Neutral Milk Hotel - The King Of Carrot Flowers, Pts. 2-3

[legend519]

fucking hipster shit

[fragatahugo]

Is he saying "I love you jesus christ" or "I love you, jesus christ"?? I don't get it

[thecrimsonkelpie]

@fragatahugo "The thing about me singing about Christ; I'm not saying 'I love you Christianity.' I'm not saying 'I love all the fucked-up terrible shit that people have done in the name of God.' And I'm not preaching belief in Christ. It's just expression. I'm just expressing something I might not even understand. It's a song of confusion, it's a song of hope, it's a song that says this whole world is a big dream-- and who knows what's gonna happen."

[thecrimsonkelpie]

@fragatahugo "We played a show with Vic Chesnutt two weeks ago in Athens and he sat on the stage and played for 30 minutes and didn't stop. And he sang all these songs about how like action and reaction are the closest things to truth in the universe, how he's had all these out-of-body experiences but they weren't supernatural. And I thought it was the most beautiful thing I've ever heard."

[thecrimsonkelpie]

@fragatahugo "To me, it's like I'm expressing something that's within me that I can't really explain that really has nothing to do with religion. My love for Christ has more to do with what he said and what he believed in. Then the church put all this fucked-up bullshit around it and made it all this really evil thing at times. If you attach man to anything, he's gonna fuck it up somehow, one way or the other."

[thecrimsonkelpie]

@fratahugo "My only thing with this record is that I feel like the record is very spiritual, but I don't consider it to be religious. And I just hope that when people hear me sing about Christ in the beginning, I hope they understand where I'm coming from in terms of the spiritual aspect of the record can be enjoyed."

[thecrimsonkelpie]

@fratahugo From an interview with Jeff Mangum by Mike McGonigal for Pitchfork. Yes people, he really is saying he loves Jesus Christ. And it's NOT a RELIGIOUS thing for him.

If you'd like to read the whole interview, go here: pitchfork com / features / interviews / 7471-neutral-milk-hotel/

[YohJuca]

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[brendaboe]

JESUCRISTO HIJO DE DIOS de facebook, me envió aquí! I love u jessus crist!

[magugreech]

@brendaboe ahahhaa a mi tamb :P xDDDDDDDDD

[pielord4141]

So is that a hole or a tambourine?

[vlacerda93]

@pielord4141

It's a meme.

[ROSSZip]

@pielord4141 snare drum

[Shinzu92]

I guess making something i'd usually call doggy shit sound good takes an amazing amount of talent.

[MrJordanWillard]

I don't think, from reading these comments, that anybody really understands what this song is trying to say or it's meaning, at all.

[karkatable]

you either love or hate nmh.

[0BucketMask0]

change the lyrics and this is a pretty awesome song!

[Stevenwinrar]

@0BucketMask0 He isn't saying he loves jesus christ. He is saying he loves you, jesus christ. He isn't using it as a name, but as a form to accent how much he loves you, like how you say "Jesus christ man, how can you be so retarded". Just thought you should know.

[phatnatyouknow]

@Stevenwinrar How do you know that?? :)

[thecrimsonkelpie]

@Stevenwinrar Actually... He is saying he loves Jesus Christ (but not in a religious way). :) Please see my reply to fratahugo. (All 5 of them - fkn youtube doesn't allow long comments.) :)

[ryan473]

@Stevenwinrar you sir, are wrong.

[1fgeofrey]

i think musicians appreciate this music and others criticise it because it seems lacking in precision but that's the interest to the musicians ear.

[Toompernator]

My mind is full of fuck. I'm all for exploring boundaries in music... But these guys stfu, gtfo and donate their instruments to charity.

[hotpants69]

@Toompernator Ha, this song is torture. I kind of like the one that actually has lyrics that fit the title

[Alonb64]

@Toompernator

This particular song may sound annoying, but their other songs are great

[dicawolf]

you obviously know nothing. There is nothing annoying about this song. Its the most jamming song(s) on the album.

[dicawolf]

@Alonb64 You obviously know little about them. This song is one of if the most jamming songs on the album, but thats just my opinion.

[Alonb64]

@dicawolf I DO know little about them, actually. But I should clarify that I was talking about the "Jesus Christ" part

[mangaman6969]

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[Vartex]

i will shut until they know what i meaaaann