the Mountain Goats - Thank You Mario But Our Princess Is In Another Castle

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  • Опубликовано: 20 окт 2024
  • 5/2/14
    The Mountain Goats (John Darnielle) performs "Thank You Mario But Our Princess Is In Another Castle" at Kresge Recital Hall in Galesburg, IL.
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  • @Adam-ie5wy
    @Adam-ie5wy 2 месяца назад +7

    I waited here all by myself
    The room was dark and it smelled like sulfur
    I heard the screams from way down in the darkness
    Felt pretty sure my life was over
    I kept my hat on just for luck
    Sang simple tunes the whole night through
    I wondered if I'd wake to find myself in flames
    As I waited here for you
    Yeah when you came in
    I could breathe again
    I saw some guys dressed up like sorcerers
    Blue robes that flowed above the ground
    They came and went and I was frightened for my life
    I tried not to make a sound
    Just when my solitude was closing in
    I heard a howl like screeching tires
    And I told you the one thing I know how to say
    Through the bright ringing drone of 8-bit choirs
    Yeah when you came in
    I could breathe again

  • @stephenwalsh5636
    @stephenwalsh5636 5 месяцев назад +5

    The greatest songwriter I have found in my 54 years

  • @BenBenCaro
    @BenBenCaro 8 лет назад +390

    Every Mountain Goats performance should consist of 1 part music and 2 parts Darnielle banter/storytelling. That's the proper dosage for maximum emotional and entertainment effect.

    • @joshkeck6348
      @joshkeck6348  8 лет назад +27

      I agree

    • @jessicadodge444
      @jessicadodge444 7 лет назад +26

      Ben Caro I have seen them live and can attest to the fact that the preferred proportions you listed are nearly met.

  • @rylie8989
    @rylie8989 5 лет назад +194

    How does a line as great as "when you came in I could breath again" exist in a song about Mario rescuing Toad

    • @wogdog985
      @wogdog985 4 года назад +17

      Rylie because John Darnielle i guess

    • @ElectricBrown1
      @ElectricBrown1 4 года назад +9

      Go sit on a few dudes with hammers and you'll find out

    • @regnolonnrot6388
      @regnolonnrot6388 4 года назад +14

      I always laugh at the way he sets this up, then get genuine chills from the song itself. John Darnielle is brilliant.

    • @inspectorjavert5563
      @inspectorjavert5563 4 года назад

      I don't know but this guy is the most pretentious guy I have ever seen in my life.

    • @A_wholeass_kim
      @A_wholeass_kim 3 года назад +10

      @@inspectorjavert5563 I don't think you understand that word.

  • @ethan-loves
    @ethan-loves 9 лет назад +249

    We dearly need this touching song to be performed with the screeching vocal tones of Toad's real voice.

  • @SpencerArinhaveamom
    @SpencerArinhaveamom 8 лет назад +111

    What a great crowd, gave him good reactions but maintained a fantastic silence.

  • @60INTHESHADE
    @60INTHESHADE 9 лет назад +109

    I find it astonishing how john darnielle can make such and amazing, dramatic song out of fucking Mario. I love this man so much.

  • @haze4894
    @haze4894 7 лет назад +156

    I swear, half of the views on this video are from me. I even bumped into him after the show with my girlfriend at the time, and he gave us a chocolate bar he didn't want. Incredibly nice guy. We took the chocolate down to a nearby bar and shared it and a pitcher of beer. It tasted like emo tears and victory.
    In fact, you can hear my laughs on this video. They're the especially loud ones.

    • @joshkeck6348
      @joshkeck6348  7 лет назад +36

      You can hear mine pretty clearly too. I've met John four or five times now and he's remembered my name every time, it's fucking wild.

  • @MilitaryVapes
    @MilitaryVapes 6 лет назад +121

    I have to thank the guys at Night Vale Presents for the “I only listen to the Mountain Goats” podcast for introducing me to this amazing singer/songwriter.

    • @someoneelse1534
      @someoneelse1534 5 лет назад +6

      I couldn’t agree more, that podcast literally changed my life

    • @johnbacile9495
      @johnbacile9495 3 года назад +8

      They introduced me to AJJ, which I found an old cover of the frontman playing This Year, I have quite literally only listened to the mountain goats for like a month

    • @ebbasafverbladnelson131
      @ebbasafverbladnelson131 2 года назад +5

      @@johnbacile9495 the title of "I only listen to the mountain goats" is a self fulfilling prophecy, happened to me too

    • @nahtblis
      @nahtblis 2 года назад +1

      I actually knew mountain goats first and found nightmare through that podcast when searching for interviews with Jon

  • @cameroncross2016
    @cameroncross2016 11 месяцев назад +3

    it will never not upset me that this isnt on spsotify for me to have in my rainy days playlisst.

    • @joshkeck6348
      @joshkeck6348  11 месяцев назад

      true, though they did recently put the yo-yo EP's on spotify so there's hope for the BPT eventually!

  • @MrCoffeejingler
    @MrCoffeejingler 6 лет назад +68

    His story of the song prior to playing really helps explain what the song is about, i first just thought it was about Toad waiting for Mario which it is, but its deeper. Mario was expecting Peach to be there but she wasn't, it's just Toad, Mario is surely disappointed it's not peach, but Toad is relieved someone saved him. So deep.

    • @wogdog985
      @wogdog985 4 года назад +9

      john’s storytelling prior to the song is ESSENTIAL in my opinion

  • @stevegoodson9022
    @stevegoodson9022 3 года назад +18

    Proof, if anyone needed it, that JD can write a song about absolutely anything and make it beautiful, emotional and epic.

  • @Murtage33e
    @Murtage33e 7 лет назад +49

    This song fills me with hope. Maybe if we all can't find our peaches, we can still rescue and be rescued.

  • @coriredford3589
    @coriredford3589 7 лет назад +39

    I can't believe a song about Toad from Mario made me cry. But it did.

  • @powerstation0872
    @powerstation0872 3 года назад +14

    This song gets me every time. I know it's about a cartoon plumber but the "yeah when you came in, I could breathe again" hits like a semi truck, every time. 😥

    • @joshkeck6348
      @joshkeck6348  3 года назад +4

      Would you say it hits like... an 18 wheeler heading down the interstate?

    • @smithhenke5049
      @smithhenke5049 3 года назад +3

      @@joshkeck6348 and the breaks are gonna give... and you won't know til it's too late

  • @averyisland
    @averyisland 9 лет назад +51

    Semi-quaver run at 7:15 sounds like a little nod to the 8-bit power-up sound.

  • @themerrymaker7144
    @themerrymaker7144 2 года назад +8

    the piano melody at some points sounds like Deuteronomy 2:10 and that really adds to this song

  • @YarrBr0
    @YarrBr0 3 года назад +5

    the introduction alone was a masterpiece

  • @redstrings204
    @redstrings204 3 года назад +4

    it's amazing to watch him play

  • @Daybed4448
    @Daybed4448 7 лет назад +14

    I've watched this so many times but it never fails to make me laugh/cry.

  • @haze4894
    @haze4894 4 года назад +17

    Never before have I found a performance that makes me laugh and subsequently give me chills, and then make something so mundane and silly into something so profound.
    P.S. I was actually present for this performance (you can hear me; I'm the especially loud laugher), and bumped into John Dardielle afterwords as my date and I were headed to the water fountain, and he was trying to sneak out the back (he's very much an introvert, and doesn't do well with interacting with large groups of fans). He gave me and my date a very large Hershey's bar that his manager had given him and he didn't want, though I suspect he was just using it as a means to get rid of us. We took that Hershey's bar to the nearest watering hole and shared it, along with a pitcher of cheep beer, and it all tasted like teenage emo tears and victory.

    • @michaelreppenhagen736
      @michaelreppenhagen736 2 года назад

      It's kind of funny that you keep forgetting you've already commented on this and tell the story again. It's very much how I consume live Mountain Goats content. I'll watch it, remember it exists and enjoy it again all anew later.

    • @haze4894
      @haze4894 2 года назад

      @@michaelreppenhagen736 Oh man I totally forgot I already shared this story. Oh well. xD

  • @haze4894
    @haze4894 4 года назад +10

    I was there for this live. I still laugh my ass off at the story, and I still get chills at the song itself. What a work of art in all aspects.

    • @joshkeck6348
      @joshkeck6348  4 года назад +7

      This was my first Mountain Goats show ever and I'm so glad this is how I first experienced it

  • @spinninginncircles
    @spinninginncircles 8 лет назад +10

    This is delightful.

  • @anthonyperkins9982
    @anthonyperkins9982 3 года назад +8

    If anyone wants to introduce the mountain goats to someone this is the first video you need to show them

  • @raquella90
    @raquella90 2 года назад

    "When you came in I could breath again"
    ohmy heart!

  • @Spenstarr
    @Spenstarr 4 года назад +6

    I've known about The Mountain Goats for 5 years I've been in a happy commuted relationship for 9 and let me tell you does it fucking hit different when after 9 years he just up and leaves you for another girl.

  • @tommythelonelyboy
    @tommythelonelyboy 4 года назад +3

    I swear I think I had a dream like this once

  • @cagedmoney
    @cagedmoney 3 года назад +1

    I will always need a little more and this video should always fill that gap.
    I love TMG. Keep it up

  • @GarrySummer1700123Summer
    @GarrySummer1700123Summer 6 лет назад +7

    This amazing I want the whole album!

    • @joshkeck6348
      @joshkeck6348  6 лет назад +3

      It was on an EP he did with Kaki King called "Black Pear Tree"!

    • @GarrySummer1700123Summer
      @GarrySummer1700123Summer 6 лет назад +1

      Josh Keck oh I know that it's just that I can't find it on iTunes or anywhere, I may just have e to download it from youtube

    • @joshkeck6348
      @joshkeck6348  6 лет назад +1

      That's probably your best bet, it was a vinyl only release I believe

    • @GarrySummer1700123Summer
      @GarrySummer1700123Summer 6 лет назад

      Josh Keck yeah too bad. I'll do it though

    • @katm6
      @katm6 6 лет назад

      Try Discogs, but it's bloody expensive as heck.

  • @critiasdetested4749
    @critiasdetested4749 3 года назад +7

    "There is a guy... he's a plumber..."

  • @brycevo
    @brycevo 4 года назад +4

    World's Best Plumber

  • @fadej.3511
    @fadej.3511 8 лет назад +19

    would this be considered a ballad?

  • @atleaugust6238
    @atleaugust6238 4 года назад +2

    super fucking mario!

  • @jenewcomb
    @jenewcomb 3 года назад +1

    I had to watch because I was sure this was Kresge from the thumbnail. I had to make sure.

    • @joshkeck6348
      @joshkeck6348  3 года назад +1

      Sure is! It was my first Goats show and to this day one of my favorites

    • @joshkeck6348
      @joshkeck6348  3 года назад +2

      I don't know who does the booking there now but they should get JD to come back lol

  • @cearfarseer9725
    @cearfarseer9725 5 лет назад

    Yes. That friend summarizes my life. Heheh.

  • @NatAnn64
    @NatAnn64 8 лет назад +26

    Someone needs to type this into a monologue we can read aloud and repeat.
    Oh hell, I'll do it.

    • @wowthaylo
      @wowthaylo 6 лет назад +7

      Did you finish?

    • @etaiger
      @etaiger 6 лет назад +1

      SpiderDarling can you please send it to me if you actually did it?

    • @RossPitSharkHunter
      @RossPitSharkHunter 4 года назад

      Well now I gotta now, how's that going for you?

    • @aileenzhao7951
      @aileenzhao7951 3 года назад +1

      Pretty big F that this monologue isn't longer or I might even consider taking this to a speech competition

  • @davidc.2878
    @davidc.2878 3 года назад +4

    Which album is this song on? I don't know this one. He has so many great songs.

    • @joshkeck6348
      @joshkeck6348  3 года назад +6

      It was on an EP called "Black Pear Tree" he did with Kaki King. It was vinyl only but you can find it on youtube

  • @playasadonejoe
    @playasadonejoe 7 лет назад +18

    Shades of Mitch Hedberg

    • @larrywolf2509
      @larrywolf2509 7 лет назад +4

      Table for the DuFranes... DuFranes... DuFranes...

    • @dylan8550
      @dylan8550 5 лет назад +3

      People are missing

  • @BanakaiGames
    @BanakaiGames 2 года назад

    This should be the credits to the new Mario movie 🙏

  • @playasadonejoe
    @playasadonejoe 3 года назад +1

    Did he nibble part of the song scribe?!

    • @joshkeck6348
      @joshkeck6348  3 года назад +1

      Haha no, it's torn off of a Hy-Vee bag

  • @knate44
    @knate44 Год назад

    Makes you wonder what it is like as a Toad in a castle that was warped over...

  • @Mattwerty
    @Mattwerty 6 лет назад +2

    If you play this at 0.75 speed it sounds like the original.

    • @johnbacile9495
      @johnbacile9495 3 года назад +2

      And if you fit it at .25 speed it sounds like someone punching a guitar

  • @Dayglodaydreams
    @Dayglodaydreams 2 года назад

    Is this "found filk"?

    • @joshkeck6348
      @joshkeck6348  2 года назад +1

      hmmm you know i never thought of this as filk, but it totally is. see also, the short twitter songs about Magic: the Gathering

  • @katycampbell9046
    @katycampbell9046 9 лет назад

    this is a a proper song about MUMS!

  • @jamesculverhouse4657
    @jamesculverhouse4657 Месяц назад

    With all the love in the world and billions of hours listening to the best band in the world, the intro sounds like trump explaining the plot of the games. (except john has genuine humour and warmth)

  • @justinbrower6802
    @justinbrower6802 3 года назад +22

    Bo Burnham really aged terribly

    • @communismisfreedom
      @communismisfreedom 3 года назад +3

      lmao. they really need to collab tho huh

    • @olivine6
      @olivine6 3 года назад +4

      hi this is the funniest fucking thing i’ve ever seen

    • @MsFuzzipoo
      @MsFuzzipoo 2 года назад +2

      I actually chuckle-snorted when I read your comment. Thanks... I needed a good laugh. 💜

    • @justinbrower6802
      @justinbrower6802 2 года назад +2

      completely forgot i wrote this lol