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Okkervil River — Lost Coastlines
Album: The Stand Ins
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Released: 2008
Length: 5:25
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Packed and all eyes turned in, no one to see on the quay
No one waving for me just the shoreline receding
Ticket in my hand, I'm thinking wish I didn't hand it in

'Cause who said sailing is fine?
Leaving behind all the faces that I might replace
If I tried on that long ride
Looking deep inside but I don't want to look so deep inside yet

Sit down, sit down on the prow to wave bye
There might not be another star further on the line
Look out, look out at each town that glides by
And there's another crowd to drown in crying eyes

And see how that light you love now just won't shine
Well, there might just be another star that's high and far in some other sky
We sing, ''"Is that marionette real enough yet
To step off of that set to decide what her hands might be doing?
Ruining the play, to in the ensuing melee escape."''

We packed up all of our bags
The ship's deck now sags from the weight of our tracks
As we pace beneath flags black and battered
Rattling our swords in service of some faded foreign lord

And we sail out on orders from him but we find
The maps he sent to us don't mention lost coastlines
Where nothing we've actually seen has been mapped or outlined
And we don't recognize the names upon these signs

And every night finds us rocking and rolling on waves wild and white
Well, we have lost our way, nobody's gonna say it outright
Just go la la la la la la la la la...
Oh, la la la la la la la la la la la...
Oh, oh, oh

La la la la la la
La la la la la
La la la la la la
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Posted 9 years ago by Hoosfoos    [ Reply ]
 This is a 3 if I ever heard one

drucev wrote:
is it just me, or is that piano in need of tuning?

 


Posted 9 years ago by cohifi    [ Reply ]
is it just me, or is that piano in need of tuning?
Posted 13 years ago by drucev    [ Reply ]
 SinisterDexter wrote:
He seems to say "La la la" a fair amount of the time.
  Except when he's saying "La"


Posted 13 years ago by Businessgypsy    [ Reply ]
it's ok...just like some other their other tracks better.
Posted 13 years ago by FluorideFreeMN    [ Reply ]
Great for dancing to in the morning!

Posted 13 years ago by marifenn    [ Reply ]
There's a place in the world for lightweight pop ditties — and I for one am glad Radio Paradise is one of them! {#Bounce}
Posted 14 years ago by raulman1    [ Reply ]
 rtrudeau wrote:
I'm so conflicted about this song. Sometimes I think "oh, cool song!" and then other times "oh, would they just SHUT UP!"
 
ditto

Posted 14 years ago by cohifi    [ Reply ]
JUST TERRIBLE!!!!
Posted 14 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
He seems to say "La la la" a fair amount of the time.
Posted 14 years ago by SinisterDexter    [ Reply ]
I'm so conflicted about this song. Sometimes I think "oh, cool song!" and then other times "oh, would they just SHUT UP!"
Posted 14 years ago by rtrudeau    [ Reply ]

Hey ortallcowgirl!  You live in Globe, Arizona?  That is just west of the Solitude Tailings pond right?

What kind of mine is that?



Posted 14 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
And today i am wearing their shirt!!  Must of been in the stars to hear them today!
Posted 14 years ago by ortallcowgirl    [ Reply ]
 t00lur wrote:
i hate that "la la la la la la la la la ... " {#Puke}
 
Lost Coastlines?  Sounds like Lost Lyrics, as well.

Posted 14 years ago by Derecho    [ Reply ]
i hate that "la la la la la la la la la ... " {#Puke}
Posted 14 years ago by t00lur    [ Reply ]

With apologies to "Come On, Eileen" — another turgid, pub-closing song.  Gag me.


Posted 14 years ago by jeffaze    [ Reply ]
 schrodingersdog wrote:
Hmmm, I'm out of stuff to say in this song. Oh wait, no I'm not!

La la la la la la.......

 
sometimes "la la la" strikes me as "la la lazy".

or maybe his muse suddenly developed Tourette's and that's the best we can get?

Posted 14 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
 blotto wrote:
Yep, still monotonous and annoying.
 

and repetitive.
Posted 14 years ago by blotto    [ Reply ]

Okkervil River III by ~iwoosh
ivi  ©2008-2010 ~iwoosh

Blue Bird 2008, Vienna



Posted 14 years ago by calypsus_1    [ Reply ]
lalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalaaaaaaaaaaa...!
Posted 14 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
maybe because it deserves to be forgotten? quickly.
Posted 14 years ago by sparkyc    [ Reply ]
Every single time this song comes on, I have to peek at who it is. Every.Single.Time. Why can't I remember this band?
Posted 14 years ago by sabige    [ Reply ]
Hmmm, I'm out of stuff to say in this song. Oh wait, no I'm not!

La la la la la la.......

Posted 14 years ago by schrodingersdog    [ Reply ]
I don´t rate it, mute please!
Posted 14 years ago by nalle    [ Reply ]
Blaaah, blaaah, blah, blah, blah, blah
Posted 14 years ago by Papernapkin    [ Reply ]
 SoundsGoodToMe wrote:
These guys certainly have a lust for life :)
  Good call Iggy


Posted 14 years ago by boober    [ Reply ]
,,maybe a tad too much Las' ,,in the La Las'..{#Ask}
Posted 14 years ago by HazzeSwede    [ Reply ]
 Ag3nt0rang3 wrote:

Isn't that a tautology? Can you think of any college band that hasn't been into the distillates?
 
No.  And I don't want to listen of any of them, either.

Posted 14 years ago by RadioDoc    [ Reply ]
 westslope wrote:

Gorgeous.    8 => 9

What are you people complaining about?  Huh!?!!



 
They are clueless

Posted 14 years ago by h8rhater    [ Reply ]
 Vollkaracho wrote:
random fan post.

great stuff Bill. Stopped listening to RP when after a while I been recognizing the tunes (namely that really really long Decemberists song - what's it called? - no I have nothing against Decemberists - but that song is just really really... long) Happy to hear new stuff now!
 
That long Decemberists song is new.  The CD, The Hazards of Love, came out the same month as this Okkervil River CD.


Posted 14 years ago by h8rhater    [ Reply ]
random fan post.

great stuff Bill. Stopped listening to RP when after a while I been recognizing the tunes (namely that really really long Decemberists song - what's it called? - no I have nothing against Decemberists - but that song is just really really... long) Happy to hear new stuff now!
Posted 14 years ago by Vollkaracho    [ Reply ]
Good times in college! {#Group-hug}
Posted 14 years ago by FariaFride    [ Reply ]
Sounds like A Town Called Malice by The Jam
Posted 14 years ago by naivezebra    [ Reply ]
 RadioDoc wrote:

Sounds like a college band that's been into the distillates.
 
Isn't that a tautology? Can you think of any college band that hasn't been into the distillates?
Posted 15 years ago by Ag3nt0rang3    [ Reply ]
 SoundsGoodToMe wrote:
These guys certainly have a lust for life :)
 
X-( what has been heard, cannot be unheard!
Posted 15 years ago by Ag3nt0rang3    [ Reply ]
I must admit, I mostly listen to RP in the background and until reading the song comments I never realized that the majority of this song has no lyrics... just la la la's.  Now its going to bother me.
Posted 15 years ago by ch83575    [ Reply ]
These guys certainly have a lust for life :)
Posted 15 years ago by SoundsGoodToMe    [ Reply ]
Yep, still monotonous and annoying.
Posted 15 years ago by blotto    [ Reply ]
I like it - pure pop goodness.  I bet the Zevon lovers hate it..

{#Moon}
Posted 15 years ago by fergie348    [ Reply ]

Gorgeous.    8 => 9

What are you people complaining about?  Huh!?!!



Posted 15 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
 mtbskisail wrote:
I hear The Jam in there somewhere.
 
The drumming reminds me of Town Called Malice?

Posted 15 years ago by WayUpNorth    [ Reply ]
Didn't this used to be called "Come On, Eileen" ? 
Posted 15 years ago by jeffaze    [ Reply ]
I rather li-li-li-like it.  Oh well.
Posted 15 years ago by casey1024    [ Reply ]
 Rantipole wrote:
The "la la la la la la la la la la" quickly becomes very annoying.
 
... and all the rest is from the beginning very annoying.

A 3, only to have the chance for a 2 and a 1 the next times.


Posted 15 years ago by iw3gtf    [ Reply ]
 walchenbach wrote:

blaaaaah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blaaaaah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blaaaaah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blaaaaah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blaaaaah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blaaaaah, blaaaaah.

is it over yet?  just shoot me!

what really kills me is that RP played this song on:

Jan 9, 15, 16, 18, 20, 22, 30,

Feb 3, 11, 13, 16, 17, 19, 23 and then again today,

and the comments, 99 to 1 agree that listeners never want to hear it again.

_________________________________

MAANNNNN!  Do you not have a life that you have soooo much free time that you can actually count how many times Bill plays a son AND actually keep a record of the dates??

OK, so what time on each day did it play and when it was playing was Bill on the web cam snapping his fingers in tune to the music?

Hmmmm?

{#Think}


Posted 15 years ago by lwilkinson    [ Reply ]
I think The Airborne Toxic Event must have listened to these guys a lot.
Posted 15 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
I was beginning to hate this song, hearing it every day, but after a long absence it sounds pretty good okay.
Posted 15 years ago by rtrudeau    [ Reply ]
This is not my favorite Okkervil song but they do rock in general! 
Posted 15 years ago by traceyln    [ Reply ]
 walchenbach wrote:
blaaaaah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blaaaaah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blaaaaah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blaaaaah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blaaaaah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blaaaaah, blaaaaah.

is it over yet?  just shoot me!

what really kills me is that RP played this song on:

Jan 9, 15, 16, 18, 20, 22, 30,

Feb 3, 11, 13, 16, 17, 19, 23 and then again today,

and the comments, 99 to 1 agree that listeners never want to hear it again.
 
Bill likes it.
Posted 15 years ago by Papernapkin    [ Reply ]
la la la could just be a writers block, or  maybe just a good place to add your words, or a day dream?
Posted 15 years ago by mr_toad    [ Reply ]
ha ha
Bill just said he could do with about 60 seconds less of the la la la'ing.
I totally agree
 blotto wrote:
this song is at least 2 minutes too long.
 


Posted 15 years ago by blotto    [ Reply ]
rules. Watch their music video too.
Posted 15 years ago by Sobient    [ Reply ]
me no likey much . . .
Posted 15 years ago by jjbix    [ Reply ]
The "la la la la la la la la la la" quickly becomes very annoying.
Posted 15 years ago by Rantipole    [ Reply ]

- NO -


Posted 15 years ago by wenatchee    [ Reply ]
 floydoftherocks wrote:
killer track!! sounds like the distillation of a college band into something bigger and better..
 
Sounds like a college band that's been into the distillates.

Posted 15 years ago by RadioDoc    [ Reply ]
 lathyris wrote:

Man, the vocal handoff on this diddy is boss. Those guys complement each other so freaking well.


 
yes

Posted 15 years ago by a_genuine_find    [ Reply ]

Man, the vocal handoff on this diddy is boss. Those guys complement each other so freaking well.


Posted 15 years ago by lathyris    [ Reply ]
first rated it a 6, but this is my third listen and I'm pushing it up to an 8!
Posted 15 years ago by Mandible    [ Reply ]
Not long enough.  Beautiful vocals.
Posted 15 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
this song is at least 2 minutes too long.
Posted 15 years ago by blotto    [ Reply ]
I hear The Jam in there somewhere.
Posted 15 years ago by mtbskisail    [ Reply ]
 j7 wrote:
this really sucks. someone rated this a 10??!!!

 

actually five people :)

Posted 15 years ago by TheFriendlyCat    [ Reply ]
killer track!! sounds like the distillation of a college band into something bigger and better..
Posted 15 years ago by floydoftherocks    [ Reply ]
my dogs and I like to dance to this silly stuff..... 
oh, yeah.... barks of joy!   (they don't know any better...)

          

... and maybe it should be called `overkill river`... ?!  ~ it IS repetitive!  yaaaaah! 


Posted 15 years ago by arissimo    [ Reply ]
hikeupit wrote:
Could this B any more repetitive?


i bet Arlo Guthrie could accommodate you there. and he'd have a blast doin it!  plus he'd get the whole crowd to sing along ...

Posted 15 years ago by Gartholamundi    [ Reply ]
Could this B any more repetitive? 
Posted 15 years ago by hikeupit    [ Reply ]
Why do I think of Twin Peaks when I hear this?
Posted 15 years ago by smdeeg    [ Reply ]
topically puts me in mind of "Six Months in a Leaky Boat" by Split Enz

edit: i can see the Decemberists covering this.  {#Daisy}

fun friday stuff!

Posted 15 years ago by Gartholamundi    [ Reply ]
{#Crashcomp}
Posted 15 years ago by martindi    [ Reply ]
Wow, I totally don't get the low rating!  I really like this song!
Posted 15 years ago by AmandaMaria    [ Reply ]
These guys rock!
Posted 15 years ago by Alexandra    [ Reply ]
La la la la la la la la la la la la la la LA la la...these are lyrics I can sing along to!  Seven from me and my dog...
Posted 15 years ago by lovemydog    [ Reply ]
 walchenbach wrote:
blaaaaah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blaaaaah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blaaaaah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blaaaaah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blaaaaah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blaaaaah, blaaaaah.
...

and the comments, 99 to 1 agree that listeners never want to hear it again.
 
The voting histogram says that about 82% of listeners have no objections against hearing it again.

Posted 15 years ago by DrLex    [ Reply ]
A little bit too much la la.
Posted 15 years ago by csuess    [ Reply ]
akmegan wrote:
{#Dancingbanana}it makes me shake my bootie! But, what is with the album cover?!

all skulls need ears. {#Skull}
Posted 15 years ago by Gartholamundi    [ Reply ]
 walchenbach wrote:
blaaaaah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blaaaaah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blaaaaah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blaaaaah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blaaaaah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blaaaaah, blaaaaah.

is it over yet?  just shoot me!

what really kills me is that RP played this song on:

Jan 9, 15, 16, 18, 20, 22, 30,

Feb 3, 11, 13, 16, 17, 19, 23 and then again today,

and the comments, 99 to 1 agree that listeners never want to hear it again.
 

How do you find out which days a song is played on? I've been curious about that.

And you really can't go by the comments; only the most vocal are going to actually post anything. The rating seems to indicate that most people like this song.
Posted 15 years ago by lathyris    [ Reply ]
blaaaaah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blaaaaah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blaaaaah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blaaaaah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blaaaaah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blaaaaah, blaaaaah.

is it over yet?  just shoot me!

what really kills me is that RP played this song on:

Jan 9, 15, 16, 18, 20, 22, 30,

Feb 3, 11, 13, 16, 17, 19, 23 and then again today,

and the comments, 99 to 1 agree that listeners never want to hear it again.
Posted 15 years ago by walchenbach    [ Reply ]
{#Dancingbanana}it makes me shake my bootie! But, what is with the album cover?!


Posted 15 years ago by akmegan    [ Reply ]
Ingenious lyrics (la la la). Annoying vocals. This song is a real winner (NOT).
Posted 15 years ago by DonaldCanuck    [ Reply ]
 ercasul wrote:

Leave 'em alone, it's *incisive*.  Perfectly encompasses the human condition and the bitter cruelty of man's inhumanity to man.   Byron and Blake, eat yer hearts out.
 

Would that be the insipidness of innocence or the banality of evil?
Posted 15 years ago by pinklife    [ Reply ]
 rabid_wolf wrote:
La la la?

Killing me . . .

At least change it up with a La Di Da
 
Leave 'em alone, it's *incisive*.  Perfectly encompasses the human condition and the bitter cruelty of man's inhumanity to man.   Byron and Blake, eat yer hearts out.
Posted 15 years ago by ercasul    [ Reply ]
La la la?

Killing me . . .

At least change it up with a La Di Da
Posted 15 years ago by rabid_wolf    [ Reply ]
Great song, very musical, and it paints a beautiful pictures with the lyrics. And sailing over waves, getting splashed in the face, looking at lost coastlines on the horizon — what's more appropriate than a bunch of la la las? That just seems like the right thing to say.

Posted 15 years ago by lathyris    [ Reply ]
Yeah, I've heard this more than enough recently. Is this their only good song?!

Posted 15 years ago by toomanyollys    [ Reply ]

I liked this song but it doesn't survive repeated listens.

It'd be nice if we could rate things by the frequency it should be played.

3 = "Once a year / Not more"


Posted 15 years ago by The_Enemy    [ Reply ]
Decemberists' "The Sporting Life" + Paul Simon's "Graceland" + "La la la la la"

Posted 15 years ago by andrewmi    [ Reply ]
 Monster wrote:
Talked to these guys an entire hour after a small show last year..incredible talented cats..I even mailed them a Video of the show I took..They ask if I would..awesome band....
 
I agree.  I kinda like the la la's but appear to be the odd person out. hehe


Posted 15 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
La La La La a 4 I think
Posted 15 years ago by Huey    [ Reply ]
 Shaken_Bake wrote:
In my mind, I cannot stop calling this group "Overkill River."  Or maybe "Ovverkil River" would be more appropriate.

I would love to hear a death metal version of this by a band named Overkkill River.

Posted 15 years ago by Shimmer    [ Reply ]
I like it.  Hint of morrissey in one of the voices.  And i like the simplicity of the music.  Compliments the voice i think.

Sorry i hadn't got to the la's yet and given the length of it i accept it seems pretty freakin lazy.
Posted 15 years ago by Sloggydog    [ Reply ]
Previous four comments are the bomb.


Posted 15 years ago by Zep    [ Reply ]
Yes, they could've done better than "La-la-la-la-la-la-la..."
Posted 15 years ago by Pieter    [ Reply ]
Bass line = "Can't Hurry Love"?
Posted 15 years ago by Shimmer    [ Reply ]
Worse with each listen (and, unfortunately, there have been dozens here).

3->2
Posted 15 years ago by RadioDoc    [ Reply ]
I never realized how much this song got on my nerves until today.
Posted 15 years ago by blotto    [ Reply ]
Do they have another song? I like this, though. Still.
Posted 15 years ago by TanteJensen    [ Reply ]
Stop it already!
Posted 15 years ago by -Cor-    [ Reply ]
{#Dancingbanana} LA LA...LA LA LA LAHHHHHHHHHHHH {#Bananajam}

Posted 15 years ago by Bridieboo    [ Reply ]
Brill just brill as the Brits put it.
Posted 15 years ago by fuh2    [ Reply ]
In my mind, I cannot stop calling this group "Overkill River."  Or maybe "Ovverkil River" would be more appropriate.
Posted 15 years ago by Shaken_Bake    [ Reply ]
All that "fill" could have been far better creative content . . . but no . . . la la la la la and repeat.  Sheesh
Posted 15 years ago by wenatchee    [ Reply ]
This song is over played here. Give it a rest.
Posted 15 years ago by savoyard    [ Reply ]
Essbee wrote:
Sounds suspiciously like The Strokes' "Last Night" to me. Usually I don't care about this sort of thing, but this...come on.

THANK YOU!

Posted 15 years ago by DELTA__9__FOOLS    [ Reply ]
La la la la la la - childish song
Posted 15 years ago by Stes    [ Reply ]

I'm warming up to this song; the lyrics are most intriguing.

 

(This band is from Texas, eh?  Cool.)

 

Packed and all eyes turned in, no one to see on the key.
No one waving for me just the shoreline receding.
Ticket in my hand and thinking wish I didn't hand it in.

Cause who said sailing is fine? leaving behind all the faces that
I might replace if I tried on that long ride,
looking deep inside but I don't want to look so deep inside yet.

(Meiburg)
Sit down, sit down on the proud wave bye,
there might not be another star, further on the line.
Look out, look out at each town that glides by,
and there's another crowd, to drown in crying eyes.

(Sheff)
And see how that light you love now just won't shine,
there might just be another star, that's high and far in some other sky.
We sing, is that marionette real enough yet to step off of that set to decide
what a dance might mean to it. Ruining the place where the ensuing may lay escape.

We packed up all of our bags the ship's deck now sags from the weight of our tracks
as we pace beneath flags black and battered rattling our swords in service of some fated, foreign, war.

(Meiburg)
And we sail out on orders from him but we find that the maps he sent to us don't mention lost coastlines.
Where nothing we've actually seen has been mapped or outlined
and we don't recognize the names upon these signs.

(Sheff)
And every night finds us rocking and rolling on waves wild and wide,
well we have lost our way, nobody's gonna say it outright.
Just go la la la la la la la la la....

https://www.6lyrics.com/music/okkervil_river/lyrics/lost_coastlines.aspx


Posted 15 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
This CD, and the one they put out before it (can't remember the name offhand) are both pretty good.
Posted 15 years ago by Darlington    [ Reply ]
this La La La really sucks. did they run out of ideas for lyrics ?


Posted 15 years ago by dunno    [ Reply ]

Arcade Fire, but wet


Posted 15 years ago by maineeclectic    [ Reply ]
Sounds suspiciously like The Strokes' "Last Night" to me. Usually I don't care about this sort of thing, but this...come on.
Posted 15 years ago by Essbee    [ Reply ]
very cool newish band ...(funny they don't look newish)
Posted 15 years ago by Pharlap    [ Reply ]
Lust For Life, anyone?
Posted 15 years ago by bizon    [ Reply ]
I like the sound of this song.  Looking at this picture below, makes me wonder if a lot of bands these days pay someone to fix their hair to look like they just woke up.{#Eh}
Posted 15 years ago by NarfU    [ Reply ]

I like.

Compelling and original sounding.


Posted 15 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
superfido wrote:
nice sound....original...refreshing to listen to. reminds me a bit of vampire weekend but not british.nice.{#Roflol}.


I don't think I'd say original, I'm pretty sure I've heard that bassline like 50 times.

Posted 15 years ago by DELTA__9__FOOLS    [ Reply ]
nice sound....original...refreshing to listen to. reminds me  a bit of vampire weekend but not british.nice.{#Roflol}.
Posted 15 years ago by superfido    [ Reply ]
Talked to these guys an entire hour after a small show last year..incredible talented cats..I even mailed them a Video of the show I took..They ask if I would..awesome band....
Posted 15 years ago by Monster    [ Reply ]
Yay! {#Dancingbanana}

This merits the dancing banana even though it makes me sad not to be in Austin.
Posted 15 years ago by membeth    [ Reply ]
 mattt wrote:
I can't really say why, but I find myself thinking of Violent Femmes while this is playing.
 

never thought of it, but yeah.

i like okkervil.
Posted 15 years ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
Bit of a stretch, but I hear the tune of "I prayed... heaven today... would bring its hammer down on me" from Beck's Missing in there somewhat, and feel the need to comment as to such.
Posted 15 years ago by Chinju    [ Reply ]