Henry Rollins Recommends: Suicide

[@dannydorko7075]

Let's hope people don't just read the title...

[@willscomix]

Another example of when punctuation can save lives.

[@tigermunky]

I'm here because of the title

[@dj-um7el]

​@@willscomixtrue

[@JHNO66]

😂

[@eabnamoliben1598]

Toolate

[@hotelmario510]

Best video title I've ever seen.

[@Amangiechsin]

Frankie teardrop is such a great track in terms of atmosphere and energy. that opening drum track automatically instills fear inside you

[@BlackMetalChauvinist]

My dad used to play that track as a punishment when I was a kid... now I do cocaine and worship that song and album.

[@hmoment661]

@@BlackMetalChauvinist holy shit that’s cruel

[@BlackMetalChauvinist]

@@hmoment661 Punk rock parents in the 80's... what are ya gonna do?

[@sstaners1234]

I got to love Rollins reasoning for getting the album. “Because it says Suicide on the cover and there’s a lot of blood.” 😂

[@YipJumpMusic]

Sounds like a valid reason to me 😂

[@Cheeseboiga]

That title without context just sounds wrong.

[@mitchellhughes5180]

True.🤣

[@Jheassler]

Listened to Frankie teardrop yesterday... been thinking about it, it’s a well written song. Portrays beautifully the story, but it’s one of those things you can feel in your chest. A heavy feeling you can’t quite get rid of.

[@sexobscura]

it's what *all* love songs strive for

[@scatrrr]

Because of the “spaceman” narrative, I’m partial to the 1977 demo version.

[@jackrosenblatt1669]

"girl" is one of the most seductive pieces of music ever created

[@pedrogunn9950]

Listen to the version by Barry Adamson! Sooo hot. 👌

[@curly_wyn]

@@pedrogunn9950 fuck yes

[@robertbeckerbecker1354]

CHEREE CHEREEE, OHHHHH BABBBBYYYY

[@sexobscura]

on a par with 'Wake Me Up Before You Go Go'

[@alexm2930]

Well that explains a lot.

[@TehSkullKid]

I know about the band and love their first two albums, but man that video title out of context is funny as shit.

[@fredweddle1226]

One casual listener said of this particular Suicide composition: "We played this for the first dance at our wedding. five guests took their own lives, but it was worth it for the memories".

[@Bavodekat]

😅

[@johnmoser9731]

Amazing record. One of the best I've heard. Had the same experience as Henry. Uncomfortable to listen to so you kind of naturally laugh at it.

[@boiledcabbage9988]

Whoa, Henry you can’t say that

[@ssri728]

one of my all time fav albums and one of my all time fav yt titles

[@keironhiggspoet]

gotta agree with Hank here, its a great but menancing album. the riff of ghost rider due to its repetive nature lives rent free when i sometimes try to sleep. what fun. :)

[@hanswurst5493]

I wish i could timetravel and see your faces when the first notes hit you.

[@michaelvolgare4454]

Mr Rollins is so right!! Saw Suicide at max's in 1975 and it was a life changing experience!!

[@jacobreveles7222]

What Rollins calls Frankie Teardrop the most intense song in the world, I call it the most TERRIFYING song in the world

[@waltwhitman7545]

perfect title

[@meatlejuice]

what a title lmfao

[@rattlesnakehawkweed1876]

If 'Frankie Teardrop' is your thing try 'Slug Bait' by Throbbing Gristle, then book some therapy

[@jayburdification]

Let’s hear it for Frankie

[@a-bomb3142]

I’m listening to the song right now and I’m scared

[@joshwoj2784]

I just checked it out. Didn't like it

[@RightFangIkit]

Suicide is extremely hard to get into. Cheree is much easier to listen to.

[@MrMatijas16]

@@RightFangIkit I wouldnt say its hard to gey into if youve heard Joy Division

[@dissofosho333]

@wayward_wyn guess you could say that... Ian attended suicide 🎶Ba dum tss🎶

[@ThePowerpointMaster]

Minimalist Music, it's amazing, check out the composer Arvo Part and the album Colossal Youth by Young Marble Giants

[@mistercheetah9717]

I had a shockingly similar experience with that record.

[@Ceremony74]

Rollins also did a cover of "Ghost Rider"

[@marcofalzone6469]

Bruce Springsteen reportedly was inspired by "Frankie..." as well.

[@Maadcapminis]

This title was misleading

[@waroku9501]

well who am I to argue with Henry Rollins guess I'll die

[@vivaldireal1741]

This title sure is bad out of context

[@willsadventuresandreviews]

Hamburger lady by throbbing gristle is much more disturbing to me

[@lancewatkins4771]

Truth.....and the newly surfaced Frankie Teardrop (first version) adds a whole other level to the story...

[@jungastein3952]

I started listening to Suicide a few years ago because I saw this. Now it's one of my favorite bands. It's astonishing to me that they didn't release their first record until they were both like 40 years old. That's awesome!

[@Butanu-14]

I think Martin was in his 20's and Alan in his late 30's

[@666kinski]

Life Changing Album for me.🤷‍♂️

[@jeffgallardo3242]

alan vega is amazing

[@behroozshahdaftar4209]

After listening to Suicide, I understood Spaceman 3 and Spiritualized a whole lot better.

[@dinorino2]

wait.... do you wanna tell me that Henry Rolling forgot to ask Alan Vega about the picture on the back cover? what was he looking at ???

[@firbhamming2575]

Frankie can't make it

[@itwontcomeout5678]

Guys, the title................ lol

[@EmpathyArts23]

Listened to suicide when I was in elementary school, never got nervous about their sound I think it’s pretty.

[@dangermouse2235]

Suicide Saved My Life!.

[@FrankieTeardrop1998]

Cheree is my love song.

[@kleinenboese395]

Surrender...

[@FrankieTeardrop1998]

@@kleinenboese395 Great one as well 👍

[@y.t.5729]

Henry Rollins is Richard feynman if he went punk rock!

[@black__bread]

These wee vignettes are great reminders of the exhilaration, and in this instance confusion and a lot of dafuq, we all also felt discovering this music for the first time.

[@jaysilverstone7221]

Mister Ray is sublime.

[@1TakoyakiStore]

Frankie Teardrop is a force of nature. The only song that's made me feel a similar sense of dread and impending doom is Rockets Fall on Rocket Falls by Godspeed You Black Emperor.

[@raviolihog4002]

He gave so much justified praise to a record that no one today would even understand if they heard it.

[@martian9999]

Henry Rollins and Suicide. Now, this is something where I can click on the "like" button before I even watch it.

[@doctortoomuch]

rollins just described the way to learn something from. its when youre defnintely shaken by anything beyond your save milktoasty mindsets. if its gross it may informs you, and information isnt meant as news, its one part of the two way principle of semiotics: information and redundance.

[@edwardmulholland7912]

It’s a brilliant album

[@tsaxondale2499]

Top band. Saw them twice in London, amazing gigs

[@TorchySmurf]

Frankie Teardrop is what I've been hearing on the news more and more over the last 20 years of my life.

[@DiamorphineDeath]

Suicide is one of "the" bands of the 20th century. Along with the Velvets, it's absolute beauty, and absolute art. Nothing comes close.

[@saraivatoledo1842]

I wonder what your thoughts on The Beatles are .

[@DiamorphineDeath]

@@saraivatoledo1842 Beatles were great; very trendy and "punk" to denounce them, yet if one listen's to Lennon's solo work, Harrison's...and McCarthy's...they were each pop writing studs, and together made music that most likely won't be touched or expressed in that way again. Take Paperback writer, that's a perfect pop song, while having an edge and a counter-cultural tilt..slight distortion, etc. Reminds me of what the jesus and mary chain did, was subversive and transgressive, and yet lifting immensely from the vocal harmony of the beach boys, just laid over walls of dissonance and feedback/noise. Beatles are the fundemental band, but given the choice, I would still rather see Suicide in their prime at CBGB's or Max's, than The Beatles. Lennon's solo work stands out immensely though.

[@saraivatoledo1842]

Really intelligent, eloquent answer ...pretty unexpected tbqh. Why can´t people be more civil like this ? Sorry! Wandering off into my thoughts. Basically agree even though it´s all hindsight (for me ) ,of course ...Rollins says he didn´t touch the record for a few more weeks after that 1st listen ...in my case was decades . Believe it or not I only got into Suicide after having understood much more angular, obtuse ,psychedelic electronic music which at the root would probably not even have existed in their current format had it not been for the former´s existence. Great example of a band like that is Skinny Puppy ...Coil too. Only then did I finally "get it " - by recognizing their sound at the core of everything I was listening to at some point in time (early -mid 90s ). Also ,there is a certain grit, a confrontational side to Suicide which one may argue is also present in The Beatles. Although I understand such view ...simply do not feel it ,if you know what I mean...@@DiamorphineDeath

[@DiamorphineDeath]

@@saraivatoledo1842 Ohhh I completely get that; I think the first time I heard Suicide I was already into that aggressive/in your face choatic vibe. Grew up on punk music, was into modern art, the art world, etc...but Suicide had that visceral quality, even though the music itself was not say, Black Flag, or The Dead Boys. A good album is Nebraska by Springsteen, which carries a similar vibe. That confrontational vibe, which you stated and I agree with fully. Those industrial bands had the same thing, Einstrezen Neubatan is a good example, which I am not going to google how to spell, but along the lines of skinny puppy and those out there bands, throbbing gristle, etc...Suicide had to have been huge. Appreciate the interaction dude

[@saraivatoledo1842]

Interesting recommendation which I´ll definitely be revisiting soon minus the preconceptions ,bias and contradictory nature (towards what was seemingly popular with others at a certain point ) of my teenage years when I was 1st exposed to Springsteen (mid -late 80s ). Speak of Einsturzende Neubauten ...1st time I watched them (late 80s ) the bouncers were giving earplugs away at the entrance , haha. Same era Young Gods were also quite the wild band on stage. Allegedly still are, just missed them this year cause I got the dates confused ...didn´t miss Clock DVA the day after though ...if there´s a band I feel like recommending you that would be it. You probably know that already being my senior -in case you do not ,their debut "Thirst " is quite the record ...so is their 1st exploration into Kraftwerkian territory, namely "Buried dreams ". Nice interaction indeed. Thanks and Stay safe .@@DiamorphineDeath

[@JawsHLL]

thanks, I've been thinking of it everyday

[@beataspiewakjonsson1749]

I love that record RIP Alan 🙏❣️

[@fallenangelcrimson]

okay, thanks for the recommendation…

[@RF_Burns]

The Boiler by Special AKA is also really shocking.

[@sebastiengerber146]

Thank you Henry, I'm planning to take my own life at the end of the week.

[@adamblackshaw9151]

It's a groundbreaking album

[@vexomnight3079]

.... Franikie's dead.... AHHHHHHAhahhhhhhhhhhhh

[@JohnnyJohnny-f5o]

Slightly unfortunate video title, mate lol

[@BarbieChaite]

0:50 wrong.. there is 2 synths and a drum machine and vocals...

[@ryderthomas24]

i love how he says "because it said suicide on the cover and it had alot of blood"

[@punkuk1979]

Yer one album I still own and one album that bring a smile to me boat race every time I hear it (thanks John Peel)

[@Math_Mage_9869]

banger title

[@jeffsims8270]

Alan is lookin into the gates of hell cuz he sees Frankie in there suffering for his actions.

[@Altazor-fh9of]

Same tbh

[@noserialkiller3596]

Love the first 4 songs on the album. They definitely influenced our music. No Serial Killer.

[@Bavodekat]

😂henry your so funny..

[@peroxid0]

W

[@mosescamacho1245]

Lets fucking gooooooo

[@utub1473]

Yeah no you people NEED to retitle this.

[@LuxuriousInterior]

Nah

[@InfiniteRhombus]

"bee bop bo beee bop bo" - a. vega

[@devinthierault]

SUPERCOP

[@bobsbigboy_]

Swans are way more intense

[@Rock-iw7ov]

Ya but Suicide came WAY before

[@bobsbigboy_]

@@Rock-iw7ov yea well

[@JRK2669]

Yeah but this album is from 1977... and besides the screams on Frankie Teardrop is a more intense song than any Swans song imo

[@shawnlee8208]

yeah but Suicide are way better overall.

[@sterlingcale1242]

Pick any no wave band over swans

[@sexobscura]

A recommendation from Hank is an almost *interminable CURSE*