musikalia wrote: 

then...I would assume (not making an ass out of me  or U)you are tone deaf....what a shame.....and ya probably like fruit flavored IceCream too
/....................................I gived it a NINE

This is how I rated this song:

there are parts I would give a 3
there are parts I would give a 7
so that's an average of 5
...but it goes on far too long (especially considering the parts I dislike outweigh the good parts)

So I'm giving it a 4

 lawman wrote: 
Hehe, good one lawman.

Personally I wasn't all that overjoyed with the Crane Wife, I felt it was going over the top with the faux irish and oh so serius attitude.
I am however completely floored by the Hazards album which just goes to show that taste is obviously malleable.
Guess I will have to go back and listen to their earlier stuff once again...

But I'm still adamant about my position on earlier stuff from MMJ and Sigur Ros! ;)

This is what continues to amaze and please me about the Decemberists. Like the best Jethro Tull ("Thick as a Brick"), related themes woven together in surprising and wonderful ways.

 Tarquin wrote: 
If it helps you, it's actually 5 tracks. The entire album runs together. It's like an opera in a way.

Nice tune... I like that it wanders around and has some breaks that then fall back into the song's theme. Like or not this band sure appears to be serious about song writing and composition. Nice parts written for each musician. Lots of space for each to add to the song's development. I like to heavy guitar bass driving underpinnings

I am just lovin' this new Decemberists music!

Very nice.

 culchie wrote: 
Exactly. I didn't rate it the first couple times, but it's really growing on me.

I LOVE THIS, thanks RP for pointing it out to me!

YAY-I love hearing this on RP. I listen to this album constantly, and just can't get tired of it. Great song for the mid-morning lull...

Maybe I will grow tired of it, but I just changed my rating from a 7 to an 8 after I realized I am enjoying it more each time I hear it.......

Whoa, this does sort of wander around a bit.  But still, its certainly enjoyable on a first listen.  More like one of those that you can enjoy once in a great while, but not in heavy rotation.

Oh yeah, one other thing.  Annie Haslan she ain't.

 abulaabula wrote: 

It takes rhyming to new extremes.

I have had trouble connecting with this album, like I did with previous albums by these guys i.e. Crane's Wife. However, this is the first time I have head this song and at this moment my passion and joy for this Band has been rekindled. Thank you RP for continuing on with this album. This band is great live by the way.....

almost brilliant. . .

8

Amazing...another band I would have never heard if not for RP. 

 rtrudeau wrote: 
I don't think glydev was trashing the song because of its length, but because the musical content couldn't justify the length. I hardly think that makes him a "jackoff".

This is the first song I'm modding DOWN here on RP. The barfing whale simply doesn't rock my boat.

Sigh - you win again Bill.  Upped it from 3 to 6!

Saw them Saturday at the Rock the Garden concert in Minneapolis. They were fabulous.

 glydev wrote: 

As I was busy at my desk and enjoying this song I thought, "I bet some jackoff on RP has trashed this song because it's too long," and sure enough, I wasn't disappointed. Or was, depending upon how you look at it.

Like it or not-At least somebody is thinking....

Not a lot of pop music like this today. 

I liked their Picaresque album. After hearing this and that live piece played on RP by the lead singer I couldn't not want to hear more.

 unclelonghair wrote: 
I've heard this before someplace, like an old Renaissance lp - there is a difference between stretching boundaries and being simply self-indulgent. this song goes absolutely no place and takes a hell of a lot of time going there. Since when does "progressive" music equate to music that just takes itself far too seriously?

very intriguing...and I like his voice.

What's going on here!

A concept "album" when short attention span theater reigns? 

RP playing a song that stretches the boundaries of pop music?

Songs and bands like this are the reason I listen to RP — as opposed to my local college radio station which plays an edited (shortened) version of this same song.