NOTE: The second song played here is _'Hebrews __11:40__'_ . '11:40' is part of the title, _not_ the intended timestamp, though RU-vid doesn't know the difference.
Lol I’d love to see him back on here now but cramming the whole band in there. This series was basically made for John though, he always kills solo. The man is just an eternal vibe
@@masansr I believe he's said he doesn't like the themes of threatening self-harm based on the actions of another person. The image of a hopeless romantic at rock bottom with a 'colt 45 with a broken safety catch' isn't something John want's to romanticize, and I think he felt this song leaned a little too far into that territory
I believe that he once said that he started by himself but wanted it so that if and when he got a band it wouldn’t be ‘John Darnielle and.....’ I guess its a reverse Panic! At the disco situation lol
This man literally has my heartstrings in his hands everything he picks up that guitar and continues singing with all the passion those little lungs can muster. That's the music of a man that knows pain and how it feels to be excluded and downtrodden. Keep On Brother. Keep on. And don't let anyone tell you that you aren't making a difference.
John Darnielle is a real troubadour--it's all about the words but his musicality is brilliant as well. What a combination of humility and intensity in this guy. If you have not seen their video of This Year, do it right now. It's my anthem for 2021. Maybe it's yours too.
Awesome to finally see this on the official youtube! You should definitely bring the Mountain Goats back for a full band session with some of their new songs
i've been watching this tiny desk performance on another youtube channel since last year, and i always went back to watch. glad to see it's finally on npr's channel :)
Gotta love Darnielle and the Mountain Goats. They had a show once in Stockholm. As a Finn I don´t go to Sweden unless I really have to. That time I really had to.
This takes you back to being young and naive, and you reconnect with all the wonderful things about that time of life. Thinking I knew what life had in store even though I knew I had no idea how it would unfold. It was a long time ago, but still feels like yesterday.
This was the first tiny desk concert I ever saw (someone else has released it), and it got me both into the mountain goats and tiny desk. Glad this is finally being properly released!
I first heard of the Mountain Goats through John Green - that trope is true I guess - but this was one of the first times that I really started to love them in their own right. This band’s crazy important to me - they’re the reason I picked up guitar a few years, and one of my very first goals was to learn every song in this set :)
also, I remember taking heed to the time that John messes up in the song. I was waiting for that. If I remember correctly, he also had to re-start on the second song, but that may have been cut out. It's actually really inspiring to see someone make mistakes.
An amazing performance all around. Someone plz for real correct me of i am wrong but this is probably the closest to the studio version of Going to Georgia since this video right?
