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INXS — Suicide Blonde
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Released: 1990
Length: 3:46
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Don't you know what you're doing
You've got a death wish

Suicide blonde
Suicide blonde
Suicide blonde
Suicide blonde

Suicide blonde was the color of her hair
Like a cheap distraction for a new affair
She knew it would finish before it began
Wow baby I think you lost the plan

You want to make her suicide blonde
Love devastation, suicide blonde
You want to make her suicide blonde
Love devastation, suicide blonde

She stripped to the beat but her clothes stay on
White light everywhere but you can't see a thing
Such a squeeze
A mad sad moment
Glory to you
Glory to you
Take me there
Take me there

Got some revelation
Put into your hands
Save you from your misery like rain across the land
Don't you see the color of deception
Turning your world around again

You want to make her suicide blonde
Love devastation, suicide blonde
You want to make her suicide blonde
Love devastation, suicide blonde

You want to make
You want to make
You want to make her suicide blonde
You want to make
Aww

That's the story

You want to make her suicide blonde
Love devastation, suicide blonde
You want to make her suicide blonde
Love devastation, suicide blonde

Love devastation
You want to make her suicide blonde
Love devastation, suicide blonde
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Finally the best INXS !
Posted 9 months ago by dbaggio    [ Reply ]
flashbacks to me pronouncing the band name as "inks" when i was 12 and my dad taking the mickey out of me for years afterwards  
Posted 9 months ago by libertinesupreme    [ Reply ]
 rmoore007 wrote:



crap–now I can't unhear that.



Same here!  Too Funny!
Posted 1 year ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
 bbgun wrote:
When I first heard this, I thought he was saying "Soup and Salad bar". Mmmmmm.... soup....{#Drool}



crap–now I can't unhear that.
Posted 1 year ago by rmoore007    [ Reply ]
 jmkate wrote:

Motivating :) Also, the world needs more amazing harmonica players.



i couldn't disagree more about the harmonica players.

but, i do love this song.
Posted 1 year ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
 QuantumShaman wrote:


Interesting -- I would never group those two bands together (and I wonder what type of influence you mean; just influencing listeners, or having some musical "weight" that influenced other musicians?).  

For me, it's thumbs up for INXS (virtually their entire catalog) and thumbs down for Duran Duran.


I'm not a fan of Duran Duran overall but their 1993 "Wedding Album" is great. 
Posted 1 year ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
 QuantumShaman wrote:


Interesting -- I would never group those two bands together (and I wonder what type of influence you mean; just influencing listeners, or having some musical "weight" that influenced other musicians?).  

For me, it's thumbs up for INXS (virtually their entire catalog) and thumbs down for Duran Duran.



I agree with you. I love 90% of INXS tunes! I only like 3 or 4 Duran Duran tunes, but I still think they were influential at the time!
Posted 2 years ago by eileenomurphy    [ Reply ]
 neptunejeff wrote:
Although hated by many INXS and Duran Duran were very 
influential bands in the 1980s...


Interesting -- I would never group those two bands together (and I wonder what type of influence you mean; just influencing listeners, or having some musical "weight" that influenced other musicians?).  

For me, it's thumbs up for INXS (virtually their entire catalog) and thumbs down for Duran Duran.
Posted 2 years ago by QuantumShaman    [ Reply ]
 chinaski wrote:

This was blaring from the speakers at the Tilt-a-Whirl at the Texas State Fair in Dallas in '91 and was so cool to hear while watching folks get whipped around on the ride.




Totally COOL!
Posted 3 years ago by eileenomurphy    [ Reply ]
Suicide Blah...
Posted 3 years ago by Hippostar    [ Reply ]
 SummitPlot wrote:

I didn't know the French were into triple exclamation marks. 


Please excuse his excitement. Maybe it woke you up.
Posted 3 years ago by CoYoT51    [ Reply ]
Poignant song, considering Michael Hutchence was to have a "mad sad moment"
Posted 3 years ago by floydpink    [ Reply ]
 mathieu.alexandre83 wrote:
Hi, I'm a French listener !!! My 16's INXS !!! We listen your wonderful radio every day !!! A taste of US and sometimes, we can hear French songs, Noir Desir... A long life RP !!!!
 
I didn't know the French were into triple exclamation marks. 
Posted 3 years ago by SummitPlot    [ Reply ]
Anyone who liked INXS really should watch the recently re-released (2019?) live concert from Wembley Stadium "Live Baby Live".  A band at the top of their game. I used to think they were pretty good. Seeing them perform live, I now see them as an  amazing band.
Posted 4 years ago by xray38    [ Reply ]
This was blaring from the speakers at the Tilt-a-Whirl at the Texas State Fair in Dallas in '91 and was so cool to hear while watching folks get whipped around on the ride.
Posted 4 years ago by chinaski    [ Reply ]
 bbgun wrote:
When I first heard this, I thought he was saying "Soup and Salad bar". Mmmmmm.... soup....{#Drool}
 
Call girl walks into the private room of an elderly gentleman living in a nursing home..
She asks him if he would like to have super sex?

The man replies, I'll have the soup.  

SLURP!
Posted 4 years ago by the_jake    [ Reply ]
As Regurgitator sang "I like your old stuff better than your new stuff." This never did it for me. 
Posted 4 years ago by janac13    [ Reply ]
Marilyn Monroe born 6/1/1926.
Well played, Bill.
Posted 4 years ago by Ipse_Dixit    [ Reply ]
 mathieu.alexandre83 wrote:
Hi, I'm a French listener !!! My 16's INXS !!! We listen your wonderful radio every day !!! A taste of US and sometimes, we can hear French songs, Noir Desir... A long life RP !!!!
 Great!

Posted 4 years ago by eileenomurphy    [ Reply ]
 neptunejeff wrote:
Although hated by many INXS and Duran Duran were very 
influential bands in the 1980s...
 
I agree! ...I did like INXS (I didn't know why), at the time.  I did NOT like Duran Duran, but I appreciate them now, listening in FLACK w/ great headphones, amp, & DAC!
Posted 4 years ago by eileenomurphy    [ Reply ]
Although hated by many INXS and Duran Duran were very 
influential bands in the 1980s...
Posted 4 years ago by neptunejeff    [ Reply ]
One of the worst songs of all time.
Posted 4 years ago by nicknt    [ Reply ]
Hi, I'm a French listener !!! My 16's INXS !!! We listen your wonderful radio every day !!! A taste of US and sometimes, we can hear French songs, Noir Desir... A long life RP !!!!
Posted 4 years ago by mathieu.alexandre83    [ Reply ]
Motivating :) Also, the world needs more amazing harmonica players.
Posted 5 years ago by jmkate    [ Reply ]
Looking for the video of Alex Trebek pronouncing "INXS" and not finding it. 
Posted 5 years ago by Sam_Hill    [ Reply ]
Highly overrated band.
Posted 5 years ago by nicknt    [ Reply ]
Ah, my heart. Love these guys . Their performance of this on Saturday Night Live was one of their best, imho.
Posted 5 years ago by nevar23    [ Reply ]
Not my favourite track from this album but this band has a huge sound. I like them very much. Great driving music. I like Charlie Musselwhite's harpin' on this too. Introduced a really cool dude to the INXS audience.
Posted 5 years ago by mach-hog    [ Reply ]
Need not hear another song by this band.
Posted 5 years ago by ppopp    [ Reply ]
 justin4kick wrote:

ziggytrix wrote:

Dyed by her own hand, tho?

 kcar wrote:

{#Roflol}{#Notworthy}{#Clap}

 
Master of pun!

 

I wish I could claim credit, but that's actually the origin of the expression!
Posted 5 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
 INXS had me going like this in the office. {#Dancingbanana_2}
Posted 6 years ago by cavemanleong    [ Reply ]
I miss them. Good memories.
Posted 6 years ago by slowchair    [ Reply ]
 sdwright wrote:
Image result for blonde surfer amputee


 
 OMG I'M GONNA DIE {#Cheesygrin} {#Cheesygrin}  {#Cheesygrin}
Posted 6 years ago by aspalathin    [ Reply ]
 kcar wrote:
 
File under: Kids, don't try this at home (or in a hotel bathroom).
Talk about embarrassing ways to go... 

 
According to a recent "Autopsy" I was watching, that wasn't what he was doing at all ...
Posted 6 years ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]

ziggytrix wrote:

Dyed by her own hand, tho?

 kcar wrote:

{#Roflol}{#Notworthy}{#Clap}

 
Master of pun!

Posted 6 years ago by justin4kick    [ Reply ]
 ziggytrix wrote:

Dyed by her own hand, tho?

 
{#Roflol}{#Notworthy}{#Clap}
Posted 6 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
 ojibwe wrote:
I'll never forget when, years ago, decades ago even, this group turned up as the answer to a clue on "Jeopardy!", and when no one came up with the proper question, Alex gave it to them ...

"What is Inks?" 

 
{#Roflol}
Posted 7 years ago by Aud    [ Reply ]
Nowhere near their best but still stormin' after Ms Raitt.
Posted 7 years ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]
 Proclivities wrote:

I knew this super blonde girl who worked at a salad bar in a mall, back in the '80s; I don't think she was suicidal though. 

 
Dyed by her own hand, tho?
Posted 7 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
This isn't one of my FAVOURITE songs but there's something about hearing it in a certain time and place that makes it stick for me. Something about having the FM radio on the Sony Sports Walkman tuned to FM and having this come on, I think.
Plus, that's some nice harmonica blowin'
Posted 7 years ago by TJOpootertoot    [ Reply ]
 tiare wrote:
These guys (unlike Bonnie Raitt) ROCK!
 
You're right; Ms. Raitt has a dirty-sexy saunter.  RAWR!
Posted 7 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
 skindy wrote:
Bill, nice segue from Bonnie Raitt's cover of "I Need You Tonight!" {#Clap}

 
Not a day goes by that RP doesn't makes me smile in the middle of a workday with stuff like this. Cool cover and great flash back!
Posted 7 years ago by wibadger    [ Reply ]
Bill, nice segue from Bonnie Raitt's cover of "I Need You Tonight!" {#Clap}
Posted 7 years ago by skindy    [ Reply ]
These guys (unlike Bonnie Raitt) ROCK!
Posted 7 years ago by tiare    [ Reply ]
I'll never forget when, years ago, decades ago even, this group turned up as the answer to a clue on "Jeopardy!", and when no one came up with the proper question, Alex gave it to them ...

"What is Inks?" 
Posted 7 years ago by ojibwe    [ Reply ]
 tulfan wrote:
Just for fun, replace the term "suicide blonde" with "super salad bar" and you'll never get it out of your head...

 
Thanks for that! Now it is stuck in my head forever. {#Doh}
Posted 8 years ago by chiefbrody    [ Reply ]
Woo-hoo man this has it boppin!    Happy New Year All!
Posted 8 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
 tulfan wrote:
Just for fun, replace the term "suicide blonde" with "super salad bar" and you'll never get it out of your head...

 
I knew this super blonde girl who worked at a salad bar in a mall, back in the '80s; I don't think she was suicidal though. I wonder what she's up to these days.  
Posted 9 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Probably coinciding with their 1st hit in America, remember listening to AFN in Europe and the DJ (Casey Kasem?) called the group 'In-Exes'
 
Posted 9 years ago by Old_Pat    [ Reply ]
These guys really did rule the airwaves for a while with several juicy rocking hits! Can't help but hear the hints of Blondie in this one...
Posted 9 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
 2020sk wrote:
It just goes on and on and on, doesn't it? Could have been a great hit, like We Will Rock You, by cutting off the last two minutes.

 
Great tune.... everything stops, volume hits 11 when this comes on..... 
Posted 10 years ago by Crazytrain    [ Reply ]
It just goes on and on and on, doesn't it? Could have been a great hit, like We Will Rock You, by cutting off the last two minutes.
Posted 10 years ago by 2020sk    [ Reply ]
 ppopp wrote:
Good quality 80's hit which sounds a bit long in the tooth today.

 
It's intriguing how a lot of good pop hits just don't have much staying power. This still works but it plays up INXS' limitation as a deliberate manufacturer of pop. 

"Soup and salad bar" {#Dancingbanana_2} {#Hungry}


 ScottN wrote:
INXS--Michael, so sad and avoidable.  I wish this music could still be performed.

  
File under: Kids, don't try this at home (or in a hotel bathroom).
Talk about embarrassing ways to go... 
Posted 10 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
INXS--Michael, so sad and avoidable.  I wish this music could still be performed.
Posted 10 years ago by ScottN    [ Reply ]
I remember buying the cassingle of this back in 1990 while a student at University of Illinois.

CHIEF!!!! 
Posted 10 years ago by deepwoodskev    [ Reply ]
Just for fun, replace the term "suicide blonde" with "super salad bar" and you'll never get it out of your head...
Posted 10 years ago by tulfan    [ Reply ]
A classic really... 8
Posted 10 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
Good quality 80's hit which sounds a bit long in the tooth today.
Posted 10 years ago by ppopp    [ Reply ]
Yes !  One of their best.

Instant 8
Posted 11 years ago by kurtster    [ Reply ]
Love the harmonica but was never a fan of Michael Hutchence's voice so it's a 5 for me
Posted 11 years ago by stephw    [ Reply ]
When I first heard this, I thought he was saying "Soup and Salad bar". Mmmmmm.... soup....{#Drool}
Posted 11 years ago by bbgun    [ Reply ]
This song used to always fill up the dance floor back in the day...that sax solo is still awesome 23 years later.
Posted 11 years ago by treatment_bound    [ Reply ]