The Decemberists "Eli, the barrow boy"

[armanimanauctions]

The camera angles chosen are great. Amazing piece!

[Jtomczak7959]

Easily one of the best fan-made videos I've seen. Good job, sir.

[ConnectedToMyLife]

Fucking Fantastic!

[creepycaffeine]

just a little shaky and jumpy.

[asojfg69]

i sure hope you got an A for this because it was amazing.

[xOniDotx]

BRAVO GOOD SIR! BRAVO!

[aztecgypsyrose]

this was an amazing video. incredible

[MissCraftyQueen]

amazing!



[LisaCam42]

Gorgeous. Remarkably gorgeous film making. Love it!

[karibethturd]

excellent, incredible. tragically beautiful, just like the song.. ... thank u for sharing your work -

[bax2trip]

great video. definitely touched my heart

[katherinekhaos07]

This video was simple perfect. I don't think anyone but the band , could have captured this video as perfectly as you did. Thank you! =)

[DrHateful]

This video was beautiful.

[coramaeshubby]

this video is bad ass i love it, props to everyone that had anything to do with it and the song!!!



[CaptMortifyd]

Well done! You gave the story a completely different twist than I had imagined and it worked beautifully.

[Jaezabel13]

wow, very well for fan made.

[CharlotteSteams]

I loved this.

[bluydgrl777]

WOW! You did an AMAZING job! I wouldn't have even known it wasn't professionally done if I hadn't read the prefix! My daughter is in majoring in film production in College, and I'm going to make sure she sees this for inspiration! Great job! I love the Decemberists and I love this song!

[skanky87]

great job on the video mate!!

[viewerlikeyouare]

The suspenders are a nice touch. I just really like your interpretation in general. You give a good name to fan videos. Thank you for sharing this :)

[bwilburful]

Great job, nicely odne

[alextryan]

i dunno... nice camera work, but did you storyboard it? it doesn't capture the story of the song for me at all.

[allahexclamationmark]

Wow, that was beautiful! Wonderful camera work, some shots were truly gorgeous.

[ajpoubelle]

Great piece of fan art ! Thanks.

[sipaphoto]

Actually, far from hating it.... Good job!

[todabrilla]

Very nicely done!

[MrtyMrtn]

Very well done!

[lissuz09]

Wow, perfect. Congrats. I adored it.

[SmokyMcPot77]

<3 it

[sk8hero14]

youve trully captured sir colin meloy in this video. nothing short of perfection.

[umbreonespeont6]

So, is this about a man who is in love with a slave but the slave's "master" catches her and kills her? GREAT JOB I LOVED IT

[clooky04]

sorry. dont like this either. try blitzentrapper. or .357 stringband. dont be scared. .357 stringband. SERIOUSLY. thats all you will want to listen to if you hear them 1ce

[toaturner1988]

Fantastic video.. I really enjoyed it.

[demibrigade]

wonderful...

[MuckyGhost]

Kudos, 'fan'tastic video! I wouldn't have guessed :)

[lostaddict12]

amazing video!!

[djsciboy]

I like the six feet under hand split at the end! great video:)

[MrDadtunes]

This is wonderful. What type of camera did you use to film it? Thanks for posting your work, and i'd love to see more.

[skip728]

This is really well shot and edited. Nice job.

[LolilieP]

That was awesome.

[WaterLilyDreams]

oh wow this is so beautiful

[mrwlcw0508]

A job very well done.

[bc23point5]

I love your interpretation! What a great video!

[BethanyFTW]

This is brilliant, you did an amazing job ^_^

[RobTheBernardinosaur]

this song reminds me of looking outside the window while driving down the empty road around 4 p.m during fall. Yeah very cinematic.

[311dodgers]

this is #outfuckinstanding!!!

[tiapaki13]

oh ae? i always thought this was the official clip, far out , well done you, that's awesome!!

[QueenWebster]

Well done!

[emonkey1313]

my name is Eli

[shizznugget]

well done, man!

[ABetterYesterday]

Really didn't expect it to be this good. That was wonderful, good job.

[Thastorcyclone]

wow omg, ur video, this is AWSOME

[hannahlewis20]

Congrats! Good piece!

[bartamousmaximous]

26 people are communist and like to eat babies. This song is amazing and this video is really good, its hard to find someone with real creative notions to get off their ass and make something useful with their life instead of being lazy or stupid. Thumbs up to this production crew :D

[ttk1opc]

This song taught me how to pronounce barrow, my whole life I thought it was wheel barrel. Friggin New England.

[jacesk8ter123]

theres soo many good fan made videos of the decemberists!

[kitrona]

Sad, but beautifully done.

[bassgod89]

I cover this tune all the time. Check out my tunes!

[15Think]

I want to live there

[lordblighty]

I like this, very good

[Pacifico1982]

oh damn, this was beautiful sad!

[Pinolantie]

hey, i like this a lot. just to say, we also did a video for this song but i hadn't seen this before. and surprise surprise, our version resembles this one a lot :D but it has a lil different style though..

[pazzerz1]

I love watching this video :) It was made so well!!

[xeoriffic]

i usually read the description after the i watch teh video, and you sir had me for the real Mc coy here. if youtube would still had star i would give u 5\5 , of course there are parts where u can tell its fan made, but there arent that many really. i bow before your filmmaking skills and editing

[daverussell777]

looks like 28 somebodies Cant aim and Hit the wrong button.

[JHDthe8]

@nuttmegg this is really awesome! good job

what kind if camera did you use?

[TheNAchoBand]

Great Great song

[Mekree]

I really hope you got an A. Great video.

[CapeCodKnits]

Very nice!

[MrMaxwellSearcy]

Fine work! Great honesty towards the lyrical narrative.

[homid]

That was really great!

[musicaddiction555]

i've heard this song like twenty times and this is the first time i actually noticed what the lyrics were saying--cause of your video. hahaha i feel stupid but nice job!

[Abeersz21]

i would have never guessed this video was fan made. awesome song though. keep makin the videos!

[crypticscripts]

Brilliant effort!! Like others here, I thought that this was an official release. You should rightly be very proud of your work!!

[misslexotangabe]

muito, muito bom! adorei

[Lasher500]

Wonderful visualization. 

[iamjoedubois]

i love this song, its so perfect.

[HappyWithSocks]

Sounds like Black River Killer by Blitzen Trapper.

[asulkan]

@HappyWithSocks dude i checked that song... holy god.. its my new favorite.. thanks man

[HappyWithSocks]

@asulkan Glad to make your day!

[Ichigo4456]

Wait, this isn't the real video? Really? Jeez. I could have sworn this was the real deal. Good job! Hope you got an A+ on that project!

[yourjuliette]

this is excellent. keep at it dude.

[brettjava]

Timing the scene transitions and some of the actor's movements with beats of the music would help drive a viewer's attention into the center of this story, and would propel this from good "wow, that was a fan video?" material to an outstanding musical presentation.

[brettjava]

Timing the scene transitions and some of the actor's movements with beats of the music would help drive a viewer's attention into the center of the story, and would take this from good material to an astounding music video.

[oluas87]

great job!! this is sooo good! love it !

[steveham100]

yeah your getting there dude ..very well made,fair dues to ya!

[doodlesxlove]

this is absolutely impressive- favourited!

[LSUskippy]

this is great!

[brknspacebar]

Check out my cover of THE RAKE'S SONG

[johnnychick94]

:( this is an AMAZING VIDEO keep up the good work

[conair430]

how could this have any down votes?

[starmirth]

Very nice video!

[goolyaboolya]

This was sooooooooooooooooooooooo amazing i REALLY love it. Made me tear up! well the song makes me tear up anyways but that made the video made it TEN times better!

[kevinthegrasshopper]

wow, this was so great! like an old film with the filters you put on it. and the story was so cool!

[rachelmmmmbourne]

Nice!!

[happyhorsegirl13]

Beautiful. Well done!

[Mossossoppo]

Very well done.

[koiblesz]

I adore this song, and this video is completely excellent!!! I definitely hope you got an A on your project; you deserve it for this :)

[Digimer]

Dude, that was very impressive!

[bigcyhutch]

Well done!

[saimali0]

THIS SONG IS FUCKING SAD

I love it.

This video was perfect..

[dylonias]

this was outstanding

[cowsrsexi007]

Amazing...

[iamerinnolan]

Great concept and editing. Hope you got an A :)

[Trev466]

Video was good, but for some reason didn't strike me as excellent.. Perhaps it was because not much really happened..?

Anyways, great song, good video, 4/5.

[bisquitshog123]

very well done. thank you.

[brefunk908]

gives me chills

[Pyraphiliac]

Wow...very moving, very well done.

[elhazelrah]

Wow so good. I love this song and you totally did it justice with this moving piece.

[VannSlayer]

You better have made an A on that school project because this was wonderful.

[Adrenaline222]

beautiful

[korkeycat]

Heard this song for the first time today, great song awesome video, thank you n well done

[jalviek]

wow. very well done. impressive amount of work you must have put into narrative, costume and setting.

[chadg2287]

awesome video...great song too

[bryantjudoman]

that was a fan made video...could of fooled me that was perfect!

[korkeycat]

Great comment, ish id wrote that

[wavewobbler]

Well done, very well done.

[Dancing2D]

This is perhaps one of the best fan-made live action videos ever made. Far above the quality of others. A+. You should make more.

[Darkunlos]

This was fantastic, what a great spin on this song.

[Chuggernaught13]

I loved that video. It's reminiscent of the video for southern anthem by Iron and Wine, only obviously much sadder.

[charmedguy18]

wow that was spectacular.

[leotveter]

Holy hell...

You should go for being a director mate:-)

With all my heart, I'm having forbidden love problems too now, great work!

[paperclip90654]

this is fantastic.

[mrfudgeyhead]

Man, where do you live?

This scenery is gorgeous.

Really well done too.

Clothing really makes it authentic too. Is it just normal there or did you have a lot of early nineteenth century era clothing available? (I wont ask why, what you artsy types do on your own time is your business)

[Seechelle13]

so beautiful...thank you for sharing

[JestingJill]

Wonderfully done!

[agentm83]

Great video! Seems very authentic.

[GracePearl]

this is a great song..and this video is pretty great too. well done. hope you got a good mark for it.

[ranzizam]

great song, video not so bad

[gooseberrygarden]

Loved it! Professionally made indeed!

[skellington75]

did you really do all the filming and acting for this? It is really professional!

[lovesharmony]

this was beautifully made, great great job

[musicluvr40]

Best video ever. Makes me extremely sad, but thats the point right? Thank you so much for sharing this, its amazingly made. Good job.

[kragfacekill]

I dont get it. The song talks about Eli being found dead, not his lover. Video is backwards or am I blind?

[capaige1]

Both of them are found dead. His lover in the beginning, then him later.

[colleenr825]

yeah, pay attention. his lover is killed first in the lyrics.

[lashleyflaypool]

great job my friend. bravo.

[greeneplaceYO]

this video is aweome! great job

[megaGaBby1997]

this song reminds me of home NC

[crob647gtx]

I saw them in Asheville, NC...sept. 25th. It was an incredible show of course! I love this song, i just wish i could play it better on guitar.

[megaGaBby1997]

omgawd relly i live and bunn and i didnt knwo they came o man that sucks and 4 days away from my b-day that really sucks thanks 4 making me sad jk

[Doxygurl]

This is a very, very good music video. I love the Decemberists. :D And the girl in the video is very pretty.

[everoutlaw]

don't normally post comments, but this is one of my favorite songs by one of my favorite bands and you did a really admirable job. unexpected, dark, and sweet - like the song. Great job. (and, being from NC, the tobacco field makes me right to home...)

[timmilew]

fantastic video to accompany a fantastic song. top stuff.

[SoMeWeRiNCaLii]

its just his video...which was fun to watch! they would hve made a different vid because they have access to anything they want!!! nice job

[wearedoctor]

this is the best video i've ever seen. bravo.

[BoyBot09]

lOVE IT!!!!

[BrianGodard]

Great,great,great revival of the Appalachian folk!

[bz960]

Lovely!

[wintersweet]

VERY well done!

Although not the literal interpretation of the song...this was a terrific, amazing video.

I enjoyed it very much!

[Purashii]

I loved the way you twisted the interpretation, very well done, though out, and tasteful. Do you have a hopeful future in directing?

[mrfudgeyhead]

Eli got himself a colored woman?

Not on my watch!

Is what I assume the mustached guy was thinking.

Who the fuck was that guy?

I can only assume he was mad that he was bald and could only grow hair on his lips.

And that his mustache wouldn't twirl.

This drove the man insane enough to kill

You see it all the time.

[LumosSolem]

My first ever youtube comment but by God Sir, you deserve an applause.

[anancybrown]

This was very well done. I love it :)

[irieone22]

Nice job...This is one of my favorite Decemberists songs and you made it that much better...

[indieROXmySOX]

holy cow this was reeeeeaaaaaallllllyyy good, the only thing i can think of that would make this even better would be to add a vintage or old look to the video.

but i really loved your video, it gave me goosebumps

[funkinmonks]

like a sepia filter??

[indieROXmySOX]

woot! sepia wouls make it look great and maybe even a little grain would be good...but this video is already pure gold

[cottonisafattkitty]

i luv this video

[oluas87]

this wasn't good..

was great!! i luv it!!

[littleboyJonny]

That was really good

[smossy94]

Damn. That was amazing!!

[Honoric5]

Excellent.

[TheNicoletteJoy]

this song is so sad but also so beautiful

[Moogan826]

Beautiful.

[InfrangibleChain]

I love playing this one on guitar - so simple and so nice, one of my favorites.

[BouzoukiBreton]

yepp, fantastic! and easy, anyone who wants to learn it go to ultimate guitar and click on version 2, i posted it, it is an easier version than the other one, its such a fantastic song

[massdrewski]

very well done

[Oopgrub]

excellent job by the way

[Oopgrub]

Is that a tobacco crop?

[whalestail1955]

Yes, the whole video is centered around a tobacco farm.

[shitmyfuckass]

you made this? fuckin'a, good job! whats the plot of the video?

[foreverlilu21]

omg, that is a freakin great video, i thought it was like an actual video by like a record company!!!! i love it!!! this is my favorite song, i like how you used your camera to focus on surtain things like leaves, and ur hand in the river, .... frekin awesome

[nightmarecinema33]

There's so much beauty in sadness...