Like a Drug - They Eat Their Own/They Eat Their Own

[tompatriot12]

An excellent song! I think that it still has the presence that no sensor can ever really erase or cover up. It's just great songwriting. A shame that it wasn't a bigger hit, but then it did get released at least. I think that it is a lost gem, but one we can always find again.

[edge1966]

song is great, if you ever have these feelings for someone you know your alive!

[1UNCOOLMIKE]

FUCK Censorship!!!!!!

[sickgirlification]

i miss my pink ipod this sounds like shit

[robincassaday666]

Who are the 2 deaf nuts that don't like this?



[nicodagger]

Laura B, the singer, is one of my new Facebook friends......she's great, but I didin't know she was a rock star! Very impressive....

[DeadMoo5e]

y dose every one think this is fiona apple

[capinshane25]

great song

[chrisjackson1]

HATE HATE HATE that this version is censored.

But if you call me I would tell you to get lost?!? Lame.

Still a great song though.

[villain68]

@chrisjackson1 Yeah, I noticed that myself and It's weak!!

[DeepSouthWrestling1]

@chrisjackson1 : Wow... the only version I ever heard was this one... I had a radio sampler from this album (I used to work at a radio station) and it says "get lost" on there, too... I always thought it would sound better if she said "fuck off" and, lo and behold...

[Bntnredsox]

what a great song.

[sabigirl828]

Too bad about the change to "get lost". The "f--- off" was my favorite part of the song.

[gorobby1]

great song

[PortlandDawg]

Heard this song on CD101 in Columbus, freshman year of college 1990. I can remember listening to the stereo with my college dorm mate when it came on. After the song played the dj announced the band name and stated they were giving away tickets for that night's show at Chelsie's ( local bar). We called, got the tickets and saw them that night. Great show.

Another band we caught in the same exact way was, School of Fish. The Song Three Strange Days came on the radio. Saw them that night.

[gorobby1]

great song

[loverofskirts]

Had no idea how much of a sex pot the girl was! I heard the song on WHFS 99.1 back in 1990 and it was a hit! Vocals.Harmonizing.The way the music was put together.I loved it all! Have'nt heard the song for the past 18 years. However the video from 2006 was very painful to watch because the guitarist and the drummer did a bunch of improv and you could'nt hear the bass at all. The vocals,harmonizing and bass were the foundation of the music and the guitarist and drummer were the seal on the deal.

[jimmyface71]

Love this song!!! I remember playing it during my college radio days at WFSE in Edinboro, PA. Laura B. is amazing, and this song is one that will always have a place in my heart. - J.

[thebillykeith]

Very cool tune, kinda reminds me of Aimee Mann and Love Aimee Mann. This chic is actually a really cool person.

[nlindquist75]

love this CD...somehow it's survived over the years...so has the story....highschool memories....

[Exumaishere]

I love this song.

[U2fanatic]

i used to listen to this song on 92.7 WDRE...had the album too..have to try to find it since my itunes got screwed up...i really liked this band. reminds me of college

[Randyh9]

LUST and LOVE

[streeteffective]

I've had this CD since 1991 and it just got stolen (along with about 100 others) last year....Idiots in my neighborhood have no idea what they even stole? Thanks for posting this. They used to play this on WBRU 95.5 in Rhode Island in 1991. I think it was ranked as a top 10 song of the year in their countdown that year? Anyway, I consider this song top notch.

[craicbaby]

:) This song describes your average late teen early 20somethings relationship. Brings me back to high school when I listened to this song. My high school boyfriend and I said this was our song and we were proud of it. Oooh boy.

[TomFromJersey]

If you call, I would tell you to "get lost"?! Ha! Never heard it that was before LOL

[TomFromJersey]

I always loved this song. I'm the only person I know w/the CD = )

Question: There was a rumor that this was written about the same dude Concrete Blonde's "Joey" is about and although she was a little coy, I once hear Laura B. in an interview kinda/sorta confrim that's true.

I LOVE Johnette but Laura's a lot better looking. Could the same guy have possibly gone out w/both of them all?

Just asking.

[earthshakingfart]

does anyone have the appearance they did on the uncle floyd show in 1990?

[U2fanatic]

OMG....LOVE Uncle Floyd...lots of different bands were on that show...very underated...most people just associate UF with OOGIE and looney skip rooney..i remember the ramones..

[earthshakingfart]

they Uncle Floyd appearance was funny, at the end she crouched and her skirt caught on her sleeve and it was lifted up in the front lol

[stagsbreath]

I'd been looking for this off and on for years, we had when I used to DJ in college. Thanks for posting. Brings back those old codependent memories.

[ScadianNC]

I picked this CD up at a used CD store in Monterey, CA when I was stationed at DLI in the Presidio. That was way back in '92 and it's still a fav album. Good to see Laura is still working. Love the attitude music.

[lunaangel56]

I hate how everyone is always confusing Laura B with Fiona Apple. They don't sound anything alike. WTF!!! LoL

[ScadianNC]

Oh, damn straight they don't.

[lunaangel56]

Laura Bush has a nice voice!

[wordofmouthrecording]

If anybody talks to Laura B, please have her call Jono. thanks.

[PootNTate]

I talk to her every few months, she lives in Pittsburg PA now.

[wordofmouthrecording]

If anybody talks to Laura B please tell her to call Jono. thanks

[jillinnylons]

Such a haunting song about obessesion

[johnmon]

Yes indeed this was a great song!! Talk aboout Censorship,I do recall a guy sticking a gun inside his mouth and pulling the trigger in the original video.

[xthestarsx]

I always viewed this song as the official end of new wave and beginning of 90's alternative. I saw them at a club in Port Chester, New York at this time and hung out a bit with JD - great guy. I remember Laura singing with a Kabuki mask! I'd be curious for more details about her music and life.

[wr70beh]

This song used to get a lot of play on WHFS in DC/Baltimore back in the day... That was the first time I heard it.

THis song was playing when I burned pictures of my ex-girlfriend after she dumped me for some other guy. It's one of those songs that you can't forget. I always wonder what happened to my ex-girlfriend 17 years later.

[zedjones]

Laura B was in touch with something powerful, unwieldy, and dangerous. I still love this song and the recording. A very real moment was captured. It takes me back. And guess what? I don't wanna go back!

[shalertitan52]

get lost??? It's FUCK OFF!!!! I hate when the lyrics get changed. FUCK CENSORSHIP!!!!! It takes away from the song, which I love, I actually have their cd. Excuse me I am going to listen to the REAL version

[RabidPenguin66]

When the hell did they change the lyrics? I would listen to the original version but it is on a damn casette tape!

[shalertitan52]

It's available on cd, I found it in a bargain bin. I think I paid $4. I love this song but it bothers me when lyrics get changed to make them pc. Thats not rock & roll, thats censorship!!! It changes the attitude of the song.

[BobbyFz]

One of those great songs you instantly love when you first heard it. Brings back a lot of good memories. Thanks for putting it up.

[witchman67]

I don't know if it is true, but back when this song came out, I heard a rumor that the guy being sung about is the same guy that Concrete Blonde sang about in "Joey."

Does anyone know the scoop?

[zedjones]

It's not the same guy. Laura's manager, when the band was together, was named Joey. The Concrete Blonde wasn't about him, either. I asked him.

As I recall, the song was, indeed, inspired by Laura B's real-life feelings about a real-life relationship. I won't name the guy. I had the "pleasure" of being the next guy in line. A wild and wonderful ride but not for the fainthearted.

[PootNTate]

really? I guess I was in line after you, although probably much futher down the line.

[zedjones]

As you know, the LB energy is strong. I swear to God I was thinking of this site about thirty seconds before your message came through.

[PootNTate]

Synchronicity. You talked to her lately? I've been meaning to send her an email, I'm guessing things are going well for her in Pittsburg.

[dalmatian847]

Mucho thanks!!! I've been looking for this song forever!

[jandlynn]

Why is there no wikipedia entry for They Eat Their Own???

[Moffish1]

Excellent and definitely a 5-star video!!! Laura B. is the greatest rock star of all-time!!! Some erroneously credit this song to Fiona Apple but it is all the magic of Laura B.

[mcdreamy2]

Too Cool

[debwein]

sheer, utter genius

[PootNTate]

"sophisticated, intelligent, attractive Moffmen."

LOL.. Laura did you write that?

I heard she also gets scratches in the bed of her pickup truck sometimes.

:P