Behind the Song with the Decemberists

[NashvilleSongwriting]

He is an awesome performer and a great poet!! Who cares about his side burns!??We all go through phases of being not fashionable!! I can't see him being arrogant though! Some people just doesn't get intelligence!!

[Volcanic9]

man this camerman caught him in an awful way

[montyvw1]

wtf is he talking about? flippin goofball, but I do like Down by the Water though

[Saxboyy92]

he's no better than andie macdowell

[uumom2many]

@Saxboyy92 He's got better sidechops.



[Saxboyy92]

This guy is so arrogant. I was watching an interview with him and he said 'i have a couple albums consider yourself lucky that you're talking to me' and they had to stop the interview because he was suck a stupid fat prick to all the people.

[constancekingsley]

@Saxboyy92 What interview was that? I'd like to see it just because I find it hard to believe that he would display that type attitude and behavior. Also I'm thinking that what you posted just may have been taken out of context.

Oh...and by the way..perhaps you should re-read your posting. Did you even GO to school and if so, did they not teach grammar and sentence structure, or did you just not get it?

[SoundedFamiliar]

@Saxboyy92 I can tell you, 100%, that this comment is completely and utterly false.

[KenshiRyden]

His facial hair is venerable.

[OdoubleTO]

reminds me of Peter Griffin :P

[Mersadlpool]

@OdoubleTO if he just got up to sing "bird is the word" he would be a spittin image of him

[H0ndaC1v1c94]

Mutton Chops! The amount of love I have for this man is the equivalent of my love for cake. And I fucking love cake!

[Meggerr69]

That facial hair is JUST awful

[photographer21211]

love the sideburns!

[theyeyeye]

The message is positive , that i grant. Although all these 'indie' videos make me think...'MTV2'. Boring!! They look like a kids' school project put together. Rather uninspiring. To hell with MTV - it's either dumb , vocoder pop, or 'indie' which is really another term for 'emo' these days. A bunch of upper middle class posers, that hang out in shopping malls and pretend to be 'alternative', 'malnourished like that would automatically give them intellectual respect. O Jees...

[cikasba]

@theyeyeye I love how you didnt mention their music at all in that super lonng parapgraph

[FlyingRicer]

@theyeyeye ...wow ignorant

[reenactor19th]

@casualerror1 Hackneyed. Hyperbole. Grows. Tiring.

[Angelikuhhh]

WTF? No accent? I'm confused.

[HaveAnEmotasticDay]

@Angelikuhhh Colin's from Oregon. So technically he has a Pacific Northwest accent? :P

[Angelikuhhh]

@HaveAnEmotasticDay Ahaha i know. I'm saying that i'm surprised he doesn't have a british accent. He sings with one.(:

[HaveAnEmotasticDay]

@Angelikuhhh Gotcha! I always thought he sounded Scottish, then I found out he was born here and went to the same college as me, and I was like "oh. huh." :P

[TheKenTerry]

I want his hair...that is all.

[MCRsTheBlackParade]

Saw them live at McMenemins edgefield... I loved it... The venue SCREAMED decemberists and indie epicness....They were at there peak on that tour

[sgalloberklee]

this type of interview is INVALUABLE.

it's so pleasing/inspiring to hear a lyricist discuss their work.

i wish there were more of these interviews!!!

[regusted]

Leave out the "interpretive" hand gestures when you play please. Effing ridiculous. The band is good, though

[Animutant666]

what song is it?

[phylchmusic]

A record year for rainfall.

[Greg1962]

Sorry, but I had to laugh when Colin said this was one of his more dour songs. I'd love to see a "dour rating" of songs in the Decemberists' catalog.The Decemberists are great!

[PistachioG]

in the past, yes, he defiantly did. in lately.... i wouldn't say as much. I still like his older stuff. especially tarkio :) (don't be so hard on him)

[DrPhilip91]

im seeing them live in 2 hours =)

[fabriggio]

Dubtat, obviously not a Decemberists fan.

Colin could spit on a baby and i'd still think there was artistic expression in it.

His stage presence makes me weep.

PS - i'm sure he'd apologize to the baby.

[aichax3]

hahaha :D

[thehoodedronin]

@fabriggio Well put my friend, well put.

[reenactor19th]

@fabriggio so, in other words, you commit a foolish hero worship and we should just accept it? Sorry, iuvenis, you lose.

[shy0away0from0me]

he just blows me away... the metaphors he writes are simply amazing. ps. love the mutton chops lol

[jablesj]

Genius. My favourite songwriter.

[Barnmol]

lol dubtat. Bitter much!?

[TheLOLrus12]

naw man. Just naw.

Stravinsky is just naw.

Now, if it were Mozart's mass in C minor..

Then Damn.

[Animutant666]

he basically fucking did man

[Animutant666]

dickface

[XRoysMistressX]

@dubtat Ummmmm they're not pop...At all...So stfu.

[thecataclysman]

he... is...a...genius. The decemberists is the best band ever.

[steve0619]

@thecataclysman

clearly you've not discovered Neutral Milk Hotel!

but yeah decemberists may be 2nd ;)

[sadtrapofgravity]

hahahaha

oh how i love this man.

... by way of comparison to the roman empire...

hilarious