The DecemberistsThe Sporting Life (4:39)

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  • jakulik

    the Great Gatsby...

    9 days ago
  • sumidiotdude

    My favorite song by them

    February 2012
  • HendrixFan42

    great song

    October 2011
  • CatalystDM

    oh fine, you're right, this track and every other track that's just a little bit sad is clearly a Morissey rip

    April 2011
  • Pewpewlazers

    The Morissey influence is sooo evident on this track.

    March 2011
  • tfitoby

    Lust for the Sporting Life?

    March 2011
  • sc0tt10

    ah well here comes Johnny Yen again with the liquor and drugs and the flesh machine..... This song is pretty much a cheerful Lust For Life.

    March 2011
  • davemon

    John Hughes should come back from the dead and make a movie based on this song.

    February 2011
  • cowey

    god, i haven't heard this in years. i think i missed it.

    November 2010
  • phetuspolice

    I have vividly imagined, many times before, a proper music video for this song. It's a battle scene inside of a Macy's store; a bunch of foes trying to take on one slim bad-ass. In the end, they're all running out of the store into the parking lot, bloody, limping away, while our protagonist is strutting out the door doing jazz steps

    September 2010
  • rzchzzl

    ahh wow this reminds me of the Great Gatsby too... weird

    February 2010
  • davidbowiegirl

    Good song. And yes, drums sounds a bit Iggy Pop's Lust For Life :D

    September 2009
  • davidbowiegirl

    it's funny how people find every Decemberist songs some other bands songs... Just look at every shoutboxes for their songs.

    September 2009
  • adamzZz

    Lust for Life :D

    August 2009
  • yomanhiphopper

    The "beat" or melody or whatever is really fucking unoriginal...still a good song though :P

    April 2009
  • midk

    holy shit! that DOES sound like "this charming man"..

    January 2009
  • revtim01

    francescafranka is so right.

    December 2008
  • francescafranka

    Lust for life!

    September 2008
  • BOYRACER71

    Is this a "this charming man" cover??

    August 2008
  • BrilliBi

    What a song - Wow!

    July 2008
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