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Re: OMG... The Decemberists\' new album.... HOLY SHIIIIIIIIIP IT!!!!
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Does someone wanna PM me a hint on where I can get this? Since the invention of subscription music my pirating skills have pretty much dissapeared. [/ QUOTE ] |
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Re: OMG... The Decemberists\' new album.... HOLY SHIIIIIIIIIP IT!!!!
After around 4 listens to I would say its a solid album, better than Picaresque for sure.
My favorite songs which I think are definitly think are worth at listen are The Crane Wife 3 The Island ect. The Crane Wife 1+2 O Valencia is also quite good, the girls voice works really well in the song. |
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Re: OMG... The Decemberists\' new album.... HOLY SHIIIIIIIIIP IT!!!!
I have to agree, much better than Picaresque.
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Re: OMG... The Decemberists\' new album.... HOLY SHIIIIIIIIIP IT!!!!
i have never even heard of the decembrists, so i'm starting with a totally blank canvas.
i'm don't like the guy's voice, but it's something i can probably overlook. to contrast, i like the lead singer of the thrills. musically i think it's just okay. it's mechanically "inspired" in key moments, but it seems like prog rock 101. the lyrics are what i cannot get past. WOW. it sounds like what system of a down would produce if they went to community college. thou, thee, water, riverside, zzzz... it gets worse as i type this: the band is from portland, and the singer was born in montana. nice "irish" accent, dude! i guess i can't ignore the voice now. i'm earnestly envious of those that hail this as the coming of christ, christ junior, or what have you. i wish i had something new to enjoy that much, but i'm going to have trouble making it to track 3. |
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Re: OMG... The Decemberists\' new album.... HOLY SHIIIIIIIIIP IT!!!!
irish accent?
system of a down? will you compare the lyrics to mf doom next? |
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Re: OMG... The Decemberists\' new album.... HOLY SHIIIIIIIIIP IT!!!!
btw, astro, you should check this out
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Re: OMG... The Decemberists\' new album.... HOLY SHIIIIIIIIIP IT!!!!
ROFL @ thinking Colin Meloy is singing with an Irish accent... hahaha...
Anyway, the lyrics on this new album are incredible. It's a storybook tale set in the 19th century, and it's got murder (drowning to be specific), rape, incest, all the good stuff. Way to go. I'd quote it here but I don't have them. So instead, here are Meloy's awesome lyrics for "Los Angeles, I'm Yours" from an earlier record: [ QUOTE ] There is a city by the sea A gentle company I don’t suppose you want to And as it tells its sorry tale In harrowing detail Its hollowness will haunt you Its streets and boulevards Orphans and oligarchs it hears A plaintive melody Truncated symphony An ocean’s garbled vomit on the shore, Los Angeles, I’m yours Oh ladies, pleasant and demure Sallow-cheeked and sure I can see your undies And all the boys you drag about An empty fallow fount From Saturdays to Mondays You hill and valley crowd Hanging your trousers down at heel This is the realest thing As ancient choirs sing A dozen blushing cherubs wheel above Los Angeles my love Oh what a rush of ripe élan Languor on divans Dalliant and dainty But oh, the smell of burnt cocaine The dolor and decay It only makes me cranky Oh great calamity, Ditch of iniquity and tears How I abhor this place Its sweet and bitter taste Has left me wretched, retching on all fours Los Angeles, I’m yours [/ QUOTE ] |
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Re: OMG... The Decemberists\' new album.... HOLY SHIIIIIIIIIP IT!!!!
btw, wtf is a crane wife?
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Re: OMG... The Decemberists\' new album.... HOLY SHIIIIIIIIIP IT!!!!
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Re: OMG... The Decemberists\' new album.... HOLY SHIIIIIIIIIP IT!!!!
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btw, wtf is a crane wife? [/ QUOTE ] The lead character is a sad, lonely depressed man who strolls along the shores one day and discovers a wounded crane. He takes the crane in, nurses it back to life, and then the bird turns into a woman. He marries the woman, but then breaks some of the rules of their union, so she leaves him and he is once again sad, depressed, and alone. |
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