The Decemberists - The Rake's Song

[impishcoyote]

woah, I, am, not appalled..... >:)

[Petox20x]

Damn...

[jacobromu]

THESE GUYS FOUND RED FANG.  RED FANG ARE THE BEST BAND IN THE WORLD, SO I MEAN I DON'T LIKE THIS SONG OR ANYTHING, BUT THEY MUST BE COOL SINCE THEY LIKE RED FANG!

[webdesignlondoncity]

cool annimation.

[KimIsMissing]

great beat, wtf lyrics. ♥ decemberists

[rosescarlet79]

Great job! Awesome animation!

[SomberKitteh]

i used to be obsessed with this song...now i ask myself y i was....

[somekindofmagik]

This video is amazing! Great job! I had never heard this song until I saw the Decemberists perform live a few days ago. This song really caught me off guard because it has such an infectious rhythm... until you realize what he's actually saying.

[AssassinRecruit]

Mind fuck...

[rockrgirl01]

I loooove this band!!! I love British art students for making this!

[AmazingMonkeyQueen]

Seriously, is this not amazing?

[AmazingMonkeyQueen]

Fabulous. Reminds me of one of the "The Teng" dvd animated songs. Bravo

[DrMasopic]

A bit creepy, but thats why its hauntingly fun! Also I thought Baba Yaga was Ukraine Not Russian :)

[DrMasopic]

A bit creepy, but thats why its hauntingly fun!

[screilly]

Scary, scary song. Has you singing along and then you're like "wait? he's doing what!? and I'm singing along!!?!" So fucked

[lkaef]

good job, you inspired me to make an own version: /watch?v=CnWt71Jx_3Q

[2Awsome4U2]

freaking love it. :-)

[Ajepson2]

This made me feel quite a bit better...that's some good stuff lol

[arowe333]

some of the worst animating Ive ever seen in my life. choppy, poorly shot, the lighting was ridiculous, and i just have no idea how you can call it "stunning" animation. wow.

[barnyardstory]

@arowe333 You're outa your frikin head, it's pissa.

[raithrover1976]

Lyrics so dark they could have been written by Nick Cave!

[daimonhampton]

this is not stunning just cus was animated it was really copping and annoying

[1foreversedated1]

im going to see that little doll with white hair and white clothes when i go to bed...i'll wake up in the middle of the night and it'll just be on my pillow, staring at me...0.o

[Advancedgod]

Only the Decemberists can make dead babies fun.

[happyclappy88]

@Advancedgod that and tequila!

[MsUndiscovered1]

Sick lyrics...kinda catchy though.

Bleurgh.

[LikeSoTotallyRandom]

Creepy. The weird part is i listened several times before bothering to pay attention to the lyrics and then got freaked out :O

[davidvkimball]

Wow, this is incredible. I know Colin Meloy is PROUD!

[zestytoaster]

i just listened to this 3 times in a row. no breaks, just 10 straight minutes of eargasm

[HonestlyDave]

anyone else realize how people who listen to this stuff are a lot less aggressive than people who listen to rap and metalcore? Just saying, a lot less negative comments on here.

[LikeSoTotallyRandom]

@HonestlyDave Huh....ur right....that is odd

[F15pilots]

awesome job

[EsperonNDA]

disturbing. which i think you should take as a compliment.

[wozzdogger]

great song... dont watch this stoned though.

[MurasakiFujiwara]

This is so cool! Amazing job! I love it! No one could do the song justice as much as you guys!

[sharkman0485]

This looks like it should be a Tool video

[MentalPsych]

loved this gruesome song for a year. this is the perfect video! they did a fantastic job

[KingSizedSarah]

This is like a clockwork orange meets tim burton. i love it.

[ezsplan1]

Cool

[GetMoney2TakeMoney]

I love the Baba Yaga house...how neat and oddly poignant.

[IchLiebeJuanes]

This is a really neat video! Props to the animators!

[alcolol]

wicked animation !

[smithndw423]

good song but the video is a piece of shit!

[decomposingmusician]

A great song and a great video. A perfect match.

[RawrxItsJoJo]

After watching this, I immediately checked the ratings and was not at all surprised at the 5 stars. I was stunned by the greatness so much that I had to watch it a couple times before I could think. xD This animation must have taken FOREVER to do! definitely the best video I have ever seen. -nods head-

[amigoshacku89]

love this song no lie ......it rocks it tells a story about a guy- who has become a dad cool ....lol

[BastetAriaten]

yeah a dad only to kill all his children just to be free of responsibilities. but i agree that the song itself is beautifully constructed for the telling of that story

[PregnantTurtleFish]

Gruesome lyrics. Great song though.

[phaseout2004]

Charlotte I buried after feeding her foxglove

Dawn was easy, she was drowned in the bath

Eziah fought but was easily bested

Burned his body for incurring my wrath

Alright, alright, alright

[Valleyhead12]

"womb started spilling out babies" great...

[pfcsusczynski]

these guys are a bunch of commies

[redcorpse]

@pfcsusczynski

How so?

[pfcsusczynski]

i may be confusing them with another band but i think they did a festival for Marxist music and barack obama

[johng67]

and you sir, are a dick.

[Cm810]

and you're a giant cuntbag.

[Readymade101]

Brilliant! Reminds me of Michel Gondry. Best video I've seen in ages.

[myanna555]

great job, love the figurines on the rooftop!

[myhandisapokemon]

im so glad colin saw this, it definitly deserves the recognition! ridiculously brilliant, and i'm very jealous of your talant.

[injoyfruit]

i love the last two seconds

the whole thing is wonderful

[Mackmation]

interesting stop motion work, some parts clever.

[emopalstrawberri]

I quite liked this. It needed work in relevancy between the visuals, but I enjoyed it.

[sgbassman7546]

live action pl0x. :-(. too many stop motion music videos lately.

[danjo95]

it reminds me of ispy

[warpigANONYMOUS]

This is hilarious. I lol'd so hard when the trap door opened and the babies fell out

[stantheguy]

The video could be A LOT better.

[sadbaby01]

too many good ideas and nothing linking them... some parts were awesome and then, meh.

glad Meloy iikes it though!!

[szwolf34601]

Colin Meloy put a link to this on Twitter, Nice job!!!!!!

[SimonJames]

Wonderful!

[ziumizium]

quite a mess..

[berondi]

awesome animation and rockin' song. quite different from their earlier stuff.

[BeadleBobford]

Many moons of happiness shine on your people for creating this gem.

Brilliant, interpretive, fantastic.

Just saw them last night in Chicago, by the way.

[lazyatthedisco]

apparently

[mg543]

is this new??