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Guillemots — Southern Winds
Album: Hello Land!
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Released: 2012
Length: 4:53
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When you wait and you don't know what to do
Weather or not I will stay here with you
Something's got into the way that light...
The light told the lighter to light off the light
Southern Winds, Southern Winds

We were young, lying eyes in the sun
And tactic foreigns together may run.
But then I cry, then I'll have to explain
All of my colors that are going to grey.
Southern Winds, Southern Winds.

And where do the boats all go?
When they're out on the Wasteland alone.

So I'll wait till you come to my side
Carried along by an old rusty tide.
Living and loving can turn out strange
So don't let them burry, you're living their way
Southern Winds, Southern Winds.
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 Laptopdog wrote:

Has sort of a CSN vibe to it.



Indeed!
Posted 3 months ago by bimmerfan739    [ Reply ]
I love the seabird cries at the end. A wonderfully evocative song of the sea :)
Posted 6 months ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
Any time I see the word Guillemot now, the immediate mental connection is Les Barker.
Perhaps too obscure?
Posted 11 months ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
 Laptopdog wrote:

Has sort of a CSN vibe to it.


Yeah although I was thinking Moody Blues at first...
Posted 1 year ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
For me it is a extention to Crosby, Stills & Nash - Southern Cross
Posted 1 year ago by uweerx    [ Reply ]
A bit jealous - I wish I was named Aristazabal....
Posted 1 year ago by ramsay    [ Reply ]
Nice... kind of a throwback to some of the more experimental early/mid 1970s prog rock.
Posted 1 year ago by timmus    [ Reply ]
 MusiqueMusique wrote:

Where could you discover something like this other than on commercial free, listener supported RP ?


Fyfe Dangerfield's previous band played at my friend's birthday party and I liked the music so much I made a point of following his progress - Guillemots' first album is really wonderful; I'd urge you to check it out.
Posted 1 year ago by Edweirdo    [ Reply ]
 Laptopdog wrote:

Has sort of a CSN vibe to it.



Big time.  This straight up sounds like Guinnevere, and I'm not mad about it.
Posted 1 year ago by bialia    [ Reply ]
I hear Christine McVie - this tune sounds like it came off an old Fleetwood Mac song
Posted 2 years ago by Dana_Montroy    [ Reply ]
 triviagal wrote:

I think it would work better as an instrumental.


Disagree, but too funny!  Kudos.
Posted 2 years ago by obispo    [ Reply ]
 Laptopdog wrote:

Has sort of a CSN vibe to it.



Yes - The opening sounds like Wooden Ships 
Posted 2 years ago by scrubbrush    [ Reply ]
One of those tracks that I clearly don't 'get'...lots of positive comments and all I can think is 'what am I missing here'...

And with another listen...the disharmonies that poke up here and there are really jarring...
Posted 2 years ago by sfoster66    [ Reply ]
I'm always a sucker for this kind of mystical sounding song, and it can be hard to do well. The arpeggios repeat like a mantra. The chord resolution takes you places. The atmosphere is great. 
Posted 2 years ago by bialia    [ Reply ]
 2Hawks wrote:

I wish there was a way to correct the misspellings in the lyrics....

may be intentional

Posted 2 years ago by xcranky_yankee    [ Reply ]
I wish there was a way to correct the misspellings in the lyrics....
Posted 2 years ago by 2Hawks    [ Reply ]


NDIS Exercise for Disabilities
Posted 3 years ago by celebrating    [ Reply ]
Posted 3 years ago by Motolorax    [ Reply ]
Sorta CSN crossed with something Swedish. This band's got a rich depth that can be mesmerizing. In the right mood. 
Posted 3 years ago by Grayson    [ Reply ]
Quirky as hell. Certainly eclectic!!

Thanks again
Posted 3 years ago by meanderer    [ Reply ]
 Laptopdog wrote:
Has sort of a CSN vibe to it.
 

Album cover too

8->9 cause im in a lovey dovey mood

By the way i have to say you sure can handle a laptop for a dog
Posted 3 years ago by ExploitingChaos    [ Reply ]
Beautiful!
Posted 6 years ago by tkosh    [ Reply ]
Where do all the boats go? Well, that's an easy one. Just Google Hurricane Hugo ('89). You'll see where they all went. Up all them creeks 'til they got to Virginia just about. 
Posted 6 years ago by Grayson    [ Reply ]
Has sort of a CSN vibe to it.
Posted 6 years ago by Laptopdog    [ Reply ]
 Alexandra wrote:
This is very unique, well-crafted and pretty.

Shades of Simon and Garfunkel....(Scarborough Fair) 

 

I was thinking Moody Blues when this started...Yes that singing is a bit annoying. 
Posted 6 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
Rainy Day Tune
Posted 6 years ago by jagla    [ Reply ]
say what you will, one of those uniquely ethereal and timeless pieces
Posted 7 years ago by zedstation    [ Reply ]
7 {#Arrow} 8
Posted 7 years ago by mread    [ Reply ]
This somehow reminds me of the theme song from Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (or Kaze no Tani no Nausika for the Japanese).
Posted 7 years ago by DrLex    [ Reply ]
I've been on Google Images and looked for "guillemots", and I've got to say that the band looks nowt like the birds:

Guillemot family

Still, seabirds can't grow beards. I do rather like the sound of this song and it may well grow on me. The slightly off timing and seeming amateurishness only adds to its quirky charm. 7 from the seabird-loving Nottingham jury.
Posted 8 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
 FlatCat wrote:
The singing is almost unbearable.

 
The vocals do get pretty irritating in parts but not enough to make me skip it; the instrumentation is interesting.
Posted 8 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
I once saw Les Barker do his mongrel poetry  (Mrs Akroyd had long since died), perhaps on his "Sex is better than Poetry Tour"  and, as I recall, it was titled Ode to a Guillemot. Laden with puns, non sequiturs and nonsense, it was scads better than this............drivel.
Posted 8 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
Boys, PLEASE.  This Bon Iver falsetto craze has gone on long enough.  Most of you suck at it, so just STOP, please!  And for the love of beer, don't try to hamonize.  I've heard cats fighting under my window that sounded better together!
Posted 8 years ago by dimar    [ Reply ]
Shame there's no kind of harmonising going on.  The vocals are annoying to my ears.
Posted 9 years ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]
Either Canadian or Scottish, based on the band title?
Posted 9 years ago by alux    [ Reply ]
 Alexandra wrote:
This is very unique, well-crafted and pretty.

Shades of Simon and Garfunkel....(Scarborough Fair) 

 
I heard same right away...
Posted 9 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
Haunting and lovely at the same time.
Posted 9 years ago by Ahnyer_Keester    [ Reply ]
Where could you discover something like this other than on commercial free, listener supported RP ?
Posted 9 years ago by MusiqueMusique    [ Reply ]
 flyboy50 wrote:
Very nice. Warning: Do not click on the cover image. Again, I repeat:  Do nottttt aaawwgh

 
Too late! I feel myself whirling down a pit into an alternate reality where anti-fashion is fashion. I love this dreamy song, mind, and the tweeters at the end add a nice sweet coda. 7 from the Nottingham jury.
Posted 9 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
fddf
Posted 9 years ago by a_genuine_find    [ Reply ]
Very nice. Warning: Do not click on the cover image. Again, I repeat:  Do nottttt aaawwgh
Posted 10 years ago by flyboy50    [ Reply ]
Pretty awesome
Posted 10 years ago by coding_to_music    [ Reply ]
This is very unique, well-crafted and pretty.

Shades of Simon and Garfunkel....(Scarborough Fair) 
Posted 10 years ago by Alexandra    [ Reply ]
The singing is almost unbearable.
Posted 10 years ago by FlatCat    [ Reply ]
 bronorb wrote:
Really nice song but the cover creeps me out.

 
Really trippy cover but the voice creeps me out.
Posted 10 years ago by NeuroGeek    [ Reply ]
Simon & Garfunkel would turn in their graves.  If they were dead.

edit:  and so would Annie Lennox
Posted 10 years ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]
Sound like a bunch of dirty hippies and I like 'em!
Posted 10 years ago by KCayenne    [ Reply ]
Very nice....never heard of them but like it!
Posted 11 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
Mellow as all get-out and in a really nice way. 
Posted 11 years ago by Marr    [ Reply ]
Really nice song but the cover creeps me out.
Posted 11 years ago by bronorb    [ Reply ]
nice....haunting... ambient.... want to hear more like this.... reminds me of group Rennaisance if they had a child who took up the banner
Posted 11 years ago by TAI    [ Reply ]
Whoa!  Exquisite!{#Heartkiss}
Posted 11 years ago by rtree    [ Reply ]
Most excellent!
Posted 11 years ago by Ghiaap    [ Reply ]

Everybody in my mushrooming multitude of churches be slow-dancing buck ass naked all over the world like bowlegged gypsy muleskinners...  we love this song...  it tweaks our nipples...  love sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll...
Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
Quite likeable :)
Posted 11 years ago by spiggy    [ Reply ]
 TerryS wrote:
Reminds me of washing machine adverts.

 
Ye-ahhh...maybe an advert from Finland. In the middle of an endless winter. Just as the acid is kicking in and your TV screen is melting...

You and I ain't watchin' the same TV, Terry. 

 triviagal wrote:
I think it would work better as an instrumental.

  
The instrumental reminds me of something from the Moody Blues--one of their gloomier songs.


Posted 11 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
 triviagal wrote:
I think it would work better as an instrumental.

 
No lie
Posted 11 years ago by :+:_DL    [ Reply ]
yargh, the harmonies grate on my nerves. do NOT like this song at ALL.
Posted 11 years ago by nsaeed    [ Reply ]
I'm heading for Italy this afternoon, and got caught by this tune, just before to leave, ...I love it!
Posted 11 years ago by ambrebalte    [ Reply ]
 Derecho wrote:
Cover art is approaching maximum hipster factor.

 
Especially that "Roman centurion" guy with the sneakers and purple socks.  Pretty good music; not as fond of the vocals, though.
Posted 11 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]

absolutely love this song...


Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
I really liked that.
Posted 11 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]

marvelous...  love this song...

 
Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
This is one of those songs that started off really irritatingly, to my ears, then really grew as it went along. I missed its passing when it finished. 7 from the entranced Nottingham jury.

I wonder if those are guillemot cries at the end?
Posted 11 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
Cover art is approaching maximum hipster factor.
Posted 11 years ago by Derecho    [ Reply ]
Very pleasant
Posted 11 years ago by GeorgeMWoods    [ Reply ]
This is cool. I haven't heard from Guillemots since their "Trains to Brazil" seven years ago. Snatches remind me of Martin Denny's "exotica" stuff back in the 60s.
Posted 11 years ago by Carl    [ Reply ]
..it lulls, but not necessarily in a good way..maybe time will age it gracefully? (i'm dubious)..
Posted 11 years ago by cShaggy    [ Reply ]
yuck
Posted 11 years ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
8 I think. I just don't know any song that fits before or after this one. Very cool stuff.
Posted 11 years ago by Minimally    [ Reply ]
Reminds me of washing machine adverts.
Posted 11 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]

This song is soooo cool...  love it...
Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
love the bass line but what's with the cover photo? Why do the head & hands of that bearded fellow make him look llike a giant among dwarfs?
Posted 11 years ago by MinMan    [ Reply ]
I think it would work better as an instrumental.
Posted 11 years ago by triviagal    [ Reply ]
A bit dull.
Not quite Fleet Foxes, who I would fit into this genre and who I think are awesome. 
Posted 11 years ago by bb_matt    [ Reply ]
"...Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme..."

Lovely take on this medieval Yorkshire, UK folk song. 
Posted 11 years ago by poetista    [ Reply ]
 Grammarcop wrote:
First there was Shearwater. Then there was Guillemots. I can't wait for The Ancient Murrelets!

 
Yey. More ornithological jokes on RP! Personally I'm waiting for the Brown Boobies.
Posted 11 years ago by planet_lizard    [ Reply ]

marvelous...  love this emotive melody...
 
Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
 jimmunn wrote:
I don't know how good the song is, I couldn't get past the horrible vocals....   {#Sick} 

  Lazarus wrote:

Fyfe Antony Dangerfield Hutchins wrote this marvelous song...

everybody in my church loves this song...
 



 



 
Huh? I think the vocals are lovely. To each their own.
Posted 11 years ago by handyrae    [ Reply ]
Are you going to Scarborough Fair?
Posted 11 years ago by Orodrigues    [ Reply ]
Ouch. . . 2. . . at best. 

Update. . . 1.  Indulgent ill conceived twaddle.
Posted 11 years ago by SquiddlyDiddly    [ Reply ]
I don't know how good the song is, I couldn't get past the horrible vocals....   {#Sick} 

  Lazarus wrote:

Fyfe Antony Dangerfield Hutchins wrote this marvelous song...

everybody in my church loves this song...
 



 


Posted 11 years ago by jimmunn    [ Reply ]
First there was Shearwater. Then there was Guillemots. I can't wait for The Ancient Murrelets!
Posted 11 years ago by Grammarcop    [ Reply ]

Fyfe Antony Dangerfield Hutchins wrote this marvelous song...

everybody in my church loves this song...
 


Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]

Wow...  this is very very very very very very good...  big 10 rating off the bat...

 
Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]