The Swell Season - Two-Headed Boy

[bigblueandshiney]

Wow....Fucking amazing!

[AstroMikeDexter]

Great cover. Marketa's hair looks great lol

[popatire23]

What was the song from about 5:34? Is that by The Swell Season?

[swellframe]

@popatire23 it's a part of King of carrot flowers.Part 2 i think.It's a another neutral milk hotel song

[popatire23]

@swellframe

No, the song during the credits. Where they're all writing on the wall.

[lukefromdownunder]

he gets really really really really fucking into it haha, so passionate

[drgonzo90]

@lukefromdownunder Totally agree. You really have to go for it if you want to cover NMH, and he nails it. I might like this better than the original if the mix were better.

[Coraircate]

This helped me learn to play it on bass. And I fell in love with The Frames. Thanks, much.

[brok3nboy]

@charlotte07071 I am in the same place as you!

[jimnypivo]

Glen Hansard's one of the few people who have the voice and the stones to sing this song. Most excellently done and so faithful to the NMH gestalt, especially with the fusion of KoCF P2...

[MrLeo160]

Fuck man, this is good. I love this.

[TheTerriblyTerrific1]

ew

[martinheenan]

in the aeroplane over the sea cover --- lauren heenan (you tube)

[martinheenan]

glen + NMH cover = magic

[SweetJaaane7]

Well if I wasn't already in love with Glen, this would surely make me fall.

[Lovesupercar]

Nice to see a very decent band enjoying playing an excellent tune. Good work all!

[RMPalm2000]

not a huge fan of the guys voice, but these people FUCKING GET IT

[Eupator5]

I find it really interesting that in the original song Jeff had a slightly "British" way of pronouncing certain words around the chorus (like hear, take, all, breaking, inside, eyes, probably a few others), while in this cover Glen's take on them sounds more "American" even though he's Irish.

[Creamy360]

I LOOOOOOOOVE YOU JESUUUUUUUUUUUUS CAAAAAAHHHRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIISTTT­TTTTT

[mateodeusername]

This cover is amazing...Damn

[speciesofpositive]

Wow, absolutely killer. They really do it justice.

[IxTASTExBETTER]

This is a really talented cover, but I genuinely feel they didn't need so much noise. The original was solely acoustic guitar. Why did they need harmony, keyboard, drums, guitar, AND bass? It was too much.

Still not a bad cover though.

[benciano]

Isn't he the guy from The Frames?! That's fucking awesome =D

[barrybrien82]

Fuck you Glenn. Nice faux-american accent. Neutral Milk Hotel shit on The Frames. It's a pity that guy in California missed.

[hungery12]

The cover and the original are amazing. Just enjoy music and pull your head out of your ass.

[iImplying]

If i didn't love the original so much I'd love this. But the way he screams the last verse where Jeff Magnum laments it in dark undertone kills this cover for me.

[ElWeasle]

@iImplying Exactly my thoughts; the last verse not climbing the octave when the others do makes the song for me.

[Lovesupercar]

Perfection!!!

[tim4x]

i'm so torn. if i'd never heard the original i'd love this. something about the way he just plows through the last verse really kills it for me.

[JacopeX]

The one person who disliked this is probably some /mu/tant hispter faggot.

[amandaurungus]

not a bad cover at all.

[outofstep23x]

This is an awful cover. If this doesn't make your skin crawl you are not a neutral milk hotel fan.

[plusnightlife]

@outofstep23x i disagree.  i dont think its anywhere near the original, but its not bad. and a good cover can just be a tribute... it doesnt have to be compared to the original

[Stkieran]

@outofstep23x

Get over yourself, you elitist

[dallan93]

Can't bate the an irish take on a classic tune :D Glen hansard rules. :)

[HarveyManchesterEM]

@dallan93 Yes! It's incredible, I agree.

[juliandsouza]

better than that fuckin dresden dolls cover

[BrettxHarvey]

@juliandsouza The biggest difference between the two covers is that this dude has such a powerful voice, much like JM. The band also adds such an awesome dynamic to the song.

[juliandsouza]

@BrettxHarvey agreed. also, theres none of that over the top hand movements and terrible singing either :)

[charlotte07071]

YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY KIDDING ME.

My favourite band and my favourite song. And I never even knew.

Fuck me.

[marktrenkle]

@charlotte07071 glenn's yell is probably the best sound in the universe. better than your new born baby.

[gammondorf]

@charlotte07071 I actually looked at the title and presumed it was a different Swell Season. No way this band covered this song.

[1jon11]

Good cover, but it's kind of missing that raw feeling that the original had.

[WideAwakeCJM]

probably the best neutral milk hotel cover out there

[higgobraga]

Onde of the best covers I've ever listened.

[McNugger]

Such a great cover of this tune...well done so quickly!

[JSDuncan2113]

It's hard to find a cover of this song as moving as the original. Swell Season is so Swell

[Jinpagee]

well done!! probably my favorite-of-the-moment cover ... will be sharing with as many as will listen.

[swellframe]

I just watched the Drive all night cover and this one.Amazing covers really.Both of them..BTW.......is that glen's guitar?

[blz777]

@swellframe It is, but it's fixed up a bit :)

[nctodc]

One of my favorite groups covering one of my favorite songs ever....thanks for uploading.

[visionz0]

eh... is that Mar????

[Sara161616]

@visionz0  Yep!

[Sara161616]

Effin amazing

[Janzah]

cute cute cute glen hansaaaaaaard

[organicate]

Amazing.. you cant seem to find any really good quality versions by Neutral or by Jeff Mangum. This has made me like Thw Swell Season even more.. Quality.

[Stekala]

Thanks for re-uploading! :-)