Monsters Of Folk - The Sandman, The Brakeman and Me

[theturnernator]

try to stop this train john mayer, i dare you.

[videotimesss1]

very similiar to the feelings of actually working on the railroad, I just retired after 32 years on the Union Pacific Rails, and this song reminds me of days of the past.

Thank you for the feelings!

[rodtarget]

@videotimesss1 Thanks for the good work and good music my man, roll on

[bnoyman]

magic

[ImSleepingIn]

Oddly enough, it reminds me of that lyric from "The Rainbow Connection" (yes, by Kermit The Frog haha!) "Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection. The lovers, the dreamers, and me laaalala dee..."

:] Fantastic tune. Both of em!

[Zagariche1]

my friend showed me this group and i listened to this song and said to myself ".....wooohhooooaaa........."

truly awesome, very calming, peaceful.

[graphmark1]

i love this song

[ThePr0Hobo]

Ugh, it's the same riff since the end of the intro.. so boring x.x

[fnupfnup]

Well, it's a good one.

[ThePr0Hobo]

Touche.

[garethOOisOOawesome]

The finger picking right? I get it :)

[dbeater1]

sooo nice.

[MIRRORSnFEVERS]

Monsters of Folk tonight! Excited to see conor! eeeeh (:

[mayorlito]

the guy in the glasses looks like steven speilberg. and why is it that nebraska has no offense to speak of. honestly you are reminded of nebraska's offense and you literally wonder out loud why the fu*k are we running that screnn play agaain. It must drive you crazy if you are a husker fan. But I must digress, back to the Monsters.

[BurntByTheMoon44]

I love M. Ward. His voice is so sexy

and of course I love Conor Oberst. He's the reason why I found out about this band.

[wavewerk]

someone tab this out please

[rosshorn812]

there is a video on here that shows it pretty well. you have to tune your guitar to an open c

[DaMan374]

Ok, honestly. Are you just going to every M.O.F. song you can find and talking crap about the band? Get a life.

[MarcoEsquand0las]

lol. responding to every flame comment on youtube? get a life. troll'd.

[mrleach3165]

Hummm.

What to say? What to say?

I've been making music for 9 months and I'm always looking for inspiration. Today I found two great bands.

Earl Greyhound and Monsters Of Folk.

Man it must be Christmas.

[StripedxSocks]

Don't forget about Bright Eyes, Elliot Smith, and Iron and Wine!!

[mrleach3165]

I like the first day of my life . great video concept and song, but man! Iron and Wine wow!

3 thumbs up

Thanks...Nelson

[lilcalibro]

this song reminds me of portland. maybe just because of M. Ward.

[WorldsOfMind]

i like all their own projects far more.

[luminakids]

this is my favorite off the album. i think ward sings on slow down jo too

[ckad79]

This won't get a grammy. You can go to Pitchfork to see the most critically claim albums of the past 10 years and not once has a top critically acclaimed album won a grammy! The grammies are aweful, but not as pathetic as the AMAs! OScars are the only awards that still have a little class and respect for their industry.

[jaxtraw51]

Chad,Thank god the pundits and other critics don't rule.We rule!!We are the guys who buy the tix and download the CD's. Caught these guys Sat. nite and I swear all the critics were in the Lounge sipping on Cosmo's and talking to hookers.

[beveah]

Until they all formed MOF it was hard to appreciate how much alike all these songwriters styles are.

[jzoom45]

what is the other MOF song that m. ward is the lead vocalist?

[MysticGrant]

This might sound ridiculous considering the Grammy's are complete trash, but do you think M.O.F might possibly get a grammy nomination? It's one of the most brilliant albums I've ever heard, there's so many soon to be classics on it it's crazy

[hammondjr1251]

band rules

[MysticGrant]

When I retire in like 50 years I'm gonnna sail deep into the Pacific ocean while playing this song.

[nevermath]

On repeat? Because it would take much longer than 3:18 to get "deep into the Pacific ocean."

[NaomiLovesDifferent]

:D thats beautiful

[acousticlukas26]

Righteous!!!

[alx90x]

@MysticGrant

my god...can i come?

[benabb]

i adore this song.

[aymansays]

if you're familiar with each of the four, it's so interesting how you can tell whose wing the others were under for each song. this was mostly m. ward, i'm betting, and Dear God was mostly jim (or "yim", as he likes to be referred to these days). truly, fans of this band are lucky to be alive in a time when beautiful music like this can be heard. NaomiLovesDifferent is right - just like chocolate and peanut butter - magic and delicious.

[NaomiLovesDifferent]

atleast their doing charity right ;P

lol

it'll add up for a lot in the end.

[NaomiLovesDifferent]

oh wow their whole american tour is charity :) how lovely

[NaomiLovesDifferent]

this is like when chocolate got together with peanut butter. magical and delicious.

[Japandriftingstrong]

magical and delicious is Lucky Charms.

[SweetMisery1514]

Love this song.

[theboss0773]

really chill and melodic song, i'm thinking it was mostly M. Ward, it seems like it would fit perfectly in "hold time".

[torithepirate]

Who actually wrote this song? Was it M. Ward? Or was it a lyrical collaboration of all four?

[thewhimsicalwish]

m. ward did =]

i read it in the new interview with them in this month's issue of american songwriter.

[MrSpencerKenney]

Dude, that issue is amazing.

I loved the article about these guys.

[thewhimsicalwish]

ah i know!

i screamed when it came in the mail

that magazine never ceases to amaze me

[wrinkledforehead]

I can fall asleep to this.

[apothegm]

I grew up on Woody Gutherie & salt air, this is reminiscent & more; classic. Generations will know this song. God bless!

[tln88]

Something about M. Ward's voice is magical. Soothes and calms the soul

[Mayfic11]

this would have been a good addition to hold time, no?

[LordGalecki]

I Cant wait!!

[harvard11]

This song is fantastic! Conor alreay collaborated with Mike Mogis and M Ward with Bright Eyes. An instant classic!

[locke78]

he also collaborated with jim james on im wide awake

[StripedxSocks]

Awesome, can't wait until they release the CD!

[apothegm]

3 great original diverse americanas ... long live the monsters of folk

[KnotCool]

What are you talking about man, this is basically an M. Ward song with short appearances by Oberst and James.

Not saying it's a bad song or anything... it just doesn't warrant the compliments you gave it, it's too soon to tell. Well in my opinion.

[apothegm]

~ no way, saw this train (m ward) coming for a long, long time .... he has, imo, created a new americana music: optomistic & rocking!

[forbidnflute2004]

These guys are all so amazing....This is the most thing ever!

[KnotCool]

Thanks again :)

[Coloredsand]

awesome. again.