You Broke My Fucking Heart
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You Broke My Fucking Heart is a 4 song EP by Screeching Weasel
, written and released around the time of their Anthem for a New Tomorrow
album. It features the same lineup as that LP, and represents a time in the band's career considered to be their peak by many fans (and band members). The EP was originally pressed on Lookout! Records
and is now out of print. All four songs were later included on the 1995 B-sides and rarities compilation Kill the Musicians
, which also fell out of print for a short while, but was later remastered and re-released in 2005 on Asian Man Records
.
himself called this "easily our best EP" in the liner notes to a later album. It features the tight, concise songwriting that made the accompanying 1993 album, Anthem for a New Tomorrow
, so successful.
Side A contains two Weasel-penned songs, both with a slight political slant. "The American Dream" is a short, sarcastic take on the ideal nation many citizens imagine the United States to be. It makes its point extremely clear with only six lines of lyrics. "Mary Was An Anarchist" is one of Weasel's most linear storytelling songs, chronicling the life of a young girl who protests sexism and "throws a rock at a cop" as a teen, yet ends up a lonely housewife just like her mother by the time she hits adulthood. The song is an exploration of the effect political extremism can have on impressionable young people.
Side B features two songs co-written with bassist, backing vocalist, and longtime songwriting collaborator Danny Vapid, and focuses on more personal themes. "Around on You" is reminiscent of 50s pop songs more than the snotty punk the band was sometimes known for, and marked a new level of quality of vocal harmonizing for Weasel and Vapid. Both Weasel and Vapid have commented that they feel it's one of the very best songs they ever collaborated on. "Goodbye To You" was the band's set closer for most live shows on their last tour in 1993.
Screeching Weasel
Screeching Weasel is an American punk rock band originally from Chicago, Illinois. The band was formed in 1986 by Ben Weasel and John Jughead.Since their formation, Screeching Weasel have broken up and reformed numerous times with numerous line-up changes. Ben Weasel has been the only constant...
, written and released around the time of their Anthem for a New Tomorrow
Anthem for a New Tomorrow
- Personnel :* Ben Weasel - lead vocals, guitar* Jughead - guitar* Danny Vapid - bass, backing vocals* Danny Panic - drums* Fat Mike - backing vocals on "Peter Brady"* Blake Schwarzenbach - backing vocals on "A New Tomorrow"...
album. It features the same lineup as that LP, and represents a time in the band's career considered to be their peak by many fans (and band members). The EP was originally pressed on Lookout! Records
Lookout! Records
-History:Larry Livermore and David Hayes formed the label in 1987. From the start, Lookout released punk rock records, but over time expanded its scope to include various types of pop rock, reggae fusion, acoustic rock, pop punk, and indie rock...
and is now out of print. All four songs were later included on the 1995 B-sides and rarities compilation Kill the Musicians
Kill the Musicians
Released in 1995, Kill the Musicians was meant to serve as a "cleaning up" of loose ends after Screeching Weasel's breakup in 1994. The compilation collects demos, b-sides, vinyl-only EPs, and other various odds and ends the band had accumulated in their career from 1989 to 1994...
, which also fell out of print for a short while, but was later remastered and re-released in 2005 on Asian Man Records
Asian Man Records
Asian Man Records is a small, DIY record label run by Mike Park in Monte Sereno, California. Park started a record label and began releasing music in 1989 under the name Dill Records, with the Asian Man label established May 1996.-Artists:...
.
Track listing
- "The American Dream" (Weasel)
- "Mary Was an Anarchist" (Weasel)
- "Around On You" (Vapid/Weasel)
- "Goodbye to You" (Weasel/Vapid)
Credits
- Ben WeaselBen WeaselBen Weasel is a punk rock musician, best known as the lead singer and guitarist of bands Screeching Weasel and The Riverdales...
- vocals, guitar - JugheadJohn Pierson (musician)John Pierson, commonly known by the stage name "John Jughead" or simply "Jughead", founded the pop-punk band Screeching Weasel in Chicago, Illinois with Ben Weasel in 1986. He played guitar for the band until its disbanding in 2001...
- guitar - Danny VapidDan VapidDan Schafer is a punk rock musician from Chicago, Illinois best known for his participation in Screeching Weasel, The Riverdales, The Methadones, and various other pop punk bands.-Generation Waste:...
- bass, backing vocals - Dan PanicDan PanicDan Sullivan, also known as Dan Panic or Danny Panic, is a punk rock drummer from Chicago.-Career:Dan Sullivan began his musical career with Ivy League, a quartet from Chicago's western suburbs who released one 7" EP in 1990. He then joined Screeching Weasel in 1991 and remained with the band until...
- drums
The Songs
Ben WeaselBen Weasel
Ben Weasel is a punk rock musician, best known as the lead singer and guitarist of bands Screeching Weasel and The Riverdales...
himself called this "easily our best EP" in the liner notes to a later album. It features the tight, concise songwriting that made the accompanying 1993 album, Anthem for a New Tomorrow
Anthem for a New Tomorrow
- Personnel :* Ben Weasel - lead vocals, guitar* Jughead - guitar* Danny Vapid - bass, backing vocals* Danny Panic - drums* Fat Mike - backing vocals on "Peter Brady"* Blake Schwarzenbach - backing vocals on "A New Tomorrow"...
, so successful.
Side A contains two Weasel-penned songs, both with a slight political slant. "The American Dream" is a short, sarcastic take on the ideal nation many citizens imagine the United States to be. It makes its point extremely clear with only six lines of lyrics. "Mary Was An Anarchist" is one of Weasel's most linear storytelling songs, chronicling the life of a young girl who protests sexism and "throws a rock at a cop" as a teen, yet ends up a lonely housewife just like her mother by the time she hits adulthood. The song is an exploration of the effect political extremism can have on impressionable young people.
Side B features two songs co-written with bassist, backing vocalist, and longtime songwriting collaborator Danny Vapid, and focuses on more personal themes. "Around on You" is reminiscent of 50s pop songs more than the snotty punk the band was sometimes known for, and marked a new level of quality of vocal harmonizing for Weasel and Vapid. Both Weasel and Vapid have commented that they feel it's one of the very best songs they ever collaborated on. "Goodbye To You" was the band's set closer for most live shows on their last tour in 1993.