Been in a Hallowed Ground mood and I've been singing this all week. It is a shame this band couldn't sort through their differences, and that Gano sold Blister in the Sun to Wendy's....oh twell....the re-release of their first album with the live disc is a must have.
Oh one more thing...thanks for the upload. Such an awesome band. The water that Jesus walked on was actual as well as metaphorical:the water representing the world(religion,pride,leaders,evil,corruption,"wisdom of the world",philosophy,etc) Please no flame wars let us all continue on as we are. Everything will be fine in the end. We are all hurting in different ways but in the end we are one. Violent Femmes FTW!
man this song is so much better when you are actually there, i saw them last year and it was the best show ive ever seen. this song is better the the intro, someone find a video of that.
This song asks if Jesus really died on the cross; did he resurrect; and did he walk on water and the answer is YES, he did all these things. Jesus died on the cross for our sins. You need Jesus to be saved from eternal damnation.
Amazing group, I saw them live and it was on of the best shows I ever saw. They did this song better when I saw them actually, because they had three mandolins a banjo and upright bass and a washboard backing them.
@carlosantie that's one of my favorite things about the femmes tho, yes he's religious but he doesn't let that get in the way of hisexpressing ALL of his emotions. I think they're music is really uplifting cause they're the only ones I know who talk about loving jesus and dying for a fuck on the same album. most bands that talk religion just seem like robots who don't feel anything but love, which is alright, but it's nice to hear someone scream about something you can relate to.
Shocking. One star. Seems that being reborn depletes one of their creativity and talent. And I go to church every Sunday. BTW, I'm not reborn. Just normal.
@cementitiousman actually your the first person ive ever seen confirm that he a christian..... but i could always tell because of the dept of the,maybe that hes no somuch a christian nesseriously,but that hes serious about the song and not taking a shot at jesus.great song thought i put up there with "spirit in the sky"
Actually, he did. There is an open letter from the rest of the band to their fans explaining that that decision was Gordon's and Gordon's only and they receive NOTHING from royalties.
I disagree entirely. Hallowed Ground is one of my favorite albums of all time. Top to bottom an intense tour-de-force for the Femmes. My only complaint is that the song order is backwards from the original album. Should Start with "Hallowed Ground" and end with "I Know Its True..."
damn youtube has everything you can remember except real porn.I loved this song,i had my own video of this song in my head with jesus walking on water tiltting his head from left to right to the beat of the song. P.S. wears the song "i love the black girls,more than the white girls"They're the only white boys ever to love black girls more than white girls.I love all kinds of women,and i love american music.
yeah, that's true but I think a good thing. Probably would have spoiled them like it has so many others. Plus it still pathetically makes me feel borderline original and not one of the crowd to consider myself one of their fans.
I like to dedicate this ( the album version) to ppl who have never heard of the VFs. Then I say sh like, " it's really deep, it makes me think so much of you. " When it's white ppl, I say, " u'll like it! I promise, it's white ppl music..." but I especially like to make minorities listen to it. Then when they hear it, most are like "wtf? 😂." Some do actually ponder this, once they get past the sound. When I get over laughing at them, I guess I do too, somexs. I don't mean to hate, I like the Violent Femmes. It's just, this sounds so old school, blugrassish, I can't help but laugh.
@pUnKrOcKnINjAgAmEr (Continued) Also nothing is exclusive from God. God is not hoping and he has no needs. Eph 1:11 God works ALL THINGS in accordance to the counsel of HIS will. Isa 45:7 I am the one who creates the light and makes the darkness. I am the one who sends good times and bad times. Don't let the orthadox traditions fool you into believing free will nor eternal torment Calvinism says God can but won't. Arminianism says God wants to but can't. The truth is he can and will.
lol your total bullshit typ044, Gordon didn't sell the rights to blister in the sun to Wendys, notice they only played the beat in the background and no words. Brian isn't suing him either rofl and of course they are going to be playing again. Where the hell did you get that info from in the first place?
@lifeInAFallenWorld22 Eternal damnation is a lie brought in by the roman catholic church in the 5th century. 1Cor 15:22 As in Adam all die so as in Christ ALL shall be made alive but each is his own order. Have you ever read a LITERAL translation of the bible? Gehenna,Hades,Sheol and Tartarus are not a place of endless torment. 1Tim 4:10 God is the savior of ALL men,especially of those who believe. Faith is a gift and we don't all have it. God will reconcile all of his creation eventually. Peace
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One of my favorite VF songs. I love the violin solo.
Been in a Hallowed Ground mood and I've been singing this all week. It is a shame this band couldn't sort through their differences, and that Gano sold Blister in the Sun to Wendy's....oh twell....the re-release of their first album with the live disc is a must have.
Geez...They still rock! A great band like these guys will never be reproduced.
This song has been great and still they play it very well, touching the heart!
Violent Femmes !
Still good, since over 20 years
excelente video, VF la mejor banda del mundo los he visto 3 veces y cada que vengan cerca de mexico los volvere a ir a ver felicidades muy buen video
Oh one more thing...thanks for the upload. Such an awesome band. The water that Jesus walked on was actual as well as metaphorical:the water representing the world(religion,pride,leaders,evil,corruption,"wisdom of the world",philosophy,etc) Please no flame wars let us all continue on as we are. Everything will be fine in the end. We are all hurting in different ways but in the end we are one. Violent Femmes FTW!
AWESOME! Such a GREAT band!
this song kicks Ass!
definitely. one of my favorites. actually i dislieked every album but the self titled one for a long time but theyve grown on me. i love them all now!
man this song is so much better when you are actually there, i saw them last year and it was the best show ive ever seen. this song is better the the intro, someone find a video of that.
thats mad awsome
every time i hear this song now i think of dancing in the rain behind a bar with my freinds
weird
I hear the rain
great band. great satire. i love this song.
utterly splendifferous...love 2 the femmes
THIS IS A REAL CHRISTIAN SONG!!!!!! gREAT!
I love this freaking song! Pluck that acoustic base like you STOLE IT!
Atheist for most my life, but I really do love this song.
Beautiful.
This song asks if Jesus really died on the cross; did he resurrect; and did he walk on water and the answer is YES, he did all these things. Jesus died on the cross for our sins. You need Jesus to be saved from eternal damnation.
Amazing group, I saw them live and it was on of the best shows I ever saw. They did this song better when I saw them actually, because they had three mandolins a banjo and upright bass and a washboard backing them.
Shit, yeah!
excellent
Weirdly wonderful...
It's on Hallowed Ground, If you're wondering. Not a great album but it's got a couple good songs, especially "Never Tell" and "Black Girls."
man i have never heard this song before... and i am a big femmes fan
Sie sind genial.
@carlosantie that's one of my favorite things about the femmes tho, yes he's religious but he doesn't let that get in the way of hisexpressing ALL of his emotions. I think they're music is really uplifting cause they're the only ones I know who talk about loving jesus and dying for a fuck on the same album. most bands that talk religion just seem like robots who don't feel anything but love, which is alright, but it's nice to hear someone scream about something you can relate to.
Yes, it is true.
Shocking. One star. Seems that being reborn depletes one of their creativity and talent. And I go to church every Sunday. BTW, I'm not reborn. Just normal.
@cementitiousman yessssir !!! unbeatable !!!!
See them live. You never know what they'll play.
love deffence little runway
Nice bass solo....
@NotoTruth the depth of the song,that is
:( I guess I'm the only Femmes fan who did not love Hallowed Ground. I might as well give it a few more listens and see if it grows on me.
This is fukin' great...search: the dawn of intelligence
Could someone point me at some non-live versions of this song?
@cementitiousman actually your the first person ive ever seen confirm that he a christian..... but i could always tell because of the dept of the,maybe that hes no somuch a christian nesseriously,but that hes serious about the song and not taking a shot at jesus.great song thought i put up there with "spirit in the sky"
Actually, he did. There is an open letter from the rest of the band to their fans explaining that that decision was Gordon's and Gordon's only and they receive NOTHING from royalties.
hey can u tell me the bass gutarsts name
i cannot believe that they r not christian. i have loved them since they were born (again).
@lifeInAFallenWorld22
"I would die 4 U"
-Prince, 1984
@twispsalterego
Me too.
Why do his arms look so short?
So they found Jesus...some of the Guitar riffs are familiar, but the vocal is truly different. Very folksy. I like it though...
Mandolin Player I´d say.
gordan gano the son of a preacher man. grew up in the church.
I disagree entirely. Hallowed Ground is one of my favorite albums of all time. Top to bottom an intense tour-de-force for the Femmes. My only complaint is that the song order is backwards from the original album. Should Start with "Hallowed Ground" and end with "I Know Its True..."
loved it please e-mail me it
like an athlete hanging around past his/her prime
@pUnKrOcKnINjAgAmEr We are all where we are supposed to be!
@lifeInAFallenWorld22
no, no he didn't.
But you do the dark side so much better Femmes. Makes you wonder...
damn youtube has everything you can remember except real porn.I loved this song,i had my own video of this song in my head with jesus walking on water tiltting his head from left to right to the beat of the song. P.S. wears the song "i love the black girls,more than the white girls"They're the only white boys ever to love black girls more than white girls.I love all kinds of women,and i love american music.
yeah, that's true but I think a good thing. Probably would have spoiled them like it has so many others. Plus it still pathetically makes me feel borderline original and not one of the crowd to consider myself one of their fans.
I like to dedicate this ( the album version) to ppl who have never heard of the VFs. Then I say sh like, " it's really deep, it makes me think so much of you. " When it's white ppl, I say, " u'll like it! I promise, it's white ppl music..." but I especially like to make minorities listen to it. Then when they hear it, most are like "wtf? 😂." Some do actually ponder this, once they get past the sound. When I get over laughing at them, I guess I do too, somexs.
I don't mean to hate, I like the Violent Femmes. It's just, this sounds so old school, blugrassish, I can't help but laugh.
13 People don't have a soul
ARE YOU SERIOUS?
They didn't go from anything to anything. This song is SOOOOO old
I always assumed this song was sarcastic about christianity...interesting.
No, just Gano is Christan,the other two are atheist.
@pUnKrOcKnINjAgAmEr (Continued) Also nothing is exclusive from God. God is not hoping and he has no needs. Eph 1:11 God works ALL THINGS in accordance to the counsel of HIS will. Isa 45:7 I am the one who creates the light and makes the darkness. I am the one who sends good times and bad times. Don't let the orthadox traditions fool you into believing free will nor eternal torment
Calvinism says God can but won't. Arminianism says God wants to but can't. The truth is he can and will.
@Sectorsophia He's just been blinded by the orthadox traditions. Jesus hated religion.
@madelineolivia I am my friend! Don't forget to do the same for me as well. Peace.
@MrsBetrDeadThanSmeg Bullshit..this is total and complete sarcasm..
Read: The Dawn of Intelligence.
lol your total bullshit typ044, Gordon didn't sell the rights to blister in the sun to Wendys, notice they only played the beat in the background and no words. Brian isn't suing him either rofl and of course they are going to be playing again. Where the hell did you get that info from in the first place?
@lifeInAFallenWorld22 Eternal damnation is a lie brought in by the roman catholic church in the 5th century. 1Cor 15:22 As in Adam all die so as in Christ ALL shall be made alive but each is his own order. Have you ever read a LITERAL translation of the bible? Gehenna,Hades,Sheol and Tartarus are not a place of endless torment. 1Tim 4:10 God is the savior of ALL men,especially of those who believe. Faith is a gift and we don't all have it. God will reconcile all of his creation eventually. Peace
silly bunch of posers. you're not femmes fans. you probably still listen to the first album and act like you know their music.
ehhh you know this song was just a joke right?
okay so it's a bad video. don't diss the femmes.