I saw these guys at the Cleveland Agora shortly before I was sent to Iraq. I was a medic. At one point in the show they asked if anyone in the audience had any medical experience. Apparently, I was the only one so I got shuffled back stage and tried to help a crew member with a broken ankle and no health insurance. I iced it and wrapped it and told her she needed to go to a net or urgent care. They gave me free merch for my contribution. I asked the singer dad to sign my chest. The drummer daughter said, “you’re weird, mister”. It was such a fun night. Month or so later I was in Iraq, fighting in hell. I would play the cd all the time and annoy the hell out of anyone around me but it made me feel safe and reminded me of happier times.
I saw this when it first aired and never forgot it; something so poignant about those old slides, mixed with the incongruence of the comic lyrics and the family dynamic of the 'band'. I have mentioned it to people over the years and tried to describe why it left an impression on me, but to no avail. It was too ephemeral to define. One of those things born of the confluence of where I was in my life at the time and the witnessing of things either passed or soon to pass...a strange alchemy indeed.
I also watched it when it first aired and it left the same kind of impression on me. None of my friends could understand why I liked their act so much.
I was also struck by what a potent combination it all was and how fleeting it was likely to be. I had a chance to see them during this period but it was during the winter and a snowstorm made it impossible for them to make the show. I never had another opportunity and dee;ply regret it.
Man you said it so well. It took me a few years to find this video and see your comment. You describe it the same way I would. It took me a few years to find this vid and I have no idea why it left such and impression on me. Must have just hit me at the right time in the right place. I still whistle the tune to myself often. A memory of better times from a memory of better times I guess.
You perfectly have captured my feelings on this timeless track. It gives me the feels every time. And as I return to this track 20 years or so older it’s becomes more poignant.
Rachel (the drummer / backup singer) does some acting in recent years --- here she is as the drummer in the short film, "The Privates" ruclips.net/video/vWepmJcqyF4/видео.html
I never saw this! Thanks for posting. So da#@ creative. Rachel is so much older now,😞 or 😄 , depending on how you look at it. I don't know what they got, but they got it...had it!lol. Hypnotizing and thought provoking.
Nope. I was their best friend / tour opener for years, and they were an amazing family trio, but Dad Jason lost every band vote cuz the two gals, Mom Tina & Daughter Rachel would vote together against him, ha ha. Jason is your neurotica jew Woody Allen-type, who would have to argue with the gals over spending money and using air conditioners etc. (They're very liberal and political.) I was so jealous of their family band! Touring the world as a family who have fun and entertain every night and no real drama behind the scenes. Tina & Rachel had NONE of the problems most Female Entertainers have, re insecurity or craziness. Touring the world with them was as awesome as life could ever be. And they may have been the greatest Family ever. (Rachel was home-schooled, so they were a perfect liberal family of odd artists and musicians.) It lasted 8 years before they drove it off a cliff via Normal Human Hubris. Daughter Rachel created an amazing girl uke trio called SUPERCUTE! (look up "Candy City" for starters) but she ruined that band via ambition. (She fired one member to replace her with the daughter of a dude in Guns N Roses, to try and climb the ladder more.DIdn't work.) Jason & Tina DID end up stealing Rachel's entire $6,000 life savings (!!) -- that was the only awful thing they ever did to Rachel. (I was like the 4th member of the family, and spent 24 hours with them for years!) I miss them all every single day. Touring the world with them was always awesome fun!
@@farpointstation it's one of the craziest stories of all time (and it's still impossible 12 years later!), but it's too long and insane to recount here. It was even more inexplicable cuz Tina, Rachel & I were like the Three Muskateers --- we had this really unique symbiosis and we never ever had any fights etc in all the years touring the world together, 24 hours a day! (It's impossible to find artists or musicians who are TOTALLY LEVEL-HEADED and reasonable always! Even harder if they're females!) THE FIRST CRACK was when Rachel and I plotted to SMASH Emperor Bloomturd in PUBLIC hearings at City Hall. (Any one could sign up to speak for 3 minutes to the City Council to speak out for or against Bloomturd's efforts to overthrow term limits (!!), but I was banned from City Hall for being a prankster and troublemaker, so I asked Rachel if she would go and read my 3 minute speech and she agreed.) Our plan worked perfectly and Rachel stole the show and was in all the NYC MSM as a hero who kicked EMperor ass like no other people testifying over 2 days did! The 14 year old Rock Drummer giril with Red Ribbon in her hair.....beating the SHIT outta the naked emperor! EVERYONE loved it but Bloomturd! PART TWO was a week later, and Rachel was going to read another 3 minute speech I'd write that was even MORE vicious than the prior one....but this time she'd be FACE TO FACE vs the Naked Emperor!! THE PRESS WAS GONNA GO GA-GA FOR THIS VISUAL showdown!! And then, Dad Jason & Mom Tina SECRETLY swapped out my very SPECIFIC and career-ending-for-Bloomturd speech for a VAGUE bunch of empty platitudes that every other speaker said in their testimony! And Rachel didn't even tip me off in a text. We were going to LOSE Bloomberg the election with just one more 3-minute testimony by rachel! And her liberal parents BOTCHED IT and GOP Bloomturd stole a 3rd term and permanently destroyed NYC forever! (BLoomberg is far more evil than society knows. EX: he was the #1 funder of the NY GOP and national GOP for a while! He funded ANTI-gay campaigns, etc etc. He's a super-nazi.) THAT BROKE OUR 'SHIP IN A WAY that could never be repaired. This was life and death shit! Plus the dishonesty of it! (Had they told me they wanted to use their OWN Script, I'd have gotten ANOTHER performer friend to go down and be an MSM Hero overnight!) Rachel and I stayed friends a bit longer, and we were supposed to do a new band called the MUNCHIES (Monkees meets Archies?!), and all the songs were about food and our names were too. (I was PETER BUTTER, and Rach's name was PAM SANDWICH, and Julia's name was LIZA ANYA [ugh!]!) but one day Rachel just ghosted me, her best friend (her words)! To this day, all plead the 5th when our umpteen mutual friends or I ask them ANY questions about any of it! I miss them every day. We were like super-best-friends.
be more specific! I toured the world with them for 8 years, and they were always LOW-MAINTENANCE, and the two gals were never crazy like 99% of female artists and performers. Sometimes Jason could be a bit neurotic. But they were awesome always, and I spent 24 hours a day with them for years. Even in stressful situations they were fun and funny. Tragic they drove the band off a cliff.
Which people? "Jean and Cathy" were almost certainly not named Jean and Cathy. In fact, they're writing songs about people who never actually existed. They're an image an actor, a random face in a caption contest, a cut out in a collage. A picture of you is not you. They don't know these people to such an extreme that all they are judging is the fictional stars of the song. True insults are personal. Any slights are directed at pictures, not the people in them.
I think the concept is fantastic: imagine some family band writes SONGS ABOUT YOU after you die of old age.....based solely on what photos you took! And those were the REAL NAMES, cuz they got them off the backs of photos etc. Jason's songs were random and funny, and sometimes he'd inject his left wing politics, which was nice too.
I saw these guys at the Cleveland Agora shortly before I was sent to Iraq. I was a medic. At one point in the show they asked if anyone in the audience had any medical experience. Apparently, I was the only one so I got shuffled back stage and tried to help a crew member with a broken ankle and no health insurance. I iced it and wrapped it and told her she needed to go to a net or urgent care. They gave me free merch for my contribution. I asked the singer dad to sign my chest. The drummer daughter said, “you’re weird, mister”. It was such a fun night. Month or so later I was in Iraq, fighting in hell. I would play the cd all the time and annoy the hell out of anyone around me but it made me feel safe and reminded me of happier times.
I saw this when it first aired and never forgot it; something so poignant about those old slides, mixed with the incongruence of the comic lyrics and the family dynamic of the 'band'. I have mentioned it to people over the years and tried to describe why it left an impression on me, but to no avail. It was too ephemeral to define. One of those things born of the confluence of where I was in my life at the time and the witnessing of things either passed or soon to pass...a strange alchemy indeed.
its how we all want to be remembered
I also watched it when it first aired and it left the same kind of impression on me. None of my friends could understand why I liked their act so much.
I was also struck by what a potent combination it all was and how fleeting it was likely to be. I had a chance to see them during this period but it was during the winter and a snowstorm made it impossible for them to make the show. I never had another opportunity and dee;ply regret it.
Man you said it so well. It took me a few years to find this video and see your comment. You describe it the same way I would. It took me a few years to find this vid and I have no idea why it left such and impression on me. Must have just hit me at the right time in the right place. I still whistle the tune to myself often. A memory of better times from a memory of better times I guess.
You perfectly have captured my feelings on this timeless track. It gives me the feels every time. And as I return to this track 20 years or so older it’s becomes more poignant.
Look at me! I saw this live 1st time! This band is seriously 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
I saw these guys in Bristol, UK with Kid Carpet. Very fun show.
Found them from reading David cross’s book from like 17 years ago lol
I saw this live🔥🔥🔥🔥 thx for uploading
I want to hate this so much but i cant. I have no idea how i remembered this from my first seeing it on air. But thank you.
Rachel (the drummer / backup singer) does some acting in recent years --- here she is as the drummer in the short film, "The Privates"
ruclips.net/video/vWepmJcqyF4/видео.html
I never saw this! Thanks for posting. So da#@ creative. Rachel is so much older now,😞 or 😄 , depending on how you look at it. I don't know what they got, but they got it...had it!lol. Hypnotizing and thought provoking.
Amazing!
they view the phenomenom of Facebook waay before it happened!
Wasnt there a controversy surrounding the Dad in this band being abusive towards his wife and their kid?
Nope.
I was their best friend / tour opener for years, and they were an amazing family trio, but Dad Jason lost every band vote cuz the two gals, Mom Tina & Daughter Rachel would vote together against him, ha ha.
Jason is your neurotica jew Woody Allen-type, who would have to argue with the gals over spending money and using air conditioners etc. (They're very liberal and political.)
I was so jealous of their family band! Touring the world as a family who have fun and entertain every night and no real drama behind the scenes. Tina & Rachel had NONE of the problems most Female Entertainers have, re insecurity or craziness. Touring the world with them was as awesome as life could ever be. And they may have been the greatest Family ever. (Rachel was home-schooled, so they were a perfect liberal family of odd artists and musicians.)
It lasted 8 years before they drove it off a cliff via Normal Human Hubris.
Daughter Rachel created an amazing girl uke trio called SUPERCUTE! (look up "Candy City" for starters) but she ruined that band via ambition. (She fired one member to replace her with the daughter of a dude in Guns N Roses, to try and climb the ladder more.DIdn't work.)
Jason & Tina DID end up stealing Rachel's entire $6,000 life savings (!!) -- that was the only awful thing they ever did to Rachel. (I was like the 4th member of the family, and spent 24 hours with them for years!)
I miss them all every single day. Touring the world with them was always awesome fun!
@@jonbongjovi1869 Why aren't you friends anymore?
@@farpointstation it's one of the craziest stories of all time (and it's still impossible 12 years later!), but it's too long and insane to recount here.
It was even more inexplicable cuz Tina, Rachel & I were like the Three Muskateers --- we had this really unique symbiosis and we never ever had any fights etc in all the years touring the world together, 24 hours a day!
(It's impossible to find artists or musicians who are TOTALLY LEVEL-HEADED and reasonable always! Even harder if they're females!)
THE FIRST CRACK was when Rachel and I plotted to SMASH Emperor Bloomturd in PUBLIC hearings at City Hall. (Any one could sign up to speak for 3 minutes to the City Council to speak out for or against Bloomturd's efforts to overthrow term limits (!!), but I was banned from City Hall for being a prankster and troublemaker, so I asked Rachel if she would go and read my 3 minute speech and she agreed.) Our plan worked perfectly and Rachel stole the show and was in all the NYC MSM as a hero who kicked EMperor ass like no other people testifying over 2 days did! The 14 year old Rock Drummer giril with Red Ribbon in her hair.....beating the SHIT outta the naked emperor! EVERYONE loved it but Bloomturd!
PART TWO was a week later, and Rachel was going to read another 3 minute speech I'd write that was even MORE vicious than the prior one....but this time she'd be FACE TO FACE vs the Naked Emperor!! THE PRESS WAS GONNA GO GA-GA FOR THIS VISUAL showdown!!
And then, Dad Jason & Mom Tina SECRETLY swapped out my very SPECIFIC and career-ending-for-Bloomturd speech for a VAGUE bunch of empty platitudes that every other speaker said in their testimony! And Rachel didn't even tip me off in a text. We were going to LOSE Bloomberg the election with just one more 3-minute testimony by rachel! And her liberal parents BOTCHED IT and GOP Bloomturd stole a 3rd term and permanently destroyed NYC forever!
(BLoomberg is far more evil than society knows. EX: he was the #1 funder of the NY GOP and national GOP for a while! He funded ANTI-gay campaigns, etc etc. He's a super-nazi.)
THAT BROKE OUR 'SHIP IN A WAY that could never be repaired. This was life and death shit!
Plus the dishonesty of it!
(Had they told me they wanted to use their OWN Script, I'd have gotten ANOTHER performer friend to go down and be an MSM Hero overnight!)
Rachel and I stayed friends a bit longer, and we were supposed to do a new band called the MUNCHIES (Monkees meets Archies?!), and all the songs were about food and our names were too. (I was PETER BUTTER, and Rach's name was PAM SANDWICH, and Julia's name was LIZA ANYA [ugh!]!) but one day Rachel just ghosted me, her best friend (her words)!
To this day, all plead the 5th when our umpteen mutual friends or I ask them ANY questions about any of it!
I miss them every day. We were like super-best-friends.
@@jonbongjovi1869we’re you the crew member I helped with a busted ankle at the Cleveland agora in like… 2003?
Galapagos on Tuesday's.
The best nights at Galapagos.
One of the greatest performances ever on TV. If you don't get it or appreciate it, please - just go back to watching the Kardashians.
I love it. It's certainly unique, which is exactly why I love it.
lol takin the high road on the kardashians there?
Fantastic!!! Grandpa Milton has plenty to kvell about!!!
Is that David Cross or Fred Armisen?
Jason usually got "RICK MORANIS!!" which he hated.
@@jonbongjovi1869 RM and Woody Allen (sans the creepy part).
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Jemaine Clement
Booked this band once. They were awful to deal with.
What did they do that was awful?
Please answer us D:
Lolol Why??
be more specific!
I toured the world with them for 8 years, and they were always LOW-MAINTENANCE, and the two gals were never crazy like 99% of female artists and performers. Sometimes Jason could be a bit neurotic.
But they were awesome always, and I spent 24 hours a day with them for years. Even in stressful situations they were fun and funny. Tragic they drove the band off a cliff.
Which people? "Jean and Cathy" were almost certainly not named Jean and Cathy. In fact, they're writing songs about people who never actually existed. They're an image an actor, a random face in a caption contest, a cut out in a collage.
A picture of you is not you. They don't know these people to such an extreme that all they are judging is the fictional stars of the song. True insults are personal. Any slights are directed at pictures, not the people in them.
I think the concept is fantastic: imagine some family band writes SONGS ABOUT YOU after you die of old age.....based solely on what photos you took!
And those were the REAL NAMES, cuz they got them off the backs of photos etc.
Jason's songs were random and funny, and sometimes he'd inject his left wing politics, which was nice too.