The Decemberists – The Sporting Life (4:39)

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sumidiotdude wrote:
yesterday afternoon

My favorite song by them

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HendrixFan42 wrote:
October 2011

great song

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CatalystDM wrote:
April 2011

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

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Pewpewlazers wrote:
March 2011

The Morissey influence is sooo evident on this track.

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tfitoby wrote:
March 2011

Lust for the Sporting Life?

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sc0tt10 wrote:
March 2011

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.

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davemon wrote:
February 2011

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

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cowey wrote:
November 2010

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

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phetuspolice wrote:
September 2010

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

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rzchzzl wrote:
February 2010

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

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davidbowiegirl wrote:
September 2009

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

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davidbowiegirl wrote:
September 2009

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

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adamzZz wrote:
August 2009

Lust for Life :D

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yomanhiphopper wrote:
April 2009

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

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midk wrote:
January 2009

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

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revtim01 wrote:
December 2008

francescafranka is so right.

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francescafranka wrote:
September 2008

Lust for life!

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BOYRACER71 wrote:
August 2008

Is this a "this charming man" cover??

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BrilliBi wrote:
July 2008

What a song - Wow!

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mrcolj2006 wrote:
January 2008

>>i get a bit of morrissey at the end<< They must bread 'em that way in England, because there's a whole genre I can't describe any other way. Remember Fatboy Slim used to be The Beautiful South and The Housemartins...

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