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Punk your youth. 2007-6-1 0:41:54 | ----------------------------------
almost heaven..
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
hometown: San Francisco, CA,1995
Musical Styles: Novelty, Punk-Pop, Skatepunk
Similar Artists: Descendents, Down by Law, The Mr. T Experience, NOFX, No Use for a Name, SNFU, The Vandals, The Offspring
members:Spike - Vocals / Dave - Drums / Jackson - Guitar / Fat Mike - Bass / Joey - More Guitar
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Me First and the Gimme Gimmes formed in 1995 in an effort to breath some punk rock life back into classic radio hits made famous by rock pioneers like Barry Manilow and Neil Diamond. Getting together with friends and playing thoughtless music was the motivation for the Gimme Gimmes. The Gimmes have broken down the barrier between the golden moldies and punk; finally a band that can be enjoyed kids and parents alike!
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes are the consummate punk rock supergroup. If underground music had an all-star game, these guys would lead the league in voting every season. Beginning with vocal duties, we have Spike. Spike got his break in the Fat Wreck Chords warehouse, where he was notorious for his violent outbursts and singing along to Prince records. His sweet voice and charisma could not be overlooked’the rest is history. Spike also plays bass in the famed San Francisco streetpunk band the Swingin’ Utters. On the tubs’that means the drums’we have Dave, formerly of Santa Barbara greats, Rich Kids on L.S.D., and the current drummer for skate-punk torchbearers, Lagwagon. On guitar we have Jackson. Yeah, yeah, Jackson’s in the Foo Fighters. On bass there’s Fat Mike, and if ever there was a punk tycoon, it would have to be he. As frontman of NOFX and president of Fat Wreck Chords, this man is a veritable crimelord. He’s not Sicilian, he’s Jewish. And finally, we have Joey on guitar. As the singer/songwriter genius behind Lagwagon, this Santa Barbaran is a living legend and leader of the punk rock new school.
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卡拉OK是亚洲人的发明，在欧美很少有人喜欢这种娱乐形势。但偏偏有这么一只PUNK乐队是例外，他们可以说是近乎疯狂的卡拉OK迷，他们从不创作一首歌，但却深受歌迷拥戴，
这就是“Me First And The Gimme Gimmes”。从“甲壳虫”到各国民歌，从“阿根挺别为我流泪”到“我的太阳”，都是他们翻唱的对象，大有将翻唱进行到底之势。而作为一支
PUNK乐队5人的组合又有些不和常理（通常3人居多）
乐队成员：
主唱：Spike
吉他：Joey
贝司：Fat Mike 此人值得一提，因为他即是乐队成员，又是乐队所在独立唱片公司“fatwreck”(网址：http://www.fatwreck.com/)的老板。
吉他：Jake Jackson
鼓：Dave
John Denver, Andrew Lloyd Weber, Billy Joel, and George Gershwin. Cross dressing, all night Vicadin fueled rock armadas, karaoke, and Jagermeister. Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens. These are a few of Me First and the Gimme Gimmes favorite things.
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Punk's premier cover artists, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes are a conglomerate of some of the most recognizable faces in new-school punk. Drawn together by a mutual love of '60s and '70s music, the Gimme Gimmes work exclusively as a cover band. Their repertoire include songs from such acts as Neil Diamond, Billy Joel, and John Denver.
Singer Spike Slawson formed the Gimme Gimmes in 1995, drawing in the talents of NOFX bassist Fat Mike, Lagwagon singer Joey Cape, Foo Fighters guitarist Chris Shiflett, and Lagwagon drummer Dave Raun. Never originally aiming to put out a record, the band made appearances on punk compilation albums through much of the year. In 1996, however, the band began releasing singles named after the singer they had covered. They produced Billy, Diamond, Paul, Denver, and Barry in this manner.
Finally, the group produced their first full-length effort, 'Have a Ball', in late 1997. The group's second full length CD, 'Are a Drag', came out in June 1999. 'Blow in the Wind' followed in early 2001. The bands fourth album 'Take a Break' came out in july 2003 and pays tribute to the greatest black artists. Their latest release, 'Ruin Jonny's Bar Mitzvah'is a live album, released in October 2004.
All the stuff you hear about other members from well known bands playing in Me First and the Gimme Gimmes is not true, it's just a joke that's gotten out of hand. However, sometimes the line-up does change for live shows when not everyone can be there. For example, Max Huber of the Swingin' Utters replaced Joey a couple of times. Warren Fitzgerald of The Vandals did the same during the Warped Tour in 2001 and 2003 when Chris Shifflet couldn't be there.
Former members of the Gimme Gimmes should have been Billie Joe (Green Day), Tim Armstrong (Rancid), Mike Watt (Minuteman), Fletcher Dragge (Pennywise), Brett Guerewitz (Bad Religion), Pig Champion (Poison Idea), Joe Escalante (Vandals), Ben Weasel (Screeching Weasel), Danny Vapid (Screeching Weasel), Ron Weltner (Offspring) and Lou Italian (Sick Of It All).
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Love Their Country
October 17, 2006
Ruin Jonny's Bar Mitzvah
October 05, 2004
Take A Break
July 01, 2003
Blow In The Wind
March 20, 2001
Are A Drag
May 18, 1999
Have A Ball
July 29, 1997
Denver
August 26, 1995
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Take Me Home, Country Road
Almost heaven, West Virginia
Blue Ridge mountain, shining in the gold river
Life is older, older than the trees
Younger than the mountains
Growing like a breeze
Country road, take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain, Mama
Take me home, country road
All my memories gather around her
My old lady, stronger to blue waters
Dark and dusty painted on the sky
Misty tastes the moonshine
Teardrops in my eyes
Country road, take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain, Mama
Take me home, country road
I hear her voice singing in the morning
when she calls me
The radio reminds me of my home far away
And driving down the road I get the feeling
that I should've been home yesterday
Yesterday ...
Country road, take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain, Mama
Take me home, country road
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dont cry for me argentina
It won't be easy, you'll think it strange
When I try to explain how I feel
That I still need your love after all that I've done
You won't believe me
All you will see is a girl you once knew
Although she's dressed up to the nines
At sixes and sevens with you
I had to let it happen, I had to change
Couldn't stay all my life down at heel
Looking out of the window, staying out of the sun
So I chose freedom
Running around, trying everything new
But nothing impressed me at all
I never expected it to
Don't cry for me Argentina
The truth is I never left you
All through my wild days
My mad existence
I kept my promise
Don't keep your distance
And as for fortune, and as for fame
I never invited them in
Though it seems to the world they were all I desired
They are illusions
They're not the solutions they promised to be
The answer was here all the time
I love you and hope you love me
Don't cry for me Argentina
Don't cry for me Argentina
The truth is I never left you
All through my wild days
My mad existence
I kept my promise
Don't keep your distance
Have I said too much?
There's nothing more I can think of to say to you
But all you have to do is look at me
To know that every word is true
Don't cry for me Argentina
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I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry
Hear that lonesome whippoorwill
He sounds too blue to fly
The midnight train is whining low
I'm so lonesome I could cry
I've never seen a night so long
When time goes crawling by
The moon just went behind a cloud
To hide its face and cry
Did you ever see a robin weep
When leaves begin to die?
Like me he's lost the will to live
I'm so lonesome I could cry
The silence of a falling star
Lights up a purple sky
And as I wonder where you are
I'm so lonesome I could cry
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不Seasons In The sun啦．哈.
自己ＦＵＣＫ ＩＴ.
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goodbye earl
Mary anne and wanda were the best of friends
All through their high school days
Both members of the 4h club
Both active in the ffa
After graduation mary anne went out lookin
For a bright new world
Wanda looked all around this town
And all she found was earl
Well it wasnt two weeks
After she got married that
Wanda started gettin abused
She put on dark glasses and long sleeved blouses
And make-up to cover a bruise
Well she finally got the nerve to file for divorce
She let the law take it from there
But earl walked right through that restraining order
And put her in intensive care
Right away mary anne flew in from atalnta
On a red eye midnight flight
She held wandas hand as they
Worked out a plan
And it didnt take long to decided
That earl had to die
Goodbye earl
Those black-eyed peas
They tasted all right to me earl
Youre feeling weak
Why dont you lay down
And sleep earl
Aint it dark
Wrapped up in that tarp earl
The cops came to bring earl in
They searched the house
High and low
Then they tipped their hats
And said thank you ladies
If you hear from him let us know
Well the weeks went by and
Spring turned to summer
And summer faded into fall
And it turns out he was a missing person
Who nobody missed al all
So the girls bouth some land
And a roadside stand
Out on highway 109
They sell tennessee ham
And strawberry jame
And they dont
Lose any sleep at night cause
Earl had to die
Goodbye earl
We need a break
Lets go out to the lake earl
Well pack a lunch
And stuff you in the trunk earl
Well is that all right
Good lets go for a ride
Earl hey
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San Francisco
If you're going to San Francisco
Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair
If you're going to San Francisco
You're gonna meet some gentle people there
For those who come to San Francisco
Summertime will be a love-in there
In the streets of San Francisco
Gentle people with flowers in their hair
All across the nation such a strange vibration
People in motion
There's a whole generation with a new explanation
People in motion people in motion
For those who come to San Francisco
Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair
If you come to San Francisco
Summertime will be a love-in there
If you come to San Francisco
Summertime will be a love-in there
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auld lang syne
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And auld lang syne?
CHORUS:
For auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne,
We'll tak a cup of kindness yet,
For auld lang syne!
And surely ye'll be your pint-stowp,
And surely I'll be mine,
And we'll tak a cup o kindness yet,
For auld lang syne!
We twa hae run about the braes,
And pou'd the gowans fine,
But we've wander'd monie a weary fit,
Sin auld lang syne.
We twa hae paidl'd in the burn
Frae morning sun till dine,
But seas between us braid hae roar'd
Sin auld lang syne.
And there's a hand my trusty fiere,
And gie's a hand o thine,
And we'll tak a right guid-willie waught,
For auld lang syne
Meanings
auld lang syne - times gone by
be - pay for
braes - hills
braid - broad
burn - stream
dine - dinner time
fiere - friend
fit - foot
gowans - daisies
guid-willie waught - goodwill drink
monie - many
morning sun - noon
paidl't - paddled
pint-stowp - pint tankard
pou'd - pulled
twa - two
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Somewhere over the rainbow
Way up high
There's a land that I heard of
Once in a lullaby
Somewhere over the rainbow
Skies are blue
And the dreams that you dare to dream
Really do come true
Some day I'll wish upon a star
And wake up where the clouds are far behind me
Where troubles melt like lemondrops
Away above the chimney tops
That's where you'll find me
Somewhere over the rainbow
Bluebirds fly
Birds fly over the rainbow
Why then, oh why can't I?
Some day I'll wish upon a star
And wake up where the clouds are far behind me
Where troubles melt like lemondrops
Away above the chimney tops
That's where you'll find me
Somewhere over the rainbow
Bluebirds fly
Birds fly over the rainbow
Why then, oh why can't I?
If happy little bluebirds fly
Beyond the rainbow
Why, oh why can't I?
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How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a man? Yes, 'n' how
many seas must a white dove sail before she sleeps in the sand? Yes, 'n' how
many times must the cannon balls fly before they're forever banned?
The answer my friend is blowin' in the wind. The answer is blowin' in the
wind.
How many times must a man look up before he can see the shy? Yes, 'n' how
many ears must one man have before he can hear people cry? Yes, 'n' how many
deaths will it take till he knows that too many people have died?
The answer my friend is blowin' in the wind. The answer is blowin' in the
wind.
How many years can a mountain exist before it's washed to the sea? Yes, 'n'
how many years can some people exist before they're allowed to be free? Yes,
'n' how many times can a man turn his head pretending he just doesn't see?
The answer my friend is blowin' in the wind. The answer is blowin' in the
wind.
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