Thousand eyes turnin blue

It's Sunday.

So forgive me if this is a short post but I don't really want to spend too long at the computer today.

Not that I've got anything particularly exciting planned today. I'm just not in the mood to spend too long sat on the internet. So I thought I'd take this opportunity to post this session from the Violent Femmes. In a similar vein to my post about Guided By Voices the other day, the Femmes are another of those bands that I've always wanted to know more about but have never really done anything about it. For ages, the only song I know by them was 'Blister In The Sun' and that was only because I heard The Wannadies doing a rather brilliant live version of it. That was some time ago and it's only recently that I've really started listening to them properly thanks to a cheap best of I snapped up. As if to prove how much of a heathen I am, I only recently realised that Gnarls Barkley's 'Gone Daddy Gone' was a Violent Femmes cover. And if you're wondering what that clanging sound you just heard was, it was me dropping some indie points. Oh well, you live and learn. And I've learnt that the band are great. They're another one of those bands that are making me realise that the 1980s weren't as horrendous a music decade as I seem to think it was. I haven't as yet gotten round to swallowing and digesting their full back catalogue so if you've got any pointers about where to spend my money wisely or what to avoid, let me know. And if like me you're a relative newcomer to the band and want to hear more, then head over to The Vinyl Villain where JC posted the band doing a cover of Culture Club's 'Do You Really Want To Hurt Me'.

Violent Femmes - gone daddy gone (live session version 24/11/2002) original version available on 'Violent Femmes'

Violent Femmes - kiss off (live session version 24/11/2002) original version available on 'Violent Femmes'

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