Just for anyone who want to know what's inside the mystery box: "During a reading of The Brick-Eaters in August 2018, Homer Flynn of The Cryptic Corporation confirmed that the Mystery Box contained the complete publishing rights to all of The Residents' music. He also explained that the Mystery Box had been something of a joke/publicity stunt and that they did not expect anyone to buy it. Given that the publishing rights to The Residents' music are now partly owned by Cherry Red Records and MVD Audio, the Mystery Box is no longer available for sale." Well, it was fun...
Their whole goddamn back catalogue? I suppose Homer Flynn and Hardy are at that age when they won't probably need rights to much of their old stuff anyway. They're raising money for something. Retirement or some huge project, maybe both. Selling rights to 40 years of material seems plausible.
They only sold one of these to some guy in Indiana and it ruined his life. His wife left him, took the kids and the guy went insane. I'd rather keep my money, family + sanity.
No offense Randy,but the Beatles were doing videos first. Strawberry Feilds. I am the Walrus. You were the first to do sampling though. And be a masked band. If you don't count Arthur Brown,that is.
K.L.F. burned 1 000 000 pounds on the Scottish island Jura, 23. august 1994 and deleted complete back catalog when they were superstars,so this is joke
The Residents wouldn't do something that was so stupid even the art world the KLF were trying to impress thought it was ridiculous. FYI the KLF (they were actually The K Foundation at that point) both regretted doing it too.
@Gerry Berry and I would say that The Residents are making the exact same point the KLF were attempting to make (that the actual "value" of all art is meaningless and arbitrary) with the ultimate box set, without doing something so ridiculous and obscene. The K foundation had so many good ideas and for them to go out on something so... Obvious? As an idea, is just disappointing. I get Drummond saying that they had a right to burn the money as much as say Bill Gates has not to give his money away, but even he admits that's not a great excuse these days.
The universe where the residents and Frank Zappa make normal pop music and all the other mainstream pop artists like ed Sheeran make weird residents-like music
OK. After pondering for a few minutes and checking the size of the box and how HOMER FLYNN describes it. It has to be the rejection note sent by Warner Bros. Records, where the band/art collective got their name from. Wikipedia: "Because the band had not included any name in the return address, the rejection slip was simply addressed to "The Residents". The members of the group then decided that this would be the name they would use" I can't think of memorabilia worth more than that from them.
did it ever occur to you that the size and description of the box has nothing to do with it? theres already been someone who bought one of the UBS, how do you know it wasn't a bow tie from one of the original costumes? fucking ridiculous
Hehe, already bought Duck Stab more than 10 years ago. :P Yeah, his voice is so recognizable that not even 40 years or a truckload of effects can hide it's the same guy. Saw them in Prague in 2003 and in Gothenburg a couple of years ago. In Prague, it was Carla Fabrizio, Eric Drew Feldman, Nolan Cook, Toby Damnit, Molly Harvey and that Demon guy whose name I don't remember right now. Talked to a roadie in Gothenburg who confirmed Carla was there and the guitars sure sounded like Nolan Cook.
Yeah, check out footage from the Wormwood tour. There are 4 eyeballs on stage in addition to Mr Skull (who is obviously the same one who's been singing since 1969). I think the "same line-up for over 40 years" thing is either an outright lie or a joke about the fact that it's either a solo project or a loose collective with only one or two official members (with one of them staying home during a lot of tours).
@Gerry Berry I thought the rumour was that it was a unmasked photo. Which even though we know who they are, I kind of loved the idea that they were selling their ultimate myth.
he later said that it was a contract where, if you signed it, you'd get the rights to the band's entire catalog. sucks, i thought it was gonna be the Mole Trilogy game for Atari
he sings on The Residents - Kaw-Liga The Residents - Hit the Road Jack there first album has 2 different versions (wish I had the old catalog) BUT STILL Wikipedia William Poundstone, , compared voiceprints of a Flynn lecture with those of spoken word segments from the Residents discography in his book "Biggest Secrets". After noting similar patterns in both, he concluded "the similarities in the spectograms second the convincing subjective impression that the voices are identical."
I believe I figured out what's in the Constantinople box, it's either the original rejection letter from Warner Bros, or the original Santa Dog Polaroid picture
I think they always knew they would never sell a 5 million dollar box and if somebody tried to buy it they would tell them sorry it's not a real thing. They just like messing with us and being mysterious.
You ruin the whole fun of it by telling everyone their names, if they even are their names in all reality. I mean, c'mon, do you spoil the ends of movies to people just cus it's amusing? Oh, and you wrote Fox Hardy instead of Hardy Fox btw.
Well I guess this is it, I'm selling my flat and throwing the rights to my comic in the pot. I can only hope the mighty icebox of secrets awaits me, now I must make my exit in Kurt Vonnegut like fasion.
Snakefinger was never an unnamed "Resident", he was always Snakefinger. By the time he died, they were already down to a duo. The number of people on stage varies from tour to tour and most of the time, the singer is the only one credited as "The Residents" (check out the names of the performers in the Demons Dance Alone DVD for example).
Yeah, that is exciting. It's kind of funny, I feel like this whole thing is supposed to be funny even though it's real. Like the Residents are just trying to get their money's worth after 40 years of art that wasn't too concerned about money.
Hi. Can you guys make a boxset that we less rich people can get a hold of. Cheers. I'm pretty sure only like 2 people own this set. Would be nice to get a more available set in the future.
Hi, I am Excited about The pREServed Archive Series of CD's from The Residents because it's cheaper than the UBS fridge and it's easier to get these weird albums easily on cd. would love to have that though. Love to see their videos on MoMA sometime. Also, I'm concerned with Title in Limbo because it's been reissued on 2 CD last year in Oct 2017 and It has a bonus disc of Session recordings. Also, I hope the pREServed versions include that along with more content in it. I'll save up buy them along with Title in Limbo Special Editon to complete the sets. Keep them coming Randy, Chuck, and Bob of The Residents. You're Weird and Awesome! :D
As stupid as ordering something for 5 million without even knowing what it is may sound, it could only be one thing and that particular item is the only one that could actually generate a potentially infinite amount of money.
This video was made just for fun and if you know the Residents and have followed them throughout their weird journey you'd know not to take them seriously,its all just for fun,&,for diehard fans only😎
This boxset is disappointing, hear me out. So the residents are asking for a lot of money for this boxset and it was only available for a short time. Right as if 99% of the fanbase had that money. I'm pretty sure only one was sold. So then what was the point? You barely made shit from it. Here's what you should do, on your 50th anniversary, release a series of boxsets or volumes. Instead of a fridge that barely anyone has space for, your back catalogue will be released in a series of sets. 1) The early years (Demos and first 5 album related materials) 2) the rest of the 70's 3) 80'S PART 1 4) 80'S PART 2 5) 90'S PART 1 6) 90'S PART 2 7) 2000'S (PART 1) 8) 2000'S (PART 2) 9) 2010's 10) The Modern Era It's stupid to assume that over 99% of the fans would ever pay what your asking for, hell yeah I want your back catalogue but would I be willing to pay this much? Fuck no. I'm not trying to be rude or anything like that because I am a huge fan of the residents but this boxset just teases people and makes them feel like crap. You would get more money by having a series of boxsets to release your back catalogue gradually.
Actually I dont give a shit for the cds, dvds, the eyeball mask and the 5 million box inside it, I just want that fridge working to freeze my beers ha!
They sold at least one, to a guy in Indiana. Another was donated to MoMA. Not sure about the rest, and I think the mystery box is still unsold. (I wish somebody would buy it and let us know what it is, haha)
why does this Residents video, about a band who has hundreds of hours of music, contain so much copyright-free music I've heard on dozens of podcasts and youtube videos?
well voices do change but he sounds like the kaw liga and hit the road jack and bluerosebud singer check out Duck Stab! was a seven-inch EP released by The Residents in 1978. i saw them this year during the 40th aniiversary tour, and randy was the only one that identified themselves...the 2 other guys were wearing masks and playing a laptop and a guitar
Love the Residents like crazy but c'mon guys, you didn't invent music videos. The Beatles and the Monkees beat you to it by several years. Really, there is no true inventor of music videos. There's an interesting discussion about this in the beginning of the book "I Want My MTV".
That's not quite what they're credited with. OK, so The Beatles and other early bands had promo videos that were used to promote the new single when they couldn't be there themselves to perform or plug it. That's true. The Residents were the first or one of the first to create videos that were intended as specific pieces. Those videos aren't made to sell the single or show if the residents aren't around. Those videos were to show just as much a part of the artistic expression as the song. Do you see? They invented the concept of the music video being a complimentary piece of art. Not just a video of performance or compilation of clips aimed to sell the single. Make sense?
Sadly just the price alone hasn't had me guessing at all. That is the magic of stuff you can't afford, I stop caring. I haven't followed !! HOMER FLYNN's !! and !! FOX HARDY's !! careers that closely to know right away now that you mention it.
Oh, I spoil shit all the time, bruh! Like, my roommate was watching The Sixth Sense and he never saw it before and I totally spoiled the ending. And he was like, "what the fuck?" And I was like, "Everyone knows it already, therefore you don't get the right to enjoy the movie." I'm awesome!
Ok, this is the only clue you'll need: It's not memorabilia. It's actually something that's worth 5 million even to a non-fan (though you'd probably have to be at least a bit of a fan, not to mention the type of person who has 5 million, in order to make those money back).
Late 60s to early 70s recorded music formats makes me think it can't fit in a box that small. It's a possibility though so don't bite my head because I am clueless what specific equipment and material people used back then. I am a babby.
