Sue's stoicism while maintaining a strong semblance of whimsy in her voice and intonation is everything.

@johnybaltimore3687

2 жыл бұрын

because it's corn oil.

@jayburdification

2 жыл бұрын

She barely moves and yet keeps an incredible groove

@cnam1258

2 жыл бұрын

She's a weirdo.

@hesolex7674

2 жыл бұрын

No effort/Don't "try"

@thegreatsiberianitch

Жыл бұрын

Fart fart fart

They weren't ready for this type of girl in the 80s. Maybe today, we are ready for her.

@user-my8bb6nc1x

2 ай бұрын

check out st vincent

@user-my8bb6nc1x

2 ай бұрын

Really? Things have gotten worse, not better.

She approaches music like a scientist. No emotion. Completely objective.

@user-my8bb6nc1x

2 ай бұрын

sort of a female ian curtis on stage

@Ezekiel336

2 ай бұрын

It's all relative...

@megatherion2695

Ай бұрын

​@@Ezekiel336 *Everything's irrelative

She always looks like she just wants to get the hell out of there lol. Great

@user-my8bb6nc1x

2 ай бұрын

lol. the school girl who was just waiting for a bus, who got abducted by some guys in a band, and made to stand on stage

@user-my8bb6nc1x

2 ай бұрын

Not the impression I get. She's commanding the room in that 50's thrift store dress.

@Caughtintheworldwideweb

6 күн бұрын

@@user-my8bb6nc1xshe is the music

I've worked as a janitor and I find this to be pretty accurate. Great band also.

@mascadadelpantion8018

Жыл бұрын

Oh you're genitals

@actkind

9 ай бұрын

I just cried laughing at your comment!

@user-xs5dj8ei2g

8 ай бұрын

What?? lol The song lyrics have basically nothing to say about being a janitor or what it's about, she simply says 'I'm a janitor, oh my genitals" because she met this janitor at her school who had a funny sounding voice, and when he said "I'm a janitor." it sounded like "Oh my genitals."

@v-town1980

8 ай бұрын

​@@user-xs5dj8ei2gwasn't this song's lyrics about a janitor who got blamed for a nuclear meltdown?

I never get tired of watching his video and her quirky smile at the end of the video is gold.

I love how she sings the line man the manipulator

@marsfigmeow

2 жыл бұрын

dreamy

@David-ud8mx

Жыл бұрын

how the hell does she do that with her voice

@MisterNiles

2 ай бұрын

Boom Boom Boom Boom

@bluetortilla

17 күн бұрын

I like ‘oh your mother your father’ B52s meets Devo.

THIS is the stuff I loved about the 80's.

@michaeltnewyorknights8413

Жыл бұрын

This is really a product of the early eighties, stemming from the late 70's. There was nothing like this by the late 80's.

@stephenaelkinsactor

Жыл бұрын

@@michaeltnewyorknights8413 - I would agree. Most definitely EARLY 80's here. Where I was geographically, I wasn't really exposed much to the late 70's Post-Punk/New Wave stuff. My first exposure to it occurred in the early 80's. I'd agree that the landscape really shifted from early mid 80's onward.

@BGNOLA

Жыл бұрын

@@michaeltnewyorknights8413 yeah, by the mid-80s it was all hard core and bland ass college rock

@mikeydeloa7348

Жыл бұрын

@@stephenaelkinsactor Same here. Small Town boy here from the eastern part of the US. My limited exposure to alt punk and new wave at this time would have been musical guests on Fridays, S.C.T.V. , Showtime (which would show a couple music videos between movies) , and some video show that was shown on our local TV channel, was not MTV, but never remember the name of the show. Yes, come 1984 the 80's were more mainstream and less underground it seemed.

This band is suggested to me by my friend who is a californian. Im listening this band sometimes. Im not even an American but i like californian spirit. I guess just californians know this band.

@user-my8bb6nc1x

2 ай бұрын

They were from Long Beach and were promoted at stations like KROQ in so cal. So yeah, most people from so cal knew of them. But they were also known in other states as they toured.

Never gets old.

@MisterNiles

2 ай бұрын

Never, ever, ever.

Oh My gentials , Im a Janitor! Brilliant lyrics thtough out!

It's nice to confirm, at long last, that she was, in fact, saying "genitals".

@joel8750

3 жыл бұрын

What did you think she was singing?

@nate2611

3 жыл бұрын

It's pretty obvious.

@gloomsdoom649

Жыл бұрын

No, she’s saying she’s a genitals janitor

@user-my8bb6nc1x

2 ай бұрын

I've known that for years. The song was written after Su Tissu was talking to some guy in a loud bar, and she asked him what he did for a living, and he said "im a janitor" and she thought he said "oh my genitals"

Su must have been pretty resilient when you think about how they were opening for Black Flag and the Germs when the hardcore scene was at its peak.

@unmuchoproblem0

2 жыл бұрын

saysummore

@sirphineasluciusambercromb9114

Жыл бұрын

Punks actually respect academic scientists like Su Tissue.

@nathanieledwards7150

8 ай бұрын

I read that it was awful for her. One concert where every punk in the audience was taking turns spitting on her. She left the show covered in spit.....that's sad dude. I get man on man shit like that, don't hurt the ladies ffs. Speaking in retrospect, of course. I wasnt even born yet🤣

@-xirx-

6 ай бұрын

​@@nathanieledwards7150maybe that's why that guy at the beginning was wearing a plastic poncho!?

@nathanieledwards7150

6 ай бұрын

@@-xirx- I didn't even think about that!!! Wow. That's quite intuitive of you. I thought he was just trying to be silly

Those Les Pauls have such a gorgeous tone.

I remember seeing this with my brother when we were 16, never thought we’d be able find it again; but he found it in five minute what took me almost six years lmao

@megszentsegtelenithetetlenseg

Жыл бұрын

is there more to this story

@drewgrows7765

7 ай бұрын

I'm the same age. Music was a journey in the 80s

@-xirx-

6 ай бұрын

Same here! just managed to remember their name after months of trying

Oh my God I've been trying to remember this bands name for months. It suddenly appeared in my mind I'm so ha

@1neAdam12

3 жыл бұрын

Livin the dream

@ohwell2088

2 жыл бұрын

Best feeling ever lol

@mrzold

2 жыл бұрын

oh man Power of Youth got kidnapped or murdered right before typing that "ppy". (if it gets edited then this joke is totally meaningless you're welcome)

@-xirx-

6 ай бұрын

That's crazy! The exact same thing has just happened to me! After months of trying to remember and only having "Suburban" stuck in my head, suburban lawns just popped into my head and when i checked it on yt just now this video popped up! Win! 😃

The whole song is bad ass but that guitar riff is slick as fuck!

It's good to see that one of the twins from Shining had a successful new wave career.

@MarkGelderland

2 ай бұрын

Good one 😆

This is one of my favorite things

@deadchaotic5918

4 жыл бұрын

GLAD YOU LIKE IT MAN.

@epiphamas

3 жыл бұрын

that's what i was about to say

@coburn9977

3 жыл бұрын

Same!!!!

@bagdadaladin8672

3 жыл бұрын

@@deadchaotic5918 cant find scene where she wearing in inflatible pants and this crazy antripriner told in finally " I told that she couldnt speak" maybe you help?

@deadchaotic5918

3 жыл бұрын

@@bagdadaladin8672 NO MAN,GOT NO CLUE.

This is a band that I wish I had a record of but they’re very rare

@deadchaotic5918

3 жыл бұрын

YES,FOR SURE.AND IF YOU FIND ONE.....HA HA!

@suzyjohnson4667

3 жыл бұрын

@@deadchaotic5918 I have a clean copy with great playback :).

@deadchaotic5918

3 жыл бұрын

@@suzyjohnson4667 THAT'S REALLY NICE!!..WHY DON'T YOU UPLOAD IT?

@dartboardpicasso

3 жыл бұрын

It's being rereleased by Superior Viaduct. Preorders are live. It's a limited run, so get one now because they'll sell out.

@bubytherat6215

2 жыл бұрын

@@suzyjohnson4667 they have it at Doc’s Records now finally got one

I am so intrigued by this band and in LOVE with Sue Tissue!!! Flying Saucer Safari is such a good one and Flavor Crystals is great too. I listened to her piano album too, pretty amazing

@tygertone

8 ай бұрын

"Flavor Crystals" is a play on coffee commercials from that era (Folger's?).

I saw the name of this band on a poster in the movie fast Times at Ridgemont high. So I went here. Love the Internet!

I have this album still! Never get tired of it!

@rodjerdankist1125

2 жыл бұрын

Damn, an original press?

@joeybanuelos

2 жыл бұрын

@@rodjerdankist1125 yes!

Such a bummer the previous video was taken down, it had like million views

This stupid song grew on me, now I like it.

I don’t understand what it is about this crazy song but I LOVE it. It has me signing it all day. Oh my genitals, cracks me up.

@gloomsdoom649

2 жыл бұрын

About everything being irrelative

I was jamming on this album the year I went to prom.

Quirky and catchy.....love it!

Favorite song of the year. Cant get enough. Fave live performance of the year

This kicks so much ass! KROQ 1981, Seal Beach pier.

@juliocaesaralcaraz9891

3 жыл бұрын

KROQ 📻 FM, ROQ of the 80’S! Who else remembers that jingle?

@illmsg77

3 жыл бұрын

The Poor Man was awesome!!!

@juliocaesaralcaraz9891

3 жыл бұрын

@@illmsg77- I went to an event called a record rock 🎸 and swap in the late 80’s. The Poorman was there and he took his little boy 👦, the Poorbaby. The kid 🧒 ran all over the place, while his dad tried to catch him. It was hilarious 😆

@illmsg77

3 жыл бұрын

Julio Caesar Alcaraz Cool! I used to live near Oh Those Donuts and he was always there too.

@juliocaesaralcaraz9891

3 жыл бұрын

@@illmsg77a small world 🌎 and good times

They don't mak'em like that anymore.....Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom...Janitor ! I love Sue Tissue(Sue Mclane) and I bought the CD. Still cool in 2021 !!

Thanks for posting! This is one of my favorite live performances ever. The band is tight and loose at the same time and Sue kills it!

I used to hear this o Rodney Bingenheimers radio show in Pasadena CA. #Boyhood.

This video contains your daily recommended dose of awesome and is a part of this healthy breakfast.

Anyone who's pushed a broom for a living can see this is exactly what janitorial service is like.

HAIL SUE TISSUE!

Glad to see this clean version. Thanks.oh . And this is so beautiful .

“i’m wearing this outfit to protect me from the sprinklers”

@haroldkrishna4116

2 жыл бұрын

I'm wearing this sprinkler to protect me from this outfit.

@orlandosanchez8123

Жыл бұрын

What did he mean by that?

@-xirx-

6 ай бұрын

Maybe he means the "spitters", aka punk fans who liked to spit on stage at concerts around this time@@orlandosanchez8123

@-xirx-

6 ай бұрын

​@@orlandosanchez8123 he might be talking about "spitters", aka punk fans that liked to spit onstage around this time?

@user-my8bb6nc1x

2 ай бұрын

he's the only bad thing about the video

Me and Jeff use to play this in his gold Chevy Chevette in the 80s on our way to Laguna beach from Newport to hang at oak Street all day and body surf and get ready to go out that night, usually to a live gig or club. Best of times...

@sashwap

2 жыл бұрын

who’s jeff?

@newportmike8519

2 жыл бұрын

@@sashwap LOL! Guess I should have said my buddy Jeff who I met in 6th grade. We are both 56 now and still great friends. That Jeff :)

.....that Radio King Slingerland drumset And 1ply solid shell snare drum ugggg:)..... excellent musicians .... excellent musician on drumset

Boom boom boom boom

@deadchaotic5918

4 жыл бұрын

HA! HA!..BOOM BOOM INDEED!

So glad this has been re uploaded! ❤

I haave a big crush on sue tissue

@reptarDISCO

3 жыл бұрын

i love her

@PerspectiveEngineer

3 жыл бұрын

RIP...

@reptarDISCO

3 жыл бұрын

@@PerspectiveEngineer what? did she pass away??

@MatthewKressel

3 жыл бұрын

@@reptarDISCO More like MIA.

@gm9984

3 жыл бұрын

Hi everyone. I'm David.... I'm here because I too have a crush on miss tissue 🤧

Im so obsessed with this band and performance

From the game to end this is the greatest perfect video for this specific type of band for the specific type of song........... It's a beautiful natural phenomenon when sometimes the universe lines up to present something that is just so perfect that yours intended to see it the exact way you're looking at it now

@BobPapadopoulos

Жыл бұрын

What a bunch of word salad nonsense. lol

@sergiomillangonzalez2257

Жыл бұрын

Deep

Always have loved this song! It rocks!

Classic new wave/punk

I like music bands.

This song makes me wanna be a janitor.

@timedgar5963

Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

They should make a movie about the suburban lawns

My granny used to sing this to me as I'd lay down to sleep.

@v-town1980

8 ай бұрын

Your generation is boring.

Best thing I ever heard.

tremenda banda su calidad precision

i love this song so much

Just to explain that this is about: the guitarist wrote a song about science and he said it was full of bad science word play: "everything is irrelative" "man the manipulator". Separately, a man told Su he was a janitor and she heard "genitals" and put it together as a chorus. Guitarist liked the janitor line a lot because it broke up his weak world play with something much more.

Most placid, fun singer, ever

Truly amazing

I was 16 and going to a Christian high school when this came out. Girls at our school dressed this way, and we guys actually liked it. The 1980s were honestly very conservative in some ways. But then you read the lyrics and you go "What in the world...?"

got to love those music bands

Best Song ever...

Brilliant.

i love music bands

“Most exciting new music bands”

@wa8d4g8i7

3 жыл бұрын

he said 'new music' as in new wave music

Love it!

My favorite song ever

Dat country western guitar lick iz DOPE 🎸

This is great!

Im diggin this. The sound reminds me of really early Shonen Knife some how.. the burning farm album specifically.

@JohnSmith-mh7ql

2 жыл бұрын

Um, you’ve got that backwards.

@gm9984

2 жыл бұрын

@@JohnSmith-mh7ql indeed. Guess it's just cause I heard shonen knife before these guys lol

Su at 2:30 is my favorite part of this song... favorite face of all faces, actually. Makes me happy everytime. Cutie patoooootie

@deadchaotic5918

3 жыл бұрын

HA HA!..AGREED..SHE HAD IT!

@allenmozek1

2 жыл бұрын

She's great here because of her intelligence and creativity, not because she's a 'cutie patootie'

if this taken again, please upload again and again

@deadchaotic5918

3 жыл бұрын

OK,DON'T WORRY!!

Hot af

Anyone else listening in 2074?

Weird in like the best way

i love this

So badass!!!

New wave!

I tought i saw it all ,huge mistake,this is great.

❤️it

Sue tissue. Love thi group. Anyone know what she's doin?

@-xirx-

6 ай бұрын

She is a lawyer somewhere in America. It's possibly to do with real estate, but I can't remember what exactly.

hells to the yeah!

hello from HOLLYWOOD JOE

0:43 love the boom boom boom boom . Very peter gabriel - solsbury hill

i luv su

I’ve friends with bassist/co-songwriter Vex Billingsgate( Billy Ranson) since 1986 when we meet in the Art Department at CSULB.

@alexusbratva878

2 жыл бұрын

How's Su doing

@-xirx-

6 ай бұрын

How are they all?

It’s nice to see that Yoko influenced at least one person with her primal scream’s

@sirreptitious8786

2 жыл бұрын

The B-52's were certainly influenced by Yoko. Even John Lennon noticed the similarities. Proving once again that John & Yoko were ahead of their times.

@kdphotos4691

2 жыл бұрын

She's more reminiscent of Nina Hagen.

@timedgar5963

Жыл бұрын

Yes, she’s definitely in the same vocal camp as Nina Hagen

@sirphineasluciusambercromb9114

Жыл бұрын

Su Tissue is better than Yoko but both approached music as a science experiment

@3dsmaxrocks699

Жыл бұрын

Yoko has zero talent. She's a hack. John could've had any woman he wanted and picked that.

最高！

que hermosa es

When there were still new things to do in music.

i like unable, and got to see em at Perkins Palace in Pasadena

u kno it grips

If you grew up in the Valley, you know. If not

Su Tissue suffered from extreme anxiety/stage fright back then. It might have had an influence on her performance. I believe it's one of the reasons they didn't stay together for long. Last I heard she is a lawyer somewhere now!

Shes so pretty oml

Saya suka yang di bagian bom bom bom nya, ❤❤❤

@jlc7841

7 ай бұрын

Amazing

Flea & John's Dublab brought me here

Who's the cutie on the drums?!!!!!

Miss you Nebula

this is so fucking awesome

Im crying

On the Chase longe on the chaise long on the long all day long on the chase long😂 -- WET LEG