The Residents - Gingerbread Man

[mrjhanko83]

The Aging Musician sounds a little like Jim Morrison.

[Alexkorbuto]

Gingerbread man wants to conquer the world !!!!

Residents are the best !!!!!!!!!

[dacrookedi]

that was trippy

[MatiReyes]

He draws bats but the thing he wanted was to play with a bat.

[youtrynafight]

umm?

[mchammerlicious]

trippy

[makeupbynight]

That weaving girl is going to give me nightmares.

[MrStanleySass]

Strange page to advertise Justin Bieber.

[Rob0crap]

VEVO SUCKS !!!!!! I HATE THOSE DAMN COMMERCIALS !

[ZombiezRCool]

does anyone know the seperate meanings to each story or what they represent?

I understand that the people in each story have a problem..but it must go deeper than that..

[zathusura78910]

@ZombiezRCool they are all chasing something they cant possibly catch.



[zathusura78910]

Woman works hard in the hopes that someone will love her for her suffering. Oil tycoon wanders a wasteland, ignoring his children, then reflects on his decision on his deathbed. The artist may be a success, but he cant help but think of a time he could have won the game without cheating. Rockstar realizing his 15 min are up and the futility of fame. Old lady wonders if these pests ( about your will...) really care if shes dying. They are all chasing past mistakes and decisions they cant catch

[razorabbit]

Oh residents, you so silly

[VKatze]

Fantastic. One of my favorite albums of theirs by far! (Next to Freakshow of course)

[Georgiew1]

I just started listening to The Residents, and they seem incredible to me! Is this their greatest song?

[cinephilefromhell]

@Georgiew1 I would argue that their greatest work is on the Wormwood Live album. But the beauty of their music has to be that they do such radically different things every album, that it's easy to love any one.

[MrFoxstirling]

@cinephilefromhell i saw wormwood at house of blues in vegas and yes it was the best show i ever saw,its good but i like ginger bread man better.

[TheDrumsRock]

this should be illegal

[NotATubeSurfer]

There is so much depth to the meaning of this song. It's just that well done.

[Marwood91]

Don't write comments about acid if you haven't taken acid...

[IkaroRatuburen]

O___O

[Igotmyvanson20]

well trying acid no thankx?? this video is good enough for me.. 

[roboreptileisasome]

This is subliminal as fuck. Please don't mind my name I made this a long time ago. :/

[notyetaladie]

Who is the girl singing in the beginning?

[MajorJakobs]

Dude, the lyrics are freakin deep in my opinion.

[TheMiningManiac]

This is like watching cyriak

[chanfan304]

@DexterSixx actually, it's called the Gingerdead Man...

[RadRocker9]

They might be giants experimenting with acid?

[Sexyboy2226]

WHAT THE FUCK FROM 6:00 till 6:20?! WHAAAAAAAAT THE FUUUUCK?!!?!?!!

[TYU44115]

@Sexyboy2226

excuse moi essaye de respecter les anciens

ca mange pas de pains

LES PRÉCURSEURS

[catacombkilla619]

a bear... just gave me a high five... then hugged me on a sweater...

[ShareYourUnderwear]

I lost it.

[skullking4213]

Im going insane

[Brollyhero99TOP10]

This is Residents in a nutshell: Anonymous amazing avant-garde geniuses!!!!

[DoubleM29]

I've got a clan of gingerbread men.

Here a man, there a man, lots of gingerbread men.

Take a couple if you wish. They're on the dish.

[TheSaucyAuto]

@DoubleM29 Mmmmm, Syd Barrett. :)

[DXshadow91]

what the crap am i watching?

[crookedmelody1]

@DXshadow91 EXACTLY!!! HAHAHAHAH

[wazumedasho73]

Well, try to do something better than this and I'll accept your opinion ):

I think this music is awesome and also very hard to do.

Don't fell bad for us, we don't need it :/

[NotATubeSurfer]

The wheel keeps spinning as long as you keep running.

[hollow334]

:\

[TheBradyarnold]

I like the "4 forbidden notes" at the end >:D

[SadlyWatches]

FLAG FOR MASS ADVERT

[unfolk]

An American Music classic, special guest Todd Rundgren on vocals ("The Ageing Musician")

[atm1357]

This isn't good at all... seriously, the music just isn't good. I feel bad for anyone who feels the need to pretend this is some kind of undiscovered "genius" and that normal people just "don't understand."

[universalsingularity]

@atm1357

lol :)

[Dannyrocksass]

@atm1357 Yeah, I feel the same way. This songs sucks.

[noahlankford1]

@atm1357 I just watch it for the pure WTF?! value

[PaandaSpeaks]

@atm1357 Thank you! that is the smartest comment I have seen on this video so far.

[SSTMKS]

sublime!

[ArzOnaute]

Wow ça fait bader

[ROBERTyay]

Crappy ads!!

[rhombusskullvsteal]

this is really fucking scary

[Applemask]

I literally only just realised that The Old Woman's theme is the same as The Weaver's, only dropped a couple of floors. How thick am I.

[MrEvilMind]

All in all it's just another Resident in the residen's-wall!

[MrEvilMind]

All in all it's just another Resident in the resident's-wall!

[Salvius23]

Boy, the Gingerbread Man's work outside of "Shrek" is a lot edgier...

[mattlepokora]

@Salvius23 ahah nice.

[hahagerm]

@Salvius23 Thank you for making me laugh so much.

[abarat8888]

great video and I love this album

[shootitup21]

i just want to speak to the residents

[silversalvo]

Well, there goes my sanity ... Or what was left of it.

[PONWEEMAN]

I don't have Adds.

Thanks ABP y NoScript!

fuck vevo

[nigrobat]

here 01:00 skip the adds

[Bacon4Rashers]

@azmtnbikemaniac-I prefer swede to leek or better still carrot and a dump.

[54herve]

vous habitez ou???

[nightmaren00]

I'm calling my dealer right now, this should NOT be happening.

[TheSnowsbeauty5]

Reminds me of the great David Lynch! LOVE L-O-V-E THIS GROUP!!!!

[MrManueleh]

If you run as faxt as you can without catching up maybe you're going the wrong direction.

[victor102able]

The Residents make disturbing vids O.o

[Kekkeyu]

One of the few Residents videos I get.

[SatansBitchIsGod]

This is the wierdest thing that could ever have been created, and yet I love it.

[TidalWav3I]

this is the weirdiest fucking band I have ever heard in my life!!!

[IdiotSage42]

@TidalWav3I

if you like experimental music like this, check out mr. bungle or fantomas, or any other mike patton projects.

[MrWtryskacz3000]

its beautifull life!!!

[Anophis]

Wonderful. The Residents are great.

[mxjustin22]

way to get right to the point

[holeintheheadted]

I get it? Neat video.

[holeintheheadted]

I get it?

[cfynes]

@Lamboragon It did perfectly fine before in-video advertisements. Stop looking for fights on the internet.

[teracat]

Holy shit.

[tatunkha]

Wow I am amazed by that. Great upload thanks.

[theprofane]

Fucking ads seriously. All i wanna do is listen to my daily gingerbread man.

[Jack223344]

This is the last fucking time I bake cookies on acid.

[MikuMech]

Everyone's fucking sad for some reason or another. You're just impartial to one.

[braedonizzle1]

im high and scared shitless

[faunflynn]

The hillfiger ad is revolting pederasty. The USA is so sad.

[EnigmaticUnseen]

@faunflynn This has nothing to do with countries. Stop being butthurt over territory you nerd.

[Usernametobechanged]

I got linked to this wierdest thing I've ever seen, scared me a little, favorited

[TheSlimySeconds]

One of the most emotional epics Ive ever heard since The Wall.... Beautiful in its sorrow.

[monkeywireless]

I like the music but the video...well....well it let's just say it reminds me of the arcade game "Carnevil"

[Aldar16]

Fucking nightmare! :O

[CleansWithRag]

The sold-out artist looks like the guy who sings "Constantinople".

[mogstah]

@CleansWithRag Small easter egg but there's a previous Residents video playing on the tele - I'm thinking they're going for that relation. (Maybe to themselves?)

[CleansWithRag]

@mogstah

I can't believe I missed that! Thank you.

And, it's no surprise that you'd see a promo for the band in their own music videos...

Stephen King does it in his movies (You'll see a book or two he's written), not only that, he also does cameos.

[VillaValo13]

@mogstah What video is it?

[mogstah]

@VillaValo13 @CleansWithRag Look Up 'Moisture' - That's the hinted video :)

[narmolania]

These music videos are so amazing, as are the music XDDD The only problem is that I often feel like im high whe watching these, I mean THey are amazing, but if I would have to explain it it would end up sounding something compleateley insane and people would think im high XDDD just something you have to lsiten/watch to truly undestand in my oppinnion

[LunarEcli]

i was absolutely gripped by this short film. at the end this fucking cash 4 phones advert appeared and ruined my mood

[techsupportplease]

Weird + cool.

[MikuMech]

You do not stick a 25 second ad in front of my video that cannot be skipped.

You do not.

[Shawnruss]

@MikuMech

To get rid of ads, install adblock plus. (google it)

It gets rid of the banner ads on youtube and other website, and best of all, it gets rid of all the ads at the beginning of videos. (haven't seen one in over a year)

[blackcheesyghoul]

@Shawnruss heyyy, thanks so much for that advice

[casestudyification]

@MikuMech Too late. The scum did it.

[GROTESQUEANATHEMA]

@MikuMech flashblock m8

[SirRossano]

Awful

[normloman]

Great ad targeting... I love The Residents, so I'm totally gonna buy the next Selena Gomez album.

[Applemask]

@normloman To be fair, what on earth could you advertise around a Residents video?

[Applemask]

Not a through road.

[xraytube111]

Time is the fire in which we all burn.

Well done people.

[eupesio]

who made this video?

[hervevdb]

Very good creativity. Surrealistic and avant-garde this is art!

[adrianvdb]

Reminds me of the movie The wall that Pink Floyd made.

[anima60]

Well, it's maybe mainly because i've juste woke up but, it' SO awesome O.o

[BrutalButcheredFukr]

Well uh that was something else...

[Bobsikus]

WTF ?!?!

[ElegyForTheMasses]

The stupid ads keep freezing, yet videos play just fine

[frozenfarm]

@ElegyForTheMasses thats how they get ya to buy their product

[MrJacobFennell]

this is great

[ElegyForTheMasses]

Avant-garde perhaps?

[XdracoX117X]

EPiCk

[Bram25]

One of the most symbolic stories ever told.

The Weaver works her fucking ass off every day, the dying oilman is dying while his children can't wait to claim the empire, the sold-out artist regrets his status of fame, while he actually wanted to be somebody else, the old rockstar is sad and forgetten by the rest of the world, the old woman is awaiting her death while she can't commit suicide. And that all while the Gingerbread Man walks the ever turning wheel of life and events.

[RockCleric420]

functioning brains agree Hey Thats good!!!

[CerberusvonOz]

...puppy!!!

3xxx grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[PaperCupsRock]

....best song/video iv seen in a while, and iv seen rage against the store..so thats saying something

[MysteriousDrF]

That's got to be the most touchingly beautiful short film I've ever seen. :')

[CerberusvonOz]

...sometimes I feel like Bread too!!!

[jambamagamba]

video was preceded by an ad for justin bieber. maybe targetting the wrong market heregoogle ads?

[boboskiwattentotten]

The poignant menagerie of micro-songs combined with the imagery in this video are able to capture the loneliness, misery, and self-loathing that are part and parcel to the human condition with a unearthly eloquence.

[perkyporkpie]

The older I get the more I realise the RESIDENTS are just one of the great American bands. As near to unique as you can get

[trsdos]

lol celine dion commercial

[smokeyamindbassline]

this song is so fucking awesome!!!

[Clematisian]

:: Thank you, thank you, thank you, oh, & did I say, "Thank you" ??? The Residents are one of the (very, very) few audio-visual performance troupes whose presence in this artist's collexion of recordings is well appreciated. this is an instant fb post! Brilliant choice to upload, orchardmusic. Now? I will get the DVD. Namasté ~ (•8-D

[LiamAndJackWhut]

Why would you get high when you can just watch The Residents

[smokeyamindbassline]

@LiamAndJackWhut because its fun to do both at the same time! alltho i see where you are coming from they are good like that! but its so much better high!~ lie everything!

[MooooonDemon]

I'm thoroughly confused

[eugenealive]

WTF?

[MTGunNut]

what's the significance of the oilman?

[fanica31]

@MTGunNut he has all the money and power, but he is dying, and his family wants nothing but his money

[spritefan125]

He's dying from lung disease, while his children are waiting to take their inheritance.

[RoselliMarco]

04:27

[CodonZer0]

Shits deep man... I feel it in my SOUL.

[ClassicRockSovereign]

This is the best music video I've seen in a long, long time....

I wish they'd just reveal their identities, already! Man, that really bugs me....

[Komatzu]

Who they are is completely unimportant

[Spleen2772]

i dont care what everyone else thinks but i love Residents and 20!

[kartoun]

Is there a DVD of that to purchase?

[kartoun]

Great video! See you today at the 9:30 club!

[ZLUGGO]

I love the bit about Curt Cobain!

[AnimalLuvver]

lol AWESMOE

[MartaBtrp]

Good video!

[ZLUGGO]

@MartaBtrp

This springs to mind:

"You wouldn' t be so hot if you weren' t dead" like The Damned sang...("The Aging Musician")

[mogstah]

Epic (albeit very abridged) compilation of "The Ginger Bread Man" - each song in their entirety has a deeper meaning - Each person has their demons they're contending with - The old weaver is detached from reality, The musician is forgotten, and the sold-out Artist is well, a sell-out.

I applaud all the retards who are like "DURRHH what is this dumb shit, this is horrible" - You're the reason why Residents exist, because you just don't get it.

[ZLUGGO]

@mogstah

The musician is my fave.

[mogstah]

@ZLUGGO Yeah, his part was the most catchiest. I like The Weaver and The Musician equally.

[ZLUGGO]

@mogstah

I' ve been in a band so...well...you know...

[shpongled1971]

hehe...been..you know..past tense...

[ZLUGGO]

@shpongled1971

Cheers.

[etherealstill]

@mogstah

That's funny. I thought it was the hipsters who are tricked into believing what they are buying into is hip, ironic, new, and actually creative, when in reality it's the same old, bland, repacked shit in a box with different wrapping paper.

[ChuckRage72]

@etherealstill

I take exception to that. The Residents have been around since the 60's. No one's trying to be new. They're not trying to please anybody, they're just trying to make art. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. If you like it,good, if you don't, you don't. There's no reason to go slinging around words like hipster. I'm a fan of the Residents and I hate hipsters (with their fucking Hot Topic and they're "ironic" "retro" fixation.)

[Uchuuneko]

The fact they've been around since the 60's pretty much throws your theory out the window.

Unless Beethoven is repackaged Bach, of course.

[fanica31]

@mogstah what I like the most in this video is 2:45 when gingerbrad man is in circle. I think the gingerbrad man represents us, the people, and te circle is our life - it's just spinings around and around.... at least that's my opinion.

[mogstah]

@fanica31 Maybe not us, rather aspirations or hopes .. at least that is what i gathered from it. People spend their lives chasing a certain thing but end up in another situation, wondering what happened.

[fanica31]

@mogstah yup, that's also true.

[Jcolinsol]

@mogstah

You can chase the gingerbread man on a long long time, but you'll never catch him.

[bbqufc]

@mogstah

You're one of those know it alls. Look at the clever boy with the badge...polishing his trophy. Shine on you crazy diamond. Thinking that you're right and everyone else is wrong must make you feel special. I know a few guys like you.

[mogstah]

@bbqufc 7 out of 4 sewer rats agree - I am your new messiah and are infallible. Now, salt in your eye.

[bbqufc]

@mogstah

This shit sounds like the great depression

[mogstah]

@bbqufc Totally bro, now back to watching UFC with you.