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Okkervil River — Our Life Is Not A Movie Or Maybe
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robinvankuijk
Posted: Apr 26, 2013 - 05:04
 
{#Stop} {#Stop} {#Stop} {#Stop} {#Stop} 

winotron
(Phoenix, AZ)
Posted: Mar 25, 2013 - 16:15
 
 aelfheld wrote:
Sort of a poor man's Arcade Fire.
 
I'm not really getting all the "this sounds like Arcade Fire" comments.  And anyways, this band formed several years before the Arcade Fire.  If anything, the Arcade Fire sounds like Okkervil River.

Jelani
(Home of the freak, land of the vague)
Posted: Mar 25, 2013 - 16:12
 
 Dave_Mack wrote:
Oh my.  Still don't like this.  Maybe a tad better than the 2 I gave it before but...maybe not.

Bill seems to be a little out of phase today with the back-announces.

 
Nah, it's still a 1.

Shesdifferent
(Just visiting this planet)
Posted: Jan 21, 2013 - 21:52
 
Sounds like something from "The Young Ones" (UK)

westslope
(BC coast)
Posted: Jul 19, 2011 - 16:14
 
 RadioDoc wrote:

More like a bunch of drunk college students who broke into a musical instrument store.

 
Hilarious!   I first rated this 5, now a 6.  Some aspects are compelling, others irritating.


grungepuppy
(Flagstaff, AZ)
Posted: Jul 19, 2011 - 16:12
 
 On_The_Beach wrote:
Has those Arcade Fire-like grating vocals.
 
This song illustrates what the 1 rating is for. Sucko-barfo for sure. {#Puke}



bluedot
(Long Beach, CA)
Posted: Jun 18, 2011 - 00:02
 
 alux wrote:
A very ambitious song...which doesn't entirely work for me, but I'll give em points for trying.
 
It would work better for me with the same instrumental musicans, but a less pretentious singer.


ScottFromWyoming
(Powell)
Posted: May 17, 2011 - 09:22
 
New album out now, $11 for the CD
 
NPR article, you could have listened to the album for free a few weeks ago... 

On_The_Beach
(Vancouver BC, Bud)
Posted: May 17, 2011 - 09:19
 
Has those Arcade Fire-like grating vocals.

OneSpyGirl
(Austin Texas)
Posted: May 17, 2011 - 09:18
 
i certainly like the operatic style...

xtalman
(What dimension?)
Posted: Mar 15, 2011 - 08:46
 
 Webfoot wrote:
I gave this a 2?  Go figure.  Today it's a 6.
 
First time I have heard this, going to give it a 5 for now.  I do end up switching rating a fair amount on tunes though.


Dave_Mack
(Five bus, Jive bus!)
Posted: Mar 15, 2011 - 08:46
 
Oh my.  Still don't like this.  Maybe a tad better than the 2 I gave it before but...maybe not.

Bill seems to be a little out of phase today with the back-announces.


vandal
(arriving somewhere, but not here. . .)
Posted: Feb 12, 2011 - 00:06
 
 vandal wrote:
Still loving it. . .
 
bump
 

xkolibuul
(Chuckanut sandstone)
Posted: Feb 12, 2011 - 00:05
 
I dare say listening to Led Zep on the previous song puts one in the mood for this one.  Well done, BillG.
 jpdribbler wrote:
One of those tricky tunes that you have to be in right mood for. If so: 8.
 


jpdribbler
(Hamburg, Germany)
Posted: Feb 01, 2011 - 03:55
 
One of those tricky tunes that you have to be in right mood for. If so: 8.

peter_james_bond
(West Of The Burg)
Posted: Jan 11, 2011 - 17:38
 
 wenatchee wrote:
Please someone have mercy!
 
Look, I know you love this song but I'm not going to buy it for you. {#Naughty} If you want it that badly get a part time job and save up your money. And Crocky {#Arrowd}, How did you hear my band's audition tape?


Webfoot
(Eugene, Oregon)
Posted: Jan 11, 2011 - 17:31
 
I gave this a 2?  Go figure.  Today it's a 6.

aelfheld
Posted: Jan 11, 2011 - 17:30
 
Sort of a poor man's Arcade Fire.

coyotexxx2
(Enjoying Paradise)
Posted: Nov 09, 2010 - 08:24
 
I like it. 

wenatchee
(Duvall, WA)
Posted: Nov 09, 2010 - 08:23
 
Please someone have mercy!

crockydile
(Outer Spiral Arm, Milky Way)
Posted: Mar 31, 2010 - 18:34
 
screaming. guitars are out of tune. lame attempt at novelty with weird sounds. melodramatic without content.

paulmack
(the hissing swamps)
Posted: Oct 25, 2009 - 11:00
 
I like it. Need to hear it a few more times (this was the first time for me). Seems a little premature to denounce a song on one listening as I suspect some have done below. I don't think I'm alone in observing that many of the songs I like the very most were ones that I didn't 'get' at first - and then grew to absolutely love. Good case in point for me - The Replacements - from one extreme to the other after I'd persevered and heard many of the tunes 5 or 6 more times.

RadioDoc
(Chicagoland)
Posted: Oct 25, 2009 - 10:51
 
 silvergirl wrote:
It's like Springsteen meets the Killers.
 
More like a bunch of drunk college students who broke into a musical instrument store.


lmic
(Influential for All the Wrong Reasons)
Posted: Oct 25, 2009 - 10:49
 
 silvergirl wrote:
I dig it.  It's like Springsteen meets the Killers.
 
I was thinking Johanthan Richman meets Modest Mouse. And yet, Springsteen/Killers also seems to work perfectly! (weird?)


silvergirl
Posted: Sep 23, 2009 - 21:11
 
I dig it.  It's like Springsteen meets the Killers.

justlistening
(So. California)
Posted: Aug 23, 2009 - 09:07
 
 alux wrote:
A very ambitious song...which doesn't entirely work for me, but I'll give em points for trying.
 

That really sums it up for me too.

alux
(atop the pyramid)
Posted: Apr 18, 2009 - 14:36
 
A very ambitious song...which doesn't entirely work for me, but I'll give em points for trying.

vandal
(arriving somewhere, but not here. . .)
Posted: Feb 21, 2009 - 20:59
 
Still loving it. . .


fuh2
(salmon land)
Posted: Jan 13, 2009 - 19:34
 
Out Standing

passsion8
(over the hills and far away)
Posted: Nov 11, 2008 - 15:34
 
I was too busy to change the channel or lower the volume, so after a while I started to hear shades of the "Strawbs". Dave Cousins-ish.

suddenchad
Posted: Sep 18, 2008 - 18:06
 
 ScottFromWyoming wrote:
You people are all "Where's the 0 rating? I hate it!" but 10 years from now you'll be all, "Ah, sure, Okkervil River. I've been a fan forever, not like you people who just discovered them. Of course the early stuff is the best."
 
I'm with you, Scott. The close-mindedness here sometimes astounds me. I suspect these are probably the people who hang around here for the occasional 70s Classic Rock.  

Excelsior
Posted: Sep 16, 2008 - 05:33
 
{#Puke}{#Puke}{#Puke}{#Puke}  Worthless, talentless hacks.


Hannio
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Sep 09, 2008 - 10:24
 
Lucky for them I am in a moratorium against giving out 1s for a while.

farley
(Bushey, UK)
Posted: Sep 09, 2008 - 10:24
 
cool tune Paradise, play more please  {#Smile}

Rtbruin
(Woodland Hills)
Posted: Sep 09, 2008 - 10:21
 
OK - they may not ever change the world (musically or otherwise) but I think it is fun to listen to.  Great to have these types of songs once in a while!

Excelsior
Posted: Sep 09, 2008 - 10:19
 
Oh God, I thought we had gotten rid of this song!! {#Puke}

I don't know which I hate more - the horrid lead singer, or the little "play random notes on all the instruments to get as far away from a melody as possible" part in the middle.


andiman
(Germany, Duisburg)
Posted: Aug 18, 2008 - 03:41
 
Excelsior wrote:
One of the worst songs on RP. Unfortunately, also one of the most-played.

I agree, but it's ok. On RP I don't like 5% of the songs, on other stations it's definitely more!


Excelsior
Posted: Aug 15, 2008 - 15:39
 
RadioDoc wrote:
ScottFromWyoming wrote:
You people are all "Where's the 0 rating? I hate it!" but 10 years from now you'll be all, "Ah, sure, Okkervil River. I've been a fan forever, not like you people who just discovered them. Of course the early stuff is the best."

Not even a ghost of a chance of that happening. Especially since these talentless fools will be long forgotten in 10 years.


We can only hope.



vandal
(arriving somewhere, but not here. . .)
Posted: Aug 14, 2008 - 07:20
 
Jimi_the_Saint wrote:
I love this freakin song, man. Not as much as 'A Girl in Port', but I dig it.

By the time we finished watching these guys perform A Girl in Port, my buddy and I were as teary as a couple of old ladies at a funeral. . . a very moving and sincere rendition. . . of course there was a lot of beer involved. . .


RadioDoc
(Chicagoland)
Posted: Aug 06, 2008 - 13:04
 
ScottFromWyoming wrote:
You people are all "Where's the 0 rating? I hate it!" but 10 years from now you'll be all, "Ah, sure, Okkervil River. I've been a fan forever, not like you people who just discovered them. Of course the early stuff is the best."

Not even a ghost of a chance of that happening. Especially since these talentless fools will be long forgotten in 10 years.


Jimi_the_Saint
(The Dark and Bloody Ground of Kentucky)
Posted: Aug 06, 2008 - 13:04
 
I love this freakin song, man.  Not as much as 'A Girl in Port', but I dig it.

vandal
(arriving somewhere, but not here. . .)
Posted: Jul 19, 2008 - 07:51
 
smehan55 wrote:


physicsgenius, is that you?


couldn't be. . . physicsgenius has better musical taste than excelsior. . .



Droidac
(4066 kms east of Paradise)
Posted: Jul 17, 2008 - 12:27
 
Excelsior wrote:


Offensive to the ears in every way.

smehan55 wrote:


physicsgenius, is that you?


I'm certain that physicsgenius has rebranded himself as Excelsior. Just have a look at his song comments. Makes me wonder why he even listens to RP.
ScottFromWyoming
(A glass house)
Posted: Jul 17, 2008 - 12:26
 
You people are all "Where's the 0 rating? I hate it!" but 10 years from now you'll be all, "Ah, sure, Okkervil River. I've been a fan forever, not like you people who just discovered them. Of course the early stuff is the best."
renegade_X
(My House)
Posted: Jul 17, 2008 - 12:19
 
I dont like this one at all. Sounds like Robert Smith too.
vandal
(arriving somewhere, but not here. . .)
Posted: Jul 17, 2008 - 12:19
 

". . . When the air around your chair fills with heat, that's the flames licking. . ."



badean
Posted: Jun 15, 2008 - 23:44
 
Well, that was kind of abrasive, but I think I can hear some effort in there. Might have to hear it again. Could definitely be distracting in the wrong setting...
vandal
(arriving somewhere, but not here. . .)
Posted: Jun 13, 2008 - 12:30
 
One of the most awesome songs on RP and Okkervil River's performance at Sasquatch '08 reflected the very core reasons why this is so.

Will Sheff isn't afraid to let his voice hit the edges if it suits the passion and emotion of the moment. Bravo to a group that blew everyone off the stage in a once in a lifetime performance.



smehan55
(Beneath a Carolina blue sky)
Posted: Jun 13, 2008 - 12:11
 
Excelsior wrote:
Offensive to the ears in every way.


physicsgenius, is that you?
Excelsior
Posted: Jun 13, 2008 - 12:09
 
Offensive to the ears in every way.