ThebradleyCtrain (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

good music

Carriboo9 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

This song is fantastically beautiful...mezmerizing!! must have this CD!!

Methuselah2012 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Oh, and if you want dynamic contrast, ginyustyle, go listen to "The wanting comes in waves / repaid". Beautiful song.

Methuselah2012 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

First, I agree with monkeyman. Even if the Decemberists didn't have great music, their true magic, I believe, rests with their lyrics, especially with the HoL album. It has a depth and beauty that is rarely found among all of the popular transparent nearly meaningless music today.

Doxygurl (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I love this album, and the Decemberists. And to haters talking about what "indie" is, to me it simply means unsigned to a record label, not really any genre. That's why there's indie rock, indie pop, indie folk, etc. Why can't you take as what it is, good music?

monkeyman9342 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

-- feel of the music frequently as well as the tempo. Although they never quite go down to pianissimo, they do go down to I would say at least piano if not mezzo piano, and all the way up to forte fortissimo. They go from allegro to adagio as well. Before you open your mouth, at least use google or take a music theory class. You're an idiot; refrain from talking ever again. :3

monkeyman9342 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

First of all, Ginyustyle, before you start ranting about music, you should probably LEARN something about music first, because you just sound ignorant when you try to convince other people of your knowledge when in reality you have none at all. Dynamics does not JUST refer to the volume of the song, piano, forte, mezzo whatever. Dynamic markings ALSO include tempo as well as the general feel of the music. The Decemberists is a VERY dynamic group, because you can't deny they change the (cont'd)

Ginyustyle (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I said crappy "indie" band, as to imply that this band is *not* really that indie in style, more mass market pandering than anything(at least currently). Someone needs to go back to school to better understand the use of quotations used to denote sarcasm. And yes, my opinion is that this band is terrible, hate me for that if you want but it won't change that.

hampden12 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

"i Can't belive".....?showin' yir age clown...this band for your information all the way from bonnie scotland is that this fantastic wee band are , in my opinion, a fantastic American folk band...no' indieshut it wi' the indie pish

Ginyustyle (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Check the decibel levels and then get back to me about your supposed "dynamic contrast". The closest to an increase/decrease in dynamics during the beginning of the "I lay you down..." refrain, and that's mostly created by the addition of extra voices. This could *almost* be a decent song with a bit of shaping and better tone. I can't believe I'm wasting my time analyzing a crappy "indie" band. Bah well.