#232: Deserter’s Songs by Mercury Rev




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Summary: <p style="text-align: center; margin: 15px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 21px; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="2">Thanks to a recent <a href="http://www.digmeoutpodcast.com/requestareview" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px .15em; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; background-position: 0px 1.15em; background-repeat: repeat-x;">request</a>, this week we are checking out the 1998 album Deserter’s Songs by <a href="http://www.mercuryrev.com/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px .15em; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; background-position: 0px 1.15em; background-repeat: repeat-x;">Mercury Rev</a>. Hailed at the time by critics in the US and UK, the orchestral arrangements combined with Flaming Lips style psychedelia helped make Deserter’s Songs a landmark album the helped usher in a decade of bands expanding on both. But age can make the adventurous seem tame, does Deserter’s Song stand the test of time, and is it still worthy of album of the year status? Tune in to find out.</font></p><p style="text-align: center; margin: 15px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 21px; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="2">Songs in this Episode:</font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;"></span></font><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;">Intro: The Funny Bird</span></div><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;"></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;">3:18 - History of the Band</span></div><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;"></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;">17:39 - Endlessly</span></div><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;"></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;">25:59 - Delta Sun Bottleneck Stomp</span></div><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;"></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;">29:06 - Hudson Line</span></div><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;"></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;">Outro - Opus 40</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="color: rgb(76,76,76); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17.2031993865967px; background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"> <span style="line-height: 17px;">Follow on </span><a href="https://twitter.com/digmeoutpodcast" title="http://" style="color: rgb(83,138,182); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; line-height: 17px;">Twitter</a><span style="line-height: 17px;"> / </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/DigMeOutPodcast" title="http://" style="color: rgb(83,138,182); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; line-height: 17px;">Facebook</a> </div> <div style="color: rgb(76,76,76); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17.2031993865967px; background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"> <div></div> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px;"></p> <div></div> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px;"></p> </div> </div>