lmao never realized. Its also super forgivable because different images and meanings are combined with "up". That whole stanza also just creates a vivid setting. It sets a familiar stage.
@@HoyaDon For me it resembles the monotony that your life falls into after a breakup. Everything feels the same, you just feel horrible all the time no matter what.
+bgosling yep. Not in this song, but the next track "The Glow pt2" I love the lyrics "I Could not get through September without a battle..." My birthday is at the very end of September and that month is always hard for me for some reason. Same with December usually. Mostly family stuff ya know?
Something about this song is comforting, I don't know why, but this song is like a hug on a rainy day. it's like when you bond over a similar sadness with a friend, thank you, phil.
Lately I've been very acutely aware of my heartbeat, its endless thrumming has been grating on me, like my body and I are working at unmatched paces. This album is helping me come to terms with that, and I'm grateful for having come across it.
The last time the CD had a reissue was in 2008. Quite a long time ago. The cheapest CD I can find on the market at the moment is $30. If you stick around and wait, I bet you can find one for like $10.
i don't feel like bon iver COULD make this song. Similarly, I don't think Phil could make "Holecene." They're two very different artists with super distinct styles
The thunderclouds broke up The rain dried up, the lightning let up The clacking shutters just shut up There's no black or white No change in the light No night, no golden sun The sound of cars, the smell of bars The awful feeling of electric heat Under fluorescent light, there's sacrifice There's hard feelings, there's pointless waste I want wind to blow my clothes off me Sweep me off my feet, take me up And bring me back Where I can see days pass by me I have no head to hold in grief But there's no hope for me, I've been set free There's no breeze, there's no ship on my sea
My clothes off me, sweep me off my feet Take me out, don't bring me back Oh, where I can see days passed by me I have no head to hold in grief But there's no hope for me, I've been set free There's no breeze, there's no ship on my sea
Spent so long trying to find this album from my youth... could barely remember vague lyrics of wind and shutters closing. I finally found it ❤️ Thanks for the upload
Damn I can understand how u felt at that moment. I have heard this song a lot of times and this still feels like a first kiss. This song holds a special place in my heart.
The guitar work on this song specifically always reminds me of my childhood, it reminds me of all the fucking time I wasted on video games, the time I spent with my family and mainly my mom. It has a sort of cheery feel to it while also not being perfect, like just a nice melody and vibe to that feels close but really is just escaping you. When it gets noisier it sort of sends you back to the real world while still holding onto the feeling of nostalgia. This song is probably my favorite album opener of all time and my favorite off the album. Sometime as basic as that repeating rhythmic guitar just makes me feel nice. The lyrics along with the quirky little add-ons also send home the overall feeling of nostalgia that it gives me. Usually I tend to shy away from the more "meme albums" but this one certainly deserves all the praises it gets and more. Great work.
@@mmikaojONE albums well known and discussed over a period of time usually on 4chan's /mu/. /mu/ has a notoriously hipsterish stance on music and the more a particular album is discussed there the more it's considered a meme because it just becomes a staple of what'd be considered "essential" listening bc it's discussed a lot or is usually something you'd see in charts people in the community make or something. Alternatively it's a stupid buzzword for an album that's really popular that someone doesn't think deserves to be taken as seriously. It's all fucking retarded.
The thunder clouds broke up, And the rain dried up, The lightning let up, The clacking shutters just shut up. There's no black or white, No change in the light, No night, no golden sun. The sound of cars, The smell of bars, The awful feeling of electric heat. And the fluorescent lights, There's sacrifice, There's hard feelings, There's pointless waste. I want wind to blow My clothes off me, Sweep me off my feet, Take me up and bring me back. Oh, where I can see Days pass by me, I have no head to hold in grief. There's no hope for me, I've been set free. There's no breeze, There's no ship on my sea.
Bjork's Vespertine is such an amazing album that was also a 2001 release, but it's also so different, I really can't tell which one I like better. Also Radiohead's Amnesiac... 2001 was a great year music-wise
2:30 is like when you're stuck on a loop of sadness and overthinking, but then somewhat some wave of hope hits you from nowhere and you see the brightside. 4:25 brings an euphoria bliss to the hope.
when i was younger, i used to come up with random lyrics & sing it together with the instrumental until the song stopped. i've forgotten everything but the only line that stuck with me all these years were, "what have you done? come & get here now. my shadows are lurking in the darkness. about to run from my own loneliness. aren't u tired? go on, let go now. my darkness has just swallowed your shadows now swimming in my pool of sadness please let me drown im tired of fighting where are you now? hhhhmmm where are you now? hhmmmm" im now in my late 20s & still do it it's so embarrassing. 😭🤣 i love this goddamn song & alhum!!!!
大概半年前，我在听《In the AreoPlane Over the Sae》的时候，在下方推荐歌曲中，寻找到了这张专辑，封面是一头大象，我当时好奇的打开听了一下，惊呆我了，不敢相信这个世界上存在着这种音乐，不管在什么时间，听到后面的riff我仍然会保持放松，缓解焦虑，这对我来说不仅仅是一张专辑，他是我的精神支柱，我来自中国❤
Unfettered internet access to 4chan in middle school. Didn’t go on /mu/ till 2013, but when I did it changed the trajectory of my life a lil. This album along with nmh, Loveless, Bright Eyes, Elliott Smith, and Spiderland gave me a different perspective on life. Coming from a rural town (and during high school)that stuff made me feel like an alien from another world lol. In a good way tho. This album in particular made me more understanding of the loneliness that comes in life. The feeling of being alone in fall and winter with nothing but the chilly winds, stars at night, and maybe a cigarette with this album playing from my shitty car is never gone from my mind. It almost teleports my mental back to the scared and loner teenage boy I was back then. At least I can remember how it felt to be me at that stage. Like chimes that ring so loud and vividly in the chilly, leaf filled winds of fall and winter that used to provide some kind of childish, unknowingly alienated warmth. Now just a memory of an adult with the world of responsibilities to face instead, no chance to stop and smell the air anymore. Also did psychedelics to this album and cosmogramma a few years back and that was another life changing event that brought me closer to The Glow Pt 2 TLDR; found through the internet as a teenager ten years ago. My very being is intertwined with this album and some others. Along with fall and winter. It does bring me down a little remembering how depressed I was while experiencing it the first time, but still just as beautiful all around. Would recommend 10/10
what a cute elephant surely i won’t have a mental breakdown
Lies
@@reducetheatoms Well, its nose is really big.
I hate you
ya mama elephant
going on my gangsta rap playlist
Only OG's listen to this!
This is a certified hood classic
cool man
@Sci_ent_ifiC Sui_neG you're incredibly bland
@Sci_ent_ifiC Sui_neG what zero pussy does to a motherfucker
This dude rhymes up with up four times and it's still amazing
The Dude abides
lmao never realized. Its also super forgivable because different images and meanings are combined with "up". That whole stanza also just creates a vivid setting. It sets a familiar stage.
@@HoyaDon For me it resembles the monotony that your life falls into after a breakup. Everything feels the same, you just feel horrible all the time no matter what.
@@powerk15 100% agree. The repetitive use of the same word can symbolize the emotional monotony of the period after a breakup!
Lol yes it’s spectacular
The riff at 2:30 is to this day one of the most beautiful things I've ever heard.
I’ve always loved that part so much.
A very 2000s riff too. I love it.
More people need to know about this song. Just by that riff alone it can help cure sadness at any time. Magnificent.
one of the best parts of the entire album
@@chscelebrity8325 ive been listening to the album, and specifically this track, so much the past few months b/c it's genuinely such a nice riff
the sound of cars / the smell of bars / the awful feeling of electric heat - these lyrics have really stuck with me over the years.
+bgosling yep. Not in this song, but the next track "The Glow pt2" I love the lyrics "I Could not get through September without a battle..." My birthday is at the very end of September and that month is always hard for me for some reason. Same with December usually. Mostly family stuff ya know?
+creekandseminole that's why I love Halloween there's really no family at all
+creekandseminole ya I do😘
That feeling of electric heat is terrifying
My dad died from cancer in September, yeh that line definitely hits home
When the instruments kick in at 2:30 it's like a warm hug that breaks my heart
Rest in peace Genevieve
E Velazquez who is that?
@Jamie yes, I think Phil perfectly illustrates how it feels to lose someone so close to you on A Crow Looked At Me.
Wow thank u I had no idea this linked back to Phil and now it makes so much sense
@@fishhead6438 Phil Elvrum's late wife, you know the guy behind the microphones and mount eerie
Something about this song is comforting, I don't know why, but this song is like a hug on a rainy day. it's like when you bond over a similar sadness with a friend, thank you, phil.
He’s relatable and it’s feel so comforting knowing we all deal with pain
i just like the way it repeats, like thinking
+Felicity Crisp 'like thinking'. thank you this comment made a lot of sense
fuck you, this song isn't for you
Yes! Good way to put it.
a really nice thought
@@bigdummy9205 What the fuck was your problem?
It would be an understatement to call this the most beautiful song ever made
Nice Injury Reserve Pfp
@@dysmorphiac thanks and you to with KSG
@@chscelebrity8325 no prob man
It's pretty great. But sigur ros takes the beautiful cake
@@katz2_233 give me a specific song
"I have no head to hold in grief" is one of the most uplifting yet depressing lyrics I've ever heard
Every fall when the weather turns cold this song pops back into my head
Heard it for the first time a few days ago and I fully expect this to be in yearly rotation for the rest of my life. I'm in love with this song.
Lately I've been very acutely aware of my heartbeat, its endless thrumming has been grating on me, like my body and I are working at unmatched paces.
This album is helping me come to terms with that, and I'm grateful for having come across it.
banger poetic comment man!
@@felipey8359 yeah quite a bit, I had to write down 5 words to search what do they mean
I understand this feeling, it’s tough but we’ll get through it
2:30 just hits me
My mind when someone is talking to me: 4:24
Dingus Stuff very factual
fuck you funny comment
Fucking introvert.
I like introverts
@@idkbutilikerice739 no, you like rice haha bro
@@idkbutilikerice739 I used to be an introvert and I listened to the Microphones. Now I'm an extravert and I still listen to the Microphones.
2:30 when the sad hits
4:24 another dose
0:00
I think the first two minutes are sadder and 2:30 is when the light starts shining 😃 . Idk that’s just me
I'm a proud owner of this CD.
Were physical copies discontinued or something? I could only find crazy expensive copies for sale on Amazon
The last time the CD had a reissue was in 2008. Quite a long time ago.
The cheapest CD I can find on the market at the moment is $30. If you stick around and wait, I bet you can find one for like $10.
Same price as an LP
BIG WHOOP! I OWN MONOPOLY CITY!
finally got my hands on one too
I cant help but feel that if Bon Iver had made this song, it would have tens of millions of views. What a beautiful melody
If Bon Iver wrote it it would suck way harder though
@@ianmurray9285 for Emma forever ago and self titled are masterpieces tho
@@ianmurray9285 As in suck us in way harder?
i don't feel like bon iver COULD make this song. Similarly, I don't think Phil could make "Holecene." They're two very different artists with super distinct styles
damn i guess its cool to hate on Bon Iver
This takes me back to my college days when I got into music so lo-fi, it might as well have just been silence.
hi, your comment changed my life. thanks for sharing it.
This music is like a really good friend.
The vocals at 1:34 are so haunting I love it so much
The thunderclouds broke up
The rain dried up, the lightning let up
The clacking shutters just shut up
There's no black or white
No change in the light
No night, no golden sun
The sound of cars, the smell of bars
The awful feeling of electric heat
Under fluorescent light, there's sacrifice
There's hard feelings, there's pointless waste
I want wind to blow my clothes off me
Sweep me off my feet, take me up
And bring me back
Where I can see days pass by me
I have no head to hold in grief
But there's no hope for me, I've been set free
There's no breeze, there's no ship on my sea
=]
best song in human history
a girl told me to hear this song, i will not forget this in my way to the beach.
have you forgotten yet?
guys, i think they forgot
They forgot guys
well, fuck, it has been 5 years
He didn’t forget he died
when all the instruments just explode near the end of the song its just so fulfilling and cathartic
It's amazing how just a song can make you feel like you're tearing down a road with the wind ripping through you
My clothes off me, sweep me off my feet
Take me out, don't bring me back
Oh, where I can see days passed by me
I have no head to hold in grief
But there's no hope for me, I've been set free
There's no breeze, there's no ship on my sea
Spent so long trying to find this album from my youth... could barely remember vague lyrics of wind and shutters closing. I finally found it ❤️ Thanks for the upload
Damn I can understand how u felt at that moment. I have heard this song a lot of times and this still feels like a first kiss. This song holds a special place in my heart.
i wish the final minute of this song could go on forever
The guitar work on this song specifically always reminds me of my childhood, it reminds me of all the fucking time I wasted on video games, the time I spent with my family and mainly my mom. It has a sort of cheery feel to it while also not being perfect, like just a nice melody and vibe to that feels close but really is just escaping you. When it gets noisier it sort of sends you back to the real world while still holding onto the feeling of nostalgia. This song is probably my favorite album opener of all time and my favorite off the album. Sometime as basic as that repeating rhythmic guitar just makes me feel nice. The lyrics along with the quirky little add-ons also send home the overall feeling of nostalgia that it gives me. Usually I tend to shy away from the more "meme albums" but this one certainly deserves all the praises it gets and more. Great work.
if you enjoyed your time, it wasnt wasted
ok
i get that sort of vibe from ITAOTS
Wtf is a meme album?!
@@mmikaojONE albums well known and discussed over a period of time usually on 4chan's /mu/. /mu/ has a notoriously hipsterish stance on music and the more a particular album is discussed there the more it's considered a meme because it just becomes a staple of what'd be considered "essential" listening bc it's discussed a lot or is usually something you'd see in charts people in the community make or something. Alternatively it's a stupid buzzword for an album that's really popular that someone doesn't think deserves to be taken as seriously.
It's all fucking retarded.
What a cool album I wonder what date it released on
holy fucking shit i didnt realize
the most historically significant event to take place on that date fr
I figured because of the comments and around the time I first heard this song but I had to look it up anyway.
Phil Elverum could've rammed a jet into the WTC but Osama Bin Laden never could've gotten his guitar way too close to the mic and made The Glow Pt. 2
i really love this song
Lorraine Christianson me too, and I love your profile picture!
reminds me of a certain time and place
+Andrew Mendez always
ur in every lo-fi or indie video ever
Tell me... what is it?
Andrew Mendez me too
Reminds me of falling in love in a dark cold park and meeting there in the same spot every week listening to this
God, this is so good. the guitar sounds so haunting yet beautiful. anybody read phil elvrum's comic strip "fancy people adventures"? it's quite funny.
do you guys have dog trouble?
skeletalhero the movie?
wait he wrote that???
I showed this to my ex-friend. He didn’t like it at all.
I love you.
I love both of you just because you love this song
yo this song is bad ass, first time i heard it was in beacon NY chillin in Quinns and ill never forget that moment
The original commentor has changed their username, and now my comment makes no sense.
I gotta get more into microphones other stuff. I love this song but it's the only one I really love on the album
Wish things could have been different.
This comment hit me hard
Whatever mood I am in, this song matches it perfectly. Somehow.
i first heard this in highschool when i was alone and found peace in basically just music. glad for it
The thunder clouds broke up,
And the rain dried up,
The lightning let up,
The clacking shutters just shut up.
There's no black or white,
No change in the light,
No night, no golden sun.
The sound of cars,
The smell of bars,
The awful feeling of electric heat.
And the fluorescent lights,
There's sacrifice,
There's hard feelings,
There's pointless waste.
I want wind to blow
My clothes off me,
Sweep me off my feet,
Take me up and bring me back.
Oh, where I can see
Days pass by me,
I have no head to hold in grief.
There's no hope for me,
I've been set free.
There's no breeze,
There's no ship on my sea.
2:24 I relate to this on a spiritual level
I can totally agree
20 Years of this masterpiece, damn.
all these comments are old as fuck but this is the best breakup album ever created and its not even close
Wow look at this cute and funny elephant I bet this is a super corky and uplifting album...........
Released on September 11, 2001
The ending to this song is so god damn beautiful.
4:25 every fucking time the feels
Rest in peace Genevieve.
no
@@yourvirtualdad yeah
This song is so good I don't even mind that it blasts my eardrums out
what emotion am i feeling
Same. I know the feeling, it’s familiar. I just can’t identify it.
The glow pt. 2
horny?
@@Yakobbbb but for love
Hunter Tidwell-Prediletto thats the closest answer ive heard
by far the best album released in 2001
Bjork's Vespertine is such an amazing album that was also a 2001 release, but it's also so different, I really can't tell which one I like better. Also Radiohead's Amnesiac... 2001 was a great year music-wise
Yes, stars of The lid and daft punk as well
dhoulmagus11 I completely forgot Leaves Turn Inside You was released in 2001. Yep 2001 was one of the best years in music
Imo Pinkerton by Weezer beats it out by a little
MEME_ REICH holy shit somebody needs to kill every mu user
The elephant riff
This song is really amazing, listening to the whole day's fatigue on the inexplicable dissipation.
and then suddenly, it all felt okay
Stereo Tier-God.
Just get good headphones, and enjoy it :)
I started listening to this weirded out, but I left knowing this was one of my favorite songs now.
My friend recommended to me this music. Thank you, Barros! That was the best song i've heard today.
Beautiful song and lyrics. Thanks
if u liked this song, go listen to "I didnt Know", by "All makes parts & collision" they re very similar
Thank you I loved it
🐘 The awful feeling of electric heat
This is the perfect song to twerk to
Leave this place
Get out of here
I laughed so u got + 1 like
finding this during university was life changing
It's amazing track. I actually like it
he wants to escape the city and live in nature
One could say he's FEARLESS!! Hehe get it... see what I did there... fuck
And be eaten by a bear
He wants to live in suburban/rural comfort I always think
so do i
HIS VOICE IS SO SOOTHING
2:30 is like when you're stuck on a loop of sadness and overthinking, but then somewhat some wave of hope hits you from nowhere and you see the brightside.
4:25 brings an euphoria bliss to the hope.
This is the best song. Enough said.
i just want a good friend
hey man, you doin okay?
@@katz2_233 update i made a new friend
@@ll3nii oh good!
@@katz2_233 :-)
hey hope your doing great !!
favorite part: the voice in the chorus behind the iiii want wiiind [pause] tooo blooow thats just going aaaaaa, and "the Thunderclouds broke up"
This was my ringtone
is *
only the best song ever
when i was younger, i used to come up with random lyrics & sing it together with the instrumental until the song stopped.
i've forgotten everything but the only line that stuck with me all these years were,
"what have you done?
come & get here now.
my shadows are
lurking in the darkness.
about to run
from my own loneliness.
aren't u tired?
go on, let go now.
my darkness has just
swallowed your shadows
now swimming in my pool of sadness
please let me drown
im tired of fighting
where are you now?
hhhhmmm
where are you now?
hhmmmm"
im now in my late 20s & still do it it's so embarrassing. 😭🤣 i love this goddamn song & alhum!!!!
Such an amazing song
its been 11 years you still like this song?
this is amazing
kid named wind:
3indie5me
i mean its not bad tho so get lost
i cried 6 times.
The start of one of the greatest 3 track runs in history
2:30 that shit is strangely nostalgical idk y and also make me think about my whole life in a weird but nostalgical way
i want to cry
რას უსმენს თურმე ბედფორდი
Best part of 2001 besides that tragedy
+Daniel Groenewald
I was born.
*****
i want to die
wait, you're saying that was one of the best parts of 2001?
+Taco Face he did it
+Taco Face you're saying it isn't?
sounds like summer
it does !
Seriously good stuff
Who’s here after listening to Microphones in 2020?
this is amazing.
Noob question here: what’s the name of that percussion instrument that comes in around 1:15?
Washboard
The thing you use when you're washing your clothes at the river
@@charlottevangotterdammerung thank you!
I was born in 2001 and I found this today 😭
This is so me
Didn't care for this song until about 2:30....
Same
I specially looked up this video to see if anybody felt the same way.
Yeah me too
Why didn't I see this comment earlier
eh it took a bunch of replays to start liking the first part, the lyrics are really good
Donovan mixed with Yo La Tengo
+Scott L Wilson nice mashup there
+creekandseminole that's what I hear when I listened to it. It's great.
+Scott L Wilson sounds a bit like Donovan but I don't think it matches lyrically or stylistically*
*buzzword
+Scott L Wilson His voice reminds me of Ben Kweller.
I can kinda hear Jeff Mangum as well.
The end is my drownout music
How can I get a decently priced physical copy of this album?
On CD
Sell your soul to the Damon
very late reply but in case you still use this account the cd is being sold on phil's website right now
Everyday I try to sit through this album but I just can't. It's not because it is sad, but something else.
did you do it
winter is coming.
Very good!
Are you guys working on releasing anything new?
yeah i am
He now makes music under the name ‘mount eerie’, altho a few days ago he released a rlly long song called “microphones in 2020”
💗
bum bum bum
Y’all, how did you discover this album and what makes it important for you?
大概半年前，我在听《In the AreoPlane Over the Sae》的时候，在下方推荐歌曲中，寻找到了这张专辑，封面是一头大象，我当时好奇的打开听了一下，惊呆我了，不敢相信这个世界上存在着这种音乐，不管在什么时间，听到后面的riff我仍然会保持放松，缓解焦虑，这对我来说不仅仅是一张专辑，他是我的精神支柱，我来自中国❤
Unfettered internet access to 4chan in middle school. Didn’t go on /mu/ till 2013, but when I did it changed the trajectory of my life a lil. This album along with nmh, Loveless, Bright Eyes, Elliott Smith, and Spiderland gave me a different perspective on life. Coming from a rural town (and during high school)that stuff made me feel like an alien from another world lol. In a good way tho. This album in particular made me more understanding of the loneliness that comes in life. The feeling of being alone in fall and winter with nothing but the chilly winds, stars at night, and maybe a cigarette with this album playing from my shitty car is never gone from my mind. It almost teleports my mental back to the scared and loner teenage boy I was back then. At least I can remember how it felt to be me at that stage. Like chimes that ring so loud and vividly in the chilly, leaf filled winds of fall and winter that used to provide some kind of childish, unknowingly alienated warmth. Now just a memory of an adult with the world of responsibilities to face instead, no chance to stop and smell the air anymore. Also did psychedelics to this album and cosmogramma a few years back and that was another life changing event that brought me closer to The Glow Pt 2
TLDR; found through the internet as a teenager ten years ago. My very being is intertwined with this album and some others. Along with fall and winter. It does bring me down a little remembering how depressed I was while experiencing it the first time, but still just as beautiful all around. Would recommend 10/10
I wish this was 10 minutes