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"The Coming of the Crow" is an instrumental track from The Residents' Commercial Album.
History[]
The song was written and recorded in 1980. It is a harsh sounding instrumental jam lasting only 1 minute. It is a collaboration between The Residents, Fred Frith & Chris Cutler, who are all credited with this track on the album 'Hell!'. Also playing on the track is Brian Eno (Synth), who was recording the album My Life In The Bush of Ghosts at the time with David Byrne.[1]
It was first performed live in 1985 when it was played as the intro to 'Eva's Warning' a jam based on Crow was also performed as the outro. This would continue to be performed until January of 1987. The song wouldn't be performed again until the 2005 Way We Were mini-tour where it was once again performed as the intro to Eva's Warning.
In 2024 psychofon records released an accompanying CD to the brand new Commercial Book. This CD contains the original radio ads played shortly before the albums released marking the world premiere of the songs. Every song was featured from this album including this one.
Music videos[]
Still from The Residents' music video from Commercial DVD, 2004
Two music videos for "The Coming of the Crow" were produced for The Residents' Commercial DVD in 2004; one by The Residents, and another by artist Jean-Michel Roux.
The Residents' video for the song features a naked computer-generated man overlapped with a video of flames, at the end of the video three CGI crows fly by.
Jean-Michel Roux's video features helicopter footage of a small island, at the end of the video, the camera pans to the sea, where we see a Resident.
Credits[]
1980 recording[]
- The Residents: Performance, Writing & Production
- Fred Frith: Guitar
- Chris Cutler: Percussion
- Brian Eno: Synthesizers
Other versions[]
- Snakefinger: Guitar (On 1985 - 1987 Live Versions)
- Carla Fabrizio: Performance (On 2005 Live Version)
- Nolan Cook: Performance: (On 2005 Live Version)
Radio ad announcer[]
It's time for the world premiere of the resident's commercial album. This is cut number thirty nine: “The Coming of the Crow”. The Residents are the world's most unusual and unique musical group, as this selection clearly shows. You've just heard a snatch from one of the 40 strange tunes found on the resident's commercial album. The Residents are on Ralph records. Demand it! At your local record store.
List of releases[]
- Commercial Album (1980) [Version 1]
- The Eyeball Show (Live In Japan) (1985) [Version 2]
- Hell! (1986) [Version 1]
- Live In The USA! 13th Anniversary Tour (1986) [Version 3]
- In Memoriam Torso (1994) [Version 1]
- The Commercial DVD (2004) [Version 1]
- The Way We Were (2005) [Version 4]
- 13th Anniversary Show - Ritz NY - Jan 16, 1986 (2010) [Version 5]
- 13th Anniversary Show - Cleveland (2014) [Version 6]
- Loss Of The Lizard Lady (2018) [Version 4]
- Commercial Album Radio Ads (2024) [Version 7]
List of versions[]
See also[]
- "Eva's Warning"
- Brian Eno
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Listen online[]
External links and references[]
- ↑ Commercial Album pREServed liner notes
