Violent Femmes - American Music

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  • Опубликовано: 26 дек 2024

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  • @scottsteele7109
    @scottsteele7109 3 года назад +750

    Went to see the Violent Femmes while at Umass in 1983 at Hangar One, a club made from an old airplane hangar. We were waiting in the parking lot, this old station wagon pulled in with Wisconsin plates ...hung out with the guys from Wisconsin for awhile and they asked how good the Femmes band was. We had the first record and played it on a campus radio station so we told 'em they were great. When they came on stage to play it was the three dudes from the parking lot! Super hot show, slam dancing, drummer used an upside down galvanized tub for a drum. Up there with best show ever.

    • @Surferjoefwb
      @Surferjoefwb 3 года назад +23

      That’s bad ass dude!

    • @briankelley4163
      @briankelley4163 3 года назад +12

      Great story

    • @akaicedtea6236
      @akaicedtea6236 3 года назад +5

      Very nifty

    • @orcvsivstitia7608
      @orcvsivstitia7608 3 года назад +13

      They were so odd. But nice.

    • @WhatsCookingTime
      @WhatsCookingTime 3 года назад +6

      I'm too young to remember that but I'm from Massachusetts when you say UMass do you mean Amherst? Where exactly was this concert

  • @marcussmith3037
    @marcussmith3037 9 месяцев назад +57

    Highschool in 96 I asked leslie to prom with this song in her living room good times.. she said yes

    • @69monstermunch
      @69monstermunch 8 месяцев назад

      Are you still in touch with Leslie?

    • @JessIca-rx9mx
      @JessIca-rx9mx 7 месяцев назад +1

      Was Leslie hot?

    • @selalewow
      @selalewow 6 месяцев назад +1

      My husband played Girl Trouble on the way to our wedding 😂

    • @hgr.7857
      @hgr.7857 4 месяца назад +1

      Same here, asked my sporty-girl neighbor-crush riding around jamming this in 99. We had a great time. I though I was so original 🤷

    • @45eno
      @45eno 3 месяца назад +1

      @@hgr.7857 So do all the current high schoolers.

  • @NavigatEric
    @NavigatEric Год назад +81

    I loved it then (1991) and I love it now (2023).

  • @meredithserdechka487
    @meredithserdechka487 8 месяцев назад +30

    April 2024 . Perfect.

  • @johnvincent7163
    @johnvincent7163 11 месяцев назад +56

    Grew up jamming to Violent Femmes. Very underrated band in my opinion.

  • @PatrickHamilton-hx1rn
    @PatrickHamilton-hx1rn 11 месяцев назад +63

    American originals. A absolute treasure of a band.

  • @Mewted
    @Mewted 3 года назад +255

    The greatest, most honest, sarcastic and to the point American song of all time. It should be the national Anthem.

    • @nooneinparticular7709
      @nooneinparticular7709 3 года назад +23

      Gen X Conservative who despises "woke culture" here. Completely agree.

    • @patprince6011
      @patprince6011 3 года назад +3

      I second that!

    • @the2ndcoming135
      @the2ndcoming135 2 года назад +4

      Before there was the White Stripes and other RocknRoll classic revival type bands there VF.

    • @unitedstatesofmordor
      @unitedstatesofmordor 2 года назад +3

      "I wanted to be Thumb No 69, but I got here too soon." -Thumb 68

    • @ersp1
      @ersp1 2 года назад +39

      @@nooneinparticular7709 oh, you poor dear. show us where the woke culture hurt you.

  • @brucehemingway-u2w
    @brucehemingway-u2w 27 дней назад +6

    How time flies! Saw the Violent Femmes as the main act with Nirvana as support in 92 at Fishermans Wharf, Gold Coast , Australia. Crazy gig , but always remembered the songs that took me back to my high school days. Long may the memory of that day and the songs that they gave us live on as a group play on forever!! Most underrated band ever!

  • @ADwarvenBard
    @ADwarvenBard Месяц назад +5

    Canadian here🇨🇦
    Gods I love American Music.
    Baby.

  • @JimTheDruid-db3ok
    @JimTheDruid-db3ok Год назад +59

    In person, a remarkably quiet band that keeps the crowd very riled up. Never, ever underestimate the power of the bathrobe.

  • @nooneinparticular7709
    @nooneinparticular7709 3 года назад +265

    I love how Gordon Gano's eyes never alter, no matter what verse or emotion he's singing. A true psychopath. Or at least a really damned good imitation of one.

  • @shannonnonnahs6943
    @shannonnonnahs6943 3 года назад +121

    One of the most underrated songs ever!

  • @kingofalldabblers
    @kingofalldabblers 3 года назад +100

    I wish I could tell these guys how happy their music makes me. I can actually remember finding the Violent Femmes tape in my sister's room when she went to college in 1987ish. I wore that tape out. That box included a Duran Duran tape, a Squeeze tape and Depeche Mode as well. Well, I know what I am doing with the next hour.

    • @merkules2001
      @merkules2001 3 года назад +2

      Pretty much same story. Hand me down, "stole," from mine. The cure, cult, police, cars, men at work.

    • @notsureiL
      @notsureiL 3 года назад +8

      Lucky dude your sister has great taste in music 😊

    • @kingofalldabblers
      @kingofalldabblers 3 года назад +4

      @@merkules2001 same bro. The cure, police, Depeche mode...

    • @1011.Nezuko
      @1011.Nezuko 3 года назад +2

      I was born in 84 and I love this band

    • @Jason-kg4rs
      @Jason-kg4rs 2 года назад +1

      Squeeze was awesome too.

  • @sartoris9439
    @sartoris9439 2 года назад +76

    This should be our National Anthem.
    I want to hear this every single time an American wins gold at the Olympics.

  • @josefk5659
    @josefk5659 3 года назад +61

    I bought this CD when I was around 12. I'm 31 now. I never knew what these guys looked like.

    • @vanessakemp8653
      @vanessakemp8653 3 года назад +3

      me neither :)

    • @tishaburke8086
      @tishaburke8086 3 года назад +2

      Me too

    • @WhatsCookingTime
      @WhatsCookingTime 3 года назад +10

      I first liked them when I was a teenager I'm 49 now and this is the first time I'm seeing what they look like as well. They're much more normal looking than I thought they would be

    • @adamtrolinger9054
      @adamtrolinger9054 3 года назад +1

      @@WhatsCookingTime should look up their older stuff.. not so normal back when

    • @JohnBrown-pq9tj
      @JohnBrown-pq9tj 3 года назад +8

      I bought this CD when I was a gamete. I'm a zygote now. I never knew what these guys looked like.

  • @unperson5713
    @unperson5713 2 года назад +33

    This song has not stopped resurfacing in my mind since first I heard it, many long years gone.
    I like American Music, it reminds me of me.

  • @edavalonroofing5735
    @edavalonroofing5735 2 года назад +29

    This song has such as strong nostalgic vibe. It's also hauntingly sad as if Gordon is singing about his life regrets with lines like "....I did too many drugs.." and "...I was born too soon, you were born too late..." or "nobody would go to prom with me..." An underrated masterpiece!

  • @angelariebli4843
    @angelariebli4843 Год назад +24

    My love for this band is pure.

    • @joannefitzpatrick992
      @joannefitzpatrick992 2 месяца назад

      Well it's good you don't have any ulterior motives whilelistening to them

  • @vanessakemp8653
    @vanessakemp8653 3 года назад +29

    Takes me back...argh! I feel so old. Violent Femmes rock!

    • @johnnyp8979
      @johnnyp8979 7 месяцев назад +1

      LOL
      Like SIXTO RODRIGUEZ mentioned; old ? I'm ancient 😖...
      Nevertheless, ENJOY !

  • @soarornor
    @soarornor 3 года назад +114

    Great song and one of the all time great videos, like something David Lynch would have made.

    • @davidgehring4194
      @davidgehring4194 3 года назад +5

      Exactly what I was thinking when I saw it as well.

    • @UncleErnie71
      @UncleErnie71 3 года назад +13

      The director would go on to direct a bunch of television, including episodes of Breaking Bad, Fargo and Better Call Saul.

    • @CB-vg1wq
      @CB-vg1wq 2 года назад +5

      Great comment. I thought the same thing, this looks very Lynchian. David Lynch should put them in his next movie as lounge singers.

    • @slaughterhouse5585
      @slaughterhouse5585 2 года назад +4

      Great observation. David Lynch. Oh, yeah. 😵‍💫

  • @opwave79
    @opwave79 27 дней назад +2

    This song is timeless. Baby.

  • @jackbrimm9833
    @jackbrimm9833 Год назад +6

    Never saw them, but was lucky enough to hear the debut LP at Christmas break 1983, when my lifelong music mentor handed me a half-dozen vinyl LPs and said, “Tape these.” Yeah we stole music back then. But among the stack was Violent Femmes. For me, as for so many people, their music became a touchstone of purity that I really have no quibble with down to as recently as-today. This is American music. I like American music. I like Violent Femmes music. It reminds me of me.

  • @JoaquinPhoenix-s3k
    @JoaquinPhoenix-s3k 8 месяцев назад +3

    This should be our National Anthem. 👍

  • @JimRuel
    @JimRuel Год назад +2

    My first memory of the Femmes was when my sister told me about them coming to play at her high school in Milwaukee. It was a Catholic school, so when they played Add It Up, the school admins shut the show down, haha. My sister also used to go listen to the gospel choir that the lead singer was a member of. Stalker...

  • @convertableburt
    @convertableburt 16 часов назад

    Born in 1998, but my step dad got me into them. I remember waiting on a bus and black girls in the car with wind blowing in a car with no AC. I have never been able to shake the need to hear their style of twang and edge. Other great artists he got me into include, simon and garfunkel, velvet underground, pink floyd, and beastie boys. I am so thankful to Tom for showing me great music of his time and helped me appreciate music past his time. As of late Ive been listening to classical music. Specifically dmitri shostokovich, symphony no.5 and waltz no.2 are favorites so far

  • @drewf5885
    @drewf5885 11 месяцев назад +4

    RUclips needs a Double Thumbs Up button to handle videos from bands like the Violent Femmes

  • @jasondananay1800
    @jasondananay1800 3 месяца назад +18

    This song is so good my neighbors threw a brick through my window to hear it better

    • @deanm4905
      @deanm4905 Месяц назад

      Seriously, I do not blame them.

  • @Surferjoefwb
    @Surferjoefwb 3 года назад +9

    Yeah hearing theses guys brings me back to the care free days of junior high school. “Why can’t I get just one f**k?” I’m 46 now!!! Man time flies!!

    • @klausicornfield
      @klausicornfield 3 года назад +2

      And so did the fucks ;-) I´m 56 and i saw them live when i was a teen

    • @naturalnashuan
      @naturalnashuan 10 месяцев назад +2

      I never did get a date to the prom.

  • @squirrelgirl1853
    @squirrelgirl1853 Год назад +9

    I live in Milwaukee and saw these guys at a big music festival we have every year at our lakefront and they're from Milwaukee, they used to perform there every year and when we were young (the 90s) we'd go see them every year......brings back many fun memories from l8ng ago lol.....☺️💜💗🔆

    • @ThatWeirdGuyYouKnow
      @ThatWeirdGuyYouKnow 11 месяцев назад +1

      Was it Summerfest? Or the Milwaukee State Fair?

    • @squirrelgirl1853
      @squirrelgirl1853 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@ThatWeirdGuyYouKnow Summerfest.... They used to play every year....

    • @Badafuco805-AK
      @Badafuco805-AK 10 месяцев назад +2

      I saw them at Summerfest as well . One of my favorite shows of all time. Such a fun show.

    • @squirrelgirl1853
      @squirrelgirl1853 10 месяцев назад

      @@Badafuco805-AK yeah we made it a tradition in our friend group for years.... Great times!!!

  • @LaughingClownMaltLiquor26
    @LaughingClownMaltLiquor26 27 дней назад +1

    I ate too many bugs. Did you eat too many bugs? I ate too many bugs, too. Brought my kids up on those lyrics. 😂❤

  • @em-cj2zw
    @em-cj2zw 2 года назад +10

    the aspect ratio, themes, and red curtain are all giving me big twin peaks vibes i love it

  • @jeffzylland1311
    @jeffzylland1311 3 года назад +36

    Though they were my favorite band in high school and college, I listened to them less and less over the decades as I got old and boring. Well, I just saw them with Flogging Molly in Eugene, and it reminded me that they are still the greatest live band ever. Most bands drown their music out with over-amped bass notes, but not the Femmes. Their albums are awesome, but they are even better live, and even better 40 years later. Ritchie still rocks the xylophone, Gano sings with raw angst, and Sparrow played a mean solo on the Weber grill (did the other drummers spontaneously combust from sheer coolness?). Maybe I was born too late, or they were born too soon, but I miss the fresh simplicity of bands like the Femmes. You guys are invited to my place any time.

    • @Aleph-Noll
      @Aleph-Noll 2 года назад +4

      i think their first self titled album is perfect. which album should i listen to next?

    • @jeffzylland1311
      @jeffzylland1311 2 года назад +3

      Their first album is their most perfect. Many of their albums have themes, so you may like some more than others depending on your taste. I like stuff from all their albums though. maybe take a look at their hallowed ground album, though?

    • @kristineapodaca3173
      @kristineapodaca3173 Год назад +1

      I saw that show in Denver! Great show

    • @daisywrabbit
      @daisywrabbit Год назад +1

      Eugene! ⚡️💙⚡️

    • @daisywrabbit
      @daisywrabbit Год назад

      @@Aleph-NollAdd it Up 1981-1993 is a compilation album with many of their greats.

  • @janetteibo430
    @janetteibo430 7 месяцев назад +6

    My roomate bought the first album when it came out in 1983. It's still one of my favorites. Never gets old.

  • @ohiyotrippole6645
    @ohiyotrippole6645 2 года назад +4

    One of the lucky to have seen this live with the 1 string. The Ramones played directly after them. Good night.

    • @johnnyp8979
      @johnnyp8979 4 месяца назад

      Whatcha mean good night, bet it was a GREAT NIGHT 😁 !

  • @paulaiuto3933
    @paulaiuto3933 Год назад +3

    1st memory was 1984 in highschool and blasting them on the old boom box getting disgusted looks from the quote normal azz holes of the world i knew then i found the perfect band for me like the cramps and others of the day THERE MUSIC DOESNT GET OLD IT ENDURES ...👊🙌

  • @Ivy-kb9xe
    @Ivy-kb9xe 3 года назад +9

    There was only one station in the valley that was playing the Femmes, KROQ. Without that station I would have never heard this and countless amazing bands. It was the soundtrack of my youth and I wish I could back.

  • @litlfrog
    @litlfrog 3 года назад +15

    How lucky am I that I was maintaining my Best of 1991 playlist on the DAY this came out?!

  • @Greymanelorander
    @Greymanelorander 9 месяцев назад +2

    Love the Asian guy in the leather coat who is just absolutely going for it in every shot.

  • @candicesummers4548
    @candicesummers4548 5 месяцев назад +2

    Best live act!

  • @photoflo78
    @photoflo78 3 года назад +20

    Been a fan since I was a kid! I've seen them live over 20 times. Gordon is a sweetheart ❤

    • @Surferjoefwb
      @Surferjoefwb 3 года назад +4

      Wow 20 times! That’s bad ass. The Femmes and The Cure are the only 2 bands that I always wanted to see but never got to.

    • @1011.Nezuko
      @1011.Nezuko 3 года назад +2

      That's awesome hell yes I'm sure it was awesome

  • @rondohunter8966
    @rondohunter8966 3 года назад +25

    I'm always amazed at how strongly they touch me with only two guitars and a single drum. Of course the songs, the lyrics, Gordons' voice, it all adds up to JOY! I'm always happy when listening to the VF!

    • @joeschmucketelli9364
      @joeschmucketelli9364 6 месяцев назад +1

      Let’s not forget one is a bass guitar..

    • @rondohunter8966
      @rondohunter8966 6 месяцев назад

      @@joeschmucketelli9364 Yes. Bassist Brian Ritchie, guitarist Gordon Gano and percussion Victor DeLorenzo (originally). Two guitars. One drum.

  • @236Doodad
    @236Doodad 2 года назад +10

    Legit one of the absolute best songs ever written and recorded.

  • @littlehopeleft
    @littlehopeleft Год назад +2

    This is just visual and accustic chaotic pleasure.

  • @chuckschillingvideos
    @chuckschillingvideos Год назад +4

    Loved this song since the first time I heard it. I don't think it's intended sarcastically, though I do believe there are many layers and underlying emotions being expressed simultaneously. My read is that this is Gordon's recantation of the effect that his devotion to the music had on his life and how one cannot be dissociated from the other. His life to that point, for better or worse, reflected back at him by the music he loved so dearly. Wonderful.

    • @waukivorycopse2402
      @waukivorycopse2402 5 месяцев назад +1

      Well said, I don't hear any irony or sarcasm here either, I hear longing, pain, heartache, joy and redemption. Most real things we feel are expressed in the music of VF.

  • @johngillespie3409
    @johngillespie3409 2 года назад +2

    I love driving in the country playing this over and over and over and over and over 🪕🎸

  • @kristindienst-braun5565
    @kristindienst-braun5565 Месяц назад

    I went to see the Femmes on a road trip to a small college for the Spring leg of Why Do Birds Sing? tour after high school graduation. We all went in my friend's 1966 Mustang. Pretty damn American.

  • @vevrvivnv
    @vevrvivnv 2 года назад +11

    Saw the Femmes in 2019 and they were amazing! If you haven't seen them live, you should! One of the best shows I've ever been to. Timeless sounds and great energy.

  • @MidnightRain1997
    @MidnightRain1997 3 года назад +43

    Wow, I'm totally emotional over this. It looks and sounds so good. Thank you.🖤 Greetings from Germany.🤗

  • @joshmichels9526
    @joshmichels9526 Месяц назад

    Seen them in 96 at a festival in Wisco they wouldn’t stop playing security unplugged them and pushed them off
    stage it was raw artistic expression

  • @kerrycooper-dean4243
    @kerrycooper-dean4243 10 месяцев назад +1

    Effing fanbloodytastic! One of the best and most underrated songs ever.

  • @theonetruetim
    @theonetruetim 4 месяца назад +1

    One of the best songs ever

  • @stellastarbrightk7563
    @stellastarbrightk7563 Год назад +1

    The music was pure. Nothing to hide behind

  • @jessicaboord
    @jessicaboord 2 года назад +5

    This was my jukebox anthem throughout my entire 20s

  • @MessyScriber
    @MessyScriber 3 года назад +3

    Grew up to this music. The Violent Femmes are a national treasure.

  • @tkorocky
    @tkorocky 8 месяцев назад

    How can you resist a punk band with a song where the lead instrument is a xylophone? I discovered them way too late, but still went on 7 mile runs through the mountains with their music blasting in my earbuds.

  • @great-vocal-man
    @great-vocal-man 3 года назад +3

    Why Do Birds Sing? Love it wore the tape out. I saw them at Geelong many moons ago....turn it up people....life was fun life was great....

  • @quarantina3999
    @quarantina3999 3 года назад +4

    Fun to see this video in HD. It reminds me of me. I like all kinds of music.

    • @adamsmith4195
      @adamsmith4195 3 месяца назад

      But I like American music best.

  • @SamHell-wr8bi
    @SamHell-wr8bi 10 месяцев назад

    Saw them in '91 when they toured this album. Best rock'n'roll show I ever saw.

  • @TheBenrogue
    @TheBenrogue 6 месяцев назад +1

    I was living in Milwaukee in the early 80's when these guys were just exploding on "the scene." I was one of the original editors of The Crazy Shepherd newspaper and they did some gigs to help us out. Victor DeLorenzo would show up at parties on the East Side and everyone wanted to be near him. Brian Ritchie would show up and everyone would want to smoke a joint with him. Gordon Gano didn't show up much cuz I guess he was somewhere quiet writing songs about angst. "When I go walkin..." Great stuff.

  • @joeking7784
    @joeking7784 3 года назад +6

    One of the best bands ever. True modern folk.

  • @raeannames2077
    @raeannames2077 Год назад +2

    Loved them since I was a kid still love them at 44

  • @TheNerdStorm
    @TheNerdStorm 3 года назад +22

    This is amazing, and the timing is incredible. I just decided to search for this song, Hadn't heard it in probably 15 or 20 years. And you published this 2 weeks ago!

  • @benkramer3194
    @benkramer3194 3 года назад +28

    and now Im singing the next song from the album, out the window...

    • @braindeadjalapeno
      @braindeadjalapeno 3 года назад +4

      That one is my favorite second to this one!+

    • @derrikferguson3219
      @derrikferguson3219 3 года назад +2

      Same here. Life was fun life was great

    • @Sc250108
      @Sc250108 3 года назад +1

      Til I made my big mistake.
      Oh no... It'll never happen to me.

    • @waukivorycopse2402
      @waukivorycopse2402 3 года назад

      Catch me, really, I'm falling

  • @greatboniwanker
    @greatboniwanker 3 года назад +5

    Genuinely, one of the MOST underrated 🥰 *LOVE LOVE LOVE* this collection of songs formerly called an album!

  • @multicaruana
    @multicaruana 3 года назад +8

    You know, after close to 40 years since their hit song came out, I had more or less forgotten about the Violent femmes. I think I went to Jones Beach to see them,. But last night I heard this song on wlng out of Sag Harbor, having no idea who did it. Somehow, it totally knocked my stockings off, and I fell asleep with the song spawning many dreams. I had never heard a sound like this before. I needed to find out who did this. And yes, the Violent Femmes, and until jus' now I had never seen them on You Tube either. A great video and a great song. Thanks!

  • @moochi3516
    @moochi3516 2 года назад +1

    I wasn't born in in 1979, but, luckily I had good parents. Saw them in '96 at 13. Still one of the best shows I've ever been to

  • @daisywrabbit
    @daisywrabbit Год назад +1

    The album was produced by Michael Beinhorn, who also played hammond organ on this song. All we see in the video is a shot of a man from the waist down with his fly open, playing and, at one point, vigorously humping the organ.

  • @coreyweber2340
    @coreyweber2340 2 года назад +6

    Saw them at Cruel World in Pasadena this year. Totally rocked their set. A very solid live act and everyone was so into it. I was very impressed at the number of instruments one of the back-ups was amazing.

  • @GeneralFukzamatayu
    @GeneralFukzamatayu 22 дня назад +1

    What all are the very best ways for me to be for both myself and human civilization?
    What all are the very best things for me to do for both myself and human civilization?

  • @patricklink8527
    @patricklink8527 2 года назад +3

    I got a promotional copy of this when it came out. Like everyone I love their first album but nothing after seem to compare until this. I think this record really brought then back to the fore as one of the Premier bands during this time.. I saw them once in 84 and then again in 91 at Lollapalooza. They played last before Jane's Addiction. I was so worn out from drinking in the sun all day. I used all my energy and had so much fun watching them I passed out in the grass for most of Jane's Addiction. I don't regret it one bit.

  • @bobsiyt6548
    @bobsiyt6548 8 месяцев назад +1

    My favorite Violent Femmes song - it’s even better with the Live version from their “Viva Wisconsin” album. This video is from 1991 (I believe), it looks pretty damn good.

  • @Badafuco805-AK
    @Badafuco805-AK 10 месяцев назад

    I saw them at Lollapalooza in Irvine, Ca. Saw them at the Ventura Theater in Ventura, CA. And saw them in their hometown of Milwaukee, WI at Summerfest.
    The Summerfest show was by far the best show. It was bonkers.

  • @cleveland_tom
    @cleveland_tom 3 года назад +2

    We just saw them last weekend in Cleveland. Our 4 year old's first show. He loved it!

    • @stevemandl5140
      @stevemandl5140 3 года назад

      they are from here milwaukee wisconsin

  • @stephenu-x2w
    @stephenu-x2w 9 месяцев назад

    I saw them play at the Power station in Auckland NZ in the 90s just fantastic

  • @lisaburt6209
    @lisaburt6209 7 месяцев назад

    I saw the Violent Femmes in 2006 in Tucson Az at the he Rialto. It was ab outstanding concert.

  • @ducraker
    @ducraker 5 месяцев назад +1

    Still a treat in San Diego, 7/2024👍

  • @Zac_Airsoft12
    @Zac_Airsoft12 2 года назад +1

    He posted on my birthday!! this is one of my favorite songs from violent femmes! I somehow knew this at 11!

  • @bladerunner8832
    @bladerunner8832 Год назад +3

    From my home town of Milwaukee 🙃

  • @stevenjones2371
    @stevenjones2371 5 месяцев назад

    damn i have to go to Atlanta Sunday for a week the band America concert the 10 and now Violent Femmes the 8th in Alabama ill be heading back home a week after all this cool stuff

  • @1974greymalkin
    @1974greymalkin Год назад

    Saw them this past weekend in Boston MA.. Fantastic Show. They blew doors!!!

  • @liamwaytoovalid
    @liamwaytoovalid Месяц назад +3

    the best part of this song for me is that it never defines what "American music" is. which makes me wonder if it's a satire of something.

  • @claireraffray4708
    @claireraffray4708 2 года назад +2

    One of the best bands ever. Takes me back to amazing places

  • @shannonsesol1312
    @shannonsesol1312 4 месяца назад

    Saw them in college in '93...rushed the stage and ended up front row for the show...

  • @scottleipski1015
    @scottleipski1015 2 года назад

    First heard the Femmes on WLIR, 92.7 back on Long Island in the early 80's STILL LOVING THEM ALLTHIS TIME LATER!!!!

  • @brucer2152
    @brucer2152 2 года назад

    Used to play all the Femmes on my old late night radio show on KPFT 90.1 FM in Houston. Always loved this song.

  • @lindsaydrangeid4249
    @lindsaydrangeid4249 10 месяцев назад +2

    This always think of the moment that a misfit kid stumbles across his own kind and no longer feels alone.

  • @michaelwalker5102
    @michaelwalker5102 Год назад +2

    Get to see em again, this Saturday!

  • @christopherr.2137
    @christopherr.2137 3 года назад +1

    Back in 1986 saw them at Summerfest in Milwaukee for the first ever all Milwaukee bands show on the main stage Violent Femmes the Bodeans and the R&B Cadets epic show

  • @seanpatrick4155
    @seanpatrick4155 7 месяцев назад

    Love it!!! Saw your Eugene, Oregon, concert with 3 hours of rain a couple of weeks ago...Totally great. Glad that you are still touring. ;)

  • @rickrenaud6253
    @rickrenaud6253 Год назад +3

    This song is fucking amazing. Been on my playlist forever like many Femmes songs but this one no matter my mood will never ever get skipped (I don't think the other ones do too but especially this one)

  • @W3r3gam3r
    @W3r3gam3r 10 месяцев назад

    I really love the almost unsettling or unnerving feeling of the song. Feels like the character is almost desperate for the other person's love and is at his wits end to have affection. Every out of tune "Baby" kinda drives home this feeling.

  • @azhatt8107
    @azhatt8107 2 года назад

    I saw the femmes at Hammerjacks in baltimore in 97...awesome show

  • @elamorte
    @elamorte 3 года назад +4

    One of the greatest bands of all time

  • @crosslink1493
    @crosslink1493 3 года назад +3

    Thanks for posting this. I used to play the album (yes, vinyl) regularly. Forgot all about it, now this song's gonna be my 'earworm' for the next week or so (and that's a good thing!).

  • @kyddshine
    @kyddshine 8 месяцев назад

    Seen them a few times live. So good.

  • @personanongratis2082
    @personanongratis2082 3 года назад +2

    Awesome , guys! Loved you on college radio in the 80s; you rocked out the Ryman ...

  • @DukeFame88
    @DukeFame88 9 месяцев назад

    I saw them for the first time in 1988 while in high school at the Warner Theater in DC. Just the 3 of them on stage being excellent. The Pogues opened and they killed as well. RIP Shane MacGowan!

  • @FunnyHaHa420
    @FunnyHaHa420 3 года назад +4

    I saw The Femmes open for the Grateful Dead. Amazing show!

    • @Philinleshed
      @Philinleshed Год назад +1

      As insane as that sounds they did actually open for the Dead in Ohio at Buckeye Lake in June of 1991 lol

    • @FunnyHaHa420
      @FunnyHaHa420 Год назад +1

      @@Philinleshed Yep! That was the one! I loved it when the Dead played BuckEye!

  • @Doc_Tar
    @Doc_Tar 5 месяцев назад +1

    I like this song.

  • @stillunspoken1343
    @stillunspoken1343 3 года назад +1

    I loved them, love them, have never seen his silly little face so close... thank you.