Folk_Death21
| | Posted: Jul 06, 2010 - 20:02 | |
I dont understand why this is getting dissed? Yes it may be angst filled but at least it's done with passion and its done well. The lyrics, as usual with Sufjan, are outrageously good. Its definitely earned my appreciation.
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michaelgmitchell
(Belleville, ON) | | Posted: Jun 12, 2010 - 09:39 | |
Quite a cross-section of comments. He's an interesting writer, spills it all out on the page, to be sure. The choice of instruments are quirky, to say the least. Still, I love the simplicity of his voice, the message. Having several family members touched by cancer, I can't help but be a fan of this track. I did my own cover of this, far more simplified, on YT:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kq-eYBnKqs&feature=channel
Cheers,
M.
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jjbix
(san diego) | | Posted: Jun 12, 2010 - 09:33 | |
love the song, touching, melodic, well crafted in its subtlety . .
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cdt105
(Brisbane, Australia) | | Posted: May 11, 2010 - 15:34 | |
I like this - it's refreshing to get an emotion provoking song that isn't based on pop-love or angst.
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netstv
(Martinez, CA) | | Posted: May 11, 2010 - 15:34 | |
Stingray wrote:
...who, but you, cares?
Why you have to piss-off my day?
There are millions of people dying...
...how many are killed by the US-army every day?
So stop giving me bullshit!
Wow. This is beyond cold. You should just go away. Preferably in a big dark hole somewhere you loser. I can't stand this song. That person posting was posting why this song was important to them. As someone who has lost two cousins over in that shit hole called Iraq and the other in that other shit hole called Afghanistan. Do NOT EVER post something about the US Army dying vs. someone who has cancer. As if anyone cares, my mother-in-law is suffering from pancreatic cancer which is the worst of all and to equate something that someone gets from life vs. someone making a choice to go there....oh I can't even think straight I'm so angry. You are a rock with arms stingray. Go rot. |
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jagdriver
(Just a nod and a wink south of Paradise) | | Posted: May 11, 2010 - 15:30 | |
helgigermany wrote:Not my taste!!
Mine, neither. |
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sirdroseph
(Tokyo) | | Posted: May 11, 2010 - 15:28 | |
I wuuuuuuuuubbbbbbbbsssssss this song!  |
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jcioban
(Between NYC and Boston) | | Posted: Mar 09, 2010 - 07:04 | |
Sometimes the commentary here makes me scratch my head. Have some of the inane commenters actually listened to the lyrics. It may not be your cup of tea, but this is what song-writing is about...emotions and ideas placed to music. The tone, the pace, style are all perfect for the lyrics of this song. Sufjan is not for everyone...but this is good.
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fredriley
(Nottingham, UK) | | Posted: Mar 09, 2010 - 07:03 | |
Stingray wrote:
...who, but you, cares?
Why you have to piss-off my day?
There are millions of people dying...
...how many are killed by the US-army every day?
So stop giving me bullshit!
You're out of order. The OP posted a simple message and you go over the top in a flame. You don't like the posts on these boards, take yourself elsewhere. You'll not be missed. |
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vlmd
| | Posted: Feb 27, 2010 - 01:34 | |
Wonderful song, wonderful musician.
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On_The_Beach
(Vancouver BC, Bud) | | Posted: Feb 05, 2010 - 20:11 | |
Stingray wrote:...who, but you, cares?
Why you have to piss-off my day?
There are millions of people dying...
...how many are killed by the US-army every day?
So stop giving me bullshit!
I've seen plenty of moronic posts from Stingray but this one sets a new standard. Truly pathetic. |
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WayUpNorth
(Windswept Exile) | | Posted: Jan 05, 2010 - 08:14 | |
Stingray wrote:...who, but you, cares?
Why you have to piss-off my day?
There are millions of people dying...
...how many are killed by the US-army every day?
So stop giving me bullshit!
Cold, man, very cold ... what you say is true about the many dying but how are you able to care about the masses if you are incapable of caring about a single one? |
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helgigermany
(Germany) | | Posted: Dec 04, 2009 - 23:39 | |
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Stingray
(Cologne) | | Posted: Nov 03, 2009 - 14:27 | |
TheFriendlyCat wrote:One of my good friend's funeral is today. I'm missing it because i no longer live in the same place. hers was breast cancer...
...who, but you, cares?
Why you have to piss-off my day?
There are millions of people dying...
...how many are killed by the US-army every day?
So stop giving me bullshit! |
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Stingray
(Cologne) | | Posted: Nov 03, 2009 - 14:25 | |
SS can be incredible ("Widows in paradise")
is a great musician, but still....
most of the time - like here -
just whining and BOOOOORING!
"pussy-style"
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plaid
(Tech nexxus o' my house) | | Posted: Nov 03, 2009 - 14:23 | |
It's simple and easy, and... it's wonderful.
Edited to add; Musically. Lyrically, it's not so easy. But it still speaks in simple tones about complexities I can only imagine, and try not to...
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andrewmi
(capitoltown) | | Posted: Sep 01, 2009 - 12:50 | |
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SparkyMarky
(Karlsruhe, Germany) | | Posted: Sep 01, 2009 - 12:49 | |
Brooky wrote:
indeedy —-
I love it - magical. Let's ignore Crockydile. He can't even spell his name, the reptile! |
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catsoup
(Euclid, OH) | | Posted: Sep 01, 2009 - 12:48 | |
2->1. There are better uses of electrons, no matter how recyclable they are, than letting whiner-boy go on about this. I'll be back in a few minutes.
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crockydile
(I miss Excelsior!) | | Posted: Sep 01, 2009 - 12:45 | |
Come to think of it, this does make me feel ill...  |
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Brooky
(Upstate NY, where at all nothing makes sense) | | Posted: Sep 01, 2009 - 12:44 | |
sirdroseph wrote:Pure genius  indeedy —- |
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sirdroseph
(Outer Mongolia) | | Posted: Jul 22, 2009 - 21:08 | |
Pure genius |
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gabbadar
(40.475652,-75.265617 (Or in the field, by the playground, under the stars.. if dark)) | | Posted: May 29, 2009 - 10:57 | |
7 -> 10
This is one of the songs that grows to stand out above the rest on this excellent disk! Taking a moment to stop, and think about it, and read through these comments bumped it that extra ounce from a 9 to 10 rating.
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TheFriendlyCat
(BC) | | Posted: Apr 27, 2009 - 18:22 | |
One of my good friend's funeral is today. I'm missing it because i no longer live in the same place. hers was breast cancer...
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More_Barn
| | Posted: Mar 27, 2009 - 05:55 | |
Can anyone tell me the best way to request a song on Radio Paradise?
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More_Barn
| | Posted: Mar 27, 2009 - 05:55 | |
Great song.  |
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MojoJojo
(Indianapolis, IN USA) | | Posted: Feb 23, 2009 - 17:21 | |
idontknow wrote:... Then imagine the morning of her death, the impossible grief, the impossible distance stretching between that very moment and the next smile. On top of it all are questions of maintaining faith in the midst of loss...
Thanks for all you wrote. The most moving post I have ever read. Makes me (tearfully) remember my father's passing. Cancer..., prayers..., our last talk.... Still can't believe he is gone. If you haven't been through it with someone you loved beyond words, you just can't imagine. In a way, I envy those who don't know, don't get it, and don't see what the big deal is about this song. All I can hope is that I'm stronger for the entire experience. |
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NoEnzLefttoSplit
| | Posted: Jan 23, 2009 - 03:39 | |
idontknow wrote:
I dont know anything about the universe. However, there is one all powerful sentiment that I believe gives meaning and value to human life, regardless of your chosen perspectice; it is love. I dont care how you claim to see everything, but without love you would be (will be...maybe are) completely miserable. THIS SONG, THIS POEM, SPEAKS THAT SOLITARY TRUTH MORE BEAUTIFULLY THAN MOST ANYTHING I HAVE EVER READ/HEARD. Granted, its relevence is certainly related to my own past, but how on earth could you fail to find meaning in its content. The story is so simple and so rich; the beautiful complexity of its message lies right beneath the surface. Truly you must not have peered below the surface: Boy meets girl, they become friends, more than friends, then she develops BONE CANCER. Given their youth, their humanity, they cannot understand the depth of the events that envelop them. So what does the boy do? He KISSES her. They sleep together, perhaps she even loses her virginity. What an incredible expression of the emotions, the experiences, that neither person can hope to comprehend. Imagine falling desperately in love with someone you are bound to lose within months. Imagine the intensity of LIVING with the revocation of the life mattering most to you lingering just over the horizon as the sheer rotation of the earth inevitably moves you closer to the moment of utter loss. Then imagine the morning of her death, the impossible grief, the impossible distance stretching between that very moment and the next smile. On top of it all are questions of maintaining faith in the midst of loss and the role of the father as protector of his daughter's innocence days/months before her expected demise (imagine HIS struggle with conventional parenting and the new rules he must now consider: of what negative consequence is his daughter in danger of reeping by spending a night with the boy she loves.) I dont know man...there's more here than a banal trupet solo.
Note: I realize the "girl" could be a young boy. In my opinion, this changes nothing. I dig chicks, so i imagined a young girl of highschoolish age. Also, I registered here solely bc I was so traumatized by this and a few other comments. Cmon people, reevaluate what means most to you.
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Gednabb
(New York City) | | Posted: Dec 22, 2008 - 13:11 | |
Excelsior wrote:I don't think it's possible for this guy to get any more feminine-sounding.  So?? Make fun of something people can change, or something that's their fault. Not people's inherent characteristics. He sounds fine to me. |
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alux
(atop the pyramid) | | Posted: Dec 22, 2008 - 13:10 | |
Read the rating, trolls. A gorgeous little song.
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