Oh Comely - Neutral Milk Hotel [with lyrics]

[fuckingaidsman]

@samisaberle i read ur comment

[no1livez4evr]

honestly if i could pick any career in the world, it would be to be the lead singer of this band.

[legend519]

fucking hipsters

[crazyweirdstrange]

THIS BAND IS AMAZING i used to think the decemberists were the only ones who could write beautiful and meaningful songs like this

[DeadTillTomorrow]

Did not know you were a real band when i was reading the novel Will Grayson Will Grayson...... OMG YOU GUYS ROCK!!!

[ripthisjoint908]

anybody else notice somebody in the background at the very end yelling "HOLY SHIT!!!"

you have to turn it up loud!

[Womper1992]

@ripthisjoint908 wow!

[ripthisjoint908]

holy fuck. that was unbelievable

[PepperIshcool]

Hi. I don't want to spam or anything but I don't know how else to get this out there. If you could just take the time to check out my cover of "I love how you love me" and give me an opinion in the form of a comment or message, I would be extremely grateful. Thank you....

[MattSturg]

COACHELLA!!!!!!!

[SunCountryMusic]

We are an indie, folk band and have been told that we have a similar sound. Whether or not it's true, we would love some feedback. If you have the time, take a look and let us know what you think.

[Dorminay42]

@SunCountryMusic I wouldn't take that as a compliment. In fact, you should probably just kill yourself.

[Eddiohead]

I'm actually going to cry when he plays this at Coachella

[rminitials]

@Eddiohead

When is this gonna be taking place?? Thanks.

[Eddiohead]

@rminitials haha he's playing night two of coachella, april 14th and 21st. i'm going on the 21st as of now, but i'm looking for someone to trade to go weekend 1 :D

[rminitials]

@Eddiohead

Nice! Thanks for the info. Enjoy :D

[phatnatyouknow]

He's gonna be at Coachella ^^ ugh I wish I was rich & I would've bought the tickets to go see him :'(

[1998c3po]

8:14 HOLY SHIT!

[yourealldeadlikeme]

This album, is probably the most influential thing to grace the ears of acoustic musicians, period.

[Pasalaqcua]

@yourealldeadlikeme Couldn't be any more wrong. This album has it's own influences. Not to mention this album doesn't have any sort of diverse, groundbreaking or new style of guitar playing. Still a great album though.

[xBillyTheKidx]

that whole 10 seconds or so during the beginning of the 5 minute mark..... -_____________-

[Maestrochimongas]

the cover is pure nazi propagand

[lukerr87]

The lyrics...Beautiful.

[Skalasky]

at the end you can hear "holy SHIT"

[bfe456]

Oh Tom Lee

I will be with you when you lose your bread

Chasing the oh Lee

Meaningful memry you thought you had left with some pattyyyy

Brian and Bob Lee

Terrible scene that was your thing on your chess

But oh Tom Lee

[LNArrh]

gosh, the top comment makes me wonder why?

not even taking off headphones while killing a real human being. not even this tiny gesture of respect. i take off my headphones when i speak to someone, even for smalltalk. and this guy kills someone while listening to this song.

[EarthlessSun]

Is it true this whole song was ad-libbed? 

[TheRiffCalendar]

@EarthlessSun I don't know what that means or anything, but yes, if you're to judge by the man exclaiming "Holy shit!" at the end of the recording.

[EarthlessSun]

@TheRiffCalendar It means to make it up as you go along.

[ubertuna1]

It's a potato.

[338684q]

>2012

>implying this song is even remotely good

>mfw every comment on this video is made by entry level hipster plebs

[Womper1992]

@338684q sup /b/ro

[dasma4]

@338684q

0/10

[GDHGDYFJH]

I just now found out about this awesome band -___- so late.. lol

[GDHGDYFJH]

@samisaberle No homo?! LOL

[EatenBySpeakers]

@samisaberle none taken

[manonbeachfm]

boring crap

[shimeonmorpheus]

boring....

[PantsRocket]

Fact. If you get high while listening to this you will fall off this dimensional plane.

[The3ggman1]

@sk8rdood67 since when did everything with acoustic guitars and singing become labled as hipster. Country, folk, and indie sure. Those are actual genres which I couldn't give a flying fuck whether you like em or not! But the term "hipster," is non fucking existant in music! Shit!

[TheRiffCalendar]

One take (guitar and vocals), HOLY SHIT!

[ilikeleahg]

"HOLY SHIT!!!" lolololol ( 8:14 )

[manonbeachfm]

@ilikeleahg Is that long for you candy-ass?

[fnvcdt]

i know some people like to think of this album as some hipster joke, but it really is beautiful.

[SuperSierraful]

This song is amazing.

[JoudaObecny]

Where is lyrics? :D

[goodbeachyness]

I don't feel bad making fun of them when this is all they have going for them behind the same 3 chords for 8 minutes lol

"That was doing her thing on your chest.

But oh comely,

It isn't as pretty as you'd like to guess"

"Moving your mouth to pull out

All your miracles aimed for me."

[kevin4peace]

@goodbeachyness Actually, there are 5 - E, C, G, D and Am. If you don't like it, don't listen to it or think about it.

[elleoneiram]

@goodbeachyness The repeated chords remind me of ballads though. I love the haunting repetition as well as the bizarre, evocative lyrics. But to each one's own...

[xxmichelle369xx]

aw this song is so beautiful =) 

[rockomundo]

Holy shit indeed!

[XxTaylorAndNanaxX]

not saying i dont like them... just not this song

[sk8rdood67]

what the fuck is this hipster shit?

[MrCherubhair1]

@sk8rdood67 Genres of music have nothing to do with hipsters.

[sk8rdood67]

@MrCherubhair1

@The3ggman1

*trollface*

greetings from /mu/

[EladRellim]

holy...SHIT! Them last few seconds say exactly what i thought when i first found out Jeff had done this in one take...unbelievable!

[Trynottoblink]

@ABUDHABICOMBATCLUBOA

Standing next to me,

He's only my enemy

I'll crush him with everything I own.

I'm sorry to hear that, man.

[sk0ittle]

@ABUDHABICOMBATCLUBOA god. that sent chills up my spine, just picturing that. maybe not picturing. i can't pretend that i know what that would look or feel like.

[Askate]

@ABUDHABICOMBATCLUBOA

wow.

[gr8lulu69]

@ABUDHABICOMBATCLUBOA WHOA i have BIG respect for u.

[dady73]

@ABUDHABICOMBATCLUBOA I kill people to let the bodies hit the floor by shallow puddle

[exslayer12]

@ABUDHABICOMBATCLUBOA While I may never understand must it must have been like I can relate to a single song having such a powerful memory attached to it. I watched my friend have a seizure and die while listening to contact by phish and every time that song plays I get an instant vivid flashback.

[samisaberle]

@ABUDHABICOMBATCLUBOA sounds like a bullshit story to me. no offense.

[GDHGDYFJH]

@ABUDHABICOMBATCLUBOA wow that's a deep story dude. MAD respect

[NoocracyNow]

@ABUDHABICOMBATCLUBOA This did not happen.

[MrSantiagoandDunbar]

@ABUDHABICOMBATCLUBOA know all your enemies

[TheCableProductions]

@ABUDHABICOMBATCLUBOA That story is so tragic. It could be a scene in a war movie.

[AdditionalPylons1]

@ABUDHABICOMBATCLUBOA Your convoy was ambushed...by a bomb. So you went into combat...with a bomb.

[TheRussianProverb]

None of your comments matter.

Let go.

[AlfonsoTheGod]

Im smoking pcp to this song right now.

[thejoj96]

ponies

[JUSTICExPRODUCTIONS]

"drunk on your awe to me"

[notmichaelscott]

shut up and enjoy the music.

[annoythefish]

we had this genre in the 90s it was called grunge

[TheTerriblyTerrific1]

@annoythefish u might be the dumbest evr

[alexpuddin]

@annoythefish

This is folk rock. Not grunge. Go learn your genres.

And this was released in 1998, it was part of the 90's.

[PassiveFlow]

I knew this song before being a hipster was mainstream.

[TheTerriblyTerrific1]

@PassiveFlow if u say words like hipster and mainstream ur a fag

[SinisterSally]

@TheTerriblyTerrific1 calling someone a "fag" is so mainstream.

[TheTerriblyTerrific1]

@SinisterSally ..wait so everything is mainstream ..even the way ppl talk !!??

[PassiveFlow]

@TheTerriblyTerrific1 Failure to understand irony is so mainstream.

[OnlyVideoGuyOnEarth]

@TheTerriblyTerrific1 hipsters are so mainstream though!

[TyphoidExcel]

The first time I ever found a new band that I was instantly attracted to

[Applemask]

They named a magazine after this.

[touchandgod]

She's dead, but she lived. More than most can claim.

[TrophyScarred]

yes i like

[Luana30359]

I love this song

[atheistspongebob]

"soup mom whacha listenin to?"

-"neutral milk hotel"

"weird name but i like it"

thanks mom

[hikaru99]

I always seen this band on /mu/ and skipped over it thinking it was a big joke but damn. I have listened to this song on repeat for the last day or two. It has such an awesome vibe, I love it. Acoustic stuff is always so good with really nice vocals.

[TyphoidExcel]

@hikaru99 wtf is mu?

[zlangeweg]

i can promise that anyone who asks the meaning of a song, missed the point. man it comes from within. or something.

[MrJordanWillard]

@zlangeweg "or something"

[newyorkment]

this song is about being cool

[ridethewave003]

Theres something about this band that i always wanted everyone to hear but in another way i wanted to keep them just for myself. so on the topic of hipsters...How did the hipster burn his mouth???...he ate his pizza before it was cool...oh!!!!!!

[realderekbrothers]

idk wat this is i just dont like it ._. it sounds kinda boring to me :/

[saiAhikaru]

8============================D­~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[tomatoface12]

I found about NMH from Will Grayson, Will Grayson. Sue me. I don't give a fuck if you people call me a mainstream conformist, you and I love the same band, and that's all it comes down to at the end.

[dasma4]

omg i heard this song yesterday u guys are so mainstream lololol!!!!1one

[MrCherubhair1]

@dasma4 What?

[sbgog93]

this song is about dead rocks sliding down the ripples and tissues of our brain

[platypae333]

@sbgog93 It's about Anne Frank...

[dapwntality]

@platypae333 Nah dude, it was actually written about my dick.

[HeTheCynic]

This song makes me want a smoke.

[TequalsMCsquared]

Crazylatingirl94 wants everybody to know she was a hipster WAY before it was main stream.

[crazylatingirl94]

@TequalsMCsquared Cute. The last thing I'd try to be is a damn label.

[Jon2791]

I mostly listen to doom metal, sludge, and crust. But here I am listening to a beautiful song...People need to let go of stereotypes and move forward into a world filled with nothing but equality.Until then you'll never be any better than the people you patronize for doing something that you don't like.

[Rawr1tsKim]

@Jon2791 Very wise words Sir.

[TripTea]

fuck allayall imma stoner

[AbduCola]

EVERYBAWDY WANTZ TO BE HIPSTER SO BAD

[Zandy1984]

I get told I'm a hipster all the time. I just listen to music that I think sounds good. I listen to this type of music and "mainstream" music as well. I applaud creativity and individuality, if that makes me a hipster then I have no problem bearing that title.

[TheEMFB]

Personally, I don't really care much for this band. But this song is absolutely perfect. I love it.

[TmmySaxondale]

I am told I should like this band, but I can't find a reason why. This song is just some dude playing acoustic guitar and singing some OK lyrics. Not terrible, but nothing special. Yes, hipsters would like it because they like whatever they are told to like...

[AfroNeesia95]

@TmmySaxondale Haha! You have a very interesting opionion, thts kind of entertaining lol! But I get what ur saying tho :D

[touchandgod]

@TmmySaxondale Consider the lyrics. Consider the girl it's written for, what he must feel for her. Think about the themes of fruit and fertility. Then, if you don't like it, don't listen to it.

[TmmySaxondale]

Why are people thinking "hipster" is a new thing. A hipster is just someone who gets into whatever is trendy and thinks they are better than anyone else because of it. The irony is that they are lemmings and can't think for themselves. They act out of fear of being left out...

[peterbiltearl]

One of the sickest fucking song ever!!!!

[AllAroundTheSun]

Hello everyone, I fucking hate to do this, but I am.

I made a music video for a NMH song (FIND IT ON MY CHANNEL) and I'm really proud of it. I absolutely adore the song "in the aeroplane over the sea" and it represents a considerable positive segment of my life, and it would mean a lot to me if I could get it to 1000 views. If you think I'm being a twat, reply and tell me, whatever. But if you don't mind, go watch it and like this comment so more people watch it! Thank you! LONG LIVE NMH

[21BiscuitStreet]

parks and rec!! :)

[StelfoxAlice]

Didn't know this band existed until today.. Today is a good day...

[CeleryMan3]

@StelfoxAlice May the next three months of your life be the most magical and beautiful thing ever.

[hjkentproductions]

Damn hipster music

[ShadowChancellor]

I have yet to find another song of this quality. Not only are the lyrics brilliantly thought out, but the melody is simply captivating and although this is a long song, it doesn't seem to drag on. This band produces some great work.

[NickyBotz54]

jeff mangum is the definition of a hipster

[theprophet3408]

i thought this song was called oh bonely

[slingy09]

s/o to April Ludgate for introducing me to NMH!!



[unicornsexNickHeck]

da da da da da da

[RebeccaLovesBooks]

Anyone else brought here by Will Grayson, Will Grayson? No? ... (cowers)

[crazylatingirl94]

@RebeccaLovesBooks That book made me want to actually check the band out:)

[caelinnis]

He sounds a lot like Kurt Cobain.

[squishy2oo2]

@caelinnis I thought the exact same thing. I showed this song to my friend and he said that it sounds too much like the rock music on the fm......as if...

[Deyz777]

Nazi bananas lol

[Bakashackleford]

Why's her face a pie?

[iMysteryCreams123456]

@Bakashackleford Its not a pie its one of those things you put your face in to make it seem as if that is your body.

[ExistentialGirl]

@Bakashackleford Looks like a tambourine to me. ;)

[jamesralcoon]

I'd love to do my thing on her chest, if you know what i mean.

[downwithcheesecake]

God damn I love husky voices.. so sexy.

[danielibertine]

I camely.

[asimaniac93]

Let your skin begin to blend itself with mine....

Divine. What lyrics, what music, and , most importantly WHAT VOICE! Sweet Lord....

[aware1285]

They are so amazing

[grimmreeper75]

NMH videos = Troll battlefield 

[cky12qxz]

4:40 the part we all love

[crazylatingirl94]

First it was Emo, then it was Scene, now it's Hipster. Fuck, people, stop being so stupid. This isn't "hipster." The people bitching about it getting popular aren't "hipsters," although I'm sure some of them would love to be. This song is just a song, and those people are just people. Annoying, I'll give you that, but hipsters they are definitely not.

[ExistentialGirl]

@crazylatingirl94 Don't forget it was "goth" first. <3

[schlegelt]

@crazylatingirl94 What's a hipster? "Fuck, people, stop being so stupid." she said.

[southrules]

@crazylatingirl94

It's just a song

[PsychoBunny8D]

April's favourite band. :)

[peeeepsi]

@PsychoBunny8D shes so hot!

[fabio4778]

finally is right finished!!!

[iTzuBi]

0:00hhhhh Comely, i will be with you when you lose your braaaaaain..

[seagoat1000]

@iTzuBi breath*..?

[tes4o]

why are all the comments on every Neutral Milk Hotel video just random trolling

[Lucky8andito]

@tes4o HAHAHAHA. so true

[skam741]

turn it wayyy up at 8:14

"HOLY SHIT!"

[TheTerriblyTerrific1]

@skam741 ho-LY SHIITT!!

[Temarioneesama]

This song relaxes me so much -3-

[TagRation]

I usually hate music like this, but this is pretty good.

[Mycophilliac]

I think this man is incredibly talented.

[Thoronghil]

i know this song without knowing the band or title. was it ever used in a movie or something like that? covered maybe?

[zlangeweg]

@Thoronghil 

[Riakon]

This is so hipster it fucking hurts. The lyrics are so fucking terrible hahahaha!

[firemblemrules9]

@Riakon Why.

[ArmedPoverty]

@Riakon Everything on your profile is anime! have fun being fat!

[xXOverkill]

@Riakon and ten years ago this would have been considered emo. So really, time goes on and there's always one group in every generation that everyone hates on. Get over it and move on.

[OmfgHellzYeaSpiffy]

@Riakon -_-

Okay then...

=3= hoe.

[peeeepsi]

@Riakon this song is over 12 years old... it was around long before the hipster scene

[Riakon]

@peeeepsi Lmao you just pulled off being Hipster with something that was already hipster hahahahaha

[peeeepsi]

@Riakon Cool, you're welcome to your opinion.