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 Post subject: *clears throat* a reading from the violent femmesPosted: Thu Jul 15, 2004 5:34 am 
"when i was 15, i recognized that there were two kinds of music. There was the kind that was made by and for people who liked clothes, dancing, and chatting up the opposite sex. That was not the kind i listened to. The rest of us listened to music by and for people who didn't fit in. We scattered to find something that rejected the romantic slow jams, the slick fashion, or the dance moves that composed the music of Top 40 radio. For some, it was Goth or punk or the safe haven of our older brother's classic rock.But it was all a different form of conformity. I got caught up in the heavy metal crowd, conveniently ignoring the idea that ripped jeans and concert t-shirts were just as much a uniform as anything worn by the cool crowd i ran from. Violent Femmes saved me. There was no membership card, dress code or initiation ceremony. They didn't require us to be angry, in awe of them, to look like them, to talk like them. They were so completely on their own, they were scene-less..."- Marc Salata- Rhino Products Management when i read that, i totally identified with this cat. I reached that idea when i was 15, and got sucked into a world of punk rock conformity and the occasional bust out of heavy metal or hip hop. Conform conform conform. Never did i come to find my own music, or my own opinion, even with bands like Smashing Pumpkins or Radiohead, the ones i only listened to because my friends did. I hated Kid A and Amnesiac, why? because my friends did. But the Violent Femmes didn't save me. Eisley did. There is a membership card, but only if you want to frequent the forum. haha. None of us seem the same, we all seem like a mix, a large group of misfits, well, maybe not misfits, though we'll just settle on the term to save time. We aren't required to be angry, in awe of them or anything, and i don't know if you noticed, but they are pretty damn scene less, being so friggin unique. So i just felt i should say that Eisley is to me as the Violent Femmes were to mr. Salata. And maybe, just maybe, this full length will be as much of a classic as the Violent Femmes first full length. I could see it happening _________________ welcome to the no pants club boone |
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2004 5:38 am
i totally agree. i never wore the ripped jeans, or hate music cause my friends di, i hated music cause it sucks. and baggy pants are my uniform, but i dont know any type of music that fits in with. eisley, and the great fourm, has shown me that its ok to be yourself, and not let other, very opinionated people, tell you what to like. _________________ http://www.audioscrobbler.com/user/Gameboybob/ http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=gameboybob http://www.myspace.com/thegameboy |
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Joined: 01 Aug 2003 | Posts: 5453 | Location: Nagoya, Japan
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2004 5:53 am
I loooove the Violent Femmes. _________________ My photography:www.jamiemphoto.com You can't spell awesome without emo...backwards! -Julie definingawesome (11:44:11 PM): Eisley shivers our timbers |
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Joined: 15 Aug 2003 | Posts: 25185 | Location: East Texas
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2004 6:24 am
Gameboybob wrote: i totally agree. i never wore the ripped jeans, or hate music cause my friends di, i hated music cause it sucks. and baggy pants are my uniform, but i dont know any type of music that fits in with. eisley, and the great fourm, has shown me that its ok to be yourself, and not let other, very opinionated people, tell you what to like. totally. same here. i was somewhat of a loner in school. _________________ "Hi. I baked these cookies myself, and i want them to be inside of you." -Boogie Nation- |
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Joined: 17 Jun 2004 | Posts: 598 | Location: long beach, CA
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2004 7:04 am
man, i was sooo heavy metal... 
-ben PS  _________________ 
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2004 4:20 pm
Violent Femmes was my first concert. 
And, my first time stuck in a mosh pit. 
Thanks for sharing that Granpa, very cool.  _________________ "Show me a sane man and I will cure him for you." - C. G. Jung |
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Joined: 03 Nov 2003 | Posts: 1497 | Location: Santa Monica, CA
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2004 11:55 pm
i agree completely, what a great post. thanks for it! Julie p.s. your signature.....I love napoleon Dynamite, one of my all time favorite movies....i like it when he tries to make his toy fly......hahahha |
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Joined: 13 Jun 2004 | Posts: 1749 | Location: In the courtyard waiting on the breeze to float after me
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2004 9:52 am
mm....the violent femmes....mm..the eighties...mmm...nirvana... _________________ 
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Joined: 10 Jun 2004 | Posts: 1353 | Location: middle earth
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2004 12:33 pm
you really got a one track mind don't you? _________________ welcome to the no pants club boone |
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2004 12:56 pm
I was really hoping to see the lyrics from "Dance Mother Focker Dance." _________________ "It's the new golden fact." |
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Joined: 04 Nov 2003 | Posts: 1000 | Location: Camp Anawanna
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2004 6:04 pm
brilliant. grandpa. i'm never gunna crush your shell. that was amazzzzing. _________________ EisleyWebGuy "The industrialists never saw the fruit of their own labor - Post Moderism, which I now proclaim as dead. Their forefathers digital revolutionists, have accelerated the final resolve by punctuating an end to our chaotic journey with a new manifesto and a new era: The Age of Meaning." (manifesto's sold separate) Welcome: Illuminists |
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Joined: 04 Nov 2002 | Posts: 5180 | Location: Tyler, Texas
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