peter_james_bond
(Lunenburg, NS) | | Posted: Sep 21, 2009 - 12:25 | |
simsalonaut wrote:...so I was at this little indie festival and heard some great melody open for a band that had been greeted with fervent applause even before they had started. I slowly walked up to the stage, bewitched by the music radiant with a distant longing - and those words:
My city's still breathing (but barely it's true)
through buildings gone missing like teeth.
The sidewalks are watching me think about you,
sparkled with broken glass.
I looked around and I saw that the whole first row of the crowd -girls and guys, teens and parents- were crying because of the song. Then I heard Samson's words create stories with images of such splendor and beautifully painted truth that, when listened to on the road, make you park the car on the side-strip until it's over. Or, like I did a few minutes later, just cry because of the sheer beauty of it all.
Ever since then, their songs, and especially this one, which tells of the feeling of being lost like no other, have been a part of my life. I've started listening to a whole range of other genres but The Weakerthans manage to bring me to a halt and listen everytime. They have won several acclaimed awards and are, in my humble opinion, most definitely worth getting into.
PS: If you want to try it in context, watch this short film with the same title. What a great post! It took someone from Germany to properly champion this great Canadian band. Thank you simsalonaut. |
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WayUpNorth
(Down on the Farm) | | Posted: Sep 21, 2009 - 12:20 | |
I liked that on first hearing — made me look up and see what was on. I'm surprised to see how many hate comments there are.
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eruwenolorien
(SC) | | Posted: Sep 21, 2009 - 12:19 | |
scraig wrote:I thought it was the Decemberists
I thought the same at first. |
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simsalonaut
(Heidelberg, Germany) | | Posted: Aug 07, 2009 - 18:41 | |
...so I was at this little indie festival and heard some great melody open for a band that had been greeted with fervent applause even before they had started. I slowly walked up to the stage, bewitched by the music radiant with a distant longing - and those words:
My city's still breathing (but barely it's true)
through buildings gone missing like teeth.
The sidewalks are watching me think about you,
sparkled with broken glass.
I looked around and I saw that the whole first row of the crowd -girls and guys, teens and parents- were crying because of the song. Then I heard Samson's words create stories with images of such splendor and beautifully painted truth that, when listened to on the road, make you park the car on the side-strip until it's over. Or, like I did a few minutes later, just cry because of the sheer beauty of it all.
Ever since then, their songs, and especially this one, which tells of the feeling of being lost like no other, have been a part of my life. I've started listening to a whole range of other genres but The Weakerthans manage to bring me to a halt and listen everytime. They have won several acclaimed awards and are, in my humble opinion, most definitely worth getting into.
PS: If you want to try it in context, watch this short film with the same title. |
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sonofpick
(SoCal, Small College, My Office) | | Posted: Jul 20, 2009 - 09:43 | |
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jedley
(milan, italy) | | Posted: Jul 20, 2009 - 09:41 | |
one word: innocuous. no, two words: innocuously impotent.
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scraig
(Santa Barbara, CA) | | Posted: Jun 18, 2009 - 14:40 | |
I thought it was the Decemberists
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isaak
| | Posted: Apr 16, 2009 - 05:32 | |
Bill, please take another look at these guys, "Sun in an Empty Room" is a recent, excellent track !
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bobcat1963
(the netherlands) | | Posted: Apr 16, 2009 - 05:32 | |
peter_james_bond wrote:The lead singer of The Weakerthans, John K Sampson, is a very literate guy. He formed a publishing company and he championed 2 novels that one national book contests in Canada.
if he writes as good as he sings nobody reads him |
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peter_james_bond
(Lunenburg, NS) | | Posted: Mar 15, 2009 - 17:12 | |
The lead singer of The Weakerthans, John K Sampson, is a very literate guy. He formed a publishing company and he championed 2 novels that won national book contests in Canada.
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fatcatjb
(Sunny Sacramento) | | Posted: Mar 15, 2009 - 16:55 | |
I was glad to hear this wailing stop...maybe just too interesting for me
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Grammarcop
(Hey, I can see Canada from here!) | | Posted: Mar 15, 2009 - 16:55 | |
Another Canadian band. I swear, we are at risk of losing our American cultural identity to those guys.
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KurtfromLaQuinta
(Yep. I'm still here in La Quinta.) | | Posted: Mar 15, 2009 - 16:54 | |
RadioDoc wrote:The slide didn't start yesterday.
And, unfortunately, this particular musical fungus has consumed much of the pop landscape.
Wow! I didn't know this. I have only heard it here. |
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RadioDoc
(Chicagoland) | | Posted: Dec 10, 2008 - 20:53 | |
TrebleStauter wrote: RadioDoc wrote:Yet another reason why CD sales are down.
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Because of a record that was released eight years ago? The slide didn't start yesterday. And, unfortunately, this particular musical fungus has consumed much of the pop landscape. |
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BobSteinVisiBone
(Maine) | | Posted: Oct 08, 2008 - 17:25 | |
Exquisite chord progressions.
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mightydov
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TrebleStauter
(Killumbus, Ohio) | | Posted: Aug 06, 2008 - 12:11 | |
RadioDoc wrote:Yet another reason why CD sales are down.
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Because of a record that was released eight years ago? |
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RadioDoc
(Chicagoland) | | Posted: Aug 06, 2008 - 12:04 | |
Yet another reason why CD sales are down.
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EssexTex
(Glorious Texas) | | Posted: Jun 04, 2008 - 09:57 | |
LikesEarCandy wrote:I don't know.. maybe I'm just in a bad mode today...but this singer sounds too much like a muppet... or the love child of weird Al and Kermit. Weird Al and Kermit=Chris Martin
This guy sounds more like Kermit's little cousin. |
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rickhoran
(Eastern PA) | | Posted: Apr 02, 2008 - 11:57 | |
rah wrote:(deathcab for cutie - passion) + (explosions in the sky * dullness^2) = weakerthans
nice math. i would say that equation is accurate where the result = 4.
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felam
(City By The Bay, Ca) | | Posted: Apr 02, 2008 - 11:57 | |
Pretty Good- nothing to get excited about.
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rah
| | Posted: Jan 30, 2008 - 12:24 | |
(deathcab for cutie - passion) + (explosions in the sky * dullness^2) = weakerthans
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qosforever
(Madrid) | | Posted: Dec 30, 2007 - 01:59 | |
It's curious but in AMG all their albums are rated with 4 stars.
So they are good, not excellent but regular.
:-)
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superfido
(Sweden) | | Posted: Aug 26, 2007 - 11:29 | |
Has he reached puberty yet???  |
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bokey
(Wastin' away in Filialdutyville) | | Posted: Jun 24, 2007 - 13:58 | |
It sounds much better after you turn it off.
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Frater_Kork
(Uppsala, Sweden) | | Posted: May 24, 2007 - 04:46 | |
This sounds an awful lot like Death Cab / Postal Service.
Any relation?
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Aud
(lost in lakecity) | | Posted: Apr 06, 2007 - 22:09 | |
LikesEarCandy wrote:I don't know.. maybe I'm just in a bad mode today...but this singer sounds too much like a muppet... or the love child of weird Al and Kermit.  Yeah, this is awful! |
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LikesEarCandy
(Massachusetts) | | Posted: Mar 22, 2007 - 07:48 | |
I don't know.. maybe I'm just in a bad mode today...but this singer sounds too much like a muppet... or the love child of weird Al and Kermit.
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meydele
(By the sea) | | Posted: Mar 22, 2007 - 07:47 | |
denmom wrote:My first experience with these guys -- pretty interesting; great lyrics...
Absolutely. Excellent, in fact. |
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kazuma
(Austin, TX) | | Posted: Mar 22, 2007 - 07:46 | |
jenseda wrote:It's interesting to see that Wierd Al Yankovic has decided to go serious.
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