I am sorry.... I believe perhaps you were asked to play this. To pull at heart strings... please correct/contact someone about that position... if it is an actual issue. I’m not playing a game. I’m sorry... I truly have an appreciation for music and the sharing here. It upsets me that someone is trying so hard to hurt my family. Thank you again. I’m hoping to continue to enjoy and return to this channel. Please know that. This is how the manipulated are going “ freaked” out... made to appear to be unstable emotionally!!!!! Please know that. You are sending an honest message, than may be just to aggravate a situation. They will use this to their benefit. Against your good message.
Agreed. Just recently watched a performance from the Jon Stewart show. It was phenomenal, and she was even sick at the time. You wouldn't know except she mentioned it at the end.
First song to ever make me cry. I was ten years old, and didn’t even understand what it was about, but I cried. Even without a grasp of the lyrical context, this perfect pairing of vocals and melody simply *radiated* desperation and longing-my heart just _broke_ at the loneliness and helplessness in Johnette’s voice. That a song could do that to a naïve *ten-year-old* is remarkable.
Music has always gotten me in the gut like that too. IMO it's something to be grateful for, to be able to feel the depths and the heights enough to be moved to years.
@@weebunny Well said. Those songs that stir the strongest gut reactions are the ones that stay with me the longest, and that I hold closest. The downside is that while, yes, there are _a few_ songs that I find uplifting or invigorating, the vast majority of those songs powerful enough to *move* me in _any_ direction are "downers". Still, when given the choice between a vibrant/bombastic, well-produced, sing-along-while-driving, positive track, versus a minimalistic, bare-boned, but well-crafted and heartfelt downer, I will, almost every time, take the latter of the two-at least when I’m alone.
I was in high school when this came out, and about a year later I went through my first real break up from my first real boyfriend, of two years. I definitely understood what it meant.
I was married for 15 yrs to a man named Joey....love of my life.....who drank too much, and as the years went on, he became meaner the drunker he became. I stayed & prayed it would get better, but it didn't. One night, in fear of my life, I took my purse & left as he ripped the sun roof off my car. I was going down the road when this song came on the radio. I thought she was talking directly to me. I sped to a record store & described the song to the clerk. He knew exactly what i was talking about. I played that song SO MUCH that I had to buy a 2nd CD. Whew. Memories. Play more Concrete Blonde!!!
@@TheWorseOne I understand! Other than the drinking, Joey was the best man EVER! So talented, so kind & generous, an awesome father, so handsome, and he loved me so much, but his addiction beat out over everything else. It's so sad. And unfortunately, those of us who love them, really can't see how destructive it is till we hit OUR rock bottom with the abuse.
Such a sad song, written about her feelings of powerlessness as she watched Marc Moreland of the band Wall of Voodoo drink himself to death. Makes me cry every time I hear it.
They did make the Pretty and Twisted album at least. It seems even most Concrete Blonde fans don’t know but they all should. It’s fucking beautiful and heart breaking. Johnette and Marc basically faced it head on for all who might’ve wished to hear before he passed. Which of course is simplifying it. Cuz. Well...
@@azzureasthesky I heard Crazy Train on the oldies station with my 11 y/o grandson in the car. I yelled about it very dramatically and he just laughed. Where did doo wop and Motown go? Christ, I'm old.
She's the definition of a real female rock star! Plays bass guitar, sings awesome and writes her own music If you wanna get rocked some more..."Heal it up", "God is a bullet"
@@kobolslastgleamingdragon3732 Yes Sir! That's another good one. The Beast is another killer. In fact anything from Bloodletting is good. Dang, I really miss that band! Cheers
@@GenX4ever A chill ran through me at the thought of The Beast...I know what I'm listening to for my workout today! I saw Johnette do a solo show when I lived in Albuquerque. It was around the time of Pretty and Twisted. She did most of that album, and some CB songs as well. Amazing night. Cheers back!
"Joey" is the ninth track from Concrete Blonde's third and most successful album, Bloodletting. The song was released in 1990 and was written and sung by Johnette Napolitano. Napolitano mentioned in her book Rough Mix that the song was written about her relationship with Marc Moreland of the band Wall of Voodoo, who would eventually die of kidney failure following a liver transplant. I didn't buy many Albums or CD's after 1980 (I was starting a family and it wasn't a necessity) but I did buy this one. That was always one of my favorite songs.
@@christinehanson7579 it was such a tough song to tackle, she couldn't even bring herself to write the lyrics until they were in the car on the way to the studio to record it. She just couldn't face it before then. Poignant indeed.
Johnette Napolitano is one of the most underrated female singers EVER! Jamal, I think you'll agree if you hear some more of her music. She's a gifted songwriter as well. Every one of her albums is loaded with gold. No duds. Her voice is so unique - raspy & beautiful, perfect pitch and loaded with passion. More Concrete Blond, please! (and thank you!)
My late brother was a HUGE fan of Concrete Blonde. He actually met the band and hung out with them. He said they were absolutely the nicest rock stars he had ever met...and he had met a lot of rock stars. The irony is that he died at the age of 45 from alcoholism. RIP brother...💔
I made the mistake of playing Bloodletting in my car while giving my mom a ride somewhere. Later that day she confronted me because she was worried I might be suicidal or satanic. It was sweet that she was worried about me, but man what an awkward conversation.
@@AP-zw6ql had a similar thing happen. "Tomorrow, Wendy" came on while the cd while a devout catholic friend of mine and I were driving. He was gobsmacked and said "that singer is very, very angry at G_d over Wendy's death." It opened a weekend long discussion on faith in a fallen world. He has since become a huge CB fan. This was around '94.
YES. YES. YES. Do more Concrete Blonde!!! You'll get a kick outta Still in Hollywood. Also, Walking in London and Bloodletting are some of her most well known hits. Also, God is a Bullet. Do eeeet!!! 😍😍😍😍
This is why I love coming here. Born in the early 50s, I grew up listening to all the different decades of music. They all had their great songs and I’ve forgotten about a lot of them. Thanks for keeping great music alive!
Okay, J-Man, I love (L-O-V-E) this band. For your own pleasure check out: "God Is A Bullet, Still In Hollywood, Little Conversations, It's Only Money (Thin Lizzy cover), Tomorrow Wendy, Everybody Knows (Leonard Cohen cover), Take Me Home and Roses Grow" as a sampler.
Have to toss in Mexican Moon, and Walking in London. Still in Hollywood is a straight up banger, I love that track. Saw them in concert in 1992 when they were touring "Walking in London". She closed out the show just her alone, band left the stage, and she did "Mercedes Benz" by Janice. It was amazing.
She is quite possibly the most amazing female rock vocalist ever. Her Voice still gives me shivers after 30 years. She can be sad, angry, dark, edgy, scary, feminine, tough, sexy, and heartbreaking… Sometimes all within the same song. You should check out the acoustic version they did live on 120 minutes of the Leonard Cohen song “Everybody Knows.” In fact, I’ll share it here for you. 😊
I hate bloodletting...its not as good a Mexican Moon. Granted Bloodletting is a staple of goth clubs and i have heard that song way too much in my clubbing days.
Ha! Right after you watched What's Going On by 4 Non Blondes I thought, he has GOT to react to Joey. Great minds, right? Can't wait to have my throwback session.
This one always hits home, too many loves lost to drink/drugs/poor impulse control. Being the one with your proverbial $#!+ together but loving someone who definitely DOES NOT, cause it’s own brand of damage.
Concrete Blonde are CRIMINALLY underrated and that hurts me because they were sooooo good. Johnette Napolitano inspired me as both a musician and a songwriter.
Some other female one hit wonders like this: Alanna Myles: Black Velvet Sophie B Hawkins: Damn, I wish I Was Your Lover Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians: What I Am Joan Osborne: One of Us
I'm a 65 year old man and I cry just thinking about "Tomorrow Wendy". Johnette's voice haunts me anyway, but on THAT song, I'm just overwhelmed. Every...Single...Time...
Man! I am so glad you did this reaction. Johnette Napolitano has one of the greatest rock voices ever. This lady rocks! It’s unfortunate that Concrete Blonde is not huge. They have their fans, yeah, but they are so so good they should be bigger. Jamel, do your ears a favor and listen to Heal it Up, City Screaming, Caroline, Days and Days, I Call it Love, When You Smile....I could go on and on and on. This band has so many great songs! Some are rockers, some are more mellow, but just about all are really, really good songs. The band is right. Her vocals are amazing! Check out those songs, man. You will not be disappointed.
Their live album is solid all the way through. "Bloodletting" for sure, I'm surprised that hasn't popped up on any TV shows (Or maybe it has). Check out The Motels, Martha Davis also has a great slightly unusual voice. "Only the Lonely"
I have said this before I have heard this song way back when it was release but it got lost to me like other songs; thanks Jamel_AKA_Jamal for bringing back songs I had forgotten about. Added to playlist got it now.
@@aoleon3908 ~ Gets me also. It's good they found most of those missing children. I was also talking about the part where the little girl being forced into prostitution, goes into this pervert's car, and is later found dead. That portion of the video just gets to me every time...
Love the song, but its not about runaways or the abducted. It's simply about addiction and relapse. The video is emotional yes, but not what the song is talking about. The "runaway train" is getting high to avoid. Sorry, I just have to do this everytime someone misinterprets Runaway Train. Lyrics first, video second 😉
Check out CB's cover of Leonard Cohen's Everybody Knows, on the great Pump Up the Volume soundtrack. She also sang a track on No Talking, Just Head. That was the album out out by the Talking Heads without David Byrne.
Jamal, I love all of your work....it reminds me of my own first reactions to all of the great music that's out there, I have to recommend you try "Tomorrow, Wendy" by Concrete Blonde as well. I recently lost my father, too young to alcohol abuse...but one of my fonder memories as a kid was rockin out to Concrete Blonde with him! In glad you came across them. Keep it up! Sending peace and Love your way from NY.
That is my absolutely favourite song of theirs. I saw them in the early 90's, but can't remember if it was the Walking in London or Mexican Moon tour. In my top 10 fave concerts and I've been to well over 100 shows.
My heart! One of my fave bands. They were ‘80s + ‘90s. Got to finally see singer Johnette Napolitano live solo in early 2000s - she’s SO powerful. Their compilation album “Still in Hollywood” is especially amazing. The acoustic version of this song on that album was really popular on alternative radio in the early ‘90s. Recommend their covers of Jimi Hendrix’s “Little Wing” (please do this one, Jamel!!! - especially since Hendrix originals are generally blocked) and Leonard Cohen’s “Everybody Knows.” The latter was on the “Pump Up the Volume” movie soundtrack - a super cool movie ‘80s movie about a teenage underground radio DJ and how I originally got into them when I was a kid. Agree with others here on “Heal It Up” and “Jenny I Read.” I love “Walking in London,” too. They honestly have too many great songs to list... “Bloodletting (The Vampire Song” from this album would be a cool Halloween season react.
That is what is awesome about his channel. He caused me to start an "I forgot about that song" favorites list on Spotify. I am in my 50's, and it occurred to me that I might not ever hear songs like this again. I had to keep them around.
Ahh welcome to the club my friend. I knew sooner or later you would get to Concrete Blonde. Probably one the greatest bands that never got huge. As others on here have said, they should have been so much bigger than they were. Johnette Napolitano’s Vice is just awesome. I must insist Still in Hollywood, and Tomorrow Wendy.
Thank you! Concrete Blonde was one of my favorite bands of the 90s. Try the songs Caroline, Tomorrow Wendy and Bloodletting. They were so great and deserved to be superstars. There is no reason why they weren't.
A vastly underrated song and a great singer. A little bit of soul, some punk rock vibe, and the shades of rock and roll we thought was long gone. Glad to see you do a reaction to this song; one of my favorites..................
OMG I haven’t found many reviews for these guys! The live version is even better.!Her voice is amazing. Tomorrow Wendy live is fantastic! They also do a great version of the Leonard Cohen song Everybody Knows. You should totally check him out. Amazing writer. Famous Blue Raincoat is my fave. He is a poet and a treasure. Everyone redoes his songs. He wrote Hallelujah that has been covered a gazillion times! 🙂
Concrete Blond was one of my very first concerts, and one of my favorite bands. In the early 1990s I was in love with Johnette Napolitano's voice. Still am. There's a list of amazing tracks from them. "Bloodletting (the vampire song)", "Caroline", "Tomorrow, Wendy", "Walking in London", "Ghost of a Texas Ladies' Man", "Mexican Moon"... I love them all. I hope you do another of their tracks.
Thank you for listening to Concrete Blonde. Jonette is such a bomb vocalist. I highly recommend Caroline and The Vampire Song from Bloodletting. The Sky Is A Poisonous Garden is also a great song. They also do a song on another album about a ghost and Texas but I am drawing a complete blank in the song title and the album name (Mexican Moon or something like that).
Thanks Jamal for keeping great music alive! I love Concrete Blonde! Definitely a gem from the 80’s and 90’s. Johnette Napolitano voice reminds me of Chrissie Hynde from the Pretenders. Her voice is so haunting.
Concrete Blonde was such a highlight of the LA music scene. Johnette's voice remains one of my favorite singers... always and forever. Love her lyrics, Jim Mankey's guitar playing, the band live was amazing. Go down this rabbit hole Jamal you won't be disappointed.
Tomorrow Wendy & Everybody Knows should be next! Damn now I have to go dig through my boxes of CD'S and find all the Concrete Blonde ones! Great reaction to a great song!
Thanks for the quick reaction to this song Jamel. It made me think of another song for you to add to your list; "I don't like Mondays" by the Boomtown Rats.
If you enjoyed her singing you need to try ,The Heads - Damage I've done..This was another side project of the rest of Talking heads ..Name of the album was No Talking Just Head..David didnt appreciate it and made them stop using that band name ..But Johnette sang on this song with them..another song has Debbie Harry singing..along with other guest vocalist on other songs on the album.
I'd add, check out the song "Everybody Knows," which was a cover of an old Leonard Cohen song. Her vocals really shine in that song (though they always do!). Worth the look.
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Try Bloodletting or God Is a Bullet by them. And that is the band name.
You’ll like ...
Caroline and God is a Bullet by them !!!
I am sorry.... I believe perhaps you were asked to play this. To pull at heart strings... please correct/contact someone about that position... if it is an actual issue. I’m not playing a game.
I’m sorry... I truly have an appreciation for music and the sharing here.
It upsets me that someone is trying so hard to hurt my family. Thank you again.
I’m hoping to continue to enjoy and return to this channel.
Please know that.
This is how the manipulated are going “ freaked” out... made to appear to be unstable emotionally!!!!!
Please know that.
You are sending an honest message, than may be just to aggravate a situation.
They will use this to their benefit.
Against your good message.
@@rangerrick5341 I only left off Everybody Knows because it's a (great) cover song.
I've always felt singer Johnette Napolitano deserved more recognition for her body of work. Great voice!
Totally agree. Her voice is something special.
Her voice is on par with Ann Wilson. She should have been Earth-shatteringly huge. Her lyrical content is unmatched.
Agreed. Just recently watched a performance from the Jon Stewart show. It was phenomenal, and she was even sick at the time. You wouldn't know except she mentioned it at the end.
For sure! And James Mankey as a guitarist
Great song, singer, and album
"Tomorrow, Wendy".
Some of the most powerfully written and sung lyrics ever.
I second this!!!!
Yes, yes, yes and yes again!
This. or the version she sang with Andy Prieboy.
Great song, but hard to listen to. It's merciless. Kinda like the disease it was written about.
Agreed
Concrete Blonde is one of those 90's underappreciated bands, just incredible, also listen to "God is a Bullet.
Have mercy on us, everyone.
Good shout Andres, i'll throw in Jonestown as well!
Even the 80's.
That song doesn't compare to "Joey". it's just another political trash song
@@ronaldfox365 aren't you missing your Q-anon meeting?
First song to ever make me cry. I was ten years old, and didn’t even understand what it was about, but I cried. Even without a grasp of the lyrical context, this perfect pairing of vocals and melody simply *radiated* desperation and longing-my heart just _broke_ at the loneliness and helplessness in Johnette’s voice.
That a song could do that to a naïve *ten-year-old* is remarkable.
My son reacted like that to a song when he was young like that.. told me that it made his eyes wet 🥲 it’s awesome, what music can do for a person.
@@keetahbrough Probably a sign he’ll grow up to be a thoughtful, considerate kid.
Just curious: how old was he, and what was the song?
Music has always gotten me in the gut like that too. IMO it's something to be grateful for, to be able to feel the depths and the heights enough to be moved to years.
@@weebunny Well said. Those songs that stir the strongest gut reactions are the ones that stay with me the longest, and that I hold closest. The downside is that while, yes, there are _a few_ songs that I find uplifting or invigorating, the vast majority of those songs powerful enough to *move* me in _any_ direction are "downers".
Still, when given the choice between a vibrant/bombastic, well-produced, sing-along-while-driving, positive track, versus a minimalistic, bare-boned, but well-crafted and heartfelt downer, I will, almost every time, take the latter of the two-at least when I’m alone.
I was in high school when this came out, and about a year later I went through my first real break up from my first real boyfriend, of two years. I definitely understood what it meant.
I was married for 15 yrs to a man named Joey....love of my life.....who drank too much, and as the years went on, he became meaner the drunker he became. I stayed & prayed it would get better, but it didn't. One night, in fear of my life, I took my purse & left as he ripped the sun roof off my car. I was going down the road when this song came on the radio. I thought she was talking directly to me. I sped to a record store & described the song to the clerk. He knew exactly what i was talking about. I played that song SO MUCH that I had to buy a 2nd CD. Whew. Memories. Play more Concrete Blonde!!!
Wow! Powerful story!
@@Skeezer66 That song is so powerful to me. This happened in 1994 and the memory of it can still bring me to tears.
Same here!! My love was killing himself and I was so helpless to his addictions. I loved him - I really did
@@TheWorseOne I understand! Other than the drinking, Joey was the best man EVER! So talented, so kind & generous, an awesome father, so handsome, and he loved me so much, but his addiction beat out over everything else. It's so sad. And unfortunately, those of us who love them, really can't see how destructive it is till we hit OUR rock bottom with the abuse.
Check out their version of Leonard Cohen’s song “Everybody Knows” brilliant!!❤️
I was just about to say that. Pump Up the Volume is one of my all time fave movies. Talk Hard! ;)
Their version from 120 minutes was something else.
J should probably listen to the original too, no Cohen on his playlists I can find.
The entire soundtrack to Pump up the Volume is excellent, MC5's, Concrete Blonde, and Pixies - Wave of Mutilation
@@yarddawg8287 the “Eat me, Beat me lady”❤️❤️
@@mercedogre you clearly have incredibly wonderful taste in movies and music ❤️❤️
Such a sad song, written about her feelings of powerlessness as she watched Marc Moreland of the band Wall of Voodoo drink himself to death. Makes me cry every time I hear it.
They did make the Pretty and Twisted album at least. It seems even most Concrete Blonde fans don’t know but they all should. It’s fucking beautiful and heart breaking. Johnette and Marc basically faced it head on for all who might’ve wished to hear before he passed. Which of course is simplifying it. Cuz. Well...
Just heard Mexican Radio today for the first time in years.... never knew there was any connection.
@@chrisandersen5635 I have been trying to find that album for years its almost impossible
@@cjm3013 A sad one.
yup. gotta belt it out, singing along to this one, 'cause my throat closes up.
"God is a Bullet" is also a deep song by them.
Hard to believe this song is 31 years old now.
Ain’t that the truth!!
wow, now that makes we feel old. i watched the video on mtv. you know, back when they played music videos on mtv.
@@azzureasthesky I heard Crazy Train on the oldies station with my 11 y/o grandson in the car. I yelled about it very dramatically and he just laughed.
Where did doo wop and Motown go? Christ, I'm old.
I can't believe 1990 was that long ago. I was in high school. Where did the time go?
@@prestigeworldwide5239 right? and classic rock is now bands like guns n roses!
Johnette is super underrated. “Tomorrow, Wendy” is my fave by them.
same
That is such a powerful song!
She even did backing vocals on the original which is equally amazing!
Her voice is fire. The entire album "Bloodletting" is great.
Agreed! great great great album. in my top ten.
It's on my list of all time greatest albums, start to finish.
Free is great too
One of my favorites. On repeat many times
I agree!
I've always thought Johnette had the most distinctive, powerful, and beautiful voice in music ever. A rare talent.
2 of the greatest Female voices ever, Johnette and Chrissy Amphlett., (who is no longer with us)
She's the definition of a real female rock star! Plays bass guitar, sings awesome and writes her own music If you wanna get rocked some more..."Heal it up", "God is a bullet"
Definitely those two. “Caroline” is in my top 5 favorites of theirs.
@@kobolslastgleamingdragon3732 Yes Sir! That's another good one.
The Beast is another killer. In fact anything from Bloodletting is good.
Dang, I really miss that band! Cheers
@@GenX4ever A chill ran through me at the thought of The Beast...I know what I'm listening to for my workout today! I saw Johnette do a solo show when I lived in Albuquerque. It was around the time of Pretty and Twisted. She did most of that album, and some CB songs as well. Amazing night. Cheers back!
I get chills whenever i hear her vocals on Heal it up, it's insane.
What… what about “Still in Hollywood” …???!
❤️
The only song that makes my husband tear up. He says "I'm not angry anymore" is the most beautiful thing a man can hear a woman say. 😄
"Joey" is the ninth track from Concrete Blonde's third and most successful album, Bloodletting. The song was released in 1990 and was written and sung by Johnette Napolitano. Napolitano mentioned in her book Rough Mix that the song was written about her relationship with Marc Moreland of the band Wall of Voodoo, who would eventually die of kidney failure following a liver transplant.
I didn't buy many Albums or CD's after 1980 (I was starting a family and it wasn't a necessity) but I did buy this one. That was always one of my favorite songs.
What a poignant backstory. I’ve always loved the song and now I’ll hear it in a different way. Thanks. ❤️
got that word for word from Google - thanks
that entire album is great. tomorrow, wendy is haunting.
@@christinehanson7579 it was such a tough song to tackle, she couldn't even bring herself to write the lyrics until they were in the car on the way to the studio to record it. She just couldn't face it before then. Poignant indeed.
@Joel Springman yasssss. Sister Morphine used to be my google name, but apparently google didnt believe it was my real name :(
I just can’t not cry during this song.
Me, too. The emotion is just so strong. I lived this with someone. Captured my feelings so well.
Me too. I'm a Joey who never found his Concrete Blonde.
Her lyrics are some of the most poignant ever. She is an phenomenal songwriter. I love her 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
Johnette Napolitano is one of the most underrated female singers EVER! Jamal, I think you'll agree if you hear some more of her music. She's a gifted songwriter as well. Every one of her albums is loaded with gold. No duds. Her voice is so unique - raspy & beautiful, perfect pitch and loaded with passion. More Concrete Blond, please! (and thank you!)
yes Caroline would be the next Concrete Blonde tune to play
Caroline, for sure! And Still in Hollywood!!
@@jettyeaustin9774 Still in Hollywood is fun! I also love Happy Birthday and play it for my friends on their special days.
Love Caroline and Darkening of the Light!
@@jettyeaustin9774 Yes, Still in Hollywood!
God Is A Bullet!
My late brother was a HUGE fan of Concrete Blonde. He actually met the band and hung out with them. He said they were absolutely the nicest rock stars he had ever met...and he had met a lot of rock stars. The irony is that he died at the age of 45 from alcoholism. RIP brother...💔
The title track "Bloodletting" is another great one from this album.
Other songs by Concrete Blonde you should react to:
"Bloodletting"
"Caroline"
"Tomorrow Wendy"
Caroline is a fantastic video.
I made the mistake of playing Bloodletting in my car while giving my mom a ride somewhere. Later that day she confronted me because she was worried I might be suicidal or satanic. It was sweet that she was worried about me, but man what an awkward conversation.
@@AP-zw6ql had a similar thing happen. "Tomorrow, Wendy" came on while the cd while a devout catholic friend of mine and I were driving. He was gobsmacked and said "that singer is very, very angry at G_d over Wendy's death." It opened a weekend long discussion on faith in a fallen world. He has since become a huge CB fan. This was around '94.
@@AP-zw6ql my parents and the school counselor all talked to me about satanism...90's satanatic panic.
Joey, Caroline, and Bloodletting are all AMAZING tracks. What a killer voice.
I ADORE CONCRETE BLONDE!!!!! Her voice......oh my dear Heavens.....
one of the deepest songs ever, so sad, so raw and beautiful. tears me open everytime.
Please do Tomorrow Wendy by Concrete Blonde it is amazing!
yea, great song.....
The lyrics to that song make me so uncomfortable. That's the sign of an effective song!
Guys, check out Andy Prieboy's version, which is the original version, but feature Johnette, too.
I like that one too, but since my name is Wendy the lyrics "tomorrow Wendy is going to die" is not a great sing along. 😳
@@wboyd4330 😳
Underrated group. Their best song is “Tomorrow Wendy”. Hits you in the gut.
Agreed. Actually an Andy Prieboy cover.
I gave it a listen. Had no idea it was the original. Nicely done grasshopper, nicely done👍😷
Was just going to request he do that one next!
"Caroline" is my favourite song.
Fuck yeah man, that song is just I dont know I dont have words.
YES. YES. YES. Do more Concrete Blonde!!! You'll get a kick outta Still in Hollywood. Also, Walking in London and Bloodletting are some of her most well known hits. Also, God is a Bullet. Do eeeet!!! 😍😍😍😍
Walking in London is amazing!
"Probably Will" is underrated as hell and on Still In Hollywood as well.
YESSSSSSSS
One of the best female vocalists out there. Very underappreciated.
Concrete Blonde should have been much bigger. Check out "Still In Hollywood," "Everybody Knows,"' and "God Is A Bullet."
Do you mean still in Hollywood or it'll chew you up and spit you out
This is why I love coming here. Born in the early 50s, I grew up listening to all the different decades of music. They all had their great songs and I’ve forgotten about a lot of them. Thanks for keeping great music alive!
Okay, J-Man, I love (L-O-V-E) this band. For your own pleasure check out: "God Is A Bullet, Still In Hollywood, Little Conversations, It's Only Money (Thin Lizzy cover), Tomorrow Wendy, Everybody Knows (Leonard Cohen cover), Take Me Home and Roses Grow" as a sampler.
Have to toss in Mexican Moon, and Walking in London. Still in Hollywood is a straight up banger, I love that track. Saw them in concert in 1992 when they were touring "Walking in London". She closed out the show just her alone, band left the stage, and she did "Mercedes Benz" by Janice. It was amazing.
She is quite possibly the most amazing female rock vocalist ever. Her Voice still gives me shivers after 30 years. She can be sad, angry, dark, edgy, scary, feminine, tough, sexy, and heartbreaking… Sometimes all within the same song. You should check out the acoustic version they did live on 120 minutes of the Leonard Cohen song “Everybody Knows.” In fact, I’ll share it here for you. 😊
I'll throw "Bloodletting" on the Concrete Blonde pile. How about some Fun Lovin Criminals for a random 90s band? Thanks for this one!
CLASSIC!! I love that song. It's up there with PJ Harvey and her song down by the water
Yes!!!
I hate bloodletting...its not as good a Mexican Moon. Granted Bloodletting is a staple of goth clubs and i have heard that song way too much in my clubbing days.
Ha! Right after you watched What's Going On by 4 Non Blondes I thought, he has GOT to react to Joey. Great minds, right? Can't wait to have my throwback session.
This one always hits home, too many loves lost to drink/drugs/poor impulse control. Being the one with your proverbial $#!+ together but loving someone who definitely DOES NOT, cause it’s own brand of damage.
Amen to that.
"Tomorrow Wendy" is a good one too, maybe not entirely Concrete Blond, but close enough..
And "everybody knows" . It's pretty awesome
I LOVE Concrete Blonde! So good!
I suggest "Bloodletting" and "Mexican Moon". I got to see them live back in the 90's. :)
Mexican Moon is a must listen!
*Chills* I feel these songs so much more now, listening as an adult with a child.
You should try "K's Choice - I'm Not An Addict". I don't know why this band never made it that big.
One of my husbands favorite bands!
Oh I love K's Choice. Not an Addict is a great song.
I second this!
Good call.
One of my favorite songs of ALL time!!!
Concrete Blonde are CRIMINALLY underrated and that hurts me because they were sooooo good. Johnette Napolitano inspired me as both a musician and a songwriter.
Concrete Blonde was GREAT! Guitarist is great, like Lindsay Buckingham! Johnette is great!
Such an underrated, mostly forgotten band. She's an amazing writer.
concrete blonde - tomorrow wendy
Warm honey drips from Johnette's voice.
It totally does.
Written at a time when Anne Rice was still an 'underground' writer, and changed Vampire movies/books forever.
Some other female one hit wonders like this:
Alanna Myles: Black Velvet
Sophie B Hawkins: Damn, I wish I Was Your Lover
Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians: What I Am
Joan Osborne: One of Us
Internet: Calls Allanah Myles a "one hit wonder".
Canada: What you talkin' 'bout, Willis?
One hit wonder? Concrete Blonde...ah no.
TORI AMOS!!!!!!
Edie hooked up with Paul Simon.. I think they’re still together.
Concrete Blonde had several top twenty hit songs on the US charts. By definition not a one hit wonder.
Yes!!!!!! Love this song! Please, please check out tomorrow, Wendy by them! Do lyrics though, because it is a powerful song!!! 😁
I'm a 65 year old man and I cry just thinking about "Tomorrow Wendy". Johnette's voice haunts me anyway, but on THAT song, I'm just overwhelmed. Every...Single...Time...
@@andyfletcher3561, same!!! I end up with goosebumps and tears.
Such a underrated songs of the 90's!!! Thank you for reacting to it!
Live and in person her voice is POWERFULL and oh so nice.
Awesome voice... awesome tune !!!!
THIS SONG HAS BROUGHT SO MANY TEARS TO ME THRU THE YEARS ... SHE HAS A WONDERFUL VOICE ...
Man! I am so glad you did this reaction. Johnette Napolitano has one of the greatest rock voices ever. This lady rocks! It’s unfortunate that Concrete Blonde is not huge. They have their fans, yeah, but they are so so good they should be bigger. Jamel, do your ears a favor and listen to Heal it Up, City Screaming, Caroline, Days and Days, I Call it Love, When You Smile....I could go on and on and on. This band has so many great songs! Some are rockers, some are more mellow, but just about all are really, really good songs. The band is right. Her vocals are amazing! Check out those songs, man. You will not be disappointed.
Omg .. days and days .. brings so many memories ..
Great song, takes me back to the 90's. I enjoyed the video a lot when MTV used to play music videos.
Concrete Blonde’s Tomorrow Wendy is their best song. Heal It Up is also amazing.
I always hoped this song helped people who are involved with people with addictions , such a powerful song done by an incredible singer
Saddest thing about this song is the muse died young of liver failure. Really sad. So many of us have lost people to addiction.
Their live album is solid all the way through. "Bloodletting" for sure, I'm surprised that hasn't popped up on any TV shows (Or maybe it has). Check out The Motels, Martha Davis also has a great slightly unusual voice. "Only the Lonely"
The Motels are awesome. Take the L is a big favorite of mine and Isle of You.
Thats what pure raw emotions sound like.
One of the best voices in rock and roll history. A great catalog of music too.
Thank you for enjoying this classic song... 💜👍😎 She has a great voice. I love Concrete Blonde.
Been hoping you'd react to some CB! Yayyy!
Everybody has a "Joey".
Or is a Joey...
👍They did an awesome "unplugged" version of this song. Seeing this video reminded me of it and made grab my guitar.
Love them. Lots of really good music. If you want a taste of their more rock and roll side "God is a Bullet" is great.
I have said this before I have heard this song way back when it was release but it got lost to me like other songs; thanks Jamel_AKA_Jamal for bringing back songs I had forgotten about. Added to playlist got it now.
This song gives me chills, so much feeling. Runaway Train by Soul Asylum is another like that.
The video to *"Runaway Train"* is so poignant. Just the idea that that sort of situation happens, is sickening to me...
@@aoleon3908 ~ Gets me also. It's good they found most of those missing children. I was also talking about the part where the little girl being forced into prostitution, goes into this pervert's car, and is later found dead. That portion of the video just gets to me every time...
@@aoleon3908 ~ 👍 It's sickening...
Love the song, but its not about runaways or the abducted. It's simply about addiction and relapse. The video is emotional yes, but not what the song is talking about. The "runaway train" is getting high to avoid. Sorry, I just have to do this everytime someone misinterprets Runaway Train. Lyrics first, video second 😉
Ghost of a Texas ladies man. Concrete Blonde. AWESOME SONG!!!!
Check out CB's cover of Leonard Cohen's Everybody Knows, on the great Pump Up the Volume soundtrack. She also sang a track on No Talking, Just Head. That was the album out out by the Talking Heads without David Byrne.
Jamal, I love all of your work....it reminds me of my own first reactions to all of the great music that's out there,
I have to recommend you try "Tomorrow, Wendy" by Concrete Blonde as well.
I recently lost my father, too young to alcohol abuse...but one of my fonder memories as a kid was rockin out to Concrete Blonde with him! In glad you came across them.
Keep it up! Sending peace and Love your way from NY.
Next song by them must be "Jenny I Read".Extremely emotional and intense singing compared to this. (edit) must be electric, full band version.
Saw them live,it was a surreal experience
All of Mexican Moon.
That is my absolutely favourite song of theirs. I saw them in the early 90's, but can't remember if it was the Walking in London or Mexican Moon tour. In my top 10 fave concerts and I've been to well over 100 shows.
My heart! One of my fave bands. They were ‘80s + ‘90s. Got to finally see singer Johnette Napolitano live solo in early 2000s - she’s SO powerful. Their compilation album “Still in Hollywood” is especially amazing. The acoustic version of this song on that album was really popular on alternative radio in the early ‘90s.
Recommend their covers of Jimi Hendrix’s “Little Wing” (please do this one, Jamel!!! - especially since Hendrix originals are generally blocked) and Leonard Cohen’s “Everybody Knows.” The latter was on the “Pump Up the Volume” movie soundtrack - a super cool movie ‘80s movie about a teenage underground radio DJ and how I originally got into them when I was a kid.
Agree with others here on “Heal It Up” and “Jenny I Read.” I love “Walking in London,” too. They honestly have too many great songs to list... “Bloodletting (The Vampire Song” from this album would be a cool Halloween season react.
I HIGHLY recommend K’s Choice-Not An Addict
Love that song!
Awww man, I had almost forgotten about this song. I always loved it
That is what is awesome about his channel. He caused me to start an "I forgot about that song" favorites list on Spotify. I am in my 50's, and it occurred to me that I might not ever hear songs like this again. I had to keep them around.
Then you will like ...
Siouxsie and the Banshees
'Kiss Them For Me'
daaaaang..... forgot about Siouxie. What an awesome song
@@Unclesmokey314 I know right, Jamel definitely needs to hear this tune 👊✌️
I’ll always love Peek a boo !
@@kimodell101 Great Pick 👍
If he's never heard it
..he's gonna LOVE IT!! 30 yrs later and still a great great song
Thanks, Jamel. Still hoping for some Kenny Wayne Shepard - Blue on Black
Yes....please J-man! Time is ripe for some KWS and Blue on Black.
Ahh welcome to the club my friend. I knew sooner or later you would get to Concrete Blonde. Probably one the greatest bands that never got huge. As others on here have said, they should have been so much bigger than they were. Johnette Napolitano’s Vice is just awesome. I must insist Still in Hollywood, and Tomorrow Wendy.
HEAL IT UP! The pipes are sensational on that one.
Thank you! Concrete Blonde was one of my favorite bands of the 90s. Try the songs Caroline, Tomorrow Wendy and Bloodletting. They were so great and deserved to be superstars. There is no reason why they weren't.
Crazy how I’ve never heard of this band or song before. Lead singer gave me Annie Lennox (like you said) and also Ann Wilson vibes.
A vastly underrated song and a great singer. A little bit of soul, some punk rock vibe, and the shades of rock and roll we thought was long gone. Glad to see you do a reaction to this song; one of my favorites..................
OMG I haven’t found many reviews for these guys! The live version is even better.!Her voice is amazing. Tomorrow Wendy live is fantastic! They also do a great version of the Leonard Cohen song Everybody Knows. You should totally check him out. Amazing writer. Famous Blue Raincoat is my fave. He is a poet and a treasure. Everyone redoes his songs. He wrote Hallelujah that has been covered a gazillion times! 🙂
Concrete Blond was one of my very first concerts, and one of my favorite bands. In the early 1990s I was in love with Johnette Napolitano's voice. Still am. There's a list of amazing tracks from them. "Bloodletting (the vampire song)", "Caroline", "Tomorrow, Wendy", "Walking in London", "Ghost of a Texas Ladies' Man", "Mexican Moon"... I love them all. I hope you do another of their tracks.
Thank you for listening to Concrete Blonde. Jonette is such a bomb vocalist. I highly recommend Caroline and The Vampire Song from Bloodletting. The Sky Is A Poisonous Garden is also a great song. They also do a song on another album about a ghost and Texas but I am drawing a complete blank in the song title and the album name (Mexican Moon or something like that).
Ghost of a Texas Ladies man from Mexican Moon. The title track of that album is gorgeous.
Thanks Jamal for keeping great music alive! I love Concrete Blonde! Definitely a gem from the 80’s and 90’s. Johnette Napolitano voice reminds me of Chrissie Hynde from the Pretenders. Her voice is so haunting.
Jamel, Thank you for the great reaction. 😊✌
_Finally._ Been pushing for this one for a year.
Concrete Blonde was such a highlight of the LA music scene. Johnette's voice remains one of my favorite singers... always and forever. Love her lyrics, Jim Mankey's guitar playing, the band live was amazing. Go down this rabbit hole Jamal you won't be disappointed.
Caroline and Everybody Knows (a Leonard Cohen cover) are my favorites from this amazing band.
This is such a severely underrated song!
This is one of the most heartbreaking songs you'll ever hear.
Tomorrow Wendy & Everybody Knows should be next! Damn now I have to go dig through my boxes of CD'S and find all the Concrete Blonde ones! Great reaction to a great song!
Oh man, Concrete Blonde, nice one, this however, is not their best. Such a shame it's so popular. Bro, grab Mexican Moon, that album is fire.
Yeah good call!
My absolute favorite band. thanks for reacting to this. IF you have room for another, I'd highly recommend "Scene of a Perfect Crime", or 'Help Me'.
Loved her voice! They have some great songs check out the album Bloodletting. LOVE the song Mexican Moon, too!
Thanks for the quick reaction to this song Jamel. It made me think of another song for you to add to your list; "I don't like Mondays" by the Boomtown Rats.
If you enjoyed her singing you need to try ,The Heads - Damage I've done..This was another side project of the rest of Talking heads ..Name of the album was No Talking Just Head..David didnt appreciate it and made them stop using that band name ..But Johnette sang on this song with them..another song has Debbie Harry singing..along with other guest vocalist on other songs on the album.
yeah, that is an awesome track. And I loved the shot at Byrne in the Album name.
Concrete Blonde has alot of great songs and she has such a beautiful voice, soft and haunting, then strong and powerful.
Walking in London is another good CB song
Johnette's voice is simply amazing! Concrete Blonde's catalog of work is worth seeking out. Stellar stuff and great reaction video!
I'd add, check out the song "Everybody Knows," which was a cover of an old Leonard Cohen song. Her vocals really shine in that song (though they always do!). Worth the look.