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When the revenant came down
We couldn't imagine what it was
In the spirit of three stars
The alien thing that took its form
Then to Lebanon, oh God
The flashing at night, the sirens grow and grow
Oh, history involved itself
Mysterious shade that took its form
Or what it was, incarnation, three stars
Delivering signs and dusting from their eyes
We couldn't imagine what it was
In the spirit of three stars
The alien thing that took its form
Then to Lebanon, oh God
The flashing at night, the sirens grow and grow
Oh, history involved itself
Mysterious shade that took its form
Or what it was, incarnation, three stars
Delivering signs and dusting from their eyes
| vandal (arriving somewhere, but not here. . .) | Posted: Feb 18, 2013 - 14:31 urk |
| justsomeone (Between a rock and a hard place) | Posted: Jul 13, 2012 - 17:54 Short but sweet.. |
| GuiltyFeat (Ra'anana) | Posted: Apr 28, 2011 - 01:35 I understand about 10% of everything he says. I can't explain why I find Sufjan and this album in particular so affecting. He makes me cry. |
| Ahnyer_Keester (Chicago Il) | Posted: Dec 23, 2010 - 09:12 Very glad to hear Sufjan on RP and this is one of my favorite songs. Thank you so much for playing it! |
| Derecho (A Land Without Traffic Lights) | Posted: Nov 21, 2010 - 15:59 Intriguing to listen to if it's your thing. Easy to ignore if it isn't your thing. All good, either way. |
| Egrey (WASH, DC) | Posted: Aug 18, 2010 - 06:05 vandal wrote:  I disagree with your opinion of the song, but the pic you posted made me laugh! |
| ekeyte (Lynchburg, VA) | Posted: Dec 07, 2009 - 23:10 peter_james_bond wrote: That's exactly what came to mind for me. Haha. |
| scraig (Santa Barbara, CA) | Posted: Nov 06, 2009 - 13:47 cdhutzler wrote: This song was used in a pretty cool stop motion movie made a few years back. Thanks Carl, that was pretty cool! |
| cdhutzler | Posted: Sep 04, 2009 - 12:34 This song was used in a pretty cool stop motion movie made a few years back. |
| peter_james_bond (Lunenburg, NS) | Posted: Sep 04, 2009 - 12:33 2006 O'Hare International Airport UFO sighting |
| titanium667 | Posted: Jun 01, 2009 - 10:23 I love this song. I love Sufjan. Great stuff!  |
| vandal (arriving somewhere, but not here. . .) | Posted: Mar 10, 2009 - 23:49 andsoitgoes wrote: sigh. Troll Great song. I'm glad to hear more Sufjan on RP. Keep it up! "troll" - right. . . nice job of quickly pigeon-holing a guy because he posts something with which you disagree. SS is a twee poseur (I have seen SS in concert, and I did pay for an SS CD or two) and is a perfect example of the kind of weak drivel often thought of as thought provoking, or creative, but really is just sort of novel in a fleeting way. . . I've done my best to like this stuff, to think of it as art, but the best I can do is see it as a failed attempt at Dadaism. . . |
| andsoitgoes | Posted: Feb 26, 2009 - 16:48 vandal wrote:  sigh. Troll Great song. I'm glad to hear more Sufjan on RP. Keep it up! |
| vandal (arriving somewhere, but not here. . .) | Posted: Dec 25, 2008 - 12:18  |
| smilestoomuch (Mad City, WI) | Posted: Oct 23, 2008 - 08:59 chyk5 wrote: What a wonderful freak this man is. The world needs more like him. Agreed! His song titles and their content always amuse me. Can't say as I'd listen to his records over and over again, though... |
| Kittee (NC- Dreaming of the Mountains) | Posted: Oct 23, 2008 - 08:57 Prettiest, strangest song, I ever did hear. |
| Cruithne3753 (Bristol, UK) | Posted: Mar 16, 2008 - 14:57 Got any Shakin' Stevens?  |
| vandal (arriving somewhere, but not here. . .) | Posted: Mar 16, 2008 - 13:45 
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| oneworld (Stockholm) | Posted: Feb 14, 2008 - 02:34 i always turn up the volume when this get played. This time I also checked the comments, with pictures of people throwing up. Tnx RP for keep playing this kind of stuff. My record collection would be a bit smaller without the UFO sightings I often do here. Take the chance to see this guy on stage, with his incredible band. It's like Donovan meeting Frank Zappa... |
| islander (Seattle) | Posted: Jan 13, 2008 - 15:12 superfido wrote: Indeed, My god this is as pukish as it gets. :puke: what stupid stupid repulsive lyrics you just have to recognize that it is actually in a foreign tongue - I think it is Gibberish. |
| Zeito (Sieur du Lhut) | Posted: Nov 11, 2007 - 20:00 This song doesn't sound quite right unless ... "The Black Hawk War, Or, How To Demolish An Entire Civilization And Still Feel Good About Yourself In The Morning, Or, We Apologize For The Inconvenience But Youre Gonna Have To Leave Now, Or, I Have Fought The Big Knives And Will Continue To Fight..." is played right after. Where does he come up with these song titles? The title is longer than the song! |
| ArbiterOfGoodTaste (Seattle, WA) | Posted: Oct 11, 2007 - 09:57 My friend made a cool video out of stock footage and this song for a stock footage film festival. Check it out if you like this tune. |
| EssexTex (MAGNOLIA CAFE DAY!) | Posted: Oct 11, 2007 - 09:56 Has this song started or are they still tuning their instruments? |
| DoctorHooey (/etc) | Posted: Oct 11, 2007 - 09:54 Cool. Fun to play on the piano. |
| chyk5 | Posted: Oct 11, 2007 - 09:54 What a wonderful freak this man is. The world needs more like him. |
| superfido (Sweden) | Posted: Aug 09, 2007 - 13:21 vandal wrote: Indeed, My god this is as pukish as it gets. :puke: what stupid stupid repulsive lyrics |
| Kerly (Estonia) | Posted: May 07, 2007 - 06:49 Nuvola_Rossa wrote: How much i love your voice, Sufjan...
Same here...amazing. |
| MatClarke (Stonehenge, England) | Posted: Mar 21, 2007 - 03:49 Man has a sense of humour you have to appreciate that. |
| reedifus (The Dairy State) | Posted: Mar 05, 2007 - 12:06 Another artist introduced to me by radioparadise who I will love forever. |
| MinMan (Bay Area, CA) | Posted: Jan 04, 2007 - 12:57 Exquisit! Bought the album just to have this available in high fidelity. Note to self - avoid swamp thing. |
| crockydile (The swamps of Houston) | Posted: Jan 04, 2007 - 12:57 If this goes on, I'll increase my "beat" frequency...  |
| gandalfbmg (Missouri) | Posted: Jan 04, 2007 - 12:57 crowhog2000 wrote: s
 u f y a w nyup. I just don't get the degree of adoration heaped on this guy. Not bad, but a little too odd to ever be truly great in my book. |
| crowhog2000 (Cincinnati, Ohio USA) | Posted: Dec 01, 2006 - 22:45 mattt wrote: Not sure of the official music term, but in physics it's called the beat frequency. = |
| mattt (Undisclosed Location) | Posted: Nov 07, 2006 - 06:30 trekhead wrote: Anyone know if there is a term for the effect of a note , or suggestion of a note being created between two notes?
Not sure of the official music term, but in physics it's called the beat frequency. |
| p4jkafla (New England, USA) | Posted: Nov 07, 2006 - 06:30 I saw him for the first time on Austin City Limits, and I just LOVE this man. Beautiful. |
| Nuvola_Rossa (Venice, Italy) | Posted: Nov 07, 2006 - 06:28 How much i love your voice, Sufjan... |
| Kerly (Estonia) | Posted: Nov 07, 2006 - 06:28 It is so nice to hear his voice. Like them a lot! |
| x3n0b07 (Chico, CA) | Posted: Oct 23, 2006 - 15:20 Too ambient and freeform.. *snooze* |
| crowhog2000 (Cincinnati, Ohio USA) | Posted: Aug 11, 2006 - 11:34 s u f y a w n |
| Zweiblumen (Boston, MA [2,606 miles ENE of Paradise, CA]) | Posted: Aug 11, 2006 - 11:04 I like a lot of his stuff, but this is absolutely dreadful. |
| poetjen (Houston, TX or Cambridge, MA) | Posted: Aug 11, 2006 - 11:02 This is one situation where the sound and the influence of the title lead me to an immersive visual scene...an empty field and a sky with eerily bright stars. |
| penguinja (somewhere between Boston and Chicago) | Posted: Aug 11, 2006 - 11:00 GAH! happy happy happy I love this song and you're playing it and I'm ignoring the comments on here because none of them are about this song which did i mention I like quite a lot and i KNEW there was a reason I insisted on defending sufjan..... happy. and slightly incoherent, apparently. |
| trekhead (Just Missed Me.) | Posted: Jul 21, 2006 - 05:54 Anyone know if there is a term for the effect of a note , or suggestion of a note being created between two notes? He seems quite good at that. Other tunes on this disc too. Right at the opening of this track. The piano. Curious. (or just obsessed) |
| - (not so clever not so mean, just a girl after all) | Posted: Jul 06, 2006 - 14:33 Sufjan is apparently the apple tree everyone throws sticks at to get the high ones down...?! And when they fall, you can eat them or throw them at your fellow listeners! Okay, it breaks down, like any metaphor, and I can see this is pretty talked out so I won't try to add anything new. Except my opinion - I like apples. I am just as afraid of being vulnerable and sensitive as the next person. And maybe so is Sufjan Stevens. And he does it anyway, and it's beautiful. But I guess one man's wormwood is another man's turpentine. I enjoy both, myself. When soaked in apples, preferably. |
| ahoylola (35° 37' N - 120° 85' W) | Posted: Jul 06, 2006 - 13:53 jah_blessed wrote: Well, boo hoo! Start a support group already! If you get upset over some anonymous comments on a web site then I wish you the best of luck in real life. IIRC, it was you who started the "guess what PG looks like" thread. Now that is mean-spirited. bravo! |
| jah_blessed (Netherlands) | Posted: Jul 03, 2006 - 00:36 passsion8 wrote: We've all known people like this who, just when you've revealed some personal preference or feeling, mock you, or what you hold precious, in front of other people and act like they didn't do anything.
It's mean spirited and done as a means of garnering attention without accountability and spurring reaction. This faceless forum allows those with that propensity to attack and remain blissfully unrepentant. Well, boo hoo! Start a support group already! If you get upset over some anonymous comments on a web site then I wish you the best of luck in real life. IIRC, it was you who started the "guess what PG looks like" thread. Now that is mean-spirited. |
| passsion8 (within blast zone of NYC) | Posted: Jun 28, 2006 - 11:18 jah_blessed wrote: Physicsgenius is just the resident court jester. Don't take everything he says literally. I actually enjoy reading some of his comments and the follow-ups they generate. One needs a sardonic sense of humour to appreciate them, though.
Sardonic = mocking. We've all known people like this who, just when you've revealed some personal preference or feeling, mock you, or what you hold precious, in front of other people and act like they didn't do anything. It's mean spirited and done as a means of garnering attention without accountability and spurring reaction. This faceless forum allows those with that propensity to attack and remain blissfully unrepentant. |
| mrrmt (Baltimore, MD) | Posted: Jun 28, 2006 - 11:15 Hearing this here made me go out and actually purchase. I really like it alot. I enjoy the song titles as much as the songs. |
| crowhog2000 (Cincinnati, Ohio USA Baby) | Posted: Jun 07, 2006 - 11:25 getting to rate Sufyawn ( ) a solid "1" twice in one day has absolutely made my day!! |
| jah_blessed (Netherlands) | Posted: Jun 07, 2006 - 10:57 Physicsgenius is just the resident court jester. Don't take everything he says literally. I actually enjoy reading some of his comments and the follow-ups they generate. One needs a sardonic sense of humour to appreciate them, though. |