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Darlingside — White Horses
Album: Birds Say
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Released: 2016
Length: 4:04
Plays (last 30 days): 0
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My brother led me outside
Be quiet, I've got a light
No moon tonight

Sitting on the ledge outside the second floor
We could hear the sirens running up the road

White horses for Chicago
Black water brings me back home

October, I lose my mind
Cross over Wisconsin line
Apple cider signs

Looking for a trace of our orchard underground
Growing in the basements beneath a brand new town

White horses for Chicago
Black water brings me back home

Every year it's about the same
I'm swimming in my dreams across the lake
In second place
Come the winter I'm driving blind
A tuxedo doing doughnuts on the ice
Black-and-white on white

Doesn't matter if I sleep or follow it out of bed
I know that in the morning it's water in my head

White horses for Chicago
Black water brings me back home
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Posted 6 months ago by Sofa_King    [ Reply ]
Not handing out a "minus" here, but just pointing out this group doesn't get a "+1" for a cool band name. 
Posted 1 year ago by Kajukenbo    [ Reply ]
 Grammarcop wrote:

Okay, I'll play your silly game. Which side is darling on? 


The other side.
Posted 1 year ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
if they come anywhere near you, go see them.  Saw them in an intimate theater live and was blown away by their talent & performance. 
They are simply exquisite. 
So grateful to RP for introducing me to them. ❤️❤️
Posted 1 year ago by Roguewarer    [ Reply ]
I really love this... it feels close, intimate, like an invited friend for a glass of wine on the balcony.
Posted 2 years ago by tm    [ Reply ]
 sfoster66 wrote:

Why are they whispering?...so odd....


It's a style of singing.  Have you ever heard heavy metal?  Opera?  Folk?

Posted 2 years ago by Edweirdo    [ Reply ]
Why are they whispering?...so odd....
Posted 3 years ago by sfoster66    [ Reply ]
Channels Jefferson Airplane?
Posted 3 years ago by Bleyfusz    [ Reply ]
A slightly more energetic version of the Sufjan Stevens' scene?
Posted 3 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
Overplayed! Because it’s GREAT! 👂🙏🐾🐾🧡🎶🦋🇦🇺🍯🥰👍horse emoji here too!!
Posted 3 years ago by Matt_Maurer    [ Reply ]
 baylees wrote:
Overplayed
 

Where?  Not here...
Posted 3 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
Okay, I'll play your silly game. Which side is darling on? 
Posted 4 years ago by Grammarcop    [ Reply ]
Overplayed
Posted 4 years ago by baylees    [ Reply ]
Delightfully beautiful harmonies, across classic music, and an engaging beats, drums, violin, keys! Wow these folks have hit the lot
Posted 4 years ago by Matt_Maurer    [ Reply ]
Let's give a hand to all the effort throughout the world involved in finding a vaccine for this virus.
Posted 4 years ago by Rockit9    [ Reply ]
Thank you Bill for playing Darlingside. These four musicians from Boston via Williams College are extremely talented and engaging in live performances. I hope that more of their beautiful music is played on RP.
Posted 5 years ago by rdunham    [ Reply ]
BTW, the (fluctuating) choreography to this one ends nicely with the now-classic Megan Rapinoe pose.  

Posted 5 years ago by Grayson    [ Reply ]
 RabbitEars wrote:

I was just going to ask if someone had seen them. They're coming my way in a few weeks. 
 

Hope you got a chance to see them live. I've seen them a couple times in San Francisco, and they are fabulous. Plus for the last song they got down in the audience, everyone got really quiet and it was just lovely. 
Posted 5 years ago by poetdancer    [ Reply ]
OK, just gonna close eyes and jump and move to a 10 now. 
Posted 5 years ago by Grayson    [ Reply ]
This song is exquisite. Every play takes me to a different place. Today it evoked the wonderful movie I'd long forgotten all about, Impromptu, and of Hugh Grant's seemingly never mentioned but also exquisite performance as Frederic Chopin in that.

Went to Wikipedia to look it up, and sure enough someone had quoted David Yearsley in CounterPunch this about Grant as Chopin in that: 

"Hugh Grant ... [for] his definitive turn as Frederic Chopin .... Grant gave us a pale and haughty genius, seemingly self-assured yet painfully fragile beneath the façade, and not just because of his hacking ill health. As the rigid yet passionate composer-pianist, Grant has never been funnier or truer."

It all turns back to music, eventually. 
Posted 5 years ago by Grayson    [ Reply ]
tiny desk concert
Posted 5 years ago by RabbitEars    [ Reply ]
 jim1964 wrote:
if you get a chance to see these guys live.... do it they're great.
 
I was just going to ask if someone had seen them. They're coming my way in a few weeks. 
Posted 6 years ago by RabbitEars    [ Reply ]
Such an astonishingly beautiful, rich song. I've likely said that before here. But it just blows me away every time. 
Posted 6 years ago by Grayson    [ Reply ]
 hobbithouse wrote:
Kind of overplayed here on RP. 
 


Plays (last 30 days): 2

Kind of overstated.
Voices in your head?
Posted 6 years ago by radioparadise9    [ Reply ]
What a perfectly precious and lovely song. Ahhh the youths. 
Posted 6 years ago by Grayson    [ Reply ]
I really like their wistful, happy, thoughtful sounds, more than some other acts in their genre. 
Posted 6 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
if you get a chance to see these guys live.... do it they're great.
Posted 6 years ago by jim1964    [ Reply ]
"doing doughnuts on the ice" {#Good-vibes}
Posted 7 years ago by haresfur    [ Reply ]
 hobbithouse wrote:
Kind of overplayed here on RP. 

 
I politely disagree with you… {#Music}
Posted 7 years ago by tfioreze    [ Reply ]
Kind of overplayed here on RP. 
Posted 7 years ago by hobbithouse    [ Reply ]
 kcar wrote:
So...not Sufjan Stevens?

Perhaps his manlier, less weepy cousin?

 
{#Roflol}

I saw this group opening for Lake Street Dive.  Not impressed. Nothing horrible, but nothing particularly memorable, either.  Generic and safe lite folk/rock, perfect for a summer evening at a sterile and pretentious venue.  White wine and fancy cheeses were abundant.
 
Posted 7 years ago by Skid_Mark    [ Reply ]
What a lovely song.
Posted 7 years ago by handyrae    [ Reply ]
First time hearing Darlingside. Very nice
Posted 8 years ago by lavaracer    [ Reply ]
Quietly gorgeous...
Posted 8 years ago by jmkate    [ Reply ]
Man, these guys are so good!  Very quiet approach, but it really grows on you.  Saw them live at the XPN Fest this year - awesome!
Posted 8 years ago by BigDaddyPA2    [ Reply ]
Ditto. Not again.
I like it, but it must have become your theme tune.
 
Posted 8 years ago by Ashloh    [ Reply ]
Oh no, not again. Ok Bill, if you play this again in the next 2 days I'm going from 4 -> 3. So there {#Nyah}
Posted 8 years ago by markybx    [ Reply ]
Madman is back2back on darlingside.
Posted 8 years ago by twoplain2sea    [ Reply ]
This is getting played too often IMHO
Posted 8 years ago by markybx    [ Reply ]
First time hearing this band for me — one of those look-up-from-desk-who-is-that moments. Now I know.

I see they have some free music on Noisetrade.
Posted 8 years ago by doc_dave    [ Reply ]
I'm another convert to Darlingside after hearing them open for Patty Griffin. Seen them twice more since. Always a great live show! This disc is great, and "White Horses" isn't even close to their best track. Check out the rockin' "Blow the House Down" or the introspective "My Love" from their first release, Pilot Machines.
Posted 8 years ago by Rebis    [ Reply ]
 vesta0424 wrote:
This song led me to Youtube.  I'm hooked.

 
Yeah, Youtube is pretty addictive...
Posted 8 years ago by ch83575    [ Reply ]
 jim1964 wrote:
I saw these guys open for Patty Griffin and the audience gave them a standing ovation when their set ended, they were pretty good

 
That's how I was introduced to them, also, at the show in Asheville, NC. 
 
Posted 8 years ago by Danimal174    [ Reply ]
I'm a big fan of their stuff, though this song isn't my favorite. I've uploaded a couple of their songs to the LRC / Submissions section, if anyone wants to check out any of their other songs. 
 
Posted 8 years ago by Danimal174    [ Reply ]
Saw them live last summer - excellent show, great tunes.  I'm really happy to see that they're being played here!
Posted 8 years ago by ptooey    [ Reply ]
So...not Sufjan Stevens?

Perhaps his manlier, less weepy cousin?
Posted 8 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
This song led me to Youtube.  I'm hooked.
Posted 8 years ago by vesta0424    [ Reply ]
I saw these guys open for Patty Griffin and the audience gave them a standing ovation when their set ended, they were pretty good
Posted 8 years ago by jim1964    [ Reply ]
Really nice at first listen
Posted 8 years ago by Vakse    [ Reply ]