I always thought of the Decemberists as a fanciful, lyrically wordy indie band without much rock and roll edge. I just watched their Leno performance from last night and…holy crap. They jam now! After watching them strut their stuff, I guess I’ll be buying their new album Hazards of Love after all.
And just who is this female vocalist that stole the stage from Colin Meloy?
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This is me assuming that you’re not joking about who that is.
That’s Shara Worden from My Brightest Diamond/Sufjan Stevens.
Um…yeah… of course I was joking. I mean who hasn’t heard of Shara Worden? Seriously.
(looking up on wikipedia now)
Listen to their new album, in its entirety, performed live here.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101397853
What a remarkable three minutes of music that was.
Colin Meloy is sporting the Rod Blagojevich haircut with confidence.
I have said it before and I guess I’ll say it again, but they remind me of old Genesis. Not to mention that Chris Funk jams. How he lost to Colbert is still a mystery to me.
i have never liked the decemberists until this song came out. i do think that shara is the only reason i like it but that works too. her haircut was kind of weird but nothing compared to his.
LOL @ Guy, that’s hillarious!!!!
I’m just jealous of that Nord (well what looks to be a Nord at least).
WOAH. Why have I not been told to listen to them before? I feel like I’ve been missing out, living a sham! Do I really have friends? Sheesh.
That is Sara Watkins playing with the Decemberists. I think you guys are getting her mixed up with Shara Worden.