 Why Do Birds Sing? (1991) [ larger cover art ] |
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Life was fun
life was great
til I made my big mistake
oh no it'll never happen to me
life was short
and life was sweet
I was thinking as I hit the street
I could hardly beleve
I could scarcely conceive
but I had gone out the window
I had gone out the window
I had gone out the window
she was fine
she looked great
and so we made our big mistake
I swear I swear I swear
it'd never happen to her
but the pavement knocked her head around
when she hit the solid concrete ground
from 30 flights above
and she was thirty something loving nothing
gone out the window
she had gone out the window
she had gone out the window
catch me if I'm falling,
catch me if I'm calling
he was smart he was wise
he'd profoundly philosophize
empathy for all humanity
'til one day by an open window
there's a note that read
I've gone out the window - I'm dead
he said yes to life for all of his life
but then one day he said no
I gotta go out the window
we all go out the window
catch me i am falling
catch me I am calling
catch me we are falling
catch me we are calling
| Lazarus (Bethany) | Posted: Jan 24, 2013 - 09:34 Cynaera wrote: This is one of those songs that, unless you were a drunk college kid or a total wanna-be, probably wouldn't make any sense (and would elicit the reactions lovingly catalogued here at the RP forum.) I was neither a drunken college kid nor a wannabe, so I'm no expert. Still, I just love the very mindless joy of this song. It's fun, silly, and the words are just filler for that infectious beat. Love it. And yeah, I'll dance to it.  Makes perfect sense to me, but we used to get drunk and dance naked back in those days... we fell out of windows all the time... love this song... miss you, Cynaera... |
| Webfoot (Eugene, Oregon) | Posted: Jan 24, 2013 - 09:33 Fun. |
| Grammarcop (You want an E Class? We got 'em!) | Posted: Jan 24, 2013 - 09:33 Here Comes Your Man —> Out The Window One in ... one out. |
| DanO-1 (Over a mile high, New Mexico) | Posted: Dec 08, 2012 - 17:29 Likey. |
| drsteevo | Posted: Sep 05, 2012 - 10:25 ofanansky wrote: I think there could be a bit more Violent Femmes in the mix I second that motion. |
| Proclivities (Carrboro, NC) | Posted: Sep 05, 2012 - 10:23 misterbearbaby wrote: Count NRBQ among their "early influences." Perhaps, but to me, Jonathan Richman and The Modern Lovers were obviously their chief influence. |
| michaelgmitchell (Stirling, ON) | Posted: Aug 20, 2012 - 08:31  |
| aelfheld | Posted: Jul 04, 2012 - 12:29 ofanansky wrote: I think there could be a bit more Violent Femmes in the mix And there could be more insect parts and rodent hairs in a loaf of bread. That doesn't mean I consider it desirable. |
| misterbearbaby (Marina del Rey, California) | Posted: May 17, 2012 - 14:12 Count NRBQ among their "early influences." |
| kismetmkh (in between) | Posted: May 17, 2012 - 14:09 just makes me want to dance with violent femmes! |
| anseh (Alaska) | Posted: Apr 15, 2012 - 21:11 ofanansky wrote: I think there could be a bit more Violent Femmes in the mix Amen. |
| Euskadita (MX) | Posted: Apr 15, 2012 - 20:42 An experimental project is born: "The Break" Brian Ritchie from Violent Femmes and three former Midnight Oil members created a surf rock band. I've just uploaded at the LRC (Listener Review Channel) a song from their debut album, I hope Bill and Rebecca likes it!! |
| ofanansky | Posted: Mar 15, 2012 - 05:10 I think there could be a bit more Violent Femmes in the mix |
| expatlar | Posted: Feb 28, 2012 - 12:59 I liked this song. I wouldn't listen to it constantly but it's different and interesting. After this, an earlier Pixies song, and the first Bjork song I've ever listened to all the way through, I'm reminded of listening to a station called 91X in San Diego in the mid eighties. "Cutting edge" is fun sometimes. The same reason I like 'rp' so much. |
| Snoopy2 (Earth) | Posted: Feb 12, 2012 - 10:41 flubber nuggets......that means that I'm kinda disappointed but it is decent...5 |
| oldsaxon (United Kingdom) | Posted: Feb 12, 2012 - 10:40 jitterjames wrote: although I think the femmes do have plenty of better material Yeah, but what a great band. |
| Jennif (San Francisco) | Posted: Jan 27, 2012 - 20:38 hencini wrote: Pixies —> Femmes... Bill, you are on a roll... Don't stop!! This was my first concert, btw... : ) I concur! (and am jealous) |
| jitterjames | Posted: Nov 09, 2011 - 03:57 although I think the femmes do have plenty of better material |
| jitterjames | Posted: Nov 09, 2011 - 03:56 Simply wonderful :) |
| jberko (Franklin, TN) | Posted: Oct 24, 2011 - 18:11 Simply awful. |
| vandal (arriving somewhere, but not here. . .) | Posted: Jul 06, 2011 - 11:27 ziakut wrote: The Femmes are the way 'Cake' wishes it could be...Femmes are far better imo. agreed. . . |
| hencini | Posted: Jun 20, 2011 - 16:18 Pixies —> Femmes... Bill, you are on a roll... Don't stop!! This was my first concert, btw... : ) |
| linden (Santa Cruz, CA) | Posted: May 04, 2011 - 06:15 Yea! More Femmes please! |
| sirdroseph (Yes) | Posted: May 04, 2011 - 06:15 ziakut wrote: The Femmes are the way 'Cake' wishes it could be...Femmes are far better imo. I got no problem with that. |
| Manbird (Santa Rosa, CA) | Posted: Feb 14, 2011 - 15:19 wow. |
| ziakut (A place with air, water and chocolate.) | Posted: Jan 14, 2011 - 08:56 The Femmes are the way 'Cake' wishes it could be...Femmes are far better imo. |
| aelfheld | Posted: Dec 29, 2010 - 12:48 ziggytrix wrote: Personally, I think the Femmes rock your socks right the F off, and they're every bit as fun and flippant as Cake. Nine months on and I stand by my earlier assessment. I don't think making me want to retch qualifies as 'rocking my socks off'. |
| unclelonghair | Posted: Dec 29, 2010 - 12:48 HarrO wrote: Violent Femmes do Rock-a-Billy!!! I Love it . Thanks Bill The Femmes and Gordon Gano started to go in a country / gospel direction after their first album that everyone is familiar with. The later stuff wasn't really quite as good and it was a strange transition from teen angst to gospel... sort of like aging 30 years in a month. |
| Trey (About 30 miles due south of Luckenbach) | Posted: Oct 11, 2010 - 11:05 Nice mix! Thanks Bill. |
| ziggytrix (Dallas, TX) | Posted: Sep 09, 2010 - 16:57 aelfheld wrote: Appalling lyrics, worse music. And yet you like Cake songs. So you're not completely without a taste for post-punk college rock. Personally, I think the Femmes rock your socks right the F off, and they're every bit as fun and flippant as Cake. I didn't like this particular song the first time I heard it, but it's really frackin catchy, even if the bass line sounds a bit too similar to the main riff from Blister In the Sun. |
| Cynaera (South of Neanderthal) | Posted: Sep 09, 2010 - 16:47 This is one of those songs that, unless you were a drunk college kid or a total wanna-be, probably wouldn't make any sense (and would elicit the reactions lovingly catalogued here at the RP forum.) I was neither a drunken college kid nor a wannabe, so I'm no expert. Still, I just love the very mindless joy of this song. It's fun, silly, and the words are just filler for that infectious beat. Love it. And yeah, I'll dance to it. |
| aelfheld | Posted: Mar 18, 2010 - 11:36 Appalling lyrics, worse music. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Feb 14, 2010 - 21:17 This song is good for the ears... |
| Stingray (Cologne) | Posted: Jan 14, 2010 - 11:10 out of the window - YES!!! |
| casey1024 (Between past & future...) | Posted: Jan 14, 2010 - 11:08 AdyMiles wrote: an insensitive song making a joke of suicide. wtf. it's not even that good. take it off Agreed. |
| lysisphere | Posted: Nov 12, 2009 - 15:43 Thank you, oh god, THANK YOU for NOT playing Blister in the Sun or Gone Daddy Gone. I will tear out my ears. And my eyes. Just...don't do it, OK? |
| AdyMiles (Wolverhampton, UK) | Posted: Aug 26, 2009 - 04:15 an insensitive song making a joke of suicide. wtf. it's not even that good. take it off |
| HarrO (Just Down the Hill from Paradise) | Posted: Mar 04, 2009 - 20:47 Violent Femmes do Rock-a-Billy!!! I Love it . Thanks Bill |
| ziggytrix (Dallas, TX) | Posted: Feb 17, 2009 - 08:51 Dog_Ear wrote: He defenestrated? autodefenestrated by the sounds of it |
| lovemydog | Posted: Feb 17, 2009 - 08:48 just showin some love for Milwaukee boys!!  |
| davezilko (Northern New Jersey) | Posted: Feb 17, 2009 - 08:48  |
| greyfin10 (Panama City, FL) | Posted: Feb 17, 2009 - 08:48 Where's the drunken party? If alcohol created flashbacks, these guys would trigger 'em for me every time ;) |
| lmic (Sacramento, CA) | Posted: Feb 01, 2009 - 06:56 Sweet. Bill, how 'bout some Jonathan Richman? |
| esweazey73 (Austin, TX) | Posted: Nov 14, 2008 - 11:51 More chair dancing.... !!! |
| RadioDoc (Chicagoland) | Posted: Oct 29, 2008 - 12:03 FrankMc wrote: Statements of this nature are the basis of most wars. manbirdexperiment wrote:  Considering that 124 out of the most recent 125 of "manbirdexperiement"'s comments consist of that graphic and nothing else, he may be trying to start one.  |
| flyboy (Sarah Palin's Hometown) | Posted: Oct 29, 2008 - 11:58 I need to buy some VF. |
| FrankMc | Posted: Oct 29, 2008 - 11:57 Statements of this nature are the basis of most wars. manbirdexperiment wrote: |
| Manbird (Santa Rosa, CA) | Posted: Oct 18, 2008 - 19:13 |
| chrisinwilson (base o' th' tetons) | Posted: Oct 13, 2008 - 20:24 Ahhh... bringin' back da days!  |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Oct 13, 2008 - 20:20 Dog_Ear wrote: He defenestrated? That is a great question... |