The Mountain Goats - "You Were Cool" HQ (Live At Carnegie Hall 15/01/13)
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Published 2013-01-19
To view An Evening Of Awesome in its entirety, it is streaming on the vlogbrothers channel, here: • An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall
---- NOTE: I do not claim ownership of any part of this video. I cut this clip out from the 2+ hour long vlogbrothers stream, for easy access for mountain goats fans. This is the best quality audio I've found of this track so far, so I couldn't help myself. Enjoy :) ----
All Comments (21)
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Saw them tonight in Glasgow. John played this during his solo set, said he couldn't give it his all unless we did NOT sing along with it. You could have heard a pin drop as two thousand fans gave him and the tune the respect they deserve. I'm guessing I was one among many of them with tears rolling down my face at the end. Stunning. Thanks John for making an old man cry. Xx
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My friend from high school who took his life in September sent this link to me a few years ago and I will not ever forget him or this.
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I will always get chills when he sings: "It's good to be young, but let's not kid ourselves, it's better to pass on through those years and come out the other side with our hearts still beating, Having stared down demons and come back breathing." Thanks to John Green's best of the decade video for reminding me of this total heart ripping banger of a song.
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This song saves lives, one way or another.
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I really hope he buckles and puts this one on an album soon.
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Chords: D, A, Em, G And in the bridge it goes: Em, A, D, G, Em, A, D, A I love this song so much!
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I love when he says, "It's good to be young, but let's not kid ourselves, it's better to pass on through those years and come out the other side with our hearts still beating." It's so true...can't wait until that day arrives. ;)
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Full disclosure, the mountain goats were a band I'd long been advised to listen to but never got around to doing so. So I was watching the livestream and this song fucking blew. me. away. Of course I had to find it right away, and then was devastated to learn it was never recorded. So I definitely felt it necessary to share this one :)
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Going to see him next Saturday in Manchester, with my son. Can't wait
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This song kills me everytime.
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I love how truthful and passionate everything he sings sounds.
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I definitely cried when he played this song in Oregon.
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I'm really surprised there aren't more cheers while he's playing. I know I would've screamed my heart out at "I hope the people who did you wrong have trouble sleeping at night"
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This is the first time I heard the mountain goats, instant love.
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DFTBA. The Mountain Goats are amazing. Thank you, John Green, for introducing them to me :D
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I hope this is never on Spotify. I like that we have to work to discover it or that it arrives serendipitously. I hope he releases it in vinyl and donates the proceeds to a worthy cause or keeps them for the band.
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After hearing this on the no-longer-live livestream I tried to extract it from the multi-gig file. For some reason I never finished. Thank you for doing the work for me and posting it here. This is one of the best songs I know.
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I cannot stop listening to this wonderful song. Wow. All I can say is 'wow'.
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crying so much, this song is so beautiful and so true to life and EMOTION
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I was watching the live stream also, and the blowing away moment for me came when he said he was about to play Pale Green Things. My jaw hit the floor.
