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Violent Femmes, any fans?

Posted on 6/3/15 at 2:55 pm
Posted by T1gerWonder
Member since May 2011
4450 posts
Posted on 6/3/15 at 2:55 pm
If so what are some of your favorite songs
Promise
Breaking up (demo)
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
81622 posts
Posted on 6/3/15 at 3:13 pm to
I just checked the song listing from The Violent Femmes. I had forgotten how many of those songs I liked. Almost the whole album.

For whatever reason, I know nothing else except American Music which is meh.
Posted by Zappas Stache
Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
Member since Apr 2009
38686 posts
Posted on 6/3/15 at 3:54 pm to
Pretty much anything off their eponymous Violent Femmes lp and Hallowed Ground is greatness. After that, the lps are hit or miss.....as for specific songs...Black Girls, Country Death Song, Blister in teh Sun, Kiss Off, Add it Up, To the Kill.....
Posted by Backinthe615
Member since Nov 2011
6871 posts
Posted on 6/3/15 at 4:00 pm to
Posted by monsterballads
Make LSU Great Again
Member since Jun 2013
29266 posts
Posted on 6/3/15 at 4:15 pm to
one of my all time favorite bands
Posted by northshorebamaman
Cochise County AZ
Member since Jul 2009
35482 posts
Posted on 6/3/15 at 5:06 pm to
Pretty much all of the first album is great. Although I could go the rest of my life without ever hearing Blister in the Sun again.
Posted by T1gerWonder
Member since May 2011
4450 posts
Posted on 6/3/15 at 5:44 pm to
Yeah I was listening to the self titled album, and I can go through it easily. There nothing wrong with Blister in the Sun though.
Posted by Cdawg
TigerFred's Living Room
Member since Sep 2003
59498 posts
Posted on 6/3/15 at 6:01 pm to
I'll tell you, man, I'm stuck, I'm stuck, I'm stuck on this lovely girl.
And ya know I'd travel, I could travel all over the whole world.
And you know what she does, she turn around she turn around and like another guy
I fall down dead, she never see, see the tears I cry

might be one of the best sung lyrics ever recorded.

Love that song.
This post was edited on 6/3/15 at 6:02 pm
Posted by northshorebamaman
Cochise County AZ
Member since Jul 2009
35482 posts
Posted on 6/3/15 at 6:21 pm to
quote:

There nothing wrong with Blister in the Sun though.

I liked it years ago. I've just heard it way too many times.
Posted by Zappas Stache
Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
Member since Apr 2009
38686 posts
Posted on 6/3/15 at 6:56 pm to
quote:

I've just heard it way too many times.


It's like Stairway to Heaven....I don't want to hear it anymore. But if you listen to it and really pay attention, its a great song.
Posted by eye65
Member since Aug 2009
987 posts
Posted on 6/3/15 at 7:04 pm to
Good band but haven't listened in a really, really long time. ...
However, all the time the line "wait a minute honey, I'm gonna add it up" goes through my head.

Aaaaad it up, aaaad it up!
Posted by northshorebamaman
Cochise County AZ
Member since Jul 2009
35482 posts
Posted on 6/3/15 at 7:22 pm to
quote:

It's like Stairway to Heaven....I don't want to hear it anymore. But if you listen to it and really pay attention, its a great song.

I agree, it's a great song, and the Stairway comparison is a good one. It's just completely saturated the culture. I probably hear it once a week between tv shows, commercials, and movies.
Posted by Dandy Lion
Member since Feb 2010
50249 posts
Posted on 6/4/15 at 8:23 am to
I hope you know this will go down on your permanent record......
Posted by betweenthebara
nowhere
Member since May 2013
6183 posts
Posted on 6/4/15 at 8:52 am to
Yup.

Kiss Off. Add it Up. Johnny.
This post was edited on 6/4/15 at 8:58 am
Posted by constant cough
Lafayette
Member since Jun 2007
44788 posts
Posted on 6/4/15 at 7:08 pm to
I'm a fan
Posted by Loveland Tiger
Colorado
Member since Nov 2014
5259 posts
Posted on 6/4/15 at 10:04 pm to
They played BR in the mid 80's. Some VFW hall or similar room. Never been there before or since. The ceiling was so low, the band could barely stand up. And hot as hell as I remember.

KLSU was pretty good in the day. There were a lot of good bands at the Bayou, Chimes, etc. back then. REM, Pixies, to name a few.

Posted by NBR_Exile
Houston via Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2012
953 posts
Posted on 6/5/15 at 11:50 am to
I was at that show. Didn't Guadalcanal Diary play that night as well?
Posted by Thurber
NWLA
Member since Aug 2013
15402 posts
Posted on 6/5/15 at 1:43 pm to
yup. they pretty good
Posted by Zappas Stache
Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
Member since Apr 2009
38686 posts
Posted on 6/5/15 at 1:55 pm to
quote:

They played BR in the mid 80's.


quote:

Didn't Guadalcanal Diary play that night as well?


I saw them in NOLA about that time....maybe Tips....and I saw Guadalcanal at the Chimes in the mid 80's. I think if they would've played the same night in BR I would have gone to VF.

quote:

KLSU was pretty good in the day.


Cuz I was a DJ there. I made that place.
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
81622 posts
Posted on 6/5/15 at 2:05 pm to
Pretty sure I saw Guadalcanal diary in NO then BR in the same week. I think the BR show was at the Varsity.
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