It's actually about a strange but real religion/cult. It's illustrated in the video and talked about it on the commentary tracks on "Philadelphia In Love".
This is the kind of song you can not hear for 15 years then all of a sudden it pops into your head and you realize I can't remember my anniversary date but I can remember every damn lyric from about 60 DMM songs.
This literally just happened to me last month (except it was 30 years)! I listened to big lizard in its entirety for the first time in about 30 years, and totally forgot about the beach song. When it started up, it was like getting thrown back in time, and for a moment I was 14 sitting on my bed listening to my walkman... it was really nice.
I use to chat with Dave Blood before his death, we chatted on AOL, IM for 3 years. We met in a music chat room. I really enjoyed those great times, good discussions, laughs and so on. Miss you Dave!!
"Computers contain the missing key to lifes most sacred mystery. The secret of life is no secret at all, For secrets hold death and lies only build walls." How brilliant and relevant this is today. I love it!
lars lovelot I use to chat with Dave nearly everyday for 2 years on AOL Instant messaging, he was indeed a great guy, super intelligent and funny, I miss him too!!!
I've decided to try and live my life like the person he is singing about. Showing people a new side of the world they never knew about and making them feel beautiful and free.
I was sitting on my couch thinking of all I could, there was a song playing I understood, So I stopped and turned it up. The rest of the world just stopped there with me, we all had a laugh and left reality. Maybe I saw too much to understand, but ever since I just don't care. The secret to me is no secret at all, I laugh instead of cry and I know that's how it goes. I just heard this on the radio, almost 20 years to the day. I started smiling then I cried, I felt beautiful and free.
Might only.have 2.4k likes, but it doesn't have one single dislike. This band was was a clearance tape I found for 3 bucks at Mother's Music in Patchogue NY. "The best of the dead milkmen". I thought, geez I didn't even know they existed let alone have a greatest hits. I bought it and all my friends and me loved it. I still come back to this well 24 years later. Thanks guys!
if I ever end up: broke, penny-less and in the gutter, I will always have the Dead Milkmen... wait, I am broke, penny-less and in the gutter... but I have the Dead Milkmen. Perhaps this iswhy I really dont care...
I noticed most of the fans who liked DM prior to this album didnt care for this song and the album because it is such a departure from what they started out doing. It was definetly an album that the record executives wanted them to make which has been said in band interviews as well. I myself love this song and the album.
@@BrokeNerfing Reminds me of the REM album "Monster". It was wildly known as the album that they had to do to stay current. I liked that album, but most REM fans hated it to death.
The cigar rocket ship prop always reminds me of MST3k. Which makes me wish that TDM made an appearance on that show. There would've been some great cameo material there.
Dead Milkmen! The primus of the punkers! I wanted to comment this on several songs on the official Deadmilkmen youtube channel but for some reason, comments are off for almost every song I have come across....Showing some love is all!
To me its a song about a lost lover. You showed me everything that I ever needed: The secret of life. We shared so many secrets and spread our love unto this universe with more torch bearers of peace to replace us. Passion never dies and neither does love; who ive become with you is still the man ill always be. Our eternity was heaven before you got to see for yourself.
I love this song! The video is perfect, makes me smile every fucking time. Here's to that somebody who made you (or will make you feel) like the alien did at some point in your life.
@ymerej33 I love those moments. Where you just laugh at life, because it all just seems so funny. Not a lot of people understand it, but once you get to the point where you do, it feels like the most simple thing there is.
A lot of DM fans have accused "Soul Rotation" of being a commercial sell-out or merely an "attempt" at artistic growth. But I think it's one of those rare "radio friendly" crossovers that were actually just as good as a band's previous works. "Soul Rotation" marks the Dead Milkmen as a band that captured two genres of rock really well: uninhibited punk rock and pop rock. In spite of the grunge onslaught that drowned them out, DM pulled off a good record because they're just damn good rockers.
So... a guy taken to another world, leaving everything behind... and a supercomputer from which is learned the answer to the ultimate question of life? Hm. Makes me wonder if Douglas Adams was a Dead Milkmen fan.
Watched this with my daughters today, ages 4 and 1. They loved it. Four-year-old thought the visuals were funny. I have high hopes for her, she's got good taste. We sing along to "Punk Rock Girl" and Tori Amos's cover of "Strange Little Girl."
Great, thoughtful song off an album that stands on its own as an alternative/funk/punk rock ROCK of an album. Some of the visuals of the video may seem a bit fruity to some, but I think the essence of this video, song, and album are right on target.
@sxephlI considering it was recorded in 1984, nothing like it was really done, I mean even Sonic Youth, didn't have it together, it's really ahead of it's time from a sonic writing stand point, and the cure was still experimental at this time too.
i love their half-assed guitar solos and how it goes over the vocals. like the band themselves, this is a half-assed video to a song that sounds silly but says more about life screw walt disney-owned hollywood records for not giving them the rights back to their own records. dave blood, you are missed. and @iHaveGeekStinkBreath, you are totally right they should've played this at the funeral.
This song is simplistic . overly basic. Rides on its hook and is repetative. This song is brilliant. Overly engaging . rides on its insight and the life experiences of those who dont have such great lives and find it hard to just exist amongst the hurd . I love this song.
What album is this off of? I thought I had them all but I dont remember this song.... Useless trivia: The Asian guy at 3:21 is also in the violent femmes American Music music video. I bet you were just dyin to know that
is that dr demento at 3:22? I think i also saw him in black hole sun earlier. I know that not every guy with a top hat and a beard and sunglasses is dr demento, but it could be?
@jshkendra I have this on vhs and that is not Jamie Farr.. but I think its the same guy from the Violent Femmes America Music video. This fact always puzzled me.
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56 years old and still loving these guys. What a great era this was...
@the queens dusty muff Glad you liked it, granny surprisedyahavamuff! lol
@the queens dusty muff Pardon mois, your pastery!
Right there with you!
Almost 62 here. They probably saved my life and I don't know it.
I'm 45 & way cooler because i had older kids like you around.
I love this song but every time I listen to this I feel some sort of loneliness that I can't explain.
That makes sense to me, I take it as a song about drug use and depression. Mostly because of the second to last stanza.
It's actually about a strange but real religion/cult. It's illustrated in the video and talked about it on the commentary tracks on "Philadelphia In Love".
I also feel sad when I hear this song, no idea why. Maybe it's the melody, maybe what happened in my life at the time. Still, I love it!
Ikr. This song is beautiful.
So many of their songs do that to me
This is the kind of song you can not hear for 15 years then all of a sudden it pops into your head and you realize I can't remember my anniversary date but I can remember every damn lyric from about 60 DMM songs.
This literally just happened to me last month (except it was 30 years)! I listened to big lizard in its entirety for the first time in about 30 years, and totally forgot about the beach song. When it started up, it was like getting thrown back in time, and for a moment I was 14 sitting on my bed listening to my walkman... it was really nice.
How's that going these days?
@@scottbaylo you dont have to feed it anymore kiddos
Excellent next choice
I use to chat with Dave Blood before his death, we chatted on AOL, IM for 3 years. We met in a music chat room.
I really enjoyed those great times, good discussions, laughs and so on.
Miss you Dave!!
I used to chat with him in my kitchen while I was doing dishes and the band played in my basement. We talked about everything .
@@Mbspitz851 I used to talk with you while you slept and enjoyed your fridge. We need to talk about a dishwasher and spoons.
@@thaddeusmcgrath Savage 😂
Fuck, best I could do is Jim Goad. Never go Goad.
"Computers contain the missing key to lifes most sacred mystery.
The secret of life is no secret at all,
For secrets hold death and lies only build walls."
How brilliant and relevant this is today. I love it!
RIP Dave Blood. This song is hard to listen to and not cry. So I just cry. Because not listening to this song is a bad idea.
This makes me sad because it reminds me that dave blood is no longer with us.
R.I.P. my good man.
Hopefully he's found the solace he couldn't in life, wherever he may be.
poor guy.. and now serbia is united
lars lovelot I use to chat with Dave nearly everyday for 2 years on AOL Instant messaging, he was indeed a great guy, super intelligent and funny, I miss him too!!!
@@randusapplecorn7277 As itself? Without all that peripheral nonsense?
I've decided to try and live my life like the person he is singing about. Showing people a new side of the world they never knew about and making them feel beautiful and free.
It's odd how their paranoia and silliness gave way to moments of transcendence...
Great band...
This is easily one of my favorite Dead Milkmen songs. I like Rodney Anonymous, but I really like Joe Jack Talcum.
This song and the band... I love The Dead Milkmen so much.
I was sitting on my couch thinking of all I could, there was a song playing I understood, So I stopped and turned it up.
The rest of the world just stopped there with me, we all had a laugh and left reality. Maybe I saw too much to understand, but ever since I just don't care.
The secret to me is no secret at all, I laugh instead of cry and I know that's how it goes.
I just heard this on the radio, almost 20 years to the day.
I started smiling then I cried, I felt beautiful and free.
Might only.have 2.4k likes, but it doesn't have one single dislike.
This band was was a clearance tape I found for 3 bucks at Mother's Music in Patchogue NY. "The best of the dead milkmen". I thought, geez I didn't even know they existed let alone have a greatest hits. I bought it and all my friends and me loved it. I still come back to this well 24 years later. Thanks guys!
God the memories of high school and dead milkmen with all my other fav punk bands
if I ever end up: broke, penny-less and in the gutter, I will always have the Dead Milkmen... wait, I am broke, penny-less and in the gutter... but I have the Dead Milkmen. Perhaps this iswhy I really dont care...
hope you're well, 7 years later
Me too let's kick it man 😂🤣 I live in the train yard at the historical society in Long Island in my bus Janet!!!!
You will always have these great men
Truly
Shall we listen to something better than
That swine sorry fellas and ladies
@@gaptooth2164 And you my beautiful friend … 7years? Wayyyyyyy longer 💪👻
The world became a shrinking ball
I asked where you where you were taking me
Shutup and you will see
Talk to much my love 😍
Dave continues to inspire me and keep me alive!
this imo is a DM classic. I don't think most people like it but it's def one of my faves. joe jack t for life.
Incredible song and album.
I noticed most of the fans who liked DM prior to this album didnt care for this song and the album because it is such a departure from what they started out doing. It was definetly an album that the record executives wanted them to make which has been said in band interviews as well. I myself love this song and the album.
this song is my favorite from them.
@@vintage1520 me too
@@BrokeNerfing Reminds me of the REM album "Monster". It was wildly known as the album that they had to do to stay current. I liked that album, but most REM fans hated it to death.
This is one of the best songs ever.
I love this freaking song. Love live the Milkmen!
There's a genuine sincerity to so many of Joe's songs. F'n brilliant band.
This might be my favorite song of all time
The cigar rocket ship prop always reminds me of MST3k. Which makes me wish that TDM made an appearance on that show. There would've been some great cameo material there.
THIS SONG MAKES ME CRAY. :( i love it.
best deadmilkmen song EVER.
Me too
God these lyrics are so good
This song is still my favorite Dead Milkmen song. So beautiful. This whole album rules!!!!
he said "shut up and you will see" 🔫
God, I remember playing the hell out of this video on Yahoo!
Dead Milkmen! The primus of the punkers! I wanted to comment this on several songs on the official Deadmilkmen youtube channel but for some reason, comments are off for almost every song I have come across....Showing some love is all!
Definitely a favorite by TDM. Cant wait for that tour to come to Cali
Still love you boys, Love you Dave Schulthise. All the way from the UK, since I nicked a cassete tape of Big lizard in the late 80's xxx
To me its a song about a lost lover. You showed me everything that I ever needed: The secret of life. We shared so many secrets and spread our love unto this universe with more torch bearers of peace to replace us. Passion never dies and neither does love; who ive become with you is still the man ill always be. Our eternity was heaven before you got to see for yourself.
This still hits the same as it did when I heard it the first time which was many years ago. These guys are golden. DMM 5ever!!!!
This shall be played at my funeral
MINE TOO IF I GET ONE
i was thinking the same thing
I will,play it for my Dad when he Passes!
Anyone else notice the bearded guy with the glasses also shows up in the video for Soundgarden's "Black Hole Sun"?
Sera pretty obvious
He was also Sam the Keeper in the movie Werewolf which was shown on Mystery Science Theater
I love this song! The video is perfect, makes me smile every fucking time. Here's to that somebody who made you (or will make you feel) like the alien did at some point in your life.
dave was such a beautiful space woman
The keyboards is just fucking awesome!
I am so glad that these guys are still around.
So Death Is The Secret To Life!
I Love This Band!
Just Unique and Beautiful
I LOVE THIS BAND SO FUCKING MUCH. Thank you.
@ymerej33 I love those moments. Where you just laugh at life, because it all just seems so funny. Not a lot of people understand it, but once you get to the point where you do, it feels like the most simple thing there is.
I love’em! I always did I really like them more now. We miss Dave Blood.🧑🎨😊
A lot of DM fans have accused "Soul Rotation" of being a commercial sell-out or merely an "attempt" at artistic growth. But I think it's one of those rare "radio friendly" crossovers that were actually just as good as a band's previous works. "Soul Rotation" marks the Dead Milkmen as a band that captured two genres of rock really well: uninhibited punk rock and pop rock. In spite of the grunge onslaught that drowned them out, DM pulled off a good record because they're just damn good rockers.
Man this takes me back!
Love you guys!
This is really one of my favorite songs ever.
joe jack is the man
thanks a lot for posting this
finally someone put this video up again
HAHAHAHAH WOOOO FINALLY SOMEONE PUT THIS VIDEO UP. pretty much my favorite song of theirs.
lol @ joe's face during "don't wanna read them anymore!"
what a great piano performer!
So... a guy taken to another world, leaving everything behind... and a supercomputer from which is learned the answer to the ultimate question of life? Hm. Makes me wonder if Douglas Adams was a Dead Milkmen fan.
This is around the time Joe Jack came to terms w his homosexuality. Good for him...stilla. good band.
Watched this with my daughters today, ages 4 and 1. They loved it. Four-year-old thought the visuals were funny. I have high hopes for her, she's got good taste. We sing along to "Punk Rock Girl" and Tori Amos's cover of "Strange Little Girl."
My favorite song for quite a while now.
Great song, cool video.
Great, thoughtful song off an album that stands on its own as an alternative/funk/punk rock ROCK of an album. Some of the visuals of the video may seem a bit fruity to some, but I think the essence of this video, song, and album are right on target.
I've been watching this video constantly since I found it. It's just that good. The song, and the video.
Some bands just feel like home. ❤
i cried a lot while listening to this song today
thanx 4 posting. the deadmilkmen always will be cool, have a great sound, and be original advice for anyone making music
One of my favorite songs, and the best music video, it's helped me through a lot of tough times.
This is the question I ask God when I die and live with Dave.
@sxephlI considering it was recorded in 1984, nothing like it was really done, I mean even Sonic Youth, didn't have it together, it's really ahead of it's time from a sonic writing stand point, and the cure was still experimental at this time too.
I want "Life is Shit" played at my funeral.
I believe that everyone thinks that this video is just random and funny, I just realized how geniusly thought out and directed this was.
Such good writing
lol Dave's face is priceless throughout the vid... it's too bad he's gone
One of my very favorite Milkmen tunes. Thanks for posting this.
Recently I've been listening to this song about 3 times a day :)
I still love this as much as I did in HS - so good! 🖤🖤🖤
i felt beautiful and free. . . rip brother dave
i love their half-assed guitar solos and how it goes over the vocals.
like the band themselves, this is a half-assed video to a song that sounds silly but says more about life
screw walt disney-owned hollywood records for not giving them the rights back to their own records.
dave blood, you are missed. and @iHaveGeekStinkBreath, you are totally right they should've played this at the funeral.
Such a beautiful song
David blood is the biggest influence on my playing
rip David this songs for you
This song is simplistic . overly basic. Rides on its hook and is repetative. This song is brilliant. Overly engaging . rides on its insight and the life experiences of those who dont have such great lives and find it hard to just exist amongst the hurd .
I love this song.
One of my favorites songs.
What album is this off of? I thought I had them all but I dont remember this song....
Useless trivia: The Asian guy at 3:21 is also in the violent femmes American Music music video. I bet you were just dyin to know that
Great song
Gorgeous.
I felt beautiful and freeeeeeeee
Yibbiedee Dibbidee Doooh, Dah, Dah, Damn I love this song!
I love the homages to Hardware Wars in this one.
My all time FAv Band ever!!
If I could have birthed the Ramones kids.
is that dr demento at 3:22? I think i also saw him in black hole sun earlier. I know that not every guy with a top hat and a beard and sunglasses is dr demento, but it could be?
lol i love the whole grindyness to his voice
been listenin to these guys for over 20 years , and they still fuckin rock :) metaphysical graffiti is the best album
i love this song, has a sense of freedom to it, when i get a car ill definatly have this song cranked.
thank you for posting this
@jshkendra I have this on vhs and that is not Jamie Farr.. but I think its the same guy from the Violent Femmes America Music video. This fact always puzzled me.
@shaolinotter You can keep yourself updated on the release date and purchasing options at their official website.
Thank you deadmilkmen, you always take me out of a bad mood
This has unironically impressive special effects.
it went really well, he is a really cool guy
Their most polarizing album, for sure.
i agree with bluebettle..but that's why i've always loved the milkmen. they make me happy.
ohhh yeah comment cherry prolly my fav song by the dmm yeah awsome for uploadin!!!! 5 stars for sure!!! and ohhh pop!!!!!
god damn i listen to this song everyday....
Joe is so cute, I love his voice.
Fr
All the Spirits threw a great big party... And I'm the guest of honor. Boy they keep Me up at Knight.
why are the songs jack do alwats sound great