Butthole Surfers - American Woman

[Meep1023]

We got 35 beliebers in here. Someone grab the shotgun.

[flymcgooch]

first time i did acid i moved into a place and all i had was this cassette been a fan ever since strangers die everyday is a trip lol

[wburnettekelly]

Sgt. Bastard. For being a rank cunt, you sure wanna sing campfire songs.

[themysticalJ]

This song makes my head float- It's so creative & sexy !

[acorp78]

Уникат.

[moomin96]

Lol this gotta be the worst cover ever xD nice job

[cobias]

this is some shit

[MauricioAE1]

i have the LP

[FernRichardsMusic]

The most artfully tuneless guitar solo ever. Masterpiece :)

[MegaMo99]

hit 5:31 and go listen to the original..

[Rodan100]

Look, God is the creator so he did this first. He meant BS to cover it first though. Sometimes shit don't happen. This is why kids in Africa die and floods and shit occur.

[wburnettekelly]

@Rodan100 This is fruitful. Thank you.

[MrTadpole16]

im gunna be honest. this cover sucks so much dick. Seriosly tf its the same drum beat the whole fucking time?? wtf thats so annoying! they the buthole surfers could have done waaaaaaaaay better.

[artmack]

I met Gibby in 1989 at "Tipatinas"(n.o.) He was so high on L.S.D., he could not speak. I asked him to sign my shirt. He wrote, "69", and walked off. (he then did a 2 hour show, through a megaphone.)

[Mrbeastofbourbon]

@artmack The Surfers played a gig here in Adelaide, South Australia, around '89 or '90. During the support acts there was a bloke up the back just behind us lying on the ground, asleep facing the wall. The last band finished, he got up and ran through the crowd, with us going... is that Gibby??. Then he came on stage and they played in front of a screen showing an old Army VD film.

[Mordehm]

Oh damn, there is always one douchebag that spoils a video with a certain persons name which I am not going to mention.

[StudioScarecrow]

I liked it until he started singing.

[napalmko]

@StudioScarecrow Lightweight.

[PaleBunnyInfidel]

@napalmko LMAO no shit + fuck all y'all ;-O

[JivemasterJ]

Dinosaur Holocaust kept trying to sell CDs at the last surfers show I went to!

[KarlXHungus]

That Butthole Surfers is what happens when a group of people drop away to much l.s.d. And record it. Not that i don't love the Buttholes, its just that people who have never done l.s.d. just don't seem to appreciate their music has much as someone who has.

[Alcoomia]

@KarlXHungus I have never, I am loving this band. I think it's part of how drugs open you up, and make you drop you pre conceived notion of music. LSD seems to help, the butthole surfers are no usual stereotypical band. Good stuff!

[KarlXHungus]

@Alcoomia Really good acid will cause you to drop your pre conceived notions of everything.

You've never dropped acid? While I wouldn't recommend LSD to anyone with any pre-existing mental health issues, You seem like a clear headed person, You should drop, Just make sure you get the good shit and not any of that rat poison assholes will try to sell you.

[MEGADETH77ful]

THIS IZ WITHOUT A DOUBT DA BEST VERSION EVR!!!!!!

[ajprospector92]

this is crap

[Gene041]

tambocha you are correct

[tambocha]

This is one of the greatest covers of all time.

[ninyae]

The vocal sounds like Peter Sellers doing his Goon Show stuff.

[PutItAway101]

Got enough gated verb on the drums? LOL

[AlexanderDavidBand]

@PutItAway101 LOL

[meatwad13666]

when i was 11 i thought everything that came out of my town (San Antonio) sucked, then i discovered the Butthole Surfers, here I am 5 years later....

[bckm54]

THIS IS GREAT!!!!!!!

[fossilman01]

They butchered the song!!!!!!

[helmetheadofdeath666]

@fossilman01 THEY MADE BETTER HAHA

[Tallerico500]

@helmetheadofdeath666 Indeed!

[kittenkiller69696969]

I don't need you're war machines....!

[RumpLeINtiLINsKinnIN]

airduster!!!



[TheCoverHeaven]

nice cover

[FolishTrixx]

i luv u guys

[CY0PS]

YAAALLLL BI??

[seuss7177]

1969 again oooollllll aawwww I see manson

[mimickick]

Hey I heard Gibby is going to be a guest judge on American Idol next week.

Just kidding. This cover is better than everything ever done on American Idol ever. Ever.

[mackawack12346]

@mimickick Check out Dinosaur Holocaust for more of this type shit...Fuck American idol in paula's fat ass!

[SpenAgain]

I have never ever done drugs over than ethanol (beer, spirits) or caffeine (coffee, tea, red bull) and I love this music, so shut up and open your ears and mind.

[StevenAteYourDogs]

if this from hair way to me?

[01Indiekid]

@StevenAteYourDogs no this is on rembrandt pussyhorse

[CY0PS]

@StevenAteYourDogs Hairway to any mans SACK

[CY0PS]

@StevenAteYourDogs It is big boy ...YALL BI

[SeanKnox183]

This is rubbish.

[atomicaleb]

@SeanKnox183 People still say "rubbish"?

[fuMasterOfSwords]

hahahahaha fuck main-stream music

[hopesnopes]

GOD this makes life still worth livin !! Crank this mofo up till your guts vibrate & be glad as hell you're on the planet and yer ears still work. thankyou for posting this.

[Bumbumawangis]

Off "Rembrandt Pussyhorse".

[FatFredyFreak]

Put down the pipe and join us in the real world

[FatFredyFreak]

Now that I've stopped doing drugs, I can see what everyone else already knew. This shit ain't music, it's random noises and voices set to drums. Jesus this sucks so bad it makes me like other song by them less. I have lost all respect for this flash in the pan, one hit wonder. I tried to listen to the who;e thing, but I couldn't, I just had to hit the pause button before I killed someone. I'll never be able to hear Pepper again without thinking about this humongous piece of shit.

[KJB2010]

@FatFredyFreak what are you talking about dude, this is a cover, nothing random about it, theyre MUSICAL instruments, what else can you do with them besides make music? this stuff is awesome drugs or no drugs regardless, its just not your taste

[StonersRadio]

@FatFredyFreak Reality is for people that can't handle drugs, and great bands like the Butthole Surfers.

[VULGARTRASH]

@StonersRadio keep talking urself up u wanabe cunt

[StonersRadio]

@VULGARTRASH and keep spelling like the intellectually lazy shitfuck you are.

[nyrangers731]

@FatFredyFreak

Like the other guys said just your taste, nothing to do with drugs. I used to smoke alot of pot but I quit recently and I still listen to all the same music I did before and enjoy it just as much

[cowzRkool]

@FatFredyFreak you obviously know nothing about music. listen to 4'33" then question everything else you know.

[Rockdrigo0]

Try mixing this with lsd. I did a few years ago i still have this feeling my ears are melting.

[ArtMassacre]

@stinkittodaman umm, true.

[Teutonic1250]

THE DRUMS....MAKE ME FEEL FUCKING AWESOME

[regularsizechuy]

This track "das good" f**kyou Canada! Oops I don't mean that.

[SuperCoyotebongwater]

this is so trippy non stoned is great but you know what would be awesome stoned that would be great

[Apollyn186]

@stinkittodaman ... Or just enough... :P

[GuttaSoup]

This is the kind of music that makes me want to get out and electric slide on some nin-kum-poops! Who needs structure, good instrumentation and solid vocals when you have classic music like this! I'm getting out a bottle of Baileys for this one!

[tjodolF2]

@GuttaSoup The worst part is; the Butthole Surfers recorded a sensible, competent, straight teen-age American rock'n'roll version of this tune, and then they mixed out nearly all guitars and bass, put phasing on it and edited it to nearly double lenght. There is a sensible, regular mix too, available on a five inch no label clear vinyl single that came with a few copies of their "Blind eye sees all" live video. Good luck finding one - and to the lucky few who already got one; congratulations!

[KenHaydenArt]

Umm, kidz, the ORIGINAL song was done by The Guess Who in the 70's --- NOT Kravitz. Peace.

[mistamuthafuka]

@KenHaydenArt

Really...people thought Kravitz wrote it? Or had a team of writers do it for him?

[bongchampion]

I hated the original but this song is so unbeleivable. lenny kravits sucks.

[RogerRabbit94]

@bongchampion to bad kravitz didnt make it.

[bongchampion]

@RogerRabbit94 the guess who are ok but lenny kravitz sucks.

[SubconsciousGatherer]

The BHS are the only band that could make this song OK to listen to.  Fuck the original, and FUCK LENNY KRAVITZ.

[skribiller]

this is so bad its good

[Joefonzgoldenarms]

sick

[AllYourFriendz]

Best cover I have ever heard.

[reverendcock]

lol cream corn

[daven58100]

Ah yes. The voice of an angel.

[backalleyruckus]

This is better than the stupid original song...You're a shit version fuknut! Buttholes rule! Gibby is ok but you suck son!

[backalleyruckus]

This is better than the stupid original song...You're a shit version fuknut! Buttholes rule! Gibby is ok but you suck son!

[qpoqiuqytqrewq]

It's a huge stretch to call this a cover of American Woman.

[daven58100]

Remember when the U.S. military was playing rock music to piss off the enemy? They should have just used this non-stop.

[LeafFreedom]

@daven58100 no dude, the enemies would just be rocking out and loving it. If you want to put someone off, play some justin beeber or some gay thing like that. Let's save the good stuff for enjoying. :)

[Tallerico500]

@LeafFreedom That might backfire and some of them might like it. We don't need to spread beiber fever more that what it already is. :(

[daven58100]

@LeafFreedom lol. True.

[buffl777]

@daven58100 with that version the us win in vietnam ;)

[paulthepill]

lol.....

[plerimest]

SHIT VERSION

[Gumbyrearygood]

@plerimest SHIT PERSON

[plerimest]

@Gumbyrearygood - SHIT IDIOT

[Gumbyrearygood]

@plerimest That means I suck at being an idiot?

[DontEatEggs666]

@Gumbyrearygood I do believe so.

[Gumbyrearygood]

@DontEatEggs666 Ok, good.

[TheTone683]

Great Song !

[haddad717]

WHAT THE FUCK KUNT

[noddyneeds]

just sounds like a noise to me

[vansrok1]

@stinkittodaman Or the euphoria one would feel if you could ingest your own asshole.

[koldslaw]

Murphys law

[thegrammarfairy]

I will never own a stereo powerful enough to do this song justice. I love all of it except the parts that resemble the song "American Woman." (Probably lost some of you there....relax, it was a compliment)

[lancezimmerman]

@thegrammarfairy I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE SAYING

[number7gracestreet]

U-tube is Badass. Like the virtual jukebox of my dreams. Tried to hear this song some months ago, but it weren't up, yet... now it is... THANX.

Hope I can return the favor!

[UBBERSEXYDUDE]

Play at maximum volume to piss off stupid fuckin' neighbors.

[milwaukeebestdry]

@UBBERSEXYDUDE and it work with the police too!

[UBBERSEXYDUDE]

@milwaukeebestdry Yep. Play at max volume and don't answer the door.

[TheRandomfanboy]

That was weird.

[blacklegionairsoft1]

dude! fucking ANAL CUNT pwns these guys at this song!!!!!

[sexnviolence666]

AxCx version is the best so far, better than the original

[gerryono]

@sexnviolence666

i couldnt agree more

[ermac210]

Yeah! AxCx fucking rulz

[acefilms28]

No version will ever surpass the guess who version

[mjrippe]

@acefilms28

Maybe not, but this is pretty awesome. The Lenny Kravitz version is pretty soul-less compared to this.

[ObsoleteGuitar]

@mjrippe i totally agree with you. have you seen the music video he made for it? it seems like he didn't even understand the song was being critical of america.

[GameAce17]

This is an okey verson of the original

i still like Guess Who's verson way better

[bigsexyinsect]

is that kathleen singing

[MuTiLaTePwNs]

lawl at :50 something

[Rockdrigo0]

This is completely amazing.

[klavistata]

Kurt Cobain met Courtney Love at one of their concerts.

[pukeonmyshoe2130]

are u sure? i heard it was at a doa concert

[klavistata]

I'm not 100% sure but i have heard a lot of rumors that it was at one of their concerts, but you could be right.

[pukeonmyshoe2130]

im not sure eather, but eather way it would be fuckin awesome to meet your wife at a butthole surfers concert ma.

[mrjon75]

he should have gone to see Wham that night Courtney love is awful!

[missbettybumper]

lmao! nice one

[tooldforthisshit1]

Poor Guy.

[SgtBastard101]

I use to live above this annoying old lady who would complain about me walking across the floor! So I put my speakers to the floor with this song full blast(even late at night) the cops the first time they came to my place said they had waited outside my door untill the song finished!! They said they loved it and wanted to know the artist,ext. After about 2 wks. of this, she quit complaining about me walking. This song sounds so badass turned-up all the way with big speakers!!!

[ginanightmare]

lmfao, if only all cops were like that XD

[screenanme]

Haha...that is so funny! My neighbours are not too keen either! I love it!

[dougshairyback]

@SgtBastard101 cool story bro

[southlandasss]

@SgtBastard101

That is hilarious. I had a neighbor that would F#ck his girlfirend (I guess it was a girl she never made a sound which is wierd because if you are giving it to a girl good, they usually will respond) a 3:00 in the morning almost every night and the head board would crash into my bedroom wall. It ended the night played this song in my bedroom at top volume. He either moved the head board or the GF left him, either way I sleep in piece.

[SgtBastard101]

@southlandasss hahahahA! Sounds like were Butthole Brothers from different mothers!

[DavidTheEye]

@SgtBastard101 haha, that is classic!

[GamerBoy53]

@SgtBastard101 lol They actually accepted a band called the Butthole Surfers?

[SgtBastard101]

@GamerBoy53 with ah grin, and nothin' more....

[Retrograyed]

@SgtBastard101 Should have paid Stomp to do a show in your apartment.

[sydbarrett5]

@SgtBastard101 Are you on the Butthole Surfers forum on their website? If not, you've got to tell them this story. 

[lizardmantrev13]

@SgtBastard101 See that's a cool story why can't we all talk about shit like this, stories that relate to the damn video not how much we hate vevo, or hate bieber, or bullshit chain letters. Just talk about the damn vidoes and watch them!

[Honeytrip420]

@SgtBastard101 FOR THE FUCKING WIN!!!!!! :D :D :D

[paulemasterman]

@SgtBastard101 nice job mr

[SpiritDrive]

This is the most awesome, Residents sounding cover the Butthole Surfers have ever done! These guys never cease to amaze me!

[ribtor]

fUKIN aWSOME !

[ChronicBudInc]

was this song/cover directed at janet reno/ waco texas incident? i always had that feeling if someone can back me up

[crieff405]

this cover is from 1986 man

[zippywaite]

thats there worst in my opinion.

[torswab09]

this is a is a pretty wierd video!

[zosolotus]

Heavy.

[gormano]

gibby haynes for el presidente

[moldybrain141]

this is your brain on drugs

hahaa

[SlipKnoTmOsHeR]

fuck yeah bro. these cunts are trippers.

[dawncrk23]

Final say on this: Orig, I looked back at your profile. If you like C. Bukowski, no way you won't love the Captain, as I'm sure you've already figured out. I mean, both were from L.A., right? It's the most twisted city out there, except for maybe Moscow; all they were trying to do was add a little bit of sanity to the place, in the form of poetry. John Cale once said he moved from NYC to LA to get away from the sicko drug scene; he said LA was 10 times worse; I know, because I grew up there.

[dawncrk23]

Shucks, listening to this again, I can't believe how flipping BRILLIANT it is! Who cares about their influences, I guess. All rock bands kind of influence each other, right? It's not like they don't listen to each other. LOL.

[harlowfarblast]

I wish someone would kill Lenny Kravitz with this song.

[theoriginal72]

Maybe use a large array of stadium bass speakers to shake his house to pieces.

[900heyzeus]

Dang, I have this on vinyl. It sounds beautiful over the tubes, just like yesterday.

[send2meez]

get away from me-eeeee

[DBrownVideos]

this is wierd

[dawncrk23]

Well, no doubt this is brilliant avant garde punk, but check out their main influence, Captain Beefheart. He is the most avant garde musician in the history of rock. He's a genius: he wrote all the words, did all the vocals, composed most of the music along with Drumbo, and then became one of the great painters of the 20th century. I don't throw the "g" word around a lot, but the Captain is surely one of them, maybe the supreme one. Others I can think of right now: Bob Dylan and Johnny Rotten.

[theoriginal72]

I love Captain Beefheart's crazy lyrics, but the songs themselves just seem lacking.

[dawncrk23]

Original - You gotta lissen more, until they sink in, that's the key. Then, one day, you will see and hear what I mean. I appreciate your kind comment, though; pretty rare on YouTube, where every little pissant can turn into a tyrant! Wonder what Genghis Khan would have done if he'd had a freaking keyboard??? Check out the Radar Station website, and you can see some of his artwork, and hear some more of his songs.

[Rockdrigo0]

Man i've done lots of lsd and i DOUBT im ever gonna rock as bad as the Butthole Surfers.

I'd say its like drinking a gallon of lsd+tons of musical talent.

[Abortive]

and crack

[krapsicle]

ah, wrong, they're from texas.

[ultamatebeatlefan]

there from Texas, Gibby's dad hosted a kids show in Dallas called Mr. Peppermint

[Demolitionhick]

1.40 I want that hat, just like davey crokett but with ears.

[hopebgood]

Cock me out with their ears. I'm feeling odd.. Shit. Very odd. Now I'm wondering - should I play tennis with Johnno tomorrow? Who knows? I'm still gonna do it!

[hopebgood]

Grrr! I played tennis with Johnno today. It was a fucking disaster! He is/was one of my closest mates. We first met one acid trip!

He pissed me off once at a Buttholes gig years ago. Love him still, but tonight....well ..I'm annoyed, but I still love him. CUNT!

[wordupassholes]

What the fuck is that thing at 4:11

[CLOVERX69]

lISTEN TO THE MOISTURE IN YOUR EARS....!@~~

[joedude20]

wins my vote for only cover of a song where i cant actually figure out what the original song was

That is so true, it is what most covers should be, a nod towards a good song but not an exact mirror of it