Saturday, October 16, 2010
"Blister in the Sun" - Violent Femmes
Don't get me wrong, the Violent Femmes are a good band. I like their music.. I just hate Blister in the Sun. It hasn't always been that way though. I liked the song in middle school. But now, the more I hear it, the more I loathe it. I hate listening to people sing along to it, I don't like the lyrics, and I don't like his voice. I hate when people use this song as a party song, a bar song, a driving song. Every possible use of this song has become unoriginal, over done, and flat out annoying. The only thing that's left to do with the song is retire it, but that doesn't seem to happen. Instead, it seems to become more popular every year, as if it were a recent hit. Can we somehow erase this song from the music catalog and just remember the Violent Femmes for "Kiss Off", which is by far a superior song, and still a sensational hit. The more I hear Blister in the Sun, the less I enjoy the Violent Femmes, and I really want to like this band. Can we somehow start a petition to replace Blister in the Sun permanently with Kiss Off? Someone help me out here, please.
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awwwww, I was so excited when I saw the title to this post! I got this 'nostalgic, happy, youthful,' feeling that I always get when I think about violent femmes and this song in particular, so I was excited to read your thoughts on it.. not exactly what I was anticipating and I have to disagree. Yes it's overplayed and overdone, and looking back it's not the best song ever, but there are so many songs I look back on and could say the same thing about, so I choose to embrace it for what it is and sing it at the top of my lungs (off key) everytime I hear it :)
ReplyDeleteAnyone that hears this song and thinks "happy fun times" has not heard the rest of Violent Femmes' music. They're fucking dark; Country Death Song makes me feel more anxious than anything else with an acoustic guitar.
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