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The Decemberists — Prelude -> The Queen's Approach
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h8rhater
Posted: May 10, 2013 - 12:31
 
 robh wrote:

I really hope that that's sarcasm?
If so: comedy genius!
*applauds*

 
Easily amused.

oldsaxon
(Wales via Vancouver, BC.)
Posted: May 10, 2013 - 12:23
 
This kind of got on my tits for a bit, Bill seemed to be playing it way too much, but now I'm OK with it again. It's a clever tune, really.

gvan
(From inside the house!)
Posted: Apr 25, 2013 - 13:47
 
I can see why they quickly followed this album with "The King is Dead"... They were becoming Yes really fast.

stevendejong
Posted: Apr 25, 2013 - 13:42
 
 pinto wrote:
Why didn't they just make this into two songs and everyone would enjoy it all much more.  As it is, it's long and convoluted.
 
It's SIX songs... Just stitched together on this wonderful radio channel. Loving every second of it.

robh
(up t'north UK)
Posted: Apr 25, 2013 - 13:41
 
 Rockit wrote:
I can't wait for the extended re-mix!

 
I really hope that that's sarcasm?
If so: comedy genius!
*applauds*

Keef
(Confluence of the American River)
Posted: Apr 25, 2013 - 13:40
 
 bthomas100 wrote:

I could not agree more.  This is one of the few albums produced in the last decade where the Whole is substantially greater than the sum of its parts.  Too few are worth setting aside 50 minutes (or whatever ) to sit and really listen to the music.  This one is.  I have it rated in my personal Top Ten Complete Albums of All Time.

Sorry Pachelbel, you got booted off the list.

 
Bill, I liked your medley so much I got the CD and joined the first 6 tracks using iTunes while ripping for playback on my iDevices.  it's great!  There is also a cool program called Merge MP3 that I plan to use to merge a few of my favorite tracks that go together like peanut & jelly.

gillespp
(Portland, OR)
Posted: Apr 25, 2013 - 13:37
 
I LOVE this. I had somehow missed this album—of course, I heard a song here and song there, but having them altogether is spectacular. After I first heard this set on RP, I got the album and listened to it all the way through about 30 times in a few weeks. 

Rockit
(Ottawa ON)
Posted: Apr 09, 2013 - 08:38
 
I can't wait for the extended re-mix!

mrtuba9
(most likely near Normal)
Posted: Apr 09, 2013 - 08:36
 
 bb_matt wrote:

Yep, it does seem that some people just have no patience with the idea of songs which flow into each other - is that what this internet age has wrought?
An audience that can only concentrate on one thing for 3 minutes? 
Best they never listen to a Pink Floyd album all the way through... 
 
As a pre-teen who watched the internet form, and PC's  go from monochromatic to color, I straddle both worlds of extended play LP's and MP3's...just the other day someone younger than me said the same as I "I miss the early Napster."  I would add that I miss open file directories in the residence halls on campus!  With nearly 8,000 on campus residents, it was copy whatever you wanted.

Some of us have the patience...I comment nearly every time I download a 6+ minute mp3 for $.89-$1.29...It's like 2 for 1 {#Angel} 

bb_matt
(Hampshire, England)
Posted: Apr 09, 2013 - 08:30
 
 bthomas100 wrote:

I could not agree more.  This is one of the few albums produced in the last decade where the Whole is substantially greater than the sum of its parts.  Too few are worth setting aside 50 minutes (or whatever ) to sit and really listen to the music.  This one is.  I have it rated in my personal Top Ten Complete Albums of All Time.

Sorry Pachelbel, you got booted off the list.
 
Yep, it does seem that some people just have no patience with the idea of songs which flow into each other - is that what this internet age has wrought?
An audience that can only concentrate on one thing for 3 minutes? 
Best they never listen to a Pink Floyd album all the way through... 

bthomas100
Posted: Feb 05, 2013 - 13:48
 
 BillG wrote:


I had to import all 6 tracks into an audio editor & stitch them back together. I used to use a CD ripper that would let you adjust the start & end points of a track (that's how I acquired the extended Dark Side Of the Moon medley that we play here, for instance) but the program that I'm using these days doesn't have that feature.  

On a related note, this is an instance where the per-track sales & distribution model really falls apart. Even if you buy the whole album via iTunes or Amazon, you're left with a grossly substandard listening experience, since the album can't flow together nicely like it's supposed to. Lame.
 
I could not agree more.  This is one of the few albums produced in the last decade where the Whole is substantially greater than the sum of its parts.  Too few are worth setting aside 50 minutes (or whatever ) to sit and really listen to the music.  This one is.  I have it rated in my personal Top Ten Complete Albums of All Time.

Sorry Pachelbel, you got booted off the list.

coyote620
(Near the river, USA)
Posted: Feb 05, 2013 - 13:06
 
I like the song, but wish it was a little shorter.  If I was there watching them in concert, yes, this would be great, but I'm not.  I am sitting here in front of my computer and zoned out for a while only to come back to life and realize this song was still playing.

oldsaxon
(Wales via Vancouver, BC.)
Posted: Feb 05, 2013 - 13:05
 
 ri_shelton wrote:
Organ music on BOSE...can't beat it!
 
I'd rather listen on a telly than on Bose speakers, however, my hand built valve amp and hand built tapered quarter wave pipes make this sound quite nice and probably cost less than your Bose setup :)   /end pompus comment.

swinghamer
(live music capital of the world)
Posted: Feb 05, 2013 - 13:04
 
 lexica wrote:
GOOD GRIEF HOW LONG IS THIS SONG I HAVE HIT PSD THREE TIMES ALREADY ARGH!{#Frustrated}
 

Seriously. Not that I gave the song a high rating to begin with, but it's getting knocked down even further out of pure annoyance.

leafmold
Posted: Feb 05, 2013 - 13:02
 
I wonder if perhaps they have over-reached a bit on this song....

lily34
(GTFO)
Posted: Feb 05, 2013 - 13:00
 
 bdomm wrote:
Worst voice ever
 
longest song ever. make it stop.

bdomm
Posted: Feb 05, 2013 - 12:55
 
Worst voice ever

cShaggy
(..inna state of being..)
Posted: Jan 05, 2013 - 04:51
 
..oh please, don't let it stop-!!..hey wait, it doesn't—coolness!..

..i'll take another trip thru any time, RP..thx!.

lexica
(Oaktown, 510)
Posted: Dec 04, 2012 - 20:08
 
GOOD GRIEF HOW LONG IS THIS SONG I HAVE HIT PSD THREE TIMES ALREADY ARGH!{#Frustrated}

CurrentlyKelli
(Minnesota)
Posted: Dec 04, 2012 - 20:01
 
Rock operaaaaa

Sasha2001
(The business end of Bloomberg's education machine.)
Posted: Dec 04, 2012 - 19:59
 
 kingart wrote:
Kind of Death Cab for Cutie-ish. 
 
Don't you ever use the word "cutie-ish" again, you hear me, or I'll raspberry you snuggletown.

slowhand
(NC)
Posted: Nov 03, 2012 - 12:06
 
Great Ride! Thanks for the play Bill.

rdo
(DC)
Posted: Nov 03, 2012 - 11:58
 
 BillG wrote:


I had to import all 6 tracks into an audio editor & stitch them back together. I used to use a CD ripper that would let you adjust the start & end points of a track (that's how I acquired the extended Dark Side Of the Moon medley that we play here, for instance) but the program that I'm using these days doesn't have that feature.  

On a related note, this is an instance where the per-track sales & distribution model really falls apart. Even if you buy the whole album via iTunes or Amazon, you're left with a grossly substandard listening experience, since the album can't flow together nicely like it's supposed to. Lame.
 
Interesting.

neuticle
(fog fog fog)
Posted: Nov 03, 2012 - 11:45
 
ug

rockpommel16
(rockpommel´s land...dreaming of netherlands)
Posted: Oct 03, 2012 - 02:30
 
 michaelgmitchell wrote:
Is this over soon?
 
.......smiley.........

michaelgmitchell
(Stirling, ON)
Posted: Sep 01, 2012 - 13:33
 
Is this over soon?

pinto
(west meade)
Posted: Sep 01, 2012 - 13:30
 
 Aud wrote:


On my 4th PSD and they're still on!
 

Why didn't they just make this into two songs and everyone would enjoy it all much more.  As it is, it's long and convoluted.

nevar23
(Georgia)
Posted: Sep 01, 2012 - 13:21
 
Not doing a lot for my productivity today, Bill and Rebecca. {#Good-vibes}

Aud
(lost in lakecity)
Posted: Aug 01, 2012 - 03:23
 
 ckcotton wrote:
They guys are sooooo over rated and unenjoyable
 

On my 4th PSD and they're still on!

Byronape
("post-capitalist wreckageville")
Posted: Aug 01, 2012 - 03:14
 
 ri_shelton wrote:
Organ music on BOSE...can't beat it!

alanthecowboy wrote:

Don't like to seem like an elitist, but you started it.  Those of us in the Hi Fi industry consider Bose to be a four letter word, literally and figuratively...

 
As a non-Hi Fi industry person but one who's still a wannabe audiophile, I second this comment.  My car came equipped with a factory Premium Bose system and it was terrible.  When I ripped the speakers out I found cheap paper cones that looked like something that would have been found in a Yugo.  To add insult to injury, most of the audio tuning is done with a factory preset inside the amp, and there is no way to tune the boosted mid-bass out.  So now, I have high end Boston Acoustics speakers getting pushed by the Bose factory amp and the car sounds no better.  When I get the time$ I'm going to replace the amp, but I have to pretty much rewire the entire car...  

Never again will I buy a car with any premium audio system unless I'm in love with it at first listen.  Changing out that crap is a killer. 

TerryS
(Another SW)
Posted: May 29, 2012 - 19:28
 
 lemmoth wrote:


"Just give me your hands......'Cause you're wonderful."
 
There's been an epidemic of severed feet lately , but hands shouldn't be that difficult for a resourceful person.

mfaraday
(Ottawa, Ontario Canada)
Posted: Apr 28, 2012 - 01:46
 
Thanks Bill for playing that extended string from a fantastic album. It takes more than just one song from it to build the story. 

kittyharker
(Arkham)
Posted: Mar 27, 2012 - 08:18
 
 Chelshite wrote:
Today is the 40th Anniversary of the release of The Rise and fall Of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars. I bought it the day it came out and played it again today and still love it. 
But this album by The Decemberists is far and away the most played in my collection, more than double the next on an ipod of 10,000 tracks.And its great hearing it now on a sunny day in Sussex. Thanks Mr Meloy. Thanks RP.
 
I second your sentiment. And, as a fan of 18th century Gothics, its gallery of wicked rakes and young lovers is particularly welcome!

lemmoth
(NYC)
Posted: Mar 27, 2012 - 08:09
 
 Chelshite wrote:
Today is the 40th Anniversary of the release of The Rise and fall Of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars. I bought it the day it came out and played it again today and still love it. 
But this album by The Decemberists is far and away the most played in my collection, more than double the next on an ipod of 10,000 tracks.And its great hearing it now on a sunny day in Sussex. Thanks Mr Meloy. Thanks RP.
 

"Just give me your hands......'Cause you're wonderful."

ckcotton
(Adding snarky comments since 2007)
Posted: Mar 27, 2012 - 08:07
 
They guys are sooooo over rated and unenjoyable

Stranglersfan
(Revelstoke, B.C.)
Posted: Mar 27, 2012 - 08:05
 
I am thrilled to hear some Decemberists other than The King is Dead!
Right On.

Jamunca
(Asheville, NC)
Posted: Mar 27, 2012 - 08:03
 
I delight every time this comes on.

kittyharker
(Arkham)
Posted: Mar 27, 2012 - 08:02
 
Wow, thanks for playing the songs together like this, Bill! Magnificent!

Chelshite
(Bognor Regis, W Sussex, England)
Posted: Mar 27, 2012 - 08:02
 
Today is the 40th Anniversary of the release of The Rise and fall Of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars. I bought it the day it came out and played it again today and still love it. 
But this album by The Decemberists is far and away the most played in my collection, more than double the next on an ipod of 10,000 tracks.And its great hearing it now on a sunny day in Sussex. Thanks Mr Meloy. Thanks RP.

eruwenolorien
(SC)
Posted: Mar 27, 2012 - 07:59
 
I am so used to hearing this at home or in my car that hearing it on the office radio threw me for a loop. I love this album, but it's one of those works that you need to hear in its entirety to get the full impact (versus listening to the songs out of context). Thanks, Bill!

2k1sedan
Posted: Feb 24, 2012 - 16:19
 

Not a huge of the Decemberists but this is impressive
most popular music is confined to 3 minutes or less, so I think that when the artist can put together a coherent /cohesive work that is longer than that it should be encouraged 


Tippster
(Washington, DC)
Posted: Feb 24, 2012 - 16:01
 
 neuticle wrote:
Kind of drawn out no? Please don't yell at me
 
Well, it is the 1st six songs of the album...


jkhandy
(Near the ocean (in my mind))
Posted: Feb 24, 2012 - 15:49
 
Nice. Thanks Bill!

neuticle
(fog fog fog)
Posted: Feb 24, 2012 - 15:48
 
still going

neuticle
(fog fog fog)
Posted: Feb 24, 2012 - 15:45
 
Kind of drawn out no? Please don't yell at me

cmplus
Posted: Feb 24, 2012 - 15:43
 
Headphones on. Very nice.

beerslayer
(Northern California)
Posted: Feb 24, 2012 - 15:40
 
Love this song!  If anything, it's too short!

kingart
(Brooklyn NY)
Posted: Feb 24, 2012 - 15:39
 
Kind of Death Cab for Cutie-ish. 

cohifi
(Denver)
Posted: Jan 23, 2012 - 22:40
 
I tell you what, this is better than good.

gekkosan
(Ithaca, NY)
Posted: Dec 23, 2011 - 05:06
 
Oh wow! I thought epics like this had gone forever with the demise of the prog rock in the 80's…