Once novel..now annoying

Can you put this song in the file "not to be played again until next year"? I hopefully will have forgotten it by then and will take it in again full measure hoping to like it.

This is a great song...but there are many other wonderful songs on this album that RP seems to be ignoring.

revsully wrote:

Huzzah! A pox on you--you should be flogged with a turkey leg and be made to empty chamber pots!!


(i like decemberists--but that WAS funny)

daveesh wrote:

heh

And under the boughs unbowed
All clothed in a snowy shroud
She had no heart so hardened
All under the boughs unbowed

Each feather, it fell from skin
Until threadbare, she grew thin
How were my eyes so blinded?
Each feather, it fell from skin

And I will hang my head, hang my head low
And I will hang my head, hang my head low

A gray sky, a bitter sting
A rain cloud, a crane on the wing
All out beyond horizon
A gray sky, a bitter sting

And I will hang my head, hang my head low
And I will hang my head, hang my head low

It's based on an old Japanese Folk Story- bittersweet and regretful. I think they nailed it.

Rockabobbie wrote:

Lots more influences in their songs, in this one I hear Traffic in the drum part and the harmony vocals, the fiddle parts recall the band Renaissance, and the keyboard parts are reminiscent of Jethro Tull. This whole CD is full of interesting influences.

magic

revsully wrote:

now THAT'S funny! probably because i agree.

I know very little about The Decemberists, but the intro to this song grabbed me by the scruff of the neck, what with its early 80's alternative bassline (think Joy Division, Echo & the Bunnymen, et al.).

Great seg from Ben Folds!

tompoll wrote:

You must suffer a LOT then.

You remind me of something my wife was told when she took voice at University. A professor told her that a professional opera singer will, on a fantastic night, hit maybe 70% of the notes, perfectly. Only 70%.

She also knew a few people with perfect pitch. They used to complain about orchestral music, because modern orchestras don't tune to a perfect pitch. The conductor usually has the whole orchestra tune slightly flat or sharp, and the difference is geographical -- i.e. Europeans tune in one direction, North Americans in the other. Most people never notice because they only have relational pitch matching.

I like this band about as much as I like actors in Renaissance fairs.

Hmmmmm... this is interesting, it is the Deceberists and yet it doesn't suck.

He may have found the single composition where his voice isn't bamboo under the fingernails.

Can't stand the guy's voice...

The more I hear this, the less I like it. They sound like a low rent Neutral Milk Hotel. 8->3

nosaj72 wrote:

Second. parts 1 and 2 are excellent

As much as I like this song, we need parts 1 and 2 on RP as well!

too much air time for this one.

Ellehcim wrote:

The Mariner's Revenge Song definitely kicks ass! Unfortunately it's already been uploaded to the LRC and rejected.

So much crappy music played today...

I really like this song.

one year ago from today I saw this band live.

One of their better songs. I also really like "16 Military Wives", off of "Picaresque"; it's very catchy.

The more I hear this, the more I like it.

stevetipp wrote:
What he said!

I remember seeing this band live in Denver when all the shit in my life hit the fan. Fond memories, great show, messed up times.

The artwork is done by Colin Meloy's (main singer/songwriter/guitarist) long time live in ladyfriend Carson Ellis. She has been The Decemberists graphic artist for quite a while. All the artwork in The Crane Wife booklet is really unusual. I like it quite a lot

repeats the words so much it should be a blues song