The Para-Medics - Tropical Caterpillar

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  • Опубліковано 26 лис 2024

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  • @idmann111
    @idmann111  12 років тому +63

    Can I just say that I'm extremely happy that there is finally some solid arguing going on on this video of a song written by 3 highschoolers played in their friends living room. (no, that isn't sarcasm at all) I feel like celebrating with some cake that people even bothered to go out of their way to comment on this....Dreemzz cCumm 2rue. CAKE FOR EVERYONE!!!! 8)

  • @idmann111
    @idmann111  12 років тому +69

    Bob Saget taught me how to play drums.

    • @nublahdough
      @nublahdough 6 років тому +2

      Nnamdi Ogbonnaya pretty sure the venue was a full house✌

    • @EXTENDEDWARRANT
      @EXTENDEDWARRANT 4 роки тому

      great drumming bro

  • @MingusDynastyy
    @MingusDynastyy 7 років тому +20

    Lmao relate so heavy to the drummer in beginning "ready?" "R.." rea.." "ready? okay!"

  • @theneedledrop
    @theneedledrop 12 років тому +80

    play that btb, son!

    • @nublahdough
      @nublahdough 6 років тому +5

      Mathony mathtano!

    • @quincydrones928
      @quincydrones928 6 років тому +4

      What .... review the super swag project

    • @hideyojimmies4840
      @hideyojimmies4840 6 років тому +1

      oh my... GOOODNESS

    • @ReaperX3ro
      @ReaperX3ro 4 роки тому +2

      You should review Nnamdi's new record, "Brat". :3

    • @LUSCIOUSDUNCAN
      @LUSCIOUSDUNCAN 6 місяців тому +1

      @theneedledrop I have wondered for over a decade what this comment means. I'm the bassist here in this here video right over here. Please save me from this ambiguous hell

  • @nicobike
    @nicobike Рік тому +9

    I just keep coming back here to watch this every now and then. Never gets old 🥰

    • @LUSCIOUSDUNCAN
      @LUSCIOUSDUNCAN Рік тому +1

      thank you so much!! i love the fact that a song we wrote when we were in high school is still being enjoyed by people i've never even met over a decade later. have a great day/night/whatever!
      - brian (bass)

    • @samschmitt5444
      @samschmitt5444 8 місяців тому +1

      ​@LUSCIOUSDUNCAN yo bro how can I download this whole ep every link I find is broken

    • @nicobike
      @nicobike 3 місяці тому +1

      @@LUSCIOUSDUNCAN I'm back again! so much love for this! Cheers man!

    • @youknowwhat8438
      @youknowwhat8438 День тому +1

      @@LUSCIOUSDUNCANI really wish you had stayed. This style of bass playing is super rare even in math rock of all genres. When I had first heard this bass line I was so excited. I learned it immediately. This album is still super influential in my playing. I still credit you any time influences come up.

  • @awesomebill321
    @awesomebill321 12 років тому +13

    i love how happy these guys look while they play. they genuinely enjoy playing music and it makes it that much more enjoyable to listen and watch. keep it up dudes

  • @jaimee4999
    @jaimee4999 10 років тому +37

    how high was the bass player tho?

  • @zSKW1GGLEZz
    @zSKW1GGLEZz 2 роки тому +6

    This is one of my favorite videos on UA-cam… thank you nnamdi

  • @davenicolai
    @davenicolai 2 роки тому +5

    Sometimes UA-cam pisses me off, and sometimes UA-cam seems to know I'm having a bad day and says "Here, watch this!" I'm so glad to see be able to still enjoy older uploads like this.

    • @LUSCIOUSDUNCAN
      @LUSCIOUSDUNCAN Рік тому

      that's rad that this showed up in yer recommended! hope ya enjoyed it :^) brian (bass)

  • @jsohi0082
    @jsohi0082 4 роки тому +5

    The audio quality is obviously worse than the studio release but i still LOVE this because of their energy and enthusiasm. Made my day!

  • @LUSCIOUSDUNCAN
    @LUSCIOUSDUNCAN 13 років тому +14

    "what are we playin?"
    "tropical caterpillar"
    0:06-0:07 (in the back) "this song is good"

  • @idmann111
    @idmann111  13 років тому +9

    @iamthelazerviking Oh awesome!! It makes me so happy when people recognize me from my other work. Check out the Blade movies if you haven't. I star in those as well. OH. I also had a show on comedy central for a little while called the Chappelle show. My personal favorite is my role in Trading places. Working with Dan Aykroyd was life changing.

  • @jartocjanror6591
    @jartocjanror6591 5 років тому +9

    one of my all time favs always come back to this !!!

    • @MikaelKonradsson
      @MikaelKonradsson 4 роки тому +1

      helll ya me too man

    • @jartocjanror6591
      @jartocjanror6591 3 роки тому

      @@MikaelKonradsson woke up this morning and it was stuck in my head. Hope you're good yo

  • @maythecoorDICKnator
    @maythecoorDICKnator 9 років тому +12

    Bassist and drummer were going hard

  • @FirstRiot
    @FirstRiot 4 роки тому +2

    This is still legendary to this day

  • @adamfriedrich1919
    @adamfriedrich1919 6 років тому +4

    What a perfect math rock!!! Amazing job!

  • @Mattasaurification
    @Mattasaurification 11 років тому +2

    i've never seen so much skill and talent before.. this is amazing

  • @conordaly5429
    @conordaly5429 8 років тому +43

    Why does the bassist look like he would be a famous youtuber

    • @levimcelrath9232
      @levimcelrath9232 8 років тому +5

      He is a famous UA-camr. look up Luscious Duncan

    • @LUSCIOUSDUNCAN
      @LUSCIOUSDUNCAN 6 років тому +11

      that's a super fuckin nice thing thanks man.
      but no. i'm not. someday.

  • @JoeyLevenson
    @JoeyLevenson 12 років тому

    I just clicked on this because it kept coming up. Im happy I did. Very cool.

  • @cottoncandy113
    @cottoncandy113 11 років тому +4

    You guys are rad... You should come to Colorado sometime.

  • @mitchellcb
    @mitchellcb 12 років тому +1

    im going to have to say all three of you are extremely talented and awesome musicians, your music sounds original, artistic, spontaneous, yet coordinated to perfection. THIS music makes me so fudgin happy. THANKKK U

  • @EulogizingSleep
    @EulogizingSleep 7 років тому +27

    wow death grips look so young here

    • @jasonsnightmaremall4666
      @jasonsnightmaremall4666 4 роки тому +2

      Believe it or not death grips is the way I found the paramedics and nnamdi

    • @LUSCIOUSDUNCAN
      @LUSCIOUSDUNCAN 3 роки тому

      @@jasonsnightmaremall4666 wait how tho...? im the bassist from the para-medics / LD from sooper swag, curious to know how you went from death grips to us! it's always interesting hearing how people found out about our music :^)

    • @thisforaproject
      @thisforaproject 3 роки тому

      @@jasonsnightmaremall4666 me 2

    • @Levi-nu5gn
      @Levi-nu5gn 3 роки тому +1

      @@LUSCIOUSDUNCAN Andy posted something on his Instagram story about y’all

    • @LUSCIOUSDUNCAN
      @LUSCIOUSDUNCAN 3 роки тому

      @@Levi-nu5gn holy shit dude LOL if that is true that might be my favorite little ~connection~ to a more widely-known group. JD's ragged on DG pretty hard and I've sent a shot or two their way too so I can't imagine their response was very positive coming from them hahahahaha oooooooooops

  • @hotdogheaven
    @hotdogheaven 2 роки тому +2

    literally still coming back here 11 years later

    • @LUSCIOUSDUNCAN
      @LUSCIOUSDUNCAN Рік тому +1

      is this mrs. maggie most salami of all time?????!!!!!! what's POPPIN PLAYER

  • @BromezAdams-zp4tv
    @BromezAdams-zp4tv 2 роки тому +3

    If anyone has one of the vinyls produced by these guys and is willing to sell it I would drive across the country just to pick it up if need be. I honestly wish they’d stayed together.

    • @LUSCIOUSDUNCAN
      @LUSCIOUSDUNCAN Рік тому +3

      i hate to break it to ya, but unfortunately while a vinyl release of Patsy Cline Gun Squid was indeed _planned_ it never ended up actually getting _pressed._ it's vaporware. Er--vapor...wave? vaporithmetic...?
      anyway i really appreciate the enthusiasm. when i left the band (brian - bass) it wasn't like an active "choice" by any of us per se, it just so happened that i was honestly just running out of things to say on the bass, man. dylan and nnamdi had been writing some new material on their own and when they showed it to me at practice I was simultaneously really impressed and sad. It was super super good--they were both listening to a lot of the album Blue by Capsule at the time--but it wasn't something that I knew how to write a bassline over. so i left before i ended up tarnishing our track record by writing some lackluster material.
      btw you may not be privy to this (it was pretty under-the-radar when it happened) but after I left Dylan and Nnamdi ended up reforming the band and added the bassist and one of the guitarists from Loose Lips Sink Ships, a local math-rock quintet that all three of us loved and were really good friends with. they released a single EP called DOGGY TREATS that's only on bandcamp. give it a google. they didn't stay together as a 4-piece for very long but they did play a ton of shows right before disbanding again. no pun intended.
      ok luv u bye!!!!!
      brian

  • @sofiabailote
    @sofiabailote 12 років тому

    this is seriously the best stuff I came across for a very long time...

  • @Saltedmeatconsumer
    @Saltedmeatconsumer 12 років тому +1

    These guys are quirky and awesome and I love it.

  • @TheShadowFog
    @TheShadowFog 11 років тому +1

    love the drummer & guitarist!
    THE WHOLE BAND IS AWESOME

  • @cammykinzofdeath
    @cammykinzofdeath 3 роки тому +1

    I would kill to see a para-medics show. Must have been nice

    • @LUSCIOUSDUNCAN
      @LUSCIOUSDUNCAN 2 роки тому +3

      It was certainly a fun time and I miss it dearly. I'm dumb for leaving the band but at the same time I was out of ideas and you know, "better to burn out...," that whole thing

  • @donknotts85
    @donknotts85 7 років тому

    Why am I just hearing this for the first time ever? Fantastic musicianship

  • @idmann111
    @idmann111  12 років тому +4

    you should freestyle over it and post it.

  • @fritz_gassmann
    @fritz_gassmann 13 років тому +1

    saw these guys about a year ago. crazy trio. makes me want to practice guitar everyday. =(

  • @kevinGacey
    @kevinGacey 12 років тому

    This is the first video on youtube I have ever liked, I have had over 20,000 video plays and probably watched even more but you are some of the realist bros I've ever seen play music. If you ever tour america I will help you fund your trip and if you could play in pittsburgh, pennsylvania it would mean the world to me, I would spend a whole pay check to make that happen

  • @capablewomantransformation8375
    @capablewomantransformation8375 7 днів тому

    Just saw this for the first time today.... wow.

  • @lambdashiftakadavidheikkil2657
    @lambdashiftakadavidheikkil2657 5 років тому

    Please come to Atlanta where I live to play a show, terminal west is a good spot.

  • @globalevents0
    @globalevents0 11 років тому +1

    this is fucking awesome

  • @martinrigo5007
    @martinrigo5007 9 років тому +5

    At 4:43 someone was actually that amazed he had to sneeze instead of clap.

  • @mickeyvaldez9192
    @mickeyvaldez9192 7 років тому

    Nnamdi, (Mickey from El Paso here,) I had no idea! You sound amazing. Keep it up!!!

  • @ValkyreBomb
    @ValkyreBomb 12 років тому

    dude this is awesome, specially like the drumming and the bassist.

  • @afxmnstr
    @afxmnstr 11 років тому

    Make more of this or more Sooper swag project - album 3 has to be ready.

  • @whatwouldgjdo
    @whatwouldgjdo 13 років тому

    This is music at, I think, it's finest.

  • @thebluestoldme
    @thebluestoldme 12 років тому

    Really good, I like the timing a lot. hope to hear more.

  • @Brom24
    @Brom24 13 років тому

    This is some goooodddd stufff.

  • @Soupstorm
    @Soupstorm 12 років тому

    This bassist is my new hero.

  • @roccoatleby
    @roccoatleby 9 років тому

    This is fantastic.

  • @tytanpoloy4219
    @tytanpoloy4219 10 років тому +1

    grandi muli e grande nnamdy! vogliamo musica bella nuova in tutto il mondo

  • @MrToddbrannon
    @MrToddbrannon 11 років тому

    everyone was amazing. love it.

  • @kumoriband7049
    @kumoriband7049 5 років тому +1

    The drummer play in monobody too?

  • @edgarinv
    @edgarinv 11 років тому

    Cool I just got here randomly... loved the song

  • @J_Clarke
    @J_Clarke 6 днів тому

    What a mythical find

  • @TamakiKouichi
    @TamakiKouichi 12 років тому

    何回見ても半端じゃないな

  • @TheManicBassist
    @TheManicBassist 11 років тому

    good sheet love the little voice at the beginning

  • @maick95
    @maick95 10 років тому

    That bass player should get a Chapman Stick. Nice work guys, keep it up.

  • @idmann111
    @idmann111  12 років тому

    Word. Thank you very much dude.

  • @andsykes
    @andsykes 3 роки тому +1

    Whoa where has this been hiding from me

    • @LUSCIOUSDUNCAN
      @LUSCIOUSDUNCAN Рік тому

      up yer butt & around the corner lol frikken GOT u bro - your best friend brian (bass)

  • @BRNFRMJCKL
    @BRNFRMJCKL 12 років тому

    That was awesome!!!!!

  • @Mantooth901
    @Mantooth901 12 років тому +3

    How many years have you guys been playing?
    I am envious of nearly all math rock musician's chops

  • @Mdrobile
    @Mdrobile 12 років тому

    whoa this is very cool

  • @hdubzz
    @hdubzz 13 років тому +1

    this song makes me wanna bust out some nacho cheese dip and have a house party

  • @TheGeezerProductions
    @TheGeezerProductions 12 років тому

    This song...... IS AWESOME!

  • @ralfbr858
    @ralfbr858 12 років тому

    awesome guys continue

  • @ilovegibsons1
    @ilovegibsons1 12 років тому

    dude the bassists faces make me happy

  • @jamesballaaaaaam1010
    @jamesballaaaaaam1010 12 років тому

    This fucking rocks my socks off!!
    if only there was some good bands of this genre in Australia!!

  • @whatwouldgjdo
    @whatwouldgjdo 13 років тому

    No posting for FB? This needs to be shared!

  • @ArtDrumz
    @ArtDrumz 12 років тому

    Woah. That drummer is amazing.

  • @Fanchus
    @Fanchus 10 років тому +3

    HOW????

  • @idmann111
    @idmann111  12 років тому +1

    HEY GOONS. We have a record label. You can check out an unreleased song and hear our friends bands at swerprecords dottt commm Also we will hopefully be writing in the near future. Thank you for listening! 8)

  • @NegiTom
    @NegiTom 12 років тому

    Comparing these to Tera Melos is like comparing a Christian to a Muslim, similar basic ideas but the end result is incredibly different. If you can't hear that then I just plain and simply feel sorry for you, I can't imagine what it's like to have genuine shit between your ears. You guys are great, it's awesome that you take the time to reply to fans and stuff as well, looking forward to hearing more music soon.

  • @searcherer
    @searcherer 12 років тому

    this is awesome!!!

  • @eljordo765
    @eljordo765 12 років тому

    This is one tasty jam.

  • @7ashkey
    @7ashkey 13 років тому

    im in love

  • @natalieminerva5657
    @natalieminerva5657 12 років тому

    Talented dudes man.

  •  13 років тому

    I really like this!

  • @bmans1
    @bmans1 12 років тому

    it be awesome if you had a cameo in aqua something or whatever and you were carls favorite band but then at the end of the show he listened to you so much his ears explode and out comes the leeches

  • @xgrizzlyx93
    @xgrizzlyx93 10 років тому +7

    I know Brian is in SSP, but PLEASE fucking tell me he's doing something else musically, like, with instruments.

    • @LUSCIOUSDUNCAN
      @LUSCIOUSDUNCAN 10 років тому +3

      not really sorry. i've thought about it. trust me, if i had stayed in the para-medics you'd hate me by now. i was out of ideas. better i got out while people knew us for the grand total of five songs we wrote in our four years as a band than stay and struggle to write shit that just fell on its face
      - ld

    • @xgrizzlyx93
      @xgrizzlyx93 10 років тому +2

      Damn man :c that's nuts, you don't always come across dudes that are as good on bass as you were.

    • @russellgrant1797
      @russellgrant1797 9 років тому +1

      ffwoodycooks I agree with buttcustard. Also, your drummer was raw but tasteful. Usually with mathy stuff it's balls out with little dynamics. You guys had something good. Hope you find another group of dudes who are as musically competent as you.

    • @LUSCIOUSDUNCAN
      @LUSCIOUSDUNCAN 9 років тому +1

      Russell Grant D'AWWWWW y'all are so sweet!!!! thanks so much you guys. :^) :^) :^)

  • @LUSCIOUSDUNCAN
    @LUSCIOUSDUNCAN 12 років тому

    @Soupstorm you uploaded a clark song like three days ago. your hero loves you baby

  • @saltyturd9470
    @saltyturd9470 10 років тому +30

    There's something about bands with really fucking insane tempo changes and weird arrangements, like these guys, that just doesn't hold my attention after a while. There's a lot here that reminds me of why I listen to bands like Maps And Atlases and Toe so much, but it's missing that essential component.
    I don't know how to phrase it. It feels like they "don't stick the landing." Like, they get me into it, then move past it and never look back, and I'm left waiting for the full circle that ties it all together.
    I hope it's just me (apparently plenty of people seem to like it), cause personally it feels like they're not following a fundamental rule for good music. Maybe I just got my hopes way up and picked the wrong video to follow up Piglet nostalgia.

    • @KnisleyKnisley
      @KnisleyKnisley 10 років тому +23

      i think it's more for them. as a musician playing safer music can be really boring. and for some people, they've heard it all. they want something frenetic. they want something to tease their brain. they want something that reveals layers upon repeated listens. but ultimately, i think it's music made for the musicians that play it.

    • @saltyacosta9348
      @saltyacosta9348 10 років тому +4

      ***** New M+A is pretty awful. But the first two things they put out is really fun stuff.

    • @flanked11764
      @flanked11764 10 років тому +9

      "fundamental rule for good music" .....and thats where you fucked up
      There's beauty in complexity, this is something that takes multiple listens to thoroughly enjoy

    • @saltyacosta9348
      @saltyacosta9348 10 років тому

      ***** Tree swallows houses is fucking awesome. You me and the mountain is precisely just as good. They were so fucking great I had to tell my friend, and he quickly let me know that they had a reputation for being an insufferable, predictably "hipster" band. I dared to call him on his shit and that's when I found out about Perch patchwork, simultaneously making me look like an idiot.
      I find myself more and more confused as to what exactly the "hipster" label means, doubting its value as a criticism, but it does seem to be increasingly synonymous with "shitty". And Perch patchwork is absolutely shitty. And I hate that I find myself speechless when defending a band I respect so goddamn much.

    • @saltyacosta9348
      @saltyacosta9348 10 років тому +1

      fLanKeD Having an opinion about music like this isn't really what I consider fucking up. Yes, factually, bands that play like this have a knack for a certain beautiful complexity. Factually, it takes a lot of talent to play and compose such music. Factually, there are plenty of folks who appreciate it like crazy and come back for more. I can't deny how amazed I've been by acts like Hella or The Locust and I will make time to listen to that.
      I guess I didn't make it clear that when I say "fundamental rule", I meant on a personal level. I also didn't mean that this subjective "rule" is the line I draw for appreciating music on that same level. My point is that I love the complicated nature of only most of it, due to the fact that I'm uneducated and easily distracted and tend to wander away after a while. Sometimes I want to listen to something that can put a smile on my face the FIRST time I listen to it, while being sufficiently complex. And there is so much out there that excels at exactly those two things. In MY OPINION, that is "fundamentally good" music. Unfortunately, I couldn't possibly make you understand why I consider it so "fundamentally good." Again, I don't think that's a fuck up.

  • @LUSCIOUSDUNCAN
    @LUSCIOUSDUNCAN 11 років тому +2

    cool song love the bassist he seems cute :)

  • @CornofOsiris
    @CornofOsiris 2 роки тому +1

    lets gooooooo

  • @alexj3204
    @alexj3204 11 років тому +1

    1:23-2:05 makes me so happy. Sounds a little Irish. Great song

  • @hifimonkeykong
    @hifimonkeykong 12 років тому

    please record a CD or even better an LP!!!! I wanna buy your music in super deluxe physical formats!!!!!!!

  • @Martyisanoob
    @Martyisanoob 11 років тому

    swerp mansion goes hard as fuck!!! love seeing shows there you guys rock

  • @AndreyEvermore
    @AndreyEvermore 11 років тому

    gawd damn this is good

  • @ubiq1er
    @ubiq1er 12 років тому

    Ok, if there was an album, i would buy it.

  • @Malaisemads
    @Malaisemads 11 років тому +1

    Man, I love this song and other math rock, and loooove the Fall of Troy...

  • @saffronw.e3177
    @saffronw.e3177 2 роки тому +1

    Classic

  • @idmann111
    @idmann111  12 років тому

    @ilikebreadSOT Yeah dude. It was actually my old band Richard Def and the Mos Pryors that played with them a year or two back.

  • @levimcelrath9232
    @levimcelrath9232 11 років тому

    that annotation though haha

  • @LUSCIOUSDUNCAN
    @LUSCIOUSDUNCAN 12 років тому

    we were all 20/21 when this was filmed (~one year ago)

  • @Leukoblast2396
    @Leukoblast2396 10 років тому +1

    Oh yeah, real musicians. Thank God.

    • @MrMmnngghh
      @MrMmnngghh 8 років тому +2

      +Twisted_Arcade hi Finn!

  • @superbts
    @superbts 13 років тому

    I fucking love this

  • @CampSpaceship
    @CampSpaceship 13 років тому

    awesome!!!!

  • @fourmations
    @fourmations 12 років тому

    pretty impressive to say the least!

  • @LUSCIOUSDUNCAN
    @LUSCIOUSDUNCAN 12 років тому

    there is. comes out end of may. swerprecords dottt commm for info and label sampler including "Dukakis" by us :) :)

  • @joshtowers6102
    @joshtowers6102 12 років тому

    I love seeing drummers that remind me of myself.

  • @TheSkump
    @TheSkump 12 років тому

    I tried to download from swerp records but the link they gave me doesn't work ;(

  • @twinkledaddy___
    @twinkledaddy___ 12 років тому

    I want to play with this drummer!

  • @123jaera
    @123jaera 10 років тому

    soo nice!

  • @mangofmr
    @mangofmr 13 років тому

    good job

  • @TheOtherSun
    @TheOtherSun 13 років тому

    That drummer is sick.

  • @hifimonkeykong
    @hifimonkeykong 12 років тому

    when I first saw this vid there was like 1000 views, you guys are exploding (if only on youtube) PLEASE MAKE A RECORD SOS I CAN LISTENS INDA UK
    !!!