the Mountain Goats - No Children (Jordan Lake Sessions)

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2 жыл бұрын

the Mountain Goats play “No Children” for "the Jordan Lake Sessions". Recorded live in studio at Manifold Recording in Pittsboro, NC, on August 8 & 9, 2020
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LYRICS
I hope that our few remaining friends
Give up on trying to save us
I hope we come out with a fail-safe plot
To piss off the dumb few that forgave us
I hope the fences we mended
Fall down beneath their own weight
And I hope we hang on past the last exit
I hope it's already too late
And I hope the junkyard a few blocks from here
Someday burns down
And I hope the rising black smoke carries me far away
And I never come back to this town again
In my life, I hope I lie
And tell everyone you were a good wife
And I hope you die
I hope we both die
I hope I cut myself shaving tomorrow
I hope it bleeds all day long
Our friends say it's darkest before the sun rises
We're pretty sure they're all wrong
I hope it stays dark forever
I hope the worst isn't over
And I hope you blink before I do
And I hope I never get sober
And I hope when you think of me years down the line
You can't find one good thing to say
And I'd hope that if I found the strength to walk out
You'd stay the hell out of my way
I am drowning
There is no sign of land
You are coming down with me
Hand in unlovable hand
And I hope you die
I hope we both die
#theMountainGoats #NoChildren #JordanLakeSessions

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@neighbor3875 2 жыл бұрын

Damn the lead singer looks exactly like i would imagine a lead singer of the band named The Montain Goats would look

@endersquid1132 2 жыл бұрын

Pandemic Johns long hair and gotee truly encapsulated the look of a mountain goat... I wish he'd never got it cut lol

@annemargaretreyes4867 2 жыл бұрын

@@endersquid1132 love his hair tho

@wokery 2 жыл бұрын

TRUE

@alchemistofsteel8099 Жыл бұрын

I know this is irrelevant but idk why Billie Ellish is so popular and not the mountain goats.

@jamespinnock8596 Жыл бұрын

@@alchemistofsteel8099 because both are famous, it took me a long time to realize this but just because someone is successful doesn't mean they are not popular. Its not cool to hate on the in thing. It just makes you look like a dick who thinks there edgy. Embrace the things that make you different. Don't ridicule others for the things they like and your part way onto enjoying a good life

@3nyasu3 2 жыл бұрын

I love the way he laughs at the end. As if he hasn't just sung the saddest and most terrifying song in existence.

@SurfersHandler 2 жыл бұрын

You must have an incredibly limited view of what sadness and terror are if you think this is "lol so deep".

@SurfersHandler 2 жыл бұрын

Touch grass.

@InnocentDemon23 2 жыл бұрын

@@SurfersHandler Yeah but that's just like... your opinion man.

@pringlesmanhadashave1321 2 жыл бұрын

@@SurfersHandler It's a light-hearted take on complex issues.

@starfrances 2 жыл бұрын

There's definitely a lot of hyperbole and sarcasm that make the song humorous. A lot of people use humor to cope with hard things. It's valid.

@apetheory7152 Жыл бұрын

“Mom, why did you marry dad?” “Oh, well why not?” “Well it’s just that…when he drinks, he..changes.” “Oh he doesn’t change Orel, that’s just his true nature coming out!”

@isaiahwalking Жыл бұрын

*bloberta closes door while crying*

@nathanvanderpool1175 Жыл бұрын

is this a reference to something

@nathanvanderpool1175 Жыл бұрын

oh is it moral orel?

@rockofshame 11 ай бұрын

@@nathanvanderpool1175yees. Great show

@DJHockeyGoalHorns 11 ай бұрын

@@nathanvanderpool1175 yes

@TheGibbie 2 жыл бұрын

This song got me through the darkest points of my life. Thanks for all the years of cynical optimism

@sharkulashairstylist5505 2 жыл бұрын

It haunts my very footsteps... and I hope.. I hope that we live to see better days

@hahppyhour5380 8 ай бұрын

So ironic

@TheGibbie 8 ай бұрын

@@hahppyhour5380 there is comfort in knowing someone understands

@Strawberry-be8id 2 жыл бұрын

First got into the band through an Episode of Moral orel where this song is used. Very glad I continued to listen.

@retropwn7596 2 жыл бұрын

Watched that episode just last night and couldn't help wonder about the song. That's why I'm here too

@Strawberry-be8id 2 жыл бұрын

@@retropwn7596 Glad to hear it.

@assass7012 Жыл бұрын

Same introduction to the band for me. A year and a half later and I'm also glad I kept listening.

@toastmobile4955 Жыл бұрын

Same for me, watched it last night and I’m hooked. That chord progression in invigorating

@oaoaoaooaao 11 ай бұрын

Same

@janetsummers7988 2 жыл бұрын

music for people who feel bad when something good happens and good when something bad happens

@vanguardiris3232 2 жыл бұрын

I love every version of this song, and I think my favourite part of this one is "all die" instead of "both die" at the end there

@BetterThanTomorrow99 5 ай бұрын

They did “we all” instead of “we both” at a concert I went to, and it was oddly connecting. lol.

@chip1464 4 ай бұрын

Never even noticed, solid catch

@Doctagon_ 2 жыл бұрын

I'd hate to sound pretentious, but I really do feel this is one of the most important songs of our generation.

@noahmcaninch6205 2 жыл бұрын

I agree

@Robo0595 2 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure you're not wrong

@azurebass24 2 жыл бұрын

For what it's worth, I'll die on this hill with you

@rhinofromthevoid9904 2 жыл бұрын

banana man is literally a song that exists though

@aliyafichtner8843 2 жыл бұрын

TRUE

@user-jn1wm3tb8v 2 жыл бұрын

I feel like a horrible person for listening to this while in a relationship but the temptation is too strong.

@thomaswhigham5610 2 жыл бұрын

Oh?! Why!

@darkmyro 2 жыл бұрын

I don't feel like this is a song about cheating if that's what you're getting at. In my opinion, Its a song about falling out of love with someone in the worse possible way while still being in the relationship. the person in the song once loved this person, but every feeling of love has turned into bile and hate, something has gone very wrong and everything that they once loved about this person has just become more reasons to leave. Though they don't want to leave cause that would just be admitting to defeat, so they stay together almost out of competition with on another. I mean they could of cheated, but I think the title is the reason. The couple can't have a baby and its tearing the relationship apart because they are blaming each other.

@user-jn1wm3tb8v 2 жыл бұрын

@@darkmyro I mean I think "I hate our relationship I hope we die" is a bit of a weird message for me to listen to.

@darkmyro 2 жыл бұрын

@@user-jn1wm3tb8v well as I said its basically an anti-love song. love has turned to hate, and its basically the person in the song talking about how much they want the other person to die, then immediately pointing that feeling inwards because the other person made them feel this angry and depressed. like there's a part about wanting to cut yourself so you can feel something in the song and not wanting to become sober again, to just be numb to the world. the song is about anger, frustration, and hate because all the love has left the relationship and those emotions don't always make total sense all the time. You can get angry and flustered and not really think coherently when your mad. I think when viewed from that lense it makes sense and you can understand where they're coming from. its not so much "I hate our relationship, I hope we die" its more " you've caused me so much pain that I hate you and I want you to die and that depresses and angers me so much I wanna die." they dont actually want them to die because of the lines later in the song about how years down the line he hopes they cant find a good thing to say about him and he just wants out of the relationship, and maybe they both do, they just don't want to admit it cause they're in to deep like they're married or something close. Its just that in the moment, that's all he can express. The song is like a bad argument between a couple. The kind where someone says the worse things to each other. Where They're just trying to say things to hurt the other person cause in this moment they hate them.

@carolinejohnson7690 2 жыл бұрын

Whenever I sing it my partner says “that is NOT a healthy song”

@conq1273 2 жыл бұрын

from Orel to liking the band, this is my first and favourite song of this band. Old college try is the 2nd

@bioarv111 2 жыл бұрын

"Like a trashcan fire in a prison cell. Like the searchlights in the parking lots of hell" is seared into my brain forever

@notyou6674 Жыл бұрын

this song really got me through the happiest brightest moments in my life and after 7 years sober i finally managed to relapse.

@seanbond3307 6 ай бұрын

Congrats bro. I’ve got 2 wonderful days sober and I can’t wait to fall off this beautiful wagon! Wish me luck!

@houseinthetallgrass2045 10 ай бұрын

My favourite thing about this version is John just changing the metre of the lyrics and not giving a shit about Peter trying to harmonise. Bless them. So good

@Jo_-_-t.a 2 жыл бұрын

Why do they all look like music teachers?

@mariusdamchristophersen1453 2 жыл бұрын

Cause they’re all hugely talented middle aged musicians, and music teacher is a pretty fail safe profession for that demographic

@danielcatron1979 Жыл бұрын

Their pianist was a private music teacher for some time. He taught piano and sax at least (likely others I cannot remember). Incredibly talented and chill guy!

@justinenavarro2778 2 жыл бұрын

Clay Puppington and Bloberta....

@coltonreisner9228 2 жыл бұрын

Best breakup song ever

@SativahBelievah1348 3 күн бұрын

I concur.

@assass7012 Жыл бұрын

I found this band a year ago, through watching Moral Orel. I fucking love these guys. I feel like a lot of the songs are genuinely real, coming as a kid from an extremely dysfunctional family.

@hahppyhour5380 8 ай бұрын

sorry bro

@Jo_-_-t.a 2 жыл бұрын

This would sound amazing, live in a pub in Dublin.

@MelaniePalingSmith Ай бұрын

When I saw them live in Manchester recently he said that this was written as a response to ‘I hope we dance’ which was everywhere at the time.

@vev_9930 Жыл бұрын

relationship goals 😍

@vphoenix5213 2 жыл бұрын

I'm just so happy so many people love them now. 🥰

@jimcat68 Жыл бұрын

Holy mother of god. Even on the worst day of my worst relationship, I never felt nearly this bad.

@Owlpunk 2 жыл бұрын

It's appropriate, how much John looks like Adam Driver in this.

@jae.lorin. Жыл бұрын

Bless Moral Orel for introducing me to this amazing band!🔥

@MissLucyJane 2 жыл бұрын

I love this song and must have listened to it hundreds of times. This is the first time it's made me cry.

@resplndnt 2 жыл бұрын

You’re in good company, I love songs that approach a subject people tend not to like to talk about with a dark sense of humor

@danecobain 2 жыл бұрын

One of my favourite Mountain Goats tunes. Also an absolute joy to play and sing on the guitar, especially when I'm bummed out about love.

@thomascampbell8064 2 жыл бұрын

Lyrical brilliant, love it . Sadness isn't sad it is relevant to the relationship in the song . This is a failed marriage and everyone is left dead inside . Brilliant!

@PyroFTB Жыл бұрын

I sing this song even if I'm happy, it's just so good

@Somethingelseentirelydifferent 6 ай бұрын

I watched the whole 30 second ad just for you. Love you boys!

@edwardscomputers 2 жыл бұрын

and i hope the junkyard a few blocks from here someday burns down....and i i hope the rising black smoke carry's me far away and i never come back to this town....i so love this song

@bookerwills8649 8 ай бұрын

This is one of the most beautiful songs in existence

@RattyJennMunson 4 ай бұрын

I need this song played at my funeral, no matter what!!!

@sjbechet1111 2 жыл бұрын

Was introduced to this band in 2020. The worst bit is I feel I owe Kim Hill (Radio NZ National) a debt of gratitude. This is a once in a decade find. utterly EPIC!

@intheworkseg6 2 жыл бұрын

I heard them in the Raleigh area at a brewery some years ago...the bass player drove a very cool old Volvo, if my memory serves me right. I love the band and Im also a gear head so that was cool

@thewallflower8511 2 жыл бұрын

I never laugh and cry to a song before 🥲

@deadseriouslymoving 5 ай бұрын

I am drowning. There is no sight of land.

@jamesdeek7039 Жыл бұрын

John you may never read this but oh well. I first heard you through this song in moral Orel...teenage me was going through some really heavy stuff. Your music literally helped me stop killing myself. You've hurt so much and through your pain on your songs I was able to find peace and relief, im not the only one. I've seen you live many times ... I know it's cliche , but you really did save me. I've been so close to suicide and your music is what I always turn to. So thank you. Even if you never see this...thank you.

@jorgepeat9898 2 жыл бұрын

i was so hoping that the “jazz no children” intro was gonna make it into this (still grateful for the upload tho 💙)

@ireallyhatemakingupnamesfo1758 2 жыл бұрын

“Jazz no children” where can I find it??

@jorgepeat9898 2 жыл бұрын

I really hate making up names for this kind of stuff i’m not quite sure, when they did the livestream of these it was the intro to them playing this song, i’m hoping that if they release jordan lake sessions 3 & 4 it’ll be on the album with them

@Gablork 2 жыл бұрын

@@jorgepeat9898 Sessions 3 and 4 were such a blast, I hope they get released too!

@coutts12 2 жыл бұрын

While introducing the song the band improved a jazz version for about 30 seconds before they launched into the real track

@Anonymous-vy1py 2 жыл бұрын

The jazz one is now up on KZfaq just search jazz no children

@jac3744 2 жыл бұрын

This is a great bar song

@Melissa-bv7vv Жыл бұрын

That melody start is magical🥰

@kaderobinson8671 2 жыл бұрын

I'm loving these Jordan lake sessions

@BonesEye42 2 жыл бұрын

This would make a great theme song for a sitcom.

@p3r50na1 2 жыл бұрын

the alpha couple hit up Cheers, the bar from Cheers.

@vidr1058 2 жыл бұрын

Let me tell you about this show called Moral Orel

@mania1999 2 жыл бұрын

@@vidr1058 ah yes my faviorite feel good sitcom. Season 3 is especialy optimistic

@alchemistofsteel8099 Жыл бұрын

Have you seen Morel Oral?

@alchemistofsteel8099 Жыл бұрын

@@mania1999 It is tho. The whole message is just because you may have a truamtic experience you can still live a happy live and be optimistic

@vitorinobarcelona6990 Жыл бұрын

If a tear is not forthcoming...maybe your an alien?

@justinreitz2132 2 жыл бұрын

One of favorite songs, thanks for including it in the Jordan Lake Sessions.

@chavesa5 Жыл бұрын

20 years on and still hits. Heretic Pride is the album that helped keep me from killing myself when it dropped, but this was the song that let me know that there was more to the pain I was feeling than what was popular (no shade to the early 00s, just that sometimes you need the more mature angst).

@gilescudmore7325 11 ай бұрын

One of the greatest love songs, honestly.

@alchemistofsteel8099 Жыл бұрын

Imagine this playing this in a Moral Orel remake

@francescobalestrieri7096 2 жыл бұрын

How many people watch moral Orel here?

@rebeccaspratling2865 2 жыл бұрын

This song is such a mood.

@gloriousexceptionalism2346 2 жыл бұрын

beautiful

@vampie_wampie 2 жыл бұрын

I've been waiting for the session with this song

@bradoozy 2 жыл бұрын

i was so psyched when i found out jon wurster drummed for this band because i love him in bob mould’s backing band.

@snuffilmreject Жыл бұрын

2016 was the worst year of my life. I had to euthanize my best friend, my 7 year old aussie mix dog because of the health issues that had plagued him for 5 years. My city flooded, and my home, my car, and everything I owned was destroyed. I was in my mid 30s, and I was homeless, posessionless, and at the lowest point I could possibly imagine, except for the fact that I still had my family. My wife also left me around that time. That was the only good thing I experienced in that time. I pulled myself out of depression and self harm, and from 2020 to today I rebuilt everything I lost, dropped 120 pounds, and got myself into the best shape of my life. Physically, mentally, and spiritually. I must have listened to this song every day during that time. If anyone that reads this is struggling with feelings of resentment, or hatred for someone that has treated them badly, please...... know that you can pull yourself out. Let go of those feelings and focus on yourself. You can do it. To quote Bojack Horseman, it gets easier. Every day it gets a little easier. But you gotta keep doing it every day. That's the hard part. But it does get easier. Don't let toxic people control you.

@kentaplau 4 ай бұрын

well, if no one has said their proud of you yet, i’m telling you now. i’m so proud of you! ❤

@cherrybang2072 19 күн бұрын

It's terrifying to think about how horrible it can be to share your life with someone who ends up becoming a monster that you want to kill, but it also makes you want to die. When you start something with someone, with all the love you have inside, and then things end up making you want to suffocate the person you loved to see sleeping next to you with a pillow. The person with whom you wanted to sleep and share your existence until the end of their lives. Ironically, until the end of your life.

@willbreza6659 2 жыл бұрын

I never realized how much John looks like Serj Tankian from soad

@I_ROT_WITHIN 2 жыл бұрын

Love it

@notrab13 Жыл бұрын

Tallahassee is really a fantastic concept album. In all ways, the Alpha Couple got what they deserved.

@bretthomas9425 4 ай бұрын

Nice frickin' books, Darnielle. Seriously, though. Read 'em.

@thesilentmajority2765 7 ай бұрын

Moral Orel

@MKsunmoon500 Жыл бұрын

Literally going feral over this song it is my all time fave

@Ruintek 2 жыл бұрын

love this song but he is too happy to sing it anymore

@EvenFlow391 2 жыл бұрын

I see that as the best possible problem. It means he's not going through the same pain he was going through when he wrote it.

@oberdot 2 жыл бұрын

The song has always been kinda funny in how bitter it is

@TurdCurdle 4 ай бұрын

1:26 that baby grand perfection

@herec0mestheCh33f Жыл бұрын

"Mom, why did you marry dad?"

@Alfredo.71 Ай бұрын

Buena canción que combina con moral orel😮

@harrysachz6748 Жыл бұрын

Yay, birdie!

@jacobdick639 2 жыл бұрын

Jon Wurster going offffff

@als_pals 2 жыл бұрын

I'm really glad they embraced the newfound popularity of this from TikTok

@thomlichtenberg6765 10 ай бұрын

Ive never seen such attitude from a guy sitting down playing an acoustic guitar.

@LegatoC Жыл бұрын

real ass dude!

@diegomorones-castillo2225 Жыл бұрын

I know this might get lost, but I noticed that the drummer has his left stick held like a jazz drummer, and it sounds like it in his playing.

@philipsong4246 Жыл бұрын

So like this has always been a bop but like.... Have yall ever heard superbloom by misterwives?

@everydayimshoveling834 Ай бұрын

I have been summoned by the power of "mom why did *you* marry dad"

@resplndnt 2 жыл бұрын

I reading that part of why this song came about was the writer of the song hated the song “I hope you dance” and kept saying I hope you die over it

@spongewaffle Жыл бұрын

Moral oral in a different universe

@ashgallego7780 8 ай бұрын

Well, why not?

@hahppyhour5380 8 ай бұрын

Does anyone know any origin on this song?

@gareth5943 2 жыл бұрын

Can these be watched in one video?

@SephNite 2 жыл бұрын

The four Jordan Lake Sessions were originally streamed live. What's being uploaded here are the individual songs. The complete audio for the first two Jordan Lake Sessions are available on The Mountain Goats' Bandcamp page. Neither the audio for the second and third shows, nor any of the Sessions' videos have been officially released yet.

@someone8689 2 жыл бұрын

@@SephNite Not sure if you've seen, but they're all up on the channel already!

@wolcamophone4783 Жыл бұрын

I can't tell if he's sung this song so many times that he lost his voice yelling or if he's gotten over it so much that he can do it goofy anymore.

@j-dflashstudiosdiscontinue2125 2 ай бұрын

*A bear shot Orel!*

@shandean8352 2 жыл бұрын

My middle son and I sing this as a duet

@resplndnt 2 жыл бұрын

I kind of want to sing it as a duet with my brother to our parents to make them look at their terrible relationship they’re too scared to get out of

@alltheblueskies Жыл бұрын

I feel seen, lmao i don't hate anyone but i feel seen

@aidan6083 2 жыл бұрын

Traditional grip? TRADITIONAL GRIP!!!!!!

@qcrew2938 Жыл бұрын

Duncan Trussell family reunion

@smellymala3103 2 жыл бұрын

She didn’t stand in my way 😂

@gigglebaskets Жыл бұрын

he started to sound like a goat there at the end

@theheadlessstickman 2 жыл бұрын

Markiplier

@TroyBaggins 11 ай бұрын

There will be no divorce!

@dawpps 2 жыл бұрын

Anyone here from tiktok?

@yorufish Жыл бұрын

moral orel

@BalLs-rb1qh Жыл бұрын

Bro i love the mountian goats but what da hell is this

@larryraiken 2 жыл бұрын

Don't get it.

@mrs.galloway 2 жыл бұрын

Beautifully triggering song.

@unofficialmajima617 2 жыл бұрын

for a sensitive person, yes

@ottodude555 2 жыл бұрын

John, I love your music, and I respect your artistic intentions. But, in my personal opinion, the vocal craziness that gets added to many live performances is a *tad* much. To other listeners, I respect if you like it, and feel it brings out the energy. To me, it doesn't.

@Saiedmusic123 2 жыл бұрын

Boo

@MacNasty11 2 жыл бұрын

Wow. Meaningless, hateful, blackpilled song full of spite and suicidal thoughts. That’s your entertainment nowdays ladies and gentlemen. Horrendous and uninspired. The laugh by the singer suggests it’s a joke maybe? I hope so! If you’re deriving pleasure from this song legitimately and without irony, all I ask is that you question what you’re getting from the source material that might be giving you this feeling, because I’m missing the point.

@lainey6474 2 жыл бұрын

This song is about a couple who have been trying to make their relationship work out of spite, but are really in a desolate state. If you've ever gotten divorced, or have had divorced parents, there's a real rawness to it. And really, the laugh? You ever been so upset that you just laugh? It's a normal mechanism we have as humans, to make a joke out of tragedy. In the last set of lyrics: "And I hope when you think of me years down the line You can't find one good thing to say And I'd hope that if I found the strength to walk out You'd stay the hell out of my way I am drowning There is no sign of land You are coming down with me Hand in unlovable hand" It's anger at the friendship they once had, mourning at what's lost, and just being sick of each other, all in just a handful of words.

@asf8648 2 жыл бұрын

It slaps.

@mrs.galloway 2 жыл бұрын

Art is subjective and maybe you cannot wrap your head around the meaning within this song because its not for you. And that is ok.

@MacNasty11 2 жыл бұрын

Nah I understand it fine, it just straight up fuckin sucks.

@unofficialmajima617 2 жыл бұрын

@@MacNasty11 lmao

@zmoreira 2 жыл бұрын

This is not very good. Very meh.

@RoyRogersMcFreely28 21 күн бұрын

Love them but I didn’t care for this performance. John’s vials seemed rushed and much too fast compared to the instrumental. Also, the piano overpowered everything else. There’s some great guitar work in this song that you can’t hear.