In honor of my slogging up La Cienega tonight to see the Mountain Goats, I present some songs that I wish he would play. I am still digesting Heretic Pride, although I like it very much (even more than Get Lonely, which I did not expect).
01. Going to Marrakesh (live) — Darnielle is the master of simile; he can’t even seem to help himself. This is my favorite Mountain Goats song and the similes are simply perfect. Chance of being played: 0.0000000000001%
02. Palmcorder Yajna — Love the image of the camera inside the television, with its aperture “yawning and blinking.”
03. Has Thou Considered the Tetrapod — the turn in this song is in the last two lines, and those lines are chock full of menace. I wouldn’t want to mess with that tetrapod either.
04. Collapsing Stars — “You can look but you won’t find / another love like ours” — sweet loving homicidal maniacs.
05. Tollund Man — Poor guy… singing his lament, making his sacrifice, only to be dug up and leered at hundreds of years later.
Tags: the mountain goats
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saw TMG two nights ago, and heard “hast thou considered the tetrapod” and “palmcorder yajna”… still wishing for “collapsing stars”, though :)
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