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Aimee Mann — Long Shot
Album: I'm With Stupid
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Released: 1995
Length: 3:06
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(Five six seven fifty)

You fucked it up
You should've quit
Till circumstances
Had changed a bit

You fucked it up
You jumped the gun
I swore you off but
You climbed back on

And when you said
Of course you know
Could I be blamed
If I'd wished it so
I don't think so

You fucked it up
Or was it you
'Cause when you said it
I said it too
What of it

And all that stuff
I knew before
Just turned into
Please love me more
Please love me more
Please love me more
Please love me more
Please love me more
Please love me more
Please love me
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+1 for the F words, not that great a tune to my ears otherwise, i did like the guitar outro segue into "Riders on the Storm"
Call it a 6 for now 
LLRP
Posted 11 months ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
 The_Walrus wrote:
So sorry for having the temerity to dislike a track you obviously love - hadn't realised it wasn't allowed. I'll check your comments in future before posting again, sincere apologies. To try to make amends, one of these may help you in future -   https://www.amazon.com/How-Disagree-Without-Being-Disagreeable/dp/0471157058  or   https://samvak.tripod.com/faq73.html
 
Seriously? My goofy little Walrus joke hurt your feelings?
Silly me, I thought you might actually find it amusing.
Posted 10 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
 On_The_Beach wrote:

We're sorry, but you won't be advancing to the next round of "Song Comments for Marine Mammals".
The judges recommend that you stick to your strengths; flopping around on your belly, eating chum & making grunting sounds.

 
So sorry for having the temerity to dislike a track you obviously love - hadn't realised it wasn't allowed. I'll check your comments in future before posting again, sincere apologies. To try to make amends, one of these may help you in future -   https://www.amazon.com/How-Disagree-Without-Being-Disagreeable/dp/0471157058  or   https://samvak.tripod.com/faq73.html

Posted 10 years ago by The_Walrus    [ Reply ]
 The_Walrus wrote:
Lazy, derivative, lyrically banal rubbish
 
We're sorry, but you won't be advancing to the next round of "Song Comments for Marine Mammals".
The judges recommend that you stick to your strengths; flopping around on your belly, eating chum & making grunting sounds.
Posted 10 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
Lazy, derivative, lyrically banal rubbish
Posted 10 years ago by The_Walrus    [ Reply ]
The distortion is tasty. Thank you, Aimee.
Posted 10 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
What an opening line !  
Posted 10 years ago by msymmes    [ Reply ]
this rocks . . . and an appropriate use of a naughty word . . . it works in this context
Posted 11 years ago by grant    [ Reply ]
Hell Fu**ing YES, this is a great song from a great album.....ooops, did I offend your plastic ears with my language?

So terribly sorry....... {#Devil_pimp} 
Posted 11 years ago by d48m02h1918    [ Reply ]
I suggest someone upload Monty Python's "I bet you they won't play this song on the radio" so Bill can play it after every song that makes people worry about the airwaves and their children's ears being polluted with dirty words.
 
tutakea wrote:
the discussion about the "lord voldemort"-word (f-bombs - omg what does THAT mean!) is simply ridiculous. sometimes i think we´re going backwards in time. just like mccarthy is looming round the corner... frightening, that is!

so thank you aimee for using these words... alas, the song itself is quite ininspired and simply boring

 
and a little quote to go along with this:
"Old lady judges watch people in pairs
Limited in sex, they dare
To push fake morals, insult and stare
While money doesn’t talk, it swears
Obscenity, who really cares
Propaganda, all is phony"


Posted 11 years ago by JHZ    [ Reply ]
 ncollingridge wrote:
Great song, but this sounds to me like a very low bitrate MP3 (or a badly encoded one) judging by the "tizz" on the cymbals.
 
and introducing. . . Fuzz on Guitar
Posted 11 years ago by SquiddlyDiddly    [ Reply ]
Can this be more produced? Yuck.
Posted 12 years ago by dachter1love    [ Reply ]
Great song, but this sounds to me like a very low bitrate MP3 (or a badly encoded one) judging by the "tizz" on the cymbals.
Posted 12 years ago by ncollingridge    [ Reply ]
the discussion about the "lord voldemort"-word (f-bombs - omg what does THAT mean!) is simply ridiculous. sometimes i think we´re going backwards in time. just like mccarthy is looming round the corner... frightening, that is!

so thank you aimee for using these words... alas, the song itself is quite ininspired and simply boring

Posted 13 years ago by tutakea    [ Reply ]
All for freedom of speech, but some of you haven't experienced the shock of your 10-yr old experimenting with these words for the first time. Good luck to you! Thanks RP for playing this on school time.
Posted 13 years ago by twirledpiece    [ Reply ]
My all time favorite Aimee song!!!!!
Posted 13 years ago by rushed    [ Reply ]
 scrubbrush wrote:
hooray for bad words!
 
Fuuuuuudge!

Posted 13 years ago by MojoJojo    [ Reply ]
hooray for bad words!
Posted 13 years ago by scrubbrush    [ Reply ]
The lesser known tune from a great album of the 90s. My hat is tipped to Aimee.
Posted 13 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
tappin' my toe
Posted 13 years ago by adamdbenson    [ Reply ]
One of the great albums of the 90s.  And the title was pretty clever too.
Posted 13 years ago by 84MacGuy    [ Reply ]
Bill, why does Aimee get to say 'F-ed it up' without censorship but Mumford is not allowed to in 'Little Lion Man.' I am just calling for a little equality here.
Posted 14 years ago by scraig    [ Reply ]
I'm very much love Aimee, but this disc is not for me, except for this track. By the way, she will be a concert Sept. 13. in Minneapolis, envy those who go in advance

Posted 14 years ago by Netto    [ Reply ]
I am SO laughing here - her second word was the "F-Bomb." God, I adore this woman. And the song is just wonderful. Long live Aimee Mann... (and how I would LOVE to see her and Jennifer Trynin in concert together...) Everything I'm Cracked Up to Be


Posted 14 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
 j7 wrote:
It saddens me deeply how unevolved humans actually are when they're still offended by the use of powerful words in artistic and emotional expression. Political correctness is fucking dull.
It's no wonder we're in this mess.
 
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg put it rather succinctly a while ago. ;)
https://www.theonion.com/articles/supreme-court-upholds-freedom-of-speech-in-obsceni,17372/
(yes, it's satire...)
Posted 14 years ago by Frater_Kork    [ Reply ]
Don't we have bigger things to worry about than the (let it be said, artful) use of a profanity in a rock song? Sheesh. I think I just heard George Carlin turn over in his grave.
Posted 14 years ago by lmic    [ Reply ]
 Old_Pat wrote:
To all you folks who complained about the lyrics because it was inappropriate for your work place:
turn the fucking radio off and go back to work. Isn't that what someone is paying you to do?

 

{#Clap}

Posted 14 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
It saddens me deeply how unevolved humans actually are when they're still offended by the use of powerful words in artistic and emotional expression. Political correctness is fucking dull.
It's no wonder we're in this mess.
Posted 15 years ago by j7    [ Reply ]
 buddyweiser wrote:
{#Music} those who don't like this song just because of a few fuck here and there are just narrow minded puritains,
         just change station you dumb ass.  

 
{#High-five}

Posted 15 years ago by MiMa    [ Reply ]
{#Music} those who don't like this song just because of a few fuck here and there are just narrow minded puritains,
         just change station you dumb ass.  

Posted 15 years ago by buddyweiser    [ Reply ]
"F-bomb"?  What are you guys, eleven years old?  "Fuck" is a perfectly good and old Saxon word, deriving from the Middle Dutch, "fokken" (to thrust, copulate with).  This song, however, is not perfectly good.
Posted 15 years ago by jbunniii    [ Reply ]
 asocash wrote:
, OK - OK - I see your point....no, I do not want to see the FCC get their claws into Bill...jeesh....but sometimes I get the feeling that Bill plays stuff like this with a wink just to illicit those "ever intriguing listener comments"......I have to admit, it was kind of fun to see all of the hubbub my comments caused....
Anyway, when I wrote that, it was the third time in a week where it was played & the timing couldn't have been worse....we have RP streaming all through the house and outdoors....which leads to the mad dash to turn it down...because, yes, it is true - I don't particularly want to listen to that with my 6 year old ...or my Mom.... so it is a small inconvenience for me for all of good that RP brings to the airwaves...which is priceless.

 
Suggestion:  Explain to your six year old what free artistic expression is and why it is important that prudes and cultural fascists not be allowed to suppress art.  Then explain to us why your six year old should care that "fuck" is used in song lyrics unless someone has made it a big deal already.

If your mom is offended, then maybe you should have the same discussion with her.

Nothing like a good, honest family conversation to help cleanse what looks to be a nasty Puritanical streak running through your life.

Maybe you should stick to NPR.

Posted 15 years ago by RadioDoc    [ Reply ]
 asocash wrote:
There's just no reason to play the f-bombs when kids are listening or people are listening at work....come on Bill...

 
Well... fuck you.

Posted 15 years ago by jgeyer    [ Reply ]
To all you folks who complained about the lyrics because it was inappropriate for your work place:
turn the fucking radio off and go back to work. Isn't that what someone is paying you to do?

Posted 15 years ago by Old_Pat    [ Reply ]
av-com wrote:


Well, that's very, very sad.


WON'T SOMEBODY PLEASE THINK OF THE CHILDREN?
Posted 15 years ago by Stave    [ Reply ]
 ChrisL wrote:


What time of day was that.  And in which timezone?  Following your logic, RP should only play sanitised versions of songs because someone, somewhere around the world, might have RP playing at work or in their living room with their pre-school children.

Fuck it, it's only a word describing a totally necessary biological act! {#Frustrated}
 
1. That's what headphones are for.

2. The FCC hasn't gotten their claws into internet radio yet, thank god. I'm sure someday they'll try to save our precious ears from this material, but then the servers streaming the music will only move to another jurisdiction.

Posted 15 years ago by kylemichael    [ Reply ]
Thanks Bill...big fan of Aimee Mann's work!  {#Dancingbanana}
Posted 15 years ago by Tim_in_N_FL    [ Reply ]
"You fucked it up"

Awesome opening to a song.
Posted 15 years ago by kylemichael    [ Reply ]
 asocash wrote:
I don't think so..."F-bombs" go too far for me at this time of day IMHO...many of us are listening at work.
 

What time of day was that.  And in which timezone?  Following your logic, RP should only play sanitised versions of songs because someone, somewhere around the world, might have RP playing at work or in their living room with their pre-school children.

Fuck it, it's only a word describing a totally necessary biological act! {#Frustrated}
Posted 15 years ago by ChrisL    [ Reply ]
 RadioDoc wrote:

It is, way wicked. Anxiously awaiting her next stop in Chicago.
 
Second this.  Saw her in Ann Arbor at her Christmas show and my only regret was not seeing and hearing enough of her.

Posted 15 years ago by spunkyboy62    [ Reply ]
For everyone thats not living in denial of basic human reproductive procedures, its refreshing with a uncencured radio, isnt it!? {#Dance}
Posted 15 years ago by Shamsiel    [ Reply ]
 On_The_Beach wrote:
Aimee can do no wrong.
One of her many trés cool songs.
 
Ditto.

Posted 15 years ago by Chi_Guy    [ Reply ]

<— waiting for the litany of f-bomb comments!


Posted 15 years ago by greg6494    [ Reply ]
 asocash wrote:
No, I am not kidding
av-com wrote:


Are you kidding?! {#Think}

 

Well, that's very, very sad.
Posted 16 years ago by av-com    [ Reply ]
 asocash wrote:
There's just no reason to play this when kids are awake or people are listening at work....come on Bill...
 

Are you kidding?! {#Think} 
Posted 16 years ago by av-com    [ Reply ]
One of her very best. Let's hear the live take from St. Anne's... twice the grit and power.
Posted 16 years ago by element1    [ Reply ]
Love the "Squeeze" riff in the middle...
Posted 16 years ago by EssexTex    [ Reply ]
Good timing, Bill. My kids were out of the room.
Posted 16 years ago by Grammarcop    [ Reply ]
Aimee ROCKS!!!
Posted 16 years ago by raga    [ Reply ]
Aimee Man fan since 'til Tuesday ... her music is just fabulous!
Posted 17 years ago by rbigelo    [ Reply ]
Kerly wrote:
Catchy
Posted 17 years ago by Mari    [ Reply ]
Catchy
Posted 17 years ago by Kerly    [ Reply ]
On_The_Beach wrote:
Aimee can do no wrong. One of her many trés cool songs.
Oh yes she can,just not now. She is a serious artist and does have some not so great moments. I'd still take her throwaways over a lot of peoples stuff.
Posted 17 years ago by bokey    [ Reply ]
brandog wrote:
Aimee fuckin' rules! (hey, if she can sing it, I can write it.)
Decay - right in front of our eyes. Slippery slope, camel's nose under the tent - see above. (He's with Stupid). Anyway, I never thought myself to be a prig, but I don't much care to have employees and customers hear vulgerities in the office. From now on, I'm on "Long Shot" volume alert. Too bad.
Posted 17 years ago by FamilyMan    [ Reply ]
slowhand wrote:
Bet this is wicked live!
It is, way wicked. Anxiously awaiting her next stop in Chicago.
Posted 17 years ago by RadioDoc    [ Reply ]
Bet this is wicked live!
Posted 17 years ago by slowhand    [ Reply ]
Aimee can do no wrong. One of her many trés cool songs.
Posted 18 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
Oh, my virgin ears!!!
Posted 18 years ago by Imkirok    [ Reply ]
Evidently she wrote this song when a long time friend professed love. What a nice way to reply to someone when they tell you they love you. "You Fucked it up". Sheesh. That said, its a pretty good song. Albeit typical Aimee.
Posted 18 years ago by Daveinbawlmer    [ Reply ]
Odyzzeuz wrote:
She meant to say fudge.
There is always a lot of strategically placed coughing when the kids are within earshot. I don't think I'm fooling anyone. Aggh .. builds character. Exposing them to good music is more important than protecting them from bad words .. right?
Posted 18 years ago by PeteGriff    [ Reply ]
mojoman wrote:
Another .99 to iTunes (and .05 to RP).
I'd rather just buy the CD and get a hardcopy. Also, it's a great disc. Well worth the money.
Posted 18 years ago by maynard    [ Reply ]
She meant to say fudge.
Posted 18 years ago by Odyzzeuz    [ Reply ]
One of her best -- up there with Voices Carry and That's Just What You Are.
Posted 18 years ago by Waybo    [ Reply ]
Kick Ass....
Posted 18 years ago by eman    [ Reply ]
Cynaera wrote:
Yeah, that's one of the things I love about RadioParadise - they let Aimee Mann say that "F" word!!!!! Repeatedly. This ain't no FM radio - this is the real thing. Soak it up, folks. It won't be long before places like this will be under the gun from the moral dorks who think censorship will solve the world's problems. Long live RadioParadise.
If she'd bottled it and said 'freakin' it'd be a 1. If you're going to swear, bloody well swear properly.
Posted 18 years ago by hobiejoe    [ Reply ]
This album got it's share of rotations in my car and this song is one of the rawkinest on it.
Posted 19 years ago by alniebel    [ Reply ]
mojoman wrote:
Another .99 to iTunes (and .05 to RP).
I'd be broke if I started doing that. I like this, though.
Posted 19 years ago by bobrk    [ Reply ]
Another .99 to iTunes (and .05 to RP).
Posted 19 years ago by mojoman    [ Reply ]
You've done it me again, yet more music to check out. What is Music without attitude? 8)
Posted 19 years ago by g1lgam3sh    [ Reply ]
I love it when women drop the F-bomb on me...
Posted 19 years ago by southern_duality    [ Reply ]
Yeah, that's one of the things I love about RadioParadise - they let Aimee Mann say that "F" word!!!!! Repeatedly. This ain't no FM radio - this is the real thing. Soak it up, folks. It won't be long before places like this will be under the gun from the moral dorks who think censorship will solve the world's problems. Long live RadioParadise.
Posted 19 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
Did she say...? Naw...not Aimee. O:) Theme song for my Arizona Wildcats this evening against Illinois. :grumpy.gif:
Posted 19 years ago by Roverfish    [ Reply ]
Probably my favorite Aimee song.
Posted 19 years ago by Tarindel    [ Reply ]
good times.
Posted 19 years ago by PattonFever    [ Reply ]
There are lots of great Aimee Mann songs, but this is one of my all-time favorites. Thanks for playing it!
Posted 19 years ago by ontheroadid    [ Reply ]
:iamwith:
Posted 20 years ago by mellobug    [ Reply ]
Thank you for turning me on RP. She's got a nice voice.
Posted 20 years ago by ChardRemains    [ Reply ]
The first guitar riffs sounded like the Doobie brothers and then...gets really boring...The background beat make it sound like a Natalie Imbruglia song...LOL
Posted 20 years ago by masterhead    [ Reply ]
I first heard Amiee Mann in my father's car and I didn't realize who she was - just that I loved her voice! This is a great song! Thanks for playing it! 8)
Posted 20 years ago by depski2003    [ Reply ]
Too many standard sound effects, too little of Aimee Mann's voice. Definitely NOT her best.
Posted 20 years ago by spieler    [ Reply ]
warm fuzzy flashback to summer break one year in college... <3 to aimee!!!
Posted 20 years ago by AlanCE    [ Reply ]
I like this better than some of her other work, which I've found to be ok but unremarkable. I'm always interested in hearing more from female artists, though, so I make sure to listen up when she is played in the hopes of hearing beyond the middle of the road pop sound. This song achieves that and it is encouraging to think that more of her work might reflect this more edgy sound.
Posted 20 years ago by MsJudi    [ Reply ]
Posted 20 years ago by drH    [ Reply ]
Ditto the previous post. I love this album. Amateur & That's Just What You Are would be welcome additions also.
Posted 20 years ago by veegez    [ Reply ]
Bill - THANK YOU for finally playing something from this album! I\'m With Stupid is her best album - every song on it is so memorable and melodic. Beatlesque is that regard. Thanks again!
Posted 22 years ago by solelover    [ Reply ]
First time hearing this song. Sounds pretty good. Wouldn\'t mind hearing more of her stuff. Kevin
Posted 22 years ago by kevinc    [ Reply ]
i love this song! bill, please play it more often. jeff in miami beach :D
Posted 22 years ago by miamizsun    [ Reply ]