Are you serious? The Femmes are p;ossibly THE best sing a long band ever.
Catchy songs, great guitar, and no matter how bad you sing you sound great compared to them.
Thembi
· 1 year ago
I have never spoken to any black woman who has also seen the Violent Femmes in concert! They played Springfest at my college and I complained right until they started playing. Boy are we 'white actin'"...
Siditty
· 1 year ago
Brohammas,
I don't know, have you seen Gordon Gano lately, and they use their songs in Wendy's commercials now. Seriously.
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Thembi,
The Violent Femmes got a song about black girls.....a kind of scary song, but it is a homage to black women. In a sexualized stereotypical kind of way.
It ain't white acting it is supporting bands who support black women.
OK It isn't, it is really white acting.
starkitty50
· 1 year ago
I forgot abut Crash Test Dummies!!! They are from Canada and that is all I remember besides the song.
Macon D
· 1 year ago
Thanks for bringing this stuff back! Yeah, what DID happen to the Dummies? I remember their song about God shuffling his feet with particular fondness.
The Femmes go places most bands don't or won't go, like in that song about pushing a daughter into a well. Dark places. "Black" places . . . No? Okay, they're pretty white. Very white.
Anonymous
· 1 year ago
Hello, there. I've got a story about Gordon Gano. Before I go into it, let me say you're running a good blog over here! The more voices, the better. There's no reason why people can't be themselves and with whom they wish. Life's too short. When it's time for me to go, I want to be able to say Non, je ne regrette rien.
OK, story: Gordon Gano dated a friend of mine in high school! My friend and I were seniors at the time, and she was 18. I think he would've been 24? 25?
Her family was very religious, to the point where she NEVER wore slacks, makeup or played up her looks in the mainstream way. She and Gordon stopped seeing each other after a few months. I was never clearly sure why, but I think her family had a HUGE problem with him being a rock musician, never mind the race and religious issues. They, as I said, were fundy-ish, and he seemed to be a seeker. He's white, she's black.
She was actually quite upset at the end of it, even though she thought that in a lot of ways he was a very weird person. She never indicated that he treated her in any fetishistic way, but how would two teenage girls have known the difference? I'm not sure if we would have then.
Anyway, he'd met her at church, after he'd started attending hers, and had joined the choir. I remember when she told me she was "seeing this new guy."
"What's his name?"
"Gordon."
"Hah-hah! Gordon. Like Gordon Gano."
"Yeah, his name's Gordon Gano, how did you know?"
"Uh, he's a rock star? Wait, WHAT?? How did you meet GORDON GANO???!"
"He goes to my church."
"WHAT???!! Wait, Gordon Gano goes to church? Oh, geez."
I liked the Femmes a lot in their heyday. When I was a kid, I used to walk past Brian Ritchie's house, and I could see them rehearsing from the front window. They also played the Lake Park pavilion a lot. I wasn't allowed to go to those shows, because I wasn't supposed to be listening to rock music either! Thank goodness I knew how to hide my R.E.M. and Smiths cassettes in the box spring.
Now I'm wondering if Gordon wrote that song about her! I've never heard it or of it!
::races over to Google::
Siditty
· 1 year ago
I am jealous Anon, seriously, I am jealous of your friend. "Black Girls" was so written about her. I dont know that for sure, but I am still jealous she dated a person of that much coolness.
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The Femmes are p;ossibly THE best sing a long band ever.
Catchy songs, great guitar, and no matter how bad you sing you sound great compared to them.
I don't know, have you seen Gordon Gano lately, and they use their songs in Wendy's commercials now. Seriously.
------
Thembi,
The Violent Femmes got a song about black girls.....a kind of scary song, but it is a homage to black women. In a sexualized stereotypical kind of way.
It ain't white acting it is supporting bands who support black women.
OK It isn't, it is really white acting.
The Femmes go places most bands don't or won't go, like in that song about pushing a daughter into a well. Dark places. "Black" places . . . No? Okay, they're pretty white. Very white.
OK, story: Gordon Gano dated a friend of mine in high school! My friend and I were seniors at the time, and she was 18. I think he would've been 24? 25?
Her family was very religious, to the point where she NEVER wore slacks, makeup or played up her looks in the mainstream way. She and Gordon stopped seeing each other after a few months. I was never clearly sure why, but I think her family had a HUGE problem with him being a rock musician, never mind the race and religious issues. They, as I said, were fundy-ish, and he seemed to be a seeker. He's white, she's black.
She was actually quite upset at the end of it, even though she thought that in a lot of ways he was a very weird person. She never indicated that he treated her in any fetishistic way, but how would two teenage girls have known the difference? I'm not sure if we would have then.
Anyway, he'd met her at church, after he'd started attending hers, and had joined the choir. I remember when she told me she was "seeing this new guy."
"What's his name?"
"Gordon."
"Hah-hah! Gordon. Like Gordon Gano."
"Yeah, his name's Gordon Gano, how did you know?"
"Uh, he's a rock star? Wait, WHAT?? How did you meet GORDON GANO???!"
"He goes to my church."
"WHAT???!! Wait, Gordon Gano goes to church? Oh, geez."
I liked the Femmes a lot in their heyday. When I was a kid, I used to walk past Brian Ritchie's house, and I could see them rehearsing from the front window. They also played the Lake Park pavilion a lot. I wasn't allowed to go to those shows, because I wasn't supposed to be listening to rock music either! Thank goodness I knew how to hide my R.E.M. and Smiths cassettes in the box spring.
Now I'm wondering if Gordon wrote that song about her! I've never heard it or of it!
::races over to Google::