The Residents - Eskimo (Live in SF 2024)

[@namlak]

THAT! was a fun night. I got to be one of the opening acts. I first saw them in 1985 and they still got that spark of beautiful weirdness!

[@LFrench]

0:00 The Walrus Hunt 3:04 Birth 6:21 Artic Hysteria 9:43 Angry Angakok 14:07 A Spirit Steals a Child 18:57 Festival of Death

[@ScottRiddleArtist]

Sign up for a library card on the fifth floor

[@zoned7609]

It's wild that the residents are still playing live. They hold a special place in my heart.

[@johnapplegate1289]

Absolutely astonishing! It took The Residents 3 years to record Eskimo. Today with modern technology they can play it live.

[@RobFieldFlorida]

Thank you so much. I never expected to see this.

[@shawnfranklin9581]

I absolutely am FLOORED!

[@JohnSmith-kw9yc]

5th floor, library cards

[@IllicitMediaproductions]

Me too!!!!

[@mmmmmmmmm95]

de tantas decadas si son bastantes longevos sobretodo que volvieron a tocar su disco mas importante de su carrera

[@seriousros7280]

Libraries Forever!

[@markusberzborn6346]

Absolutely sensational. I would have never expected a live version.

[@troygaspard6732]

More reasons to support our cities libraries. We are indeed fortunate.

[@Dr_Rek]

Thanks for the front row capture! This was a fun one. 👁🎩

[@loucollinsZEN]

How cool ! i totally love these guys

[@JackedSchoomves]

The fact that these guys have the potential to be my grandparents are wild. Great that they got the energy to keep going with what they been doing since the late 60s.

[@ronverberne7988]

Briliant! Thanks for sharing!

[@peterschmitz6446]

I saw them in Germany, Düsseldorf, in the Zakk Kultur Zentrum, when they did their Demons dance alone - Tour. It totally knocked me off my Feet. Itˋs so amazing, that they still perform. Live long and prosper.

[@jimbeaux4988]

Wow! Would have loved to see that.

[@masonscan]

God damn this fucking rules, they're on fire!

[@sunnysurfer101MA]

Imagine going to the library that day only for the Residents to be playing there Bonus points if you had no context whatsoever

[@HopelessCT]

im curious, does context, and im sorry for saying this, make it more, listenable???

[@Edo_Marinus]

Wonderful dancing!

[@derekcourneya6080]

He's got those moves like Jagger!

[@alexanderleslie3671]

That's amazing

[@Neilparker79]

Very cool! Thank you for posting 🙂

[@johnapplegate1289]

So good it hurts. I wish they would tour with this show.

[@IllicitMediaproductions]

Me too! Friend me too! Jesus Christ was this good!!!!

[@johnapplegate1289]

The Residents should do a Eskimo/ Mole tour. 25 minutes of Eskimo and 25 minutes of the Mark Of The Mole.

[@CommunityGuidelines]

The curious onlookers were into it, until the vocals started.

[@sunnysurfer101MA]

LMAO they were filtered

[@BobSacamano666]

​@@sunnysurfer101MAthey could use some liquid

[@paradox-3001]

Coca Cola company should have sponsored these guys for decades!

[@Lloydwalton1234]

A cutting-edge act.

[@darthandeddeu]

78 years old, and he's still pushing things

[@theo9952]

@@darthandeddeu Υeah ol' Homer rules !

[@gregvanblair9096]

Very Cool...was this a surprise concert? Or promoted?

[@OaktownLiveMusic]

Part of a free library event, advertised well in advance.

[@TTVBoyardD]

I've seen them in 2015 originals as they used to be 👍

[@theo9952]

You saw both original Residents then because Hardy Fox was alive and well and still touring with the band. But apart from him and Homer, I doubt that the rest were the original members of the Meet the Residents combo. Many come and go in the Residents and we cannot know who is behind a mask on stage, except for the guitarist since the late 90s who is the known Resident and whose guitar style is as unmistakable as Homer's voice and stage act.

[@TTVBoyardD]

@@theo9952 thanks for those infos 👍 by original i meant "like no one" and not original lineup 😉

[@brucewilliams2106]

hey can you play Mustang Sally?

[@GG-Wolfhound]

Please be quite. This is a library

[@squeakystool]

quiet.

[@williamglenn777]

Quite true!

[@peterschmitz6446]

Ha ha ! The Residents are the Exeption of the Rule.

[@b1nary_f1nary]

Quite what? Quite...loud?

[@theo9952]

YEAH ! GO HOMER GO !

[@PatriLibre]

Ninguno es miembro original, es una cover band. Igual me gusta,

[@IllicitMediaproductions]

What instruments are they even playing ?

[@theo9952]

I think the music is mostly programmed. The "singing Resident" voice must be real live though. If they had the guitarist playing in this, he 'd play live too. I think that they began doing these partly programmed, partly live performances in the early 90s.

[@NellyCelephant-f7e]

They're playing a trio of Peruvian Arse Trumpets tactfully hidden beneath their furry costumes.

[@darklysparklingdownthestream]

I thought the guy from the Residents had died. So they're continuing without him? Or is this like a cover band sort of situation?

[@sunnysurfer101MA]

There's other members. Homer Flynn is probably the only one still in the band

[@theo9952]

Yes, Hardy Fox a founding member of the combo and who had composed a good half of their material, as he himself revealed upon his departure as a touring member due to health issues in 2016, died in 2018 but the "singing Resident" who there is no reasonable doubt that is their "spokesman" Homer Flynn, is here alive and kicking. All those years many members came and went, with only him and the sadly departed H. Fox being in the band from the begining. The Residents were and are destined to remain an at least half-hidden mystery, unless Homer who is now the sole leader and probably has all the rights and owns the name of the band, decides to call it the day and reveals everything about the past.

[@robroyce6845]

thee befuddled angakkuq?

[@theo9952]

Yeah THE ANGRY ANGAKOK !