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The Legionnaire's Lament Grace Cathedral Hill Here I Dreamt I Was an Architect Odalisque Leslie Anne Levine A Cautionary Song California One/Youth and Beauty Brigade July, July! Cocoon Clementine
The Chimbley Sweep Red Right Ankle The Bachelor and the Bride I Was Meant for the Stage Billy Liar Los Angeles, I'm Yours Song for Myla Goldberg The Gymnast, High Above the Ground The Soldiering Life Shanty for the Arethusa As I Rise
Sixteen Military Wives Eli, The Barrow Boy The Mariner's Revenge Song The Infanta The Engine Driver We Both Go Down Together From My Own True Love (Lost at Sea) On the Bus Mall The Bagman's Gambit The Sporting Life Of Angels and Angles
The Island: Come and See/The Landlord's Daughter/You'll Not Feel the Drowning When the War Came Summersong Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then) The Crane Wife 3 Sons & Daughters Shankhill Butchers O Valencia! The Perfect Crime #2 Crane Wife 1 & 2
The Wanting Comes in Waves/Repaid Annan Water The Rake's Song The Hazards of Love 4 (The Drowned) The Hazards of Love 2 (Wager All) The Hazards of Love 1 (The Prettiest Whistles Won't Wrestle the Thistles Undone) Won't Want for Love (Margaret in the Taiga) The Hazards of Love 3 (Revenge!) The Abduction of Margaret A Bower Scene Isn't it a Lovely Night? Margaret in Captivity The Queen's Approach The Wanting Comes in Waves (Reprise) The Queen's Rebuke/The Crossing An Interlude Prelude
Make You Better Till the Water's All Long Gone Lake Song Better Not Wake the Baby Philomena The Wrong Year Anti-Summersong 12/17/12 Carolina Low Cavalry Captain Mistral The Singer Addresses His Audience A Beginning Song Easy Come, Easy Go
Rusalka, Rusalka/Wild Rushes Sucker's Prayer We All Die Young Tripping Along Your Ghost Starwatcher Severed I'll Be Your Girl Cutting Stone Once in My Life Everything is Awful
The Tain Sixteen Military Wives The Chimbley Sweep The Wanting Comes in Waves/Repaid The Island: Come and See/The Landlord's Daughter/You'll Not Feel the Drowning) Foregone My Mother Was a Chinese Trapeze Artist The Legionnaire's Lament Grace Cathedral Hill Red Right Ankle
The Bachelor and the Bride Rusalka, Rusalka/Wild Rushes Sucker's Prayer Burying Davy I Was Meant for the Stage Record Year for Rainfall Make You Better Billy Liar Here I Dreamt I Was an Architect Shiny
Valerie Plame The Harrowed and the Haunted E. Watson Odalisque Leslie Anne Levine Raincoat Song Eli, The Barrow Boy Annan Water Till the Water's All Long Gone We All Die Young
Lake Song Los Angeles, I'm Yours When the War Came Summersong Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then) The Crane Wife 3 Sons & Daughters Why Would I Now Fits and Starts Better Not Wake the Baby
Rox in the Box Philomena Apology Song Tripping Along Song for Myla Goldberg A Cautionary Song June Hyme Down by the Water The Wrong Year January Hymn
The Mariner's Revenge Song Your Ghost The Infanta The Rake's Song Anti-Summersong Shankhill Butchers O Valencia! Don't Carry it All The Gymnast, High Above the Ground The Soldiering Life
The Engine Driver We Both Go Down Together The Kingdom of Spain Calamity Song The Perfect Crime #2 From My Own True Love (Lost at Sea) California One/Youth and Beauty Brigade July, July! 12/17/12 Carolina Low
Mistral Starwatcher Severed I'll Be Your Girl The Bandit Queen The Hazards of Love 4 (The Drowned) The Hazards of Love 2 (Wager All) On the Bus Mall The Bagman's Gambit Crane Wife 1 & 2
The Singer Addresses His Audience O New England I4U & U4Me The Hazards of Love 1 (The Prettiest Whistles Won't Wrestle the Thistles Undone) Won't Want for Love The Hazards of Love 3 (Revenge!) Cutting Stone Angel, Won't You Call Me Oceanside Days of Elaine
Shanty for the Arethusa Cocoon Riverswim A Beginning Song The Sporting Life Clementine Once in My Life Of Angels and Angles As I Rise Easy Come, Easy Go
The Abduction of Margaret Dear Avery Everything is Awful A Bower Scene Isn't it a Lovely Night? I Don't Mind Margaret in Captivity All Arise! The Queen's Approach The Wanting Comes in Waves (Reprise)
The Queen's Rebuke/The Crossing This is Why We Fight Stateside Constantinople An Interlude Prelude
The thing I love the most about The Crane Wife, is that it's an original concept album. Obviously, the music is outstanding and Colin offers some of his most interesting and layered lyrics to date. Then there's the "major label" money and production budget, blah blah blah. All of that factors in, for sure.
But at the end of the day it's the storytelling. The Crane Wife is a concept album that is essentially a collection of various short stories from various cultures and various time periods. We have Chinese folklore, Spanish folklore, non-fiction, Shakespeare, American standards. It's all there. It's such a complex and beautiful record. And I honestly can't think of a single record like it.
1. The Crane Wife 2. What A Terrible World, What a Beautiful World 3. Her Majesty, The Decemberists 4. Castaways and Cutouts 5. The Hazards of Love 6. Picaresque 7. I'll Be Your Girl 8. The King is Dead
Post subject: Re: We All Raise Our Voices to the Air! - A Decemberists Thr
Posted: Sun October 07, 2018 6:06 am
NYUCK NYUCK NYUCK
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I was surprised to read an interview with Colin Meloy a couple years ago where he seemed to suggest he considered The Crane Wife something of a failure. I agree it's their most complex and forward-thinking album, and one where the band isn't afraid to show some teeth. Wish they explored their more aggressive sound more often
I was surprised to read an interview with Colin Meloy a couple years ago where he seemed to suggest he considered The Crane Wife something of a failure. I agree it's their most complex and forward-thinking album, and one where the band isn't afraid to show some teeth. Wish they explored their more aggressive sound more often
Totally agree.
When I saw them this summer, they played the entire record, front to back. It was incredible. But during When the War Came (which is a personal favorite) Colin mentioned that he had a love/hate relationship with the song. I was fascinated and wanted to know more but he didn't really elaborate. I'd love to talk to him (or hear him talk) more about why he's so conflicted about the record. I think that's fascinating.
I really dig the new Traveling On EP. Every song is good, not a disappointment in the bunch. I think I like the Full Band Version of Tripping Along more than the version on the I'll Be Your Girl LP.
The title track might be my first impression favorite.
Post subject: Re: We All Raise Our Voices to the Air! - A Decemberists Thr
Posted: Thu December 13, 2018 8:56 pm
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I listened to these when they first appeared as bonus tracks for "I'll Be Your Girl." The title song was excellent -- should have been on the album. None of the others really did much for me. I thought "Midlist Author" was pretty bad.
Post subject: Re: We All Raise Our Voices to the Air! - A Decemberists Thr
Posted: Thu December 13, 2018 8:58 pm
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theplatypus wrote:
I was surprised to read an interview with Colin Meloy a couple years ago where he seemed to suggest he considered The Crane Wife something of a failure. I agree it's their most complex and forward-thinking album, and one where the band isn't afraid to show some teeth. Wish they explored their more aggressive sound more often
My least favorite album in their catalog, with the exception of the new one.
I listened to these when they first appeared as bonus tracks for "I'll Be Your Girl." The title song was excellent -- should have been on the album. None of the others really did much for me. I thought "Midlist Author" was pretty bad.
I tried to listen to them via that link you sent but it was down, so this is my first time with them. I put it on last night and just gave it one spin. I don't remember which song has which title, really. I just remember Traveling On (because it's the title track; and yes it should have been on IBYG) and the full band version of the song that I already know really well. I'll definitely give each song more attention tomorrow. I want to listen to it a few times through at least. But, again, first impression of each song was super positive.
Post subject: Re: We All Raise Our Voices to the Air! - A Decemberists Thr
Posted: Wed February 12, 2020 3:24 am
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I think I've had my fill of seeing these guys live, but the Castaways and Cutouts-themed artwork in the promo email did get me itching a bit, as did the promise to pull songs "from all corners of the discography."
I think I've had my fill of seeing these guys live, but the Castaways and Cutouts-themed artwork in the promo email did get me itching a bit, as did the promise to pull songs "from all corners of the discography."
I can't imagine not seeing them whenever they play near me. The Decemberists are actually one of the only bands that I want to see live anymore. I'm more excited about seeing them for the dozenth time than seeing Pearl Jam again. And I've seen The Decembrists like four times since I last saw PJ.
They just keep getting better. Plus, the last time I saw them they played all of The Crane Wife, which was so special and amazing, but it meant that they played very little of I'll Be Your Girl. So I still want to hear a lot of those songs live.
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