The Decemberists - Chimbley Sweep (inc. lightsaber fight)

The Decemberists in San Francisco performing "Chimbley Sweep" and stopping in the middle for a lightsaber duel. (a portion of the video is fairly dark due to the fact that the house lights were brought down for a while, but it's an entertaining song)

Category:

Music

Tags:

• decemberists
• san
• francisco
• pop
• indie
• music

[Welihy]

First off, what the hell is a "Chimbley"?

Second, when the woman is talking she says, "I havent been (something)'d since the day my husband died" I know what she means but I cant understand the word shes using. Someone please help.

[oysteryogurt]

@Welihy I think Chimbley may be a euphemism in this context? Since Petra Hayden sings, "I have not been SWEPT since the day my husband died."

[Mobbsyomfglolz]

Stephen Colbert doesn't know what he's messing with!

[oysteryogurt]

Did Stephen Colbert say something about The Decemberists? I think I missed it ...

[ihatemalus]

I love the kind of free spirit and fun atmosphere they can consistently give off.

You can tell just by watching this video that they make their shows a really fun experience and probably never get tired of playing the same stuff of playing for the same sorts of people.

[dechetsdailybs]

No, I didnt say my taste was better. Merely that my point of view was simply that not everyone can have good taste in music.

My political views have nothing to do with this conversation, and I find it redundant and a bit amusing that you bring that up.

As far as sporting teams go, I could care less. So hurrah to your team.

But when you really get down to it, I was just making a joke about someone being an ass about a band, where as you brought in all this bullshit about me being biased. Hm

[Zombie0194]

@Welihy Chimbley is another pronounciation of chimney. In england the it was common for the cleaners of the chimneys or chimbleys to be cleaned by a chimbley sweep.

[MrSandman9151]

O collin, u so crazy! I actually saw them in collumbus ohio recently; blew my mind outthe top of my head :D

[gamingguy90]

@oysteryogurt Stephen Colbert said their green-screen music video of O Valencia! was stealing his Green-Screen Challange. They then countered that he stole that from their on-stage lightsaber fight. They resolved it on an episode of the Colbert Report where Colbert had a rock-off against Chris Funk.

[Welihy]

@oysteryogurt I've actually thought about that a bit, like how songs usually have meanings behind them like Hotel California, but I can't figure out how the word CHIMBLEY fits into it. I seriously couldn't understand the word Petra said. Its not that I didn't get it, its that I couldnt hear her right. The same way in Mariner's Revenge that I couldn't hear her say "Find him Bind him" over the music. Thanks for the clarification and awesome username btw

[DaBomb3434]

how could 16 people dislike this, they are out of their minds, colin is pure badass

[amodelqueso]

That looks like it would've been the coolest concert to ever go to! I wanna see em live even more badly now!

[Nemomeansnoname]

the fact that they're not douche bags, and i'm just curious, why do you look up the video if you don't like the band, no one has a gun to your head so shove your head up your ass and go listen to music you like and leave us decemberists fans to our own ways

[NorkBomb]

Their shows are a lot of fun ! They did lots of silly things at the concert I went to.