Elvis Perkins In Dearland - 'Doomsday' (Gold Room Session)

[ademeo29]

Saw these guys perform at Levon Helm's Barn on Halloween Night in 2009. It was phenomenal how they layered their many different sounds one by one with practically each song building to crescendo. I have seen hundreds of concerts and this moment sits near the top of my list of most impressive performances. Thank you EPID



[saraiish]

that drummer goes hard, and is so much fun live

[saraiish]

Love the drummer

[FionaBoosh]

Nipple whips.

[angel88perr1]

your mother is safe and will live forever

[musicinlondon2011]

Please come to London, Elvis. We would love to see you play live.

[musicinlondon2011]

Please come to London, Elvis. We would love to see you live.

[Tarheelz2011]

Who knew a song called doomsday could put you in such a great mood. Love that the drummer is having such a great time.

[star0dreamer]

potato

[hannahbanananah]

hey skins fans!

[MrDAWTYR]

@hannahbanananah

hai !

[TheRiteOne100]

@hannahbanananah OMG THIS WAS ON SKINS BLEHH!! I BET HALF OF THESE INDIE MUSIC POSERS DONT EVEN KNOW WHO HIS FATHER IS

[RandomMusicAddict]

@TheRiteOne100 It's music, for fuck's sake. Being a hipster snob doesn't give you any more right to enjoy it than the next person.

[TheRiteOne100]

@RandomMusicAddict pshhhhhhhh

[melora72]

Look at :44. That's a picture of Ozgood Perkins, Elvis' grandfather. He was a highly regarded stage actor who died when his son, Anthony Perkins, was five.

[dikkydav]

WOW!!! INCREDIBLE AND MOVING MUSIC...

[bcc1976]

They should play this song 5 times a day on the sidewalk outside of the new Mosque (on the East side of the building) that's going to be put on the footprint of NYC ground zero.

[jameeljob]

@bcc1976

it's not going into the footprint of ground zero. but it's a nice thought from you, to play this song as a tribute to both Berry Berenson and the 57 muslim americans who died in the WTC on Sept. 11.

[bcc1976]

@jameeljob Actually, I wanted it played in tribute to EVERY American killed in the 9/11 attacks. Anyone who would only want it to be in tribute to 58 Americans and ignore the other 2,900+ that were killed would be a spineless scumbag.

[Fallingsofar]

@bcc1976 Wow nice religious prejudiced, there is no reason that there shouldn't be a Mosque near or on ground zero, would it be better if it was a Temple or Church? No, is the answer, it isn't like all the terrorist in the world are Muslims, look at the situation in Northern Ireland; that is a situation between Protestant and Catholic.

Terrorism is in human nature just like every other extreme, so go take your religious intolerance somewhere else. Oh, and by the way, I'm an Atheist! >.<

[bcc1976]

@Fallingsofar there's a vast difference between religious prejudice and a sense of religious appropriateness. You do not understand that difference, nor do you understand my beliefs or values. I have several Muslim friends that agree with my sentiments, too. That must sound strange for someone with "religious intolerance," doesn't it? Congratulations on your achievement of atheism. I'm very impressed. My favorite color is red.

[Fallingsofar]

@bcc1976 So it's appropriate to segregate? That's like saying that Germans can't be around Jews because of the Holocaust. There is no point to your argument and there for it is not valid. Pointing out your "friends" isn't going to get you anywhere, try to have an actual person or fact back you up other than some made up reasoning. And I was stating I was an Atheist so that you would see that I was favoring the idea because of my religious beliefs, but for my moral beliefs.

[bcc1976]

@Fallingsofar I didn't say anything about segregation, and I'm not making anything up. Your mind is too feeble to understand my points, and the reward is not greater than the cost of trying to explain it to you. Just have a nice day and we'll leave it at that.

[Fallingsofar]

@bcc1976 Your point is simple, you think that Muslim extremist were behind September Eleventh and you think it is morally wrong to allow the construction of a Mosque on Group Zero, I see your point at to some extent I agree with it. But in that is, that this is a free country and taking the right to express religion(a part of the first amendment) is against what The United States is about. Sure you can protest it but on the other hand, what if it were a Church being constructed?

[flysociety9661]

@Fallingsofar Both of you,shut up and go have this conversation somewhere else where people are NOT trying to listen to music without it being ruined by conversation of terrorists. Thankyou :) .

[Fallingsofar]

@flysociety9661 If you haven't seen we haven't posted on here in a few weeks and I am done with this conversation. Go troll somewhere else please.

[Idziemel]

@bcc1976 ummm, sure there is a difference, they are kind of opposite. And I'm not criticising, or trying to undermine your post. The first sentence just looks funny.

[bcc1976]

At New Orleans Jazz fest in April I discovered this band by accident, stumbling past the stage, hadn't ever heard of Elvis Perkins, and this very song stopped me dead in my tracks. The music was so beautiful and powerful it made me cry. And I didn't even know what it was about. That just goes to show you the power of brilliant music.

[sookie1127]

So sad - I only knew about him because my friend was their cook and took care of Elvis when he was a little baby = she wished she could reach him - and I don't know how to do this

[buffduff18]

Awesome song. Anyone know what effects he's using in his mic?

[samsolor1989]

@buffduff18 it seems like hes using that fulltone fulldrive to get that gritty sound....

[KMortification]

one of my favorites

[yousuckjock]

whats that pedal he uses?

[Lafayettebluesman]

It's so happy and sad at the same time...damn, I gotta get me to New Orleans!

[angstbeforebeauty]

Great performance ! The drummer is a blast !

[gjtaylor99]

OMG, it's just 4 guys! Been listening to this on my iPod for months - always assumed it was a full orchestra. Bravo!

[kpm1969]

An astonishingly upbeat song about a very sad topic which, yes, is a New Orleans funereal way of dealing with grief. Brilliant and beautiful.

[zakatak000]

@kpm1969 When I die I want my funeral to be a celebration of not only my life, but life in general in that New Orleans style.

[sagejessica]

"I don't let doomsday bother me,

do you let it bother you?

...Not in all my wildest dreams it never once was seen

that doomsday could fall anywhere near a Tuesday

but flight across the skies seein fate before my eyes...

for I don't plan to die

nor should you plan to die"

Brilliant, indeed.

Cheers.

[batllamabal1]

Yes, I think so.

[batllamabal1]

This song is about Sept. 11, isn't it? The Tues. reference... flying across the sky, it ends before my eyes (?)... Tragically, Elvis's mother died in one of the planes. The lyrics and the New Orleans funeral march defy death and terror. Elvis is brilliant, very brilliant.

[jubjub2112]

@batllamabal1 I was just listening to this song and was really focusing on the lyrics . . . "In all of my wildest dreams, it never once was seen, that doomsday could fall anywhere near . . . on Tuesday" And I thought to myself that this must be referencing his mothers death on 9/11 . . . Not that this is a major revelation, or that the surface level meaning of this song is hidden, but it only just hit me now. Elvis Perkins is brilliant

[Lunoki]

Hey! That's Osgood Perkins on the mantel!

[tiposerio]

I wish this song lasted 15 minutes!

[ojkooj]

This is very good!

What about this gold room? Is it something one should know about?

[DarcelJones]

You could hide this song amongst Neutral Milk Hotel's In An Aeroplane Over the Sea ...and no one would ever know, haha.

[TheEthanSays]

I just saw them... loved it SO much. Couldn't help thinking, however, that i would've loved to see NMH do the whole aeroplane set.

[DarcelJones]

sweet i see them on may 13... what a way to cap off my day of finals.

[weteyemoon]

except they have completely different time signatures. would never work

[theugliestindian]

Conor Oberst is Britney Spears compared to this guy.

[HottBeeotch]

i love the comparison!

you are officialy my new cool person of the week!

[locueloman]

el del bombo es un crack en directo.

conner oberts? oh no no no, pero tambien mola!

[Originalseeds1]

conner Oberst?

[manwithnoname123]

nice interview with Elvis on NPR this morning talking about the making of Doomsday. check it out.

[prncssriles]

I heard the same interview. I was just introduced to his work and was pleasantly surprised to get to listen to it.

[FlashVert]

me too :)

[renpen246]

this is so amazing!

i'm going to see him tomorrow!

[444aaajj]

wow!