Decemberists, The - A Bower Scene Lyrics

A metal album disguised as an indie rock album. <3
I love it, this album doesn't deserve the hate it gets. People just can't hang.

Brian Dougherty yourare so rigth should be a metal tribute to this masterpi3c3

aaaand now we're into the thick of the journey that is this album

I love this album soooooooooo much!!! Probably my favorite Decemberists track.

How are there no comments about the similarities to the intro from Fortunate Son by CCR? Shut up about Opeth any comparison to them makes no sense (I love both bands btw).

I love this album, each character with their own melodies, returning in different songs. The story progressing from song to song. Nothing quite like it. It really needs to be listened to all the way through, not many bands accomplish that in an album.

DMCA takedown. nothing I can do about it, sorry

@supperelias Great upload but 2 is missing. :-) xx

lol some of the best music EVER

I love how diverse the Decemberists are.

This is one of my favorite albums! Seriously! It;s this and Razia's Shadow that inspire me so much when it comes to music.

@macklilly
heh, taiga is a climate zone through Russia and Canada. Contains the worlds largest coniferous forest.

what the heck is a taiga? i have this CD and was looking at the lyrics and saw it and tried looking it up in the dictionary but couldnt find it! HELP!!!!!!

Eargasm!

hahaha so true...

wow, they've gone really rocky. That's interesting...

well argubably the original music was sounds in nature and humanity trying to mimic it.

It originally started with copying the sound of nature. Then that developed.

well then by your statement, you believe that no one invented music. How could it of started without someone having their own sound?

Everyone is inspired by someone
there is no such thing as your own sound
just someone elses sound with a twist
Thats just how it is

Not only do you get the higher quality though, you get the seamless movement between one song to the next. On some of the songs it doesn't matter too much, but one good example is the Prelude and The Hazards of Love 1. They blend perfectly.

i know what you mean. but keep in mind this whole Album is a concept. think of it like a Rock opera. it's got characters and a storyline to the whole thing. once you sit down a really listen it's amazing.

Yeah it is.

i might have bought the cd if it wasnt on youtube...

its suposed to be a story actualy

reminds me of tool

hold steady rapes the decemberists, but its tough to compare them. Its like comparing apples and dog shit

loved this album, it's almost like a story the way the songs just play into each other, definitely my new favorite album

Yeah, you're right. I've got some of his original handmade 7". They're unbelievable!

Hum, I happen to think that Heiffendufel is overrated. I'm not saying he is bad, but you should listen to his earlier works, when he was really underground. Lately, he started pandering to a mass audience.

No man, Hans Heiffendufel is better. You'd be blown away by his poetics if you already haven't heard him.

Yeah, this is going to be controversial but it's completely true: Craig Finn of the Hold Steady is easily a better lyricist than Colin.

But I do love the Decemberists, like a ton, this album just fell short for me (kind of like the newest Hold Steady album, which was crap too).

Except that it doesn't suck balls.

So far this CD is like the concept album for people who have never listened to a concept album before. It's not bad at all, but I'm pretty sure this was all done by the Hold Steady with Separation Sunday.

Yeah, the Decemberists are getting more and more prog with each new album. The Crane Wife gave me some serious Yes vibes, and this album is even more of a 70s throwback.

It's funny how they seemed to have progressed to a 1970s sound from something more akin to a 1870s sound.

they sound different !