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    In the song 'Kiss Off', what does Gordon say 8 was for?Violent Femmes Songs and Lyrics

      'I forget what 8 was for'. '1,1,1 cause you left me and 2,2,2 for my family and 3,3,3 for my heartache and 4,4,4 for my headache and 6,6,6 for my sorrow and 7 no tomorrow and 8,8, I forget what 8 was for but 9,9,9 for my lost god and 10 for EVERYTHING!'

    In what are 'the mother and the kid, the guy and his date' waiting?Violent Femmes Songs and Lyrics

      a bus. Easy one that, it's in the title.

    What line immediately precedes 'I want lots of pretty chicks'?Violent Femmes Songs and Lyrics

      36-24-36. An allusion to the so-called 'perfect' female measurements.

    Which country did 'She' go to, leaving him in misery, in the song from the album 'Rock'?Violent Femmes Songs and Lyrics

      Germany. 'She went to Germany, went there without me, she went to Germany, left me in misery.' Great song.

    From the same album ('Rock'), what is life according to the song title?Violent Femmes Songs and Lyrics

      An adventure. 'Life is an adventure, made for an adventurer, made just for the boy who can grow up strong and become a man'.

    In 'Gimme the Car', what reason is given for the guy wanting to borrow it from his dad?Violent Femmes Songs and Lyrics

      all of these (he wants to pick a girl up, he wants to make a girl laugh, he doesn't have much to live for). A very morbid song.

    In the 'Country Death Song', who does the man kill?Violent Femmes Songs and Lyrics

      His youngest daughter. He pushes her down a well, and at the end of the song he's on his way to the barn to hang himself. Horrible words but a strangely addictive tune!

    Finish the line: 'Cause it's gone daddy gone, your love is gone ____'?Violent Femmes Songs and Lyrics

      away. Pretty easy, you could have guessed that even without hearing the song!

    Finally a question on my personal favourite. The song 'Good Feeling' has a solo from what instrument (in the album version)?Violent Femmes Songs and Lyrics

      violin. Yep, beautiful. There is a xylophone solo in 'Gone Daddy Gone'. Hope you liked it. If I get a good response I will do more quizzes on the Femmes.

    Which song are these lyrics part of : "My girlfriend she's at the end, she is starting to cry"?Violent Femmes Quiz!

      Blister In The Sun.

    Which Culture Club song did the Femmes do on their "Why Do Birds Sing" album?Violent Femmes Quiz!

      Do You Really Want To Hurt Me. The guys did a classic version of the song! Gordon with vocals, Brian playing the bouzouki, and Victor on the tranceaphone, plus much more.

    Which band member lists "Encyclopedia Salesman" as one of their previous occupations?Violent Femmes Quiz!

      Gordon Gano. True!! According to the Official Website, both Encyclopedia Salesman and Swordsman (??) are listed as previous jobs.

    Where did the band get together and begin playing?Violent Femmes Quiz!

      Wisconsin, United States.

    In which song do the lyrics "When I'll take a bow, And say goodnight" appear?Violent Femmes Quiz!

      Add It Up. "Add It Up" is one of my favourite songs of the Femmes. It appeared first on the "Violent Femmes" album in 1982.

    "I take one, one, one cause you ____ me..." Which word fills the blank?Violent Femmes "Kiss Off"

      left. Violent Femmes formed in Milwaukee with singer/guitarist Gordon Gano, bassist Brian Ritchie and percussionist Victor DeLorenzo in 1982.

    "...and two, two, two for ______..." Which two words complete this line?Violent Femmes "Kiss Off"

      my family. Brian Ritchie came up with the band's oxymoronic name, using the word "femme" - a slang term for wimps.

    "...and three, three, three for my _____..." From what ailment does the singer suffer for three?Violent Femmes "Kiss Off"

      heartache. "Kiss Off" was written by Gordon Gano.

    "...and four, four, four for my _____..." Do you know what the singer suffers for four?Violent Femmes "Kiss Off"

      headache. "Kiss Off" comes from the band's 1993 self-titled debut album.

    "...and five, five, five for my..." what?Violent Femmes "Kiss Off"

      lonely. "Kiss Off" can also be found on "Triple J Live at the Wireless" (1991), "Add it Up" (1993), "Sedated in the Eighties Vol 2" (1994), "MTV's 120 Minutes Live" (1998), "Viva Wisconsin" (1999) and the "Violent Femmes Deluxe Edition" (2002).

    "...and six, six, six for my _____..." What does the singer feel for six?Violent Femmes "Kiss Off"

      sorrow. "Kiss Off", the original version, is only 2 minutes, 56 seconds.

    "...and seven, seven, n-n-n-no _____..." What will there not be for seven?Violent Femmes "Kiss Off"

      tomorrow. "Kiss Off" has been covered by The Caravans, Cracktorch, Richard Davies, Tim Friese-Greene, Heligoland, Icicle Works, Nine Men's Morris, Oo Oo Wa, The Promise, Wally Shoup and Swindle.

    "... and eight, eight _________..." What does the singer say about eight?Violent Femmes "Kiss Off"

      I forget what eight was for. The chorus of the song is "You can all just kiss off into the air, behind my back I can see them stare. They'll hurt me bad, but I won't mind. They'll hurt me bad, they do it all the time."

    "...and nine, nine, nine for a ______..." Which two words complete the line for nine?Violent Femmes "Kiss Off"

      lost god. From allmusic.com: "There's sort of a justified paranoia here, in that the singer expects to be treated with undisguised contempt, and often is. Yet in the midst of all this pain and confusion, he draws a curious strength from his acceptance of (or, perhaps, resignation to) the torment."

    "...and ten, ten, ten, ten for ______!" What is the ultimate reason to kiss off?Violent Femmes "Kiss Off"

      everything. Also from allmusic.com: "The famous count-off chant in the middle, a tremendously catchy lyrical gimmick, makes clear that the singer's feelings about his status are still quite conflicted. Each number corresponds to something wrong with his life, except eight which, in the middle of an otherwise gloomy recitation, he playfully 'forgets'. That flash of humor and spirit, popping up almost randomly in an oppressively bleak world, sums up the appeal of "Kiss Off" in a nutshell."

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