| | By Pages: 1 2 Add Your New Review About The Song The Reviews about Upward Over The Mountain (page 2/ 2) ------ performed by Iron & Wine really like fine wine | Reviewer: Emmie | 9/10/2007 I can only savor this song. Whenever it comes on I have to stop everything I am doing to listen and sing along. The pain and the hope of the final two lines "Mother remember the night that the dog had her pups in the pantry? Blood on the floor, fleas on their paws, and you cried 'til the morning," always gets me! It is the perfect conclusion to such a profound piece of poetry in pop music. (I hope no one is offended by that category, I mean it in a general sense and in no way derogatory.) Musically speaking the under stated style of the vocals, instrumental and melody add heaps to the meaning. There is this sense of a restrained expression of something that is deeply passionate. In fact I think that captures the way I communicate with my mother too. my new fav | Reviewer: emma | 8/3/2007 This one might just take jezebel's place as my fave from iron and wine. he's so good... it'd be interesting to know what experience he's basing this on, not that it makes a difference to my interpretation of it. i love that weird, grainy romanticism in his slower songs. this guy relates to nature like i do, if only i could express my view of the sun and sea the way he does - i'd sure be doing better in hsc english Subtle Emotionally-entangling Brilliance | Reviewer: Rh | 8/3/2007 There is a subtle, effortless and yet profound beauty in the craft of this song. Iron and Wine has done it again... That certain inexplicable something that chokes you up about this song - How do they do it? As a self-styled lyricist/songwriter I find myself dissecting these words for their impact - why are they so moving - this marriage of melody and imagery? There is an ingenious budding and gradual efflorescence going on here both musically and lyrically - using just simple understated and implied themes and meanings. Themes that resonate across cultures and genders. Iron and Wine have an uncanny ability to craft the most amazing wistful and nostalgic musical slice-of-life stories.. This song packs a lot of content in very few lines - and the sweeter shorter song it is for it, the perceptive audience is left to ruminate on the unspoken details of each scene... There is a very nice parallel structure and framework here as well - there are three stanzas.. and 3 refrains... in the broadest sense - each represents a stage in the life of a mother and son, as the son is growing older and more distant from his mother. In the first, the boy is a teen - though there are memories of a mischievous youth - boyish activities - killing snakes in creek beds, spending money recklessly - perhaps a measly allowance on frivolity (don't worry I have some money saved for the weekend), first loves - a mother's cautious eye - being stern with that girl he was with.. but it ends with the son's gentle reminder that he was once a part of his mother's body.. second stanza - the mischievous exploits of youth have soured and evolved into a young adult's misdemeanors and crimes... the visceral image of the son rising from a 'bruise' on the floor of a prison.. we are left to wonder why he's there, perhaps for some petty theft as we later learn he has sold his mother's car and spent the money on shoes and who knows what else - the shoes a consolation perhaps for selling the car? He tells his mother to forget him, and that's he's lost the fear of the lord he was given..perhaps the mother feels he has failed her and vice versa... thus, when the refrain kicks back in with a subtle change - it resonates with this stanza .. this time it says sons could be birds, taken broken up to the mountain - then the last stanza reveals perhaps an estranged son, trying to eke out an existence on the streets, it seems he has a partner - and she has a garden, so maybe he is living with a girlfriend he's met on some inner city street.. then he brings it back to this memory of a dog birthing her pups in the pantry - when he explains how his mother cried over this, it betrays a deeper meaning.. The blood on the floor does not have to signify death, but it is a reminder of the great labor of love and strength necessary to deliver life into the world.. but the image of fleas on the pups paws, brings it back to the dirty reality.. There is some doubt as to the success this mother has had in raising her son and maintaining a successful nurturing bond - the mother may feel she hasn't been able to provide for the son as well as she'd hoped - it's obvious there is friction, and she may even blame herself - and this is sort of like a letter or reflection the son has years later, in separation - thinking of his mother, an attempt at consolation or reconciliation... sons are like birds always flying upwards over the mountain... anyway, doesn't necessarily need this analysis to be understood for what it is. It is simple and best that way. great | Reviewer: mark | 7/14/2007 what a great song, something i cant explain...as if its an illusion that the song is fast after hearing the intro, you just cant explain it, and excellent slide guitar favorite song | Reviewer: RJ | 4/1/2007 I don't know how many times I've heard this song; let's just say a lot. And it still chokes me up a little, grown man that I am. It's a beautiful song, and Sam Beam is one of those very rare and wonderful things; a truly gifted artist. I can't emphasize enough how much I love this song, and many others by Iron & Wine. so beautiful | Reviewer: Anonymous | 3/27/2007 sam beam and your guitar... goddamn i love you.. keep making music its amazing A Masterwork | Reviewer: J | 9/3/2006 Captures the human experience gracefully, in word and phrase. Understated. Brilliant. Perfect. Every note: divinity. iron and wine equals god | Reviewer: aly | 3/20/2006 i just love IRON & WINE;; they make great music easy to listen to...but so so hard to forget if i had a soundtrack of my life this would be it .. their music makes everything seem perfect >> even their sad songs are happy i love these guys more than life Upward over the mountain especialy;; serioualy perfect sound aNYWAYs tHAts wHat i think i just ;; love iron & wine Add Your New Review About The Song By Pages: 1 2 | | | |||||||||
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