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My Girls
Animal Collective Lyrics

Is it much to admit I need
A solid soul and the blood I bleed
With a little girl, and by my spouse
I only want a proper house

I don't care for fancy things
Or to take part in a precious race
And children cry for the one who has
A real big heart and a father's grace

I don't mean to seem like I care about material things like a social status
I just want four walls and adobe slabs for my girls

Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: BRIAN WEITZ, DAVID MICHAEL PORTNER, NOAH BENJAMIN LENNOX

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Comments from YouTube:

Domino Recording Co.

3y↑196

‘Tangerine Reef’, Animal Collective’s audiovisual collaboration with Coral Morphologic, is out now. Watch the entire film here: http://smarturl.it/TangerineReefYT
More from Animal Collective on YouTube: http://smarturl.it/BestAnimalCollective

mateo ito

51w

Jay Cleveland

Joe De Rue

What about oddsack

pknm

2y↑1

snooper snipar

2y↑8

Collin Michael

5y↑963

the only reason I don't want to die is because i will miss all my favorite songs so much... especially this one

Mellowtron

8w↑1

Glad you like music, now let me tell you about Jesus!
Iron Age jokes aside, I’ve had that exact thought. Music is so good, i feel it’s worth remaining alive on its merits alone. Granted, if I was dead, I wouldn’t exist to feel one way or another about anything, exactly as I didn’t feel before I was born, but now that I am born, and have heard music, shits too good to just die on purpose and miss on life’s simple pleasures.

Susel

22w

This kept me around for a long time. Eventually I've found happiness.

FosterakaHunter Garvin

26w

IKR

Wilo Polis

31w

@Collin Michael Man I was about to write some wholesome ass wall of text lmao

Collin Michael

38w

@alm958 lol

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Alyssa W

2y↑1.2K

I used to listen to this song while dreaming of my future family. Currently married, carrying our first child and this song is so nostalgic.

Flavor Of the Month

@Nick Giannatelli ehh skins was in uk first not even called summer house atp but yeah I smoke bundles of twigs u call cigs n bones tu

Nando

@Nick Giannatelli that’s why I say these new movies and shows are low key ruining good music. Putting amazing songs on some stupid scene going into a cafe lol

Nick Giannatelli

It's useful for a transitional scene in a Netflix original series..that's about it..pretty gay

Flavor Of the Month

I still recall this from skins USA short run ha gfs and bffs

Flavor Of the Month

Sensational thx for the encouragement friend

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AsocialFairy

2y↑146

No other ways to describe this song other than "soft" and "sweet". It feels like my soul's being coated in sugar when I listen to this; it's so simple, angelic, and hopeful. God, even my depressed ass can't be sad listening to this :')

dedpxl

12w↑1

yeah it's like a sea shanty with the vocals, and the electronics aren't too abrassive. the repeating arpeggio is pretty comforting.

Mat’ t

13w↑1

Describing 4chan song with words from the 4chan album. Very funny

A totally random person

16w↑1

soft and sweeeet
let me hold it close and keep it here with meeee

FosterakaHunter Garvin

26w↑1

I know more words: awesome, never able to forget, etc

SEINM Studio

2y↑522

"I only want a proper house."

This was so relevant in 2009...

Lewis Campbell

9w↑1

In New Zealand it never stopped being relevant

Taryn Thorn

10w↑1

@Wilo Polis nor was I but I am intrigued

Wilo Polis

13w↑2

I was not expecting a comment on an Animal Collective single to devolve into heated maoism vs capitalism debates

Edit- That said, maoism is not the only alternative to capitalism

Wilo Polis

13w↑2

@Patrick William Ah yes, Maoism is when you want to solve a housing crisis

Kodeb8

27w↑1

@Username you're a tankie lol, who cares what you think

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Kael MacQuarrie

5y↑462

When I first heard this I thought it was terrible. Now... I understand. Anyone out there who thinks this is just bad, it took me like a month until it just clicked and now it's my favourite song

Wilo Polis

13w

@Mat’ t Everyone has their own favorite, anco is a bit hit or miss for me personally, but I've been really getting into Painting With lately

Mat’ t

13w

Feels is better

Wilo Polis

13w

I went from hating this song to being meh about it and now I love it, you definitely have to get used to the less conventional structure

huemul 45

18w

it took me over a year to actually get into AnCo, but since last week i'm obsessed with MPP ans strawberry jam

D N

51w↑1

cringe

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ApolloMemories

5y↑2.7K

We need to show this to Aliens.

Bob Sacamano

15w

Different ones than those that made it

Outlawed Villain

16w

Yeah go ahead then show them ark they be like fuck no or show them meeting of the water they will be like Jesus help me and you will be like you don't like.

Bellavita Heart

18w

Aliens said we need to show this to humans.

kevin steel

27w

They'll tell you they already heard it

zhai

30w

obligatory alien workshop joke here

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Dreezie

13w↑22

This is my third time listening and this is one of the most profound songs I’ve ever heard in my life. I legitimately felt the moment this song became important to me and I’m going to cherish this song for the rest of my life and show it to people I care about.

shopping cart

12w↑2

wait until you hear their album Merriweather Post Pavilion, it’s so amazing

Samuel Ambrose

1y↑86

Listening to this high at 2am with the closest friends is a transcendent experience

jose flores

16w

I hope i can have close friends

José Luna

18w

bro i just did that on saturday 19th july 2021, I was camping with some friends and we listen to this whole album while on psilocybin and thc

Brent Bear

7y↑309

This song is so beautiful. It makes me want to be a stronger person.

DrBlackSmith :]

27w↑3

You are a stronger person. :)) ✨

Brittni Hart

2y↑18

It made me a stronger person.

yummyjackalmeat

4y↑71

it has aged well.

Thomas Hancock

It's singular. It doesn't belong to any era, so it will continue to sound new forever.

Wander Eihpos

3y↑95

it sounds like they're saying "I just want four walls and Adobe Flash, for my girls"

Nelson3300

7w↑1

Adobe slats

Cat H

7w↑1

NNJ

14w↑1

Same

Meowmeow Fuzzyface

20w↑1

Honestly I thought the same ha!

Eric Gonzales

21w↑3

haha said the same thing for years!

Don Quijote

2y↑1K

When they said: 👄. I felt that

Acelee

37w↑1

@Ashley Harris uhm bitch you need some help

Rush B. Lundon

39w↑3

@Ashley Harris🧏🏾‍♂️ Get'Chur Rageddy Ass Off This Comment Thread, Ashley 🙋🏼‍♀️Karen Harris.

Zack Zallie

41w

@Ashley Harris boomer.

keatoncore

1y↑2

@Ashley Harris LMFAO WHAT

Magicdiaz195

1y↑2

@Ashley Harris you extra lame.

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Tony Soprano

7w↑8

I'm a metalhead but this is actually one of my favourite songs, it resonates with me even more now after losing my father about a month ago. Rip dad.

ARRGHHH

2y↑5

When I first heard this song I didn't think much of it. I then got high as balls at a time when I was really struggling with depression and listened to it again. I cried at how beautiful it was, the sound and the theme both. Ultimately, that's all I wanted too, contentment with family and a roof over my head.

MPP quickly became my favourite album.

Andres De La Rosa

5y↑348

This song reminds me of my mom. I showed her this video one day, and explained the lyrics, and how that that's how I was feeling. She said, "You are such a deep person". I've never felt so appreciated by someone in my life.

D N

51w

im 14 and this song is deep

Florida Kid

Elementary Watson yes

Katrinakara

1y↑1

Too wholesome for 2020

CJ Sauer

1y↑11

And then everyone clapped

Ignacio Saavedra

1y↑15

I never laughed so hard to a youtube comment in my life.

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Bret Silverberg

32w↑10

it's one of the most creative albums ever recorded hands down

MrMathzzzz

5y↑792

I'm as high as the International space station rn

markus808808

30w

It's actually 200km, so not that high really

ThIs_Is_IrOnIc

47w

shit man i'm- phew- baked as shit. this is the trippiest thing to watch when you're stoned

AaronSoSolid

52w↑2

I miss you tho

Timon Moor

52w↑2

Although I'm definitely less high than you feel you're I have to confess that I'm also quite high at this exact moment if I would be honest

Joe Medlen

1y↑4

Ground control to Marijuana

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th3FT pUnK

6y↑122

I just can't imagine what I would listen to if I didn't have access to the internet thank you internet

Nelson3300

7w↑1

Before the Internet we would share cds and tapes. It took more effort to find things, but it made finding them that much more rewarding.

Zack Zallie

@th3FT pUnK I found this band when I look up Best Hipster Albums.

th3FT pUnK

10w↑1

@dedpxl I found out about this band while I was scrolling for highly rated albums on Metacritic

dedpxl

12w↑1

I found out of this song from TV back in the 00's. internet is a good replacement for TV though, in a way.

DrBlackSmith :]

27w↑3

this! 😭🥲 very grateful for this opportunity 😌🎶 🎧

soypardo

17w↑8

Aunque se que es "solid soul" no puedo evitar cantar " SALEE EL SOOOL"

Alex Balam

Asies

Brenda MR

Lucas Garcia Oliveira

3y↑44

Man this is one of the best songs that I've ever heard, for sure

nickeless

37w↑45

my god, this was 12 years ago already... I’m old af, this song still fresh

madeleine p.

7w↑3

The most beautiful thing I have ever heard.

pavester4

8y↑2.7K

I just want firewalls and adobe flash for my girls

Flavor Of the Month

Ahead of its time this comment is

wayfaringshaman

Best keep them off Newgrounds!

nick arndt

36w

WOO

THX1188 8855

39w↑1

@eatgrass yup there account is older than most fortnight players

eatgrass

40w↑1

this is one old youtube account holy fuck

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Cory Traistaru

4y↑66

Can't knock the lyrics that made it possible for him to provide 4 walls and adobe slabs for his girls.

Steven Galley

3y↑22

I'm not really an Animal Collective fan, but this is one of my favorite songs of all time

A totally random person

12w↑1

@Michael Otis i think summertime clothes is a bit poppier than this

Michael Otis

1y↑1

I think this is their most digestible, easy listening song. I daresay it's their "poppiest" as an experimental band!

Daniel Scott

1y↑4

This is one of those tracks/videos that you'll always remember the first time you heard it. Felt like something brand new was awakened inside of me.

What a magical moment.

Anders Pernefalk

1y↑3

One of the best songs in human history!

I’m a Radiohead

6w↑2

This is what I imagine music will sound & look like when humanity have reached level 5 on The Kardashev Scale and affectively in control our own universe, when we’ve colonized other planets and can travel into different universes. Humanity will be making cosmic love songs.

Lipglock

23w↑5

I used to be so obsessed with this video, took pictures of myself, cut out silhouette in graphic programs on pc and put such black space with stars in it. It was my fav photo of me

M.H. L.

2y↑33

10 years later, looking back, I now realize how underrated this track is and have a new appreciation for it

charlie z

39w

underrated is relative - this was kinda widely considered one of the best tracks of the decade :)

JPB

42w↑2

I had just signed the contract to move into my first house and the chain fell thru today. This has been my favourite song for 10 years; I decided to listen to it today and the “I only want a proper house” lyrics hit me like a ton of bricks (as if I wasn’t expecting it)

Can’t wait to provide four walls and abode slabs for my girls.... bom bom ooooohhh

illiterate thug

6y↑605

I fucking love any band that puts obscure building references into their songs.
Apparently, their next album is an ambitious 2-disc concept album about self-levelling cement.

George Thompson

15w

This song is a Tears For Fears cover 🤙🏼

Sj Parker

@SomeBF if you like breezeblocks, you might like dissolve.

Kristy Long

4y↑2

like human infants of the same age, your two-year old comment made me laugh moronically. just glad ur comments dont bite like these lil freaks

SomeBF

5y↑10

you're a fan of alt-j then, breezeblocks?

bambambambino

5y↑13

so long frank lloyd wright

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EDWARD ONTONG

5y↑355

Animal collective makes me wanna go outside, and this song especially.
dont know why

Joel Ontong

25w

@Maia Leung why

Nes Di

50w

It doessss!

zeranzeran

51w

That's the universe saying hi

Logan Walton

She ran out in nature, aHhH

Riley Hilliard

Go outside and collect some animals

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Modus Sounds

2y↑4

Haven't heard this for years! If Brian Wilson wrote Pet Sounds today, I'd imagine it wouldn't be too far off this

Tiki Locklin

40w↑6

This song is so amazing omg

I've loved it since I was 2. No exaggerations.

MrBrunchies

5y↑6

Almost a full decade has passed since this album was released time flies but this still holds up really good stuff.

Doug Austin

8y↑182

If the Beach Boys were backed by Kraftwerk playing compositions by Philip Glass, this is how it would sound = awesome.

Doug Austin

@Sickest-NoSCOPEZandWEED-420 I guess 178 people agreed with me and 2 people agreed with you so far. Does mom know you’re up late on the family room computer typing personal abuse to people?

James Field

Definitely beach boys vibe 😌 😎 ✨ 👌

imso smart

25w

OMG you're so deep!

Knotwilg

29w↑5

@Sickest-NoSCOPEZandWEED-420 It's not the dumbest shit I have ever seen. Harmonies make you think of the Beach Boys, usage of synthesizers has been revolutionized by Kraftwerk and Philip Glass is known for complex songwriting. It's a pretty superficial analogy but also a homage to Annimal Collective. I'm pretty impressed by this record (not yet so much with other output which I find less crafty). At least the comment makes me check Glass again - it's been a long time. And as far as the Beach Boys go, I've tried hard but still find them terribly overrated :)

Saturated Neō Wax

1y↑2

Sickest-NoSCOPEZandWEED-420 hateful man

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Sabrina Siggers

5y↑3

This song is life. They are so creative. ❤

Nung Dickinson

51w↑16

It's 2020 in Melbourne, Australia. My city just got out of state lockdown after months in it. As I laid down listening to this song, I realized how humanity can bounce back from anything and it made me feel hopeful.

Anwar Salahuddin

51w

@Aidan cheating Dems took away hope

Anwar Salahuddin

51w

💯

Aidan

51w↑2

easy for u to say lol. im an american

Homer Simpson

2y↑4

used to listen to this all the time and I just was reminded of it by fucking buffcorrel and bawled my eyes out... too good

MIKA

3y↑25

Can't stop listening to this song. Its like I met aliens, and they turned out to be friendly and cute and all xD

Pheonix Rising

2y↑2

I love it when a song can make me teary eyed. It's such a real, sweet song.

Bigger Tigger

7w↑2

Thank you to the guy who was blasting this song on his speaker at the skatepark. I have found a masterpiece

Misty Day

7w↑2

I used to hear this when i was like 11, never imagined that i would find it ever again

Dillon V

1y↑6

i still remember driving around the day this album dropped and being so mind blown. i had gotten into AnCo my sophomore year of HS with Sung Tongs and Strawberry Jam, i'm so lucky to have been right time right age right place for this shit. saw them live 4-5 times over the next few years. the Merriweather tour, while they were working out the Fall Be Kind songs....just amazing. there are lots of live recordings online, for any new fans who don't know. <3

chlo v

2y↑5

this song always takes me back to my junior year in high school. a friend of mine let me listen to this song in class and I loved it so much, as soon as I got home I looked it up and had it on repeat for about an hour. I love how music can make you stop what you’re doing and take you back to where you were, who you were with, and what you were doing. much love 🥰💗

MirumExMachina

5y↑103

How do they make this?? Like seriously how do they play this live

Madame Feast

2y↑3

Sequencers and pads and slowly adding to each piece, drums synth and vocals in a progressive manner instead of it starting on "and a 1 and a 2 and ".. that is how

palbo4

Animal Collective made me cry both times I saw them from how beautiful the experience was, they're definitely preeetty amazing live

Vincent L

5y↑2

They're fantastic live

mrnoah

5y↑7

A lot of people seem to have experiences with Anco live that are either a hit or miss. For me, it's almost always a hit. Seeing Daily Routine live was a highlight of my year.

Boro0545

5y↑1

because they sucked or because they fucked you up so badly your only response was that of the emotional release that comes from crying?

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Jack Gorbett

5y↑10

one of my favorite songs ever! And the lyrics are on point!

This Is Fallacious

3y↑7

Go ahead and listen to this song without nodding your head to the beat. You can't! You can't do it! It's just that good.

Renato Carvalho

4y↑4

One of the best songs ever made. Doesn't sound like that "2009" sound. Truly timeless.

𝄆𝔽𝕣𝕖𝕖 𝕊𝕟𝕠𝕠𝕜𝕚𝅗𝅥

I think it sounds like '09 since music was more than one thing back then & was nothing like nowadays.

ThaSwitcherTayTay

2w↑4

I fucking miss 2009…

Jake Fay

2y↑14

I go back to My Girls frequently. I love the bands entire discography, but that song has a profound effect on me. Its a bible of sorts, the guide to life as an adult. Lyrically, it grounds me in what's truly important, repetitiously beating it into my soul with heartfelt passionate sentiments. They do this in an way that doesn't conform to traditional pop song structure, which always reminds me to be an individual that doesn't conform with the beliefs of a certain ethnocentric group, but with the values of me personally. The song has saved my life, several times. I turn to it whenever the world gets too big or I get overwhelmed and lose track of what's truly important. The song celebrates what's essential with unique and experimental jubilation, something that can be put into a bit of everything we as humans do, and doing so makes me a better person. It, to me, is the greatest song of all time.

moomaikeru

Sickest-NoSCOPEZandWEED-420 what’s your problem man

jfdsjkre324

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Sickest-NoSCOPEZandWEED-420

Nobody asked, develop better taste in music and stop grandstanding mediocrity in the hope that it makes it something else.

moomaikeru

that's cool

Khalid Jackson

4y↑3

Great example of amazing group chemistry

David Galiata

35w↑8

They were on another level with this album....

Connor Branach

2y↑2

I fell in love with this song when it came out. And now that I have my own girls it means that much more to me :)

Enki Merlin

2y↑16

2019 and still pulls me out of my bad moods.

Jaclyn Herr

The first minute of this song I found the background track almost overwhelmingly busy/chaotic, but the longer I listen it's like it fades into the background and the lyrics get more prominent, and it's kinda blowing my mind

rzarectz

8y↑318

in 50 years this will be considered a classic

dedpxl

12w

it won't. it's a derivative of Your Love by Frankie Knuckles.

NNJ

18w

Its a classic

Kenneth Ostrer

31w↑1

It already is

Aerys Bat

2y↑1

10 years down, definitely a classic to me!

Kenneth Ostrer

Already is and btw it has a lot more in common with The Beach Boys than any electronic hipster shit

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Skinnymobbin 666

2y↑4

One of the best songs I’ve ever heard this a classic

Charlie Pym

41w↑8

You guys get it right? We all get it right? Such a pleasant and welcome thing to be in the company of people who get it. Happy listening everyone.

Tunä

2y↑8

Is it strange that this song has become my mantra, years after hearing it for the first time?

Dallas Van Winkle

2y↑11

"Oh I remember that song. I remember crying to it. I'll listen to it again, surely I won't cry."

sobs

Boot Damaja

47w↑3

This melody is Epic! I can imagine how this song sounds in the club.

Rictenhur Hurtado

1y↑3

AC :podemos hacer una banda de 3 personas? Claro!!!
Abeytare: y los 3 podemos tocar sintetizador???
El resto:...

TheLastFlohican

5y↑111

Jake Johnson's Mindfield part <3

Martin Veres

Best skate video

CT_RIN

4y↑1

Fuck yeah dude

Keith Richards Liver

5y↑2

The old Workshop! Not the reborn alien. It will never be the same/

ree thomas

5y↑4

TheLastFlohican FUCK YEAH ALIEN WORKSHOP YOU KNOW WHATS UP

Thare Fiorino

5y↑4

Yeah dude

EzaVinylAddict

12w↑3

I am 133 years old and this is a great song.

KidAAA

1y↑1

A top 5 album of all time, well done Animal Collective!

Brooke B

These guys are soooooo amazing in concert! One of the best shows I’ve ever seen. Still love tf outta this song!!!!

Mica Popovic

4y↑1

Really jus an incredible song. Never gets old. Honestly if ur one of the 3k who don't like this u don't know what great music is. After all these years.... still great.

Conrad Dean

2y↑7

Proof that music grows with you! I didnt get this at first and now its just the only song i want to hear.

Chihiro Wayne

1y↑31

This is my quarantine anthem. ❤

yobco

@PandaCore because i shit in the john

PandaCore

@yobco damn man, why you gotta be like that.

yobco

nobody cares

PandaCore

I feel ya

Kristopher H

3y↑134

I first listened to this album in 2010 at the recommendation of /mu/. At the time I was making friends with a group of (people, who, at the time, I just considered smart and funny, with a weird fashion style) hipsters. Little did I know, they too, well most of them, had already been listening to Animal Collective for years. One even had a CD single of Grass, which, at 17, meant that they had liked this band I was just now getting into since they were at least 12. That alone made me like the h*ll out of them. I took it and ran with it, the first time we listened to the album together, we all, well most of us, sang along to every song, and I, being the annoying idiot I am, screamed along to the wails of Avey through the whole stretch of the instrumental break during Brother Sport. I think they liked me because while they were relatively free-spirited, I was not afraid of completely letting loose. All this is preface to say that the first summer I spent listening to this album was spent in the company of some of the best people I've ever known, and it really changed who I am as a person, it helped form who I am today in a big way. I took each song in as I saw it, both a swirling mess of catchy synths and poppy vocals, but as an expression of wanting life in its purest exuberance. Spending time with those you love, be it through a Daily Routine, or a Brother Sport, in the four walls and adobe slabs, on back porches with the torch of a firefly-lit tree, wearing Summertime Clothes, or in a living room filled with arts and crafts ("We get it you like Animal Collective.") It's about taking life as it comes but making the best of it, surrounding yourself with what's wholesome and appreciating it, finding love, even in lust, and holding on to what matters while wanting to uplift everyone through gratitude. Panda Bear, a recent father in writing half of this albums songs, focused mostly on family, while Avey who would be divorced by the time the album came out, focused more on romance. What is interesting in that context, is that most family is borne through romance: a young couple fall in love, have some kids, the father dies, one of the kids makes music, falls in love through no small consequence of the success of his music and has children of his own. It's a beautiful and painful but virtuous cycle when it works out like that. We may want more things in life than what we have, but we have to cherish what we have, we have to embrace it, and while we may want more, there is nothing so deeply fulfilling than having a family filled with love, and as you can clearly see with Animal Collective, they are a family, with love in such excess that they're able to give us gems like this, gems that will exist as long as humanity does. And if we meet our mortal end, and some future alien species comes to Earth, I hope they, too, will get to experience this music, which sounds unearthly to many as it stands. This music is, however, truly emblematic of the positive side of the human condition, and while I loved my family growing up, I never understood what it meant in the way they album conveyed it. So thank you, Animal Collective, thank you for further connecting me to some of the greatest people I've known, thank you for teaching me what to seek most inherently in life, and thank you for filling mine with music of which I will never tire and will most certainly play for my kids if and when I have them, heck, I've already played this song for my niece and nephew. And if you managed to make it through this entire post, thank you for giving me your time.

N W

41w

Not gonna read all that hope ur good bro🤘

Nicolas Campo

1y↑1

Mucho texto.

Sickest-NoSCOPEZandWEED-420

1y↑3

Why are AC fans so fucking pretentious holy shit he's literally shouting about roof tiles

Katholeen Love it

Preach!

Yin Reiki Oracle

2y↑1

❤️❤️

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PandaCore

1y↑1

This song, album and band has changed my life so much. I remember the first time I got introduced to this band 11 years ago... My older brother showed me it when I was just a kid and from that point I have listened to them through out all the years. Thank you Animal Collective for helping me get through life and for showing me how powerful music can really be <3

Limited Infinity

1y↑2

This song makes me Happier than I probably deserve to be

Aurochz

4y↑3

I never knew not wanting things could be so exciting.

Bellavita Heart

18w↑3

The beginning of this song is the actual audio of Saturns rings, so cool.

Adrian Lingard

3y↑1

Modern music is in really good hands, I know this is relatively old but in geological terms new!

Evan Bowser

18w

This song n vid changed my life and remains one of my greatest inspirations to this day. Thank you AnCo <3

Maya Zalbidea

3y↑1

A great and beautiful song to dream and fantasize

Ronnie Wong

51w↑5

Will never forget this song changed my life when I was on cid. Gnarly

Wilo Polis

13w↑30

1st listen - meh

2nd listen - meh

3rd listen - meh

4th listen - meh

5th listen- THIS IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING I'VE EVER HEARD

secreticelandprod

5w↑1

lol pretty much me

Wilo Polis

7w↑1

@Patti Skeeterson Yeah Strawberry Jam's gonna take a while to fully grow on me

Patti Skeeterson

7w↑1

@Wilo Polis I would agree. But I'm still doing this with Chores lol

Wilo Polis

@Patti Skeeterson Bluish is great, didn't take as long to grow on me but that's just my experience

Patti Skeeterson

8w↑1

This is how I was with bluish lol

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Patrick N

2y↑1

That build up is truly legendary.

Frank Mountains

2y↑1

This song and album is still ahead of the time.

H M

10+ years on this song hits everything like it did then. thanks AC

J Mack24

46w↑1

When I first heard this I was hooked the sound was so different I still come back to get the old feeling back

Lester Reyes

One of the greatest psychedelic songs ever recorded.

q

5y↑34

I can be such an aggressive person, even I know this, but for some reason when I listen to this song it makes me cry and love everything... I'm so glad this exists

Jet From Gladiators

It's just one of those records.

Deliciously unique.

Chris Jernigan

4y↑681

Psychedelic pop-tarts and doritos

LumpInABog

New band name right there

CapK'nuckles

Pizza rolls

Neil UK

GottaPaytheTrollToll who hasn't committed it at some point?

stream bladee

3y↑1

And unintentional blackface

fauber kaupfmann

Chris Jernigan i

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Meri

Will always be one of my favourite AC songs, love you guys so so very much!

Michael Ricci

6y↑267

Will this song be one the most important songs in their life for anyone else?

Kenneth Ostrer

22w

Duh

Celeste

34w

yes♥

Mel Rest

43w

Been listening to this song for about 10 years.

PandaCore

1y↑1

Mine bro, this song means the world to me. This whole album has helped me get through all the hard times in life. Timeless band

Mike Denby

Definitely yes - it was the song that really pulled me in to the amazing world on Animal Collective all those years ago

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Celeste

34w↑2

This is a mystical experience

Miguel Gomes

This álbum ohh thus álbum just timeless 🖤🖤🖤

yatnla

52w↑11

My first listening to Animal Collective

Mike Peterson

14w↑1

You could play this in any GALAXY

Project Strange

32w↑2

That a song from one day to the next becomes part of your life and knowing that you will remember it forever, that sh1t doesn't happen all the time.

TT Brown

50w↑1

'On this song, vocalist Noah Lennox, aka Panda Bear, sings about how he eschews material things and just wants four walls to keep his wife (fashion designer Fernanda Pereira) and daughter (Nadja) safe. He explained to The Sun January 9, 2009: "I'm not big on possessions but, for some reason, being the owner of a space, a safe house for my wife and my daughter, has become the most important thing for me, for better or worse."
Lennox multitracked his voice into a call and response choir for this number.'

Source:
https://www.songfacts.com/facts/animal-collective/my-girls