"March Of Greed" by Pere Ubu and The Brothers Quay

"March Of Greed" is a song from the band Pere Ubu's theatrical production called "Bring Me The Head Of Ubu Roi," an adaptation of Alfred Jarry's "Ubu Roi." The featured singer is Sarah Jane Morris as Mere Ubu. Film-makers The Brothers Quay animated wide-screen projections to frame the stage drama, which in this case is a Puppet Watusi choreography. See http://www.ubuprojex.net/bringmethehead.html

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Film & Animation

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• Pere
• Ubu
• Sarah
• Jane
• Morris
• Brothers
• Quay
• Alfred
• Jarry
• Roi
• animation

[falturi]

great. what about a dvd release of the event?

[SmogVeil]

I think the band is planning more performances in 2009. I'm sure a DVD will be released sometime...

[ignatz10968]

Thanks for the critique, Baudelaire...I was surprised someone so pretentious and clever isn't familiar with Alfred Jarry...that was until I saw your 8 second video of your cat waving.

[bigsteveno]

Sounds surprisingly like the Residents. Really looking forward to the upcoming release of the album.

[WutHappenedLastNight]

@GetStencilD Yes!!! When I was studying these videos it hadn't even occurred to me that Tim Burton had been so inspired by these guys and now looking back at it he stole so much from them. Not to say Tim Burton isn't a genius, because I fully believe he is.

[GetStencilD]

this video is what makes me certain that Tim Burton is waaay derivitive of the Quay Brothers.... he copied this for "THIS IS HALLOWEEN"

[rpaxon]

@bigsteveno As a longtime fan of Pere Ubu and The Residents, I agree. This album has a lot of general feel in common with The Residents' work. Moreso than with their own work. I like it all.

[osocali777]

the absurdist quality of this song and it's choppiness reminds me of the Residents....LOVE LOVE david thomas' voice

[temporoboto]

Cool song

[MrDashingyoungman]

A really interesting departure in form for the Quay boys! Visually, this is one of the most exciting works of animation I've recently seen.

Thanks for sharing it!

[megaswenson]

This is better than Evil Nurse Sheila!

[MrMagneticPelican]

Even though I don't have any emotional or mental connection to this art at all, I'm glad I found it because it's another beautiful song by Pere Ubu and I can't get enough of their music. Maybe I'm not diverse enough to get anything out of it but it's nice to look at.

[conorhand]

Oh dear, my brain has just liquidated and is all over the floor..

How am i going to get that out.?/

[luvumo2day]

sound of brain cell apoppin love pere ubu,like pronounce it uba..big emotional acheivment rockonbonzo76