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woozy
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USA
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 Posted - 01/08/2004 : 15:38:23
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This is for the some that don't know much about Gordon Gano of the Violent Femmes. He, like Mr. Black, is musically refreshing. He came out with a solo album awhile back in which F.B. performs one of his songs. It rocks, my friends, and the whole album does too. Next time at the music shop, pause a moment, and take a look at it.
Take care my friends. |
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The King Of Karaoke
> Teenager of the Year <
USA
3759 Posts |
Posted - 01/08/2004 : 23:27:16
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I have that one. I bought it because of Frank and PJ. It's definately unusual because Gordo is on it so little (if I recall correctly) but good stuff!
Note to self - Making love to blow up doll, not as good as advertised. |
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bumblebeeboy2
> Teenager of the Year <
United Kingdom
2638 Posts |
Posted - 01/09/2004 : 06:10:22
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yeah, 'run' is a great song, haven't heard frank singing that madly for quite a while! it's great! :) I like the title track of the album too...
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I'm flat out, you're so beautiful to look at when you cry. Freeze, don't move, you've been chosen as an extra in the movie adaptation of the sequal to your life. Shady Lane, everybody wants one, Shady Lane, everybody needs one. |
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Adnan_le_Terrible
* Dog in the Sand *
France
1973 Posts |
Posted - 01/09/2004 : 08:05:19
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Vive les Violent Femmes !
 "I met a man/ he was a good man" |
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jediroller
* Dog in the Sand *
France
1718 Posts |
Posted - 01/09/2004 : 08:56:51
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Well, maybe I should give this album another try then, because I found it (*gasp*) rather tedious...
I love the Femmes though.
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'Great, now you don't have stupid skin on your body…' |
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mrgrieves1971
= Cult of Ray =
USA
544 Posts |
Posted - 01/09/2004 : 13:57:55
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I read an interview once where Frank says he really relates to Gordan Gano and the Violent Femmes because, like the VF's first album, Doolittle was this album that just did ok when it came out, but just continues to sell and sell, just a little each year. Like the VF's first album, Doolittle is an album where, at some point in a rock fan's life, they buy it and love it. That it is an essential component of a young rock fan's CD collection. A rite of passage, if you will. Or something like that.
That’s all I know about that.
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Omer
= Cult of Ray =
275 Posts |
Posted - 01/10/2004 : 07:00:41
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"Hitting the Ground" is an OK album, but RUN is a killer tune, and Frank nails it.
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billgoodman
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Netherlands
6214 Posts |
Posted - 01/10/2004 : 07:26:15
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Originally posted by mrgrieves1971
I read an interview once where Frank says he really relates to Gordan Gano and the Violent Femmes because, like the VF's first album, Doolittle was this album that just did ok when it came out, but just continues to sell and sell, just a little each year. Like the VF's first album, Doolittle is an album where, at some point in a rock fan's life, they buy it and love it. That it is an essential component of a young rock fan's CD collection. A rite of passage, if you will. Or something like that.
That’s all I know about that.
I do have VF's first and Doolitle, and I'm a rock fan
you are right!
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I'm young too
 "I joined the Culf of Frank/ And now I do not know what...to do" |
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bumblebeeboy2
> Teenager of the Year <
United Kingdom
2638 Posts |
Posted - 01/10/2004 : 08:11:42
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Originally posted by mrgrieves1971
I read an interview once where Frank says he really relates to Gordan Gano and the Violent Femmes because, like the VF's first album, Doolittle was this album that just did ok when it came out, but just continues to sell and sell, just a little each year. Like the VF's first album, Doolittle is an album where, at some point in a rock fan's life, they buy it and love it. That it is an essential component of a young rock fan's CD collection. A rite of passage, if you will. Or something like that.
That’s all I know about that.
2 bands i wish i was/were in... pixies and violent femmes! maybe not the femmes now-a-days... and maybe not the pixies if they reformed... i'd settle for being in FB&TC, although I'm not sure I'd be quite up to their standard... :)
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I'm flat out, you're so beautiful to look at when you cry. Freeze, don't move, you've been chosen as an extra in the movie adaptation of the sequal to your life. Shady Lane, everybody wants one, Shady Lane, everybody needs one. |
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Ebb Vicious
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1162 Posts |
Posted - 01/13/2004 : 09:48:17
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| am i the only one who respected Gordo more before they found out that the "praise jesus" VF songs weren't sarcastic? |
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STITCHES
= Cult of Ray =
USA
915 Posts |
Posted - 01/13/2004 : 09:52:55
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Originally posted by Ebb Vicious
am i the only one who respected Gordo more before they found out that the "praise jesus" VF songs weren't sarcastic?
why lose respect for someone because they're religious? I"m not a religious person...and even though Prince (to give an example) is super-religious, I still think he writes the best fucking songs ever!
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MY LOVE IS LIKE A TICKING CLOCK--BERSERKER!
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SUCK MY COCK--BERSERKER! |
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Ebb Vicious
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1162 Posts |
Posted - 01/13/2004 : 09:57:39
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Originally posted by STITCHES
why lose respect for someone because they're religious? I"m not a religious person...and even though Prince (to give an example) is super-religious, I still think he writes the best fucking songs ever!
it's not that he is religious, it's that those songs are hilarious when taken as sarcastic and pathetic when taken as serious.
once again you need me to explain things to you. tsk tsk. |
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STITCHES
= Cult of Ray =
USA
915 Posts |
Posted - 01/13/2004 : 09:59:22
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you dont have to take them seriously, you know....now who's explaining what to whom. 
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MY LOVE IS LIKE A TICKING CLOCK--BERSERKER!
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SUCK MY COCK--BERSERKER! |
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Ebb Vicious
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1162 Posts |
Posted - 01/13/2004 : 10:02:09
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| well, right, when i sing along to them i do it sarcastically. but knowing gordo was being serious makes me sad. |
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STITCHES
= Cult of Ray =
USA
915 Posts |
Posted - 01/13/2004 : 10:05:42
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you know what makes me sad? those commercials where you can sponsor a starving pygmy child.....doesn't that make you feel shallow?
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MY LOVE IS LIKE A TICKING CLOCK--BERSERKER!
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SUCK MY COCK--BERSERKER! |
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Ebb Vicious
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1162 Posts |
Posted - 01/13/2004 : 10:06:26
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| no, i think overpopulation is a serious problem so i don't really care when a lot of people die from starvation or AIDS or crap. |
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STITCHES
= Cult of Ray =
USA
915 Posts |
Posted - 01/13/2004 : 10:10:33
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can you really die from crap? if so I need to be more careful in the bathroom
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MY LOVE IS LIKE A TICKING CLOCK--BERSERKER!
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SUCK MY COCK--BERSERKER! |
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jimmy
= Cult of Ray =
USA
876 Posts |
Posted - 01/13/2004 : 20:08:16
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It seems like Frank's singing is more adventureous on compilations than on his albums these days ( Run, Sugar Daddy, Mother Popcorn). I miss vocals like on You Never Heard About Me (a b-side, I know, but anyway).
Also, why would anyone want to sponsor a child? So it can grow up and make more starving kids with AIDS. They're just poor, I'm poor and I'm thousands of dollars in debt. Those kids should send me 70 cents a day. |
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Ebb Vicious
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1162 Posts |
Posted - 01/15/2004 : 07:46:16
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yes you can die from crap.
i would argue that frank's singing is more adventurous on his own albums. why is yelling and screaming adventurous? i'd say that the singing on "True Blue" or "I Will Run After You" is more adventurous.
but hey, that's me, i'm a nut i guess. |
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VoVat
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
9168 Posts |
Posted - 01/16/2004 : 20:24:46
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You can die from diarrhea.
-Nathan
And how does lemur's skin reflect the sea?
http://vovat.blogspot.com/ |
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sarah spinart
- FB Fan -
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Posted - 01/17/2004 : 08:01:42
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*bump* because anyone who hasn't heard this record *needs* to. every track is stellar in its own way, and pj harvey actually manages to sound like gordon gano in her "hitting the ground."
i grew up in wisconsin, where seeing the femmes play every summer was something of a ritual, and the band will always have a special place in my heart even though the last time i saw them (last year i think?), they - for the first time i've ever seen - were mediocre, and really starting to show their age. regardless, i've seen gano play solo since and he totally knocked my socks off with femmes songs and new solo stuff (inc. "hitting the ground") and randomness like a three-part italian love song. it was pretty awesome and made me remember why i named my first guitar, bought a month after seeing the band for the first time, gordon. |
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