Poll: The Decemberists

[Machiavellian007]

I have thought for about a year now that I am one of the few people to know of them.

Escapists, what are your thoughts on this magnificently weird and wacky band?

 

[crudus]

Is this the band where the lead singer stands motionless during the guitar solos?

 

[Mockingjay]

Why is it that so many people think that they are the only ones who know about very popular and well known bands (who wouldn't be around if they had only one fan) just because they don't chart?

I like them a lot actually, they have a unique sound.

 

[Machiavellian007]

gah, fuck. I hate my internet. This is a double thread, sorry; the original one is down a few and actually has the poll.

 

[ScatterBen]

Why is it that so many people think that they are the only ones who know about very popular and well known bands (who wouldn't be around if they had only one fan) just because they don't chart?

I like them a lot actually, they have a unique sound.

Exactly this. The whole idea of people thinking that they are *that* unique is really annoying actually.

I've got their latest two albums and they're both brilliant. I think another is in the post, too, so I'm slowly expanding my library with their stuff.

I was in Australia for the Big Day Out festival this year and saw them there. I really enjoyed them, they played pretty much all of the songs that I knew and wanted to hear, including all three parts of The Crane Wife back-to-back. The guys voice is really nice.

 

[Nickolai77]

They're songs are a lot more interesting than most other songs of their genre, and instumentally they are usually better as well. Vocally they sound like most other rock-bands, but i carn't really make that a critism because most male power-metal singers sound the same as well. So, they're not bad.

 

[GrimTuesday]

I love the Decemberists, In fact i have seen them in concert many times due to the fact that I live right next to Portland where they are from and thus they play quite a few shows up in the pacific northwest. I also have all their CDs, and even saw Colin Meloy the lead singer walking around Portland once. To bad I didn't have the balls to talk to him.

 

[Plurralbles]

dude... Youtube vid? A link to their lyrics... A WIKIPEDIA PAGE!? SOMETHING!? At least if someone didn't know about the band but wanted to learn, they would have a way to do it within this very thread! Here.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Decemberists


Eh, they're okay.

Oh, I didn't catch that this was a repeat and to find the one that was more complete... sorry.