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Iron & Wine — Naked As We Came
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KKeith
(NC)
Posted: Mar 21, 2013 - 12:40
 
I don't know of any other song that so beautifully expresses the love and commitment two people have for each other.

Highspirits
(who cares)
Posted: Mar 21, 2013 - 12:37
 
 On_The_Beach wrote:

You're a little old for that, aren't you?
 
LOL...:)

On_The_Beach
(The Blue Planet)
Posted: Dec 14, 2012 - 19:23
 
 Stingray wrote:

Reminds me of grandma trying to sing me into sleep!

 
You're a little old for that, aren't you?

Lewis_Moon
Posted: Nov 24, 2012 - 15:28
 
Absolutely beautiful.  I cry every time.

rdo
(DC)
Posted: Sep 08, 2012 - 18:19
 
 Proclivities wrote:

I'd almost prefer Raffi to Dan Fogelberg.  This tune's pretty good.
 

Pretty good????  Huh???

A solid 10.

madaxeman
(Scottish west coast)
Posted: Jun 20, 2012 - 09:01
 
 jnhashmi wrote:
This coming right after "For No One" by The Beatles makes me realize how exceptional this song is. A true classic. Just wonderful. A 9 that I might just change to a 10.
 
Correct.

Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Feb 14, 2012 - 09:38
 
 bachbeet wrote:
It's OK.  too much like Dan Fogelberg for my taste.  Though I prefer this to DF.
 
I'd almost prefer Raffi to Dan Fogelberg.  This tune's pretty good.



Xing
Posted: Jan 02, 2012 - 00:53
 
Nice

d-don
(Oregon)
Posted: Sep 26, 2011 - 11:40
 

Lyrically beautiful.



Stingray
(JULIAN'S NWO)
Posted: Aug 31, 2011 - 13:34
 

Reminds me of grandma trying to sing me into sleep!



dpvest
(roseville)
Posted: Jun 06, 2011 - 18:19
 
 jnhashmi wrote:
This coming right after "For No One" by The Beatles makes me realize how exceptional this song is. A true classic. Just wonderful. A 9 that I might just change to a 10.
 
what a great segue...

jnhashmi
(Los Angeles)
Posted: Jun 06, 2011 - 18:17
 
This coming right after "For No One" by The Beatles makes me realize how exceptional this song is. A true classic. Just wonderful. A 9 that I might just change to a 10.

fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: May 06, 2011 - 04:12
 
An auto-rate Ho-Hum, sadly. I'm sure many find the Iron & Wine sound elegaic, but for these ears it's the equivalent of a lullaby after a dose of Mogadon. Excellent when you want to go bye-byes, but not so good in the middle of a sunny Spring day. 3 from the soporific Nottingham jury {#Sleep}

justin4kick
(The Netherlands)
Posted: Apr 27, 2011 - 13:05
 
Music inspired by Sufjan Stevens, CD cover inspired by Van Gogh

anifan
(Miami, FL)
Posted: Jan 31, 2011 - 17:46
 
Such a beautiful song!

hippiechick
(topsy turvy land)
Posted: Jan 23, 2011 - 05:33
 
Sam Beam's new album includes a band.

Decoy
(Milliway's, the Restaurant at the End of the Universe)
Posted: Dec 31, 2010 - 10:23
 
I must not get it...this is awful.

bshawkins
Posted: Feb 18, 2010 - 07:47
 
Love me some Iron & Wine!

fevertree
Posted: Feb 18, 2010 - 07:46
 
sigh...sooo...beautiful....

linden
(Santa Cruz, CA)
Posted: Dec 17, 2009 - 12:10
 
 Jelani wrote:
Hmmm...
I usually come naked.
 
I tend to hear that double entendre when this song starts playing also. I wonder if it's meant to be there?


DaveInVA
(In a crumbling Queen Anne mansion in Damnville, VA)
Posted: Dec 17, 2009 - 12:07
 
I'm generally not a big Iron & Wine fan but I really like this song...{#Music}

Pyro
Posted: Aug 13, 2009 - 13:48
 
 ncollingridge wrote:
Personally I thought this was gorgeous - just shows that not everyone has the same taste. Indeed I have to say that I don't really understand the other complaints about this track. Incidentally I thought the guitar playing had very distinct echoes of Nick Drake about it.
 
I think it's lovely as well.  And I can't resist posting the simple but beautiful lyrics:

She says "wake up, it's no use pretending"
I'll keep stealing, breathing her.
Birds are leaving over autumn's ending
One of us will die inside these arms
Eyes wide open, naked as we came
One will spread our ashes 'round the yard

She says "If I leave before you, darling
Don't you waste me in the ground"
I lay smiling like our sleeping children
One of us will die inside these arms
Eyes wide open, naked as we came
One will spread our ashes round the yard



hippiechick
(Weekendland)
Posted: Dec 03, 2008 - 12:29
 
This song always makes me feel like crying.

govna
(beantown)
Posted: Dec 03, 2008 - 12:26
 
definitely his best song.  the rest...meh.

spiritual76
Posted: Nov 08, 2008 - 00:17
 
keep this line....


kaybee
(Lost in the Wilds of Toronto)
Posted: Oct 07, 2008 - 18:25
 
Another fine group RP has gotten me interested in.

onlylynne
(Around here somewhere...)
Posted: Oct 01, 2008 - 10:30
 
I like this.

Very pleasant.

bachbeet
Posted: Sep 05, 2008 - 19:50
 
It's OK.  too much like Dan Fogelberg for my taste.  Though I prefer this to DF.

RosieRedfield
(Vancouver)
Posted: Sep 05, 2008 - 19:50
 
 Limpopoking wrote:
My wife uses this track as her alarm clock on her mobile... doesn't endear me much to the song!
 
Alarm clock?  More like a lullaby!

WonkoTheSane
(Wolfville, NS)
Posted: Sep 05, 2008 - 19:49
 
Ahhh. I do love this album, and this song is one of my favorites from it. Simple, warm, and utterly entrancing. Four years on, it still gives me shivers. 


Excelsior
Posted: Aug 05, 2008 - 05:20
 
{#Yawn}

dkeifer
Posted: Aug 05, 2008 - 04:36
 
Just a beautiful song.

raga
(Italy - Como)
Posted: May 28, 2008 - 05:45
 
On_The_Beach wrote:
Ahhhhhhh . . . very nice.
"Each Coming Night" from the same CD is even better.

agree 100%
Excelsior
Posted: May 02, 2008 - 16:49
 
Dave_Mack wrote:
I was lamenting this morning that while I like I&W, I would like him more if we didn't hear him twice a day every day. This is the third time today. Ugh.


Quoted for truth.
Dave_Mack
(One bus, fun bus!)
Posted: May 02, 2008 - 16:41
 
I was lamenting this morning that while I like I&W, I would like him more if we didn't hear him twice a day every day. This is the third time today. Ugh.
agbar713
(The great Nibu-bu)
Posted: Mar 26, 2008 - 06:00
 
nigelr wrote:
Looks like Fidel on the cover, tee hee!


Indeed, Fidel in a field of tobacco just waiting to be harvested and turned into a fine cigar!
horstman
(Syracuse, New York)
Posted: Feb 29, 2008 - 16:25
 
ncollingridge wrote:
Personally I thought this was gorgeous - just shows that not everyone has the same taste. Indeed I have to say that I don't really understand the other complaints about this track. Incidentally I thought the guitar playing had very distinct echoes of Nick Drake about it.


HaHa. For about 2 seconds I thought this was Nick until I realized it was I&W! Good thoughts though!
Jack_Jefferson
(Columbus, OH)
Posted: Feb 05, 2008 - 12:23
 
If I could do this kind of stuff, I'd start a band and call it Copper & Bourbon.
Limpopoking
(Limpopo)
Posted: Jan 29, 2008 - 05:58
 
My wife uses this track as her alarm clock on her mobile... doesn't endear me much to the song!
nigelr
(Coffs Harbour, Australia)
Posted: Jan 05, 2008 - 01:12
 
Looks like Fidel on the cover, tee hee!
lee_sf
(2nd floor, corner)
Posted: Dec 04, 2007 - 16:06
 
Can't separate the song from thousands of colored bouncing balls in my local streets, which is where I first heard it. Unclear if I'd rate the tune as highly without the imagery.
smdeeg
(SillyCone Valley)
Posted: Dec 04, 2007 - 16:03
 
How weird. The DCFC song Lightness played right before had this morning dove call in the background, and something in the background of this song is similar enough that my addled brain is translating it into the morning dove call! Aaaaacccck. Make it stop!
Jelani
(Home of the freak, land of the vague)
Posted: Dec 04, 2007 - 16:01
 
Hmmm...
I usually come naked.
rocco1207
("the area around Tikrit and Baghdad and east, west, south and north somewhat")
Posted: Nov 21, 2007 - 11:13
 
Jobs this guy is ill-suited for: Fire Warden, Umpire, Circus MC (or any other MC for that matter) lead singer for a (rockin) rock band.
PurplePrincess
(the mountains)
Posted: Nov 21, 2007 - 11:11
 
I have this CD. I love this sweetly sad song. It is the best one on the CD.
jenakle
(Tallahassee, FL)
Posted: Oct 11, 2007 - 08:18
 
meydele wrote:
I love Sam Beam's whispery voice. . . sounds very intimate to me. And I like what he says.


I agree
it makes me think of post-coital cuddling and ear murmuring
or just woke up Sunday morning sighs and procrastination of getting out of bed
ncollingridge
(Knebworth, UK)
Posted: Oct 11, 2007 - 08:17
 
Personally I thought this was gorgeous - just shows that not everyone has the same taste. Indeed I have to say that I don't really understand the other complaints about this track. Incidentally I thought the guitar playing had very distinct echoes of Nick Drake about it.
nate917
Posted: Oct 11, 2007 - 08:16
 
Jack_Jefferson wrote:


I wonder if he talks like the low talker on that Seinfeld episode.

If his partner is wearing a ruffled shirt, it's a dead giveaway.
meydele
(Par la mer)
Posted: Oct 11, 2007 - 08:15
 
I love Sam Beam's whispery voice. . . sounds very intimate to me. And I like what he says.

For those who like I&W's Southern Gothic lyrics, check out an amazing song called "The Trapeze Swinger", which I believe is only available on the "In Good Company" soundtrack.
rocco1207
("the area around Tikrit and Baghdad and east, west, south and north somewhat")
Posted: Oct 11, 2007 - 08:14
 
FilmSurgeon wrote:
These guys just rub me the wrong way, starting with an instinctive dislike of their name, and ending with the whispery, "this is important music, so be quiet & hear what we are saying" delivery.

And this may be TMI, but rubbing me the wrong way is not easy to do.


Bill talks about dynamics alot but its true there's no dynamics here its full on mellow always. And please, quit whispering