The Mountain Goats - Full Concert - 02/25/09 - Swedish American Hall (OFFICIAL)

[@aedanhenry]

Crazy how this is one of the only recordings of Standard Bitter Love Song #1 and it's easily top-tier early Mountain Goats

[@thomnygard]

Alright, this has been pissing me off. 0:00:00 - Intro 0:01:52 - Any Available Surface 0:04:07 - Alphabetizing 0:06:48 - Billy the Kid's Dream of the Magic Shoes 0:08:51 - Cobscook Bay 0:12:36 - Dance Music 0:15:23 - Elijah 0:17:47 - From TG&Y 0:21:25 - Ghosts 0:24:34 - Hello, Old Rabbit 0:28:21 - Island Garden 0:31:06 - Jenny 0:33:56 - Love Love Love 0:37:33 - No Children 0:44:56 - Ox Baker Triumphant 0:47:59 - Prana Ferox 0:50:33 - Sign of the Crow 2 0:55:07 - This Year 1:00:00 - Store 1:03:00 - Standard Bitter Love Song #1 1:06:56 - Golden Boy 1:10:15 - International Small Arms Traffic Blues 1:13:44 - Up the Wolves 1:19:18 - Alpha Omega 1:23:46 - Young Caesar 2000 1:25:56 - Maybe Sprout Wings 1:29:33 - The Best Ever Death Metal Band in Denton

[@Dan-tw5qb]

+Richard, what's happening? Thank you so much, been looking for the right timings for ages.

[@sarahtwycross422]

+Richard, what's happening? If I didn't believe in a merciful God before today, I do now.

[@Jake-hv5cy]

You're doing gods work

[@dylancarter2673]

What's happening

[@evilscientistrecords]

Not all heroes wear capes, unless you were wearing a cape while writing up the correct time codes.

[@codytime4530]

I've listened to this concert at least a dozen of times in the passed couple of years and it never fails to uplift me. This man is a valuable antidepressant.

[@poppyyates1250]

He literally is

[@howtomeetwomen-]

@@poppyyates1250 I feel so lucky this is here.

[@jpmcgrath3536]

john is the only person who can make forgetting lyrics, breaking stings, and tuning on stage that entertaining lol

[@DeathOrGlory83]

Endearing, I’ve seen others do it, but it’s rare. Probably some old school country/ outlaw country/folk artists come to mind maybe. Prine, Townes, Guy Clark.

[@FrancisSpaghetti]

Don’t forget forgetting chords too 24:10

[@robertcollins2052]

I discovered this man and the band over a decade ago watching the show Moral Oral. The show and the song No Children completely wrecked my life. I cried so much, i felt the love and damage so much. The sense of loss and freedom. Seeing that episode and hearing that song changed my life. The only bands since then i have seen more live is tool, and jj grey and mofro.

[@jwest88]

I love his voice, the subtle quaver of his voice and the energy he puts into performing in these live shows is one of my favorite things to listen to.

[@pineapplecircus]

I love the old albums ,the 1st few yrs when he put in a casio keyboard song in every 5 to 6 songs ,those casio songs are so cute

[@deianeiracrush]

was talking to a fellow tMG enthusiast at a goats show at the 9:30 club last night, he asked what my favorite live set was, we both- near simultaneously- responded "swedish american hall". this show is just so raw and pure and extensive, i appreciate it so much, as well do most fans. if anyone wants to learn more about tMG or even try to get into them, this is where to start.

[@mackthemark9105]

I love that our fan base is so dedicated that we can ask about favourite sets 😊 I met a guy earlier this year who is just as into the Mountain Goats as I am - it’s so awesome talking to people who are obsessed with the same thing as you!

[@kradz3667]

Such an amazing band/man. John Darnielle is the best lyricist (I'd possibly say story teller as well) out there today and definitely the most prolific. I've been lucky to have seen them twice; both times were incredible. Shared one show with my brother in NYC and the other with my then fiancé (it didn't work out) up in Woodstock NY. Both breathtaking shows.

[@juliancarlson1992]

cant stop listening to this, best performances ever of many of his great songs. The Jerusalem line in this year was sung so perfectly, and the crowd knew it too lol.

[@AB-pu8qo]

This video made the Mountain Goats my favorite band some 10 years ago. I still come back here regularly to watch and listen to John just being his authentic, awesome self.

[@MarkJones-iz6ff]

Any available surface is such an awesome song! He has so many unreleased songs that I wish I could put on a playlist and binge

[@Stavvy0]

But you can!

[@seralouise.]

the guitar finally cutting in on the line "i felt like myself again" hit hard honestly

[@pedrodorantes3527]

There will be feasting and dancing in Jerusalem next year!!!!

[@joshkeck6348]

if the raw files of this are still around on a hard drive somewhere i will literally fix this edit for free

[@d1e1c0k2]

"Kirk Fitzpatrick, I remember when they sent you away, man. This one's for you"

[@StrucciMovies]

Oh damn y'all fixed the timestamps in the description! Thank you! Aaaa I love this recording!!!

[@BLACKSKYCROW]

THE BEST-EVER DEATH METAL BAND OUT OF DENTON

[@user-ch5qd3uz3l]

Best version of Love, Love, Love I've heard

[@jwest88]

I love the style of "dance music" he had going. I've looked at other live versions but didn't like them as much. I can't say I did an exhaustive search, but if anyone knows of a version of the song similar to this but complete I'd be grateful. I love this version of from TG&Y. I'm a recent discoverer of the Mountain Goats but I inhale the stuff.

[@pablocoloma8499]

There is a recording online of the whole concert without that song cut out. It's an .mp3 and a bit hard to find. I don't even know if I still have it on my computer.

[@prathamkamath3895]

@@pablocoloma8499 can you send it please?

[@vanancio]

Does anyone have any idea where to get the mp3?

[@vanancio]

If anyone's still trying to find it, I found it on the Internet Archive.

[@vidiia]

I LOVE THIS CONCERT shame it skips at a few points though :(

[@seralouise.]

yeah these paste magazine performances are always stitched together weird with the incorrect time codes in the descriptions. sucks that theyre often the best full concerts available

[@jwest88]

Me too; this is one of my favorites. The other one I really love is Bottom of the Hill 2008. I wish he'd finished Dance Music, I haven't heard a version that comes close to how much I liked the parts he did in this concert.

[@inquisitiveterrestrian]

Nice profile picture

[@AtlantistheLuchador]

I live in Boulder, CO. It is two weeks after the supermarket shooting. I cannot hear Store the same way ever again. [putting comment here as time capsule]

[@ghoulmc136]

That last song just kills me. Wow.

[@notfrnkiero725]

i love how infp the man is

[@joeylumbreras7801]

If it wasn't for Moral Orel I wouldn't have discovered this epic band.

[@user-ch5qd3uz3l]

I didn't even watch Moral Orel much, it just happened to be on in the background one day and like a year later I owned all the CDs and had seen him live lmao

[@matthewrioux5060]

I love Moral Orel! But yeah, I was already into Mountain Goats so I was pumped when I started season 3.

[@FlorianFlorian573]

My favorite band and my favorite show

[@johnschaaf9444]

Best version of Cobbscook Bay I've heard.

[@erinbatten-hicks7392]

I was waiting for him to finish Dance Music, but he never did!

[@RzK084]

Easily one of my all time favorite songs. Beautiful and heartbreaking.

[@maeskinner2943]

“I don’t really want to play 26 songs” *plays 26 songs*

[@jamesbarnousky1270]

John is his own show, honestly. I've seen them a few times and he always provides entertainment with his jokes and personality. Last time I saw them he took a break to finish an audience member's beer.

[@prathamkamath3895]

this is love

[@whoopshey826]

"When you punish a person, for dreaming his dream, don't expect them to thank or forgive you."

[@ginnydaniels2559]

So wonderful

[@prathamkamath3895]

He should release 'hello old rabbit' already 🥲

[@notasfarwest]

as my moment approachesssssssssssssssss

[@dylancarter2673]

Asian people

[@dylan8550]

I like the quality of these versions better than the cassette recording style he does on albums

[@philipmalcolm4550]

The dipping hankies in blood thing does actually make sense... In England when Charles the First was executed, by beheading, spectators dipped their snotrags in the blood of a king thinking it was a blessing.

[@Adam-ie5wy]

Another version of this great concert: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gGXLn35mmtVpi9E

[@SpencerArinhaveamom]

Wow what a fucking setlist holy shit

[@HariOmRadhaKrishna]

Marduk T-Shirt or Michael Myers Resplendent would be my picks for "M"

[@Yoshimitsu4prez]

Oh ok fuck, I thought I’d concluded what the best mountain goats boot was. But this actually might be it. Holy shit

[@Yoshimitsu4prez]

This set is FULL of amazing old cuts I had no idea he ever played after 2004. Holy shit this is good

[@kitaallen966]

I absolutely love Golden Boy but now I know never to should it out during JD asking for request.

[@SugrefSnosrap]

now THAT'S how you end a concert

[@darkchaser25]

The tracklisting times are a bit off by a couple of minutes

[@tonyaanderson7008]

omg. captions ON. TRUST the previous guy. rilly. Hi=larious.

[@dylan8550]

Tonya Anderson it's not even close lol

[@AnArnalo]

Alphabetic setlist .. (almost)

[@sccszieger3678]

Ghosts is as great a song as he's written.

[@jmt1235]

LLLLLLLLLL I WOULDNT 'A SAID THAT TO YOU

[@kgpspyguy]

Hi Joel.

[@SpencerArinhaveamom]

kgpspyguy this made me so happy

[@jmt1235]

standard bitter love song

[@finlaymcdonald2959]

What was the song he would hate to sing?

[@Scifiguy11th]

Finlay McDonald You're in Maya

[@dylancarter2673]

@@Scifiguy11th why

[@Scifiguy11th]

@@dylancarter2673 too personal

[@dylancarter2673]

@@Scifiguy11th what's it about

[@taylorbowser571]

Very, very late on responding to this. But I’m pretty sure it’s a different song. He sings Golden Boy for G instead of Going to Georgia. Somebody in the audience yells out about then and he says “I’d hate that”. He hates Going to Georgia and won’t perform it anymore because it has really misogynistic and unhealthy themes.

[@Lorryna_Samuel_K]

Jai jai Bolenath!

[@casseyeaton4497]

😍

[@traviscarroll5762]

I understand why he doesn't do Golden Boy much, but I never considered it a joke song

[@andyanderson100]

Is he wearing 2 wedding rings

[@ironuckles]

I guess he was doing any alphabet thing in this set list....

[@Sschwartzy]

I really like him, but this version of love love love, not so much. Am I the only one who tought it was weird?

[@TheAceJustice]

sometimes i wish john darnielle would get the idea that when people yell out requests, it's because they LIKE YOU, MAN. don't dog on their requests or the songs they like; you're receiving a compliment and then giving the audience crap for enjoying your art. feel flattered from time to time.

[@niallgunning7642]

I really think he has started to appreciate this over the years.

[@AvatarOfBhaal]

Hail Satan.

[@peterhay5069]

That was shite mate