What?? lol The song lyrics have basically nothing to say about being a janitor or what it's about, she simply says 'I'm a janitor, oh my genitals" because she met this janitor at her school who had a funny sounding voice, and when he said "I'm a janitor." it sounded like "Oh my genitals."
@@michaeltnewyorknights8413 - I would agree. Most definitely EARLY 80's here. Where I was geographically, I wasn't really exposed much to the late 70's Post-Punk/New Wave stuff. My first exposure to it occurred in the early 80's. I'd agree that the landscape really shifted from early mid 80's onward.
@@stephenaelkinsactor Same here. Small Town boy here from the eastern part of the US. My limited exposure to alt punk and new wave at this time would have been musical guests on Fridays, S.C.T.V. , Showtime (which would show a couple music videos between movies) , and some video show that was shown on our local TV channel, was not MTV, but never remember the name of the show. Yes, come 1984 the 80's were more mainstream and less underground it seemed.
oh man Power of Youth got kidnapped or murdered right before typing that "ppy". (if it gets edited then this joke is totally meaningless you're welcome)
That's crazy! The exact same thing has just happened to me! After months of trying to remember and only having "Suburban" stuck in my head, suburban lawns just popped into my head and when i checked it on yt just now this video popped up! Win! 😃
I remember seeing this with my brother when we were 16, never thought we’d be able find it again; but he found it in five minute what took me almost six years lmao
I am so intrigued by this band and in LOVE with Sue Tissue!!! Flying Saucer Safari is such a good one and Flavor Crystals is great too. I listened to her piano album too, pretty amazing
@@tygertone No, Flavor Crystals was an actual thing and it was part of a chewing gum. You don't remember those commercials in the 80's? Folger's Crystals is what you're thinking of and it is unrelated.
@@deadchaotic5918 cant find scene where she wearing in inflatible pants and this crazy antripriner told in finally " I told that she couldnt speak" maybe you help?
I read that it was awful for her. One concert where every punk in the audience was taking turns spitting on her. She left the show covered in spit.....that's sad dude. I get man on man shit like that, don't hurt the ladies ffs. Speaking in retrospect, of course. I wasnt even born yet🤣
I've known that for years. The song was written after Su Tissu was talking to some guy in a loud bar, and she asked him what he did for a living, and he said "im a janitor" and she thought he said "oh my genitals"
This band is suggested to me by my friend who is a californian. Im listening this band sometimes. Im not even an American but i like californian spirit. I guess just californians know this band.
They were from Long Beach and were promoted at stations like KROQ in so cal. So yeah, most people from so cal knew of them. But they were also known in other states as they toured.
@@illmsg77- I went to an event called a record rock 🎸 and swap in the late 80’s. The Poorman was there and he took his little boy 👦, the Poorbaby. The kid 🧒 ran all over the place, while his dad tried to catch him. It was hilarious 😆
From the game to end this is the greatest perfect video for this specific type of band for the specific type of song........... It's a beautiful natural phenomenon when sometimes the universe lines up to present something that is just so perfect that yours intended to see it the exact way you're looking at it now
Me and Jeff use to play this in his gold Chevy Chevette in the 80s on our way to Laguna beach from Newport to hang at oak Street all day and body surf and get ready to go out that night, usually to a live gig or club. Best of times...
Just to explain that this is about: the guitarist wrote a song about science and he said it was full of bad science word play: "everything is irrelative" "man the manipulator". Separately, a man told Su he was a janitor and she heard "genitals" and put it together as a chorus. Guitarist liked the janitor line a lot because it broke up his weak world play with something much more.
I was 16 and going to a Christian high school when this came out. Girls at our school dressed this way, and we guys actually liked it. The 1980s were honestly very conservative in some ways. But then you read the lyrics and you go "What in the world...?"
Sue's stoicism while maintaining a strong semblance of whimsy in her voice and intonation is everything.
because it's corn oil.
She barely moves and yet keeps an incredible groove
She's a weirdo.
No effort/Don't "try"
Fart fart fart
They weren't ready for this type of girl in the 80s. Maybe today, we are ready for her.
check out st vincent
Really? Things have gotten worse, not better.
She would've been PERFECT for 91-95
@@JOHNTHEWHISK
Saw David Byrne w/ St. Vincent.
Summer 11, Kansas City. @The Crossroads.
Her name is Ottillie Wallace
She always looks like she just wants to get the hell out of there lol. Great
lol. the school girl who was just waiting for a bus, who got abducted by some guys in a band, and made to stand on stage
Not the impression I get. She's commanding the room in that 50's thrift store dress.
@@JOHNTHEWHISKshe is the music
I've worked as a janitor and I find this to be pretty accurate.
Great band also.
Oh you're genitals
I just cried laughing at your comment!
What?? lol The song lyrics have basically nothing to say about being a janitor or what it's about, she simply says 'I'm a janitor, oh my genitals" because she met this janitor at her school who had a funny sounding voice, and when he said "I'm a janitor." it sounded like "Oh my genitals."
@@Rothchild-j5twasn't this song's lyrics about a janitor who got blamed for a nuclear meltdown?
@@Rothchild-j5t That's exactly it. Nothing more.
I never get tired of watching his video and her quirky smile at the end of the video is gold.
I love how she sings the line man the manipulator
dreamy
how the hell does she do that with her voice
Boom Boom Boom Boom
I like ‘oh your mother your father’ B52s meets Devo.
@@David-ud8mx she's goofing. Just try to make a silly voice and you've got it.
THIS is the stuff I loved about the 80's.
This is really a product of the early eighties, stemming from the late 70's. There was nothing like this by the late 80's.
@@michaeltnewyorknights8413 - I would agree. Most definitely EARLY 80's here. Where I was geographically, I wasn't really exposed much to the late 70's Post-Punk/New Wave stuff. My first exposure to it occurred in the early 80's. I'd agree that the landscape really shifted from early mid 80's onward.
@@michaeltnewyorknights8413 yeah, by the mid-80s it was all hard core and bland ass college rock
@@stephenaelkinsactor Same here. Small Town boy here from the eastern part of the US. My limited exposure to alt punk and new wave at this time would have been musical guests on Fridays, S.C.T.V. , Showtime (which would show a couple music videos between movies) , and some video show that was shown on our local TV channel, was not MTV, but never remember the name of the show. Yes, come 1984 the 80's were more mainstream and less underground it seemed.
She approaches music like a scientist. No emotion. Completely objective.
sort of a female ian curtis on stage
It's all relative...
@@Ezekiel336
*Everything's irrelative
@@JOHNTHEWHISK well said. I'm a scientist and music dork and my son is named Ian 🥼🧪
Oh my God I've been trying to remember this bands name for months. It suddenly appeared in my mind I'm so ha
Livin the dream
Best feeling ever lol
oh man Power of Youth got kidnapped or murdered right before typing that "ppy". (if it gets edited then this joke is totally meaningless you're welcome)
That's crazy! The exact same thing has just happened to me! After months of trying to remember and only having "Suburban" stuck in my head, suburban lawns just popped into my head and when i checked it on yt just now this video popped up! Win! 😃
Those Les Pauls have such a gorgeous tone.
I remember seeing this with my brother when we were 16, never thought we’d be able find it again; but he found it in five minute what took me almost six years lmao
is there more to this story
I'm the same age. Music was a journey in the 80s
Same here! just managed to remember their name after months of trying
Never gets old.
Never, ever, ever.
Quirky and catchy.....love it!
I am so intrigued by this band and in LOVE with Sue Tissue!!! Flying Saucer Safari is such a good one and Flavor Crystals is great too. I listened to her piano album too, pretty amazing
"Flavor Crystals" is a play on coffee commercials from that era (Folger's?).
@@tygertone No, Flavor Crystals was an actual thing and it was part of a chewing gum. You don't remember those commercials in the 80's? Folger's Crystals is what you're thinking of and it is unrelated.
@@em7dim9 i remember tons from the '80's, but not that! Thanks
@@tygertone Found it. It was actually Cinn-a-Burst gum if you remember that one. Cinnaburst with flavor crystals!
@@em7dim9 yes, but VERY foggy.....in the cobwebs of my mind! 🙄 Cool, I'll check out Cinnaburst here. Thanks
This is one of my favorite things
GLAD YOU LIKE IT MAN.
that's what i was about to say
Same!!!!
@@deadchaotic5918 cant find scene where she wearing in inflatible pants and this crazy antripriner told in finally " I told that she couldnt speak" maybe you help?
@@bagdadaladin8672 NO MAN,GOT NO CLUE.
This is a band that I wish I had a record of but they’re very rare
YES,FOR SURE.AND IF YOU FIND ONE.....HA HA!
@@deadchaotic5918 I have a clean copy with great playback :).
@@suzyjohnson4667 THAT'S REALLY NICE!!..WHY DON'T YOU UPLOAD IT?
It's being rereleased by Superior Viaduct. Preorders are live. It's a limited run, so get one now because they'll sell out.
@@suzyjohnson4667 they have it at Doc’s Records now finally got one
The whole song is bad ass but that guitar riff is slick as fuck!
Su must have been pretty resilient when you think about how they were opening for Black Flag and the Germs when the hardcore scene was at its peak.
saysummore
Punks actually respect academic scientists like Su Tissue.
I read that it was awful for her. One concert where every punk in the audience was taking turns spitting on her. She left the show covered in spit.....that's sad dude. I get man on man shit like that, don't hurt the ladies ffs. Speaking in retrospect, of course. I wasnt even born yet🤣
@@nathanieledwards7150maybe that's why that guy at the beginning was wearing a plastic poncho!?
@@-xirx- I didn't even think about that!!! Wow. That's quite intuitive of you. I thought he was just trying to be silly
Boom boom boom boom
HA! HA!..BOOM BOOM INDEED!
It's nice to confirm, at long last, that she was, in fact, saying "genitals".
What did you think she was singing?
It's pretty obvious.
No, she’s saying she’s a genitals janitor
I've known that for years. The song was written after Su Tissu was talking to some guy in a loud bar, and she asked him what he did for a living, and he said "im a janitor" and she thought he said "oh my genitals"
This video contains your daily recommended dose of awesome and is a part of this healthy breakfast.
Glad to see this clean version. Thanks.oh . And this is so beautiful .
This band is suggested to me by my friend who is a californian. Im listening this band sometimes. Im not even an American but i like californian spirit. I guess just californians know this band.
They were from Long Beach and were promoted at stations like KROQ in so cal. So yeah, most people from so cal knew of them. But they were also known in other states as they toured.
Favorite song of the year. Cant get enough. Fave live performance of the year
.....that Radio King Slingerland drumset And 1ply solid shell snare drum ugggg:)..... excellent musicians .... excellent musician on drumset
Thanks for posting! This is one of my favorite live performances ever. The band is tight and loose at the same time and Sue kills it!
Blowing this up and coming artist's mind. Every time I listen is the genesis of what might be
I saw the name of this band on a poster in the movie fast Times at Ridgemont high. So I went here. Love the Internet!
They don't mak'em like that anymore.....Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom...Janitor ! I love Sue Tissue(Sue Mclane) and I bought the CD. Still cool in 2021 !!
HAIL SUE TISSUE!
I have this album still! Never get tired of it!
Damn, an original press?
@@rodjerdankist1125 yes!
This was expertly edited together.
This kicks so much ass! KROQ 1981, Seal Beach pier.
KROQ 📻 FM, ROQ of the 80’S! Who else remembers that jingle?
The Poor Man was awesome!!!
@@illmsg77- I went to an event called a record rock 🎸 and swap in the late 80’s. The Poorman was there and he took his little boy 👦, the Poorbaby. The kid 🧒 ran all over the place, while his dad tried to catch him. It was hilarious 😆
Julio Caesar Alcaraz Cool! I used to live near Oh Those Donuts and he was always there too.
@@illmsg77a small world 🌎 and good times
I used to hear this o Rodney Bingenheimers radio show in Pasadena CA. #Boyhood.
This stupid song grew on me, now I like it.
Im so obsessed with this band and performance
So glad this has been re uploaded! ❤
I don’t understand what it is about this crazy song but I LOVE it. It has me signing it all day. Oh my genitals, cracks me up.
About everything being irrelative
Always have loved this song! It rocks!
Fantastic song!
It's good to see that one of the twins from Shining had a successful new wave career.
Good one 😆
0:43 love the boom boom boom boom . Very peter gabriel - solsbury hill
I haave a big crush on sue tissue
i love her
RIP...
@@PerspectiveEngineer what? did she pass away??
@@reptarDISCO More like MIA.
Hi everyone. I'm David.... I'm here because I too have a crush on miss tissue 🤧
Such a bummer the previous video was taken down, it had like million views
Best thing I ever heard.
I like music bands.
tremenda banda su calidad precision
Classic new wave/punk
Oh My gentials , Im a Janitor! Brilliant lyrics thtough out!
Anyone who's pushed a broom for a living can see this is exactly what janitorial service is like.
“i’m wearing this outfit to protect me from the sprinklers”
I'm wearing this sprinkler to protect me from this outfit.
What did he mean by that?
Maybe he means the "spitters", aka punk fans who liked to spit on stage at concerts around this time@@orlandosanchez8123
@@orlandosanchez8123 he might be talking about "spitters", aka punk fans that liked to spit onstage around this time?
he's the only bad thing about the video
i love this song so much
From the game to end this is the greatest perfect video for this specific type of band for the specific type of song...........
It's a beautiful natural phenomenon when sometimes the universe lines up to present something that is just so perfect that yours intended to see it the exact way you're looking at it now
What a bunch of word salad nonsense. lol
Deep
I was jamming on this album the year I went to prom.
They should make a movie about the suburban lawns
Most placid, fun singer, ever
Brilliant.
Me and Jeff use to play this in his gold Chevy Chevette in the 80s on our way to Laguna beach from Newport to hang at oak Street all day and body surf and get ready to go out that night, usually to a live gig or club. Best of times...
who’s jeff?
@@sashwap LOL! Guess I should have said my buddy Jeff who I met in 6th grade. We are both 56 now and still great friends. That Jeff :)
Im diggin this. The sound reminds me of really early Shonen Knife some how.. the burning farm album specifically.
Um, you’ve got that backwards.
@@JohnSmith-mh7ql indeed. Guess it's just cause I heard shonen knife before these guys lol
Hot af
Best Song ever...
got to love those music bands
Why does this video keep getting deleted?
For fuck sake💀
“Most exciting new music bands”
he said 'new music' as in new wave music
Love it!
I tought i saw it all ,huge mistake,this is great.
hello from HOLLYWOOD JOE
i luv su
Who's the cutie on the drums?!!!!!
JMP77🖤
if this taken again, please upload again and again
OK,DON'T WORRY!!
Sue tissue. Love thi group. Anyone know what she's doin?
She is a lawyer somewhere in America. It's possibly to do with real estate, but I can't remember what exactly.
oh yokoko lmao!!
My favorite song ever
Dat country western guitar lick iz DOPE 🎸
Weird in like the best way
This is great!
New wave!
i love music bands
hells to the yeah!
this is so fucking awesome
Just to explain that this is about: the guitarist wrote a song about science and he said it was full of bad science word play: "everything is irrelative" "man the manipulator". Separately, a man told Su he was a janitor and she heard "genitals" and put it together as a chorus. Guitarist liked the janitor line a lot because it broke up his weak world play with something much more.
Su at 2:30 is my favorite part of this song... favorite face of all faces, actually. Makes me happy everytime. Cutie patoooootie
HA HA!..AGREED..SHE HAD IT!
She's great here because of her intelligence and creativity, not because she's a 'cutie patootie'
So badass!!!
Truly amazing
❤️it
This song makes me wanna be a janitor.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
i like unable, and got to see em at Perkins Palace in Pasadena
最高！
Im crying
Yee
My granny used to sing this to me as I'd lay down to sleep.
Your generation is boring.
am a janitor to ,cheap hours long hours
I want to know who the host in the poncho is and where he is now. He probably has some great stories.
I was 16 and going to a Christian high school when this came out. Girls at our school dressed this way, and we guys actually liked it. The 1980s were honestly very conservative in some ways. But then you read the lyrics and you go "What in the world...?"
On the Chase longe on the chaise long on the long all day long on the chase long😂 -- WET LEG
Saya suka yang di bagian bom bom bom nya, ❤❤❤
Amazing
Miss you Nebula
o.m.g. was that peter ivers in the beginning
"Ahm a genitole."