The Mountain Goats - Going to Alaska

[2666ification]

ABSOLUTE SHIT

[2666ification]

ABSOLUTE FUCKING SHIT

[TheNima726]

@2666ification "not good art but wonderful literature" is the absolute worst thing you could say

[2666ification]

FUCK THIS BAND

[2666ification]

FUCKING GAY

[TheSeerTiresias]

DFTBA! Yay Mountain Goats. :)

[maputogold3]

search "FUCK A WATERMELON" if you dare

[singstudysmile]

DFTBA

[ishvampire]

loves that the whole page of comments is about Nerdfighters and John Green :) dftba

[giftedangel6]

"Going to Alaska" "Looking for Alaska"

I think John Green may have been looking for Alaska so he could meet the Mountain Goats on their way there :)

DFTBA!

[geographyissowierd]

I'm not going to alaska, I'm looking for Alaska.

[TheFleurDeMer]

@geographyissowierd I see what you did there :)

[obermegalutschoar]

I think loving the Mountain Goats is a life-long commitment. You know what I mean if you lost count of how many times you repeated this song.

[TheOneDudeOnline]

Not to steal some of youtube's thunder but if you like listening to the Mountain Goats, Then go to Grooveshark. com. Way more songs.

Not a spammer, just spreading the good word :P

[violetsinger1]

I wish it was a higher quality of audio. So I could appreciate it even more. But it is a fantastic song.

:) I love The Mountain Goats!

[hellerase]

The new album came out !!!

[MelinGrata]

I love this song.

It makes me wonder if John Green was inspired to write Looking For Alaska while listening to this song. <3

[uglyfudge]

@MelinGrata That's what I thought, because it IS his favorite band, and Alaska is a weird name to come up with on your own. And Looking for Alaska is the best book ever.

[MelinGrata]

@uglyfudge you are so right about so many things here.

[uglyfudge]

@MelinGrata We should totally ask that question on John's next Question Tuesday!

[MelinGrata]

@uglyfudge OH I MOST CERTAINLY SHALL. You have good ideas, my friend.

[uglyfudge]

@MelinGrata Haha, if only anyone I knew thought that. But they all stopped thinking I had good ideas once I tried to convert them into Nerdfighters.

(To anyone reading, if you don't know what a Nerdfighter is, your life is about to get more awesome: search VLOGBROTHERS on YouTube and be amazed at their awesomeness.)

[MelinGrata]

@uglyfudge pft. My friends are thankful that I was able to introduce them to Nerdfigtheria. But it's proven above that you have good ideas, or at least inteligent (i can't spell) thoughts.

Don't Forget To Be Awesome, everybody! :D

[thatsMRpotatoe]

I'm going to be that bear, and this song will play during my journey to alaska

[koolkid0201]

If you like John's weirdish voice you'll like Neutral Milk Hotel (Listen to Holland 1945), but then again if you've heard of the Goats then you've probably heard of NMH

[suredoloveya]

this is how i feel most of the time

[chazfourlife]

I wish I was as awesome as John.

[pierreerichexum]

I usually hate the mountain goats but this song I find really brilliant. the lo fi sound really suits them, and his voice is not mixed over the music

[OutlawGrrl]

1 person isn't going to Alaska.

[lzepp220]

There's just something awesome about Darnielle's Lo-Fi.

[juliejunkyardx]

This song has actually made me really contemplate moving to Alaska.

[mexitron]

I would kill a kitten for a copy of this album.

[xArtemisFowlx]

dude... i want to go to Alaska now.

[saltandfinagar]

Alaska? You hardly even know her! :D

...

I do apologise.

[younghippo]

i prefer going to scotland.

[deathnotefan386]

would you say that he's Looking for Alaska? a ha ha.... anyone get it?

DFTBA

[OxenfreePoetry]

@deathnotefan386

DFTBA. :)

[Sicilianforlife]

@deathnotefan386 DFTBA. That would be more appropriate....

[Ieatbabyseals]

Like a cross between Daniel Johnston and Neil Young

[buya360notaps3]

I LOVE HOW IT SOUNDS LIKE SHIT!!!:D

[thatthinker]

@buya360notaps3 not shit, chrisp and sweet

[bananas1and2]

I don't know why this is so beautiful, but I'm happy just wallowing in it.

[dieLarkundMusik]

Grand song. DFTBA everyone.

[GTK96]

I'm new to the Mountain Goats, but this is just fantastic.

[davidls11]

@GTK96: Another must-hear Mountain Goats song:

/watch?v=Hh-USn_USGw

[juliejunkyardx]

my god.

[Caitlinsaysno]

The first time I heard this song I hated it.

The second time I heard it, I fucking loved it.

[TopHatPangolin]

@Caitlinsaysno I had the same issue with the first few Mountain Goats songs I ever heard, actually. xD

[ksammut]

I'm not a really big fan of the lo fi recording.. but I do hail them for being original. I don't know why I said that it's not like my opinion matters...

[LaDeeDaDeDaDeDa]

Course it does

[Epicfailmusic]

wow this is a nice sound.

i love how lo-fi the guitar sounds.

What did they use to record this on?

[RJMyato]

@Epicfailmusic all the early albums were recorded direct to cassette with the built-in microphone on an old boombox.

[Epicfailmusic]

yeh i thought so.

I acctually have the same model (Panasonic RX FT500) that john used.

The microphone is slightly distorted and has a large buzzing sound (which i'm guessing is the sound of the cassette moving,or the motor)

[kraizer40k]

Yeah, i really think they are. I've actually have'nt found any swearing at any of their videos.

[dancewithmike]

Mountain Goats videos are the most civil places on youtube.

[starguts]

Fuck you asshole!

This is another amazing jewel of folk beauty by the way... thanks for posting.

[theunpublished]

@dancewithmike Very true. No one is yelling or bullying anyone else. A nice change.

[FoolishTheMortal]

@dancewithmike Except when people argue about his looks.

[cherryberry369]

i didnt like this song at first but it grew on me and now i love it!

[gosmj]

this is great; i'd love to find some more tracks from his cassette days.

[GlowingBlueIris]

They really remind me of The Weakerthans... I'm not sure how or why, but they do. It's a good thing.

Thank you for this song. =)

[newhat07]

Quite great! Thanks.

[wifflewiffle]

bless you sir,

i've been dying to hear the original for YEARS!!!

it's good, but i like the version he did in station at WFMU in 2000 a little better. he gets really emotional in that one

[vonnegutisdead]

really nice! im relatively new to the mountain goats and keep finding all these wonderful treasures

somebody needs to write a book that includes a comprehensive discography

[cormickson]

@vonnegutisdead Agreed though i don't know what discography means? enlighten me.

[plazmamonkrylord]

@cormickson A list of songs a band and/or artist has published.

[ImperativeNation]

@vonnegutisdead I know you posted that statement over a year ago, but in case no one brought it up, you can find their entire discography here:

discogs(dot)com and then just search for the mountain goats.

[TheDeathSage]

I want this album so bad but I'm probably never going to find it...

[JAPrice91]

If you do find it, it will probably be wrapped in a Spider-Man #1

[Number3Pencils]

Whoa... that was awesome.

[bozza81]

YES!! I've been looking for this original version of this song everywhere! It's brilliant! thanks very much!

[rclguard]

very early Liz Phair. I love the Mountain Goats

[thebradybrunsh]

"I am going to Alaska, where the animals can kill you,

but they do so in silence, as though if no-one hears them, then it really won't matter. I am going to Alaska."

[CyanideOctopie]

So intensely true.