Milwaukee PBS Specials

-Celebrating 40 years since the release of their iconic debut album, The Violent Femmes are joined by the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, playing songs from their debut, as well as several other quintessential songs from their catalog, coming up next on PBS.

-In our city, the beat flows with a new sense of optimism and energy.

Together we're dancing to the rhythm, and the waves are pushing us forward.

Experience Milwaukee, where fresh meets fearless every day.

-This program was made possible in part by contributions to your PBS station from viewers like you.

Thank you.

[ Cheers and applause ] - Day After day I will walk And I will play But the day After today I will stop and I will Start -1, 2, 3, 4!

- Why can't I get just one kiss?

Why can't I get just one kiss?

Believe me, some things that I wouldn't miss But I look at your pants, I need a kiss Say, why can't I get just one... Why can't I get just one... Believe me, I know what to do But something won't let me make love to you Why can't I get just one... Why can't I get just one... Guess it's got something to do with luck But I waited my whole life for just one... Day after day I get angry And I will say That the day Is in my sight When I'll take a bow And say good night Oh, ma ma ma, mo ma mum Have you kept your eye, your eye on your son?

I know you've got problems, you're not the only one When your sugar left you, left you on the run So, ma ma ma, mo ma mum Take a look now, look what your boy has done Walkin' around like he's number one You went downtown and you got him a gun So don't shoot, shoot, shoot that thing at me Don't shoot, shoot, shoot that thing at me You know you've got my sympathy Don't shoot, shoot, shoot that thing at me Don't shoot, shoot, shoot that thing at me Don't shoot, shoot, shoot that thing at me Know you've got my sympathy Don't shoot, shoot, shoot that thing at me In your broken-down kitchen at the top of the stairs Can I mix in with your affairs?

Share a smoke, make a joke Gotta grasp and reach for a leg of hope I said, words to memorize, words hypnotize Words make my mouth exercise Words all failed the magic prize Nothing I can say when I'm in your thighs Oh, ma-mama, mo-ma, mother I would love to love you, lover City is restless, it's ready to pounce Here in your bedroom, ounce for ounce Oh, ma-mama, mo-ma, mother I would love to love you, lover City is restless, it's ready to pounce Here in your bedroom, ounce for ounce I've given you a decision to make Things to lose, things to take Just as she's about ready to cut it up She says, "Wait a minute, honey, I'm gonna add it up" I wanna add it up, add it up, add it up - Add it up, add it up - Gotta see what you got - Gotta add it up, add it up, add it up - After day - Add it up - I get angry - Add it up - And I will say - Add it up - That the day - Add it up - Is in my sight - Add it up - When I'll take a bow - Add it up - I'll say good night Good night [ Cheers and applause ] People worry What are they worrying about today?

People worry What are they worrying about today?

Seems like there's good reason To worry, worry, worry Seems like a damn good reason To worry, worry, worry You know I'd sit around, I'd listen to your story If I wasn't in such a hurry, hurry, hurry And I'm so lonely I don't think I can take it anymore And I'm so lonely I just don't know what to do And I'm so lonely Feel like I'm gonna crawl away and die I'm so lonely Feel like I'm gonna hack it apart And I'm so lonely Feel like I'm gonna crawl away and die I'm so lonely Feel like I'm gonna hack it apart I'm gonna hack, hack, hack, hack it apart I'm gonna hack, hack, hack, hack it apart I'm gonna hack, hack, hack, hack it apart I'm gonna hack, hack, hack, hack Seems like there's good reason To be lonely, lonely, lonely I gotta get something or somebody or somebody To make me feel less lonely, lonely, lonely I know I could do it, I know I could do it If I just, if I just, just wasn't so lonely, lonely, lonely Lonely Have we got an army?

We'll teach you how to act like a man Have we got an army?

Man, I mean to tell you we can fight Have we got an army?

And we're gonna Do it tonight - Gonna do, do, do, do it tonight Gonna do, do, do, do it tonight Tonight Do it tonight, do it tonight, do it tonight, do it tonight, do it D-D-D-D-D-Do it tonight Do it tonight, do it tonight, do it tonight, do it tonight, do it tonight [ Cheers and applause ] All I want is to talk to you All I want is to talk to you I'm achin' for your touch I'm breakin' 'cause I miss you so much Do you miss me, too?

Oh, oh, oh And all I want is to walk with you All I want is to walk with you I'm hopin' for your kiss I'm dopin' 'cause I miss you so much Do you miss me, too?

Little bit closer, little bit closer, someday When I try to get closer, oh, then you move away And all I want to say is, all I want is to be with you All I want is to be with you You're hurting deep inside You're flirting 'cause you need to feel that you are still alive Little bit closer, little bit closer, some way When I try to get closer, oh, then you move away And all I want to say is, all I want is to talk to you All I want is to walk with you I'm prayin' for one night I'm layin' so low 'cause I love you so Though I know it ain't right Oh, oh, oh [ Cheers and applause ] -The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra.

[ Cheers and applause ] Under the baton of Ryan Tani.

Let's hear a -- Let's hear it for them.

Milwaukee should be proud to have them.

[ Cheers and applause ] - Color me once, color me twice Everything gonna turn out nice Everlasting arms You gotta keep me from these false alarms Alarm, alarm, I see you so sad Ring, ring, I see you, I'm glad Maybe, maybe in the fire of her desire Patience, patience, said the man Patience, patience, I can't understand Patience like a man's old wife I got patience on my neck like a cold, cold knife I say Jack be nimble, Jack fall dead Jack bend over, give Jilly... Oh-oh, oh-oh You gotta help my body heal my soul Oh Two men working, a sinner a saint Mixing up a pail of paint Painted the house black as night When the sun came up the house was white You gotta go on - Go on - Go on - Go on - Go on - Go on - Go on - And on and on - You gotta go on - Go on - Go on - Go on - You gotta In the fire of her desire [ Cheers and applause ] [ Cheers and applause ] Thank you.

Thank you.

Now Brian Ritchie's picking up his mallets.

[ Cheers and applause ] -One, two, three!

- 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 Love is gone Yeah, it's gone, daddy, gone Love is gone It's gone, daddy, gone Love is gone Gone, daddy, gone The love is gone away When I see you Eyes will turn blue When I see you A thousand eyes turnin' blue 'Cause it's gone, daddy, gone Love is gone It's gone, daddy, gone Love is gone It's gone, daddy, gone Love is gone Gone, daddy, gone The love is gone away!

[ Slide whistle plays ] [ Cheers and applause ] Beautiful girl, lovely dress 15 smiles, oh, yes Beautiful girl, lovely dress But where she is now I can only guess - 'Cause it's gone, daddy, gone - Love is gone - It's gone, daddy, gone - Love is gone - It's gone, daddy, gone - Love is gone - Gone, daddy, gone - Daddy, love is gone away - Gone away Gone away - Gone away [ Slide whistle plays ] [ Cheers and applause ] I like his shoes, I like his hat I'd like me better if I looked like that - Uh-huh Uh-huh - I like her shoes, I love her hat I'd like you better if you looked like that - Uh-huh Uh-huh - But then my lust starts buuuuuurning For what we are learning To ignore I like her shoes, I love her dress I'd like her better if she loved me - Uh-huh - Best - Uh-huh - I like his shoes, I love his pants I'd like him better if he wanted to dance - Uh-huh Uh-huh - But then our love Starts tuuuuuuurning For what we are yearning To adore I'm meeting people Nice people, too I'm meeting people Nice people like you - We're meeting people Nice people, too - Bom, bom - We're meeting people Nice people like you [ Cheers and applause ] - I'm gnawing on the knowledge That I have been burned I'm learning things that I Should've already learned Everyone I ever knew Was so kind and coy I was with a girl But it felt like I was with a boy I can't even remember - If we were lovers Or if I just wanted to I held her in my arms I held her in my arms I held her in my arms but it wasn't you - I will not kill The one thing that I love In this world of wreckage I look above Say, help me, Lord Help me understand What it means to be a boy What it means to be a man - I can't even remember If we were lovers Or if I just wanted to I held her in my arms I held her in my arms I held her in my arms but it wasn't you, oh [ Cheers and applause ] - I'm gnawing on the knowledge That I've been burned And I'm learning things that I Should've already learned Everyone I ever knew Was so kind and coy I was with a girl But it felt like I was with a boy - I can't even remember If we were lovers Or if I just wanted to I held her in my arms I held her in my arms I held her in my arms but it wasn't you Oh, I can't even remember If we were lovers Or if I just wanted to Oh, I held her in my arms I held her in my arms I held her in my arms but it wasn't you Ooh, ooh [ Cheers and applause ] -Blaise Garza on the sax.

[ Cheers and applause ] -Thank you all for coming out tonight to, uh, hear me play banjo.

[ Laughter ] [ Tuning banjo ] Do you like [ Cheers and applause ] American music?

I like American music Don't you like American music Babyyyyyy?

I want you to hold me I want your arms around me I want you to hold me, baby Did you do too many drugs?

I did too many drugs Did you do too many drugs, too, baby?

You were born too late I was born too soon Every time I look at that ugly moon It reminds me of you It reminds me of you Oh-whoa-whoa I need a date to the prom Would you like to come along?

Ah, but nobody would go to the prom with me, baby They didn't like American music They never heard American music They didn't know the music was in my so-o-oul, baby You were born too soon I was born too late Every time I look at that ugly lake It reminds me of me It reminds me of me Oh-whoa-whoa Do you like American music?

- We like American music - I like American music - Baby - Do you like American music?

- We like all kinds of music - But I like American music best Baby, you were born too late I was born too late Every time I look at that ugly lake It reminds me of me It reminds me of me - Do you like American music?

Do you like American music?

Do you like American music?

Do you like American music?

- Reminds me of me - Do you like American music?

- Reminds me of me - Do you like American music?

- Reminds me of me - Do you like American music?

- Reminds me of me - Do you like American music?

- Reminds me of me, reminds me of me Reminds me of me, reminds me of me Reminds me of me, reminds me of me Reminds me of me, reminds me of me Reminds me of me, reminds me of me Reminds me of me, reminds me of me Reminds me of me, reminds me of me Reminds me of meeeee [ Cheers and applause ] - I need someone, a person to talk to Someone who'd care to love Could it be you?

Could it be you?

Situation gets rough, then I start to panic It's not enough, it's just a habit Hey, kid, you're sick Well, darling, this is it You can all just kiss off into the air Behind my back, I can see them stare They'll hurt me bad, but I won't mind They'll hurt me bad, they do it all the time - Yeah, yeah - They do it all the time - Yeah, yeah - They do it all the time - Do it all the time - They do it all the time - Do it all the time - Do it all the time - I hope you know that this will go down On your permanent record Oh, yeah Well don't get so distressed Did I happen to mention I'm impressed?

[ Cheers and applause ] [ Cheers and applause ] I take one, one, one 'cause you left me And two, two, two for my family And three, three, three for my heartache And four, four, four for my headaches And five, five, five for my lonely And six, six, six for my sorrow And seven, seven for tomorrow Eight, eight, I forget what eight was for But nine, nine, nine for a lost god And ten, ten, ten, ten - For everything, everything, everything, everything - You can all just kiss off into the air Behind my back, I see them stare They'll hurt me bad, but I won't mind They'll hurt me bad, they do it all the time - Yeah, yeah - They do it all the time - Yeah, yeah - They do it all the time - Do it all the time - Do it all the time - Do it all the time - Do it all the time, time, time, time, time, time, time T-T-T-T-Time, time - Do it all the time [ Song ends ] [ Cheers and applause ] Tell ya, man, I'm stuck on this lovely girl Of course, to me, she mean all the world But then she like another guy I fall down dead, she never see the tears I cry - So please, please, please do not go Please, please, please do not go Please, please, please do not go - How long can the days go on - Oh, whoa, whoa - When my love is so strong?

- Oh, whoa, whoa - And I know I cannot tell a lie - Oh, whoa, whoa - I want to see him go bye - Goodbye - Bye - Goodbye - Bye, bye Bye, bye, bye, bye Now I wonder I wonder what she would say You know, if I told her I felt this way Might make her turn, might make her turn Either way So all I can do is patiently Pray, pray, a-pray, pray, pray - So please, please, please do not go Please, please, please do not go Please, please, please do not go Play a solo [ Guitar solo ] [ Cheers and applause ] How long can the days go on - Oh, whoa, whoa - When my love is so strong?

- Oh, whoa, whoa - And I know I cannot tell a lie - Oh, whoa, whoa - I want to see him go bye, bye Bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye I'll tell you, man, I'm stuck I'm stuck on this lovely girl And, you know, I could travel I could travel the whole world And you know what she does, she'd just turn around And she'd like another guy Oh, what can I do, I fall down dead She never see the tears I cry - So please, please, please do not go Please, please, please do not go Oh, please, please, please do not go - No, oh - Please, please, please do not go - Oh, oh - Please, please, please -You hurt me so, oh, oh - Please, please, please - I got something to show you - Please, please, please do not go - Oh-ohh - Please, please, please - Ohh-ohh [ Song ends ] [ Cheers and applause ] - Ahh, ahh Come on, Dad, gimme the car tonight Come on, Dad, gimme the car tonight I got this girl, I wanna Come on, Dad, gimme the car Come on, Dad, gimme the car tonight I tell you what, I tell you what I'm gonna do I'm gonna pick her up, I'm gonna get her drunk I'm gonna get her high, I'm gonna make her cry Gonna make her laugh, I'm gonna make her, shh Woman, woman, woman, shh She's gonna know she's it 'cause I'm gonna - Touch her all over her body Gonna touch her all over her body Gonna touch her all over her body Gonna touch her all over her body - She can - Touch me All over my body She can - Touch me All over my body She can touch me All over my body - She can - Touch me All over my body - Time goes by, I can feel myself growing old Burning inside, making this boy turn out cold What's wrong, what's right I don't care when I hate my life What's wrong, what's right People don't care when they hate their life - But how can I explain personal pain?

How can I explain personal pain?

How can I explain my voice is in vain?

How can I explain The deep-down driving?

Driving, driving Driving, we're driving We're driving, we're driving We're driving, driving Driving Yeah Hey, Dad, speaking of driving Come on, Dad, gimme the car tonight - Ahh-ahh Ahh-ahh - So much he don't understand Just might never make it to a man Come on, Dad, gimme the car Come on, Dad, I ain't no runt Come on, girl, gimme your 'Cause I ain't had much to live for - I ain't had much to live for I ain't had much to live for I ain't had much to live for No, I ain't had much to live for You know, I ain't had much to live for You know, I ain't had much to live for You know, I ain't had much to Livvvvve For Ohh [ Song ends ] [ Cheers and applause ] -How cool is this?

Milwaukee.

With the MSO!

[ Cheers and applause ] Come on, already!

40 years celebrating this album, right?

We appreciate you.

Thanks so much.

[ Cheers and applause ] - When I'm out walking I strut my stuff And I'm so strung out I'm high as a kite, I just might Stop to check you out Let me go on Like I blister in the sun Let me go on Big hands, I know you're the one Body and beats, I stain my sheets I don't even know why My girlfriend, she's at the end She is starting to cry Let me go on Like I blister in the sun Let me go on Big hands, I know you're the one When I'm out walking I strut my stuff Yeah, I'm so strung out I'm high as a kite, I just might Stop to check you out, and then, and then Body and beats, I stain my sheets I don't even know why My girlfriend, she's at the end She is starting to cry When I'm out walking I strut my stuff -[ Audience singing ] - Yeah, and I'm so strung out I'm high as a kite, I just might Stop to check One more time, one more time When I'm out walking... - I strut my stuff, yeah, I'm so strung out I'm high as a kite, I just might Stop to check you out - Let me go on Like I blister in the sun Let me go on Big hands, I know you're the one Yes, yes [ Song ends ] [ Cheers and applause ] Good feeling Won't you stay with me Just a little longer?

It always seems like you're leaving When I need you here Just a little longer Dear lady There's so many things That I've come to fear A little voice says I'm going crazy To see all my worlds Disappear Vague sketch of a fantasy Laughing at the sunrise Like he's been up all night Ooh, slippin' and slidin' What a good time But now I have to find a bed That can take this weight Good feeling [ Cheers and applause ] Won't you stay with me Just a little longer?

It always seems like you're leaving When I know the other one Just a little too well Oh, dear lady Won't you stay with me Just a little longer?

It always seems like you're leaving When I need you here Just a little longer Ah-la-la La-la La-la-la-la La-la-ah-la La, la La-la-la, la La-la-la La, la La-la-la-la La-ah-la La, la La-la La L-a-a-a-a-a-a [ Cheers and applause ] -Conductor Ryan Tani!

[ Cheers and applause ] -Yeah!

-Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra.

[ Cheers and applause ] What a theater!

-Thank you all so much.

-Thank you very much.

-It was such a special night.

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