The Vaselines
The Vaselines are an indie pop band from Glasgow, Scotland. Formed in 1986,… Read Full Bio ↴The Vaselines are an indie pop band from Glasgow, Scotland. Formed in 1986, the band was originally made up of only vocalists/guitarists Eugene Kelly and Frances McKee, but later added James Seenan and Eugene's brother Charlie Kelly on bass and drums respectively from the band Secession. McKee had formerly been a member of a band named The Pretty Flowers with Duglas T. Stewart (later of BMX Bandits), Norman Blake (later of Teenage Fanclub) and Sean Dickson (later of The Soup Dragons). Eugene had formerly played in The Famous Monsters.

Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain once described Kelly and McKee as his "most favorite songwriters in the whole world".

The band released two singles, "Son of a Gun" and "Dying for It", prior to releasing an album. In 1989 they released their only album, Dum Dum, on the record label Rough Trade. Following the closing of the record label 53rd and 3rd, which they had originally signed to, the band broke up in 1990. However, they reunited later that year to open for Nirvana when they played in Edinburgh.

Though they were not widely known when the band existed, covers of their songs by Nirvana and Kurt Cobain's tendency to mention them as an influence brought exposure to the band. With their songs "Son of a Gun" and "Molly's Lips" covered on Nirvana's album Incesticide and "Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam" covered as "Jesus Doesn't Want Me for a Sunbeam" on MTV Unplugged in New York, the band gained a new audience from people who wanted to discover the bands that influenced Cobain (a similar situation happened to the band The Meat Puppets). Due to this new exposure, in 1992 Sub Pop released The Way of the Vaselines: A Complete History, a compilation that contained The Vaselines' entire body of work on one album.

No longer together, members of the band moved on to new bands. Kelly went on to found the band Captain America (later renamed Eugenius). He currently performs solo. McKee founded the band Suckle and released her first solo album, Sunny Moon, in 2006.

In 2008, the band reformed and began to make sporadic appearences at festivals in the United Kingdom and the United States and various tours supporting Belle and Sebastian. The band will perform at the Belle and Sebastian's second Bowlie Weekender festival in December 2010.

In 2010, the band announced they would release their second album "Sex With An X" on September 14, 2010 on Sub Pop Records.
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The Vaselines Lyrics


-Son Of A Gun Swing swing up and down, Turn turn turn around, Round round …
01 Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam Jesus don't want me for a sunbeam 'Cause sunbeams are not…
02. You think you're a man You think you're a man, You are only a boy. You think…
Bitch I'm a real bitch I'm a twisted witch I'll screw you around W…
Crazy Lady If you'd know what I've been thinking It's no use if…
Day I Was A Horse They say the story, hope it don't bore ya, About they…
Dum-Dum I'm a real dum-dum, I'm a son of a gun, I…
Dying for It She said to me, would you like to be, I got…
Exit The Vaselines What has become of me? Sleepin' endlessly Heartbeat, heart…
Hairy I don't want to look like you, Greasy hair and ugly…
High Tide Low Tide Lonely by the riverside Playing hard to get I'm confused but…
I Hate the '80s There was you and MTV Pink speed emptied me There goes the…
Jesus Doesn't Want Me for a Sunbeam Jesus don't want me for a sunbeam 'Cause sunbeams are not…



Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam Jesus don't want me for a sunbeam 'Cause sunbeams are not…
Let's Get Ugly Time and again, I think to myself, Oh, watch me, One less gu…
Lovecraft Kill your friends, Light your feet, Do what I want, Lovecraf…
Molly's Lips She said she'll take me anyway She'll take me everyway As lo…
Monsterpussy Monsterpuss, monsterpuss, Meow, my monsterpuss, Monsterpuss,…
Mouth To Mouth Kiss me, I'm in season You make me this way It all…
My God's Bigger Than Your God My God's bigger than your God My God's bigger than your…
No Hope I've lived my life on the edge of a knife, And…
Oliver Twisted Once I had a friend called Oliver Twisted Who used to…
Overweight But Over You I've no appetite for you and me When you twist me…
Poison Pen I can rely on you to always let me down And…
RARY RIDES ME RAW (Eugene) Galloping through the morning dew, There's only one…
Rosary Job The spirit was within me That caused this soul to fail. Boat…
Ruined Why the fuck can't you see what's going on? I know,…
Sex Sux I was born up an original sin, Brought my two time…
Sex Sux .wmv I was born up an original sin, Brought my two time…
Sex With An X Feels so good it must be bad for me Feels so…
Slushy Long brown hair, eyes were green. Prettiest girl I've ever s…
Son of a Gun Swing swing up and down, Turn turn turn around, Round round …
Such A Fool Don′t even know where you've been You were second hand goods…
Teenage Jesus Superstar I'm a teenage Jesus superstar without a mighty cross to…
The Day I Was a Horse They say the story, hope it don't bore ya, About they…
The Devil's Inside Me I've got the devil The devil's inside me I've got the devi…
The Devil’s Inside Me I′ve got the devil The devil's inside me I′ve got the devil…
The Oliver Twisted Once I had a friend called Oliver Twisted Who used to…
Turning It On I should have met you a long time ago Maybe I…
Whitechapel I got the feelin' you (I heard her call) And I'm runnin' …
You Think You Are A Man You think you're a man, You are only a boy. You think…
You Think You're a Man You think you're a man, You are only a boy. You think…
You think you're the man You think you're a man, You are only a boy. You think…


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