Giselle62
(many bear, big rock, estuary California) | | Posted: Aug 01, 2010 - 12:03 | |
.I just read that the lyricist studied literature and taught English; in this song you really can tell. Love it!
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lmic
(Harmless Little Bunny) | | Posted: Dec 23, 2009 - 16:31 | |
Giselle62 wrote: This is a good song, and I just read the lyrics—-People's History of the United States meets Three Penny Opera.
Nice!  edit: RIP Howard Zinn. |
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pophop
(Upper Arlington, OH) | | Posted: Dec 12, 2009 - 15:57 | |
Made me stop and walk and look to find artist. I like.
"The laws of man were not handed down.. they were written by our own hand, - with a poisoned pen."
As always, the lunch is naked.
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Giselle62
(California's Cental Coast) | | Posted: Dec 12, 2009 - 15:56 | |
This is a good song, and I just read the lyrics—-People's History of the United States meets Three Penny Opera.
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gatorade
(Ocean Park, WA) | | Posted: Nov 08, 2009 - 20:56 | |
Rather enjoy this. Play more of their music Please. Think they'd be really good to see live.
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lmic
(Limpid Drivel of the Best Kind) | | Posted: Oct 10, 2009 - 18:05 | |
We hold these truths so near to our hearts,
We wave them like flags when trouble starts.
We deal them out like a stacked deck of cards
To the hungry:
That all men are free,
All men are wise,
All men except the ones we despise,
The ones who must beg and steal to survive...
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SmackDaddy
(San Diego) | | Posted: Oct 04, 2009 - 23:17 | |
please follow up with Poisen Pen by the Hoodoo Gurus!
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ttaha
| | Posted: Oct 04, 2009 - 23:17 | |
yap
philinnz wrote:I could imagine Nick Cave singing (is it singing he does) this |
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michaelgmitchell
(ON, Canada) | | Posted: Oct 01, 2009 - 20:35 | |
I know it's late here in the East, but RP doesn't need to put filler in the mix. Quite disappointing. I was waiting for Liza Minnelli to jump in with a verse.
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philinnz
(Wellington, New Zealand) | | Posted: Oct 01, 2009 - 20:34 | |
I could imagine Nick Cave singing (is it singing he does) this
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Mugro
(Lane Village, Red Sox Nation) | | Posted: Sep 03, 2009 - 11:16 | |
The chorus sounds (to me anyway) like Ben Folds Five. Not a bad tune...
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TernaryBit
(O-town) | | Posted: Sep 03, 2009 - 11:14 | |
jenakle wrote:
Yes! Minus the random not-really-british accent
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conglif
| | Posted: Aug 31, 2009 - 08:41 | |
lmic wrote:As I sit here studying for the California Bar - I have to laugh!  Yep. Much "between the lines" in these lyrics, especially if you know law and history (and the history of law). |
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df1489
(Lake Palestine, Tyler Tx) | | Posted: Aug 22, 2009 - 22:41 | |
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df1489
| | Posted: Aug 13, 2009 - 06:02 | |
I expect better songs, this one's lame!
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coy
(san antonio) | | Posted: Aug 06, 2009 - 07:13 | |
Geecheeboy wrote:I don't agree with the bitter sentiment, but I do like the bounce.
i hope your crescent moon and palmetto tree reside in a just prosperous and propitious location otherwise also exists |
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jenakle
(Tallahassee, FL) | | Posted: Aug 06, 2009 - 07:11 | |
peter_james_bond wrote:
Yes, I thought it was the Decemberists.
Yes! Minus the random not-really-british accent |
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Geecheeboy
(under a crescent moon and palmetto tree) | | Posted: Aug 02, 2009 - 22:35 | |
I don't agree with the bitter sentiment, but I do like the bounce.
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elstring
(NC) | | Posted: Jul 22, 2009 - 08:20 | |
So glad to see TOC on RP!  |
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Papernapkin
(Mountain View, CA) | | Posted: Jul 18, 2009 - 12:21 | |
Alafia wrote:Tragic.
This song has contracted that rare rapid aging disease, Progeria.
It's getting old fast...
Yup. |
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tom-kenna
(pompano beach) | | Posted: Jul 05, 2009 - 14:58 | |
This tune is growing on me.
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peter_james_bond
(Lunenburg, NS) | | Posted: Jun 16, 2009 - 16:47 | |
sfearll wrote:very theatrical...
Yes, I thought it was the Decemberists. |
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Alafia
(A little bit further) | | Posted: Jun 16, 2009 - 16:44 | |
Tragic.
This song has contracted that rare rapid aging disease, Progeria.
It's getting old fast...
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lmic
(Narrow Minded Couch Potato) | | Posted: Jun 10, 2009 - 19:02 | |
As I sit here studying for the California Bar - I have to laugh! |
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vit
| | Posted: May 28, 2009 - 07:09 | |
The plan was to rate it a 6 but the comments pushed it up to a 7. How about that.
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kristinedahms
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Kaylab
(Way Over Yonder) | | Posted: Apr 24, 2009 - 00:27 | |
Very likeable and reminiscent of some of the old european cafe stuff I used to like. If you can find it chek out Anne Pigalle or Floyd Thursby and the Chosen Few.
Even thought there were touches of Weddings Parties Anything at points.
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jgeyer
| | Posted: Apr 16, 2009 - 17:10 | |
Is this supposed to be profound?
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wenatchee
(Duvall, WA) | | Posted: Apr 14, 2009 - 07:57 | |
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Inamorato
(Twin Cities) | | Posted: Apr 01, 2009 - 13:57 | |
socalhol wrote:Something about their delivery reminded me of Leonard Cohen - so much in fact I went to allmusic.com to see if he had wrote the lyrics or not! He didn't, they give credit to the members of Old Ceremony - BUT a funny thing I happened to notice was that Leonard Cohen's 1974 album is titled "New Skin for the Old Ceremony" — so perhaps they are fans and named their band after part of this Cohen album title...
I think that's a certainty. The Old Ceremony has a new album out, Walk On This Air, which is quite good. As with this song, the lyrics are literate in the Leonard Cohen style. I wasn't able to find it on CD from the usual sources, only as MP3s. 
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