 Colin Meloy Sings Live! (2008) [ larger cover art ] |
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Musicbrainz DBHere on these cliffs of Dover
So high you can't see over
And while your head is spinning
Hold tight, it's just beginning
You come from parents wanton
A childhood rough and rotten
I come from wealth and beauty
Untouched by work or duty
And oh, my love, my love
And oh, my love, my love
We both go down together
I found you, a tattooed tramp
A dirty daughter from the labor camps
I laid you down on the grass of a clearing
You wept but your soul was willing
And oh, my love, my love
And oh, my love, my love
We both go down together
And my parents will never consent to this love
But I hold your hand
Meet me on my vast veranda
My sweet untouched Miranda
And while the seagulls are crying
We fall but our souls are flying
And oh, my love, my love
And oh, my love, my love
And oh, my love, oh my love
And oh, my love, my love
We both go down together
| calypsus_1 | Posted: Jun 17, 2011 - 14:21 bobcat1963 wrote:  we want no amateurs here  Amateurs?? u nutz?? is one of the best vocalists and performers of our time. |
| calypsus_1 | Posted: May 22, 2010 - 12:32  With My Hands on My Heart by ~ShinySpecialOne ©2008-2010 ~ShinySpecialOne This is Colin singing "O Valencia" |
| aaronm (Eugene, Oregon) | Posted: Mar 09, 2009 - 00:05 advaita wrote: Nice song, it touched me. I love the station for playing stuff like this regardless what some people think or rate. If only the best rated stuff is being played the result would be limited to a narrow band. How many great songs I never heard before and never had the chance to discover would I miss in that case. Therefore thumbs up for RP and Colin Meloy  I really don't like this song at all, but I do have to agree with the sentiment that much of the strength of this station is derived from Bill's refusal to exclusively cater to the "numerical will of the masses." I'll take the "We Both Go Down Together," as well as the occasional "Dengue Fever - Seeing Hands," and all the other things that I legitimately don't enjoy because for every one song I haven't liked, Bill has played about 50 that I do.  |
| advaita (Cologne) | Posted: Feb 05, 2009 - 11:29 Nice song, it touched me. I love the station for playing stuff like this regardless what some people think or rate. If only the best rated stuff is being played the result would be limited to a narrow band. How many great songs I never heard before and never had the chance to discover would I miss in that case. Therefore thumbs up for RP and Colin Meloy |
| RadioDoc (Chicagoland) | Posted: Feb 05, 2009 - 10:08 Sloggydog wrote: Love a good new song. I think you're in the wrong comment thread. This is neither. |
| superflyLD (Boston, MA) | Posted: Feb 05, 2009 - 10:07 a song like this makes me think I could actually play guitar and sing too... and I have ZERO musical talent. |
| Sloggydog (UK) | Posted: Feb 05, 2009 - 10:06 I really dig this one. Love a good new song. |
| gandalfbmg (3 mi from Paradise (Missouri)) | Posted: Feb 05, 2009 - 10:06 It's not as good as the full band version, but this is such a great song I'm happy to get whatever I can of it... |
| Kaisersosay | Posted: Feb 05, 2009 - 10:06 MAAAHAI again and again |
| TernaryBit (O-town) | Posted: Feb 05, 2009 - 10:06 Papernapkin wrote: Please, please stop playing this song. |
| gekkosan (Ithaca, NY) | Posted: Feb 05, 2009 - 10:05 Something's very wrong with this.... |
| bobcat1963 (the netherlands) | Posted: Dec 04, 2008 - 04:39 we want no amateurs here |
| HarrO (Florida) | Posted: Nov 02, 2008 - 16:13 I'm not a Decemberists fan, but I really like this. 8 |
| KurtfromLaQuinta (Yep. I'm still here in La Quinta.) | Posted: Nov 02, 2008 - 16:12 sfuller wrote: This would be somewhat tolerable with Morrisey singing it. This guy's trilling voice reminds me of Tiny Tim. Oh. Would you like for me to upload something from "God Bless Tiny Tim"? |
| Papernapkin (Mountain View, CA) | Posted: Nov 02, 2008 - 16:11 Please, please stop playing this song. |
| andrewmi (capitoltown) | Posted: Oct 20, 2008 - 19:21 Not my favorite Decemberists song, but I really enjoy his solo stuff. I once road-tripped with four friends to see him perform four hours away and it was fantastic - a very casual, intimate show in which Colin sipped red wine, told stories, and just generally enjoyed himself with the audience. The opener was also excellent - a woman named Laura Gibson, with quiet, pleasant songs. I ended up buying her album...wonder if anyone's uploaded it? |
| calypsus_1 | Posted: Oct 04, 2008 - 21:20
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| Frater_Kork (Uppsala, Sweden) | Posted: Oct 02, 2008 - 02:11 Austin2Florida wrote: He reminds me of the Cranberries. True, he's got that Irish nasal bleat down just right, in a bad way... |
| horstman (Syracuse, New York) | Posted: Sep 28, 2008 - 16:03 Wow, I dislike this song, but not nearly as much as Excelsior. This guy hates this song more than Essextex (my nemesis) hates David Bowie. |
| equinoxus (Sweden) | Posted: Sep 19, 2008 - 03:57 Really good song. Like Meloys work. Check out "The Decemberists" too where Colin Meloy is lead singer. |
| Limpopoking (Limpopo) | Posted: Sep 19, 2008 - 03:45 Nah |
| Excelsior | Posted: Sep 12, 2008 - 05:04 Dear God, what have we done to deserve having this song inflicted upon us SO OFTEN???  This song gets a solid 1. |
| DeeCee1109 (People's Republic of A2) | Posted: Sep 05, 2008 - 13:25 I like this tune, I do, but hearing it often is not a good thing . . .  |
| Kaisersosay | Posted: Sep 05, 2008 - 13:25 You are so right it is depressing,,,,to hear mahaaaaii |
| window (Richmond, VA) | Posted: Sep 05, 2008 - 13:25 Excelsior wrote: This song gets more annoying every time I hear it. I have to agree. I'm not one to post negative comments about the music, but the combination of his terrible, vibrato-heavy voice and the heavy airplay leads me to make an exception. Ma-hiiiiiii rating is a 2. |
| michaelc (Walnut Creek, CA) | Posted: Sep 05, 2008 - 13:24 it's depressing love song day !!! |
| iggam (Chicago) | Posted: Sep 05, 2008 - 13:23 My lunch comes up. He rhymes like Steve Miller. Abra-cadabra. |
| Phlegmaticman (270 miles south of Paradise, CA) | Posted: Sep 05, 2008 - 13:23 That's because you've never been on the vast veranda with Miranda. Excelsior wrote: This song gets more annoying every time I hear it. |
| Kaisersosay | Posted: Sep 05, 2008 - 13:23 Oh no not this song,,,,,,,mahaiiiiiii mahaiiii love noooooooooooooooooo |
| rtb (NE corner of Work and Boredom) | Posted: Sep 05, 2008 - 13:23 Excelsior wrote: This song gets more annoying every time I hear it. I disagree. 6 => 7 |
| Excelsior | Posted: Aug 31, 2008 - 13:07 This song gets more annoying every time I hear it. |
| ClaireWild (Ireland) | Posted: Aug 31, 2008 - 12:57 I agree. So much negativity. A good song. I enjoyed it; such a shame to hear so much criticism! What a bunch of miserable gits you all are! Relentlessly slagging comments without a positive sentiment in sight. Maybe I'm just a pervert, but I quite like this effort, including the vibrato. How anyone can reckon he sounds like Tiny Tim I don't know - that's at least two octaves above this guy. I would give it 7, but as a corrective to all the negativity on here it's 8 from the Nottingham jury. |
| Sullen (Hellview) | Posted: Aug 31, 2008 - 12:54 I don't know if I can bear to hear this song again...ever... |
| laozilover (Left of Chicago and up) | Posted: Aug 29, 2008 - 21:41 copymonkey wrote: Try some ointment.  |
| fredriley (Nottingham, UK) | Posted: Aug 28, 2008 - 02:34 What a bunch of miserable gits you all are! Relentlessly slagging comments without a positive sentiment in sight. Maybe I'm just a pervert, but I quite like this effort, including the vibrato. How anyone can reckon he sounds like Tiny Tim I don't know - that's at least two octaves above this guy. I would give it 7, but as a corrective to all the negativity on here it's 8 from the Nottingham jury. |
| davin (Victoria, British Columbia) | Posted: Aug 18, 2008 - 14:01 lerxst wrote: Give the guy a break...he just jumped off a cliff with his chick friend. Gave him an extra point for jumping off a cliff after writing this dreck. |
| Excelsior | Posted: Aug 18, 2008 - 14:01 Jesus, this again? |
| lerxst (Columbia, MD) | Posted: Aug 18, 2008 - 13:59 Give the guy a break...he just jumped off a cliff with his chick friend. |
| annanyc (Gotham) | Posted: Aug 18, 2008 - 13:59 I like him. I like them. I find their stuff theatrical. His voice to me is like an aural version of an Edward Goery illustrated macabre tale. And I mean that complimentarily |
| deepfatfried | Posted: Aug 18, 2008 - 13:58 Again????????? My ears can't take this anymore!!  |
| Droidac (4066 kms east of Paradise) | Posted: Aug 18, 2008 - 13:58 Is he standing on some sort of vibrating platform while he's singing? |
| sfuller (Central, Iowa) | Posted: Aug 18, 2008 - 13:57 This would be somewhat tolerable with Morrisey singing it. This guy's trilling voice reminds me of Tiny Tim. |
| DeeCee1109 (People's Republic of A2) | Posted: Aug 18, 2008 - 13:57 topherg87 wrote: seriously? this one again? Can't. Take. This. Every. Day. Gaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| topherg87 (Austin, TX) | Posted: Aug 18, 2008 - 13:56 seriously? this one again? |
| baltimorelovejoy (Philadelphia, PA) | Posted: Aug 18, 2008 - 13:56 Not again.... |
| smehan55 (Beneath a Carolina blue sky) | Posted: Aug 14, 2008 - 14:05 MUTE! Ahhhh. That's better. |
| mwsteele79 | Posted: Aug 14, 2008 - 13:54 Wow, this sucks even more than The Decemberists. |
| baltimorelovejoy (Philadelphia, PA) | Posted: Aug 14, 2008 - 13:50 Do not soil the cranberries with comparisons to this! He's a durian fruit! |
| baltimorelovejoy (Philadelphia, PA) | Posted: Aug 14, 2008 - 13:50 Ando...ma-ha-hi luv, ma-ha-hi luv.... Pass. |
| Lungfish500 (around the plate) | Posted: Aug 14, 2008 - 13:50 This guy should do a duet with Ozzy. |
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