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Fleet Foxes — Sim Sala Bim
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bb_matt
(Hampshire, England)
Posted: Mar 26, 2013 - 04:36
 
Love these guys. 

Touted as being 'new folk', well, I guess new as in they are young and 'current' - aside from that, it's really beautiful music.
Get a real cultural buzz from these guys, deep stirring in the soul. Classic. 

helgigermany
(Germany)
Posted: Nov 26, 2012 - 12:38
 
One of the new folk bands, not as good as the old ones. But a big hype arround them. Not my taste!

BCarn
(British Columbia)
Posted: Sep 24, 2012 - 16:09
 
Excellent band. Good to hear..here.

WhiteWater
(right where you are sitting now)
Posted: Jul 04, 2012 - 15:52
 
4 —> 1

My hate for this tune and this band is growing to the point that I want to stick an ice pick in my ears. Oh wait... I can just turn the volume down.

eswiley2
Posted: Jun 22, 2012 - 07:17
 
 casey1024 wrote:
Oh well.  I enjoy this song very much and like this guy's voice and I am old enough to remember America.  Fleet Foxes.  Nice.
 

Me, too!  I don't hear America at all....  like this very much.  (Like America, too)

ziakut
(Albeit In The Meantime)
Posted: May 21, 2012 - 11:52
 
 Proclivities wrote:

An interesting theory, but not likely; I imagine plenty of people over thirty like this band.  Anyhow, I hear very little similarity between this tune and "A Horse With No Name", other than the presence of acoustic guitars, but we all can hear different things.
 
I agree Proclivities. I agree! This is far less pop and more 'earthy'. I am far over thirty years of age and like this. Contrast given...my son who's 16 yrs. old LOVES this band. It's refreshing to hear a band create a tune that evolves and changes within a few minutes in a logical, musical way. Much of this music was so prevalent throughout the 70s and is very rare these days. Just my thoughts.

juanos
(Somewhere between the US and Guatemala)
Posted: May 03, 2012 - 15:18
 
this is soooo bad!... 

modernrelics
(Leicestershire, UK)
Posted: Mar 19, 2012 - 01:55
 
 hewijew wrote:
What's happening? Sounds like two tracks are playing at the same time.
 
Yeh, I'm hearing the same, it's really bizarre!

Stratocaster
(Bermuda)
Posted: Mar 19, 2012 - 01:54
 
Programming error!!!

Two songs playing at the same time!!!!!  Sounds hideous. 

hewijew
(London)
Posted: Mar 19, 2012 - 01:54
 
What's happening? Sounds like two tracks are playing at the same time.

Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Mar 01, 2012 - 06:05
 
 rsfc_carp wrote:

I wonder if the division between like and dislike depends on whether or not the listener is old enough to remember 'A Horse with No Name' by 'America'.

Because that's what they remind me of and I can't like it.
 
 
An interesting theory, but not likely; I imagine plenty of people over thirty like this band.  Anyhow, I hear very little similarity between this tune and "A Horse With No Name", other than the presence of acoustic guitars, but we all can hear different things.



casey1024
(Here and Now)
Posted: Mar 01, 2012 - 06:00
 
Oh well.  I enjoy this song very much and like this guy's voice and I am old enough to remember America.  Fleet Foxes.  Nice.

WhiteWater
(right where you are sitting now)
Posted: Mar 01, 2012 - 05:58
 
Very tired of hearing this here.

gekkosan
(Ithaca, NY)
Posted: Feb 23, 2012 - 04:07
 
 rsfc_carp wrote:

I wonder if the division between like and dislike depends on whether or not the listener is old enough to remember 'A Horse with No Name' by 'America'.

Because that's what they remind me of and I can't like it.
 
 



Interesting. I'm old enough. I remember. I like that song. :). And speaking of old, high-pitched voices, I like Neil Young also. Oh well…

luvinlife
Posted: Feb 23, 2012 - 03:56
 
driving in the Languedoc on a sunny day with the Fleet Foxes playing, kinda works : )

sirdroseph
(Yes)
Posted: Feb 16, 2012 - 07:45
 
 Byronape wrote:

I get where you are going with that and for the most part I can see where you come from...  but I'm really not sure if I'd classify The Decemberists as nu-folk. 

Come to think about it, I'm not sure how I'd classify them.

 

I know how but this is a family forum.{#Wink}

rsfc_carp
(Lafayette, IN)
Posted: Jan 29, 2012 - 13:41
 
 adroc wrote:

Really? There's nothing unpleasant about the lead singer's voice, and the harmonies sound quite good IMO. This is one of those vary polarizing bands that I don't quite understand why they're so polarizing. I can definitely understand why Radiohead are polarizing, but not Fleet Foxes.
 
I wonder if the division between like and dislike depends on whether or not the listener is old enough to remember 'A Horse with No Name' by 'America'.

Because that's what they remind me of and I can't like it.
 

rdo
(DC)
Posted: Jan 22, 2012 - 10:51
 
 vandal wrote:
barf a la carte 
 

Come on now, that's in very bad taste.  And, it tastes bad.

Lazy8
(The Gallatin Valley of Montana)
Posted: Jan 15, 2012 - 13:38
 
First Fleet Foxes song that didn't make me want to throw the speakers across the room. Glad someone is sifting thru the dross to find gems like this.

dyharenas
(Cerro Apoquindo)
Posted: Jan 15, 2012 - 13:36
 
I tried...but they are not for me.

Stranglersfan
(Revelstoke, B.C.)
Posted: Nov 29, 2011 - 07:25
 
I bought this album, so far it has not overwhelmed me. I will continue to listen to it, because it has a lot of good qualities, I just hope it will grow on me .

adroc
(slightly left of centre)
Posted: Nov 25, 2011 - 12:09
 
 tutakea wrote:
the singer´s voice ruins everything. unbearable!
 
Really? There's nothing unpleasant about the lead singer's voice, and the harmonies sound quite good IMO. This is one of those vary polarizing bands that I don't quite understand why they're so polarizing. I can definitely understand why Radiohead are polarizing, but not Fleet Foxes.


tutakea
Posted: Nov 14, 2011 - 07:49
 
the singer´s voice ruins everything. unbearable!

Sjaaks
(Horst, Netherlands)
Posted: Nov 09, 2011 - 04:57
 
 Sjaaks wrote:
On one hand i really like this album, on the other hand i constantly get the feeling they're trying too hard, especially after the song "Helplessness Blues". Throughout this album it's like they're constantly searching for some form of complexity but can't find it... I don't know, i get lost in some songs and then it loses its charm. But that's happened to me before and after a couple of more listens i really like it, so who knows...

This one on its own however; 8
 

So, i listened to this album a bunch of times now and it still comes by now and then. All in all i really love it! I don't think this is the best song on it though, but the complexity which bothered me at first, is one of the things i love about it now. It's surprising and unpredictable, so yeah, i love it!


peter_james_bond
(West Of The Burg)
Posted: Oct 26, 2011 - 12:06
 
 Toke wrote:

Just love the harmonies and acoustic guitar, takes me back to Crosby Stills and Nash, keep playing it Bill I will never tire of it. The whole Album is superb.


 
Those harmonies also remind me of Simon and Garfunkel. The people who claim this band has no talent remind me of the people who say that Neko Case can't sing. They are so obviously wrong that it's hard to wrap your head around it. {#Think}

vandal
(arriving somewhere, but not here. . .)
Posted: Oct 24, 2011 - 05:33
 
barf a la carte 

Stingray
(JULIAN'S NWO)
Posted: Aug 30, 2011 - 13:41
 
"SIM SALA BIM" - but what came out was only
a "shot in the oven" > 3


Toke
(Bournemouth UK)
Posted: Aug 20, 2011 - 12:25
 

Just love the harmonies and acoustic guitar, takes me back to Crosby Stills and Nash, keep playing it Bill I will never tire of it. The whole Album is superb.



jkhandy
(Near the ocean (in my mind))
Posted: Aug 11, 2011 - 21:13
 
8

gypsyman
(just passing through....)
Posted: Aug 08, 2011 - 13:11
 
The Chanting Funks

Byronape
(Snorkeling in the River Styx)
Posted: Aug 06, 2011 - 21:23
 
 fredriley wrote:
This whole Nu-nu-folk, aka alt.folk, aka folk rock, whilst very much flavour of the year, is getting a bit old to these ears. Of all the alt.folk bands (Mumford, Decemberists, etc) the Fleet Foxes are the least interesting and most 'one-paced', as racing pundits say - there seems to be little variation in their material, at least going by what's been played on RP. A nailed on Ho-Hum from the soporific Nottingham jury {#Sleep}
 
I get where you are going with that and for the most part I can see where you come from...  but I'm really not sure if I'd classify The Decemberists as nu-folk. 

Come to think about it, I'm not sure how I'd classify them.


sronis
Posted: Aug 01, 2011 - 23:15
 
 fredriley wrote:
This whole Nu-nu-folk, aka alt.folk, aka folk rock, whilst very much flavour of the year, is getting a bit old to these ears. Of all the alt.folk bands (Mumford, Decemberists, etc) the Fleet Foxes are the least interesting and most 'one-paced', as racing pundits say - there seems to be little variation in their material, at least going by what's been played on RP. A nailed on Ho-Hum from the soporific Nottingham jury {#Sleep}
 




couldn't agree more. Actually, i liked the previous album. Although it was a bit bland and monotonous, it had a nice sound to it. But this new album, to me, is simply an exact repeat. Seems like they just put in the b-sides from the previous album - since the new songs are just pale incarnations... that's besides the fact that i'm getting quite a bit tired of them

zair99
(In Cognito)
Posted: Jul 20, 2011 - 03:19
 
Probably my fourth favorite song on this album.  Quite good, but none of my top three are on the playlist here!  Perhaps I just have weird taste. 

Giselle62
(many bear, big rock, estuary California)
Posted: Jul 11, 2011 - 13:14
 
 fredriley wrote:
This whole Nu-nu-folk, aka alt.folk, aka folk rock, whilst very much flavour of the year, is getting a bit old to these ears. Of all the alt.folk bands (Mumford, Decemberists, etc) the Fleet Foxes are the least interesting and most 'one-paced', as racing pundits say - there seems to be little variation in their material, at least going by what's been played on RP. A nailed on Ho-Hum from the soporific Nottingham jury {#Sleep}
 
It goes right along with what I've been listening to on Pandora—-Pentangle station and Doc Watson station. Love the sound they're getting!


Giselle62
(many bear, big rock, estuary California)
Posted: Jul 11, 2011 - 13:13
 
I'll give this an 8 until I hear it again—-I was in the kitchen and it was the first time I'd heard it. Sounded real purty to me.

sirdroseph
(Yes)
Posted: Jul 11, 2011 - 12:19
 
 Sjaaks wrote:
On one hand i really like this album, on the other hand i constantly get the feeling they're trying too hard, especially after the song "Helplessness Blues". Throughout this album it's like they're constantly searching for some form of complexity but can't find it... I don't know, i get lost in some songs and then it loses its charm. But that's happened to me before and after a couple of more listens i really like it, so who knows...

This one on its own however; 8
 

I think that is pretty much how they roll!{#Lol}However, this album is by far the best I have heard from them to date. Especially Bedouin Dress and I like this song a lot too. 8

Sjaaks
(Horst, Netherlands)
Posted: Jul 08, 2011 - 04:49
 
On one hand i really like this album, on the other hand i constantly get the feeling they're trying too hard, especially after the song "Helplessness Blues". Throughout this album it's like they're constantly searching for some form of complexity but can't find it... I don't know, i get lost in some songs and then it loses its charm. But that's happened to me before and after a couple of more listens i really like it, so who knows...

This one on its own however; 8

TylerE
Posted: Jul 06, 2011 - 12:33
 
 Dave_Mack wrote:
I like it. And I was not fond of their last album.  I was actually kind of excited when the song started — guitar was nice.
 
Very much agree. The first FF album was a real disappointment to me, but this new one is quite awesome. Very dreamy sounding.

Dave_Mack
(Ball of Confusion)
Posted: Jun 27, 2011 - 07:44
 
I like it. And I was not fond of their last album.  I was actually kind of excited when the song started — guitar was nice.

Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Jun 22, 2011 - 12:05
 
 Baby_M wrote:
I'm not a Fleet Foxes fan by any means, but I must give them credit for writing a song around one of Hadji's catchphrases from Jonny Quest.
 

hadji
Quite a likable song, even if the inspiration for the title does pre-date Hadji



sirdroseph
(Yes)
Posted: Jun 21, 2011 - 08:33
 
 peter_james_bond wrote:
 
You may be right Dave. This new album is very good, but I'm still not sure if it's better than their last one.

 

Totally with Dave on this one, this album is far better, give it another listen.

sirdroseph
(Yes)
Posted: Jun 21, 2011 - 08:33
 
I like the Foxes ok, but I gotta say this album is much better than the last!{#Cheers} Gotta get some Bedouin Dress on here, their best song......evah!{#Yes}

Toke
(Bournemouth UK)
Posted: Jun 18, 2011 - 11:30
 
 fredriley wrote:
This whole Nu-nu-folk, aka alt.folk, aka folk rock, whilst very much flavour of the year, is getting a bit old to these ears. Of all the alt.folk bands (Mumford, Decemberists, etc) the Fleet Foxes are the least interesting and most 'one-paced', as racing pundits say - there seems to be little variation in their material, at least going by what's been played on RP. A nailed on Ho-Hum from the soporific Nottingham jury {#Sleep}
 

Bad Bad comment NJ

cohifi
(Denver)
Posted: Jun 04, 2011 - 21:28
 
This is Great !  FF are another band I wouldn't have discovered if it wasn't for Radio Paradise.  Must add happy BD to Mr. Bond as well {#Music}

peter_james_bond
(West Of The Burg)
Posted: Jun 02, 2011 - 18:03
 
 DaveInVA wrote:
I think this is there best stuff yet...
  
You may be right Dave. This new album is very good, but I'm still not sure if it's better than their last one.


vandal
(arriving somewhere, but not here. . .)
Posted: May 21, 2011 - 23:03
 
 smackiepipe wrote:
That's one thing I've noticed about most Fleet Foxes songs I've heard. If you're not impressed at the beginning, just wait a minute because the song will probably take off in a different direction.
 
And then, after you puke your guts out, you can really begin to hate them. . . 
 

smackiepipe
(Western North Carolina)
Posted: May 19, 2011 - 09:52
 
That's one thing I've noticed about most Fleet Foxes songs I've heard. If you're not impressed at the beginning, just wait a minute because the song will probably take off in a different direction.

hippiechick
(topsy turvy land)
Posted: May 19, 2011 - 09:51
 
This album is EXQUISITE just like their first.

I had to look up the title, which was confounding me when I heard it. Here is where Sim Sala Bim came from:

Dante was known throughout the world under the name Dante the Magician, working in vaudeville, burlesque, legitimate theatre, films, and in later years, television.<11> Dante and his troupe, consisting of between 25 to 40 performers, made several global trips and appeared in many U.S. theaters. His stage trademark was to utter three nonsense words: "Sim Sala Bim",<12> (taken from the lyrics of a Danish children's song<13><14><15><16>) during his performances to acknowledge applause.<17> He can be seen using these words in the Swedish 1931 feature Dantes mysterier<18> (Dante's Mysteries<19>) and in the 1942 Laurel and Hardy comedy A-Haunting We Will Go.<20>


(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: May 17, 2011 - 21:00
 


Cool guitar work...  I like this...


 

cyesp
(Denver)
Posted: May 12, 2011 - 09:26
 
While the first half of the song does not work for me, I like the guitar at the end.  Reminds me of old Loggins and Messina, Motherlode era.