Violent Femmes - Gone Daddy Gone

[@tenenieldjoandthenightsist5109]

Best xylophone solo in a top 40 song ever

[@Docktime]

Moonlight Feels Right by Starbuck is a wicked top 40 song with a solo if you like marimba.

[@StephaneVorstellung]

Not top-40 (single didn't chart), but yeah it's perfect.

[@scottfraser7118]

Got to be 😘

[@nightwi1dernessbrianjohnso803]

​@@StephaneVorstellung i remember when it was new it was Top 40 ... on🏫college📻stations 😂 in Rochester, New York 🏫University of Rochester📻 & 🏫Rochester institute of Technology📻

[@Mels925]

@@nightwi1dernessbrianjohnso803very cool! My 90s bff and I discovered them for ourselves in like 1995. We were babies in the early 80s so we didn’t get them for a while of course I enjoy them so to this day.😊

[@freedo333]

As i got older, the Violent Femmes tunes were less relatable- most of their songs are about problems of youth. But now that ive gotten old & lonely with no one to love, the Violent Femmes songs resonate with me again

[@johngrossi166]

me three.solitude is teenage angst redux for this 65 y/o

[@ricardoybarra5056]

High school flashback to the 80 s hell yea best days ever !

[@carmencaamano9434]

@@johngrossi166 I think you're into the Alan Turing thing! Do not?

[@Fern635]

Yeah, middle age sometimes feels like adolescence 2.0, doesn't it? Glad our angsty music is still around to help us through it.

[@Typical.Anomaly]

Dude, you ain't alone.

[@charlenemack7040]

My favorite radio station is playing this song right now April 2024. Thank you DJ Mark! 😊❤

[@etherashe5164]

That's a helluva DJ!

[@ajscaran]

It's AJ

[@TonyCobb-i1j]

You will listen to what they tell you to and you will like it.... I'll hold my own goddamn beer.

[@geoffreypiltz271]

We need more rock and roll xylophone!

[@yuhgftp7925]

Yes!

[@mk6595]

The Psychedelic Furs - Love My Way

[@_meepmorp]

not that it particularly matters but this is actually a marimba

[@robertwhite7071]

Yes!. And more cowbell.

[@xedgelord75x65]

Much more

[@JamesHawkeYouTube]

I lived and breathed this music. Take me back to the eighties please God.

[@JP_IN_TX]

If you figure a way to go back to the 80's PLEASE take me with you!!

[@eugenaakatruth-seeker1174]

Honestly compared to today it was the best life!! No cares, fun, good music, festivals!

[@markcandela792]

I hear you James I feel you James I really really do

[@marcushudson1749]

Some of the best, James \m/

[@brendonconklin1342]

90's

[@TheSchuyler75]

can not believe this is 40…. well hell yeah cheers to those who are still with us 🎉❤

[@julesmasseffectmusic]

Thanks for making me feel old

[@marcsnow1888]

Thanks for making me feel special ❤​@@julesmasseffectmusic

[@voiceofexperience]

​@@julesmasseffectmusic Half dead but still listening.

[@joannajamerson35]

Yasss❤

[@dustinholder6085]

Cheers

[@denise41071]

I was introduced to the Violent Femmes when I was 14 or 15. I still love their music at 51. (Still trying to figure out how I got this old though.)

[@t.c.bramblett617]

Same! 10th grade study hall, 1985, someone brought in a cassette and played it. Changed my life

[@tonyrubin7180]

Lol same yeah

[@Fern635]

The music never gets old... too bad the same principle doesn't hold true for us 😆

[@rediryou]

Same. It does creep up on ya doesn't it :)

[@Mark-xs4uv]

I am 51. Feeling old as well

[@roquetinsixtysix]

This tune is timeless! Still as captivating as it was when it was released way back in 1983.

[@surferbri5346]

Remembering how underground this was, with husker du, smith's, early REM,

[@vladraduandrei5227]

yeah it's awesome, I was very far from being born in 83 but still love this

[@salubrious]

Could not agree more.

[@finallylearnthow]

Saw it live in '95. It's probably my fav. Was introduced to The Femmes in 1990, it was summer ✌🏼♥️🇦🇺

[@davidkitson635]

The song and it’s video are a combined masterpiece.

[@simondavis750]

I was walking through the mall in Brisbane in 1990 with my ticket to the East Leagues club concert and heard this song playing. I looked around to see who was playing it and ... HOLY SHIT THE ITS VIOLENT FEMMES!! They were tucked away in an alcove busking. This is one of the greatest memories I will ever have.

[@goudagirl6095]

omg, that's the coolest (they're from my home down of Milwaukee, a looong way from Oz)

[@edp3202]

Busking? Weren't they bigger than that?

[@simondavis750]

@@edp3202 That was the beauty and appeal of the Femmes. They were still who they were in the beginning at the end. They WERE bigger than that, and thats why they did it. You don't see a lot of bands like that anymore. Brisbane around that time had an amazing scene. You could walk into some bohemian cafe in the city and some band would be set up in the corner and then you would go to ZZZ market day or Big Day Out (before it got "Big") and see the same band on the main stage. It was a good time for artists and musicians. Then the council decided to push the alternative scene out for the normie club scene because they could make more money and all the good stuff went to Melbourne and died from heroin.

[@TheReReRetard]

@@edp3202 Made up BS.

[@Jack-r2v9b]

I think I was there that night, definitely saw them at easts and at the spit with nirvana

[@buzzawuzza3743]

One of the few times when a video lives up to the coolness of the song itself.

[@AK-74K]

Violent Femmes are one of the coolest bands ever full stop

[@raflucas8386]

Best video ever made

[@charlenemack7040]

My favorite radio station in the whole world is playing this song right now January 2, 2024… thank you DJ Mark! 😊❤

[@bk-..24]

Which is this station?

[@BenBrosowski]

Please share the name call letters and location of the aforementioned kick ass radio station.

[@MsChuckroast]

I saw them in Seattle in the 90s and everyone knew every word to every song - total blast

[@bk-..24]

Greets from Greece. As a big fan of kexp following a request for a sonic youth song my next request to john (the morning dj) will be this song . Let's see if he will play it.

[@etherashe5164]

Go ahead girl!

[@cardigansarecool]

Violent Femmes were the first punk band that really grabbed me, I was about 12 years old and it changed my life. So thanks guys

[@zephyrune]

Same

[@nuc1f3raa]

This isn’t a punk band?

[@VinnytotheK]

@@nuc1f3raa Folk punk among a lot of other genres, while being genreless.

[@toddpacker4683]

@@nuc1f3raa yes they are

[@garethedwards1926]

@@toddpacker4683 Breathtaking argumentation. I'm sold.😉

[@stirfrybry1]

I really wish I had appreciated your music back in the day. I didn't understand enough to get it.

[@vdubjunkie]

How many bands absolutely ROCK a xylophone? I remember clearly being introduced to the Violent Femmes by my older brother's friend. Every time I listen to one of their songs, it puts me back in that time.

[@SL-vi4tk]

Other than The Flesheaters, not many others

[@taco6n13]

Crash Bandicoot was my favorite game as a kid and I was always so happy when this song played during the Boulder level.

[@siskavard]

you what now

[@zorlab]

WHOA

[@unapprovedtruth7116]

Fits in well with the xylophone theme of the game

[@MalibuMarlie]

Crash and Donkey Kong Country 4 Life

[@nicoleshelly1225]

That’s cool I never knew this

[@beedoof]

Michael: WHOA

[@zorlab]

Man they weren't kidding

[@galaga16]

Face Jam crew nice

[@MasterXiggy]

Damn I never made that connection. But I can hear it clear as day now haha.

[@LS1056]

I wasn't ready but it's so true

[@jamiewick1653]

I hate how well it fits

[@asuka8160]

my dad introduced me to violent femmes when i was a kid, and ive never stopped listening to them

[@ohiyotrippole6645]

Got to watch these guys in 1996. The act that came on stage right after them... The Ramones. What a night.

[@scottculli7851]

Dig this people because it’s not gonna be around for much longer. This is classic great music.

[@demonmandvon]

This song will never not be awesome.

[@Bob-op3wg]

Thanks for bringing me here, Face Jam

[@robertpaulson117]

Damn this song is so nostalgic, thank you mom and dad for making me grow up to some badass music

[@georgefoster1421]

Finally, a remastered post of the song. It looks and sounds great, befitting to a classic.

[@KristinNason]

I love the little show within the show and our frustrated dude. Too funny!

[@sherritanner6237]

I still love the Violent Femes. Forever!

[@wendyrudokas]

Oh they’re just babies!! Have loved this song & band since this album came out. I’m 51 now but this album will never get old!!

[@gradybird3336]

As an old coot growing up on the great '60's and '70's rock classics, I had a hard time adjusting to '80's New Wave. Now I miss that music terribly. So inventive and creative..

[@Joker-ig8im]

I got to see them play June 1st 1986, fake ID my Junior Year of High School. Red Barn, Louisville KY.

[@obyram]

SAW these guys in Brisbane Australia in 92 heading with Nirvana supporting. FEMMES blew Nirvana out of the park. Drenched in sweat from moshing.

[@yangstaproductions2478]

WOW WOULD HAVE BEEN A DREAM SHOW

[@JeffVader39]

I’m jealous 😮

[@finallylearnthow]

'95 Adelaide, but no Nervana I have never seen another band play an entire gig like The Femmes do, they just don't stop, stage is empty and you can still hear them playing from the wings✌🏼

[@simondavis750]

Saw them in Brisbane at East Leagues around the same time. Nirvana played at Festival Hall around then too. Played with RHCP and a local band called the Hardons. Hardons came on and wrecked. RHCP came on and we hated every second of it because they were shitty they couldn't wear the socks on their junk in BRisbane so they did a bad show. Nirvana came out and was booo'd off stage within two songs. We wanted the hardons back. Nirvana just sucked at nearly every show.

[@raflucas8386]

Hard ons r not from Brisbane champ

[@patrik-vw4ek]

Just heard this for the first time ever...love it... brilliant!!

[@leohorishny9561]

WHAAAAAT?!😮

[@patrik-vw4ek]

@@leohorishny9561 yip...don't know how this got past me lol...there's bits of echo & the bunny men in there laced with a bit of b52s...great song!

[@etherashe5164]

Welcome to manhood!

[@Lee-qq8uy]

Just like everything from the 80's this song is timeless and priceless !!

[@andrewgordon2795]

I'm 60 and love it

[@heahikaaotearoa3048]

66 here. This was the shit in the day (early 80's) Great to drive too.

[@ava.artemis]

This album was sheer perfection. 🙏🏽🙏🏽 It’s fun to see videos of songs that were the soundtrack of my youth. I’ve never had tv, but I waste time on KZbin when I’m sick or injured. 😂

[@bobbizzle77]

Killin it on that xylophone solo 🤘🤘

[@fabiosalvatori4412]

Super pezzaccio!!! 😎😎😎❤️

[@TheNervousnation]

I forgot how fucking good this is.

[@rebeccawalter645]

Love how you stated this! So direct!

[@the2ndcoming135]

Love how confused the guy at the table is. Like, damn is she interested in having sex with me or is this some kind of trap?🤔

[@frankrizzo739]

I never fucking forgot! 😄

[@stephanieknight9404]

Me too I just turned 50 to this song

[@violetraven9440]

I know right they played it multiple times at work today and every time I couldn’t help singing a bit

[@BartleyTroyan]

The xylophone is indeed quite beautifully arranged in this song.

[@bennyadler5882]

Still sounds fresh today as it did in 83'ish.

[@lotar8478]

Desde México siguiendo a los Violent Femmes, Una de mis bandas favoritas.

[@_AnneGerald_]

Violent Femmes is best at expressing pain.

[@etherashe5164]

This reminds me of being at a frat party (that me and my dirt-ball homies crashed) and being around a bunch of hot sorority girls, knowing you ain't gonna get laid. 😌😔😪🤤

[@thequickthepointless695]

God I love this song! I also love this band and Feel like they are criminally underrated!!

[@bjamesW32]

They provided me my very own "I saw them when..." moment in 1982 at a small Greek festival downtown Omaha right across the street from UNO. At first I thought they had to be some local high school wedding band on a lark. Well, they basically weren't far from that I guess. But it was a small pavilion and they were this high energy acoustic trio. I stood there alone marvelling at how much I loved genuine music in such small intimate settings. Their name stuck in my head. In a few years they really took off and had gifted me with my own I-saw-them-when memory.

[@shannonnonnahs6943]

When I was in Jr. High in the early 90's this was the sound my misfit friends and I would listen too at Lunch break as we tried to sneak a toke or two. Haa great music😁🎶🎵

[@thewenik6876]

Great song by a good group. Thanks, Violent Femmes.

[@stapleremover]

I saw them live in Cincinnati around 1987, one of the most memorable shows ever.

[@Joker-ig8im]

So awesome. I saw them in Louisville 1986. Fake ID. I was only 16.

[@etherashe5164]

@@Joker-ig8im "Fake ID. I was only 16." Classic!

[@byou6359]

I can recall meeting these acouple very cool cats in lower Michigan near my sister's when I was about seventeen....they had an old van and whoa when the cute tall blond brings out this huge double handle axe of a guitar, which I never really seen before ever....after that the music just began flowing...The GREAT I AM is GOOD INDEED...I got to catch them live last at the Royal Oak Music Hall... Amazing how time flies...I AM still singing yall ...peace and love ...

[@michelelorenzini2730]

The sound of growing up, high school, good times! Good times😊😊❤

[@krablord]

Wow, they should put this in crash bandicoot.

[@Melcavic42]

dork

[@garethmarshall125]

@@Melcavic42 🤣

[@dydreemblvr]

@@Melcavic42 Someone doesn't listen to Face Jam!

[@zorlab]

WHOA

[@dezbro79]

No other song rocks the Xylophone like this. Love it.

[@FishHeadSalad]

Lead xylophone, marimba, or sperimba, how can one not love this song? 40 years later, which I find hard to believe, it still holds up!

[@kbtube8125]

that sloppy solo made me go get tacos.

[@FishHeadSalad]

@@kbtube8125 I wouldn't call it sloppy, but tacos are always good!

[@kbtube8125]

@@FishHeadSalad 1:15 to 1:25sec. it's pretty sloppy, but i think they wanted it that way. it's loose and fun. that sharp note at 1:48sec.! this was a one take solo.

[@FishHeadSalad]

@@kbtube8125 I do not think that shifts in minor keys are sloppy by any means. Unexpected notes are different than flat out wrong notes that leave your ears saying WTF was that?

[@suzi8277]

These guys are so damn cool!

[@deanhunter1753]

Great band and so many memories from Australia 🏆🏆

[@St.Maliki]

Greatest xylophone solo in the history of music!

[@palmwaytech]

Video is hilarious , funny , entertaining , the music is excellent. What more can you ask for.

[@bartonted]

still a great song, ha, I love post-punk music. ha, I am an old c>nt but still love beautiful pop, new wave, songs.

[@coyotejoe80]

It's been 20 years and this song still gets me

[@ookland81]

After all these years, still loving them.

[@john6291]

High school senior year.. 1992. living in Hawaii.. went to a party, Eva Beach.. the crowd sang the whole album.. classic. partied there where you jumped off the roof into the pool. good times

[@gburcaw]

Loved the Femmes back in the day but never saw the video. This is brilliant.

[@johnwibbels4678]

I’m insanely for this music

[@josetelle7634]

This album is one of the most influential records in the 80s and 90s

[@DD-ev2dt]

Saw the Great VIOlEnt FeMmeS back in Europe back in early 90s .... saw them @ Savoy Cork Ireland 2006 classic gig 😎 .... Back in 80s saw a classic gig on Channel 4 UK circa 1984 .... such a classic band in same ballpark as Wall of Voodoo 😎✌️.

[@quicklynamed]

“I’m telling ya-you’re gonna want more xylophone.” -Bruce Dickinson, 1983

[@conorkennedy3304]

i've been listening to this song for over 30 years

[@oldechick2252]

I remember when these guys would busk around the East Side of Milwaukee - in front of The Coffee Trader & Downer Theater & Oriental Theater. People don't realize what an incredible music scene Milwaukee had for a few glorious years. Find myself longing for those days quite a bit now.

[@unzulaessig]

awesome!

[@diegobonoli8918]

One of the 10 best album ever for me

[@kdnye]

i love this song

[@LSouthgate]

My dad's jazz band used to have a dep xylophone sometimes - didn't think ever hear one in a punk band, surprised I went through the 80s without listening to these guys

[@bobbybobo6499]

Two things all songs need more of: cowbell and xylophone.

[@tonyrubin7180]

Lol

[@wutangisforever2798]

Say it baby!

[@richardgraham6836]

And kazoo

[@plechaim]

Its a marimba

[@rra7490]

@@plechaimNah someone else in another comment explained it.

[@ladym1991]

Got me all nostalgic now! Great memories entwined with their music and scalping tickets to see their concert at GW in DC! ❤

[@albuquerqueturkey1567]

I remember seeing Violent Femmes at the Greek Theater back in 1989.. MOJO Nixon opened up for them ..Violent Femmes opened the Curtain and a record player with a record of Julio Iglesias was playing..Great Show!!!!

[@ashoup7534]

Maybe the single greatest music video of all time. Still rocks my socks like it did in 1984.

[@hoover728]

It's perfect, and how often do band members look like spot on genre film actors?

[@honiideslysses12]

I have soooo much respect for these guys, but I just could never really get into them, yet they are still an important chapter in the history of American music.

[@alangoetsch8437]

Do you like American Music

[@Na11y]

@@alangoetsch8437 I like American music

[@floryboonda]

@@Na11y baby...

[@kallekas8551]

Way better than most American music…❤

[@Ken-yn8ps]

Complex, simple, perfect.

[@Mtv-get-off-thee-air]

This is way better than the music video I always imagined in my head

[@jasonwarren3999]

43 years old heard this since 7th grade. 1st time seeing the video.

[@andrejmucic5003]

Saw you in Boston c. 1998 at the Orphium, and you were Awesome! The best I've ever heard. The emotion was clear. Be clear GLORIA!

[@paulamiles9559]

Thousand eyes turning blue....this song rips into my soul.

[@jonathancoyne8034]

I loved this song on Crash Bandicoot.

[@grumulongames]

Don't try and act like you came up with this yourself and didn't just hear it on today's Face Jam

[@blkmike1818]

Probably spiked the views like crazy from face jam this week lol

[@CommissionerManu]

@@grumulongames bruh, the fact that it’s from Face Jam IS THE JOKE 🤦🏽

[@grumulongames]

@@CommissionerManu As if. This guy totally was trying to play the joke off like it was his joke

[@SorenWinslow]

I loved this song when the album came out in 1983.

[@cf2796]

Thanks for sharing this! Haven't heard this is ages..

[@indigojones8]

Saw them in New Orleanns at Tipitina's in the early '90s. They did a show on Monday night that I recorded from Tulane University's (my alma mater) radio that was broadcast live and I taped, and then I went to the second live show on Tuesday. Awesome shows!

[@etherashe5164]

Aww man that's classic! I used to busk on the streets of NOLA. Back in the old days.

[@jglasernyc]

I admit I forgot about the Violent Femmes but this video took me right back to the day!

[@catgaming9791]

Wish I had seen this band live.

[@indigojones8]

AWESOME LIVE!

[@carriesagel]

Mad crazy xylophone skills!!

[@mayhembunz8888]

Me and my high school boyfriend used to blast this song on our way to school… makes me feel so nostalgic… a absolute classic……also..hope he’s doing well even tho he ripped my heart out haha 🤷🏼‍♀️whatta ya gonna do

[@etherashe5164]

"hope he’s doing well even tho he ripped my heart out haha" He must have been a dumbass, cause you're a hott-eee!

[@dandurack1355]

Been listening to this song for thirty years and have only just seen this... the perfect accompaniment to an amazing tune.

[@asiaking9422]

Masterpiece.

[@richardgordon4673]

i was glad to trip across this band back in the day.

[@LenapeSF]

Still sounds sooo cool. Thanks for a great post.

[@MarauderMarie]

Been listening since I was 13 and got to see them in Nashville open up for the B52’s ..love love Gordon’s voice

[@SPLENDIDZEN]

Gone Daddy Gone (Lyrics) Violent Femmes Beautiful girl, lovely dress. High school smiles, oh yes. Beautiful girl, lovely dress. Where she is now I can only guess, 'Cause it's gone, daddy, gone, Your love is gone. Yeah, it's gone, daddy, gone Your love is gone. Yeah, it's gone, daddy, gone Your love is gone. Yeah, it's gone, daddy, gone Your love is gone away. When I see you, eyes will turn blue. When I see you, thousand eyes turnin' blue, 'Cause it's gone, daddy, gone Your love is gone. Yeah, it's gone, daddy, gone Your love is gone. Yeah, it's gone, daddy, gone Your love is gone. Yeah, it's gone, daddy, gone Your love is gone away. Tell by the way you that you switch and walk, I can see by the way that you baby-talk, I can know by the way you treat your man, I can love you, baby, 'til it's a-cryin... 'Cause it's gone, daddy, gone Your love is gone. Yeah, it's gone, daddy, gone Your love is gone. Yeah, it's gone, daddy, gone Your love is gone. Yeah, it's gone, daddy, gone Your love is gone away. Beautiful girl, lovely dress. Fifteen smiles, oh, yes. Beautiful girl, lovely dress, Where she is now, I can only guess 'Cause it's gone, daddy, gone Your love is gone. Yeah, it's gone, daddy, gone Your love is gone. Yeah, it's gone, daddy, gone Your love is gone. Yeah, it's gone, daddy, gone Your love is gone away Gone away Gone away Gone away Compositor: Dixon Willie, Gano Gordon James

[@SPLENDIDZEN]

The first Violent Femmes album changed my life... I loved each of the songs... The way of playing... singing... composing... And to this day... I follow them loving... almost like family!

[@dawndrengenberg7396]

BEST MEMORIES OF 1983 IN MILWAUKEE WI❤ My friends and I followed them every week around WI and Summerfest! My brother was mad when we said we were groupies probably because we didn't know what that meant and we're all VIRGINS! GO VIOLENT FEMMES😊

[@63steve]

I saw the Femmes at a club in Minnesota shortly after this album came out. Awesome show!

[@alicelovell3905]

I saw them at Michigan Union.

[@Cromeyellow66]

I never saw them as they've never been to Russia :((

[@christiem.schaefer1374]

They're probably my most-seen band, and never ever fail to impress.

[@danielfoster8949]

Greek theatre, Los Angeles, late 90s. Amazing

[@georgefoster1421]

The Blue Note, Columbia MO when the album was released in '83.

[@luckymanindeed]

Great tune, great memories associated with it!

[@CaioBarbosa]

I love the original, but the CeeLo Green's cover is FUCKIN' AWESOME TOO! Thank you, Violent Femmes!

[@myotheraccounthehexd1445]

Yess

[@edwardtupper6374]

Love the fly in the video :)

[@Elriuhilu]

It was Gnarls Barkley that covered it. CeeLo Green was the singer in that group, but it wasn't just him.

[@archivefolds]

Yea CeeLo did this cover justice fr

[@archivefolds]

@@Elriuhilusame difference don’t know why you specified it that much

[@pierrepence9876]

Don't look at me, I LIVED this video!

[@benjaminwells6445]

"Woah!" - Crash Bandicoot

[@Despondencymusic]

😂

[@Esselo]

Hey sports fans, welcome to Space Jam

[@raphaelamiranda5811]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@perrywinklefartsniffer6630]

Budda bah caw

[@josejones7025]

Crash Worship a great band who used to play San Diego back in the 80s

[@kylej.lauterbach1753]

the two greatest xylophone solos ever

[@patrickbrowder6857]

Saw them last week playing with the San Diego Symphony. Big sound, great vibe. Awesome!

[@claytondegayner188]

Saw them last night with a symphony. It was amazing