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Semisonic — Get A Grip
Album: All About Chemistry
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Released: 2001
Length: 3:28
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Lonely boys and your lonely girls,
Here at the end of the lonely world,
You're finding out if there's someone to cry about.

Lonely girls and your lonely boys,
Playing alone with your lonely toys,
Well don't be blue 'cause there's no one to play with you.

Get a grip on yourself you know you should,
I got a grip on myself and it feels good,
Get a grip on yourself take my advice,
I got a grip on myself and it feels nice.

When the lights come on and the party's through,
There are always a few with nobody to do,
Well now don't despair, you'll eventually get there,
And meanwhile all of the lonely ones,
Here's what to do while you wait for the sun to rise above,
The loneliest kind of love.

Get a grip on yourself you know you should,
(get a grip on yourself)
I got a grip on myself and it feels good,
Get a grip on yourself take my advice,
(get a grip on yourself)
I got a grip on myself and it feels nice.

Well it feels nice,
Yeah it feels nice,
Well it feels nice,
Yes it feels nice,
If you're looking for someone to get a grip on you,
First you've gotta get a grip on yourself its true.

Get a grip on yourself you know you should,
(get a grip on yourself)
I got a grip on myself and it feels good,
Get a grip on yourself take my advice,
(get a grip on yourself)
I got a grip on myself and it feels nice.

Well it feels nice,
Yeah it feels nice,
Well it feels nice.
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Posted 2 years ago by chix    [ Reply ]
This is nice, but their song "chemistry" is a lot better and really deserves to be on the RP playlist. Great lyrics.
Posted 4 years ago by ce    [ Reply ]
Posted 4 years ago by chix    [ Reply ]
Bill, are you trying to tell us you're lonely in that sound booth?

Masturbation should be like meals, 3 times daily!
Posted 13 years ago by Shouc    [ Reply ]
 Art_Carnage wrote:
A song that manages to be happy, bouncy, and icky, all at the same time.
 
Nothing wrong with being icky!

Posted 13 years ago by ick    [ Reply ]
 dburges wrote:
Solidly cementing their one hit wonder status...
 
ignorance is bliss
Posted 13 years ago by scraig    [ Reply ]
{#Lol}
Posted 13 years ago by fingerpin    [ Reply ]
I envy the generation growing up with this healthy, sex-positive, self-love tune!
Posted 13 years ago by lmic    [ Reply ]
 dburges wrote:
Solidly cementing their one hit wonder status...
 
Didn't they do "Across the Great Divide," "Closing Time," and "Chemistry"?

Posted 13 years ago by RedGuitar    [ Reply ]
Greasing Wheezer?
Posted 14 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
Solidly cementing their one hit wonder status...
Posted 14 years ago by dburges    [ Reply ]
I love it!!!!!!!!
 
Posted 14 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
 Art_Carnage wrote:
A song that manages to be happy, bouncy, and icky, all at the same time.
 
nailed it.

Posted 14 years ago by zipper    [ Reply ]
Mute. Mute. MUTE!
Posted 14 years ago by SinisterDexter    [ Reply ]
Bill, hilarious after Satellite Mind!

I heard you flog through the wall...?
Posted 14 years ago by lmic    [ Reply ]
oh come on people!  I have trashed a few songs played here  ,  but I like this one .  sounds like bare naked ladies  , it just flows so well ,, I like the simpleness of it  ,,, no big airs or " look at how intellectually moody I can be " crap ,,,,,,,,,,, many of the best songs  are not complicated full of wasted noise or pretense ,,,,,,, so get a grip !  lol
Posted 14 years ago by laup    [ Reply ]
Amy!  River!  Get A GRIP!!

Get a Grip
Posted 14 years ago by CamLwalk    [ Reply ]
POSSIBLE THE WORST SONG EVER PLAYED ON RP
Posted 14 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
Get a grip on yourself SEMISONIC!
RIDICULOUS!

TEXT + MUSIC!!!

"2"
Posted 14 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
 sergeant_x wrote:

That's just wrong.

In so many ways.
 
Oh come on!  You can just hear that big booming voice, "I touch myself when I think about you.  I gotta tell ya!  I touch myself." {#Roflol}
Posted 14 years ago by AvoidingWork    [ Reply ]
extremely good advice in this song—-you already listed "Dancin with Myself" right?

Posted 14 years ago by Giselle62    [ Reply ]
How about some Dan Wilson off his solo album. It has 4 or 5 songs that would sound good on RP.
Posted 14 years ago by rabaak    [ Reply ]
A song that manages to be happy, bouncy, and icky, all at the same time.
Posted 14 years ago by Art_Carnage    [ Reply ]
Polishing the porpoise

Posted 14 years ago by Businessgypsy    [ Reply ]
 DaveInVA wrote:
And its obvious just where that grip is...
 
Another in the list of songs about self-gratification!

Posted 14 years ago by RedGuitar    [ Reply ]
And its obvious just where that grip is...
Posted 14 years ago by DaveInSaoMiguel    [ Reply ]
Get a grip on yourself. This is childish. A 2 from me.
Posted 14 years ago by Huey    [ Reply ]
Pure pop pleasure....they could be singing about algebra and it would still sound good.

Posted 14 years ago by stickers11    [ Reply ]
 lmic wrote:

No. It's about tickling the pickle.

 

No, waxing the bishop

Posted 15 years ago by a_genuine_find    [ Reply ]
Stupid.
Posted 15 years ago by crockydile    [ Reply ]
Pure pop for wow people.

Posted 15 years ago by Zapmedia    [ Reply ]
How about some Dan Wilson from his album last year? Free Life would be a good choice. He does not get much play time. He wrote a lot of the music for the Dixie Chicks last album and then released his own album. So there is life after Semisonic
Posted 15 years ago by rabaak    [ Reply ]
Why is this the only Semisonic song on the playlist?
Posted 15 years ago by scraig    [ Reply ]
 Sloggydog wrote:
OK so we're agreed then its about spanking the monkey
 
No. It's about tickling the pickle.

Posted 15 years ago by lmic    [ Reply ]
Add Blister in the Sun by the Violent Femmes to the list...

Posted 15 years ago by Imkirok    [ Reply ]
It would be really nice to hear some of Dan Wilson's solo album. There are some really good songs like Free life and Breathless on that album.
Posted 15 years ago by rabaak    [ Reply ]
OK so we're agreed then its about spanking the monkey
Posted 15 years ago by Sloggydog    [ Reply ]
 AvoidingWork wrote:
I've always wanted to hear Ethel Merman do a cover of "I touch myself" by the Divinyls.
 
That's just wrong.

In so many ways.
Posted 15 years ago by sergeant_x    [ Reply ]
I've always wanted to hear Ethel Merman do a cover of "I touch myself" by the Divinyls.
Posted 15 years ago by AvoidingWork    [ Reply ]
Walrus_Gumbo wrote:
Gotta add
Turning Japanese by The Vapors
and maybe
I'm in You by Peter Frampton
followed by
I've Been in You by Frank Zappa.... LMAO!
 mamerjamer wrote:
While you're digging through the Frank Zappa, don't forget "Dynamo Hum", although innuendo has not much to do with that song - If you don't know what Frank is talking about in Dynamo Hum, then you need English classes!
 
How about "Pump It Up" by Elvis Costello?

Posted 15 years ago by RedGuitar    [ Reply ]
 laozilover wrote:
"I got a grip on myself and it feels nice"??  
 
Wankers of the world unite!

Posted 15 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
 laozilover wrote:
"I got a grip on myself and it feels nice"??  
 
Wanker?
Posted 15 years ago by Mack    [ Reply ]
 trekhead wrote:
,  Oh, behave!!!
 
{#Redface}
Posted 15 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
{#Lol}  that cd cover entertains me!

Posted 15 years ago by TheFriendlyCat    [ Reply ]
 jeff303 wrote:
I really needed this song about now. Thanks!!!
 
Got a grip on yourself already?

Posted 15 years ago by gekkosan    [ Reply ]
Bill, please! there are other really great Semisonic songs! Try Delicious (most excellent!) , or FNT... from their first (?) album
Posted 15 years ago by annersjen    [ Reply ]
"I got a grip on myself and it feels nice"??  
Posted 16 years ago by laozilover    [ Reply ]
Nice cover with beaker sex.
Posted 16 years ago by Gednabb    [ Reply ]
,  Oh, behave!!!
Posted 16 years ago by trekhead    [ Reply ]
Walrus_Gumbo wrote:
Gotta add Turning Japanese by The Vapors and maybe I'm in You by Peter Frampton followed by I've Been in You by Frank Zappa.... LMAO!
While you're digging through the Frank Zappa, don't forget "Dynamo Hum", although innuendo has not much to do with that song - If you don't know what Frank is talking about in Dynamo Hum, then you need English classes!
Posted 16 years ago by mamerjamer    [ Reply ]
How about "Blister in the Sun" by the Violent Femmes?
Posted 16 years ago by wade44    [ Reply ]
andrewimft wrote:
This would go well with the Divynils' I Touch Myself.
Yes. Bill should do a new set: Get a Grip I Touch Myself The Boy With the Arab Strap
Posted 16 years ago by lwilkinson    [ Reply ]
Posted 16 years ago by ick    [ Reply ]
Cool! I'm very glad to hear Semisonic on RP. As usual, the band demonstrates a somewhat off-center sense of humor. I like it. More, please.
Posted 16 years ago by scarletdancer    [ Reply ]
This would go well with the Divynils' I Touch Myself.
Posted 16 years ago by andrewimft    [ Reply ]
hahaha, he's right, it does feel good oh such innuendo! Scandal you talk.
Posted 16 years ago by davyjrshort    [ Reply ]
I really needed this song about now. Thanks!!!
Posted 16 years ago by jeff303    [ Reply ]
I uploaded "Down in Flames" a while back. It didn't make the cut. I think that one is their finest moment. It rocks really good.
Posted 16 years ago by KurtfromLaQuinta    [ Reply ]
QualityPie wrote:
Tiny Tim, "Tiptoe Through The Two L "
Hey! I've got that LP.
Posted 16 years ago by KurtfromLaQuinta    [ Reply ]
Oh yeah. Add this one to the list.
Posted 16 years ago by Geecheeboy    [ Reply ]
lol, this entire post entertains me, and that album cover is BAD!
Posted 16 years ago by TheFriendlyCat    [ Reply ]
Semisonic had like one radio hit does not make them too "mainstream" for Radio Paradise, so get off your indie high horse. I like them. But wow, I never realized how dirty that album cover is. And I can't believe people are on here mocking Borat AND Freddie Mercury. Shameful! :)
Posted 16 years ago by inkedbuddha    [ Reply ]
I stand corrected. icky, icky, icky... I guess you have to be of the necessary persuasion. "peterbuilt" indeed.
Posted 17 years ago by MinMan    [ Reply ]
MinMan wrote:
Is this what they're singing about?
Eh, no. They're singing about this: See? Freddy knew how to get a grip.
Posted 17 years ago by gekkosan    [ Reply ]
ematt wrote:
is nice!
Is this what they're singing about?
Posted 17 years ago by MinMan    [ Reply ]
Thanks RP for bringing this one back. Very cool.
Posted 17 years ago by gvan    [ Reply ]
ce wrote:
There's plenty of opportunity for innuendo in this playlist, too. It's just not quite in the right order. And the cigar, of course, is entirely optional, to be smoked afterwards. What else were you thinking?
Speaking of innuendo, the video is also quite fun, and as silly as the song. :-) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrdZNNG4S8g
Posted 17 years ago by gekkosan    [ Reply ]
Walrus_Gumbo wrote:
Gotta add Turning Japanese by The Vapors and maybe I'm in You by Peter Frampton followed by I've Been in You by Frank Zappa.... LMAO!
That is hilarious!
Posted 17 years ago by festerfree    [ Reply ]
How about some Sumosonic?
Posted 17 years ago by jdorn1    [ Reply ]
Way ahead of you. . .
Posted 17 years ago by briandel    [ Reply ]
As it turns out, there are FAR more songs about self-abuse than I would have thought. . . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_songs_about_masturbation
Posted 17 years ago by meydele    [ Reply ]
ce wrote:
Let's see today's April 18 - is Bob Marley next? someone over at RP feeling a little lazy today?
Posted 17 years ago by braincloud    [ Reply ]
Wouldn't it be great if RP played some Trip Shakespeare?? That's when Dan and John were at their best.
Posted 17 years ago by kimacho    [ Reply ]
Gotta add Turning Japanese by The Vapors and maybe I'm in You by Peter Frampton followed by I've Been in You by Frank Zappa.... LMAO!
Posted 17 years ago by Walrus_Gumbo    [ Reply ]
Dan Wilson's come a long way - from working at the Walker Art Center to accepting a Grammy with the Dixie Chicks. Hope these guys record again!
Posted 17 years ago by snowcat    [ Reply ]
celadonstone wrote:
Or the Divinyls "I Touch Myself"..? Heehee.
Hehehehe.... In my room... LMAO!
Posted 17 years ago by stevo_b    [ Reply ]
liser wrote:
hcaudill wrote:
Nice set of naughty songs: Semisonic - Get A Grip Patty Griffin - Wiggley Fingers The Smiths - Handsome Devil Not the full-scale masturbation set we're all clamoring for, but not bad.
Is Jackson Brown's "Rosie" next?
There's plenty of opportunity for innuendo in this playlist, too. It's just not quite in the right order. And the cigar, of course, is entirely optional, to be smoked afterwards. What else were you thinking?
10:26 am - Bob Marley - One Love 10:12 am - Semisonic - Get A Grip 10:07 am - The Shins - Phantom Limb 10:04 am - The Smiths - Handsome Devil 10:01 am - Blue Man Group - Time To Start 9:56 am - Pink Floyd - Have A Cigar
Posted 17 years ago by ce    [ Reply ]
meydele wrote:
Next Bill should play "In My Room" by the Beach Boys.
Or the Divinyls "I Touch Myself"..? Heehee.
Posted 17 years ago by celadonstone    [ Reply ]
Next Bill should play "In My Room" by the Beach Boys.
Posted 17 years ago by meydele    [ Reply ]
WEEZER LIKE
Posted 17 years ago by horstman    [ Reply ]
best album art of last year.
Posted 18 years ago by Sobient    [ Reply ]
Ibeaton wrote:
"Rosie" - Jackson Browne (This one's subtle - I'm embarrassed to say I listened to this one for years before I figured it out).
Funny, me too! Of course, I was 6 at the time, so...
Posted 18 years ago by ibcoleman    [ Reply ]
guysmiley wrote:
How about Billy Idol's "Dancing With Myself"?
Tiny Tim, "Tiptoe Through The Two L "
Posted 18 years ago by QualityPie    [ Reply ]
liser wrote:
Is Jackson Brown's "Rosie" next?
How about Billy Idol's "Dancing With Myself"?
Posted 18 years ago by guysmiley    [ Reply ]
hcaudill wrote:
Nice set of naughty songs: Semisonic - Get A Grip Patty Griffin - Wiggley Fingers The Smiths - Handsome Devil Not the full-scale masturbation set we're all clamoring for, but not bad.
Is Jackson Brown's "Rosie" next?
Posted 18 years ago by liser    [ Reply ]
hcaudill wrote:
Nice set of naughty songs: Semisonic - Get A Grip Patty Griffin - Wiggley Fingers The Smiths - Handsome Devil Not the full-scale masturbation set we're all clamoring for, but not bad.
Posted 18 years ago by AliGator    [ Reply ]
So am I the only one who noticed the Hendrix lift there? Nice though.
Posted 18 years ago by Cruithne3753    [ Reply ]
Nice set of naughty songs: Semisonic - Get A Grip Patty Griffin - Wiggley Fingers The Smiths - Handsome Devil Not the full-scale masturbation set we're all clamoring for, but not bad.
Posted 18 years ago by hcaudill    [ Reply ]
test tube sex? the lead singer has a "grip on himself" and "it feels nice" the loneliest kind of love?
Posted 18 years ago by glassjawgrlxxx    [ Reply ]
this guy that's "got a grip on himself" is giving advice??
Posted 18 years ago by bjk    [ Reply ]
lbeaton wrote:
Hardly the first one, either: "Whip It" - Devo "Stroke" - Billy Squier "Rosie" - Jackson Browne (This one's subtle - I'm embarrassed to say I listened to this one for years before I figured it out). "She Bop" - Cyndi Lauper Others?
I don't think anybody mentioned "Up For the Down Stroke" by Parliament...
Posted 18 years ago by llimllib    [ Reply ]
nice = 6
Posted 18 years ago by nick_valensi    [ Reply ]
squidish wrote:
It feels niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice - very clever lyrics.
and!....very clever album cover art!
Posted 18 years ago by freeone1    [ Reply ]
It feels niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice - very clever lyrics.
Posted 18 years ago by squidish    [ Reply ]
hcaudill wrote:
"Wiggley Fingers" - Patty Griffin. Probably the best song about masturbation ever written. She rhymes "St. Francis Xavier" with "unspeakable behavior", and she ends the song with a howl that will stand up the hair on your neck. C'mon, Bill - sounds like a great idea for a set.
From: Billy Bragg - St Swithin's Day "With my own hands When i make love to your memory It's not the same I miss the thunder I miss the rain" He almost makes it sound romantic, doesn't he!
Posted 18 years ago by tiddalick    [ Reply ]
I totally second this!!! I've asked Bill to look for some Trip Shakespeare - they were GREAT! And Semisonic's first album was really really strong. bc wrote:
Well, it's ok, but doesn't compare to their first album, and doesn't hold a candle to Trip Shakespeare, which contained 2/3rds of Semisonic. bc
Posted 18 years ago by dianneluna    [ Reply ]
babygirl614 wrote:
I wondered what happened to these guys.
Their boring music got overplayed and they went poof? Although I find this song amusing enough to rate a 6
Posted 18 years ago by AlanCE    [ Reply ]
Darling Nicki - met her in a hotel lobby masturbating with a magazine how come that never really happens when you walk into a hotel? Nor-Cal wrote:
Sounds like it to me. Has there ever been a pop song with the word 'masturbation' in the lyrics? Trouble is it would never get played on the radio cuz it would rub too many people the wrong way.
Posted 18 years ago by mooquat    [ Reply ]
hcaudill wrote:
"Wiggley Fingers" - Patty Griffin. Probably the best song about masturbation ever written. She rhymes "St. Francis Xavier" with "unspeakable behavior", and she ends the song with a howl that will stand up the hair on your neck. C'mon, Bill - sounds like a great idea for a set.
How could you forget "Pictures of Lily?"
Posted 18 years ago by ChardRemains    [ Reply ]
Gets a 9 just for sheer audacity...
Posted 18 years ago by ChardRemains    [ Reply ]
Nor-Cal wrote:
Sounds like it to me. Has there ever been a pop song with the word 'masturbation' in the lyrics? Trouble is it would never get played on the radio cuz it would rub too many people the wrong way.
Green Day's Longview.
Posted 18 years ago by Bocephus    [ Reply ]
lbeaton wrote:
Hardly the first one, either: "Whip It" - Devo "Stroke" - Billy Squier "Rosie" - Jackson Browne (This one's subtle - I'm embarrassed to say I listened to this one for years before I figured it out). "She Bop" - Cyndi Lauper Others?
"Wiggley Fingers" - Patty Griffin. Probably the best song about masturbation ever written. She rhymes "St. Francis Xavier" with "unspeakable behavior", and she ends the song with a howl that will stand up the hair on your neck. C'mon, Bill - sounds like a great idea for a set.
Posted 19 years ago by hcaudill    [ Reply ]
Woot. MN band.
Posted 19 years ago by UltraNurd    [ Reply ]
I wondered what happened to these guys.
Posted 19 years ago by babygirl614    [ Reply ]
Don't forget the most obvious: Turning Japanese by the Vapors.
Posted 19 years ago by Imkirok    [ Reply ]
lbeaton wrote:
Hardly the first one, either: "Whip It" - Devo "Stroke" - Billy Squier "Rosie" - Jackson Browne (This one's subtle - I'm embarrassed to say I listened to this one for years before I figured it out). "She Bop" - Cyndi Lauper Others?
"Dancing with Myself" - Billy Idol
Posted 19 years ago by KohlDaddy    [ Reply ]
KohlDaddy wrote:
Do you really have to think about that one? "I got a grip on myself and it feels nice"
Hardly the first one, either: "Whip It" - Devo "Stroke" - Billy Squier "Rosie" - Jackson Browne (This one's subtle - I'm embarrassed to say I listened to this one for years before I figured it out). "She Bop" - Cyndi Lauper Others?
Posted 19 years ago by lbeaton    [ Reply ]
what a fun tune. another reason why i listen to RP. you'd never discover this on OTA radio. play it again
Posted 19 years ago by rasta_tiger    [ Reply ]
red5_bc wrote:
Is this song about masturbation?
Do you really have to think about that one? "I got a grip on myself and it feels nice" The cover art should give you a tip about the maturity of the content, shouldn't it?
Posted 19 years ago by KohlDaddy    [ Reply ]
Nor-Cal wrote:
Sounds like it to me. Has there ever been a pop song with the word 'masturbation' in the lyrics? Trouble is it would never get played on the radio cuz it would rub too many people the wrong way.
Umm...Longview?
Posted 19 years ago by lizardman_tcs    [ Reply ]
red5_bc wrote:
Is this song about masturbation?
Sounds like it to me. Has there ever been a pop song with the word 'masturbation' in the lyrics? Trouble is it would never get played on the radio cuz it would rub too many people the wrong way.
Posted 19 years ago by Nor-Cal    [ Reply ]
Ah, ya wanker...
Posted 19 years ago by g-rod    [ Reply ]
mrmojorisin wrote:
Play "Pink Thing" from XTC next!
anything so long as we never have to listen to the Divinyls.
Posted 19 years ago by rah    [ Reply ]
Play "Pink Thing" from XTC next!
Posted 19 years ago by mrmojorisin    [ Reply ]
Darlington wrote:
Saw a review of a book, "So You Want to Be a Rock and Roll Star" which has just come out - written by a member of this group. Its sort of an "expose" of the recording/radio industry - really goes into detail of all the things that have to be done to get played/noticed in the business. Not a glowing account, by any means. Review was pretty favorable, as I recall.
I read that book and really enjoyed it. The writer was the drummer for Semisonic. He does a good job capturing the modern realities of trying to "make it" in the music industry and what it can do to your perspective, your sanity, your soul... I am not, however, a fan at all of this band or their sound...
Posted 19 years ago by bev    [ Reply ]
"I got a grip on myself and it feels nice". This guy needs a girlfriend.
Posted 19 years ago by Art_Carnage    [ Reply ]
Get a "grip" on yourself? uh, are they talking about what I think they're talking about ??!!
Posted 20 years ago by Yashure    [ Reply ]
Saw a review of a book, "So You Want to Be a Rock and Roll Star" which has just come out - written by a member of this group. Its sort of an "expose" of the recording/radio industry - really goes into detail of all the things that have to be done to get played/noticed in the business. Not a glowing account, by any means. Review was pretty favorable, as I recall.
Posted 20 years ago by Darlington    [ Reply ]
Like this one--did it go through the LRC?
Posted 20 years ago by artmarcia    [ Reply ]
Is this song about masturbation?
Posted 20 years ago by red5_bc    [ Reply ]