What Shir said. Brilliant stuff.
Hey! What a surprise! Hostile 17! Can I get you a drink, Hostile 17?
Xander ,'Dirty Girls'
Buffista Music 4: Needs More Cowbell!
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
Jon B. - Mar 22, 2009 7:23:43 am PDT #861 of 6436
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Glamcookie - Mar 23, 2009 8:37:33 am PDT #862 of 6436
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
I heard about that on
YouTube
NPR. How cool!
megan walker - Mar 23, 2009 8:22:43 am PDT #863 of 6436
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
What mainstream term would one use to categorize Violent Femmes? Alternative Rock?
tommyrot - Mar 23, 2009 8:25:45 am PDT #864 of 6436
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
College Rock? Post-Punk?
I don't think the term "Alternative" was in use during their heyday....
I think I've heard them labeled as Folk-Punk back in the day.
DavidS - Mar 23, 2009 8:25:57 am PDT #865 of 6436
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
What mainstream term would one use to categorize Violent Femmes? Alternative Rock?
Close enough. You could also go for American Indie.
megan walker - Mar 23, 2009 8:31:16 am PDT #866 of 6436
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
This is for current college students.
I'm working on a new song feature for a 2010 textbook and the first chapter is about Louise Attaque and I want to say their name comes from the fact they are fans of the [musical genre] group Violent Femmes.
American Indie is probably good, because it also reflects that what was called "alternative" in the 80s and 90s was called "indépendant" in France.
Trudy Booth - Mar 23, 2009 8:32:15 am PDT #867 of 6436
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Close enough. You could also go for American Indie.
I think they prefer "Native Alternitan"
DavidS - Mar 23, 2009 8:34:48 am PDT #868 of 6436
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I think they prefer "Native Alternitan"
Heh. I'm sure Gordon Gano wouldn't mind being Native Alternitan.
Speaking of labels, I always loved how D. Boon of The Minutemen would respond to interview questions about whether his band were Anarchists: "Actually we're Jeffersonian Democrats."
megan walker - Mar 23, 2009 9:11:31 am PDT #869 of 6436
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I love the days at work when my job consists of things like deciding how to describe Violent Femmes or whether a Serge Gainsbourg song is too sexy.
DavidS - Mar 23, 2009 9:28:23 am PDT #870 of 6436
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
or whether a Serge Gainsbourg song is too sexy.
Quick Insider Tip: The hit version of "Je T'aime...Mon Non Plus" was a duet with Jane Birkin, but the original recording was with Serge and Brigitte Bardot. He actually fingered her to orgasm in the recording booth while she recorded her vocals. Gen-u-wine audio porn.