I made some anarchist music out of my house impromtu and members are Negativland are putting it on their next record...because it was crazy and whimsical...they are funny people.
Oh God still crying about the Free album - considering probably every person there is got free music somewhere I find it hilarious 😂 There's some good songs on it but .. have a great day 😊
U2 and their label Island Records didn't want you to hear it. They Sued the shit out of SST and hurt them forever with their lawsuit. So much for fair comment, freedom of speech etc.
Casey Kasem and his lawyers were the ones who didn't want this to come out. He sued everyone responsible first. Island and SST records then kicked the bucket directly onto negativland who fought them tooth and nail but didn't have the resources to defend themselves. The record was pulled off the shelves in less than 14 days from release and the masters were surrendered to Island records who subsequently destroyed them. After the masters were obtained, U2, but principally The Edge, said they supported negativland although they asked that the cover art had to be changed because people would think it was a U2 record. Casey Kasem continued to prevent this record from being released up until his death. He was a huge freedom of speech hypocrite. A music biz dinosaur who destroyed the artistic integrity of a modern American pioneer band. I hope he's rotting somewhere.
yeah, not, ur fulla shit.. they dropped the suit after a bit and GG of sst dick fame sued his label artists for expenses(damages) incurred.. it was not a fortune, research and shut up, miss information.. next, you're gonna tell me that black flag should be locked up so tight only Greg's lame ass could shit it out for a 30yr celebration, or maybe an induction into the rock n droll hall of fame.. read Keith Morris' bio and see what he has to say about GG.. and Keith is a chill and thoughtful professional, has been for decades and is not one to talk shit for the fun of it.. just sayin.. do not respond, it won't matter anyhow and i don't want to h8 u2.. @@maximilian333
This record is why I got on the Internet. I was already on BBSs and etc. and was starting to do freelance software design jobs and taking care of a baby at home, so...by the time I read about the record in one of the alternapapers, you already couldn't get it. And...you know, you have kids, you lose most of your geek buddies for a while at least. So I didn't have anybody offhand I could call about a tape or whatever. And then I found out you could download WAV files of the record off the Internet, so...that's when I got on the Internet. And that's pretty much the first thing I did. I still have the two floppies I put it on around someplace.
I saw Negativeland in concert ages ago and they got around the ban on them performing this by just doing the straight up instrumental and using an overheard projector to put the words up for the audience to read out loud. Pretty brilliant.
The genius of this song is that a kazoo and the voice-over of radio host having a mental breakdown can reveal the hollowness and shallowness of corporate-produced mainstream popular music.
The Edge got caught out in a radio interview with one of the members of Negativeland challenging him live on air about how U2 can sue them for copyright infringement while going around doing the Zoo TV tour which made a show of copying and posting cultural art in random ways for artistic effect. The Edge just wimped out and said it was their management and had nothing to do with him. As if The Edge couldn't write these poor guys a cheque to pay for their legal costs. Supposedly Bono paid for a private jet to bring his lucky hat overseas he forgot. Pretty sure U2 could have done a lot more than sweet fuck all unless I missed something?
a correction it was 2 members of the band they were best friends with the radio host dj at the time that sat in the studio asking the sludge as in the uk midlands we call him, questions about samples ect the sludge aka edge agreed with them
@@jeffbogue3718 they dont suck. Bono is just a dumb a$$. Who either doesn't realize he is being used by the nwo or plain doesn't give a f'k. The road to hell is paved with good intentions!
I think U2 could say in reply that nobody had the power to do to them what they did to negativland. Don't talk shit to the big dog. They learned the hard way. It actually fits with the band's vibe at the time of zootv.
If I had a nickel for every RUclips comment I'd seen about negativland sending something to someone for free while they were in prison, I would have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's still weird that it happened twice
"Diddly shit" "Snuggles" "This is bullshit" "Goddammit" "Aw, fuck!" "Hail Satan" "Who gives a shit?!" "OK" "I want a goddamned concerted effort to come out of a record that isn't a fucking uptempo record every time I do a goddamned DEATH dedication!!" "This is fucking ponderous!" "Snuggles" . . . OMG this always puts me in a great mood! "Snuggles"
That's right. Most musicologists consider this the most important piece of recorded music since sound recording was invented. NASA is also working on a plan to "chase down" Voyager and replace the current golden record aboard it with an endless tape loop of this.
I grew up in the 90s and loved the weird a lot... the late 80s and early 90s we're CHOCK FULL of WEIRD... this reminds me of some early pre-fame Butthole Surfers, Beck, or Ween...
and just think, back then it was all assembled by hand via physical editing of magnetic tape, not digital. Helter Stupid is another good one to check out - Negativland planted a story about a murderer being influenced by their music, and the San Francisco Bay Area news ran with it. The actual newscasts became fodder for the track. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plunderphonics
I worked as a buyer for an indie distributor in 1991 when SST recalled this due to legal action by Island Records. Chuck Dukowski called me and said we had to recall them all and return what we had. I thought about buying a box of CDs as an employee purchase but I didn't. I regretted that move when the CD got up to several hundred dollars in the late 90s.
I actually had a copy of the 12 inch single of this in my hands in a record store but didn't want to spend $9 on it - which was a lot for a 45 rpm 12 inch at the time. If I'd known...
I met Bono in a pub bathroom in a bar in 1982, at the john next to me he zipped down his fly and started muttering sadly "and I still haven't found what i'm looking for". He looked like he had the sads so I told him it sounded like a good tune, he agreed. History unfolded from there.
@@lisztophobia actually the band DID have a huge problem with it. If you look in my videos you will find a video where it is sussed out that they knew all about it after denying they knew about it at all. They denied it because they didn't want their name to be attached to it. This was revealed at a lecture on fair use at Duke college of law.
I saw them live in Seattle around 2000. It was a very interesting show, with all kinds of performance art, and homemade electronic instruments on stage.
Back in like '92 I got a cassette with this song, the Linda McCartney monitor mix and on the other side all the Red's 2 Bar stuff. I almost wore that thing out but it's still in my tape collection.
I love Negativland since I was a child! They are a group of excellent artists they are making arts!!!!!!!!!!Go to see their book called Fair use: The story of the letter u and the Numeral 2 . Poor Negativland they are fighting for rights all the time!
I heard about this while listening to Jim Ruland’s book CORPORATE ROCK SUCKS the rise & fall of SST RECORDS and I am not disappointed!!! Can’t wait to hear more Negativeland!!!
I heard Negativland released this (I saw one for sale at Peaches - even came with paperclip). Island Records heard it and lost their cookies over it and began legal proceedings. U2 before being called in by legal, heard the song, and loved it and got Island to drop the suit. That's what I heard over 20 years ago.
+juggernaut866 Negativland put out a magazine with a CD (The Letter U and the Numeral 2) and then a full book, "Fair Use", on this subject. Don Joyce did a number of episodes of the KPFA "Over the Edge" radio program about this ranging from just him reading from books about copyright and radio history to full-on rants. Archive.org has the show's archives. Search on "Over the Edge", then search within the results for the word "copyright"; also look for "Celebrity Night" (September 1991) and "Howland Show" (March 1992). WOW.
check my videos and you will see one with Mark Hosler where it is revealed U2 knew all about it and they were the ones who turned it over to Island records.
This is the B-side to Negativland's "U2" single. Island Records didn't want the world to hear it, and sued the band. However, Negativland confronted U2's The Edge on the matter, prompting the band to call off Island's lawsuit.
Bono, The Edge and U2 did try to call it off but they were not successful. They don't own their songs: Island Records does. The lawsuit by Island records (without U2) went forward, and Island Records won. Negativland's label, SST records was sued out of business. Additionally, correspondence went out to everyplace the album was distributed demanding return of the album so they could all be destroyed.
Back in 1991 before internet trolling, if you were sick of hearing U2 played on the radio every 15 minutes & heard this album. You'd think it was hilarious, creative & cutting edge.
I would have loved to be at some lame dinner party in the 90's where the host is like "hey, i just got the new U2 record, let's peel the plastic off this baby and give it a spin"
This is pure poetry. Hail to the most brave anti U2 heroes in history. Hail too to all the drugs they've taken to repel any consideration about stepping off this epic quest.
SST released a few Over the Edge broadcasts on cassette in the 1990s... I don't imagine these can be purchased new anymore, but they might show up used on ebay...? Actually, I just did a search on the file sharing program I use and a couple of those recordings came up.
Casey Kasem was born in 1932, so he was 59 or so when this was released. And probably 56 when he was recorded in his meltdown here. Just more evidence that the older you get, the less interested you are in new music. I wonder if he'd have said all the "who cares about them" stuff if he was 16, didn't have the internet because it wasn't invented, and he lived in a small religious town in the middle of nowhere. (you've all figured it out, that was me. I loved these details about my favorite bands. There weren't many other ways to learn about your favorite bands back then, and we had to walk 40 miles in the snow to get to school. Times were tough.) But now I am old. I can sympathize a bit more with Kasem's rant. New music is wwwwwhatever, and I don't give a rat's where any band is from. Still, that said... you'd think Kasem would have made more of an effort, to like, you know, appreciate new music so at least he didn't have to hate his job so much? Because this is some funny shit. RIP Casey, you bastard.
"The song casey kasem, SST records, and negativland didnt want you to hear." No. Negativland and SST wanted you to hear it. It was Island Records and Casey Kasem who wanted to squelch it.
U2 pre-released this track November 18, 1992 after the banning of their fourth album was not released in UK. Consequently, Casey Kasem selected his own voice for the voice-over just after the release date. Drink Pepsi!
Was disappointed U2 sued. If you read The Frontman:Bono in the Name of Power by Harry Browne, you can learn more about this. It really was not necessary to sue. Still a U2 fan, but with a grain of salt.
Murray Macdonald U2's manager, Paul McGuinness, instigated the lawsuit, not Island Records. R.E.M.'s manager found the record in Athens, GA and told McGuinness about it. He came to regret telling him. McGuinness passed it along to Island's legal department.
Instead, read (if you can find it) "The Letter U and the Numeral 2" and its sequel, "Fair Use" which is Negativland's side of the story told through the correspondence and legal filings, including Island's agreement to drop the objection at the band's urging. And Casem's refusal to allow it to be re-released.
In the mean time since finding the book appears to be iffy, anyone can watch a 10 minute clip of a lecture by Mark Hosler of Negativland in which he discusses the lawsuit and interacts with REM's manager, Bertis Downs, who is in the audience and admits to inadvertently getting the entire lawsuit rolling. He's difficult to hear but you get the basic idea. It's on RUclips and is "Mark Hosler (Negativand) lecture Part Two"
I managed to pick up a copy of this single relatively cheaply a few years back. They can still go for crazy prices on ebay from time to time. It was one of the first Negativland songs I heard, and since then I've been hooked. Love listening to Over the Edge, and pretty much anything that includes the Weatherman.
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Funny that Island Records tried so hard to obliterate this song out of existence, but here it is almost 30 years later for everyone to hear.
I like it..😝🤣
...and the rules which allow it to be here should have protected Negativland at the time. The system failed them.
I made some anarchist music out of my house impromtu and members are Negativland are putting it on their next record...because it was crazy and whimsical...they are funny people.
Which is the cut where the Negativland guy says, "That's right. I've done all of this for you, honey lips. You, the fat one."?
Snuggles!!!
This is the best U2 song ever
i wish this was what they forced every itunes user to have instead of that lame ass album they did
😂
Snuggles!!!
Oh God still crying about the Free album - considering probably every person there is got free music somewhere I find it hilarious 😂
There's some good songs on it but .. have a great day 😊
@@KOSMICKEN09 I would like to see if Apple tracked how many people deleted the album. I did as I could!
If there was a history of trolling, this song should be considered an ancient artifact
Snuggles!!!
What's our point?
Negativland DID want you to hear it... but got sued.
R.I.P. Richard Lyons
U2 and their label Island Records didn't want you to hear it. They Sued the shit out of SST and hurt them forever with their lawsuit. So much for fair comment, freedom of speech etc.
@@maximilian333 U2 didn't want them sued. Island Records did go after them though.
Casey Kasem and his lawyers were the ones who didn't want this to come out. He sued everyone responsible first. Island and SST records then kicked the bucket directly onto negativland who fought them tooth and nail but didn't have the resources to defend themselves. The record was pulled off the shelves in less than 14 days from release and the masters were surrendered to Island records who subsequently destroyed them. After the masters were obtained, U2, but principally The Edge, said they supported negativland although they asked that the cover art had to be changed because people would think it was a U2 record. Casey Kasem continued to prevent this record from being released up until his death. He was a huge freedom of speech hypocrite. A music biz dinosaur who destroyed the artistic integrity of a modern American pioneer band. I hope he's rotting somewhere.
yeah, not, ur fulla shit.. they dropped the suit after a bit and GG of sst dick fame sued his label artists for expenses(damages) incurred.. it was not a fortune, research and shut up, miss information.. next, you're gonna tell me that black flag should be locked up so tight only Greg's lame ass could shit it out for a 30yr celebration, or maybe an induction into the rock n droll hall of fame.. read Keith Morris' bio and see what he has to say about GG.. and Keith is a chill and thoughtful professional, has been for decades and is not one to talk shit for the fun of it.. just sayin.. do not respond, it won't matter anyhow and i don't want to h8 u2..
@@maximilian333
This is bullshit. Negativland are from San Francisco and who gives a shit!
RIP Casey Kasem. I imagine you up in heaven with Snuggles listening to Top 40 hits day and night.
I wondered why my post of this record kept getting pluses this morning, that was like three years ago.
Robert N. Lee Death is at the top of the charts for Casey.
This record is why I got on the Internet. I was already on BBSs and etc. and was starting to do freelance software design jobs and taking care of a baby at home, so...by the time I read about the record in one of the alternapapers, you already couldn't get it. And...you know, you have kids, you lose most of your geek buddies for a while at least. So I didn't have anybody offhand I could call about a tape or whatever.
And then I found out you could download WAV files of the record off the Internet, so...that's when I got on the Internet. And that's pretty much the first thing I did.
I still have the two floppies I put it on around someplace.
Ponderous.
+Doug Lain And having a good laugh with Don Joyce and Richard Lyons! RIP guys you saved my sanity in the 80s.
I saw Negativeland in concert ages ago and they got around the ban on them performing this by just doing the straight up instrumental and using an overheard projector to put the words up for the audience to read out loud. Pretty brilliant.
Post script: I knew I was amongst my nerdy brethren when an overhead projector being rolled on stage got huge applause.
Saw that too. Was genius! Great crowd cohesion. Long live Negativland!
The Real Jerry Seinfeld preach man can't believe what they did to artists
Classic America init
@@therealjerryseinfeld4321 Fuck off. I don't even want to know what kind of crap you're into.
Snuggles is the real victim here, having his death exploited for commercial gain. He's the one who shoulda sued. Well, except for his death and all.
The genius of this song is that a kazoo and the voice-over of radio host having a mental breakdown can reveal the hollowness and shallowness of corporate-produced mainstream popular music.
lol
U2 were not regarded as 'corporate' or 'mainstream' prior to Joshua Tree.
@@SniffyPoo correct, they were considered "$ataniC!!! 🤣
@@sonicmojo by schizophrenics
Shut ur hipster ass up😂 it’s just a funny
The Edge got caught out in a radio interview with one of the members of Negativeland challenging him live on air about how U2 can sue them for copyright infringement while going around doing the Zoo TV tour which made a show of copying and posting cultural art in random ways for artistic effect. The Edge just wimped out and said it was their management and had nothing to do with him. As if The Edge couldn't write these poor guys a cheque to pay for their legal costs. Supposedly Bono paid for a private jet to bring his lucky hat overseas he forgot. Pretty sure U2 could have done a lot more than sweet fuck all unless I missed something?
a correction it was 2 members of the band they were best friends with the radio host dj at the time that sat in the studio asking the sludge as in the uk midlands we call him, questions about samples ect the sludge aka edge agreed with them
So much for the planet 🌎
U2 totally sucks but mainly Bono .. he is an evil prick
@@jeffbogue3718 they dont suck. Bono is just a dumb a$$. Who either doesn't realize he is being used by the nwo or plain doesn't give a f'k. The road to hell is paved with good intentions!
I think U2 could say in reply that nobody had the power to do to them what they did to negativland. Don't talk shit to the big dog. They learned the hard way. It actually fits with the band's vibe at the time of zootv.
Fucking LOL imagine being a very confused U2 fan hearing this waiting for Achtung Baby to drop!
Snuggles!!!
Achtung Snuggles!
U2 should have embraced and supported the Negativland single, they would really helped them to save face in the long run.
Snuggles!!!
Agreed they did themselves more harm on this fight. Bunch of Irish Karen's. Given their human rights stance.
Who is U2 - who gives a sh**
This is the god dammed best talking heads Brian eno sing ever
When I heard about this I didn't know what to expect... I'm not disappointed
i have the book. They sent it to me free wheni was in prison.
proving again how decent of people they are.
If I had a nickel for every RUclips comment I'd seen about negativland sending something to someone for free while they were in prison, I would have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's still weird that it happened twice
Snuggles!!!
@@rainerkornmusic Prison Snuggles
I have put it in my will to have this song played at my funeral.
Way better than ANYTHING U2 actually did... love it.
Don't be ridiculous
You must be on PCp or something ..your not well
Snuggles!!!
U2 were full of themselves, total hypocrites. Music should be fun, lighten up.
U2 have lots of great songs I think but the internet is Run on negative energy 😂
It's actually "Snuckles."
This track is a laugh riot.
"Diddly shit" "Snuggles" "This is bullshit" "Goddammit" "Aw, fuck!" "Hail Satan" "Who gives a shit?!" "OK" "I want a goddamned concerted effort to come out of a record that isn't a fucking uptempo record every time I do a goddamned DEATH dedication!!" "This is fucking ponderous!" "Snuggles" . . . OMG this always puts me in a great mood!
"Snuggles"
+Val Halla diddly diddly diddly shit!
"This is American Top 40, This is American Top 40."
"This is bullshit!"
"These guys are from England" LOL
Who gives a shit?
The kazoo lifts the song into another level of absurdity. Cha Cha 2000 did a folky cover of Autobahn using a stylophone that achieves a similar effect
U2 - beautiful day and stuck in a moment you can't get out of are my early 2000s U2 favorites
those guys are from england and who gives a shit who gives a shit?
That's right. Most musicologists consider this the most important piece of recorded music since sound recording was invented. NASA is also working on a plan to "chase down" Voyager and replace the current golden record aboard it with an endless tape loop of this.
Snuggles!!!
This feels really ahead of its time. It sounds like something you'd find deep in the bowels of soundcloud except this was made in 1991.
Google "Dante's Drill Team"
I grew up in the 90s and loved the weird a lot... the late 80s and early 90s we're CHOCK FULL of WEIRD... this reminds me of some early pre-fame Butthole Surfers, Beck, or Ween...
Damn...you're right. This really sounds like something that could have been put out recently, not 30 years ago.
Snuggles!!!
and just think, back then it was all assembled by hand via physical editing of magnetic tape, not digital. Helter Stupid is another good one to check out - Negativland planted a story about a murderer being influenced by their music, and the San Francisco Bay Area news ran with it. The actual newscasts became fodder for the track.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plunderphonics
I worked as a buyer for an indie distributor in 1991 when SST recalled this due to legal action by Island Records. Chuck Dukowski called me and said we had to recall them all and return what we had. I thought about buying a box of CDs as an employee purchase but I didn't. I regretted that move when the CD got up to several hundred dollars in the late 90s.
Snuggles!!!
I actually had a copy of the 12 inch single of this in my hands in a record store but didn't want to spend $9 on it - which was a lot for a 45 rpm 12 inch at the time.
If I'd known...
I met Bono in a pub bathroom in a bar in 1982, at the john next to me he zipped down his fly and started muttering sadly "and I still haven't found what i'm looking for". He looked like he had the sads so I told him it sounded like a good tune, he agreed. History unfolded from there.
Hope he found it before his bladder exploded!
Was he sorting through a bouquet of weiners in there, looking for the correct one?
You and Forest Gump. Shit Happens. Have a Nice Day
As someone who grew up in Australia listening to Casey Kasem's Top Forty, this single was GOLD. Hard to believe U2 lacked a sense of humour and sued.
@@lisztophobia actually the band DID have a huge problem with it. If you look in my videos you will find a video where it is sussed out that they knew all about it after denying they knew about it at all. They denied it because they didn't want their name to be attached to it. This was revealed at a lecture on fair use at Duke college of law.
If you ask me U2 are one of the most over rated bands in history. Agree with Casey
Kasem also had no sense of humor about it. Which makes it even funnier.
Snuggles!!!
I saw them live in Seattle around 2000.
It was a very interesting show, with all kinds of performance art, and homemade electronic instruments on stage.
Snuggles!!!
This is good rock and roll, uh, music.
Back in like '92 I got a cassette with this song, the Linda McCartney monitor mix and on the other side all the Red's 2 Bar stuff. I almost wore that thing out but it's still in my tape collection.
That sounds like a holy grail of cassette comedy
"Fucking Ponderous, man."
"Get Don-Is that Don on the phone?!!??" - Casey Kasem
Holy shit. What a jam.
Shaggy totally losing his cool.
Yairo Martis zoinks!
And Boy Wonder .
He accidentally unleashed 2% of his power
Ran out of Scooby snacks which made him cranky
I used to listen to Casey every week. It was the blocks of Westwood One commercials that made it take for fucking EVER!
I remember a friend recorded this on cassette from the radio and my group of friends played it over and over.
RIP Snuggles
This song never gets old.
snuggles the dog is a very compelling story
I just read about this and came looking.....thanks so much for posting, I laughed soooo hard!
Snuckles the dog was killed by a spear of frozen urine that had fallen from an overhead plane
Ooh voof welcome
Lmao, wat
Hilarious
I love Negativland since I was a child! They are a group of excellent artists they are making arts!!!!!!!!!!Go to see their book called Fair use: The story of the letter u and the Numeral 2 . Poor Negativland they are fighting for rights all the time!
I heard about this while listening to Jim Ruland’s book CORPORATE ROCK SUCKS the rise & fall of SST RECORDS and I am not disappointed!!! Can’t wait to hear more Negativeland!!!
"These guys are from England and WHO GIVES A SHIT?!!"
lolz :D
They aren’t
@@dane21dc Casey would have said, who gives a shit about the Irish. Lol
Nobody gives a diddly shit.
David are you still alive 10 yrs later? Fucktard.
I heard Negativland released this (I saw one for sale at Peaches - even came with paperclip). Island Records heard it and lost their cookies over it and began legal proceedings. U2 before being called in by legal, heard the song, and loved it and got Island to drop the suit.
That's what I heard over 20 years ago.
You heard wrong. It's much more complicated than that. U2 was hardly an innocent in the whole matter.
There's a great documentary that has the story and lots of other great things called "Sonic Outlaws".
FloraWest In checking, it is available on RUclips.
+juggernaut866 Negativland put out a magazine with a CD (The Letter U and the Numeral 2) and then a full book, "Fair Use", on this subject. Don Joyce did a number of episodes of the KPFA "Over the Edge" radio program about this ranging from just him reading from books about copyright and radio history to full-on rants. Archive.org has the show's archives. Search on "Over the Edge", then search within the results for the word "copyright"; also look for "Celebrity Night" (September 1991) and "Howland Show" (March 1992). WOW.
check my videos and you will see one with Mark Hosler where it is revealed U2 knew all about it and they were the ones who turned it over to Island records.
If I were in charge at Island Records and heard this I'd have offered them a contract not a lawsuit.
This is the B-side to Negativland's "U2" single. Island Records didn't want the world to hear it, and sued the band. However, Negativland confronted U2's The Edge on the matter, prompting the band to call off Island's lawsuit.
+Tilly Divine yep.
Sean Gaston didn't they get sued tho anyway
Bono, The Edge and U2 did try to call it off but they were not successful. They don't own their songs: Island Records does. The lawsuit by Island records (without U2) went forward, and Island Records won. Negativland's label, SST records was sued out of business. Additionally, correspondence went out to everyplace the album was distributed demanding return of the album so they could all be destroyed.
It could keep on going just like that and I would keep listening.
This act went full DEVO! And that’s a good thing.
This is pure ambrosia from the music gods to my ears.
Snuggles!!!
That line still makes me laugh after all these years.
My favorite U2 song.
Awesome! Got a copy of a copy of a copy of this back in 1992; haven't heard this in ages. Thanks 4 posting!
Legendary
This will never stop being funny!
Its got a good beat and you can dance to it. RIP Snuggles.
The best song of all time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Awesome.I haven't heard this in years.These guys were brilliant.
I got to hear this one time late at night on a local station in SF mid nineties before the lawsuit. Thanks for digging this up.
Negativland in Phoenix tomorrow. Sans Lyons but i'll take it.
Never gets old
Something to play as loudly as possible in the house when the little kids are around.
it's beautiful, that labels that deal with "creativity" can't handle real creativity and honest critism.
Their best release since the "Nesbitt's Lime Soda Song".
Remember when U2 gave everyone their album for free and no one listened to it?
Back in 1991 before internet trolling, if you were sick of hearing U2 played on the radio every 15 minutes & heard this album. You'd think it was hilarious, creative & cutting edge.
Hahaha! I heard about this ages ago but never heard the song. Hilarious! Thanks for bringing it back!
This song will forever hold a place in my heart. I will use it on my channel playlist!
Snuggles!!!
I would have loved to be at some lame dinner party in the 90's where the host is like "hey, i just got the new U2 record, let's peel the plastic off this baby and give it a spin"
I've heard this over the years a million times and still love it!
Snuggles!!!
The original pioneers of the art of trolling
I just learned of this and the story behind it. This is absolutely brilliant
blastingcaps, thanks for posting this. seriously. got a nice laugh from this. love negativland. love.
This is fantastic, thanks
This is pure poetry. Hail to the most brave anti U2 heroes in history. Hail too to all the drugs they've taken to repel any consideration about stepping off this epic quest.
Brilliant!
this is the story of U2's evil manager suing SST into oblivion, for perceived offenses from an innocent parody. big corporate rock money rules!
SST released a few Over the Edge broadcasts on cassette in the 1990s... I don't imagine these can be purchased new anymore, but they might show up used on ebay...?
Actually, I just did a search on the file sharing program I use and a couple of those recordings came up.
If I ever end up meeting Bono I'll ask him to sign my Negativland t-shirt!
Casey Kasem was born in 1932, so he was 59 or so when this was released. And probably 56 when he was recorded in his meltdown here. Just more evidence that the older you get, the less interested you are in new music.
I wonder if he'd have said all the "who cares about them" stuff if he was 16, didn't have the internet because it wasn't invented, and he lived in a small religious town in the middle of nowhere. (you've all figured it out, that was me. I loved these details about my favorite bands. There weren't many other ways to learn about your favorite bands back then, and we had to walk 40 miles in the snow to get to school. Times were tough.)
But now I am old. I can sympathize a bit more with Kasem's rant. New music is wwwwwhatever, and I don't give a rat's where any band is from. Still, that said... you'd think Kasem would have made more of an effort, to like, you know, appreciate new music so at least he didn't have to hate his job so much?
Because this is some funny shit. RIP Casey, you bastard.
"The song casey kasem, SST records, and negativland didnt want you to hear."
No. Negativland and SST wanted you to hear it. It was Island Records and Casey Kasem who wanted to squelch it.
That sound is more important than your entire life!
The Don and Mike Show would play the Casey Casem tape a lot in the early thousands.
Stern played them constantly in the 90s
Missed them - they were on the air in New York as well for a little while (WNEW FM)
This song is awesome!
U2 pre-released this track November 18, 1992 after the banning of their fourth album was not released in UK. Consequently, Casey Kasem selected his own voice for the voice-over just after the release date.
Drink Pepsi!
Thanks. Been wanting to hear this for ... decades. he he he.
Glad you found what you were looking for
I love the reverse joking logic of the title work of this video. You are a good Negativeland fan.
Was disappointed U2 sued. If you read The Frontman:Bono in the Name of Power by Harry Browne, you can learn more about this. It really was not necessary to sue. Still a U2 fan, but with a grain of salt.
U2 didn't sue them, Island Records did. U2 tried to persuade Island not to sue, but they ignored them and proceeded.
Murray Macdonald U2's manager, Paul McGuinness, instigated the lawsuit, not Island Records. R.E.M.'s manager found the record in Athens, GA and told McGuinness about it. He came to regret telling him. McGuinness passed it along to Island's legal department.
Instead, read (if you can find it) "The Letter U and the Numeral 2" and its sequel, "Fair Use" which is Negativland's side of the story told through the correspondence and legal filings, including Island's agreement to drop the objection at the band's urging. And Casem's refusal to allow it to be re-released.
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thanks, good to know
In the mean time since finding the book appears to be iffy, anyone can watch a 10 minute clip of a lecture by Mark Hosler of Negativland in which he discusses the lawsuit and interacts with REM's manager, Bertis Downs, who is in the audience and admits to inadvertently getting the entire lawsuit rolling. He's difficult to hear but you get the basic idea. It's on RUclips and is "Mark Hosler (Negativand) lecture Part Two"
I love the way people love it or absolutely hate it.
Casey has a point though.
These guys are from England and who gives a shit?
Fucking ponderous, man. PONDEROUS.
Wow. Noisepuupet is here?
This is bullshit! Diddly shit!
@@googleblows4016 Casey knew how to throw some shade.....lmao!
At least radio stations have fast to slow transition jingles.
Way better than anything U2 ever released themselves. Negativland, we salute you!
yeah, the book that they out out about this is great too. It cracked open alot of worlds for me.
Two corrections: This song is called U2 and it is by Negativland. (now touring)
U2 didn't sue them...their record company (Island Records) did.
If you poke around you can find recordings of the ham radio operators on youtube. They are another story themselves.
Beyond brilliant!
If anyone has any problems with this song being online meet me in the parking lot, can't miss me, son.
"These guys are fron england and whos gives a shit!"
This is great!
I managed to pick up a copy of this single relatively cheaply a few years back. They can still go for crazy prices on ebay from time to time. It was one of the first Negativland songs I heard, and since then I've been hooked. Love listening to Over the Edge, and pretty much anything that includes the Weatherman.
Snuggles!!!
I think some of it comes from a phone conversations with lawyers..i am blanking on it now..
I need a another beer
I believe this song is called "THE LETTER U AND THE NUMERAL 2" by Negativland