{"id":3176,"date":"2018-09-05T10:00:08","date_gmt":"2018-09-05T17:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/?p=3176"},"modified":"2024-08-04T18:21:51","modified_gmt":"2024-08-05T01:21:51","slug":"the-decemberists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/the-decemberists","title":{"rendered":"Episode 143: The Decemberists"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"subhead\">&#8220;Once In My Life&#8221;<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/SongExploder143-TheDecemberists-600x420.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"420\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/SongExploder143-TheDecemberists.png 600w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/SongExploder143-TheDecemberists-300x210.png 300w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/SongExploder143-TheDecemberists-560x392.png 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/play.prx.org\/e?uf=https%3A%2F%2Ff.prxu.org%2Fsong-exploder%2Ffeed-rss.xml&amp;ge=prx_93_c4ab2307-f2d5-4a64-b58e-a24545918400\" width=\"600\" height=\"200\" frameborder=\"0\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"download-links\">LISTEN: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.com\/songexploder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">APPLE PODCASTS<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/radiopublic.com\/SongExploder\">RADIOPUBLIC<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/dovetail.prxu.org\/song-exploder\/c4ab2307-f2d5-4a64-b58e-a24545918400\/SongExploder143_TheDecemberists.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MP3<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.decemberists.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Decemberists<\/a> are a Grammy-nominated five-piece band from Portland, Oregon. They released their first album in 2001, and since then they\u2019ve put out seven more, including the 2018 album <em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/I%27ll_Be_Your_Girl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">I\u2019ll Be Your Girl<\/a><\/em>. In this episode, singer and guitarist <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/colinmeloy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Colin Meloy<\/a> breaks down The Decemberists\u2019 song \u201cOnce In My Life&#8221; \u2014 from his first demo, to the final tracks they recorded in the studio.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/song.link\/i\/1333620529\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Buy or stream \u201cOnce In My Life&#8221; here<\/a>, and watch the music video below. <a href=\"https:\/\/reverb.grsm.io\/sxp-the-decemberists\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">You can buy the album, <em>I&#8217;ll Be Your Girl<\/em> on vinyl here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bHFbaF9_kpI\" width=\"600\" height=\"330\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>For a transcript of this episode, <a href=\"http:\/\/songexploder.net\/transcripts\/the-decemberists-transcript.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Illustration by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lerms.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carlos Lerma<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"header\">footnotes<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5yw2yKNLEPc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Richard Thompson &#8211; &#8220;1952 Vincent Black Lightning&#8221;<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TjPhzgxe3L0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Smiths &#8211; &#8220;Heaven Knows I&#8217;m Miserable Now&#8221;<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.skylabarchitecture.com\/work\/sinbin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SinBin<\/a>, home of Halfling Studios in Portland<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Once In My Life&#8221; \ufeff\ufeff LISTEN: APPLE PODCASTS \u00b7 RADIOPUBLIC \u00b7 MP3 The Decemberists are a Grammy-nominated five-piece band from Portland, Oregon. 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