Violent Femmes appreciation!

AeroZeppelin · 01-05-2011, 05:54 PM

Blister in the sun - best song ever!!!!

Mondo Bungle · 10-07-2011, 07:50 PM

I do appreciate them. I own all their albums, and they're pretty great.

Sneer · 10-07-2011, 08:23 PM

The four albums they made in the 80s are superb... yet, for some reason, as soon as they entered the 90s, their output kind of went to shit.

Mr November · 02-14-2012, 10:34 PM

Ya. Good. This was what I was looking for. I like this.

Howard the Duck · 02-15-2012, 06:45 AM

i've got their first five albums

the debut's the best

the others are patchy with moments of brilliance

the last one "Why Do Birds Sing?" is kinda all over the place

Mr November · 02-16-2012, 08:35 PM

Keep in mind the band gets chucked into whatever genre the person who created the thread thought they ought to go into. And Indie can be mainstream.

~~Odyshape~~ · 02-17-2012, 12:09 AM

I find it astonishing how 90s their debut album sounds even though its from 1983... it actually sounds an entire decade ahead of its time. Its unbelievable.

William_the_Bloody · 01-29-2013, 12:02 AM

One of the greatest alternative bands of all time, their first two albums & ealry singles are the stuff of legends, one of my all time favourite bands of any genre.

Gimme the car

Add it up

Never Tell

Black Francis · 01-31-2013, 04:34 PM

Good band.. i luv the singer's voice, idk much about them i just know a couple of tracks like 'Kiss off' and 'Add it up'

oh, and that cover from the jetsons lol

this maybe a little ignorant, but to me they are the only band i heard that sounds like the Pixies.. or almost as good as the Pixies lol

even though they are totally different bands, there's a similarity in the way they sound Me thinks..

William_the_Bloody · 02-01-2013, 12:59 AM

Interesting I never really got into the Pixies so i wouldn't know, but it is possible that they could have been influenced by the Femmes, I'll have to give Frank Black another whirl.

In turns of albums, download the first two: Violent Femmes/Violent Femmes which now has the single Gimme the car on it and Hallowed Ground. The first album has been enshrined by critics as one of the best indie alternative albums ever made, while Hallowed Ground is also viewed as a classic. The third album is still good but lacks the magic of the first two, for what ever reason they sort of fall apart after that, so don't bother with any of their later releases.

10-07-2011, 08:23 PM	#23 (permalink)
Sneer Let it drip Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 5,430	The four albums they made in the 80s are superb... yet, for some reason, as soon as they entered the 90s, their output kind of went to shit. __________________ LastFM Sneer's Emporium of Sound Fright Team radio show

01-05-2011, 05:54 PM	#21 (permalink)
AeroZeppelin Groupie Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Ireland Posts: 6	Blister in the sun - best song ever!!!!

02-14-2012, 10:34 PM	#24 (permalink)
Mr November Music Addict Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Halifax, Canada Posts: 429	Ya. Good. This was what I was looking for. I like this.

02-16-2012, 08:35 PM	#26 (permalink)
Mr November Music Addict Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Halifax, Canada Posts: 429	Keep in mind the band gets chucked into whatever genre the person who created the thread thought they ought to go into. And Indie can be mainstream.

02-17-2012, 12:09 AM	#27 (permalink)
~~Odyshape~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 526	I find it astonishing how 90s their debut album sounds even though its from 1983... it actually sounds an entire decade ahead of its time. Its unbelievable.

01-29-2013, 12:02 AM	#28 (permalink)
William_the_Bloody Music Addict Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Sunnydale Cemetary Posts: 2,093	One of the greatest alternative bands of all time, their first two albums & ealry singles are the stuff of legends, one of my all time favourite bands of any genre. Gimme the car Add it up Never Tell

01-31-2013, 04:34 PM	#29 (permalink)
Black Francis Out of Place Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: in an abstract house Posts: 4,111	Good band.. i luv the singer's voice, idk much about them i just know a couple of tracks like 'Kiss off' and 'Add it up' oh, and that cover from the jetsons lol this maybe a little ignorant, but to me they are the only band i heard that sounds like the Pixies.. or almost as good as the Pixies lol even though they are totally different bands, there's a similarity in the way they sound Me thinks..

02-01-2013, 12:59 AM	#30 (permalink)
William_the_Bloody Music Addict Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Sunnydale Cemetary Posts: 2,093	Interesting I never really got into the Pixies so i wouldn't know, but it is possible that they could have been influenced by the Femmes, I'll have to give Frank Black another whirl. In turns of albums, download the first two: Violent Femmes/Violent Femmes which now has the single Gimme the car on it and Hallowed Ground. The first album has been enshrined by critics as one of the best indie alternative albums ever made, while Hallowed Ground is also viewed as a classic. The third album is still good but lacks the magic of the first two, for what ever reason they sort of fall apart after that, so don't bother with any of their later releases.