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Best Femmes Song?
Blister In the Sun 12%  12%  [ 3 ]
Add It Up 52%  52%  [ 13 ]
Never Tell 8%  8%  [ 2 ]
I Held Her In My Arms 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
American Music 8%  8%  [ 2 ]
Kiss Off 16%  16%  [ 4 ]
Country Death Song 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Lies 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Other (specify) 4%  4%  [ 1 ]
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Violent Femmes

There's been some talk about them recently. And they are a damn good band. So let's start another one of these addictive, stupid polls.

This should be a tough one... there's lots of great ones to choose from!!!

My pick:
I think thart "Never Tell" has the perfect combination of catchiness, menace, and complexity to just barely take it for me... from about 5 others.
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American Music...I dunno I just love it.

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I'm going with "Kiss Off" but they are all pretty got-damn good.

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i too picked "never tell"
i've been listening to it way too much lately.

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I've gotta go with Add it Up.
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I enjoy most of em, but i gotta still stay with the main hit, 'blister...'

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"Never Tell" is my favorite as of late, but "Prove My Love" has been my favorite of theirs for years.

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i chose add it up. this calls for a relisten though. i outplayed this album a while ago, and havent listened to it in a while. now i'm dying to hear it again
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PopTurkey Wrote:

I think that "Never Tell" has the perfect combination of catchiness, menace, and complexity to just barely take it for me... from about 5 others.


I picked Add It Up, and I could use the same sage words that Todd did to describew "Never Tell", which is probaly 2nd for me.

Other contenders from the list: I Held Her In My Arms and Blister In The Sun

Other contenders not on the list: No Killing, Gone Daddy Gone, It's Gonna Rain.

Great songs all, and tough to chose a favorite.

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Is this like an hors d'ourve poll while we wait for SK's?

I can't choose I tend to thing of the first album as one long song and I'd choose that one long song.

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dr winston o'boogie Wrote:
I tend to thing of the first album as one long song and I'd choose that one long song.


That's well put. Especially Side A.....

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other: any filler track that's just complete silence. the violent femmes are one of the most annoying bands ever (and i'm from milwaukee).

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i love 'kiss off' a lot. but i love 'add it up' more.

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Kiss off.
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Three-way tie, for me: Blister in the Sun/Add It Up/Kiss Off

I'm going to have to re-listen to that first album...

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Add it UP is my vote but Kiss Off is a close second, if only for the countdown.
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I picked "Kiss Off", but I agree with the long song. This album reminds me of being twelve and pubescent, and man does it rule for that time in your life.

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add it up

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