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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.

Music videos[]

Crow

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[]

Other versions[]

List of releases[]

List of versions[]

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  2. 1985 Live Version (1:48)
  3. 1986 Live 'USA' Version (1:41)
  4. 4.0 4.1 2005 Live Version (1:24)
  5. 1986 Live 'Ritz' Version (0:56)
  6. 1986 Live 'Cleveland' Version (1:08)

See also[]

Buy Or Die![]

Listen online[]

External links and references[]

  1. Commercial Album pREServed liner notes
CommercialHead Commercial Album
(1980)

Side A:
"Easter Woman" · "Perfect Love" · "Picnic Boy" · "End of Home" · "Amber" · "Japanese Watercolor" · "Secrets"
"Die in Terror" · "Red Rider" · "My Second Wife" · "Floyd " · "Suburban Bathers" · "Dimples and Toes" · "The Nameless Souls"
"Love Leaks Out" · "Act of Being Polite" · "Medicine Man" · "Tragic Bells" · "Loss of Innocence" · "The Simple Song"

Side B:
"Ups and Downs" · "Possessions" · "Give It to Someone Else" · "Phantom" · "Less Not More" · "My Work Is So Behind" · "Birds in the Trees"
"Handful of Desire" · "Moisture" · "Love Is..." · "Troubled Man" · "La La" · "Loneliness" · "Nice Old Man"
"The Talk of Creatures" · "Fingertips" · "In Between Dreams" · "Margaret Freeman" · "The Coming of the Crow" · "When We Were Young"

Personnel
The Residents · Fred Frith · Snakefinger · Don Jackovich · Chris Cutler
Sandy Sandwich · Mud's Sis · Nessie Lessons · Lene Lovich · David Byrne · Brian Eno

Related works
"Electronic Elaborate Waste" · "Kraftwerk" · "Cosmetics For Reality" · "Rosco's Righteous Rodent" · "Pretty Baby" · "Tuxedos"
"No Longer Unused" · "Instant Hostility" · "Elevator Lady" · "One Minute Movies" · Commercial Single ("Shut Up Shut Up" / "And I Was Alone") · "Boy In Love" · Minatures ("We're A Happy Family") · "Talkin' in the Town" · "Womb To Worm" · Greener Postures · "Theme For An American TV Show" · Ralph Radio Special · "Commercial Suite" · Commercial DVD · Commercial Album by The 180 Gs · The Commercial Single Commercials (In Mono) · Commercial Book (Commercial Album Radio Ads)

Related articles
Ralph Records · The Cryptic Corporation · Grove St. studio · Poor No Graphics · Buy Or Die 1980½ · Diskomo/Goosebump‏‏‎

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