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Isopanisad Radio Hour

by the Mountain Goats

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nightpool
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nightpool so so so so grateful to see the yoyo released brought back to streaming, they're some of my favorite songs of all time. Cobscook Bay in particular is such a dreamlike, ethereal song—about dealing with the aftermath of something so big and so impossible that you can't even get your head around it. Fictional character this song reminds me of most: Cassie at the end of the Animorphs series. Favorite track: Cobscook Bay.
smoonbeet
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smoonbeet and day is breaking over cobscook bayyyy Favorite track: Cobscook Bay.
deianaracrush
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deianaracrush All of the YoYo EP’s are masterpieces in and of themselves, but Isopanisad Radio Hour has something special in it. Every single track is imbued with immense power. So happy to be able to listen to the full remastered version finally. Favorite track: The Last Limit of Bhakti.
Denver Stahl
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Denver Stahl IMO this album gets overshadowed by the other Yoyo releases but The Last Limits of Bhakti is one of the best closers on any of The Mountain Goats' projects Favorite track: The Last Limit of Bhakti.
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Abide with me; fast falls the eventide The darkness deepens; Lord, with me abide. When other helpers fail, and comforts flee, Help of the helpless, O abide with me. Swift to its close ebbs out life's little day; Earth's joys grow dim, its glories pass away; Change and decay in all around I see; O Thou who changest not, abide with me.
2.
Born Ready 03:27
I'm going to see you in San Jose. I'm going to see you in San Jose. And I'm going to take you out for good. I'm going to take you down. I'm headed up the 101 right now. I'm headed up the 101 right now. And there's snow on the ground in Ohio today. There's no snow here. And the sun is in my eyes. The sun is in my eyes. When I think about you, I feel so bad. It's been a long, long, long, long time.
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Cobscook Bay 02:47
We're alone most of the time these days; Jill used to come by, but she went away, and Gail used to come around and trash the joint, but she moved off to Dana Point – and you went along, just for the ride, and you both committed suicide; and day is breaking over Cobscook Bay, and i've never seen anything like it in my life. The cow gave birth and her calves are snow white; they huddle up close together at night, and the mama cow leans down and cleans her young, licking their faces with her tongue: and unmarked airplanes buzz the air, and you're falling off that cliff somewhere in California, which I've never seen. I put the pieces all together, but I don't know what they mean, and day is breaking over Cobscook Bay, and I've never seen anything like it in my life.
4.
Somewhere in secret, the Dutch orchestra's playing. Somewhere in secret, the dutch orchestra's playin real nice, real nice. And they play so quiet, you can hear the passing traffic. They play so quiet, you can hear the passing traffic, and the cars buzz by, and the wind blows. And I may walk past, and I may not, and someone may notice, or it may all slide right by. And you may love me, or you may not love me at all anymore, but the sun will shine on Holland in the spring; and God will watch over the members of the orchestra for me with all his available energies.
5.
Why do you treat me this way? And why do you try so hard to break my spirit? I think someone was mean to you when you were little, that's whatIU think. I think someone was mean to you. Why do you cling to such petty points of contention? and why don't you allow me one or two small victories now and then? I think someone was mean to you when you didn't deserve it, that's what I think. I think someone was mean to you. But I – I am not that guy, can you get that straight? I am a completely different person from the one you have in mind. Why do you stand by the things you say, long after you don't mean to hurt anybody anymore? I think someone was mean to you for a long, long time, that's what I think. I think someone was mean to you.
6.
Let me serve you with my mind. Let me serve you with my mind. Let me leave this grieving sand and sky far behind. Let me serve you with my tongue. Let me serve you with my tongue. Let me say your name all day 'til my mouth goes numb. And when the sun comes up, open up the blind. Let me hear the machines grate gears, squeal and grind. Let me serve you 'til it's over. Let me serve you 'til it's all over. When the world is giving your secrets all away, Let me give you cover. Let me serve you with my body. Let me serve you with my body. Let me find, now and ‘til the end of time, the last limit.

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released May 1, 2000

Mastered By – John Golden
Recorded By – Alex Neerman, Jason Powers, Pat Maley
Voice, Guitar, Bells, Keyboards – John Darnielle
Banjo – Lalitree Darnielle
Drums – Pat Maley

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the Mountain Goats Durham, North Carolina

John Darnielle has written almost 600 songs now, and some of them are very sad, dealing with hard drugs and tragic ends, hurting yourself and others, sicknesses of both body and brain, off-brand alcohols. They are told in beautiful, unnerving, specific detail because he is a very good writer, and also some of them are just true stories about his own life.
—John Hodgman, 2012
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