this is the most under rated, over looked and unacknowledged band in the history of music. THE single most relevant band of their time, for Johnette Napolitano's singing and songwriting alone.
@@m00nracer Johnette and Jim were both very much noon-conformists and didn't allow commercial viability to influence their artistic choices. They didn't "play the game" and could've been much bigger if they did.
@@EeeDee1 Of course, since the dawn of time most artists are non-conformists, the fact remains that their music isn't counter cultural to the extent that it's difficult to process at all, it has all the necessary components to be hugely successful, in technique, content and execution.. I'm curious, what' your connection to all of this ed?
I wish the wider, general public had a firmer grasp of just how DAMNED amazing this woman's vocals are. She has the power of Anne Wilson, but with more texture, more depth to her low, soft delivery. Just awesome.
mrmojorsn111 I love concrete blond. Been listening to them since still in Hollywood came out. But Ann Wilson is a true rock queen. But I do love me concrete blonde
This entire album is 🔥🔥🔥🔥. Do yourself a favor and get it, absorb and then ask yourself why this band was never more popular. They’re incredible and so underrated. Her vocals… wow!
Right on seth.. CB are just an epic outfit..fucking music marketing & radio stations plundering the airwaves with unremarkable filler I guess back.in the day johnette would have been "too hard" to fit into a female vocalist category !!
Over 30 years later this song remains so poignant it makes me want to cry. Blame each other, blame yourselves. God is a bullet have mercy on us everyone.
You know after the massacre at Sandy Hook, where first graders were shot and killed, I had ticket to see her at The Stone Pony (Springsteen's old haunt in Asbury Park, NJ) and try as she did twice, she could not bring herself to sing this song, but her whole set was just so awesome it didn't matter, but showed us her humanity; she's truley underrated and under-appreciated by the general public but given kudos for sure by her true fans.
The modern human, puddle deep, gets on UA-cam, knowing less than 1% of musical history of even the last 50 years, and always wants to proclaim this thing is the best of all.
you know another song that's more relevant than when it was released also..... Elvis's "In the Ghetto" from 1969..... I noticed, it actually gets worse the further you go back..... for example.....if we go back another 15 years to 1954 you can start asking how relevant is Billie Holiday's "Strange Fruit" today, can't you? (and then the youtube poster slid heavily into yet another endlessly deep depression)
"They're going to call me a stud, they'll all stop picking on me. I'm a high school grad, I'm over 5'3". I'll get a badge and a gun and I'll join the PD." Oh, contraire, we've so surpassed that issue in that last 30 years since....never mind. We haven't, have we?
highgranite I think they toured here in Aus twice and somehow I missed both tours!!! So, I'm old, bald, been told to avoid loud music because of the tingling sound (medical name i can't recall right now). I'd be first in line to see that Goddess Johnette is she toured solo. If a CB reunion happened, better yet! Great song and not meaning to offend or tell U.S citizens, it's your Country. But your gun laws suck, big time. We tightened up our after three mass murders with high powdered weapons that took, yes, with a person pulling the trigger, the loss of close to sixty lives to get those changes through. In two of them in Melbourne where I live. A girl I worked with and was slowly becoming involved with, was shot but thankfully survived a few weeks after moving into a city job while I stayed 'in the field'. She was 17. Life of flashbacks, medication and the loss of one of the nicest open people you could hope to meet. The second Melbourne shooting, Julian Knight killed seven people in 'combat mode' after he'd been kicked from the Army. I was good mates with his younger brother and got on okay with Julian. Still find it hard to get my mind around the fact I actually liked a bloke that one boring night he went out to purposefully execute other people. Thankfully Martyn Bryant wasn't known to me socially. Two out of three was/is more than enough. This song just shows what damage ingnorance and refuesal to admit the world is a whole lot different from when the right to bear arms was signed off on nearly 250 years ago to what 'arms' are available to most anyone in the modern world. Humans, can do so much good. Yet they can be stupidly obstinate over laws that like all laws, need to be reviewed at world progresses from one century to the next, then the next after that.Maybe some day the whole planet will get it right. Wont be in my life-time though and that's a sadness I guess many others like me will take to the grave.
Manny I agree! What do you think about 4 non blondes with Linda Perry? Also what do you think of the Dvinyls. Remember them? They weren't too popular but boy some GREAT female rockers .
@@ricknowak4582 linda perry is super cool! About a yr ago i seen a vlog of her about her song Beautiful recorded by Christina Aguilara.(i hada go back n watch that again!) Linda's a great songwriter/producer. Back ina years i had 4NonB's 1st release on cassette. 'What's up' is a cool song to cover. Those days, great days: Romeo Void, 'Never say never', aka "i might like ya better if we slept together"...Nena, '99 luft balloons'...Tori Amos, PJ Harvey, Hole, Fiona Apple, Bjork...Sonic Youth, Belly, Juliana Hatfield...so many other talented girls...I didn't know Chrissy from Divinyls died, R I P, i went and looked up 'I Touch Myself'. Classic edit: B-52s, i was ina thrash band late 80s we covered 'rock lobster'...Liz Phair, super hot, Jewel, No Doubt Classics!
@@mannybravo237 Manny! Thank you for the reply! I will check out those other female artist you mentioned. Check out the cover band "brass against". And especially the female singers. If you like the vocalist you just mentioned you're gonna be blown away by this band! The 1st song check out "war pigs". Just watching/listening to that video will interest you in the other female singers. They play a lot of "Rage Against the Machine"." Audio slave. " Terrific horn section. But the female singers are just so, so fantastic!
@@ricknowak4582 i play sax too, thnx 4 the suggestion on brass against. They have cool covers! And another awesome frontwoman is Shirley from Garbage. Ck out their 1st selftitled release or live gigs from 90s. Very unique
I saw em live at Big Al's Bar in downtown Los Angeles in 89, they put on a bad ass show, the bass player accidentally spilled beer on me, when they took a break.
Heard this song on the radio, and immediately bought the cassette. Got to see them play at Toad's Place in New Haven. Truly one of the greatest bands, with one of the best vocalists, ever. Johnette is exquisite.
I heard about this band from my friend Jon Finnoff in 1993 and I was just blown away and I still am every time I hear them. Jon, if you are watching thanks!
Man she nails it every time...her voice and raw passion can ignite fires of feelings. Personally I'd prefer this to any heart song (and I like heart) but IMO she was, is, and will always be in the rock n roll hall of fame in my mind lol I bet her life story would be beyond interesting...just like her. She is in category no one can compare to. 🤩🤩🤩😍
I've loved Concrete Blonde since the late 80's. Back then we worried about gang violence and guns in the street. This song still haunts us in light of all recent mass shootings. God is a bullet.... Have mercy on us everyone!
A young and different looking Concrete Blonde back when they were a four piece. Johnette took up the bass again soon after this, they got a new drumme. James looks so young here, so different now but his distinctive play style has never changed. This was a band like no other, vastly underrated in their time, never dull, always challenging. I've loved them for over 20 years and always will.
This band kicked ass! Like everybody else, can't understand how they weren't bigger and ended up so neglected. Johnette's vocals were a force of nature!
Loved this band when l was in California and played them constantly....when l was back in Australia l got to see them at my local venue when they came out & they were totally amazing....still listening to this day.
Over 3 decades and this CD is always in my rotation....yes, I still listen to CDs. Concrete Blonde was ingrained in my life, moving out at 18, working 2 jobs to pay for college and rent. So many memories good, bad, hard and life changing. I truly believe if this was released today and their history scrubbed Concrete Blonde would be as popular as ever.
😅 love this band,got to see them live way back (no offense) to the band,so freaking great . Hope they all well! I say this because l have lost so many band mates ,friends, and family My hope Well is getting low! But enough of my yackin' what ya say, Lets biggie! Hope your all well, Dave tarbox Sanford me
I LOVED this band in their hey day. I still LOVE their music now. I haven't heard any of their tunes in years. My CD collection is collecting dust, and I need to get it out and rip all of those great tunes to digital files, HIGH quality files, not the MP3 total number of songs over quality. Back to the point. This band ROCKS. I love Mankey's guitar tones and how he plays without a pick. Together, his guitar sounds ethereal and just out of reach, yet still powerful, constant and calling. All locked down in a solid moving groove of the rhythm section. BTW, Johnette is a bass player. She took on the bass again for the Bloodletting album. WOW. The cream, sugar, and hot spice from Johnette's voice! What can I say that has not been said by others. Just like Mankey's style and tone, Johnette's voice and quality both punch straight and hard, and other times calls to you, making your ears hungry to find the source and taste it's goodness and greatness. Rock On.
Now this is Rock and Roll !! Rockin song , band was Tight Singer sang with authority and put on a great front, Guitar lead was incredible and the sound mix was fantastic . I give this one a 10. way to go Concrete Blonde !
"God is a bullet have mercy on us".....Can't be more direct or accurate in life than that.....The girl is into her music.....she leaves no doubt and takes no prisoners.....as it should be.....
Chuck D from Public Enemy called Rap the CNN of the streets. Concrete Blonde were from those same streets and her we see Johnette and the boys reporting from the scene.
The incendiary guitar of James Mankey tears the air in a track of fire, the thrilling drums of Harry Rushakoff keep the rhythm of express train and the swinging bass of Johnette takes the heat to the maximum level.
Fantastic song, lyrics, musicianship, and especially singer. Johnette Napolitano has a one of a kind amazing voice. I lived through that era and can't believe I didn't discover this great song and band until now. They received virtually no airplay in our part of the country. Sad.
They were all over KROQ on L.A. and were big but locally but never huge nationwide. The whole album Bloodletting is awesome. If you haven't heard Joey, Caroline or their heartbreaking cover of Tomorrow Wendy, check it out.
Smiles...I answer RUSH but I know what you mean....No doubt the Fab 4 and The Rolling Bones got me started.....but the rock Road is huge and we all go in different directions.....RUSH MY #1.....but Concrete Blond is ALWAYS on my playlist too....Cheers
+The Stuport I agree on both bands. RUSH & Concrete Blonde! Tool is my favorite active band at the moment, though, and I sure wish Rage Against the Machine would give it another go.
Dead Parroting Agreed...Both of your Band suggestions are on my list as well.....always wondered if Rage are just laying low for a bit and them BOOM....they surprise us all with a "lil somethin-somethin"....we can only hope! Cheers
***** Hey any love for Sound garden? I thought Rage got together for a bit not long ago. Google it maybe it was just benefit reasons. Tom is a pretty good guy.
"God Is A Bullet" There's a green plaid jacket on the back of the chair It's like a moment frozen forever there Mom and Dad had a lot of big plans for their little man So proud Mama's gone crazy 'cause her baby's cut down By some teenage car chase, war out of bounds It was the wrong place, wrong time, wrong end of a gun Sad (Shoot) Shoot straight (Shoot) From the hip, ya'll (Shoot) Gone forever in a trigger slip Well, it could have been It could have been your brother (Shoot) Shoot straight (Shoot) Shoot to kill, yeah Blame each other, well, blame yourself You know, God is a bullet Have mercy on us everyone They're gonna call me sir, they'll all stop picking on me Well, I'm a high school grad, I'm over five-foot-three I'll get a badge and a gun and I'll join the P.D. They'll see He didn't have to use the gun they put in his hand But when the guy came at him, well, he panicked and ran And it's a thirty long years 'fore they'll give him another chance And it's sad, sad, yes, sad (Shoot) Shoot straight (Shoot) From the hip, ya'll (Shoot) It's all gone in a trigger slip Well, it could have been It could have been your mother (Shoot) Shoot straight (Shoot) Shoot to kill, ya'll Blame each other, blame yourself You know, God is a bullet Have mercy on us everyone (Shoot) Shoot straight (Shoot) From the hip, ya'll (Shoot) Gone forever in a trigger slip Well, it could have been It could have been your mother (Shoot) John Lennon (Shoot) Dr. King, yeah Harvey Milk, and all for goddamn nothing God is a bullet Have mercy on us everyone God is a bullet Have mercy on us everyone.
Of all the SAME SOUNDING FEMALE vocalists throughout the ages....she truly stands out as unique!!!! I love her strong vocal abilities!!! Sounds so supreme compared to others. Love it.
I saw them back in 1987, when I lived in LA-it might have been the Roxy, I forget. They really were my favorite LA band in those days, even better than X, because they mixed together punk and metal in a way that just felt perfect, and their lyrics really felt like the world I was living in back then. In addition to being such a great singer, Johnette is also a really talented painter, as I recall.
Concrete Blonde - where no woman has gone before ... Miss, you had me hooked since way back with Bloodletting. Keep kicking ass, Johnette - and I'll keep listening to you burn it up.
this is the most under rated, over looked and unacknowledged band in the history of music. THE single most relevant band of their time, for Johnette Napolitano's singing and songwriting alone.
@Snarick Klash "no" what? We are all entitled to opinions, some of have qualified opinions though, and that's mine.
If i live to e a thousand years old, i will never understand why this wasn't the biggest band of their time.
@@m00nracer Johnette and Jim were both very much noon-conformists and didn't allow commercial viability to influence their artistic choices. They didn't "play the game" and could've been much bigger if they did.
@@EeeDee1 Of course, since the dawn of time most artists are non-conformists, the fact remains that their music isn't counter cultural to the extent that it's difficult to process at all, it has all the necessary components to be hugely successful, in technique, content and execution.. I'm curious, what' your connection to all of this ed?
@@m00nracer I'm a huge fan of the band.
I wish the wider, general public had a firmer grasp of just how DAMNED amazing this woman's vocals are. She has the power of Anne Wilson, but with more texture, more depth to her low, soft delivery. Just awesome.
top 40 anne wilson.......
A-FREAKING-MEN, truly an unappreciated artist & band.
An incredible range and yet subtle blend of Anne and Grace truly unappreciated talent
The whole band is great
mrmojorsn111 I love concrete blond. Been listening to them since still in Hollywood came out. But Ann Wilson is a true rock queen. But I do love me concrete blonde
This entire album is 🔥🔥🔥🔥. Do yourself a favor and get it, absorb and then ask yourself why this band was never more popular. They’re incredible and so underrated. Her vocals… wow!
the media doesn't want to hear the truth and neither does the govt. !!!
Right on seth.. CB are just an epic outfit..fucking music marketing & radio stations plundering the airwaves with unremarkable filler
I guess back.in the day johnette would have been "too hard" to fit into a female vocalist category !!
LOOK ON MY PLAYLIST IVE GOT TONS OF LESSOR KNOWN GROUPS.
Concrete Blonde Never Sold Out!!
@@venusallure9752 great answer and so true.
Over 30 years later this song remains so poignant it makes me want to cry.
Blame each other, blame yourselves. God is a bullet have mercy on us everyone.
Freely admitted this makes me cry.
You know after the massacre at Sandy Hook, where first graders were shot and killed, I had ticket to see her at The Stone Pony (Springsteen's old haunt in Asbury Park, NJ) and try as she did twice, she could not bring herself to sing this song, but her whole set was just so awesome it didn't matter, but showed us her humanity; she's truley underrated and under-appreciated by the general public but given kudos for sure by her true fans.
The unfortunate fact is that it's even more relevant now.
@@mreunome oh wow... 🖤
Self-flaggelate all you want.
This women should be rated one the best american vocalists by a country mile
Never mind American.Just one of the best vocalists, male or female, ever!
The chick can rap .
@Izquierdo Agitar Yeah, can't you see the chick standing right next to her? Mwhahahahaha!
The modern human, puddle deep, gets on UA-cam, knowing less than 1% of musical history of even the last 50 years, and always wants to proclaim this thing is the best of all.
@@sgt.thundercok4704 Life is complicated and advanced.
I think we're all balls deep in a decievingly shallow puddle
Hands down one of the most incredible and underrated singers of all time! And the rest of the band certainly didn’t suck!!! 🖤
Johnette's voice and James's guitar style are hypnotic asf. I still love the Bloodletting album..it'll never grow old
agreed!
Absolutely! It's a modern day classic!
this band is pretty damn cool....and what a unique voice . wow.
Yeah Harry on the drums is where the talent is. With out that there's no beat. God bless Harry🔥
Still in Hollywood... Too
I've always loved her voice. Powerful, sensitive and warm.
This band is timeless.Johnette is a wonder to behold,haven't heard or seen anyone like her as either a writer or performer since I first heard Joey.
More relevant now than ever.
Saw them in concert at several clubs in NYC in the 90's, they were amazing every time!! Ahhh the memories! ❤️
Wow , I would have done anything to see this band ❤️
Saw them at the Commadore Ballroom in Vancouver, they were loud almost too loud, but good,…
This song is more relevant now than when it was released.
that is such an UNDERSTATEMENT!! Soooooooooooooooooo relevant now!!!
you know another song that's more relevant than when it was released also.....
Elvis's "In the Ghetto" from 1969.....
I noticed, it actually gets worse the further you go back.....
for example.....if we go back another 15 years to 1954 you can start asking how relevant is Billie Holiday's "Strange Fruit" today, can't you?
(and then the youtube poster slid heavily into yet another endlessly deep depression)
@@JuandeFucaU It hits hard don't it?
just waitin on my god given badge and bullets !!!!
"They're going to call me a stud, they'll all stop picking on me. I'm a high school grad, I'm over 5'3". I'll get a badge and a gun and I'll join the PD."
Oh, contraire, we've so surpassed that issue in that last 30 years since....never mind. We haven't, have we?
never forgot concrete blonde. one of the best rock and roll bands i ever heard. its sad that we all have to get old, and that it happens so fast.
get old? saw Johnette and Jim in SF last year, still managed to put on one of the most powerful shows I've ever seen- they ain't lost nothing.
highgranite
I think they toured here in Aus twice and somehow I missed both tours!!! So, I'm old, bald, been told to avoid loud music because of the tingling sound (medical name i can't recall right now). I'd be first in line to see that Goddess Johnette is she toured solo. If a CB reunion happened, better yet! Great song and not meaning to offend or tell U.S citizens, it's your Country. But your gun laws suck, big time. We tightened up our after three mass murders with high powdered weapons that took, yes, with a person pulling the trigger, the loss of close to sixty lives to get those changes through. In two of them in Melbourne where I live. A girl I worked with and was slowly becoming involved with, was shot but thankfully survived a few weeks after moving into a city job while I stayed 'in the field'. She was 17. Life of flashbacks, medication and the loss of one of the nicest open people you could hope to meet.
The second Melbourne shooting, Julian Knight killed seven people in 'combat mode' after he'd been kicked from the Army. I was good mates with his younger brother and got on okay with Julian. Still find it hard to get my mind around the fact I actually liked a bloke that one boring night he went out to purposefully execute other people.
Thankfully Martyn Bryant wasn't known to me socially. Two out of three was/is more than enough. This song just shows what damage ingnorance and refuesal to admit the world is a whole lot different from when the right to bear arms was signed off on nearly 250 years ago to what 'arms' are available to most anyone in the modern world.
Humans, can do so much good. Yet they can be stupidly obstinate over laws that like all laws, need to be reviewed at world progresses from one century to the next, then the next after that.Maybe some day the whole planet will get it right. Wont be in my life-time though and that's a sadness I guess many others like me will take to the grave.
+Stephen Morrow maybe some day your tinnitus will find a way to go the FUCK AWAY...like Trumpanzeeboy should...ASAP!
Add another 8 years to this comment.... where did the time go
Not everyone gets old: some people die before they have the chance.
How is this song even more relevant in 2022, than it was in 1987?
It's not.
The population increased.
Simple.
So sad 30 years after this song was written it's still relevant
Over a quarter-century after its release, this song gets truer and sadder each day.
Fact. Fucking train wreck.
phuquin eh
+ shithead2415 Attention-seeking ugly fuck who can't even put up a decent default picture. Pathetic loser.
Simply because this is the greatest album ever recorded. (And I am calling Louie V's Ninth an album)
Sadly you continue to be correct. When the fuck will we learn?
Concrete Blonde has always been, and will always be, right where they need to be: in my♡, in my head, in my ears, in my senses!
Rocknroll Royalty
Manny I agree! What do you think about 4 non blondes with Linda Perry? Also what do you think of the Dvinyls. Remember them? They weren't too popular but boy some GREAT female rockers .
@@ricknowak4582 linda perry is super cool! About a yr ago i seen a vlog of her about her song Beautiful recorded by Christina Aguilara.(i hada go back n watch that again!) Linda's a great songwriter/producer. Back ina years i had 4NonB's 1st release on cassette. 'What's up' is a cool song to cover. Those days, great days: Romeo Void, 'Never say never', aka "i might like ya better if we slept together"...Nena, '99 luft balloons'...Tori Amos, PJ Harvey, Hole, Fiona Apple, Bjork...Sonic Youth, Belly, Juliana Hatfield...so many other talented girls...I didn't know Chrissy from Divinyls died, R I P, i went and looked up 'I Touch Myself'. Classic
edit: B-52s, i was ina thrash band late 80s we covered 'rock lobster'...Liz Phair, super hot, Jewel, No Doubt
Classics!
@@mannybravo237 Manny! Thank you for the reply! I will check out those other female artist you mentioned. Check out the cover band "brass against". And especially the female singers. If you like the vocalist you just mentioned you're gonna be blown away by this band! The 1st song check out "war pigs". Just watching/listening to that video will interest you in the other female singers. They play a lot of "Rage Against the Machine"." Audio slave. " Terrific horn section. But the female singers are just so, so fantastic!
@@ricknowak4582 i play sax too, thnx 4 the suggestion on brass against. They have cool covers!
And another awesome frontwoman is Shirley from Garbage. Ck out their 1st selftitled release or live gigs from 90s. Very unique
Scary how more relevant this song keeps getting.
God is a bullet have mercy on us everyone🙏
One of the best songs from one of the best bands ever. I could listen to this over and over.
I do.
My Dad loved this band, one of our favourite car trip cassette tapes, an awesome album !!❤
I love the grit and the honesty in Johnette’s voice. ❤️ Her eyes ain’t bad either
Concrete blonde is raw, edgy and loaded with power and emotion, one of my favorite bands.
Check out My Ruin, too. Amazing band.
LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!! I spent the past 25 years taking vocal lessons just so I could cover this Goddess' tunes!!! God bless Johnette Napolitano!!!!
A fair dinkum Rocknroll hall of fame band if ever there was if you’re reading this check out heal it up if you haven’t it she is deadset hot
I’d love to hear you sing some CB
A sadly underrated singer
I agree. Saw them live a while back and they sounded amazing.
I saw em live at Big Al's Bar in downtown Los Angeles in 89, they put on a bad ass show, the bass player accidentally spilled beer on me, when they took a break.
so good
She fuckin kicks ass! Love her voice and their music!!!!
She was/is right??? I always thought so too!! Amazing singer!!🎤🎶 ALWAYS a very relevant topic too!!!
Heard this song on the radio, and immediately bought the cassette. Got to see them play at Toad's Place in New Haven. Truly one of the greatest bands, with one of the best vocalists, ever. Johnette is exquisite.
I heard about this band from my friend Jon Finnoff in 1993 and I was just blown away and I still am every time I hear them. Jon, if you are watching thanks!
Man she nails it every time...her voice and raw passion can ignite fires of feelings. Personally I'd prefer this to any heart song (and I like heart) but IMO she was, is, and will always be in the rock n roll hall of fame in my mind lol I bet her life story would be beyond interesting...just like her. She is in category no one can compare to. 🤩🤩🤩😍
See also Chrissie Hynde... she’s in the Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame. We know how to do it here in Ohio, see?
Well said , 👏 she is truly one of a kind
What a truly GREAT band! Being from LA for most of my life, I appreciate their LA cred, but they are so much more.
This woman burns up every song she touches. Where is the recognition.
this guitarist is so, so good very under rated . then again the whole band is.
Such an incredible Voice, Lyrics, Music, Band, Absolutely Amazing!!! 🖤💖🖤💖🖤
I've loved Concrete Blonde since the late 80's. Back then we worried about gang violence and guns in the street. This song still haunts us in light of all recent mass shootings. God is a bullet.... Have mercy on us everyone!
Just posting this because Johnette is amazing.
Saw them/her live in Vancouver years and years ago. I had very high expectations, and I was mesmerized. She is as you say, amazing.
@@AgentJayZ did you meet her in person by any chance face to face eye to eye
I listen to this to wake my soul up. Concrete Blonde will do it! I love this band and Johnette is a gift to us.
My favourite female vocalist all time!!
Nothing changes but the date on the calendar.
A young and different looking Concrete Blonde back when they were a four piece. Johnette took up the bass again soon after this, they got a new drumme. James looks so young here, so different now but his distinctive play style has never changed. This was a band like no other, vastly underrated in their time, never dull, always challenging. I've loved them for over 20 years and always will.
37 and I grew up on em. There could never be an ensemble that comes close to comparison.
She is So Great ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
This band has a unique quality that never sounds dated and doesn’t fit neatly into any category which is probably why I like it👍
James's sound, that solo, just an amazing guitarist.
This band kicked ass! Like everybody else, can't understand how they weren't bigger and ended up so neglected. Johnette's vocals were a force of nature!
Loved this band when l was in California and played them constantly....when l was back in Australia l got to see them at my local venue when they came out & they were totally amazing....still listening to this day.
Johnette's voice is just about the most badass I've ever heard.
Over 3 decades and this CD is always in my rotation....yes, I still listen to CDs. Concrete Blonde was ingrained in my life, moving out at 18, working 2 jobs to pay for college and rent. So many memories good, bad, hard and life changing. I truly believe if this was released today and their history scrubbed Concrete Blonde would be as popular as ever.
When I listen to the lyrics to this song the first thing that comes to mind is truth. Spot on right on the money truth
She's an extraordinary songwriter! These lyrics are powerful and even more relevant today. This was written years before we had daily mass shootings.
A very very overlooked band
Underrated, underplayed rock ,love it!,,,,,,,,,,,
Joey was their only "radio-friendly" song, just like like "love will tear us apart" by Joy Division... so damn unfair
Isn't she awesome....I'm glad generation y is discovering her🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🌏🌏🌏🌏🌏🌏🌏
😅 love this band,got to see them live way back (no offense) to the band,so freaking great . Hope they all well! I say this because l have lost so many band mates ,friends, and family
My hope Well is getting low! But enough of my yackin' what ya say, Lets biggie! Hope your all well, Dave tarbox Sanford me
I can't believe I forgot this band! They are incredible.
And still producing kick ass new music to this day.
Probably because radio, only played Joey. They don't even play that anymore...
This band should’ve had a far bigger presence on US radio in their heyday. Underrated is a word that just define them at all.
Awesome song..still after all these years...had this cd...wore it out..one if the best voices in rock...period!!! Hope shes living happy...
Can you wear out a cd? 😂
@@MophineChild yes lol
Johnette is a goddess. One of kind.
I LOVED this band in their hey day. I still LOVE their music now. I haven't heard any of their tunes in years. My CD collection is collecting dust, and I need to get it out and rip all of those great tunes to digital files, HIGH quality files, not the MP3 total number of songs over quality. Back to the point. This band ROCKS. I love Mankey's guitar tones and how he plays without a pick. Together, his guitar sounds ethereal and just out of reach, yet still powerful, constant and calling. All locked down in a solid moving groove of the rhythm section. BTW, Johnette is a bass player. She took on the bass again for the Bloodletting album. WOW.
The cream, sugar, and hot spice from Johnette's voice! What can I say that has not been said by others. Just like Mankey's style and tone, Johnette's voice and quality both punch straight and hard, and other times calls to you, making your ears hungry to find the source and taste it's goodness and greatness. Rock On.
That what I’m doing
I always loved Concrete Blonde and always will. They changed my life.
I saw them live at the Coach House in 1988 and Johnette was absolutely badass. Still one of my favorite songs of all time.
A band ahead of their time
God is a bullet
Have mercy on us everyone
It’s true Los Angeles spoken by one that knows better than just about all of us. Also check Happy Birthday. Magic.
This came out when I was in high school, people should have listened.
my dad is 80 an I bought this cd for him its the only cd he owns
too cool
That's so Awesome, I have turned more guys on to her and her super sultry sexy voice for 20 years and one was one of my stepfathers...
Age doesn't discriminate against good music
Good for ole "Pops", he has good taste.
Excellent choice. Definitely my favorite album by them
When I moved interstate in 1994, I only took one cassette with me in my walkman and it was Concrete Blonde. Good times, great songs.
Goddamn is she a powerful singer and presence.
Now this is Rock and Roll !! Rockin song , band was Tight Singer sang with authority and put on a great front, Guitar lead was incredible and the sound mix was fantastic . I give this one
a 10. way to go Concrete Blonde !
32 years ago my band covered this song. Our lead singer sounded just like Johnnette. She sadly took her own life a few years ago. I miss you Laura.
What a timely song. I saw them live in Chicago at the Metro. They were awesome. Singer was A+
This great song is still relevant in 2015. Sad.
"God is a bullet have mercy on us".....Can't be more direct or accurate in life than that.....The girl is into her music.....she leaves no doubt and takes no prisoners.....as it should be.....
Great singer 👏👏👏👏👏Great band!!!
Powerful song, lyrics, and vocals with a message that seems to resonate more and more all the time...
It's 2020 now, Has anything changed in America since this was released?
You are sooo right, I had this CD would drive my kids to school, then drive around listening to them.....
Best voice in a long time. Love her.
Concrete blond says it all.
Guitarra 🎸 como esta no existió ni volverá a existir
Concrete Blonde una de las mejores bandas de tds los seculos!!!!!
Chuck D from Public Enemy called Rap the CNN of the streets. Concrete Blonde were from those same streets and her we see Johnette and the boys reporting from the scene.
The most underrated band of the 90s...Love Johnette's unique voice
My hometown..
This music video literally brings tears to my eyes
The incendiary guitar of James Mankey tears the air in a track of fire, the thrilling drums of Harry Rushakoff keep the rhythm of express train and the swinging bass of Johnette takes the heat to the maximum level.
Are you commenting in the right vid? Shows someone else playing bass. Was it her on the recording?
Fantastic song, lyrics, musicianship, and especially singer. Johnette Napolitano has a one of a kind amazing voice. I lived through that era and can't believe I didn't discover this great song and band until now. They received virtually no airplay in our part of the country. Sad.
They were all over KROQ on L.A. and were big but locally but never huge nationwide. The whole album Bloodletting is awesome. If you haven't heard Joey, Caroline or their heartbreaking cover of Tomorrow Wendy, check it out.
When people ask me,"Stones or Beatles", I just answer "Concrete Blonde"…
very cool...🤘
Smiles...I answer RUSH but I know what you mean....No doubt the Fab 4 and The Rolling Bones got me started.....but the rock Road is huge and we all go in different directions.....RUSH MY #1.....but Concrete Blond is ALWAYS on my playlist too....Cheers
+The Stuport I agree on both bands. RUSH & Concrete Blonde! Tool is my favorite active band at the moment, though, and I sure wish Rage Against the Machine would give it another go.
Dead Parroting Agreed...Both of your Band suggestions are on my list as well.....always wondered if Rage are just laying low for a bit and them BOOM....they surprise us all with a "lil somethin-somethin"....we can only hope! Cheers
***** Hey any love for Sound garden? I thought Rage got together for a bit not long ago. Google it maybe it was just benefit reasons. Tom is a pretty good guy.
One of my favorite bands and my favorite female rock singer! So good!!!
One of the best bands of all time.
I've loved these guys for years ... it was one of my most important musical discoveries as a youngster ... Johnette is awesome
So nice to hear someone sing without that auto tune bullshit.
LMAO! I HATE that auto-tune shit!
ok boomer
and here we are in 2020, five years after your comment and autotune is still selling tits and ass to the brainless.
Yep
@@ConMag-Fhionnghaile It's only gotten more prevalent somehow. Hell, it's in "Country" Music now too.
the words of this song never stop to make me shake inside, decades later, they seem even stronger.
I swear to god Johnette Napolitano kicks so much ass it's not even funny! What a BADASS!
Found this Song again after 30 years, blew me away, still as Primal as it was when Released!!
God is a bullet have mercy on us...every one! Still listening in 2018!
Me too, 2019!
Me too 2021
This is one of the finest post punk records I've ever heard...one ringer after another...Concrete Blonde is top shelf rock and roll......
"God Is A Bullet"
There's a green plaid jacket on the back of the chair
It's like a moment frozen forever there
Mom and Dad had a lot of big plans for their little man
So proud
Mama's gone crazy 'cause her baby's cut down
By some teenage car chase, war out of bounds
It was the wrong place, wrong time, wrong end of a gun
Sad
(Shoot)
Shoot straight
(Shoot)
From the hip, ya'll
(Shoot)
Gone forever in a trigger slip
Well, it could have been
It could have been your brother
(Shoot)
Shoot straight
(Shoot)
Shoot to kill, yeah
Blame each other, well, blame yourself
You know, God is a bullet
Have mercy on us everyone
They're gonna call me sir, they'll all stop picking on me
Well, I'm a high school grad, I'm over five-foot-three
I'll get a badge and a gun and I'll join the P.D.
They'll see
He didn't have to use the gun they put in his hand
But when the guy came at him, well, he panicked and ran
And it's a thirty long years 'fore they'll give him another chance
And it's sad, sad, yes, sad
(Shoot)
Shoot straight
(Shoot)
From the hip, ya'll
(Shoot)
It's all gone in a trigger slip
Well, it could have been
It could have been your mother
(Shoot)
Shoot straight
(Shoot)
Shoot to kill, ya'll
Blame each other, blame yourself
You know, God is a bullet
Have mercy on us everyone
(Shoot)
Shoot straight
(Shoot)
From the hip, ya'll
(Shoot)
Gone forever in a trigger slip
Well, it could have been
It could have been your mother
(Shoot)
John Lennon
(Shoot)
Dr. King, yeah
Harvey Milk, and all for goddamn nothing
God is a bullet
Have mercy on us everyone
God is a bullet
Have mercy on us everyone.
+Laurylie Polito Thank You Glenna for introducing me to Concrete Blonde...
Truly one of THE great voices of rock. Johnette is just an iconic artist in the truest sense of the word.
Of all the SAME SOUNDING FEMALE vocalists throughout the ages....she truly stands out as unique!!!! I love her strong vocal abilities!!! Sounds so supreme compared to others. Love it.
+Sam Abdeslam
yes! yes, yes, yes!!
This song could become a new icon during wars and civil revolutions .. concrete blonde renioun tour coming up
I saw them back in 1987, when I lived in LA-it might have been the Roxy, I forget. They really were my favorite LA band in those days, even better than X, because they mixed together punk and metal in a way that just felt perfect, and their lyrics really felt like the world I was living in back then. In addition to being such a great singer, Johnette is also a really talented painter, as I recall.
I feel compelled to ask you to recommend a place to view her art I would like to see that very much
Concrete Blonde - where no woman has gone before ... Miss, you had me hooked since way back with Bloodletting. Keep kicking ass, Johnette - and I'll keep listening to you burn it up.
I freaking love CB and this song is on point. Literally.
Absolute favorite video. Where have the years gone. Hate being old!
These guys were underground ... the best
I have been a fan forever. A story I choose not to tell. Nothing strange just feels private. One of the best bands in my life.
God she has a hell of a voice. Just wow
This voice is from another world, is pure power. And the guitarist is unique