Little Birds (Neutral Milk Hotel Cover)

[draven901]

I bow down to your cover, sir.

[RottenForgotten88]

I have been listening to this video since 2007 and its 2011 now. Doesn't hurt the singer is an attractive young man.

[RottenForgotten88]

you want me to put my hands within you and feel? ;p what now....

[thewarthog101]

Whoa, Really Nicely done!

[rustmachine]

one of the first things i ever favorited 2 accounts ago.. and i believe years... idk i cant even remember 5 minutes ago... but i still love this after all this time

[Statystyczny9]

that's really fantastic. So emotional.

[samexmistake]

You. Are. Incredible. Wow. Absolutely amazing man. Wow. All I can say is wow lol. You managed to put so much emotion into it, as much as Jeff, and your voice is absolutely heart breakingly beautiful. I cannot say enough good things about this. It almost had me in tears. I wish it kept going! Why did it stop! Awww :P

[samexmistake]

You. Are. Incredible. Wow. Absolutely amazing man. Wow. All I can say is wow lol. You managed to put so much emotion into it, as much as Jeff, and your voice is absolutely heart breakingly beautiful. I cannot say enough good things about this. It almost had me in tears.

[cameronhhaskins17]

Soild cover broski... this is one of my favorites to play/sing. and you did a good ass job.

[xraistlininblackx]

Good cover! I am trying to figure this out, at least the rhythm, and this is very helpful.

[OhAaronBarton]

whast the chord prgogression of this song?

[quefnot]

Where can I find all the NMH songs that aren't on Aeroplane/Avery Island?

[spongebong93]

dude, your covers of NMH are sick. Keep up the good work man, I think Jeff himself would be proud

[derkartoffeljunge]

Amazing cover.

Did you find the chords online or figure it out? can you type them out or link a site?

Either would be amazingf, and again this is awesome.

[BrittleMoon]

Holy shit. I'd kill for your voice.

[christinespage]

You did a really great job!

[dreamtiger2]

seriously good. can the 7 people who gave this thumbs down please explain themselves. this is spectacular!

[saint925]

this is an amazing cover, thank you so much for doing NMH justice, they are my favorite

[rustmachine]

you got it goin onnnn lol

[sinnessjuk2]

Brilliant!

[MrAcuustic]

It's amazing how your inspiration really shines through the effort you put into this. You voice and guitar sound just like Jeff Mangum! Great job man.

[mrsbinkie]

INCREDIBLE....so, so, so incredible. And what an amazing band to choose to cover. YOU = INSPIRATION.

[Gavroche010]

excellent, shame about the ending though.

[PourQpyne]

Way to sound a lot like Jeff Mangum. good job chap

[belbiniho]

Ha, thats ok! I've been looking through your other NMH covers, they are all totally solid! Really enjoyed them!

[belbiniho]

Was expecting this to be rubs. It wasn't!

[theflyingdebras]

this is a great cover. i covered the same song. check it out if you want. thanks.

[thecrepesofwrath]

this is most excellent, keep up the good work :)

[classicrockrox]

This is great! You sound so much like Mangum.

[vgibson122389]

i LOVE you.

[buryuntime]

this is amazing.

[d0rischiav0ne]

Your covers just make NMH as good.

<3333

[d0rischiav0ne]

Did you do any other NMH covers? This was amazing.

[hashiepashi]

I love this, it's sad that you don't have the end part, but it's understandable, it's really hard to do

[holyshitmichael]

I have had two NMH albums on my album for over a year, and because of you I am actually going to listen to them.

Ha they havent been played more than once.

[ShzaMack]

Awesome cover, I'm not really satisfied with the way I play the end part either.

[okimnotcalm1]

your voice is so great, oh god.

[Villageiddyit]

Oh nice the strats are pretty nasty man. I'm not a big NMH fan or Decemberists really, but I do like The Shins alot and the rest of the indie rock scene.

[baraka1408]

Takamine Acoustic/Electric and yeah. The decemberists are kinda not as good now. Valerie Plame... I wasn't impressed with. Especially the chessy glue song. Bah.

[Villageiddyit]

Oh yeah I see where you're coming from. As if they are almost overplaying the indie scene. Yeah I haven't made videos but I screw around with my dads les paul

[chicken2212006]

one of the best covers of this song ive heard.

Great job man.

[Villageiddyit]

Your covers are insane. I like the Decemberists naturally better than Neutral Milk, idk what it is about that band but they seem kinda odd to me. Rock on with the indie music though you're incredible.

[indieguy245]

ah... gawd this video is so good. I love you nmh covers. Your voice is so well suited for them.

[c0al]

your voice

holy shitttt

[uniicorndreamerz]

were do you live, youre playing for me.

[margieisepic]

Amazing.

[brokenshines]

fucking tremendous cover. you have a great voice and it's perfect for this song!

[musicalpony]

I totally agree

[FierceSwitters]

Once again, Jesus on a Pogo Stick!

All you need is someone on the wandering genie and singing saw and you'll have yourself a band, elephant 6 would adopt.

[freeBee1976]

nice dude.. in all honesty that was fucking great.

[MrPrizmatic]

excellent sir.

[mashedbrainz]

i love you.

[messywes]

Great cover! Though I have never heard the original :(. Where can I find it?

[epoch321]

search for "awesome songs you haven't heard" (on youtube) its #3

[musicalpony]

very good i was surprised most covers....well suck. but yours is good.

[DisasterrArea]

Your cover is by far the best that I've heard of this song.. or any cover of Jeff's music. Kudos. You have a lovely voice. You did this song justice.

[beatlesobsessed]

I really loved it, haven't heard the originl yet, but this makes me want to. You have nothing to be disappointed about, it was a beautiful cover. The only thing I wanted out of this was the ending, lol! Couldn't have been THAT bad, the rest of the song was gorgeous!

[sashwap]

nice singing!

[xiumothafuckinxiu]

holy shit, usually nmh covers and really bad.

that was unreal

[jgelhaar]

Awesome man! This a great! I don't even know what this is... I'm out of it! ;)

[NeutralGlue]

wow. that was really amazing. I love NMH and I've never heard this song until now, I'll check out the original for sure now.

but seriously you have an amazing voice, so keep it up!

:]

[NeutralGlue]

I forgot to mention you should not be disappointed in this at all!.

I think Jeff Mangum would be very very proud.

[baraka1408]

Wow thank you!

[Detaliah]

a-mazing. as usual <3

[greengir384]

Dear, I love your voice. It holds so much emotion. Not to mention, this is one of my favorite songs in the WORLD. You did such a great job!

[mrsbinkie]

you are SO welcome. <3

[7RaulGonzales]

excellent man, you're cover jeff mangum like nobody else here on youtube, i purely picked up a guitar to learn it so i can play neutral milk hotel songs for myself since the chords are pretty simple, though now one week since i bought a it i still fail in switching between chords :(

[deadintherain]

sexy boy! gonna get ya! better lock your doors and windows tonight!

[mrsbinkie]

I feel blessed to have stumbled across your page. I was jammin' MY favorite artist's tunes, Dax Riggs...and BAM...there you are, singing with this voice...I will think of a word to describe it, it's just gonna take me some time.

I've subscribed, and I look forward to your music washing over me again and again. :)

[deadsailorian]

out of all your nmh covers, this is my favorite. i listen to it almost daily. my favorite part is how you sing "the middle of my mouth"

i dunno, the way you say "of my."

props brother.

[baraka1408]

Thank you! I appreciate that!

[deadsailorian]

no problem man. it IS one of the greatest songs like ever written!

[barfbat]

Super job! I think I actually like your cover of it better than the original (please don't murder me for saying so). :)

[baraka1408]

Well thank you very much. I appreciate that even though I myself think Jeff's are always better! Please no one attack this guy or any others for their opinions.

[Beezer13659]

Oh.Wow. Amazing. I never thought anyone could pull this off. I was so wrong.

[heartbreakxhotel]

You have an incredible voice and this is an incredible song and you really covered it well. But tbh, Stewie and Brian behind your head made me lol a little too hard :P <3

[rustmachine]

... and really good singing

[rustmachine]

sexy beastling

[baraka1408]

lol thanks!

[RockingHorse5]

Amazing! Your voice is awesome, and I think this cover is just about perfect. Great Job!

[uncannylilmanny]

Which cords do you use? I looked up tabs on the internet but I'm not sure if they're right. And do you use any particular technique when strumming? I throw myself off sometimes.

[baraka1408]

Am, G and Em pretty much make up the whole thing. I'm on a dial-up connection at the moment so I can't watch to comfirm this but I'm 99% sure that's all!

[uncannylilmanny]

Yeah, I looked up the tabs and that's what the website said. It doesn't sound right to me, though. I'm fairly sure it's because I'm strumming wrong. I can't figure the damn thing out. ^_^; I'm on dial-up, too, so it'll take me something close to an hour just to load the video and watch it to study your strumming pattern. Woe is I.

[baraka1408]

Thanks EVERYONE! I have to say this in my opinion is my best cover. I'm very proud of it and want to thank you all for your kind compliments!

[c3zar]

Buddy, this cover is unreal.

[ellsinc]

I absolutely love NMH, especially Little Birds. You really did this song justice. Nice one!

[dreamtiger2]

dude where did you find that song?!

[baraka1408]

oh man... found it long ago when I was still using limewire and such. I know there's a bootleg site still up with some live tracks but I can't find the url anymore

[baraka1408]

I'm quoting OINoKnees here...

"If anyone ever needs any of Mangum's unreleased stuff/recordings from live performances, just google:

"never complains when it's hot"

1st link

[boywithguitar]

sick voice man.

[vikkxyz]

your voice is literally amazing. i agree with ravens1001, your nmh covers kick some ass. wow

[eyemee]

Wow... I'm seriously impressed! Wherever Jeff Mangum is now -- (wether he's a hobo somewhere in kansas, or hiding in the mountains) I believe he's got competition.

[ravens1001]

Fisrt time I've heard this song, sounds amazing, your MNH covers are the best I've heard.

[m3sdup]

you're simply great! there's this sincerity in your singing i can't quite describe. you inspire me...i have tried to cover this with out of breath singing and an out of tune guitar:) i am learning how to play and am afraid im shite at tuning among other things hehe.Let me know what you think. cheers xx

[daisypaste]

seriously, this sounds incredible.

[t3mpusfugit]

You're awesome.

[japanesecinema]

You are so good, and I love all the selections of NMH that you have chosen to sing.

[annara]

I am more than impressed. I kind of a stickler when it comes to Magnum covers. Your voice is excellent and I'll be sure to watch many more of your videos.

[macfrugal]

Surprisingly good.

[OlNoKnees]

If anyone ever needs any of Mangum's unreleased stuff/recordings from live performances, just google:

never complains when it's hot

It'll be the first link. You'll find... well, pretty much anything you can imagine there. I tried to post the URL, but YouTube hates URL spammers.

[WingWoman72]

You have an amazing voice!!!

I read about this song on the internet but I was never able to find it... where did you hear it?

[baraka1408]

I found it on a bootleg site awhile back. Try Limewire etc... If you can't find it, I'll host it on my server for you to download. Let me know... but message me instead of commenting about it b/c I'm not doing this for everyone! Cheers!

[WingWoman72]

I finally found it on Limewire! Thank you so much!

[desertgirl913]

freaking a...your awesome.

:)

[OlNoKnees]

Your voice, though really different from Jeff Mangum's, seems to work very well for his songs. It sounds different, but has the same feeling behind it.

My vote is on you doing Naomi next when you get the chance. That's the one song I never hear covered.