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Porno for Pyros — Pets
Album: Porno for Pyros
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Released: 1993
Length: 3:31
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did I just climb out of my time machine and step into my high school days? Surely a classic. thanks Bill :-)
Posted 13 years ago by Fooboy    [ Reply ]
Holy crap I forgot about this song...takes me right back to highschool.

I had the PFP Tahitian Moon album and I think it sucked if I remember right. Maybe that was during their demise.

This song was pretty cool though...
Posted 13 years ago by NigelTufnel    [ Reply ]
When IBM'sWatson won on Jeopardy!, this song kept running through my head...{#Jump}
Posted 13 years ago by Weblizard    [ Reply ]
 WonderLizard wrote:

Farrell said once that he always knew he was going to be the lead singer in a rock'n'roll band. Somebody asked him how, and he responded, "Because I look like a rock'n'roll god!"


 
Then there is hope for me...

Posted 13 years ago by More_Cowbell    [ Reply ]

Farrell said once that he always knew he was going to be the lead singer in a rock'n'roll band. Somebody asked him how, and he responded, "Because I look like a rock'n'roll god!"


Posted 13 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
thanks bill , almost forgot this little gem
Posted 13 years ago by Delboy77    [ Reply ]
It´s such a silly song, and it´s a masterpiece. 100% Perfect pop! 
Posted 14 years ago by tutakea    [ Reply ]
Great transition from "Lovecats"!!! :)
Posted 14 years ago by DarceySuzanne    [ Reply ]
Excellent! One year at Lollapalooza Perry sang this on the Kidz Stage. Hilarious!
Posted 14 years ago by rowdydaisy    [ Reply ]
 stewliscious wrote:

"heroin addiction issues"...........? 

"Hey doc, I'm here because my scrotum is on fire and if you don't put it out out I might lose the boys!"

Doc:  "Oh don't worry son, you're just having scrotum-on-fire-issues.  Get out there and sing!".

 
{#Lol} One of the best ever on RP...

Posted 14 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
 islander wrote:
Back when Perry was having his heroin addiction issues and routinely storming off stage, I saw Jane's Addiction in Denver. Everyone was throwing shoes for some reason. Perry was hit w/ a shoe and threatened to leave if one more shoe was thrown his way. Of course he was bombarded instantly. He stormed off, and Eric Avery and Dave Navarro talked for a few seconds then just went back to playing w/o him. It was an awesome show w/o Perry.
 
"heroin addiction issues"...........? 

"Hey doc, I'm here because my scrotum is on fire and if you don't put it out out I might lose the boys!"

Doc:  "Oh don't worry son, you're just having scrotum-on-fire-issues.  Get out there and sing!".

Posted 14 years ago by stewliscious    [ Reply ]
I meant to listen more closely, but got distracted.  Is "We'll make great pets" (the accent shifted slightly with each repetition) really the only lyric to that song?
Posted 15 years ago by Xeric    [ Reply ]
I love this song, but I played this CD so much in my 20's that I can't stand it now.
Posted 15 years ago by laroue    [ Reply ]
Ahhh... the mid-90s! Some good tunage to mine from that time, for sure! {#Dancingbanana_2}
Posted 15 years ago by toterola    [ Reply ]
funny pet pix — https://icanhascheezburger.com/
Posted 15 years ago by WayUpNorth    [ Reply ]
Wow, I'd totally forgotten about this song.  Havent heard it in years.  I was never a Porno for Pyros fan, but this song has a great groove and cracks me up at the same time!
Posted 15 years ago by mrandrew    [ Reply ]
Love this song, especially the guitar.
Posted 15 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
I´m living a kind of infierno. This is the music that i need: Dave Brubeck, Quetzal (new for me), The Cure and the wonderful Porno for Pyros theme, Thanks Bill... from "el tercer mundo"... Un uomo finito...
Posted 15 years ago by belalugosi    [ Reply ]
I always thought they said, "you make me sick."
Posted 15 years ago by starfishNcoffee    [ Reply ]
 MtnSinger wrote:
One question: What will we make?
 
We'll make Grape Pez®!


Posted 15 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
 phillips wrote:
LOVE LOVE LOVE this song.  aahh, the memories are so sweet...
 

{#Yes}
Posted 15 years ago by coffee-eyes    [ Reply ]
He may have been a great front man and a bit of a visionary... but his voice sucked ass.  He sounds like a 14 year old and he can barely carry a note.  A good song tho.  The band is generally overrated in my opinion.
Posted 15 years ago by Thistle    [ Reply ]
LOVE LOVE LOVE this song.  aahh, the memories are so sweet...
Posted 15 years ago by phillips    [ Reply ]
 islander wrote:
.... It was an awesome show w/o Perry.
 
Nonsense. Perry is one of the best front men ever in rock and roll.  He MADE the shows.
Posted 15 years ago by AphidA    [ Reply ]


Oy! Haven't heard this in so long! Wonderful groove and no-so-subtle-yet-wonderful lyrics :)

{#Sunny}
Posted 15 years ago by davyjrshort    [ Reply ]
islander wrote:
Back when Perry was having his heroin addiction issues and routinely storming off stage, I saw Jane's Addiction in Denver. Everyone was throwing shoes for some reason. Perry was hit w/ a shoe and threatened to leave if one more shoe was thrown his way. Of course he was bombarded instantly. He stormed off, and Eric Avery and Dave Navarro talked for a few seconds then just went back to playing w/o him. It was an awesome show w/o Perry.
Interesting, their album "Live and Rare" has a track with Perry complaining about some guy throwing a Birkenstock: "Oh, there's that same a****** again. I thought it would never come to this. But the guy threw a Birkenstock! I mean this guy is a real moron. He doesn't even understand fashion!"
Posted 16 years ago by speakerman    [ Reply ]
I thought Perrys work on and in the cd Prayer Cycle was brilliant, as was the cd itself with its many artists and components.
Posted 16 years ago by babyjuice    [ Reply ]
I like this one. Always have. Jane's Addiction was always a favorite band of mine. "Been Caught Stealing" was my favorite of theirs.
Posted 16 years ago by bugleboy624    [ Reply ]
plaid wrote:
It's so fucking refreshing to hear the NON-RADIO-EDIT version of this song.
Fuck yeah!
Posted 16 years ago by cherylg4    [ Reply ]
I've always liked Jane's Addiction, but didn't really care for this song when it first came out. It grew on me, though, and I really like it now. my friend says we're like the dinosaurs only we are doing ourselves in much faster than they ever did
Posted 16 years ago by Danimal174    [ Reply ]
Back when Perry was having his heroin addiction issues and routinely storming off stage, I saw Jane's Addiction in Denver. Everyone was throwing shoes for some reason. Perry was hit w/ a shoe and threatened to leave if one more shoe was thrown his way. Of course he was bombarded instantly. He stormed off, and Eric Avery and Dave Navarro talked for a few seconds then just went back to playing w/o him. It was an awesome show w/o Perry.
Posted 16 years ago by islander    [ Reply ]
Exo too?
Posted 16 years ago by Mugro    [ Reply ]
MtnSinger wrote:
One question: What will we make?
Great pets
Posted 16 years ago by Brotherchaos1980    [ Reply ]
mamashannon wrote:
Its Perry!!:)
that's what i was thinking... thank you
Posted 16 years ago by kalkin84    [ Reply ]
Pyro wrote:
MY band. Kewl.
Posted 16 years ago by miamizsun    [ Reply ]
Love this song! Makes a lot of sense these days!
Posted 16 years ago by coloradobrophy    [ Reply ]
MY band. Kewl.
Posted 16 years ago by Pyro    [ Reply ]
One question: What will we make?
Posted 16 years ago by MtnSinger    [ Reply ]
kalkin84 wrote:
i hear jane's addiction... soemthing i don't know?
Its Perry!!:)
Posted 16 years ago by mamashannon    [ Reply ]
Perry Farrell is one cool freak! Great song.
Posted 16 years ago by chyk5    [ Reply ]
i hear jane's addiction... soemthing i don't know?
Posted 16 years ago by kalkin84    [ Reply ]
Love this song. Thanks Bill!
Posted 16 years ago by ALive    [ Reply ]
still too soon....give it about 4 more years and I might like it again!
Posted 16 years ago by FluorideFreeMN    [ Reply ]
Zzzzzzzz....
Posted 17 years ago by junebaby65    [ Reply ]
appropriate for the times we live in..
Posted 17 years ago by sugarbaby    [ Reply ]
I love this song.
Posted 17 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
Love the bass playing. Great guit sound too. In fact, the whole track is 'outstanding'!
Posted 17 years ago by nigelr    [ Reply ]
Man...I used to start my sets with this song way back in the day. Love it!
Posted 17 years ago by joyjoy    [ Reply ]
Posted 17 years ago by driver8    [ Reply ]
It's so fucking refreshing to hear the NON-RADIO-EDIT version of this song.
Posted 17 years ago by plaid    [ Reply ]
PERRY! Biggest weirdo I ever had a crush on...
Posted 17 years ago by mamashannon    [ Reply ]
Good song, even better album.
Posted 18 years ago by RobK    [ Reply ]
These guys defined the mid-90s for me
Posted 18 years ago by Krispian    [ Reply ]
Nice music for a lazy rainy day.
Posted 18 years ago by Skyhawk    [ Reply ]
MrMocha wrote:
One of the dozen or so songs P(retentious)G(nome)n. ranked as a "10" is They Might Be Giants - Istanbul Not Constantinople.... I would say more but do I need to?
That does indeed say it all. I feel pity.
Posted 18 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
That initial bass line is similar to Pink Floyd's "One Of These Days"
Posted 18 years ago by passsion8    [ Reply ]
Somehow this wasn't so damn annoying back in 1993.
Posted 18 years ago by meloman    [ Reply ]
One of the dozen or so songs P(retentious)G(nome)n. ranked as a "10" is They Might Be Giants - Istanbul Not Constantinople.... I would say more but do I need to? The_Waker wrote:
Just trying to figure out why you listen to RP. You hate everything here, or you only post when you hate something.
Posted 18 years ago by MrMocha    [ Reply ]
GOOD ONE!!
Posted 18 years ago by christianherzog    [ Reply ]
coloradojohn wrote:
Bill loves us because at heart he knows and hopes we'll make great pets. Some may bite each other or the hand that feeds sometimes, but the man at the controls is giving his all so he understands all. A flower's gift to a garden is all the greater for one who comes along to see and grasp the bigger picture... Perhaps a Monet or Van Gogh or magnifique sfumatto di Leonardo da Vinci would sound like some of the tunes on RP if color and light and shade could be digitized and played in the realm of enlightened audio...
That first line struck me funny. This song makes me happy.
Posted 18 years ago by aquadonia    [ Reply ]
Bill loves us because at heart he knows and hopes we'll make great pets. Some may bite each other or the hand that feeds sometimes, but the man at the controls is giving his all so he understands all. A flower's gift to a garden is all the greater for one who comes along to see and grasp the bigger picture... Perhaps a Monet or Van Gogh or magnifique sfumatto di Leonardo da Vinci would sound like some of the tunes on RP if color and light and shade could be digitized and played in the realm of enlightened audio...
Posted 18 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
good choice!
Posted 18 years ago by Austin2Florida    [ Reply ]
Love the surreal intro.
Posted 18 years ago by Kevstar    [ Reply ]
Posted 18 years ago by leander37    [ Reply ]
Been listening to him since Janes Addiction... awesome stuff.
Posted 18 years ago by TBD    [ Reply ]
catbirdman wrote:
Bananas everywhere...
Posted 18 years ago by UltraNurd    [ Reply ]
Posted 18 years ago by catbirdman    [ Reply ]
knew what this was from the first chord...OK first 2 chords. Me......Perry. pets are fun.
Posted 18 years ago by reznorsgrrl    [ Reply ]
What can I say? Great song.
Posted 18 years ago by lepton    [ Reply ]
physicsgenius wrote:
Another annoying catchphrase song.
Just trying to figure out why you listen to RP. You hate everything here, or you only post when you hate something.
Posted 18 years ago by The_Waker    [ Reply ]
veegez wrote:
Songs/Artists/Genres PG likes = 0 Songs/Artists/Genres PG merely tolerates = 0 Songs/Artists/Genres PG hates with the white hot intensity of 1000 suns = All There's got to be an internet site like "Gravity Rules" - a listener supported Physics radio station where they solve physics related problems together, maybe have a Forum and/or a message board to post on. Of course, PG would write stuff like "Hydrogen is sooooo overrated" or "Another annoying Descartes algebraic theory" etc.....
Purely by referencing PhysicsGenius, we feed his delerium and encourage more quips...but you nailed him your comment!! (PG is a him, right?
Posted 18 years ago by passsion8    [ Reply ]
physicsgenius wrote: Another annoying catchphrase song. veegez wrote:
Songs/Artists/Genres PG likes = 0 Songs/Artists/Genres PG merely tolerates = 0 Songs/Artists/Genres PG hates with the white hot intensity of 1000 suns = All There's got to be an internet site like "Gravity Rules" - a listener supported Physics radio station where they solve physics related problems together, maybe have a Forum and/or a message board to post on. Of course, PG would write stuff like "Hydrogen is sooooo overrated" or "Another annoying Descartes algebraic theory" etc.....
LOL
Posted 18 years ago by crowhog2000    [ Reply ]
tony620d wrote:
something tells me you're a pet, but not a great one :D
man that was funny! i like reading my old funny posts. LOL
Posted 18 years ago by tony620d    [ Reply ]
dig that guitar.. how does one make that sound?
Posted 18 years ago by tony620d    [ Reply ]
I love this song! Within two bars I was dancing in my cubicle! More Porno for Pyros, please.
Posted 18 years ago by isaacsonar    [ Reply ]
Leaf13 wrote:
Great song, crap song? Hmm, not sure, but I like it!
Great song. Until the record starts skipping.
Posted 18 years ago by Xeric    [ Reply ]
jadewahoo wrote:
The first few times I heard this song I was sure they were singing "We'll make great sex, we'll make great sex..."
We would sing along, "We'll make big Macs"
Posted 18 years ago by rosedraws    [ Reply ]
mezzanine wrote:
Gotta love that piccolo snare.
Is that what that quaint little "boing" noise is? It always makes me perk my ears up.
Posted 18 years ago by Dianyla    [ Reply ]
The first few times I heard this song I was sure they were singing "We'll make great sex, we'll make great sex..."
Posted 18 years ago by jadewahoo    [ Reply ]
Great song, crap song? Hmm, not sure, but I like it!
Posted 19 years ago by Leaf13    [ Reply ]
for some reason in my life i often find myself singing this song. i don't particularly love it, but it's nice to hear it here. maybe i really just want a pet?? maybe i should get a pet.
Posted 19 years ago by mrrmt    [ Reply ]
Great album overall from PFP considering that all we wanted was more Jane's. The recent JA album 'Strays' should never have been made.
Posted 19 years ago by markE    [ Reply ]
physicsgenius wrote:
Another annoying catchphrase song.
Songs/Artists/Genres PG likes = 0 Songs/Artists/Genres PG merely tolerates = 0 Songs/Artists/Genres PG hates with the white hot intensity of 1000 suns = All There's got to be an internet site like "Gravity Rules" - a listener supported Physics radio station where they solve physics related problems together, maybe have a Forum and/or a message board to post on. Of course, PG would write stuff like "Hydrogen is sooooo overrated" or "Another annoying Descartes algebraic theory" etc.....
Posted 19 years ago by veegez    [ Reply ]
Another annoying catchphrase song.
Posted 19 years ago by physicsgenius    [ Reply ]
psycholynx wrote:
I'm not aware of Perry having any involvement with DVDA (click here)
my mistake, it was mis-explained to me - ...but he did do a track with them on the Chef Aid album.
Posted 19 years ago by MisterVErb    [ Reply ]
MisterVErb wrote:
you think that's bad? the next band he formed was called "DVDA" and according to the rules here i'm not supposed to explain what that means...
I'm not aware of Perry having any involvement with DVDA (click here)
Posted 19 years ago by psycholynx    [ Reply ]
tom4513 wrote:
we'll make great pets we'll make great pets we'll make great pets sheesh, shut up about the pets thing already! over and over, enough! sorry ... like Janes Addition/Porno for Pyros generally. But this song irriates the hell out of me. Away from it, I must get - off to LRC I go.
something tells me you're a pet, but not a great one :D
Posted 19 years ago by tony620d    [ Reply ]
Sobient wrote:
what a horrible band name :o
At least it's not "Porno for Pedophile"
Posted 19 years ago by psycholynx    [ Reply ]
adults are even more fucked up!
Posted 19 years ago by tony620d    [ Reply ]
Sobient wrote:
what a horrible band name :o
you think that's bad? the next band he formed was called "DVDA" and according to the rules here i'm not supposed to explain what that means...
Posted 19 years ago by MisterVErb    [ Reply ]
This is such a groovy tune . . . I dig. The guitar is perfect for it.
Posted 19 years ago by dango    [ Reply ]
tom4513 wrote:
we'll make great pets we'll make great pets we'll make great pets sheesh, shut up about the pets thing already! over and over, enough! sorry ... like Janes Addition/Porno for Pyros generally. But this song irriates the hell out of me. Away from it, I must get - off to LRC I go.
Lyrics get repeated in a lot of songs, sometimes for valid musical reasons. You should check out Subterranean Homesick Blues, I think you'd like that one.
Posted 19 years ago by RongoTBurg    [ Reply ]
Not my favorite PFP song, but I give it an 8 anyway out of respect for Jane's Addiction. A real trip would be digging up Jane's Addiction's cover of "Ripple" from the Grateful Dead tribute album. It's outstanding.
Posted 19 years ago by jakeinprogress    [ Reply ]
what a horrible band name :o
Posted 19 years ago by Sobient    [ Reply ]
mezzanine wrote:
Gotta love that piccolo snare.
Good call!
Posted 19 years ago by Drummer4soul    [ Reply ]
so weird - literally just jumped out of my car with this playing on FM radio...
Posted 19 years ago by MisterVErb    [ Reply ]
This song assumes that we AREN'T great pets...
Posted 19 years ago by sirrus    [ Reply ]
Gotta love that piccolo snare.
Posted 19 years ago by mezzanine    [ Reply ]
Man, Stephen Perkins is a great drummer. And Perry Farrell is just... Perry Farrell, I suppose. icon_wink.gif
That's about right, the drums are what gets me about this song. You don't hear a lot of beats that can immediately tell you what song you're listening to anymore, this was one of those. That said, Perry Farrell never really did it for me.
Posted 19 years ago by ashbyman    [ Reply ]
sbrute wrote:
My thoughts exactly.
what, no original thoughts?
Posted 19 years ago by tony620d    [ Reply ]
I would make a great pet-I clean up after myself. No fuss, no muss.
Posted 19 years ago by Al_Koholic    [ Reply ]
My thoughts exactly. tom4513 wrote:
we'll make great pets we'll make great pets we'll make great pets sheesh, shut up about the pets thing already! over and over, enough! sorry ... like Janes Addition/Porno for Pyros generally. But this song irriates the hell out of me. Away from it, I must get - off to LRC I go.
Posted 19 years ago by sbrute    [ Reply ]
............wellmakegreatmoviesaboutpetsturningontheirmatianowners...................
Posted 20 years ago by trekhead    [ Reply ]
ArbiterOfGoodTaste wrote:
A coworker just felt compelled to poke his head in and concur that this is a great song.
I bet he just fancies you :-)
Posted 20 years ago by MrKite    [ Reply ]
A coworker just felt compelled to poke his head in and concur that this is a great song.
Posted 20 years ago by ArbiterOfGoodTaste    [ Reply ]
Great song from Porno for Pyros. I saw them once live on the Pukkelpop festival. They rocked like hell !!! We'll make great pets !
Posted 20 years ago by Bicky    [ Reply ]
tom4513 wrote:
we'll make great pets we'll make great pets we'll make great pets sheesh, shut up about the pets thing already! over and over, enough! sorry ... like Janes Addition/Porno for Pyros generally. But this song irriates the hell out of me. Away from it, I must get - off to LRC I go.
but we would make great pets! i love it
Posted 20 years ago by uberland    [ Reply ]
we'll make great pets we'll make great pets we'll make great pets sheesh, shut up about the pets thing already! over and over, enough! sorry ... like Janes Addition/Porno for Pyros generally. But this song irriates the hell out of me. Away from it, I must get - off to LRC I go.
Posted 20 years ago by Alt-Ctrl-Tom    [ Reply ]
I like the jangling airiness to the accompaniment. It somehow reminds me of a less appreciated alternative groove-- Mutilated Lips, by Ween. I'd upload it, except my bit rate's too low.
Posted 20 years ago by namesbenny    [ Reply ]
brings me back to a time when alternative music really was alternative.
Posted 20 years ago by tony620d    [ Reply ]
one of the perfect songs, not my opinion, but fact and to spice it up you can change lyrics to either: "we'll make great sex" or "we'll eat tex-mex"
Posted 20 years ago by moocray    [ Reply ]
I don't know if we'd make great pets -- but we should be.
Posted 20 years ago by mikael    [ Reply ]
I didn't like this when it came out, but I sure do now. children are innocent a teenager's fucked up in the head adults are even more fucked up and elderlies are like children will there be another race to come along and take over for us? maybe martians could do better than we've done we'll make great pets! my friend says we're like the dinosaurs only we are doing ourselves in much faster than they ever did we'll make great pets!
Posted 20 years ago by ArbiterOfGoodTaste    [ Reply ]
you know. i've tried to like this song for about a year, now, and it's just not working for me. sorry.
Posted 20 years ago by PattonFever    [ Reply ]
i would love to hear Meija, Orgasm, Black Girlfriend, Sadness... all from the same album. Perry rocks.
Posted 20 years ago by Platypus    [ Reply ]
Man, Stephen Perkins is a great drummer. And Perry Farrell is just... Perry Farrell, I suppose. ;)
Posted 20 years ago by Darkmatter    [ Reply ]
you can't not like this song double negatives are fun
Posted 20 years ago by jazzface78    [ Reply ]
great album, great song (pimp)
Posted 20 years ago by EzRaD    [ Reply ]
spieler wrote:
Brilliant song. And ages surprisingly well IMO.
I'm glad it ages well in Old Europe. Here in New Britannia, it's the first time we are hearing this tune and, it seems, it has aged VERY well.
Posted 20 years ago by rulebritannia    [ Reply ]
Johnnybravoh wrote:
errf. Don't like this song. Never did. Huge Jane's fan (or I was back in the day...).
Same for me. Never been able to get into this one.
Posted 20 years ago by Darlington    [ Reply ]