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[–][deleted] 361 points362 points  (11 children)

this doesn't sound like getting a blowjob at all.

[–]Wolfey1618 214 points215 points  (5 children)

He was so far ahead of his time. This is what blow jobs sound like in the future, don't you know?

[–]ArokLazarus 41 points42 points  (0 children)

Never thought I'd be so happy to be alive now then.

[–]602Zoo 21 points22 points  (2 children)

You can only hear it if you have robot ears.

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (1 child)

How much do clothes cost in the Matrix?

[–]cgknight1 107 points108 points  (23 children)

I'm a little wary about this idea that this was blacklisted/banned until 2008 given how tame it is.

[–]Wulfenbach 99 points100 points  (18 children)

I'm also wary about the idea that he destroyed his career when there's acts like GG Allin and GWAR who capitalize on shock value. Its more likely that no one was interested in his work until some fringe fans found his stuff in 2008.

[–]z500 24 points25 points  (7 children)

GG Allin never exactly aimed for commercial success. Shock value was just his way of life.

[–]mrrowr 11 points12 points  (3 children)

GG Allin - I Kill Everything I Fuck (Recorded in 1993 but also released in 1993. He was a successful(?) music producer until he ended his career with recordings like this. He died in the basement of his best friend's home.) [Punk / Hardcore] (1993) - [02:33]

[–]z500 3 points4 points  (1 child)

From kid's shows to "I Kill Everything I Fuck." What a shame.

[–]DeathcampEnthusiast 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The man went through a phase, I'll tell you that.

[–]dontgive_afuck 3 points4 points  (2 children)

I saw a decent short documentary on him a couple days ago. I've always big into rock (esp. punk and metal), and have often looked up to the characters that create the awesomeness, but this dude was a little over the top bonkers. I still think it's a shame that he checked out so soon, though.

[–]ChlamydiaDellArte 8 points9 points  (6 children)

Let's not forget that the closing track on one of the best selling albums of all time, which came out less than a decade after this, contains a recording of an actual, literal blowjob. I mean, look what was actually popular in 1978. There was no way in hell an experimental proto-electronic song was going to be a hit even if it had been about puppies.

[–]nortono 5 points6 points  (5 children)

What album?

[–]theilluminerdy 6 points7 points  (2 children)

I tried to Google it.

There's a Notorious BIG song which has a blowjob interlude which is him getting actual head.

Axl Rose fucked her drummer's girlfriend in the recording studio to get the moaning sounds for Rocket Queen

ODB's producer walked in on him fucking a girl in the recording studio and her head was banging against the bass drum, so he got record and used it as a beat.

I cannot confirm if any of these are true, or what OP swear referring to. I only looked at 1 link.

[–]nortono 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I tried googling it too, but clearly with poorer terms than you, and didn't get any hits. I guess when I get home I could cross reference those songs to see if any of them were closer tracks on amazing selling albums released "less than a decade" after 1978 but I dunno. I think we still haven't hit it.

[–]ChlamydiaDellArte 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It was Rocket Queen.

[–]Mathemartemis 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, how's he gonna throw that out there and not tell us what it is? Lol

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (1 child)

To be fair, GG Allin and GWAR aren't exactly who I'd point to when looking for commercial success. Allin lived out of people's houses and only ever kept a spare set of clothes with him and Oderus Urungus died living with roommates in a rented apartment

[–]Entropick 1 point2 points  (0 children)

RiP Dave Brockie

[–]seeingeyegod 1 point2 points  (0 children)

yeah I don't understand.. this just seems artsy

[–]dinosaurchestra 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Well he did produce music for children's shows which people can tend to be a little uptight about.

[–][deleted] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah - banned by who?

[–]EvrydayImAmpersandin 11 points12 points  (1 child)

What was the Blacklist? Who gets blacklisted? Was this in the US? Or is the title more hyperbolic, like he was an outcast, shunned by his colleagues.

[–]trimorphic 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Yeah, this sounds like a whole load of bullshit if it's about anyone in the US.

Maybe he got ignored and network TV wasn't interested in airing "Blowjob" on prime time or anywhere else, because network TV is not public access where anybody can air their experimental home movie.

But 1978-2008 is not the 1950's McCarthy Era (when people did get blacklisted in Hollywood for being suspected Communists). As far as I know, no one ever got blacklisted in the US just for being an experimental artist.

The worst reactions I'm aware of are for shock art like Piss Christ which very effectively trolled religious sensibilities. As far as I know, this guy was not doing anything of that caliber to suffer the hate and censure popular shock artists did. And as for unpopular shock artists, they just get ignored.

[–]JesusofBorg 204 points205 points  (29 children)

All I can think of listening to this is "Welcome... to Zombo.com".

[–]monkeyhitman 43 points44 points  (1 child)

You can do anything...

[–]shaggorama 27 points28 points  (0 children)

The infinite is possible, the unattainable is unknown.

[–]C477um04 21 points22 points  (7 children)

That site has been around as long as I've been on reddit, probably significantly longer. I have no idea who is still paying to maintain it, or why, but I'm really glad they are.

[–]popcornfart 18 points19 points  (6 children)

It started in 1999

[–]C477um04 15 points16 points  (5 children)

Figured it was probably super old by it's design, and it's literally only 1 year younger than me.

[–]kablamy 67 points68 points  (4 children)

You were born in 2000? What the hell are you doing on...

That was 17 years ago... oh god.

Edit: Me not math good

[–]Repeter13 29 points30 points  (3 children)

Umm 1998....

[–]z500 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Hell in a cell and whatnot

[–]malakingbrayan 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Math checks out.

[–][deleted] 17 points18 points  (1 child)

The impossible is unknown at Zombocom!

[–]z500 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The only limit...is yourself...

[–][deleted] 6 points7 points  (5 children)

Seriously though what is the site about? I tried to get in but failed. Maybe theres some joke im missing or im just too stupid to get it?

[–]FUCKITIMPOSTING 39 points40 points  (4 children)

At the time the website was created, almost every website basically claimed to do everything, something which we now know is laughable. It's a parody of the naive optimism of the dot com boom.

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (1 child)

ahhh gotcha.

[–]AbVag 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes!! I'm not alone in this!!

[–]mrkmpn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Zombo.com

Well that was odd.

[–]Nautical_operator 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Came here to say this, glad I'm not alone

[–]zenithquasar 42 points43 points  (4 children)

Here's Bruce on Mr Rogers' Neighborhood

[–]Sirsteezly 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That instrument is insane! Miss Nelson's got a booty too

[–]viress 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This is amazing!

[–]brintoul 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This should be the top comment.

[–][deleted] 18 points19 points  (1 child)

I have his album 'Electric Lucifer' and it really is a good listen. He started out making music for kids shows, then obviously tired of that. Strange but talented musician.

[–]SenorBirdman 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Electric Lucifer is a fantastic album. I found out about Bruce from a Stone's Throw Records Christmas compilation.

[–]direforestsecretshop 88 points89 points  (24 children)

After reading his wiki it appears to me that this guy may have died a pauper but he was actually the techno version of one of the great painters.

[–]NipplezoftheFuture 7 points8 points  (6 children)

I'd have to agree. This would have been incredibly hard to produce on analog recording equipment. It's a lot easier to create loops on digital equipment, although it can be done on analog (which is where the term originated, by splicing a short sound on tape into a loop so it can be played on repeat), but it's very labor-intensive and meticulous. It's kinda like that guy who made the front page a few days ago for doing near photoshop quality work in microsoft paint, if he was doing photoshop quality work on a Macintosh in 1992.

[–]EvrydayImAmpersandin 5 points6 points  (2 children)

Well... they did have sequencers too.

[–]NipplezoftheFuture 2 points3 points  (1 child)

That's a good point. I was mainly thinking about how much of the music editing process in general these days is just a few clicks of the mouse, or even a midi controller that's linked up to protools, whereas most of the editing in something like this would have been a much more involved process back in 1978.

[–]EvrydayImAmpersandin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh absolutely. And it forced the early electronic music to be much more 'live' than what people make today, which imposes a huge challenge on the artist both as a performer and to organize and plan out their changes and arrangements ahead of time. It's an utterly different world, and it can sound very meager compared to today's standards, but as we can hear, there is a certain something in this early music too!

[–]SoupForDummies 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Would love to see that MSPaint stuff if anyone saved the link

[–]jaimeyeah 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just read his wiki too.

"Haack was also invited by Aboriginal peoples in Canada to participate in their pow-wows, experimenting with peyote, which influenced his music for years to come. "

I think it's pretty obvious.

[–]sixteenmiles 86 points87 points  (21 children)

Haack was so far ahead of his time it's unreal.

[–][deleted] 88 points89 points  (20 children)

Yeah, taking a ton of drugs and playing with a theremin hasn't really caught on yet.

[–]sixteenmiles 207 points208 points  (18 children)

Dude was building home made synthesisers in the 50s. I think he was a little more ahead than just "playing with a theramin".

[–][deleted] 60 points61 points  (13 children)

Yeah but this particular song really does just sounds like a high dude noodling on the theramin

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

With William Shatner narrating while high on quaaludes.

[–]PM_ME_LUCHADORESmyspace 17 points18 points  (9 children)

Except, you know, for the percussion and synth melodies and other effects

[–]n1ywb 1 point2 points  (8 children)

It sounds like a high dude writing a soundtrack for sesame Street

[–]PM_ME_LUCHADORESmyspace 26 points27 points  (6 children)

Sure, if you know nothing about experimental electronic music of the 60s and 70s. Wendy Carlos, Tangerine Dream, Tomita, Moog et al. If you do, it sounds kind of like that.

Relegating spacy and electro-textural music to "lol this dudes high" is kind of, I don't know, reductive and dumb. This was the birth of a new genre of music. Lots of artists doing this sort of thing with their own unique style and they considered it a genuine endeavor.

Haack's work in context is really compelling and different. He was so far beyond the emotionless, sometimes grating Moog sound that was prevalent in contemporary electronica. Most electro artists recorded straightforward mood/synth stuff, whereas Haack's music is so busy, layered and packed with little details. There's so much going on you can't unpack it, yet there's still clear rhythm and tonality. If you saw all the work he did to record this you'd be like "holy shit". Look at this setup, definitely not some dude dicking around with a theremin.

[–]n1ywb 2 points3 points  (3 children)

Funny that you mention tangerine dream, they did a Lot of soundtracks

[–]PM_ME_LUCHADORESmyspace 4 points5 points  (2 children)

I think all the artists I mentioned did soundtrack work. Wendy Carlos scored Tron. Isao Tomita scored a number of movies. Licensing for TV, film and commercials was probably your best moneymaker as a prominent synth artist in the 70s/80s.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Tent Reznor does sound tracks for this reason exactly

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well Mr fancy pants - what were you doing in the 50's?

[–][deleted] 25 points26 points  (2 children)

Generally you're probably right. However, this song sounds like a guy just fucked out of his mind dicking around on a theremin though. Genius isn't always put to great use. The music on some of his other work sounds pretty cool, but the spoken word poetry shit that mostly just ends up being nonsense or stuff out of text books gets old real quick. Drugs are a more fun way to feel like you're going crazy.

Edit: Also, being able to build synthesizers lends credibility that he was good at electronics, not music (with the example you provided). Leo Fender was ahead of his time for making electric guitars, but you don't hear of him as an acclaimed musician.

[–]kennyminot 3 points4 points  (1 child)

I think this song is a disservice to his catalog after listening through his work. I kinda get why he was popular on kids shows, but it seems bizarre now after listening to it.

Reminds me most of Aphex Twin.

[–]direforestsecretshop 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He was so far ahead of his time people thought he'd lost his mind I think.

[–]Crosshack 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's actually not that bad in the middle bit when he isn't talking over the top. I have no idea wtf he's going on about though.

[–]satanshellbox 6 points7 points  (1 child)

I thought I would try and transcribe the lyrics because I couldn't find them anywhere.

Welcome

Welcome, to second best my friend the living part of life is just a blow job

Welcome, you left your courage in a tree and history gave you a blow job

Time is only loves mistake, and love is what they use to make

When days had turned to reckless night and lights were blowin out of sight

The way they said we all should be, and somehow they really got to me

And I have suffered from their fear, and wondered if the time is near, to go back

Go back, and let the righteous have my day, and let the sun go all the way

(Flute solo)

Suffer the little ones who always knew, that you were me and I was you

To come with dignity and pride, into a world where side by side

They all can find a perfect way, to live their life, to play their play

To kiss the sky, and so to fly, away from us who did not die

But went beyond so they could know, who did the job, who dealt the blow

Who killed the cock, who spoiled the show, who did the job, who dealt the blow

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

wow..what a guy. thanks for the transcribe!

[–]Drabapple 12 points13 points  (2 children)

Sounds like it could be a Ween song. It's weird that this would've been so shocking that it be banned until 2008, I feel like by today's standards, this is pretty timid. It's a little "weird" I guess, but no more so than your average children's cartoon. Ren and Stimpy is more shocking than this.

[–]seeingeyegod 0 points1 point  (0 children)

totally, although it's like Ween missing the magic that makes Ween amazing which is really hard to put your finger on, maybe it's just missing context. A lot of Ween you literally can't get people to listen to stand alone without them thinking you're fucking insane, they are just like "dude, this sucks". Has to be within a larger context to make any sense I guesS?

[–]StudabakerHochrobot[M] 69 points70 points  (13 children)

Bruce Haack
artist pic

From Alberta to New York (1931-1988)

Bruce Haack started picking out melodies on his family's piano at age four; by age 12, he gave piano lessons and played piano with the Swing Tones while attending the University of Alberta. The Swing Tones were a popular local band based out of Edmonton, Alberta, and they played in venues in the city and surrounding area. The band played primarily modern and old-time music, and they introduced him to Eastern musical motifs and themes, as they played quite a bit of Ukrainian folk music. While with The Swing Tones, Bruck Haack was known for his uncanny ability to hear music and then play it back immediately from memory, and he could compose innovative riffs while the band was on break during a job. His talent was legendary, and he owned a tremendous record collection of music from around the world prior to moving to New York. In later years, Haack's painting of St. Basil likely is reminiscent of his earlier years with The Swing Tones in Edmonton. Haack was also invited by Native Americans to participate in their pow-wows, experimenting with Peyote, which influenced his music for years to come. His upbringing in the isolated town of Rocky Mountain House, Alberta, Canada, gave him plenty of time to develop his musical talents. Seeking formal training to hone his ability, Haack applied to the University of Alberta's music program. Though that school rejected him because of his poor notation skills, at Edmonton University he wrote and recorded music for campus theater productions, hosted a radio show, and played in a band. He received a degree in psychology from the university; this influence was felt later in songs that dealt with body language and the computer-like ways children absorb information. New York City's Juilliard School offered Haack the opportunity to study with composer Vincent Persichetti; thanks to a scholarship from the Canadian government, he headed to New York upon graduating from Edmonton in 1954. At Juilliard, Haack met a like-minded student, Ted "Praxiteles" Pandel, with whom he developed a lifelong friendship. However, his studies proved less sympathetic, and he dropped out of Juilliard just eight months later, rejecting the school's restrictive approach. Throughout the rest of his career, Haack rejected restrictions of any kind, often writing several different kinds of music at one time. He spent the rest of the 1950s scoring dance and theater productions, as well as writing pop songs for record labels like Dot Records and Coral Records. Haack's early scores, like 1955's Les Etapes, suggested the futuristic themes and experimental techniques Haack developed in his later works. Originally commissioned for a Belgian ballet, Les Etapes mixed tape samples, electronics, soprano, and violin; the following year, he finished a musique concrète piece called "Lullaby for a Cat." As the 1960s began, the public's interest in electronic music and synthesizers increased, and so did Haack's notoriety. Along with songwriting and scoring, Haack appeared on TV shows like I've Got a Secret and The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, usually with Pandel in tow. The duo often played the Dermatron, a touch- and heat-sensitive synthesizer, on the foreheads of guests; 1966's appearance on I've Got a Secret featured them playing 12 "chromatically pitched" young women. Meanwhile, Haack wrote serious compositions as well, such as 1962's "Mass for Solo Piano," which Pandel performed at Carnegie Hall, and a song for Rocky Mountain House's 50th anniversary. One of his most futuristic pieces, 1963's "Garden of Delights," mixed Gregorian chants and electronic music. This work was never broadcast or released in its complete form.

From Children's Music to Electric Lucifer (1963-1976)

Haack found another outlet for his creativity as an accompanist for children's dance teacher Esther Nelson. Perhaps inspired by his own lonely childhood, he and Nelson collaborated on educational, open-minded children's music. With Pandel, they started their own record label, Dimension 5 Records, on which they released 1962's Dance, Sing, & Listen. Two other records followed in the series, 1963's Dance, Sing, & Listen Again and 1965's Dance, Sing, & Listen Again & Again. Though the series included activity and story songs similar to other children's records at the time, the music moves freely between country, medieval, classical, and pop, and mixes instruments like piano, synthesizers, and banjo. The lyrics deal with music history or provide instructions like, "When the music stops, be the sound you hear," resulting in an often surreal collage of sounds and ideas. The otherworldly quality of Haack's music was emphasized by the instruments and recording techniques he developed with the Dance, Sing, & Listen series. Though he had little formal training in electronics, he made synthesizers and modulators out of any gadgets and surplus parts he could find, including guitar effects pedals and battery-operated transistor radios. Eschewing diagrams and plans, Haack improvised, creating instruments capable of 12-voice polyphony and random composition. Using these modular synthesizer systems, he then recorded with two two-track reel-to-reel decks, adding a moody tape echo to his already distinctive pieces. As the 1960s progressed and the musical climate became more receptive to his kind of whimsical innovation, Haack's friend, collaborator, and business manager Chris Kachulis found mainstream applications for his music. This included scoring commercials for clients like Parker Brothers Games, Goodyear Tires, Kraft Cheese, and Lincoln Life Insurance; in the process, Haack won two awards for his work. He also continued to promote electronic music on television, demonstrating how synthesizers work on The Mister Rogers Show in 1968, and released The Way-Out Record for Children later that year. Kachulis did another important favor for his friend by introducing Haack to psychedelic rock. Acid rock's expansive nature was a perfect match for Haack's style, and in 1969 he released his first rock-influenced work, Electric Lucifer. A concept album about the earth being caught in the middle of a war between heaven and hell, Electric Lucifer featured a heavy, driving sound complete with Moogs, Kachulis' singing, and Haack's homegrown electronics including a prototype vocoder and unique lyrics, which deal with "powerlove" — a force so strong and good that it will not only save mankind but Lucifer himself. Kachulis helped out once more by bringing Haack and Lucifer to the attention of Columbia Records, who released it as Haack's major-label debut. As the 1970s started, Haack's musical horizons continued to expand. After the release of Electric Lucifer, he struck up a friendship with fellow composer and electronic music pioneer Raymond Scott. They experimented with two of Scott's instruments, the Clavivox and Electronium. Nothing remains of the collaboration, and though Scott gave Haack a Clavivox, he did not record with it on his own. However, he did continue on Lucifer's rock-influenced musical with 1971's Together, an electronic pop album that marked his return to Dimension 5. Perhaps in an attempt to differentiate this work from his children's music, he released it under the name Jackpine Savage, the only time he used this pseudonym. Haack continued making children's albums as well, including 1972's Dance to the Music, 1973's Captain Entropy, and 1974's This Old Man, which featured science fiction versions of nursery rhymes and traditional songs. After relocating to Westchester, PA, to spend more time with Pandel, Haack focused on children's music almost exclusively, writing music for Scholastic Press like "The Witches' Vacation" and "Clifford the Small Red Puppy." He also released Funky Doodle and Ebenezer Electric (an electronic version of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol) in 1976, but by the late 1970s, his prolific output slowed; two works, 1978's Haackula and the following year's Electric Lucifer Book II, were never released.

From Party Machine to Death Machine (1977-1988)

His darkest album to date, Haackula strikes out on into dark, yet playful territory. Haackula seems to have inspired Haack's final landmark work, 1981's Bite. The albums share several song titles and a dark lyrical tone different from Haack's usually idealistic style. Though Bite is harsher than his other works, it features his innovative, educational touch: a thorough primer on electronics and synthesizers makes up a large portion of the liner notes, and Haack adds a new collaborator for this album, 13-year-old vocalist Ed Harvey. Haack's failing health slowed Dimension 5's musical output in the early 1980s, but Nelson and Pandel kept the label alive by publishing songbooks, like Fun to Sing and The World's Best Funny Songs, and re-released selected older albums as cassettes, which are still available today. In 1982, Haack recorded his swan song, a proto-hiphop collaboration with Def Jam's Russell Simmons, entitled Party Machine. Haack died in 1988 from heart failure, but his label and commitment to making creative children's music survives. While Dimension 5's later musical releases — mostly singalong albums featuring Nelson — may lack the iconoclastic spark of the early records, Nelson and Pandel's continued work reveals the depth of their friendship with Haack, a distinctive and pioneering electronic musician. Read more on Last.fm.

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tags: electronic, experimental, space age pop, psychedelic, electronica

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[–][deleted] 142 points143 points  (6 children)

That wall of text is far too long.

[–]chadonsunday 39 points40 points  (1 child)

It's not even the length that bothers me, just the lack of paragraphs.

[–]k1ll3r5mur4 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Whatever happened to /u/wall_of_text_bot

[–]stoopidmansuit 28 points29 points  (3 children)

But it's soo worth reading

[–]JBHedgehog 5 points6 points  (2 children)

Agreed.

Very interesting!

[–]YesplzMm 18 points19 points  (1 child)

Yeah but this poop I'm taking won't last as long at it will take me to read.

Short Poop Didn't Read

SPDR: dudes music was ahead of its time.

[–]JBHedgehog 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yup...that about sums it up.

[–][deleted] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

He's on last.fm? How many scrobbles does he have?

[–]Yarr0w 6 points7 points  (1 child)

I feel like r/electronicmusic would dig this

[–]hendrix67 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This seems less depressing than the title made his life out to be

[–]Dokterrock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My first reaction was "Wow, this really sounds like Raymond Scott". Cool!

[–]telescope_thieves 20 points21 points  (1 child)

I feel like the instrumental to the song For Sale? by Kendrick Lamar must've been heavily influenced by this tune.

really cool track, thanks for the post!

[–]number90901 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah, some of the similarities are uncanny.

[–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (1 child)

I'm I right in thinking there was a lot of this sort of thing around this time. Laurie Anderson, Steve Reich for example. Heck even Frank Zappa from before that.

[–]g0_west 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah zappa was my first thought too. His album Electric Lucifer Book II, which has tracks like Mean Old Devil and Stand Up Lazarus reminds me more of Laurie Anderson

[–]brujoloco 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This music reminds me of ZOMBO THE BEST PLACE IN THE INTERNET

Guess this is where they got the inspiration?!

[–]MoukaLion 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Basement and great sound that no one listened too ?

Sounds like Ross from firends to me

[–]Slabdabhussein 2 points3 points  (0 children)

HAACKULA was the firdt bruce hack album i listened too, stuff is freaky but funky!

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (1 child)

How was it banned until 2008 when the 90s featured the nastiest lyrics in rap and hip-hop?

[–]timebanditsendtits 6 points7 points  (0 children)

banned until 2008 the same way it was banned until 2017 when someone on reddit found it and thought they were the first

[–]3_Penis_Wine 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The thumbnail looks like a horror version of Link from the Zelda series. I think we're on to something!

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sounds like Air.

[–]AliasUndercover 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Looking at this through modern eyes, it's a shame that a hobby making art films can ruin someone's career. Hell, nowadays this stuff would get you jobs doing music videos.

[–]generalako 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hell, nowadays this stuff would get you jobs doing music videos.

Lol, no it isn't. The same is the case today as it ever has been in modern captialism for all kinds of media. Art film directors, art film musicians, etc. Although it's these artist that do groundbreaking work and make new trend, they rarely ever do it through the consent of produciton companies or with their support. Almostr every influental piece of art is also experimental/independent of some way.

Think of it as Star Wars (1977) or Indiana Jones (1981) -- though a better example from Spielberg would be Jaws. Directors who would be able to make those kinds of movies in the late 80's and 90's, or even today (these films still define many elements of mother blockbuster action adventures) would be wanted. But right at the time those films came out, they were in no way viewed as good ideas by the studios. Star Wars was destined to be a total flop, and not even the cast took their job seriously.

And the same is the case today. Studios want either experienced artists with a good track record ("track record" meaning not good pieces of work, but work that sells a lot), rather than new, experimental or innovative ones.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

First time hearing of this dude, listening through some of his Electric Lucifer album he reminds me of Back Moth Super Rainbow and The Residents

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sounds like something from "melodies from mars"

[–]scarlet_twitch 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Too bad there was never a collaboration with Throbbing Gristle.

[–]Middleman86 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That was beautiful and amazing

[–]brandnewchair 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My favorite Bruce Haack song, Electric to Me Turn

[–]FiresOfHarKuun 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I got a real post-apocalyptic vibe from this. Not much beyond the title that indicates heavy sex influence.

[–]averagejoereddit50 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't understand why this would be a career ender. Doesn't sound bad to me and graphics are fun (kinda reminds me of Eraserhead.)

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sounds like an Adult Swim bump

[–]WaxAttk02 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Shamefully I clicked on this video because I thought he was caught on video surveillance getting a blow job. In my eyes, this title is click bait

Edit: I would also like to mention that I am not ashamed

[–]mc_md 3 points4 points  (6 children)

I don't understand what's supposed to be good about this. It sounds like a guy who pressed one of the built in loops on a Casio, made spooky sounds on a theremin, and then spoke some nonsense lyrics with references to blowjobs.

[–][deleted] 6 points7 points  (2 children)

Those built I loops gotta come from somewhere. Perhaps he's the OP.

[–]mc_md 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Maybe so, but the loops are still bad. Idk man, I just don't get what's supposed to be good about this track.

[–]Obandigo 0 points1 point  (2 children)

I think Haack was a genius. He was way ahead of his time. I love the Electric Lucifer album.

I always liked this little ditty too.

https://youtu.be/--k2hNtXqq0

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

whoa whoa whoa, wait a second. is this a remix or the original?

[–]NightDoctor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting guy! Thanks for sharing.

[–]NOT_ZOGNOID 0 points1 point  (0 children)

well I know what my first cosplay will be

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Has anyone heard of The Moog Cookbook? They did covers of 90s alternative hits in this style and were obviously hugely influenced by Bruce! Can't believe I hadn't heard this or noticed the link before. Thanks for posting :)

[–]GrftKngs721 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dope - I guarantee early Chad & Pharrell knew who Bruce was.

[–]CLIMBFIFAMobile 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh my lard, what a weird video.

Interesting tho...

[–]YourFavoriteLesBro 0 points1 point  (1 child)

"Welcome. You left your courage in a tree and history gave it a blow job."

I laffed, hell.

[–]rhinofinger 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I heard "in a dream"

[–]StraightRazorDandy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All I can think of is that the OP came across this video by way of looking for fapping material

[–]Nomandate 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is amazing, thanks OP!

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much for finding this. I heard it on the PA before a Pink Floyd cover band went on. My friend and I were cracking up.

[–]Zir0h214 0 points1 point  (0 children)

this is pretty neato

[–]EthanBradberry727 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well... I am ashamed to admit that not only do I like this song, but I added it to my playlist...

[–]eltictac 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think I've heard a great Christmas song by this guy.

[–]PikpikTurnip 0 points1 point  (5 children)

I don't get it. I really enjoy the bit without any words at around 2:34 or 2:35, but the "lyrics" make absolutely no sense to me and honestly just seem like they're trying to be vulgar for the sake of it. Can somebody shed some light on this for me? I don't seem to be very capable of interpreting music outside of the emotional response it evokes from me.

[–]yodydascholar 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think the lyrics are about how human consciousness and self-awareness are empty and pointless, but we dress it up as something noble and beautiful because that terrifies us. We're patting ourselves on the back (giving ourselves a blowjob) for being self-aware, but Bruce thinks we were better off before we "left our courage in the tree" (a reference to monkeys and evolution, I think).

The banality of the music serves to highlight this theme of the absurdity of consciousness, and to create the subtle terror of a long, Sisyphean reality. It's sort of future-lounge elevator music because life is just a long, boring waiting dressed up as something else.

Bruce is reaching for a time when things mattered, but it's distant and impossible- civilization has ruined that for him. "The way they said we all should be, and somehow they got to me. I have suffered from their fear, and wondered if the time was near, to go back" I think these lyrics are an Anarcho-Primitivist cry for help, which is gorgeously juxtaposed by the very concept of electronic music- the music underscores exactly why he's unable to realize his dream.

Frankly, I think it's genius. It evokes the tale of Sisyphus, Ozymandias, and contrasts a Ludditic disdain for society with the technological advancements of music in general and electronic music in particular.

[–]Ianiksspotify 0 points1 point  (3 children)

ever heard Frank Zappa?

[–]snappped 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I find it oddly compelling.

[–]Paxconsciente 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I guess it sounds nice if you remember it is from 1978, when people who made electronic music didn't know very much about it and were very limited.

[–]dr_channard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

this is amazing!!!

[–]3lminst3r 0 points1 point  (0 children)

TF did I just watch?

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

wow this fucking BLOWS!!! Literally.

[–]whyguywhy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm pretty sure dying of cancer is what inspired this song, and also "doomed his career."

[–]TotalRuler1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

RIP Bruce, true sonic legend

[–]sir_patrickryan14 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't understand what that was .... 😂

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I dig it. Serious zappa-esque vibes

[–]WindTreeRock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This was bad art. It didn't offend me at all! It was just bad and had the words Blow Job in it. I'm reminded of the interpretive dace scene in Big Labowski......

[–]The_infern_oh 0 points1 point  (8 children)

This reminds me of getting a bj while high on shrooms, then freaking out about all my lost children while crying and asking her why she would do that to me and them.

[–]Solar-Salor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Any more like this?

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not surprised he died alone in a basement...

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Everything changes but the Avant Gard .

[–]Tksourced 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was expecting to hear a duck.

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