The Mountain Goats- No Children

Live Mountain Goats- I Downloaded this from somewhere.

[@wuhooyourboss]

2:56 "i hope we all die" *WILD CHEERS*

[@Test108ryf]

me too thanks

[@Gacha_Ed]

Yassssssss

[@tictacbergerac]

The intro to this saved me from an abusive relationship. Thanks, John.

[@brysonfuller7719]

This is the definitive version of this song. John can say he didn't write anything autobiographical before 2004 but he just seems so bitter and drunk and hurt here. I don't believe it, this came from him, from some very hurt place inside him.

[@deianeiracrush]

if we are looking at the goats timeline, hed be singing this around the time of his stepfathers death and him writing "the sunset tree", its apparent in a lot of the shows from 2004 that hes going through it and its bleeding out in his songs but i truly think its most evident here. not with the marriage aspect of course, but the bitterness and the anger and the drunken sadness.

[@oliverparis3361]

This is also backed up by when he says: "I hope I lie" he looks dead into the camera for the rest of the verse.

[@Hat-Trickster]

I grew up listening to this exact recording. Moral Orel showed me this great band. I never knew that time would come. I did not feel like singing and boy did I look crazy I'm sure. I love The Mountain Goats. It's like this song was created for an exact experience I never thought I would go through. I will never go back to that town again. In my life.

[@bluetea8181]

I got introduced to this band before MO, and when i heard "No Children" in the show, i legit cried.

[@ZDiddy7777]

..... and nobody will notice

[@probablygayattorneys6556]

There is nothing more joyful than a crowd of people singing along to No Children.

[@caprigirl4279]

My mom recited this song in her poetry class in college as her favorite poem

[@PandaChaos36]

I love it

[@nickrod3279]

Your mom might be depressed....

[@jvincemusic]

So she has children...

[@lauralouwhooo]

WOW this makes me old AF

[@slushy711]

a woman with a child's favourite poem is called "no children""

[@Primenumber19]

Marriage or partnership or whatever you want to call it doesn’t cure loneliness or misery. It just gives you a hand to hold as you plummet down this bottomless pit towards your inevitable demise.

[@brandonjensen6503]

I am drowning, there is no sign of land. You are coming down with me, hand in unlovable hand. God Damn, if there has ever been a more touching analogy for a broken marriage of two broken people. Watching the ship sink, and grabbing hold of the mast as it slowly descends into the abyss.

[@superdupertrousers]

It's easy to be bitter. This song somehow welcomes the feeling and normalizes it. Makes heartbreak, or just any hurt in general, feel like such a shared experience. Which I guess is an accurate point the song is trying to make. Us ugly humans; we've all got to live through our own No Children one way or another

[@Mayorofnj]

This is my wedding song

[@charlieclark3127]

The fucking chug from the wine bottle at the end god I love him

[@eden552]

This has a weird dissonant feeling where the music is upbeat and happy but the lyrics are very negative. This song includes poppy instrumentals so you can tune out the meaning of the lyrics and pretend that it’s happy. Definitely one of my favorite songs of all time :)

[@lukastaylor9544]

The of Montreal effect

[@IgiWhiteman]

Holy shit, I've just discovered Mountain Goats. I had NO idea this song was that old.

[@hbombdaboss97]

2004… old?? What

[@IgiWhiteman]

@@hbombdaboss97 mate, it will soon be 20 yo....

[@hbombdaboss97]

@@IgiWhiteman bro old means like 40+ years

[@manaspradhan8041]

@@hbombdaboss97 bro I'm 18

[@hbombdaboss97]

@@manaspradhan8041 not sure why you’re telling me this. But you’ve got good taste in music for 18.

[@playasadonejoe]

Smoking cigs and necking champagne, Mountain Goats are death metal as fuck.

[@MrAnarchojoe]

I like the lo-fi out of tune guitar. It goes with the theme of the song. Nothing is perfect.

[@simongerber4369]

you cant fix stupid

[@SubDMBlime]

I saw the Mountain Goats last year. Just John solo. Best concert I’ve seen. And I’ve been to some big-time shows. This guy absolutely captures the room. His fans are so well versed in his work, that everybody sings every word and cheers for every song. And he’s funny as hell. Seriously, he stopped songs he’d started to tell a story about the song, or make a comment about something he thought was funny about the situation. Back and forth with the crowd, smooth as a comic with hecklers. Just one guy, a guitar, and a keyboard, and he put on the best concert I’ve ever attended.

[@lokuzt]

the time came

[@dotterel]

I enjoy this song because I see it from the perspective of being in a one sided relationship, and it's okay to leave and not still love them. Its okay to accept that it was an unhealthy relationship. You don't always have to see the light at the end of every tunnel, and that's okay. Go to a new tunnel. Start fresh.

[@capa1784]

Listening to sad songs, drunk. Thank you for the monetary solace you comment left me with.

[@capa1784]

You are more than enough. Dont settle for less than you're worth bc you deserve it. You shouldn't have to beg for the bare minimum

[@alainart]

He seems a bit heartbroken in this recording. More than usual, I mean.

[@lllflea98lll]

The time came for me, when i never thought it would :(

[@maryz9319]

Hope life finds you well today ❤️

[@ivegotthebullets]

I wish I had sung it when the time came...regrets.

[@r3ntz699]

This is crazy. This is my favorite song, and it’s older then me. Woah.

[@anecdoteskywalker]

This is by far my favorite song of all time. However, an evil ex-girlfriend and I used to sing it to each other as kind of a joke during our very long breakup and now it just reduces me to tears and I hate her for it. Maybe that is the essence of this song...

[@AxelxRain]

"I hope we both die" I mean- yeah. It's there.

[@stuartbuck1164]

this song got me through my divorce. i'm with you all the way

[@jamiemacoun]

dude move on

[@DW-zj6ux]

Long nosed tribe

[@ImGazu]

The one song that can reduce me to tears. Just because there is a certain someone that ruined me.

[@poppyyates1250]

they're not worth it they can fuck off I've been through the same thing and I hate my ex bf with a passion so I just sing this with anger every night it really helps, yeah he ruined me and for you doing the same thing really helps! You're strong

[@pwfortner]

That person is a true piece of human garbage and I have one in my life and I hope we can one day put em on a desolate island.

[@suckdickman6316]

Crystal

[@aaronpelavin2445]

“TWO HEADED BOY!”

[@christianbarrera6314]

I only recently found this band. This song is exactly what I am going thru right now.. and have many times. It's hard to sing and not get sad & teary.. This version is .. difficult and I want to hug that man.

[@mistresssirvat5456]

This song, the time came about two years ago....I sang

[@GooseTheWolf]

The time came for me.

[@bigfootisreal8]

Awesome song. His intro... at least I'm not the only crazy one here.

[@addicted2glow]

John Darnielle kind of reminds me of Robert Wynia. They both have this...infectious passion that just seeps into every lyric they sing.

[@lerhcyabisru1919]

I just knew this yesterday and I already like it 4-19-19 8:41

[@103drs]

2:41 I cant help but loop this

[@daniel52031]

Perfect within its imperfection, thank you.

[@sophiamassebeau8794]

i hope the time never comes :(

[@daniel52031]

The swigg of the bottle is poetic

[@kelkenz0]

I just love this man.

[@Asskicker3002]

I didn't know Jason Schwartzman had a folk band

[@donethos]

Awesome.

[@nayeflowersx]

the into, perfect

[@lychee4031]

this song is older than me...

[@Nik-ny9ue]

Mini bean

[@LeCharles07]

I hope I get to meet John again so I can ask if he would please be my spirit animal.

[@dancinginjerusalem6852]

Great cover, love the sound and your performance!🔥🔥🔥

[@tortoiseboy2331]

Not a cover they wrote the song lol

[@orplie_]

this video is almost as old as me. i never grew up listening to the mountain goats, but their music has become such a massive comfort for me in a really fucked up time of my life. i love hearing the pure emotion in darnielle's voice, it really conveys what this song makes me feel

[@bobozim]

Great venue

[@Tarmakk842]

Ain’t been a comment in 3 weeks so someone make a comment if you see this or don’t just do everything the way you want dawg😀

[@olebobbyknuckles5730]

Uploaded 10 years ago.

[@AlexAlex-zm9jy]

I hope that our few remaining friends Give up on trying to save us I hope we come out with a fail-safe plot To piss off the dumb few that forgave us I hope the fences we mended Fall down beneath their own weight And I hope we hang on past the last exit I hope it's already too late And I hope the junkyard a few blocks from here Someday burns down And I hope the rising black smoke carries me far away And I never come back to this town again In my life, I hope I lie And tell everyone you were a good wife And I hope you die I hope we both die I hope I cut myself shaving tomorrow I hope it bleeds all day long Our friends say it's darkest before the sun rises We're pretty sure they're all wrong I hope it stays dark forever I hope the worst isn't over And I hope you blink before I do And I hope I never get sober And I hope when you think of me years down the line You can't find one good thing to say And I'd hope that if I found the strength to walk out You'd stay the hell out of my way I am drowning There is no sign of land You are coming down with me Hand in unlovable hand And I hope you die I hope we both die

[@everydayimshoveling834]

This song is amazing, I found it through Moral Orel and lets just say it persuaded me to leave my fathers house forever after years of manipulation

[@LP7SIETE34]

Srs. . . MOUNTAIN GOATS John Darnielle!

[@unclefunkle2834]

like the warped tuning of the geetar

[@catcherinthesty]

Does John Darnielle sound drunk in this clip?

[@smileswrappedingauze]

lol yeah, he seems sad wine drunk, in the best way... been there.

[@brookecurtis2055]

This is my mums funeral song

[@sudlooshrz7128]

I'm gonna say it, Moral Orel anyone?

[@br0ker191]

Sudloosh RZ checking in

[@greenergrass4060]

Meeeeee!

[@dillonlynch92]

Dude most underrated show

[@Aivottaja]

Yeah. Fans of this band may have a problem with that, but that show introduced me to this amazing song. And the show also used it perfectly.

[@Boudiccat]

Sudloosh RZ The song was so perfectly used in Moral Orel - completely caught the intentions

[@fideoschafasconcovid-1948]

4

[@owdpotter7597]

a tuned guitar is a wonderful instrument

[@mattday7337]

Lol it's a shame he didn't have one

[@fideoschafasconcovid-1948]

Isabela

[@keaton_james]

so good dude shit

[@slushy711]

0:47

[@poppyyates1250]

lol when my ex boyfriend was sat in a car behind me I blared this song through my headphones and just smiled at him once the car drove away then subtly stuck my middle finger up

[@tylerp3327]

This song was about you 🖕

[@halfwrittentale]

John Darnielle could totally be the next Doctor.

[@AxelxRain]

that's uh....an idea

[@playasadonejoe]

I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING! Got a bit of a David Tennant going.3 PLus his intensity. I would buy it.

[@charlieclark3127]

H E C K Y E S

[@stuckdan]

It's so great that he quit smoking.

[@Spookiedoofus]

Tch, stupid comments. I do love John Darnielle...

[@tiredandhungry1]

what is he talking about

[@pkyink]

I wish his guitar wasn't so out of tune.

[@AxelxRain]

It gives it the edgy- "I want to die" touch

[@temporaryphase]

I hope he never tunes his guitar I hope it always makes my ears bleed And I hope he forgets the tuuune

[@jacobgoecke4599]

That fuckin guitars way outta tune:(

[@nodogsinhere]

I hope that our few remaining friends Give up on trying to save us I hope we come up with a fail-safe plot To piss off the dumb few that forgave us I hope the fences we mended Fall down beneath their own weight And I hope we hang on past the last exit I hope it's already too late And I hope the junkyard a few blocks from here Someday burns down And I hope the rising black smoke carries me far away And I never come back to this town again In my life, I hope I lie And tell everyone you were a good wife And I hope you die I hope we both die I hope I cut myself shaving tomorrow I hope it bleeds all day long Our friends say it's darkest before the sun rises We're pretty sure they're all wrong I hope it stays dark forever I hope the worst isn't over And I hope you blink before I do I hope I never get sober And I hope when you think of me years down the line You can't find one good thing to say And I'd hope that if I found the strength to walk out You'd stay the hell out of my way I am drowning There is no sign of land You are coming down with me Hand in unlovable hand And I hope you die I hope we both die