The Mountain Goats - This Year (Video)

[@kylelaharaclarkcollege]

Here we go again. Time to bump this track for four year’s straight

[@Hiccuple]

Gonna be a daily song for me😢 how the fuck could they have fucked it up so bad when there world was finally healing? Who the fuck need 4 more years of misery? Humanity really is hopeless

[@Xenotrickster]

@@Hiccuple The sun will come up tomorrow. You will have the strength to fight when you wake up. Never stop the fight. There are still people here that will never stop fighting.

[@SuperMrHiggins]

If it fucking kills me, gonna make it through.

[@antoniovilla9720]

I was told by my Primary Care Physician that I'd be lucky to make it to 21 due to my organ failure. 50/50 chance of making it. My 21st birthday is on July 19th. A little over a month away. This song is one of the blessings that helps me push through every day. God bless everybody watching this. I can and WILL survive, so will you. Much love. Edit: As of December 15, 2020 at 10:23 PM Pacific Time, I’m still kicking. 22 years old. Here’s to making it through 22 more. Edit: November 17, 2022 at 3:61 PM Pacific Time, Still fighting. Please, nobody give up. Think about the ones that love you. Edit: December 22, 2023 at 9:48 PM Pacific Time. Another year coming to an end. Cherish these final moments of 2023 with the ones that matter most to you, if this world knocks you down, persist and keep on getting back up. That's how winning is done! I plan to see 26. Much love from Seattle

[@captaincalamity5025]

did you make it?

[@FloydBunsen]

Happy 22

[@NinjasKill123]

How's it going?

[@dusknightwings7821]

I hope you’re still here Antonio

[@chaoticsequence]

Congratulations and keep going!

[@juanjuri6127]

Remember, kids! If nothing else, it's okay to keep going out of spite alone

[@codybitterman9387]

Big facts

[@peachlace8422]

I fucking run on spite 24/7 mate, probably unhealthy but I'm not going for long

[@greenteadude8958]

@@peachlace8422 you okay dude?

[@danielhanson6050]

@@greenteadude8958 Wondering the same..

[@rattusrattus_og]

My existence is currently fueled by spite for 2020

[@EddieEads]

When your personal existential crisis is interrupted by a global existential crisis.

[@no.1_2u32]

No crisis is ours alone 🤔😉😐, but I’m with you for whatever it’s worth. 💯❤️

[@matthewsimmons4597]

Por que no los dos?

[@joejia1410]

"Hey wtf man its my personal time"

[@Mercury-Wells]

@@joejia1410 exactly, right?.. boundaries, bro!

[@Mercury-Wells]

@@matthewsimmons4597 no sprecho el woggo compadre

[@protonevoker891]

I am here again as I always am on New Year’s Eve. The dark thoughts haven’t taken me yet, and I promise to myself the same thing I do every year: I am gonna make it through this year if it kills me!

[@zeesylvester3981]

Here again! Everything is dark, but spite will carry the day. We are going to make it through the next four years, even if it kills us.

[@LillianBartlesby]

Also here after the election.

[@ryle5410]

do americans really care this much? he wasnt so bad from 2016-2020

[@LillianBartlesby]

@@ryle5410 I don't recall any "Project 2017" looming back then. We also had reproductive rights back then. It's just been going downhill, and this is making it worse.

[@ryle5410]

​@@LillianBartlesby What exactly is Project 2025? From what I read, he just wants to enforce border control and immigration policies. Also, as for reproductive rights, Trump is letting each state decide on whether to allow for abortion or not (which seems like the more democratic thing to do) every american seems to agree that american culture has eroded into narcissistic hedonism, it sounds like Trump is the last hope your society has to function again. try not to worry too much though. democracy is out of your hands until the next election, so even though the current president is not the best pick there's nothing you can do about it until 2028. Pessimism is only going to make you loose your hair. Sorry for the poor english, I'm from Morocco.

[@thicclizzyisamanbaby5316]

How about choosing resilience instead of weakness? lol

[@pbwbrian53]

Im 71 f--ing years old, lived through lots of years of great music and this damned thing speaks to me more than 99% of the rest of that stuff.

[@erich1394]

congrats on surviving so long in this crazy world!

[@JoshuaXYZ]

Mountain Goats rock! As an old-timer, check out Cubs in Five. And a recent one--Training Montage.

[@birdyghostly]

Wow… as a 17 year old I can’t even comprehend living that long. I thought 17 was old!

[@davidemmons5019]

51 and absolutely agree.

[@johndoe-rq1pu]

Every single song in every genre he this comment at or near the top. I don’t know if it’s worse that humanity is out of original thoughts or that our unoriginality is one of our most popular features.

[@rosemarymcbride3419]

jaysus we need this one more than ever

[@reecewestfall5883]

I gauge how life is going by how many times I've listened to this song in a month.

[@RTiKphoto]

Ferrealllll

[@anegrey]

Hahaha it’s true

[@benbartels6559]

For me it’s more like how many a day

[@fake_doktor9241]

How's it going these days?

[@bodamagio3828]

Same

[@gnosis6656]

I’ve sung along with this song in 2017, when I lost my job and my girlfriend got cancer. I sang along again in 2019 when I got a new job, I married my girlfriend, and her cancer returned. Tonight I’m singing along after 5 wonderful years of marriage, with a great job, and a 3rd cancer diagnosis for my amazing wife. I’m so appreciative of the hope and determination this song provides, but I would like an extended period of time when it has no applicability to me.

[@pacanukeha]

🫂

[@jimc4330]

Test

[@jimc4330]

4:05

[@velorianone]

I'm drunk crying on your behalf. Were going to make it through this year if it kills us.

[@roryfremont2942]

I listen to this on New Year’s Eve every year. It’s never meant more than it does this time. Good riddance 2020.

[@pex_the_unalivedrunk6785]

And yet we haven't learned a thing...are we gonna make it though this year, if it kills us? Storm from X-Men doesn't survive...her tombstone from the old cartoon series reads "2021".

[@t-revolution330]

FACTS

[@ellbob1]

Sammmmmme. Drunkenly singing this just before midnight on new years is my yearly tradition.

[@ellbob1]

@@pex_the_unalivedrunk6785 which X-men? Marvel has retconned them a bunch

[@arealhuman826]

Lmao, fuck off with your desperate, empty attempt at relevancy. Edit I came off a bit harsh

[@timninny3592]

I was diagnosed with throat cancer in Oct 2021. Started 2 months chemo & radiation. Listened to this so much. As it became my anthem. Last pet scan no cancer. Thank you John Darnielle!

[@Maybee]

Congratulations on being cancer free!! 🎉

[@ZDiddy7777]

Thats pussy shit..... a real man accepts the cancer, walks deep into the wood, builds a cabin and waits for the sweet sweet relief of death. Buy a dress and hack off your junk, Sally.

[@whileistaysecluded]

That's so good to hear, congratulations!

[@ELECTRICMESSIAH420]

Congratulations, wishing nothing but the best buddy

[@protoguy]

I was diagnosed with stage 4 throat cancer in 2011. It was heavy on my play list too. Clear since August 11 years ago. Glad you kicked it. Fuck cancer.

[@ordinaryordeals]

the line "and there will be feasting and dancing in Jerusalem" gives me chills every time.

[@CaucasainAsian]

As someone you celebrates Passover yearly, that line still hits hard.

[@leebraver9985]

me too! such a great way to use the Passover prayer

[@CalamitousJonathan]

If I make it through this year, Kathy I will take you to Jerusalem next year for the feasts and dancing. If I make it through the year and Kathy is my motivation to do so, then I can take her to feasts and dancing in Jerusalem so there is good things to look forward to.

[@whychoooseausername4763]

@@CaucasainAsian I'm so happy to learn it has an actual meaning (although I knew it had something to do with Passover, I'm not Jewish). I went to a concert recently, and it's the line he gave to the audience to sing.

[@CaucasainAsian]

@@whychoooseausername4763 I’m not actually Jewish either, but Christian, however for both the Passover has a deep meaning of hope. For Jews it’s a prayer that one day God (or fortune) will restore a people to their homeland via the Messiah. For Christians it’s a prayer for Christ’s (the Messiah’s) return and the recreation of Heaven and earth. Either way it’s a prayer of praise and hope; hope because we want God’s promise to come quickly, Praise because we know that it is inevitable because God has prophesied it through the prophets. In a similar way, the MC of the song knows that change will come eventually. he will be able to get out of his house, all he needs to do make it through this year.

[@cloudfrost8403]

I’m 19, just became estranged from my parents, and have been listening to this song on repeat. Thank you Mountain Goats.

[@eliwest3393]

Stay here, ok?

[@plzdontfeedthecows]

Hope you’re doing ok a year later ❤️

[@fake_doktor9241]

How did the year go?

[@alexrteutsch]

I know I'm 2 years late, but sounds like you could use The Sunset Tree

[@johngojcevic8731]

Probably homeless by now

[@Necomancer01]

One of my favorite things about this song is reading the comments. Every year you get new ones about how this song helped them get through a difficult time. My time right now isn't that difficult, but its still helping, because screw everything, I'm going to make it through this cold and these financial woes and I'm going to live to see the world become better. Not just for me, but for those who I care about too.

[@AtomicZn]

Agreed. I love music, but rarely is there a song I connect with as much as I connected with this one during the pandemic. I had developed a severe anxiety disorder and was going through a rough time waiting for the meds to finally start working, so I dug this song out and used it as a mantra. I was going to make it through that year if it killed me. I made it through and I'm in a much better place now. I still send this song to friends when they're going through something tough.

[@brainybroccoli4499]

Reading this sweltering in the Australian summer. I dream of being cold right now. The grass is always greener…Take care 😊.

[@birbfriend1]

this song has kept me alive at multiple points within the last decade. when i'm low, i always come back to it. i'm going to make it. i've done it for 10 years. here's to another.

[@birbfriend1]

annnnd it's getting me through yet another death. fucking christ.

[@seanmckeownyoung]

I’m so sorry. Honestly. I’m not here to give you the pep talk. This song got me through my youngest son being diagnosed with a debilitating psychiatric condition when he was 6. He’d close the year out in the Children’s Psych ward after attempting suicide…at 6…. Voices were telling him to do this. At the exact same time, my dad had a massive heart attack that would lead to his death. Our house was foreclosed upon. One of our cars stolen and in the final act of that year; I lost a job that I’d worked my entire life for…mostly because my boss was a poorly functioning alcoholic who was adept at passing the buck. I survived but it all really changed me. Maybe that’s the best we can ask for.

[@hc2013]

​@@seanmckeownyoungdon't you get tired of lying? Just wondering.

[@xlynx9]

Build a feel good playlist or even better a digital scrap book on Google docs with links, embeds and attachments of everything you love. I have videos, photos, poems, book excerpts, journal entries etc.

[@smeaglerG]

@@hc2013 i agree with you. I think its a lie.

[@charsystem]

i didn't think i'd make it to 15; then i didn't think i'd make it to 16. i thought there was no way i'd see 17 and it seemed so genuinely inconceivable to me that i'd ever live to be an adult. i turned 20 just a couple months ago and it still sort of surprises me, but i made it through every year up until now and i hope we all make it many more. happy new year to anyone reading this!

[@oscarwildin8143]

I felt the exact same way- I also just turned 20 a few months ago. fucking crazy, isn’t it? glad you’re still with us :)

[@charsystem]

@@oscarwildin8143 a very very (very?) belated happy birthday to you!! we've made it this far, so here's to many more 🥂 :)

[@msg238]

Life gets easier kid. Just figure out what you're doing.

[@_desibees1876]

it's wild to see a younger version of myself in a youtube comment, so for all the younger people in here, you'll make it. I sincerely believe that. You'll all find something to live for, something to worth differing through, and you'll cherish these with every fiber of your being, kicking and screaming through life. Life is suffering, but there are those moments that keep life worth suffering for.

[@turdl38]

5 minutes away from my birthday. was never supposed to make it to 30. this song did a lot to get me here.

[@bladeadler9376]

happy birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@AIartslideshows]

Are you dead yet?

[@psawbrid]

@@AIartslideshows Yeah 30's easy, but 32...

[@justinaustin4315]

Hell did not think I would make ikt to 21!!!!!

[@turdl38]

@@justinaustin4315same

[@MechakittenX]

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

[@williamaguilar5519]

Happy new year

[@AcidEmpathy]

I had a 7-year battle with depression. It was at its absolute worst in January 2013 and I have such a strong memory of sitting on the floor of my half-decorated bedroom, watching the sunset while listening to this song - trying to remind myself that the world is so beautiful, and so much more than a dark endless void - and trying to tell myself to keep going. If I could just make it through 2013, I could get through another year, and another and so on. In 2016 after some extensive therapy, I started very slowly getting better. I’ve considered myself ‘better’ now for four and a half years… but every January I still come back to this song, just as a humbling reminder that I’m one of the lucky ones who made it through.

[@sammystayton7952]

So glad you stayed

[@lifewillseeyounow6550]

We’re all lucky to have you here still… truly

[@rmbjr60]

I have swum in the same river as you for just as long as you (perhaps longer). Oft' times it seems the desire to move forward is truly insurmountable. I know, from your words, you understand what I'm saying. I will not pretend to give you vapid, nor sage advice. I will merely say these words ... you are not alone; you have *never* been alone; there are more of us than you can possibly imagine; it is hard being a human. Even the most vacuous among us know that life isn't easy. So... what to do about it? How to keep going? I don't know. But I will say this ... John Darnielle knows what it is all about. His song knows what it is all about. His words are simple, yet inspirational - in a comforting and non-preaching way. I've received inspiration from his lyrics. Perhaps you will as well. I am going to make it Through this year If it kills me.

[@Thishandleisalreadytaken26335]

Watch this every few years, the song helps, but almost 10 years later somehow it's getting harder than ever

[@thegoodtimerolls]

@Tasha You're an amazing human being, I look up to your story and am encouraged by the words you've written. Keep it up! Keep on being an inspiration for others who are suffering as you once were. God Bless ✌

[@GowGows]

AYYY WE DID IT! If you are reading this, you can make it through any year. There is someone out there that cares about you, and I'll see you next year.

[@Radicalgood1]

I am alive and not afraid

[@Brian-er7py]

This was my best friend henry Marshall’s favorite band. He passed away about 6 years ago. He always stuck by me bo matter how fucked up my life got lol I’ll never forget us sitting in my car in a grocery store parking lot in chapel hill and then seeing John walking by and we jumped out of the car “HOLY SHIT YOUR JOHN DARNIELLE!!” And he said “yeah and your.... smoking weed in your car.” Lol it was the greatest memory I have with my best friend. Rest In Peace Henry

[@velvetelvis7137]

very cool RIP Henry

[@thegoodtimerolls]

Thank you for sharing, what an awesome moment you got to experience with a very special guy. May his soul rest in peace. My heart goes out to you brother. God bless you my friend

[@jtree8631]

2020 do be needing this song tho

[@kate9439]

Joseph TREE we really do be needing this in 2020 doe 😳

[@geoffreygarfein9169]

100%

[@angelamarino9404]

Just got here with the same thought

[@gunnerjohnson5445]

Lol!

[@theoneTruegradegun]

my Anthem to get through heavy exams Fall Semester 2019... simpler times.

[@WickedSanguine]

I've listened to this every New Year's Eve for the last 5 years, which have been some of the hardest of my life. But it gives me the confidence to get up and get going for the new year. Thank you, John Darnielle, for making some of the finest music for lonely idiots that's ever been penned. Happy New Year, everyone. You're gonna make it through this one.

[@calliemitchell4212]

my AP Lit teacher recommended this song to me the year my brother was in the hospital, and would eventually die. Anytime I was sure that year was going to win i'd listen to this song as sort of a defiant rebellious form of hope. So. Very thankful for that teacher and very thankful for this song.

[@TheDrinkyDude]

Good taste

[@jamesrockwood9022]

I'm really sorry about your brother. We'll keep going. One year at a time.

[@liamboardman8776]

Happy New Year everyone, we're going to make it through this year

[@Unused76785]

Happy new years dude

[@pex_the_unalivedrunk6785]

It's gonna be a long one...leap year this time, one extra day to stay alive. I'm going to make it through this year, if it kills me!

[@Grey0730]

We’re here because we’re here. Here’s to 2024, let’s hope it’s better than the past three years

[@Resolver101]

dftba :)

[@rubag223]

And we are still here. And we will make it through if it kills us

[@IguessImight]

we're here because we're here :)

[@m.stormcash9537]

You made it through this year and this decade. Here’s to the next one.

[@ethanrepublic]

this aged well

[@winnamon7587]

*Relics... of a more hopeful time... this is beautiful *

[@peachlace8422]

I'm guessing your regretting this comment, maybe you jinxed the whole year, but maybe you're a psychic.

[@UncleFloydrocks]

Always come back to this one when life throws it all at you. It always seems to help.

[@mopman527]

I've been listening to this song every New Years at Midnight for the past 8 years. Still Alive. This is how you live forever, folks.

[@mopman527]

Horrible news everybody. I missed it this year. I fear I will perish.

[@williamaguilar5519]

Gonna make it through 2025 with this one boys! 🗣️🗣️🔥🔥

[@abbiewhittier4405]

I feel like this song describes the world in 2020

[@stevegoodson9022]

Just what brought me back to this video, it's eerily prescient.

[@nicolecarroll7240]

@GYPSY KING FURY This isn't a dick measuring contest. Those also sucked. Don't pretend like a world wide quarantine/lock down while people are dying and FEMA is setting up mass hospitals in arenas.

[@ScottGodin]

this is the perfect anthem for 2020

[@oneillkza]

The other day one of my neighbours was standing on his deck belting this song out on his guitar to the whole neighbourhood. It was appropriate.

[@abbiewhittier4405]

@GYPSY KING FURY I hope whaterver is going on with you gets better because you seem mad for valid opinions

[@devinperrault6001]

Fighting cancer is hard. 2018 is here. I WILL watch this video on January first, 2019!

[@trippingpug5513]

I know I'm just a random dude on the internet, and drunk, but I'm here for you broseph.

[@MeaghanWhalen]

Update?

[@LKRaider]

Let us know if you made it

[@PD5K]

Still alive?

[@lewiscain-mcaliece1805]

I'm getting worried. oh no

[@CommonSandpiper]

2021, you were wretched. I pray that 2022 is a better year for all of us. I will see you feasting and dancing in Jerusalem next year.

[@MoiraRussell]

What gets me every time about this video is how the drummer's just tap-tapping away with his arms still tied. That was genius.

[@Zaalpe]

Happy New Year with the only New Years tradition I have.

[@AllenGarvin]

I was searching for ukulele songs about goats, and I found myself here, with these crazy-bitter songs, and I love them.

[@urbanexploringwithkappy1773]

Check out going to Georgia ! It's another great song by these guys

[@jefflangenberg2411]

I gotta ask.. why were you searching for ukulele songs about goats??

[@jezward4044]

Ignorance is bliss Jeff

[@m.miller8011]

are there any ukulele songs about goats?

[@dangshnizzle6929]

@@m.miller8011 Many.

[@annibond8414]

I lost a friend community, two of my cats (one of whom was my best friend), dealt with medical issues and a breakdown, and had some family estrangement right under the fucking wire in 2021. I clung to this song repeatedly, when I really didn’t want to but had to keep going. And it helped. It always helps. Here’s to 2022 friends. I hope we all make it another revolution around the sun together.

[@erika3421]

Happy new year - hope that 2022 went better and 2023 brings you nice things.

[@annibond8414]

@@erika3421 2022 was actually so much worse it’s unbelievable. I had a coma, a stroke as complications from COVID. But I am committed to 2023 being about flourishing and I’m proud of having survived 2022. Thank you so much for checking in. It was incredibly kind and I’m moved that you did. I hope your 2023 is everything you hope it will be.

[@midnightsaphyres]

Never giving up, this song reminds me.

[@hughjass5156]

I hope John is financially secure, he deserves it. He really has an uncanny ability to write songs that intimately relate to a certain sect of peoples experiences. Im one of them and he puts my own experiences into words i never knew applied to me. but they do man... they do.

[@HeidiH37]

Hugh Jass: Agreed. Nuf said ;)

[@merrychrimbus]

Go buy his albums and novels!

[@HeidiH37]

I bought his first one, so far so good. And yep, I bought it cuz you said so. Why not? Lol

[@James-hm4mk]

I've been in the top half percent of Spotify listeners for this band for about 3 years straight now

[@shyannevasquez5257]

Today is January 1. The new year, and my birthday. I have absolutely no one. My relationship with my family is tenuous at best. I’ve honestly wondered why I should bother anymore. And then I hear songs like this and it honestly helps. It really, really fucking does. Maybe it’s the wind talking, or maybe I’m just tired and sentimental, but I honestly don’t know where I would be without this band and they’re fucking amazing music! It just goes to show that the simplest things can hold so much meaning. I’m going to make it through this year if it fucking kills me. A mantra I repeat myself every new year.

[@TheDrinkyDude]

Almost everyone I cared about is long gone, we are the ghosts, I am going to make it through this year if it kills me

[@Ben-nu4uj]

Hope things are better for you now

[@benwrigley]

With this New Year’s Day being a Saturday this song is even more fitting. Here’s to hoping 2022 is better than the past two years

[@spamwisegamgee8796]

not even half way done with 2022 and this comment made me cackle like a demon. I'm sorry friend, it is most certainly not better.

[@TheDrinkyDude]

@@spamwisegamgee8796 2023 hopefully it's better

[@Asummersdaydreamer14]

It is New Year’s Eve 2024 with 2025 fast approaching, so I had to revisit this song again. Good luck everyone whether you are thriving or simply surviving 💜

[@ryankim3299]

2 minutes left of 2020, I hope yall have a wonderful 2021. you all deserve it

[@anatoly8293]

HERE WE GO AGAIN PEOPLE

[@grafboystef]

I play this song every year near new years, it's probably saved my life a bunch of times. I recommend it.

[@AlexKingMN]

This song brought me through my darkest year yet.

[@KS-yh4zx]

For like the last six or seven years my friends and I sing this at midnight every new year. Sometimes it's all that gets me through, but it always gets me through.

[@SlimThrull]

Jan 1st, 2025 at 12:16am. I think we'll need this song for another 4 years.

[@applebritta]

The line, "There will be feasting and dancing in Jerusalem next year" hit me hard. After losing my son last February it's hard to find hope when I think of another pregnancy and another baby. I hope there will be feasting and dancing instead of mourning this time.

[@LAGW49]

So sorry. Your son is with you always & he will see you feasting & dancing again. ❤

[@spacebunsarah]

It’s not the same. It’s wonderful. It’s not the same.

[@gatsu37]

Great song! That line "twin high maintenance machines" gave me the chills.

[@liverpools]

another year. time to listen to this.

[@felix56p]

one of the best choruses I've ever heard. so simple, yet incredibly powerful.

[@BLinkCrash]

Congratulations! If you are reading this, you have survived the year 2020.

[@grace-yp3sv]

every year on new years eve/day i listen to this song on repeat. it started off when i was at my lowest, just trying to get myself to stay sane and alive for yet another year. this is the first year i'm listening and looking back on the year i've had thinking "damn. i really DID make it through this year" and looking forward to the next one instead.

[@marieh.316]

this is the third year in a row that this is the first song i listened to in the new year. guess that makes it a tradition :)

[@Dan-tw5qb]

I'm here on my birthday and New Year's every year. I'm so proud of you.

[@ctlm17a]

Darn you John Green, now I have another band I have to listen to. Between this, hankgames, vlogbrothers, and crashcourse you are killing all my time. -A chemistry teacher and (new) nerdfighter from Ohio.

[@geekgroupie42]

DFTBA Chris!

[@ricardoribeiro8013]

DFTBA

[@TvTriangel]

DFTBA 👍🏻

[@bonzupippinpaddleoxacoppil484]

dftba my dude

[@dickmcconnell6630]

I can't find anything on KZbin about these. I guess, I'm stupid. Back to juce wrld and percs.

[@smileyghostkat3068]

Back again for 2024!! I think this is my 5 or 6th year listening to this on new years!! Happy new years everyone! 🎉 Wishing you all the best!

[@CTRex343]

I made it! Even if 2015 was bad and the number won't change anything... This year WILL be better, that goes for everyone.

[@nailaamin9681]

+Brook Sideclose But you get better at dealing with everything, and stop taking peoples shit which is good

[@jader3193]

+Brook Sideclose what you are is trying too hard.

[@banjobill311]

+easybuttonairsoft Gawd was it bad for me. Another 2015 will put in me in the ground.

[@CTRex343]

+Erich Bishop I had a rough year too. Keep trucking though.

[@micacascarino7781]

sorry bro

[@myfbusters]

Happy 2019 y'all, let this be the year we all shed our earthen corpses and arise transcendent as the crystal skeletons we all hold within us

[@rougesunset]

Mason's channel nemA

[@gdf40]

ARISE!!!

[@fabclark123]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pHXHgZSJm7KSb5I - your remix is ready, sir.

[@greendan93]

Nicolas Cage is that you?

[@christyj909]

It's the end of 2019 and I'm vibing with your transcendent energy ⚡

[@Pratchettgaiman]

The Sunset Tree is basically an entire album of "John Darnielle's stepfather was a bastard"

[@timgordon7251]

+David Lev Well, duh. :)

[@goatpen]

According to John, the irony was that he was a liberal political activist who was homophobic and a tad bit racist.

[@christianmccord9456]

Except for Pale Green Things. That's the one where he sorta humanized him and then made us feel like pricks for hating him so much.

[@goatpen]

+Christian McCord From his interview with Marc Maron "Do you forgive him?" "No. But I wish I could."

[@LAG3]

And? Your point is? I love Jonathan. 😊

[@chiefbrokenarrow525]

I am just discovering and getting into The Mountain Goats...and this song...and this video...damn...thank you John! I'll be listening.

[@emilyfreas5768]

DFTBA

[@chrisrutter6015]

Only 6 hours to go can't wait to see the back of this one. Big love to anyone having a shit time.

[@1zymn1]

I know I'm not the only one that plays this every new year.

[@Scifiguy11th]

I Play it every day.

[@SMGrawks]

Attention Deficet Hyperactive Director Every hour since four weeks before its release.

[@JohnJaySy]

YES

[@inoutdeepslow]

once a year, at least.

[@SlimThrull]

Every new year, so long as the prior year didn't kill me. ;) Though, I can't help but put this song on after a rough day. Its one of the few songs that's helpful to hear after a day like that.

[@AuthFailed]

I have watched this like a million goddamn times now, and it still puts a smile on my face. Every time.

[@Dan-tw5qb]

Every year on my birthday and on New Years I put this on On a personal level, in the last year I've become a happier person despite all the shit that's gone on My mental health is getting better, my family are all safe, I'm doing well at university So I hope that 2021 brings more of that and less of... everything else Happy New Year, I'll see you in a few months

[@Dwight_Lee]

Thanks for sharing Dan, I hope that 2021 kicked ass for you. See ya 2022!

[@thesii213]

Well this was a rough one for me Dan, but I hope things are great for you!

[@solarmesiah]

It's the day after Christmas, 2024, I'm on the edge of my bed, near tears for no real reason other than fuck this shit.

[@tiggerdwc]

This song kept me going through the darkest days. Thank you!

[@Eltipoquevisteayer]

Just "broke" out with someone, for some reason this song helped me remind all the signs that showed how much of a coward and sleazy bastard he was, despite how much "mature" and "spiritual" he pretended to be. Thanks man, there's still a lot of this year's left.

[@brennanstultz]

Jan of last year, I was lost. Beaten down by the gods of bad marriage and a bum job. Newly 28 and living in Harlem. Now, I just directed my first film, bought by FranceTV, and I'm currently sitting with a wonderful Brazilian girlfriend, drinking wine in Paris. Chin up folks!

[@jezward4044]

Brennan Stultz Salud brother, 20 years ago I was pulled off he side of a bridge by a Glaswegian truck driver, next year I'm marrying a beautiful redhead choreographer and making a living from my art, who would have thought it!

[@dusty4502]

❤

[@alligatorskull]

happy new year, and good luck to everyone in 2025

[@Mae_Dastardly]

Stay safe my gender ambiguous sibling from another.... mibling?

[@dotterel]

i'm 27. whenever i've hit rock bottom over th years, this is the song that kicks me into gear. thank you, tmg.

[@robweir6436]

I had a stroke at 34. Diagnosed with a super rare brain disease. Had 2 craniotomies in 2014. This was my anthem. Everyone thought it was so "dark".

[@delaneybrown-xn6uc]

Ppl who haven’t experienced trauma (esp medical) don’t get how you have to spin it sometimes in your brain so you can get a laugh once in a while out of the situation. I listen to this song at every stressful major life change at full volume and scream the lyrics in my car.

[@jamesleonard7248]

Wow man. Rock on!

[@3jinxremoving]

Sometimes you just need to sing along to this while crying.

[@Maxcom12]

I am stuck at that point where i keep wanting to listen to this song over and over again yet I don't want this song to get 'old'. If a band does this to me then they are certainly worth listening to. I am so very glad I clicked this video.

[@Maxcom12]

Made it through six years, i think i can handle a few more. never give up folks.

[@eggspress8043]

@@Maxcom12how’s it going ?

[@DocWyrd]

Every day above ground is a good day. May we see many more.

[@Parzivle]

When I was 17 I spent an entire night on a pavilion near the Parthenon in Nashville. My friend and I were new in town and we recently got ripped off for like 40 bucks trying to buy weed at a gas station but there was a homeless dude named eric who had some weed and bought us a fifth of vodka. We spent all night talking to him and one of the things he said a lot was “any day you wake up on this side of the dirt is a good day” and that’s stuck with me for years. His friends said he got arrested that morning when we went to see him again and thank him. I hope Eric is okay and still on this side of the dirt.

[@OneClickWonder]

I like to listen to this song when the year ends. Happy new year everybody.

[@aBIGdeadHEAD]

Happy new year brother =)

[@aBIGdeadHEAD]

i was born on the 2 of JAN im a new year baby

[@OneClickWonder]

@@Nonononono3844 it's been okay. How was ur year?

[@OneClickWonder]

@@Nonononono3844 awe I'm sry to heart that i can imagine this was tough year for a lot of people

[@truebobbian]

We did it guys. Happy new year.

[@dejiko]

Don't know about happy but yeh

[@theslaughteredlamb79]

John is such a masterful lyricist. Easily one of the best ever, at least to me ( and more than likely a lot of you). I can think of some that I like as much, but none that I like more.

[@milicakrunic4898]

It amazing how something created by someone you've never met and enjoyed by so many people can feel so personal. Thank you, The Moutnain Goats, you helped me get through the better part of this year.

[@SlimThrull]

Bring it, 2017.

[@timothyamerman7033]

Fuck yeah! With you, brother.

[@brennabaltau6123]

My best friend and I have a tradition to sing this song at midnight every year at the top of our lungs.

[@karalstonalexstine7939]

SlimThrull this year will not beat me down! I will win!

[@tas991000]

SlimThrull well i fucked it all up big time. You're good?

[@SlimThrull]

I made it and it didn't even kill me to do it. I guess that's a win.

[@teresajose2280]

First time Ive ever heard this song. September 2019. Love it.

[@layla_solomon]

happy new year, 2024

[@claytonbennett7797]

Without this song, I don't think I would have made it through grad school.

[@XhumpersX]

Wow, I don't usually listen to The Mountain Goats much, but I always come back to them because they remind me it doesn't matter how old you are or if your eyes are basically on top of each other, it's still possible to make it in the music business.

[@jonathandeleon2808]

i appreciate this wisdom almost as much as i appreciate your profile picture.

[@sandradeiuliis265]

"if your eyes are basically on top of each other"...your a genius!!!!!!!!!!

[@andreakae4211]

Afterglow Beats they should have been called "halibut and the mountain goats"

[@bonmot7850]

They should have been called The Effects Of Cultural Poverty On Latchkey Children.

[@tommyshields36]

ton

[@2brosstillchillin]

every year this song punches me in the gut. im mad, and im tired, but im here.

[@ellenfuller8850]

Once more into the breach!

[@claireherrington6328]

happy new year everyone, we are gonna make it through 2020 if it kills us

[@cornacopia1031]

@Quinn McGee Hi I’m from slightly further in the future, letting everyone know we made it through 2020.

[@amyconger9667]

Here’s to 2021. We made it though this year- keep going. We can do hard things.

[@lovrogolac5243]

Let's all just put aside all things of lesser importance, acknowledge the sheer awesomness that the Mountain Goats instill in us with every repeat of this magnificent piece of music, and carry on with our year. What I actually wanted to say I guess was, that there'll be feasting and dancing in Jerusalem next year, carry on!

[@nickw5682]

Every year I listen to this song at midnight on my birthday when I turn a year older. This is the third year in a row. I saw my old comment and it made me reflect a lot on how much can happen in a year. I started weightlifting, joined choir, did a semester of theatre, made a lit of new friends, joined school at bowl, I'm now in band, I know more about music and health and...life, in general I mean. Holy fuck I'm eighteen. I have to register for the draft now. I have goals and aspirations and even though some days I feel like shit I know that I can do great things that don't amount to me feeling like shit, at least for a little while. Hello nineteen year old future me. I hope this comment finds you in good health. I hope you even more motivated and driven and smarter than I am now. Please, if anything happens remember your music, remember your weightlifting. Remember to try. If you're any and allof these things a year from now you have appeased your past self. Don't focus and get caught up in petty shit. Don't smoke, don't drink, don't fuck, and don't do drugs unless you know that they're a good idea to do(they almost never are). Make good choices. Be a way better person than you are now. Be that warm firm handshake kinda person. Be the person that I want to be a year from now. And when we get there come down to the comment section and tell me about it.

[@Shan-hc1xc]

I hope that 21 year old you is doing well!

[@danthebadger1]

Keep going forward. No matter what.

[@nickw5682]

HOLY SHIT, PAST ME WAS SUCH A LOSER! Anyways, I’m 22 now and I just got done boking a smol with my boyfriend and we’re turning in for the night. Young me had a lot of angst with how I’d turn out and if I’d be successful. I was so concerned with pleasing other people at that point in my life while also being pretty depressed and anxious about the future. I’m happy to tell my past self that I’m doing fine. I finally came out of the closet, I’m making it on my own and supporting myself, and I’m giving myself the support I need to live a happy and full life. I hope future me can continue this path, trying to be a kind and authentic person. Maintaining and growing good relationships in my life. I hope future me can say that their life is full, or at least as full as I can manage.

[@erich1394]

@@nickw5682 Hey - if you're not a loser now, you weren't a loser then. Whatever came before was a necessary step to get to where you are now. You can't learn life lessons without making mistakes. Remember to own yourself and your flaws and your past - you've made it this far and your history is a valid and important part of who you are. Also, good job on choosing what matters to you and aiming for it. Even if you miss, choosing a point on the horizon and saying "that's where I'm going" is brave because it requires hope. Good luck to you and those close to you! I hope this year is going well so far.

[@darkandsweetfairy091]

This is the first song by these guys I've ever heard and I like it a lot!!

[@queenthinng4822]

Probably the only song to be near 100% relevant since release.

[@shinjiikari1966]

You know, when I yelled this on January first of this year, I didn't think I was manifesting anything, but here we are

[@Dan-tw5qb]

2022. I'm stuck abroad away from all my friends and family against my will but I'm very happy. It's been a really weird year but through it all I've made some amazing friends in a different continent and had some great experiences at home. I hope everyone else has a great year. We're going to make it through this year if it kills us.

[@RachelWay-cb5cx]

Hopefully you're back with your people.

[@samuraiguy27]

So, I found this song because of the Vlogbrothers in February 2013. It was a really tough time of a hard year. It is now 2014. I made it through and it didn't kill me, wow. This song helped so much! Dftba!

[@justinkendollrozinek]

I've been watching this video pretty much since it's been on KZbin. I've listened to TMG since I was in middle school. Ive seen John live 6 times. I love seeing TMG get at least a fraction of the recognition they deserve. It fills my heart with so much joy knowing that other people are finally starting to see just how brilliant John is. MAYBE I'll finally start meeting other diehard fans 😅

[@njujuznem6554]

Happy New Year

[@sonorpaiste702]

I've used this song to get through so many bad times, but every time I listen to it I smile because it reminds me that I've survived everything and I'll make it through each year, even if it almost kills me.

[@guestforking]

Just got my covid diagnosis and I'm sticking this on to help me pull through

[@eliwest3393]

Still here?

[@biancar4457]

How's it going

[@guestforking]

Made it!

[@auroraourania7161]

@@guestforking Let's go, glad you pulled through

[@nadastic]

hey how is it?