San Bernardino by The Mountain Goats

[masterochicken]

I'm from Santa Clarita, and I go to San Bernandino and Fontana for my work. One thing I can say to you guys is that I am mad jealous of your ditches. Every time I see them I want skate them.

[OnCatchingFire]

Analog Rebellion's cover of this was epic.

[ihateusernamesssssss]

@OnCatchingFire

Yeah it was. Daniel Hunter is the bee's knees.

[anemone9]

And to be fair, pretty much all of these people were college-aged (since I was college-aged myself). So it may have had to do with the tendency to feel really self-conscious at that age.

[davidWgruUP909]

Hey to all of you that live in Berdoo and long to escape there. You can do it. I finally left that shithole for good on Obama-day November 4,2008. I tried and tried to leave since 1996, but, something always pulled me back(big ups to the commenter that called it a black hole). I only went back for a funeral(Cruz Chacon-love ya bro) in april 2009 and haven't been back. Nor do I plan on going back. Maybe, just maybe, for the San Manuel Pow Wow in October at Cal State SB sometime. FUCK BERDOO ! !

[Rosebunse]

@davidWgruUP909 Congrats, man. Hope life treats you well from here on out.

[kevland1]

First things first. If you love this song/band, you are gonna love Graham Nash (of Crosby, Still......)

I live in SB. No Mountain goats here....not even up the hill in Lake Arrowhead or Big Bear.

[giftedangel6]

That awkward moment when someone goes on a rant against the Mountain Goats and then writes, "Good song though." Really?

[YetiTurmoil]

How the hell did trolls find this song?

[Captaintsaint]

San bernardino is a sinking ship. Glad the Air Force is taking me away from this shit hole. Great song though!

[GlacialWays14]

Arguing in the comments of a Mountain Goats song is like conceiving the spawn of Satan underneath a church pew.

[fizzypopism]

@GlacialWays14 Hey asshole, don't you think you're being a little fucking melodramatic?

(I agree with you completely. The stupid stuff people will be dicks over.)

[mattpants]

@rtifishul...umm...yeah...SB is like 60 miles from LA...why *would* you tell people you're from LA? That'd be like being from Tampa and telling people you're from Orlando. Good job on telling people you're from where you're from; quite an accomplishment.

[timothyxmcveigh]

What a fucking gross song. I hate kids. And that's fucked up to go into some poor indian couple's motel room and leave placenta and vaginal juices clogging up their drain. Who';s gonna pay to clean that up John? Or did you just eat it like a mother deer does? Sickening.....Good song though.

[sieg5]

@timothyxmcveigh but dude! It's like a kaleidoscope :D

[louisaruth]

@timothyxmcveigh I love your description of this song, but dude! Your profile name!  People must give you a hard time for that now and again...

[rtifishul]

Fuck all these motherfuckers who bad-mouth the city from which they come.

I grew up there, and while I had a profound loathing for it, I tell people I am from San Bernardino and not Los Angeles. Go ahead and continue to wallow in your disdain, you'll never make it out anyway, and rightfully so. This song is rather nice.

[anemone9]

@rtifishul "I tell people I am from San Bernardino and not Los Angeles"

Oh god, I found out about the people who say they're from LA vs the people who say where they're really from when I moved from Socal to Norcal. Everyone I met was telling me that they were from LA, and I thought it was really strange because I never met so many people from LA when I lived closer to that city. Finally I figured out that people just claim to be from LA when they're embarrassed about being from inland Socal.

[ohea18]

@anemone9 I have to tell people that I'm from LA when I'm in other states because no one knows where the fuck Fontana is, but I usually clarify that I am from "45 minutes east of LA". There is no reason to be embarrassed of the IE.

[anemone9]

@ohea18

Oh yeah, I completely understand saying that you're from LA out of convenience. When I'm outside of CA, I just tell people the general area I'm from, too. But still, I've met a lot of people (and I mean a lot) who are clearly reluctant to say that they're from the IE.

[mrbonedip]

i live in san bernardino, and if you like refusing to give change to bums at every establishment you visit, it's pretty awesome!

[ruma17]

<3 dis song

[marinolman]

this is one of the most beautiful songs

[Rosebunse]

Just got done reading Naruto chapter 500. I then thought of this song and decided that it made sense.

[uzername91PUNx]

wheres the thor quote?

[1D1real]

i live in san bernardino..lol it sucks hahaha

[Martyrofvoid]

@1D1real I live there too and I must agree it does suck

[scaperog]

@1D1real ditto

[JohnnyDreamboat]

p.s

the thor quote is too perfect...

[JohnnyDreamboat]

I live in riverside, not too far from san bernardino...as a kid i couldnt even pronounce san burdadeeno

[TedEdFred21]

i was listening to this song in a parked car, and during the rising synthesizer part around 1:13 we were hit by a speeding truck. scared the shit out of me

[SublimeSati]

First Mcdonalds came from here. The hells angels started here. Besides that, we aint got shit but shit.

I've been tryin to get out this place for years. It's like a fuckin black hole.

[Popotank]

@SublimeSati Haha, I know what you mean.

Keep trying, we'll get out of here someday...

[Rosebunse]

@SublimeSati Think about what you just said about what came from there, then rethink your home town as a little closer to hell

[AliceHatt]

(I loved the Mountains Goats before Vlogbrothers.)

[aidenfan1890]

@DustyHale i dont mind it much. =) i dont live in a bad area but once you drive for about 3 mins i get to see the lovely, brown, trash filled city =)

[Athena20]

I love song, mainly because I´m from San Bernardino. :)

[GlowingBlueIris]

It's absolutely amazing how much five words can change a song... for most of it, I thought that it was just a romantic pair of teens being all escapist-y and whatnot, & it was still a beautiful song, but... more trivial, somehow.

Then, "And our new son cried". And I was just, 'Oh.'

Wonderful. <3

[abacab987]

I was born here, and SnBdo. is really a sorry town. Rialto was okay in the sixties, but not anymore. Fontana, Colton, Bloomington, Redlands, and Loma Linda all look pretty much the same. Most people do not know, but I have seen it. The old Norton AFB has an underground hanger about the size of a football stadium. It is nearly five thousand foot below and It has a rail system that connects it to about 139 other bases around the USA. (or so heard). Now "Norton" is called SB International Airport!

[dorito818]

@DustyHale

lol.

I hope i never come back to this town in my life. haha from the no children song by mountain goats.

[ThePurpleMenace]

I love this song so much; reminds me of a sunrise beaming of a light of hope over a massive shithole that's been enveloped in the cold and dark of despair for so long no one remembers what hope feels like...not trying to harsh on San Bernadino, CA (never been there :P ), but the music strikes a weird chord with me...inspiring in many ways, yet ominous.

[johnnywootkins]

"And we will never be alone in this world"

i love this idea that once you have a kid you will never be alone again. its comforting

[jedijadee]

This is the most beautiful song I have ever heard about birthing a child in a hotel room...

Granted it's the only one I've ever heard but it's beautiful. Love the Mountain Goats. So much.

[psychofurby]

This song is about giving natural birth in a bathtub in a san bernadino hotel.

Thor believes this child to be the anti-Christ.

[saltandfinagar]

@psychofurby Or the anti-Thor, to be more precise.

[BigBearfromthe206]

@psychofurby what?

[Ryomoto]

I live in San Bernardino, I.E. 909 THATS riiiiiiiiiight!

[FORGODSAKEIDONTKNOW]

hioawbfla i dont like this song its wierd and sounds saddd

[fatherjustice25]

wow! amazing cinematography!

[causticacrostik]

This is probably one of the most beautiful songs the mountain goats has ever made. This is also probably one of the most literary/ironic/beautiful/funn­y/crazy-interesting comic strip frames i've ever seen...unfortunately the 2 don't go together at ALL.

[whaleofashrimp]

san bredeno scares me..i got stranded there for three days once

[poundsRoc]

PLEASE HELP ME OUT!!! Is He Talking About San Bernardino,Ca?

If Not What Is a San Bernardino?

Just Trying to understand, I live in San Bernardino,Ca This SONG is Beautiful, and sound nothing like the CITY I live in...

THX Ya'll...

[clcsqueejy04]

yes he is talking about your city. it's not like he's trying to state that it's the greatest city in the world. he's telling a story, as damn near all of john's songs do. it's about (from what i've gathered) a couple who just had a baby that they weren't necessarily prepared for, but they love each other and they're going to try their best to take care of him, despite everyone's skepticism. san bernardino is where they've stopped on their way to their new life together. that's my thought.

[thesoundofyoufalling]

i love it when he says 'i loved you so much then' you can hear the emotion hes feeling

[kinikaisy]

i loved you so much just then.

[BrodyManFSU]

FUCKIN A RIGHT!

"hey i was born in san Bernardino woot woot. The mountain goats are so awesome i wanna stick my penis in them O_O "

[hotsnotandbogeypie]

I wanna stick my girl penis in them!

[Beck436]

@hotsnotandbogeypie

Pretty sure anatomy won't be having any of that.

[hoboboxerjoe]

@hotsnotandbogeypie, lmao

[AcademyLeader123]

great song, but i don't see how this guy ever could have visited Berdoo and then wrote a song like this. it only works for me in an extremely ironic mode, in a "San Bernardino welcomes you to the ninth circle of hell/ everything's going to be ok even though we're in San Bernardino" sort of sense. lucky for him and his family they didn't venture further into the city than a motel off the highway!

[bukaroobonzai]

hey i was born in san Bernardino woot woot. The mountain goats are so awesome i wanna stick my penis in them O_O

[fifi580]

John Darnielle is fucking brilliant.

[lostintravise]

Yeah, wonderful song, but the video definitely does not do it justice at all.

[Osomatic]

WHAT vid... oh, I get it. You're being ironic.

[timeshavechanged]

great back round for  this, really creative

[wurwolf1]

Are you kidding me?! What's so creative about this? Boring!

[timeshavechanged]

use some imagination it fits in a cool kinda soundtrack way. but one can be skeptical on anything, can we settle that its a great song

[wurwolf1]

Oh yeah, the song is excellent. The Mountain Goats are great. I just think this is the lamest video I've ever seen. I mean, Thor?

[GBrady43229]

Very nice..off to check out more of their stuff

[zisel]

dive in! They get better and better the more you listen to them.