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Re: The One I Love vs. Down by the Water

ShaneSpear — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 02:30:41 GMT

Author: ShaneSpear

Posted: 02/10/2013 07:30

The Decemberists have always sounded like REM.

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Re: The One I Love vs. Down by the Water

sheep21 — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 02:01:14 GMT

Author: sheep21

Posted: 02/10/2013 07:01

For me its I think the Decemberists version is better purely because I hate the sound of Michael Stipes voice.

Re: The One I Love vs. Down by the Water

RoundTheBend — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 01:55:10 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 02/10/2013 06:55

creator wrote:

Peter Buck played guitar on that Decemberists track.

This...

Re: The One I Love vs. Down by the Water

Romanelli — Sat, 9 Feb 2013 23:19:38 GMT

Author: Romanelli

Posted: 02/10/2013 04:19

I've actually had the extreme pleasure of having played both of these songs in bands. And onstage, these two are nothing alike at all. The One I Love is more of a rock song, with really not much going on lyrically. It's much more electric, and much simpler. Down By The Water is more like playing The Band than it is R.E.M.. This song may not sound like it on record, but it has tons of space that The One I Love doesn't have, and it's by far the best live tune of the two. More people know The One I Love...but more people tend to like Down By The Water.

Re: The One I Love vs. Down by the Water

Michaelo16 — Sat, 9 Feb 2013 20:28:41 GMT

Author: Michaelo16

Posted: 02/10/2013 01:28

I guess they sound similar but that could just be an accident, I doubt the Decemberists would rip-off another song.

Re: The One I Love vs. Down by the Water

creator — Sat, 9 Feb 2013 16:09:33 GMT

Author: creator

Posted: 02/09/2013 21:09

Peter Buck played guitar on that Decemberists track.

Re: The One I Love vs. Down by the Water

Anonymous — Sat, 9 Feb 2013 15:57:19 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 02/09/2013 20:57

MrFrogger wrote:

I don't know about ripping off, maybe similar but idk. Also if that's the only thing you've heard by The Decemberists you must check out their earlier work, like The Crane Wife and The Hazards of Love

Oh no don't worry. Crane Wife is easily one of my top albums of the 2000s as was Picaresque. Also Colin Meloy is one of my all time favorite lyricists. I'll admit that i wasn't too thrilled about The King is Dead, but I still enjoyed the album for the most part

Re: The One I Love vs. Down by the Water

Anonymous — Sat, 9 Feb 2013 15:47:49 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 02/09/2013 20:47

MrFrogger wrote:

Also if that's the only thing you've heard by The Decemberists you must check out their earlier work, like The Crane Wife and Picaresque.

Re: The One I Love vs. Down by the Water

MrFrogger — Sat, 9 Feb 2013 15:37:00 GMT

Author: MrFrogger

Posted: 02/09/2013 20:37

I don't know about ripping off, maybe similar but idk. Also if that's the only thing you've heard by The Decemberists you must check out their earlier work, like The Crane Wife and The Hazards of Love

The One I Love vs. Down by the Water

Anonymous — Sat, 9 Feb 2013 15:08:26 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 02/09/2013 20:08

R.E.M. - The One I Love

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The Decemberists - Down By the Water

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Ok, I love the Decemberists; they're one of my favorite contemporary bands, but it really sounds like Meloy's ripping off R.EM. with this one. Is it just me?