When
Gordon Gano sings this line in
Kiss Off, it's a reference to what the
principal of his
high school told him after the band played at a
National Honor Society ceremony. While they were still in high school (before they made it big),
The Violent Femmes were asked to play some music at the NHS ceremony. They said sure... and then they played
Gimme the Car. The students in the audience went
crazy, pandemonium ensued, and the principal told Gano, "I hope you know that this will go down on your permanent record."
I love this band WAAAAY too much.
I don't get it. The writeup that was previously here simply said that this is a line from a Violent Femmes song. That writeup had a score of 10 or so. This place is so fickle.