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The Bottle Rockets — Idiot's Revenge
Album: The Brooklyn Side
Avg rating:
5.9

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Total ratings: 344









Released: 1994
Length: 3:42
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Well, she likes Dinosaur Jr
But she can't tell you why
Says "You like country music?
Man, you deserve to die"
She got that whacked-off hair
Got them second-hand clothes
Got an itemized list
Of everything she loathes

Well, she's so political
So sophisticated
She will swear in court
That everything's just overrated

Well, her parents are really cool
You know they love that Motown beat
Well my baby with the kitchen and insulation
When she can't stand the heat

Support Amnesty International
For all to see
So it's ok when they use
The word "nigger" privately

Well, they're so political
So sophisticated
They will swear in court
That everything's just overrated

Well, I know that there's no balance
To the stuff I just sang
She thinks I'm a redneck idiot
Because I talk with a twang
But this is my only weapon
And I know that it ain't fair
She'll never listen to it anywhere
So I guess that she won't care


Yeah, she's so political
So sophisticated
She will swear in court
That everything's just overrated
(x2)


(Well that's about all the vocals there is, but if you want to hear more, I can keep on truckin')
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The lyrics are great.  

Probably applies to most who identify with the counter-culture or believe they are sophisticated urbanites.   
OK, how bout some Kinky Friedman? They Ain't Makin Jews Like Jesus Anymore would be perfect for Good Friday and Pesach!
I'm definitely hearing Southern Culture on the Skids here! And yeah, it is a fun song... (and now I wanna watch the flick, Bottle Rocket!)
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Pyro wrote:
I think this song is fun and upbeat. Some folks just need to chill with their attitudes....it's just a SONG fer krissakes!! And a funny one at that. Sort of James McMurtry meets Southern Culture on the Skids...

 Ulises wrote:
Snowflakes, remember that the 1st Amendment is not for speech you agree with, but rather for speech you disagree with.

 
wow, real insight. must have aced your middle school social studies curriculum
 Shmelo wrote:

This is shit. Pure shit. Music for morons to justify to themselves that they're mouth breathing troglodytes.

 
elephant
Snowflakes, remember that the 1st Amendment is not for speech you agree with, but rather for speech you disagree with.
I think all right thinking people are wrong.
Next we need to hear "The lap dance is better when the stripper is crying" by the Bloodhound Gang.
 Shmelo wrote:

This is shit. Pure shit. Music for morons to justify to themselves that they're mouth breathing troglodytes.

 
Is the irony intentional? I think it must be.
 Shmelo wrote:

This is shit. Pure shit. Music for morons to justify to themselves that they're mouth breathing troglodytes.



 
Methinks that yours are the knuckles that drag.

This is shit. Pure shit. Music for morons to justify to themselves that they're mouth breathing troglodytes.



Protect freedom of speech! Play this song again.
 anniebear wrote:
wow, what a fucked up song. Bill, please reconsider whether or not this song belongs on the playlist because it really is pretty offensive.
 
Please play it again!  I loved it.  Nothing like poking fun at people who deserve it.  And I don't find it offensive.
 Walrus_Gumbo wrote:
Oh my yes! Save me from the horrors of free speech!!!
 
Looks like he did reconsider... And back on it went!
I take revenge on no one today: it's a beautiful May day! 
sounds alot like Mr Robert Earl Keen. Let's hear a lil bit o him out here.
I've known more than a few people who would be accurately described by this song.
anniebear wrote:
wow, what a fucked up song. Bill, please reconsider whether or not this song belongs on the playlist because it really is pretty offensive.
Oh my yes! Save me from the horrors of free speech!!!
the bounce-o-meter is off the scale! ...bounce...bounce...
I like it because its a bunch of "red neck", "honkie" "whitetrash" with a twang doing it. Ohhhhh I'm so fricken offended. Better not use them words. Word Police is going to pay my trailer a visit soon.
Never thought I'd hear a connection to Dinosaur Jr.in a song like this!
Countrytime on RP. Feeling like a Redneck this morning.
mgkiwi wrote:
Yeeeehaaaaaa
Exactly!
MJMJ wrote:
and I only removed the letters in the word so that RP won't show up on google inappropriately. And so people with no sophistication won't think *I'm* "using" the word too! heh
So if I quote you quoting the song quoting the girl... does that get me in trouble?
I think this song is fun and upbeat. Some folks just need to chill with their attitudes....it's just a SONG fer krissakes!! And a funny one at that. Sort of James McMurtry meets Southern Culture on the Skids....
Worth a couple of notches up the ratings for the lyric: "Says "You like country music? Man, you deserve to die" So that'll be a 3 then!!
Yeeeehaaaaaa
bindi wrote:
Cool tune, funny lyrics, but how do white guys (I'm assuming)- especially white guys with a Southern accent get away using the most offensive word in the english language?
I guess because the song's criticizing someone for "using" that word, rather than "using" the word itself. Stating the word as a quote of someone and "using" the word are actually two different things, ya know. song lyrics from https://www.songmeanings.net/lyric.php?lid=3530822107858650720 "When she can't stand the heat Support Amnesty International For all to see So it's ok when they use The word "n*****" privately" and I only removed the letters in the word so that RP won't show up on google inappropriately. And so people with no sophistication won't think *I'm* "using" the word too! heh
Where's Country Dick Montana when you really want to sling some beer? Oh yeah, he died on stage! Way to go, Dick - RIP.
bindi wrote:
Cool tune, funny lyrics, but how do white guys (I'm assuming)- especially white guys with a Southern accent get away using the most offensive word in the english language?
Yeah, that definitely caught my attention also - but I would hope most will keep it in the proper context and not get all PC about it.
Cool tune, funny lyrics, but how do white guys (I'm assuming)- especially white guys with a Southern accent get away using the most offensive word in the english language?
These guys do a great job on their "$1,000 car" song, it's hilarious.
Honkey Talk is not Dead, others to check out; the Drive by Truckers and the Ex Husbands. If you really want to dive deep you should check out DM Bob and the Deficits (germans gone southern)
anniebear wrote:
wow, what a fucked up song. Bill, please reconsider whether or not this song belongs on the playlist because it really is pretty offensive.
Ah, AnnieBear. I knew we could count on you to get offended.
A hint of Mojo Nixon in there?
the melody is 100% pure bounce! fun!
Pot, meet kettle!
wow, what a fucked up song.
Hilarious you used that word in your statement against offensiveness. I think you missed the point of the song, btw.
Calling Commander Cody ...
wow, what a fucked up song. Bill, please reconsider whether or not this song belongs on the playlist because it really is pretty offensive.
"Settle down, Beavis!" It's only rock'n'roll, but I like it!
LordBaltimore wrote:
It would be nice to have some kind of warning before a song drops the N-bomb. Those of us listening in cubicles would appreciate it!
Geecheeboy wrote:
I agree. Yet when I said that very same thing about the F-bomb in a different song, I was accused of being a self-appointed head of the FCC and someone else railed against censorship. Others went crazy about artistic integrity and deep meanings being lost if the language was "more appropriate." Funny huh.
If you guys actually work in a place where it would be trouble for 1 lyric in a song then I truly feel sorry for you. I suspect you both just need to calm the hell down tho! ;)
noisy! nice!
Huh. I originally gave this song a 3. Must have been in a bad mood that day. Moved it up to a 6.
rtkmusic wrote:
Bottle Rockets - Idiot's Revenge Lucinda Williams - Can't Let Go Nice segue!quote> Downright seamless! Nice work RP!
Bottle Rockets - Idiot's Revenge Lucinda Williams - Can't Let Go Nice segue! Singer sounds like Lou Whitney of the Skeletons, the prototypical bar band from Springfield MO - just a bit south of Festus :)
hahaha the lyrics for this are brilliant.
Geecheeboy wrote:
Opens like "Don't Mess with my Toot-Toot," dontcha think?
Sweet fancy moses, I forgot all about that song. You're absolutely right. That "toot-toot" song was one of my stepdad's favorite songs. I loved him in spite of that.
RobRyan wrote:
Hmm.. Lucinda Williams followed by Bottle Rockets. I saw Lucinda at the House of Blues Hollywood a few years back. Opening for her was .. you guessed it.. Bottle Rockets. Great show.
Same pattern today.....
It opens like " don't mess with my toot-toot"
That's just waht the song reminded me of. Man did I dig that song, only in a german cover-version "es macht immer tut-tut", when I was 5 years old...lol
darrell711 wrote:
I dedicate this song to the residents of San Francisco.
Couldn't agree more!
Opens like "Don't Mess with my Toot-Toot," dontcha think?
I dedicate this song to the residents of San Francisco.
Radio Paradise is so eclectic!
good grief..I live in TX and even I gotta say - don't play this song ever again... I would most definitely chuck a beer bottle at this band in concert.. yipee kai yay mutha....
Hmm.. Lucinda Williams followed by Bottle Rockets. I saw Lucinda at the House of Blues Hollywood a few years back. Opening for her was .. you guessed it.. Bottle Rockets. Great show.
froggerwood wrote:
YEE HAW!
QFE Ought to pair that up with "Choctaw Bingo"
positive karma ... was listening to the bottle rockets doing radar gun on a cd on the way into work this morning thinking that I'd never heard them on RP. YEEHAW indeed. long live longhair redneck bar bands!
What this set needs next is some Georgia Satellites...
YEE HAW!
robca wrote:
Hey, it's radio paradise, not the disney channel....
Yes! And that's only one of the reasons I listen to RP and not Clear Channel stations!
Hey, it's radio paradise, not the disney channel....
LordBaltimore wrote:
It would be nice to have some kind of warning before a song drops the N-bomb. Those of us listening in cubicles would appreciate it!
I agree. Yet when I said that very same thing about the F-bomb in a different song, I was accused of being a self-appointed head of the FCC and someone else railed against censorship. Others went crazy about artistic integrity and deep meanings being lost if the language was "more appropriate." Funny huh.
Jack_Jefferson wrote:
Fun guitar riffs and catchy lyrics! I could have done without the N word, though. I'm at work in a cubicle. Nonetheless, this is great stuff. I give it a nine.
I had to go look up the context:
Well her parents are really cool You know they love that Motown beat Provide baby with a kitchen and insolation when she can't stand the heat Support Amnesty International for all to see So it's ok when they use the word "nigger" privately
Fun guitar riffs and catchy lyrics! I could have done without the N word, though. I'm at work in a cubicle. Nonetheless, this is great stuff. I give it a nine.
yeeeeeeeeeeeeeehaw!
If you like these guys, check out Cracker's album "Countrysides". It is pure country take off stuff!
Nice romper Bill! Love these guys.
hmmm, must be one of those experimental songs that plays pure silence ;)
Johnny_Truant wrote:
Sounded good for the thirty seconds before my feed went dead.
Lost mine too, darn it.
Johnny_Truant wrote:
Sounded good for the thirty seconds before my feed went dead.
I hope he restarts it.
Sounded good for the thirty seconds before my feed went dead.
It would be nice to have some kind of warning before a song drops the N-bomb. Those of us listening in cubicles would appreciate it!
Yeehaw!! That was fun
Mari wrote:
...like it or lump it, it's very well played for what it is and what it is is up to me here and you there, it's all the same to Bottle Rockets, he's just havin' a lot of fun doin' what he loves best and that's stirrin' the shit out of us, check out the revs. ... ...
Right on
This whole album rocks....one great debut record!!
As an idiot that has gotten his revenge from time to time, I love this tune. Bottle Rockets are a treasure!
I just really love the smokin' guitar!
Heh, being concerned about torture == "so political". Explains so much of the USA.
Dahnyul wrote:
"She's got an itemised list of everything she loathes." Hey, I KNOW that girl!
Oh, so you dated her, too? Gosh, this is fun.
Love it.
"She's got an itemised list of everything she loathes." Hey, I KNOW that girl!
Don'tcha just love that toe-tappin' music! Bottle Rockets... ehhh... Rocks!!!!
Oh GAWDDDDDDD This is FUn!
Thank you. I was about to fall asleep at my desk. See, here on the east coast we've been at work for a few hours. zzzzzzzZZzzzzzzZZZZzzzz
masterhead wrote:
It is all good clean fun, boys
doesn't mean you have to like it, though.
Angloray wrote:
ooh, I totally agree about Hot Dog, but I like that song way better than this one. The movie is better.
It is all good clean fun, boys
smillersmiller wrote:
This reminds me in a way of the (IMHO under-appreciated) song "Hot Dog" by Led Zeppelin.
ooh, I totally agree about Hot Dog, but I like that song way better than this one. The movie is better.
yeah, me too: YEEEEEEEHAAAAAAAW... ...
hilarity. i like it.
JCJ wrote:
Weeee doggies!! great rockabilly
I'll be these guys kick ass in a live show!
gandalfbmg wrote:
"Uh, settle down Beavis" ROTFLMAO. I miss middle school. Bravo for mentioning Dinosaur Jr. too.
Hearing it again, my girlfriend would say this song describes me perfectly.
"Uh, settle down Beavis" ROTFLMAO. I miss middle school. Bravo for mentioning Dinosaur Jr. too.
This reminds me in a way of the (IMHO under-appreciated) song "Hot Dog" by Led Zeppelin.
Originally Posted by squarepixel: Yeeeeehaaawww!
You beat me to it. Exactly what went through my mind. Hang on lil' doggy!
Weeee doggies!! great rockabilly
Tongue planted firmly in cheek! Very good stuff. keep this sort of thing coming.
Yeeeeehaaawww!
Stupidity is, indeed, the best revenge. I fake it whenever I can. Twang.
My foot hasn\'t stopped tapping the whole way through!
Genius.