LAST LISTENED TO last month
CHANCE OF WAKING TO IT as much as ever
RATING
For some reason, this album more than any other sends me straight back to when i was first listening to it some fifteen years ago. That was when i became a student, which is no coincidence as this record seems to be something of a freshers' discovery year on year. There's a good chance that this is all down to this song. And when it get's down to it, it's because this is the 'why can't i get just one f**k?' song. There is much more to the song than this, of course, but that is all anyone is ever going to remember.
Add It Up, clearly the Violent Femmes song, is spiky and awkward and was made by the (then) teenage trio in their classic guitar/bass/drums format. There is an anger and passion here, which is backed up by both strong and quite sophisticated playing and writing. The level of sophistication seems just a bit unlikely for teenages, but it is none the less apparent. Also strange is that the song (like the album) seems somewhat out of time, in that it's incredibly hard to place it in any given period. That it was recorded in '83 is either all the explanation you need or just further muddying.
It's a great song, much like its parent album. The Violent Femmes went on to record plenty other good great music but somehow they just never quite made the big time. Maybe they just happened at the wrong time.
Further Violent Femmes songs: Never Tell
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