Jeff Mangum - Engine (Chicago, 10/21/2008)

Jeff Mangum performs Engine at the Bottom Lounge in Chicago on October 21, 2008; part of the Elephant Six Holiday Surprise tour. Julian Koster played the saw. At the beginning of the video everyone is singing "Forever" by Circulatory System.

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[buh2001j]

In my dreams Jeff has been recording material this whole time and one day will release it all upon us. Dreams are nice.

[nlebien]

When he did this song it made me kind of float above and out of the moment, and when everyone cheered wildly at the end it seemed too sudden and too loud and I felt almost sorry for him; I felt that Jeff mangum was a genius and shouldn't be brought down to the level of mere entertainment, that everyone should have remained silent in respect to what they had witnessed.

but that's just me and my weirdness. I was completely fucking stunned.

[GratefulVince]

This melody is amazing, sounds like a folk sing-a-long that has been written for hundreds of years. What a song.

[1210ray3]

This. Is. Amazing.

It was an extremely long 4 hours that preceded this, but it was so so worth it! And it was at the Bottom Lounge, not empty bottle.

[hotmetaldobermans]

also, wasn't this empty bottle....

[hotmetaldobermans]

makes my head stuffy. LOVE.  going to try and see him. have to.

[asorlonnn]

@buh2001j

Dreams are not delusions

[GradeSchoolRecords]

@buh2001j

he has been look up "Korena Pang"

[hotmetaldobermans]

also, i'm pretty sure this was at the empty bottle.

[hotmetaldobermans]

i could have gone. i didn't. i think about it all the time. please play again, jeff.

[Florasification]

This video makes me sadly, yet strangely comfortable. Just the way they chant the chorus "We will live forever and you know it's true," leaves you numb like you've accepted death and your just waiting for it to take you away. And the way Mangum sings.... He sings as if he were to die at the end of the song, like his final words. The most emotion I've ever heard put into this song. Fantastic video. My only regret is that i wasn't there to witness this live.