The Decemberists - The Rake's Song

A stunning animated video for The Rake's Song by The Decemberists, The Rake's Song has been made by St.Martins College Of Art students. It was created and directed in Moscow, by Alex Dashino and Varvara Volodina. Alex and Varvara are second year students studying Moving Image at Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, London. "Any video referencing Baba Yaga, that lovable Russian folktale mainstay, is A+ in my book" Colin Meloy
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[@johnlariviere4252]

They played it live in toronto and colin was questioning why we cheered the song and then he started singing. We looked in awe. They nailed it.

[@hannahsypniewski7356]

When they performed in Cincinnati they asked if anyone wanted them to play some Dad Rock before launching into it 😂

[@johnlariviere4252]

@@hannahsypniewski7356 lol

[@elizabright8901]

Despite giving me nightmares when I was about 9, this is truly wonderful

[@uchikinazenigame]

More people need this song in their life.

[@musicalman1995]

What a brilliant song. Disturbing lyrics yes but it's part of the story.

[@TheMurderousmelon]

I've loved this song for ages now and somehow only just found the music video. Idk what I was expecting but this blew me out the water. The animation is so cool by far one of the best music videos I've seen

[@bananafanafoferry6970]

I love this song. It reminds me of Country Death Song by The Violent Femmes.

[@AsgardianMoonshine]

A rake is a historic term applied to a man who is habituated to immoral conduct, frequently a heartless womanizer.

[@gwyndigangi8797]

this was literally a song from my childhood why am i just now understanding the lyrics😀

[@gracewright6676]

I love the video. I think it is very well done. stop motion takes forever and it was brilliantly done. thank you for such a delight

[@itsbam2376]

I first heard this a couple of weeks ago on a net radio station. Its bloody brilliant.

[@myhandisapokemon]

im so glad colin saw this, it definitly deserves the recognition! ridiculously brilliant, and i'm very jealous of your talant.

[@berkeleybarfield3491]

I love this song

[@injoyfruit]

i love the last two seconds the whole thing is wonderful

[@KimIsMissing]

great beat, wtf lyrics. ♥ decemberists

[@rebnvodkaxx]

This is and always will be my happy song :)

[@TalesVicentini]

A lot of years later I still here because of EverymanHybrid

[@connorknight1737]

Was this in Everyman Hybrid?

[@connorknight1737]

@@angela.luntian I know what EverymanHybrid is, I was more wondering if this song was featured in the show.

[@angela.luntian]

@@connorknight1737 oh i misread your comment it entirely lmao. Tales V was referring to a fan made MV by RunsWithWolves about them

[@connorknight1737]

@@angela.luntian You're fine, lol. I was more surprised to get a response after a year

[@rotarydial7517]

@@connorknight1737 sorry this reply's very late lol but it plays on their car stereo in the "cops checked, no body" video !!! to foreshadow the appearance of the rake :D

[@GetMoney2TakeMoney]

I love the Baba Yaga house...how neat and oddly poignant.

[@davidvkimball]

Wow, this is incredible. I know Colin Meloy is PROUD!

[@bundleization]

the rake ftw

[@paradise.within.qigong]

When they played this live at ACL in 2009, I think there were 4 or 5 band members on drums for this song. It was so good!

[@MurasakiFujiwara]

This is so cool! Amazing job! I love it! No one could do the song justice as much as you guys!

[@OofusTwillip]

My great-great grandmother poisoned 7 of her husbands. The 8th wisely decided it would be healthier if he and she always ate from the same dish of food. He was right.

[@decomposingmusician]

A great song and a great video. A perfect match.

[@elizabright8901]

I'm also incredibly shocked that this only has 922 likes

[@myanna555]

great job, love the figurines on the rooftop!

[@davidmreyes77]

My favorite song about murder.

[@DarthCaesar95]

I don't know, that's a crowded running for me.

[@zachroberts6068]

Especially with The Decemberists. There are _at least_ 5 contenders for the top.

[@threebeers3]

Zach Roberts You are right, this is a short version of the whale song.

[@johnlariviere4252]

Right

[@thyme1483]

Check out Perfect Wife by Amigo the Devil

[@SimonJames]

Wonderful!

[@berondi]

awesome animation and rockin' song. quite different from their earlier stuff.

[@kidkool27]

Morbid as fuck, but catchy

[@LawrenceCox81]

wicked animation !

[@shelnora]

love the video

[@2Awsome4U2]

freaking love it. :-)

[@rosescarlet79]

Great job! Awesome animation!

[@taytothief2821]

Sound quality a bit lacking for the official label page don't you think?

[@Mackmation]

interesting stop motion work, some parts clever.

[@amigoshacku89]

love this song no lie ......it rocks it tells a story about a guy- who has become a dad cool ....lol

[@noochleslie7033]

Why does this make me think of the movie Jack and the Coocoo clock heart (good movie)

[@jasonmikulas4994]

Finally someone else knows of that movies existance

[@BritPM]

Sweet Vid!

[@ezsplan1]

Cool

[@ChloeSupertaster]

I quite liked this. It needed work in relevancy between the visuals, but I enjoyed it.

[@aprilmae274]

When he starts killing his children...the children start to sing in the background of the chorus. THAT part...the whole song..but damn. Only now does he remember the bells clearly.

[@emmafountain2059]

Basing a DnD antihero NPC after this. If the players ever ask about his past I’m 100% just bringing up the lyrics and using the verses as a script.

[@matthewsnyder674]

Sweeney Todd phenomenon. Heinous acts, and yet...can't look away, or divert the ears from that sensational sound.

[@warpigANONYMOUS]

This is hilarious. I lol'd so hard when the trap door opened and the babies fell out

[@MsUndiscovered1]

Sick lyrics...kinda catchy though. Bleurgh.

[@Petox20x]

Damn...

[@Valleyhead12]

"womb started spilling out babies" great...

[@LikeSoTotallyRandom]

Creepy. The weird part is i listened several times before bothering to pay attention to the lyrics and then got freaked out :O

[@ronswasonbutcuter4474]

Hoo boy those lyrics are fucked

[@LikeSoTotallyRandom]

@HonestlyDave Huh....ur right....that is odd

[@scrapmetal37]

what does this have to do with the rake?

[@saebelorn]

A rake is a term for a bachelor / person of immoral conduct.

[@wehavexplosiv23]

Try Song Of Joy by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds.

[@happyclappy88]

@Advancedgod that and tequila!

[@ellyem1885]

Child death! My favorite! But seriously, this is messed up in such an awesome way.

[@netleylucas252]

Alright!!! hic!

[@buddatobi]

this song is pure evil

[@impishcoyote]

woah, I, am, not appalled..... >:)

[@mg543]

is this new??

[@aghazi94]

Is this a malazan theme band?

[@drmntpibb]

Any body else share a name with one of the kids...

[@TheFlowerGirl13]

gromer thenotsoshabbyrhino My aunt does-Charlotte

[@AlfonzoDino]

I feel as if I'm going to hell for adoring this...

[@iheartterror9142]

I...don't get it. Too artsy perhaps? Just it had nothing to do with the song, it felt like.

[@FreshZCORD]

Here from evil is cool tvtropes

[@CityofJade]

It's such a brilliant song but. . . the lyrics. . . make me uncomfortable . . .

[@raithrover1976]

Lyrics so dark they could have been written by Nick Cave!

[@nickthorp3118]

i feel like i just overdosed on drugs or something 0-o

[@carnivorecannibal]

HURR DURR TUMBZ UP IF CHU STILIE LISTNNN DECEMBER xDxDxDxDxD

[@depresseddoggo7308]

Sounds a lot like Slint

[@melt8424]

main guitar part: Pixies - Vamos

[@lotionman9274]

Mel T so songs aren't allowed to have the same chords as other songs now? Ok then

[@davidbothwell9669]

Nah it’s the la’s son of a gun

[@nikiyerbamate]

David Bothwell Then there are what, like only a few hundred songs in the world now?

[@wozzdogger]

great song... dont watch this stoned though.

[@Jacob-je1pg]

This is my angry song

[@jacobromu]

THESE GUYS FOUND RED FANG. RED FANG ARE THE BEST BAND IN THE WORLD, SO I MEAN I DON'T LIKE THIS SONG OR ANYTHING, BUT THEY MUST BE COOL SINCE THEY LIKE RED FANG!

[@sadbaby01]

too many good ideas and nothing linking them... some parts were awesome and then, meh. glad Meloy iikes it though!!

[@lazyatthedisco]

apparently

[@bushwhackedonvhs]

Blood for the Blood God, Skulls for the Skull Throne!

[@1996JRC]

A little bit fucked up...

[@Freeman_76]

LOL... thats funny

[@sgbassman7546]

live action pl0x. :-(. too many stop motion music videos lately.

[@bluto212]

Martin Carthy all over this track

[@Ausiegingerkid]

Good music, like good art , should upset.It's why Plato did not trust artists! :)

[@alizaborja2132]

Song chain ago!: I had entered into a marriage

[@becquerelian]

+Aliza Borja In the summer of my twenty first year

[@HvNzBerry]

+Isjee594 and the bells rang for a wedding

[@MaxAx500]

+Berry only then do I remember it clear

[@blitzboyz4027]

alright, alright, alriiiiiiight

[@TheSonWhoCums6669]

No more a rake, and no more a bachelor

[@misterjoshua5720]

Sorry but I hate this video. If it had been more literal, it would have been wonderful. The Decemberists lyrics do a fantastic job of laying out exactly what is going on in their songs. But they show a house giving birth... But no real connection with the lyrics after. It is a wonderful colleague of ideas from the song, but no narrative is strung together.

[@bigmeatswangin5837]

Planned Parenthood's theme song.

[@EsperonNDA]

disturbing. which i think you should take as a compliment.

[@horrido666]

It's too slow

[@cetrri8577]

I feel sad for the rake

[@fuccwit9098]

Kill Encounter y

[@necal112]

the lyrics :S hahahahaha

[@daimonhampton]

this is not stunning just cus was animated it was really copping and annoying

[@ziumizium]

quite a mess..

[@JB-ml7xe]

This song is disgusting