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The Decemberists — Down By The Water
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mojcamojca77
(Idrija)
Posted: May 09, 2013 - 00:01
 
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Giselle62
(many bear, big rock, estuary California)
Posted: Apr 07, 2013 - 20:04
 
yeah, this makes me think of 90's REM-ish alternative or college rock bands. i like it.

fluorophore
(Glen Carbon, IL)
Posted: Apr 07, 2013 - 19:57
 
 kdarwish wrote:
Interesting enough lyrics, but fine (Neil) Youngish cum REMish musical style and tempo, thanks.
 
It has the Peter Buck guitar jangle down pat.

kdarwish
(Turku, Finland)
Posted: Mar 11, 2013 - 07:10
 
Interesting enough lyrics, but fine (Neil) Youngish cum REMish musical style and tempo, thanks.

pomalley
(Land of Lincoln)
Posted: Mar 11, 2013 - 07:05
 
 cosmiclint wrote:
Wow. Decemberists with a nice Jayhawks vibe. Time I rated this one.
 
I thought these were the Jayhawks too.... or maybe Tragically Hip?

gvan
(From inside the house!)
Posted: Mar 07, 2013 - 08:14
 
BRUUUUUUUUUCE!....

Wait, I mean, Deceeeemberists!

Dav3thedog
Posted: Feb 07, 2013 - 22:18
 
The Decemberists are great!
cosmiclint
(romeotuma's hotel room)
Posted: Jan 20, 2013 - 11:35
 
Wow. Decemberists with a nice Jayhawks vibe. Time I rated this one.

Johnny-smooth
(On my bicycle)
Posted: Jan 20, 2013 - 11:35
 
song is infectious 7->9

hippiechick
(topsy turvy land)
Posted: Jan 20, 2013 - 11:31
 
The Decemberists always plant earworms in my head.

gypsyman
(just passing through....)
Posted: Jan 09, 2013 - 16:34
 
 Danimal174 wrote:
Does anyone else notice some similarities between the guitar work by The Decembrists and some of the early REM stuff?
 
Excellent point. Now that I am listening more closely, this has many aspects of REM. Especially "This One Goes Out to The One I Love"

coding_to_music
(Beantown)
Posted: Dec 09, 2012 - 07:31
 
Love the vocals of 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_Conlee

hippiechick
(topsy turvy land)
Posted: Dec 07, 2012 - 05:12
 
 Danimal174 wrote:
Does anyone else notice some similarities between the guitar work by The Decembrists and some of the early REM stuff?
 
Interesting point. Now that you pointed that out, I can definitely hear that, at least in this song.

I love this song and this album, real American folk music. 

skipperadam
Posted: Dec 03, 2012 - 07:39
 
 bh1 wrote:
 yes, this one sounds like "this one goes out to the one I love"  (Fire)

. Danimal174 wrote:
Does anyone else notice some similarities between the guitar work by The Decembrists and some of the early REM stuff?
 


 



It is Peter Buck playing on this song.

leap
(Ibagué, Tolima.)
Posted: Nov 29, 2012 - 08:35
 
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bh1
Posted: Nov 18, 2012 - 18:28
 
 yes, this one sounds like "this one goes out to the one I love"  (Fire)

. Danimal174 wrote:
Does anyone else notice some similarities between the guitar work by The Decembrists and some of the early REM stuff?
 



jagdriver
(Just a nod and a wink south of Paradise)
Posted: Oct 05, 2012 - 10:37
 
 Phlegmaticman wrote:
Gillian Welch's backup vocals add a point or two onto my score for this song.
 
Totally! Otherwise I'd probably PSD it.

WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise)
Posted: Oct 01, 2012 - 13:42
 
 Byronape wrote:

"Main Drag" is an old expression for the main street through a small town.  It has also been used to refer to any straight stretch of road that is away from populated areas and is a quarter mile or longer, like in drag racing.  

However, from my childhood, I've always heard it as referring to a main thoroughfare through a small town.   
 
Terrific example in popular culture is "American Graffiti," where the big whoop on Friday night was "cruising the main." Most of that action in the movie was filmed on 4th St. in San Rafael, California—where I grew up and where indeed cruising the main was the big deal on Friday nights. The drag racing scenes were filmed outside of Lodi. The drive-in scenes were filmed at Mel's Diner on Van Ness Ave. in San Francisco. Lucas artfully spliced them so they all seemed part of the same small town in the middle of nowhere.

The film also served as the incubator for a number of future stars: Harrison Ford, Ron Howard (grown out of his Opie-dom), Richard Dreyfuss, Cindy Williams, Charlie Martin Smith,  and a very young Mackenzie Phillips. It also featured San Francisco deejays Scott Beach (the shop owner) and Terry McGovern (the philandering teacher). Oddly, stardom seemed to escape Paul LeMat, whose role was compelling.

Danimal174
(Upstate South Carolina)
Posted: Oct 01, 2012 - 13:35
 
Does anyone else notice some similarities between the guitar work by The Decembrists and some of the early REM stuff?

Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Aug 16, 2012 - 09:07
 
 Byronape wrote:

"Main Drag" is an old expression for the main street through a small town.  It has also been used to refer to any straight stretch of road that is away from populated areas and is a quarter mile or longer, like in drag racing.  

However, from my childhood, I've always heard it as referring to a main thoroughfare through a small town.   
 
I've heard it used to describe the main street in a town or city of any size, though smaller towns are more likely to have just one principal thoroughfare.  Anyhow, good tune.

JIan
(SW Desert, AZ, USA)
Posted: Aug 16, 2012 - 08:58
 
 Phlegmaticman wrote:
Gillian Welch's backup vocals add a point or two onto my score for this song.
 
Agreed! {#Cheers}

Phlegmaticman
(270 miles south of Paradise, CA)
Posted: Aug 03, 2012 - 10:25
 
Gillian Welch's backup vocals add a point or two onto my score for this song.

RipperP
(Greater New York Metro)
Posted: Jul 26, 2012 - 14:37
 
Okay, they're starting to grow on me. This one gets a six and I reserve the right to upgrade at a later date.

PurplePrincess
(the mountains)
Posted: May 13, 2012 - 12:56
 
Hmmm, I see that despite the surprising (to me anyway) number of haters for this band that this song still rates 7.1 among RP listeners. Lovers outnumber haters. Good. I give it at least an 8 and some days it is a 9 for me.

DeeCee1109
(People's Republic of A2)
Posted: May 02, 2012 - 13:08
 
 itaish wrote:

100% agree. This is their only song I sort of like.
 



I like it; just not every day :-)

Stingray
("ANONYMOUS INTERNET")
Posted: May 02, 2012 - 13:07
 

The boring guys in their handwoven pullovers, thick glasses and beards again?

I bet the girls are crazy for them - leave alone their style and material is cunningly stolen!

 

 



Bleyfusz
Posted: Apr 26, 2012 - 13:25
 
 Byronape wrote:

"Main Drag" is an old expression for the main street through a small town.  It has also been used to refer to any straight stretch of road that is away from populated areas and is a quarter mile or longer, like in drag racing.  

However, from my childhood, I've always heard it as referring to a main thoroughfare through a small town.   
 
Interesting, thanks for that. I would rather have thought about a canal, or something. Anyway, what made me ask the question was the Pogues' song The Old Main Drag, and a certain kind of Celtic feeling in the present one.

sirdroseph
(Yes)
Posted: Apr 26, 2012 - 13:24
 
 rdo wrote:

Come on now.  You don't mean that.  {#Cheers}  Pony up, mi amigo!  Either way, I like your comments and uploads, even if not your free-loads.  Hey, 2 out of 3 ain't bad.
 
Yea, I don't mean anything personal towards you at all. I don't get personal with opinions on songs. It's all good!{#Cheers}

itaish
(Berkeley, CA)
Posted: Apr 26, 2012 - 13:21
 
 pinnyrat wrote:
I find The Decemberists terribly overrated, but this is a decent song.
 
100% agree. This is their only song I sort of like.

pinnyrat
Posted: Apr 22, 2012 - 14:42
 
I find The Decemberists terribly overrated, but this is a decent song.

JMA
(Northern California)
Posted: Apr 22, 2012 - 14:41
 
I never tire of this song — lyrics, instrumentation, melody. It has it all.

rdo
(DC)
Posted: Apr 22, 2012 - 14:41
 
 sirdroseph wrote:


free load would denote receiving a service and not paying for it. Since I told you I rarely listen, I do not receive the service therefore your definition is incorrect, but yes I do enjoy pissing on your parade it is a guilty pleasure.
 
Come on now.  You don't mean that.  {#Cheers}  Pony up, mi amigo!  Either way, I like your comments and uploads, even if not your free-loads.  Hey, 2 out of 3 ain't bad.

Byronape
("post-capitalist wreckageville")
Posted: Mar 21, 2012 - 21:57
 
 Bleyfusz wrote:
Down by The Old Main Drag? Excuse me?
 
"Main Drag" is an old expression for the main street through a small town.  It has also been used to refer to any straight stretch of road that is away from populated areas and is a quarter mile or longer, like in drag racing.  

However, from my childhood, I've always heard it as referring to a main thoroughfare through a small town.   

Bleyfusz
Posted: Mar 11, 2012 - 04:17
 
Down by The Old Main Drag? Excuse me?

neuticle
(fog fog fog)
Posted: Jan 28, 2012 - 11:21
 
 seven7 wrote:
good stuff, good RP...everyone else fuck off
 
uh, no I won't..and don't like this band


seven7
(Glass City Ohio)
Posted: Jan 26, 2012 - 06:37
 
good stuff, good RP...everyone else fuck off

vandal
(arriving somewhere, but not here. . .)
Posted: Jan 26, 2012 - 06:25
 
 sirdroseph wrote:


free load would denote receiving a service and not paying for it. Since I told you I rarely listen, I do not receive the service therefore your definition is incorrect, but yes I do enjoy pissing on your parade it is a guilty pleasure.
 
Right.  The "guilty pleasure" of a closet sociopath. . . 
 

sirdroseph
(Yes)
Posted: Jan 26, 2012 - 06:15
 
 rdo wrote:

So, what you are saying is that you are going to free-load and piss on our parade?  Nice.
 

free load would denote receiving a service and not paying for it. Since I told you I rarely listen, I do not receive the service therefore your definition is incorrect, but yes I do enjoy pissing on your parade it is a guilty pleasure.

rdo
(DC)
Posted: Jan 22, 2012 - 10:32
 
 sirdroseph wrote:
I ain't even gonna front, it is songs like this that are preventing me from renewing my financial support for this station. I think that RP is a great station, but they just play too many bands and songs that I just plain ol' don't like and play them too often. I have to mute entirely too much for this to be a regularly listened to station even when it is the only radio station that goes through my works firewall. Now, before you say just not to listen anymore, what I am telling you is I rarely do. However I do enjoy the forum and uploading songs on the LRC.
 
So, what you are saying is that you are going to free-load and piss on our parade?  Nice.

DarceySuzanne
(Columbus)
Posted: Jan 18, 2012 - 10:03
 
 Gish05 wrote:
I will never understand why people love this band so much. Their latest work in particular is the safest, most boring garbage to ever come out of the "wannabe REM" corner in at least a decade.
 
Agreed. I can't stand the singer's voice. It sounds like he sat around and moped until he came up with the most pretentious sounding accent possible.


stevendejong
Posted: Jan 18, 2012 - 09:59
 
The similarity is deliberate. Peter Buck (of REM) plays guitar here. It's not a rip-off; it's a tribute.

choderama wrote:
R.E.M - The One I Love?...

EDIT: Then I went down the page and saw everyone agreeing. It's very very similar.
 


Stingray
(NWO reloaded)
Posted: Jan 07, 2012 - 15:20
 
Compliment for the worst cover ever printed on a CD.
Compliment for the most stupid name in business
Compliment for copying 100's of bands from the past 10 years!

Wishes, always yours, 
REM


choderama
(Nanaimo, BC, Canada)
Posted: Jan 07, 2012 - 15:19
 
R.E.M - The One I Love?...

EDIT: Then I went down the page and saw everyone agreeing. It's very very similar.

Gish05
(Pittsburgh, PA)
Posted: Jan 07, 2012 - 15:19
 
I will never understand why people love this band so much. Their latest work in particular is the safest, most boring garbage to ever come out of the "wannabe REM" corner in at least a decade.

madebytim
(Denmark)
Posted: Dec 25, 2011 - 12:21
 
Grrrreat!

Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Nov 08, 2011 - 08:09
 
 pcicatar wrote:

Why, that's why I used a winkie!  {#Wink}  Plus the guitar sound is very similar because it's Peter Buck playing on the record!  Both he and Gillian Welch worked on the recording and those inclusions are the reasons are why this album is far more accessible than the rest of their catalog.
 
{#Doh}  Well, that explains a lot.


pcicatar
(Portland, OR)
Posted: Oct 25, 2011 - 09:22
 
 Proclivities wrote:

It's in a minor key and the melody and tempo are quite different.  Contrary to popular belief, Peter Buck did not "invent" the arpeggiated A minor chord. The guitar sound is similar though - perhaps an homage.  I don't think REM will have any attorney filing for a plagiarism suit anytime soon - especially if the claim revolves around a single, well-used chord

pcicatar wrote:
This is the best cover of R.E.M.'s "The One I Love" I've heard in a long time!  {#Wink}


 
Why, that's why I used a winkie!  {#Wink}  Plus the guitar sound is very similar because it's Peter Buck playing on the record!  Both he and Gillian Welch worked on the recording and those inclusions are the reasons are why this album is far more accessible than the rest of their catalog.



Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Oct 25, 2011 - 08:42
 
 pcicatar wrote:
This is the best cover of R.E.M.'s "The One I Love" I've heard in a long time!  {#Wink}
 
It's in a minor key and the melody and tempo are quite different.  Contrary to popular belief, Peter Buck did not "invent" the arpeggiated A minor chord. The guitar sound is similar though - perhaps an homage.  I don't think REM will have any attorney filing for a plagiarism suit anytime soon - especially if the claim revolves around a single, well-used chord



sirdroseph
(Yes)
Posted: Oct 25, 2011 - 08:37
 
I ain't even gonna front, it is songs like this that are preventing me from renewing my financial support for this station. I think that RP is a great station, but they just play too many bands and songs that I just plain ol' don't like and play them too often. I have to mute entirely too much for this to be a regularly listened to station even when it is the only radio station that goes through my works firewall. Now, before you say just not to listen anymore, what I am telling you is I rarely do. However I do enjoy the forum and uploading songs on the LRC.

stratzippy
(Tejas - here)
Posted: Oct 25, 2011 - 08:34
 
like other comments i hope they cited peter bucks guitar hook ... its not creative interpretation when its blatant