The Coming of the Crow

"The Coming of the Crow" is an instrumental track from The Residents' Commercial Album. 
== History ==
The song was written and recorded in 1980. It is a harsh sounding instrumental jam lasting only 1 minute. It is a collaboration between The Residents, Fred Frith & Chris Cutler, who are all credited with this track on the album 'Hell!'. Also playing on the track is Brian Eno (Synth), who was recording the album My Life In The Bush of Ghosts at the time with David Byrne.Commercial Album pREServed liner notes 
It was first performed live in 1985 when it was played as the intro to 'Eva's Warning' a jam based on Crow was also performed as the outro. This would continue to be performed until January of 1987. The song wouldn't be performed again until the 2005 Way We Were mini-tour where it was once again performed as the intro to Eva's Warning. 
== Music videos ==
Two music videos for "The Coming of the Crow" were produced for The Residents' Commercial DVD in 2004; one by The Residents, and another by artist Jean-Michel Roux. 
The Residents' video for the song features a naked computer-generated man overlapped with a video of flames, at the end of the video three CGI crows fly by. 
Jean-Michel Roux's video features helicopter footage of a small island, at the end of the video, the camera pans to the sea, where we see a Resident. 
== Credits ==
=== 1980 recording ===
* The Residents: Performance, Writing & Production
* Fred Frith: Guitar
* Chris Cutler: Percussion
* Brian Eno: Synthesizers 
=== Other versions ===
* Snakefinger: Guitar (On 1985 - 1987 Live Versions)
* Carla Fabrizio: Performance (On 2005 Live Version)
* Nolan Cook: Performance: (On 2005 Live Version)
== List of releases ==
* Commercial Album (1980) 1980 Studio Version (1:00)
* The Eyeball Show (Live In Japan) (1985) 1985 Live Version (1:48)
* Hell! (1986) 1980 Studio Version (1980)
* Live In The USA! 13th Anniversary Tour (1986) 1986 Live 'USA' Version (1:41)
* In Memoriam Torso (1994) 1980 Studio Version (1980)
* The Commercial DVD (2004) 1980 Studio Version (1980)
* The Way We Were (2005) 2005 Live Version (1:24)
* 13th Anniversary Show - Ritz NY - Jan 16, 1986 (2010) 1986 Live 'Ritz' Version (0:56)
* 13th Anniversary Show - Cleveland (2014) 1986 Live 'Cleveland' Version (1:08)
* Loss Of The Lizard Lady (2018) 2005 Live Version (1:24)
=== List of versions ===
== See also ==
* "Eva's Warning"
* Brian Eno
== Buy Or Die! ==
=== Listen online ===
* "The Coming of the Crow" on Spotify
* "The Coming of the Crow" on Apple Music
== External links and references ==
* Commercial Album at The Residents Historical
* Commercial Album at RZWeb (archived via archive.org)
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