Violent Femmes - Never Tell (Official Lyric Video)

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  • čas přidán 6. 09. 2024
  • The official lyric video for "Never Tell," from the album 'Hallowed Ground.'
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    Lyric video concept and animation by Nir Ben Jacob.
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Komentáře • 195

  • @cinemar
    @cinemar Před 5 lety +175

    The most raw, darkest album the Violent Femmes ever did. It worries me that it's my favourite.

    • @user-di2er6cw2j
      @user-di2er6cw2j Před 4 lety +6

      Trying not to be seriously hooked like years before.

    • @jalopyjoe4483
      @jalopyjoe4483 Před 3 lety +8

      Embrace it

    • @cinemar
      @cinemar Před 3 lety +6

      @@jalopyjoe4483 Oh I'm beyond embracing my darkness. I have seen the light.

    • @angelawieland
      @angelawieland Před 3 lety +7

      I got this from Santa in 1984 when I was 13. It remains my favorite as well.

    • @lowercase610
      @lowercase610 Před 2 lety +3

      My fav too. None of the other fellow fans I hung with liked it.

  • @von_swierk
    @von_swierk Před 7 měsíci +20

    I found this band by coincidence in 2023, and this song has become one of my GOATs, it just hits me right in the "feels".

    • @seanmackenzie8726
      @seanmackenzie8726 Před 5 měsíci +3

      Mind you i heard their music more than 20 yrs ago, country death song sinister yet in their Realm.!!! and mine?

  • @ryanmcfadin09
    @ryanmcfadin09 Před měsícem +3

    This is my generation's Stairway to Heaven

  • @ColumbusOneil
    @ColumbusOneil Před 5 lety +37

    Brian with the brilliant bass as usual

  • @rswindol
    @rswindol Před 2 lety +22

    Brian Ritchie is a top tier bass player.

    • @donquavioushigglebottom8186
      @donquavioushigglebottom8186 Před 7 měsíci +1

      Met him a couple of years at a concert, nice guy

    • @slushbox3443
      @slushbox3443 Před 3 měsíci

      He is good

    • @davedarling6512
      @davedarling6512 Před 3 měsíci

      The femmes would not exist without him

    • @rudinamarie0
      @rudinamarie0 Před 25 dny

      @@donquavioushigglebottom8186 i saw him in a crowd b4 the femmes went on. i do wish i hadn't been too shy to talk to him.

  • @erichyde2581
    @erichyde2581 Před rokem +7

    This might be the single greatest underrated, forgoten classic of all time.

    • @jennifervance8074
      @jennifervance8074 Před měsícem

      So true, most "violent femmes fans" don't even know this song.

  • @throwabrick
    @throwabrick Před 2 lety +10

    Banger. Like a stripped down, punkier Talking Heads. Love the bass.

  • @wackyruss
    @wackyruss Před 5 lety +44

    Jesus, this song is creepy and warped my teenage mind in the mid 90’s when I became a Femmes Freak. Dat undulating bass line tho! Sends chills up the spine along with Gano’s psychotic lyrics!

  • @jamesmcdonald2680
    @jamesmcdonald2680 Před 5 lety +60

    This is my favorite VF song. I wish they'd play it live.

    • @LizGage
      @LizGage Před 5 lety +6

      They do!

    • @heatherk5199
      @heatherk5199 Před 2 lety +1

      They didn't play it when I saw them. Great fkn show! My only regret was not hearing this one live. They were still amazing! And I got to see them finally.

    • @erichyde2581
      @erichyde2581 Před rokem

      I saw them twice back in the 90's and I don't remember them playing it either.

    • @robkalmbach
      @robkalmbach Před rokem +4

      @@erichyde2581 They played it last night at Pappy & Harriets in CA... it was as raw and wonderful as you can imagine. So fun to hear it.

    • @erichyde2581
      @erichyde2581 Před rokem +1

      @@robkalmbach love it. They're coming to my town (Tulsa soon) hopefully I'll get in on the magic.

  • @jenniferpiotrowski3073
    @jenniferpiotrowski3073 Před 3 lety +50

    I've enjoyed this band since the 80s ....still speaks to me in 2021!

  • @ErnWii
    @ErnWii Před 3 lety +17

    Just saw them play this live tonight at The Rooftop in Manhattan. Mind blowing!!!

  • @amandacatherine793
    @amandacatherine793 Před 4 lety +22

    My favorite Violent Femmes song. After so so many years, it is still a masterpiece.

  • @doddsino
    @doddsino Před 2 lety +28

    Easily my favorite song...it just builds and builds...
    Then once it gets to the final chorus...just raw joy. I absolutely love it.

  • @dreamingofcottontails6601
    @dreamingofcottontails6601 Před 3 lety +17

    One of my favourite Femmes songs.
    Reminiscent of Lou Reed.

  • @atakanbaranioglu8851
    @atakanbaranioglu8851 Před 5 lety +21

    my favourite femmes song

  • @bhdctn
    @bhdctn Před 3 lety +15

    Hallowed Ground is an amazing ly creepy, fun, spiritual album. Never thought those 3 words would go together but the Femmes make it work!

  • @calinpetrescu
    @calinpetrescu Před 3 lety +14

    It's bloody addictive. Every once in a while I get lost into their music.

  • @SuperBbeaulieu
    @SuperBbeaulieu Před 5 lety +30

    Fabulous! One of my favourite (of many) Violent Femmes songs!

  • @-Datura-
    @-Datura- Před 2 lety +7

    I had this on vinyl in the 90's. Hallowed Ground is still one of my most listened to and all time favourite albums and until now, I thought the lyrics went, "I spit right up in the the heart of hell!." I fucking love this band. Apparently you can not fuck with them...

  • @adriennepadilhacaixetadric5240

    Perfect!

  • @victorcarrero4187
    @victorcarrero4187 Před 5 lety +11

    This is classic Violent Femmes I f****** love it

  • @TheReverb1
    @TheReverb1 Před 4 lety +12

    This song is just 10 out of 10. I am a musician too and this is a great example of 10 in composition; 10 in dynamics; 10 in bass lines and breaks; 10 for the lyrics; simplicity and good guitar embellishments; excellent and competent drums action; the video is 10 too. 10 for the vibe. I have this album in vinyl but I need it in a CD too.

  • @hughoshea-official
    @hughoshea-official Před měsícem

    Mine too. And this is my favourite song from the album.

  • @blahblahblah6668
    @blahblahblah6668 Před 4 lety +7

    Ive really only ever known their debut album glad i clicked here today

  • @Puppybarf
    @Puppybarf Před 5 lety +8

    I loved this song since the first time I heard it... absolute masterpiece.

  • @revenantsound9345
    @revenantsound9345 Před měsícem

    Well, time to watch this for the hundredth time I guess

  • @stephansong
    @stephansong Před 3 lety +2

    Raw. Travels you back to the depression via betrayals, the son of a preacher man is trustworthy. :)

  • @rps8209
    @rps8209 Před 5 lety +3

    Brings back some serious memories

  • @joachimcoonan6255
    @joachimcoonan6255 Před rokem +1

    True words indeed
    Big respect, The Violent Femmes.
    Legendary band....

  • @TheBrawlBox
    @TheBrawlBox Před 3 lety +6

    I had to put my seat belt on listening to this- and I'm in the armchair.

  • @dangacore
    @dangacore Před 3 lety +2

    This has been in my top 5 songs of all time since I was 11 yo. I'm 45 now.

  • @dmsmikhail
    @dmsmikhail Před 2 lety +2

    If I have a soul, this song scratched it.

  • @shelleybeach-fp2kv
    @shelleybeach-fp2kv Před rokem

    Been a fan since the ‘80’s. grandys are surprised to hear this guy sing all nans songs

  • @Squishy876
    @Squishy876 Před 4 lety +3

    The coolest lyric video

  • @davidlaymanpiano
    @davidlaymanpiano Před 3 lety +8

    Incredible video! This is my favorite Femmes track, and your video was a wonderful interpretation of a great song. Not an easy song to put to film!
    Congratulations!
    Dr.L

  • @helgazubiz1750
    @helgazubiz1750 Před 4 lety +2

    Each of their music videos is a masterpiece!

  • @SPLENDIDZEN
    @SPLENDIDZEN Před 5 lety +4

    Excellent song & video!!!...

  • @borsu6076
    @borsu6076 Před 5 lety +4

    1986, i remember best times

  • @robbyhanlon
    @robbyhanlon Před 2 měsíci

    what a gorgeous video. well done.

  • @Layla.H.79
    @Layla.H.79 Před 5 lety +3

    Excellent song, like always!

  • @RaiderJake
    @RaiderJake Před 3 lety +2

    Gonna see them them play with flogging molly in October! So stoked, never seen the Femmes

  • @tablelegz
    @tablelegz Před 4 lety +3

    I see all these comments saying they were teens in the 80s lol where are my fellow 2000s kids at, I love old music. I probably seem very immature.

  • @boscogamiz
    @boscogamiz Před 5 lety +24

    Your whine gets better as the years go by! (Yes, that's whine with an H)
    Great video for a great song!

  • @DarrenMitton
    @DarrenMitton Před 2 lety

    They STILL rock. Have since I very first heard them.

  • @RenforcSaloon-gk3gu
    @RenforcSaloon-gk3gu Před 2 měsíci

    Sick always

  • @erickgarcia9377
    @erickgarcia9377 Před 4 lety +2

    This and sweet misery blues are so fucking criminally underrated

  • @brandedtotroll9153
    @brandedtotroll9153 Před 10 měsíci +1

    This is one of the coolest songs of all time. Easily up there with Sweet Jane and Venus by Television.

  • @eyenocynema
    @eyenocynema Před 3 lety

    Hands down, my favorite song ever.

  • @brettcranfield8340
    @brettcranfield8340 Před 2 lety

    you just can't argue with that!

  • @armstrongfellinni
    @armstrongfellinni Před 5 lety +5

    it is an original video or is a fan video? its just great...dont understand why no one realize that!!

    • @lqe.4963
      @lqe.4963 Před 4 lety +3

      Armstrong Fellinni this is the official music video. Judging by the fact they uploaded it a year ago, I’m assuming they commissioned it (it’s one of the bands favorite songs of theirs)

  • @ggghhjd
    @ggghhjd Před rokem +2

    Thank God Gordon became a musician and writer.....otherwise......we might have been hearing about him in crimewatch monthly

  • @AMeN288
    @AMeN288 Před 4 lety +6

    best bassline ever

  • @larawoodham4485
    @larawoodham4485 Před 2 lety +1

    Violent films showing everyone what it means to stay relevant

  • @shannonnonnahs6943
    @shannonnonnahs6943 Před 2 lety +3

    Beaitiful artwork in this video.... Matches the song perfectly!

  • @bigelectriccat1
    @bigelectriccat1 Před rokem

    Cordyceps... it'll grow on you. But really, I just love this album as a whole, and this is one of my favorites off of it.

  • @CataClysme-mn1kd
    @CataClysme-mn1kd Před 26 dny

    I discovered that band in 1992 ..

  • @michaelking5142
    @michaelking5142 Před rokem

    Fukin keep going back ta this gem hitting 50+ still matters

  • @BFriendly8109
    @BFriendly8109 Před měsícem

    You understaaand?! Yeeeaah maaaaan

  • @DarkFire1536
    @DarkFire1536 Před 3 lety +2

    Very cool way to do the lyrics

  • @scottmouse1921
    @scottmouse1921 Před 5 lety +1

    Love to see another in this style!

  • @ghosttrigger4023
    @ghosttrigger4023 Před rokem

    Can’t wait til I’m in his circle. I’m mad too!!!

  • @RichieLashley
    @RichieLashley Před 2 měsíci

    Who saw them in Montreal 🎉

  • @OhPoorTwistedMe1
    @OhPoorTwistedMe1 Před 2 lety +1

    I would like to dedicate this to all those prized Moderna Hedgefunders who investigated themselves and found no lab leak. Who is still with us and listening in 2022? You ARE the resistance!

  • @andremelo1817
    @andremelo1817 Před 3 lety

    Yeahhhh!

  • @discountovid8325
    @discountovid8325 Před rokem

    Existence is a brick in a dryer, on tumble dry. Be the brick.

  • @Kaina___
    @Kaina___ Před 2 lety +1

    just perfect ???

  • @Moocowhappy
    @Moocowhappy Před 3 lety

    Wonderful video for a great song.

  • @lupothunder9786
    @lupothunder9786 Před rokem

    i love them 🦋💙🤘

  • @jacpaz8398
    @jacpaz8398 Před 5 lety +2

    3:47 de "Mngm", Mngm?Blew my mind,and he Mngm,great.

  • @thomasseiler8737
    @thomasseiler8737 Před 8 měsíci

    super video! vielen Dank!

  • @peregrinecovington4138
    @peregrinecovington4138 Před 9 měsíci

    Holy shit!!

  • @tdfox4052
    @tdfox4052 Před 4 lety +2

    It makes me wonder...

  • @dr.selzam8331
    @dr.selzam8331 Před 5 lety

    10|10|10 !!!

  • @jacquelineford7539
    @jacquelineford7539 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Love Violent Femmes, seen them in Concert in Dunedin 32 year's ago. (How can I get just one kiss). My Partner and I we're the last ones throught the door before the doors closed, We made it.
    🦇🖤💣

    • @PhiltheMoko
      @PhiltheMoko Před 7 měsíci +1

      I missed them in Chch in 2003, most of my mates went but I'd never really listened to them and didn't want to pay the $15. One of my biggest music regrets.

  • @bycarolbarber
    @bycarolbarber Před 4 lety +1

    Yo 🔥🔥🔥

  • @arturos.l.2248
    @arturos.l.2248 Před rokem

    Tell tell tell tell nothin nothin nothin never gone

  • @bycarolbarber
    @bycarolbarber Před 4 lety

    Still 🔥🔥🔥

  • @sandrine7868
    @sandrine7868 Před 2 lety

    ligne de basse au top!

  • @bchuggs
    @bchuggs Před 5 lety

    Very nice!

  • @user-di2er6cw2j
    @user-di2er6cw2j Před 4 lety +2

    By the way, the video fits!

  • @hextatik_sound
    @hextatik_sound Před 3 měsíci

    My childhood.

  • @ralphangulo3476
    @ralphangulo3476 Před měsícem

    Funny how the next song on the album is "jesus walking on the water"
    Also funny how i remeber that 30+ years later

  • @theamazingbatboy
    @theamazingbatboy Před rokem

    'TALK!'

  • @backrack01
    @backrack01 Před rokem

    There's a double cd out there. The 2nd were live recordings in random small bars. I cant find any trace of it. I know it exisit..I checked out from the library 20 yrs ago!! Someone please help.

    • @weirdanimations76
      @weirdanimations76 Před 2 měsíci

      Maybe one of the numerous deluxe editions of the first album?

  • @choppedliver4548
    @choppedliver4548 Před 4 lety +2

    What does he mean by don't you know nothing you never tell someone?

    • @Hermetic_Enigma
      @Hermetic_Enigma Před 4 lety +2

      I believe its' the old "snitches get stitches" policy that bad people have. Do a bad thing, keep it a secret, and threaten or kill anyone that exposes said secret.

    • @choppedliver4548
      @choppedliver4548 Před 4 lety

      @@Hermetic_Enigma thankyou

  • @onlyNtimE
    @onlyNtimE Před 5 lety

    Free soul LA

  • @davidbridge9267
    @davidbridge9267 Před rokem

    Way better than the first album

  • @_Ramen-Vac_
    @_Ramen-Vac_ Před 4 lety

    cool video to match.

  • @petarsimic7138
    @petarsimic7138 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Origins of Smashing Pumpkins

    • @Dr.JeremyDunks
      @Dr.JeremyDunks Před 2 měsíci +1

      Pixies definitely drew some influence here.

  • @alexandrossakkas8969
    @alexandrossakkas8969 Před 2 lety +1

    ΣΤΗΝ ΛΕΥΚΗ ΜΕ ΑΓΑΠΗ ΑΛΕΚΟΣ 1991 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

  • @spacesloth6496
    @spacesloth6496 Před rokem

    Why im a tree 🤟🦋

  • @fungi42021
    @fungi42021 Před 3 lety +1

    Modest mouse must be a fan

  • @alexandrossakkas8969
    @alexandrossakkas8969 Před 2 lety +1

    20:45 ΑΠΟΚΑΛΥΨΗ

  • @24ACAB15
    @24ACAB15 Před 6 měsíci

    Me 💯 % 😂

  • @davidburnham5098
    @davidburnham5098 Před 2 lety

    Uh huh huh huh he said doo doo

  • @MichiGata-yr4jj
    @MichiGata-yr4jj Před rokem

    back to this times
    omgmgmfdklgdf

  • @user-di2er6cw2j
    @user-di2er6cw2j Před 4 lety +2

    What do you think about the message of this song?.For me its certainly full of dark energy and deepest depression.But its intensity impresses.
    Is it a kind of story- telling?
    It was creepy in my youth and it affects me likewise now .

    • @jennieoconnor3438
      @jennieoconnor3438 Před 4 lety +2

      Yes, Olga, it is certainly full of dark energy, and impressive intensity. In a sense, it is about incredible inner strength ("I stood right up in the heart of hell; I never tell") and fierce loyalty to principles ("You never tell on someone!"), but in a twisted way. He will kill the person who breaks loyalty with him, without a second thought. Very interesting, creative, and expressive song.

    • @user-di2er6cw2j
      @user-di2er6cw2j Před 4 lety +2

      Thank you for reply.Not being a native speaker there's always a chance of misinterpreting the context

    • @jennieoconnor3438
      @jennieoconnor3438 Před 4 lety +4

      @@user-di2er6cw2j You are very welcome. I teach English as a Second Language. I was married to a Russian for ten very interesting years. I understand. Songs can be particularly difficult to interpret. I think that you interpret this song correctly. It's cool to hear that this music is enjoyed by people so far away. I also listened to this when I was young--I was in my first year at university in 1986 when I first heard this. :)

    • @user-di2er6cw2j
      @user-di2er6cw2j Před 4 lety

      @@jennieoconnor3438 Thank you again for your help.We with my husband were keen on this song very much.And now Im a sort of an english teacher too, here in Russia.Where are you from?

    • @jennieoconnor3438
      @jennieoconnor3438 Před 4 lety

      @@user-di2er6cw2j You are very welcome. That's great that you teach English in Russia! Where do you live? I visited Moscow when I was married, but spent more time in Ukraine, where my ex-husband was from. I live in the United States. I am from Cleveland, Ohio, but now I live near San Francisco, California.

  • @blitzshriek999
    @blitzshriek999 Před rokem

    Let’s see…. may be at this point another 10 years and the library of Congress.

  • @tinablack1986
    @tinablack1986 Před 2 lety

    Hi it me the one in pic shhh.. Boss.