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Sufjan Stevens is an Indie artist with some serious musical chops. He has a style that is sort of a blend of indie folk and minimalist chamber music. He also is well known for being a deeply spiritual person with a very mystical interpretation of Christianity. As I wrote this I still had not really listened to this album enough to call myself a fan, but I appreciated the craftsmanship in his music and fully expected his work to grow on me and age like fine a whiskey, or a bible verse.

In fact, in the course of researching his work for this blog it HAS grown on me. His album,was introduced in 2005 as the second of a promised series with one album for each state (the first state was Michigan). Reportedly, tracks involving Oregon and Rhode Island have been written, but there have been no further releases in the series. The album made many critics list for top album of the year and then later the decade. Lyrics: When the came down We couldn't imagine what it was In the spirit of three stars The alien thing that took its form Then to Lebanon, oh, God!

The flashing at night, the sirens grow and grow (Oh history involved itself) Mysterious shade that took its form (or what it was!) Incarnation, three stars Delivering signs and dusting from their eyes A quiet and dreamy melodic piece that starts with some rhythmic piano player before ethereal vocals kick in with flute accompaniment. As the title would have you believe, it is concerning a UFO sighting. Apparently the song has a basis is as it relates a on January 5, 2000. The song describes the sighting in a literal yet impressionistic style while symbolically tying the event to a religious experience, There seems to be some debate as to the interpretation, as I found at Song Meanings when I was researching the songs lyrics. From the: I just got done watching a program about the first civilizations of earth, and how it is believed by some that alien beings came to earth and gave us a gentle push in the direction we are in now; Teaching us how to build, sow seeds, etc. Maybe this is a reference to that theory as well, that our first perception of God/s were an alien race.

It was interesting to see how the mayans built pyramids of varying sizes on one sight, that from the air resembled our solar system, including one small structure that could've represented Pluto, allthough Pluto was discovered only 3 decades ago(and sadly is now not a planet). I see the biblical references, and I can tell Sufjan is most definitely a spiritual man, but I just thought I would throw this out there, since oddly enough I just got done watching the show.-enjoybradon February 24, 2008 The comment thread on the Song Meanings site is interesting and a good read with quite a few perspectives on the subjects of Christianity and UFO's. If all this has you intrigued, here is a amateur video a fan created for the song. Windows server 2003 r2 enterprise sp2 torrent. I find the song to be to very reminiscent of Phillip Glass's Koyaanisqatsi: Life In The Balance.I also think Stevens is aware of the connection and is making it intentionally. Ok, after that digression, back to the subject at hand. Cm speeder 03 04.