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Sufjan Stevens — Godbird
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the banjo players gets all the girls
Posted 1 year ago by a_genuine_find    [ Reply ]
Is that a harp I hear? I bet he wears a frock.
Posted 13 years ago by iam_overlord    [ Reply ]
 Shesdifferent wrote:
While mellow enough for my brain dead too early in the morning wake up, this banjo sound that I keep hearing on RP is just putting me off.
 
Give it up for the banjo, girl!
Posted 13 years ago by xkolibuul    [ Reply ]
I heard the NPR piece where Stevens was commissioned to write about the then recent sighting of an Ivory Billed woodpecker in the alluvial floodplain of the White river in Arkansas. Funny piece, and kinda insightful. Song makes more sense after you've heard that. My Dad was a worker in the Singer furniture plant, and my uncle a duck guide in the area. Whole different life in that nape 'O the woods!

Posted 13 years ago by Businessgypsy    [ Reply ]
My 18yo son just introduced Sufjan Stevens to me LAST NIGHT!
Posted 13 years ago by Randomax    [ Reply ]
While mellow enough for my brain dead too early in the morning wake up, this banjo sound that I keep hearing on RP is just putting me off.
Posted 14 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
oh my goodness.. after all these years of not being able to stand him.. I think he's starting to wear on me....

But the wings?  Really?

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWOgs5bLqG0&feature=related

 

Posted 14 years ago by netstv    [ Reply ]
It's just so sweet! Makes me want to go hug my teddy bear. {#Rolleyes}
Posted 14 years ago by crockydile    [ Reply ]
 oscar_driver wrote:
This song is just fantastic!
 
That is really what I think.
Oh by the way, which one's Pink?


Posted 14 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
 oscar_driver wrote:
This song is just fantastic!
  {#High-five}


Posted 15 years ago by a_genuine_find    [ Reply ]
This song is just fantastic!
Posted 15 years ago by oscar_driver    [ Reply ]
I am mostly of a fan of his music but this video from an appearance on Austin City Limits is just goofy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHMIAvZKCfY


Posted 15 years ago by bpkengor    [ Reply ]
 meloman wrote:

Oh, I see. The whole world is supposed to speak English for your convenience? Please!
 
I agree with you... ridiculous request by that person. We're not all like that, I promise! I also happen to love Poland - been to Warsaw, Krakow, Katowiecza (don't recall the spelling there), and the southern mountains... beautiful country!!

As for Sufjan - I kind of like what I've heard.. but kind of a 'meh' attitude about it.. haven't given him much of a chance, but don't turn it off either when he comes on. Someone to put on a list to check out a bit more I s'pose.

Posted 15 years ago by DrGonzo    [ Reply ]
 meloman wrote:

Oh, I see. The whole world is supposed to speak English for your convenience? Please!
 

Wow.  That was embarrassing.  Sorry, meloman.  {#Redface}
Posted 15 years ago by denmom    [ Reply ]
Lots of Sufjan haters out there. Alas. Guess it's not rockin' enough for them.
I like this, and just about everything else I've heard from him.
Posted 15 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
I like it.
Posted 15 years ago by TheFriendlyCat    [ Reply ]
 eastcoast wrote:
What is it with people writing in foriegn languages...whats the point...if you do please give a translation.
 
Oh, I see. The whole world is supposed to speak English for your convenience? Please!
Posted 15 years ago by meloman    [ Reply ]
netstv wrote:
As with all Sufjan Stevens...... {#Puke}

Sorry.. he's probably a really nice person.. I just don't care for his music.


Good to hear that somebody is caring {#Dancingbanana}
I am not sure on is he a nice person or not, as his music is definitely something I care. {#Cowboy}

Posted 15 years ago by Kerly    [ Reply ]
 mattowan wrote:
I'm sorry, but

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
 

There's a reason his name is Sufyawn.
Posted 15 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
As with all Sufjan Stevens...... {#Puke}

Sorry.. he's probably a really nice person.. I just don't care for his music.
Posted 16 years ago by netstv    [ Reply ]
That is a beautiful song!
Posted 16 years ago by scraig    [ Reply ]
eastcoast wrote:
What is it with people writing in foriegn languages...whats the point...if you do please give a translation.
Heh. Latin is foreign to everyone. But relatively easy to figure out. Basic biology is foreign to many. But relatively easy to figure out. And what is it with you and languages that aren't English? You're missing a lot...
Posted 16 years ago by kaupmees    [ Reply ]
Make you a deal: we'll provide translations, if you spell and punctuate properly. Education ain't free ya know. eastcoast wrote:
What is it with people writing in foriegn languages...whats the point...if you do please give a translation.
Posted 16 years ago by xkolibuul    [ Reply ]
Viva Campephilus principalis! eastcoast wrote:
What is it with people writing in foriegn languages...whats the point...if you do please give a translation.
Let me guess. You were out back smoking a big fattie during zoology class?
Posted 17 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
Reminds me of the song the hippie guy was playing in Animal House. Where is Bluto to come and smash his guitar against the wall? "Sorry."
Posted 17 years ago by MsJudi    [ Reply ]
JohnDolata wrote:
Radio Paradise should change their name to "The Sufjan Stevens Site." (Way to much air play.)
LOL
Posted 17 years ago by crowhog2000    [ Reply ]
What is it with people writing in foriegn languages...whats the point...if you do please give a translation. Geo_orc1 wrote:
Viva Campephilus principalis!
Posted 17 years ago by eastcoast    [ Reply ]
bindi wrote:
Nice tune - Interesting history. Bill, thanks for adding that.
Same.
Posted 17 years ago by Kerly    [ Reply ]
Ojala. Until it shows up in the flesh, the lord-god bird is stubbornly remaining a ghost of southern swamps to remind us all the nature we've snuffed out. Geo_orc1 wrote:
Viva Campephilus principalis!
Posted 17 years ago by xkolibuul    [ Reply ]
Viva Campephilus principalis!
Posted 17 years ago by Geo_orc1    [ Reply ]
i can't believe it's been a whole year since i first heard this.
Posted 17 years ago by rah    [ Reply ]
MrSpaz wrote:
There's an interesting little story behind this song. I encourage anyone with a strange curiousity like mine to check it out; Audubon, the Singer sewing machine Co., WWII, and a red-crested bird. And if not for RP I'd have never heard it to start with. I do like this place a lot.
thanks for putting us on to that one... what a sad, sweet story, and the song tells it with such simple beauty.
Posted 18 years ago by rah    [ Reply ]
Some more information on the background of the Ivory-billed woodpecker, it's rediscovery, and how NPR and Sufjan Stevens enter into it all: NPR Article Wikipedia Entry
Posted 18 years ago by JCEntMan    [ Reply ]
TonyBear wrote:
His brother Marzuki is a nationally recognized marathon runner, elite status.
He's the skinny one.
Posted 18 years ago by drtjdel    [ Reply ]
There's an interesting little story behind this song. I encourage anyone with a strange curiousity like mine to check it out; Audubon, the Singer sewing machine Co., WWII, and a red-crested bird. And if not for RP I'd have never heard it to start with. I do like this place a lot.
Posted 18 years ago by MrSpaz    [ Reply ]
Radio Paradise should change their name to "The Sufjan Stevens Site." (Way to much air play.)
Posted 18 years ago by JohnDolata    [ Reply ]
JohnnySockhead wrote:
The story behind the song makes better.
This story? "Sufjan Stevens wrote and recorded this tune exclusively for NPR as part of an All Things Considered feature looking at the way Stevens goes about writing music." also, on the npr site, this song's called "the lord god bird." why is it not fully titled here on RP?
Posted 18 years ago by phillips    [ Reply ]
I'm sorry, but zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Posted 18 years ago by mattowan    [ Reply ]
Very pretty.
Posted 18 years ago by moonbat    [ Reply ]
This is an incredibly beautiful song
Posted 18 years ago by MrKite    [ Reply ]
His brother Marzuki is a nationally recognized marathon runner, elite status.
Posted 18 years ago by TonyBear    [ Reply ]
The story behind the song makes better.
Posted 18 years ago by JohnnySockhead    [ Reply ]
ploafmaster wrote:
It was on All Songs Considered for NPR, and you can download it from the All Songs Considered page. You just need to search for it.
Thanks! Direct link.
Posted 18 years ago by Lazy8    [ Reply ]
Uh. Yawn.
Posted 18 years ago by dpjag    [ Reply ]
Simple, but beautiful.
Posted 18 years ago by Four-Five    [ Reply ]
I think Bill picks his Sufjan Stevens songs based on how short the titles are! I'm just kidding, this is a great pick. I was just surprised to see how few of his songs on RP have titles that would take 5 minutes to scroll across my iTunes player (as most from his latest album do).
Posted 18 years ago by goldschip    [ Reply ]
Nice tune - Interesting history. Bill, thanks for adding that.
Posted 18 years ago by bindi    [ Reply ]
pianocomposer wrote:
Not one of Sufjan's best.
On the contrary, IMHO.
Posted 18 years ago by winter    [ Reply ]
Gorgeous. But I'm on a Sufjan binge right now, so I'm not objective.
Posted 18 years ago by sipsey    [ Reply ]
Lazy8 wrote:
Where can I find this? Does "Live on NPR" mean it was ripped from a broadcast or something?
It was on All Songs Considered for NPR, and you can download it from the All Songs Considered page. You just need to search for it.
Posted 18 years ago by ploafmaster    [ Reply ]
Where can I find this? Does "Live on NPR" mean it was ripped from a broadcast or something?
Posted 18 years ago by Lazy8    [ Reply ]
jah_blessed wrote:
Dull.
Captivating
Posted 18 years ago by Steve    [ Reply ]
Not one of Sufjan's best.
Posted 18 years ago by pianocomposer    [ Reply ]
Dull.
Posted 18 years ago by jah_blessed    [ Reply ]