The WORST Album Ever Made

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  • @benvasilinda9729
    @benvasilinda9729 5 років тому +6587

    In all fairness, his mother never said the band would be good. She just said they would have a band.

    • @caseyspaos448
      @caseyspaos448 4 роки тому +262

      Actually she predicted they'd be the most popular band in America.

    • @KellyKachowski
      @KellyKachowski 4 роки тому +239

      @@caseyspaos448 i mean cult status is something right

    • @Smeelay
      @Smeelay 4 роки тому +69

      @@caseyspaos448 well they are kinda famous now

    • @AA-vb7ru
      @AA-vb7ru 4 роки тому +13

      @@KellyKachowski I love your username

    • @KellyKachowski
      @KellyKachowski 4 роки тому +8

      @@AA-vb7ru tanku anon

  • @Reginald_Harrison
    @Reginald_Harrison 5 років тому +3953

    We're still talking about them in 2019. The prediction was correct.

    • @hotwax9376
      @hotwax9376 5 років тому +34

      @Triscuit H It sounds like their dad did everything he could to ensure that all of his mother's predictions came true, not just the part about the band.

    • @deannahext
      @deannahext 5 років тому +3

      Cory Thompson Cobain took Plastic Ono Band and ran with it.

    • @gooncrusha6638
      @gooncrusha6638 5 років тому +1

      Thank you

    • @bigpaulie806
      @bigpaulie806 5 років тому +7

      I'm telling you! Lol. In an age of the Partridge family and the Monkees, they could have easily been cleaned up and marketed to the masses

    • @johnchase4408
      @johnchase4408 5 років тому

      Sure was

  • @darthirae8270
    @darthirae8270 5 років тому +5539

    Why does it sound like they are singing backwards?

  • @mikemitchell7374
    @mikemitchell7374 3 роки тому +1262

    My broke friend owed me 20$. I told him I would forgive the debt if he listened to The Philosophy of Life in its entirety in one constant sitting. He did it. I forgave the 20$ and gave him a pack of smokes as a bonus.

  • @guineapirate132
    @guineapirate132 3 роки тому +3558

    It sounds like their dad forced them to make music without ever letting them hear music in the first place

    • @curbmassa
      @curbmassa 3 роки тому +169

      That's sort of true. He didn't want 'outside influences". Kind of a red flag.

    • @whoarethebrainpigs
      @whoarethebrainpigs 3 роки тому +40

      thats why its so great. ,,in a weird way ,,

    • @zhivix8263
      @zhivix8263 3 роки тому +14

      @@curbmassa other people’s music dilutes creativity.

    • @curbmassa
      @curbmassa 3 роки тому +47

      @@zhivix8263 Speak for yourself.

    • @patdonnelly9392
      @patdonnelly9392 3 роки тому +16

      A less violent Joe Jackson. Except these kids had zero talent.

  • @mewmewmiwa
    @mewmewmiwa 5 років тому +3653

    Somewhere in parallel universe, this album was the most succesfull album of all time

    • @lunahetfield
      @lunahetfield 5 років тому +14

      Nutted Wazowski .-.

    • @luzoob
      @luzoob 5 років тому +72

      Parallel universe? No, it’s THIS universe. Have you even heard “My Pal Foot Foot”???

    • @bradsmack1
      @bradsmack1 5 років тому +51

      "Parallel universe" = Frank Zappa's mind.

    • @burgersoft777
      @burgersoft777 5 років тому +14

      Exactly so, where they became far bigger than the Beatles.

    • @RobertLoves
      @RobertLoves 5 років тому +6

      Dude, do you even "Foot Foot"?

  • @BennettCoast
    @BennettCoast 5 років тому +6180

    Ah, "The Room" of albums

    • @ThatOneGuy7550
      @ThatOneGuy7550 5 років тому +87

      I thought that was Angelic 2 the Core

    • @mirkanduvarci6126
      @mirkanduvarci6126 5 років тому +40

      @@ThatOneGuy7550 Nah it's Trout Mask Replica

    • @seanonthespectrum8724
      @seanonthespectrum8724 5 років тому +93

      Best analogy ever.
      The "oh hi mark" of bands

    • @MarkQuick0411
      @MarkQuick0411 5 років тому +61

      Dad is literally the Tommy Wiseau

    • @cjstardust4182
      @cjstardust4182 5 років тому +6

      Bennett Christensen that would be Angelic 2 The Core by Corey Feldman

  • @Scoots1994
    @Scoots1994 3 роки тому +438

    I put this album in my truck and listened to nothing else for a month in the 90s, then went to Trout Mask Replica. I can now hear colors and see time.

    • @onyx747
      @onyx747 3 роки тому +10

      what does time look like?

    • @Scoots1994
      @Scoots1994 3 роки тому +49

      @@onyx747 Steve Buscimi on a jet ski

    • @SkywalkerSamadhi
      @SkywalkerSamadhi 3 роки тому +9

      I see Owen Wilson on the jet ski, but I've got a big gunk of sleep in the corner of my third eye.. So...

    • @_Heinous-Anus
      @_Heinous-Anus 3 роки тому +2

      So "Why do I have to be Pink" ?

    • @101Volts
      @101Volts 3 роки тому +7

      Another Trout Mask Replica reference. Well, that's very smoke stack of you.

  • @samlibutti
    @samlibutti 4 роки тому +4836

    I like that he never thought giving them lessons was a reasonable step in his plan.

    • @thatcrazyass
      @thatcrazyass 3 роки тому +121

      I don’t know if it is fate or what but I guess the fortuneteller was right and it all worked out in the end

    • @KissMyFatAxe
      @KissMyFatAxe 3 роки тому +40

      It's a reasonable step. But if they had lessons...would they be the shaggs we all know and love? Or some, one hit wonder that blends in with all the other bands?
      It's gotta be said, the father was right. They did grow up to be famous musicians. A lot of people have heard and respect their album.

    • @curbmassa
      @curbmassa 3 роки тому +42

      They did take lessons, at Ted Herbert's in Manchester NH. I was friends with both of the engineers who did their albums. The first one was done at Fleetwood Studio in Revere Mass. I forget the name of their second album but it had a cover of "Paper Roses" on it, and they added their sister Rachel on bass. I caught them at the Bowery Ballroom back in '99 (?) when they did a 2-nighter with NRBQ. Helen wasn't there, Terry Adams played drums. I heard there were people who came from Japan and Australia to see them. A friend's wife used to babysit Helen's kids.
      Edit update- I just did a search on the engineer of their second album "Shagg's Own Thing" and he died Jan 5, 2020. I last saw him about 15 years ago and he spoke of the Shaggs in the kindest possible way but with a chuckle.

    • @sydgriffin7591
      @sydgriffin7591 3 роки тому +18

      Were you paying attention? It was Prophesied! No lessons needed.

    • @karlvonboldt
      @karlvonboldt 3 роки тому +26

      Still better than any Rap Music!

  • @fredsavage4925
    @fredsavage4925 3 роки тому +3459

    the only truly original album ever made, the girls had absolutely no outside influence.

    • @christophertomasello1227
      @christophertomasello1227 3 роки тому +198

      That is very true -and no one ever seems to give him credit for that. It's a rare find indeed where you find music that has had no external influences. In fact future historians could see these albums as sociological and anthropological gold minds. To me, the music is like a young child's first finger painting -true and honest unencumbered by what somebody else might think.

    • @archive2500
      @archive2500 3 роки тому +75

      I don't think we should credit or admire art like this, because then there would be more instances of people forcing their kids and kids not to explore their surroundings and the outside world.
      Actually, this is obviously no special, any people could do this if I put you in an enclosure and force you to play instruments and sing with no knowledge of it. Any of them has no background in music, both playing instruments and singing. Objectively speaking, there are no solidified concepts, there is no specialization that is put effort into, there are no building techniques that cost you a lot of energy and thinking. It is just you randomly hitting different parts of instruments and your vocal cords to make different sounds. In my opinion, I would not encourage art like this. It is fascinating to hear something like this once in a while because it is new, but I would not.
      There really are reasons why very few people appreciate it. Not only the sound, but the story behind the poor girls has caused them to be something like this.

    • @christophertomasello1227
      @christophertomasello1227 3 роки тому +4

      @@archive2500 if you say so

    • @LucyWest370
      @LucyWest370 3 роки тому +24

      @@christophertomasello1227 I actually agree, though the fact that they did something 100% original with no outside influence is still impressive. Sure, it’s still garbage, but they managed to figure out how to do that by themselves without any help and I think that’s really cute

    • @sexypigeonlover4631
      @sexypigeonlover4631 3 роки тому +5

      Untrue. There are original albums, what are u on. Have you heard of the beatles?

  • @farenhite4329
    @farenhite4329 4 роки тому +2807

    “The only band talented enough to play 3 songs at the same time” - Commenter

    • @whoarethebrainpigs
      @whoarethebrainpigs 3 роки тому +11

      yeah ,spot on ,ha ha

    • @mangot589
      @mangot589 3 роки тому +8

      That’s how jazz sounds to me🤭

    • @_PuppetMaster86
      @_PuppetMaster86 3 роки тому +14

      @@mangot589That depends. There’s slow jazz/jazz blues which is in key and played in unison. If you’re referring to improvisation in jazz, more likely a more faster, up-tempo song, then it’s usually the sax solo or the piano solo.

    • @romain286
      @romain286 3 роки тому

      Bahahaha

    • @christophertomasello1227
      @christophertomasello1227 3 роки тому +1

      @@_PuppetMaster86 hey I think you inadvertently hit on something - there is a jazz improv element to their music - wow - thanks for the eye opener!

  • @chair547
    @chair547 3 роки тому +165

    What surprises me about this is how coherent the whole thing is. Given that they wrote the song themselves without any outside influence or help and without even knowing how to play any of their instruments the fact that they created something that sounds even remotely like music is amazing. I feel like if they had gotten lessons they would have been pretty good

    • @rockahbilly76
      @rockahbilly76 Рік тому +8

      All three girls knew how to play their instruments. The were just unconventional.

  • @nicholaslapoint243
    @nicholaslapoint243 5 років тому +4119

    by forcing his daughters into this life he fulfilled the prophecy, super interesting

    • @johnmcdonald4881
      @johnmcdonald4881 5 років тому +57

      By doing what the project said, he fulfilled the prophecy

    • @xxczerxx
      @xxczerxx 5 років тому +13

      To me that's the really weird part

    • @carpetbomb8986
      @carpetbomb8986 5 років тому +41

      Would he have forced his daughters into pop bands if his mother had never told him that prophecy?

    • @haydenstuder322
      @haydenstuder322 5 років тому

      Like Mr. Glass in Unbreakable.

    • @TruthSufferage
      @TruthSufferage 5 років тому +47

      You could say it was a
      *ahem*
      Self-fulfilled prophecy.

  • @philipb4027
    @philipb4027 5 років тому +2401

    This just proves if anyone picks up an instrument and starts playing, someone will like it

    • @mokies7811
      @mokies7811 5 років тому +106

      damn you hitting those keys on you're computer just really hits home for me

    • @frankpeters604
      @frankpeters604 5 років тому

      kinda like icp

    • @ColKorn1965
      @ColKorn1965 4 роки тому

      Just look at AntiSeen....

    • @syjo4701
      @syjo4701 4 роки тому +5

      I play, but even I don't like my playing.

    • @alexandriaisokay964
      @alexandriaisokay964 4 роки тому +6

      Strange, experimental, and even raw stuff can be good. Yet, it seems kind of just messed up when it's a group of teenage girls being told to make music by their father.

  • @ChrisTian-rm7zm
    @ChrisTian-rm7zm 3 роки тому +2077

    Band is booed at every live performance. Next step: record an album. Makes sense.

    • @mumbles215
      @mumbles215 3 роки тому +80

      Well he wanted to get them “while they were hot”. That’s a sign of a good producer lol

    • @Ken_Brooks
      @Ken_Brooks 3 роки тому +26

      Well, in fairness, the original Alice Cooper band was also kicked off the stage regularly in their early years, so...
      But yeah, this is ghastly.

    • @karlesgossick7687
      @karlesgossick7687 3 роки тому +8

      Worked for alice cooper

    • @anotherheadlessdemo
      @anotherheadlessdemo 3 роки тому +5

      But haven’t we all been there? I think so. 😆

    • @northernlight4614
      @northernlight4614 3 роки тому +7

      @@Ken_Brooks
      Alice Cooper couldn't make it in Arizona and Southern California. They went to Detroit and found a better musical climate.

  • @jamesslick4790
    @jamesslick4790 3 роки тому +216

    "I have never heard that combination of sounds before...." My EXACT words in 1980, fourteen seconds before my 1958 Buick Roadmaster burst into flames in the middle of US Rt 30. 😜

    • @JustinTimeForParties
      @JustinTimeForParties 3 роки тому +15

      lol this is so random, I love it.

    • @jamesslick4790
      @jamesslick4790 3 роки тому

      @@JustinTimeForParties 👍😊👍

    • @mtchcrtrmm9299
      @mtchcrtrmm9299 3 роки тому +19

      The way you worded that made me think that you were listening to the album in the car and it caused your Buick to spontaneously combust

    • @jamesslick4790
      @jamesslick4790 3 роки тому +6

      @@mtchcrtrmm9299 Worse, It was "Disco Duck" 😳😂

    • @mtchcrtrmm9299
      @mtchcrtrmm9299 3 роки тому +5

      @@jamesslick4790 Oh that's much worse.

  • @sotsu618
    @sotsu618 5 років тому +3815

    Their music kinda sounds like a Guitar Store on a Saturday afternoon

    • @sam-wtf
      @sam-wtf 5 років тому +53

      Sotsu as someone who likes to frequent places like Guitar Center, I can confirm this.

    • @tylerstanley578
      @tylerstanley578 5 років тому +8

      FACTS

    • @ambidexter2017
      @ambidexter2017 5 років тому +28

      Or pretty much any music band warming up before they start playing.
      Also, I have an art project: some beatnick should have brought a dictophone to a music instrument store, record like 5 hours of footage of people trying the instruments, and then remix it into a studio album. Maybe even add some deep as spoken word lyrics.

    • @AbsoluteAbsurd
      @AbsoluteAbsurd 5 років тому +1

      Lmao

    • @vetoo9059
      @vetoo9059 5 років тому +4

      This sounds familiar to another comment on a video of their full album...

  • @boopah4365
    @boopah4365 5 років тому +4299

    1 hotel California
    2 stairway to heaven
    3 freebird
    4 my pal foot foot
    5 bohemian rhapsody

    • @ameri-canpickerz3480
      @ameri-canpickerz3480 5 років тому +154

      c'mon man, BoRhap needs to be up higher

    • @boopah4365
      @boopah4365 5 років тому +226

      @@ameri-canpickerz3480 ok,my pal foot foot 3..bohemian rhapsody 4.

    • @Nilo1310
      @Nilo1310 5 років тому +66

      Beatles?

    • @boopah4365
      @boopah4365 5 років тому +77

      @@-xxxuchihacion-3318 then my pal foot foot's moving up to #2.

    • @boopah4365
      @boopah4365 5 років тому +47

      @Jaden LaFrance I got that at #8.

  • @salinagrrrl69
    @salinagrrrl69 5 років тому +3611

    "YOKO! ITS YOUR COUSIN MARVIN - MARVIN ONO. I GOT THAT 'NEW SOUND' YOU'RE LOOKING FOR. LISTEN!"

    • @KabobHope
      @KabobHope 4 роки тому +212

      Yoko's Reply: Ooooooooohffhhguoooooooooookjhtgeexvgeeeeeeeeeerroooooooooggt(at the top of her lungs, naturally)

    • @craigcrawford6595
      @craigcrawford6595 4 роки тому +26

      ROTFLMAO! ! Classic! !

    • @morticiamadams464
      @morticiamadams464 4 роки тому +6

      😆😆😆

    • @KabobHope
      @KabobHope 4 роки тому +13

      Marvin, how could you? ua-cam.com/video/HdZ9weP5i68/v-deo.html
      See her response live. You can skip the first 15 seconds if you want to get straight to the agony.

    • @user-iv2cg4je9k
      @user-iv2cg4je9k 4 роки тому +1

      Nice

  • @jimmygizzi2282
    @jimmygizzi2282 3 роки тому +62

    One part of the prophecy he ignored, the daughters will form a band. The demise started when he formed the band by pulling them out of school and not teaching them anything. They would have learned about so much, maybe music theory and how to play instruments. Writing songs, you just do or you don’t.

  • @johnfairweather9188
    @johnfairweather9188 3 роки тому +1879

    This is the first time that I have ever heard a song played in the key of K.

    • @lwpdhofgh
      @lwpdhofgh 3 роки тому +79

      Are you kidding me????.................It's obviously K#

    • @heteroclitus
      @heteroclitus 3 роки тому +36

      @@lwpdhofgh technically they are, but since they de-tune a half step....

    • @georgeprice4212
      @georgeprice4212 3 роки тому +30

      No no no...yall are all wrong. It's the key of Z

    • @burtonwilliams5355
      @burtonwilliams5355 3 роки тому +1

      I was thing the void of space.

    • @williamdonnelly895
      @williamdonnelly895 3 роки тому +8

      John, it's the key of Zzz

  • @peteypoodles358
    @peteypoodles358 5 років тому +1317

    Growing up as a punk rocker in the 80's, my friends and I all had copies of their album. It was horribly great

    • @rainblaze.
      @rainblaze. 5 років тому +32

      Petey Poodles
      yeah!!!!,,,, that is exactly what i was thinking. They fitted the complete philosophy of punk . But i cant help but think there was more to what they were doing than meets the eye.. or "ear" if you will i mean "ode to dots missing and twice amputated cat", come on..... no one who is not aware of what they're doing comes up with titles like that..... you just try coming up with somthing so completly subversive and uneque, and this was in the early 70s remember post modernism hadent yet got a foot hold in meanstream popular culture yet

    • @skankmancody
      @skankmancody 5 років тому +7

      Were you also a fan of Flipper?

  • @PolythenePam0451
    @PolythenePam0451 5 років тому +2549

    the drummer consistently sounds like she's playing a completely different song

    • @Breezy336bay
      @Breezy336bay 4 роки тому +65

      Right.its like a song playing over a different song but it hasn't faded completely in or something.

    • @gordon4385
      @gordon4385 4 роки тому +45

      It sounds like shes chasing a cockroach around the drumhead.

    • @rick.05
      @rick.05 4 роки тому +10

      At least She was good

    • @jonp72
      @jonp72 4 роки тому +20

      Partially, that was a function of how the girls practiced. They were made to do drills and exercises with their respective instruments, but they weren't really taught to play together, which is kind of the whole point of having a band.

    • @Peanutbutter_Funk
      @Peanutbutter_Funk 4 роки тому +1

      "It's so cold in the D"

  • @jasperburchfield2028
    @jasperburchfield2028 3 роки тому +798

    Definitely NOT the worst album ever made. These girls invented their own form of music.

    • @justjamesAMX
      @justjamesAMX 3 роки тому +100

      Chalkboard rock

    • @TheJordanPayne
      @TheJordanPayne 3 роки тому +14

      James Holbrooks that’s a great name for the genre lol

    • @justjamesAMX
      @justjamesAMX 3 роки тому +7

      @@TheJordanPayne yeah, it just kinda popped in my head and I thought the same thing

    • @yeyeuo1065
      @yeyeuo1065 3 роки тому +2

      @@justjamesAMX I really like that name lol

    • @casesoutherland4175
      @casesoutherland4175 3 роки тому +6

      Yes it is. Not even debatable. This music is the most deplorable crap ever.

  • @austintrousdale2397
    @austintrousdale2397 5 років тому +1563

    “I did not hit her... I DID NAHHHTT. Oh hi, Foot-Foot.”

    • @farrellmcnulty909
      @farrellmcnulty909 4 роки тому +25

      BWAAA-HA-HA-HA--HA - Bad movie meets bad album. I love it. (Now I wish I had a copy)

    • @RobotPilots
      @RobotPilots 4 роки тому +15

      This band is just The Room of music.

    • @serenfan4565
      @serenfan4565 4 роки тому +9

      YOU’RE TEARING ME APART SHAGGS

    • @member-berry-bonbons1124
      @member-berry-bonbons1124 3 роки тому +3

      Philosophy of The Room

    • @Axess-sv8nq
      @Axess-sv8nq 3 роки тому +1

      Foot-Foot, you're my favorite cat.

  • @brucegordon7248
    @brucegordon7248 5 років тому +1416

    It sounds as though they got off on the wrong "foot foot".

    • @stephpicher
      @stephpicher 4 роки тому +2

      Bruce Gordon 😂

    • @brucegordon7248
      @brucegordon7248 4 роки тому +2

      @@stephpicherThey still got some notoriety anyway, even though it wasn't for their musical talent.

    • @skinni_the_P00hBear
      @skinni_the_P00hBear 4 роки тому +1

      Bruce Gordon I'm screaming 🤣💀

    • @brucegordon7248
      @brucegordon7248 4 роки тому +1

      @@skinni_the_P00hBear Yes, their music was good, it made the crowds scream for more.

    • @andrecomb5791
      @andrecomb5791 4 роки тому +1

      😅😅😅😅😅😅

  • @Junior_Rocky
    @Junior_Rocky 3 роки тому +999

    “The drummer isn’t with the Bass player!” “That’s okay, the drummer isn’t even with the drummer!!!”

    • @whoarethebrainpigs
      @whoarethebrainpigs 3 роки тому +7

      ha ,,brilliant comment,,,as many are on this thread,,,this music just makes for witty retorts,,

    • @dennisvoges1109
      @dennisvoges1109 3 роки тому +7

      I hate it when that happens lol

    • @theunrealtimemm
      @theunrealtimemm 3 роки тому +12

      There was no bass player, for the most part.

    • @Junior_Rocky
      @Junior_Rocky 3 роки тому +5

      @@theunrealtimemm Nor a singer, nor a drummer, nor a guitar player.

    • @whoarethebrainpigs
      @whoarethebrainpigs 3 роки тому +5

      @@theunrealtimemm no bass player?? didn't think there were any players

  • @lauraleesrogers9702
    @lauraleesrogers9702 3 роки тому +41

    To get to even any level of musical understanding without having any training is really impressive. Not only that kids were writing their own songs, but if you listen to the music it does show a hint of progress. Like if a parent bought their kid an instrument, had no musical knowledge and said "Eh... I guess try to do something with this" and that kid came back a few months later sounding like this, it would be seen as progress

  • @seandevine5836
    @seandevine5836 5 років тому +2410

    The Shaggs is a terrible name for a band of young girls

    • @charleslipscomb2567
      @charleslipscomb2567 5 років тому +204

      Their father gave them that name because of their long 'shaggy' hair. And this was the 1960's.

    • @jic1
      @jic1 5 років тому +37

      @ Austin Powers aside, I'm not entirely sure that shag meant 'to have sex with' in the UK in the '60s. I think that's probably more from the '80s onward.

    • @thugnificent9143
      @thugnificent9143 5 років тому +1

      @@charleslipscomb2567 he was still strange

    • @alisonwunderland9900
      @alisonwunderland9900 5 років тому +85

      No lad, I was a teen in the 60s and shag definitely meant having sex.

    • @lewisb9226
      @lewisb9226 5 років тому +1

      I'm not gonna argue with that

  • @jmasters7515
    @jmasters7515 5 років тому +2549

    I doubt it’s worse than Total Xanarchy

    • @peanutbutterpikachu
      @peanutbutterpikachu 5 років тому +288

      J Masters total Xanarchy is the worst kind of bad. It's not even memorably bad, it's just forgettable, boring, and unlistenable. It somehow exists but doesn't exist. It's interchangeable with any other low tier SoundCloud rapper, as if he was drawn out of a hatful to be the one that gets attention.

    • @jamesm8132
      @jamesm8132 5 років тому +86

      J Masters - Lil Xan looks like he drools excessively.

    • @quanicle101
      @quanicle101 5 років тому +36

      they’re entirely different kinds of bad

    • @Hola-tq4pg
      @Hola-tq4pg 5 років тому +3

      Nah, not so bad

    • @vintermrke1079
      @vintermrke1079 5 років тому +2

      I can think of 3 artist that worst than this one.

  • @Pantsmode
    @Pantsmode 5 років тому +1833

    Well, I mean, they became popular, so the prophecy is true.

    • @LightYagami-wt1jw
      @LightYagami-wt1jw 5 років тому +24

      Actually

    • @robbieclark7828
      @robbieclark7828 5 років тому +48

      We’re talking about them now.

    • @noone-jw4gm
      @noone-jw4gm 5 років тому +5

      Pantsmode i had prophecy that you will leave this comment

    • @musicplaylists59
      @musicplaylists59 5 років тому +4

      I want to know if she made any other prophecies

    • @GBart
      @GBart 5 років тому +7

      If you predict that you'll make a sandwich and then you make a sandwich, that's not fulfilled prophecy. He spent years trying to make them a popular band, and they're still pretty obscure, they're more popular for being an oddity than for their music

  • @hesperio5359
    @hesperio5359 3 роки тому +44

    - Dad, who's gonna play the bass?
    _ What's a bass? it doesn't matter now, we got no money left

  • @byoutifulmonster
    @byoutifulmonster 5 років тому +2149

    Trout Mask Replica: Kids Bop Edition.

    • @ThatOneGuy7550
      @ThatOneGuy7550 5 років тому +35

      Angelic 2 the Core before Angelic 2 the Core was a thing

    • @kouka7221
      @kouka7221 5 років тому +73

      this was released exactly one day before trout mask replica

    • @thomashinds3308
      @thomashinds3308 5 років тому +2

      Literally all I could hear

    • @f.f5771
      @f.f5771 5 років тому +9

      Sport1022 kids bop should cover cannibal corpse

    • @weenytoosmol5082
      @weenytoosmol5082 5 років тому +8

      I CAN NOT GO BACK TO YOUR FROOOWWN LAAANDD

  • @tylerlegoat1471
    @tylerlegoat1471 5 років тому +1774

    Feel like death grips would sample this

    • @TheRealFC
      @TheRealFC 5 років тому +12

      Yes.

    • @jaakkoraatari3589
      @jaakkoraatari3589 5 років тому +10

      Yes

    • @aibrainlet8041
      @aibrainlet8041 5 років тому +51

      Thats funny, listen to Zach Hills album "Necromancer" Its literally him musically interpreting the story of this band, its one of the craziest things youll ever hear.

    • @snuffedlamb
      @snuffedlamb 5 років тому

      *Yes*

    • @blazelega2985
      @blazelega2985 5 років тому +41

      Fun fact: both Death Grips' and The Shaggs record label is Third World Records, surprisingly.

  • @thisissparta789789
    @thisissparta789789 5 років тому +656

    Kurt Cobain and Frank Zappa listened to the Shaggs... Tbh that actually explains a lot (they weren’t bad, both were amazing).

    • @suntoritime
      @suntoritime 5 років тому +67

      Did you just feel the need to clarify that Kurt Cobain and Frank Zappa were not bad musicians?

    • @thisissparta789789
      @thisissparta789789 5 років тому +52

      Justin Davis Yeah, because I didn’t want to come off as insulting two legends.

    • @suntoritime
      @suntoritime 5 років тому +13

      @@thisissparta789789 Yeah I figured, just thought it was pretty funny is all. Cheers.

    • @Seantendo
      @Seantendo 5 років тому +46

      Knowing Kurt and Zappa's musical philosophies, I'm pretty sure they liked The Shaggs solely because they were unconventional. Honestly though, I like them too.

    • @bradsmack1
      @bradsmack1 5 років тому +5

      @@Seantendo Are we absolutely positive that Zappa's and Cobain's assertions that they like them are, indeed, testimonials and not apologies?

  • @surfdigby
    @surfdigby 3 роки тому +41

    Some years ago when they were gaining their cult status, someone organised a reunion gig for them. One of them (I think the drummer) fell ill, but the other two performed. Because they hadn't played in so long, they had to get the sheet music out to remind them how to play the songs.
    Sheet music?
    Yeah, but like no sheet music you've ever seen before. Not only did they have to learn how to play instruments by themselves, and write songs with no training, they also had to invent their own system of music transcription in order to document it.
    Philosophy of The World is brilliant in its purity and sincerity. All these artists that come from music colleges and trying to figure out a way in which they can be "weird" and never pull it off because it's so contrived, and here were three girls that had to essentially invent music from the ground up.
    Imagine giving a child a bunch of metal parts and telling them that they're not to come out of their room until they've built a more efficient form of combustion engine, when they've never even held a spanner before.

    • @29memyselfandi
      @29memyselfandi Рік тому +4

      Great points. This is as pure as music gets. I’m captivated by it when I’m listening. I wouldn’t say I’m enjoying it but it’s engaging in a way that 99% of what’s on the radio every day will never be engaging.

    • @daneenmurf1043
      @daneenmurf1043 7 місяців тому +1

      I saw that video but i thought the sheet music was because everyone was playing a different song and they didn't want to accidentally play the same note or chord or be in the same key

  • @dylan9025
    @dylan9025 5 років тому +565

    Okay, I'm back, after having listened to Philosophy of the World. The most baffling thing is that the guitar work, drums, and vocals aren't even THAT bad individually, they're just mashed together like a fruit salad made exclusively of meat.

    • @quad5186
      @quad5186 5 років тому +12

      Shark Sandwich ?

    • @solomonsomers7033
      @solomonsomers7033 5 років тому +40

      Yeah, it's pretty weird. I think there actually is some merit to the album musically. Like some of the drumming (the opening of My Pal Foot Foot) or the way that they will play the guitar to the exact same notes that they're singing (though it doesn't really sound "good"). I think they just kind of messed around with their instruments until they found something that they liked, which kind of makes it a valid piece of experimental music, just much less mature and thought out.

    • @therambler3713
      @therambler3713 5 років тому +22

      My unlce told me to turn it off once I started blasting it in the living room. He was born deaf btw.

    • @jen737
      @jen737 5 років тому +1

      Dylan Slye Oh I thought you said ‘Okay, I’m black’

    • @cheftekard7165
      @cheftekard7165 5 років тому +2

      Dylan Slye LOL...a fruit salad made of meat.

  • @ketchup_muncher69gaming88
    @ketchup_muncher69gaming88 3 роки тому +648

    Didn’t expect Kurt to be involved in this story

    • @rrdream2400
      @rrdream2400 3 роки тому +51

      Cobain was a huge fan of Daniel Johnston, who was more mainstream sounding than the Shaggs but similar. It's among the most purely innocent music there is./

    • @Broccoli75
      @Broccoli75 3 роки тому +23

      He loves to play 4 chords just like the shaggs

    • @patdonnelly9392
      @patdonnelly9392 3 роки тому +28

      @@Broccoli75 wait...the Shaggs were playing chords??

    • @Broccoli75
      @Broccoli75 3 роки тому +14

      @@patdonnelly9392 yes but their hand is still soft to press those sharp string that's why it doesn't sound clear

    • @kuhnhan
      @kuhnhan 3 роки тому

      Because he died?

  • @utmostzen9602
    @utmostzen9602 3 роки тому +761

    Moral of the story : Songs that are considered "weird" now will be considered "fascinating" and "unique" after some years

    • @federalgamingagency5019
      @federalgamingagency5019 3 роки тому +31

      Oh shit 100 Gecs is gonna be seen as fascinating and unique in the future

    • @utmostzen9602
      @utmostzen9602 3 роки тому +6

      @@federalgamingagency5019 even these guys..yeah

    • @MontagTheMagician
      @MontagTheMagician 3 роки тому +27

      The moral of the story is that talent can come from anywhere. And it doesn't have to stay confined in your pre conceived notions to be great. The Shaggs had that certain something that was unique and could not be confined by the limitations of commercial standards. It's the passion and the desire to express certain thoughts and feelings that comes out in spite of their lack of structural music theory.

    • @sebastianrivas5274
      @sebastianrivas5274 3 роки тому +8

      No, the real moral story is no matter how much talent nor how much do you wanna be succesfull with something either, if you dont start with the basics you just dont get nowhere.

    • @MontagTheMagician
      @MontagTheMagician 3 роки тому +6

      @@sebastianrivas5274 They did get somewhere though. Frank Zappa listed this as one of his favorite albums in a Playboy interview. I would call that getting somewhere.

  • @eatatjoes6751
    @eatatjoes6751 3 роки тому +10

    The fact that the Wikipedia page immediately has the band questioning why this album retroactively became popular as indie music is hilarious.

  • @whosmans4788
    @whosmans4788 5 років тому +679

    Did anybody feel some anxiety kick in as soon as the music was played.

    • @murciadoxial8056
      @murciadoxial8056 5 років тому +35

      I think kurt cobain did, maybe that's why he liked this so much

    • @finstylefootball773
      @finstylefootball773 5 років тому +24

      Murcia doxial some would say it blew him away

    • @tash5540
      @tash5540 5 років тому

      @@murciadoxial8056 It has they punky shit I don't care attitude with it. Maybe this helped pioneer punk.

    • @JJ-sq1fv
      @JJ-sq1fv 5 років тому

      It makes me feel better about playing bass pretty poorly because I know I’m at least not as bad this.

    • @eeshsinger
      @eeshsinger 5 років тому

      WhosMans? I Did

  • @ScottsGameAsylum
    @ScottsGameAsylum 4 роки тому +473

    when you played snippets of the tracks and i felt like i was having a stroke

    • @xanadu194
      @xanadu194 4 роки тому +8

      This is literally the best comment

    • @farrellmcnulty909
      @farrellmcnulty909 4 роки тому +2

      @@xanadu194 BY FAR!

    • @kelf114
      @kelf114 4 роки тому +2

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @budlewis721
      @budlewis721 4 роки тому +3

      @@xanadu194 Which is the best figuratively? Metaphorically? Virtually? C'mon, help me out here.

    • @andriealinsangao613
      @andriealinsangao613 3 роки тому +1

      Oh, dear God, MAKE IT STOP!

  • @Quadrenaro
    @Quadrenaro 5 років тому +451

    So what your saying is the palm reading was 100% correct?

    • @MJ-kx8yq
      @MJ-kx8yq 5 років тому +3

      Quadrenaro We need to find that lady

    • @MJ-kx8yq
      @MJ-kx8yq 5 років тому

      Josh it’s a joke u nut

    • @jaclynzinck4241
      @jaclynzinck4241 5 років тому +13

      Josh we’ll use a ouija board to contact her from beyond

    • @jaclynzinck4241
      @jaclynzinck4241 5 років тому +5

      Eh, more like 99% but close enough

    • @YourFriendlyOnlineStranger
      @YourFriendlyOnlineStranger 5 років тому +22

      I feel like he lived his life to be accurate to the reading. He was told he'd marry a strawberry blonde? He sought after strawberry blondes. He'd have two sons after his mother died? He and his wife had kids until he had two sons. I feel like it was mostly accurate because he made it accurate.

  • @jaxonmoon9815
    @jaxonmoon9815 3 роки тому +289

    "Worst album ever" still better than cardi b🙃

  • @LieLikesMusic
    @LieLikesMusic 5 років тому +1668

    This was really interesting. Never heard about the Shaggs before. Cheers!

    • @davidellis5141
      @davidellis5141 5 років тому +1

      Lie Likes Music A Great channel. With the sad death of Mark Hollis maybe you will examine Talk Talk. Cheers Mate ! 😎

    • @ThatOneGuy7550
      @ThatOneGuy7550 5 років тому

      Oh hey, Lie!

    • @michaelvessel4604
      @michaelvessel4604 5 років тому

      Wait, he died?! I didn’t even know that, rip.

    • @PEGGLORE
      @PEGGLORE 5 років тому

      You seem to be a popular uploader. How's about doing a video on 'understanding the Residents'. They are the greatest avant garde band of all time, better than 'The Shaggs' were. Most rewarding intelligent music ever. Here's their 1st album 'Meet The Residents' .. ua-cam.com/video/vsGRasyHEEg/v-deo.html

    • @PEGGLORE
      @PEGGLORE 5 років тому

      This Heat and Cardiacs as well. Do you know about these great pioneering unknown bands?

  • @jasatotakouzeno4674
    @jasatotakouzeno4674 5 років тому +169

    Sounds like the earliest form of a shitpost that got trendy

  • @ianhalbert2539
    @ianhalbert2539 5 років тому +1752

    By the worst album ever made, I think you mean “avant- grade masterpiece”

    • @stanconnorstan4266
      @stanconnorstan4266 5 років тому +40

      More listenable than Trout Mask Replica for me

    • @scummymilk4622
      @scummymilk4622 5 років тому +51

      i really hope this is a joke. people who actually think this are just being contrarian because it thinks it makes them cool or whatever. the album is objectively bad. they couldn’t even play their own instruments

    • @Rekko82
      @Rekko82 5 років тому +9

      But The Beatles had the best song ever called "Revolution 9".

    • @robokill387
      @robokill387 5 років тому +17

      @@biprilly typical postmodernist nihilistic drivel.

    • @williehopscotch
      @williehopscotch 5 років тому +12

      @@scummymilk4622 It's called punk, check it out sometime when you're done throwing around twenty five cent words like "contrarian" and "objectively".

  • @vr6swp
    @vr6swp 2 місяці тому +1

    I think in the early (mid?) 80’s nearly every fanzine and even some mainstream mags like SPIN were talking about The Shaggs. When I worked at an indie record store random people would come in off the streets looking for a copy of the album. College stations were playing the record if they were able to get a copy.
    Then a few years later I heard Calvin Johnson’s Beat Happening. I was like yeah, I can tell what you’ve been listening to there, guy

  • @paranormallook8357
    @paranormallook8357 3 роки тому +232

    Just listening to 30 seconds of "My pal Foot Foot" it sounds like a few jazz musicians got really, really, drunk, broke their fingers and THEN recorded an album......OUTSTANDING

  • @scotricksen
    @scotricksen 5 років тому +389

    It’s definitely a interesting part of music history, especially being released in 1967 when rock was really booming with experimentation

    • @_-_Michael_-_
      @_-_Michael_-_ 5 років тому +10

      Recorded and released in 1969 not ‘67.

    • @amoru1012
      @amoru1012 5 років тому

      Pet Sounds and Sgt Pepper's lonely hearts club band

    • @shanewright2772
      @shanewright2772 5 років тому +1

      Pet Sounds was 1966.

    • @amoru1012
      @amoru1012 5 років тому

      @@shanewright2772 *o k*

  • @potawatadingdong
    @potawatadingdong 5 років тому +510

    If the father would've given them more time before throwing them in the fire, they could've had great synergy and potentially make great music.

    • @obscurelyvague
      @obscurelyvague 5 років тому +4

      "potawatandingrlong" probably

    • @wintershock
      @wintershock 5 років тому +62

      potawatadingdong or actually let them hear music, get lessons to learn vocals, guitar and drums and music theory. They could’ve actually sounded better.

    • @FoxLeaf87
      @FoxLeaf87 5 років тому +4

      It's a shame. If their father gave them time to practice they could have been more successful.

    • @bradsmack1
      @bradsmack1 5 років тому +1

      @@wintershock No number of years of listening to music, taking lessons to sing and/or play instruments, and learning music theory will mean anything to anybody who isn't already innately talented, and blessed with the musical gifts and abilities to begin with. Oh yeah, and actually WANTING to create music when and if they ARE talented.

    • @deathmetaldouglas69
      @deathmetaldouglas69 5 років тому

      Wrong. They recorded again and it was sub-average and boring. The music was much tighter and rehearsed. It sucked. The album is a classic and the only way it could have been better is if he made them go in earlier.

  • @monty4336
    @monty4336 2 роки тому +7

    "I've never heard a band sound like that before."
    I've never heard a guitar player fall down a flight of stairs with his guitar but I'd guess it would sound similar to the Shaggs.

  • @lostinpa-dadenduro7555
    @lostinpa-dadenduro7555 5 років тому +506

    The recording engineer actually did a good job.

    • @irresistablejewel
      @irresistablejewel 5 років тому +18

      I'm not sure if it's the sound engineer that says, "take two", before one of the tracks; but someone does. An odd inclusion on this album of "out of time" music (or any album really) but clearly "take one" just wasn't good enough ... Maybe it's a joke, including the editing on the final cut; but I laughed so much hearing that.
      Maybe music that won't follow the metronome is the "Philosophy of the World"; and it's us that don't get it? It's certainly a remarkable album; full of naive music so I'm glad someone remarked on it.

    • @squatch570
      @squatch570 5 років тому +5

      How can you even tell??!!

    • @berryseinfeld6772
      @berryseinfeld6772 5 років тому

      I agree. The drums sound amazing.

  • @freebretth
    @freebretth 4 роки тому +403

    I find this album strangely listenable, except “My Pal Foot Foot,” which honestly sounds like a nightmare.

    • @abbycowan20
      @abbycowan20 4 роки тому +25

      the nightmare is what makes it a vibe tho

    • @word6364
      @word6364 4 роки тому +22

      the title track is unironically enjoyable

    • @antonstrandberg3013
      @antonstrandberg3013 3 роки тому +3

      "It's halloween" is the only song with a resemblance of a beat.
      I don't know why he said they only released one album though, there's one more.
      I'd recommend listening to "Yesterday once more"

    • @bobthebear1246
      @bobthebear1246 3 роки тому

      @@antonstrandberg3013 That's The Carpenters.

  • @TaintedWalrusofficial
    @TaintedWalrusofficial 3 роки тому +478

    The craziest thing about this story I find, is that the palm reader's prediction actually came true.

    • @backfloop
      @backfloop 2 роки тому +17

      To be fair he purposely married someone of that hair color, and purposely started the band. But I guess having exactly 2 sons and 2 daughters out of 4 kids might be a little crazy? Idk most of it was basically instructions

    • @waynedarronwalls6468
      @waynedarronwalls6468 2 роки тому

      Power of suggestion...it's all baloney really...these folk are charlatans, they just say what they think people want to hear...it's like the astrology nonsense, so generalised it could be anyone in the world...think about this, if psychics can predict the future, why are none of them insanely rich?

    • @deviantmoore9744
      @deviantmoore9744 2 роки тому +1

      @@backfloop Not to mention his mother dying after the birth of their two sons as she predicted.

    • @backfloop
      @backfloop 2 роки тому +8

      @@deviantmoore9744 I’m sure he is fully aware of when his own mother died. He could’ve easily just waited to have kids until after. The prediction wasn’t what you thought it was, it was actually that the sons would be born after his mother’s death.

    • @troubadour723
      @troubadour723 2 роки тому

      So did the Witches’ prophecy in Macbeth. What’s your point?

  • @LezbeOswald
    @LezbeOswald 2 роки тому +9

    i didn't know the whole backstory to this band. i thought they were just random girls having fun who everyone decided to shit on. the backstory makes this so much sadder actually.

  • @samdeck9246
    @samdeck9246 5 років тому +506

    Sounds like Phoebe buffay was heavily influenced by them.

  • @johnw6956
    @johnw6956 5 років тому +478

    The crazy thing is, the prophecy came true and in the end they did end up becoming a popular band
    Damn

    • @miserirken
      @miserirken 5 років тому +13

      i kinda like (for the lack of a better term) the fact the prophecy didn't come true thank to their father but thank to the weirdos who legitimately appreciate this kind of music. Their father was an asshole trying to brute force said prophecy. Indirectly, he was sabotaging this band. That makes the prophecy even more onimous. There was literally no way this project could work in theory yet it did it in the long term.

    • @jebstewart666
      @jebstewart666 5 років тому +1

      @@miserirken or perhaps while HE was alive?

    • @squiremuldoon5462
      @squiremuldoon5462 5 років тому +6

      They're not popular...

    • @johnw6956
      @johnw6956 5 років тому +7

      Squire Muldoon one of their songs has 1.2 million views on UA-cam. I guess they’re not mainstream popular but among music lovers they’re pretty well known

    • @danobrien3695
      @danobrien3695 5 років тому

      @@johnw6956 Yeah....well known for being complete crap

  • @f.f5771
    @f.f5771 5 років тому +676

    The shaggs are my favourite vegan straight edge hardcore band

    • @sharpie3093
      @sharpie3093 5 років тому +19

      xSHAGGSx

    • @HeyWhatAShiteUsername
      @HeyWhatAShiteUsername 5 років тому +7

      Will lopez xxX_şħåǥǥş420_Xxx

    • @vz2428
      @vz2428 5 років тому +1

      The Twenty One Fall Out Panic Backstreet shaggs and their hit "The Black Parade"

    • @vz2428
      @vz2428 5 років тому

      @Snekcharmer ples no step on snek

    • @clementinestearsovjoy1799
      @clementinestearsovjoy1799 5 років тому

      Vector OH YEAH I love this comment so much

  • @fredepps3196
    @fredepps3196 2 роки тому +3

    It is a formative influence on my own music, especially the drumming. I love the idea that drums can add rhythmic excitement while being completely independent of any other element. The idea that melodies can violate implicit harmonic rules like tonic- dominant and still carry emotional meaning is also compelling. If you love the Shaggs for MUSICAL reasons like I do, check out Charles Ives, especially his Fourth Symphony, and of course Trout Mask Replica by Captain Beefheart.

    • @johannjohann6523
      @johannjohann6523 Рік тому +1

      Seriously, no. Now if the album was advertised as "comedy" then maybe it would have a place for entertainment.

    • @fredepps3196
      @fredepps3196 Рік тому

      @@johannjohann6523 each to their own.

    • @buschovski1
      @buschovski1 8 місяців тому

      Oh yeah. Ives 4th is an old fav of mine.

  • @JanDark
    @JanDark 4 роки тому +136

    "Philosophy Of The World" holds a special place in my heart. To me, it is NOT the worst album ever made, even though it's not what most people would call well-written or well-performed. My sister once used it to get rid of guests that wouldn't leave. My best friend laughed for 30 minutes straight when I played him the record. Fond memories! I like trying to lip-sync to "My Pal Foot Foot", it's the hardest thing to do. I love the thudding tom beat on "It's Halloween". "Things I Wonder" just has the greatest opening. I love "That Little Sports Car", the only song on here featuring a bass guitar, with its final climax of repeating "Never Do Wrong"s, going up in one mode and coming down in an entirely other one. The sisters seem to sing flat or sharp on a whim, but they're doing it TOGETHER. This music, my friends, has been PAINSTAKINGLY REHEARSED. At least I think it was. Sometimes it reminds me of some secret language developed by twins.
    When I first listened to The Shaggs in 1990, I also listened to a lot of jazz, hiphop, cabaret, pop and rock. To me it seemed like they had smashed a whole record shop and then assembled shards of many different vinyls in a primitive, naive and original way. Even though it's not an easy listen for everyone, I like the Shaggs' perspective. And I am a person who likes well-crafted, well-performed songs in general.
    EDIT: when I first got the internets at home in 1996, guess what my first research on Altavista was about? Yep, that's right. I wanted to know whether I was the only person on the planet to dig The Shaggs. And it turned out I wasn't! Haters gonna hate, but lovers gonna love.

    • @thecinematicmind
      @thecinematicmind 4 роки тому +15

      It’s not an album I can get mad at. It’s not a project I can ever forget or is soulless. I get more mad at how Austin treated his daughters. No wonder he got compared to Murray Wilson.

    • @mindimoom9142
      @mindimoom9142 2 роки тому +2

      I also laughed 30 minutes straight when I first heard the album, and I kept laughing for the rest of the day whenever I thought about it. In fact, I still laugh when I think about it. I can't say any other album has had quite that impact. It has its place and I'm glad it was made.

    • @johannjohann6523
      @johannjohann6523 Рік тому +1

      You're sister is a GENIUS! I'm gonna get a copy of The Shaggs now. You don't know how many times I've had "unwanted" guests in my home (loser friends of friends) and I never could come up with a way to get rid of them without coming across an "asshole". This is perfect! Thank You! (seriously).

  • @Morbidous
    @Morbidous 5 років тому +817

    The snare still sounds better thatn the one from Metallica-St. Anger.

    • @joedkidd888
      @joedkidd888 5 років тому +20

      Anything is better than St. Anger!!

    • @slimpickens7480
      @slimpickens7480 5 років тому +7

      St Anger is truly horrible.

    • @daviddequasie6816
      @daviddequasie6816 5 років тому +7

      The vocals are better as well.

    • @drevil978
      @drevil978 5 років тому +3

      I was going to say shes better then lars. Lol

    • @joedec
      @joedec 5 років тому +8

      I'm sorry. St. Anger is way better than this.

  • @jonathanrannstad9187
    @jonathanrannstad9187 4 роки тому +180

    The guitar just sound like she hit random strings with her foot foot

    • @bobthebear1246
      @bobthebear1246 3 роки тому +2

      😂😂😂😂
      This comment wins!!!! Well-done.

    • @bobthebear1246
      @bobthebear1246 3 роки тому +1

      😂😂😂😂
      This comment wins!!!! Well-done.

    • @tamariskyogurt5389
      @tamariskyogurt5389 3 роки тому +3

      😂😂😂😂
      This comment wins!!!! Well-done.

    • @tamariskyogurt5389
      @tamariskyogurt5389 3 роки тому +2

      😂😂😂😂
      This comment wins!!!! Well-done.

    • @greasyfingers9250
      @greasyfingers9250 3 роки тому +1

      😂😂😂😂
      This comment wins!!!! Well-done.

  • @moisesgabriel97
    @moisesgabriel97 8 місяців тому

    is that Mac DeMarco playing in the background around 4:15? lol

    • @SmackheadGaming
      @SmackheadGaming 6 місяців тому +1

      It is indeed, good catch. Young Coconut, my favourite track off of Some Other Ones.

    • @moisesgabriel97
      @moisesgabriel97 6 місяців тому

      @@SmackheadGaming so cool! i used this song too, but for a school video

  • @ariestheram5693
    @ariestheram5693 5 років тому +478

    Anthony Fantano would probably give it a Strong 10, had it been released today

    • @v00idless72
      @v00idless72 5 років тому +2

      Maibe we should ask him to rate it

    • @acdcgnr100
      @acdcgnr100 5 років тому +4

      Anthony scamtano

    • @jonathanwilliams2320
      @jonathanwilliams2320 5 років тому +1

      @@v00idless72 he needs to review it

    • @veerchasm1
      @veerchasm1 5 років тому

      Who cares about Anthony, what does Cal think??

    • @bully2iscoming897
      @bully2iscoming897 5 років тому +4

      Fuck that guy he actually looks like a toe

  • @MeowFoWowz
    @MeowFoWowz 5 років тому +464

    You have to listen to the notes they AREN’T playing.

    • @privatejoker5062
      @privatejoker5062 5 років тому +4

      Like i'm in a room with my mother-in-law

    • @bradsmack1
      @bradsmack1 5 років тому +2

      Ah, therein live the precious melodies.

    • @bradsmack1
      @bradsmack1 5 років тому +2

      @Coldern Ice It'll go great in my collection, next to my Oral Roberts LP. I can't play it. Ask me why. ................Because the hole in the middle keeps healing up.

    • @jag1870
      @jag1870 5 років тому +1

      Just pissed myself! LOL!!!

    • @johnchase4408
      @johnchase4408 5 років тому

      There in lies the song.

  • @Harlanmote
    @Harlanmote 5 років тому +419

    Dad should have dropped $5 on a chord chart.. Lol!!!

    • @ZER0--
      @ZER0-- 5 років тому +8

      But then they would have been so bad and hence so good.

    • @mapledoodle5516
      @mapledoodle5516 5 років тому +14

      Never laugh at your own joke. NEVER!!

    • @banishedfromthedwarfplanet530
      @banishedfromthedwarfplanet530 5 років тому +1

      Ben V>> Red Skelton made a 60-year career out of doing it.

    • @wintershock
      @wintershock 5 років тому

      Harlan Mote or $45-60 to get them to learn their instruments.

  • @douglasfreeman3229
    @douglasfreeman3229 Рік тому

    I remember a band called Fagin's Boys who were worse than the Shaggs. By a long way. They recorded several self-financed albums, released a terrible song called "Rustic Reggae", marginally improved themselves then released a synth instrumental called "Furtwangler". They also murdered "Portsmouth".

  • @colonel_crackers6586
    @colonel_crackers6586 5 років тому +1436

    I don't feel like I don't like them
    Until I realized there's *NO* *BASS*

  • @marikoth
    @marikoth 5 років тому +388

    But what about that corey feldman record

    • @generalsherman75
      @generalsherman75 5 років тому +41

      Yeah, but Corey Feldman is a grown ass man, who seems to have lost his mind.

    • @lukess.s
      @lukess.s 5 років тому +14

      Corey's more intriguing and fascinating, The Shaggs are just sad.

    • @Anaxistratus
      @Anaxistratus 5 років тому +21

      @@lukess.s I don't know if this is a troll comment, but I'll bite it anyway.
      Corey took every sound that got popular from the 1980s to early 2010s and then shove them all in one album (Angelic 2 the Core), making it sounds like a mess and Corey really tried too hard to be a popstar. Meanwhile The Shaggs, while they were objectively messy, they gave a unique and avant-garde experience. The Shaggs has influenced numerous experimental/avant-garde artists and bands.

    • @IntergalacticSpaceKitten
      @IntergalacticSpaceKitten 5 років тому +3

      I loved watching his overly dramatic dancing too. It's fucking hilarious.

    • @vz2428
      @vz2428 5 років тому +1

      @@Anaxistratus that's why it's bad, because it's Avant Garde. Anything with the name of Avant Garde is artistically incorrect. Being "experimental" is not an excuse

  • @TeboeCubes
    @TeboeCubes 4 роки тому +340

    This is like the SpongeBob episode where Patrick’s poem gets recorded at a studio

    • @christopherminutolo9384
      @christopherminutolo9384 4 роки тому

      Oh, you mean...
      ua-cam.com/video/m3Pz0SpGUgU/v-deo.html

    • @lunahetfield
      @lunahetfield 4 роки тому +17

      Tbh patrick's poem is better than this monstrosity

    • @natestern2021
      @natestern2021 3 роки тому +14

      Writting stuff is hard so i use a pointy pencil

    • @rosieleaverton
      @rosieleaverton 3 роки тому +5

      @@natestern2021 pointy, pointy, pointy. Pointy, pointy, point.

    • @GustavoEPerez-gj7qz
      @GustavoEPerez-gj7qz 3 роки тому +5

      @@rosieleaverton P U, what’s that horrible smell?

  • @Jjosh1358
    @Jjosh1358 3 роки тому +11

    I actually really like the drum intro on Foot Foot

    • @nozecone
      @nozecone 3 роки тому

      It's brilliant.

  • @sukebandeath87
    @sukebandeath87 5 років тому +703

    Wow the only one that played acceptable was the drumer

  • @tamed4171
    @tamed4171 5 років тому +201

    This is Greek tragedy level shit tbh, believing in prophecies and such

    • @Jack-xr7gk
      @Jack-xr7gk 5 років тому +12

      It all came true though

    • @RVNess
      @RVNess 5 років тому +7

      I mean, would it kill him to put them in guitar and drums lessons? Poor girls 😂

    • @curtiskretzer8898
      @curtiskretzer8898 5 років тому

      What?That they ended up w/a following
      w/100 copies.
      I'd say it is bordering on the miraculous

  • @Finn_the_Cat
    @Finn_the_Cat 5 років тому +183

    They also had no bassist.

    • @OriginalGrasshopper
      @OriginalGrasshopper 5 років тому +11

      Gotha 229a Their 4th/youngest sister played bass on one song on the first album, then on every song on the second album.

    • @Finn_the_Cat
      @Finn_the_Cat 5 років тому +6

      OriginalGrasshopper I thought they only made one album

    • @fz7091
      @fz7091 4 роки тому +7

      @@Finn_the_Cat There's a second album where they played way better. Its called "Shaggs own thing".

    • @theatremusician
      @theatremusician 4 роки тому +2

      Geddy Lee sat in with them for a session. Ten bucks is ten bucks. (+5 points for knowing the reference)

    • @bigbadbillb
      @bigbadbillb 4 роки тому +2

      The very least the dad could've done for the these girls is get them some music lessons, so they at least have a rudimentary understanding of music....like rhythm, timing, etc.

  • @chrisdunmore9433
    @chrisdunmore9433 Місяць тому

    years ago-i was running a record shop in Cleveland when a box of Promo's came in the mail from the blues label Rounder and this album was in the box...i put it on and it was breathtaking....it holds a special place in my brain because seldom does an album cover capture the sound of the record inside....Nothing sounds like it...try to put a band together to play it like the record....i no longer needed tor play Trout Mask Replica or The Art Ensemble Of Chicago to clear the store on nights i wanted to close early...ITS HALLOWEEN!!!!

  • @tectonicD
    @tectonicD 5 років тому +906

    They band could have achieved massive success had they tapped into one missing element!
    Heroin

    • @philliesarchive8470
      @philliesarchive8470 5 років тому +6

      lmfaoooo

    • @fackumon292
      @fackumon292 4 роки тому +29

      And bass
      d u h

    • @raymondmeyers8983
      @raymondmeyers8983 4 роки тому +6

      Thought you were going to say talent

    • @SupaHasu
      @SupaHasu 4 роки тому +11

      Poor guy could have gave them some music lessons and at least trained them on how to play their respective instrument

    • @jeeeff1435
      @jeeeff1435 4 роки тому +9

      Then they would have just been velvet underground.

  • @jeffkelly4721
    @jeffkelly4721 5 років тому +193

    and they said a band made of deaf people wouldn’t work

  • @andywright8803
    @andywright8803 5 років тому +372

    Containing microtonality and polyrhythms, it's surely ahead of its time

    • @Frisbie147
      @Frisbie147 5 років тому +12

      The music made me think of king gizzard instantly

    • @Cheeseburger.Launch.Sequence
      @Cheeseburger.Launch.Sequence 5 років тому +16

      Microtonal yes. Polyrhthms....bit of a stretch. Three people playing off time from each other isn't REALLY a polyrhythm.

    • @andywright8803
      @andywright8803 5 років тому +7

      @@Cheeseburger.Launch.Sequence listen to "my pal foot foot"
      ua-cam.com/video/XR9d4ESlpHY/v-deo.html
      There is (probably) a 52:53 polyrhythm that is so subtle that it lasts half the song.

    • @kvltizt
      @kvltizt 5 років тому +1

      *look too deeply into something*
      "GENIUS!"
      *they were actually just crazy*

    • @bonniejunk
      @bonniejunk 5 років тому +1

      @@kvltizt
      it's a joke

  • @sirdarklust
    @sirdarklust 3 роки тому

    I like to play them on juke boxes at bars. After a few seconds, people start looking up and around, with NO idea what they are hearing...

  • @geoffstockton
    @geoffstockton 4 роки тому +49

    Correction, the drums actually have tons of consistency. She was just always playing at an entirely separate tempo from the guitars. That's the magic ingredient to that Shag-edelic sound. Write a song in a given key but DO NOT tune the guitars, have the drummer play at a totally different speed. Boom. Instant classic.

  • @tiekbane
    @tiekbane 5 років тому +180

    There was an album released in the 90's by a "band" called Oldskull that consisted of several 8 y/o boys who literally screamed & pounded on instruments for 40 minutes. It's worst than The Shaggs but at least The Shaggs were sincere.

    • @fuzzface8252
      @fuzzface8252 5 років тому +1

      @Sean Wilkinson here you go, anything can be found on youtube:
      ua-cam.com/video/5UG7t1I98-w/v-deo.html

    • @paissssss
      @paissssss 5 років тому +1

      Tiek Bane OH MY GOD I had forgotten about Oldskull!!

    • @yorick22
      @yorick22 5 років тому +4

      DOMINOES BREAD CRUST TASTES LIKE *SHIT!!*

    • @totempolejoe1
      @totempolejoe1 5 років тому +1

      I just listened to their first album. It was obviously ghostwritten, but I was genuinely impressed. I enjoyed it a LOT more than I was expecting.

    • @baileyhallkuro
      @baileyhallkuro 5 років тому +2

      sounds like death grips

  • @jakobsanchez738
    @jakobsanchez738 5 років тому +124

    Own this album on vinyl. One of the best purchases I've made.

    • @EmmaWetahrd
      @EmmaWetahrd 5 років тому +1

      Jakob Sanchez how much was it?

    • @jakobsanchez738
      @jakobsanchez738 5 років тому +16

      @@EmmaWetahrd It was a reprint, so only about $20. I was just super psyched to own it as I love the record.

    • @sonicpharmacist
      @sonicpharmacist 5 років тому +4

      Light in The Attic reissued their record, and did a fantastic job.

    • @gregoryscott7088
      @gregoryscott7088 5 років тому

      I'm waiting for the extended re-mix.

    • @SylviaDream
      @SylviaDream 5 років тому

      Same here! Definitely a great album with a weird history to own!

  • @lnielse1
    @lnielse1 11 місяців тому +1

    I recently read a remastered 5.1 mix is in the works. Including demos!

  • @boejiden5851
    @boejiden5851 5 років тому +124

    That’s a weird way to pronounce Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

  • @7907-u8h
    @7907-u8h 5 років тому +165

    This is what happens when you force someone to do something they don't want to do.
    You get the Shaggs.

    • @medes5597
      @medes5597 5 років тому +3

      But I genuinely love this album. Like no sarcasm or fooling I genuinely love this record.

    • @TBMartin
      @TBMartin 5 років тому +1

      @@medes5597 Same. It's awesome and not in a "it's soo bad is awesome" kind of way. 86 out of 100 on metascore too

    • @deathmetaldouglas69
      @deathmetaldouglas69 5 років тому

      Then maybe it should be done MORE often as this album is a classic.

    • @stevemcqueen1096
      @stevemcqueen1096 5 років тому

      Or the Jackson 5.

  • @hepatitis123
    @hepatitis123 5 років тому +169

    "Kurt Cobain lists it as his 5th favourite album of all time."
    That explains so much.

    • @rsohlich1
      @rsohlich1 5 років тому +16

      Frank Zappa also loved them.

    • @toptop961
      @toptop961 5 років тому +16

      The Beatles were really low in that list. I think that he did the list after he had a hole in his brain.

    • @thehonkening1
      @thehonkening1 5 років тому +1

      ListED **

    • @NibblesTheNibbler
      @NibblesTheNibbler 5 років тому +23

      Cobain and Zappa were eccentric, anti-establishment, contrarian types. It's no surprise that they'd like something this horrible.
      I have a buddy who hates anything mainstream and HAS to always find weird music most people hate... just to be that guy with "unique" taste.

    • @juniorranger2372
      @juniorranger2372 5 років тому +8

      hepatitis123 why are we bashing Kurt? He like the Beatles and the Melvins I can see where this fits in but like don’t bash him.

  • @mr.peoples901
    @mr.peoples901 Рік тому +2

    One day I listened to the entire album. I laughed, I cried a little, I felt like a heavy weight was on my chest and it me hurt. Very special.

  • @AmeliaPond1994
    @AmeliaPond1994 5 років тому +370

    That little sports car was low key a bop.

  • @TheZombster
    @TheZombster 5 років тому +296

    Who thought my pal foot foot was a good name

    • @daverlb
      @daverlb 5 років тому +15

      Foot foot.
      The two legged cat.
      Its about the only thing that does make sense about this....

    • @kharris3352
      @kharris3352 4 роки тому

      Me

    • @zmbdog
      @zmbdog 4 роки тому

      I'm guessing Dot.

    • @robertgoforth883
      @robertgoforth883 4 роки тому

      Quentin Tarantino.

  • @jernie9384
    @jernie9384 5 років тому +163

    I knew them because Cobain used to wear a Shaggs Shirt

    • @deftye7582
      @deftye7582 5 років тому +27

      So that’s why nirvana sucked so much

    • @jernie9384
      @jernie9384 5 років тому +12

      Def Tye
      Because he wore a t shirt ?

    • @deftye7582
      @deftye7582 5 років тому +10

      Micah_Myers damn, they’re just words! Why are you so offended?

    • @rafajoseph9487
      @rafajoseph9487 5 років тому +8

      @@MyersFlow nirvana sucks

    • @mt-zf6xp
      @mt-zf6xp 5 років тому +3

      I'm glad Kurt Cobland killed himself

  • @pastelartguys3161
    @pastelartguys3161 Рік тому

    Just hearing the songs without knowing the backstory, one could be forgiven for thinking that it was a deliberate spoof... maybe something from Firesign Theater titled "an evening with the Helen Keller School Marching Band". But it's pretty remarkable considering the restrictions placed upon them.

  • @feastofmoloch666
    @feastofmoloch666 3 роки тому +198

    The album does have an innocent charm.

    • @cocainaforall4636
      @cocainaforall4636 3 роки тому +7

      Indeed.

    • @CrabSully
      @CrabSully 2 роки тому +4

      I'd say the opposite. It has a sort of dark tone to it

    • @karmarenee999
      @karmarenee999 7 місяців тому

      @@CrabSullyI think both things can be true. I love this album it sounds like how being a weird little 11 year old girl felt lol

  • @nunyabidness117
    @nunyabidness117 5 років тому +102

    The Shaggs is accidentally an awesome name for a band.

    • @zmbdog
      @zmbdog 4 роки тому +10

      in Britian

  • @freyzerb.castro9124
    @freyzerb.castro9124 4 роки тому +362

    Yoko Ono fans be like: Oh yeah that's some progressive intelectual shit

    • @desperatemohammedantheworl5833
      @desperatemohammedantheworl5833 3 роки тому +8

      Nothing like Yoko Ono's music.

    • @grey8478
      @grey8478 3 роки тому +5

      yoko knows what a time signature is
      these kids do not

    • @darklurker1239
      @darklurker1239 3 роки тому

      Their music makes Yoko Ono sound like an angel.

    • @I_do.not_fearyou
      @I_do.not_fearyou 3 роки тому

      Cap

    • @terrygoyan
      @terrygoyan 3 роки тому +1

      @@darklurker1239
      In The Rolling Stones "Rock and Roll Circus" John Lennon and Chuck Berry are playing a song when Yoko starts making sounds that can best be described as the wail a cat would make when being sodomized by a pit bull! Didn't sound like an angel! Poor Chuck was grimacing....

  • @standard-carrier-wo-chan
    @standard-carrier-wo-chan Рік тому +2

    It's like feeding a self-learning AI a buttload of music theories without actually giving it a single input of music, and then taking the first pieces it generated to stamp on vinyl. Hell, they know exactly what they were doing in the whole thing. They practiced the songs in and for the studio!

    • @FluxFreeman
      @FluxFreeman 11 місяців тому

      I’m watching a video of literally that right now “AI Rebirth of the Worst Band of All Time”

    • @FluxFreeman
      @FluxFreeman 11 місяців тому

      ua-cam.com/video/orcvDjy3fvs/v-deo.htmlsi=Bs-nnlREAp0lU3MG

  • @barrysteakfriessimp_real
    @barrysteakfriessimp_real 5 років тому +87

    this would probably be a really good soundtrack for some sort of surreal or horror-like experience

    • @msw0322
      @msw0322 4 роки тому +3

      Oh man that DOES sound fitting!

  • @witheredhouseplant
    @witheredhouseplant 4 роки тому +347

    it sounds like a bunch of 14 year olds trying to start a band

  • @m1a10
    @m1a10 3 роки тому +30

    The cat was not a double amputee. I read an interview with Dot, I believe, who said that people confuse a drawing she did that was used for album art and the cat. The drawing was of a tiger-whale (like Napoleon Dynamite’s Liger) that has a cat head and a whale body. People think this is Foot-Foot. Foot-Foot had 4 legs and wandered away.

  • @whitex4652
    @whitex4652 3 роки тому +3

    Daniel Johnson. Very early Velvet Underground. Very early Pink Floyd. The experiments of the Beatles. The list goes on and on. Fact is: This kind of music has what no "professional" music has: unpredictability, spontaneity, deviation from million-times-heard, and a "newnness" up to a point where it seems to be "fractal". You hear things that are unique and will stay unique forever. Thanks for the tip.