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The Decemberists — A Beginning Song
Album: What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World
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Released: 2015
Length: 5:16
Plays (last 30 days): 2
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Let's commence to coordinate our sights
get them square to rights
get them square to rights
condescend to calm this riot in your mind
find yourself in time
find yourself in time
and i am waiting, should i be waiting?
and i am wanting, should be wanting?
when all around me, when all around me
document the world inside your skin
the tenor of your shins
the timbre of your limbs
now commence
to kick each brick apart
to center on your heart
starting with your heart, bright heart.
and i am waiting, should i be waiting?
and i am wanting, should i be wanting?
when all around me, when all around me
when all around me, when all around me
when all around me.
and i am waiting, should i be waiting?
and i am wanting, should i be wanting?
and i am hopeful, should i be hopeful?
when all around me, when all around me.
is the sunlight
is the shadows
is the quiet
is the work
is the beating heart
is the ocean
is the boys
is you,
my sweet love
my sweet love
o my love
and the light bright light
and the light bright light
bright light
bright light
it's all around me
it's all around me
Its all around around me.
It's all around me
All around me
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One of my roommates in college loved the Decemberists. Always thought they were from the UK or something. Kinda lame to have a fake accent when you're from Montana/Oregon. Also, my old roommate tried killing his parents so it gives me the heebie jeebies.
Posted 44 minutes ago by lastronin    [ Reply ]

I like very much.
Posted 6 months ago by Lemonhead    [ Reply ]
The guy has a creative writing degree. No wonder we have damsels and tigers... and great love songs!
Posted 9 months ago by tnt_thomas    [ Reply ]
 hschlossberg wrote:

PSD>> got ME Death Cab for Cutie!!! Happy.


PSD >> Got me alt-J !! 
(Get Better) 
Sublime, although I'm crying now....
Posted 10 months ago by pyrateparadox988    [ Reply ]
 jacopo777 wrote:

Hey what's up with the fakey European accent?



Ja, any time I must listen, I'm thinking what his mother might have said in his waldorf days:" Jessup, would you please take the washcloth out"? 
Posted 1 year ago by Pitjes    [ Reply ]
Hey what's up with the fakey European accent?
Posted 2 years ago by jacopo777    [ Reply ]
 midreaming wrote:

his voice and their songs have sincerity, longing and a little bit a grit which is more than I can say for a lot of nonsense I see rated ridiculously well here.  . . . typical



This could be taken as a slight against our musical taste. I like this but I give everyone else the right to dislike it and say so. 
Posted 2 years ago by nomnol    [ Reply ]
 Proclivities wrote:

"Vowel-Twisting Vocalist Dude" is a good name for a band or maybe a professional wrestler.  The song does improve as it goes on.  I tend to like their musical arrangements and their lyrics are usually clever and well-thought-out, but Colin Meloy's vocal stylings often sound so 'thespian' and contrived to me.  Sometimes it seems like he's auditioning for an Elizabethan minstrel gig or something.
  Why do so many posts bring up singing styles as hanging on, or extending "vowels", when "syllables" is obviously what they mean?
..because vowels are easier to tweek and hold? Most consonants are distinct, but syllables can be managed/mangled quite well, certainly.
Not a lecture...
I am one of the odd ones that like Meloy's voice...thespian fits!

Posted 2 years ago by xcranky_yankee    [ Reply ]
The Decemberists START at 8 for me! 
Posted 3 years ago by DanielHLloyd    [ Reply ]
6,3?  Everybody got up on the wrong side of the bed...
Posted 4 years ago by whatsupdude    [ Reply ]
 mgtom wrote:
PSD>> got me Abbey Road!!  

 
PSD>> got ME Death Cab for Cutie!!! Happy.
Posted 6 years ago by hschlossberg    [ Reply ]
 topcat99 wrote:

I must be an alien, i just love his voice. And Dylan, and Young. But besides that, i wonder why some people can't hear or appreciate the beautiful arrangements, superb songwriting, the poignant lyrics. Really folks? Is it all about the Voice? 

 
It's not "all about the voice", but the "voice" is generally the major part of just about any song which has lyrics and vocals.  If one component of a song seems distracting or unpleasant it can be difficult to appreciate the other aspects.
Posted 7 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
PSD>> got me Abbey Road!!  
Posted 7 years ago by mgtom    [ Reply ]
 cheetahwheelies wrote:
What kind of accent is that? 
 
 
he's doing "Nic Cage Irish"

 Image result for nic cage
Posted 7 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
I like some of their stuff except their weird accent this time was too much for me. Oy didnt loik it roight 
Posted 8 years ago by MrsTom    [ Reply ]
 thatslongformud wrote:
this album (like all my favorite albums) was a slow grower for me..  Not as good as their two previous albumns, but still really, really good once i figured out that tracks 2 and 3 are skippers.  

While i understand why people don't like Colin Malloy's voice the songwriting, musicianship, and production are top-notch  

 
Totally agree. This album grew on me with each successive listen. Very strong album for them none-the-less. It's a group that has grown on me just like their albums... nobody out there sounds anything like them. A class of their own.
Posted 8 years ago by VV    [ Reply ]
his voice and their songs have sincerity, longing and a little bit a grit which is more than I can say for a lot of nonsense I see rated ridiculously well here.  . . . typical
Posted 8 years ago by midreaming    [ Reply ]
They sure beat listening to U2 all day.
Posted 9 years ago by jimtyrrell    [ Reply ]
What kind of accent is that? 
 
Posted 9 years ago by cheetahwheelies    [ Reply ]
Without question, Decemberists are an acquired taste. Love em' or hate em', they have a unique sound and feel. Malloy is a pretty adept showman, too.
Posted 9 years ago by mzog75    [ Reply ]
this album (like all my favorite albums) was a slow grower for me..  Not as good as their two previous albumns, but still really, really good once i figured out that tracks 2 and 3 are skippers.  

While i understand why people don't like Colin Malloy's voice the songwriting, musicianship, and production are top-notch  
Posted 9 years ago by thatslongformud    [ Reply ]
 kingart wrote:
Some folks here can't wait to diss the singing voices of Young and Dylan. "God awful." "Whining."  
This guy is my Young and Dylan. It makes me sneer. I appreciate The Decemberists artistry. It's worth listening to and encouraging. But that voice... Is it sun loit? Is the o-shun?
Is it for real? 

 
I must be an alien, i just love his voice. And Dylan, and Young. But besides that, i wonder why some people can't hear or appreciate the beautiful arrangements, superb songwriting, the poignant lyrics. Really folks? Is it all about the Voice? 
 
Posted 9 years ago by topcat99    [ Reply ]
Yikes. Lots of vitriol flowing 'round here. 

I'm not blown away by it but seems like a nice tune at first blush.
Posted 9 years ago by MojoJojo    [ Reply ]
REO Speenwagon lives!!!!
Posted 9 years ago by Dosequis    [ Reply ]

I agree, I just can't get over the guys voice. It grates.

AND the PSD button isn't working.


Posted 9 years ago by JaeRae    [ Reply ]
It's just tiring to listen to - the guy's working it way too hard. Not good.
Posted 9 years ago by hanssachs    [ Reply ]
Oh good, a new Decemberists song to mark as a one. 
Posted 9 years ago by pcicatar    [ Reply ]
 kingart wrote:
Some folks here can't wait to diss the singing voices of Young and Dylan. "God awful." "Whining."  
This guy is my Young and Dylan. It makes me sneer. I appreciate The Decemberists artistry. It's worth listening to and encouraging. But that voice... Is it sun loit? Is the o-shun?
Is it for real? 

 
Absolutely.  I would really like to enjoy their excellent work much more than I sometimes do.
Posted 9 years ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]
Some folks here can't wait to diss the singing voices of Young and Dylan. "God awful." "Whining."  
This guy is my Young and Dylan. It makes me sneer. I appreciate The Decemberists artistry. It's worth listening to and encouraging. But that voice... Is it sun loit? Is the o-shun?
Is it for real? 
Posted 9 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
A PSD fav
Posted 9 years ago by a_genuine_find    [ Reply ]
Too twee for me
Posted 9 years ago by smehan55    [ Reply ]
PSD not working :(
Posted 9 years ago by oldsinger    [ Reply ]
Another great discovery here thank you
Posted 9 years ago by songofJoy    [ Reply ]
 kingart wrote:
The Decemberists are quickly joining the ranks of those artists whose ear grating presses my PSDs. Hey, Arcade Fire, Radiohead and Gotye, say howdy to this vowel-twisting vocalist dude and his bandmates. 
This track does get better as it progresses, though. imho. just sayin.  

 
"Vowel-Twisting Vocalist Dude" is a good name for a band or maybe a professional wrestler.  The song does improve as it goes on.  I tend to like their musical arrangements and their lyrics are usually clever and well-thought-out, but Colin Meloy's vocal stylings often sound so 'thespian' and contrived to me.  Sometimes it seems like he's auditioning for an Elizabethan minstrel gig or something.
  Why do so many posts bring up singing styles as hanging on, or extending "vowels", when "syllables" is obviously what they mean?
Posted 9 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Collin Meloy  takes his place among THE ROCK GODS with this release, beautifully penned masterfully produced! social & global aware just SMART!   OH did I mention delicious to the ear and the brain! l
suck on that HATER BITCHES!
 
Posted 9 years ago by AuggieLeveler    [ Reply ]
The Decemberists are quickly joining the ranks of those artists whose ear grating presses my PSDs. Hey, Arcade Fire, Radiohead and Gotye, say howdy to this vowel-twisting vocalist dude and his bandmates. 
This track does get better as it progresses, though. imho. just sayin.  
Posted 9 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
Blech!
Posted 9 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
I wish there was a zero rating. I've had enough of this, uh, "vocalist" to last a lifetime.
Posted 9 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]