 Winged Life (2004) [ larger cover art ] |
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If I told you once, then I told you twice
That I would have paid just about any price
Just to see him jump, just to see him laugh
I would have washed in the blood of an innocent man
Let the whipping boy ride (x4)
The boy says to the wolf, "You're gonna be my dog"
The boy ties the wolf to a fence post
The wolf says, "Boy, if you're gonna be my man
Let's see how you fit in those britches"
I found a river doesn't run to the sea
I found a river through the dead lands
I found a river been beaten by the sun
But a river that never did surrender to the sands
Let the whipping boy ride (x4)
| westslope (BC coast) | Posted: May 06, 2013 - 09:27 Matyx wrote: I was thinkin this iz kool n i Like it! Was thinkin' I would agree. But for the purists, there is far too much style borrowed from Led Zepplin. |
| tphord (Up 'ere) | Posted: Apr 05, 2013 - 05:46 Just noticed this... Nice sound |
| Stingray | Posted: Apr 05, 2013 - 05:40 FANTASTIC > 9! |
| gypsyman (just passing through....) | Posted: Feb 01, 2013 - 10:25 I honestly thought this was a Joe Strummer cut I had never heard before. |
| coachc | Posted: Jan 24, 2013 - 07:12 This has nothing in common with Mumford and Sons. It does use a banjo, but it doesn't beat us over the head with it. WonderLizard wrote: Bingo. There's a lot of something going around: Mumford and Sons, The National, Avett Brothers, Fleet Foxes. Wait! Let's stick a label on it/them before Rolling Stone does!  |
| coachc | Posted: Jan 24, 2013 - 07:09 Not my favorite from Shearwater, but love this band!! |
| Easyrider (Catania,Sicily,Italy) | Posted: Nov 19, 2012 - 03:10 Cool! |
| rdo (DC) | Posted: Oct 30, 2012 - 09:26 LizK wrote: UGH   speaking of whippin' |
| vivyruest (San Rafael) | Posted: Aug 26, 2012 - 21:54 7—>8 |
| Matyx (Texas) | Posted: Aug 16, 2012 - 17:43 Carl wrote: a_genuine_find wrote:
I was thinking Gotye ...  RoelantSiekman wrote: I was thinking Radiohead.. I was thinking Okkervil River. I was thinkin this iz kool n i Like it! |
| LPCity (Salt Lake City, Utah) | Posted: Aug 16, 2012 - 17:41 I'll kick you out of this home If you don't CUT THAT HAIR! |
| Carl (The Summit City) | Posted: Jul 05, 2012 - 19:21 a_genuine_find wrote: I was thinking Gotye ... RoelantSiekman wrote: I was thinking Radiohead.. I was thinking Okkervil River. |
| peyotecoyote (London, Ontario) | Posted: Jul 05, 2012 - 19:20 jhorton wrote: Ooops, for a minute there, I thought Robert Plant had finally done something post LZ that I didn't hate. Nope, still waiting. HA! |
| RoelantSiekman (Rotterdam, The Netherlands) | Posted: Jun 26, 2012 - 12:50 a_genuine_find wrote: I was thinking Gotye ... I was thinking Radiohead.. |
| Poacher (Brighton, UK) | Posted: Jun 18, 2012 - 06:42 sajitjacob wrote: The Maori eat the Sooty Shearwater they call it the Muttonbird; It tastes like very very salty and fatty mutton. An acquired taste. Also, this is a great song.  Edit. Hey Bill just followed this with "Salt of the Earth" from the 'stones. The Maori harvest the birds by grabbing them from their underground burrows. The mutton bird is the salt of the earth! Spoooky. This is another reason I find this place so compelling. Bill often links songs in his '5 piece sets'. . . . sometimes obvious - sometimes obscure, sometimes with words, sometimes with style of music, sometimes with humour. . . sometimes not at all. |
| Grammarcop (i've successfully infiltrated the 1% without being detected!) | Posted: Jun 18, 2012 - 06:37 As a birder, I approve of this band's name. |
| Hasan | Posted: Jun 14, 2012 - 16:25 bup bup didoo bup bup ba didoo boop bup bup didoo bup bup ba didoo boop bup bup didoo bup bup ba didoo boop bup bup didoo bup bup ba didoo boop What a terrific lead-in to something really exciting! Hey! . . . . Sheeeeit! Where's the really exciting bit? |
| ziakut (The Windy City) | Posted: May 17, 2012 - 11:35 Shearwater is now 2 for 2 in my book. Second tune I've heard from this that I like. On a roll, boys! |
| aspicer (Chicago, IL) | Posted: Apr 26, 2012 - 06:34 I like it, in fact quite likeable! |
| zenhead (Maine) | Posted: Apr 26, 2012 - 06:33 pianocomposer wrote: Banjo can be okay. But this is very repetitive. Did I mention it seems to repeat itself? OMG. Downgrade to a 6. ever listen to bela fleck, or the late earl scruggs? repetitive? hardly! |
| a_genuine_find (not me, Radio P) (3rd stone, sol, orion belt, milkyway..?) | Posted: Apr 26, 2012 - 06:32 westslope wrote: Almost sounds like Porcupine Tree...... I was thinking Gotye ... |
| sajitjacob (Christchurch NZ) | Posted: Apr 15, 2012 - 18:02 The Maori eat the Sooty Shearwater they call it the Muttonbird; It tastes like very very salty and fatty mutton. An acquired taste. Also, this is a great song. Edit. Hey Bill just followed this with "Salt of the Earth" from the 'stones. The Maori harvest the birds by grabbing them from their underground burrows. The mutton bird is the salt of the earth! Spoooky. |
| westslope (BC coast) | Posted: Apr 15, 2012 - 18:00 Grown to a 7. It is like.... she's out of bounds but you just can't help looking all the same. |
| LizK (Houston, Texas) | Posted: Apr 01, 2012 - 13:13 UGH |
| westslope (BC coast) | Posted: Mar 11, 2012 - 13:20 But it does sound like No Quarter so I strongly suggest that everybody not like this song. Seriously. |
| Orodrigues (Resende (RJ), Brazil) | Posted: Mar 11, 2012 - 13:19 Hi, Bill! If you insist playing this song, I'll call The Police. |
| westslope (BC coast) | Posted: Feb 20, 2012 - 12:17 Almost sounds like Porcupine Tree...... |
| pianocomposer (Springfield) | Posted: Feb 12, 2012 - 08:01 oldviolin wrote: uh oh, a banjo...what is the world coming to? Stay tuned... Banjo can be okay. But this is very repetitive. Did I mention it seems to repeat itself? OMG. Downgrade to a 6. |
| jhorton | Posted: Dec 28, 2011 - 10:15 Ooops, for a minute there, I thought Robert Plant had finally done something post LZ that I didn't hate. Nope, still waiting. |
| Proclivities (Carrboro, NC) | Posted: Dec 21, 2011 - 10:03 sirdroseph wrote: There was a big flare a couple of days ago too. The weather is fine here today though! All of these comments are interesting, but have nothing to do with this song.  No, I do not hear The Police at all.  Really? Other than this song having different chords and a different melody, it sounds just like "King Of Pain".  |
| Orodrigues (Resende (RJ), Brazil) | Posted: Sep 24, 2011 - 09:53 Besides Tori Amos, another King of Pain copy? Call The Police!!! |
| oldviolin (Esse Quam Videri) | Posted: Sep 24, 2011 - 09:53 uh oh, a banjo...what is the world coming to? Stay tuned... |
| Cynaera (Kenneth's Frequency) | Posted: Aug 14, 2011 - 19:41 Baby_M wrote: Someone should swat you for that one.  But in a GOOD way.... This is the ONLY place a set like that would ever fly. I loves me my RP. Commercial-free, FCC-free.... FREEEEEEEEEE! |
| LSC (Gothenburg,Sweden, Europe, Planet Earth) | Posted: Jun 15, 2011 - 01:02 This IS a good one!  |
| lattalo (Beartooths) | Posted: Apr 30, 2011 - 14:09 Hannio wrote: There's a little black spot on the sun today... But soooo much better. |
| HearsayDave | Posted: Apr 02, 2011 - 11:47 Hannio wrote: There's a little black spot on the sun today... Correct.  |
| miamizsun ((3261.3 Miles SE of RP)) | Posted: Apr 02, 2011 - 11:45 diggin it  |
| Hannio (Austin, TX) | Posted: Mar 07, 2011 - 06:03 I told you once and I told you twice, but you never listen to my advice... |
| fredriley (Nottingham, UK) | Posted: Mar 04, 2011 - 06:44 xkolibuul wrote: C'mon, Fred, that album cover alone warrants at least a '6'. True, and this song has grown on me, so 6 from the Nottingham jury it is. |
| sirdroseph (Yes) | Posted: Feb 18, 2011 - 04:36 Hannio wrote: There's a little black spot on the sun today... There was a big flare a couple of days ago too. The weather is fine here today though! All of these comments are interesting, but have nothing to do with this song. No, I do not hear The Police at all. |
| boober (KC,Mo) | Posted: Feb 14, 2011 - 06:51 Sounds a lot like Robert Plant... that's a good thing! |
| Poacher (Brighton, UK) | Posted: Feb 14, 2011 - 06:48 Chillbanjo. . . nice. |
| Hannio (Austin, TX) | Posted: Feb 14, 2011 - 06:46 There's a little black spot on the sun today... |
| jpdribbler (Hamburg, Germany) | Posted: Jan 31, 2011 - 23:12 Great! Some equally fine or even better cuts on that CD: "My Good Deed", "St. Mary's Walk", "Wedding Bells" and "The World in 1984". Awesome live band btw! |
| sirdroseph (Yes) | Posted: Jan 26, 2011 - 04:53 Banjo =  |
| WonderLizard (2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | Posted: Jan 15, 2011 - 08:41 Cynaera wrote: It's probably too late.... But I agree - some VERY good music going around. Has "Angsta-Rock" already been used?Slinking away now. "Angsta-Rock!" I like it! BTW, no need to slink away from great punmanship... |
| BikeCoachDave (Columbia, Ky.) | Posted: Jan 06, 2011 - 10:24 Gave this one a 7 as it really is 'quite likeable'. This song embodies why I listen to R.P. I would have never found it any other way. Good stuff. |
| Stingray (EUROPE) | Posted: Jan 03, 2011 - 15:03 GOOD - yes! Wishes from Ypsilanti, Michigan! |
| Baby_M (a 100+-year old building in downtown Akron, Ohio) | Posted: Dec 29, 2010 - 09:45 The_Enemy wrote: "Whipping Boy" follows "Flogging Molly". I love Bill's jokes in the playlist. Maybe next we'll hear something from 'Rum, Sodomy and The Lash"? Someone should swat you for that one. |
| xkolibuul (Chuckanut sandstone) | Posted: Dec 14, 2010 - 22:25 fredriley wrote: The bird on the cover looks to be a Manx Shearwater, a nocturnal seabird highly ungainly on land but adept in the sea. Which is rather more interesting than the music, particularly the singer who makes Thom Yorke sound exciting. A nailed on Ho-Hum from the Nottingham jury  C'mon, Fred, that album cover alone warrants at least a '6'. |