Violent Femmes Live at The Lyceum, London-October 1984 

2024 listening lies

@@marcussmith3037 ???

he's practically a God

One of the best

Both Brian Ritchie and Rob Wright of Nomeansno got me into playing bass. Ritchie's playing on "Never Tell" is my favorite.

Love it. Been trying to play along to their self titled album this week. Interesting bass lines and he used an acoustic bass on it right? Wow!

@@freeassange8864 once you get the hammer ons, you wont forget it. i practised it alot and now i cant stop playing it!

no shit? that's cool asf!

Some guy sitting there sure looks like Sigmund Snopek lol

That's a lovely memory ❤

Just as rated as they need to be

SO BADLY... Most people know melody of "Blister In The Sun", but they don't even know the name of the song, let alone the name of the band. I was introduced to this band by my parents' friends. They had the "Add It Up" compilation. On my 12th birthday, my best friend at the time got me that comp. I had never heard anything as dark as "Country Death Song" at the time. It still kinda of plagues me. Gordan Gano wrote a true American Gothic story, in the form of a song... The song still gives me goosebumps.

I suppose that depends on who you ask. They were insanely popular while I was in school in the late 80's. early 90s.

@@etclaussen Absolutely. They were know in Europe, as well. I live in Portugal and I got the band's homonym vinil in '88, when I was 15yo. I would agree in the grand scheme of things, though, the band's bassist Brian Ritchie is really underrated. Gordon Garon's lyrics are strong but, as far as I'm concerned, the bass carried all the weight of the band's haunting, intimate sound.

@@TranzparentMethods I had the Add It Up compilation too on cassette when I was just a wee little kid, and I played the heck out of that tape. I listened to that tape so much, going back and listening to the studio versions of some of those songs didn’t sound right anymore!!

Steve Carey that is part of the song

haha it was a joke... ya know... like... GET IT?

lol n1

English is my third language after spanish and rubbish, and even I got the joke!!! Cheers from Chile!! VFs by the way shaped my life jukebox big time!!

Steve Carey I had a 60’s hollowbody f-hole bass with flat wound strings in the 80’s as a teenager. Brian Ritchie’s playing left an indelible mark on my playing. I’m from Melbourne Australia. He now lives in Tasmania just across Bass Strait from me. 🙂

Very very very

exactly. damn!!!

Me too. I'd seen them not long before that at Bogart's, it was my first Femmes show! I'd loved them since I first heard them in High School in about 1987.

You mean this show...its up for download on bt.etree.org right now...in both 24 bit and 16 bit Violent Femmes - June 9, 1991 Buckeye Lake Music Center - Hebron, OH Recording Info: SBD > Cassette Master (Tascam Deck/TDK SA-X100) Transfer Info: Cassette Master (Nakamichi CR-7A) > Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.8 MHz) > KORG AudioGate 4 > Samplitude Pro X3 Suite > FLAC/24 (1 Disc FLAC) links :16bit - bt.etree.org/details.php?id=593227 and 24 bit - bt.etree.org/details.php?id=593228

ccrc2822 did spiritual ever make it to an album, what's the track called if so?

TheMuricanStig, sorry but I did not know this song until copy its title from the video description. I´m very crazy about Violent Femmes but not all their works. Besides no band could possible make more than one such good album as "Viva Wisconsin" (1999), so I don't care a thing about what came after :) "Viva Wisconsin" is one of the best albums ever made in music history, I never get tired of listening to it for for almost twenty years by now.

ccrc2822 dang I really want to find that song, as far as my research has lead me to believe, its not on any of their album, and there self titled may be the greatest of all time in my opinion

TheMuricanStig, at Wikipedia discography “Spiritual” only appears in track list of DVD album “No, Let’s Start Over” which is the very same video right above our comments here. As you notice by my words I'm not a native English speaker so I can’t tell you for sure but listening the video again that “spiritual” don’t sounds like a song lasting only 50 seconds. It is more like a religious speech merged as intro for the following “Confessions”. I also always had the self titled album as their very best, but “Viva Wisconsin” have almost all songs from that album in a such better live version with lots of horns and long instrumental sessions that makes very difficult to me listen studio versions with same vibe. If you are so crazy about get “spiritual” perhaps the only way will be extract it from the video above, for doing it you can count on me on needing.

The greatest album not enough people know about that's for sure. Its in my top ten albums all time, up there with the Beatle etc.

I was there too!

Brian Ritchie is really underrated as a bass player. Gordon's lyrics are strong but, as far as I'm concerned, the bass carried all the weight of the band's haunting, intimate sound.

I’m reading your comment as I listen, also loved them back in the day. When I saw your age I thought, good lord ol’ man! How did you know about Violent Femmes? Then it occurred to me, we’re that same age. Stupid old people 🤦‍♂️

Saw em last weekend in Boston not LA. 49 years old. Just how I remember.

Hoooo sugar!

Almost... listen to Morphine.

Was just about to comment Morphine....both are fucking brilliant.

@@jeffmccloud905 Yes Morphine is brilliant. But the femmes have a lot more of variety on their musical output. With morphine not so much.

Morphine jammed, but common...no RUSH?

ZZ Top :)

Yeah we know. Big times for us too.

the commercials are from the 90s, I think that's when the movie/concert was released. I looked up the Clearasil commercial with Jerry O'Connell - it's from 1992.

@@jorjinawright2141 👍

They are touring this year, tho they are on their third drummer

am pretty sure that's john zorn, but also muchly appreciate the sheen on your shine :)

@@grenadine420 ;)

Oh you don’t even know what you’re missing!!

I remember that concert, tho it was always more fun to drive up to Wisconsin since back then the drinking age was 18

Awesome, thank you for naming the song. I was trying to figure it out.

Black 47 knew.

That was me on the pipes - my 15 minutes of fame.

@@BavariaHarry u still play lad?

Sigmund Snopek on the horns and keys.

AC⚡️DC

Shut! The drum fella