your favorite song of the last decade

[stip]

Just make a choice and live with the consequences. Be a man, Matthew Reeder!

[Lament]

At another moment it might be All My Friends or Stab Yr Heart or The Mother We Share, but at this very moment this song makes me feel things inside that no other song in the world does...



I'm gonna go cry and consider becoming an alcoholic.

[Brett]

I thought this was gonna be a lot harder than it was. There's a bunch of other stuff that could be in contention, but I think this is the one.

Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band - BlindBlindBlind

[EJ]

Arcade Fire - Tunnels

[matt reeder]

Just make a choice and live with the consequences. Be a man, Matthew Reeder!

You remind me that this song just barely missed making the cut:

[MattA75]

or

[Blaine Ryan]

I approve. You in Reverse is a fantastic album.

[stip]

At another moment it might be All My Friends or Stab Yr Heart or The Mother We Share, but at this very moment this song makes me feel things inside that no other song in the world does...



I'm gonna go cry and consider becoming an alcoholic.

that was really good. I have one or two of their albums. I haven't listened to them in a long time.

[stip]

I'm not positive this is number 1--there are a lot of songs from the past 10 years that I've loved, and at the moment I don't have the patience to round them all up and decide which of them I like best--but it's certainly up there.

Is this indicative of the rest of their stuff? This was hypnotic and beautiful.

[bada]

[stip]

Just make a choice and live with the consequences. Be a man, Matthew Reeder!

You remind me that this song just barely missed making the cut:

This was a pretty stacked decade

[doug rr]

i wonder if doug rr and michael stipe have ever gobbled a turkey together

just pizza

[Blaine Ryan]

I'm not positive this is number 1--there are a lot of songs from the past 10 years that I've loved, and at the moment I don't have the patience to round them all up and decide which of them I like best--but it's certainly up there.

Is this indicative of the rest of their stuff? This was hypnotic and beautiful.

Kind of. His first album is hushed, lo-fi folk somewhat in the vein of Elliott Smith or Nick Drake, but with a Southern Gothic sensibility (think Fables of the Reconstruction), better lyrics, and much less of a tendency towards self-pity. Since then, he's gradually added more bells and whistles to his arrangements and the sound has become more buffed. His last two albums are basically facsimiles of '70's MOR.

The third album (which is the point in time that song comes from, though it was released on a soundtrack) is kind of the golden mean. It maintains the intimacy of the first two records but adds richer sonics, loose full band arrangements, and broader stylistic textures (World music being probably the most prominent). It's fantastic--one of my favorite albums of the '00's. I'd recommend you start there (it's called The Shepherd's Dog) if you're looking for more stuff along the lines of "The Trapeze Swinger," but keep in mind that that song is generally considered to be his magnum opus.

Here are highlights from each of his albums to give you an idea of how he's progressed:

[BurtReynolds]

either

or

or

[Lament]

that was really good. I have one or two of their albums. I haven't listened to them in a long time.

Just the idea that you have Rilo Kiley records in your collection brings me happiness.

[Norah]

This is fucking hard, but right now I'm inclined to go with...

[zeb]

The third album (which is the point in time that song comes from, though it was released on a soundtrack) is kind of the golden mean. It maintains the intimacy of the first two records but adds richer sonics, loose full band arrangements, and broader stylistic textures (World music being probably the most prominent). It's fantastic--one of my favorite albums of the '00's. I'd recommend you start there (it's called The Shepherd's Dog) if you're looking for more stuff along the lines of "The Trapeze Swinger," but keep in mind that that song is generally considered to be his magnum opus.

It'll be nice to have another Sam Beam advocate on this board.

[nyquillyn]

[Blaine Ryan]

The third album (which is the point in time that song comes from, though it was released on a soundtrack) is kind of the golden mean. It maintains the intimacy of the first two records but adds richer sonics, loose full band arrangements, and broader stylistic textures (World music being probably the most prominent). It's fantastic--one of my favorite albums of the '00's. I'd recommend you start there (it's called The Shepherd's Dog) if you're looking for more stuff along the lines of "The Trapeze Swinger," but keep in mind that that song is generally considered to be his magnum opus.

It'll be nice to have another Sam Beam advocate on this board.

I have to admit, his last two albums have soured my opinion of him a bit. But I love his first three.

[super nintendo chalmers]

This was my gut's answer.