Tallahassee | |
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Album |
Tallahassee |
Released |
2002 |
Artist |
the Mountain Goats |
Length |
4:42 |
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Tallahassee is the first song on the album Tallahassee. It also appears as the 25th song on the 2020 live album The Jordan Lake Sessions: Volumes 1 and 2. It was performed by Youngest Son on Tallahassee Turns Ten.
Lyrics[]
Window facing an ill-kept front yard Plums on the tree heavy with nectar Prayers to summon the destroying angel Moon stuttering in the sky like film stuck in a projector And you You Twin prop airplanes passing loudly overhead Road to the airport two lanes clear Half the whole town gone for the summer Terrible silence coming down here And you You There is no deadline There is no schedule There is no plan we can fall back on The road this far can't be retraced There is no punch line anybody can tack on There are loose ends by the score What did I come down here for? You You
Comments by John Darnielle About this Song[]
- "You remember earlier we were talking about feelings? Um, and what happens to feelings, uh, when you have a discount card at the liquor store. This song is about a guy whose marriage has gone to hell and he's trying very hard and successfully at times to remember what the feeling was that drove him to abandon everything he had and plunge it into this marriage that he is now trying to rescue. I have bad news: he cannot rescue his marriage. He should stop trying. He's not going to stop trying, because I'm the guy who controls what he does and it amuses my sorry sadistic ass to watch him ride." -- 2003-10-03 - Berbati's Pan - Portland, OR
- "You have, uh, memories of the house that you first gained consciousness in, as a child, you think, when was the first time I was really conscious of my house? Even if you grew up in a hateful house, it's probably a nice memory, this awareness of your surroundings and that's where you belong. Now, the negative of that image, right, where you're conscious of where you are for the first time ever and you become conscious at the exact same instant that it's really not where you want to be? That's where these two people live." -- 2004-02-11 - Mills College Chapel - Oakland, CA
Things Referenced in this Song[]
Live Shows this Song Was Played at[]
- 2002-10-04 - Le Club Shock - Rochester, NY
- 2002-10-08 - McGarrigle's - Sligo, Ireland
- 2002-10-09 - The Cobblestone - Dublin, Ireland
- 2002-10-10 - ICA - London, England
- 2002-10-23 - Bottom of the Hill - San Francisco, CA
- 2002-11-03 - The Grog Shop - Cleveland, OH
- 2002-11-06 - Knitting Factory - New York, NY
- 2002-11-08 - Go! Rehearsal Studios, Room 4 - Carrboro, NC
- 2003-02-01 - Briton's Protection - Manchester, England
- 2003-02-05 - Hanbury Ballroom - Brighton, England
- 2003-02-14 - Substanz - Munich, Germany
- 2003-02-18 - Uffes Källare - Växjö - Gothenberg, Sweden
- 2003-02-20 - Herrgårn - Linköping, Sweden
- 2003-04-04 - Macrock Festival - Court Square Theatre - Harrisonburg, VA
- 2003-04-06 - Gate City Noise - Greensboro, NC
- 2003-04-06 - Go! Rehearsal Studios, Room 4 - Carrboro, NC
- 2003-04-08 - Beta Bar - Tallahassee, FL
- 2003-07-02 - The Guinguette Pirate - Paris, France
- 2003-10-03 - Berbati's Pan - Portland, OR
- 2003-10-04 - Tractor Tavern - Seattle, WA
- 2003-11-11 - Kimmel Center - New York University - New York, NY
- 2004-02-11 - Mills College Chapel - Oakland, CA
- 2004-02-18 - The EARL - Atlanta, GA
- 2004-03-02 - First Unitarian Church - Philadelphia, PA
- 2004-03-03 - Knitting Factory - New York, NY
- 2004-03-25 - Cafe de la Danse - Paris, France
- 2004-03-29 - Mains D'Oeuvres - Paris, France
- 2004-05-26 - Bottom of the Hill - San Francisco, CA
- 2004-05-27 - Bottom of the Hill - San Francisco, CA
- 2004-07-17 - Benefit for Piedmont Wildlife Center - Cat's Cradle - Carrboro, NC
- 2004-10-04 - Magic Stick - Detroit, MI
- 2004-10-08 - Knitting Factory - New York, NY
- 2004-10-12 - Cat's Cradle - Carrboro, NC
- 2004-10-18 - The EARL - Atlanta, GA
- 2004-10-19 - Village Tavern - Mt. Pleasant, SC
- 2005-09-14 - Newtown - Sydney, Australia
- 2005-10-20 - Uptown Theatre - Washington, PA
- 2005-10-27 - Remis Auditorium - Museum of Fine Arts - Boston, MA
- 2005-10-28 - Fuel Rocket Club - Dartmouth College - Hanover, NH
- 2005-10-31 - Knitting Factory - New York, NY
- 2005-11-23 - Bush Hall - London, England
- 2007-04-03 - Garage - Oslo, Norway
- 2007-11-29 - NYU Kimmel Center - New York, NY
- 2012-01-23 - Club Downunder - Tallahassee, FL
- 2012-06-10 - Halfway Festival - Białystok, Poland
- 2013-06-03 - 9:30 Club - Washington, D.C.
- 2013-06-04 - Strand-Capitol Performing Arts - York, PA
- 2013-06-05 - Maxwell's - Hoboken, NJ
- 2013-06-07 - Center Church on the Green - New Haven, CT
- 2013-06-11 - Carnegie Music Hall of Homestead - Munhall, PA
- 2013-06-12 - Majestic Theatre - Detroit, MI
- 2013-06-14 - Taft Ballroom - Cincinnati, OH
- 2013-06-15 - Buskirk-Chumley Theater - Bloomington, IN
- 2013-06-16 - Space - Evanston, IL
- 2013-06-17 - Lincoln Hall - Chicago, IL
- 2013-06-19 - The Record Bar - Kansas City, MO
- 2013-06-20 - Old Rock House - St. Louis, MO
- 2013-06-22 - The Bottletree - Birmingham, AL
- 2013-06-23 - High Dive - Gainesville, FL
- 2013-06-24 - Culture Room - Ft. Lauderdale, FL
- 2013-06-27 - New Brookland Tavern - West Columbia, SC
- 2013-06-28 - The Soapbox - Wilmington, NC
- 2013-10-07 - St. Georges - Bristol, England
- 2013-10-08 - Union Chapel - London, England
- 2013-10-09 - Royal Northern College of Music - Manchester, England
- 2013-10-10 - Arches - Glasgow, Scotland
- 2013-10-13 - People's Place - Amsterdam, Netherlands
- 2013-10-14 - Luxor - Cologne, Germany
- 2013-10-16 - La Gaite Lyrique - Paris, France
- 2013-10-19 - Caprichos de Apolo - Barcelona, Spain
- 2014-06-07 - Kilby Court - Salt Lake City, UT
- 2014-06-10 - The Showbox - Seattle, WA
- 2014-06-11 - Wonder Ballroom - Portland, OR
- 2014-06-13 - Bottom of the Hill - San Francisco, CA
- 2014-06-15 - Bottom of the Hill - San Francisco, CA
- 2014-06-17 - Mayan Theatre - Los Angeles, CA
- 2014-06-18 - Crescent Ballroom - Phoenix, AZ
- 2014-06-20 - Dan's Silverleaf - Denton, TX
- 2014-06-21 - Fitzgerald's - Houston, TX
- 2014-06-22 - The Mohawk - Austin, TX
- 2015-06-07 - Houston Free Press Festival - Houston, TX
- 2018-02-26 - University of South Alabama - Mobile, AL
- 2019-09-28 - City Winery - Philadelphia, PA
- 2020-02-20 - Swedish American Hall - San Francisco, CA
- 2020-10-29 - The Jordan Lake Sessions - Pittsboro, NC
- 2021-08-07 - Variety Playhouse - Atlanta, GA
- 2021-08-10 - The Mohawk - Austin, TX
- 2021-08-11 - The Mohawk - Austin, TX
- 2021-08-12 - White Oak Music Hall - Houston, TX
- 2021-08-13 - Paper Tiger - San Antonio, TX
- 2021-08-15 - Meow Wolf - Santa Fe, NM
- 2021-08-16 - Meow Wolf - Santa Fe, NM
- 2021-08-19 - Gothic Theatre - Englewood, CO
- 2021-08-20 - Larimer Lounge - Denver, CO
- 2021-08-23 - Pabst Theater - Milwaukee, WI
- 2021-08-24 - Space - Evanston, IL
- 2021-08-25 - Space - Evanston, IL
- 2021-08-26 - Royal Oak Music Theatre - Royal Oak, MI
- 2021-08-27 - The Athenaeum Theatre - Columbus, OH
- 2021-09-08 - City Winery - New York, NY
- 2021-09-26 - Musikfest Cafe - Bethlehem, PA
- 2021-10-15 - Manchester Music Hall - Lexington, KY
- 2021-10-16 - The Vogue - Indianapolis, IN
- 2021-10-18 - The Fillmore Silver Spring - Silver Spring, MD
- 2021-10-19 - The Fillmore Philadelphia - Philadelphia, PA
- 2021-10-26 - Brooklyn Made - New York, NY
- 2021-12-15 - The Jefferson Theater - Charlottesville, VA
- 2021-12-17 - Cat's Cradle - Carrboro, NC
- 2022-05-11 - Aladdin Theater - Portland, OR
- 2022-07-12 - The Moon - Tallahassee, FL
- 2022-09-02 - Wilbur Theatre - Boston, MA
- 2022-11-12 - Paradiso - Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- 2022-11-16 - Roundhouse - London, England
- 2023-04-02 - Soul Kitchen - Mobile, AL
- 2023-04-17 - Phoenix Concert Theatre - Toronto, ON
- 2023-04-18 - Empire Live - Albany, NY
- 2023-04-20 - Union Transfer - Philadelphia, PA
- 2023-04-23 - Cat's Cradle - Carrboro, NC
- 2023-11-24 - The Rialto Theatre - Raleigh, NC
Videos of this Song[]
- 2003-07-02 - The Guinguette Pirate - Paris, France
- 2005-11-23 - Bush Hall - London, England
- 2012-01-23 - Club Downunder - Tallahassee, FL
- 2013-06-11 - Carnegie Music Hall of Homestead - Munhall, PA
- 2013-06-17 - Lincoln Hall - Chicago, IL
- 2013-10-08 - Union Chapel - London, England
- 2013-10-13 - People's Place - Amsterdam, Netherlands
- 2014-06-17 - Mayan Theatre - Los Angeles, CA
- 2014-06-21 - Fitzgerald's - Houston, TX
- 2020-10-29 - The Jordan Lake Sessions - Pittsboro, NC
Tallahassee |
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Track list: "Tallahassee" • "First Few Desperate Hours" • "Southwood Plantation Road" • "Game Shows Touch Our Lives" • "The House That Dripped Blood" • "Idylls of the King" • "No Children" • "See America Right" • "Peacocks" • "International Small Arms Traffic Blues" • "Have to Explode" • "Old College Try" • "Oceanographer's Choice" • "Alpha Rats Nest" |
The "Alpha" Series |
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Track list: "Alpha Aquae" • "Alpha Desperation March" • "Alpha Double Negative: Going to Catalina" • "Alpha Gelida" • "Alpha Incipiens" • "Alpha Negative" • "Alpha Omega" • "Alpha Rats Nest" • "Alpha Sun Hat" • "Alpha in Tauris" • "Alphabetizing" • "Letter from a Motel" • "One Winter at Point Alpha Privative" • "Spilling Toward Alpha" • "Fit Alpha Vi" • "Alpha Compunction" • "Going to Dade County" • "Tallahassee" • "First Few Desperate Hours" • "Southwood Plantation Road" • "Game Shows Touch Our Lives" • "The House That Dripped Blood" • "Idylls of the Kings" • "No Children" • "See America Right" • "Peacocks" • "International Small Arms Traffic Blues" • "Have to Explode" • "Old College Try" • "Oceanographer's Choice" • "Ethiopians" • "Alpha Chum Gatherer" • "New Chevrolet in Flames" • "Design Your Own Container Garden" • "Going to Federal Prison" • "Orange Ball of Hate" |
The Jordan Lake Sessions: Volumes 1 and 2 |
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Track list: "The Plague" • "Aulon Raid" • "Cry for Judas" • "Amy AKA Spent Gladiator 1" • "Until I Am Whole" • "Younger" • "Heel Turn 2" • "Southwestern Territory" • "The Diaz Brothers" • "Genesis 30:3" • "1 Samuel 15:23" • "Heretic Pride" • "Estate Sale Sign • "Getting Into Knives" • "Lion's Teeth" • "This Year" • "No Children" • "Lovecraft in Brooklyn" • "Tollund Man" • "Cotton" • "Pigs That Ran Straightaway into the Water, Triumph Of" • "In League with Dragons" • "Southwood Plantation Road" • "Lakeside View Apartments Suite" • "Tallahassee" • "My Little Panda" • "Love Cuts the Strings" • "International Small Arms Traffic Blues" • "Stabbed to Death Outside San Juan" • "Damn These Vampires" • "Foreign Object" • "Golden Boy" • "See America Right" • "Up the Wolves" • "This Year" • "Spent Gladiator 2" |