Susan Enan — Skin, Bone, and Silicone
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The first time I saw Kerry-Anne I knew would be the last
Skin, bone & silicone to all who dared to ask
She walked along the finest line of love and lonliness
You can see her as the sun goes down
She loved you in the morning, by noon you caught the train
A cheap return where homefires burn for a wife you gave no name
Be careful when you screw a friend, lies are hard to tame
You'll remember when the sun goes down
Hold me when the love takes too long to come around
I'll wait until the sun goes down
We hung upon her manner, bought the papers that she sold
She tried to laugh, go torn in half upon the centrefold
She said 'Cling to what you treasure and treasure what you hold.
How long before my sun goes down?'
Hold me when the love takes too long to come around
I'll wait until the sun goes down
She gave her last performance when they played her final chord
Morning song, oh hurry on and bring the last reward
Now every chair she sits upon is fashioned by the Lord
You can see them as the sun goes down
Hold me when the love takes too long to come around
I'll wait until the sun goes down
Hold me when the love takes too long to come around
I'll wait until the sun goes down
Skin, bone & silicone to all who dared to ask
She walked along the finest line of love and lonliness
You can see her as the sun goes down
She loved you in the morning, by noon you caught the train
A cheap return where homefires burn for a wife you gave no name
Be careful when you screw a friend, lies are hard to tame
You'll remember when the sun goes down
Hold me when the love takes too long to come around
I'll wait until the sun goes down
We hung upon her manner, bought the papers that she sold
She tried to laugh, go torn in half upon the centrefold
She said 'Cling to what you treasure and treasure what you hold.
How long before my sun goes down?'
Hold me when the love takes too long to come around
I'll wait until the sun goes down
She gave her last performance when they played her final chord
Morning song, oh hurry on and bring the last reward
Now every chair she sits upon is fashioned by the Lord
You can see them as the sun goes down
Hold me when the love takes too long to come around
I'll wait until the sun goes down
Hold me when the love takes too long to come around
I'll wait until the sun goes down
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Mm okay, but on a Friday night at 10pm?
Night night all!
I saw her, she opened for Over The Rhine when she was first starting out. She pkayed this and I liked it back then.
mrtuba9 wrote:
Here, here...
Hear, Hear. :)
Here, here...
Hear, Hear. :)
Edweirdo wrote:
I think it's a very good song (I went straight out and bought the album). The lyrics are very incisive and poignant. And I don't give a flying fuck what the singer looks like - I consume my music through my ears.
Here, here...
I think it's a very good song (I went straight out and bought the album). The lyrics are very incisive and poignant. And I don't give a flying fuck what the singer looks like - I consume my music through my ears.
Here, here...
Segue wrote:
I think it's a very good song (I went straight out and bought the album). The lyrics are very incisive and poignant. And I don't give a flying fuck what the singer looks like - I consume my music through my ears.
Funny a ho hum semi-lame weak sounding woman singing silicone in the first line is given a pass on RP from all the criticisms and comparisons with Who Is SHE Sounging Like/Lifting From. Given lots of 8s and mentions of being a skinny chick.
Odd throwback attitutdes, given how global and wise RP is otherwise. But the ability to HEAR the difference in women's voices is part of it.
And assertive women, too many ow ow ow!!!! Submissive women and fake tits, cozy, comfy, familiar, stamp of approval.
I think it's a very good song (I went straight out and bought the album). The lyrics are very incisive and poignant. And I don't give a flying fuck what the singer looks like - I consume my music through my ears.
Funny a ho hum semi-lame weak sounding woman singing silicone in the first line is given a pass on RP from all the criticisms and comparisons with Who Is SHE Sounging Like/Lifting From. Given lots of 8s and mentions of being a skinny chick.
Odd throwback attitutdes, given how global and wise RP is otherwise. But the ability to HEAR the difference in women's voices is part of it.
And assertive women, too many ow ow ow!!!! Submissive women and fake tits, cozy, comfy, familiar, stamp of approval.
Odd throwback attitutdes, given how global and wise RP is otherwise. But the ability to HEAR the difference in women's voices is part of it.
And assertive women, too many ow ow ow!!!! Submissive women and fake tits, cozy, comfy, familiar, stamp of approval.
sirdroseph wrote:
You know some of us like skinny chicks, they need love too ya know!
You know some of us like skinny chicks, they need love too ya know!
Thin women are more sensuous...The nerve endings are closer to the
surface...
Tony in NJ
W.A.S.T.E.
I went straight from here to Bandcamp to buy the album. I prefer the album version to this but it's a great song.
This is how it's done. 
After hearing it again I have given this an 8
Grammarcop wrote:
Indeed...
"Be careful when you screw a friend, lies are hard to tame
You'll remember when the sun goes down."
Words to live by.
You'll remember when the sun goes down."
Words to live by.
Indeed...
I like this song more and more, each time I hear it. Wish I could hear her in a live show.
"Be careful when you screw a friend, lies are hard to tame
You'll remember when the sun goes down."
Words to live by.
You'll remember when the sun goes down."
Words to live by.
beautiful
Beautiful & Painful
The recorded version I'm finding online is a different tempo. I like this version better - is it off an import version or something?
Sad.
makes me stop and turn up the music and dream!
Prius wrote:
And yet you rated this only a 7? It's quite good, IMO, and if I'd heard her at a private concert in Catalan, I'd give her a huge boost! So you weren't much impressed, Prius?
I had the privilege to be at a house concert Susan did 2011 in Capellades near Barcelona. Great to hear her in RP.
And yet you rated this only a 7? It's quite good, IMO, and if I'd heard her at a private concert in Catalan, I'd give her a huge boost! So you weren't much impressed, Prius?
Wow, how I love this! Dreamy Neil Young-style twangy guitar, vocals that remind me of Hem, Sara Harmer, Kathleen Edwards...Lovely!
Bumped from 7 to 8. It grows on you.
I had the privilege to be at a house concert Susan did 2011 in Capellades near Barcelona. Great to hear her in RP.
Beautiful words and voice.
oldman wrote:
Done!
OK, maybe it's played "too often" for some, but I find myself whistling along with the tune.
I think I need to bump my rating up.
I think I need to bump my rating up.
Done!
Velvet
OK, maybe it's played "too often" for some, but I find myself whistling along with the tune.
I think I need to bump my rating up.
I think I need to bump my rating up.
TerryS wrote:
...good one
The title reminds me, saw Victoria Beckham on the news tonight.
...good one
First time I've heard it and I listen almost daily. Nice tune, but I'm a sucker for sad chanteuses.
NeuroGeek wrote:
Alarming? Every ten days or so is alarming?
Nice song.
This is one of those tunes that my brain perceives to be played with alarming frequency on RP.
Alarming? Every ten days or so is alarming?
Nice song.
NeuroGeek wrote:
Once every 10 days. (click the cover image top left of this post and it opens to show you the play count over 30 days)
Isn't it strange how different people perceive the frequency of tracks played at RP. Just goes to show how our brains can be fooled into thinking one thing when it is clearly another. . .
. . . just like main stream media and how it is used to change perceptions through propaganda.
:)
This is one of those tunes that my brain perceives to be played with alarming frequency on RP.
Once every 10 days. (click the cover image top left of this post and it opens to show you the play count over 30 days)
Isn't it strange how different people perceive the frequency of tracks played at RP. Just goes to show how our brains can be fooled into thinking one thing when it is clearly another. . .
. . . just like main stream media and how it is used to change perceptions through propaganda.
:)
This is one of those tunes that my brain perceives to be played with alarming frequency on RP.
coloradojohn wrote:
Check out her album (Plainsong), I considered it good enough to splash some cash on when it first came out. :-) https://www.susanenan.com/Index.aspx
It has an alternate take on SB&S which I prefer to the slower version played on RP... Unsure as to whether the RP version is a live recording or whether it's a single version. I should probably email her and ask. Or you can!
I have always liked this. I've often heard it from another room, or just caught the end of it, or just never got over to the screen to see who it is...but this time I caught it coming on. I must say, to me, her voice is as soft and silky as a swath of Heaven, and she does a lot with it!
Check out her album (Plainsong), I considered it good enough to splash some cash on when it first came out. :-) https://www.susanenan.com/Index.aspx
It has an alternate take on SB&S which I prefer to the slower version played on RP... Unsure as to whether the RP version is a live recording or whether it's a single version. I should probably email her and ask. Or you can!
Stingray wrote:
You might be right. I mean statistically that has to happen once in a while.
But Susan Enan is English and sounds English, so right or wrong your comment is irrelevant once again.
There must be 10-thousand girls in USA now, writing and singing this style!
You might be right. I mean statistically that has to happen once in a while.
But Susan Enan is English and sounds English, so right or wrong your comment is irrelevant once again.
Silly con
TerryS wrote:
make me laugh!!!
The title reminds me, saw Victoria Beckham on the news tonight.
make me laugh!!!
The title reminds me, saw Victoria Beckham on the news tonight.
I have always liked this. I've often heard it from another room, or just caught the end of it, or just never got over to the screen to see who it is...but this time I caught it coming on. I must say, to me, her voice is as soft and silky as a swath of Heaven, and she does a lot with it!
Proclivities wrote:
Human Anatomy Lesson #1 - revised: The humerus is a bone - and is generally skinny in most primates, but her upper arm does appear to be rather thin, which may also have some connection with the album title. As you pointed out, she could probably use a sandwich.
Ha ha, that's humerus!
it's Saturday morning. I'm dancing in the shower listening to this song! I have never been more optimistic of the state of the world than I am at this moment. Things are going to be just great.
Human Anatomy Lesson #1 - revised: The humerus is a bone - and is generally skinny in most primates, but her upper arm does appear to be rather thin, which may also have some connection with the album title. As you pointed out, she could probably use a sandwich.
Ha ha, that's humerus!
it's Saturday morning. I'm dancing in the shower listening to this song! I have never been more optimistic of the state of the world than I am at this moment. Things are going to be just great.
I think I love her.
midreaming wrote:
ya know ..i really should thank the stars for you bubble-gummers. some days i'm better at it than others. unremarkable? blasting down the road 90 miles an hour - every bug on your windshield is unremarkable. if you were riding a bicycle, or walking.. you might notice some of those bugs are butterflies. and even as a butterfly, maybe it wasn't brilliant before it kissed your glass. but it was gentle ..and had grace
I want to read your novel. This is brilliantly written. Thanks!
ya know ..i really should thank the stars for you bubble-gummers. some days i'm better at it than others. unremarkable? blasting down the road 90 miles an hour - every bug on your windshield is unremarkable. if you were riding a bicycle, or walking.. you might notice some of those bugs are butterflies. and even as a butterfly, maybe it wasn't brilliant before it kissed your glass. but it was gentle ..and had grace
I want to read your novel. This is brilliantly written. Thanks!
Proclivities wrote:
Human Anatomy Lesson #1 - revised: The humerus is a bone - and is generally skinny in most primates, but her upper arm does appear to be rather thin, which may also have some connection with the album title. As you pointed out, she could probably use a sandwich.
salzburg4321 wrote:
Human Anatomy lesson #1: that be a pretty skinny humerus! Still, good music. Give this lady a sandwich.
_______________
..i could use a sandwich myself, while you guys are at it..i'm famished!..
Human Anatomy Lesson #1 - revised: The humerus is a bone - and is generally skinny in most primates, but her upper arm does appear to be rather thin, which may also have some connection with the album title. As you pointed out, she could probably use a sandwich.
salzburg4321 wrote:
Human Anatomy lesson #1: that be a pretty skinny humerus! Still, good music. Give this lady a sandwich.
_______________
..i could use a sandwich myself, while you guys are at it..i'm famished!..
Pleasant and sweet.
salzburg4321 wrote:
Human Anatomy Lesson #1 - revised: The humerus is a bone - and is generally skinny in most primates, but her upper arm does appear to be rather thin, which may also have some connection with the album title. As you pointed out, she could probably use a sandwich.
Human Anatomy lesson #1: that be a pretty skinny humerus! Still, good music. Give this lady a sandwich.
Human Anatomy Lesson #1 - revised: The humerus is a bone - and is generally skinny in most primates, but her upper arm does appear to be rather thin, which may also have some connection with the album title. As you pointed out, she could probably use a sandwich.
Stingray wrote:
Isn't that great! And at least 10% of them are wonderful, which makes us very lucky, indeed! (Actually, most are young women, however.)
…There must be 10-thousand girls in USA now, writing and singing this style!
Isn't that great! And at least 10% of them are wonderful, which makes us very lucky, indeed! (Actually, most are young women, however.)
salzburg4321 wrote:
You know some of us like skinny chicks, they need love too ya know!
Human Anatomy lesson #1: that be a pretty skinny humerus! Still, good music. Give this lady a sandwich.
You know some of us like skinny chicks, they need love too ya know!
kurtster wrote:
Yep, more like filler ... not terrible, just unremarkable.
ya know ..i really should thank the stars for you bubble-gummers. some days i'm better at it than others. unremarkable? blasting down the road 90 miles an hour - every bug on your windshield is unremarkable. if you were riding a bicycle, or walking.. you might notice some of those bugs are butterflies. and even as a butterfly, maybe it wasn't brilliant before it kissed your glass. but it was gentle ..and had grace
Yep, more like filler ... not terrible, just unremarkable.
ya know ..i really should thank the stars for you bubble-gummers. some days i'm better at it than others. unremarkable? blasting down the road 90 miles an hour - every bug on your windshield is unremarkable. if you were riding a bicycle, or walking.. you might notice some of those bugs are butterflies. and even as a butterfly, maybe it wasn't brilliant before it kissed your glass. but it was gentle ..and had grace
Moak wrote:
That would be a good power to have. Cool tune.
That would be a good power to have. Cool tune.
Godesslike.
What is this? Sad Americana-pop?
There must be 10-thousand girls in USA now, writing and singing this style!
"Bill and the girls" - in Niko's case RP ever forms a band I recommend this as name!
I like this version played on radio paradise. the version that can be found on spotify isn't as good though... :(
HazzeSwede wrote:
Yep, more like filler ... not terrible, just unremarkable.
One girl sounds as the girl before the girl before that sounds like this one.
Yep, more like filler ... not terrible, just unremarkable.
Human Anatomy lesson #1: that be a pretty skinny humerus! Still, good music. Give this lady a sandwich.
HazzeSwede wrote:
Yeah, but who's on first?
I like this mellow tune.
One girl sounds as the girl before the girl before that sounds like this one.
Yeah, but who's on first?
I like this mellow tune.
Cynaera wrote:
snork. . . erk. . . oh what, its back on again? meh. . . back to my nap. . .
vandal wrote:
WAAAAAAAAAKE UUUUUUUUUP!!!!!!!!
Okay, the song wasn't over, but I always wanted to do that....
wake me when its over. . .
WAAAAAAAAAKE UUUUUUUUUP!!!!!!!!
Okay, the song wasn't over, but I always wanted to do that....
snork. . . erk. . . oh what, its back on again? meh. . . back to my nap. . .
vandal wrote:
WAAAAAAAAAKE UUUUUUUUUP!!!!!!!!
Okay, the song wasn't over, but I always wanted to do that....
wake me when its over. . .
WAAAAAAAAAKE UUUUUUUUUP!!!!!!!!
Okay, the song wasn't over, but I always wanted to do that....
wake me when its over. . .
One girl sounds as the girl before the girl before that sounds like this one.
chirpie wrote:
Translation:
This is breezy and relaxing.
After quite a long time listening to both versions, I think I actually prefer the album version (on her album Plainsong - which is excellent, recommend it). The different tempo with different instrumentation still has a quite melancholy feel to it. Beginning to think Bill should put both in rotation...
Translation:
This is breezy and relaxing.
After quite a long time listening to both versions, I think I actually prefer the album version (on her album Plainsong - which is excellent, recommend it). The different tempo with different instrumentation still has a quite melancholy feel to it. Beginning to think Bill should put both in rotation...
johnjconn wrote:
Translation:
This is breezy and relaxing.
set the alarm , I find myself falling asleep
Translation:
This is breezy and relaxing.
johnjconn wrote:
Thanks for sharing. We're all concerned about your sleep cycle.
set the alarm , I find myself falling asleep
Thanks for sharing. We're all concerned about your sleep cycle.
Mb101 wrote:
My friends hosted one too, it was fantastic! Great way to do a tour too :D
Hosted a house concert with this wonderful artist, she is a truly amazing singer. If you have a chance to take in a house concert with her do it you will not regret it. The whole CD is mellow perfect to relax by.
My friends hosted one too, it was fantastic! Great way to do a tour too :D
Really like this.
Hosted a house concert with this wonderful artist, she is a truly amazing singer. If you have a chance to take in a house concert with her do it you will not regret it. The whole CD is mellow perfect to relax by.
I love this song, she could work on her pronunciation a bit though.
LOL
(JUST KIDDING Fred)
LOL
(JUST KIDDING Fred)
I don't know why, but this song makes me think of that lady who had a silicone injection to make her buttocks larger .. and died. Honestly, I just can't imagine why .. but then again, I am not a woman.
Nice!
does anyone know if this version is still available? she's redone the song on her new album.
fatcatjb wrote:
I think so too
govna wrote:
same track following Donna the Buffalo again. i think Bill's got us on a repeated list..
govna wrote:
maybe it's just because this is following "donna the beefalo," but this sounds really really nice right now.
same track following Donna the Buffalo again. i think Bill's got us on a repeated list..
beautiful voice. Catchy title.
I wonder how much she is referring to her self... Susan Enan is one skinny girl.
She has a wonderful voice though, so I aim to listen to more of her stuff.
Let's start with a Seven.
She has a wonderful voice though, so I aim to listen to more of her stuff.
Let's start with a Seven.
"Skin, Bone, and Silicone" ... it seems Barbie was involved in a car crash 
Squishy
mecouc wrote:
Yes!
Bill how about playing some Kate Rusby?
This song reminds me of Kate Rusby.
Yes!
Bill how about playing some Kate Rusby?
some days i need more cowbell...others more wire brush on the drums. this sounds yummy.
peter_james_bond wrote:
She looks like she could be the younger sister of Joanne Whalley-Kilmer The pic and poster below are from the 80s(I think):
I agree, with a little bit of Kate Beckinsale thrown in. Not a bad combination at all.
She looks like she could be the younger sister of Joanne Whalley-Kilmer The pic and poster below are from the 80s(I think):
I agree, with a little bit of Kate Beckinsale thrown in. Not a bad combination at all.
musicology wrote:
Yeah, don't know why the link from here does not work, but I went back to the main shop Amazon link on the RP page, clicked over to Amazon and bought it. Good stuff!
her CD is downloadable from amazon now, finally, including this fine tune.
Yeah, don't know why the link from here does not work, but I went back to the main shop Amazon link on the RP page, clicked over to Amazon and bought it. Good stuff!
her CD is downloadable from amazon now, finally, including this fine tune.
christopherwoods wrote:
It was on the Paste Music Sampler III. I'm not sure if you could pick it up new but you might be able to find it used somewhere.
Curiously, I bought her album from Amie Street yesterday (great price, too!) but the version of this track on the album is different from this (has a faster tempo and more upbeat feel). I like the slower, almost languid pace of the version Bill plays on RP. I wonder where I can pick up the alternate version... Anybody know?
It was on the Paste Music Sampler III. I'm not sure if you could pick it up new but you might be able to find it used somewhere.
brandog wrote:
She looks like she could be the younger sister of Joanne Whalley-Kilmer The pic and poster below are from the 80s(I think):
Wow - Wow!
She looks like she could be the younger sister of Joanne Whalley-Kilmer The pic and poster below are from the 80s(I think):
Curiously, I bought her album from Amie Street yesterday (great price, too!) but the version of this track on the album is different from this (has a faster tempo and more upbeat feel). I like the slower, almost languid pace of the version Bill plays on RP. I wonder where I can pick up the alternate version... Anybody know?
I think so too
govna wrote:
govna wrote:
maybe it's just because this is following "donna the beefalo," but this sounds really really nice right now.
Now, this is excellent! But who's this girl? She's not even on wikipedia! Anyone got more info?
bindi wrote:
I second that request!
I'd like to hear more from her! Thanks Bill!
I second that request!
very nice. anybody know where i can find it to download? it's not on itunes, amazon, etc.
I'd like to hear more from her! Thanks Bill!
Saw this sweetheart live last night. She could not have been more enjoyable, genuine, humble and beautiful.
Sadly, she didn't have any CD's to sell there... but did say her album is almost done and will be available soon.
For her last song, she walked off stage and into the crowd completely unplugged with her acoustic guitar. The small crowd gathered around her for this special moment you rarely get to enjoy with an artist.
Thanks to RP for spinning this great song of hers. I would have never experienced that special night had I not heard of her here:)
Sadly, she didn't have any CD's to sell there... but did say her album is almost done and will be available soon.
For her last song, she walked off stage and into the crowd completely unplugged with her acoustic guitar. The small crowd gathered around her for this special moment you rarely get to enjoy with an artist.
Thanks to RP for spinning this great song of hers. I would have never experienced that special night had I not heard of her here:)
Skin, Bone, and Silicone: the supermodels' song!
Big fan of Susan's after seeing her live a few years ago. However, it has been tough to get her music, with only a single download song and a CD I purchased at the show. Keep playing....
I like this. Never heard of this artist before, but I'm going to check her out.
Hmm, "Susan"... Vega? 
Here it would be good to follow the set with Heather Nova's Truth and Bone off of her Oyster CD. A great song.
beautifully sad
I would ask her not to stand so close to a heat source
Lazy8 wrote:
This is pretty, but somebody fix that poor woman a sandwich.
Yes, I agree. But that's what gives her that torpid vocal style.
DoctorHooey wrote:
Hey, a song about my ex-girlfriend! There's a market for everyone!
Came to say the same thing! She gets around, eh?
1 2 3 4 ... Oh, wait.
me too
mecouc wrote:
This song reminds me of Kate Rusby.
This song reminds me of Kate Rusby.
Anyone have the lyrics for this?
Is that the dude from Death Cab on backup vocal? The voice seems very familiar, but I am not sure that I can place it.
This is pretty, but somebody fix that poor woman a sandwich.
EssexTex wrote:
Hi it's your ex here...how dare you I'm coming over right now for my butt plug!
UH OH I uh ... lost it, yeah ... um GOTTA GO!
INDEED!
nigelr wrote:
Thankfully the lady has real talent..........
maybe it's just because this is following "donna the beefalo," but this sounds really really nice right now.
Thanks Mari! She's a cutie.
What the hell was that? *zzzzzzz*
jjbix wrote:
nice skin and bones, but where is the silicon? sweet pretty song!
Thankfully the lady has real talent..........
nice skin and bones, but where is the silicon? sweet pretty song!
Love it!!
DoctorHooey wrote:
Hey, a song about my ex-girlfriend! There's a market for everyone!
Hi it's your ex here...how dare you I'm coming over right now for my butt plug!
Enjoyed that - very mellow.
Cool song. I'd like to hear more from this woman.
sans wrote:
Let me be the first to say, we needed a country ballad about breast implants.
So when did we get it?
Hey, a song about my ex-girlfriend! There's a market for everyone!
nice relaxing mid-afternoon song, although only really listening to the music/tune... would like to hear it a few more times to see what the lyrics are all about.
definitely helps with a few deep breaths in the middle of a hectic day
Let me be the first to say, we needed a country ballad about breast implants.
I saw her, she opened for Over The Rhine when she was first starting out. She pkayed this and I liked it back then.
wow. interesting. i love Over the Rhine.