Collage by Minna, from a photo by Tarina Westlund.
Thao Nguyen is a songwriter and musician based in San Francisco. She is the front woman of the aptly titled Thao & the Get Down Stay Down. The band just finished recording a new album, due out in early 2013.
Thao gave up drama in early 2012.
This song, written & recorded for Rookie, is called “Suffer No Fools.” We hope you enjoy it as much as we did (i.e., a lot).
Written and performed by Thao Nguyen. Engineered and co-produced by Lauren Tabak.
If you want to pitch/submit a Rookie theme song by you or your band, please write to us at submissions@rookiemag.com, and write THEME SONG in the subject line.
i am obsessed with this! teach me how to write songs like this!
Log in to replyHaha love it!! Save the drama for your mama!
Log in to replywhy. so. awesome?
Log in to replyI love Thao so much! This is my new theme song.
Log in to replyseriously people this song is crazy appropriate for my current life situation. especially love the way she says “what the hell was I thinking”.
Log in to reply“If I were, I would’ve raised you to be more low-key and less of a shit talker.” XD ahahahahaa. This is a great song. I’ll have to keep listening to Thao Nguyen :D
Log in to replyawesome! especially love the slightly offbeat timing.
Log in to replyholy cows, i love thao and the get down stay downs!!!! that’s so cool thao did the rookie theme song, she is such a badass lady musician whom i have liked for a while. this post reminded me how much i love her song, ‘bag of hammers’ ——-> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57OtoBN_Jig
Log in to replyI love that song a lot.
Log in to replyI love Thao! And now shes on Rookie? Rad! You guys should check out her Tiny Desk Concert, its perfection.
Log in to replyJust got my Rookie yearbook and literally did a happy dance around the kitchen.
Log in to replyWoW
Log in to replyThis is fucking amazing
Log in to replyI LOVE THAO. as if she wasn’t awesome enough, she also volunteers with this writing workshop in San Francisco! I met her when she was doing a backyard percussion session with the kids: everyone was banging on buckets and shaking homemade maracas and generally reveling in the joy that is making music that’s loud as hell. SHE IS SO RAD.
Log in to replyI NEED SOMEWHERE TO DOWNLOAD THIS MAGIC
Log in to replyI LOVE Thao! Saw her for the first time years ago at Sawtooth Music Festival (this tiny little festival up in the mountains an hour north of my town) and just adored her instantly. She’s a kickass performer. And this song is freaking great.
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