Steve Martin: makes joke about the impossibility of banjo music being sad. The Violents Femmes: hold my beer.

One of the greatest American songs ever written.

@gigabrother458

2 жыл бұрын

Truly.

@invisiblekid7374

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely!! I’m a thrash metal fan as well, but these lyrics are darker than any thrash lyrics!! I love the femmes!!

@yugitaco

Жыл бұрын

I do love american music

@deadbilly667

Жыл бұрын

Yeah it is 👍💀

@gmoney4980

Жыл бұрын

A.....MEN!!!!

My dad used to play this in the car when I was younger

@sandravaughan9373

Жыл бұрын

My grown son & I shared. Outstanding.

@user-ox3jk8fq9u

4 ай бұрын

Your dad is obviously beautifully twisted. Cherish him.

@pal6636

3 ай бұрын

I bet you were a well behaved kid :) I did the same thing for mine btw. On acreage, with a well. But they are boys so they knew they weren't thd subject matter :) Hey they liked Primus Zoo sounds ( Krnkle) more than Disney . For some reason they thought Disney was always the exact same story with different characters .

@Dr.JeremyDunks

21 күн бұрын

That's one way to get a kid to behave.

I always knew this song was dark but 30 years later and having my own daughter OMG!! Gives me chills.

@josephvonbulow1164

9 ай бұрын

🙏🍻

@droo7318

9 ай бұрын

Right!

@kentzolondek9322

4 ай бұрын

Darkest song ever.

@karleijansen1112

Ай бұрын

Well my dad just sent me this and said it was my fave song as a kid 😂 along with Eminem 97’ Bonnie and Clyde 😂 it’s just as dark

I cried the first time I heard this song

@stoneneils

3 ай бұрын

I laughed my head off cuz it was the Femmes. Had it been Pearl Jam or Metallica I'd have cried for weeks.

@Dr.JeremyDunks

21 күн бұрын

@@stoneneils I mean it's Dylan's Hollis Brown unofficially.

Still the most requested song on my busking set list.

@gigabrother458

2 жыл бұрын

Get a jerb!!!

@bjelliott

2 жыл бұрын

@@gigabrother458 get a life.

@gigabrother458

2 жыл бұрын

@@bjelliott Please don't take obvious jokes so personally. I wish you all the best with your career, my fellow birthing or non-birthing person.

@abbeystjames

Жыл бұрын

Nothing wrong with busking or spanging don't be shamed 😂

I had me a wife, I had me some daughters I tried so hard; I never knew still waters Nothing to eat and nothing to drink... Nothing for a man to do but sit around and think Nothing for a man to do but sit around and think Well, I'm a-thinkin' and thinkin', 'til there's nothin' I ain't thunk Breathing in the stink 'til finally I stunk It was at that time, I swear I lost my mind I started making plans to kill my own kind I started making plans to kill my own kind "Come, little daughter, " I said to the youngest one "Put your coat on, we'll have some fun We'll go out to mountains, the one to explore." Her face then lit up, I was standing by the door Her face then lit up, I was standing by the door "Come, little daughter, I will carry the lanterns We'll go out tonight, we'll go to the caverns We'll go out tonight, we'll go to the caves." "Kiss your mother goodnight and remember that God saves." "Kiss your mother goodnight and remember that God saves." A led her to a hole, a deep black well I said "Make a wish, make sure and not tell, And close your eyes, dear, and count to seven..." "You know your papa loves you; good children go to heaven." "You know your papa loves you; good children go to heaven." I gave her a push, I gave her a shove I pushed with all my might, I pushed with all my love I threw my child into a bottomless pit She was screaming as she fell, but I never heard her hit She was screaming as she fell, but I never heard her hit Gather round, boys, to this tale that I tell You wanna know how to take a short trip to Hell? It's guarenteed to get your own place in Hell Just take your lovely daughter and push her in the well. Take your lovely daughter and throw her in the well Don't speak to me of lovers with a broken heart You wanna know what will really tear you apart? I'm going out to the barn; will I never stop in pain? I'm going out to the barn to hang myself in shame

@sticksnstonespatriot1728

5 ай бұрын

Thank you.

I can't complain about my kids' music because this was my jam back in the day! Still a great song

@janedowns9958

8 ай бұрын

That's the best defense for gangster rap that I have ever heard. 😀

Listening to this always gives me goosebumps, Gordon can get really creepy when he wants to...

What a great song

My favoutite VF song

I like remember papa loves you.. it hits home for myself.

1999 my freshmen year. My cad teacher introduced me.

Found your music more 20yrs back , Thank you, Diane and pirate,

This song always made me feel like romantic heartbreak was a joke. Even more so now that I have a child. Helped me get over break ups.

My meditation counselor recommended this song to me, pretty cool. :thumbs_up:

my memories of my dad playing this around 6am when I was a kid in the car while going to a skiing mountain, I remember how I refuse to go to sleep every time because i thought it was not tuff.

the spirit of Townes Van Zandt is strong here.

@Melody_Raventress

Жыл бұрын

Glad I'm not the only one! Makes me think of 'Our Mother the Mountain'.

@ElliotWORLD

Жыл бұрын

You'd like to think so. Not really though. Not at all actually.

The story in this song is so well written and sung.. Folk music is awesome.. This one is kind of sad, but still awesome 😂

This song used to haunt my nightmares 😈🪷

@vascoa

5 ай бұрын

understandably .. It's an horrible story.

saw this live in Milwaukee not that long ago, never really listened to them much until now.

@kyleblankiv7589

2 жыл бұрын

They're still touring!?

@BadApple4Life

9 ай бұрын

​@@kyleblankiv7589i am currently all ready jamming this album while i wait for my friend to pick me up for the sold out 40th anniversary of their debut album tour!! I am sooooooo excited 😊 🤘🤘🤘

It's the Ballad of Hollis Brown almost. It's The Bottomless Hole almost. I love seeing influence work its magic.

This song, and "The ballad of Hollis Brown" (Nazareth). Can't believe I didn't grow up to be a serial killer!

@karleijansen1112

Ай бұрын

Apparently I loved this song as a little kid my dad told me recently and also 97’ Bonnie and Clyde by Eminem I’m just as shocked too but I work retail and some days I feel like I’m going to snap and go off 😳😂

my happy song

Masterpiece.

This is the song i'm living these days.

Chilling….and amazing.

it's baptist angst

@angelika87

Жыл бұрын

hits extra when you were raised protestant.

Haunting bango

I had the greatest honour of seeing them at the Garage in Glasgow many years ago. Favourite live band ever.

@angelas8102

Жыл бұрын

Saw them in Columbus Ohio, early 90's- i agree one of my all time favorite concerts!

@artyschopy

Жыл бұрын

I was astonished how good they are live when i saw them back in 2005. Real quality

@rolanddeschain965

5 күн бұрын

John m greene hall in 1996 quth cracker, amazing show!

No comments? Where is everybody? Death song for youtube!

I’ve always loved this song, despite the unsettling lyrics.

@BobY52944

2 жыл бұрын

Same, but because of the unsettling lyrics.

@kyleblankiv7589

2 жыл бұрын

Same but I love all the Violent Femmes songs

@ogtb1647

Жыл бұрын

Ditto here too...or maybe just blotto

This song beat Pumped Up Kicks to the chase.

@tinkerthetinyrobot

4 ай бұрын

completely different vibes

@SteefPip

2 ай бұрын

@@tinkerthetinyrobot the observation wasn't about vibes, it was about subject matter.

@Boxscot49

Ай бұрын

I feel that it’s even darker than that too

i was around when this came out, it was amazing. Something old is rarely appreciated like it was to the new audience of the time.

When the food and water is all gone I guess this works.

I love this song so much, I remember my mom listening to it in the car, I ended up writing a story in 3rd grade about this very thing, I just now realized I was talking about this song

@snailbutch

Жыл бұрын

​@@RonCoop at least it wasnt Add It Up

Pure genius 👏 ❤😊

Wild how Gordon's darker writing hit on concepts we would see in the culture decades later - Family annihilators, Incels, addiction. All while looking like wholesome midwest boys. Brilliant musicians....

good song, well done

Such a dark song....but I love it. What can I say?

First time i heard this song it was like a finding New religion.....

Yep

Saw them live Mean Fiddler Harlesden they had to burn it down!!!!!

I like american music.

That was the good song!

Does anyone else think that the baseline sounds like the Veggie tales theme song? Also, this is my fucked-up childhood favorite from when I was 7. YEAH!

We've ALL been in those woods, amIright?

thank God I had college friends into these guys, I doubt I would have found them otherwise

My children, just , dont, get it......

@Dr.JeremyDunks

24 күн бұрын

You know what to do.

I paid $25 to see them in the 90s many times..last time here tickets started at $180!!!

I WANNA TALK TO MR GORDON AND HERE WHAT THAT SONG MEANS CUZ ME AND MY DUDE DIFFER ON TBE ACTUAL MEANING OF THE SONG! LO E ME SOME FEMMES!!!

2:38-2:51 my favorite part

Kiss your mother goodnight and remember that God saves

Shoooosh

@ogtb1647

Жыл бұрын

Wsoooosh...lights out!

Yaldaboaths vengeance

I’m dead lol

Just the job

My friend sent me this at 3am

Cowabunga dude 😎

🤙🤙🤙

Much love to this band!!!

this song was traumatizing way back. Still is a bit but it was an incredibly written song.

I understand why he did it.

She probably had it coming...

Def!!!..only prob is the girls are smarter than me😂

God Saves.

❤❤❤❤❤😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

Yikes! Have a nice day 😃

This is va music

Wait... the well is in a cave?

@apkeinath4450

Жыл бұрын

Yup

Yellow brick road

i don't get it. i like the sound and the atmosphere. but i don't understand why he kills the girl.

@Guitarded4

9 ай бұрын

it's just a story, also it was written when the guy was in high school but Id imagine it's a bit like what happens in the shining

@gives_bad_advice

9 ай бұрын

@@Guitarded4 ah, Danny!

@jameskeating2542

5 ай бұрын

They call it evil 😈

@janedowns9958

4 ай бұрын

Well then I guess you're just not psychotic

@Bobsaget121

4 ай бұрын

There’s a drought/famine, if the family doesn’t ‘get smaller’ they could all starve

My conscience tells me I shouldn’t like this song. Good thing I don’t listen to my conscience.

This song is why I never had kids.

Like to hear a woman singing this.

its just a death wish.....not a song

True song