Tuesday, September 15, 2009

More Bald-Headed Women

by Pug-In-Boots

The Velvetones' version of Symarip's 'Skinhead Girl', which was released as a single with a video featuring a girl with a shaved head, is the only version of the song to ever have a music video. It's also, as far as I know, the only version to add in new verses. Pretty cool for a band that weren't skinheads, and didn't even play skinhead related music: they were a swing band.





'Skinhead Girl' is one of the most-covered skinhead anthems. Here are links to covers by Bad Manners and The Oppressed. The other skinhead girl, reggae classic is Lloyd and Claudette's 'Queen of the World', one of my favourite reggae songs.




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