Ministry - Over The Shoulder (Official Music Video)

[@inphiknit]

This represents everything that was fun about 80's industrial music. Great stuff!

[@xx_blasphemer_xx8148]

@OppenheimenFuererMary Joseph Vanderbilt DARPA I feel ya bro 100%!

[@klarenzjeong8031]

1985 masterpiece

[@robc.4321]

Twitch was a great album. Totally underrated

[@flint-morrismurphy9332]

Rob C. Hi, I am Flint + Twitch was the real Start-up LP.. their style was born and one of the most underrated LP of the 80's.. Paul Barker,Al Jourgensen..

[@swantonbombx14]

Very!

[@clvrswine]

Do you know the the definition of underrated? I think not.

[@rage0in0the0cage]

Hell yes!! I love this album so much

[@RedBorsch]

@Rob C. Because it was made in wrong time.

[@elektroshop3388]

Everybody talks about: With Sympathy vs their Industrial Metal albums, but for me, Twitch is their best album bar none, not that i don't like With Sympathy or their metal albums, but the original industrial sound on Twitch, reminiscing legends of the genre like Cabaret Voltaire, is just fucking amazing, I Love It!

[@maxblack6665]

Skinny puppy!!!!

[@catherineshaw1122]

Al hates With Sympathy. It wa my first Minstry album so I like it but I see why he hates it. Studio interference making him more poppy than he wanted to be. Twitch was perfection.

[@kobrakommandar8370]

Yeah when this came out it totally changed my perception (as a drummer) of what could be done as music

[@WildChildMcCloud]

Twitch *is* electro industrial though. 😉

[@davidreid9114]

Twitch is always my favourite. You can see where they came from and where they were going on that LP. Love it.

[@samskyrocket4316]

This shit was wayyyy ahead of its time. Rocking it hard

[@BlunderCity]

At the same time, it fitted with the time. Depeche Mode was doing stuff that sounded a bit like that, especially in Some Great Reward, but more commecial. This was the first Ministry song I ever listened to. I was 14 growing up in Paris and there was this American guy in my class who would occasionally bring stuff back from the US. One day he told me "check this out, there's this underground band called Ministry an they sound like THIS". Fuck me, I was hooked from day one! It was just before Land of Rape and Honey came out. It also reminded me of a weekly, late night TV show in France called "Les enfants du rock" (the children of rock). When I was 12 (mid 80s), I was BEGGING my parents to let me watch it, there was a bunch of stuff from the UK scene, which was very vibrant at the time. It had a cool electro-industrial track during the opening sequence: Crushed by the Wheels of Industry by Heaven 17: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oImpgap6pJp0d5o

[@mcganahanskjellyfetti7722]

Ahead of its time? That’s laughable 😂🤣 Listen to Cabaret Voltaire from the same period. This sounds pretty similar. A little darker perhaps. Ahead of its time lol

[@clvrswine]

@@mcganahanskjellyfetti7722 Agreed. Not ahead of it's time. Perfectly in it's time. These commenters are annoying.

[@bigstomp7943]

@@BloodlineMedia bites was 85 and SP were never "industrial" nor were ministry. al jourgensen has always been a damn poser, whether he was ripping off depeche mode, big black, or slayer.

[@catherineshaw1122]

@@mcganahanskjellyfetti7722 it's more appropriate to say it's timeless, it holds up.

[@greva2904]

Only 6 years between this and the Industrial Metal of Psalm 69. Mind boggling!

[@davedaffin9494]

Psalm 69 rocks

[@iltourcinico]

The three years of difference between "the mind is a terrible thing to taste". A pure metal album.

[@rambro1stbud]

Back when the ethos of the band was to never make the same album twice. Al/Paul were ahead of their time.

[@paticusmaximus12]

Only 6 years of extreme drug use but yeah.

[@hiddensword9387]

@@paticusmaximus12 Oh yes, because he looks totally not on drugs here.

[@annahanguiano8931]

Ministry will forever be my favorite band. Most unique and evolving band. Al is a musical legend and genius. Why isn't ministry in the Rock hall of Fame? Seems insane especially with their influence on so many countless bands.

[@abelmontalvo4052]

Rock and roll Hall of Fame can't handle Ministry 😂

[@cullenarthur8879]

I try to stay positive about the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame but some of their choices of who to let in and who to keep out are puzzling. I won't mention anyone by name, but I can't understand why they should be admitted over some who clearly deserve it. Ministry being one who deserves it.

[@LazerFloppyDisk]

Who Cares about the R&R hof ? God its ghey

[@ligmaballs2022]

Think it is more on who sells more records AND is also influential

[@romerorosewood5846]

man electro industrial Ministry is awesome!

[@richardsdead]

fuck yeah it is.

[@JA.Rave170Sounds]

Industrial Will Always Be The Best Type Of Electronica!!!!!

[@aldusxenon]

Synth pop MINISTRY is awesome too.

[@abrahamjosuehernandez4468]

Yeah!!!!!

[@samsungtelevision695]

Best ministry yea boi

[@allanjazzera7630]

This was the best bass line I had ever heard in December 1985. Serious midnight wake-up call music. I still don't think it has been bettered.

[@atomictraveller]

wake up wake up in the middle of the night to the sound of reign reign reign we have no memory tonight

[@ciba20]

yes, fucking good, but front 242 masterhit better!

[@WildChildMcCloud]

I think the bass was sequenced on Al's Fairlight II.

[@Reyescult]

This is my favorite song on my favorite Ministry album. It must have been between 85-86 when my friend Erin introduced me to Ministry and Skinny Puppy with Twitch and Mind the Perpetual Intercourse. These albums blew my mind, and changed my taste in music from that day forward.

[@jeffcobb2734]

This is the song you can actually hear the old "With Sympathy " electro-synth pop melding with the later industrial stuff. Still catchy with a hook but much harder edge.

[@mysocalledknife07]

So far ahead of its time ... tragically unnoticed in 1986.

[@thesputnik6423]

Love his synthy electro stuff. His ways are vast and strange.

[@YouKnowWhereYouWentWrong]

In his book "MInistry: The Last Gospels According to Al Jourgensen" he says he can't remember which "Greenback Films" member (Storm Thorgerson, Aubrey Powell or Peter "Sleazy" Christopherson) directed this video. But if you know anything the man (may he Rest in Peace) this clip is pure "Sleazy." This video is insane - I remember it well from the first time I saw it on a video screen in an alternative dance club in Athens Georgia in 1986.

[@LiminalVoices]

It was Sleazy. Wax Trax posted a photo. Yesterday, March 12th, was the 37 year anniversary of Twitch's release and they mentioned Peter being the director. I saw that and came here to re-watch the video.

[@jackgilbert5287]

@@LiminalVoices Sleazy did it. The car theft and store break-in are likely confirmed as unsimulated illegal acts.

[@industrialcheese1155]

I never knew they made a video for this song. I also never realized it was only 6 years between Twitch and Psalm 69. Quite a seachange. Thanks for posting this, Rhino🤘

[@tributeborn6036]

Love this song I've prob listened to it about 900 times or more. Very atmospheric.

[@Paulie80]

Al looked so cool in this video. One of my favorite songs by the old ministry

[@AlbanianMan]

My favorite song from Ministry. Remember this from 120 Minutes on MTV.

[@SteinerArts]

Oh yes, the whole Twitch album is great in general. Also, nice pfp. Really sir, I drove all this way here for nothing.

[@AlbanianMan]

Steiner Arts please sir, I really drove this far for no reason

[@SteinerArts]

@@AlbanianMan 😂😂

[@gb9884]

Take a seat

[@BlaineDowan]

I remember in 1983 listening to Brave New Waves on CBC FM every nite at midnight with Augusta LaPay and she had Al Jorgensen on her late night show and had just released Twitch. That was 40 years ago, ahead of its time

[@barrywhite5502]

This song is a banger. 😎

[@gtlef9298]

My favorite video from Ministry

[@d3athr0ck3r]

GT LEF did you actually know the kids stole the car and trashed the store illegally.

[@greggmitchell2392]

My favorite Ministry song.

[@klarenzjeong8031]

Accidentally bumped with this in early 2008

[@heathercopley3074]

Best video EVER. Al’s hair is everything 🥰🥰🥰

[@fortworthron]

Wow - did not know there were vids from the Twitch era!... 🙂👍

[@DM12128]

This was the best era for Ministry.

[@8jaime8]

Prescient lyrics and an excellent video to go along with it. I loved this era of Ministry.

[@dk5468]

Ministry's early techno industrial stuff was way ahead of its time, itself and anybody else

[@tonybucca5667]

uh....Depeche Mode

[@KudaniiMusic]

Cabaret Voltaire. Front 242. Skinny Puppy. Etc.

[@LazerFloppyDisk]

skinny puppy was 1st

[@theresashaw3431]

Saw em concert in the 80's and use to dance to this song all the time back then in a old punk bar in Chicago called the Exit,

[@joiem1634]

Mark Grant Medusa's was a great place to see shows

[@JoannMiller.]

Theresa Shaw cool

[@teresamance8381]

Mark Grant very cool

[@nastynes88]

Theresa Shaw that place still exists !

[@teresamance8381]

nastynes88 Yes it does, but not at the original place. It was on Clark st.

[@nc5809]

I especially love his faint vocal styling in this one

[@brianoneil9662]

Rolling Stone magazine at the time compared his "weak vocal style" with the Bee Gees. I love it.

[@JonathanVasquez-qm7pw]

Hallelujah.

[@gaylebremer8492]

Hi Al, "Over The Shoulder" received radio play in Atlanta, Georgia. I hadn't heard it in years. I love it. Best Wishes, Gayle Raye Bremer

[@mikehowes5065]

One of the greatest songs...

[@anaemiabag]

this is an incredible video, and song...

[@slowdiver5732]

Right?!

[@passionparade]

Big size, small size Any size, round and round We need, we take Burn it all to the ground Started over and learned to walk We teach you how to talk Please try and understand We're helping all mankind We use them a while then it's over the shoulder We use them a while then it's over the shoulder We are serious O, serious Dollar here, dollar there Dollars flying everywhere We're only here to please Stop the killing, trust me We'll only be a while Big while, big big smile We use them a while then it's over the shoulder We use them a while then it's over the shoulder We have in our hands Every woman and every man Things are gonna go far Down a real big fast car And what you see is what you get Keep 'em hungry, you bet You need security To keep you from the enemy We use them a while then it's over the shoulder We use them a while then it's over the shoulder

[@glxtched22]

Nice. Great song. People need to know what is being said.Those were great times.

[@timhollis3390]

so what's being said?

[@vladkilgar6958]

@@timhollis3390 That the government has everybody in the palm of their hands. Promising a false sense of security by force.

[@vladkilgar6958]

We are just a resource to be used and tossed aside.

[@timhollis3390]

Very true.Most likely going to kill us all soon

[@K-StateScottFL]

Can't believe this is 80's. Nothing like it today.

[@musicuniverse1356]

Peter Christopherson of Coil directed this video!

[@josejones7025]

Chris & Cozy

[@josejones7025]

John Balance was cool as shit. That should probably read Cosey, Chris & Cosey fan tutti

[@acttragic]

Twitch was the first real Ministry album. Twitch, Land of Rape and Honey, Mind, and Psalm 69 are all great albums. Unfortunatly after those albums they lost what made them great

[@darko4402]

Joder qué auténticos los reyes del metall industrial, vaya evolución! 🔝

[@ash8865]

One of my favorite vids/songs/albums of all time.

[@MarvelGirl100]

MANY NIGHTS AT FLASHBACKS THIS SONG WOULD PLAY. IT GO ME THROUGH SOME TOUGH TIMES BEING ON THE RUN FROM THE COPS AND SHITTY FOSTER HOMES. WOW...............................LIFE IS STILL AWESOME AFTER ALL OF THIS. JUNE 26 2024.

[@hectorlima]

I love this... and I thought this style would never be fresh again... then I listened to Spike Hellis and was so relieved.

[@catherineshaw1122]

Takes me back to Medusa's, the early years, Sheffield avenue, Sugar at the top of the stairs, dancing in a box just inside on the main floor until they kicked us out then we ambled over to Punkin Donuts at Clark and Belmont. Amazing times. Music is a time machine.

[@BonesyTucson]

First time I heard this beat I was hooked, and that's all there is to it... still gets me today, love it

[@KillerKlipsch]

I have a good friend who is in the music industry and he said that every well known musician he met has an overwhelming respect for Al Jorgensen. His willingness to do whatever the hell he felt like was such a crazy concept especially in the 80's and 90's.... Little known fact, he has a heart of gold and makes the best friend a person could have, if you are lucky enough to get to know him.

[@rivotrich7]

Finally! Ministry brought this great song and a couple of their other Twitch tracks back to their live music set at their Cruel World 2024 Concert. Hope they include over the shoulder and at least a few of their other Twitch album tracks at their next live show concerts (if they have any more left now) so I could hear a few Twitch songs live for my bucket list 😎

[@chrisjames2766]

Love that Adrian Sherwood Ministry sound!!! Nothing else like it. This changed everything for me. Skinny Puppy was the next mind blowing discovery. Such a trip to see Al before his angsty texan shit kicker personae took over.

[@annahanguiano8931]

He moved from Texas to California some years ago. He's actually from Chicago, but his music got much harder during his years in Texas and it inspired 3 great anti Bush albums . Personally I like his early ministry days of new wave synth pop over his metal stuff

[@atomictraveller]

you can hear things like this out of west papua

[@soyunceltafurioso3306]

Temazooooo

[@antonyace2207]

Twitch is such an awesome album.. I love all Ministry but I've only seen them live post - Filth Pig and they never play these deeper tracks. I would have to killed to see 80s Ministry.

[@danadoozer9990]

I love picturing the AL Jorgensen of today singing in this voice!😂

[@pcaetano7527]

this clip always makes me in the mood for an industrial omelet .

[@jasonblitz7454]

Industrial Funk at it's best, so fab

[@miketrupiano3910]

I owned the " Tapes of Wrath",once my VCR..ate it then purchased the DVD, and lost it in a move. This video reminded me of growing back in the 80s.

[@tonybucca5667]

Played this cut when I dj'd at a club...loved it!!

[@xx_blasphemer_xx8148]

This video gives me a lot of joy!

[@nicholasvladd]

Such a unique sounding album.

[@jasonblitz7454]

Al's hair is simply F!ERCE

[@robngy8204]

This is where MINISTRY became Ministry

[@dionisio89420]

Absolutely Balearic, Delicatessen, Dark, Powerful, Pure & Fine Sound!

[@BurgerwithFries1]

Unpopular opinion.. This is Al’s best song

[@josejones7025]

Not Al’s best work

[@cozmoruckaz]

Wow. I haven't this heard this in along time. Such a great song.

[@tc9869]

Wow, this showed up on my KZbin feed, so loved this song back in the 80's. So many memories at the clubs in Houston (Numbers, Lizard Lounge), wow fun times.

[@GeneTrujillo]

This is so cool. I loved Twitch. Uncle Al rules.

[@stephenhenning3576]

So grateful for this. Thank you

[@CharlesEntwistle]

My good buddy showed me some Ministry, this being one of the examples i was introduced to. This song kicks. Overall not the biggest Ministry fan on the planet. But the complexity and truth this song has is awesome. Still rings true. So far ahead of its time. The industrial wastland of the futurescape

[@distantyahoo]

it's easy to see what makes ministry, and more specifically Al, so god damned genius. even if he did start losing his mind there in the 90s...

[@RageReef]

This was my favorite at the Starck club , wish I could go back one last time !

[@WildChildMcCloud]

Skinny Puppy and Ministry forever! So apparently the boys really broke into the car in the video and alot of the store shooting was illegal.

[@ricardopineda6729]

this song is very cyberpunk , true pionners of industrial music

[@adrianaguilar6347]

Yeah

[@LordDeBahs]

very anti system song . telling story about indoctrinated masses

[@sararocksification]

still the best thing on you tube

[@AnalogKid82]

Amazing!

[@firecracker187]

Love Uncle Al

[@austinyeager4201]

I love ministry

[@RedGoldGreen-Dub]

Fantastic Stuff 😎

[@AnalogKid82]

Incredible song!

[@RichardWilliams-yh4cq]

Love Twitch!

[@IvyMike777]

Sounds even better in 2021!

[@georgemathie8123]

Twitch and seeing this video at midnight on muchmusic the wedge on Friday nights made me a fan of the wonderful and crazy genius that is al jourgenson and ministry

[@staceyburgess5096]

This song would be so sick live!! Definitely didn't get the recognition they should've for this album

[@cullenarthur8879]

There is a live version on KZbin. It's Al in his shaved head era.

[@kittentalons]

And now you can watch the live version from Cruel World! What an amazing day.

[@sixteenstringjack]

This is brilliant

[@Nominay]

Al doesn't disown this work, just the first album.

[@SpudGirl]

WORK!!!!!!! .... for luv

[@ВладиславСмирнов-к6й]

@@SpudGirl yez

[@Nominay]

@GWARslave119 I'm ho hum on it. It certainly has its moments, but Twitch is superior in every meaningful way. Definitely Al's most underappreciated work, and I think LORAH would've sounded better had Sherwood produced it.

[@kittentalons]

Their fb page FINALLY reshared the vid for Revenge a year or so ago....we're getting closer.

[@davidw9736]

He’d be stupid to disown this

[@djbillt]

#s was on top of all ministry songs and appearances. I did lights with Bruce and Robot.

[@abrahamhernandez8187]

+Bill Tara That you were there? wooowwww¡

[@thecluckingassassin]

Still on top with the songs

[@djbillt]

Abraham Hernandez I started working at #s in the early 80s as the lightning. The lasers and light show needed a lot of maintenance. One night the DJ didn't show up, and I had to fill in , with zero experience. That's the start of my DJ career

[@morrisseythompson8213]

Love this song

[@whitneymoore7659]

Great song

[@LiminalVoices]

Just found out today that Peter " Sleazy "Christoperson, of Coil, directed this video. All these years, about 30, and I just found out. Crazy.

[@cullenarthur8879]

He also did their Just One Fix video as well.

[@cobra5088]

This is industrial music at it's finest. Al Jourgensen incorporated metal into the industrial genre. Unfortunately most metal heads still don't get pure Industrial. And even Al Jourgensen understands that.

[@cynthianovoselsky3511]

❤still amazed ❤

[@mattdag69]

Uncle Al should make a 80's record with his real voice

[@joanneaderby2974]

Top tune!

[@nadie8450]

KAOSSSSSSSS N'DESTRUCTIONNNNNNNN!!!!!!

[@normanwhetzel8108]

I feel the PRESSure!

[@antagonizingusername]

I saw somebody had this as their anthem on tinder once, totally not a red flag!

[@swjbzelndkpac1265]

Omg lmao sounds like something I'd do

[@creekandseminole]

Anyone from Chicago see Ministry perform at Lollapalooza 1992? I'm always trying to find people who were there and hear their story about it. It was the most infamous concert of that entire tour.

[@Winter-Lake]

I attended (92) lollapalooza in Phoenix, (but not chicago). I was smitten!

[@fantasybraulick5470]

Legendary,

[@AnalogKid82]

Al is out of his head!

[@noahnine9618]

This song still has teeth.

[@6wm]

Noah Nine Sharp ones!

[@100bulletsmiranda9]

I like this song!

[@cartertheunstoppablefaxmac902]

tasty drums

[@stanhanley6004]

This song goes hard,,,,,,

[@hrundiingr]

I love the smell of galvanized bolts in my morning breakfast

[@matthewchambers-sinclair8772]

Alien Sex Fiend's Acid Bath and Twitch bridged a chasm in me that others simply couldn't. And the grocery store break-in looks COVID-inspired.

[@MarkMaier]

I had this tape when I was 9 and at I hated it. Nearly 30 years later and I still go back.

[@adamlangley6033]

Holy Shyt!! 🤸🤼‍♂🏋🤸‍♀