Comments on: mountain goats day on eMusic! http://17dots.com/2009/10/07/mountain-goats-day-on-emusic/ notes from the digital underground Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:55:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Zach http://17dots.com/2009/10/07/mountain-goats-day-on-emusic/comment-page-1/#comment-120207 Zach Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:21:13 +0000 http://17dots.com/?p=2369#comment-120207 "what are your favorite Darnielle moments?" This: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUy7Gt_Mpk8 “what are your favorite Darnielle moments?”

This: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUy7Gt_Mpk8

]]> By: Craig http://17dots.com/2009/10/07/mountain-goats-day-on-emusic/comment-page-1/#comment-119611 Craig Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:42:00 +0000 http://17dots.com/?p=2369#comment-119611 Thanks for the correction, katyhalo. Not being a pedant when it is a blatant error like that. Craig Thanks for the correction, katyhalo. Not being a pedant when it is a blatant error like that.

Craig

]]> By: Daniel, Esq. http://17dots.com/2009/10/07/mountain-goats-day-on-emusic/comment-page-1/#comment-119598 Daniel, Esq. Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:06:26 +0000 http://17dots.com/?p=2369#comment-119598 tMG are among my favorite acts of the decade. My favorite moments, I think, are the way he inserts new acid-tipped lyrics into The Commodores "Sail On" (from Bitter Melon Farm, I think), the exposed-nerve he mines in "The Recognition Scene" and "Lion's Teeth" (from Sweden and The Sunset Tree, respectively), and the full-band stomp of Sax Rohmer No.1 (from The Sunset Tree). tMG are among my favorite acts of the decade. My favorite moments, I think, are the way he inserts new acid-tipped lyrics into The Commodores “Sail On” (from Bitter Melon Farm, I think), the exposed-nerve he mines in “The Recognition Scene” and “Lion’s Teeth” (from Sweden and The Sunset Tree, respectively), and the full-band stomp of Sax Rohmer No.1 (from The Sunset Tree).

]]> By: katyhalo http://17dots.com/2009/10/07/mountain-goats-day-on-emusic/comment-page-1/#comment-119597 katyhalo Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:51:02 +0000 http://17dots.com/?p=2369#comment-119597 In contrast to the commenter above I am not only religious (Anglican, specifically) but decided to 'go professional' by doing my undergraduate degree in Theology (and I hate to be a pedant but Genesis 30:3 concerns Jacob and <em>Rachel</em>- Sarah was Jacob's grandmother), and I think 'The Life of the World to Come' is one of the most important works of Biblical exegesis- interaction with and interpretation of the text- I have yet come across, musically or otherwise. Darnielle pushes aside our tiring and pointless modern arguments about whether the author of Genesis was standing around taking notes at the moment of creation and other such nonsense and gets right to the heart of what this literature- or any literature- is really for; exploring what it means to try and keep on being and becoming human. I still can't listen to 'Matthew 25:21' or 'Deuteronomy 2:10' without crying. Darnielle has a brilliant gift for making any and every character or thing he writes about intensely real within the confines of each song, and the interweaving of his lyrics with the Biblical verses adds a stunning dimension to what is already a great work. I was already excited to be seeing him live this Saturday but finally hearing the new album has me itching to be there already and hear some of these wonderful songs in person. In contrast to the commenter above I am not only religious (Anglican, specifically) but decided to ‘go professional’ by doing my undergraduate degree in Theology (and I hate to be a pedant but Genesis 30:3 concerns Jacob and Rachel- Sarah was Jacob’s grandmother), and I think ‘The Life of the World to Come’ is one of the most important works of Biblical exegesis- interaction with and interpretation of the text- I have yet come across, musically or otherwise.

Darnielle pushes aside our tiring and pointless modern arguments about whether the author of Genesis was standing around taking notes at the moment of creation and other such nonsense and gets right to the heart of what this literature- or any literature- is really for; exploring what it means to try and keep on being and becoming human. I still can’t listen to ‘Matthew 25:21′ or ‘Deuteronomy 2:10′ without crying. Darnielle has a brilliant gift for making any and every character or thing he writes about intensely real within the confines of each song, and the interweaving of his lyrics with the Biblical verses adds a stunning dimension to what is already a great work.

I was already excited to be seeing him live this Saturday but finally hearing the new album has me itching to be there already and hear some of these wonderful songs in person.

]]> By: Craig http://17dots.com/2009/10/07/mountain-goats-day-on-emusic/comment-page-1/#comment-119594 Craig Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:18:36 +0000 http://17dots.com/?p=2369#comment-119594 I'm not religious, nor am I antireligious, but I guess I'm irreligous (if that is a word). Based on that, there is no other band in the world who could have caused me to sit on my couch listening to an album with a Bible in my lap, like I did last night. Darnielle's lyrics are always fascinating, but adding stories like that of Jacob and Sarah ("Genesis 30:3") to them add a whole different level. As for Darnielle moments, while I love a vast majority of his work, I'm not sure he could ever top "This Year." That song just crushes me every time. Craig I’m not religious, nor am I antireligious, but I guess I’m irreligous (if that is a word). Based on that, there is no other band in the world who could have caused me to sit on my couch listening to an album with a Bible in my lap, like I did last night. Darnielle’s lyrics are always fascinating, but adding stories like that of Jacob and Sarah (“Genesis 30:3″) to them add a whole different level.

As for Darnielle moments, while I love a vast majority of his work, I’m not sure he could ever top “This Year.” That song just crushes me every time.

Craig

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