Andy Prieboy - Tomorrow Wendy

[nredo1]

555*** Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[Venillian]

One of the saddest, and best, songs there ever was.

[deathrider2006]

This song puts tears to my eye

[irishace11]

Johnette has stated Wendy decided to say Fuck You to God for the death sentence, which AIDS was at the time, by killing herself the next day. She wouldn't allow God to set the time of her death, she would.

[nrp66]

Make that 8

[myJointproductions]

It's a brilliant piece of melodic writing and so evocative...I adore it!!

[EveDonovan]

EVERY SING TIME I HEAR THIS......Weather by Andy, or Johnette, i get goosebumps, and tears.....

[EveDonovan]

@EveDonovan

ooops i meant SINGLE TIME

[glt712]

Although this song was written about AIDS/HIV, the imagery could just as easily lend itself to a more current interpretation about our once thriving and materially prosperous America. Disease as metaphor. Wendy as metaphor.

[TATER1971]

I love this song

[TATER1971]

I love this

[Umbereth]

This song breaks my heart....

[2620productions]

this song is about aids, it is so powerful but so good :)

[Tchesus]

Holy Crap this is the version I've been after for a very long time!!!, saw it on rage one night when i used to stay up and watch it. YoungDot82... You Fucking Rock!!

[mdwo01]

When Johnette sings this it is sublime when Andy sings it it's Haunting

My god this guy is a great song writer

[MrAyelewis1]

Andy Prieboy >>>>> Concrete Blonde.

Their cover is excruciatingly bad. Prieboy FTW!!!

[theonlycyhick]

One of the BEST songs from the 90's. I wish it had more airplay. This song is very underrated. I also love the Concrete Blonde cover, but love this one more as a duet. :)

[Necronomiconer]

i love both versions of this song and andy prieboy has the voice of god

[gorillapancake]

I see there's six people who voted here that don't have taste.

[matonaus]

6 people got knocked back by wendy

[0999monte]

@matonaus

Believe this song is about a transvestite named Wendy who was dying of Aids. Friend of the band Concrete Blond. Remember the interview with Sook Yung Li on Much Music back in 1996.

[Lanothir]

@0999monte This song was first written by Andy Prieboy for a friend of his. Concrete Blonde only did a cover; it's not a personal story of their own.

[0999monte]

@Lanothir thanks. The memory was fading from so many years, i just remember her saying how amazing a story it was. Great tune.

[lisasboogies]

anyone know where i can hear New York Debut of an LA Artist? can't find it on youtube.

thnx

[dfinney23]

Two 12-song collections, one of which includes Tomorrow Wendy, can now be downloaded from andyprieboy. com for $10 each. "Soon" available individually on iTunes, too!

[chromaryan]

I love the song. I like how you can hear the delay guitar sounds on this version too! Is that a cameo by Johnette?

[lisasboogies]

@chromaryan yes. that's here. she also does a this song with her band Concrete Blonde which is also very excellent but doesn't have the same haunting strength.

[cyberbmcd]

@lisasboogies I completely disagree, Johnette's voice in the CB version lends it the haunting yet powerful edge it needs. Andy's version is wonderful as the original but the song belongs to Johnette. Far more powerful and somber in the CB version................

[akashik]

This song's a constant bookmark for me. It's coming close to a quarter century old, but remains one of the greatest songs.. you've never heard before.  Kudos Andy.

Johnette's version is cool too.

[Feinmess]

This particular song sort of reminds me of Crash Test Dummies "MMMMMM"

[crislou2003]

Forgot to add brilliant artist.

[crislou2003]

freecorder 4 will help you keep this song for ever.

[catand3kittens]

It's a crying shame this song isn't available on iTunes. I've been looking for it for years.

[catand3kittens]

It's a bloody crime this song is not available on iTunes

[JipJDB]

JMHO, this version is better than Concrete Blond's (which I LOVE).

I just wish they would make this available for downloading (or at least re-issue the CD)....

[wmnoe]

Great song, no matter who is singing it.

[ozzzombie]

tnx again for posting this song, just when I needed to hear it.

[ozzzombie]

tnx again for posting this song.

[Meroveous01]

what can be said..?..some songs speak better than we do....

[Kkrouton]

Beautiful song. But kind of creepy.

[just2comment2]

love concrete blonde version also

[TATER1971]

I love this song.

[dosie451]

What a sadly underrated artist.

[ricinem]

Just perfect...  sabrejack2 you obviously don't know shit... "annoying voice"? "lack of emotion"??? WTF? piss off, your crack pipe is getting cold.........

[archer1949]

The guy has a very intense, very funereal voice. Kinda remonds me of Peter Murphy or Nick Cave. Very appropriate!

[Lakeweirdog]

This is the original version and most people who think it sucks hadn't even been thought of when it was released. It was artists like Andy and others of his era that helped to shape today's music. In today's music your lucky to find any that hasn't been digitally altered. Here's to the 60's 70's 80's

[peterearden]

its about a woman with aids, and the stages of grieving

[1235788888]

this reminds me of ace of base.

[WendyNKT]

I don't wanna die :o

haha, this is the first song I know with my name in it.. and the lyrics.. I hope I live a lot longer

[sabrejack2]

uugghh.. what an annoying voice. what lack of emotion. what an uninspired arrangement and flat effects. I'm poorer for having discovered this version.

[barrenwaste]

@sabrejack2

This is a song about death. The choice between a horrible lingering death, as it was seen at the time, or ending it while still vibrant and beautiful. I think a voice drained of emotion, weary, and weak is perfect to portray that choice. As for the arrangement, it's simple. That does not mean insipid or uninspired. The woman's voice soars with pure tones, in contrast to the lead, and the instrumentals are melodious without being either bouncy or washed out. I like it.

[gunthaarz]

One of my absolute all time favorites. And even _two_ of my all time favorite vocalist muscians , kudos to all the rest of the musicians for unsurpassed music and ambiance.

[ApollonianKing]

Poor Wendy...

[drh9164]

Yes, that is Johnette Napolitano singing backup.

[Sixchomp]

Is that Johnette doing the female vocals?

[gunthaarz]

@Sixchomp - exactly . Johnette. One of the best voices of the North American Continent.

[brianspinefx]

@gunthaarz Nay, Johnette is one of the best voices in the world!

[gunthaarz]

@brianspinefx - You wont find me arguing against you there :)

[OMEGAMAN42]

Excellent now as when I first heard in on KROQ eons ago.

[dmkext]

@dmkext Good tune

[Wendy2Fluffy]

aww man..... xD

[thebigdontargue]

Timeless, priceless indeed

[CollectorOfMusic]

timeless, priceless & pure genius, wall of voodoo meets concrete blonde, its been awhile since i heard this version, im just as impressed as i was the first time

[2bindifferent]

Absolutely priceless...Really?...........­.Oh yeah....Really. Love this so much. Gracious to YoungDot82. You are a hero or a goddess. Take your pick. MMMMMM

[Hussar4Hussies]

I really like this and not knowing it was the orginal makes it even better. In my head I used to hear Type O Negative cover it with a female vocalist backing Peter you know like wouldn't it be cool if so n so covered this song and amazing the orginal is very close to my fantasy cover anyhow thats the songs in me little head

[weirdathan5]

Hey It's 2010 and some old farts who haven't herd this since Rage 1993 appreciate that it still exists WOW you guys don't care about AIDS any more!

[wmnoe]

The album "Bloodletting" has the Concrete Blonde studio version, the CD-Single for "Joey" has the Live recording where Johnette introduces it and talks about Andy Prieboy and says some other blather. Great song.

[heirofnike]

THIS SONG IS ABOUT A GIRL ANDY KNEW WHO COMMITTED SUICIDE. HE EXPLAINED THIS IN AN INTERVIEW ON KROQ IN EARLY 90'S.

[shempstuntdbl]

The harmony with the female backup singers at 1:55 through 2:06 sounds like a bell choir. 

[BensonNE]

What album is this on? Is it out of print?

[OMEGAMAN42]

@BensonNE From the album 'Upon My Wicked Son'. Good luck finding it. I was lucky to find it in a used CD shop in '97

[buskerbuoy]

The best version of this I ever heard was an 'unplugged' version with Andy on piano and Johnette and Andy singing

[turtlegabe]

Not to take anything away from a genius like Andy Prieboy, but this song fits Johnette's voice like a well tailored glove.

[misterddarko]

yeah that was Johnette...

the way the song should of been done ;)

[dulongsynth]

I should have added, "and still is funny and creative as ever".

[dulongsynth]

Andy was great. If you never got to see him in little L.A. clubs like Club Largo, you really missed something. The mix of Tomorrow Wendy on the CD is better than this one, where the ending piano is not so loud and the vocals swell up high.

There was a release event for the CD at a record store in Brea. The album was playing and Andy was signing autographs. "Maybe It's Not Her Head" came on and he jumped up on a CD rack, singing and acting out the song - pirates, Italians, wise men and all.

[wazamini]

best colaberation i have ever heard,yes i agree concrete blonde did a fantastic cover of this but it hasn't the depth of emotion this version has.......

[stefgoff]

I'm a massive fan of concrete blonde but i have to prefer this version of this one. One of the greatest tracks of my youth. Power and passion that dare i say is nick cavesque.

[cmsimo999]

Prieboy wrote it. Concrete Blonde recorded it.

[Apis4]

@cmsimo999 Obviously Prieboy recorded it, Concrete Blonde covered it, I agree TheHeroOftenFails Andy Prieboy doesnt get his props for this song.

[margielimn]

it is Johnette though isn't it?

[Aught3]

@margielimn yeah in the middle there as a back up vocalist.

[srue74]

add to the liste of sultry voices already listed, Hope Sandovol (from mazzy star)

[Scottydont66]

This song still gives me chills

[wiccansillusion]

Its about a hooker dying of Aids who killed herself

[mbutchin]

Exposing my ignorance here, I suppose-- But can anyone give me a bit of background on this song? It's very moving.

[Apis4]

@mbutchin I believe Andy Prieboy wrote this song about a prostitute he knew who contracted AIDS back in the early days, when it was a filthy demon disease which infected degenerates, the days of Death wiping out people as Pins in His bowling alley, and the woman chose suicide over the indiginity of both the physical and social suffering of going 'Full Blown'

[crazyunclerex]

wow i'm speachless beautiful

[Lifeislikeabeanstalk]

Andy enters the pantheon of great composers with this offering.

Saw Johnette do the most incredible live set at The Hotel Cafe in LA early last year I think it was. She is about as talented as they come and her voice has just gotten richer. A beautiful artist with material that few can match. Why in the world are we not hearing more of her?

Johnette - the world needs artists to bring their healing now more than ever. Trust your talent and your message.

[ripperduck]

Just on this song alone, a movie can be written for it. I wish I had the talent....

[KirneH004]

For some reason I don't think his voice fits as well as Johnette Napolitano's does. He's trying to sound like Lou Reed here, and it doesn't work for me.

[justentime77]

I agree with you, but how many people can really compete with Johnette's amazing, sultry voice? I put her up there with vocalists like Patsy Cline.... who hook you in on the first note!

[KirneH004]

Hi, Justen--

I feel that way about Tori Amos and Otep Shamaya. There's just something about certain voices that says "this is me".

[originaltbyrd]

damn! i never thought anybody could get in Johnette's league with this song - i was wrong. but i still wanna hear her sing this.

[TheHeroOftenFails]

keeping in mind this IS the original artist who actually wrote the song, Concrete Blonde (Johnette) COVERED it - with Andy's blessing. I saw both tour together oooh 100 years ago and do the song on stage together - GREAT SHOW, but I really wish Andy would get his rightful props for this song. Thank you Andy!

[GrrlzwillbeBoizATX]

"oooh 100 years ago..." lol! I saw that tour too. Wow! We're both getting old. I honestly can't choose between the two with this one. Depends on my mood. But we do have to give props to Andy for bringing this beautiful piece to the world in the first place.

[TheHeroOftenFails]

indeed. and I agree, both are excellent renditions and the mood definitely calls for one or the other...

[dbongard]

@TheHeroOftenFails Not just with his blessing, he played the keyboard on their cover of it.

[lisasboogies]

@TheHeroOftenFails He does in my book!

[lisasboogies]

@TheHeroOftenFails i was introduced to this song as an andy prieboy song...concrete blonde version i considere a fantastic cover...johnette napolitano, great contribution to this andy song.

[TheBethFarmer]

Video is truly wonderful, but Johnette has the voice to really drive the lyrics home. I'm glad he allowed her to make the song over into her style and do the lead singing.

But truly an awesome song.

[Wingrin1]

Powerful

[scottgogogo]

This is a powerful song. I love it.

[cecilleization]

simply great song, johnette was/is a queen, where is she?

[justentime77]

I thought forever that Johnette Napolitano wrote this song for the bloodletting album! Learn something new everyday....

[adsforever]

@jarrodcok93... are you tripping? around number 40? 1991 (the last all time hottest 100 until this year) it was #5.

[pkilpinen]

There was also a JJJ countdown in '98. This placed #42.

[lisasboogies]

Great song! my friend introduced me to this song and others when I was in high school...we were punk/rock evolving into grunge and this was just perfect for our dark purple moods in the early 1990's...thanks for posting!

[Annihilate3275]

amazing...

[bitterartist81]

wow. just wow.

[JarrodCook93]

A well known radio in Australia, triple J just made the hottest 100 of all time list, people voted this enough to get to around number 40

[Wendy2Fluffy]

AHH!! I'm gonna die?! wtf!

[miseriavolare]

Good God, I still love this version. Even if it makes me fucking cry every time.

[easternfunker]

Been looking for this ages - thanks for posting.

[jjstacknik]

Beautiful song...i give total credit to Andy for writing a great song but it really comes alive when Johnnette Napolitano comes in. She sang her own version of the song on Concrete Blonde's Bloodletting album but she reversed the lyrics about god i wonder why? does anyone know why?

[ripperduck]

Gorgeous song. Haunting/moving I can never forget it...

[ottowes]

Such a heartfelt tribute! Incredible lyrics and melody.

[scouserfourteen]

Fantastic song! Andy Prieboy may never have made it big, but this song is up there with the all time classics.

[mandy1234f]

wow i love this its the best

[RedSkull1888]

what a priceless gem this song is,proving that pop music doesn't have to be the bland insipid pap that is normally regurgitated.

[brianspinefx]

@RedSkull1888 negative one for you; you should not catagorize this as "pop music", sorry. this is anything but pop. not now, not back then. NEVER!

[tundra1992]

@brianspinefx 'pop' music is short for popular music, as i'm sure you know.

i do think this song would be popular due to its brilliance....

it's certainly popular with me! :)

[w0lfkin]

@RedSkull1888 It's funny that you use the word 'regurgitated' what with this being a cover.

[recourse1979]

@w0lfkin This version isn't a cover. Its the original artist.

[w0lfkin]

@recourse1979 I realized that after I hit post. I thought I canceled my comment. My bad.

[MadMorgan1989]

Anybody know where to download this?

[kieran9093]

Nice - I have this on some JJJ cd. Never seen the clip. Thanks.

[gypsydanae]

Andy wrote the song for his first solo album. Then Johnette and Concrete Blonde used it on their album Bloodletting. I think on the album version (which was a live recording) she actually talks about Andy and who the song is for. All of them of just so talented..........real artists.

[angxtrom]

nope, the bloodletting version is studio,,, the compilation album "still in Hollywood" has the live version where in she does say it was written by Andy Prieboy about a friend of theirs, a woman with aids...

[gypsydanae]

somehow i knew that! ") cause i have that one (Still In Hollywood).....got them backwards

[sk8terboi8056]

i think ill use this to make my next final fantasy tribute

[npfor]

Who is the woman singing with him?

[franni1971]

Johnette (?) from Concrete Blonde. They covered this song in early 90's.

[Lifeislikeabeanstalk]

Johnette Napolitano - still making terrific music. Check out her MySpace page.

[LydiasRacket]

Johnette Napolitano. The Concrete Blonde version in my opinion is WAY better, but probably because I heard it first.

[claydo1955]

Great song. Knew Andy briefly back in the Eye Protection days. He gave my band (Lifers) a fifth of scotch before a show at the Mabuhay (s.f.) which we promptly drained. Our ensuing performance was, er, quite memorable. Anyway, he was a really nice guy and encouraged me as a fledgling vocalist. Thank you Andy.

[gagl0005]

Thank you to the ABC for bringing us RAGE and thank you to You Tube for keeping great songs like this alive.

[lisasboogies]

rachel turned me onto the andy. fantastic. i can't even explain this song in words.

[jsf1905]

Great song, first heard it on JJJ many years ago.

[pclvmuzic]

absolutly an AMAZING song!

[dethspud]

Ta fer posting the AP version of this song.

JN's version with CB rawks but this one has a certain special emotional resonance as well.

Be Well.

[zengrrl76]

Amazing...I've only heard the CB version, but have always been aware of who wrote the song. Thank you for posting this video!

[derthminger]

Hard to describe in words how awesome this song is, and this still my favourite version of it by far. One of my all time top 10 for sure.

[bethburton]

Thank you for posting this. I've been looking for this version for so long. This is how I remember the song, with Andy Prieboy singing lead. My mom banned this from being played in the house because of the "God got his ass kicked" line.