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Concrete Blonde — Tomorrow, Wendy (live)
Album: Still In Hollywood
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Released: 1994
Length: 4:26
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It is complete, now
Two ends of time are neatly tied
A one-way street
She's walking to end of the line
And there she meets
The faces she keeps in her heart and mind

They say, "Goodbye"
Tomorrow, Wendy you're going to die
Tomorrow, Wendy you're going to die

Underneath the chilly gray November sky
We can make believe that Kennedy is still alive
And we're shooting for the moon
And smiling Jack is driving by

And they say, "Good try"
Tomorrow, Wendy you're going to die
Tomorrow, Wendy is going to die

I told the priest
Don't count on any second coming
God got his ass kicked
The first time he came down here slumming
He had the balls to come
The gall to die and then forgive us
No, I don't wonder why
I wonder what he thought it would get us
Hey, hey, goodbye
Tomorrow, Wendy is going to die

Hey, hey, good bye
Tomorrow, Wendy is going to die
Tomorrow, Wendy is going to die

Only God says, "Jump"
So I set the time
'Cause if he ever saw her
It was through these eyes of mine
And if he ever suffered
It was me who did his crying

Hey, hey, goodbye
Tomorrow, Wendy is going to die
(Tomorrow, Wendy is going to die)
Tomorrow, Wendy is going to die
(Tomorrow, Wendy is going to die)
Tomorrow, Wendy is going to die

Hey, hey, goodbye
Tomorrow, Wendy is going to die

Hey, hey, goodbye
Tomorrow, Wendy is going to die
Tomorrow, Wendy is going to die
Tomorrow, Wendy is going to die
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{#Daisy}
Posted 11 years ago by bluecshells    [ Reply ]
Awesome song - perfect for the Mayan Apocalypse. Concrete Blonde is such an underrated band. One of my absolute favorites.
Posted 11 years ago by Photo-John    [ Reply ]
 Bobert_ParkCity wrote:

It is a song about god...
 
It's so not a song about God.  It's originally Andy Prieboy's song that was meant to be indicating in a period of extreme homophobia that aids was not something restricted to the gay community.
Posted 12 years ago by Sloggydog    [ Reply ]
 Johray63 wrote:
Liked it, but it would have made a bigger impression, if had been more intimate and not as if was recorded in a cathedral
 
It is a song about god...
Posted 12 years ago by Bobert_ParkCity    [ Reply ]
This is such a tremendously powerful song, but unfortunately, this may be the absolutely worst version of it. I'd give the studio version from "Bloodletting" a 10...this a got a 4 from me.
Posted 12 years ago by Yibbyl    [ Reply ]
 Sjaaks wrote:
Who or what is this God character you're all talking about?
 
You can get allthe relevant info about this guy from Oolon Culluphid´s trilogy of philosophical blockbusters "Where God Went Wrong", "Some More of God's greatest Mistakes" and "Who is this God Person Anyway?".
Posted 12 years ago by Sloggydog    [ Reply ]
Who or what is this God character you're all talking about?
Posted 12 years ago by Sjaaks    [ Reply ]
 spindrift wrote:
Do any of you really think that God likes AIDS?  Or that He wants us to suffer?  Don't you understand that it's up to us to make the best of this world?
 
Ok, I'll play.  God created AIDS.  So where does that put us on the list of things important to God? 
 
Posted 12 years ago by vandal    [ Reply ]
 spindrift wrote:
Do any of you really think that God likes AIDS?  Or that He wants us to suffer?  Don't you understand that it's up to us to make the best of this world?
 
Amen...
Posted 13 years ago by asusinskas    [ Reply ]
Do any of you really think that God likes AIDS?  Or that He wants us to suffer?  Don't you understand that it's up to us to make the best of this world?
Posted 13 years ago by spindrift    [ Reply ]
Ani, ani-one?
Posted 14 years ago by lmic    [ Reply ]
I told the priest, don't count on any second coming.
God got his ass kicked the first time he came down here slumming.
He had the balls to come, the gall to die and then forgive us.
No, I don't wonder why, I wonder what he thought it would get us.

Effing brilliant 
Posted 14 years ago by Catalytic    [ Reply ]
 OfficeUseOnly wrote:
1994— golden in their effort for helping bring this world tragedy to the front.
Popular performers get such heat for using their roles to try to help society. I remember in 1985 (myself, not quite 15), meeting a new friend whom had contracted AIDS. Such loss never escapes me. Such is the pain our world has experienced. When celebrity status is used to bring humanitarian struggles to our attention, let us help bring life to the foreground. less are those who condemn us for our attempts at love.

 
In 1998 I lost one of my best friends to AIDS and it makes me tear up just to think about him.  What a shame it is to lose so many beautiful people to such a horrible, wasting disease. 

I know my comment is going to provoke some narrow minded ass-jack to respond with dogmatic vitriol, but I stand by what I said. 

I've always loved this song, written by Andy Prieboy but performed by Johnette. . . agonizing and bittersweet. . .

{#Meditate}

Posted 14 years ago by vandal    [ Reply ]
Great song, but the live treatment does not do it justice.
Posted 14 years ago by smdeeg    [ Reply ]
A happy song about death. Cool.
Posted 14 years ago by Papernapkin    [ Reply ]
Never heard the live version of this song. Thanks for another intro, RP!

"God got his ass kicked / the first time he came down here, slummin'"

Such a great couple of lines.

Concrete Blonde are one of my favorite bands from the eighties (besides the hardcore runk pock that I lived on back then). Their music and poetry feels as fresh today as it did then.
Posted 14 years ago by Photo-John    [ Reply ]
 Lupin_III wrote:
To quote The Comic Book Guy from "The Simpsons", there's no emoticon for what I am feeling. So we'll take this one for a spin.
 
It used to be that we would struggle to find the right words to express what we felt. Now we merely search for the right emoticon. Welcome to the virtual world of the 21st century. {#Propeller}

Posted 14 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
1994-- golden in their effort for helping bring this world tragedy to the front. Popular performers get such heat for using their roles to try to help society. I remember in 1985 (myself, not quite 15), meeting a new friend whom had contracted AIDS. Such loss never escapes me. Such is the pain our world has experienced. When celebrity status is used to bring humanitarian struggles to our attention, let us help bring life to the foreground. less are those who condemn us for our attempts at love.
Posted 20 years ago by OfficeUseOnly    [ Reply ]
This is one of my favorite Concrete Blonde songs. I only rated it a 6 because I do not care for this version.
Posted 21 years ago by Ellesbee    [ Reply ]
Oh well, Life is not for everyone.
Posted 21 years ago by Spliff    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by Johray63: Liked it, but it would have made a bigger impression, if had been more intimate and not as if was recorded in a cathedral
I liked it too... and thought Concrete Blonde was doing it in a way to get people to pay attention.. hence when the refrain was sung, it was quiet so you'd have to ask...what'd she say?.. or at least that's what I got from it. -T
Posted 22 years ago by TreborG2    [ Reply ]
Liked it, but it would have made a bigger impression, if had been more intimate and not as if was recorded in a cathedral
Posted 22 years ago by Johray63    [ Reply ]
Check out their new album \"Group Therapy\" - some great stuff there!
Posted 22 years ago by Alchemist    [ Reply ]