Ani DiFranco Shameless

[BarkinPeach]

I love you Ani, your my nigga. :)

[cadeneaux]

Bien; bien !

[SquishedButterfly]

she's pretty good at this guitar lark isn't she?

[tromachick]

wildly talented isn't she? from the lyrics to the gritty beautiful voice to the funky ass guitar playing she is a force

[punkiejunkie1000]

Get Funky!!!

[theribbons]

yeeeaaaaaaaa  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[7modernnomad7]

this is older than 2004. thats andy stolchinsky on bass and he hasn't played with Ani since like 99.

[vamosbabe]

@7modernnomad7

No, it's Todd Sickafoose on bass. Andy played the drums with Ani.

[nelliebelli]

@7modernnomad7 Ya it's Todd Sickafoose on bass, i got the biggest crush on him (i think it goes w/out sayin that we're all in love w/ ani). Todd rips on that bass just as hard as ani does on the guitar and together...well there isnt any adjective that would truly do them justice.

[LiveAndLoveLife]

Anyone else see the resemblance to Angelina Jolie?

[strangeaslife]

@LiveAndLoveLife I've always thought that!!

[righteousbabeful]

@LiveAndLoveLife

Ya, only ani is MUCH more beautiful!

[marKism69]

Ani is one hot, righteous babe.

[nocleverusernamehere]

LOVE this song!!! I just love to watch her fingers dance and create such wonderful music.

[oneallis]

Incredible~

If you don't like Ani, then you must have "Van Gogh's ear for music".

[brycifer666]

this song made me love her

[yogsagot]

I wish i was her double-bass player.

[shellywebster87]

the best shameless version EVER.

[sludge137]

great song , but then again she's great. comin to seattle in april. can't wait already got tickets!!!!!

[kikz01wind]

god dammn' she totally rocks....I'm hoping to some concert in East Europe....must see!!!

[Shelah58]

super awesome is the only thing i have to say about this.

[foundithere87]

arms.

[NumarkHands111]

i'm always staring at her hands....

[cawobeth]

hot stuff Ani, thanks. Caught you on PBS & looked you up.

Just shared this on FCBK...

"This woman is daring to be ! hmm... imagine 1/2 the world as open & honest as she... ♪ ♥ ♪♪

[LittleBlackSparrow]

she is an incredible guitarist, i am jealous 

[ryanshaunkelly]

Ani DiFranco

Dennis Kucinich

love from Patti Smith

nader paul kucinich gravel mckinney

[triptoheaveandho]

amazing

[jojoluvzya]

Ani for president pleeeeeeeeeeeeeze

[FWFFAN]

Female Dave Mathews? ha ha Great stuff!

[torieros]

@FWFFAN Shut the front door, Female DMB? I can't even possibly start a comment on the depth less ineptitude of that statement.

[FWFFAN]

@torieros I was just going by the way she plays guitar in this song. it reminded me of something Dave Mathews would play. Didn't think it was that bad of a comment haha. Both are as talented as they come.

[ThePaleWriter]

This song is so awesome.

[womby28]

She always changes things up or loses a little stamina when the crowd is screaming back at her. But none of these fools seem to notice. Maybe I just didn't have enough chocolate today but those people piss me off. Ani is the greatest, no doubt but let her sing the fucking song people.

[KMKYradio]

fuck me she was on fire here. the crowd are loving it. wish i'd been there.

[zarbar2]

I would lesbian myself to her.

[ericrob123]

20 years of magical songs! Thank you Ani.

[DejaVuSu]

Ani is the Real Deal......Righteous Babes Unite :)

[poztpwned]

Reall funky Ani DiFranco, I love it.

[jalbi2]

This is one of my fav ani video's here on youtube. It just kicks my ass.

[kikz01wind]

I love this....I would like to see that live....

[velentari]

she's coming to STL on april 14th.. it will be the third time i've seen her.. can't wait!!

[pancharose]

Shes amazing! did she play on that old beaten down rug?

[caffisc]

Waaay too amazing.

[itsadyoureadingthis]

fuckin amazing

[wannabefob32]

saw her yesterday! she's just fantastic!!

[7modernnomad7]

These were theAani days. Just Hot!

[LeyLey41]

she just f'n rocks!

[mark1800]

i wish she'd sing the original (higher) chorus melody

[batalisto]

Happy!

[DreamedOfHugeSpiders]

unbelievably dynamic guitar player.

[IronicThings]

I LOVEEE HER AND THIS SONGG

[love4sequoia]

danceday2day -did you learn about thing song through a dance comp? because i did and i loved it righttt away!!

[darlinsugaree]

we better have a good explanation for all the fun we just had<3

love u ani.

[danceday2day]

love this song!

[kbrady74]

give me your skeleton give me the skin its in 'cuz baby this is you according to me** so good, love Ani LOVE

[halfitalianchick]

I am sooooo excited to see Ani at the end of October - love her - so much respect!!!

[707RipOtee]

you heard it from my mind. I love yo u Ani!!

[mluck1206]

My life.

[SaraAsIs]

same.

[insomniacsuicide]

yes but obama is not really different...he may be a little bit darker than bush but he is capitalist anyway and capitalism and consume cant answer to the totality of the existence of human being..we need the left wing to rise again and create new horizonts of real freedom. long live the arts...they are the hope.

[vagisil4eva]

i agree, insomniasuicide. well put.

[millfred123]

Ani is a capitalist ... she's one of the wealthiest women in America

[pancharose]

thats very vague to say sure she has her own record label, but a lot of money is invested in upcoming grassroots bands, and im going to one of her shows on monday and tickets were 30 bucks for front roll. shes not like metallica or acdc, 90 dollar tickets and guitar hero contracts.

[noponcho]

yeah, but I'd so buy an Ani guitar hero :)

[ashbash2233]

ditto!

[hotcheerios911]

I dedicate this song to the Bush administration (2001-2009), Capital Hill, and Wall Street who voted for the Iraq War and the recession.

[gkaplan2000]

@hotcheerios911 Would make more sense to dedicate a political song like Serpentine to them, instead of a love/relationship song.

[cortesione]

@hotcheerios911 . oh yah.

[someguyyoudontcare]

i just learned to play this. yay me.

[insomniacsuicide]

the best definition of my bi-sexuality...i cant explain this and i really dont want to, just call me shameless

[QueerLiberation]

Her guitar playing turns me on.

[natthannn]

lol

[Zubirrex]

This is, hands down, one of the nastiest, funkiest, slammin' grooves. Great song.

[cabinetgod360]

Ya know. Some people can really screw up a perfect thing. What the hell does gay or anything like it have to do with this great music. Listen. Enjoy. Go about your life. Why do some lesbians run around looking like truckers and some gay men run around looking like an umbrella drink and then bitch because they get picked on. God. This is great music. Leave it at that.

[MissHBCsPoppit]

Well said.

[bigcatbox]

Ani gonna hafta start selling extra tickets for her Gun Show!!! look at that damn arm!!

[selesdude9]

I saw Ani, 2 days after she wrote this song, It was called "Mad at Us" I've seen Ani over 100 times LIVE.... I would DIE for her.... peace...

[galadriel6969]

Dude - that's a little creepy that you'd die for her.

[selesdude9]

Dude, whats creepy? That u actually care.... It's called a "figure of speech' Thank god for simpletons.... PEACE

[supernova13193]

what year?

[fpm229]

Ani and Alanis - Perfect together. ...

[keldwitt]

damn, i should not have eaten those flamin' hott Cheetos yesterday.

[joey300030003000]

She's bisexual, not a lesbian.

[EarlofWinchester]

I don't think you're getting what I'm saying.

[JizzzyJames]

My God, I love all the queer hangups. People are nuts.  Sexual orientation is an afterthought in this song if you get it - it is about passion, pure and simple. Gorgeous. Ani, I love you.

[cheerupemo654]

No one was implying its direct reference to sexual orientation, I simply said she was a good roll model. But feel free to interpret that however you want.

[cheerupemo654]

I like the song itself and the meaning. It's really hard for younger people to admit to having feelings for tha same sex, and with someone like Ani Difranco to lead us on with her free spirit and expression is amazingly refreshing compared to some of the more *ahem* prejudice people in our society.

[compasiva]

what could you possibly find gross about the meaning of this song? Please try to be tolerant- I promise, it will make your life much more pleasant, once you drop the judgement.

[stunna69504]

It's about her affair with another woman. Some people don't agree with that lifestyle. Tolerance is a two way street.

[wwwwideawake]

ummm....except that no one's saying that they don't agree with an exclusively heterosexual lifestyle. ...What you're talking about is not tolerance.

[stunna69504]

I'm claiming that you don't think it's okay for "Joe Southerner" to think that being gay is wrong.

The argument I make is that you can't tell people that they have to accept others homosexuality and say that we're being intolerant.

[wwwwideawake]

Well...you're right in saying that I shouldn't tell people what to believe, but I do think that people should look at the facts...and be open to realizing that (not the actual actions necessarily, but) the actual homosexual sexual attraction that some people experience is just a natural and benign variation in our species, much like right (vast majority of people) and left-handedness.

[ooglyooogly]

@stunna69504

No it isn't, it's about her affair with the guy who eventually became her 1st husband.

The line "Covet another man's wife"is simply artistic licence.

[cutiepies7171]

she is really good but i dont really like the meaning of the song its kinda gross but oh well haha:) im doing a dance to this song and the dance is really cool:)

[gabbyx93]

I love this song.

[crystallinewater]

shes talking about her affair with a woman who is married, and, how great it was ;)

[tt814u]

i really love this song, but im confused on the meaning of the song.

[selesdude9]

Ive seen Ani over 100 times LIVE, she is the best singer/songwriter/performer of her age... NO QUESTION... I saw her the night she wrote this song, the original title, "MAD AT US" thats how she introduced it... a year later, on the CD, Its called SHAMELESS.... I LOVE YOU ANI.... ANI at Lupos in RI is the standard, anybody feel me?

[icegirl152]

She is so ON FIRE!! I remember seeing her in the 90's at Blue Moon Coffee House at Illinois Wesleyan University...This video reminds me of those good old days!!!!!

[len4evaeva]

i can't believe i was there..it was a hot concert!

[firegrrrrl]

shes fucking amazing! an absolute goddess, incredible character and the best damn poet on the planet! if you cant find even one little thing to respect her for talent wise, then youre blind because you wanna be, ya dig?

[shiestyshite]

shes awesome

[Jencifer13]

as a 'black metal bitch', I discounted her for many years as just another hippie with a guitar and connections.... I was so wrong...  this woman is amazing, and anyone who doesn't take the time to listen is selling her/him self short....

[funkmaster4life]

i just descovered her a few days ago flying home from europe they had her album canon under world music on the in flight entertainment I WAS AMAZED BY ALL OF HER SONGS each is very original and REAL MUSIC

[feelquiet]

I've heard her music referred to as alt-folk, jazz, folk-rock, punk, acoustic rock. World Music is a new category, but makes sense because of her guitar style. That's awesome, the places we find new music...

[tiffanycomm]

You absolutely cannot say she is not an absolute original and that she is on the corporate bandwagon. She has resisted that her entire career, and if you listened to her for 10 years (like I have) you would know that. But continue to compare her to Christina--show your ignorance.

[bingers8]

some folks weren't meant to understand. You know... Darwinism

[NorthofYou1]

Just discovered Ani about 1 week ago and must tell you folks: I love this singer. Every song is so different and is crafted by a true musician. Which now a days is a wonderfully refreshing statement to make. Five Stars!!

[djlogixc]

this is the most amaizng person in the whole world!!!!!!!!

and she is hot

try and play her songs on a guitar...

you cant...

[chrissmat]

well i can play most of em but not like ani

[tsopuaifa]

Fockiney!

[sweetdreamsXsanteria]

Heh.

I love this song!

Its one of my favorites!

^_^

Its also my girlfriend and my's song

:D

[duminda88]

hahaha who the fuck is this...i search my name on youtube and a woman comes up. haha im a boy by the way...and my names famous. yay

[Dominicano1197]

congrats asswipe

[tsopuaifa]

Now you know!

[brokensleeper]

wow I liked this song right off the bat.

more often then not I have to warm up to them, but not this one...

[AmandaLee420]

woodensaw, you are obviously just too bored with your life and depressed about how much you suck so you spend your time knocking an amazing women that you couldn't live up to if you tried!

[Eukaerin]

Ani Difranco is not just about her AMAZING songs, but also about what she represents- a postitive role model for musicians and women in a male dominated world.

And all of her songs don't have repetitive guitar parts. And what buisness is it of yours if she shaves her legs or not?

[woodensaw]

Is she like the alien offspring of Dave Matthews and Korn? Scary. If we're talking post-modern, Dustin Kensrue's lyrics are the truest of the true, and if we're talking poetics, she is but a shadow of the true ecopoets - p.s. can someone teach this pothead how to play a song with more diverse funk rhythms, b/c the twang just gets annoying. Matt Good blows this pot princess out of the water.

[feelquiet]

Let's see, Woodensaw. You registered on Youtube two weeks ago and immediately left obnoxious comments on several Ani Difranco videos. You're entitled to your opinion, but if you don't like Ani, why go out of your way to search for her videos? Just let her be. There's room for both Ani as well as your favorites on youtube. You sound like a disgruntled former postal worker.

[woodensaw]

Well I had to see what all the pretentious, pop-pablum hype was about. And honestly, she's not that good, people. I wonder if she shaves her legs ...

[1973destiney]

I dont shave my legs or arms pits...sleep well with that!!!

[woodensaw]

You're the one who looks like a monster from another dimension. Franco's greatest prodigy, I'll bet.

What's with the lowblows, people? "Little man's syndrome?" haha are you for real?? That's pathetic - this is about wit, not stupidty.

[dmralte]

hahhaa! u'r funny.

[luceneInAction]

woodensaw, pop-pablum? Really now, it seems like you were just just dying to use that insult without regard to the artist you applied it to. If she was pop-pablum she would have been played on pop radio, you wouldn't have had to go to YouTube to hear her. So much of Difranco's work has no resemblence to pop that I've got to believe you're making these comments just to get a reaction. You come across as a juvenile in need of attention. If you're really 24 this is just pitiable.

[lessthn0]

you must have little man's syndrome ....

[mudpower]

Seriously... Does it make you feel good to insult people over the internet? I mean. It's not like Ani is ever going to read it and go "Oh geez. I should stop singing because this fucktard dosn't like me."

[SignoraDellaLuna]

Fuckin' great lyrics. I love to see women just put that all out there.

I could watch her play and sing all day.

[SuperHeroEnvy]

Ani was writing music years before Christina Aguilera started recording other people's songs. But that's fine--Christina is a fantastic singer, which isn't really what Ani is aiming for. I'm not wild about her slap-style guitar, but she doesn't rely heavily on cliche--do you have a specific example in mind? And she can't be a fallacy. In what way is she an illogical or misleading argument?

[bingers8]

wow. If only the hundreds of thousands of us had only figured out that MTV really is where it's at. I gotta go watch Dr. Phil now. After that, I'll start shopping at Wal Mart again. Come on, fellow hippies, follow the brainwashed debt babies!!

[rowpwnzjoo13]

this is my modern song ;D

[gereniax]

Minkia! come suona !!!!

[sztrapacs]

she is the best. i feel stunned.

[LaniSL]

I love her stream of consciousness-lyrics. They're so honest. Does she ever tour outside North America? She should stop by Norway sometimes.

[BadFluffy]

she tours all the time and she's outside the US very often. She's played all over Europe: France, UK, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Italy, Denmark but also Australia, Japan... And guess what? she played in Oslo at least two times that I know of so I'm sure she'll be back.

[francoapple]

October 2007 - Ani's going back to europe ...check the dates on righteousbabe records site ;)

[coldnorthernelf]

I love this woman's songs. so true