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i think we should remind musicians they can absolutely make up little stories for their songs btw. it doesn’t have to be about them at all. you can invent a guy and put him in situations to music. time honoured tradition in fact.

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weekly tmg poll 2 lol. pick ur fave of some of my faves

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SHE!! is the GREATEST songwriter OF. OUR. GENERATION!!!

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christ in gethsemane, heinrich hoffman, 1886 / in corolla, the mountain goats

id: an oil painting of jesus, shown as a white man with long brown hair and a beard, kneeling with his arms resting on a rock and looking upwards, there is a gold halo around his head and text over the image in white says “I tried to summon up a little prayer as I went under, it was the best that I could do” end id.

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beat the champ

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finished comm for @thespacehound! tags/associations ok! :]

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The Mountain Goats, Brisbane Hotel Sutra, All Eternals Deck (Australia single exclusive)

This is a good song for today (and always).

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live on 4/10/24 (transcript under the cut)

This is a very old song that I seldom play anymore. (excited crowd sounds)

I can't play old songs with a pick. I didn't use a pick for a long time, I was very, very macho about this sort of thing. If you're not bleeding for it, it doesn't count. That is the dumbest way of thinking (laughs), absolutely—absolutely the dumbest.

The old songs don't work as good unless I'm fully doing the thing.

That woman set herself on fire

They said it on the radio

They said she lit up the skies of Palestine

(guy in crowd: Free Palestine!)

(crowd cheers)

I could not stand to hear them say so

I saw the stars come out

Smelled the oranges on the breeze

Later on they played some Caribbean song

Man, they sure know how to pick 'em

The rich voice burning like a fuse

The syncopated rhythm

I saw the stars come out

Saw the oranges cracking open

I saw you standing there

Orange blossom in your hair

Going to Palestine (crowd cheers louder)

Going to Palestine

(crowd cheers)

Thank you!

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weekly tmg poll maybe. pick ur fave of some of my faves lol

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Suddenly you are transported to a mystical realm and told you are the hero, destined to save it

You can choose one animal sidekick (or group of sidekicks if they are a group) from a TMG song

You must decide

The world depends on it

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i just got curious lol

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this year, the mountain goats x bristlecone photographs, earl cecil payne

[ID: a photograph of a desolate-looking tree in a field, with a fence running behind it. the lyrics "i am gonna make it through this year / if it kills me" are overlayed on the photo.]

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Note: This is guy singular, not guys plural. That poll will be later.

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what would John darnielle look like as a gnome

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still reeling from black ice cream song live. yaaay