Concrete Blonde appreciation thread.

[Mythsaje]

Post-punk, pre-grunge alternative rockers with a powerful female lead, poetic lyrics, and some truly classy guitar work. Not quite punk, not quite grunge, not quite art rock, but featuring elements of all.


They've written some great songs along the way.

God is a Bullet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7B4xUf05uhk

Walking in London

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUnYH4vCf-I

Ghost of a Texas Lady's Man

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69BozyMnVSg

Dance Along the Edge

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkGV2qJUouM

[Aristus]

1. Dude, I'm SO there! Huge Blonde fan!

Johnette Napolitano is a goddess.

I've even got the 1986 EP from Dream 6, CB's original incarnation.

[flvegan]

2. Still In Hollywood

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDE4LHpK9dU

I remember hearing this when I was getting my hair cut and spending days trying to find out who sang it.

Great vid someone made to "Tommorrow Wendy" another great song of theirs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kO6qrtSTkew

[redqueen]

3. I bought one CD...

hardly ever listen to it. Dunno why, I do like their sound...

[Mythsaje]

5. Every one of their songs I wasn't initially crazy about

has grown on me. Such subtle orchestration. Such passion.

LOVE Concrete Blonde

[Jimbo S]

4. I have the greatest hits CD

even though I've gotten around to listening to it once or twice.

The type of band that's hard to label. Maybe alt? Hard to find a station that would play them.

[no name no slogan]

6. Great band!

Funny, I was just listening to "Bloodletting" the other day.

[mitchum]

7. "Joey" is a phenomenal song...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIIlUHBNkEc

[Lyric]

8. I absolutely love Concrete Blonde

The only song I knew by them was "Joey" until I met ThinkBlue1966. She introduced me to their other stuff, and I just fell in love. Walking in London is awesome, Tomorrow Wendy is awesome, Bloodletting is awesome--Concrete Blonde freaking rocks. :)

[Mythsaje]

10. I recently discovered and fell in love with "Dance along the edge"

and then got hooked on "God is a Bullet."

Love it.

[SoxFan]

9. The Channel, Boston, 1990

Concrete Blonde
Steve Wynn
The Sidewinders
$8.00

Three kick-ass live acts for chump change. Oh, and yes, Steve and Johnette did the duet on "Conspiracy of the Heart"!

Daaaaaaaaaaaamn!