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"Die In Terror" is a song by The Residents, recorded for their Commercial Album, released in 1980 on Ralph Records.
History[]
"Die in Terror" was written and recorded in 1980, it is one minute long. The song's narrator speaks of a woman he once knew, who "said she wished to die in terror". He wonders where she went, and if she in fact died in terror.
In 1982 the song was rehearsed for a 10th anniversary greatest hits live show that would eventually become The Mole Show.
From 1985 to 1986 the song was performed as part of The 13th Anniversary Show.
The final re-arrangement of the song came in 2005, for The Way We Were live show.
Music videos[]
Two music videos for "Die in Terror" were produced for the DVD release Commercial DVD in 2004. The first, directed by The Residents, features a hand feeling a knife, which pulls away to reveal an eye, with more eyes hidden beneath it, that start to move anti clockwise. A pair of eyes appears and begins to spin. The eyes spin onto a CGI face with curly hair, which rapidly ages, the head disappears, and the eyes spin onto a heart.

Still from Incorect's 2004 music video of the song
Artist Incorect created the second video for the song, featuring silhouetted cartoons of The Residents walking through an ice cave. A strange creature appears, and begins to drum out the beat of the song. Another creature appears, with a cube head and a top hat, as well as a bat. The cube-headed creature sings the lyrics while the bat mouths to the song's synthesizer. Afterwards, the cube-headed creature walks off stage.
Lyrics[]
She said she wished to die in terror Screaming in the night To feel the crawling flesh of panic As her hair turned white
She also had a pretty little See-through negligee I often wonder where she went And if she got her way[1]
List of releases[]
- Commercial Album (1980) [Version 1]
- Assorted Secrets (1984) [Version 2]
- Hell! (1986) [Version 1]
- The Eyeball Show (Live In Japan) (1986) [Version 3]
- Live In The USA! 13th Anniversary Tour (1986) [Version 4]
- Liver Music (1990) [Version 5]
- Stranger Than Supper (1990) [Version 6]
- In Memoriam Torso (1994) [Version 1]
- Commercial DVD (2004) [Version 1]
- The Way We Were (2005) [Version 7]
- 13th Anniversary Show - Ritz NY - Jan 16, 1986 (2010) [Version 8]
- The 13th Anniversary Show - Cleveland (2014) [Version 9]
- Commercial Album pREServed edition (2019) [Version 1][Version 2][Version 4]
List of versions[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1980 Version (1:00)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 1982 Rehearsal Version (2:17)
- ↑ 1985 Live Version (1:00)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 1986 Live USA Version (1:26)
- ↑ 1985 Rehearsal Version (1:22)
- ↑ 1987 Live Version (1:12)
- ↑ 2005 Live Version (0:59)
- ↑ 1986 Ritz Live Version (1:21)
- ↑ 1986 Live Cleveland Version (1:25)
See also[]
External links and references[]
- Commercial Album at The Residents Historical
- Commercial Album at RZWeb (archived via archive.org)
- Commercial Album on Discogs
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