In this video we're checking out The Cardiacs. We have no idea what this band is about, so we're excited to learn. Enjoy! cynthiamartin.... gofund.me/5fa9... / hanierfamily
Perfect choice, in at the deep end with probably the "weirdest" thing they did as a promo video. This was many people's first exposure to them on national TV in the UK and it polarised thousands of people. Musically yes, every single note is planned and scored out to the nth degree, and they could happily repeat all their material live, the calibre of various musicians in this band over the years was astounding. Tim has been compared to Frank Zappa many times for many reasons, all positive. Please don't think all their material is like this though, they were constantly evolving. "Tarred And Feathered" is relatively early in their canon. Try some material from their 1996 album "Sing To God" next, The double-hit of "Bell Stinks/Bell Clinks", the epic fan favourite "Dirty Boy" or the single "Manhoo" are three very different takes on their later sound, it might start to make more sense then!
you are so brave even looking into this rabbit hole......i adore them and they became even better as they grew up......their MARES NEST live concert is EPIC
I think that you both get it. Us lot call ourselves Pondies. If you want context, regarding Pondies, watch "Maresnest". You see why we loved Tim Smith. An amazing musician and man ❤ Welcome to the pond ❤
So glad you reacted to this incredible band.Filmmaker and photographer Stephen Payne,who collaboraed with the band,making promo and live videos,said life is never quite the same once you discover cardiacs,he said you either get them or you don't,And if you don't,then that's fine too,but I hope you'll search out,and react to more.
Guys you should check out Cardiacs - Heaven Born And Ever Bright album.......it will give you a different perspective on their music!! An absolutely genius album!!
i am 58 , and i dont know how i didnt find them before . i am listening Frank Zappa, the most, but this is FZ of mine generation. there is many albums, with totaly amazing music.
@@frankie12100 I've heard it said that Cardiacs were blacklisted by the music industry, that's part of why. Like how they headlined one gig, and got *no press whatsoever* about it. The press talked about other groups there, but ignored Cardiacs completely. *However,* I don't have a good source for this.
Hearing The Cardiacs for the first time is much like Mike Tyson smacking you down with an overhand right, then pulling you back to your feet with a friendly wedgie. For another vaguely similar band, try, The Very Things, the place to start is probably, The Bushes Scream While My Daddy Prunes.
I miss the 80s. That was recorded live on air on a regional kid's TV show. It's depressing to think strange acts like this lot, Iggy Pop, Sigue Sigue Sputnik, Frank Sidebottom, Pop Will Eat Itself and Napalm Death would be given airtime on such shows when these days the kids are lucky to get the latest Taylor Swift video.
There seems to be a Devo-influence with this (and many were influenced by them). Newcomers to Cardiacs might also like ‘Is This The Life?’ (another interesting video as well).
Thinking the song was maybe how the 'me' sees as a 'tarred together' layer cake through the senses rather than an open holistic awareness of arisings and passings. Once you notice that this song gives great insight.
The first time I heard them. I hated it. It is only with repeated listening that this band and their magic get you hooked. They are the epitome of an "acquired taste". Listen to The Everso Closely Guarded Line, for me, one of their best songs.
I predicted this getting a reaction from the Haniers a few weeks ago. I just had a feeling somebody was going to request this one, and here it is. I feel like I'm watching footage of bodies coming to life and playing instruments at a nerd morgue.
I love that you didn't just shoot this down and acknowledged that it's too complex and 'out there' to digest in one sitting. They have a very fiercely loyal cult following for a reason 🙂
Ha ha, always makes me giggle that this tune is the first one these Reaction channels get to listen to of #Cardiacs . . . to be fair if you manage to stomach it then there is a treasure trove of delights to discover on what will become . . . your ultimate music quest
An epic Cardiacs track would be Dirty Boy, which has impressive almost choral vocal arrangements. Another belter with a helter skelter finale is Fiery Gun Hand.
"Time is of the essence. Should I put up some resistence? I'm cursed with the awareness of my own existence." Golden moment... Cynthia at 1:38 just looks over at Chris.... like, "WTF?" upon hearing the most existential lyrics ever committed to a rock record... (yes, 1000 x more so than The Cure's interpretation of Albert Camus' "The Stranger)
It is a strange music video and I appreciate your reactions to it. After all, that's what you do. So thank you showing and reacting to it. I first came across them years ago and found that they were, different, to say the least. but I think all genres should be given a chance. My other request (a few posts a go) was Alan Parsons Project : Old and Wise. Now this is a lovely song.. Absolutely nothing like this at all. Alan Parsons was the engineer on the 1973 Pink Floyd dark side of the moon album. His own band are very good in my opinion.
The Cardiacs are a hand grenade but try some later tracks. Interesting fact - rather than demos, head man Tim would send out sheet music to the band...
I would second Col Rhodes suggestion of 'Love is All' by Roger Glover and Guests. It's taken from the album 'The butterfly ball' There's a good quality video of it on TH-cam Here's the link.. th-cam.com/video/BR6pYICqZT0/w-d-xo.html
Por que justificáis esta canción con el consumo de drogas?,un poco de respeto.No podéis prejuzgar a esta banda sin tener conocimiento.Música difícil para gente muy escuchada,salud!
@@GutsGrizzle Sorry. I (Chris) was in junior high English class when I first heard that song. We were doing poetry, and our English teacher loved that song as a girl. I guess it spoke to her. We've loved that song for many a year.
If you want to try sombre Cardiacs (of which there's not that much), you might like *Stone Age Dinosaurs* th-cam.com/video/NENPBNu-hVE/w-d-xo.html (Steven Wilson has covered this, and beautifully.)
A very different band, featuring three members you might recognize from that cast, is *The Sea Nymphs* . You might like their *Sea Snake Beware* th-cam.com/video/QrH2UKcGOGU/w-d-xo.html - which will give an incomplete but hopefully informative picture of what they're all about.
Another band, featuring one member of that cast that might have some songs you like (there's a great variety) is the bound now known as *Spratley's Rats* (because someone convinced them the original name might hurt someone's feelings - which was not their intention). The song *Vine* should be fun. th-cam.com/video/DqFl_oMuTRI/w-d-xo.html
They have a madrigal too. (Well *mr Brown* - the one from Belgium, not that other one - gave it to them. It's his interpretation of the corporate hymn of the Alphabet Business Concern. th-cam.com/video/s7PqxWBH2OA/w-d-xo.html )
I suppose I would be remiss if I didn't offer a sample of something more "punk" of theirs. *Icky Qualms* is as good a representative of that kind of song of theirs as any. th-cam.com/video/g2Cam5dH0mo/w-d-xo.html
This reaction video was kind of useless to me. If you didn´t understand the music and the point, why to make this video at all? You better think, what you want to say with your videos.
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Greatest band ever.
Without any doubt. Tim was a genius.
…on land and in the sea.
I cannot watch this video without tearing up. RIP both Tims and may long life bless the rest of the band and all who sailed in her.
Perfect choice, in at the deep end with probably the "weirdest" thing they did as a promo video. This was many people's first exposure to them on national TV in the UK and it polarised thousands of people. Musically yes, every single note is planned and scored out to the nth degree, and they could happily repeat all their material live, the calibre of various musicians in this band over the years was astounding. Tim has been compared to Frank Zappa many times for many reasons, all positive. Please don't think all their material is like this though, they were constantly evolving. "Tarred And Feathered" is relatively early in their canon. Try some material from their 1996 album "Sing To God" next, The double-hit of "Bell Stinks/Bell Clinks", the epic fan favourite "Dirty Boy" or the single "Manhoo" are three very different takes on their later sound, it might start to make more sense then!
you are so brave even looking into this rabbit hole......i adore them and they became even better as they grew up......their MARES NEST live concert is EPIC
I must advise caution, Cardiacs can seriously blow your mind. We miss you Tim xxx
Miss you both Tims
Saw 'em twice in the '90s on acid and E,was fun as f*CK!🏴
An extraordinary band.
Greatest band ever
Without a doubt. Cardiacs is a way of life.
I recently discovered this band. I like what I’ve heard. Worth a deeper dive.
Possibly.
DIVE!
Quite right. Fill yer boots.
I think that you both get it.
Us lot call ourselves Pondies.
If you want context, regarding Pondies, watch "Maresnest".
You see why we loved Tim Smith.
An amazing musician and man ❤
Welcome to the pond ❤
So glad you reacted to this incredible band.Filmmaker and photographer Stephen Payne,who collaboraed with the band,making promo and live videos,said life is never quite the same once you discover cardiacs,he said you either get them or you don't,And if you don't,then that's fine too,but I hope you'll search out,and react to more.
Guys you should check out Cardiacs - Heaven Born And Ever Bright album.......it will give you a different perspective on their music!!
An absolutely genius album!!
A stunning album.
🤣 🤣 🤣, Hadn't heard them before ! Who doesn't love a bit of craziness ? Personally i love it, will searching for more of their stuff 😅
i am 58 , and i dont know how i didnt find them before . i am listening Frank Zappa, the most, but this is FZ of mine generation. there is many albums, with totaly amazing music.
@@frankie12100 I've heard it said that Cardiacs were blacklisted by the music industry, that's part of why. Like how they headlined one gig, and got *no press whatsoever* about it. The press talked about other groups there, but ignored Cardiacs completely. *However,* I don't have a good source for this.
Cardiacs song Is This The Life ? Is a great one as is their version of the Kinks song Susannah's Still Alive
Cardiacs are magnificent. ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENT. May I suggest you also try Papal Visit by The Fall and Up On Mars by Hasil Adkins.
Hearing The Cardiacs for the first time is much like Mike Tyson smacking you down with an overhand right, then pulling you back to your feet with a friendly wedgie.
For another vaguely similar band, try, The Very Things, the place to start is probably, The Bushes Scream While My Daddy Prunes.
LOL Interesting analogy!
Love Cardiacs!
Without doubt the most wonderful band I ever had the pleasure to see live.
Dirty Boy. It is what I first had played for me, and I was hooked.
th-cam.com/video/d-dd4fMUhAY/w-d-xo.html
The Cardiacs are like Blue Cheese...and Zappa.
I miss the 80s. That was recorded live on air on a regional kid's TV show. It's depressing to think strange acts like this lot, Iggy Pop, Sigue Sigue Sputnik, Frank Sidebottom, Pop Will Eat Itself and Napalm Death would be given airtime on such shows when these days the kids are lucky to get the latest Taylor Swift video.
"lucky"? 🤣
Not THE Cardiacs. Just Cardiacs. Best band ever.
Glad there is a proper video of the song..... Oh yes, it was MY RECORDING from The Tube and someone added a stereo soundtrack.
Best band of all time
There seems to be a Devo-influence with this (and many were influenced by them).
Newcomers to Cardiacs might also like ‘Is This The Life?’ (another interesting video as well).
Devo, I can confirm.
A slice of absolute Britsh excellence, do listen again and again.
Thinking the song was maybe how the 'me' sees as a 'tarred together' layer cake through the senses rather than an open holistic awareness of arisings and passings. Once you notice that this song gives great insight.
The first time I heard them. I hated it. It is only with repeated listening that this band and their magic get you hooked. They are the epitome of an "acquired taste". Listen to The Everso Closely Guarded Line, for me, one of their best songs.
Definitely my fav tune by them along with Dirty Boy
Tim Smith forever ❤️
I predicted this getting a reaction from the Haniers a few weeks ago. I just had a feeling somebody was going to request this one, and here it is.
I feel like I'm watching footage of bodies coming to life and playing instruments at a nerd morgue.
I love that you didn't just shoot this down and acknowledged that it's too complex and 'out there' to digest in one sitting. They have a very fiercely loyal cult following for a reason 🙂
LAUDATION
it's cardiacs...
Ha ha, always makes me giggle that this tune is the first one these Reaction channels get to listen to of #Cardiacs . . . to be fair if you manage to stomach it then there is a treasure trove of delights to discover on what will become . . . your ultimate music quest
Interesting fact: The boy at the end of the clip is the same boy from the Madonna video ''Open Your Heart''.
Check out Visiting Hours.
An epic Cardiacs track would be Dirty Boy, which has impressive almost choral vocal arrangements. Another belter with a helter skelter finale is Fiery Gun Hand.
The greatest band of all time.
"Time is of the essence. Should I put up some resistence? I'm cursed with the awareness of my own existence." Golden moment... Cynthia at 1:38 just looks over at Chris.... like, "WTF?" upon hearing the most existential lyrics ever committed to a rock record... (yes, 1000 x more so than The Cure's interpretation of Albert Camus' "The Stranger)
So sad about the two Tims. Nothing comes close to Cardiacs.
I think she gets it. I think he doesn't :D
Lose the The, it ain'nt meant to be there.
A bit of a mismatch I believe...
Try RES by Cardiacs. They are just Cardiacs not The Cardiacs. The clip is from a show called The Tube on Channel 4.
Cardiacs BIG SHIPS and IS THIS THE LIFE
It is a strange music video and I appreciate your reactions to it. After all, that's what you do.
So thank you showing and reacting to it.
I first came across them years ago and found that they were, different, to say the least. but I think all genres should be given a chance.
My other request (a few posts a go) was Alan Parsons Project : Old and Wise. Now this is a lovely song.. Absolutely nothing like this at all.
Alan Parsons was the engineer on the 1973 Pink Floyd dark side of the moon album.
His own band are very good in my opinion.
The Cardiacs are a hand grenade but try some later tracks.
Interesting fact - rather than demos, head man Tim would send out sheet music to the band...
Her eyes at 01:30 🤣
lol, 2 mins in and he moves the mouse to find out what's left of the song...
Also, check out Tim Smith's solo stuff - it's magical ❤️
You are listening to great musicians Tim is no longer here a true composer of the 20th centuary
Start your cardiac life long journey with: is this the life, then nurses singing verses, and then big ship. Not here. xxxx
What on Earth was that? 🤣🤣🤣
Another suggestion is Love is all, from The butterfly ball
th-cam.com/video/BR6pYICqZT0/w-d-xo.html would be the best quality video of this
@@GutsGrizzle That's amazing, thanks Mr Guts
How about Justin Hayward and John Lodge.. Blue Jay's song 'I dreamed last night'
th-cam.com/video/cWUFejrYJMk/w-d-xo.html
@@GutsGrizzle excellent choice 👌
@@colrhodes377 you can take a look at some of my likes at my TH-cam page...
youtube.com/@GutsGrizzle
I don't think they got Cardiacs,not for everyone. But I don't like Springsteen!🏴
I would second Col Rhodes suggestion of 'Love is All' by Roger Glover and Guests.
It's taken from the album 'The butterfly ball'
There's a good quality video of it on TH-cam
Here's the link..
th-cam.com/video/BR6pYICqZT0/w-d-xo.html
Por que justificáis esta canción con el consumo de drogas?,un poco de respeto.No podéis prejuzgar a esta banda sin tener conocimiento.Música difícil para gente muy escuchada,salud!
Culture shock, great to see.
Please guys do Human League - (Keep Feeling) Fascination
That is a very well-known song in our home.
@@hanierfamily How about Janis Ian with her hit 'At Seventeen' what a great song.
th-cam.com/video/luQN_R6llwM/w-d-xo.html
@@GutsGrizzle Sorry. I (Chris) was in junior high English class when I first heard that song. We were doing poetry, and our English teacher loved that song as a girl. I guess it spoke to her. We've loved that song for many a year.
If you want to try sombre Cardiacs (of which there's not that much), you might like *Stone Age Dinosaurs* th-cam.com/video/NENPBNu-hVE/w-d-xo.html
(Steven Wilson has covered this, and beautifully.)
A very different band, featuring three members you might recognize from that cast, is *The Sea Nymphs* . You might like their *Sea Snake Beware* th-cam.com/video/QrH2UKcGOGU/w-d-xo.html - which will give an incomplete but hopefully informative picture of what they're all about.
Another band, featuring one member of that cast that might have some songs you like (there's a great variety) is the bound now known as *Spratley's Rats* (because someone convinced them the original name might hurt someone's feelings - which was not their intention). The song *Vine* should be fun. th-cam.com/video/DqFl_oMuTRI/w-d-xo.html
*Tim Smith's* solo album was different yet again. Here's the strange, sad, *Swimming With the Snake* th-cam.com/video/XDL7I8uSdx0/w-d-xo.html
They have a madrigal too.
(Well *mr Brown* - the one from Belgium, not that other one - gave it to them. It's his interpretation of the corporate hymn of the Alphabet Business Concern. th-cam.com/video/s7PqxWBH2OA/w-d-xo.html )
I suppose I would be remiss if I didn't offer a sample of something more "punk" of theirs. *Icky Qualms* is as good a representative of that kind of song of theirs as any. th-cam.com/video/g2Cam5dH0mo/w-d-xo.html
This reaction video was kind of useless to me. If you didn´t understand the music and the point, why to make this video at all? You better think, what you want to say with your videos.
They are brilliant…Frank Zappa meets Madness meets the Cardigans.
RIP Timmy and Tim Quy! Best band ever INNIT. Sing To God is a must. Dirty Boy.
"Is the knowlege of my own existence real?" Cardiacs: Why The Nerd Circus (musically literate) Love Them... th-cam.com/video/gFKg09GBFQE/w-d-xo.html