Track 6 off of Black Pear Tree EP The Mountain Goats & Kaki King I don't have any rights.
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@rabo911 жыл бұрын
this song is amazing on so many levels. "it sounds great" and "its about Super Mario" being the most important ones
@2dtesseract Жыл бұрын
this is what i think makes a Mountain Goats song special: these tender moments in forgotten figures on the edges of your vision who deserve a song celebrating them, the ones you thought are vestigial but were actually important all along. as my drama teacher said: "there is no such thing as a small role "
@duartelopes52233 ай бұрын
"Anyways, this is my rendition of Background Tree #5"
@weeniedog446 жыл бұрын
I waited here all by myself The room was dark and it smelled like sulfur I heard the screams from way down in the darkness Felt pretty sure my life was over I kept my hat on just for luck Sang simple tunes the whole night through I wondered if I'd wake to find myself in flames As I waited here for you Yeah when you came in I could breathe again I saw some guys dressed up like sorcerers Blue robes that flowed above the ground They came and went and I was frightened for my life I tried not to make a sound Just when my solitude was closing in I heard a howl like screeching tires And I told you the one thing I know how to say Through the bright ringing drone of 8-bit choirs Yeah when you came in I could breathe again
@largeproblem2 жыл бұрын
i love that this isn’t inherently a love song; like, yeah, Toad could just be super gay, but it could also be read as valuing a friend because of the comfort & reassurance they give you, or how the people you may not expect will be there for you when you’ve hit a low point
@SmokeEater992 жыл бұрын
i feel that way as well i strive to be that person for my friends
@jakc62475 ай бұрын
Gross
@IaSchneider2 ай бұрын
@@jakc6247 how?
@ansic99745 жыл бұрын
the way he enunciates every syllable of 'sorcerers' is fantastic.
@ClareBear7497 жыл бұрын
goddamit i'm crying over a Mario song
@oyoystein7 жыл бұрын
Been learning it on guitar, and I *always* choke up on "I could breathe again". I'm not even completely sure why!
@orangejoe2044 жыл бұрын
That's Darnielle for ya. He pulls no punches.
@jameshuman175310 ай бұрын
It only takes 8 bits to tug a tear. I met the freaking guitarist by chance these dudes are real too.
@canihazminecraft222410 жыл бұрын
*both of them* "yeah when you came, in, I could breathe again" I was like *o* cutest song. ever.
@kylebaskin17567 жыл бұрын
but it's also really sad cause abuse...
@mrtelevoid68487 жыл бұрын
Way to fight the big fights, Kyle.
@ScrutesMaGlutes10 жыл бұрын
I always felt this showed johns talent because most of his sons are about serious topics and I always thought that was what I loved about his songs but then I found this and realized hes just amazing in general
@christianmccord94567 жыл бұрын
Justin Wildasin well this song is actually a metaphor for his abusive step father
@christianmccord94564 жыл бұрын
hey there adventurer “I was talking about how - this childhood tendency of mine - I’m the most gullible person alive. I believe everything I’m told. Not just while it’s being told to me; a poet named Bill Direen has a very strong credo that, you know, for the duration of the story that someone is telling you, believe it. But I can’t escape at the end and so that’s sort of a thing about me. And consequently, I’m the kind of person who- and I think more people have this than admit it. You know how you hear a really dumb song - like you know it’s dumb, it’s just not the sort of stuff you maybe normally would listen to - and then you start to cry. And you say, ‘Why am I crying at ‘Nearest Distant Shore’, a country song from the eighties?’ Well, it’s that you let yourself get sucked into it and suddenly everything- the protagonist person was real, so maybe it’s dumb because they’re feeling beleaguered and they’re not really powerful enough to articulate things in a way that’s really clever because they’re in a whole, huge amount of psychic pain. Maybe that’s the reality of the dumb song. So anyway, I play video games and sometimes- and I’m not talking about video games with complex plot lines that everyone cries at, right. Everyone cries at 'Ocarina’. It’s true, when they seal Zelda up in the amber and you can’t- everybody cries at that. But this is not that. There’s not a lot of people who, when you reach the end of the maze and it blinks and Pac-Man has eaten all the dots and eaten a few ghosts while he was at it, so he has earned some right to freedom and rest… and the maze blinks and this music plays and you think, 'Oh, what music are they playing for Pac-Man?’ Maybe, as they usher him into the house that he won because he completed the maze. 'It’s so nice that he’s finished. He worked so hard at it. He died twice on the way through the maze and now he’s done! So now, good for him. And I helped him get there. So, this is great!’ And then a new maze full of dots presents itself. And there’s new ghosts, none of them are actually dead. Every time you eat them, the ghosts come back to life. And if you’re me, you reach a point where this feels like a crushing psychic weight. Like, 'Oh my god, Pac-Man will never be done. He will never be done. He has to eat the dots forever. There is no escape from the maze. There’s an exit on this side of the screen, but it just comes right back out on the other side of the screen. It’s hell. Pac-Man was born in and lives in hell. That’s all you’re doing, is helping him walk around down there and be chased by demons who have names like Inky and Blinky. You have to pool in a harsh universe through which he lives.’ So this song is about a little fellow who goes to free the woman he loves from an evil dragon. And he’s really not… he’s just a plumber. He’s not a hero or nothing. He’s just a little plumber-and he’s exceedingly little. I know it’s uncool to call people little, or something; like, people are all sorts of sizes but this guy’s literally like half an inch tall. And like one day, he just wakes up inside a sewer and the sewer has creatures that fly and he fights and fights and fights. But when he gets past the evil dragon, the person he’s looking for isn’t there. But somebody else he knows is, that he didn’t even know was being held prisoner. His name is Mario. His friend’s name is Toad. I find their story profoundly moving so I wrote this song for them.” - John Darnielle introducing Thank You Mario But Our Princess Is In Another Castle, Rio Theater on 2012-06-22. I don’t know about you, but the way he describes Pac-Man’s never ending time in hell really sounds to me like a thinly veiled illusion to facing your traumas from the past: no matter how long you fight it there’s no way you can really “beat” your traumas, you just strategize and try to hold them off to the best of your ability. Mario’s quest in this song is essentially coming to terms with your trauma, and coming to terms with thoughts and things that you didn’t even know you had to come to terms with. Perhaps my original comment was a bit too narrow, but it still is not far off. I would also like to add that I never said all of John’s music is about his abuse or any of the other trauma he’s been through. and even if I did say that, I wouldn’t be far off. He’s pretty open with how he uses his music to come to terms with the trauma he’s suffered in that past.
@theapartmentrat.578 Жыл бұрын
@@christianmccord9456 did you really well actually a personal comment. Art is subjective bb
@theapartmentrat.578 Жыл бұрын
@@christianmccord9456 like it feels you took something more profound but don't fucking correct a personal feeling and what they may hold to the song.
@theapartmentrat.578 Жыл бұрын
@@christianmccord9456 this song reminds me of something totally different than what John meant and I'm sure he would love what anyone holds to his music. That's why music is great. It transcends the artist you fuckwhit
@ScribeAwoken5 жыл бұрын
last year I went to a fighting game tournament, realized I forgot the printer cable I use for my controller, then spent God knows how long wandering around town in sub-zero temperatures trying to find a store that sold the right kind of cable. By the time I got back to the venue, I could barely move my fingers and had to spend 5 minutes sitting in front of a space heater to warm them back up I was listening to this on a loop the whole time. My hands start to hurt a bit whenever I come back to it.
@dfiction2 жыл бұрын
damn
@gooberdoober8416 Жыл бұрын
The FGC values you friend
@mmelloe8 жыл бұрын
"i told you the one thing i know how to say"
@JustSiouxMe11 жыл бұрын
Its also a very well written and touching song based off of literally a few seconds of an NES game.
@peterbartelt62343 жыл бұрын
Love that snare brush.
@eddiebower19428 жыл бұрын
Ohh dear I think John is becoming a god
@iv59499 жыл бұрын
Fun Fact: the narrator is meant to be toad.
@iv59499 жыл бұрын
You'd have to ask john Darnielle
@darinmcbride40039 жыл бұрын
***** Lead singer of the Mountain Goats bro
@weneedaladder83849 жыл бұрын
Toad's a little mushroom looking fella. Also, JD isn't just the lead singer, he is The Mountain Goats in their entirety.
@samshepherd8549 жыл бұрын
***** The name of the song is Toad's line every time you get to the end of a castle in the early Mario games, and he is always hidden in a dark room within a fiery castle, so it makes sense lyrically I suppose.
@thenewniccage22839 жыл бұрын
***** No it's not. It's pretty obviously meant to be Toad narrating. He's trapped in the castle 'all by myself' and he waits for Mario to turn up and rescue him, and when the unnamed saviour (Mario), he tells him 'the one thing I knew how to say' (that being the title of the song, the one line of dialogue Toad can respond with).
@elliotht20176 жыл бұрын
I know this song is literally about toad and Mario or whatever but if you listen to this thinking about taako and lup from the adventure zone you'll cry instantly
@alexanderroswell90746 жыл бұрын
wow now i'm sobbing thanks
@weeniedog446 жыл бұрын
please,,,, I didn't want to cry today
@LarryDavis20995 жыл бұрын
what the fuck
@matthewhartshorn52045 жыл бұрын
What in the weeb hell is this dude on about.
@connorchavez55845 жыл бұрын
Wow. You really did this to me :/
@WanderingWisp7 жыл бұрын
Sometimes I imagine this being in a Super Mario musical thing.
@screamofsodak65625 жыл бұрын
Next song “Whaddya buyin, whaddya sellin?” but it’s a sad song about how money can’t buy you everything
@heythereadventurer91903 жыл бұрын
i wouldnt be surprised
@meesmart42433 жыл бұрын
Where can I find that song?
@localscissors4036 Жыл бұрын
@@meesmart4243 I’m looking for it too. Don’t see it on KZfaq when I look up that title….
@meanintellectual5222 Жыл бұрын
@@localscissors4036 its a joke einstein
@sorleybateman4807 Жыл бұрын
@@meanintellectual5222 It's not a joke it's a suggestion sherlock
@RayB0620 Жыл бұрын
Why wasn't this in the movie?
@mohammedjalloh76588 жыл бұрын
OMG! I heard this years ago, and now i remember it again! But it was different video i saw, anyway thanks for the memories, i completely forgot about this!
@sevn_up4 жыл бұрын
I remember the good times playing Mario on the DS with my cousins. Especially Mario Kart. The Balloon Battles were good fun. Except I used to get last place a lot and I had to spawn item boxes. I wasn’t angry, I just helped my cousins to destroy the older one. And the races we had. Oh my gosh we were so bad lol. We used to fall off the edges and lose power-ups. I used to come in like 5th or 1st. I wasn’t half bad. I think we were playing on like 50cc. But, thanks for the memories, everyone.
@haze48947 жыл бұрын
Never thought a song about effing Super Mario could make me cry.
@FacebookQueen5 жыл бұрын
I don't know what ~random song, dark hole of KZfaq~ I have fell into but this is awesome 😁
@blackmoldinurwalls8 жыл бұрын
Lowkey wants Starbomb to cover this
@TheNeimster11 жыл бұрын
Great song!
@girlspooptoo85678 жыл бұрын
Perfect
@philophos5 ай бұрын
With regards to the final line of the video description: Vincent, my man, you have rights to me.
@birchofacookie11 жыл бұрын
Very pretty song.
@MistySeajewel11 жыл бұрын
Ryan, you are probably watching this right now, and I want to say hi :)
@girlspooptoo85676 жыл бұрын
Thanks Mario
@crisptomato94953 жыл бұрын
Imagine if this was actually sung by Toad lmao.
@InsaneKorean774 жыл бұрын
The Super Mario Bros. 1 Adventures SMBX Episode Brought Me Here
@stevenzap111 жыл бұрын
Is your description a plea for help from some third-world country?
@zalyster3 жыл бұрын
This comment is 7 years old but it still makes me laugh
@withclarity11973 жыл бұрын
@@zalyster i don't remember joke being so dark 7 years ago. Had a good laugh.
@wiisalute6 жыл бұрын
What's next a song entitled "its dangerous to go alone take this"?
@migangelmart5 жыл бұрын
"Enough talk, have at you!"
@ZPM74 жыл бұрын
John could absolutely write a song about bestowing the danger and responsibility and power of a sword onto a kid who may or may not be ready for it and I would absolutely listen to it
@nickl28544 жыл бұрын
@@ZPM7 I am definitely gonna use that title
@mood0193 ай бұрын
long live 18wheeler-man
@jameshuman17539 ай бұрын
I'm still in the stage where she comes in and I can't breath (takes my breathe away)
@Azulmine10 жыл бұрын
when peach starts singing I start crying because go away for once this is not about you
@Azulmine8 жыл бұрын
+Am Fah There's a female voice at the end, when Peach and Toad are both singing. Most of the song is from Toad's point of view, but as always, Peach comes in making this about her. It highlights how unfair it is to Toad, who faces just as much, if not more, as Peach.
@alexramos13777 жыл бұрын
THat's rachel
@Azulmine7 жыл бұрын
peach is the character whose pov she's singing from... you know, from mario... which this song is based on....
@amfah27707 жыл бұрын
So let me get this straight...throughout the entire song it's clear it's from Toad's perspective, the title of this song is a direct quote from Toad after you rescue him, the events in the song all directly relate to Toad, the last verse implies Toad is saying "Thank you, Mario, but our Princess is in another castle!" to the sound of 8-bit choirs", but because John decides to end the song uplifting and emotional by having Kaki sing the same chorus John's already sung previously entirely through Toad's perspective, "Yeah when you came in I could breathe again", to illustrate to the listeners about how relieved Toad is after being rescued from captivity trapped in a dungeon, somehow this means Peach is the one saying it at the end? You're free to interpret it however you want, but you're really grasping at straws.
@Azulmine7 жыл бұрын
If it's clear that the song is being sung from the perspective of a male character, why is it grasping at straws to say that the song is being sung from the perspective of a female character when the voice changes to a female voice? why is that less plausible than to say that it's the same character, despite introducing a totally new voice?
@queenvitamin217 ай бұрын
you would never expect a song about toad from super mario to be this poignant but here we are and toad absolutely deserves it
@user-di7pe6yc3k Жыл бұрын
名曲!
@girlspooptoo85676 жыл бұрын
I love u more than u will ever know
@connorchavez55845 жыл бұрын
This song reminds me of Link and the Champions :(
@whyismyusernamethis10 жыл бұрын
He says you can, as long as you donate to some charities of his choice.
@danceingspelledwrong3 жыл бұрын
I always thought this song was in the view of Peach waiting to be saved But now I think it's Toad.. Then again, Peach would make sense Then again, Toad is the only one in the series who says that Then again, I should stop saying "Then again"
@gaudaddy Жыл бұрын
It's Toad (acc to Darnielle) but if you like your own peach version better and aren't a fan of authorial intent, then go at it for sure!
@OrangeWoomy4 жыл бұрын
This is some Ben Folds Five stuff right here.
@peanutcat1011 жыл бұрын
Is there a download of this EP somewhere?
@Rokiehrules11 жыл бұрын
plea from america.
@jameshuman175310 ай бұрын
My foster brother won a $20 bet beating mario 3 faced away from the tv in 10 mins (flute). Id love to see him and john 2 player that shit im good but respect game man
@exexalien5 жыл бұрын
Promethea brought me here.
@tf2heavy211 жыл бұрын
Hai c:
@squidwardvevo73487 жыл бұрын
123450th view... I am special
@JapanoiseBreakfast6 ай бұрын
How does toad know that the choir is 8 bit? It is like fish being aware of water. This is dangerous knowledge for one to have. Perhaps his abduction was justified?
@jmadison74703 жыл бұрын
Sorry but your dad is in another Walmart.
@ludwigvonzork74945 жыл бұрын
SAD...
@MSTREKYP8 жыл бұрын
Hey why not just appreciate the piece of art and avoid trying to analyze the meaning. their is enough debates in the world
@Asgard3148 жыл бұрын
Because for a bunch of people that discussion is a part of appreciating a piece of art. You enjoy the piece itself and then try to take meaning from it you can relate to in some way. it's beautiful
@iv59493 жыл бұрын
not to have brain damage but i always thot this sounded a little gay. like oh you can breathe again? when you see a man? sounds a little saucy to me fellas
@jackedwardsally2 жыл бұрын
Yea and? What if it is gay? Maybe toad does want to give Mario a little kiss, a gay kiss even. Ain't nothing wrong with that
@aaronrobinson537710 жыл бұрын
So it's hipster music?
@cuthere8010 жыл бұрын
i love the goats but this song just doesnt do anything at all.
@coolestpyro10 жыл бұрын
I used to think the same but now it's one of my favorites
@jbooth38858 жыл бұрын
+cuthere80 Funny, it's my favourite.
@girlspooptoo85676 жыл бұрын
cuthere80 You need to listen again
@bakedbygays5 жыл бұрын
I've been a huge fan of tMG for about a decade now. I must admit, many songs grow on you over time -- and a few may even lose their original luster. It all depends on your own journey, I think, and where you are in life when you hear them. Sometimes the meaning just isn't there yet for the listener. This is a simple tune with simple but powerful lines (which JD has mastered IMO). It reminds me a lot of the Transcendental Youth album, and could really just slide right in with some of those numbers. More simple, jazzy in style... but, as always -- powerful, meaningful -- lyrics.