00:00 Burial Ground 04:04 Oh No! 09:11 The Reapers 13:50 Long White Veil 17:40 William Fitzwilliam 21:15 Don't Go to the Woods 25:12 The Black Maria 29:03 All I Want Is You 31:44 Born to the Morning 35:05 America Made Me 40:26 Tell Me What's on Your Mind 44:25 Never Satisfied 48:24 Joan in the Garden
After listening to World Cafe tonight, I had to hear more of The Decemberists. This was new to me; I must have been living in a cave. Good stuff. Thanks! "Oh No!," reminds me of Hazmat Modine's "Bahamut."
Hauntingly beautiful poetry from start to epic conclusion, lyrically and musically intelligent entertaining and amusing. I’m just bathing in the atmosphere of this album and basking in its glory. Write a line, erase a line…
My ranking of the songs from worst to best: 13. All I Want is You. Not bad for what it is, but it's just a generic love song. I've heard a zillion songs like this. The Decemberists themselves did a much better love song when they did "Red Right Ankle." 12. Tell Me What's on Your Mind. Good song. Not one of my favorites but it's much better than All I Want is You. 11. Born to the Morning. I like the bird sounds and the harmonicas in this one. "There's a kind of languor in the morning, as we breathe and lift our eyes." Ain't that the truth. When you wake up in the morning, you're not always really ready to wake up. Fun song and relatable song. 10. Never Satisfied. The music in this song is so beautiful. I just love the chord progressions. Colin sings it beautifully. I like that that drums kick in in the 2nd verse so the song becomes a bit more musically intense as it progresses, that's something the Decemberists do very well. The song mentions time being wasted, but it also says that they don't mind. Well I say, if you enjoyed "wasting" the time, it wasn't wasted. It's pretty dark, as apparently the girl's father sold her. But she seems to have ended up with someone who really cares about her, so that's okay. It has a great message: just relax and enjoy the peacefulness of relaxing, and then you'll be satisfied. Great song. 9. Long White Veil. It's kind of similar to "Yankee Bayonet" in that it's a love story, the twist is that one of them is a ghost. In Yankee Bayonet, the man was a ghost. In Long White Veil, the woman is the ghost. I'm not really sure if he murdered her or if she died some other way. But yeah, very interesting song. I had the good fortune of seeing them do it live. 8. William Fitzwilliam. A simple acoustic ballad about a fictional character inspired by John Prine. I really like it. They opened with this song in D.C. At other shows, they opened with "All I Want is You." In D.C., they opened with this instead. I count myself lucky. 7. Black Mariah. This song is beautiful and dark at the same time. Nobody combines beauty with darkness better than the Decemberists. 6. America Made Me. This kind of reminds me of "The Soldiering Life." Same tempo and same beat, and the horn part of both songs is similar. It's also similar to songs like 16 Military Wives and Severed, in that the song explores Colin's mixed feelings about America. We've all been there. We're all loyal to the country we are from, but we also acknowledge the flaws of that country. It's a fun song to dance to and it gets you thinking about America. I love it. 5. Don't Go to the Woods. Fun fact: one day, I was watching a video of Summer Wells, a 5-year-old girl who disappeared and was never found. Some people think she went into the woods near her house (her parents' house, but you get the point). The very next day, I found a video of Colin singing this song on his solo tour. It was just perfect for the time. I was thinking "That girl should never have gone to the woods alone" and sure enough, Colin Meloy delivers this song. Sure enough, it appears that Summer Wells is "Gone for good" just like this song says. Actually, I think it's unlikely that there's any relation between that story and this song. Nonetheless, right after hearing that story is a great time to discover this song. Regardless of what it's about, it's very beautiful. 4. The Reapers. I just love this song. Fun fact: this song has no chorus. It just has 8 verses! 8 verses! The closes thing it has to a chorus is "We wait for the reapers to mow," which ends every verse but isn't really a chorus. I like a good chorus, but the Decemberists do not need a chorus to make a great song. I love every second of this song. According to Colin, it's about death and agriculture (I'm guessing that when you work in a farm, sometimes you get so tired that you want to die and that's what this song is about). My favorite part o the song is the last time the Colin says "Mow." Well-done. For whatever reason, they rarely played this live. They played it on the first night of the tour, and then only a few times after that. They didn't play it in D.C. Oh well, great song. 3. Oh No! This song is just a lot of fun. It's lively and upbeat. It may take some time to learn all the words, but it's easy to pick up on all the notes so you can hum along with this if you don't know the words. The song has a middle Eastern vibe or something. That's one of the things I love about the Decemberists: they're not afraid to try new things and you can never predict what you'll get from them. Very few bands can pull off being as unpredictable as the Decemberists. I like when Colin says "Oh No!" I also love the horn solo. It was an accordion solo by Jenny when they played this live, but I love it either way. Great song. 2. Burial Ground. This song is really catchy. I love singing along with it. I was able to sing along with every word when they did this live, which impressed some people near me who hadn't heard it. I like to sway my body side to side to beat of this song, it's fun. Despite the fun nature of the song, Colin said it's actually a song about death. It contradicts what he said in "Anti-Summer Song," when he said they weren't going to do any more songs like this. I'm not complaining. I love the song, and I even more loved hearing it live. 1. Joan in the Garden. The longest Decemberists song ever, even longer than the Tain. It's worth your time. I could have done without the weird part in the middle, but the rest of the song is.... AWESOME! One of the greatest songs you will ever hear, and only the Decemberists could pull it off. They ended most shows on the tour with this song. It's rare for a band that's been around for over 20 years to end their show with a new song, but in this case, nobody minded. It's already a classic. Actually, you grow accustomed to the weird part. The rest of the song is so good that it's worth it to put up with the weird part. I hated that part at first but now it doesn't bother me. Anyway, I think this is a top 5 Decemberists song. Maybe even THE best Decemberists song. The Decemberists have proven before why they are the greatest band ever, and in the year 2024 they have proven why they are STILL the greatest band. They have not gone downhill. Nothing could match the Hazards of Love, but this is the best album since.
@@qwer8907 well, they're not all THAT good, but to be fair, that song is pretty darn amazing. The only one that I skip is All I Want is You. The rest of the album is AWESOME.
I've always quite liked it when bands experiment and split their time between the easy listening radio-ready songs and the more personal, 'let's see how far I can take my talents' songs like Joan in the Garden. I'll admit very early on the Decemberists were not really that interesting to me but the further they go the better they get.
@@BenedictRoffMarsh well, then you missed the best song. Listen to the rest of it. The last song is long, but it's worth it. Don't give up when you get to the weird part in the middle because it's not going to end like that. It will get better. A LOT better. It's very much worth it to listen to it all the way to the end at least once.
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00:00 Burial Ground
04:04 Oh No!
09:11 The Reapers
13:50 Long White Veil
17:40 William Fitzwilliam
21:15 Don't Go to the Woods
25:12 The Black Maria
29:03 All I Want Is You
31:44 Born to the Morning
35:05 America Made Me
40:26 Tell Me What's on Your Mind
44:25 Never Satisfied
48:24 Joan in the Garden
After listening to World Cafe tonight, I had to hear more of The Decemberists. This was new to me; I must have been living in a cave. Good stuff. Thanks!
"Oh No!," reminds me of Hazmat Modine's "Bahamut."
This is the album I didn't know I needed this year. Welcome back boys. You hit it out of the park again.
For my tastes, their finest work since Crane Wife.
@@williamsmith5549 I'd have to agree!
Hauntingly beautiful poetry from start to epic conclusion, lyrically and musically intelligent entertaining and amusing. I’m just bathing in the atmosphere of this album and basking in its glory. Write a line, erase a line…
My ranking of the songs from worst to best:
13. All I Want is You. Not bad for what it is, but it's just a generic love song. I've heard a zillion songs like this. The Decemberists themselves did a much better love song when they did "Red Right Ankle."
12. Tell Me What's on Your Mind. Good song. Not one of my favorites but it's much better than All I Want is You.
11. Born to the Morning. I like the bird sounds and the harmonicas in this one. "There's a kind of languor in the morning, as we breathe and lift our eyes." Ain't that the truth. When you wake up in the morning, you're not always really ready to wake up. Fun song and relatable song.
10. Never Satisfied. The music in this song is so beautiful. I just love the chord progressions. Colin sings it beautifully. I like that that drums kick in in the 2nd verse so the song becomes a bit more musically intense as it progresses, that's something the Decemberists do very well. The song mentions time being wasted, but it also says that they don't mind. Well I say, if you enjoyed "wasting" the time, it wasn't wasted. It's pretty dark, as apparently the girl's father sold her. But she seems to have ended up with someone who really cares about her, so that's okay. It has a great message: just relax and enjoy the peacefulness of relaxing, and then you'll be satisfied. Great song.
9. Long White Veil. It's kind of similar to "Yankee Bayonet" in that it's a love story, the twist is that one of them is a ghost. In Yankee Bayonet, the man was a ghost. In Long White Veil, the woman is the ghost. I'm not really sure if he murdered her or if she died some other way. But yeah, very interesting song. I had the good fortune of seeing them do it live.
8. William Fitzwilliam. A simple acoustic ballad about a fictional character inspired by John Prine. I really like it. They opened with this song in D.C. At other shows, they opened with "All I Want is You." In D.C., they opened with this instead. I count myself lucky.
7. Black Mariah. This song is beautiful and dark at the same time. Nobody combines beauty with darkness better than the Decemberists.
6. America Made Me. This kind of reminds me of "The Soldiering Life." Same tempo and same beat, and the horn part of both songs is similar. It's also similar to songs like 16 Military Wives and Severed, in that the song explores Colin's mixed feelings about America. We've all been there. We're all loyal to the country we are from, but we also acknowledge the flaws of that country. It's a fun song to dance to and it gets you thinking about America. I love it.
5. Don't Go to the Woods. Fun fact: one day, I was watching a video of Summer Wells, a 5-year-old girl who disappeared and was never found. Some people think she went into the woods near her house (her parents' house, but you get the point). The very next day, I found a video of Colin singing this song on his solo tour. It was just perfect for the time. I was thinking "That girl should never have gone to the woods alone" and sure enough, Colin Meloy delivers this song. Sure enough, it appears that Summer Wells is "Gone for good" just like this song says. Actually, I think it's unlikely that there's any relation between that story and this song. Nonetheless, right after hearing that story is a great time to discover this song. Regardless of what it's about, it's very beautiful.
4. The Reapers. I just love this song. Fun fact: this song has no chorus. It just has 8 verses! 8 verses! The closes thing it has to a chorus is "We wait for the reapers to mow," which ends every verse but isn't really a chorus. I like a good chorus, but the Decemberists do not need a chorus to make a great song. I love every second of this song. According to Colin, it's about death and agriculture (I'm guessing that when you work in a farm, sometimes you get so tired that you want to die and that's what this song is about). My favorite part o the song is the last time the Colin says "Mow." Well-done. For whatever reason, they rarely played this live. They played it on the first night of the tour, and then only a few times after that. They didn't play it in D.C. Oh well, great song.
3. Oh No! This song is just a lot of fun. It's lively and upbeat. It may take some time to learn all the words, but it's easy to pick up on all the notes so you can hum along with this if you don't know the words. The song has a middle Eastern vibe or something. That's one of the things I love about the Decemberists: they're not afraid to try new things and you can never predict what you'll get from them. Very few bands can pull off being as unpredictable as the Decemberists. I like when Colin says "Oh No!" I also love the horn solo. It was an accordion solo by Jenny when they played this live, but I love it either way. Great song.
2. Burial Ground. This song is really catchy. I love singing along with it. I was able to sing along with every word when they did this live, which impressed some people near me who hadn't heard it. I like to sway my body side to side to beat of this song, it's fun. Despite the fun nature of the song, Colin said it's actually a song about death. It contradicts what he said in "Anti-Summer Song," when he said they weren't going to do any more songs like this. I'm not complaining. I love the song, and I even more loved hearing it live.
1. Joan in the Garden. The longest Decemberists song ever, even longer than the Tain. It's worth your time. I could have done without the weird part in the middle, but the rest of the song is.... AWESOME! One of the greatest songs you will ever hear, and only the Decemberists could pull it off. They ended most shows on the tour with this song. It's rare for a band that's been around for over 20 years to end their show with a new song, but in this case, nobody minded. It's already a classic. Actually, you grow accustomed to the weird part. The rest of the song is so good that it's worth it to put up with the weird part. I hated that part at first but now it doesn't bother me. Anyway, I think this is a top 5 Decemberists song. Maybe even THE best Decemberists song.
The Decemberists have proven before why they are the greatest band ever, and in the year 2024 they have proven why they are STILL the greatest band. They have not gone downhill. Nothing could match the Hazards of Love, but this is the best album since.
I heard the joan of arc song on yt a while back and it a top song i was hoping the rest of the songs are just as good
@@qwer8907 well, they're not all THAT good, but to be fair, that song is pretty darn amazing.
The only one that I skip is All I Want is You. The rest of the album is AWESOME.
Awesome! 👏
One of my favourite bands evern.
Excellent! Thanks for sharing.
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Love the brass 😊
Thank you for posting this.
This album is AWESOME. The best Decemberists album of the last 15 years.
Love this. A no skip album
Thanks! :)
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I've always quite liked it when bands experiment and split their time between the easy listening radio-ready songs and the more personal, 'let's see how far I can take my talents' songs like Joan in the Garden. I'll admit very early on the Decemberists were not really that interesting to me but the further they go the better they get.
Det er da så fint.
I really like long White Veil, Ironic when someone thinks they're picking the "young one"
In this case, it seems like he might be picking the dead one. Or maybe he's the one who killed her. I'm not sure.
@@ChristopherBingham-xx8xl who knows, nothing is ever as it seems
Have a cigar with Joan in the garden?
for sure is a homage
8:18
What a pretentious title
It's a somewhat famous expression/quote. Besides they seem a rather clever/intelligent act so this helps set the scene for that.
:-)
@@BenedictRoffMarsh not to mention the title shows up in the lyrics to one of the songs.... specifically the end of the last song.
@@ChristopherBingham-xx8xl Aaah. I did not get that far but it did seem like a mighty fine record :-)
@@BenedictRoffMarsh well, then you missed the best song. Listen to the rest of it.
The last song is long, but it's worth it. Don't give up when you get to the weird part in the middle because it's not going to end like that. It will get better. A LOT better. It's very much worth it to listen to it all the way to the end at least once.
@@ChristopherBingham-xx8xl I just had to do something else. I passed the link to my daughter (waaaay better than Plagirism At The Disco).
:-)