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Artist:The Decemberists [ more ]
Song:Calamity Song
Album:The King Is Dead [ info ]
Released:2011
Last Played:May 16, 2013 - 12:10
Avg. Rating:6.9  (Total Ratings: 780)
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Ratings Dist:
1 votes: 35 (4.5%)2 votes: 16 (2.1%)3 votes: 30 (3.8%)4 votes: 26 (3.3%)5 votes: 38 (4.9%)6 votes: 63 (8.1%)7 votes: 221 (28%)8 votes: 229 (29%)9 votes: 85 (11%)10 votes: 37 (4.7%)
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winotron
(Phoenix, AZ)
Posted: Apr 01, 2013 - 13:29 

I feel like I'm going to be hearing this song every day for the rest of my life.  I don't even hate the Decemberists (and I still like their old stuff a good deal), but PLEASE make it stop...
redfern777
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Apr 01, 2013 - 13:28 

suggettsmiss wrote:
It's o.k. Are they a R.E.M. tribute band?
 

Peter Buck of R.E.M. is playing guitar on this track (and plays on 2 others on the album).
stf9
Posted: Apr 01, 2013 - 13:26 

this song is way, way overplayed. spare us, please
kilroyjoe3
(Farmington, NM)
Posted: Mar 29, 2013 - 19:07 

Is this album any more positive than their previous two?... let me restate... all albums are happier than their previous two.  Is this a happy/positive album?
bindi
(North Carolina)
Posted: Mar 23, 2013 - 09:44 

Love this song - I have to get this CD.
suggettsmiss
(Bucks, U.K.)
Posted: Mar 23, 2013 - 09:43 

It's o.k. Are they a R.E.M. tribute band?
unclehud
(now 50 feet above the planet in Boston)
Posted: Mar 14, 2013 - 18:19 

"All that remains is the arms of the angels." {yodels}  "AAAAHHH OOOOOOOO!"

— I pause to think —                                 Interesting.
Dav3thedog
Posted: Mar 14, 2013 - 18:17 

 stevendejong wrote:
Fantastic. Love this song every time I hear it.

 
Me too!   I love it
stevendejong
Posted: Mar 01, 2013 - 02:32 

Fantastic. Love this song every time I hear it.
mkinnan
(Kansas City)
Posted: Feb 22, 2013 - 14:11 

6 plays in the last 30 days?  Why can't we hear each song only once month. 
acupunk
(West Hartford)
Posted: Feb 22, 2013 - 14:10 

Ignoring the haters... Like this song!
 
toddbruner
(Albuquerque)
Posted: Feb 11, 2013 - 09:31 

Awesome song on a great album!
cShaggy
Posted: Feb 06, 2013 - 23:24 

 stevendejong wrote:
Lyrically interestingly, delivered with passion, nice to the ears. What else do we need.

 
..more cowbell?..
phlattop
Posted: Jan 28, 2013 - 19:39 

 oldfart48 wrote:
WAY OVERPLAYED, BILL. your counter is off by 20 plays, iat least, 'i've heard this every day this year. i know because i'm layed up with a slipped disk. nothing going on except pare-o-dice.
 
agreed. overplayed.
oldfart48
(boulder creek ca.)
Posted: Jan 26, 2013 - 00:57 

WAY OVERPLAYED, BILL. your counter is off by 20 plays, iat least, 'i've heard this every day this year. i know because i'm layed up with a slipped disk. nothing going on except pare-o-dice.
Lichenia,
(uk)
Posted: Jan 06, 2013 - 15:08 

Me too.
hippiechick
(topsy turvy land)
Posted: Jan 06, 2013 - 15:04 

I just LOVE this song and this album!
gillespp
(Portland, OR)
Posted: Dec 25, 2012 - 16:43 

You and me and the war of the enzymes . . . 
gypsyman
(just passing through....)
Posted: Dec 10, 2012 - 16:13 

 le_colonel wrote:
I'm not in a generous mood today but this is pretty bad even by generous standards...

3. 
 
Wow. I'm not a huge Decembrists fan, but, well, yah, you're in a bad mood.  {#Meditate}
Misterfixit
(Nashville)
Posted: Dec 06, 2012 - 06:10 

Going to see them at the Ryman here in Nashville (where else would the Ryman Auditorium be).  I post apres-show and enumerate the cutters, emos and southern women with Too Much Rouge and Big Hairdos ...
stevendejong
Posted: Dec 06, 2012 - 06:04 

Lyrically interestingly, delivered with passion, nice to the ears. What else do we need.
le_colonel
Posted: Dec 06, 2012 - 06:02 

I'm not in a generous mood today but this is pretty bad even by generous standards...

3. 
paiasoloco
(The land of the Hurricanes)
Posted: Dec 03, 2012 - 15:02 

This makes me happy!
oldsaxon
(Wales via Vancouver, BC.)
Posted: Dec 03, 2012 - 15:02 

I'm ignoring the likers...Hate this song
acupunk
(West Hartford)
Posted: Nov 25, 2012 - 16:48 

I'm ignoring the haters, I like this song.
neuticle
(fog fog fog)
Posted: Oct 26, 2012 - 17:36 

When did REM get so lame? Oh wait it's the Decemberists..that explains it..PSD
pauleywalnuts
(Ontario)
Posted: Oct 04, 2012 - 12:34 

I like the whole album. Granted, it did get a bit over played for awhile after it was released. That seems to have settled down. I'm always happy to hear a track from this band.
mrtuba9
(most likely near Normal)
Posted: Oct 04, 2012 - 12:34 

"Ahh oooooh, ahh oooo ooooh girl" <—Channeling the Werewolf of London?!? {#Angel}
lshinkawa
(Berkeley, CA)
Posted: Sep 23, 2012 - 19:53 

 joelbb wrote:
I'm not sure how one gets bummed out by a song that parodies so many hip-world themes.  The dissers below must have problems w/ clinical depression.  Or just lack of taste.  This is my favorite Decembrists' song.  I'll give it an 8.
 
Not clinically depressed, but am entitled to an opinion. On a forum where everyone is expressing their individual feelings about the  songs, it is possible that not everyone will agree with your particular tastes. Just sayin'. 
joelbb
Posted: Sep 18, 2012 - 16:22 

I'm not sure how one gets bummed out by a song that parodies so many hip-world themes.  The dissers below must have problems w/ clinical depression.  Or just lack of taste.  This is my favorite Decembrists' song.  I'll give it an 8.
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