[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Violent Femmes (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 9/19/2005 10:09:42 PM EDT
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That band sux ass! A highly over rated prom fest. Here's my .02 worth... - Their vocals are identifiable mono-tone. ...ohhhh pullll-eeeeze! - The lyrical content? It identifies with your average male, sent off to college looking for a wet dream adventure. The feel? Well, it's weakly backed with a "punk rock" wanna be anthem that blabs on for hours. Kinda like some retards would after doing a beer bong, carrying on about how "cutting edge they WERE. - Thier song writing ability is simplistic at best. Mowtown probably scrapped better arranged tunes while taking a crap on the pot, all the while hiding from the cops than what they came up with. - Their chord progressions are something my nephew, that just learned guitar, could identify with. But go ahead, admit you like them. |
Dude, you're so right. They're no "Winger". Rock on!! |
If ya read into my little review you'd realize that i'm fully aware of that they're not "punk" as sooooo many have always thought. However, I wouldn't even classify them as "new wave" as you did. DEVO would be more classified as "new wave". BUT!! I'd even classify Devo more as "NERD-CORE" if anything. Mark Mothersbaugh is a genius!!! Violent Femmes??? I'd put them more into the collective-ever growing pile of "TURD-CORE"....and they're at the bottom. The Femmes just simply have, as I mentioned the "college anthem" going for them. Nothing more...because they would never be able to accomplish anything else. BUT AGAIN, they did do a "B" side tune barried on the SOUTH PARK movie CD. ....and yes, that sucked too!!! I award them no pionts and may God have mercy on their souls. P.S. OWNED!!!! |
ahhh...a rock snob. i'm guessing that you're either a rush fan or a clapton evangelist. your response reminds me of a joke... how many drummers does it take to change a lightbulb? answer-11. one to do it, and ten to claim that neil peart chould have done it better. your critiques are amusing. using your rationale, hendrix, pink floyd, aerosmith, and beethoven are all crap. you've not a milligram of rock and roll in your bloodstream. please return to the polka ward and await your meds, which should arrive shortly. i'd go on, but i forgot what 8 was for! |
If you are a Femmes Fan, do yourself a favor and pick up their self titled CD. Every song on there is a hit, even the bonus tracks. Its not my style of music, but it was always great for hooking up with the chicky snacks.  Good times!Eta, The Violent Femmes was the only time I ever saw hot chicks in "the pit".
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 Thanks! Too bad I took that one song to heart... "I hope you got fat. I hope you got really fat!" Damn, now I have a Femmes jones. |
They were a Houston band in the same era. thejudys.com/ Check out Guyana Punch when you get a chance. |
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Saw the Femmes in 84(?) at Doc Watson's in Philly down by Penn. Man.... at the time we thought they were just a kickass garage band. BTW- The Gross Point Blank soundtrack, one of my favorite albums has 2 versions of Blister on it. Body and beats I stain my sheets I don't even know why My girlfriend she's at the end she is starting to cry (That will be stuck in my head all day) |
Dammit, I just choked on my gum. |
Hey...Wait...What's wrong with Winger?   Winger.....
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 They have a few good songs that I like. But for my money, I don't know if it gets any better than when Michael Bolton sings "When a man loves a woman." |
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I like the Violent Femmes. I saw them in 2003 in San Bernardino CA most recently. On the "Killing an Arab" reference, I like The Cure, too. I probably have one of the better Cure colletions in Central Texas. But then, I went to HS and College during that period. I pretty much ran the gamut from Devo to The Dead Kennedies with a swing by Bauhaus, sometimes The Specials, Adam and the Ants, I listened to it all. As far as simple chord progressions, well, speaking as a bassist, there are plenty of songs that I've played with very simple chord progressions. I mean, look at The Cars or a lot of The Police. Or going back a bit, how about "My Girl" by The Temptations. IIRC, the Violent Femmes were discovered just kind of goofing off entertaining some people waiting to get into a Pretenders concert. What made the Violent Femmes so different in the 80's was while most bands were maxing out on the electronics, the Violent Femmes were playing such simplistic acoustic music. Lyrically, to me, they kind of fall in the same vein with The Dead Milkmen, some Suicidal Tendencies (think "Institutionalized," etc. I don't recall anyone doing the same style music at the time, though. And really, that was the unique thing about The Violent Femmes. It was a juxtaposition of the white guy angst lyrics along with the very simplistic acoustic tracks. I have The Smithereens in the truck right now. 
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My wife and I saw them in concert 2 years ago - and we are no longer in college. We saw Duran Duran the week before....  Av. |
Sure, but they were very good at it. Their first album was a brilliant summation of being 19, male, and not getting any, and you gotta respect that. |