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The Breeders — Cannonball
Album: Last Splash
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Released: 1993
Length: 3:33
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(Check check check
One, two
One, two)

Spitting in a wishing well
Blown to hell
Crash
On the last splash

I know you, little libertine
I know you're a real koo koo

(Hey now)

Want you
Koo koo
Cannonball
Want you
Koo koo
Cannonball
(Hey now)
In the shade
In the shade
(Hey now)
In the shade
In the shade

I know you, little libertine
I know you're a cannonball
I'll be your whatever you want
The bong in this reggae song

(Hey now)
In the shade
(Hey now)
In the shade

Want you
Koo koo
Cannonball
Want you
Koo koo
Cannonball

Spitting in a wishing well
Blown to hell
Crash
I'm the last splash

I'll be your whatever you want
The bong in this reggae song
(Hey
Hey now)

Want you
Koo koo
Cannonball
Want you
Koo koo
Cannonball
(Hey now)
In the shade
In the shade
(Hey now)
In the shade
In the shade.
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yesssss now we're talking, dancing I mean
Posted 5 months ago by Exebeche    [ Reply ]
Man, I used to have that cd, it somehow got lost along the way. I hope whoever got it plays it often. And loud!!
Would love to hear No Aloha... Just saying :)
LLRP
Posted 5 months ago by Egctheow    [ Reply ]
Dance break!
Posted 6 months ago by jmkate    [ Reply ]
 olea wrote:

I won this album in an art contest in middle school. Best prize ever!


Cool!  Wouldn't happen today. <sigh>
Posted 1 year ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
 teapot wrote:

This song sounds just as current now. Love it.



Now 30 YEARS OLD. WOW!
Chair dancing!
Posted 1 year ago by Aud    [ Reply ]
is it da bass?
Posted 2 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
 teapot wrote:

This song sounds just as current now. Love it.




Infinitely better than whatever crap it is they call alternative these days.
Posted 2 years ago by jelgator    [ Reply ]
Not the first to ever say this, I am sure, but I want a girlfriend as cool as Kim Deal (see Dandy Warhols). So does my wife. So do we all.
Posted 2 years ago by dullroar    [ Reply ]
Bumped it up one 
Posted 3 years ago by kenbelanger    [ Reply ]
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Posted 3 years ago by drewd    [ Reply ]
I won this album in an art contest in middle school. Best prize ever!
Posted 3 years ago by olea    [ Reply ]
motorhead?
Posted 3 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
 bmg3738 wrote:

How about playing Tony Joe White; Boom, Boom, Boom.




It's more Bo Diddly than "Cannonball" is.
Posted 3 years ago by tinypriest    [ Reply ]
Never. Gets. Old.
Posted 3 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
Now there's a sequence and transition you don't often hear - Buddy Holly's Everyday into Cannonball!  Holy smokes!
Posted 3 years ago by TampaPurple    [ Reply ]
 bobrk wrote:
Hell, I'm 48 and I like it. ;) Especially the guitar part: chicka-chicka-chicka-chicka!
 
Hell, I hope you still like it at 63!
Posted 3 years ago by Lemmes    [ Reply ]
I still want to be as cool as Kim Deal... 
Posted 3 years ago by vandal    [ Reply ]
I always think that opening is for a song from U2's Achtung Baby. Gets me every time.
Posted 3 years ago by SchoepTone    [ Reply ]
 bobrk wrote:
Hell, I'm 48 and I like it. ;) Especially the guitar part: chicka-chicka-chicka-chicka!
 
@bobrk, You wrote this 15 years ago, do you still like it?  I do!
Posted 3 years ago by nu11    [ Reply ]
 jahgirl8 wrote:
Too L8 now, but thogh is its own word, you may not know so, but the word you want(ed) is spelled though.

 Far wrote:
At beginning I was expecting a cover of "Werewolves of London." still likeable thogh.
 

 
It's "late", not "leight"
Posted 4 years ago by yagermeister    [ Reply ]
How about playing Tony Joe White; Boom, Boom, Boom.
Posted 4 years ago by bmg3738    [ Reply ]
I learned this on bass.  Super fun to play, but shreds the fingers
Posted 4 years ago by yagermeister    [ Reply ]
Absolutely part of the sound of my high school years!
Posted 4 years ago by postrockandcats    [ Reply ]
 stunix wrote:
@romeotuma

Im in the hotel room next door to you, ive just lost a load of money and my wife has left me.  if you dont turn that goddamn awful music down and finish your bloody 5 day party, Im gonna come in there and help you understand what a .22 feels like. 
 

That's not nice of you, and besides, a .22 feels like a toy. Any other questions?
Posted 4 years ago by a_geek    [ Reply ]
Kim Deal - the real deal.
Posted 4 years ago by justlistening    [ Reply ]
Not a masterpiece, but very wild :-)
Posted 4 years ago by Vero_Luxemburg    [ Reply ]
Any song with an average rating over 7.5 should automatically gain an 11 rating column!!
Posted 4 years ago by sqqqrly    [ Reply ]
 Far wrote:
At beginning I was expecting a cover of "Werewolves of London." still likeable thogh.
 
At beginning I was expecting something from the cakes. Miss a trumpet...
Posted 4 years ago by ybsen    [ Reply ]
Too L8 now, but thogh is its own word, you may not know so, but the word you want(ed) is spelled though.

 Far wrote:
At beginning I was expecting a cover of "Werewolves of London." still likeable thogh.
 

Posted 4 years ago by jahgirl8    [ Reply ]
At beginning I was expecting a cover of "Werewolves of London." still likeable thogh.
Posted 4 years ago by Far    [ Reply ]
Logging my request for the Dandy Warhol's "cool as Kim Deal"
Posted 5 years ago by studioDEC    [ Reply ]
 SmackDaddy wrote:

That and Fugazi's Waiting Room
 
Oh yes, Waiting Room
Posted 5 years ago by jasko    [ Reply ]
My aunt introduced me to this band. Good stuff. 
Posted 5 years ago by cayennetea    [ Reply ]
I have decided that its time for the neighborhood to hear this. Again.
Posted 5 years ago by jmkate    [ Reply ]
 cavemanleong wrote:
What an intro! One of the most recognizable intro to a song.
 
That and Fugazi's Waiting Room
Posted 5 years ago by SmackDaddy    [ Reply ]
Gen X anthem
Posted 5 years ago by obankenobi    [ Reply ]
Lovely dose of sweet poison!  
Posted 5 years ago by Parafull    [ Reply ]
But why "in the shade"? Is there a second meaning to that?
Posted 6 years ago by eveliko    [ Reply ]
What an intro! One of the most recognizable intro to a song.
Posted 6 years ago by cavemanleong    [ Reply ]
Nice - just got tix to see the Breeders in April
Posted 6 years ago by pilgrim    [ Reply ]
Gotta love a band called The Breeders. Heh, heh.
Posted 6 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
Good song this one.
Posted 7 years ago by RumbleBee    [ Reply ]
Hey. Nice pants.
Posted 7 years ago by k3rmit    [ Reply ]
 kcar wrote:
If you're gonna write lyrics for a rock band, I think it helps to be stoned, stupid or badly concussed. No one listens to the words in hope of deep wisdom.
 
Stupid people tend to write stupid lyrics, so that may not help much.  Stoned, maybe - I guess it depends on the subject matter.  I don't know if you've ever had a concussion, but maintaining consciousness is challenging enough, writing lyrics may not be easy.  Some people pay attention to the lyrics, but as you know, it depends on the artist - some artists impart more wisdom than others.
Posted 7 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 Typesbad wrote:
I've always really liked this song, but this is the first time I've looked at the lyrics.  And well...it goes to show why I could never be a song writer.  Because I could never put anything that um, abstract down on paper and think:  "Hey, I wrote a song!"  They did, though and it totally works.

 
If you're gonna write lyrics for a rock band, I think it helps to be stoned, stupid or badly concussed. No one listens to the words in hope of deep wisdom.


Posted 7 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
Kinda Liz Phair-y (in a good way).
Posted 7 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]

                 1993. Like it from the radio, buy the CD. Tower Records, Seattle.
 
Posted 7 years ago by sfyi2001    [ Reply ]
Bill is on fire today!  Go RP. Love this tune.
Posted 7 years ago by jgehred    [ Reply ]
Never get tired of this song ...
Posted 8 years ago by schwak    [ Reply ]
Great song that typifies my college years. And probably responsible for at least some of my tinnitus. 
Posted 8 years ago by Wilfrue    [ Reply ]
It's "... this reggae song ..." Not "sad ... song"
Posted 8 years ago by zerosomething    [ Reply ]
Wonderfully weird.
Posted 8 years ago by nutrod42    [ Reply ]
 coloradojohn wrote:
One of the coolest, grungiest, satisfyingly pungent songs ever; never seem to tire of hearing the sexy purr of the voice, the raw guitar...

 
Good description {#Cheers}...and it's crunchy too.
Posted 8 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
I've always really liked this song, but this is the first time I've looked at the lyrics.  And well...it goes to show why I could never be a song writer.  Because I could never put anything that um, abstract down on paper and think:  "Hey, I wrote a song!"  They did, though and it totally works.
Posted 8 years ago by Typesbad    [ Reply ]
muito bom The Breeders {#Yes}
Posted 8 years ago by Glória_Rocha    [ Reply ]
One of the coolest, grungiest, satisfyingly pungent songs ever; never seem to tire of hearing the sexy purr of the voices, the raw guitars...
Posted 8 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
I love the smell of rock-n-roll in the morning!
Posted 8 years ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]
I like this song, I remember thinking, "hey the kids ain't so bad after all".
Posted 8 years ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]
I think the whole album is fantastic........
Posted 8 years ago by Caino    [ Reply ]
{#Hearteyes}
Posted 8 years ago by Azrica    [ Reply ]
Too much fun!

funny gifs
Posted 9 years ago by sid1950    [ Reply ]
 ColdMiser wrote:
Just another fine example of kick ass rock and roll from Boston {#Bananajam}

 
Nobody out-Bostons Mission of Burma.
Posted 9 years ago by colt4x5    [ Reply ]
Breeders and Verucca Salt my two fave girlie bands, Bill would you play Seether or Volcano Girls    Please
Posted 9 years ago by exurbia    [ Reply ]
{#Music} Superb. And off to work I go......wooop
Posted 9 years ago by Lemonhead    [ Reply ]
chicks rock!
Posted 9 years ago by jgehred    [ Reply ]
Fucking song ROCKS!!!! Did I mention it rocks?
Posted 9 years ago by hempmandan    [ Reply ]
Anything even remotely connected to Kristin Hersh is fine by me. Tanya's stepsister.
Posted 9 years ago by stalfnzo    [ Reply ]
 idiot_wind wrote:
Is one of the Diehl(sp) sisters playing bass on this? 

 
I think Josephine Wiggs played bass on this album; the Deal sisters were playing guitars.
Posted 9 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Just another fine example of kick ass rock and roll from Boston {#Bananajam}
Posted 9 years ago by ColdMiser    [ Reply ]
Is one of the Diehl(sp) sisters playing bass on this? 

 
Posted 9 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
You wish you wrote that riff.  
Posted 9 years ago by caatgrrrl    [ Reply ]
 CoYoT51 wrote:
Don't want to hear this HERE. PSD.

 
Bummer for you, I guess.
Posted 9 years ago by dwhayslett    [ Reply ]
Don't want to hear this HERE. PSD.
Posted 10 years ago by CoYoT51    [ Reply ]
up to dance...
Posted 10 years ago by jmkate    [ Reply ]
Holy girl band, Batman! :)
Posted 10 years ago by Amyjacksoncc    [ Reply ]
It's been about 20 years since this was popular...where the hell did the time go?
Posted 10 years ago by treatment_bound    [ Reply ]
I really don't mind this song but my dog quickly left the room at the beginning.  Thanks for the great variety Bill.

Freezing in the Napa Valley
Posted 10 years ago by scadawizard    [ Reply ]
 JalapenoJoe wrote:

Thank you. "The suck side of meh" will now be the new name of my Breeders cover band.

 
Hilarious.  Tanya Donelly {#Heartkiss}
Posted 10 years ago by Tim_in_N_FL    [ Reply ]
 carla_k wrote:
{#Drummer} Great track x
 

Volume all the way UP!!
Posted 11 years ago by Aud    [ Reply ]
{#Drummer} Great track x
Posted 11 years ago by carla_k    [ Reply ]
gets my fingers snappin'.  (Besides, that wavery guitar sounds like something my ears do after 4 bourbons.)
Posted 11 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
gets my fingers snappin'
Posted 11 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
Never cared for this...irritating at best!
Posted 11 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
 Yes. Proclivities wrote:

More than is needed or required?

 


Posted 11 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
my rating was a 7. Listening just now convinced me. Definitely an 8!
Posted 11 years ago by laozilover    [ Reply ]

marvelous...  we be dancing...
 
Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
 
ACK! say it ain't so!

timmus wrote:
Here's something to make us all feel old: This song is almost 20 years old.  :(
 


Posted 12 years ago by linz_bobinz    [ Reply ]
the only song I can play on the bass guitar!
Posted 12 years ago by linz_bobinz    [ Reply ]
Oh yes!! Good song to hear to warm up by. - will freeze in Minnesota-Duluth had snow
Posted 12 years ago by Aud    [ Reply ]
I' m from Cordoba, Argentina. This song remembers me the teen`s days: my friend and I listening some music, discussing and dreaming about future (and girls)...   
Posted 12 years ago by juandepanonia    [ Reply ]
I saw the Breeders on a sunny day at a Lollapalooza Festival in Mountain View, CA back in the 1990's. They were having fun. The crowd having fun. Rock-n-roll should be fun. The Breeders are proof. YAY!
Posted 12 years ago by ottovonb    [ Reply ]
RP spittin' heat today!
Posted 12 years ago by DoctorHooey    [ Reply ]
From back when MTV actually promoted music!!
Posted 12 years ago by slate_dk    [ Reply ]
 TJS wrote:
I always did like this song, so I bought the CD back in the day - mostly because Tanya Donelly played in The Breeders at the time.  To my disappointment though, I found this to be the standout track on the CD.  The rest of it was on the 'suck' side of meh.
 
Thank you. "The suck side of meh" will now be the new name of my Breeders cover band.
Posted 12 years ago by JalapenoJoe    [ Reply ]
GOOD GROOVIN WITH NICE PAUSE AND THEN MORE NOISE WITH HOOKS.  LIKE CUTE SOUNDING YOUNG GIRL SINGING ROCK.
Posted 12 years ago by Wardleader    [ Reply ]
Here's something to make us all feel old: This song is almost 20 years old.  :(
Posted 12 years ago by timmus    [ Reply ]

as good now as it was then KILLER


Posted 12 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
 stunix wrote:
@romeotuma

Im in the hotel room next door to you, ive just lost a load of money and my wife has left me.  if you dont turn that goddamn awful music down and finish your bloody 5 day party, Im gonna come in there and help you understand what a .22 feels like. 
 
Well shit why don't you tell us how you really feel dude.  Perhaps a little too much coffee lately?
Posted 12 years ago by Sloggydog    [ Reply ]
@romeotuma

Im in the hotel room next door to you, ive just lost a load of money and my wife has left me.  if you dont turn that goddamn awful music down and finish your bloody 5 day party, Im gonna come in there and help you understand what a .22 feels like. 
Posted 12 years ago by stunix    [ Reply ]
I always did like this song, so I bought the CD back in the day - mostly because Tanya Donelly played in The Breeders at the time.  To my disappointment though, I found this to be the standout track on the CD.  The rest of it was on the 'suck' side of meh.
Posted 12 years ago by TJS    [ Reply ]
Not a very good song, i'm pretty tired of it. Thankfully, I don't think I was listening to this type of music when the song was actually out on the radio.
Posted 12 years ago by Vintageshake    [ Reply ]
 1wolfy wrote:
redundant 
 
More than is needed or required?
Posted 12 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
The first time I ever heard this song, it was on a demo cd that was being handed out at Daytona Beach when I was there on Spring Break.  Most of what was on that cd was absolute crap, but this song really caught me.  I had that cd for 12 or 13 years before it (as well as about 70 other cds) was stolen out of my car, along with my cd player (had it for 2 weeks, if that), laptop, and an old leather jacket.  Welcome to Toledo, Ohio, there goes your stuff.

I suppose that's what I get for leaving that in my car over a single night.  Where I grew up you could leave your wallet on the dash and the windows down and no one would even think about taking it. 
Posted 12 years ago by Byronape    [ Reply ]
redundant 
Posted 12 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
Where's Romeo?  Did s/he finally get kicked out of a Las Vegas hotel?  ps. great tune.
Posted 12 years ago by blackjackshellac    [ Reply ]
I'll party with you Romeo, where's my drink?

Posted 12 years ago by BKardon    [ Reply ]
 mike_chouinard wrote:
Kim. The real Deal.
 
As cool as Kim deal. There's a definite Dandy Warhols vibe about this one. No' bad. 7 from the Nottingham jury.

Posted 13 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
Is the intro to the song from the Wizard of Oz?  It kind of sounds like the soldiers at the Wicked Witch's castle...
Posted 13 years ago by bailey_comus    [ Reply ]
 window wrote:
This song is supposed to be for my generation like what "Wooly Bully" was for my parent's generation.  So I guess saying that I never really got into it is an admission of extreme uncoolness.
 
I'm not sure how old your parents are, but "Wooly Bully" was not really considered a "cool" tune by most cool people of that era.  It was a "novelty", pop song.  If you are proud of what you consider your "extreme uncoolness", that's fine.  As a great lyricist once wrote: "that's what it's all about".  I think this is a great tune, personally.
Posted 13 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Love the trippy bass line. Wonder if Nikki Monninger of Silversun Pickups borrowed a little inspiration here
Posted 13 years ago by actusreus    [ Reply ]
Kim. The real Deal.
Posted 13 years ago by mike_chouinard    [ Reply ]
This song is supposed to be for my generation like what "Wooly Bully" was for my parent's generation.  So I guess saying that I never really got into it is an admission of extreme uncoolness.
Posted 13 years ago by window    [ Reply ]
This is my Nike+ Power Song,

Never get tired of it
Posted 13 years ago by Moaner    [ Reply ]
{#Bounce}

Thanks for playing this song!

I have to fly to Minneapolis for the 20th time this year for work and I really just want to stay home. SO not in the mood for the TSA!!

Cannonball made me smile     {#Mrgreen}
Posted 13 years ago by Deadwing    [ Reply ]
The beginning of this had my cat freakin' out. Then the music started and she went back to stalking the birds through the window. Catchy tune, the birds are safe.
Posted 13 years ago by ajlept    [ Reply ]
Holy nostalgia! This song was such a *huge* part of the soundtrack of my 20s
Posted 13 years ago by Krispian    [ Reply ]
HELL. YES.
Posted 13 years ago by pinnyrat    [ Reply ]
 thenicholas wrote:
Timeless. Has never stopped being cool to me since it first came out.
 
True dat!
Posted 13 years ago by mirland    [ Reply ]
Timeless. Has never stopped being cool to me since it first came out.
Posted 13 years ago by thenicholas    [ Reply ]
 TreborG2 wrote:
... not sure what rubs me wrong about it, at the first part ... the ahoooooah ... ahoooooah ...
 

Sounds like distorted Ewoks praising C3PO when he popped up out of the tall grass in 'Return of the Jedi'.

Posted 13 years ago by smackiepipe    [ Reply ]