Violent Femmes Lyrics
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From the Album
1. Intro
2. Waiting For The Bus
3. Blister in the Sun
4. Gone Daddy Gone
5. Gordons Message
6. Gimme The Car
7. Country Death Song
8. Black Girls
9. Jesus Walking on the Water
10. 36-24-36
11. I Held Her In My Arms
12. I Hate The TV
13. America Is
14. Old Mother Reagan
15. Degradation
16. Dance, Motherfucker, Dance!
17. Lies
18. American Music
19. Out The Window
20. Kiss Off
21. Add It Up
22. Vancouver
23. Johnny
From the Album
1. American Music
2. Out The Window
3. Look Like That
4. Do You Really Want To Hurt Me
5. Hey Nonny Nonny
6. Used To Be
7. Girl Trouble
8. He Likes Me
9. Life Is A Scream
10. Flamingo Baby
11. Lack Of Knowledge
12. More Money Tonight
13. Im Free
From the Album
1. Blister in the Sun
2. Kiss Off
3. Please Do Not Go
4. Add It Up
5. Confessions
6. Prove My Love
7. Promise
8. To The Kill
9. Gone Daddy Gone
10. Good Feeling
11. Ugly
12. Gimme The Car
From the Single
Gone Daddy Gone
From the Single Blister in the Sun
Other Songs 12 Steps 3 4 Seasons A Story Adam Was A Man Agamemnon All I Want Amercia Is Another Chorus At Your Feet Bad Dream Breakin Hearts Breakin Up Candlelight Song Children Of The Revolution Chinese Rock Cold Canyon Color Me Once Dahmer Is Dead Dance M.F Dance Dance Motherf*cker Dance! Dating Days Daydream Believer Death Drugs Didgeriblues Dont Start Me On The Liquor Eep Opp Ork Ah - Ah Eep Opp Ork Ah-Ah Everlasting You Every Breath You Take Faith Fat Fool In The Full Moon Foothills Forbidden Freak Magnet God Bless America Gone Daddy Gone/I Just Want to Make Love to You Good Friend Hallowed Ground Happiness Is Heartache Hollywood Is High Hotel Last Resort I Can Change I Danced I Get What I Want I Hear the Rain I Know Its True But Im Sorry To Say I Saw You In The Crowd I Swear It (I Can Change) I Wanna See You Again Im Bad I'm Not Gonna Cry Im Nothing In The Dark Issues It's All Or Nothing Its Gonna Rain Jesus Of Rio Just Like My Father Key Of 2 Life Is An Adventure Living a Lie Love And Me Make Three Love Love Love Love Love Love Me Make Three Machine Mirror Mirror Mirror Mirror (I See a Damsel) Mosh Pit Mother Of A Girl My Way Never Tell New Generation New Times Nightmares No Killing No More Heroes Not Ok Nothing Worth Living For Outside The Palace Paris To Sleep Raquel Rejoice And Be Happy See My Ships She Went To Germany Sleepin' At The Meetin' Sleepwalkin Somethings Wrong Special Sweet Misery Blues Sweet World Of Angels Sweet Worlds of Angels Telephone Book Thanksgiving Thanksgiving (No Way Out) The Blind Leading The Naked This Free Ride This Island Life Tonight Two People When Everybodys Happy When You Died World Were Living In World Without Mercy Yes Oh Yes
From the Single Blister in the Sun
Other Songs 12 Steps 3 4 Seasons A Story Adam Was A Man Agamemnon All I Want Amercia Is Another Chorus At Your Feet Bad Dream Breakin Hearts Breakin Up Candlelight Song Children Of The Revolution Chinese Rock Cold Canyon Color Me Once Dahmer Is Dead Dance M.F Dance Dance Motherf*cker Dance! Dating Days Daydream Believer Death Drugs Didgeriblues Dont Start Me On The Liquor Eep Opp Ork Ah - Ah Eep Opp Ork Ah-Ah Everlasting You Every Breath You Take Faith Fat Fool In The Full Moon Foothills Forbidden Freak Magnet God Bless America Gone Daddy Gone/I Just Want to Make Love to You Good Friend Hallowed Ground Happiness Is Heartache Hollywood Is High Hotel Last Resort I Can Change I Danced I Get What I Want I Hear the Rain I Know Its True But Im Sorry To Say I Saw You In The Crowd I Swear It (I Can Change) I Wanna See You Again Im Bad I'm Not Gonna Cry Im Nothing In The Dark Issues It's All Or Nothing Its Gonna Rain Jesus Of Rio Just Like My Father Key Of 2 Life Is An Adventure Living a Lie Love And Me Make Three Love Love Love Love Love Love Me Make Three Machine Mirror Mirror Mirror Mirror (I See a Damsel) Mosh Pit Mother Of A Girl My Way Never Tell New Generation New Times Nightmares No Killing No More Heroes Not Ok Nothing Worth Living For Outside The Palace Paris To Sleep Raquel Rejoice And Be Happy See My Ships She Went To Germany Sleepin' At The Meetin' Sleepwalkin Somethings Wrong Special Sweet Misery Blues Sweet World Of Angels Sweet Worlds of Angels Telephone Book Thanksgiving Thanksgiving (No Way Out) The Blind Leading The Naked This Free Ride This Island Life Tonight Two People When Everybodys Happy When You Died World Were Living In World Without Mercy Yes Oh Yes
Violent Femmes are an American alternative rock band from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, initially active from 1980 to 1987
and again from 1988 to 2009. As of 2013, they are active again.
Violent Femmes was founded by bassist Brian Ritchie and percussionist Victor DeLorenzo following the demise of the initial wave of American punk rock, and became a full-fledged band upon the arrival of lead vocalist and guitarist Gordon Gano.-Wikipedia
Members:
Violent Femmes was founded by bassist Brian Ritchie and percussionist Victor DeLorenzo following the demise of the initial wave of American punk rock, and became a full-fledged band upon the arrival of lead vocalist and guitarist Gordon Gano.
Gordon Gano (1980-present)
Brian Ritchie (1980-present)
Brian Viglione (2013-present)
Name Origin:
According to Ritchie, he came up with the name of the group as a fake band name when one of his bandmates questioned his assertion that his brother was also in a band - He and DeLorenzo liked the name, so they used it for the rhythm duo they played in prior to Gano joining the group
Another source states someone said they sounded like violent femmes as an oxymoronic joke. In Milwaukee, femme is slang for feminine.
Genre(s): Alternative rock, post-punk, folk punk
Active From: 1980-1987, 1988-2009, 2013-present
Quotes:
I probably have over a hundred instuments including acoustic basses, bouzouki, didgeridoo, soprano sax, xylophone, nose flute, shakuhachi, and a spate of percussion, keyboards and guitar. All of which I've used on Femmes recordings.
Brian Ritchie
Our main influences are Velvet Underground, Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps, Ramones, Sun Ra, Johnny Cash, Pink Floyd, Television, Hank Williams Sr., John Coltrane and about two million other people.
Brian Ritchie
Nickelodeon wanted us to do a commercial for them because they are moving "Spongebob Squarepants" to prime time and they needed a fun campaign. So basically we did a couple of 30 second spots for them which you can see on Nick. It was very easy.
Brian Ritchie
"We were signed to a record label that wouldn't release anything we were recording,"
Gordon Gano
"It is possible that this is the first record that doesn't have a song on it written in the '70s."
Gordon Gano