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Shook Twins — Shake
Album: What We Do
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Released: 2014
Length: 4:29
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A man of solid oak and his fine new bride
Found themselves a farm by the river side.
Everything has changed yeah it’s all come undone
All they have now are their hand and the light from the sun. The wind it came for days and days
And the earth did try to shake away our kind.
But they held on tight and a few survived
And they light their fires on the cold, cold, cold, cold night. But the earth is still tryin to shake em down Honey you go build a bonfire and I’ll can the farm
We could live this way for a long long long long time Or till the earth stops tryin to shake us down Then a man that came from oil and with no knowledge
Of how to grow the things that we need to live
Crept up the river bank from the other side
Stole everything they've grown by the dim moonlight. When morning came the bride she wept
The man faced the empty farm and spit on theft.
He said boy you better run cause the earth decides
And people made of greed no they don’t survive. Cause the earth is gonna shake the earth is gonna shake
The earth is gonna shake you down.
Earth is gonna shake, yeah the earth is gonna shake
The earth is gonna shake you down. What are you gonna do when the truth time comes
And you can not hide all the things that you have done.
What are you gonna say when they ask you why
you chose to live this way in your short short time Earth is gonna shake, yeah the earth is gonna shake
The earth is gonna shake you down.
Earth is gonna shake, yeah the earth is gonna shake
The earth is gonna shake you down. What are you gonna do when the truth time comes
And you can not hide all the things that you have done.
What are you gonna say when they ask you why
you chose to live this way in your short short time Earth is gonna shake, yeah the earth is gonna shake
The earth is gonna shake you down.
Earth is gonna shake, yeah the earth is gonna shake
The earth is gonna shake you down. Earth is gonna shake, yeah the earth is gonna shake
The earth is gonna shake you down.
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 Skydog wrote:
cool album cover
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Not too far from some Alien abduction reports. Jus sayin 
Posted 4 years ago by Isabeau    [ Reply ]
 Skydog wrote:
cool album cover
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Awesome Movie too. (Actually, these shots were after the after Oscars party.
Mantis was pissed that Godzilla, once again, got best supporting Crypto in a drama.)
Posted 5 years ago by Isabeau    [ Reply ]
I like everything they do, very much.
Posted 5 years ago by jorgy4W    [ Reply ]
 Michael_Dean wrote:
(lyrics)
 

Thanks for posting the lyrics. Fixed.
Posted 5 years ago by William    [ Reply ]
Lyrics
...

In a crowded house filled with things 

....

And what's next in Bill's playlist?

Crowded House - Four Seasons In One Day


What have I won?
Posted 6 years ago by justin4kick    [ Reply ]
Moth Tongue as a Treble Clef - nice. BTW ways moths don't bug humans, more annoyance really, then you feel guilty, stop reading Kant in fracking wilderness and turn off the million lumen camp lantern and look at the stars...
Posted 7 years ago by Far    [ Reply ]
cool album cover
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Posted 8 years ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]
Interesting... It's Jan 7, 2016 now, and this one follows "One Night In Bangkok" again... ;-)
Posted 8 years ago by rgabriel    [ Reply ]
An unexpectedly perfect song to follow "One Night In Bangkok"
Posted 8 years ago by BoFiS    [ Reply ]
 kaybee wrote:
Nice song, but could do without the album cover.... moths creep me out! {#Eek}

 
I observe so few moths these days—light pollution?  pesticide overuse?—that I'm happy to see this one here.  (Flour and wool moths excepted, of course).  Most people have no idea what spectacular creatures they are close-up.    
Posted 9 years ago by xkolibuul    [ Reply ]
 RazzCat wrote:
Love the Shook Twins...

 
I'm liking more and more of their stuff. This is great. 8.
Posted 9 years ago by Huey    [ Reply ]
Love the Shook Twins...
Posted 9 years ago by RazzCat    [ Reply ]
I love it! {#Good-vibes}
Posted 9 years ago by Milanche    [ Reply ]
Nice song, but could do without the album cover.... moths creep me out! {#Eek}
Posted 9 years ago by kaybee    [ Reply ]
 merobreno wrote:
I always say "If you like every song played you're on the wrong station". Well, the Shook Twins remind me Radio Paradise is a great station. Kinda like flies: Necessary but, you would prefer they go away.

 
I've probably posted this a dozen times, but I've yet to hear a bad song on Radio Paradise.
Posted 9 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
 merobreno wrote:
I always say "If you like every song played you're on the wrong station". Well, the Shook Twins remind me Radio Paradise is a great station. Kinda like flies: Necessary but, you would prefer they go away.

 
Well said merobreno. The above is one of the reasons I don't use the PSD button, even when Sucko-Barfo tune are being played. Not a bad tune this one though.
Posted 10 years ago by bitbanger    [ Reply ]
it's time to retire this one for a while. it's getting overplayed.
Posted 10 years ago by JrzyTmata    [ Reply ]
"Earth is going to shake"
and indeed it did the other day.  That earthquake was a wild ride  .... {#Doh}
Posted 10 years ago by sheeelaaa    [ Reply ]
I always say "If you like every song played you're on the wrong station". Well, the Shook Twins remind me Radio Paradise is a great station. Kinda like flies: Necessary but, you would prefer they go away.
Posted 10 years ago by merobreno    [ Reply ]
 rdo wrote:
This has a classic American sound to it.
 
A little bit of gospel, a little bit of blues, a touch of folk, and maybe a skosh of hillbilly. As Levon Helm once remarked about how they all met up in Memphis, "It's what we call rock'n'roll."
Posted 10 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
To my ear, most songs I've heard from these gals sound too much the same: vocal harmonies matching an overpowering back-and-forth-style rhythm.   It's a unique sound, but I'm not much of a fan.
Posted 10 years ago by hikinfiend    [ Reply ]
Shook Shake Shock, very Gilbertian.
Posted 10 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
Love the rhythm of their music and way their voices blend so beautifully. More please Shook Twins!
Posted 10 years ago by Glendab    [ Reply ]
This has a classic American sound to it.  Perfect for this our Memorial Day.  Wishing well all of the men and women heroes who have served this nation so well, and sacrificed so much for us and the world.  God Bless...
Posted 10 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
really like these ladys....good stuff.
Posted 10 years ago by oldfart48    [ Reply ]
7>8
Posted 10 years ago by lasker98    [ Reply ]
Very Nice Sound.  Want to hear more from them.
Posted 10 years ago by kenbloom    [ Reply ]
What a fantastic album! Love these girls!
Posted 10 years ago by luiso    [ Reply ]
Never let it be said that BillG doesn't slip in a topical reference or two.

https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-hundreds-of-aftershocks-from-51-earthquake-20140330,0,1095341.story 

Oh, and I like this song quite a bit too. :-)
Posted 10 years ago by Nerubo    [ Reply ]
These gals are really super. Always fun to hear them on RP, and think back to the shows they played at my brewpub! {#Sunny}
Posted 10 years ago by einsteinstoe    [ Reply ]
Discovered them here and just love everything about them.
Posted 10 years ago by Typesbad    [ Reply ]

I think this song is strong enough to become a long lasting ecological anthem.
Posted 10 years ago by gb3d    [ Reply ]
Shook Twins - always outstanding.
Posted 10 years ago by ncollingridge    [ Reply ]
Interesting.  I don't know a thing about them, but this cut invites more.
Posted 10 years ago by ScottN    [ Reply ]
Nice!
Posted 10 years ago by Deadwing    [ Reply ]