Neutral Milk Hotel - Oh Sister

Oh Sister by Neutral Milk Hotel.
Apparently it was a companion song to the song "Oh Comely", but didn't make it to the final cut.
This is in no way my music.

[@mulch_tv]

this song feels like sitting around a space heater in a cold open garage in the snow at night with your best friends

[@jerriblank6610]

taylor holloway how poetic and nice. I like the visual.

[@billylavoie8695]

Amen

[@cochroach10]

You're high, but I agree :)

[@burningapartmentbuilding]

now that you mention it, yeah thats exactly what its like

[@peregrinelint8484]

this makes me cry large tears

[@Blackwaterdesigns]

"Rose Wallace Goldaline just moves her mouth over anything " Why is this so beautiful? It's so goddamn beautiful.

[@concars1234]

doubt I'll ever stop listening to NMH. just such special songwriting

[@alexanderaultman]

The best part of the song: 0:01 - 4:32

[@InfactBased]

I disagree, I'd say the good stuff starts at 0:00 - 4:32

[@3mry_]

@@InfactBased no 0:00 is fucking garbage /j

[@Stonerbluesable]

love the picture

[@mussman717word]

@love4all4ever Are you joking? ITAOTS is a fucking masterpiece, as is, and it would've thrown off the album's flow, as much as I love this song.

[@InwardAdventure]

Jeff Mangum have a creative mind... =D

"All those dirty dainty emotions just go away...fade out on their own" So sad/beautiful/nostalgic?

[@CiJeay02]

What's this recorded from?

[@zenbuddah420]

great speed control. emo~folk is born. lyrics are are so sentimental....

[@thychaos]

this comment fits jeffs surreal insanity perfectly.

[@Cobertuskb]

Jeff Mangum is fucking golden.

[@jmcgrail821]

Could somebody explain this? Is this like half Oh Comely, sped up, and half original?

[@vincentrestivo1539]

she is great isn't she.

[@ChrisnSnoop]

@womble67uk What is the other version?

[@toymachinethunder]

@rhinocore is the other one naomi?

[@frother]

It's "mangum" not "magnum"

[@BURNOUTRS]

he's a man you chew, not a gun you shoot

[@GeneTrujillo]

@kingcanti google "thecollective sashwap"

[@TreyMMA]

@IxTASTExBETTER Please don't kill Jeff.... if you could get his creativity buy drinking his brain I'd like to eat Manny Pacquiaos arms : D

[@shhmellshlikeasshhhh]

Jeff is better than sex.

[@EmoSucks34]

And I thought I heard them all. The studio albums and bootlegs are enough beauty for an entire lifetime. I still pray Jeff comes back, hopefully at a time when a lot of people need hope.

[@breeeegs]

Now would be a good time

[@Lemoman47]

Oh Comely + Communist Daughter + In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

[@Slowsilv]

Dude this is fucking dark..

[@mattreynolds7256]

His song writing... it's just...

[@Allyosaugh]

i love you

[@1969elcamino350]

this will by my favorite song for the rest of my life.

[@ash-fq4cg]

is it still?

[@Womble67uk]

Their best song and they never realeased it. And only two versions exist. And they are fairly hard to find. Sigh. It is beautifullll.

[@Axoltolion]

I love the little discussion bits they have

[@superjumpman92]

i was so disgusted at the top comments that i'm like, "fuck this" and closed this tab, then the music cut out and i'm like, "fuck everything".

[@Mynamesbob8]

It's like Oh Comely meets In the Aeroplane Over the Sea. Awesome.

[@Hubris73]

I am really hoping he plays this at the show in Boston - its one of my favorites. I'm so happy Jeff is doing shows again!

[@3mry_]

Follow up?

[@kalobwilliams402]

Was this at jittery Joes?

[@beaposting1]

this was recorded from 1996-07-04 Aquarius Records in San Francisco

[@mussman717word]

I love this guy! Already got tickets for the ATP Mangum headline show. Brililant man, a true inspiration to me, to all of us who have the luxury of hearing his voice in song.

[@veilofinnocence]

this sounds reald familiar

[@meanderband]

I like the other version of this song better. But its always amazing to hear jeff sing it.

[@zathorg]

i really wish this could have been included on the cd...it would have made it better than it already was, which is reallllly damn good

[@bobotheclownstreams]

Does anyone know the lyrics to this version? I can't quite hear the audio too clearly

[@vanquishingrace5043]

I hope this is accurate. Oh sister, don't be afraid of me I won't be nailing you down in the nursery Just like the rest of them did With those watery, wandering fingers of spit That were supposed to be glorious and fine. Oh sister won't you believe in me I only wanted to be hard on the family Here with you now in this silly infirmary Your mother makes frantic and drunk calls From Germany all of the time. Oh sister, sweet brown and comely, Iwill be milking with you making fun of me now that my moods are not what they used to be there has been no alive laying next to me for such a long time. Oh sister, sweet brown and beulahery And milk from your blisters on your grandmother's jewelry There in the parlor all naked in front of me Watching the lights from the cracks Making archery animal designs. Rose Wallace Goldeline just moves her mouth over anything That's fleshy free and flowering with oranges out in the open But don't you waste your sins again She don't need you or won't fuck your friends And you, you're American, self important boiling over To prove that she must still exist She moves herself about her fist And won't ever, never gove a shit About all those words you're wasting again Some pretty bright and bubbly wonderous dream You'd like to kill and clean And claim her as your own But don't you worry All those dainty and dirty emotions Just go away and fade out on their own Sister, now that you're leaving Our fingers will falter Our lungs will be leaking All over each other and without even speaking We'll know that it's over and smile and go greeting Whatever comes next And oh sister You're getting married with some angry twister That you'll have to carry home Drunk every evening from the cemetery And if he makes it back half alive you can Bury him under your sheets And oh sister Now that you're grieving I can not imagine there is any meaning Forgetting you ever could once had the feeling that made you keep on And pretend you were breathing of all of this world And in an age of empty rings I don't want to feel the thing I don't even want to know Rose Wallace Goldeline Don't you ever die on me All the ways it goes and falls

[@mussman717word]

@ChristianPLM Haha, yeah, instead of calling a track "hard-to-find," people will have to start putting "previously rare" on their video descriptions, lol..

[@Xanthopathy]

damn

[@MrHippobippo]

@iamaphoneyVEVO and i should say--this audio is from that performance.

[@bittenco]

This song transports me to another planet.

[@TheTimbo04]

Friend turned me onto to this band ....love them

[@kellbell9381]

Heartbreaking, man. I feel like I know this man so well.

[@StudioScarecrow]

would kill for a studio version of this

[@Minsheme]

there is one, on the Ferris Wheel on Fire EP

[@стрелок-ч7р]

***** gotta get the box set though for that shit

[@daRkxRelik]

It's on KZbin lmao

[@StudioScarecrow]

daRkxRelik in the year since I posted this, I found it

[@VelocityOf]

I like this better than studio version

[@fheisk]

@The84camerondurkin i know especially considering the album isnt THAT long

[@rhinocore]

one of only two songs i can find where jeff says a naughty word.

[@GeneTrujillo]

@kingcanti You also used to be able to get some stuff like "Jittery Joe's" at the Elephant 6 website.

[@no3rdw]

@womble67uk It's your lucky day - a studio version will be on the new boxset announced today.

[@irascib1e]

I can hear Communist Daughter and Oh Comely. It makes me wonder greatly the significance of those lines and how the lyrics of the songs all tie together...

[@jacobthelioneater]

@The84camerondurkin IT HAS ROOM IN AN ALBUM NOW!!!!!!!

[@mussman717word]

@olivegirl1989 Jeff and an eighth... that's heaven.

[@rapunzelagain]

This is stunning.

[@Jayhawks6]

hopes were dashed when I found out this wasn't a cover from desire.

[@MrHippobippo]

@iamaphoneyVEVO ...the version i have is called "live @ aquarius records" (i think in SF) and i believe it is from 7/4/96. eight songs, it's a monster.

[@CiJeay02]

i don't know why i said that because i really didn't care

[@touchandgod]

God this is beautiful.

[@The84camerondurkin]

How could this not find room on the album? How is that possible?

[@cheesyDELISH48]

There is pieces of Oh Comely in here...

[@3213528]

This is a fucking fantastic song

[@InwardAdventure]

Sorry...Jeff Mangum has a creative mind. * Thanks.

[@zboi94]

Speechless.

[@joshuaWEC]

Why the hell as this never released!

[@LondonLolo09]

What a great band!

[@frother]

Somebody's birthday party I think

[@ubercomrade]

MP3!!!

[@XdontUworryX]

Where do I get this song?! This is masterful

[@timwasbornaunicorn]

I need this mp3.

[@zboi94]

Well that's kinda rude...

[@GuBB3rGuN]

@GuBB3rGuN I mean 40 watt club.

[@BEATmyguest31]

u shouldnt use that word its insensitive to butt pirates

[@SquarePupilIndustr]

@HawthornxxVideos this is memorable.

[@The84camerondurkin]

@AllFolk3dUp Already did.

[@frother]

Duh. everyone does.

[@GuBB3rGuN]

@ChrisnSnoop Aquarious Records

[@vincentrestivo1539]

my names really skatesatan I just put Vince so nobody knows who I really am. hail skate Satan or die under the wheel.

[@saraupegui4944]

failed my road test today never failed anything in my life idk how to respond to this awful feelling

[@cIownzone]

not in the comments of a youtube video???????

[@JammastaJ23]

You'll never amount to anything now : (

[@wormfood2572]

You'll probably nail it next time

[@donovanstollsteimer4652]

Failed at love a few weeks ago. Found a girl that I had hoped would help me with my depression and loneliness yet all she did was increase both. Been listening to Jeff for the past few weeks now. I'm sorry about your test, I sincerely hope you do better next time. Failure always sucks

[@usernamebada42]

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