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Neutral Milk Hotel
Posted: Sat January 05, 2013 11:14 pm
by zeb
Is there anything left to say about these guys?
Re: Neutral Milk Hotel
Posted: Sat January 05, 2013 11:17 pm
by epilogue
Maybe not. But this will be a good home for the comeback. When it happens.
Re: Neutral Milk Hotel
Posted: Thu January 10, 2013 6:46 am
by Gods' Die
They're good. I saw em live. Never thought that'd happen.
Re: Neutral Milk Hotel
Posted: Tue April 30, 2013 11:19 am
by Hatfield
durdencommatyler wrote:Maybe not. But this will be a good home for the comeback. When it happens.
It's happening!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/2 ... 80187.html
Tour dates:
http://walkingwallofwords.com/tour.html
Re: Neutral Milk Hotel
Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 3:17 pm
by Hatfield
DID YOU HEAR WHAT I SAID?!
Neutral Milk Hotel is TOURING!!!
Re: Neutral Milk Hotel
Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 3:22 pm
by Gods' Die
Hatfield wrote:DID YOU HEAR WHAT I SAID?!
Neutral Milk Hotel is TOURING!!!
I heard...so far the locations leave a lot to be desired. But when I saw Mangum live I was blown away. Voice and acoustic guitar completely command the whole room.
Re: Neutral Milk Hotel
Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 5:14 pm
by epilogue
Gods' Die wrote:Hatfield wrote:DID YOU HEAR WHAT I SAID?!
Neutral Milk Hotel is TOURING!!!
I heard...so far the locations leave a lot to be desired. But when I saw Mangum live I was blown away. Voice and acoustic guitar completely command the whole room.
Word.
And I was lucky enough to see a few songs with the whole band. I will absolutely see NMH if they hit up NYC. Unreal.
Re: Neutral Milk Hotel
Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 5:35 pm
by stip
i heard their record once and didn't really care for it. It's always been on my 'I should give this a second listen' list
Re: Neutral Milk Hotel
Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 6:24 pm
by Hatfield
stip wrote:i heard their record once and didn't really care for it. It's always been on my 'I should give this a second listen' list
It's going to be tough to carve out 45 minutes with a baby in the house, but you should really do it. Don't do it on computer speakers either. With the way you love lyrics, Aeroplane would really hit you if you give it another shot.
Re: Neutral Milk Hotel
Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 7:14 pm
by Gods' Die
stip wrote:i heard their record once and didn't really care for it. It's always been on my 'I should give this a second listen' list
It definitely takes multiple listens.
If you really try to break into all the layers of metaphors then you start to see how truly genius of a lyrical work this album is...how a line can convey 3 separate metaphors and be so cleverly put blows my mind. He tries to mislead with some strange pubescent sexual allusion, which turns into meaning the season is spring while locked away in an attic, which turns into some painful experience actually felt by Mangum while he's reading the Diary of Anne Frank...the second two of which are not sexual at all. And he goes back and forth between seeing the scene from afar, from being taken into the scene as the narrator or as a protagonist in the book himself, to lines from the book taking him into his own thoughts...it's hard to keep track of which time he's in while the album is playing. And it's all so seamless.
Re: Neutral Milk Hotel
Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 7:51 pm
by epilogue
stip wrote:i heard their record once and didn't really care for it. It's always been on my 'I should give this a second listen' list
Christ, Stip, they have two records. Show some respect.
Re: Neutral Milk Hotel
Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 7:54 pm
by Gods' Die
durdencommatyler wrote:stip wrote:i heard their record once and didn't really care for it. It's always been on my 'I should give this a second listen' list
Christ, Stip, they have two records. Show some respect.
And you should pour yourself into Aeroplane for probably 10 months before even looking to explore their first one.
Re: Neutral Milk Hotel
Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 7:57 pm
by Jorge
I listened to "In the Airplane..." once. It was nice, I guess.
Re: Neutral Milk Hotel
Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 8:04 pm
by Gods' Die
theplatypus wrote:I listened to "In the Airplane..." once. It was nice, I guess.
Shows up here to condescend but not in the AIC thread when I needed you to say Rooster and Got Me Wrong are pop songs.
Re: Neutral Milk Hotel
Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 8:07 pm
by Jorge
I'M NOT YOUR MERCENARY
Re: Neutral Milk Hotel
Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 8:10 pm
by epilogue
Gods' Die wrote:durdencommatyler wrote:stip wrote:i heard their record once and didn't really care for it. It's always been on my 'I should give this a second listen' list
Christ, Stip, they have two records. Show some respect.
And you should pour yourself into Aeroplane for probably 10 months before even looking to explore their first one.
On Avery Island didn't really click for me until after I saw Mangum live. Seeing him do those songs solo made them pop and sizzle in a new way. They didn't make as much sense to me until then.
Aeroplane is vastly superior, sure. But there's a lot to love about Avery as well.
Re: Neutral Milk Hotel
Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 8:21 pm
by VinylGuy
i listened to one of their albums....good record, but i dont get the exitement about the live shows.
Re: Neutral Milk Hotel
Posted: Fri May 03, 2013 1:01 am
by oasisfan35
durdencommatyler wrote:I will absolutely see NMH if they hit up NYC.
Re: Neutral Milk Hotel
Posted: Fri May 03, 2013 1:29 am
by epilogue
VinylGuy wrote:i listened to one of their albums....good record, but i dont get the exitement about the live shows.
Have you seen Mangum live?
Re: Neutral Milk Hotel
Posted: Fri May 03, 2013 3:36 am
by VinylGuy
durdencommatyler wrote:VinylGuy wrote:i listened to one of their albums....good record, but i dont get the exitement about the live shows.
Have you seen Mangum live?
Nope, only on tv. Tom Selleck rules.