The Decemberists - The Infanta (from Picaresque)
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- Опубліковано 22 лип 2014
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When my daughter was a baby, I would play this song and, in a sleep-deprived state of euphoria, dance around her.
What the fuck
Here she comes in her palanquin
On the back of an elephant
On a bed made of linen and sequins and silk
All astride on her father's line
With the king and his concubines
And her nurse with her pitchers of liquors and milk
And we'll all come praise the infanta
And we'll all come praise the infanta
Among five score pachyderm
Each canopied and passengered
Sit the duke and the duchess' luscious young girls
Within sight of the baronness
Seething spite for this live largesse
By her side sits the baron her barrenness barbs her
And we'll all come praise the infanta
And we'll all come praise the infanta
A phalanx on camelback
Thirty ranks on a forward tack
Followed close, their shiny bright standards a-waving
While behind in their coach, in fours
Ride the wives of the king of Moors
And the veiled young virgin, the prince's betrothed
And we'll all come praise the infanta
And we'll all come praise the infanta
And as she sits upon her place
Her innocence laid on her face
From all atop the parapets blow a multitude of coronets
Melodies rhapsodical and fair
And all our hearts afire the sky ablaze with cannon fire
We all raise our voices to the air
To the air
And above all this folderol
On a bed made of chaparral
She is laid, a coronal placed on her brow
And the babe, all in slumber dreams
Of a place filled with quiet streams
And the lake where her cradle was pulled from the water
And we'll all come praise the infanta
And we'll all come praise the infanta
And we'll all come praise the infanta
Oh
Oh
thanks
Thank you!
I haven't yet listened to the rest of Picaresque, but I'm not sure why people in these comments are not digging this song. I think it's fucking magnificent.
It is magnificent
Magnificent is right.
Haven't seen a single negative comment 🙄
I hope you got around to listening to the rest of Picaresque!
its a vocabulary lesson too
I was introduced to it from Mad Men. Such an out-of-place choice for the show but I loved it immediately anyway
Edriss Scofield I couldn't disagree more! It was perfect for the montage
Same
Anachronistic, but not like plopping a flat screen TV in the middle of Don Draper's apartment. Reminds me of The Beatles in a lot of ways.
The same thing happened to me... It was love from the first sight!
It was certainly a jolt - but intriguing. Matthew Weiner does nothing by accident.
One of their most powerful songs,perfect to Open a concert
This is such an amazing album opener and concert opener. The drums are awesome!
You know it’s going to be a great day when one praises the infanta first thing in the morning.
THANK UOU C. Meloy and Co.
Came here from @MadMen great songs collection in Mad men.
Kill Rock stars are great...
What a gem.
I'm reading the first 'Game of Thrones' book and can't get this song out of my head.
I immediately thought of early Daenerys’ arc the first time I listened to it
I remember when Mom bought this...she'd read about Eli the Barrow Boy, then liked all the songs titles and bought the CD. I was in college at the time (and working at an Historic site), and she said I'd love it and bought a second copy for me.
I love this band! Seen them three times in concert! They never fail to impress. Funny on stage, great music! Had to get all their back catalog after falling into love with this album :3 (Though I can't pick between this album, The Tain, Castaways and Cutouts, or The Crane Wife as a fave XD They're all great!)
I've seen them in concert three times too. First time was on their fearful forest tour after they released The Crane Wife. That's the only time I saw them perform The Island, and it was beyond incredible.
@@cdubsoptional7849 Ah man! That would have been awesome! Glad to hear you got to see them, too! They're really great performers :3
Reminds me a little, little bit of "Knights of Cydonia". And Space's "Begin Again".
Folderol and chapparal in same verse! Awesome.
Best decemberists album ever.
I would have to disagree, but it is a great album! Best in my opinion is the hazards of love
Picaresque. For me their best as well!!
I loved crane wife
I prefer The Cranewife
Actually hard disagree. I love it, but not half as much as The Hazards of Love or the Crane Wife.
Totally love this song. Was just recently introduced to the DECEMBERISTS &getting to know them. Just saw the new Mad Max Fury Road movie, & this song fits perfectly. And also love the mispronunciation of Infanta. The way they say it, INfanta, is different from the Spanish word for princess, inFANtah, But it totally works here.
My daughter will ride on an elephants neck someday decrying her own phrases. Holding her own reins, a princess befitting her many praises.
This is the first and only song that has words I've never heard before! lol I need a vocabulary lesson to sing along here...
Thank you Mad Men
Don Drapper brought me here
Or the Mad Men women?? xD
INDEED!!!
+camilo ramirez Slacker Radio's station brought me here.
Betsy draper brought me here
Me too! But mostly 'cause I heard it and reminded me of R.E.M.'s The One I love. I think they draw inspiration from this song's chorus' melody.
The trial of Infanta Cristina (spanish monarchy) brought me here.
Jajajaja venía por lo mismo, la han absuelto, todo en orden.
Guitarristandgoats circulen todo en orden.
awesome song Don draper brought me here but i am in love with this song now
Lyrics are quite astonishing
so peaceful
this song’s vibe reminds me of knights of cydonia by muse, and (ba da ba ba ba) i’m loving it
It's the rolling drumbeat
Did The Crane Wife just become my second favorite album???
Old memories
So damn good.
As close to a perfect song as mortal man can get
Raise our voices to the heir, to the aaaaaiiirrrr
Jesus. I always thought this song was song by Space. It really reminds me of "Begin Again".
Reminds me A LOT of Wovenhand!
Not sure what he’s really going on about, but a good song anyway.
It's actually a cool story. It tells the story of the coronation of the infanta (a celebration of life for the newly born daughter of the Spanish monarch). It sets the scene of cheering crowds, an angry baroness bitter about their own inability to have children, a visiting delegation including marches of elephants, visiting monarchs, etc.
The narrator then tells you it's all foolishness. He knows something they don't. The child is actually a commoner, who was laid in a basket and set in the lake to be found.
@@drew7207 Good knowledge!
I have come for a Decemberist fix and some of the songs are blocked.....WTF
I want to hear Shank kill butcher, culling, I have the cd's but I'm trying to hear it here
season 2 episode 7 [the women of mad men].
kenscapes yep
maidenform
is this a period song? like Telstar or Brenda Lee?
yeah, the decemberists do alot of period songs, from all over the timelines of Man.
What is the sound at the beginning of the song?
It's an elephant
Jacob Goranson I recently heard it's a shofar horn, but I could be wrong
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Great keyboard player. I love the song, but I don’t understand it.
Don Draper. WHAT. A. MAN.
Five people have horrible taste.
Hugh Axton be liek: 🍔, though… I cou-🃏⁉️ 2:40 2:41 STAND.. for Saku-💡 2:55 2:56 🕐⏰⏰ 3:00 and 3:01
Duckcomicsrevue brought me here
fuck this song rules. What the hell happened to this band? They're so incredibly bland now. RIP.
Storm Dain brought me here
The beginning sounds like a carbon copy of 500 Miles by the Proclaimers.
AntiMTVMovement It really... 100%... f**king doesn't....at all... in any way, shape or form... in the entire spectrum of everything that is, was or ever shall be sound ANYTHING like the over-rated, heaped pile of tartan themed, camel scrotum flaked anal discharge that is 500 Miles by The Proclaimers.
The beginning of it does sound like 500 Miles by the Proclaimers. Listen again.
AntiMTVMovement Yes... but only the drum intro.
If by "the beginning", you mean "the first three notes", then sure. After that, it definitely doesn't sound like """"""""a carbon copy"""""""".
And a quasi-clone of some distant REM song I can't quite remember!
This album is superb but I have to admit Infanta really lets the album down so don't judge it on that! The Mariners Revenge song is immense.
This is my favorite song on the album
Nick Robson
Infanta is one of the best songs of the album! It’s a perfect opener.
FYI: This is a feminist song.
...so?
FYI: You should show evidence when making a claim.
Yeah it is! ✊️🌸 #flowerpower
Samuel Twomey
Good luck with that. Even the president makes ridiculous claims with nothing backing them up.
No way we can expect internet ransoms to back up any of their claims.
Watch for “but what about.....”
No, it's just historical, like many of the songs the Decembrists create. They literally explained the meaning on stage.
Pretentious pseudointellectual white noise.
who cares it sounds good
Here she comes in her palanquin
On the back of an elephant
On a bed made of linen and sequins and silk
All astride on her father's line
With the king and his concubines
And her nurse with her pitchers of liquors and milk
And we'll all come praise the infanta
And we'll all come praise the infanta
Among five score pachyderm
Each canopied and passengered
Sit the duke and the duchess' luscious young girls
Within sight of the baronness
Seething spite for this live largesse
By her side sits the baron her barrenness barbs her
And we'll all come praise the infanta
And we'll all come praise the infanta
A phalanx on camelback
Thirty ranks on a forward tack
Followed close, their shiny bright standards a-waving
While behind in their coach, in fours
Ride the wives of the king of Moors
And the veiled young virgin, the prince's betrothed
And we'll all come praise the infanta
And we'll all come praise the infanta
And as she sits upon her place
Her innocence laid on her face
From all atop the parapets blow a multitude of coronets
Melodies rhapsodical and fair
And all our hearts afire the sky ablaze with cannon fire
We all raise our voices to the air
To the air
And above all this folderol
On a bed made of chaparral
She is laid, a coronal placed on her brow
And the babe, all in slumber dreams
Of a place filled with quiet streams
And the lake where her cradle was pulled from the water
And we'll all come praise the infanta
And we'll all come praise the infanta
And we'll all come praise the infanta
Beauteous. One of my favourites. I detect a hint of Kubla Khan in these lyrics...
@@hawthornleaf5909 good call...........I was wondering whether the lyricist was eulogising a painting or image from whatever culture this scene belongs in (Spain?)