Day 12: The Von Bondies

I was supposed to put this up yesterday but the day got away from me in a serious way and before I knew it, it was 2am.....love but hate those days. You're having fun but that fun rarely involves any serious productivity.

Anyways, I found out about the Von Bondies for the first time on Day 12 while watching "Rescue Me" (also a first!) and immediately had their song "C'mon C'mon" stuck in my head for no less than 8 hours. The Von Bondies are a US alt. rock band (their words not mine) that started in the late 90's but blew up around 2003/2004 with their 3rd album "Pawn Shoppe Heart".  The song "C'mon C'mon" was a hit back in 2004 and a shortened version of it is featured as the title track to the show "Rescue Me".

While I am mildly obsessed with "C'mon C'mon", I must admit that I am not really digging the rest of their stuff. They are very guitar heavy, similar to Dinosaur Junior, The Thermals, etc, and some of their songs start to really sound the same- two things I am not super into but I do like their other hit, "No Regrets".

Overall: Not really sure if they are still making albums or if they are still trying to ride out the "Pawn Shoppe Heart" wave AND after finding out that one of the band members got into an altercation with the White Stripes frontman Jack White years ago that led to one of them being treated for injuries at a hospital, I think I have to hate a little bit on the Von Bondies. Love that one song but anyone that messes with the White Stripes is no good in my book. Fact: I sing "Your Pretty Good Looking (For a Girl)" and/or "We're Going to be Friends" to myself pretty much Every. Single. Day.

Buuuuuuuuuut ignoring that extreme bias, I think they are ok- I leave you to make your own decisions.

Going to Canada today so I am not sure if/when I will be posting but expect a lot of Canadian Firsts in the near future!!

Until Tomorrow (but hopefully I will get totally caught up and it will really be later today),
Cat!

P.S.
The Von Bondies do have a legit music video to go with "C'mon C'mon" but, for some reason, I could not get it to copy to the blog. If you want to see it, just go here.