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Equation — Paper Bag
Album: The Lucky Few
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6.5

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Released: 1999
Length: 4:51
Plays (last 30 days): 1
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Out from, out from the paper bag
Into the safe and warm again
Long time since I have felt the sun,
Since I went singing in the rain
Autumn, it is my interview,
It`s when I ask just how things are
Changing, the colours of today.
Like you and I have changed for sure

CHORUS:
I've missed the way you smile
Your tales of fame and fortune
Walk a minute and we'll walk a mile
We can really tell the future
One look shows a hundred words, rather you to see
Than me to show the charms I still hold dear
And all the things that hold me to you

Now that I hold you in my arms
It strangely feels like nothing's changed
Found some, I found some love today
More than I thought could be allowed.
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 cyberties wrote:
I don't know if you can ever play good music enough to get sick of it. Equation has no equal. BTW I am originally for Champaign. Champaign used be a kind of Music Mecca, with the live music scene being one of the best and the choice of listening as varied as anywhere. Now, when I visit, it doesn't matter which radio station I tune in, it all sounds like the same generic drivel I get here in L.A. Thank God for RP and others of its kind! I would die in the music wastelands of broadcast radio. :D


because it has no equal. It has many equivalents. Sure you if you want to split hairs I am sure you can argue but that is irrelevant action. This is not a surprising band at all. It is just what they do without equal, but equivalence exists.
Posted 2 weeks ago by robynleebarton    [ Reply ]
Ahh, makes my Chakras feel good.
Posted 4 years ago by sajitjacob    [ Reply ]
 Decoy wrote:
Edie from Ohio? 
 
Definitely similar sound.
Posted 4 years ago by the_jake    [ Reply ]
Easy listening after a day of grieving the loss of a friend who passed on Easter. RIP Jeff
Posted 5 years ago by Larry_Rosenow    [ Reply ]
Rarely do I turn off RP - but this song did it for me today. That and anytime I hear John Fogerty...
Posted 6 years ago by mavenlane    [ Reply ]
 Decoy wrote:
Edie from Ohio? 

 
Heard it again, came to comment again, I already did. 
Posted 7 years ago by Decoy    [ Reply ]
 pfwashburn9485 wrote:
Nice !

 
What's the opposite?

oh yeah, terrible..... 
Posted 7 years ago by ckcotton    [ Reply ]
 njr wrote:
First CDs I bought after hearing on RP nearly 15 years ago (via emailing some guy who was their US distributor) were from Equation. Still listen from time to time, still like it. Glad it's still in the rotation!
 
Ha! So did I after listening to this track I think. And I too still play it from time to time. 

Glad to meet another LONG time RP listener :) 
Posted 8 years ago by SquiddlyDiddly    [ Reply ]
First CDs I bought after hearing on RP nearly 15 years ago (via emailing some guy who was their US distributor) were from Equation. Still listen from time to time, still like it. Glad it's still in the rotation!
Posted 9 years ago by njr    [ Reply ]
Just HORRIBLE....

More boring 1/2 country blather..... 
Posted 9 years ago by ckcotton    [ Reply ]
Edie from Ohio? 
Posted 10 years ago by Decoy    [ Reply ]
 meloman wrote:
Yikes! the Corrs are back!

 
Tell me about it!  I thought I was the only one suffering from corns on my feet until you chimed in and, oh, sorry, I thought we were talking about a foot condition
Posted 10 years ago by pinto    [ Reply ]
nice brushes
Posted 10 years ago by martinc    [ Reply ]
this sounds like Wilson Phillips.
Posted 11 years ago by GarageDragon    [ Reply ]
 ziakut wrote:
This album cover art reminds me of Tom Tom Club meets Talking Heads on a kids show in the late 70s. I dunno it just does. I like the tune. I also kinda like the cover art too...thanks RP for continuing to peak my interest.

  not to be a word-nazi but so others aren't misled - the word is "pique". i admit it looks kinda bourgeois but what you wrote means something very different 


Posted 11 years ago by midreaming    [ Reply ]
 Nabla wrote:
Do they know the Corrs...?
 
Actually, the album is great. I never really liked The Corrs, but this Equation album is wonderful. Much stronger than what I know by The Corrs.
Posted 11 years ago by marcel    [ Reply ]
Love Kathryn Roberts voice anywhere, anytime.
Posted 12 years ago by oldman    [ Reply ]
This album cover art reminds me of Tom Tom Club meets Talking Heads on a kids show in the late 70s. I dunno it just does. I like the tune. I also kinda like the cover art too...thanks RP for continuing to peak my interest.
Posted 12 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
A beautiful song.
Posted 12 years ago by Dave_Mack    [ Reply ]
 lmic wrote:
Sarah Mclachan + Cowboy Junkies. Nice, 7
 
Or Julie Murphy of Eddie From Ohio.
Posted 12 years ago by Tana    [ Reply ]
{#Daisy}
Posted 12 years ago by bluecshells    [ Reply ]
No thank you.
I like the cover art though.
Posted 12 years ago by meadowwoods    [ Reply ]
Cool! Love that string line!
Posted 12 years ago by DoctorHooey    [ Reply ]
Yikes! the Corrs are back!
Posted 12 years ago by meloman    [ Reply ]
This song stirs me!  Great instrumentals, nice harmonies!
Posted 13 years ago by helenofjoy    [ Reply ]
Meh
Posted 13 years ago by Sloggydog    [ Reply ]
I'd get up and dance for this. 
Posted 13 years ago by gatorade    [ Reply ]
Sweet!  Stingray you drew out the Big Guns.  Others may expect you to be the knowlegeable on EUROPE. 
Posted 13 years ago by CCDP    [ Reply ]
 BillG wrote:

From Devonshire, England actually.
 
THANK YOU, Bill. I sorta love this band... And that you responded to our resident troll only makes it more special...

Posted 13 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
 BillG wrote:

From Devonshire, England actually.
 
Will look out for these guys.
 
Oh, and it's "Devon" amongst friends.
 
And Debun phonetically, if'n you'm lives 'ere.

Posted 13 years ago by hobiejoe    [ Reply ]
 Stingray wrote:
Girli pop from Kentucky?
Heard a thousand times!
 
From Devonshire, England actually.
Posted 13 years ago by William    [ Reply ]
Girli pop from Kentucky?
Heard a thousand times!
Posted 13 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
 lmic wrote:
Sarah Mclachan + Cowboy Junkies. Nice, 7
 
eeeww...not in my opinion....more along the lines of the late Sandy Denny!

Posted 14 years ago by Randomax    [ Reply ]
This is thoughtful and sweet.
Posted 14 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
Sarah Mclachan + Cowboy Junkies. Nice, 7
Posted 14 years ago by lmic    [ Reply ]
Nice song — especially like the beautiful violins at the end.
Posted 14 years ago by rpfan101    [ Reply ]
Love the album art. Charming
Posted 14 years ago by Krispian    [ Reply ]
Get a clue.


 eastcoast wrote:
Corrs lite
 


Posted 15 years ago by alux    [ Reply ]
Nice tune nice art .crappy comments ;)

Posted 15 years ago by kurtzjs    [ Reply ]
As in can't find their way out of one?
Posted 16 years ago by vit    [ Reply ]
Great Music, too bad there's only three albums by them.
Posted 16 years ago by oldman    [ Reply ]
ddunne wrote:
Corrs by a different name?
Exactly what I thought, same voice, same kind of music ! Nice
Posted 17 years ago by dlaumor    [ Reply ]
Corrs lite ddunne wrote:
Corrs by a different name?
Posted 17 years ago by eastcoast    [ Reply ]
Quite a nice, catchy tune!
Posted 17 years ago by nigelr    [ Reply ]
Do they know the Corrs...?
Posted 17 years ago by Nabla    [ Reply ]
parrothead wrote:
Good tune. Bad album art!
ok art, crappy tune
Posted 17 years ago by superfido    [ Reply ]
Good tune. Bad album art!
Posted 17 years ago by parrothead    [ Reply ]
ddunne wrote:
Corrs by a different name?Posted 17 years ago by maxmox    [ Reply ]
Corrs by a different name?
Posted 17 years ago by ddunne    [ Reply ]
rtkmusic wrote:
hmmm...generally means ho-hum to me...
The fiddle raises my rating significantly. The rest of it is classic ho hum.
Posted 17 years ago by kazuma    [ Reply ]
Die fiddle, die.
Posted 17 years ago by raelic    [ Reply ]
Zweiblumen wrote:
Kind of how I feel....seems too fluffy to care about, which I guess makes it kinda bad, but I just can't get that worked up about it.
hmmm...generally means ho-hum to me...
Posted 17 years ago by rtkmusic    [ Reply ]
punkbot wrote:
no matter how many times i hear this song, i still have no opinion about it whatsoever...
Kind of how I feel....seems too fluffy to care about, which I guess makes it kinda bad, but I just can't get that worked up about it.
Posted 18 years ago by Zweiblumen    [ Reply ]
Why have I not heard of these before? Have them washed and sent to my room!
Posted 18 years ago by blueuk808    [ Reply ]
a little too bubblegum for me after "Let Go"...kind of wound up, IMO. I don't know. Just seemed like an odd transition. Not doing too much for me, but not terrible.
Posted 18 years ago by luminousjune    [ Reply ]
bwanab wrote:
My kids prefered "Nursing" :)
Yuk! Oh well, cool to look back to 2002 and see my old post. It seems like a different life. The song evokes the passage of time, too; neat package deal.
Posted 18 years ago by amcallis    [ Reply ]
no matter how many times i hear this song, i still have no opinion about it whatsoever...
Posted 18 years ago by punkbot    [ Reply ]
I like that in a 7 or 8 sort of way until the closing minute or so then it drops a few points.
Posted 18 years ago by AlanCE    [ Reply ]
I've never heard anything by this band before but I really like this. Perhaps someone could upload some more tunes?
Posted 19 years ago by BKardon    [ Reply ]
coding_to_music wrote:
got some Rickie Lee Jones tones too...
Thinking Turin Brakes also...
Posted 19 years ago by DarkStar    [ Reply ]
got some Rickie Lee Jones tones too...
Posted 19 years ago by coding_to_music    [ Reply ]
Sounds like The Corrs (aka "The Celtic Wilson-Phillips"), be that good or bad in yer particular book!
Posted 19 years ago by AlanCE    [ Reply ]
bwanab wrote:
My kids prefered "Nursing" :)
ugh - we really are in easy listening mode at the moment aren't we? The last few tracks have been like having someone throw cotton wool balls at you - harmless but intensely irritating... Crank it up a bit billy-boy!!!!!! It's all sooooooo FM ray-dee-ohhh - AOR/BOF/Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Posted 19 years ago by kahn_b_arsst    [ Reply ]
veegez wrote:
Well.....how does "Formula" grab ya? ;)
My kids prefered "Nursing" :)
Posted 19 years ago by bwanab    [ Reply ]
I love the harmonies in this song.
Posted 21 years ago by Drunkenlilacwine    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by darcyc: nice song, but really dumb band name - "Equation" just doesn't evoke any response in me other than a memory of high school and university Math classes .... blech !
Well.....how does "Formula" grab ya? ;)
Posted 21 years ago by veegez    [ Reply ]
Not bad, but I prefer the Fiona Apple song of the same name.
Posted 21 years ago by gandalfbmg    [ Reply ]
Equation is centered by Cara Dillon, who has one of the most stunning voices going today.. Her solo stuff is mainly her and a piano, much more impressive I think than the glossy Equation shtuff.
Posted 21 years ago by coldatlantic    [ Reply ]
better than average. nothing earth-shattering, but i wouldn\'t turn the channel if it cam on the radio.
Posted 21 years ago by downbylaw    [ Reply ]
I bought the CD, too, thanks to Radio Paradise. I already had some Kate Rusby CDs and now I see she was once in Equation, too.
Posted 21 years ago by Phlegmaticman    [ Reply ]
nice song, but really dumb band name - \"Equation\" just doesn\'t evoke any response in me other than a memory of high school and university Math classes .... blech !
Posted 21 years ago by darcyc    [ Reply ]
I\'m going to by the album as well, thanks to RP.
Posted 21 years ago by qosforever    [ Reply ]
Yep - a great song, great band - I bought it as well, one of many from Amazon I've picked up thru RP. I've got everyone at work listening also....
Posted 21 years ago by mr_reason    [ Reply ]
how is everyone from champaign? :) I'm here now, and yea, I gotta tune to the paradise. U of I baby! This song is great - good original sound
Posted 21 years ago by amcallis    [ Reply ]
Add me to the list of listeners who first heard this band on RP and bought this CD as a result. And not the first CD that I\'ve bought because of RP.
Posted 22 years ago by srey    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by njr: kelli - same for me. I bought their CDs, listened to these songs over and over, and I'm still not sick of them. Certainly the sign of terrific music. Thanks RP!
I don't know if you can ever play good music enough to get sick of it. Equation has no equal. BTW I am originally for Champaign. Champaign used be a kind of Music Mecca, with the live music scene being one of the best and the choice of listening as varied as anywhere. Now, when I visit, it doesn't matter which radio station I tune in, it all sounds like the same generic drivel I get here in L.A. Thank God for RP and others of its kind! I would die in the music wastelands of broadcast radio. :D
Posted 22 years ago by cyberties    [ Reply ]
kelli - same for me. I bought their CDs, listened to these songs over and over, and I\'m still not sick of them. Certainly the sign of terrific music. Thanks RP!
Posted 22 years ago by njr    [ Reply ]
whoever would call their band \"equation\", I can\'t get over that... Is it like equation in the political sense or in the mathematical sense or what??
Posted 22 years ago by SuperWeh    [ Reply ]
this was the first song i heard when i tuned in RP over a year ago. so its kinda special to me, ya know?
Posted 22 years ago by kelli    [ Reply ]
i thought i had already commented on this song but it isn\'t here so...this is an excellent tune by a group I first heard here on radioparadise. tnx bill.
Posted 22 years ago by red    [ Reply ]
I call this the song with the crazy violin. It\'s cool!
Posted 22 years ago by fartybreath    [ Reply ]
Mark me down with Kristen thinking this sounds a lot like Grey Eyed Glances. Which is, in my book at least, a compliment. Looking into the band, I see that Kate Rusby is involved, and I'm very fond of her. I hope they continue to add new fans and grow.
Posted 22 years ago by ranbarton    [ Reply ]
Ehh - it\'s ok. Not amazing, but it\'s just ok.
Posted 22 years ago by MissJenn    [ Reply ]
I like this, they sound kinda like Fairport Convention. :)
Posted 22 years ago by Cy    [ Reply ]