Oct 24, 2018 - Sufjan Stevens at Panorama 2016 (more by Amanda Hatfield). This is a real tragedy, because man's done some great covers, but I had to draw a line somewhere.”. “Concerning the UFO Landing Near Highland, Illinois” 19. Below to help us provide you a better experience. Continue and Activate.

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.

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. The Blackhawk war is described by Wikipedia as follows: The Black Hawk War was a brief conflict fought in between the United States and headed by, a leader. The war erupted soon after Black Hawk and a group of Sauks,, and known as the ' crossed the into the U.S.

State of in April 1832. Data warehousing in the real world sam anahory pdf free. Black Hawk's motives were ambiguous, but he was apparently hoping to avoid bloodshed while resettling on land that had been ceded to the United States in a disputed 1804 treaty. American officials, convinced that the British Band was hostile, mobilized a frontier army. With few U.S. Army soldiers in the region, most American troops were part-time, poorly trained. Hostilities began on May 14, 1832, when the militia opened fire on a delegation from the Native Americans.

Black Hawk responded by attacking the militia force, soundly thrashing them at the. He led his band to a secure location in what is now southern. Forces pursued Black Hawk's band, Native Americans conducted raids against forts and settlements. Some and warriors with grievances against Americans took part in these raids, although most members of those tribes tried to avoid the conflict. The and tribes, already at odds with the Sauks and Meskwakis, supported the Americans. Commanded by General, the U.S. Troops tried to track down the British Band.

Militia under Colonel caught up with the British Band on July 21 and defeated them at the. Black Hawk's band, weakened by hunger, death, and desertion, retreated towards the Mississippi. On August 2, American soldiers attacked the remnants of the British Band at the, killing or capturing most of them. Black Hawk and other leaders escaped, but later surrendered and were imprisoned for a year. The Black Hawk War is now often remembered as the conflict that gave young his. Other notable American participants included,,.