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The Decemberists
Wow, I just heard about The
Decemberists, a north American band, on the net yesterday
and I already think they're amazing! Their strange, sweet
songs have been echoing round my head all night.
Strange songs like "My Mother Was A
Chinese Trapeze Artist" and sweet songs like "Cocoon".
Have a listen to an mp3 of "Here
I Dreamt I Was An Architect" here.
I haven't been this excited about a band
since I first saw Damien
Rice. Like then, it feels like I've "discovered"
them because they haven't been recommended to me by any friends
and I just kind of stumbled over them.
Also like when I saw Damien Rice, it reminds
me what different forms a song can take. You don't have to
be a great singer or a great guitarist to write a great song.
And a song doesn't have to take the Oasis formula of song
writing - it can go any way you want and be in any form you
like.
Makes me want to get a band together and
stay up late drinking red wine and smoking weed, getting silly
and writing weird songs about life and stuff!
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The
Decemberists - an odd looking bunch!
copyright 2002/2003 Alicia J. Rose
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