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Girl with a thick skin made you shine like a new pin
Why smother urges, which belong under dresses?
Do you wish that you could only start again
Learn to live and be pedestrian?
If all your wishes in the world come true
You'd be as good as new
What can I say that will make them jump to my defence?
I value honesty, I could never pretend
Crest fallen boys are boring
I don't know which way I'm going anymore
I can't be sure
Girl with a thick skin made you shine
| stickers11 (Burnaby, BC) | Posted: Nov 22, 2009 - 01:14 i'm in a good mood tonight...everything is getting at least an 8. and this song deserves it. |
| peter_james_bond (Lunenburg, NS) | Posted: Oct 21, 2009 - 15:21 MojoJojo wrote: I love the organ. Her haircut? Not so much. The couple in the poster don't seem to care for it much either. And check out that lamp and her shirt  Another nutty album cover from these guys. The song itself is not bad....not fantastic mind you but it's all right. I think breezy  is a good description. |
| Brooky (Upstate NY, where at all nothing makes sense) | Posted: Aug 19, 2009 - 13:47 Breezy but delicious |
| frednic (Santee, CA) | Posted: Feb 10, 2009 - 16:26 Me too. This is still a nice song.  Bocephus wrote: take the skinheads bowling...take them bowling. this song gets me everytime. |
| chirpie (olathe, kansas) | Posted: Sep 21, 2008 - 12:15 My one Camera Obscura song I couldn't live without would probably be Razzle Dazzle Rose |
| Bocephus (Boulder, CO) | Posted: Sep 05, 2008 - 16:34 take the skinheads bowling...take them bowling. this song gets me everytime. |
| Laptopdog (Overcrowded, Overpriced & Overrated L.A.) | Posted: Jun 18, 2008 - 19:06 Camera Obscura - Shine Like A New Pin RJD2 - Ghostwriter Tori Amos - Spark Shawn Colvin - Wichita Skyline Wow. There are times when Radio Paradise gets it exactly right and plays a set of tunes that seems to somehow fill a musical void and makes the world seem like a better place. Unfortunately, this set isn't one of them. I'm about to slip into a coma if I don't hear something with a bass and drumbeat soon.  |
| Sean-E-Sean (Discordia) | Posted: Mar 16, 2008 - 08:49 ...dig... |
| ScottishWillie (The Scottish Lowlands) | Posted: Mar 06, 2008 - 04:30 Ive never heard "Take the Skinheads Bowling". I feel excluded!!! |
| iggam (Chicago) | Posted: Feb 29, 2008 - 12:57 horstman wrote: Take the skinheads bowling, take them bowling. . . oh wait, its another song.
What a letdown. 1 Good. I wasn't the only one. I totally thought it was Camper. |
| nagsheadlocal (North Carolina) | Posted: Nov 01, 2007 - 13:57 I like the deceptive simplicity and the warm tone of the vocalist. |
| horstman (Syracuse, New York) | Posted: Aug 30, 2007 - 16:32 Take the skinheads bowling, take them bowling. . . oh wait, its another song. What a letdown. 1 |
| crinky (New England) | Posted: Aug 09, 2007 - 08:17 Bad_Art wrote: When I first heard the melody I thought this was "Take the Skin Heads Bowling". Might have been better if it was. Well it has a pleasent enough sound at least.
 That's what I thought it was too. |
| revsully (Vermont) | Posted: Aug 09, 2007 - 08:09 celadonstone wrote: When I heard the opening notes, I was all excited that this was "Take the Skinheads Bowling" by Camper Van Beethoven. And then it wasnt... :-(
That happens to me every time. It is kind of a let down, but I still like this. |
| pinto (west meade) | Posted: Jun 23, 2007 - 04:24 This song seems to bring out a lot of comments about how this song sounds like another song. So if the shoe fits - to me her voice sounds like the lead singer's voice in The Innocence Mission. |
| Bad_Art | Posted: Jun 07, 2007 - 11:08 When I first heard the melody I thought this was "Take the Skin Heads Bowling". Might have been better if it was. Well it has a pleasent enough sound at least. |
| janieo (Richmond, Virginia) | Posted: Apr 05, 2007 - 12:07 This is dreadful...eesh  |
| jraum (Canada) | Posted: Mar 26, 2007 - 09:08 I just played CVB over top of this song and it's even in the same key and same tempo! I hope they credited them... |
| cc_rider (Austin Texas. Y'all.) | Posted: Mar 26, 2007 - 09:07 I like it. I don't know why. c. |
| MiketheKnife (Virginia) | Posted: Feb 07, 2007 - 15:36 celadonstone wrote: When I heard the opening notes, I was all excited that this was "Take the Skinheads Bowling" by Camper Van Beethoven. And then it wasnt... :-(
Yep- bummer :-( This isn't bad in a cutesy, non-threatening way... Still was in the mood for Camper v.B. |
| celadonstone (the Lowcountry of SC (2858.50 mi East of Paradise)) | Posted: Feb 02, 2007 - 13:02 If you need your fix for Camper, here it is on Youtube: (click here) |
| bokey (Filialville) | Posted: Jan 24, 2007 - 00:17 If that rhytmn guitar was another 1/64th out of tune I'd scream.. |
| sukilau | Posted: Jan 09, 2007 - 09:32 Band on the run.... |
| celadonstone | Posted: Jan 04, 2007 - 07:44 When I heard the opening notes, I was all excited that this was "Take the Skinheads Bowling" by Camper Van Beethoven. And then it wasnt... :-( |
| yclept (Stanley Park ain't in Kansas anymore, Toto!) | Posted: Dec 20, 2006 - 19:27 ephemeral, whispy, thin, lightweight....come back in a few years when you have something to say in a more mature voice |
| cayenne (in over my head) | Posted: Nov 26, 2006 - 18:12 Bocephus wrote: +1 Last night I got up and prayed to Jah.... Dang, I was going to post about how we were singing this in the car on the way to my grandmother's house on Thanksgiving, but we weren't singing Camera Obscura, that's for sure!  |
| sukilau | Posted: Oct 23, 2006 - 10:02 does anyone else hear "band on the run"??? |
| Bocephus (Boulder, CO) | Posted: Oct 23, 2006 - 10:00 cayenne wrote: There isn't a line here that rhymes with anything. 
+1 Last night I got up and prayed to Jah.... |
| Tireux_De_Roche (Central Massachusetts) | Posted: Sep 14, 2006 - 13:50 rjs wrote: Sometimes, when there is some crud in front of you, wet rags are just what you need. Well said! |
| cayenne (in over my head) | Posted: Sep 14, 2006 - 13:45 daveesh wrote: all i can hear is "take the skinheads bowling"
There isn't a line here that rhymes with anything.
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| MojoJojo (Indianapolis, IN USA) | Posted: Aug 25, 2006 - 20:11 I love the organ. Her haircut? Not so much. The couple in the poster don't seem to care for it much either. |
| Johnny_Wave (California, baby) | Posted: Aug 25, 2006 - 20:11 Never heard of this band before but thanks RP for playing it. This is on my list now of CD's to buy |
| geotrash (Denver, CO) | Posted: Aug 16, 2006 - 08:26 I enjoyed this song a lot. It's different. Thanks for continuing to expand my horizons, RP. |
| gradys_kitchen (Royal Oak, MI) | Posted: Aug 16, 2006 - 08:25 Platypus wrote: I'd gladly trade all of the lackluster Camera Obscura and Belle & Sebastian songs on the RP playlist for just a few Mogwai and Arab Strap tracks...
...any day. I'm with you Platypus man. Let me add some love for perennial RP also-rans The Walkmen. Not one song accepted into the playlist for a fav of mine. |
| AlienRelic (Lost in a lost world) | Posted: Jul 27, 2006 - 13:53 Too bad they couldn't be a bit MORE obscura... |
| rjs (Atlanta, GA) | Posted: Jul 03, 2006 - 08:09 Lazy8 wrote: This feels as limp as a wet rag.
Sometimes, when there is some crud in front of you, wet rags are just what you need. |
| Platypus (here, now) | Posted: Jul 03, 2006 - 08:09 I'd gladly trade all of the lackluster Camera Obscura and Belle & Sebastian songs on the RP playlist for just a few Mogwai and Arab Strap tracks... ...any day. |
| ahoylola (35° 37' N - 120° 85' W) | Posted: Jul 03, 2006 - 08:07 Verpeiler wrote: The beginning sounds like a song from Paul McCartney
thought so too. band on the run. |
| Lazy8 (The Gallatin Valley of Montana) | Posted: Jul 03, 2006 - 08:07 This feels as limp as a wet rag. |
| ziggytrix | Posted: Jul 03, 2006 - 08:06 some people say bowling alleys got big lanes some people say bowling alleys all look the same voted a 3 for making me want to hear another song!  |
| Verpeiler | Posted: Jun 28, 2006 - 06:00 The beginning sounds like a song from Paul McCartney |
| Jacksonstat (Columbus OH) | Posted: Jun 28, 2006 - 06:00 daveesh wrote: all i can hear is "take the skinheads bowling"
Ditto! Kind of disasspointed that's not what it was. But this is a pretty cool tune too :) |
| grouchygreg (Denver, CO) | Posted: May 15, 2006 - 10:50 daveesh wrote: all i can hear is "take the skinheads bowling"
You're not the only one! |
| nick_valensi (Charlotte, NC) | Posted: Apr 21, 2006 - 09:31 sweeeeheeet! |
| catsoup (Euclid, OH) | Posted: Mar 30, 2006 - 12:49 I think the organ in the background is trying to play AC/DC's 'Money Talk'. |
| wondertoofar (There and back again) | Posted: Mar 30, 2006 - 12:49 sorry that's roller skating. gust antisipating tha spelin palice hear. |
| wondertoofar (There and back again) | Posted: Mar 30, 2006 - 12:47 Something tells me I should be rollarskating here. |
| rluking (Underground) | Posted: Mar 30, 2006 - 12:46 Yep. The number of clocks just increased by exactly one. |
| runchadrun (Granada Hills, CA) | Posted: Feb 16, 2006 - 13:03 daveesh wrote: all i can hear is "take the skinheads bowling"
That makes 3 of us... Last night I had a dream I wanted to lick your knees... |
| swampaholic (Sacramento, CA) | Posted: Feb 14, 2006 - 09:50 daveesh wrote: all i can hear is "take the skinheads bowling"
I thought the same thing. It would be a nice cover though with her voice. |