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I call The Decemberists music for English majors.. My mom is a PhD in English and I gave her A Maritime Revenge Song and she'll listen to it for about 3 hours at a time.. just THAT song, maybe Eli The Barrow Boy every once in a while. The stories that they paint with the songs are just incredible though.
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Having a grasp of on English literature is without a doubt a great aid to appreciating what they are doing as a band. It helps to understand the depth at which this band is taking their musical talents.
They haven't become big enough yet to worry about them becoming self-aggrandizing either, which is always a plus
But with an album name like 'Picaresque' and T'he Crane Wife', you know that they aren't worried about their material going over some people's heads.
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Favourite Muse song is their cover of Feeling Good though.. It just sounds amazing. I heard a mixed version of it on Saturday that incorporated the original and the Muse version and it was amazing!
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I've never heard it before, I will have to search and give it a listen.
Hopefully Muse will be coming to Vancouver soon after their European tour, but with those guys you never know.
The Decemberists on the other hand will be here in a little over two weeks, and it should be a fantastic show.