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The weirdest band to ever have hits
Y'know, for as much as the Internet seems fascinated by the "weird bands" of old like Frank Zappa, the Butthole Surfers, Primus, and Mr. Bungle, and even by newer ones like System of a Down, GWAR, and Babymetal, I'm surprised that almost nobody has talked about The Tubes.
These guys were weird, and yet I never hear about them among those other bizarre juggernauts.
They had a biting satirical edge to their lyrics, often satirizing television and pop culture; they an intricate live show where members and backing dancers wore costumes including assless chaps, giant cigarette costumes, and prosthetic penises, and where their lead singer portrayed a doped-up rocker named Quay Lude; and their eclectic music style blended punk, glam rock, art rock, shock rock, and synth-driven pop.
In other words… they were the Falsies of the 1970s-80s. And they had multiple hits! That's the craziest part! They regularly received MTV airplay!
Yet nowadays, it feels like the Tubes are mostly only remembered as one-hit wonders for their "She's a Beauty," or if you're really a nerd, you may remember them for having a brief appearance in the oft-derided 1980 movie Xanadu (although the latter was admittedly the best scene in that movie).
Hell, even I didn't know how weird they were until I decided to look them up after reading about how their keyboardist Vince Welnick later joined the Grateful Dead. And that is a shame because the Tubes were truly something else and deserve to be remembered for much more than what they are currently remembered for.
Anyway, if you want to get a sense of their true weirdness, check out "White Punks on Dope."
I'd also advise watching the music video for their song "Sports Fans," which I will put after the Read More because fair warning, it does contain male nudity at the beginning. (But it is one hell of a trip, believe me.)
patrick stump looks like neil cicierega idk how u dont see it
NO HE DOESNT ???
Number 3
This is one from my dad's "listen to this song isn't it so weird" collection. I don't think he's ever seen the music video (which, flash warning, by the way) but I feel like this was on MTV at some point, you know what I mean?
The occasional viewer may recognize this song from Ferris Bueller's day of, when he's looking at the nice car. I am not the occasional viewer. I have never seen that movie. I don't even think I know what it's about at all, except there's a scene with a nice car and this song and I can try to guess some things from the title. My dad told me it was there, though.
The last 10 music videos (specifically music videos, not just videos with/for music) in my youtube watch history as of May 27, 2023, at 1:15am but I reveal them one scheduled reblog at a time beginning from the 10th most recent
Number 10
definitely was not looking for this one but I do like it. was actually looking for the vocaloid song Chiru Chiru (I think it's by Reol? idk I've pretty much just listened to the Rachie and KIRA English cover). very fun and catchy. idk anything about any Indian language tho except I'm pretty sure they use an Arabic script so I have no idea what they're talking about