The Residents have been with me since I was 17. I'm 53 now.

Very proud to say that I shook the hand of Homer Flynn last January when the Residents Came to London UK. The Residents and I go back forty years since I first saw them on Whistle Test and was captivated.

This is one of the most affecting Residents songs, period. Say what you want about their body of work, this is a powerful piece of work. RIP Hardy. You were amazing.

This is so haunting. It manages to turn the darkest emotions into a strange euphoria. When the girl sings, "Mr. Cuckoo has fallen asleep" I really like the small rest between "a' and 'sleep". It messes with the rhythm and mimics the way a music box sounds as it's winding down. I also love the way the chord progressions alternate between nostalgic and menacing.

So much pain in the world...We all look for a glimmer of hope even when there appears to be none...They have seemed to achieved it here...Thank You Residents.💔

Bleak surrealness, Hardy Fox is all over this. so many levels.

I just wanted to say thank you Residents, You have helped me in the worst of times and have made me happy. you never fail to amaze me. I'm pretty sure the residents probably will never see this comment but i just want to say thank you for all you have done. I look up to you guys as heroes. Thank you so much.

it's almost baffling that i listen to bands that make a brand out of how sad they are (y'know, doom metal and stuff) but nothing comes close to how devastating this song is

simply one of the most beautiful sad songs ever.

One thing I love about The Residents is that while they mostly do messed up videos, but they are just capable of making such an emotional piece as anyone else, but still able to keep that Residents touch.

A thought provoking book, a bottle of Irish whiskey, this song on loop. There are times when a person just needs nights like this.

This is probably my favourite song from The Residents.

This song is sad but beautiful. Shows the depth of their talent.

If you ever decide to fully delve into the Resident's catalogue, you'll find yourself being uneasy with every album you hear, only to become hopelessly obsessed with everything they've ever done. I think they may be from another planet... Not kidding

The Residents ~ "The Greatest band, the World doesn't know..." (and this song is proof of that statement )

From " Smelly tongues" to this beautiful piece of music - I always admired the bandwidth of music they have. *love*

RIP Hardy Fox 1945-2018

though this is a more beautiful and peaceful song from The Residents, it does not stop being scary and mysterious

I've never heard this before just now. It's beautiful and haunting. Sounds like despair, and emptiness and loneliness. Could be the soundtrack playing in my head on any given day. Had me in tears on the first listen.

Ειναι το αγαπημενο μου τραγουδι!

Animal Lover is a badass album.

fan since the late 70ties, went to them last year with 19 year old son and friend, they were amazed, best show they 'd ever seen

Excellent. Ça mériterait d'être plus connu. Parfois on passe à côté de vrai chef d'oeuvres.

Doing what they do requires immense musical talent and imagination.

A child's first experience of death (her dead pet bird). She dreams, realizing that someday her father will die as well.

We're always alone, even when with those we know,

First listen: "I really like this!" Second listen: "This is really sad..." Third listen: *silently sobs* This is the only song that has ever legitimately made me weep. Kudos to The Residents for wrecking my soul...

It really is one of those songs that make you smile even if bleeding and dying,for you know your anguish has found a soundtrack..............................

masterpiece

i miss snakefinger this reminds me of him and the residents a sad song

One of my favourite Residents songs. There is a lo-fi live version of this song with Nolan Cook on slide guitar that kicks ass. Part of the Talking Light tour I do believe.

Somewhere, in San Anselmo, there is a place of memorial and great creation. Much of what we adore came from this place. We know not where, exactly. But Hardy is there.

I listen to residents since 1975, I'm 53. Hated them with songs disappeared from youtube, but I'm here again

The Residents, where have you been all my life?!

anything by the residents is amazing.

I'm lucky enough to have the instrumental limited release in my collection. Honestly I need to get the original album aswell.

Love this song. It's sad, yes... but rings of truth and compassion.

I remember the first time I ever listened to this/watched it. Makes me feel nostalgic now. Time passes too fast, I think this song encapsulates that feeling

Especially considering the loss of dear old Hardy Fox, I find 'Loneliness' a tad more melancholy than this.

Bravo, magnifique, beautiful.

Me too I'm 58 they've been with me for over twenty years know 😌

this improved the flavor of my dish

Love this song, love the animation. Animal Lover is -in my opinion- one of the Essential Albums by The Residents. I mean, for people who don't know them, this is a very good album to start with.

... Just crying,,,

They've always been about multimedia, but this is a heartbreaker.

this is the saddest song I've ever heard

I want this song for my funeral 😌

This is so beautiful...

i cant help it but listening to this all over and over again for few days since i first found it. its so melancholic

I am sad that this does not have more views

The last time I saw The Residents live (I'm one of those lucky people who saw them live more than once before Hardy Fox died), they finished the show with this song (it was the Bunny Boy tour). Beautiful was too weak a word.

Listen to them since the 70's . This song made .e sad....I don't like being sad

Always captivating…

FIrst song I've heard by the Residents, and still my favorite

Now this was really Sad.. Very heart breaking...

"The sky was dark as a hopeless heart" Fantastic video to a fantastic song.

this is my favorite song of all time !! every time i hear this song whit tears in my eyes because allot a memories !!!

Residents forever. Greetings from Italy

Great band, great tune.

Beautiful all around.

Sometimes u wonder how ppl could dislike .... Krazy..........

This video always makes me think of me and my daughter. I hope one day she loves the residents like I do.

Brutal.

i liked this band when they were hooked up with ralph records, close to there beginning, but this is something i missed. not normal residents, but a damd good song. thanks for this. made my day an i will be getting it. got about 10 albums, all ralph records. favs: happy birthday to me, constantanopel, an this is a mans world.

RIP Pretzels. You were the Queen of Grot with the best whisks.

bro this is the saddest shit i’ve ever seen in my life

Es una canción hermosa. Triste y hermosa (L)

This video messed me up pretty bad inside the first time I saw it. It appears to be a working class dad and his daughter coming home from the mother's funeral... Awful, but a perfect match for what is possibly one of The Resident's most beautiful songs.

Even when doing a less far out song than usual, The Residents manage to hit brilliance.

This song gutted me when I first heard it, after my father passed away it’s very hard to listen to it but cathartic at the same tjme

somethink like this i hear maybe 2 on my life. this is so beautifull. i have any words....

This hurts...

Beautiful and heartbreaking

Residents can be sad or creepy but never sappy !

Nice to see somebody else's video adaptation of this song. I was pleasantly surprised to hear them play this song as their encore when I saw them on the Bunny Boy tour.

This song broke down my last pinch of cockiness on life and now I feel that I'm left with no -reason- (lie) to live.

The first song I heard was Make Me Moo a couple of hours ago, and I kinda liked it. Imagine my reaction when I got here.

Beautiful and sad.

Just lovely.

❤❤❤❤❤❤

Beautiful music, and so lovely movie. So sad story of daughter and father. At the scene in the train, there is a distanse between them. Maybe father is not good at having skinship with his daughter(0:10). Mother(already gone) was may burying the relationship of family. Father loved daughter, but not strong enough at keep her beside, because he is poor and busy, so he is on the way to leave his daughter with his relative. I guess. At the scene in the park (maybe it close to the relative house), father disappeared. I guess, he is still alive, but his heart gone away from his daughter. She got thrown away. What a sad story! She wants to have skinship, hug a tree trunk and think of last memory with her father. I'm Japanese, and I think many of Japanese has sadness with relationship like them. Maybe animater of this movie also Japanese I guess. Because landscape and details are very familiar to me. This family was living in Tokyo, and daughter was taken to countryside that relative house is. I strongly wish she is still alive, and she will grab happiness.

♡.

Beautiful!

so beautiful

Simple et pourtant tellement touchant

Gotta embrace weirdness

Love your uploads, Virgil Pink!! 👍👍

Wow. Combine the technique of William Kentridge with the visual style of Jiří Trnka. Quite lovely.

Still amazing :)

Wow. Superb.

Amazing!!

Mr. Coo coo has fallen asleep

Remarkable ambiance ...

magnifique

Perfection.

A moving piece of music and an equally touching video.

Very Perfect wonderful

Meravigliosa :o)

Great vídeo!

transcendental ... the key that unlocks every door