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The Quote Of The Day:

Some magnets attract
some magnets repel
some magnets just say hey hey what the hell

-From Freak Magnet
-Get that June issue of CMJ New Music (the one
with Garbage on the cover) if you want to hear
what this sounds like!

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Going to a VF concert? Want to know if anyone
else on the list also going? Check here first!

Biloxi, MS (May 23)
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Dallas, TX (May 24)
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In Today’s Issue:

Pensacola Show
Jones Beach Info Needed
Breakin Up
RE: Cover..FM..Birthday Boy
A Whole Mess of Stuff
Another Mess of Stuff
RE: Covers
RE: Covers
Jugs…Lyrics
RE: Fave Lyrics
RE: Fave Lyrics
RE: Fave Lyrics
RE: Fave Lyrics
RE: Fave Lyrics
RE: Fave Lyrics

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Pensacola Show
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Well, the SpringFest show– The Femmes were great, the audience sucked.
.. The Femmes weren’t scheduled to go on until 7:30. So, I caught the
Cowboy Mouth show that was scheduled just before the Femmes were
supposed to go on. Throughout the entire CM show people were moshing
and being complete assholes and the band just kind of took it. So,
before the Femmes went on, the announcer told the crowd that the Femmes
requested that people stop throwing shit at the stage. They were
running a little late. I don’t think they went on until 8 or so. The
show started out great. They played a lot of the more popular songs
off of Add It Up (BitS, Gone Daddy Gone, Kiss Off, American Music,
Black Girls, Country Death Song, Add It Up, Dance, Motherfucker,
Dance!, Out the Window, and 36-24-36) and I noticed they played Freak
Magnet. Also, because Frank Sinatra died that Friday, they played a
tribute to him– I think it was My Way. But, in the middle of Gimme the
Car some asshole hurled one of those Foster’s beer cans at the stage and
the can hit Gordon right in the face. He just stopped singing and they
said it was over. Well, when they left the stage the crowd started
chanting “bullshit!” And after a while the announcer came back out and
said that the can had hit Gordon right in the face and that he was
bleeding. He said they’d finish if nothing else was thrown. And so
the Femmes came back out. Brian told the crowd what he thought. I
believe he called them a “generation of spoiled brats” and I couldn’t
agree more. So, they finished playing and there was an encore of Old
Mother Reagan and Kiss Off.
There was an article in the Pensacola News Journal titled “You wannabe
cool types need to grow up.” by Troy Moon. It basically talked about
the whole concert… “Still, how does one control a crowd of thousands
who show their appreciation for a band like the Violent Femmes by
throwing missiles at the band? Lead singer Gordan Gano caught a can or
bottle in the face, and walked off stage after chastising the idiots in
the crowd. (actually, it was Brian Ritchie) The band came back after a
SF official tried to talk some sense into the dimwits, but an occasional
shoe or can still flirted with the band member’s faces.”

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Lacey G. Johnson

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Jones Beach Info Needed
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Anyone know the deal with the Femmes and newport folk festival at jones
beach-price date ect. please contact me directly

Jack

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Breakin Up
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I was browsing through used CDs at a CD store and i found the Breakin Up
single import from England with a live version of American Music and She
Went to Germany.. has anyone ever even HEARD of this? I haven’t…
Nevertheless, i bought it for $0.99… pretty good deal if you ask me!
(which you didn’t.)

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RE: Cover..FM..Birthday Boy
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>Isn’t “Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?” a cover song???
Yep- Culture Club originally did that song, I believe.

I talked to my favorite people in the world, those at my local cd store,
and the lady told me that she too had heard the rumor about a different
label releasing “Freak Magnet” on last Tuesday, but it didn’t come, and
she thinks it must’ve been solely rumor.

Oh yeah, and BTW today (Wednesday the 20th) is Guy’s birthday! I’m not
sure how old he is, I read this in the Journal Sentinel this morning. I
meant to send it in before school in the hopes it’d be included today,
but ran short of time. Anyway, Happy B-Day Guy!!!

rob=)

ps- thanx to Beky for sending that in for me =)

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A Whole Mess of Stuff
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Hey guys n femmes. Been awhile eh? Neway. I went to some stupid
music store in the mall (RecordTown..the ONLY one in a 3 story mall)
and they said that he had no listing of the release of Freak Magnet.
He told me to keep checking back tho.
Yes, Do You Really Want To Hurt Me is a cover..originally done by
the Culture Club (go Boy George). They did a cover of Jerry Lee Lewis
at the Charlotte show. Someone metntioned them doing a cover of Frank
Sinatra. Apparently they do LOTS of covers. Speaking of which, has
anyone found the cover of Kiss off was it done by the Banditos? (oh
man it just started POURING rain over here). I called a radio station
one day to ask em to play it and they told me I was crazy and there was
no such thing in existence. I’m confused about the Harvey Danger cover
….they’re doing a cover of the Femmes or wut? (they’re a pretty kewl
band…”i want to pierce my tongue..it doesn’t hurt it feels fine”…
i swear to you that’s what I say is it doesn’t hurt it feels fine).
Ok…I agree that the lyrics would make more sense going “we all
get late”. But, when I first started listening to the Femmes, I thought
it was laid. I’ve listened to that song so many tiems trying to figure
it out. I also noticed at the concert that when i was singing “late”,
it sounded very very very much like Gordon sang “laid”. I thought that
had corrected me. Anyone else notice if Gordon says late or laid in
concert? But neway.

-Pat. Says: If they do a lot of covers live, I haven’t heard any. But
if they did do one live, I wish it were Hey There Little
Insect by Jonathan Richman.

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Another Mess of Stuff
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What’s a shakusaki? How fast does it go from 0-60? What does
a digeridoo look like and sound like? I know it’s from Australia, but
that’s about it. What brand of washtub and what size makes the best
trancephone?
And Claire, get over your mono soon. I just got through with
it and BOY did it suck. Take lots of vitamins and enjoy laying in bed
all day and singing “Never Tell” at the top of your lungs.
And yes, “Do You Really Want to Hurt Me,” is a Boy George and
the Culture Club cover. Poor Boy George. I never wanted to hurt him.
Even after he got so fat. I heard that Slash was forcing the Femmes
to do more covers on their albums. Those pig-f*ckers didn’t stock
much F! A! I! T! H!!! What’s that spell? FAITH! in the
Femmes original work. I don’t think that our heros were ever really
hot on playing other people’s work.

-Drew

-Pat. Says: I understand a shakusaki is a Japanese flute. Haven’t yet
had the pleasure of hearing Brian play it. A didgeridoo is
a long tube kind of thing. It sounds like…I can’t think
of anything that sounds like it, maybe some kind of
prehistoric coke bottle. No it’s really cool, this deep
rumbling, and lots of other sounds too. You’ve probably
heard it before but not recognized it for what it was.

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RE: Covers
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“Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?” was originally done by Culture Club
(Boy George’s group) in 1982. Gordon changed some of the lyrics for
the Femme’s version, and of the course the style is different.
Regarding the favorite lyrics post, I suppose my favorite (non-VF, I’m
assuming) line is:
“Why do we still try when all our time is spent in holding on to hope?”
from “Still Here” by Information Society.

—–

“It’s more fun to compute…”

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RE: Covers
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>Isn’t “Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?” a cover song???
>I’m sure I remember they playing in on the “Why Do Birds Sing?” tour,
>but it’s been about six years. So, maybe not.

Here in the UK it’s most famous as a song by Culture Club – though I
don’t know if it was originally theirs. It was released in the early-
mid eighties and I think (but don’t quote me) it went to No. 1.

Xav

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Jugs…Lyrics
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-Pat. Says: Was it last summer when we had the thread about getting the
lyrics wrong? I remember writing that when my son (now 9)
was 5, I was worried about his learning the lyrics to some
of the songs he hears…until I heard him start singing
“Do you have too many jugs? I have too many jugs!”.
– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
I shouldn’t be too pleased, Pat – over here, “jugs” are a synonym for
female breasts – albeit a less than complementary one.

As for favourite lines, I’ve got a few, but (as a well known cynic in
these parts) my all-time favourite has got to be by a British indie
band called The Sweeney:-

“Whitney, Mariah Carey, Michael Bolton all belong in the circus –
acrobatical vocals”

Somewhat appropriately, the song this is taken from is called “Shut Up!”

Xav

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RE: Fave Lyrics
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Weirdly enough, I’ve read my favorite lyrics but never actually heard
the song-it’s by Liz Phair, I think, and goes
“your kisses are as wicked as an F-16
and you fuck like a volcano
and you’re everything to me.”
Some ex-boyfriend said that to me, that’s how I discovered it.
Seriously. He said that. Pretty funny, huh? Oh, and another good one
is Ani DiFranco’s “Gravel”-
“let me count the ways that I abhore you
you were never a good friend
and you never were a good lay
but oh, what can I say, I adore you.”

In case you can’t tell, I have some chick rage issues…. just kidding.
But even though I thnk this is a fun thread, is it Femmes related enough
that we can do it without sinning against The Rules? Just checking.

Andrea

-Pat. Says: I’ll allow this for a little while. It’s harmless.

“You gotta love livin’ baby, cause dyings a pain in the ass.”-Frank
Sinatra
“You’re perfect, yes it’s true, but without me, you’re only you.”-Faith
No More
“Mother, should I trust the government?”-Pink Floyd

I could go on and on, but I wont bore you.
-emilia

http://members.aol.com/ArchieEm/fireandice.html

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RE: Fave Lyrics
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While we all love the femmes, we all do listen to other music so i
think the idea of favorite lyrics is good and it will be fun to
read….so, i’d go with some beatles stuff, but it would take me 5
years to write down my favorite lyrics so I’ll go with..”…and in
your eyes i can see what’s on my mind…tonight lets be lovers,
tomorrow go back to being friends.”–Dave Matthews Band,”Say Goodbye.”
Oh…I just want everyone to know that today was my last full day of
high school..what a nice feeling!!!!

Liz

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RE: Fave Lyrics
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Hi,
One of my very favorite lyrics is:
“I can tell that you taste like the sky ’cause you look like rain.”
from “Look like rain” – Morphine . So earthy and sensual!!

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RE: Fave Lyrics
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The best song lyrics, in my opinion are simply:
If you, twist and, turn away..
If you, tear yourself in two again..
If I could, you know i would, if i could i would..
Let it go..
-U2, Bad – “The Unforgettable Fire”

I think that just about any U2 or Dylan song can hold meaning to any
emotion you are feeling at the time…
Come gather ’round people
Wherever you roam
And admit that the waters
Around you have grown
And accept it that soon
You’ll be drenched to the bone.
If your time to you
Is worth savin’
Then you better start swimmin’
Or you’ll sink like a stone
For the times they are a-changin’.

(For he who gets hurt will be he who has stalled) -Sarah

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RE: Fave Lyrics
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Clair, i like the lyric idea, and since you have mono and must be
extremely bored, i’ll humor you, plus, it’s fun. only problem is i
don’t think i can pick just one, but here goes…

“nuthin left to do but smile, smile, smile.” grateful dead, ‘he’s gone’
i just love that quote. it works for everything. whenever i’m down i
try to think of that because really, that’s all there really is left to
do.

“when i had no wings to fly, you flew to me.” grateful dead,
‘attics of my life’ this is one of those lovey-dovey quotes, but it
doesn’t have to be and it is the perfect way to tell someone thank you
for helping you out when you couldn’t do it yourself.

“don’t you know that you’re nothing more than a one night stand?
tomorrow i’ll be on my way, you better catch me if you can!” janis
joplin, ‘one night stand’ (i think thats it) this describes all of my
relationships and it’s what i wish i was capable of saying to every guy
i’ve ever been with, cause usually that’s all they were. it’s just one
of those quotes that just describes my life so well.

and of course…”good feeling, won’t you stay with me, just a little
longer? it always seems like you’re leaving, when i need you here, just
a little longer.” femmes, “good feelings” this quote, though not very
uplifting, is just one of those beautiful things that fits perfectly
when ever you’re down. i think of it, and then i smile, smile, smile.

there’s a whole lot more somewhere in my head, but i’m sure that’ll keep
the people bored for a least a minute. claire, i hope you get better
soon!

whitney 🙂

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