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Residents Music Videos

Résidents De La République Play Video

Résidents De La République

Official music video for the track Résidents De La République by Alain Bashung.

Primeras imágenes de ‘Resident Evil 5’ Play Video

Primeras imágenes de ‘Resident Evil 5’

Milla Jovovich se embute en cuero negro como mandan los cánones para la quinta entrega de la saga, cuyo estreno está programado para el próximo 14 de septiembre.

Rod Stewart kicks of Caesars Palace residency Play Video

Rod Stewart kicks of Caesars Palace residency

Rod Stewart returned to Las Vegas to kick off his new residency at Caesars Palace, appropriately titled, "Rod Stewart: The Hits."

Rod Stewart kicks off Vegas residency Play Video

Rod Stewart kicks off Vegas residency

Rod Stewart kicks off his two-year Las Vegas residency at Caesars Palace.

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YouTube Residents Videos

The Residents - One-Minute Movies Play Video

The Residents - One-Minute Movies

The Residents - One-Minute Movies (Copyright 2008 The Cryptic Corporation)

The residents : Wonderful Play Video

The residents : Wonderful

Rockefeller, Oslo 02-27-2003

The Residents - Constantinople Play Video

The Residents - Constantinople

The Residents - Constantinople (Copyright 2008 The Cryptic Corporation)

The Residents - Gingerbread Man Play Video

The Residents - Gingerbread Man

The Residents - Gingerbread Man (Copyright 2008 The Cryptic Corporation)

The Residents - In the Beginning & God's Business Play Video

The Residents - In the Beginning & God's Business

In the Beginning/Genesis. Welcome to Wormwood/God's Business. House of Blues. Webcast April 1999. The Israelite God, YHWH, does not create the earth. It already exists, though without form. He creates man and woman,...

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Residents Reviews

London Kentish Town Forum

London Kentish Town Forum

Nobody knows who now inhabits those masks, but like all addled old performance artists, they should have moved into pot-farming or computer software long ago...

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Residents Biography

The Residents are an American art collective best known for avant-garde music and multimedia works. The first official release under the name of The Residents was in 1972, and the group has since released over sixty albums, numerous music videos and short films, three CD-ROM projects and ten DVDs. They have undertaken seven major world tours and scored multiple films. Pioneers in exploring the potential of CD-ROM and similar technologies, The Residents have won several awards for their multimedia projects. Ralph Records, a record label focusing on avant-garde music, was started by The Residents.

Throughout the group's existence, the individual members have ostensibly attempted to operate under anonymity, preferring instead to have attention focused on their art output. Much outside speculation and rumor has focused on this aspect of the group. In public, the group appears silent and costumed, often wearing eyeball helmets, top hats and tuxedos - a long-lasting costume now recognized as their signature iconography.

Their albums generally fall into two categories: deconstructions of Western popular music, or complex conceptual pieces, composed around a theme, theory or plot. They are noted for surrealistic lyrics and sound, disregard for conventional music composition, and the over the top, theatrical spectacle of their live performances.

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Residents Lyrics

Residents - Jungle Bunny Lyrics

Once there was a little man
And they called him Shoe Shine Stan
Everyday the man would sweep
Clutter from the busy street

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Residents - Constantinople Lyrics

Here I come, Constantinople
Here I come, Constantinople
I am coming, Constantinople
Here I come

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Residents - Blue Rosebuds Lyrics

I love you and 'cause I do
My sky has changed from grey to blue
But blue's not just a color of the rainbow

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Residents - Home Age Conversation Lyrics

Walking where the windy stops
The tops of trees are bare
Where'd you go, you didn't say
And I was so upset

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Residents Discography

Residents albums.

  • Smell My Picture - 07/2008 (Ralph America/US)
  • Animal Lover Instrumental - 01/2008 (Ralph America/US)
  • The Voice of Midnight - 11/2007 (Mute Corporation/US)
  • Tweedles! - 20/10/2006 (Mute/GB)
  • Animal Lover - 28/03/2005 (Mute/GB)
  • Animal Lover (bonus disc: ...Imaginary Jack) - 28/03/2005 (Mute/GB)
  • Commercial Album - 25/10/2004 (Mute/GB)
  • Freak Show (disc 2: Prague and Beyond) - (Ralph America/US)
  • Wormwood - (East Side Digital/US)
  • Have a Bad Day - (Euro Ralph/DE)
  • Gingerbread Man - (Euro Ralph/DE)
  • Our Finest Flowers - (East Side Digital/US)
  • Stranger than Supper - (UWEB/US)
  • Liver Music - (UWEB/US)
  • The Big Bubble - (East Side Digital/US)
  • The Tunes of Two Cities - (Torso/NL)
  • God in Three Persons - (Rykodisc/US)
  • The Third Reich 'n Roll - (East Side Digital/US)
  • Fingerprince - (East Side Digital/US)
  • Residue of the Residents - (Ralph Records/US)
  • Mark of the Mole - (Ralph Records/US)
  • Eskimo - (Ralph Records/US)
  • Duck Stab / Buster & Glen - 11/1978 (Ralph Records/US)
  • Not Available - 10/1978 (Ralph Records/US)
  • The Third Reich 'n' Roll - 02/1976 (Ralph Records/US)
  • Meet the Residents - (Ralph Records/US)

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