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Neutral Milk Hotel – The King of Carrot Flowers Pt. One (2:00)

On 1998-08-18: The Garage, London, UK

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As ‘the internets busiest music nerd’, Anthony Fantano puts it, “The King of Carrot Flowers Pt. One” is like the opening of a book. Jeff Mangum’s aggressive, but rhythmic acoustic strum is the first thing to strike a listener of “In the Aeroplane Over the Sea ” and it provides a focused driving force to support Mangum’s abstract lyrics. The song seems to start of innocently, talking of a certain youth many years ago, but just over a minute later Mangum is singing about alcoholic mothers and dads dreaming of death. Despite the eclecticism the song manages to be compellingly catchy, enabling it to work as a whole. The ending is passionate but still instrumentally simple with only a howling accordion supporting Mangum’s strum.
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  • johncook

    It's hard to think of a better way to spend only two minutes.

    9 days ago

  • ArcadeFirez

    Each one a little more then he could dare to tryyyyyyyyyyy

    March 2012

  • matt_white

    suck a dick cunt

    February 2012

  • LimpingLime

    The only Neutral Milk Hotel song that is above average.

    December 2011

  • houghster27

    Love the contrast between the first and last verse, lyricly. You wouldn't think they were in the same song

    November 2011

  • Nakkinak

    it's vibrating

    July 2011

  • patisawesome121

    Not lo-fi enough, feels too processed.

    June 2011

  • Nakkinak

    lo-fi orgasm

    May 2011

  • awholelottabang

    "..as we would lay and learn what each other's bodies were made for" ...That's one of the sweetest possible descriptions of sex. [2]

    October 2010

  • Zodiac_Killer

    Favorite NMH song.

    July 2010

  • sleptallday

    love the lyrics

    August 2009

  • youremyfavorite

    jeff is master at beautiful descriptions of plain life

    July 2009

  • will_expert

    trolls trolling trolls. ps I LOVE YOUU JESSUSS CHRISTTT

    June 2009

  • violetkid

    Perfect.

    June 2009

  • FarCrysss

    Wonderful song.

    May 2009

  • KiwiMaddog20

    "..as we would lay and learn what each other's bodies were made for" ...That's one of the sweetest possible descriptions of sex.

    May 2009

  • LongLiveTheD

    My all time favorite song. Lyrics makes me cry.

    April 2009

  • omgtehcryptopsy

    goddamn

    December 2008

  • omgtehcryptopsy

    this is the room one afternoon i knew i could love you / and from above you how i sank into your soul / into the secret place where no one dares to go

    December 2008

  • stevenkeys

    Love this so much.

    December 2008
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