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Yeats Is Greats: The Speakers Sing the Poems of William Butler Yeats (and more) by The Speakers
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fave it Quirky | Folk Pop
16 tracks | 51 minutes
Released May 2005
on The Speakers
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 00:56 Oh! Hello There (I didn't see you come in) lyrics BUY MP3 00:56 Oh! Hello There (I didn't see you come in) lyrics "GIFT MP3" 00:56 Oh! Hello There (I didn't see you come in)
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:36 He wishes his Beloved Were Dead lyrics BUY MP3 02:36 He wishes his Beloved Were Dead lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:36 He wishes his Beloved Were Dead
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:06 A Cradle Song lyrics BUY MP3 02:06 A Cradle Song lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:06 A Cradle Song
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:44 The Mountain Tomb lyrics BUY MP3 03:44 The Mountain Tomb lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:44 The Mountain Tomb
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:07 It Goes lyrics BUY MP3 02:07 It Goes lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:07 It Goes
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:30 Hey Little Rat lyrics BUY MP3 03:30 Hey Little Rat lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:30 Hey Little Rat
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:08 Music for Concertina, Violin, & Russia lyrics BUY MP3 03:08 Music for Concertina, Violin, & Russia lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:08 Music for Concertina, Violin, & Russia
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:51 Lost in a Crowd lyrics BUY MP3 04:51 Lost in a Crowd lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:51 Lost in a Crowd
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 01:54 The Delicate Conversation lyrics BUY MP3 01:54 The Delicate Conversation lyrics "GIFT MP3" 01:54 The Delicate Conversation
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:30 The Fool by the Roadside lyrics BUY MP3 02:30 The Fool by the Roadside lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:30 The Fool by the Roadside
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:16 Nothing Ever Dies lyrics BUY MP3 04:16 Nothing Ever Dies lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:16 Nothing Ever Dies
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:12 To a Man Young and Old lyrics BUY MP3 02:12 To a Man Young and Old lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:12 To a Man Young and Old
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:53 The Temp Worker lyrics BUY MP3 03:53 The Temp Worker lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:53 The Temp Worker
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:32 To a Child Dancing in the Wind/Two Years Later lyrics BUY MP3 03:32 To a Child Dancing in the Wind/Two Years Later lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:32 To a Child Dancing in the Wind/Two Years Later
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:17 An Irish Airman foresees his Death lyrics BUY MP3 03:17 An Irish Airman foresees his Death lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:17 An Irish Airman foresees his Death
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 07:13 It Looks Like Pete has fallen Fast Asleep lyrics BUY MP3 07:13 It Looks Like Pete has fallen Fast Asleep lyrics "GIFT MP3" 07:13 It Looks Like Pete has fallen Fast Asleep
quiet experimental folk-pop songs--seven of the songs are Yeats poems set to music
Bio / Background
"...These songs are beautiful, fragile comforts. They're not joycore, no. They're just things to lean up against on these long midwinter days. Or in the nights. Trifles, I guess, in the same way that streetlamps are trifles. Or cherry trees. Or stars.
Voices fall across each-other, whispers blossoming into smiling song, folk that's crisscrossed just enough with foreign sound, shadows of accordion or clarinet, horns and drone. Hear a bit of Iron & Wine, but better. Maybe Sufjan circa Seven Swans. Grizzly Bear without the fear, Elliott Smith with a gang of kindly friends. Like Mt. Eerie, maybe, or The Robot Ate Me. But different.
Oh fuck it - just listen."
Sean from Said the Gramophone, January 5, 2006
"The Speakers are a lo-fi, new-folk duo from California. Their latest CD is a collection of songs with lyrics by William Butler Yeats. Brian Miller and Peter Musselman say they were inspired by the Irish poet's turn-of-the-century work because it sounded like country songs.
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