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Fleet Foxes — Ragged Wood
Album: Fleet Foxes
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Total ratings: 1895









Released: 2008
Length: 5:05
Plays (last 30 days): 2
Come down from the mountain, you have been gone too long
The spring is upon us, follow my ornate song
Settle down with me by the fire of my yearning
You should come back home, back on your own now

The world is alive now, in and outside our home
You run through the forest settled before the sun
Darling, I can barely remember you beside me
You should come back home, back on your own now
You should come back home, back on your own now

In the evening light, when the woman of the woods came by
To give to you the word of the old man
In the morning tide, when the sparrow and the seagull fly
And Jonathan and Evelyn get tired

Lie to me if you will
At the top of Barringer Hill
Tell me anything you want, any old lie will do
Call me back to, back to you

Lie to me if you will
At the top of Barringer Hill
Tell me anything you want, any old lie will do
Call me back to, back to you
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Found a bug here - I'm hearing So Damn Lucky by Dave Matthews Band, but the metadata is showing Fleet Foxes!
 Jelani wrote:

Fleet Morning Fox Jackets?



exactly. and  the mumford band of decemberist horses & sons.

so over this genre.
I swear, whenever I hear that very first chord, I expect to hear Billy Joel:

Oooooohhhh.... wooaaah wooaah woaahhh.... for the longest time

It must trigger some wasted space from my 80s teenage brain.
delightful
 jelgator wrote:

This band couldn't suck worse if there was a suck festival on the suckiest day of the year.

Any year?  Well, that's likely not so bad then.  Now if it was the suckiest year...

This band couldn't suck worse if there was a suck festival on the suckiest day of the year.
 tm wrote:

Good gods I hate you fucking whining little shits.. especially some asshat named “thewiseking” fucking fast forward if you dont like and no we don’t care that you don’t like this due to whatever vomit your unimaginative brain can spew… fuck off


Are you capable of expressing yourself without coming across as a complete mouthbreather?
Good gods I hate you fucking whining little shits.. especially some asshat named “thewiseking” fucking fast forward if you dont like and no we don’t care that you don’t like this due to whatever vomit your unimaginative brain can spew… fuck off
The statue of naivity
 DaidyBoy wrote:
 dwhayslett wrote:

So who is it?



We're not all so well-informed, especially us types that aren't capable musicians, so debate is always valuable.  There's no need for unnecessary argument over anything.  One should be allowed to express an opinion without sarcasm or judgement.  

Operor non nutritor trolls  seems to apply.  I'm just too old for the aggro.


Uh ... ok.  So who is it?
 trevc wrote:


It's the lavish production. Oh, and the overuse of reverb!


same issue with My Morning Jacket. Some sort of hipster affectation
 dwhayslett wrote:

So who is it?

We're not all so well-informed, especially us types that aren't capable musicians, so debate is always valuable.  There's no need for unnecessary argument over anything.  One should be allowed to express an opinion without sarcasm or judgement.  

Operor non nutritor trolls  seems to apply.  I'm just too old for the aggro.

 Lyndont wrote:

Why do their records sound like they were recorded in a public toilet? 



It's the lavish production. Oh, and the overuse of reverb!
Why do their records sound like they were recorded in a public toilet? 
 davidwillis wrote:

Done with Fleet Foxes.  Onward, PSD. 


I still enjoy their stuff. Not a PSD'er.
 DaidyBoy wrote:

edit:  apart from the weirdo who gives every one of my comments a thumbs-down.  I know who you are, oddball...


So who is it?
Done with Fleet Foxes.  Onward, PSD. 
 ExploitingChaos wrote:
Nothing but love for this album right here

Was a nice soundtrack to grow some plants to 

 I believe one  of the Gallagher brothers described it as “f-ing canoeing music” - which is accurate and doesn’t put me off one bit!


Wonderful live show seen a few summers ago. New album pales in comparison to this
Baroque Folk Pop - absolutely beautiful (and yes I do love MMJ as well)
Saw them at the Eden Project a few years ago, and I'm still finding it hard to equate the extraordinarily talented, Mick Fleetwood-esque Josh Tillman with the self-absorbed a$$wipe who calls himself Father John Misty.
At the top of Barringer Hjöööööööö
 DaidyBoy wrote:
This feels like Snakes and Ladders to my ears.  I gave it a 1 first time, then felt a little easier today so started to elevate it to a 3.  The song then degraded towards the end and it slid back down again.  Oh well, I tried.  I'm sure nobody's upset.

I wish it was Fleeting Foxes. 
All Indie Folk blows and needs to go away.
 Jelani wrote:
Fleet Morning Fox Jackets?
 

well played
Back in those halcyon times before the (excellent, Mick Fleetwood-esque) drummer's head disappeared up his bottom and he turned into the pretentious twat known as Father John Misty.
Here in Brooklyn Fleet Foxes is like wallpaper. Dated wallpaper.
This feels like Snakes and Ladders to my ears.  I gave it a 1 first time, then felt a little easier today so started to elevate it to a 3.  The song then degraded towards the end and it slid back down again.  Oh well, I tried.  I'm sure nobody's upset.

edit:  apart from the weirdo who gives every one of my comments a thumbs-down.  I know who you are, oddball...
Nothing but love for this album right here

Was a nice soundtrack to grow some plants to 
I am not thats :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D 
 Jelani wrote:
Fleet Morning Fox Jackets?
 
That comment ^^ just made my day! LMAO! 
Fleet Morning Fox Jackets?
 TerryS wrote:
Bill, the previous post is disturbing.

 
Just a bit of spam. Gone now.
Bill, the previous post is disturbing.
I only discovered them last year, now I enjoy every time I hear them...
Supposedly these guys have a new album and a 2017 world tour in the works.Sweet!
REALLY wishing for Fleet Foxes to put out some fresh work!
my soundtrack back in 2010 when I moved to atlantic Canada.
Thanks Fleet Foxes for this gem.
 
{#Daisy}
Are My Morning Jacket and Fleet Foxes the same band?
 
 asusinskas wrote:
I just do not like this music.  {#Sick}

 
But why?  {#Frown}
 Dosequis wrote:
Come on PLEASE !!!  Enough of these guys !!!

 
Ah.  This must be one of the posters that inspired calle01.
 Minimally wrote:
Love this song! Probably my favorite Fleet Foxes song.
 
yes, but ... white winter hymnal? isn't it? hmm?
Come on please. More of these guys.


Come on PLEASE !!!  Enough of these guys !!!
I just do not like this music.  {#Sick}
I can't believe I have never heard this before.  Wow!!  Nice stuff.
Love this song! Probably my favorite Fleet Foxes song.
 ch83575 wrote:

Dear god that was jarring wasn't it.  Bill, if your listening you need to adjust this one!

 
Still happening in April. 
I wish there was a rating for 'Substantial'. I take these guys seriously.
 mikec09 wrote:
Love Fleet Foxes.

Except when the beginning of their song overlaps/cuts off Van the Man's preceding song!  (Oh no!)     {#Rolleyes} 
 
Dear god that was jarring wasn't it.  Bill, if your listening you need to adjust this one!
Love Fleet Foxes.

Except when the beginning of their song overlaps/cuts off Van the Man's preceding song!  (Oh no!)     {#Rolleyes} 
I like Fleet Foxes.  The name always brings me back to the day I was walking with my then fiance (now wife) near our home.  A pair of foxes ran out from under some bushes, chased each other across the road, and disappeared into a tree farm.  We never did see those foxes again.
 martinc wrote:
wasn't this picture used in an earlier Deep Purple cover
 
Deep Purple used a detail from Bosch's "Garden Of Earthly Delights".
Deep Purple 
The painting on the Fleet Foxes album cover is "Netherlandish Proverbs", which, as pointed out a few times below, was painted by Pieter Bruegel, the Elder. 
At first I didn't care for this, but then the change midway through kind of perked my ears up a bit. I few more listens may turn this into a favorite, I think.
Don't you love how music messes with your head like that?
Huh, sounds like Fleet Foxes.
XXXTREM-SUCKO!
I like many tunes on this album. Nice to hear something different from it. Kinda used to 'Your Protector'...glad to hear something a bit different.
 old_shep wrote:
My Morning Echo.
 
Hmmm............  Not bad.


My Morning Echo.
Not my favorite band, but better than Mumf and sons.

 vandal wrote:
worst live band ever. . . 
 
seriously? they were sold out two nights in a row when I was in Chicago, and i felt kind of bad about missing them....maybe it was a good thing i did...

I agree, and then when I realize that it is not Billy Joel, I am so very relieved.  

 
Geecheeboy wrote:


Second the motion.
 


 isayhoomhom wrote:
Every time I hear the opening note, I think it's Billy Joel's "The Longest Time".
 
Second the motion.

 chadlymn wrote:

Sounds a lot like Bob Dylan!


 

Hardly.
worst live band ever. . . 
Nicer!
The whole album is great!  Another band of many I found llistening to Radio Paradise... Bill and Rebecca are the BEST in my book, love you guys!
vocals just don't cut it for me. 
haha...do you mean MMJ?
 ;-)

Cynaera wrote:
Damn.  I must just have a thing for Fleet Foxes, Band of Horses, Radiohead, Elbow, and, oh, that other band in this genré.

This is meant in a good way. I'm about to spend a lot of money on these bands, and it's all RadioParadise's fault.

Yep. Loves me my RadioParadise. Hates me my RadioParadise. And bottom line: Loves me my RadioParadise.
 


Damn.  I must just have a thing for Fleet Foxes, Band of Horses, Radiohead, Elbow, and, oh, that other band in this genré.

This is meant in a good way. I'm about to spend a lot of money on these bands, and it's all RadioParadise's fault.

Yep. Loves me my RadioParadise. Hates me my RadioParadise. And bottom line: Loves me my RadioParadise.

Sounds a lot like Bob Dylan!


 LizK wrote:


Quite.  Doing....epigrams?  Is that the word?  A stitch in time...Little fish eat big fish. The Dutch have a hatful of them.  Breughel.  Wonderful painter.

 
No, it's just that this particular painting is by the father, not the son...

What I've heard, I haven't liked.  That said, I found I just liked this a lot.
 df1489 wrote:

the elder...

 

Quite.  Doing....epigrams?  Is that the word?  A stitch in time...Little fish eat big fish. The Dutch have a hatful of them.  Breughel.  Wonderful painter.

fail
 daveesh wrote:

pieter bruegel
 
the elder...

 karnowski wrote:
Awsome.  Got a lot of airplay on KXT in Dallas.

 
Learn American easily (accessible to Texas citizen with extra homework):
AWESOME
AWFUL
One has a E, the other not. {#Laughing}


 kaybee wrote:
5, only because this song is a little too derivative as other listeners have noted.
 
OK, I'll change it to a 6 because, although derivative, this song is pleasant to listen to.

 twitterpated wrote:
This is nice.  Sweet voice.  :)
 
Completely disagree. I find the harmonies especially bad. {#Yell}
This is nice.  Sweet voice.  :)
Morning Fleet Fox Jacket.

Robin Pecknold of Fleet Foxes by ~JohannaStudios
Kieran John Delaney   ©2009-2010 ~JohannaStudios

Newport Folk Festival 2009



 Ibis99 wrote:
My Morning Jacket = Fleet Foxes or Fleet Foxes = My Morning Jacket ?       You decide.
 
{#Yes}

{#Sunny}
{#Puke}
 Ibis99 wrote:
My Morning Jacket = Fleet Foxes or Fleet Foxes = My Morning Jacket ?       You decide.
 

Oh that's easy, if I like it, it is this band. If it sucks ass, it is My Morning Jacket, mystery solved!{#Cheers}
Sounds kinda like M. Ward and this is a good thing!{#Clap}
God, I love these guys—-the slow, middle part of the song very pretty—-just got the album.
Awsome.  Got a lot of airplay on KXT in Dallas.

 Ibis99 wrote:
My Morning Jacket = Fleet Foxes or Fleet Foxes = My Morning Jacket ?       You decide.
 

Yeah, I was fooled too. This is less swoopy and more melodic than MMJ. Worth an 8 for me. 
 mjmurphy61 wrote:
It's kinda fun to download a high res version of this album cover, then open in an image program and zoom around looking at all the stuff going on in the picture. Here's a link to a 900 X 900 file.

click here

 
Whoa! Thanks a lot!


I thought this was MMJ. I can't decide.{#Stupid}
Either way I give it a 7.

Ibis99 wrote:
My Morning Jacket = Fleet Foxes or Fleet Foxes = My Morning Jacket ?       You decide.
 

Perfect for a cold, overcast Saturday
My Morning Jacket = Fleet Foxes or Fleet Foxes = My Morning Jacket ?       You decide.
 ed wrote:
That band needs a singer!
 
This band needs a band. . .


 MinMan wrote:

The cover looks like a Hieronymus Bosch but it could be another artist of that era or a re-creation.

 
pieter bruegel
It's kinda fun to download a high res version of this album cover, then open in an image program and zoom around looking at all the stuff going on in the picture. Here's a link to a 900 X 900 file.

click here

Nice transition Bill!
Never heard that one before; very nice. First time I've heard of this group too, I think. Love RP!
I cannot place the song, but King Crimson has almost exactly the same guitar chord progression, albeit more jangly, in one of their songs. The tempo is, obviously, more subdued in any Fleet Foxes piece.

The cover looks like a Hieronymus Bosch but it could be another artist of that era or a re-creation.


Cover? Who did the original?

Great song, great cover...not surprising to find it in a great radio ;)
 lewie221 wrote:
Kinda shouty.
 
WHAT DID YOU SAY?? {#Roflol} Is that you Simon Cowell? There are so many quiet, whispery singers these days, I like to hear someone belt out a tune for a change.
Kinda shouty.
Every time I hear the opening note, I think it's Billy Joel's "The Longest Time". {#Lol}
 macadavy wrote:
This one's growing on me - nice harmonies!
7 > 8 {#Smile}

 
Actually 8 is greater than 7...I hope this isn't news to you. {#Nyah}
 bindi wrote:
His voice kind of sounds familiar - reminds me of My Morning Jacket maybe??
 
Yes, very similar to MMJ.


great way to start the day.  love the FF's {#Cowboy}


Sparrows, seagulls, hills, lies—I have no idea what's going on.  But I know that the last piece of this is glorious.
This one's growing on me - nice harmonies!
7 > 8 {#Smile}

Makes me feel warm and fuzzy like Iron & Wine
nice{#Bounce}
''Indubitably Pre-Eminent'', what more can I say... {#Smile}

Good song..outstanding album.
I wish I could rate this song "11" - Beyond Godlike.
This is the best thing I've heard from FF yet!!!
I didn't even have to hit the mute button this time!
 Chumbawamba-1984 wrote:
They should add a feedback when they sing so that they have better chance to be in tone.

 
You should add a logic filter to your keyboard so you have a better chance of making sense.
They should add a feedback when they sing so that they have better chance to be in tone.

His voice kind of sounds familiar - reminds me of My Morning Jacket maybe??