Throwing Muses
Throwing Muses is a post-punk alternative rock band formed in 1981 in Newport, Rhode Island, United States, that toured and recorded extensively until 1997, when its members began concentrating more on other projects. Originally fronted by two distinctive lead singers, Kristin Hersh and Tanya Donelly, stepsisters who both wrote the group's songs, Donelly left in 1991 to form Belly and, since Throwing Muses reformed in 2003, has guested during concerts and recordings. Read Full BioThrowing Muses is a post-punk alternative rock band formed in 1981 in Newport, Rhode Island, United States, that toured and recorded extensively until 1997, when its members began concentrating more on other projects. Originally fronted by two distinctive lead singers, Kristin Hersh and Tanya Donelly, stepsisters who both wrote the group's songs, Donelly left in 1991 to form Belly and, since Throwing Muses reformed in 2003, has guested during concerts and recordings.

Throwing Muses is known for performing music with shifting tempos, creative chord progressions, unorthodox song structures, and surreal lyrics. The group was set apart from other contemporary acts by Hersh's stark, candid writing style; Donelly's pop stylings and vocal harmonies; and David Narcizo's unusual drumming techniques eschewing use of cymbals. Hallucinatory, febrile songs by Hersh occasionally touched on the subject of mental illness, more often drawing portraits of characters from daily life or addressing relationships.

Donelly left the band in 1991 and was a member of The Breeders and Belly, before starting to perform solo. She also contributed vocals to the Throwing Muses self-titled album in 2003. Hersh has also worked solo, and fronts the power trio 50 Foot Wave (which also includes Muses bassist Bernard Georges). Narcizo works in graphic design and has a musical project Lakuna.

In March 2003, Throwing Muses came back with their eighth album, Throwing Muses, which also saw the return of Tanya Donelly who provided backing vocals on the album. A greatest hits compilation titled Anthology was released in 2011. The band's ninth album, Purgatory / Paradise was released on October 29, 2013 in the UK and November 11 in the US. In early 2014, the band toured a few U.S. cities, with Donelly opening for the East Coast dates.
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Not Too Soon
Throwing Muses Lyrics


She colorblind tired eyes
Her hallway aching
She'll never move him, likes it that way
He's just a walker and he'll never stop walking away
It's not too soon, he said, you know it's not too soon at all
And you might as well be dead, he said
If you're afraid to fall, I said, I know her

She said, oh, my, why do you stare so hard?
Wrapped up like a doll in bad dreams and broken arms
Make these old bones shiver
It's not too soon, he said, you know it's not too soon at all
And you might as well be dead, he said
If you're afraid to fall, I said, I know her

The last time I saw you, you were standing in the dark
And with a freezing face, I watched you fall apart

It's not too soon, he said, it's not too soon at all
And you might as well be dead, he said
If you're afraid to fall, I said
Done your time, been in your place
I couldn't look you in the face
and tell you that it turns me on
it makes my stomach turn
I know, I know her

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Written by: TANYA DONELLY

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Rogério

She colorblind tired eyes
Her hallway aching
She'll never move him, likes it that way
He's just a walker and he'll never stop walking away
It's not too soon, he said, you know it's not too soon at all
And you might as well be dead, he said
If you're afraid to fall, I said, I know her
She said, oh, my, why do you stare so hard?
Wrapped up like a doll in bad dreams and broken arms
Make these old bones shiver
It's not too soon, he said, you know it's not too soon at all
And you might as well be dead, he said
If you're afraid to fall, I said, I know her
The last time I saw you, you were standing in the dark
And with a freezing face, I watched you fall apart
It's not too soon, he said, it's not too soon at all
And you might as well be dead, he said
If you're afraid to fall, I said
Done your time, been in your place
I couldn't look you in the face
and tell you that it turns me on
it makes my stomach turn
I know, I know her



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nerdbot37

That is just one of the best damned pop songs of all time. Never gets old. Blows me away every time I hear it.

Barb Rogers Little Ms. SUNBURN

I love the drumming.

nerdbot37

@Monica McMullin Uh huh. You're right. Upbeat and catchy doesn't equal "pop."

But "Not Too Soon" is nothing if not a pop song. The Beatles were a pop band. Phil Spector produced pop songs. Plenty of indie bands from the mid-80s through mid-90s were making pop songs. Hell, the Jesus and Mary Chain were making pop music -- drenched in distortion and feedback, sure, but they were pop songs nevertheless. And bands like Throwing Muses, Blake Babies, Velocity Girl, Lemonheads, etc., they all made pop songs too.

Monica McMullin

Just because a song is upbeat and catchy doesn't make it pop. This was before indie was a genre, when we used to flip through cds in the alternative section at the local record store for obsure bands from small, sometimes equally obscure [non-major/'independent'] record labels.

rodbob11

@Sapphy Megatron yeah , pretty sure pop is short for popular,and that song never was

Lucid Monkey

I forgot about this song and just listened to it 10 times in a row! It’s crazy good! I was mostly listening to Ride and the Stone Roses when this one came out but ya.. this song does not age...

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guitarslinger213

The drummer is a BEAST. absolutely killer.

Barb Rogers Little Ms. SUNBURN

Well YEAH !!!

Milagros Soto

so excited jajaja

kMizo whats

Don't want type a bunch...lol google him pretty interesting

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