Animal Collective - My Girls (Official Video) 

My Dad passed away around a month ago now at only 51, and throughout his later years all he could ever talk about was that you HAD to listen to Animal Collective. like no other band mattered, even though he was a die hard Beach Boys Fanatic for almost 2 decades, this song made him go down the rabbit hole of every remix, remaster, and independent artist's music from the collectives music coming to modern day 2024. He described this track as the perfect pop song, and honestly I cant disagree with him. and for me being only 16 I think my big man put me on some pretty good shit when it comes to music, seeing how he blasted Merriweather everywhere we went as soon as I came out the womb . he used to see them live at least 5 times and finally got to take me at my birthday shortly before he was sent to the hospital. best concert of my life still to this day. To many more listens and tears shed to a song that has aged like wine...love you dad.

I used to listen to this song while dreaming of my future family. Currently married, carrying our first child and this song is so nostalgic.

One of the best songs ever made. Doesn't sound like that "2009" sound. Truly timeless.

15 years have gone by and I have never heard ANYTHING like this before or again. I feel like I’m more impressed by it now. It’s so unique.

It’s currently 5:30 in the morning in El Paso Texas and my 3 year old son is awake fighting a cold and this beautiful song and video is what I payed for him and he couldn’t get enough. To you animal collective 🍺

The tone change and higher octave on the synth @2:13 just hits me like a wall of crying. Whole song rocks

This song is such a trip for me - I remember in college thinking “I don’t want much but I want what he says in this song” Now I have a wife, a daughter and 4 walls for “My Girls”

No other ways to describe this song other than "soft" and "sweet". It feels like my soul's being coated in sugar when I listen to this; it's so simple, angelic, and hopeful. God, even *my* depressed ass can't be sad listening to this :')

This song is so beautiful. It makes me want to be a stronger person.

Played this at my Sons funeral,last week.one of his fave bands.He was 21.

it's one of the most creative albums ever recorded hands down

One of the greatest psychedelic songs ever recorded.

I heard this song when it first came out and I was obsessed, then over time I forgot the name of the song, but I always remembered the melody and spent the last 10 years trying to remember the name of the song or the group so I could hear this masterpiece again. Today, after 10 years, I finally found this song again 😫 thank you Universe!

This is one of those tracks/videos that you'll always remember the first time you heard it. Felt like something brand new was awakened inside of me. What a magical moment.

Haven't heard this for years! If Brian Wilson wrote Pet Sounds today, I'd imagine it wouldn't be too far off this

Still hits. Remember when I was a teenager and this was playing of Fuse TV nonstop, I am in my 30s now

the only reason I don't want to die is because i will miss all my favorite songs so much... especially this one

Oh, My brother, my dear brother, he left this world yesterday & this was his favourite song. Still remember when you were 14, I was 10 and you showed me this song. I was fascinated! You took me down the Rock N 'Roll path and thanks to you I developed my own musical tastes. Today, I discover that you left this world of your own free will, taking an overdose of pills until you were sound asleep. Dear brother, when I found out about that, coming to listen to this song was the only thing that occurred to me at the time, and here I am! listening to this song at 3 in the morning, while singing loudly and enjoying the music as if you are still with me to listen to it together. Brother, when you first showed me this song, you told me that we all had this song hidden within us, but we weren't brave enough to show them to everyone. Now I understand it and I am sorry I understood it too late. I love you, brother, and I will always love you. Thank you for showing me these musical wonders. I will miss you today, tomorrow and always.This song will always be a part of us, dear brother.

This song reminds me of my mom. I showed her this video one day, and explained the lyrics, and how that that's how I was feeling. She said, "You are such a deep person". I've never felt so appreciated by someone in my life.

Merryweather Post Pavilion is 10 years old today!!!!

I just want firewalls and adobe flash for my girls

I have two daughters now, this song hits harder than ever.

This is my third time listening and this is one of the most profound songs I’ve ever heard in my life. I legitimately felt the moment this song became important to me and I’m going to cherish this song for the rest of my life and show it to people I care about.

I'm a metalhead but this is actually one of my favourite songs, it resonates with me even more now after losing my father about a month ago. Rip dad.

Im an American guy, living in Porto, Portugal , who’s engaged to a lovely Portuguese girl, and we have a baby on the way. Never would I have thought that I would live out the lyrics of one of my favorite bands

this song always takes me back to my junior year in high school. a friend of mine let me listen to this song in class and I loved it so much, as soon as I got home I looked it up and had it on repeat for about an hour. I love how music can make you stop what you’re doing and take you back to where you were, who you were with, and what you were doing. much love 🥰💗

The first time I heard this I was blown away. It never gets old.

When I was 7 years old my dad first played this song. I just remember the insane feeling that rang through my body when I heard this on our car speaker. This song is a masterpiece and it will always hold a special place in my heart.

I fucking love any band that puts obscure building references into their songs. Apparently, their next album is an ambitious 2-disc concept album about self-levelling cement.

This song is pure joy.

When they said: 👄. I felt that

this would be the most epic festival intro/ starter song....wish I could see this live :)...i know the crowd would go crazy...type of song thats so good it brings a tear to your eye for no reason...everytime i hear this song I immediately have to jump up into a better mood...like sheeeeesh this is great music how its supposed to be. melodically...instrumentally...vocally...and presentation...its just way too good...i end up restarting the song at least 4 or 5 times.

I remember exactly where I was when I first heard this song. I wish I could hear it again for the first time, because I instantly knew how special it was going to be to me. I looked up the meaning to the lyrics shortly after, and it made it even better. I’m only sixteen now, but I hope that if I have any sort of family one day this song and it’s meaning will continue to resonate with me.

"I only want a proper house." This was so relevant in 2009...

Man this is one of the best songs that I've ever heard, for sure

To most people this was probably there first animal collective song if you're new to them and see this welcome to a very great band that when you listen to them at first you hate but after a few listens becomes your favorite band.

Animal collective makes me wanna go outside, and this song especially. dont know why

I just can't imagine what I would listen to if I didn't have access to the internet thank you internet

I used to listen to this song when I haven’t children. Now I have two, but it turns me nostalgic of that time without kids 😜

please this song is so good.

The most beautiful thing I have ever heard.

When I first heard this I thought it was terrible. Now... I understand. Anyone out there who thinks this is just bad, it took me like a month until it just clicked and now it's my favourite song

Still give me goosebumps to this day! Legendary!

I used to be so obsessed with this video, took pictures of myself, cut out silhouette in graphic programs on pc and put such black space with stars in it. It was my fav photo of me

I literally joined a gang after discovering Animal Collective. My homies didn’t really “get it”, per se, but I always bumped them when I was cruising on the opps, straight not giving af ayy. They called me lame because they were blasting X raided, brotha lynch and hard west coast rap, but I earned my stripes. I put it down for my set ese, with Taste and Guys Eyes blasting through the speakers. Big Clika Avenida X3

Intro] Isn't much that I feel I need A solid soul and the blood I bleed But with a little girl, and by my spouse I only want a proper house There isn't much (Isn't much) that I feel I need (That I feel I need) A solid soul (A solid soul) and the blood I bleed (and the blood I bleed) But with a little girl (But with a little girl), and by my spouse (And by my spouse) I only want (I only want) a proper house (A proper house) [Verse] There isn't much (There isn't much) that I feel I need (That I feel I need) A solid soul (A solid soul) and the blood I bleed (and the blood I bleed) But with a little girl (But with a little girl), and by my spouse (And by my spouse) I only want (I only want) a proper house (A proper house) [Verse] There isn't much (There isn't much) that I feel I need (That I feel I need) A solid soul (A solid soul) and the blood I bleed (and the blood I bleed) But with a little girl (But with a little girl), and by my spouse (And by my spouse) I only want (I only want) a proper house (A proper house) [Pre-Chorus] I don't care for fancy things Or to take part in the freshest wave But to provide for mine who ask I will, with heart, on my father's grave I don't care for fancy things Or to take part in the freshest wave But to provide for mine who ask I will, with heart, on my father's grave On my father's grave On my father's grave On my father's grave On my father's grave On my father's grave On my father's grave On my father's grave On my father's grave [Chorus] I don't mean to seem like I care about material things Like a social status I just want four walls and adobe slats For my girls I don't mean to seem like I care about material things Like a social status I just want four walls and adobe slats For my girls [Verse] There isn't much (There isn't much) that I feel I need (That I feel I need) A solid soul (A solid soul) and the blood I bleed (and the blood I bleed) But with a little girl (But with a little girl), and by my spouse (And by my spouse) I only want (I only want) a proper house (A proper house) [Pre-Chorus] I don't care for fancy things Or to take part in the freshest wave But to provide for mine who ask I will, with heart, on my father's grave On my father's grave On my father's grave On my father's grave On my father's grave On my father's grave On my father's grave On my father's grave On my father's grave [Chorus] I don't mean to seem like I care about material things Like a social status I just want four walls and adobe slats For my girls I don't mean to seem like I care about material things Like a social status I just want four walls and adobe slats For my girls [Chorus] I don't mean to seem like I care about material things Like a social status I just want four walls and adobe slats For my girls I don't mean to seem like I care about material things Like a social status I just want four walls and adobe slats For my girls

They were on another level with this album....

My parents used to show me this video when I was 3 or 4 years old, was never able to find it until today. It used to fascinate and disturb me how they melted at the end, that's what I remembered. Really trippy watching it for the first time in almost fifteen years

Will this song be one the most important songs in their life for anyone else?

Almost a full decade has passed since this album was released time flies but this still holds up really good stuff.

My first listening to Animal Collective

I’m still waiting on my special 😊someone to have a great family with and life to be able to enjoy this masterpiece to its fullest but for the now all the years I’ve had this playing on my speakers since highschool and it still gets me out of any and I mean any negative energy or thoughts. There’s better days ahead and when they arrive it will be so amazing and fulfilling to play this back with my posterity family when those better days arrive! Stay vibrant and stay glitchy my friends 🌌🌅🤘🏻🙏🏻

I can't help but cry everytime I hear this song. So beautiful and full of nostalgia

Got to come back every now and then, this song still sounds as fresh as the day I heard it. Hypnotizing and beautiful

Proof that music grows with you! I didnt get this at first and now its just the only song i want to hear.

Black American from Los A! I always feel peaceful with this song I replay it over and over singing the lyrics!

I love it when a song can make me teary eyed. It's such a real, sweet song.

I lost someone close to me, he introduced these guys to me, he passed away and this always bring him back to me, truly timeless and everywhere at once. love these dudes.

I bought this record back in 09, from the hype. Didn't love it, but always loved this song. Then, come this year, I went to my first Bonnaroo, and walked into their set, mere seconds after they finished talk with the crowd, they then launched into THIS. Forever reminding me how epic this piece is. Nature themed alternative electronica bliss.

This song has grown on me sooooo much over the years

in 50 years this will be considered a classic

i still remember driving around the day this album dropped and being so mind blown. i had gotten into AnCo my sophomore year of HS with Sung Tongs and Strawberry Jam, i'm so lucky to have been right time right age right place for this shit. saw them live 4-5 times over the next few years. the Merriweather tour, while they were working out the Fall Be Kind songs....just amazing. there are lots of live recordings online, for any new fans who don't know.

"Oh I remember that song. I remember crying to it. I'll listen to it again, surely I won't cry." *sobs*

I loved the layered vocals

This song is a time machine for me, i miss the college so much the best years of my life until now, love this album a lot.

one of my favorite songs ever! And the lyrics are on point!

I don't normally listen to electronic music, but...something about this song...gives me the feels!

This song is a piece of art. You can listen to it over and over and still find something new to hear. I appreciate it deeply

When I first heard this song I didn't think much of it. I then got high as balls at a time when I was really struggling with depression and listened to it again. I cried at how beautiful it was, the sound and the theme both. Ultimately, that's all I wanted too, contentment with family and a roof over my head. MPP quickly became my favourite album.

This song gives me that special... feeling. Can't quite describe. Like I'm flying through space. But it's warm and pink everywhere. And there's a lot of beautiful people and fluffy clouds. I don't know. Maybe if I was a painter I could paint what I feel listening to this song. Love it

hivemind was so real for this honestly

This song has always made me happy. Its hard to find songs that can do that.

I am 50 years old. Just had to write a will. The jerks in my life are going to have to listen to this at my funeral. Punks not dead.

y'all, can I just say how refreshing it is to hear a song by grown ass men that refers to a "little girl" as an actual child being cared for and loved, instead of grown ass men basically singing about young women/teenagers they want to bang and calling them "little girls". that shit has bothered me since I WAS a little girl, and it's just nice to hear something that's not skeevy as all get out. such a great song for a slew of reasons.

I had just signed the contract to move into my first house and the chain fell thru today. This has been my favourite song for 10 years; I decided to listen to it today and the “I only want a proper house” lyrics hit me like a ton of bricks (as if I wasn’t expecting it) Can’t wait to provide four walls and abode slabs for my girls.... bom bom ooooohhh

This song and album is still ahead of the time.

Ok but not only does this song go but the video is so nice and they're so turnt I love it

10 years later, looking back, I now realize how underrated this track is and have a new appreciation for it

Es como una abrazo sostenido, de esos que hacen que se sincronicen los latidos, me hace feliz❤

I came from Tears for Fears covered this song to here. Love this song. Never get old. TFF also turned this song out very well.

feels is their best album in my opinion.

This song never gets old!

Still one of the best songs I have ever heard, 9 years later.

such a classic

I fell in love with this song when it came out. And now that I have my own girls it means that much more to me :)

The first song I played for my infant daughter.

I'm as high as the International space station rn

The quintessential anthem of all indie kids born in the 90s. This song definited an era of highly commercialized and branded experimental pop music that sadly, we don't really have much of nowadays ever making it into the top 40. Merriweather Post Pavilion is one of the greatest albums of the 2000s.

Go ahead and listen to this song without nodding your head to the beat. You can't! You can't do it! It's just that good.

When I'm listening to this song, I know that anything I'm doing will be beautiful and perfect...

My most favorite song as a Marine, it's what I pray for, a loving wive and a precious daughter.

Hadn't listened to this song in like 6 years. Was outside tending to my tomato plants (my girls) and now this is my gardening song lol

Damn. Forgot about this song. Last time I heard it my grandfather (my dad) was still alive. One of the last things he said was "Take care of your grandma and Susie (my girlfriend)." Gives more meaning to "on my father's grave" even though this song made me tear up before he was gone.

I love this song. It makes me happy!

One of the best songs in human history!

AnCo was the first "indie" band I listened to back in 2007. This tune came out when I was a freshman in college. Now I'm 32 and it still hits me in the feels. May this arpeggio go on forever.

The drop at 3.01 is pure bliss.

It's 2020 in Melbourne, Australia. My city just got out of state lockdown after months in it. As I laid down listening to this song, I realized how humanity can bounce back from anything and it made me feel hopeful.

2019 and still pulls me out of my bad moods.

this is the best song ever.