN 3 years ago 2
AND to have the balls to make this song part of your set? People who aren't in on the Shaags "joke" (or whatever it is) might think these guys blow. Of course I say, Bravo! Bravo!
tonydominoactor 3 years ago 5
I think the drummer had a few of the beats wrong....I heard a wrong chord also.
teiscoxx 3 years ago 4
You can tell they missed a note?? How?!?
screamosux 3 years ago 9
haha, cf. sarcasm
Vulgaard 3 years ago
This song should be added to Guitar Hero.
CatapultYourMom 3 years ago 40
still better than red lottery
HooverphonicChodedog 3 years ago
hahahaha it should
niekoolien 2 years ago
@CatapultYourMom
and it'll be the hardest song
turtlliwdnifuoyehthr 3 months ago
I didn't even know there was written music to this song
wigginrob111 3 years ago
I was thinking this the whole time.
WMDistraction 3 years ago
Can't figure out if they seriously doing a cover or what?
planktonfighter 3 years ago
Fucking genius. I don't know how you can learn this song, it's a total mess.
exepotes 3 years ago 5
nice, rock on!
premiumunlegend 3 years ago 2
it takes balls to play this song and hope to be taken seriously. i hope you played something really technical afterward.
tomfrankly 3 years ago 3
Thanks for your advice.
Willowplay 3 years ago
Love this version more bands should cover the shaggs
GMPB 3 years ago
Wow, can you imagine how many times you have to listen to the real thing to get that mess down? These guys deserve a medal - and a psych exam.
ahz123 3 years ago 38
HAHA
Willowplay 3 years ago
LOL yes even more so out of tune as 'the shaggs'
PennyOz 3 years ago
Although we don't speak Japanese ,we are not Japanese.
Willowplay 4 years ago
OMG! They are exactly as out of tune and off beat as the Shaggs! This is the most mind screwing thing I've ever experienced in my life!!!
CheshirePuss75 4 years ago
This song forces our drummer to die.
Willowplay 4 years ago 7
That's cool...drummers are a dime a dozen.
CatapultYourMom 3 years ago
better than the beatles, indeed
Muzztein 4 years ago 5
I heard him mention Frank Zappa! Awesome :)
BraveUlysses01 4 years ago 2
I've always loved this song! Which version did you like better: the original, by The Shaggs, or the cover by Deerhoof?
Play did a good job! ^_^
Azaelian 4 years ago
Thank you .I think we like the shaggs' version better .
Willowplay 4 years ago