Lyr Req: Violent Femmes TEN

Subject: Lyr Req: Violent Femmes TEN
From: wysiwyg
Date: 06 Nov 03 - 09:25 AM

Pssst-- look, I'm sorry, don't tell my folkie friends-- sometimes we like the VF over here-- anyway, I can't find this anywhere, and I am not sure of the title, but if you have heard the song you know the one I mean and it's a VERY GOOD SONG for a VERY BAD MOOD. The tape appears to have left with the nest-exiting children! So I'd love a sound file too! And maybe we're not the only Catters with a sick twist!

~S~

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Violent Femmes TEN
From: Peg
Date: 06 Nov 03 - 09:29 AM

I believe the title is "Blister in the Sun."

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Violent Femmes TEN
From: SeanM
Date: 06 Nov 03 - 05:09 PM

Is it the one that has the "ten, ten, ten, ten for everything everything everything" in it?

If so, that one's called "Kiss Off". Not sure where to get a sound file, but it's on their first album, titled "Violent Femmes"

Interesting band. Very folk roots - most of their work is structured around acoustic guitar, acoustic bass and brushed snare. Second album includes two gospel numbers - "It's Gonna Rain" and "Jesus Walking on the Water". The lead singer's the son of a Baptist minister, and is apparently fairly devoutly Christian. In other areas, they've gone so far as well as to set 15th century poetry to music.

I'm rather fond of them, if'n you can't tell :^) I'm fairly impressed with the fact that coming on 20 years after the release of their first album, it still strikes a chord of adolescent angst among the kids hearing it for the first time as well as still remains somewhat relevant to the original fans who heard it on vinyl.

M

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Violent Femmes TEN
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 06 Nov 03 - 05:27 PM

We play "Blister" all the time... it's hillarious... With no intro at all, with no warning, at any point in our show we can play the first 16 notes, and automoatically the audience hits the table "Da-da! Da-da!"

I assume the song in question however is "Kiss Off"
( - Lyrics Here - )

and I found all kinds of copies of it with a quick Kazaa search... so it's that easy to get...

:-)

Subject: ADD: KISS OFF by Violent Femmes
From: wysiwyg
Date: 06 Nov 03 - 06:03 PM

Sure, once you know the title!

~S~

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KISS OFF
by Violent Femmes

I need someone , a person to talk to
Someone who'd care to love
Could it be you
Could it be you
Situation gets rough
Then I start to panic
It's not enough
It's just a habit
Hey kid you're sick
Darling this is it
You can all just kiss off into the air
Behind my back I can see them stare
They'll hurt me bad but I won't mind
They'll hurt me bad they do it all the time
Yeah yeah , they do it all the time
I hope you know that this will go down on your permanent record
Oh yeah well don't get so distressed
Did I happen to mention that I'm impressed
I take one one one 'cause you left me
And two two two for my family
And 3 3 3 for my heartache
And 4 4 4 for my headaches
And 5 5 5 for my lonely
And 6 6 6 for my sorrow
And 7 7 7 for no tomorrow
And 8 8 8 I forget what 8 was for
And 9 9 9 for a lost god
And 10 10 10 for everything everything everything everything

SOURCE Jonathan Harel's Lyrics Collection