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Okkervil River — Lost Coastlines
Album: The Stand Ins
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Total ratings: 536









Released: 2008
Length: 5:25
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Packed and all eyes turned in, no one to see on the quay
No one waving for me just the shoreline receding
Ticket in my hand, I'm thinking wish I didn't hand it in

'Cause who said sailing is fine?
Leaving behind all the faces that I might replace
If I tried on that long ride
Looking deep inside but I don't want to look so deep inside yet

Sit down, sit down on the prow to wave bye
There might not be another star further on the line
Look out, look out at each town that glides by
And there's another crowd to drown in crying eyes

And see how that light you love now just won't shine
Well, there might just be another star that's high and far in some other sky
We sing, ''"Is that marionette real enough yet
To step off of that set to decide what her hands might be doing?
Ruining the play, to in the ensuing melee escape."''

We packed up all of our bags
The ship's deck now sags from the weight of our tracks
As we pace beneath flags black and battered
Rattling our swords in service of some faded foreign lord

And we sail out on orders from him but we find
The maps he sent to us don't mention lost coastlines
Where nothing we've actually seen has been mapped or outlined
And we don't recognize the names upon these signs

And every night finds us rocking and rolling on waves wild and white
Well, we have lost our way, nobody's gonna say it outright
Just go la la la la la la la la la...
Oh, la la la la la la la la la la la...
Oh, oh, oh

La la la la la la
La la la la la
La la la la la la
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 This is a 3 if I ever heard one

drucev wrote:
is it just me, or is that piano in need of tuning?

 


is it just me, or is that piano in need of tuning?
 SinisterDexter wrote:
He seems to say "La la la" a fair amount of the time.
  Except when he's saying "La"


it's ok...just like some other their other tracks better.
Great for dancing to in the morning!

There's a place in the world for lightweight pop ditties — and I for one am glad Radio Paradise is one of them! {#Bounce}
 rtrudeau wrote:
I'm so conflicted about this song. Sometimes I think "oh, cool song!" and then other times "oh, would they just SHUT UP!"
 
ditto

JUST TERRIBLE!!!!
He seems to say "La la la" a fair amount of the time.
I'm so conflicted about this song. Sometimes I think "oh, cool song!" and then other times "oh, would they just SHUT UP!"

Hey ortallcowgirl!  You live in Globe, Arizona?  That is just west of the Solitude Tailings pond right?

What kind of mine is that?



And today i am wearing their shirt!!  Must of been in the stars to hear them today!
 t00lur wrote:
i hate that "la la la la la la la la la ... " {#Puke}
 
Lost Coastlines?  Sounds like Lost Lyrics, as well.

i hate that "la la la la la la la la la ... " {#Puke}

With apologies to "Come On, Eileen" — another turgid, pub-closing song.  Gag me.


 schrodingersdog wrote:
Hmmm, I'm out of stuff to say in this song. Oh wait, no I'm not!

La la la la la la.......

 
sometimes "la la la" strikes me as "la la lazy".

or maybe his muse suddenly developed Tourette's and that's the best we can get?

 blotto wrote:
Yep, still monotonous and annoying.
 

and repetitive.

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Blue Bird 2008, Vienna



lalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalaaaaaaaaaaa...!
maybe because it deserves to be forgotten? quickly.
Every single time this song comes on, I have to peek at who it is. Every.Single.Time. Why can't I remember this band?
Hmmm, I'm out of stuff to say in this song. Oh wait, no I'm not!

La la la la la la.......

I don´t rate it, mute please!
Blaaah, blaaah, blah, blah, blah, blah
 SoundsGoodToMe wrote:
These guys certainly have a lust for life :)
  Good call Iggy


,,maybe a tad too much Las' ,,in the La Las'..{#Ask}
 Ag3nt0rang3 wrote:

Isn't that a tautology? Can you think of any college band that hasn't been into the distillates?
 
No.  And I don't want to listen of any of them, either.

 westslope wrote:

Gorgeous.    8 => 9

What are you people complaining about?  Huh!?!!



 
They are clueless

 Vollkaracho wrote:
random fan post.

great stuff Bill. Stopped listening to RP when after a while I been recognizing the tunes (namely that really really long Decemberists song - what's it called? - no I have nothing against Decemberists - but that song is just really really... long) Happy to hear new stuff now!
 
That long Decemberists song is new.  The CD, The Hazards of Love, came out the same month as this Okkervil River CD.


random fan post.

great stuff Bill. Stopped listening to RP when after a while I been recognizing the tunes (namely that really really long Decemberists song - what's it called? - no I have nothing against Decemberists - but that song is just really really... long) Happy to hear new stuff now!
Good times in college! {#Group-hug}
Sounds like A Town Called Malice by The Jam
 RadioDoc wrote:

Sounds like a college band that's been into the distillates.
 
Isn't that a tautology? Can you think of any college band that hasn't been into the distillates?
 SoundsGoodToMe wrote:
These guys certainly have a lust for life :)
 
X-( what has been heard, cannot be unheard!
I must admit, I mostly listen to RP in the background and until reading the song comments I never realized that the majority of this song has no lyrics... just la la la's.  Now its going to bother me.
These guys certainly have a lust for life :)
Yep, still monotonous and annoying.
I like it - pure pop goodness.  I bet the Zevon lovers hate it..

{#Moon}

Gorgeous.    8 => 9

What are you people complaining about?  Huh!?!!



 mtbskisail wrote:
I hear The Jam in there somewhere.
 
The drumming reminds me of Town Called Malice?

Didn't this used to be called "Come On, Eileen" ? 
I rather li-li-li-like it.  Oh well.
 Rantipole wrote:
The "la la la la la la la la la la" quickly becomes very annoying.
 
... and all the rest is from the beginning very annoying.

A 3, only to have the chance for a 2 and a 1 the next times.


 walchenbach wrote:

blaaaaah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blaaaaah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blaaaaah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blaaaaah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blaaaaah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blaaaaah, blaaaaah.

is it over yet?  just shoot me!

what really kills me is that RP played this song on:

Jan 9, 15, 16, 18, 20, 22, 30,

Feb 3, 11, 13, 16, 17, 19, 23 and then again today,

and the comments, 99 to 1 agree that listeners never want to hear it again.

_________________________________

MAANNNNN!  Do you not have a life that you have soooo much free time that you can actually count how many times Bill plays a son AND actually keep a record of the dates??

OK, so what time on each day did it play and when it was playing was Bill on the web cam snapping his fingers in tune to the music?

Hmmmm?

{#Think}


I think The Airborne Toxic Event must have listened to these guys a lot.
I was beginning to hate this song, hearing it every day, but after a long absence it sounds pretty good okay.
This is not my favorite Okkervil song but they do rock in general! 
 walchenbach wrote:
blaaaaah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blaaaaah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blaaaaah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blaaaaah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blaaaaah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blaaaaah, blaaaaah.

is it over yet?  just shoot me!

what really kills me is that RP played this song on:

Jan 9, 15, 16, 18, 20, 22, 30,

Feb 3, 11, 13, 16, 17, 19, 23 and then again today,

and the comments, 99 to 1 agree that listeners never want to hear it again.
 
Bill likes it.
la la la could just be a writers block, or  maybe just a good place to add your words, or a day dream?
ha ha
Bill just said he could do with about 60 seconds less of the la la la'ing.
I totally agree
 blotto wrote:
this song is at least 2 minutes too long.
 


rules. Watch their music video too.
me no likey much . . .
The "la la la la la la la la la la" quickly becomes very annoying.

- NO -


 floydoftherocks wrote:
killer track!! sounds like the distillation of a college band into something bigger and better..
 
Sounds like a college band that's been into the distillates.

 lathyris wrote:

Man, the vocal handoff on this diddy is boss. Those guys complement each other so freaking well.


 
yes

Man, the vocal handoff on this diddy is boss. Those guys complement each other so freaking well.


first rated it a 6, but this is my third listen and I'm pushing it up to an 8!
Not long enough.  Beautiful vocals.
this song is at least 2 minutes too long.
I hear The Jam in there somewhere.
 j7 wrote:
this really sucks. someone rated this a 10??!!!

 

actually five people :)

killer track!! sounds like the distillation of a college band into something bigger and better..
my dogs and I like to dance to this silly stuff..... 
oh, yeah.... barks of joy!   (they don't know any better...)

          

... and maybe it should be called `overkill river`... ?!  ~ it IS repetitive!  yaaaaah! 


hikeupit wrote:
Could this B any more repetitive?


i bet Arlo Guthrie could accommodate you there. and he'd have a blast doin it!  plus he'd get the whole crowd to sing along ...

Could this B any more repetitive? 
Why do I think of Twin Peaks when I hear this?
topically puts me in mind of "Six Months in a Leaky Boat" by Split Enz

edit: i can see the Decemberists covering this.  {#Daisy}

fun friday stuff!

{#Crashcomp}
Wow, I totally don't get the low rating!  I really like this song!
These guys rock!
La la la la la la la la la la la la la la LA la la...these are lyrics I can sing along to!  Seven from me and my dog...
 walchenbach wrote:
blaaaaah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blaaaaah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blaaaaah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blaaaaah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blaaaaah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blaaaaah, blaaaaah.
...

and the comments, 99 to 1 agree that listeners never want to hear it again.
 
The voting histogram says that about 82% of listeners have no objections against hearing it again.

A little bit too much la la.
akmegan wrote:
{#Dancingbanana}it makes me shake my bootie! But, what is with the album cover?!

all skulls need ears. {#Skull}
 walchenbach wrote:
blaaaaah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blaaaaah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blaaaaah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blaaaaah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blaaaaah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blaaaaah, blaaaaah.

is it over yet?  just shoot me!

what really kills me is that RP played this song on:

Jan 9, 15, 16, 18, 20, 22, 30,

Feb 3, 11, 13, 16, 17, 19, 23 and then again today,

and the comments, 99 to 1 agree that listeners never want to hear it again.
 

How do you find out which days a song is played on? I've been curious about that.

And you really can't go by the comments; only the most vocal are going to actually post anything. The rating seems to indicate that most people like this song.
blaaaaah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blaaaaah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blaaaaah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blaaaaah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blaaaaah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blaaaaah, blaaaaah.

is it over yet?  just shoot me!

what really kills me is that RP played this song on:

Jan 9, 15, 16, 18, 20, 22, 30,

Feb 3, 11, 13, 16, 17, 19, 23 and then again today,

and the comments, 99 to 1 agree that listeners never want to hear it again.
{#Dancingbanana}it makes me shake my bootie! But, what is with the album cover?!


Ingenious lyrics (la la la). Annoying vocals. This song is a real winner (NOT).
 ercasul wrote:

Leave 'em alone, it's *incisive*.  Perfectly encompasses the human condition and the bitter cruelty of man's inhumanity to man.   Byron and Blake, eat yer hearts out.
 

Would that be the insipidness of innocence or the banality of evil?
 rabid_wolf wrote:
La la la?

Killing me . . .

At least change it up with a La Di Da
 
Leave 'em alone, it's *incisive*.  Perfectly encompasses the human condition and the bitter cruelty of man's inhumanity to man.   Byron and Blake, eat yer hearts out.
La la la?

Killing me . . .

At least change it up with a La Di Da
Great song, very musical, and it paints a beautiful pictures with the lyrics. And sailing over waves, getting splashed in the face, looking at lost coastlines on the horizon — what's more appropriate than a bunch of la la las? That just seems like the right thing to say.

Yeah, I've heard this more than enough recently. Is this their only good song?!

I liked this song but it doesn't survive repeated listens.

It'd be nice if we could rate things by the frequency it should be played.

3 = "Once a year / Not more"


Decemberists' "The Sporting Life" + Paul Simon's "Graceland" + "La la la la la"

 Monster wrote:
Talked to these guys an entire hour after a small show last year..incredible talented cats..I even mailed them a Video of the show I took..They ask if I would..awesome band....
 
I agree.  I kinda like the la la's but appear to be the odd person out. hehe


La La La La a 4 I think
 Shaken_Bake wrote:
In my mind, I cannot stop calling this group "Overkill River."  Or maybe "Ovverkil River" would be more appropriate.

I would love to hear a death metal version of this by a band named Overkkill River.

I like it.  Hint of morrissey in one of the voices.  And i like the simplicity of the music.  Compliments the voice i think.

Sorry i hadn't got to the la's yet and given the length of it i accept it seems pretty freakin lazy.
Previous four comments are the bomb.


Yes, they could've done better than "La-la-la-la-la-la-la..."
Bass line = "Can't Hurry Love"?
Worse with each listen (and, unfortunately, there have been dozens here).

3->2
I never realized how much this song got on my nerves until today.
Do they have another song? I like this, though. Still.
Stop it already!
{#Dancingbanana} LA LA...LA LA LA LAHHHHHHHHHHHH {#Bananajam}

Brill just brill as the Brits put it.
In my mind, I cannot stop calling this group "Overkill River."  Or maybe "Ovverkil River" would be more appropriate.
All that "fill" could have been far better creative content . . . but no . . . la la la la la and repeat.  Sheesh
This song is over played here. Give it a rest.
Essbee wrote:
Sounds suspiciously like The Strokes' "Last Night" to me. Usually I don't care about this sort of thing, but this...come on.

THANK YOU!

La la la la la la - childish song

I'm warming up to this song; the lyrics are most intriguing.

 

(This band is from Texas, eh?  Cool.)

 

Packed and all eyes turned in, no one to see on the key.
No one waving for me just the shoreline receding.
Ticket in my hand and thinking wish I didn't hand it in.

Cause who said sailing is fine? leaving behind all the faces that
I might replace if I tried on that long ride,
looking deep inside but I don't want to look so deep inside yet.

(Meiburg)
Sit down, sit down on the proud wave bye,
there might not be another star, further on the line.
Look out, look out at each town that glides by,
and there's another crowd, to drown in crying eyes.

(Sheff)
And see how that light you love now just won't shine,
there might just be another star, that's high and far in some other sky.
We sing, is that marionette real enough yet to step off of that set to decide
what a dance might mean to it. Ruining the place where the ensuing may lay escape.

We packed up all of our bags the ship's deck now sags from the weight of our tracks
as we pace beneath flags black and battered rattling our swords in service of some fated, foreign, war.

(Meiburg)
And we sail out on orders from him but we find that the maps he sent to us don't mention lost coastlines.
Where nothing we've actually seen has been mapped or outlined
and we don't recognize the names upon these signs.

(Sheff)
And every night finds us rocking and rolling on waves wild and wide,
well we have lost our way, nobody's gonna say it outright.
Just go la la la la la la la la la....

https://www.6lyrics.com/music/okkervil_river/lyrics/lost_coastlines.aspx


This CD, and the one they put out before it (can't remember the name offhand) are both pretty good.
this La La La really sucks. did they run out of ideas for lyrics ?


Arcade Fire, but wet


Sounds suspiciously like The Strokes' "Last Night" to me. Usually I don't care about this sort of thing, but this...come on.
very cool newish band ...(funny they don't look newish)
Lust For Life, anyone?
I like the sound of this song.  Looking at this picture below, makes me wonder if a lot of bands these days pay someone to fix their hair to look like they just woke up.{#Eh}

I like.

Compelling and original sounding.


superfido wrote:
nice sound....original...refreshing to listen to. reminds me a bit of vampire weekend but not british.nice.{#Roflol}.


I don't think I'd say original, I'm pretty sure I've heard that bassline like 50 times.

nice sound....original...refreshing to listen to. reminds me  a bit of vampire weekend but not british.nice.{#Roflol}.
Talked to these guys an entire hour after a small show last year..incredible talented cats..I even mailed them a Video of the show I took..They ask if I would..awesome band....
Yay! {#Dancingbanana}

This merits the dancing banana even though it makes me sad not to be in Austin.
 mattt wrote:
I can't really say why, but I find myself thinking of Violent Femmes while this is playing.
 

never thought of it, but yeah.

i like okkervil.
Bit of a stretch, but I hear the tune of "I prayed... heaven today... would bring its hammer down on me" from Beck's Missing in there somewhat, and feel the need to comment as to such.