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  • DIRIGIBLE is now my favourite word :D

  • Ah, gotta love this song.

  • whoahh omg this song!!!!!!!!

  • This is incomprehensibly and confusingly fantastic.

  • What a great way to end the album!

  • @TheWhiteTrashNetwork I don't make a dime off of this. It's copy written material so I can't claim it's mine, and thus, I make no money on it. Youtube puts ads on the video once it reaches X number of views. Since I don't own all the rights to the video, I can't take the ads off either.

  • @Celdoir I have inserted my foot in my mouth and my own arse. I am sorry for jumping to conclusions. I saw the ad and just assumed. I hope you will accept my apology. :)

  • @TheWhiteTrashNetwork No worries. I hate the ads as much as everyone else. Why won't they all just go away? >.<

  • @Celdoir  Good music and harmony on youtube? This is just to good to be true!

  • @jiermiah Listen to First Aid Kit. Particularly their Fleet Foxes cover, Tiger Mountain Peasant Song. It's breathtaking.

  • @Celdoir live with the ads. these days, its the only thing that keeps youtube alive. think about it. do you know how many videos get uploaded each second which never reach 50 views yet take up millions of gigabytes of storage? lots of them. i dont know how many videos there are on youtube, but its a huge number, and it grows daily. without ads, youtube has no way of generating income, and it would probably not exist anymore.

  • @Celdoir You can use adblock to keep the ads off, including in the video

  • the cover art looks like napoleon dynamite drew them lol

  • So sweet

  • Someone tell me who knows for sure: Is the lyric HERE all the bombs..... or HEAR all the bombs.....

  • @willymcfrog hear

  • 11 people can sizzle my dizzle.

  • Feature on Colin Meloy and wife Carson Ellis

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  • I commanded my leg not to bounce to the rythm, but it didn't listen to me.

  • @camilocarena go back to DragonForce nerd

  • @BHLongboards May I say, I proudly call myself a nerd, and I love this song. So please, I ask of you, don't connect the fine nerd name with trolls such as camilocarena. It's insulting to the rest of us glasses-wearing, Doctor Who-loving, good music-appreciating nerds. ;)

  • @TheFlameingBurito I meant no disrespect to those who understand good music, clearly that chap doesnt :P

  • @TheFlameingBurito Best Doctor ever-- #11, yes??? Dare to disagree?? :)

  • @frithar Ah, for me it's a tie between 10 and 11. As much as I love fezs and bow ties, I can't give up my love for David's Doctor. They are both fantastic... no? :D

  • @TheFlameingBurito There's a doctor who discussion on a decemberists video and I'm not yet involved?

    IMO Matt Smith fits the role of a more crazy - more eccentric - doctor, bowtie and all. While David also tried to play an eccentric doctor, he didn't fit the role as much as the young Matt Smtih. Thats why I prefer #11.

  • @jacobthelioneater Eh, that may be true but David was my first Doctor, so when I think Doctor Who, the first one I think of is ten. Then a little parade of suspenders and bowties come in and then I'm like "oh yeah! You're awesome too!"

    Also, I screamed like a little fangirl when I saw David in Fright Night. Off topic, but I felt I needed to put that out there. :)

  • @TheFlameingBurito My first doctor was the 9th doctor. Not that he was a bad actor, but Rose was the worst companion ever because the only things she did was screw up. The writing back then was also really shoddy, and the episodes were often lame.

  • @jacobthelioneater Agreed, but you do have to give a little slack seeing as they were fumbling around trying to resurrect a legend. Understandbly, it would take them a bit to get into the groove of the series.

  • Watching this on 9/11.... "hear all the bombs fade away.... hear all the bombs fade away..."

    Yes... I think... Yes, I can hear them. And there they go... :')

  • This song gives me a strange feeling of hope. Small but not futile.

  • Man, It's hard to pull off a four part round in any song and not have it sound kind of dumb, but this song manages to make it sound great!

  • @_Starbrustlover no I'm sorry but using the word "gay" to describe something as bad is dumb. It makes you sound ignorant and hateful

  • @Zephyr920 yah that starburst guy must be an uber fag to make such a gay comment!

  • these guys give me some faith in the music industry

  • everything is music but america is becoming less and less educated everyday.... THE GENERAL PUBLIC ARE LIKE BLIND MICE

  • this song reminds me of Cat Stevens...love it!

  • to all those people out there that call people saying cuss words and obscinities really really fast (rap):

    take a note from the decemberists. this is real freaking music.

  • I <3 Decemberists because I don't have to hear that stupid smurfs commercial destroy my speakers.

  • Best song i ever heard. Me and my friends have a arm movement we do to.. When we arrive sons and daughters.

  • fill our mouths with cinnamon? it's the cinnamon challenge.

  • I've been thinking about it, and I think the whole point of this song is to rhyme notoriously hard to rhyme words. Daughter - water, aluminum - cinnamon, dirigible - untraceable (JUST FOR KICKS).

  • @Guardian0487 "orange" isn't in it, though. . .

  • @starbrustlover Um...alright. No comment.

    I have been listening to the Decemberists more recently. Really great, really unique band. This song is really catchy and awesome.

  • I absolutely adore these guys, perfect sound...They're coming by me Aug. 6... CANNOT WAIT!!!!!!

  • I love deftones, tool, radiohead, chevelle and so on. This song is just as impactful as a song with heavy distortion and deep vocals, because Colin is a soul tocuher. See- mariners revenge, and the rakes song. AWESOME!!!!

  • @camilocarena Just because it doesn't appeal to you doesn't mean it's boring, it just means you don't like it. For example I think most (if not all) top 40s music is boring, drunk, mindless shit, but that doesn't mean it's not interesting and enjoyable for others. If you don't like it, why comment and insult others who see the brilliance in these carefully crafted masterpieces.

  • @camilocarena Cool story, bro.

  • Filling your mouth with cinnamon is a bad idea.

    It hurts, go ahead try it if you want.

  • sin e mon!

  • am i the only one that thinks this song is the whole plot of fallout?

  • such a beautiful song! <3

  • SOOO GOOD

  • why do people sing songs about this? i don't get it, and i don't think i'm glossing over some well-veiled intellectual element to this music. you're all just insane.

  • @MrSucitivel It's about war refugees. And that's very obvious. Oo

  • @munnimann no it isn't, haven't you ever heard of simile?

  • Yay for dirigibles! :D

  • I have found a decemberists song where it does not end badly for the characters!

    Yes!

  • @previouslyadjetive

    Listen closely. The song is about people escaping their warstruck homeland to find a new place to live, but are doomed to fail because they have no Idea what they're doing. they're hopeful, but probably won't make it.

    Build a house with aluminum and see how sturdy it is. fill your mouth with a spoonful of cinnamon and see how pleasant that experience is.

    Either that, or its about escaping a bomb, and the song is being sung to cheer up survivors.

  • @swordsmaster101 Yes, I have filled my moth with cinnamon and it was a fairly nasty experience. I regretted that comment after I posted it, but I had a bet that I would find a decemberists song where it does not end badly for any characters. I think Billy Liar qualifies.

  • @swordsmaster101 I definitely didn't notice that before. Look up "the cinnamon challenge" on youtube and you'll see just how right you are about the cinnamon... but if you have a weak stomach don't watch the videos, some people seriously get sick.

  • I love the Decemberists so much! Going to their concert tonight!

  • Not bad, i guess they missed the folk music "boom" in the '70's

  • I just discovered my obsession for them. They are coming near me...but it's the day of my high school graduation..I think i'll go anyways. Amazing song; amazing band.

  • I found this from the "Voice Search for Android" video, LOL

  • The only song ever to rhyme "aluminum" with "cinnamon," or "dirigible" with "untraceable."

    ... Somebody prove me wrong?

  • @Veggieburger802 It might even be the only song to use all four of those words.

  • @Veggieburger802 i like your username :) hooray for vegetarian pride :D

  • @chilljill47 I'm not a vegetarian. I think that's stupid. I just happen to like veggie burgers.

  • @Veggieburger802 why do you think it's stupid? :(

  • @Veggieburger802 The decemberists also rhyme Mondays with Undies. got to love them....

  • @Veggieburger802

    well one of the band's main charachteristic is uniqeness so I sort of expected that

  • @Veggieburger802 have you the audacity to try to rhyme the words "silver" "orange" and "purple"

    I dare you

  • @Veggieburger802 It's just the only song that can pull it off lad

  • Nice song

  • theres a new band otter petter, and theyre pretty good. theyre REALLY undiscovered too. like 100 views per video. but yeah they have umm "the rest of the world" "fourth of july" and "isobel"

    i really suggest you guys check them out

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  • he couldn't help laughing the first time he said "cinnamon"

  • This is pure awesomeness

  • They had an awesome concert in Chicago on Friday! Unfortunately they didn't play this... :(

    It was great, anyway.

  • JUST SAW THEM LIVE TONIGHT. SO GOOD

  • @Meggerr69 Me too! Toronto? It was absolutely amazing!

  • the decemberists changed my life...

  • 4 people need to fill their mouths with cinnamon

  • I could probably listen to this song for 24 hours straight and not get tired of it... it makes me so happy and I just love singing along with the harmony.

  • I've loved this band for years. Check out Mumford and sons. They're really good too. (:

  • that picture scares the fuck outta me 0.0

  • For a test we had to write an extra verse for this song. I love my school.

  • Why are they so underestimated ??? (>.<)

    =(

  • I am so excited I've loved these guys for years now (over 4 or 5 now) and I FINALLY get to see them in cocnert on Jan 28th in Boston 8D

    Mym om and her BF got me 2 tickets~ YAYS

  • hell yeah Feb 10 at the ogden theatre!!! c u there !!

  • id never heard of the decemberists until my drama group started playing it constantly. and i fell in love with them. i think this song is my favorite of them...its like beatles. but not. its better. :)

  • They're coming to montreal on jan 31st!!!!!

  • 4 people were having a reeeealy bad day when they tuned in to this...

  • @beckyallen12 I've had a bit of a bad day and this song just made it 9000x better :D

  • @remembersadako agreed(:

  • Love this song :) And Decemberists is coming to concert near me in febuaray!! EEP!

  • @LikeSoTotallyRandom you lucky bastard. Go get tickets now. Why won't they frequent Canada more often?!

  • @Celdoir at least they've went to canada , i live in mexico and they never come u.u

  • @LikeSoTotallyRandom Got tix for that! So Stoked!

  • I like dis song :P

  • i've had this song stuck in my head for the last three weeks, that being said, they've been some pretty awesome weeks.

  • I always wrote the Decemberists off as emo or something like that. I was ignant. This band isn't a few teens complaining about how horrible their suburban lives are, it's so much more. I don't know what I was thinking. This really is an amazing band. And such a beautiful song. Such beautiful memories. Thank you for existing Decemberists.

  • I can't say I'm anywhere approaching an expert on the Decemberists, but I have clicked around a bit, and I'm fairly fond of some of the songs from Castaways and Cutouts--Leslie Anne Levine and The Legionnaire's Lament among them. Also, Here I Dreamt I Was An Architect, and July, July.

  • @AranelVetinari no need to be an expert, I'm far from an expert myself. I'm just happy you enjoy many of their good songs. It's hard to find a good band nowadays.

  • @Celdoir have you tryied the shins?

  • I have loved this band (and specifically this song) for a couple years (or something) and I just watched a piece of abstract performance art performed to it. The Decemberists play to many many crowds :)

  • This song is Incredible. One of my favorite songs, thats for sure.

  • I heard them play this in April in Astoria and I'm still swaying to it... BEAUTIFUL SONG.. BEAUTIFUL BAND.... TY

  • My Brother sang this in the school concert with some people

  • damn, my name's colin as well! makes me love this band even more, and I'm in portland! Walked by pioneer square and saw them playing the other night

  • i have a question for you, i typically listen to metallica, pantera, kreator, stuff like that, so why do i like thi song so much?! it confuses me, go decemberists

  • This song make's me feel so alive. Here all the bombs, fade away<3.

  • The triumphant ending to an instant classic album. It works on so many levels. I love it.

  • Colin Meloy is such an incredible lyricist. This entire album (The Crane Wife) is superbly well put together and a must have for any Decemberist enthusiast

  • thumbs up if you came to this by android voice action :D

  • Dont know wether i liked it more the 14th or 15th time i played it....

  • THANKYOU ANDROID VOICE ACTIONS FOR SHOWING ME THIS VID lol

  • This song makes me feel like it is friday everyday.

  • This music makes me feel like it is friday everyday.

  • HEAR ALL THE "BOMBS" FADE AWAAAYYY!!!!

  • I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS SONG FOR 5 YEARS OH MY GOSH I FOUND IT <3

  • The greatest pronunciation of 'dirigible' in the history of man and woman

  • E pensava, meu Deus o que significa isso, Giorgia e de onde esse preto cego veio. Giorgia é um nome feminino e a música então era como um chamado, como se ele dissesse: Eu estou indo, eu estou voltando pra você, G...

    Esse sentimento ao que parece só é possível ter não com a terra, nem com a mãe, por que nenhuma dela é o fim (com sentido inclusive de destino).

  • god i love this song.

  • 4 people have really, really bad taste is music.

  • I LOVE The Hazards of Love. It's like an intricate, heartfelt puzzle-like story, and every time I listen to it, it's like another piece comes into place.

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  • Thank you Facebook, for recommending these guys to me :')

    My life is now complete, this band makes me want to rape a baby... SO GOOD!

  • good but the decemberists will NEVER compare to Led Zeppelin

  • @vrem duh

  • @vrem yeah, their ability to steal music will never compare to the likes of Jimmy Page and Robert plant.

  • Anyone else think they hear him holding back a laugh at like 0:22-0:27

  • this song makes me feel good :D

  • This band is amazing. Only discovered them today. Completely brightened my day up. There such feel good songs :)

  • these guys should make an album for every folktale in the world! XD

  • Crane Wife (all of the 3 parts - especially the 3rd) is magnificent.

    Check out cover of M.Faithfull and N.Cave too...

  • I was possessed by the end from singing "we'll build our walls aluminum, we'll fill our mouths with cinnamon" at the concert 300 times in a row!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • ora riempiremo le nostre bocche di cannella

  • After the bombs and yankee bayonete are great songs , but i like them all ;)

  • I have just discovered them as well, I like about 5 songs by them in an hour, so yeah they are really good, a hidden gem, that might become more popular ( they deserve to ).

  • Check out my cover of THE RAKE'S SONG

  • Love this band

  • One really good record from The Decemberists nobody ever seems to mention is Picaresqueties. It's just an EP, and it's only got four (five, sort of) songs, but it's incredibly, incredibly good. Try that.

    Also, yeah, Hazards of Love kicks ass, as does its spiritual predecessor, The Tain.

  • I'd suggest California One and Youth and Beauty Brigade from their Castaways and Cutouts album.

    Another favorite of mine is The Gymnist, High Above the Ground from their Her Majesty album.

    Also, listen to all of The Hazards of Love, from start to finish. It's a wonderful experience.

  • they're so good! i'm just starting to get into them. does anybody have any recommendation for any other of their songs/albums?

  • Personally I like Picaresque and The Crane Wife. The random stories of Picaresque are great and the crane wife is amazing in how it has several arcing songs (crane wife 1-3). I prefer those to The Hazards of Love as I'm not so fond of an over arcing themed album, but it's still amazing. All their albums have something different and new to offer.

  • @Celdoir Definitely second both picaresque and the crane wife. My first introduction to the decemberists was the crane wife playing as an instore play at barnes and noble, i then bought every decemberists cd we had... :D... Colin Meloy...

  • @Celdoir Yeah Picaresque and Crane wife for me, too.

  • @FrozenThorns castaways is great and see them live if you get the chance!

  • @FrozenThorns Sorry! I accidentally thumbed down and I don't know how to undo it!

  • @FrozenThorns Castaways and Cutouts, their first album, is the best

  • @FrozenThorns ALL of them

  • @FrozenThorns All of them

  • @FrozenThorns Defenitely try The Crane Wife. My favorite album.

  • @FrozenThorns definatly listen to "the hazards of love" --my personal favorite album :)

  • @FrozenThorns "The Hazards of Love" album is my favorite :)

  • @FrozenThorns

    Don't miss the Colon Meloy Sings! record. His solo stuff is really great

  • @FrozenThorns

    The are a amazing group ... try with "Thw wanting comes in waves"

  • @FrozenThorns

    The wanting comes in waves .... This group is amazing !!!!!!

  • @FrozenThorns I actually like Hazards of Love, but know that it is one gigantic song, mostly. You can listen to them individually, but whereas most albums can run on random, Hazards is meant to be played in order only. If you can find it, check out the EP that contains only one track, The Tain. It is a 5 part, 21-minute-long poem that is great.Other than that, Picaresque and Crane Wife albums are amazing. From the album Castaways and Cutouts, I recommend "July, July" and "A Cautionary Tale"

  • @FrozenThorns I've been listening them for years. My personal favs are;

    1) Sixteen Military Wives

    2) Here I Dreamnt I Was An Architect

    3) Grace Cathedral Hill

  • @FrozenThorns

    i like the rake's song...^^

  • @FrozenThorns Castaways and Cutouts and Her Majesty are also breathtaking.

  • @FrozenThorns A Cautionary Song.

  • I like how it means something, yet somehow it doesn't.... What I mean is, it doesn't have to mean something though it does.

  • yeah...i know what you mean. i like it when musicians let the song speak in its own way for the individual listener. we can each interpret it in our own way, yet the way it was intended, if we want. does that make sense? haha

  • Such a simple song, maybe it's a coincidence but the simplicity and the song being about sons and daughters, children simple and such.

  • are they Irish?

  • No, The Decemberists are from Portland, Oregon I believe. There is a chance I could be wrong but I know for sure they're from a northern U.S. port town.

  • I was in a variety show and one of the acts after my group did this song. They had an acoustic guitar, an acoustic bass guitar, an accordion, a fiddle, and a trumpet and it made for a really awesome sound. We in the audience got to sing the "hear all the bombs fade away" line, too, and some people did improvised harmony, it was chillingly good.

  • i like the guitar part.

  • Saw Colin solo in his hometown of Helena, MT and he played this and he split the crowd of about a hundred people in half and we did a round of this song! I met him after the show and he's really nice!

  • @TigerTeamProductions

    Show at the Myrna? I was there! He is incredible, if a little informal. OK, waaaaaaay informal.

  • @TigerTeamProductions I was there in the front row! That show was amazing!