Violent Femmes - American Music

love loving this song about racketeering ;-)

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

@ ▷ Violent Femmes
🎶▷ American Music
💿▷ Why Do Birds Sing?
📅▷ 1991
🎬︎▷ Adam Bernstein

quiet riot gargar @liberty say trislappp signature , emers

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 ...👊🙌

Go to hell! (or Indiana)

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.

Victor de Lorenzo is supposedly doing a parody/homage of Maureen Tucker drummer for Velvet Underground. I think it’s when he uses the mallets with a serious look on his face.
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If this isn’t the 2026 World Cup anthem, we don’t deserve to host the World Cup

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Yep

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.

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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...

I miss you Jonas. It reminds me of you

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

You are like corpses that have been freezer burned. No fish? No chips? TARTAR SAUCE?? But they apparently discontinued that for a junkie upon your doorstep.Who of course wants MORE!

I am so sorry for being what I am, but I thank you for accompanying me. No trouble vs. Bob D. or the Grateful Dead. Rest in peace!

My cousin played this on his guitar and it was really good.

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.

There are many correct ethos pathos strange people
Thank you for a better day

Violent Femmes music videos are basically the prototype of Beck's music videos.

As a southwest sconnie myself I can safely say these guys are more important than the packers xD

one of my fav

How is this not required listening in every school in the country yet?

Girls like to drink more to do to help me move the blessing box of stuff to get high on the blessing box of the blessing of breeze.

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Lifer, here. SF/EF

Juice Newton ,"when will I be loved"?

Wait, is this ... them!?
Like, I'm pretty rock and roll but I was born in 81. The eighties, ick
So I can admit I know like, next to nothing compared to my RnR elder statesmen, but, I guess I always thought this was a cover.

Ha! And I've even seen the Femmes live a couple a times. Oi vey 🤦

When was it again you threw her down the "Well?" Have any recollections you'de like to give your victim(s) old men?

Can I call you as a witness to a witness to a lawsuit?

I was almost feeling a little too much like Syd but I do not believe I have enough pork chops in the fridge nor wish to replace them when they go bad.

That fact that this song has like 1/100th of the views of the latest logan paul or Andrew tate Justin Bieber bullshit represents everything wrong w society today… 😊

Great!

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At the time with my lare brother was so good when it came out

I miss the early 90's. :(

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

The boys have a sense of humor calling themselves Violent Femmes!

An alternative reality that’s going to haunt me for a wee bit 😮

Get to see em again, this Saturday!

Does Gano ever blink? Does anyone in this video even blink once?

how are they not in the Rock and Roll hall of fame? the cruelty of this world can not be overstated.

You guys just kick ass❤

There is an ugly moon out tonight and it reminds me of you.

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

I didn't know they did any more good songs after their first album.