Add it up

I've seen the Dresden Dolls cover the song, but I actually fortuitously got to see the original band play the song live. I was biking on my way home, when upon passing the clubbing district which is near my home, I heard music. It was the FNX Best Music Poll festival, where they have 4 clubs in the clubbing district (Avalon, Axis, Bill's Bar etc) and a street stage filled with yesterday and today's hottest alternative music. And so I rode to the side of the stage, as I couldn't afford to pay the ticket price, but the backstage area is right to the left of the stage, and I got a pretty good view of the rockers, if it weren't for giant stacks of speakers. It was the Violent Femmes, live in person, old and looking goofier than Al Franken. After Gone Daddy Gone, they played one of their top three hits -- Add it Up (their other hits are Blister in the Sun and Kiss Off) . They can still sing it spot on, and I was so happy I ran into the Violent Femmes like this. Add it Up was thier last song of the set, and the crowd went wild, and cheered for an encore. Being backstage, I watched the Femmes ignore their fans and stroll back to their trailer. As the crowd yelled "One More Song", I knew they would be leave unquenched of more Femme Violence. Then, some doofus told them there will be no more songs, and asked them to party elsewhere. Well, he really redirected them to the other four venues, where groups like Presidents of the USA and the Rapture was performing.