Neutral Milk Hotel - King of Carrot Flowers, Parts 2 & 3

That first wail, that first wail, contains all of the confusion, uncertainty, anxiety, and eternity inherent within a claim of that magnitude.

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There’s

I love you, Jesus Christ.

and then there’s:

AAAIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEE LLOOOOOOOOOOOOVVE YYYOOOOOOOOOOOUUU, JEESSZSZSUUUUUUUSSSSSSS CCCHRAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIiiiiiAIIIIISSSsssst….

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Interviewer: It’s real interesting to me that when you sing “I love you, Jesus Christ” rather than “I love you, Linda Sue” that it becomes totally different for a lot of listeners…

Jeff Mangum, lead singer of Neutral Milk Hotel:

The thing about me singing about Christ; I’m not saying “I love you Christianity.” I’m not saying “I love all the fucked-up terrible shit that people have done in the name of God.” And I’m not preaching belief in Christ. It’s just expression. I’m just expressing something I might not even understand. It’s a song of confusion, it’s a song of hope, it’s a song that says this whole world is a big dream— and who knows what’s gonna happen.