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mdigenakismdigenakis Posts: 1,337
edited May 2010 in Other Music
I can't stop listening to this song from The National. High Violet is an outstanding album.
"Don't let the darkness eat you up..."

-Greg Dulli

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  • musicismylife78musicismylife78 Posts: 6,116
    edited May 2010
    yeah i agree. i am in love with the chorus, the silver city line, such a gorgeous one.

    anyways, these guys are top dog in indie rock right now. they deserve it too. how any band could top an album as stunning as boxer, especially with all the hype that followed this record, it would have been easy for them to disappoint alot of folks. but i view high violet as equal to, possibly even better than boxer. its an achievement that is staggering when contemplated. in all honesty i quit my job because of boxer. i was becoming those people in the songs. so for me high violet came out, having to sort of equal such a personal record for me. amazingly it equaled and surpassed all hype i had.

    High Violet has so many beautiful moments. Vanderlyle is so gorgeous. the tone of it, near the end when the strings take off. the line about chandeliers. jesus... AFraid of Everyone with Sufjans haunting background vocals, and that lovely guitar riff. Bloodbuzz is gorgeous and i love how matt sings bees and me.

    Boxer describes how it feels to be in your twenties. this album continues on in that tradition. High Violet has so many lines i relate to.

    An unbelievable special band. this band soundtracks the last 6 years of my life, the confusion, the anger, the melancholy, the being lost, the feeling one gets working some mundane job. its all there.
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  • musicismylife78musicismylife78 Posts: 6,116
    the album is more than outstanding.
  • boroff89boroff89 Posts: 786
    High Violet is apparently #3 on the Billboard Top 200. . .they've gotten really big (by today's standards) really fast. Incredible album, and incredible song.
    It makes much more sense to live in the present tense.
  • musicismylife78musicismylife78 Posts: 6,116
    anyone see the BAM show on Vevo, or get to attend it? These guys are the full deal. Incredible band. Incredible albums. Life changing albums. And their live shows, at least from my viewing of that webcast are nothing short of amazing.
  • mavimavi Posts: 941
    I love the whole album but yes, this particular song is special, surprisingly warm.
    "He who hears music, feels his solitude peopled at once" R. Browning
  • FenwayFaithfulFenwayFaithful Posts: 8,626
    Beautiful song. They're all great. Can't wait to see em next week.
    "FF, I've heard the droning about the Sawx being the baby dolls. Yeah, I get it, you guys invented baseball and suffered forever. I get it." -JearlPam0925
  • rb115565rb115565 Posts: 222
    Right now Conversation 16 and Lemonworld are my favourites off of this very good album
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  • intodeepintodeep Posts: 7,240
    rb115565 wrote:
    Right now Conversation 16 and Lemonworld are my favourites off of this very good album
    mine too.

    love the whole album though
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  • PJGARDENPJGARDEN Posts: 1,484
    Anyone's Ghost and Conversation 16 are the standouts for me. I love the album beginning to end. Its the only album so far this year I can't stop listening to.
  • BenzorBenzor Posts: 886
    England is my favorite followed by Afraid of Everyone. I cannot remember the last time a band released three consecutive albums as great as Alligator, Boxer, and High Violet.
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