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mike
February 21, 2007 07:30PM
Re: Hail and Farewell
Registered: 3 years ago
Posts: 3,000

after i'd heard it, i thought "get lonely" could have very well been a prequel or sequel to it.

it has a strange thin sound to it, different sounding than all other mountain goats productions.

the songs have the usual excellent writing, and an uber hardcore mountain goats fan (ie, all yous here) shouldn't go without a listen. once you give birth, it doesn't matter if you like the kid or not, the kid's out there and beautiful regardless.

though, i at first missed the idea that there is an unreleased mountain goats album, i'm positive that there are many more songs and albums that we haven't heard about or will. that's nice.

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tma2290
January 06, 2011 06:01AM
Re: Say whatever crazy thought is in your mind and leave it at that
Registered: 2 days ago
Posts: 1

I would like to be alone for a while

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Mtn. Girl
August 26, 2008 01:22PM
Re: The Mountain Goats Lyrics in Photos
Registered: 2 years ago
Posts: 3,382
I KNEW it was a steel bridge, I just KNEW IT! HA! It's one of my favorite songs...OK one of the many I call my favorite. I have been on a photographing-bridges-kick ever since I heard the song. Always feeling like it was a steel bridge but never really knowing. Now I KNOW! How great! THANKS!!!

By the way, this is a terrific thread! Good idea. unfortunately I don't have any relavant photos to share. I live in Elizabethton TN. Although a pretty place probably similar to NC (since we're right on the boarder) still not any of the landmarks that I can tell.

But thanks, Mike, for sharing the Broadway Bridge!!

EDIT: cause a year later, I know now how to fix my broken quotes.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/27/2009 06:41PM by Mtn. Girl.

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Re: Leeds, Brudenell Social Club 08/SEP/2010 - 3 months ago

Brilliant gig, really enjoyed it. What's the deal with bootlegging? If it's not frowned upon on these here forums then I shall ask if anyone did indeed record the show... if it is frowned upon i shall edit my post but I really would like to hear it again in all it's technicolour awesome. P.S. Peter's suit was, frankly, awesome

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Zopilote Steel
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shlack
December 06, 2008 11:33PM | Re: A Funny Request-tapes mixed up! Registered: 2 years ago
Posts: 1,071
Interestingly enough... I have a caseless Hound Chronicles. Nothing related to Hot Garden Stomp, though. I'd be happy to work something out with you, though!

...And for the record, I've been lurking for a while, I just registered to reply to this.

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DanMcGee
September 27, 2007 12:24PM | Re: Mountain Goats tab request thread! Registered: 3 years ago
Posts: 1,376

Hello all!

After lurking in the forum for an ungodly amount of time, this is the thread that finally forces me to come out of hiding and register:

Do any of y'all know how to play Blue Jays and Cardinals?

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Kathaariancode
August 10, 2009 01:08PM | Re: How did you discover The Mountain Goats Registered: 1 year ago
Posts: 399
I just have really great friends with great ears for good music. They showed me and it took me a while but I eventually realized tMG are amazing.

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fever
i'll be at the shows at the independant, and the one at the el rey but i was out of the loop and the bottom of the hill show sold out before i could get a ticket if any has one they can spare, please e-mail me at god_of_fever@yahoo.com. i might even be willing to give you my soul if the ticket came w/ cookies.

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dreamboatcaptain
"and it's gonna be
just you and me
today
waiting for the other
shoe to drop
in tampa bay"
-the alphonse mambo

"when the ghost of your father starts pushing you around
how are you gonna make him stop
I took down all the crosses, I let him set up shop"
-cao dai blowout

and my favorite of all time --

"I can feel it in the rotten air tonight
In the tips of my fingers
In the skin on my face
In the weak last gasp of the evening's dying light
In the way those eyes I've always loved illuminate this place
Like a trashcan fire in a prison cell
Like the searchlights in the parking lots of hell
I will walk down to the end with you
If you will come all the way down with me"
-old college try

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zisel
My friends and I made this video to "Trash"

I really like the song a lot.

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mycarrion
Saturday does appear to be sold out, but Sunday still has room. You don't want to miss seeing TMG in Portland!

[www.youtube.com]

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My first post
Johnp June 08, 2007 09:41AM | Re: the request show at Farm Sanctuary

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John
I don't believe in live albums. they are a blight on most artists' discographies.

Refrigerator's Live Like Linda McCartney being the obvious exception that tests the rule...

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dtrom4
November 14, 2007 10:02AM
Re: CINCINNATI!!!!!
Registered: 3 years ago
Posts: 1,146


Excellent show, indeed. I have a good picture of him holding your head. I was right behind you, and I have plenty of footage of the back of your head.

I've got videos of "Orange Ball of Hate" and "New Monster Avenue" which I'll put on YouTube later today (http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=dtrom4). I also got videos of that Israel song and "In The Craters of the Moon", which I suppose I shouldn't put up if they're new songs. I think JD motioned to me to stop recording during "Craters", which made me feel kind of awkward, but who knows.

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dollabill
dollabill
September 20, 2007 12:50PM |
Re: have we had an in-depth discussion of 'get lonely'?

Get Lonely...

Oh man, I was lonely.

I had just moved out of my parents house, into a new house and in a new area. My room was 9' by 9', just barely bigger than my cube here at work. I had gone to a community college and a community college partnership where I got my degree. I had never been on my own before and I was both excited and nervous. After that first weekend of partying was over, I became very isolated.

Now my bedroom was 9' x 9' which is small, but you have to add to that that I'm 6'4". My room consisted of my twin sized bed, a minifridge that my grandmother had given me and my computer. That was the week that Get Lonely was released, too. I spent every free moment listening to that album, cooped up in my cramped, hot little room. The album really grew on me, I would lie there on my bed, listening to the album on full blast with my speakers attached to the ceiling facing down at me, drinking to keep the harsh reality that I was truely alone blurred.

The Goats came to NYC, I got tickets with some friends to see them at the Bowery. After listening to a lot of bootleg concerts at work, I had worked out that Old Granddad is John's favorite drink. I snuck a half-pint into the show, gave it to the guy working the merch table to give to John. The guy working the table was a really great person. He told us fun stories about the band. Who knew that John sends christmas cards to the guy that owns the Italian restraunt in Bordentown, NJ which is right next to where I grew up? Anyway, did I mention how drunk my friends and I got? We had spent over $400 on gin and had a great spot up front, stage right. Heck, JD and PPH even signed the now empty bottle of Old Granddad for me! After the concert, I plucked my iPod from my pocket and listened to it the whole train ride back to NJ. Then in the car while driving my friends home (and I really was not in a state to do that) and then when I got back to my little room, I blasted the album.

I like to keep a tough guy appearance. It's just easier for me to stay quiet and use my size to intimidate. I'm not one to show my emotions outwardly. I can't even remember crying when my uncle, my hero, died. I sobbed the whole night long into the next day. I cried and cried and then cried some more. I cried because the album is so beautiful, I cried because I felt so alone in the world. I just cried.

This album opened up a part of me that I didn't think was there, I felt so bad because I wasn't able to express my emotions, I felt incomplete. It was a very freeing experience, I didn't feel like I had all the pain of the world bottled up inside me, I felt that I had grown as a person. I would consider this album a "grower" but not in the intended meaning most people use.

Almost a year has gone by since then, and I just found out at the start of September that my best friend had been going out with the girl of my dreams behind my back. This would be the girl that I spent countless nights explaining to him how much I cared for her and carefuly planning out how and when I'd make my move. After I found out that he had betrayed me and used every piece of information I had told him about her to have her fall for him, I dusted off my Get Lonely (as well as Joy Division collection) and just lie in bed, back at my parents house this time, listening to the songs and wondering where everything all went wrong.

I'm very excited to see them again this saturday at the northstar bar in Philly. I've since cut back on the drinking and cut that particular friend out of my life but I intend on trying to bring another bottle of OG down for John and Peter.

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Jono11
October 11, 2009 04:59PM
Re: Entire Mojo Nixon catalog for free on Amazon
Registered: 1 year ago
Posts: 601

Bo-Day-Shus, Whereabouts Unknown, Whiskey Rebellion, Live at the Casbah, Gadzooks, Just Dropped In, Unlimited Everything, When the Levee Breaks. Are my recommendations.

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Re: From TG&Y
Sorry to resurrect this thread, but I just wanted to thank you John for giving us this, and thank you guys for re-uploading it! Amazing track!

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Darkshines
August 16, 2010 07:29PM
Re: What were you doing when you first heard the Mountain Goats
Registered: 5 months ago
Posts: 25
The first time I heard the Mountain Goats was a few months ago. I was at home because I had had a weird allergic reaction the day before and my parents decided they wouldn't risk sending me to school, so I was killing time on the Internet when I came across a link to the website www.themountaingoatswillcureyourbieberfever.com (I don't think the site exists any more, which is a shame). After I heard No Children there I spent the rest of the day finding out who the Mountain Goats were and listening to some of their songs on youtube.

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Eidyia
Hey guys,
I'm a new fan. I mean almost brand new. I discovered the Mountain Goats a few weeks ago and am now hooked. I know that the MG just came to MA on their most recent tour but I was wondering when they were coming again. I know JD likes Boston so I was hoping sometime soon like next year. Any ideas? Thanks. It just about crushed me that I missed them by I few weeks because I didn't become a fan until after they'd played Somerville.

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jacobfiala
Do you guys think that if i show enough love and john reads this, he will send me special goat treasures?