I've loved this song for ages now and somehow only just found the music video. Idk what I was expecting but this blew me out the water. The animation is so cool by far one of the best music videos I've seen
@@connorknight1737 sorry this reply's very late lol but it plays on their car stereo in the "cops checked, no body" video !!! to foreshadow the appearance of the rake :D
My great-great grandmother poisoned 7 of her husbands. The 8th wisely decided it would be healthier if he and she always ate from the same dish of food. He was right.
When he starts killing his children...the children start to sing in the background of the chorus. THAT part...the whole song..but damn. Only now does he remember the bells clearly.
THESE GUYS FOUND RED FANG. RED FANG ARE THE BEST BAND IN THE WORLD, SO I MEAN I DON'T LIKE THIS SONG OR ANYTHING, BUT THEY MUST BE COOL SINCE THEY LIKE RED FANG!
Sorry but I hate this video. If it had been more literal, it would have been wonderful. The Decemberists lyrics do a fantastic job of laying out exactly what is going on in their songs. But they show a house giving birth... But no real connection with the lyrics after. It is a wonderful colleague of ideas from the song, but no narrative is strung together.
They played it live in toronto and colin was questioning why we cheered the song and then he started singing. We looked in awe. They nailed it.
When they performed in Cincinnati they asked if anyone wanted them to play some Dad Rock before launching into it 😂
@@hannahsypniewski7356 lol
More people need this song in their life.
Despite giving me nightmares when I was about 9, this is truly wonderful
What a brilliant song. Disturbing lyrics yes but it's part of the story.
I love the video. I think it is very well done. stop motion takes forever and it was brilliantly done. thank you for such a delight
I love this song. It reminds me of Country Death Song by The Violent Femmes.
A rake is a historic term applied to a man who is habituated to immoral conduct, frequently a heartless womanizer.
I've loved this song for ages now and somehow only just found the music video. Idk what I was expecting but this blew me out the water. The animation is so cool by far one of the best music videos I've seen
this was literally a song from my childhood why am i just now understanding the lyrics😀
I first heard this a couple of weeks ago on a net radio station. Its bloody brilliant.
im so glad colin saw this, it definitly deserves the recognition! ridiculously brilliant, and i'm very jealous of your talant.
Wow, this is incredible. I know Colin Meloy is PROUD!
I love this song
great beat, wtf lyrics. ♥ decemberists
i love the last two seconds
the whole thing is wonderful
I love the Baba Yaga house...how neat and oddly poignant.
This is and always will be my happy song :)
A lot of years later I still here because of EverymanHybrid
Was this in Everyman Hybrid?
@@angela.luntian I know what EverymanHybrid is, I was more wondering if this song was featured in the show.
@@connorknight1737 oh i misread your comment it entirely lmao. Tales V was referring to a fan made MV by RunsWithWolves about them
@@angela.luntian You're fine, lol. I was more surprised to get a response after a year
@@connorknight1737 sorry this reply's very late lol but it plays on their car stereo in the "cops checked, no body" video !!! to foreshadow the appearance of the rake :D
great job, love the figurines on the rooftop!
A great song and a great video. A perfect match.
This is so cool! Amazing job! I love it! No one could do the song justice as much as you guys!
wicked animation !
love the video
Wonderful!
Great job! Awesome animation!
the rake ftw
interesting stop motion work, some parts clever.
awesome animation and rockin' song. quite different from their earlier stuff.
Morbid as fuck, but catchy
freaking love it. :-)
I'm also incredibly shocked that this only has 922 likes
My favorite song about murder.
I don't know, that's a crowded running for me.
Especially with The Decemberists. There are _at least_ 5 contenders for the top.
Zach Roberts You are right, this is a short version of the whale song.
Right
Check out Perfect Wife by Amigo the Devil
My great-great grandmother poisoned 7 of her husbands. The 8th wisely decided it would be healthier if he and she always ate from the same dish of food. He was right.
Sweet Vid!
When they played this live at ACL in 2009, I think there were 4 or 5 band members on drums for this song. It was so good!
Sound quality a bit lacking for the official label page don't you think?
Basing a DnD antihero NPC after this. If the players ever ask about his past I’m 100% just bringing up the lyrics and using the verses as a script.
Why does this make me think of the movie Jack and the Coocoo clock heart (good movie)
Finally someone else knows of that movies existance
I quite liked this. It needed work in relevancy between the visuals, but I enjoyed it.
Cool
love this song no lie ......it rocks it tells a story about a guy- who has become a dad cool ....lol
This is hilarious. I lol'd so hard when the trap door opened and the babies fell out
Sick lyrics...kinda catchy though.
Bleurgh.
When he starts killing his children...the children start to sing in the background of the chorus. THAT part...the whole song..but damn. Only now does he remember the bells clearly.
Try Song Of Joy by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds.
@HonestlyDave Huh....ur right....that is odd
Damn...
what does this have to do with the rake?
A rake is a term for a bachelor / person of immoral conduct.
"womb started spilling out babies" great...
Sweeney Todd phenomenon. Heinous acts, and yet...can't look away, or divert the ears from that sensational sound.
Hoo boy those lyrics are fucked
is this new??
Creepy. The weird part is i listened several times before bothering to pay attention to the lyrics and then got freaked out :O
Is this a malazan theme band?
Any body else share a name with one of the kids...
gromer thenotsoshabbyrhino My aunt does-Charlotte
@Advancedgod that and tequila!
Child death! My favorite! But seriously, this is messed up in such an awesome way.
I feel as if I'm going to hell for adoring this...
woah, I, am, not appalled..... >:)
Alright!!! hic!
this song is pure evil
Here from evil is cool tvtropes
HURR DURR TUMBZ UP IF CHU STILIE LISTNNN DECEMBER xDxDxDxDxD
i feel like i just overdosed on drugs or something 0-o
Lyrics so dark they could have been written by Nick Cave!
Sounds a lot like Slint
I...don't get it. Too artsy perhaps? Just it had nothing to do with the song, it felt like.
LOL... thats funny
too many good ideas and nothing linking them... some parts were awesome and then, meh.
glad Meloy iikes it though!!
It's such a brilliant song but. . . the lyrics. . . make me uncomfortable . . .
THESE GUYS FOUND RED FANG. RED FANG ARE THE BEST BAND IN THE WORLD, SO I MEAN I DON'T LIKE THIS SONG OR ANYTHING, BUT THEY MUST BE COOL SINCE THEY LIKE RED FANG!
apparently
This is my angry song
great song... dont watch this stoned though.
live action pl0x. :-(. too many stop motion music videos lately.
Good music, like good art , should upset.It's why Plato did not trust artists! :)
Song chain ago!:
I had entered into a marriage
+Aliza Borja In the summer of my twenty first year
+Isjee594 and the bells rang for a wedding
+Berry only then do I remember it clear
alright, alright, alriiiiiiight
No more a rake, and no more a bachelor
Martin Carthy all over this track
main guitar part: Pixies - Vamos
Mel T so songs aren't allowed to have the same chords as other songs now? Ok then
Nah it’s the la’s son of a gun
David Bothwell Then there are what, like only a few hundred songs in the world now?
A little bit fucked up...
Blood for the Blood God, Skulls for the Skull Throne!
disturbing. which i think you should take as a compliment.
the lyrics :S hahahahaha
It's too slow
I feel sad for the rake
Kill Encounter y
Sorry but I hate this video. If it had been more literal, it would have been wonderful. The Decemberists lyrics do a fantastic job of laying out exactly what is going on in their songs. But they show a house giving birth... But no real connection with the lyrics after. It is a wonderful colleague of ideas from the song, but no narrative is strung together.
this is not stunning just cus was animated it was really copping and annoying
quite a mess..
This song is disgusting