VIOLENT FEMMES Gimme The Car

[Freak0id]

Time goes by I can feel myself growing old

Burning inside making this boy turn out cold

[damdevildog1173]

Hell yeah!

[hugebutts1]

this video makes me want to fuck so many fucks

[inkthinkink]

whoa demon eyes @ 3:39 

[universalsingularity]

Someone on here said "Serial killers look like normal people" or something to that extent. I liked that comment; he looks rabid in this clip.

[8Dgman]

@universalsingularity I remember that comment!

[nclark3rd]

Watch Gordon look at Victor because he is playing too fast. He looks pissed. I often gave my drummer similar looks

[cleantonight1972]

how can i explain personal pain..brilliant!

[MorganBlaise]

BASS player is awesome, freaking rocking it!!

[Binxlo96]

7 people have never touched a girl all over her body

[unordinarypunk]

Is that Brian Ritchie wearing a 13th Floor Elevators tee?

[romansoldierofhonor]

Pauly Shore?

[dcwl45]

Probably the violent femmes most underrated song.

[TheBalloonHoax]

A true American band; i want a documentary about these guys GOD DAMN IT!!!

[bruisesandcandy]

yes sir



[Theresa183]

This is my sons favorite song that they sing lol. The best artist ever!!!

[effiekerasaki]

0:29 sexiest sweat and sexiest sound ever

[ailish67]

I've seen them 3 times in Ireland there amazing live I meet Brian Ritchie before one of the shows and he played my request i was so excited when they played it hes incredible sound guy and really tall

[Missthumper83]

I would give just about anything to see these guys live.

[PampersPete]

@Missthumper83 These guys were awesome live. I've seen 'em live twice at The Del Mar Fairgrounds during the Fridays After 5 promotion run during the horse racing season. Too bad Sandy Eggo is full of scenesters who ruined a good thing. The first year I saw 'em wasn't too bad. The year after that sucked. It mostly people who had heard one or two songs and just wanted to look cool.

[68lemonk]

One of the best band i've never see in france in the year 85 at printemps de Bourges...

[bubamara1974]

love them, il n'y en a plus des ocmme ca

[TheCrisisFish]

they are fucking awesome.

[bioLogickk]

Know how you can tell the Femmes aren't fucking around? The drummer doesn't bother sitting down.

[Pilgrimesque]

@bioLogickk too right haha! damn amazing band.

[MorganIsMean]

I would love to see them live

[jamiegentry11]

smallest hands ive ever seen...

[MordaciousFilms]

@jamiegentry11 He's got a tiny body and a big head.

[borrrrego]

3:33 jajaj

[LongviewGD182]

He reminds so much of Tom Delonge in this video (if only Tom could sing this good though :D)

Anyway theyre both totally gnarly

[KeepMusicking]

While I find still them completely patently offensively, I loved them and owned several albums. They sounded best acoustic and completely folk punk, mothafuckas!

[rentalife]

greta underrated SUPERBAND !! That's REAL punk what those so called hardcore punks will never understand..

[rentalife]

greta underrated SUPERBAND !!

[Radoslawos]

i love when he does that "strange dork voice". This sounds great, just like this song

[kmiller812]

Firmly believe that this is the greatest rock song of all time. captures so much frustration, pain and intensity in 5 minutes of amazingly well performed music. This is what rock and roll is about.

[sarsaricas]

impagavel gota de suor por 6 segundos (0:24 a 0:30) perfeita, precisa.

[johnwaynewasafaggot]

like the way the bassist does the nigel tuffnell tongue business.

[randyactionpants]

needs more fucking auto tune!

[opava333]

FAIL

[AJtheory]

I like this song; it makes me feel...akward

:  )

[malimoglou640503]

goed maar nog ene lange weg af te leggen!!!!

[thejsrock]

gotta love the drop of sweat at :20

[Ieatbabyseals]

This music is intense

[jaakization]

4 people slipped and pushed the dislike button...

[efernalgumby]

@jaakization I hate you so much.

[daisypeachy]

where in the hell where my parents in the 80's?

[MrBluesjamman]

no band these days could get away with lyrics like this. gotta love the femmes

[kpunx]

One of my favorite Femmes tracks

[DragonslayerPETE]

This song reminds me of high school dating. I enjoyed picking her up and driving to "the spot" after the movie. Yeah!!!

[perspectivehorizon]

saw the m in 1992 awesome set!!

[the13green]

love brian ritchie's 13th Floor Elevators shirt!

[skotxmeyerx9]

if you were ever wondering where billy corgan got the melody for "bullet with butterfly wings"...check around 3:58 just sayin....

[zourb21]

@skotxmeyerx9  lol,you're right.

[Zenderify]

wish these serial killers were still around

[genetrujillo]

A gem!

[stribo]

Beats the shit out of Lady Gaga and that so called R&B shite !!!

Complete awsomeness!!

[HerrMichel]

I'm gonna touch him all over his body, and he can touch me all over my body!

Gordon, ich will ein Kind von dir!!! :-))

[trklsswndr]

Awesome! First thought it was suspect footage (audio/vid syncing) - but after seeing all the impov moments (those Brian Ritchie bass solos- holy crap!). Great sound (straight form soundboard?). First single from MKe's finest. The rumor here is that Gano perfomed this song  in high school (go figure?!)- as part of a Nat'l honor society event, which of course got him in some trouble...

[robboholic]

true teenage song, sex urges, confusion and direction issues

[sparx65]

If you don't like this then fuck off!

[ZOD4]

A man called John linked me to this.

[ApplwPiw]

perfect.

[cattycakes64]

I fucking love this band and I love love love this song.

[giupio88]

Gordon Gano is like Jim Morrison, but happier and with less hair! :-) Really coooool!

[louderthanlife2]

@giupio88 and not dead

[athroughme]

come on dad I ain't no runt

come on girl give me your FOING

[violetextract]

God this song is so insanely HOT!! Love them!

[thethunderlord666]

there a girl i wanna

FOING

[MrAlexWick]

@thethunderlord666 soounds like a good reason to give him the keys

[TheToridog]

This song is awesome! I listening to the tape with my friends, jumping around and running into each other being total idiots!!! That was a great time in life!

[Fannymania]

lol the text is great. Touch her, wanna make her cry.

Rocks. And this in a dialoge to his daddy? gg

[iheartrubberbands]

I love this song.

VIOLENT FEMMES, WOO!

[Dinnerisruined]

I regret never seeing them live. This simply rocks!

[internetnerdette]

These guys are such sexually driven.

... Pun not intended? (It totally was).

[ziffels]

Gano as Morrison. Cool.

[138tonsutube]

HEY

[138tonsutube]

THE BASE WEN'T SOFT AND THEN PULLED BACK.... n' BLAP.DIDDY BOP. DID YOU HEAR THAT FAN? I THINK HIS HEAD JUST POPPED.

[138tonsutube]

THE BASE GOES SOFT AND PULL n BLAP, BIDDY, DIDDY ,BOP. DID YOU HEAR THAT FAN ? HE YELLED OUT LIKE HIS HEAD JUST POPPED.

[thegoodusernameman]

Aw man I fuckin love the Femmes...think I'm the only person in Ireland that likes em ha

[Ieatbabyseals]

Only two feet shorter than him

[itsthatwayinLeLaNd2]

they sound amazing live

[MrSpunkyPunkRockMan]

what kinda jacket would you call that, cos i want one :)

[carlodave9]

How bad does rock & roll need a stripped-down reinvention like these kids brought?! If you're young and want to gain some actual chops, maybe it's time stop up-loading mp3's on MySpace and get out onto the streets like these guys did. I can't think of a better way to stand out in this dead-zone musical climate.

[viteksk8alot]

This is awesome

[turkeytrot123]

Rockabilly!

[WtfThatsNotFunny]

Dude. He looks like a serial killer. I love it.

[buffsanta]

serial killers look like normal people

[hearthis2]

Put this beside the freakin' Mona Lisa. No. Put this over top of the freakin'Mona Lisa!!!!

[Gederson23]

Conheci essa banda hoje e j´pa entre as minhas favoritas. Puta som!

[peopletalking]

3:40, scariest eyes ever. he is possessed!

[fistofonan]

My money is on a skin-full of amphetamine sulphate.

[patrickinurface]

car? i thot they took the bus

(lol)

[nervirameregistracij]

odlična stvar...

[Avdpeas1]

tromaktiko

[Creepinal]

apisteuto

[deadjerusalem]

I don't know nearly enough about this band. I certainly didn't know that they'd been around so long.

[luisefer]

4:06 ROCK N ROLLA!

[luisefer]

is there anymore vids of this concert?????

[xaxamayaiuffa]

their music is so touchable, you know? it really transmites feelings..anger, loneliness, revolt..its really cool.its depressing and electric at the same time

[MrsBetrDeadThanSmeg]

My son laughed his butt off when he heard Gimmie the Car. Tragically he died after he got his permit.

[LuVtheFrEEk]

obviously none of u guys hav evr heard thier one cd ware at the beginnig they say that

[mentalelevation420]

One of Violent Femmes best song for sure.

[LuVtheFrEEk]

did u guys kno that the violent femmes, they bring all thier equipment on the bus. N u cant fuck with the violent femmes. U cannot fuck with this band. just thot id let u guys kno that

[rinkuuu]

what the fuck. are you even trying to say?

[thisisnotJackWolfe]

I think he's trying to say that they bring their equipment on the bus ... what equipment (suggestive perhaps?) and what bus, I'm not sure ... also, apparently they cannot be fucked with.

[romney27]

apparently not...lol

[feedback544]

this guy said it before a concert....its a long story

[poopdoop22]

definitly not

[Delticola]

With a name like violent femmes you'd think they were a band of a bunch of queers (nothing wrong with that) but then you hear these lyrics. And you know these were some pussy cat hunting dudes. Brilliant song too.........I'm gonna touch her all over her body........ And then......the other song...........I dig the black girls yeah!

[jrcarl61]

This has always been one of my favorite "femmes" songs.  The best lyrics.

[Delticola]

Man I just need to crack out my Femmes CD and just play that damn thing.  This is some good fricken music. I just love it.

[nicvaco]

This an excellent recording. One of the best bands of the last 30 years.

[JosephMelia]

They look and sound like the Doors in this vid.Great music.

[ZamsadaZombie]

This might be a great song to burlesque dance to?

[mjdanby]

gotta love that base

[pwnypls1]

Bass

[lokdi]

I heard this song more then twenty years ago and it was often in my head.

Today I found it here! Thanx for posting!

[lilysound]

best

[tine431]

Yeah, long time ago and I saw them some time in the mid 80s in the Alabamahalle, Munich. But I can still relate to lines like "How can I explain personal pain". Great lyrics.

Live got much easier after I got my own car.

[dieselwitch]

i was just a little sperm in 1984,timeless music,great stuff.

[digicult449]

It's so beautifully SICK and i love it, its so delightfully intense and powerful.

Please and Thank you for posting!

[nolanpotter1]

prime femmes!~

[iammready]

Love Femmes always

What is extraordinary to me is that the commentators for this vid actually have some method and dialogue! haha Excellent there is still hope for utube lol

[weenrocker]

Dude I was turn'd on to the femmes In 88 due to a cool sister..I remember listen to the tape over and over and over the album cover had a girl holding a window and that ablum totally but me ahead of the game too,,I was 8 years old and after being turn'd on the femmes I never could get Into mainstream after that, then In 91 I got turn'd on to ween from a dude while on vacation In oregon Ive never been the same,,either because of good acid or music,,either one

[desertbutt]

Ween is another band that more people would love if only they knew about them!

[weenrocker]

I know right? Do you support the boognish?

[andyp909]

I know in my case both the acid and music contibuted.

[breeze785]

haha everyones oh so sweaty.

[CrazyRockerGirl]

I love the violent femmes :)

[poetmommy0366]

How can I explain personal pain?

[iammready]

Great version!!!!!

[lonerstudios]

bass solo sucked.

this band is the shit tho

[sunrainsdown]

a question....is there a way to make a play list of songs/videos ????so i can drink beer and not change shyt after every song..:) any reply is thanked

[bridgadellic]

make a myspace music playlist... but no videos

[anthrogen]

wAS GOOD IN ALLEY BEHIND BAR IN CINCi...Irish bar in cinci. awesome show there then. McFadden's? maybe? good good show by Femmes then!

[username911911]

they did pretty well for guys who were street busking until Chrissy Hinde sees them on the street one day and invites them to open for the pretenders.

[Karrrly92]

I love this band :)

They're the punk rock version of the doors.

[epepper]

huh?

[mantisalien27]

Haha the guitar/bass rub down was pretty badass. Great fucking song!

[shawnandchris]

Sorry Dad I crashed the car...

[mugenhead]

Brian richie looks like roger waters in this video. Hey, those are my two favorite bassists! wierd!

[whatastupidmovie]

hard to believe gordon gano's a baptist when you listen to this song

[rootoftheroot]

I just noticed something and now I feel totally dense because I have heard this song so many times before. "C'mon, dad, give me the car. C'mon, dad, I ain't no runt. C'mon, girl, give me your...'cause I ain't had much to live for." I knew that whatever word they substituted a guitar noise for was going to be something dirty, but it never registered that the line before it, "I ain't no runt," rhymes with the word they mean to suggest! Hard to believe he's a Baptist is right!

[rootoftheroot]

I think it took me so long to notice because it almost follows the typical A A B B rhyme scheme: "give me your..." and "ain't had much to live for" rhyme (B B), so I just figured that "your..." was meant to be left to the imagination. But if you substitute THAT word. it would be an A B B C rhyme scheme. And in the rest of the song, there are all kinds of other crazy rhyme schemes. Anyway, I'm overanalyzing. Great song, and it's even more badass to me now. It's kinda creepy and kinda hot!

[sailorpunkgirl]

i had no idea he was religouse (sp? im a retard) i like him more now for some reason idk why thats kinda rude. i LOVE THIS BAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! whats right? how can i explain personal pain?

[chocskate3]

amazing, if my band ever makes it anywhere, me n the guitarists are gonna do tht mess man, see if anybidy catches it

[aimsux3214]

this band is soo under rated. They are great. Way better then many other bands from the same period that are more well known.

[pheeshes]

amazing performance

[Ingram011]

"How can I explain

my personal pain" ...

They were having so much fun playing this concert, and this song is my favourite. Beside "The Country Death Song", of course.

[firestoneSD]

it´s looks like tedd bundy.

[MrSelfDestruct1994]

Fuck Yes, GIMME THE GODAMN CAR !

[BCJR13]

Thanks for posting this. I love this song. :)

[sullie69]

Yes! Vernaculovermelho.. I was also looking for that Add it Up vid, but NOW i see what happened, accnt got canceled... pls if anybody has it, post it! Thanks!!!!! Lead singer is georgous!!! for back in the days! :D

[vernaculovermelho]

do you have the "add it up" video in the same concert? because someone had posted in youtube but the account has been canceled. oh, thanks for this video :)

[h0neyw1ne]

At 3:34, it becomes kinda horror-movie-ish. Kinda like, "Here's Johnny!" (from The Shining).. or like Chuckie.. Much angst in this song. At 3:57 (on the studio version), every time i hear it, i imagine Smashing Pumpkins' "in spite of my rage, i'm still just a rat in a cage" (it totally fits there!)

[thewombat86]

The only musician I have had a lady wet dream about...... Oh Gordan!!!

[elioluzi]

Hahaha @ the guitar rubbing. 8D

[odomaniac]

niiiiiice.... xD