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Violent Femmes — Blister in the Sun
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Jeff09
(Gainesville, Florida)
Posted: Jan 28, 2011 - 20:50
 
 romeotuma wrote:


This is a great classic...  we be dancing...  time flies when we're having fun...
 
{#Cheers}


(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Dec 28, 2010 - 13:01
 


This is a great classic...  we be dancing...  time flies when we're having fun...

ziggytrix
(Dallas, TX)
Posted: Dec 28, 2010 - 12:59
 
I hope you know that this will go down on your permanent record

Lrobby99
(Wisconsin, USA)
Posted: Dec 28, 2010 - 12:55
 
One reason to stream RP is to avoid this one. Until now, that is.

Rooney
(Near Paradise)
Posted: Oct 25, 2010 - 16:47
 
For 28 years, I couldn't get the phrase "Big hands I know you're the one..." out of my head.  I still can't.  Help.  {#Sorry}


lmic
(Harmless Little Bunny)
Posted: Sep 24, 2010 - 12:08
 
 rdo wrote:
Classic.  I would say this defined a generation more than Nirvana did.  Not that I care either way.
 
Like Camper van Beethoven, VF, I think, did define my age-group in many ways. Guadalcanal Diary, early REM, and others set the stage for Nirvana, but my generation was already past our musical prime once Kurt and his buddies finally arrived on the scene {#Lol}


lmic
(Harmless Little Bunny)
Posted: Sep 24, 2010 - 12:01
 
 isayhoomhom wrote:
You clearly weren't in college in the late 80's...
 
Or early 80s. 10 fer sure.


Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Sep 24, 2010 - 12:00
 
 isayhoomhom wrote:

You clearly weren't in college in the late 80's...
 
Nope - I was going through a messy divorce, on the verge of losing my house, and working full-time.  Sorry if I missed the whimsy of this song. Might have to give it another listen. (If I don't post again, you'll know I cut off my own head.) {#Lol}

siskinbob
(United Kingdom)
Posted: Sep 24, 2010 - 12:00
 
Awful Awful Awful Awful Awful Awful
Awful Awful Awful Awful Awful Awful
Awful Awful Awful Awful Awful Awful
Awful Awful Awful Awful Awful Awful
Awful Awful Awful Awful Awful Awful

Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Aug 23, 2010 - 11:54
 
 BillnDollarBaby wrote:
God I just love this song for no logical reason!
 
There's nothing logical about love.


handyrae
(Zero Point Field)
Posted: Aug 23, 2010 - 11:48
 
 PinkFlamingo wrote:
Takes me back to some great college years.....It's all good!!!  {#Drunk}
 
Oh yeah!


manonfortini
Posted: Aug 23, 2010 - 11:45
 
This is my youth!{#Bananajam}

And one of the best concert ever


grungepuppy
(Flagstaff, AZ)
Posted: Jul 22, 2010 - 12:55
 
This album came out many years before I was even in high school. Students in the early 90s of course prided themselves by listening to Led Zeppelin, the Doors, Pink Floyd, etc. Somehow we got into this album 10 years after its release. Lot's of memories! Instant 10, but I agree, "Add it Up" is their best.

PinkFlamingo
Posted: Jul 22, 2010 - 12:44
 
Takes me back to some great college years.....It's all good!!!  {#Drunk}

gratefulgator
(San Francisco CA)
Posted: Jul 22, 2010 - 12:40
 
Wow, can't believe the amount of hate this song gets... I guess it's not for everyone.  10 for me, love the Femmes.  It would be nice to hear Add It Up next...

isayhoomhom
(Bethel, CT)
Posted: Jul 22, 2010 - 12:39
 
 Cynaera wrote:

{#Roflol}{#Roflol} I try to be objective, but this song just makes me wanna cut off my own head.
 
You clearly weren't in college in the late 80's...

Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: May 19, 2010 - 20:23
 
 biggeorge wrote:
If this song was a house no one would want to live in it
 
{#Roflol}{#Roflol} I try to be objective, but this song just makes me wanna cut off my own head.


Nala
Posted: Mar 17, 2010 - 12:04
 
Love this song: love "Add it up" even more.  Especially the live version.

Stefen
(West Hollywood, CA)
Posted: Mar 17, 2010 - 12:02
 
 acolt wrote:
I don't know what it is, but I HATE this song.
 
        I know what it is.

acolt
(Boston, MA)
Posted: Mar 17, 2010 - 12:01
 
I don't know what it is, but I HATE this song.

beinder
(Port Coquitlam, BC)
Posted: Jan 13, 2010 - 11:17
 
This takes me back.

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jan 13, 2010 - 11:17
 


This song is good for the ears...



Sloggydog
(UK)
Posted: Dec 13, 2009 - 01:54
 
I'm 16.  I'm spinning on a chair as i get drunk on gin and juice and this song is playing.  Also one of my friends who is normally very polite just asked where that big fat chick Rack is and she was behind him.  He needs a drink.

biggeorge
(Asheville, NC)
Posted: Nov 11, 2009 - 16:07
 
 rdo wrote:
Classic.  I would say this defined a generation more than Nirvana did.  Not that I care either way.
 
can't stand Nirvana either


biggeorge
(Asheville, NC)
Posted: Nov 11, 2009 - 16:06
 
If this song was a house no one would want to live in it

leathepea
(Hickory, NC)
Posted: Jul 08, 2009 - 11:33
 
 rdo wrote:
Classic.  I would say this defined a generation more than Nirvana did.  Not that I care either way.
 
yup, I agree. Always loved the Violent Femmes


rdo
(DC)
Posted: Jun 06, 2009 - 16:33
 
Classic.  I would say this defined a generation more than Nirvana did.  Not that I care either way.

E_A_D_G
(DC)
Posted: Apr 20, 2009 - 10:49
 
 sugarbaby wrote:
{#Frustrated} Always hated this song....
 

Word.

E_A_D_G
(DC)
Posted: Apr 20, 2009 - 10:48
 
 djblitz wrote:
I don't care how often FM plays this tune to attempt to drive it into the ground......it'll always be a 10 in my book. 
 
Mass General is dispatching an ambulance as we speak.  Leave your book at home.


E_A_D_G
(DC)
Posted: Apr 20, 2009 - 10:46
 

Biggest waste of ones and zeros to date. 



TernaryBit
(O-town)
Posted: Apr 04, 2009 - 10:14
 
 radiojunkie wrote:
I guess you had to be there.
 
yep.


MaryM
(WeHo CA)
Posted: Apr 04, 2009 - 10:12
 
 djblitz wrote:
I don't care how often FM plays this tune to attempt to drive it into the ground......it'll always be a 10 in my book. 
 

I Agree!!


djblitz
(Boston, MA)
Posted: Jan 31, 2009 - 07:51
 
I don't care how often FM plays this tune to attempt to drive it into the ground......it'll always be a 10 in my book. 

twalker
(my favorite mass of incandescent gas)
Posted: Jan 31, 2009 - 07:50
 
Perfect for a Saturday morning!  Thanks for playing....

linden
(Santa Cruz, CA)
Posted: Jan 15, 2009 - 16:26
 
 radiojunkie wrote:
I guess you had to be there.
 
That's exactly how I feel about the Doors and the Dead.


radiojunkie
(Don't get out much)
Posted: Dec 30, 2008 - 16:56
 
I guess you had to be there.

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Dec 30, 2008 - 16:46
 


Love it... this is a classic!



mofg
Posted: Nov 13, 2008 - 12:38
 
This song is the worst

sugarbaby
(portland/hollywood)
Posted: Oct 28, 2008 - 13:07
 
{#Frustrated} Always hated this song....

FlatCat
(Chicago)
Posted: Oct 28, 2008 - 12:58
 
 Misterfixit wrote:
Blister in the sun? Nah, this is a gigantic, swollen, pulsating, agonizing pus-filled noissome carbuncle on the ass of the world....
 
Priceless. This comment should be enshrined in the RP Comment Hall of Fame. 

Manbird
(Santa Rosa, CA)
Posted: Oct 18, 2008 - 19:14
 


toterola
(Somewhere between Shipping and Receiving)
Posted: Sep 26, 2008 - 20:57
 
 More_Cowbell wrote:

Similar experiance in those college days (SIU).  But when I put this on at a party at Purdue, I was asked to leave.

 
Yeah, Purdue has a pretty sh*tty rep as far as a college party town. A friend of mine hitch-hiked from Murray State to Lafayette to see the Cars. He said the show was fantastic, but the crowd was a real buzz-kill.

SIU, huh? Did you ever see a band called "The Hip Chemists" from this era? I always wondered what happened to them.{#Wave}

More_Cowbell
(North of Chicago, IL, USA)
Posted: Aug 26, 2008 - 07:29
 
 andrewimft wrote:


No, in Colorado at the time. A big favorite among us 20 year olds at the time. I didn't even like the VF all that much at the time but for that song and a couple of others, though the record with this tune got a lot of play at friends' parties because it all made us horny. I suspect this song was a nationwide phenomenon at least in college towns back then.
 
Similar experiance in those college days (SIU).  But when I put this on at a party at Purdue, I was asked to leave.


andrewimft
(North Californie)
Posted: May 24, 2008 - 22:24
 
DrConcrescence wrote:
Exactly- You weren't from upstate NY in the 80s were you? Had this on my walkmen back in college was guaranteed to change my walk....

DC



No, in Colorado at the time. A big favorite among us 20 year olds at the time. I didn't even like the VF all that much at the time but for that song and a couple of others, though the record with this tune got a lot of play at friends' parties because it all made us horny. I suspect this song was a nationwide phenomenon at least in college towns back then.
DrConcrescence
Posted: May 23, 2008 - 16:10
 
Exactly- You weren't from upstate NY in the 80s were you? Had this on my walkmen back in college was guaranteed to change my walk....

DC

andrewimft wrote:
This song takes me back...

We used to go crazy and dance in other people's living rooms when this came on. Wherever you were, if it came on, gauranteed every body would drop what they were doing and start to dance to it, because it was sort of agreed to in my circle of friends that this song was required spontanious dancing material.

Seems weird now. But um, back then there was nothing like it. It sort of was the first punk acoustic tune, so it kind of started a whole genre and sound people take for granted now and go so what?

And, best of all, it made everybody feel like having sex.

So we loved it.

andrewimft
(North Californie)
Posted: May 08, 2008 - 02:26
 
This song takes me back...

We used to go crazy and dance in other people's living rooms when this came on. Wherever you were, if it came on, gauranteed every body would drop what they were doing and start to dance to it, because it was sort of agreed to in my circle of friends that this song was required spontanious dancing material.

Seems weird now. But um, back then there was nothing like it. It sort of was the first punk acoustic tune, so it kind of started a whole genre and sound people take for granted now and go so what?

And, best of all, it made everybody feel like having sex.

So we loved it.
alux
(atop the pyramid)
Posted: Mar 21, 2008 - 16:32
 
You know Misterfixit, just once could you cut loose and tell us how you really feel? Is that too much to ask?

Misterfixit wrote:
Ah, the voices of dissonance;

Blister in the sun?

Nah, this is a gigantic, swollen, pulsating, agonizing pus-filled noissome carbuncle on the ass of the world....




natius
(Zaragoza)
Posted: Mar 06, 2008 - 01:48
 
sukilau wrote:



are you kidding? I hope so.

flyboy
(Wasilla, AK)
Posted: Jan 18, 2008 - 18:35
 
d00kie wrote:
Some songs get rated just for the time frame they bring you back to. for me it's a 10 :-)
Me too.
Misterfixit
(Nashville)
Posted: Dec 18, 2007 - 07:49
 
Ah, the voices of dissonance;

Blister in the sun?

Nah, this is a gigantic, swollen, pulsating, agonizing pus-filled noissome carbuncle on the ass of the world....