Sparks - In the Future

This song is so weird and great. Well, the entire album "Indiscreet" is weird and great, but this song stands out for weirdness and greatness, and it doesn't sound like it was recorded in 1975 at all.

On second thought I really think that "Without Using Hands" out weirds it, but that's due more to Russell doing his best Liza Minelli impression while singing it. Hmm, Liza *should* do "Without Using Hands" for her next show/album. I bet Liza would go for it. She's that awesome.

There is one problem with "In the Future:" after you hear it, for days afterward you want to randomly yell out "FYU-CHAH! FYU-CHAH!" in public.

I highly recommend that you *don't* do this.

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[h1soka]

What year was this filmed? 2002?

[eileenh28]

@h1soka I believe it is sometime after 2006, because the same performance has "Perfume" in it.

[GODHATESWBC]

punk ahead of its time .... superb xx

[fancy424]

Isle of Skye festival June 2006, brilliant!!!

[fancy424]

@eileenh28

[ralphhorace]

Tammy on drums, Josh K & Jim W on guitars, Steve Redd Kross McDonald on bass - so this would have been somewhere on the first UK 'Hello Young Lovers' tour Feb (ish) 2006...

[BritSwedeGuy]

IT'S WINTER!

IT'S RAINING!

[ErectionAtSchool]

Fuck yeah, Sparks is pure genious!

[QUBIQJimmyC]

They pretty much invented New Wave with this song.

[notahemi]

The cool thing about these guys is that they were so avent guard (?) that the music is today. And they don't look like geezer rockers. Really intellectuals.

[rubinoos1]

The album version sounds a lot like something by Devo.