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Post **Posted:** Sun Sep 28, 2014 11:12 am

The fact that I can't tell if he's laughing or crying is pretty unsettling

I love how off-key his singing is on that, it's like a little kid trying to sing a nursery rhyme song after his pet's just died

Post **Posted:** Sun Sep 28, 2014 3:34 pm

^YES Hash that is exactly how I feel about the song. It's haunting

Post **Posted:** Mon Sep 29, 2014 12:47 am

the song? pretty sure there aren't.

Post **Posted:** Wed Oct 01, 2014 3:33 am

There are live performances of all 3 other songs on the EP, though.

Random thought: Bluish has a kind of similar beat to Peking O, when the drum machine first comes in

Post **Posted:** Thu Oct 02, 2014 2:26 am

Not sure if there is Seal Eyeing live , and don't think about Water Curses, but the other two fo sho yo !

Post **Posted:** Thu Oct 02, 2014 2:49 am

there is one seal eyeing live from a radio performance.

skip to 10:20

Post **Posted:** Thu Oct 02, 2014 2:55 am

they did seal eyeing / sea lion on the proto-mpp/pp 2005 bbc session, yeah. "what i do" remains the best unreleased ac track

Post **Posted:** Thu Oct 02, 2014 3:06 am

"What I Do" never did much for me, it's just kind of one groove that repeats for ages. Obviously Person Pitch is full of songs like that but there's a lot more variation in the vocal melodies and samples and stuff.

Post **Posted:** Thu Oct 02, 2014 3:59 am

Yeah I'd echo what Hash says about What I Do. It's like an early experiment in Person Pitch-like use of samples.

That whole radio session is essential Animal Collective, tho, in my opinion. That reworking of Good Loving Outside is magical

Post **Posted:** Thu Oct 02, 2014 4:05 am

yeah its a fun little jam but I've never been bummed that what I do was never recorded in studio.

Post **Posted:** Thu Oct 02, 2014 5:38 am

Hashman wrote:

"What I Do" never did much for me, it's just kind of one groove that repeats for ages. Obviously Person Pitch is full of songs like that but there's a lot more variation in the vocal melodies and samples and stuff.

what do you think the best unreleased animal collective track is hashman. hint: it's not from a beach

Post **Posted:** Thu Oct 02, 2014 5:49 am

probably From a Beach

hmm what else is there

unless Crack Box live recordings count as a "release" then Covered in Frogs is better than What I Do too. And Ice Cream Factory. And Do the Nurse.

I can't remember if I've heard Sponge Luke but that seems popular enough for me to think I might enjoy it more than What I Do.

Post **Posted:** Thu Oct 02, 2014 5:57 am

Don't forget always you.

Also from a beach has so much more going on compared to what I do imo. Avey's vox are pretty cool on what I do though.

Post **Posted:** Thu Oct 02, 2014 6:00 am

better on From a Beach though, haha

Post **Posted:** Thu Oct 02, 2014 6:46 am

jfw7 wrote:

"what i do" remains the best unreleased ac track

Walked Like a Dog>Maya*>Always You>What I Do

*Guys, "From a Beach" is called 'Maya' now. Get with the program.

Post **Posted:** Thu Oct 02, 2014 7:02 am

crap, I am really behind. where was that news from and is the fact that they bothered to change the title an indication that they're going to record it?!

but yeah "Dementia" as I like to call it is fricking great, I forgot about that one. From a Beach is at least its equal to me though.

Post **Posted:** Thu Oct 02, 2014 9:02 am

Maya is how it is listed on the DJ setlist and someone talked to Avey to confirm it (Sam I think?)

Post **Posted:** Fri Oct 03, 2014 1:24 am

Wait a second, this entire time From a Beach is actually called Maya? Are they reworking it or something? I'm confused.

Post **Posted:** Fri Oct 03, 2014 2:08 am

I think it was definitely called From a Beach by them back in 2007 since I don't know how else we could have got that name*. I guess they just changed it? Like Jimmy Raven / The Living Toys

*Okay I guess Stop Thinking and the other fake Centipede Hz song titles are counterexamples to that point

Post **Posted:** Fri Oct 03, 2014 2:15 am

They did a radio session of it along with On a Highway. It was initially titled "Maya" then they made the correction to call it From a Beach. Which is weird they're calling it Maya again

Post **Posted:** Fri Oct 03, 2014 2:26 am

wooooow I never even knew they ever called it Maya back then

Post **Posted:** Fri Oct 03, 2014 2:44 am

What were the fake titles? I missed it

Post **Posted:** Fri Oct 03, 2014 3:14 am

Someone made up a bunch of names that had nothing to do with the songs or their lyrics and a lot of people on CA used those names for a long time for some reason

all I can remember is that Today's Supernatural was "Stop Thinking"

Post **Posted:** Fri Oct 03, 2014 3:21 am

Ah, I remember those days.
Honeycomb = Frights
Crimson = Little Kid

Post **Posted:** Fri Oct 03, 2014 3:23 am

dark days

Post **Posted:** Fri Oct 03, 2014 9:28 am

We didn't let "Stop Thinking" last all that long...quickly became Let Go. The others that weren't mentioned were I'd Rather, Change, A Long Time Ago, Knock You Down, Take This Weight, Your Choice and Mercury. So only two (Little Kid and Frights) didn't reference the exact lyrics.

Post **Posted:** Fri Oct 03, 2014 1:32 pm

listening to my favourite colours and realised i always forget how nice it is to listen to, probably the most underrated song according to my own judgements

whats everyones most underrated song that u always forget about?

Post **Posted:** Fri Oct 03, 2014 2:37 pm

b00g wrote:

whats everyones most underrated song that u always forget about?

I always forget how much I love Panic until I listen to HCTI again

Post **Posted:** Fri Oct 03, 2014 3:29 pm

SHIT GUYS, LISTENING TO FEELS + LIVE JAMS AND I JUST REMEMBERED WHY AC IS MY FAVORITE BAND

SO EXCITED

AND I JUST REMEMBERED ALL MY AC VINYL I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO LISTEN TO

Post **Posted:** Sat Oct 04, 2014 1:32 am

I know right?? Like there are good mashups and bad mashups, and then there are mashups like this where you'd swear the two songs were designed to be put together

Oh and I JUST remembered my favorite AnCo track that I always forget! WINTER WONDERLAND

Post **Posted:** Sat Oct 04, 2014 3:25 am

Aziza wrote:

VictorBorge wrote:
A much better Soundcloud discovery: this guy's entire page is just the Space Jam theme song mashed up with other songs. Not all of them work, but the Brothersport one actually works REALLY well: [soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/dj-persona/brother-slam[/soundcloud]

(sorry if this has already circulated CA. I hadn't seen it yet)

?! fucking god tier. a serendipitous marvel that these two songs fall together so naturally (and hilariously at that.) this is actually crazy.

2:39 woooow I just got the biggest smile on my face ever from that change-up. unreal.

Post **Posted:** Sat Oct 04, 2014 3:37 am

My dream is for AC to play that in a DJ set. I'm sure the guy who made it feels the same way

Post **Posted:** Sat Oct 04, 2014 3:52 am

VictorBorge wrote:

My dream is for AC to play that in a DJ set. I'm sure the guy who made it feels the same way

Yeah. It's a flawless, mindblowing mashup and super high energy. That'd be so awesome

Post **Posted:** Sat Oct 04, 2014 4:27 am

VictorBorge wrote:

I know right?? Like there are good mashups and bad mashups, and then there are mashups like this where you'd swear the two songs were designed to be put together

Oh and I JUST remembered my favorite AnCo track that I always forget! WINTER WONDERLAND

aw winter wonderland is srs top notch. i went through about a year listening to strawberry jam on my ipod without realising winter wonderland hadnt copied and then when i figured out it was missing, it was like discovering a whole new AC song

same thing happened to banshee beat a little while later, which is such an integral part of feels idk how i listened to the album without it

EDIT: this is all back when i first got into anco so i didnt own the albums yet so only had what a friend gave me on a usb

Post **Posted:** Tue Oct 07, 2014 2:09 am

dance avey dance wrote:

Mercury

just had a flashback to spring 2012 f'ing in LOVE with this song and day-dreaming about the studio version all day every day

Post **Posted:** Tue Oct 07, 2014 2:45 am

b00g wrote:

same thing happened to banshee beat a little while later, which is such an integral part of feels idk how i listened to the album without it

Haha, glad you finally added it in, but I just find it hilarious that you just left out Banshee Beat at first. Honestly if I heard it that way at first I probably still would have liked it, after all, all the other songs are good. But Banshee Beat is....Banshee Beat.

Post **Posted:** Tue Oct 07, 2014 5:37 am

ok, I figured out what I don't like about the recent live shows. That weird vocal effect that they keep using that's all vibrato-y (flanger?) makes their voices sound flat at times to me and it clashes with everything else. they sound fine when they don't have the effect. does anyone else feel this way or am I the only one? is that on purpose maybe?

Post **Posted:** Tue Oct 07, 2014 5:10 pm

i love u jangaboo

Post **Posted:** Tue Oct 07, 2014 9:42 pm

VictorBorge wrote:

b00g wrote:
whats everyones most underrated song that u always forget about?

I always forget how much I love Panic until I listen to HCTI again

this is me over the past week! also the reason i joined this place. forgot how much i love People! and every album! shiit!

Post **Posted:** Tue Oct 07, 2014 10:39 pm

omg this spacejam bro sport I am losin it

wonder wat the boys would think if they heard this
(teardrop deak gif)