The Ventures - Suicide is Painless

[Ieparbluga]

That bassline!

[Beeglz]

Too gay for words to describe.

[zboorie]

@Beeglz *VACUUM

*whisper to yourself in a mirror

[ladypodtron]

Is this off the LP in the photo? jk!!

Although this version is odd on many levels-

I like it- good sounding sounds.

[coooldeal]

the ventures are coool.

[dnaisinmybody]

WHat the?! I never heard them make disco! I heard many of their songs, but nothing like this. Some groovy shit lol

[thegilker]

The Ventures influenced EVERY Rock N Roll guitarist! Many don't even know it but THEIR heroes were influenced by Nokie and company!

[eddiemurphyfan100]

Being emo has never been funkier

[Kutupyildizi1]

Nice, thanks.



[SJReid82]

Wow, I love the Ventures and have never heard this! This is great.

[biffvonwrinkle]

funkified war

[KingoffKentucky]

Love how this leaves you with a completely different feeling.

[mossy48]

disco era

[Expertmental69]

70's. Uhh, no I don't think so

[SoonerMagic72]

Sounds like M*A*S*H has become a 70's porn film. 

[darkage79]

a cop show? i thought M.A.S.H. was about the Korean War?

[Aeolis7]

M*A*S*H is one bad mother... HUSH YOUR MOUTH!  But I'm talkin' 'bout M*A*S*H!

[Menn019]

Haha! I got this one on vinyl!! LOL! Shitty i cant digitalize from that antique vinylplayer yet.

[zackertack]

considering the band and the name of the song..this was unexpected hah

[MisterB2eternity]

@rikkix19: Richard Rountree or Ted Lange will star as the one token black dude on the show. LOL

[tarnoch]

moserites and micro frets suck

[0rganikTwitch]

"Magnum! Grab me a scalpel!" Trapper John called out to his partner as they interrogated the Colombian Drug lord they had caught after he flipped his Italian sports car after an intense car chase on the Los Angeles highway.

[Philsco]

@0rganikTwitch That's great!

[er6789er]

Hawkeye Pierce, a washed up Doctor/Detective, joins forces with Trapper John M.D. to protect the streets of Crab Apple Cove, Maine...LOL!

[sbrown888]

Hey HashToker, I totally LMAO on that one!!

[rikkix19]

With a little Luv Boat/Shaft thrown in.

[MisterB2eternity]

@HashToker: They leave the Medical Unit of the Army and move to Los Angeles and become cops. LOL

[rofflemows]

1970s Los Angeles meets 1950s Uijeongbu  =D

[ProductionsHead]

(looks at main person)

Lol, Is that tom hanks?

[KingoffKentucky]

@ProductionsHead

can't unsee

[TheHappydead]

absolutely ridiculous

[spuggy94]

Manic Street Preachers Version Always Be The Best Tbh :)

[SAHBfan]

it really needs the words, but the it's the best instrumental version I've heard.

Mash is a sweet, sickly, naff melody with deeply disturbing lyrics about suicide being a way out... the irony is in the contrast, geddit?

Trouble is, do an instrumental - without the context of the lyrics - & usually you have instant 'easy listening' musak.

This may sound a bit 70s cop show - but it is the only instrumental version I've heard that doesn't sound like it should be playing quietly in an elevator.

[HashToker]

M*A*S*H  suddenly becomes a 70's cop show :)

[LastNetwork2]

@HashToker Either that, or it's a rejected theme for "Trapper John MD"

[vegasniceguy]

@HashToker 

[ilovebumfun]

yes i like this

[icetyrant]

This is pretty good.

[Pinwormx]

That's pretty bad ass

[SmashFury]

trapper john md unofficial theme song

[MrLulzmaker]

the lyics and song came from a 14 year old boy o.0 go figure eh?

[captross07]

@MrLulzmaker he made over 1 million dollars of the song, too.

[n8dogg87]

@MrLulzmaker The song didn't just the lyrics. But still pretty fitting that someone going through adolescence would write stuff like this. A confusing and depressing time.

[teroxus]

i hear Cammys theme From Street fighter in this..... if there are any street fighter fans back me up

[Timic83amv]

@teroxus as do i

[yourgayandsoisyourmo]

@teroxus i sorta see what your saying, at parts.

[ArchAngelAlabastor]

which came first the mash version or the version by The Ventures?

depending on your answer, the opposite party could have ruined it.

also, this is an instrumental version of the song

[nnathansmith]

@ArchAngelAlabastor I think it was Johnny Mandel who first wrote it, this is a cover

[ElGarnelo]

@nnathansmith Johnny Mandel wrote the music and Mark Altman, the son of the director of M*A*S*H Robert Altman, wrote the lyrics at the age of 14.

[Monkeyslash]

You'd probably fall off the stool from hysterics rather than depression.

[TheGreenDimension]

i love mash, but i like this song. its not like they destroyed it, seriously harden the fuck up people

[Machinimator]

Too much, no, make that just enough, acid in the sixties.

[wifflwaffl]

It's not exactly happy. More like forceful.

[hellfire584]

fucken mockery of this song it is not supposed to sound happy the song is suicide is painless not suicide is fun

[capnbreakdown]

@hellfire584 watch the original M.A.S.H. film - there's a double meaning with a scene in the film.

[hellfire584]

@capnbreakdown I've seen the original film and i have noticed the double meaning

[yaze6972]

Hello, I LOVE THIS COVER WITH THE PLAYBASS, good, thanks,bye.

[Satchmoeddie]

I think this was out before M*A*S*H was even conceived. I could be wrong. It has that early 70s sound with the envelope filter auto wah bass and rhythm. Wierd rhythem too. What can one say the Ventures did a great job covering these popular tunes. This was THE GUITAR ERA, or beginning of it. Now there are so many guitar makers and video games it is anticlimactic anymore. I grew up learning Green Onions and Tequila from my mom. She stll has her beloved 1960 ES 330 and a 1959 Supro 1624T amp.

[Hygge234]

this sucks they totally ruin the mash version

[CarnalDestroyer]

Cryin' McWillis! This song is so awesome I forgot where my butthole was and I was forced ti shit through my pores

[chalmacu]

me personaly i don't like it at this tempo i prefer it at a slower tempo

[Andy666vv]

marilyn manson covered this song haha XDD

[tehmackness]

Way better than watching MASH. I'll give it that.

[bobp60]

don't you recognize the mash theme song

[MrRpink]

the riff is awesome piss off

[ponfarr69]

It sounds like a soundtrack to a 70's porn film. And I really like the Ventures, but this is bad.

[lisergicdreamer]

@ponfarr69 : HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHA­HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA­HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

I just thought the same thing!!! LMAO!!!

[Schlachtpaulchen]

What a crap...

[VegardMinde]

This is horrible ! But then again all Bosanovas are.

[BeerMan5000]

The Ventures were a highly under rated band.

[FatherWarhol]

@BeerMan5000 They were big in Japan though.

[tatethompson1234]

@BeerMan5000 They are huge in Japan. They sold millions and millions of records,even today still sell out places like crazy. Trust me, they've made millions of dollars and are doing well. I agree tho, here in the states they coulda been bigger. Just think America wants a band that sings and not always instrutmental

[TheOtherJarhead]

@BeerMan5000 Only by the general public. Musicians know and appreciate their contributions are invaluable. Long live the remaining members of The Fabulous Ventures.

[SmegmaCrazy]

It's definitely a different take, and not too bad, but it reminds me of Meco's "Star Wars" theme. It just ain't right...

[greaserman44]

no no. this stuff is classic and great. perfect ventures!!!!

[venturesagogo]

THE VENTURES ROCK!! This would be the best version of 'Suicide Is Painless' in my Ventures corrupted mind :-))

A+A+A+A+A+A+A+A+A+A+A+A+A+

Five Stars For You!!! * * * * *

...suicide is not painless, however, being you'll be in lots of pain when you are burning in hell... -the Bible  GOD BLESS THE VENTURES!!!!!

[Rachulie]

am totally not trying to start a fight, but where does it say that in the bible? ive always wondered but yeah. not being sarcastic.

i know it says ppl can't be "snatched out of My hand"

btw, not to turn this board into this topic i will add THIS SONG IS DISCO GOODNESS!!!!!!!!!

[animal90sFreak5]

Ugh sorry Ventures and fans,but this isn't one of their good songs,and I'm not a fan of MASH but the original song is better,sorry and that's coming from a venture fan like me.

[crazydeath1000]

the orin ver is ways better

[LeppardPrintAnimal]

The Manic Street Preachers version of this song is ten billion times better.

[plw1993]

fuck away off

i like it :)

[texasnewt]

This version is so bad, I think just listening to it now gave me cancer!

[nedmanxxx]

square as a cube of salt... !

[racpembertondual]

The MASH theme it´s so F cool.

[grubs078]

i love MASH

[idicula1979]

This sounds like 70's elevater music. KEEP IT!!

[Superduperminime]

it does sound like musak :3

it sounds more like pimp music!

like walking down the street in the pimp attire :3

[TheMiamifuentes]

yeah they do add a ska sound to it.

[emerpus01]

They WERE into ska in the late 70s/early 80s. See their remake of their own hit 'Ginza Lights' as 'Ginza Ska'. Unfortunately they never covered any Jamaican or Two Tone ska.

[MrBornbadd]

Um you do mean Groove I'm guessing ....unless your like picking Oranges or something

[StrikitRich]

@HauPoMiASo42 - do you realize just how stupid you sound?

[promofo4]

Do you take everything seriously?

[TheCharleycat]

are these guys the originals of the song?  who did the original??

[chefkdowg]

jonny mandel or mandal ? but it was that guy look up the Mash movie and it has his name all over the place

[HauPoMiASo42]

I kind of feel like this song would be fitting for a male prostitute, it's got grove, and a dark side, it says, I'm sexy, but I'm also a bad boy with attitude.

[Cronjob]

Or, in your case, it says "I'm retarded and have no idea what the song is really about".

[MrMattTheKnife]

@HauPoMiASo42  hahaha! Awesome!

[Kyite420]

@HauPoMiASo42 wtf?

[HauPoMiASo42]

i wonder if army doctors groove to this while patients are dying? maybe, when they are on break, they listen to this and pretend they are living as Jackie Brown. or Shaft, you know just to mix it up, get their minds off Hotlips Hoolihan. :>

[TRIARII117]

hah... who knows lol

[hippojuice23]

ooga-chukka ooga-chukka... I love it!

[kanda444]

Here's a fun fact: This is the theme song to the movie "M.A.S.H : Hawaii Reunion"

[longinusmaximus]

here's a funner fact,

you suck

[kanda444]

it was a joke... humor is tricky but keep trying, you'll get it.

[indredcold69]

Good version of a classic tune.

[papabugs71]

I like the bassline.

[CollectsWelfare]

Hm. Wasn't the song supposed to be depressing and introspective? The funk ruins it. This isn't a dance beat, it's a dirge.

[Yakovlievich]

I agree.

[Psychodarity]

Indeed. This isn't the Ventures. This is desperation.

[Yakovlievich]

I guess you're supposed to feel good about killing yourself while listening to this.

But even then it doesn't work. Ian Curtis had to listen to The Idiot by Iggy Pop in order to do himself in. I think he might have killed someone else if he listened to this.

[magiusavvail]

To CollectsWelfare:

I agree, but it's Hollywood.

Most shows/movies are supposed to be meaningful...up until they get popular and Hollywood takes over. xD

The funky beat makes for a great nostalgic ringtone, but I agree with you on the original. It's not supposed to be this funky or happy. Bring back the dirge, and give in to your sorrow.

[jeezulz]

The original was chump.

[ventues97]

This is just an awesom version of this song!! The Ventures can do no wrong!! After 50 yrs in the music business!! no negative reviews please!!! I love the Ventures 70's disco stuff..Give them credit for trying to keep going!!

[plasticchuckband]

From 1:24 to 2:10 is just awesome.

[budbud619]

you get in so so much shit with a title like that these days

[ttownsticks]

TACOMA!!!

[naganokumas]

I want to get my chronology right.

When did this happen among the other versions of this song?

A quick chronological summary would be most appreciated.

[bdcavalier]

this beat is funky

[sneakyneaky]

This version is nothing short of blasphemy

[cameroooon89]

i love the juxtaposition of this right above "You nailed it!"

[CarlosTadeus]

Impostor...... isso não é do The Ventures ,seus porcos ..... pig

[socdk]

There's some Rocky Bilboa running up stairs shit to this version. Worst thing is that I like it. Totally 80's action background music.

[FOARP]

You nailed it!

[emerpus01]

@socdk THey covered the Rocky running up the stairs song on their 2006 album "Rocky!".

[Ramubay]

This song brings me images of Hawkeye and Trapper driving around the streets of San Francisco in a Firebird treating dope pushers to their own brand of justice.

[mikefilmstudios]

is that in the movie or TV show

[Ramubay]

Well, the Firebird was built starting in 1967 which puts it firmly into Vietnam War (1959 - 1975) and post-Vietnam War eras not Korean War (1950 - 1953) or AfterM*A*S*H* eras (1953). The only TV show that would apply would be Trapper John, M.D. which took place from 1979 to 1986 and was set, you guessed it, in San Francisco. Apparently you missed the special episode with guest star Alan Alda returning now as plains clothes detective Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce.

[sephiroth2049]

I would give everything I own to see this made into a series, especially if it's magically a young Alan Alda and Wayne Rogers somehow.

[Ramubay]

Now come on, don't be silly, they're old and going to stay old. Alan Alda is still acting so he's ok. Wayne Rogers now has his own highly successful investment firm Wayne Rogers & Co so he's out. Pernell Roberts (who became Trapper John when Wayne Rogers turned down the role) is over 80 years old and retired. Elliott Gould is still acting, but I guess you would have to go with Donald Sutherland for Hawkeye if cast that way (at least his son Kiefer could get the show on Fox).

[sephiroth2049]

Oh, Jesus Christ, it was just a joke.

[Ramubay]

Blasphemy on Sunday! Ummmmm.

Agree with you about The Ventures....but it happened with a lot of 60's bands trying to find a sound in the 70's.

[Froce712]

What in the fuck?....

[TTSnim]

I can see this being on an Ep of Scrubs. JD would end up in a dress.... And Cox would have some thing pithy to say about violence and life.

[dapenguin2]

Dude WHAT THE FUCK?! They Ruined It!!!

[puppetchaos]

More like made it ironically awesome.

[stupullen]

Yea, The Ventures kinda messed this one up ...Mel Taylor was not drumming(Joe Burille...busted for dope later), bass & rythem by the two originals (Bogal /Wilson) & lead by Bob Spalding(not Nokie, or Gerry) ... any music from The Ventures( 74-79 )sucked ,they completely lost they're sound in that era.

[emerpus01]

I read he just had someones prescription in his bag while on tour in Japan, whcih he didn't know was illegal there. Barile was a good drummer. There are some late 70s V's vids out there, take a look (especially the Hello Kitty-like "Sunflower"). Also - tis cover is BAD ASS!

[stupullen]

let opinions be what they are, I feel like throwing the few albums from that era against the wall they suck so bad...perhaps someone believes cocaine is a prescription drug ...shit man, allot of crap can be edited to the bone over this many years...thanks for your comment anyway.

[denkouchoujin]

More like Beasted It!!

[SSPoseidon846]

you can never beat the original M*A*S*H tv theme or the movie full lenght song

[dissolvedfoot]

i've beaten it before on easy mode tho

[TheKidninja]

what about the manics version?

[chaharly2]

ok, well, this song isn't a disco song, its a very very sad song

[HunterMann]

I'd like to drive the disco arranger to the Golden Gate Bridge..

[stupullen]

Lets just say these were not the ORIGINAL Ventures...you will find alot of this crap in the 75-80 ventures albums that featured three guys you never heard of and only one that was later featured on keys later (a bad time for the ventures)

[BONUSSTAGEPRO]

yo the ventures i love play surf tracks not wack disco bullshit

[mrmonty86]

A DISCO VERSION GREAT

[TBeanIV]

complete shit.

takes so much from the emotion.

[scupa123]

Hey GWE4, what was the response from your emal to Metallica, you guys are quite close i know.

[GWE4]

Total bulls**t. I was informed that only online members who pay like $50 a year to be in some fan club can get suggestions to the band. Oh, and they promise to be avid readers of those people who do cough up the bucks....sorry, I wasn't born yesterday.

[CozImSoJedi]

scupa123 was being sarcastic, you UTTER TOOL

[emerpus01]

They did a WHOLE ALBUM of 60s and 70s tv themes. You should hear their version of Star Trek! And later they did an album of 80s movie music - featuring a medley of Axel F and the theme to Miami Vice, Ghostbuster, St Elmos Fire, Charriots of Fire. Not to mention their J-Rock cover album (the Ventures play Puffy Ami Yumi). Oh and there's also disco Star Wars AND Close Encounters themes. What haven't these guys done?

[thismanonfire]

so are these the first people to do suicide is painless?

[blownglasslide]

Hahahahahahaha! The Ventures are so badass!

[GWE4]

Ok, I just sent an e-mail to Metallica. They have to remake this song! Listen to the guitar, and consider the lyrics...duh! This would be a really cool Metallica remake of a classic, and relatively unknown and forgotten song! Listen to the guitar and think of Hetfield and Hammett cranking away at the guitars...and Hetfield singing the original lyrics to "Suicide is Painless" Are you kidding me?!?!?

[martymefurst]

Unknown? This was the theme to one of the most popular TV shows of the 70s!

I love love love the Ventures but this totally sucks.

[GWE4]

Ok..what I was saying is the Lyrics are relatively unknown..the song melody is known worldwide, yes.  I was listening to the guitar by the Ventures...and somehow thought of Metallica...how I bridged that gap, I dunno, but that was what made me think that the guitar possibilities and the lyrics could be cool as a Metallica song..that's all..

[raizumichin]

Actually, that would be kinda cool. Metallica wouldn't be my first choise, but it would be nice to hear a metal band do a version of this song.

[VodkaScrote]

Motorhead. Lemmy might actually do it. Motorhead doing Suicide is Painless would be beyond fascinating. Motorhead, Motorhead, Motorhead. I can't stress this enough. I'm only saying this because it's a possibility.

[L324RT12]

I like it. Very up-beat. Its just a song guys, everthing is going to be ok!!

[killfroggy26]

Damn! This version makes me want to chase criminals and slap a hoe!

[L324RT12]

I down with it!!

[keeton]

i can dig that

[redfang59134]

horrible i wanted to depressed wen i listen to this song not cheery

[GenieHigh]

Oh its horrible.

[wikinfei]

to up beat and cheery not the right mood at all.

[BarnesvillianWeiss]

great song

[sancalls]

Some songs are best left as originals, this does not sound bad, but the feeling of original is hurt...

[daspoo]

Well this proves it! Everybody did disco in the 70s. I had never heard this and I gotta tell ya my world has been changed a little bit. thank god for the punk movement.