Collected Animals

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With the release of Passer-By, a lot of people are pointing to it as one of the group’s saddest songs. Would love to know what AC tracks move you the most — whether it be that a song itself is particularly sad or if you have a memory tied to a song that gets you a lil misty eyed. Or maybe they’re tears of happiness!

For me it’s Doggy. Cannot hear that song without welling up. Especially “they buried you deep doggy, you’re the best doggy,” the way Dave says best there just rips me in half. Literally the saddest song ever written and they’re kind of evil for laying it to tape.

Cuckoo ;_;

WHEN YOU LEFT MEE

WHEN YOU FLEWWWW FROM MY EYEEES

AND WHEN I GET FUCKED UP I DO THE BEST TOOO

MAKE MYSELF NOT FUCKED UP AGAIN

AND WHEN I GET FUCKED UP I DO THE BEST TOOO

MAKE MYSELF NOT FUCKED UP AGAIN

fuck oath, down there is heavy. perfect album

doggy hands down!

Defeat and Royal and desire. Royal and desire fucks me up

THERE YOU GO

CHANGING AGAIN

THERE YOU GO AGAAAAAAAAIN

*guitar solo*

I KNOW I KNOW I KNOW I KNOW I KNOW I KNOW
I KNOW I KNOW I KNOW I KNOW

YOU LEAVE MY BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOY ALOOOOONE

Penny Dreadfuls is the saddest one for me. I kinda avoid listening to it, cuz I don't wanna always feel that weight of sadness. It just gets progressively more and more tragic as the song goes on. That keyboard melody that comes in at 4:17 onwards is super emotive.
You leave my BOYYYYY ALLONNEE!

there is a Lot

but cuckoo cuckoo, safer and lonely wanderer for those pianos

untitled on stgstv makes me weep

Yeah those changing chords are intense. A lot of the songs on Spirit, really. The high synth chord on "Spirit They've Vanished" as well.

Banshee Beat, since it hasn't been mentioned yet.
Loch Raven.

Young Prayer!!!!!! The live version of track 5 where he's breathing really heavily before he starts

Golden Chords

Banshee Beat for sure. Trying to think of older stuff, but "Left in the Cold" from Noah's recent Madrid set hits me really hard

So it goes to show what all things know
Just one thing keep it live
Keep it live, DEEAAAAD or alive
These guys kill to live on
And you give up on the upside
Give it up on the other side

Slow Words "I laid down and I missed it...I've gotta get there even though it's in the past"

She cuts her diamonds so they look like a decoy lovers
Many fine costumes but they're not like mine...

The moment this part comes in has made me cry multiple times, not for any negative or sad reason, more just the overwhelming beauty of it.

I've always personally always been super struck by "KEEP IT UP KEEP IT UP KEEP IT UUUUUUUUUUUUP", from the Preakness, such a skyscraper moment IMO

another great solo moment:

"Breathe in without
Breathe out you're all right
Breathe in with all
Spit out all that rage"

WHEN YOU LEFT MEE

WHEN YOU FLEWWWW FROM MY EYEEES

Oh yeah this too, this and Coral Lords are by far my favorites off Eucalyptus.

I wanna throw in Afterburner, the way it just stews on that instrumental after the exalting vocal performance. Like a perfectly audiated furrowed brow. Both hypnotic and anxious

so many. how you people just listing one or two each?

alvin
doggy
de soto
panic
softest voice
flesh canoe
purple bottle
banshee
fwx
cuckoo
safer
in the flowers
also frightened
no more runnin
new town


haven't even done solo stuff

Great call on Afterburner.


Walkabout perfectly captured how I felt living far from home for a long time and feeling free of any expectations. I'm really happy I experienced that.

fireworks/essplode really gets me emotional

Benfica

Benfica

How the hell did I forget.... Yes!

also Sasong

and oh god Seal Eyeing. I almost can't listen to that one

THERE YOU GO

CHANGING AGAIN

THERE YOU GO AGAAAAAAAAIN

*guitar solo*

This, it hits right in the feels
But also:
What I need is a happy arm
To swing you around like a father

DD is God tier

It really is.
And it's a perfect example for a "grower". I found it incredibly boring, aimless and meandering on the first few rounds of listening to feels. But once it clicked, it really clicked.

It's Feels' most difficult song, and most rewarding

IF YOU COULD ONLY FEEL WHATS WRONGGGGGGGGGG

edit: i'd like to keep toking, and talking to you!!!

PEOPLE

Penny Dreadfuls is the saddest one for me. I kinda avoid listening to it, cuz I don't wanna always feel that weight of sadness. It just gets progressively more and more tragic as the song goes on. That keyboard melody that comes in at 4:17 onwards is super emotive.
You leave my BOYYYYY ALLONNEE!

Absolutely second this, a lot of STGSTV is hard for me to listen to not because of the usual high frequency complaint but because of how heavy some of these songs are - PDs especially.

The other hard-hitter for me is Street Flash. Such a beautiful comment on depression and anxiety and the small reprieves we can find in the beauty of every day life. "I'm sorry I came in late this evening / But all the clocks around the town had died" -- This resonates for me, the pressure of time can be too much sometimes, an experience that makes that go away can be so euphoric. "What were all those troubles on my mind?"

The sounds floating around on Street Flash really sell the feeling. The deranged laugh is so strained, but there's such a soothing nature to the song. It's like "I'm beaten down bad right now, but for this moment I feel like I can hang on" -- The chord progression on the "still alive" crescendo is so triumphant. The final refrain of "I took a walk / I like a walk" is so simple but so effective. My favorite AC song I think, so touching and bittersweet. Sums up what I love about their music.

For some reason Selection of a Place really gets me, particularly when his voice is double tracked on the "not thinking about" parts. Gives me the chills to my gills

The first song about dementia from the Glasslands 2008 show

AND WHEN I GET FUCKED UP I DO THE BEST TOOO

MAKE MYSELF NOT FUCKED UP AGAIN

For me it's
"My heart is a nurse
But my tongues in a blender"

...Just a frightened motherrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

"Too late, it's a blackout anyway" with the wailing synth kills me every time.