Interview: Homer Flynn
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
- Homer Flynn has always been associated with The Residents as an owner of The Cryptic Corporation, but not much is publicly known about him. He set out to get to know him a little bit and his approach to creativity.
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It's brilliant how Homer continues to speak in third-person, but his subconcious mind frequently remembers that he's the singer and creative force of The Residents and he answers the questions directly as the leader of the band! He'll never 'out' the identities of The Residents because he no longer needs to - it's enough for the fans that we are in awe of his genius and continuing belief in this most beguiling and entertaining avant-garde masterpiece that he's still painting! =:^)
there's only one resident now
Ivan TOPOLČIĆ Just learned about Hardy Fox ... what a loss
That's what I thought! His voice sounds like Randy Rose's!
@@fannys941 They have the same beauty spot and wrinkles. I wonder if he still performs with them after he (as randy rose) stated he got 'fired' from the residents
Rz fans have changed I guess. why go out and destroy the fun illusion for those who don't know ?
god I love this guy, he never ever drops the act.......I totally admire his dedication to keeping some things sacred.
What act?
"I totally admire his dedication to keeping some things sacred" It's a shame you don't want to uphold this..
@@johnrunnels5016 I knew what he meant. I was refuting it.
This guy is the Residents, right? I kind of recognize the voice...
@@Joeherman No, he is a representative of the Residents. He comes from the same part of the US as one of the singers
It’s crazy to think that man has been out on tour, mask after mask, most prominently the eyeball, for 40 years!
I love The Residents. It's an artistic concept and expressive force regardless of who's behind it. I've never desired to learn true identities or any of that nonsense. The works tell listeners everything they need to know through experiencing them in their full glory. Music should be fun, weird, irreverent, artistic, occasionally dissonant, and always true to itself.
The one and only Homer. Even now, in 2023, at the age of 78, he is still keeping Residents alive. A whole new generation discovers them every few years, and when Homer is finally laid to rest the Residents will go on. Thank you, Homer. You and the late Hardy Fox.
"CD ROMS" I Love how humble Homer is and how in a world where everyone wants to be famous, these cats played covertly; literally in the dark. And although their music always creeped me out, I admire their artistic ability, creativity, humility, longevity and most of all, getting their audiences to both think AND feel.
Great comment. Fully agree.
He is the singer of Residents, you can hear it in his voice. I respect he doesnt admit that. Residents should go on. Btw i can see how a band from my city Laibach got huge inspiration from The Residents, when we talk about anonimus concept.
Oy vey.
@@MakeWeirdMusic Sorry ?
Sorry. I'm just so frustrated with people feeling the need to call out their theories on the names of people in the band. The names don't matter. The identities don't matter. The creative output does. I don't understand why there are so many commenters who feel the need to spoil the ethos of the band. They want to be anonymous. Why call out who is who in the band?
"He is the singer of Residents, you can hear it in his voice" No he isn't.
Flynn, Fox, Kennedy and Clem are idols
I really appreciate Homer's world view. The Residents came to be because they did whatever they wanted without thinking if it would work. They made Vileness Fats not realizing it wouldn't turn out how they wanted. They toured with a giant stage show that was a headache and nearly broke the group, but they did it because they wanted to. So inspiring
True individuals in pursuit of art. It’s incredible.
It's the hardest thing in art.
the first (and maybe the last) law in art must be that you should love the works that you make or the process of creation of them, not fame or money or prestige as a artist and like that. You can see they have made more than 50 albums (almost every year at least one new work).
they have made a collective identity just like a religious group, i wish they continue their works with new artists forever and ever because other musicans can be the residents of this great band.
hahaha - hearing him talk about browsing record stores and liking covers reminds of finding my first Residents' record: I had no idea who they were, just picked up "Meet the Residents" in a record store one day and said to myself "I'm having this!".
Very interesting interview and i enjoyed every second of it - Homer is really a nice guy to talk with and i could listen to him for hours.
It`s ( to me) more than obvious that he`s the driving force in The Residents.
+Cl4rendon he is a lovely man! Glad you enjoyed this interview.
I just got seriously into the Residents this last year and it was overwhelming going through their discography because of the sheer amount of stuff they have put out. It sounds like a nightmare trying to put out one album a year let alone build lore and art around the concept.
They are one of the few bands that really knows how to tap into terror
I’ve loved The Residents for about 40yrs. Weird is creativity.
Very true. That's the whole point of the "weird" in "make weird music." Everyone is unique and has their own way of expressing creativity. If we try to look/sound like someone else, we're dismissing our own creative energy. I'm all about promoting people who uniquely express their unique selves, no matter the genre or whether their music sounds "normal."
Me too, more than 40 years.
What? Homer is Randy?! And I always believed that the Residents were the Beatles in disguise, or even proper aliens (well to be honest, I still do believe that, no matter what other people say here). Anyway, Homer is still a pure genius!
Eskimo is one of my favorite albums of all time. It's still ten years ahead of its time.
I agree. Brilliant.
Meet the residetns, not available, eskimo, Duck stub/buster & glenn...the ir music is still not touched or Exlpored to this day. Their are playing in the Middle of a fever dream or in a dissociative state of mind, i've never heard such a dreamy quality in anybody's music. Sorry for My english
@@gabrielegagliardi3956 it is "touched", a little bit at least, there is tones of good "experimental" (for a lack of better world) music out there. At least since the 80's I would even say. I mean you could obviously start with Renaldo & the loaf (same label) for example.
@@thomasdupont7186 I already know Renaldo and the loaf and tons of "experimental" bands, but in my humble opinion the Residents are on another level.
In the documentary they discuss how the residents is an idea not a band per say. So his speaking in 3rd person is accurate. I met him in London he was a proper cool guy!
HERE I COME CONSTANTINOPLE!!!!
"They." :)
+Man In Magenta Wig heh, yep!
More like "we".
He slipped here, at 35:03. ".. kinda captured where I was at a time, and Third R'n'R captured where I was..." etc. Then he corrected himself with "...where Residents were at that time".
I can't believe I only just found Make Music Weird. What a fantastic interview with Homer and I can't wait to watch your other stuff. You got yourself a sub.
Keep music weird. It's necessary.
Thanks for the sub!!
@@MakeWeirdMusic I just realised it's actually "make weird music" not "make music weird" sorry about that! But my point stands. I'm glad we have someone out there keeping up the good fight for weird, odd and indefinable musical experiences.
Have you ever thought about talking to They Might Be Giants? I've always loved them and feel they don't get their due as weird music because people shove them in with "college rock" or "Alternative" when they have songs showing clear debt to The Residents (Boat of Car springs to mind) and songs with obscure meanings that confound and put off most mainstream listeners (like 99% of their songs are upbeat ditties about death and misery) and I've always felt like the weird music world never have them their due for being unique artists who never strayed from their own personal furrow when it came to art.
Also it seems UA-cam unsubscribed me. So let me sub *again*. Love the interviews and everything you do with them. Any plans to have a go at interviewing Jandek? He's been granting a few isolated interviews lately.
Homer is the greatest residents fan
+Chris Adams #1 fan, I would say!!
Gee, I wonder why.
@@angelurbina8158 It's a Louisiana thang.
I really like this interview... lots of space for Homer to give thoughtful, insightful answers.
That's what people wanna hear! Thanks, Josh.
Homer's played all of us for fools, talking about the importance of an artist lacking celebrity, and avoid the limelight. All while going on to play significant roles in Blade Runner, Deadwood, and Newhart.
Hah! Good one
(from The Residents Wikipedia "talk" page):
"The Residents" are not a real band. Hardy Fox (in character as Chuck Bobuck) admitted as much in an interview[1]. They are a fictional construct, in the same way Goofy or Donald Duck are fictional; their records, the art & advertisement/copy/press releases surrounding the records, the performers hired to portray them (even if said performers are also the creators, they are still "performers," in this case hiring themselves), should be approached similarly, and by taking this knowledge into account I feel this Wiki article may be vastly improved, exiting the realm of band-mythology and attempting to approach "reality" (a rather difficult and contentious notion in and of itself, as The Residents' mythology was manufactured [I think] to point out).
Walt Disney voice acting Mickey Mouse does not mean Walt Disney IS Mickey Mouse; hence Homer Flynn providing most of the voice(s) of "The Residents" on records (esp. after 1977), creating "their" lyrics, etc. does NOT mean he IS a Resident, because "The Residents" are an entirely fictional construct. Similarly, Hardy Fox coming out as "composer for The Residents" is no different than the fact that Mark Mothersbaugh was composer for "Rugrats" -- the key difference is that "The Residents" declined to credit individual contributors and purposefully sought to blur the line between fact & the media-manufactured fiction to which audiences had become accustomed via television, radio, merchandise (inc. LP's, singles, etc.), etc., whereas most productions credit all individuals clearly & decline to play such media games.
Interestingly, the guy wearing the Donald Duck costume at Disney World has been instructed to never disclose the fact that he "is" Donald Duck. He's told to tell friends/relatives/etc that he is "friends" with this aforementioned fictional icon. Very similar to "The Residents," which are a production of The Cryptic Corporation.
The goal, I think, of Homer Flynn, Hardy Fox, & the others involved in manufacturing "The Residents," was to intentionally blur the lines between fact and pop-culture mythology, as a sort of commentary on the relationship between art & business (called "Siamese twins" by Homer Flynn, in a lecture from the early '90's -- a reference to "God in Three Persons") and the audience which consumes its products.
We now live in an era where music and artist images are manufactured to market towards specific preexisting, risk-free demographics, readymade and pretending to "realness," when in actuality fictional & prefabricated. The "Pre-fab Four" were a clever commentary on this trend, already emergent in the early '70's when "The Residents" were first dreamed up. Press material is drawn up to be repeated by a vast network of online "influencers," which together generate the illusion of popularity and relevance to the consumer base; similarly (and in a much more crude, DIY, and relatively primitive/low-budget/tongue-in-cheek fashion), the creators of "The Residents" frequently wrote mythologized articles and reviews under false names to create the illusion that "The Residents" were real and worthy of attention (see: liner notes of "Third Reich n' Roll" release from 2011, review of MtR by "Harvey Sox" found on "The Residents 1972-1982" Facebook page, etc). A very interesting project.
[1] www.oregonmusicnews.com/charles-bobuck-hardy-fox-residents-interview -- "The Residents concept is completely malleable. It doesn't have to be associated with music. It could become an iPhone app design company. That is the remarkable aspect that sets the Residents apart from 'bands.'" Please note that both "Will Rothers" and "Charles Bobuck" are pseudonyms of Hardy Fox, who -- in this press release masquerading as an interview -- is "interviewing" himself. Since the very beginning of "The Residents" concept, this sort of manufactured, misleading media game-playing has been utilized to playfully (?) whet interest in this essentially fictional "band" amongst Cryptic's intended demographic.
Damn! I just like the Residents. Lol
It’s really difficult to talk about a collective/group of artists creating new or different kind of art. Some art expressions are always demonized and also are the followers, people who feel attracted to this type of art, they usually are seen as elitists because what they like or feel attracted to is different to what masses follow. That’s what happens with The Residents. When I first knew about them around 1985-86 all the people I used to hang with, were like amazed or horrified to put it in more exact words. The problem as I see it, is that there is a lot of garbage in art, whether is it music, painting, architecture or you mention
it. There have always been such garbage and of course has lots of followers, people who are interested on the “now” music o something that is the moment’s fashion. And in the other hand there are art expressions like The Residents that you cannot encapsulate on a specific period of time. One time back in the 80’s I was at a friend’s, and we were listening to The Resident’s Fingerprince, when suddenly another friend of us arrived and ask us “what are you guys listening, is that Stravinsky?” so, that sort of give you the timeless of their music it can be. Very clever interview and thank you for sharing it. Regards
+Francisco Vazquez thank you for watching, leaving a comment, and enjoying!
Well, it really depends on how we define garbage. Some artistic folk i know who think Zappa is the cat's pajamas will then turn around and say John Lennon and The Beatles were trash intended for weak-minded people, even though the fact is that despite their music being perhaps more "Normal" and less fringe than Zappa or the residents, they never INTENDED to be generic and only BECAME mainstream because people followed their sound. They were just as eager to be pioneers as the residents were. Why then should they be considered garbage just because those songs became culturally accepted? I think it's that kind of attitude that makes fans of fringe artists get labeled elitist. It's not that they can't like what they like. It's that they see anything that goes mainstream as "Overated" When in fact the very reason they went mainstream because they pushed music forward in the first place. "Rain" gave us the first hit record with backwards music. "Helter Skelter" is seen by many as the genesis of heavy metal. "I Am The Walrus" may as well be a Residents song in itself, as can be "Revolution #9". I track which the mainstream LOATHS to this day but John Lennon maintained was a great work. In short, art shouldn't be disqualified as art if it's widely enjoyed or understood. You don't have to be The Residents to make it, nor as popular as The Beatles. It's about having a connection with your audience.
@@beatles123 Well, what happens to me is that i love Zappa, Waits, The Residents, ELO and all the "weirdos" (they are all actually very easy to get a grab to, except for the Residents or Beefheart and such) but i can't get into Stockhausen or Nick Cave. I did like some of Cave's music but i feel his whole music is so pretentious most of the time. Like he is constantly trying to sound "extravagant"
Wow! Thanks a LOT for this interview, man.
You’re very welcome!
Modest MASTERMIND. We know who he really is and he lives the theory of obscurity.
Agree
One could dream about the Moody Blues, Beatles, Pink Floyd, But it is people like Zappa, and the Residents who had lasting power, Like my future band TBK.
Define lasting power? Because all the bands you listed have made wonderful art and The Residents need not bring them down to elevate their own works.
totally agree. the Residents are basically a techno version of Moody Blues [on k.]
When Commissioner Gordon used to talk to Batman he had to use the bat phone, otherwise, he wouldn't be able to tell the difference between Batman and Bruce Wayne because their voices are exactly the same. After spending many lysergic evenings listening to the Residents, it is inevitably conclusive that Homer Flynn is the voice that stays alive inside my mind and preys upon my leisure time.
no way dude. Homer's been such a huge Rez fan for so long that over time he just naturally came to speak like he does. Like the way you sound like Prince and I sound like Wesley Willis.
Homer Flynn is not a member of The Residents. Homer Flynn represents The Residents. Always has, always will
Even in the afterlife.
this was so great. the way he said "yeah yeah yeah yeah" is totally what "the singer" of the Residents says in their performance of "Teddy Bear" on Night Music.
I wonder why...
Because it is ahah
The Residents for Presidents.
Randy 2020
My band The Scallions have done SOOOOOOOOOOO much with Residents/Ralph related folks. I reconstructed Title in limbo for cd. We have worked with Renaldo to Molly Harvey to Nolan Cook, etc. We released our first album through firmer Ralph owner Tom Timony…..
That's awesome, Shawn!
Gosh, what a fantastic interview! You asked a question and allowed Mr. Flynn to expound on the artistic principles he`s been involved with for all these years. No "gotchca" questions of any sort (there is something to be said for respecting mystery and mystique, just like with magicians). You listened and came up with some very thought-provoking questions which really made him think as to how to respond. I love his reply to your 'creativity' question where he said that we are essentially vessels through which life passes. There is depth to that response. Finally, I really smiled and chuckled after you thanked him for the interview where, he said--in a fast patter--"Yeah...yeah yeah yeah." I thought fondly of the same "Yeah...yeah yeah yeah." in the Elvis interview with his dummies in the stage show "Cube E." But....I still enjoy the mystery. ; > ))
Thank you for watching and recognizing my efforts to honor him and the band.
Homer Flynn sang lead on most if not all the songs on God In 3 Persons and The King & Eye among others...
The Mole show may have been a disaster to him, but all the footage I have seen from it is awesome. I never had the opportunity to see it, but I had friends who saw it and said it was amazing.
That's the thing about art. It's really hard to be objective when you're so close to it and artists often think what they make it crap, even if it's genius. Not that I know from experience, of course! haha Thanks for the comment, William.
Hardest part if audience appreciates for something you haven't meant. What to do then? Which disappointment to avoid, yours or your audience's?
You are a very lucky man! I would love to even say hello to Mr Flynn. Thank you so much for this insightful post!
+pete duvall I agree. I can't get over what a privilege this was. Thanks for checking this out.
I have to agree, I’d love to sit and talk to this fellow about The Residents and other cultural phenomena for ages. Such an amazing outfit they are to this day. Loved seeing them live in 2010-2011 in Montreal and they were so great. My friend saw them in 85 also in Montreal and he raved about that for ages. I’d like to thank Homer for years of entertainment unmatched by much else. I wish they would play here in the small city in eastern Canada I now live in. I’m not sure why but I think they’d do well here.
Love to hear this dynamic aspect of the history of the residents. So interesting. Hey Homer, Can you tell Randy that I hope him the best on his search for that damn bigfoot that keeps bothering him.
+Justin Brigham can you believe it's leaving hair in his backyard!! That darn Bigfoot...
If he collects enough of it he can build a female bigfoot doll to lure that sucker out once & for all.
I still wonder if they ever found the missing eyeball head..
+Jack's Film Orchard there are plenty of authoritative fans who know.
They did. It was returned by a "friend" of the theif. However, they chose to retire the eyeball since it was "tainted"
YEs . a friend of mine threw it out of a second story window into a an open dumpster at the show then retrieved it . he brought it home and we all got to look at it but he felt bad and returned it to ralph records who ended up hiring him in some capacity. the band felt that the eyeball was too contaminated and continued using the skull.
@@leonciobarbosa6198 kool story
@@MakeWeirdMusic haha fair fair!!
I've made some comments here and forgotten my manners. Fantastic interview, he imparts some great wisdom and insights. Thanks for upoloading. Thumbs up.
Thank you for watching!
How he ever thought he could keep his identity secret with those ears of his is heroically ironic
Ill-considered, maybe, or possibly even delusional -- but not the slightest bit ironic.
@MisterRlGHT it's called an open secret
Only if a porcupine is his daughter
Eyes off to the man who drives the cryptids!
He's beautiful and I loved meeting him.
Same here :-)
every time he says "because" it kinda sounds like a chicken cluck
There’s so much fun in watching and listening to him speak.
He was so into it! What a lovely and brilliant bloke. Where was this filmed?
He’s fantastic. I am lucky to have had this opportunity. It was filmed at The Reverie, a coffee shop in San Francisco.
without the web, the rez. may capt. their secret 25 years longer.but what a luck..it doesen"t make them mainstream or less obscure.sorry grammar,german
Agreed!
Thank you Sir!! I'm so glad the The Residents are finally getting the exposure that Obscurity deserves!
I have been a HUGE fan since a friend played me Third Reich and Roll while we were tripping. I just acquired a Sealed copy of the First pressing of Meet the Residents which has been a personal Grail since the early 80's! I have no need to unravel the intricate and silly 3-D chess of the Resident world but I sure am glad about any documentation to help me learn more! 4 minutes in and a few questions that have haunted me for 40 years have already been answered!! Thank you so Much!!!!!💊💡🎱🎃🪐🐵👽
Holy cow. What a thing to acquire! Congrats, David!
@@MakeWeirdMusic Thanks Anthony for getting excited with me about it!! To be kept perfectly preserved for Residents fan of The Future! Peace and keep it Weird!👺
Wow, really interesting and inspiring comments on art here. thanks for putting this up
So glad you enjoyed it, Mr. Evan.
Thank you so much Anthony for this, I've been anticipating this interview for a few months now and it payed off! I'm so thankful to you!
ps. it would be awesome if you where able to interview Devin Townsend or John Zorn at some point
+John Appleseed hey man, I love your enthusiasm! If you know a good way to get in touch with Devin, I'll try to get it set up.
Make Weird Music twitter would be the first way that I'd try. He's replied to various tweets in the past..
Thanks again!
Make Weird Music If you get to interview, would you be able to ask him about the conceptual continuity in his work, Ziltoid and The Moth symphony? I hope you're able to interview him. Carl King knows him doesn't he? the thought just came to me.
Just change the words "they" and "them" to "we" and "us" and the whole thing will make sense. :)
And change "Homer Flynn", to "Randy".
The whole point is that the Residents are no one. It's like an actor talking about what his character would do. Even if he plays him on TV, he is not that character.
In the documentary they make a point of talking about how well the band melded business and art... yet the official story is that the cryptic corporation were friends of the band who essentially did them a favor by doing all their business dealings. Hmmm. I think that the singing resident who appears onstage in the documentary is slightly more disheveled, and the other corporation members maybe came in and out of the group , musically speaking, yet stayed on the financial side of things. This is why they put so fine a point on how the residents is not so much a band as the label of an ongoing project with many members.
Absolutely. His voice is a total give away...
Simon Mordue, ears and chin too.
Lucky man for this moment and great interview. Bravo from a french Resident's fan
So glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks my friend for your word @@MakeWeirdMusic
Homer from Texas? Sounds like a southey. Thanks guys. Still playing Night of the Vestal Virgins too.
+Louise O'Shea Louisiana!
Homer sure looks like Randy & Randy sure looks like Homer; wha?
Randy is cool...I mean Homer!
Homer>>Randy
That was amazing, thanks heaps for uploading it!
+Lochie Noble glad you liked it! Thanks for watching. Please share and check out some of our other interviews.
Undoubtable it´s the voice of the Residents
The Cryptic Corp has long been a voice for the Residents
They changed me
Me too
I’ not one to rehash the past...says a guy who regularly reinterprets and redoes his own songs. Lmao! 😂✌️⚡️😎
I have to admit this made me laugh
the singer of the residents only has one eye, seems to lack the rest of a head. not sure why people would ever overlook this important detail and confuse him w/homer flynn of the cryptic corporation. weirdos.
Very obvious. People are half blind, I guess
now all the people know the residents? juaaaaaaaaaaa! the best manager is madame la morte.
Les principes au dessus des personnalités.
I wish you had asked him about my favourite Residents album - Not Available. I'd like to hear his thoughts on that one.
I love that album! I should ask him next time
Really enjoyed this interview and thanks for uploading it here. Have been really into the Residents lately and I was wondering whether you guys could forward an email to Homer for me. Thank you
Thanks for watching, William. For the sake of artist privacy, I don't forward emails unless it's a really special circumstance. But, you should just write to The Residents on Facebook. They'll read it.
Make Weird Music Sure, Thanks a lot for the reply. Have a good week
I believe the Russian acapella group Homer is referring to is called Cool&Jazzy. The name of the album is "100 A'cappella Masterpieces: Concerto".
+Pickle Deliverer Check the interview transcription at makeweirdmusic.com/interview/homer-flynn for links to all the bands he references.
The only link in that section of the article is to the Wikipedia page for Billie Jean.
@@MakeWeirdMusic And now the link 404s.
You are doing well Randy.. I mean Homer... Doh! Easy mistake ;) *cough cough*
Sigh... Homer and Hardy should really just come out and admit that they are founding members and the driving force of the Residents. It's not even that closely guarded of a secret. I love the idea of the theory of obscurity, though.
+Steven LeBeau the thing is, who would that satisfy or appease? Why should anyone admit to any involvement in the group? They're artists with utmost integrity. Did you watch the movie The Prestige?
Who would that satisfy or appease? Honestly, probably nobody. But after a while, it gets tiring to hear him talk about the Residents' output as if he's not one of the driving forces of the band. It's intellectually dishonest, (not to mention pretentious), for Homer to talk about The Residents' work as if it isn't largely *his* work, an out-and-out lie, in fact. Saying, "They" did this, or "they" did that... In fact, there are several parts of this interview where it seems like you have to walk on eggshells just to keep up the pretense, even going out of your way to clarify your question about how Homer's art has changed over the years, clarifying, "You know, as you worked alongside the Residents."
I understand your comment about The Prestige, but it's misguided. Homer and Hardy have been almost completely honest about their artistic processes, how they use recording technology, etc, but with a patina of dishonesty that rings hollow.
Honestly, I love the idea of an anonymous band, but they kind of blew it. I mean, if they had actually set up Cryptic with four actual non-members of the band, I wouldn't even take issue, but on some level it seems like Homer and the others wanted to have their anonymous cake and eat it in public, too.
+Steven LeBeau yeah, I get where you're coming from. As someone who runs a website about mostly-not-popular music, and as someone who has worked in the industry close enough to know the struggles artists face, I have nothing but respect for Homer and crew. I cannot imagine trying to keep artistic integrity over several decades as everything about music production, marketing, revenue, tastes, etc. have so drastically changed. These guys are heroes who have chosen a path they had no idea would lead anywhere 40-some years ago.
It's easy for us to comment on a website about how it's turned out, but these guys have probably hit rock bottom more than any of us ever will. Financially, artistically, relationally, maritally... It's comprehensive impact.
Perhaps I give them too much credit, but there's no one else out there to compare them to. In my mind, they're living legends and we will never see anything like them in our lifetimes. So, I give them a break and want to play by whatever rules I can to encourage meaningful creative conversation.
To do what they do takes tenacity and they probably made decisions over the decades having no understanding of the future impacts. Cryptic was probably born out of necessity. I can tell you personally as a dude who runs a website that's already more popular than I ever hoped that I have made mistakes and decisions that I will have to undo, and my work is far more trivial than that of The Residents.
So, all that to say: I get it, but I see no cause for resentment. There's no play book on how to do what they did. I bet they'd do things differently if they knew better, but we have the gift of their work. And they're people. It probably takes a special set of personalities to make the thing last half as long as it has.
+Make Weird Music that's totally fair. I've been a fan (mostly of the stuff up to God in Three Persons) for a long time now, and I really do love what they do. By the way, great interviews! I was surprised when I realized you were the guy from the Fripp diary entry! I worked with some GC guys in the Bay Area a few times and was going to do a course when I actually had the time and money to do so (it was cancelled and rescheduled in Europe instead). Glad to hear you finally got a chance to go and that you got something out of it!
Have you taken a look at the intro text on the newly-redesigned hardyfox.com?
"It is their project,ideas,&,imagination,so they can do as they want and they can be free to change,stay the same,or whatever without having to answer to a major company,but the interview I liked and the host was alright as an interviewer,thanks"-🤔🛂🗺
Yes they have a lot of freedom. It’s amazing.
miss you, Homer
HEEEEE WAS A GOLLLDEN GUUUUUY
yesssss!!!! love you homer!
Is Homer Flynn Randy Rose?? We'll never know...
No he isn't, they come from the same region so their voices are similar.
Do you know which two bands (Finnish and Russian) Homer mentions starting around 13:30?
Ok I think the Finnish one is Alamaailman Vasarat.
+j9800sk it is. Check the interview transcript at makeweirdmusic.com/interview/homer-flynn
@@MakeWeirdMusic link doesn't work
great interview man!!
+Lijeva Ruka Tame thanks a lot! It was a tough one!
Homer Flynn is my artistic inspiration, i believe he is Randy Rose❤️
He is very inspiring, Alexa. I have a new interview with him going live this week.
This guy alone has been "The Residents" for many years now...
Well, he and Hardy Fox were The Residents
Amazing! Great
They have showed their faces right in this interview
Best band of the world!
Truly amazing
Just stumbling across this now! Thank you MWM.
Is Homer Flynn the artist behind visions such as the animated face in the video for LOVE LEAKS OUT? That is completely nightmarish. Or FINGERTIPS? An various malformed faces popping up, with brains spilling out, and such. Thank God The Residents were never traumatized enough to stall in their creativity. In later years I think the art has become richer and more evolved, like the cover for ANIMAL LOVER.
I guess that artists are always their own harshest critics. But The Residents always flowed continuously in their creative output, with one album following another. And big ambitious projects. I mean all the costumes, masks, and stage setups, complex choreography, planning and realizing tours. So much work, making it all come together. Then again, it's a long period spanning several decades, and I can't see what creative frustrations there may have been in-between in the process.
Good how Homer emphasizes encouragement of personal unhampered expression. He is spiritual too. Social (and monetary) pressure does a lot of damage to would be artists. The truly daring are few. And I see how he wishes more would let go.
Homer is amazing!
The Residents changed my life, for better and for worse 👁
10:03 these guys are in France ?! Where ! When ? I live there god damnit !!!!
once again, great interview, cool dude! Please an episode with John Zorn.
Do you know how to reach John? I get a lot of requests for him.
Saddly, no dude.
@@MakeWeirdMusic You might try getting in touch with Elliott Sharp, an amazing, and very erudite, composer and guitarist. He's collaborated with Zorn a few times, and issued recordings on a couple of Zorn's labels over the years. Elliott himself would be a good interview as well, he has quite the ouevre..
Did Frank ever know about them, or meet them ?
I can hear the laughing song !
I know I've heard an anecdote or two about this, but I can't recall.
Two thumbs up this was a good interview....
+astorcrombus nebulus thanks so much! Homer's a real trip
I'm sure,that's a lot of creativity over many years..Saw the Residents 13th Anniv thru Demons shows and met Snakefinger who died shortly after, what an awesome collective...
Wait! So Homer has a music career too??
+Theguyguyguy who says?
What's the name of the "finished" group he mentioned at 13.25?
+1968ANTman I have transcribed the interview at makeweirdmusic.com/interview/homer-flynn. I believe it's en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alamaailman_Vasarat
...so it was "finnish" group!...Thank you .I really enjoyed the interview.Long live the Residents.Whoever they are.
Where was this filmed?
The Reverie, a coffee shop in San Francisco.
Homer Flynn is the voice of The Residents!
Keep music weird. 👁
I'm trying! :)
@@MakeWeirdMusic Valiantly, Anthony! It’s appreciated.
I love him.
He loves you
I had the honour of meeting him earlier today, I discovered The Residents around 1983 when they were presented on TV show "The Old Grey Whistle Test" over here in UK and was hooked for life. Tonight's show was a blast, interesting to see that there was absolutely no backing track, just four folks electronic drum kit, guitar, two keyboards and a frontman with various vox effects all playing 100% live.
Oh, cool! Did you see him after the show? How'd that happen?
@@MakeWeirdMusic Hi, no I spotted him a few yards away while waiting in line to go in, he was standing next to the guitarist and both seemed a bit pissed off as if something wasn't going to plan, I chatted briefly with him, shook hands and left him in peace.
Your story of meeting Homer is as unbelievable is Homer being Randy stop lie - also Matt G liked Residents - made character Homer who Talks like Randy and Randy is apparently Homer F but Homer F is apparently Homer F as in F for friend of Residents
He reminds me of Mark E. Smith in how much he loves his band, and how protective he is of it. He's like a prim and proper and coherent MES. Two sides of the same coin.
Homer is a great guy and so creative. I don't know MES, but I'm glad you see that in him
Homer is The Residents
Hardy Fox (r.i.p.) too, but Homer carries on and he will carry on as long as he can, even without him.
@@theo9952 Hardy was also but I could tell Homer is the lead singer of The Residents
@@BungleGrindClown
Yes indeed, that was obvious to every Residents fan since he appeared almost unmasked doing Crying For The Fire in the 13th Anniversary Show videos.
no u dummy, randy is the singer smh
24:01 Damn, Homer's got me totally pegged lol
I wish I could go back in time and visit this place in time and tell those women in the background to shut up
I wish I could have afforded better mics, but I honestly didn't know where or how we were going to be set up. I just showed up with gear and we filmed in a coffee shop.
Here he talks, Constantinople
I hear women speaking french in backsound.
A coffee shop of Homer’s choosing.
👁🤘👁🤘👁
"Let's do the interview where a bunch of distracting women are yammering just at the threshold of being annoying in the background."
If Homer tells you to be somewhere, you go there. I literally had no idea where I'd be filming or what the conditions would be. At least the interview exists.
@@MakeWeirdMusic fair enough.
loves it.
+Casey W yay!