Of Montreal and James Husband (also of Of Montreal but now with a solo record too) are playing 930 club this Thursday. It is always an insane time.
Instead of tickets (we don't have any to give unfortunately) we'd like to giveaway a 180 gram vinyl version James Husband's new album, A Parallax I, along with the entire of Montreal Skeletal Lamping Collection (t-shirts, lamps, vinyl, CDs, stickers, a pony?), to one lucky winner.
It'll be like Christmas after Christmas. But cooler.
Anyway, to win, we will need you to leave a comment telling us why you love Of Montreal and we will notify the winner Thursday, the morning of the show.
Cool? Cool.
Previously in Misc/Awesome:
- 12/28: Terrible Boyfriend/ Girlfriend Generator.
- 12/1: The John Waters Advent Calendar-it starts today
- 11/28: It Chooses You: All I Want for Christmas is Everything from Miranda July's Pop-Up Shop
- 11/3: Things I'd Move to Minnesota For
- 9/6: PHOTOS: Maloof $$ Money Cup
- 9/2: PHOTOS: Chantilly Model Train Show
- 9/1: Libby's List: 5 Things I Want Right Now...
- 8/22: PHOTOS: Best Friends Day
- 8/10: PHOTOS: Lawn Mover Racing, Eastern Seaboard Regionals @ Bowles Farm
- 7/26: Special List: Things the BYGays Want Now That We Can Marry In DC (and NY!)
God loves a cheerful giver.
androgynous art superman gets at the pain of love through jokes, with disco rock jams....and everything else.
Because I was caught disguised as a man with a mustache/selling secrets to a canned tomato.
Because for some reason hearing Wraith Pinned To The Mist And Other Games makes me want to have a Bloomin Onion and some Fosters.
Because their music is as schizophrenic as life.
Because God himself came down and handed me The Sunlandic Twins and said "Listen" and I never stopped.
Because the band has inspired college radio show names for years, like "Dirty Dustin Hoffman Needs a Bath."
Because I doubt true Norwegians can explain Oslo in the Summertime as well as you guys can.
Loved them enough to make a wire phallus that I threw up on stage during a show only to have Kevin's daughter become transfixed on it and point. Ok so I didn't expect kids at the show...
because their music makes me want to dance and sing out loud for everyone to see and hear. The music can fill me with so much emotion and at the same time leave me totally at peace.
Because Of Montreal is like a kitten for your soul, except that kitten is the equivalent of aural sex.
i love the band...the direction it takes with every song and album... they aren't afraid of topics that hit your every nerve or challenge you to re-think issues ...i listen to tons of music... and i am a huge fan of Of Montreal....plus i am way overdue to win something fun!
I Love Of Montreal because they get my hands moving like four excited spiders, and because they were all I listened to over the summer when I lived overseas. You guys make my world!!!
Because listening to of Montreal is far more potent than any drug you could ever lay your hands on- their songs never get old, they only get better with age. If there was one job I could ever want more, it would be the chance to be one of their performance artists. You guys are the shit and I drove 18 hours (from Tampa, FL to Chicago!) with 3 friends to see you play at Lollapalooza last year and even if I hadn't seen any other bands play, I would have been content!
Hoping I can find some way to make it up (from FL) to GA for your 3day show coming up!!
LOVE YOUUUU
Because Satanic Panic In the Attic is by far one of the best albums of the decade, Hell, even all time, and nobody else seems to realize this.
youre albums gets me stund when im weak and blured when im too happy. i love you guys!
beacause you're old-fashioned and so NEW !!!!
Because of Purple Rain and Bowie covers. Because of men in white tuxes with tiger hats. Because of metallic lamé, wild vocals, broken hearts. Because of Heimdalsgate, antediluvian Troy, and because Satan knows what Kevin likes to order at Outback.
Because I love to hate Oslo.
Because it puts into words the emotions I cannot seem to put words to myself...and also it makes me happy
I cannot explain this connection. But know that you have kept me around, kept me dancing, and kept me enraptured.
Because when I discovered them, they were the only things playing on my iPod and their music videos make me want to dance! but.. I am satisfied hiding in our friends apartment, only leaving once a day to buy some groceries
The makeup. The makeup is wonderful.
Because all the ghosts road in a plane, until then there was a time when we made our own pizzas.
Because they manage to top themselves with each album and tour.
I love Of Montreal because of their incredibly clever lyrics and material. They have great beats, and I feel like they put so much work in to their music and really care rather than seeming like they came out of some music machine making shitty generic music.
since a few years ive been completely addicted to of montreal. suddenly all lyrics appeared in my art works. you guys are a big big big inspiration!
Because Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? is the kind of music that changes lives.
Because every time I hear one of your songs its just HAPPINESS.
Because Of Montreal has inspired me to work towards a major in animation. When i listen to them, the sounds create stellar movements in my imagination. They have greatly inspired many of my college portfolio pieces. nauseating and beautiful
because of montreal is unique and scandalous. If you're in the worst mood their lyrics fix everything. They're also fantastic live.
how could you not love them?
Because the show at Club Minxx in Sarasota, FL (4/07) sealed the deal as the perfect date to the woman I love.
Because I have manners.
Please?
Because I haven't gotten Skeletal lamping out of my head since its release (that's a good thing).
Because the past is a grotesque animal.
Because you were the first cute girl I met who could appreciate George Bataille. heart.
I recall falling in love with a young lady during one concert in El Paso, TX. It was at this moment that she realized that I couldn't dance worth a damn, but that she still cared for me as a solid lay.
Because my psychology professor told me i was an id engager.
I have loved of Montreal for many years now. I have followed them and gone to many of their shows during each tour. In October 2008, I met the band! Bryan and I "shmoozed" on the streets of New York City and Nina Twin explained to me the origin of the name Alabee. The reason I love of Montreal so much is because each of their songs have a lyrics that help me emotionally. The Past if a Grotesque Animal has helped me through the most troubling times in my life, in the hospital and recovering from an incurable disease, as well as many other smaller issues--from relationships to family. I can relate to so many lyrics; Kevin's poetry/lyrics are beautiful and the way he performs on stage is wonderful!
Hayley
I love you guys! i first found Of Montreal in some time in 2000. First song: Dont Ask Me To Explain
ive been hooked since!
and ive turned almost every one i know in "Montreal-ies"
AAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!
what ever you guys just rock!!!!
I love of Montreal because every time I have seen you guys live, (I live in NYC) you have put on the most consistently enjoyable show I've seen. The crowd's energy is unmatchable, and the music you've put out over the years has always been playing in my head.
La la love of montreal because what's not to love?
Because OM gives away t-shirts, lamps, vinyl, CDs, stickers, a pony. And I don't have any t-shirts, lamps, vinyl, CDs, stickers, or ponies.
...because I was amazed and hooked on the first album of theirs that I have heard, and have felt that way about every release they have put out since then.
Because our generation deserves a new Bowie.
Without Of Montreal there is no happiness and without the happiness mankind is doomed. Why Do I enjoy Of Montreal so much? When I'm down or in a gloomy mood I always know that Of Montreal is there for me to put me in the right spirits. Its sort of like Dessert during dinner time, I look forward to listening to them at the end of a bad day.
Besides their amazingly imagistic music, because they had Janelle Monáe perform with them at Lollapalooza!
Because they've got SOUL POWER.
I love'em cause they make every sound sound new in an old familiar way
I want it because I abandoned the radio and got myself a record player a few months ago. And their songs are mouth-watering.
Of Montreal is so upbeat, you're feet get to dancing, your head gets bumpin', and before you know it the cd is sadly over. But, they have such a large catalogue it never gets old, and honestly no one else sounds like they do (as hard as they may try). Not a better band out there...
Okay lets get this straight. I am a very poor Irish student that is obsessed with Kevin Barnes and Co. They very rarely come to these shores and the two times that i was legally able to go see them play i did! While (wrathfully) pinned to a speaker (of mist) at one of their shows, i was near deafened. Its the closest i have ever come to bleeding from my ears just for the sake of sounds. I think i deserve this prize due to the amount of time, effort and DESIRE i put into being a fan of this band. I also want to name my daughter Alabee. OH, deal clencher: I mistakenly have made love while Skeletal Lamping was playing in the background. That is some tough amount of beat changes to keep pace with i will have you know. But ya know no matter where we are, we're always touching by underground wires. Peace out.
For me, Kevin Barnes is one of those artists of whom I can’t help but stand in quiet awe. I admire his relentlessness, enduring years with little recognition, his seemingly endless reservoir of inspiration, never allowing the gears to stop turning. He’s always reinventing himself and pushing the boundaries, whether or not it will satisfy the listeners’ expectations of what they think they want to hear. I confess, I'm a pretty jaded music listener, and often times it's hard to feel genuinely excited about a band. But I never have that trouble with of Montreal. I couldn't thank oM enough for all the enjoyment and inspiration I've gotten out of their music. Best of all I get to see them tonight in Baltimore. Thanks for reading.
because every song by of montreal gets stuck in my head and because the lyrics are so witty and clever but seem very honest.
This eventually became a tiresome activity so he evaporated into the cream afloat a child's bedtime cocoa.
No live show can compare to the costumed theatrics and the tuxedo tiger fighting off the looming ninjas as Kevin bounces around the stage sparkling. No other band advances their music through live performances better than Of Montreal!
because they get it, by knowing that there is nothing to get. In their eyes everyone is a "do".
Because Georgie Fruit just ROCKS !
i love Of Montreal so much cause basiaclly when i hear their music i imagaine unicorns and dancing flowers.. i keep loving them even though they never come to me but thats okay cause true love waits. i could say that they are fun & energetic but then the aliens that put them here on our planet might just take them back up, so i wont, but just know im thinking something along those lines. your voices fill my soul and inspire me.. oh how i long to hear more and more.. but i contain myself and hide my inner little school girl whos giggling and blushing at your pure amazingness.. and to put it simply - words cannot explain my love for you oh lovely Of Montreal - just know i do. [so very much]
Because you're the only band that comes close to a weird, freaked-out dream you get when you've had too much sugar before going to bed. In music and in looks. And I happen to LOVE those dreams.
Because no other is man is as sexy as Kevin Barnes covered in shaving cream in a coffin
Because the fact that they singularly represent everything good about all of the best music from the previous sixty years, can practically act as proof of Pantheism.
Because physics makes us all its bitches, and nobody quite knew how to express that to the world until Kevin Barnes did. I now have new religious views.
I love of Montreal because they have THE best live show I have ever witnessed and somehow manage to recreate the studio sound with all of this madness going on!
I love that the first time I heard Of Montreal my mind was stolen and taken on a lyrical adventure. I'm not complaining but I would like to stop drooling like a fool.
I love Of Montreal because your an orgasm in my ears! Absolutely phantasmagorical and you keep it coming
because i HAVE cracked the party code and there really was one more thing...
-Dancing in the crisp fall rain wouldn't be the same without screaming along to "Requiem For O.M.M.2".
-Dressing as ninjas and running through the streets in the night wouldn't be complete if the get away car wasn't playing album after album.
-Because I wouldn't appreciate Terradactyls as much.
-My phone wouldn't be ringing if all my friends didn't start singing "she fell in love with a boy..." as if I can't hear it.
Point:my cup wouldn't be as full and my heart might be heavier without my dear sweet of Montreal.
Love oM because they aren't afraid of anything, not afraid to constantly change their musical style despite risking success and possibly alienating fans. Also not at all afraid to go all out performance wise at shows when most "indie bands" stand around trying to look cool. Truly amazing band
Whenever I listen to Of Montreal, I want to strut. Strutting is awesome. Plus, any reference to Scandinavia is awesome, especially Swedish festivals.
Because they are my Beatles, my Kinks. Kevin is my Bowie, my Prince, my Freddie. They're the reason why I don't feel like my generation was cheated!
Because I just want to hold the divine in mind and forget. Love You Guys!
because they make me want to buy the album and not just download it.
because the lyrics. they're so confusing it's like lsd duuuuude @_@
Because who else will cover you in red paint while putting on the best live show ever and leave you wanting more.
I love Of Montreal because they are wild, irreverent, extravagant and genious. They make me want to dance my life!
:)
Because Of Montreal is centuries ahead of any other band out there
Because last summer I went to Oslo just to walk in the streets listening to Oslo in the summertime on repeat for 3 hours. And then I went home. I admit that I live in Norway, but still..
HvaHvaHVahVaHvaHVaHVahVaHVaHVAHVAHVAHVAHVAHVA!!!
I love of Montreal for so many reasons, but I think one stands out as most important. Since I started listening to them in 2006 they have made me realize not only is it ok to be myself, but it's actually cool to be me. Thank God for of Montreal!
becoz I love LSD!!!!!!!!!!11
Becasue you love me!
I love of Montreal because music and theatrics should always be mixed.
the band and the albums prove the sustaining power of music
I love of Montreal because their music is true art. In a world full of self proclaimed "artists", of Montreal is one of the few bands I see that stand by artistic integrity. Accessibility, fame, etc. isn't what they're about. It's the music.
I love Of Montreal because they can effortlessly flip directions, stylistically, in the blink of an eye. The band (and Kevin)'s direction and progression as artists is always in motion. They never do the same thing twice.
I think Skeletal lamping was the most underated album of '08. OM has the uncanny ability to take a seemingly degenerate song(s) and make the sexy and smart. (ie: gallery piece, For Our Elegant Caste, St. Exquisite's Confessions). All of this on top of a live show (party really), make them one of the most exciting bands to date.
"So, I'm calling yo ass up at 3 in the morning like, "wake up young dragon, let's go get comprimised"" -> fucking brilliant
They've given me two of my favorite concert moments ever:
At Free Press Summer Fest last August in Houston, Kevin Barnes came out after a costume change with a huge bunch of balloons of different colors. Barnes quipped, before launching into the next song: "These rainbow balloons don't symbolize anything... except post-race. post-gender, post-everything." Husband chimed in: "post-Kellogg's cornflakes."
The other one: Fun Fun Fun Fest in Austin, October 2007. It had just gotten dark during the set, and a combination of all the equipment onstage and the crazy projection show they had going blew a fuse, and the set went dark. It was near the end of their set, and the band assumed they'd been pulled. The band walked off, understandably upset. After being corrected, they came back onstage, apologized, and played what Kevin Barnes claimed was an "unironic" cover of Prince's "Purple Rain".
Finally, Of Montreal are, I'm pretty sure, the only band that would ever include the words "phallocentric tyranny" in a song and mean it.
I love Of Montreal because they are unlike any other band. I am completely infatuated with everything to do with this epic band. They have opened my eyes to a whole entire new genre of music. I take pride in the fact that I am a fan, and I always will be. I have never been so attatched to any other band, and for some reason Of Montreal's music puts me in a happy state of mind. Whenever I am going through a difficult time or feel stressed i can always count on the amazing and unique songs of this band to distract me. It is so hard to explain how much I love this band. I cannot picture my life without Of Montreal. I can truly say because of Of Montreal, I have a completely different outlook on life. They showed me it is okay to be different. Thank God for this band and everything they have brought into this world. Georgie Fruit ,you are my hero!
Of Montreal has always been better at making sense of my life than I have, especially during the ugly days. Thank you.
Because you love me!
It's the one I know my friends will love.
I love of Montreal just to win the collection.
1. because i read all of the comments above and realized you can't listen to one oM album without listening to them all which is ballin' as fuck and 2. because i can't afford the clothes they sell in downtown newport, RI so i just walked up and down the street in the rain and sang of montreal songs to freak people out. it might have been silly, but now i can do anything. i'm not shy anymore. thanks, guys.
i've loved Of Montreal ever since i saw them perform at the pitchfork music festival in 2007. it was the most insane, awesome, crazy bit of music and performance art i'd ever witnessed. they are weird and awesome, and i just love them. it is a total pick-me-up whenever the weather is cold and gross. i just put them on the ipod and instantly feel better.
because of Montreal inspired me to try to get a girl to cum 200 times a day
also because it made me one of those weird of montreal fans on the e6 townhall. REPRESENT
I love of Montreal because they're original, energetic and don't let music genres dictate the sound they produce. Also, The Past Is A Grotesque Animal is the best long song ever.
Because I never thought I'd relate so much to an effeminate man who's married to a gorgeous blonde lady and performs on stage in gold hot pants
I love of Montreal because of Kevin's way with words. And because I'd secretly like to use an abstracted controller sphere and become him in another life. Or maybe control his mind in this life.
Kevin, beware.
Hissing Fauna got me through some dark times of mine. And stuff.
Because Bryan has sweet guitar licks! and wings
Silence is Kevin Barnes canvas and i cant help but feed my head of the magic juice that is of Montreal. Skeletal lamping started it all for me. Since listening to skeletal lamping I have gone backwards in order of albums (latest to earliest) and every time I get blown away by the wide array of sounds. I just cant stop listening to the music, so much that my ex girlfriend wont listen to them because it reminds her of me. I would sing every single lyric to her because theres no other way to get across those feelings than the way that Kevin Barnes can
Because they were in an outback commercial! jk
Because life is a lot less silent thanks to them.
because....
kevin barnes looks amazing naked, covered in shaving cream coming out of a stand up coffin.
drugs don't enhance the music, the music enhances the drug.
i saw them play 4ish years ago in FARGO NORTH DAKOTA (yes this place actually exists). dotty smiled at me and my heart melted, no lesbianism intended.
i've seen them twice at first ave in minneapolis and both times were absolutely amazing. the theatrics are perfectly over the top.
cover of starman changed my life.
because Of Montreal creates that space between reality and the unknown that allows for the creation of life.
because it's SWEET to see a somewhat similar, tangible, visualized representation of all the strange things that float around in my head sometimes.
BECAUSE...!
The first time I heard Of Montreal I was out on a date and the guy said this song is for you. Gallery Piece came on...... I fell in love. That was over a year ago, and we have not stopped daincing in the kitchen, while taking walks, while driving, while sitting, while our phones ring, to them ever since
Of Montreal is:
-flamboyant/fun/flashy
-subversive witty dance music
-musically/lyrically/sexually progressive
-the fucking craziest live show you'll ever experience
have you ever SEEN them live?!? its refreshing to know musicians are still putting time/energy into their live performances, Of Montreal pulls it off seamlessly. Thanks guys (and gal)
I think, Of Montreal transcends age, time, gender.
they make people"happy" in this depressing world.
take in their live show, and you can not stop smiling.
(no it's not the drugs doing that) probably the visual artists.
Because Georgie Fruit is the best name ever.
of Montreal are the best band in the world for a few reasons. For a start, they're one of the few bands that have constantly evolved musically over their career, even now 10 years and as many records in they're still reinventing themselves, making the music more interesting and experimenting, trying new things out. I can't think of any bands (maybe Pulp, Animal Collective?) that were at their most ambitious and exciting that far into their career. Kevin Barnes keeps his finger on the pulse the whole time, ya know, he's got a huge range of influences, he loves Erykah Badu and Funkadelic and stuff like that but he also came out of the Elephant 6 scene, the same scene that birthed Neutral Milk Hotel and Olivia Tremor Control... whilst those bands stayed the same or burnt out completely, of Montreal kept going, kept interesting - Kevin's said the new albums gonna be heavily influenced by HEALTH and Gang Gang Dance of all people, ya know, noisy, dancey psychadelia.
As well as the music, there's obviously Kevin's lyrics... from the queer little character studies on The Gay Parade, the more complex concept records like Coquelicot: Asleep In The Poppies, all through to Hissing Fauna, which has some of the darkest lyrics for an album considered to be of the indie-pop variety .... "the sun is out, it melts the snow that bore yesterday, makes you wonder, why it bothered", and all this time he's kept a sense of humour and intelligence about the project, when John Peel described why he liked The Fall so much - famously saying "they're always the different but always the same" - that describes what me and most other of Montreal fans like the band so much, they've tried all these new songwriting methods out, especially since OMM2 finished (since 2005's The Sunlandic Twins Kevin has written and recorded all the albums by himself... previous records to this are reffered to as the OMM2 period, infact TST opens with "A Requiem for OMM2). He's putting these crazy psychadelic, dark, sex fuelled lyrics over some of the most interesting electro-glam-kraut-pop-hop-psychadelic-funk party music around at the moment.
On a purely visual level, the band have a great aesthetic about them as well, which I reckon is as important as the music. No one wants a boring pop star, that's why rubbish like Interpol will never become one of the all time great acts. From singing on stage naked to riding a horse to pretending to hang himself, like David Bowie and Grace Jones before them, of Montreal are taking the live show to it's natural conclusion, encompassing all of the art forms (Barnes even embarked on a standup comedy tour at one point along with his wife) and keeping the audience interested. For me, anyway, the way they strive to always stay interesting and never - god forbid - get boring, is why they are the greatest act on the planet.
If you haven't listened to it, get on Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? right now. It's, in my opinion, the greatest album ever recorded. It sounds musically and lyrically like a mental breakdown, which is, esentially, what it is - the album was recorded whilst Kevin was in a dark period in his relationship with his wife, and taking all kinds of anti-depressants to hide the fact. On top it has this glossy, fun, pop music, these interesting yet dancey beats, these great riffs, funky basslines ya know... which is what it's like for someone on anti-depressants, but underneath there's still the quite depressing realisation that the whole thing is purely temporary, you're not actually happy at all and you're trying to hide it with this fun outgoing person, and Kevin's lyrics, for me anyway, represent the nature of depression, the fact that he's not actually happy at all... get on it now.
Of Montreal got me through so much of college! And even strengthened a few friendships by bonding over Hissing Fauna and Skeletal Lamping.
of Montreal is a collaboration of everything unique and beautiful! The theatrical and vaudeville style intertwined with Kevin Barnes, Bryan Poole, Dottie Alexander
and Jamey Huggins is brilliance. I stood there in awe at the show in Austin, TX. In the rain and mud for everything. I have never seen psychedelic beauty at its best with out the help of enhancing..... Ten year fan of of Montreal, and their creativity never ceases to amaze me. Skeletal Lamping is incredible with "Gallery Piece" and its lyrics of so many ways to adore. "Id Engager" was the first song to capture my attention off the 9th album. I have all the albums.
I recently purchased the Skeletal Lamping horse poster created by David Barnes and Gemini Tactics, it is beautiful. And Under the Radar with Kevin Barnes on the cover for "Best of the DECADE ."
Thank you of Montreal for your music.
because i'm not going to win this competition....wah wah
I love of Montreal because they make me imagine a show that I've never seen, there's a song for every situation (party, a long walk, a road trip, etc.), they transport me to beautiful places without taking any drug.
Listen to them give me hopes of seeing them in Mexico soon.
I love of Montreal because Kevin is insanely talented and the sex in his walk is all kinds of ...
because when I thought there was nobody making good music anymore, I found of montreal.
Because they are the "elevating trick."
because of Montreal's live shows kick m@ther F@ckin' @ss!
Because I finally hooked up with the love of my life while "A Sentence of Sorts in Kongsvinger" was playing. Thanks, Kevin Barnes. No really, thanks. A lot.
Of Montreal is the mind scream incarnate of people who know too much about themselves: the line crossers, envelope pushers, and those who gyrate and thrust wildly over the edge toward god-knows-what. This band is pure rock and roll in the truest sense and always inspires a freak out.
why do I love of Montreal? well I don't. I've grown to appreaciate them greatly though. My girlfriend loves your sound your unique-ness and I have come to feel the same way. Truly an amazing band, that I respect greatly. I want to win this not for myself but for my wonderful girlfriend . She has been wanting and wishing to see you with all of her heart, sadly the closest of Montreal has been to us is austin and we were not able to make the drive. She loves you, I respect the shit out of you and was very impressed when I saw you play live on tv so yeah, even if you don't pick me please consider comin to San antonio Texas , play at the White Rabbit or at the Rock Bottom!
Because their live shows are incredible and more theater than a concert and their songs are so out there yet so relevant to life in general
I love of Montreal for releasing something inside of me I didn't know was there before. Thank you.
I love Of Montreal because every single time I see them live it's like meeting them again for the first time. And because I can't get enough of their sweet musical nectar.
Of Montreal is by far the best performance live that I have ever seen. If you could bottle the energy of just one show, I'm pretty sure it would be enough to run a roller coaster or a rocket. My other reason would be that I like to imagine that Of Montreal is inspirational enough to possibly be able to convince Jeff Mangum to perform in the same show. Can you imagine the combination of all those lyrics all night long coming to life in your head?
I love of montreal because fuck you that's why.
of Montreal to me is not just a band, but a troupe. They not only play music, but they put on a real show. Their artform is the most unique of any performing group I have ever seen. The few amazing times I have had the honor to see them were beyond real. Kevin Barnes, Dotty, BP, James Husband, etc. have been making beautiful experiences for me since I was a kid. I would be honored to win this, because of Montreal have been my favorite performers for many years. I would love to have these products from the band that changed my life.
i love of montreal cuz i can ALWAYS listen to them & their live shows take us on an amazingly happy fun voyage each time.
cos otherwise i'm just some faggy girl and i need free records with soul power
mmmmm 180g
I love of Montreal because on the Skeletal Lamping tour there were two young teenagers with a mother next to me. During an incident of simulated felatio onstage she turned to them and said, "we'll talk about this on the drive home."
Of Montreal is the definition of quality. It's obvious that they love music with an upward glance and worship sound. Then factor in fantastic musicianship and production and you have one of my favorite bands.
I love of Montreal because they let it all hang out.
okay so I've been reading everyone post, this is going to be a hard to top all the ass kissing. but here it goes. I'm writing this so I can win for my girlfriend brandy. Brandy has loved Of Montreal fo longer than I can remember. She doesn't like to tell many people about this band because down here in Texas not many people have heard any of your music so she loves that you are her little secret. A gem. On the other hand, we live in Texas, one time you randomly came to austin and she was of course very bummed out that we couldn't make it, for her it was as though a once in a lifetime opportunity was missed. I am not going to say I love your music, and I hope that doesn't case me to lose this but I do really appreciate your talent, and over the 2 and half years I've been with this girl, I must say your music has grown on me, there is something special about it, idk if it is the actuall feelings that are conveyed through the music or if it's something else that I si
ply can't put into words, it just feels real, and as a musician myself I really do respect you greatly. I'm probobly going to keep posting all day just to make sure you can really hear me
Love of Montreal because their music makes me confident about my style of living. And fuck, who else doesn't want to dance everytime Gallery Piece or Gronlandic Edit is on?
I adore Of Montreal as they put everything into their music and performances.
It's the heart, soul, dreams, nightmares, art, blood, love, fears, and sorrow...
They are part of my daily life and I introduce others almost every day; most of
them fall in love just like I did long time ago... Kevin Barnes speaks for me and
comforts me when I'm depressed or in pain but also inspires me when painting
and provides me with the best party music! They give it their all and create the
most interesting, honest and vibrant music of today! <3
i love of Montreal because of Labyrinthian Pomp, simple as that. And in addition i'm from Norway, so all the references to Norway is awesome, it makes me a bit proud actually:)
Kevin Barnes is a genius. I can't fathom how he has come up with so many unbelievable, well-rounded songs that actually mean something. of Montreal has gone through such glorious changes, and I love them for that -- the band members, album subjects, instruments used, etc. And I can listen to every album, love it, and point out different parts of it that are specific to of Montreal's brilliance. On top of that, the live shows are so developed and shocking and just really fucking awesome. My favorite story to tell people about experiences at shows involves of Montreal and Kevin Barnes wiener.
That being said, of Montreal is my favorite band EVER.
I LOVE love Of Montreal for revealing all the things inside me i have been previously afraid to express.
The past IS a grotesque animal... thank you for saying so.
I love Of Montreal because they are so versatile. I can listen to them in any mood. They are not generic. There is no formula to their music. They are who they are with absolutely no excuses. Their music encourages me to be fearless. I love them.
Oh and wonderfully bright album covers worthy to be artwork on a wall doesn't hurt.
P.S. Skeletal Lamping is my favorite bow-schika-wow-wow music.. if you know what i'm sayin..
I love of Montreal because they singlehandedly justify why we still make pop music half a century after The Beatles, and how far the medium can be pushed (i.e. a hell of a lot further than rock, fucking suck on that prog rockers). And because Skeletal Lamping was such a brilliant album 75% of reviewers didn't understand it at all and wrote rambling incoherent reviews as confused-sounding and schizophrenic as the album itself, the difference being that the album ultimately stands up under scrutiny.
Because every reason I love pop music is in of Montreal, and they sound like they understand me.
God shines through Kevin Barnes.
Easy. They're amazing. Nothing more needs to be said.
I love of Montreal because they have these deliciously groovy beats and amazing chord progressions. It's the kind of music you can get naked and freaky to as well as music that you can play to your grandma. It sticks out, it blends in, it's of Montreal.
Because they quote everything from Lord of the Rings (the real reason I bought their album) to old school scandalous paintings from the 15th century:
http://www.pbase.com/karlc/image/55323496
http://www.thebeewithwheels.com/closerlook4i.htm
The quantity Of
a spark-plug lollipop multiplied by cacophonous symphonic sound
divided by
the quantity Of
splitting your mind into a thirteen-part-harmony spectrum through a Jello prism multiplied by the undead corpse of Gustav Mahler multiplied by an anthropomorphic thesaurus.
to the power Of
Max Ernst
equals Of.
4 years ago I was a freshman in high school, I had dismissed all new music as bad, and only listened to "classic rock" type songs. Then my friend told me about of Montreal. I listened to their album "Sunlandic Twins" and my faith in the music industry as a whole was restored. I am now in college as a Commercial Music Management major, and plan on working in the record industry. of Montreal were the key first step in helping me to realize what I really wanted in life. And that is why I love them.
I love of Montreal because they're fresh and totally the funkiest thing of my time, and that makes me proud to even be able to dance to them in my private bedroom jam sessions. I love that their records are so insane and wildly unpredictable, and totally perfect, and while they use some bad ass technology for that, which is awesome, they can still recreate at least the same amount of beauty when performing acoustically. Damn, it's so crappy I live in the UK, they hardly ever come over here, and I've never seen them perform live, which eats me every day, it really does. I also thank them so much; of Montreal have shaped me and impacted my life I am so grateful for.
of Montreal came into my life by chance, I was given the opportunity to transfer my cousin's radio playlists on to my computer and in the mix she had "The Sunlandic Twins" and "Satanic Panic in the Attic". I'm an "artist" and to be truthful what stood out to me most was the fantastic cover art but the book did not only live up to the cover, it blew it away.
That was my freshmen year in high school and since of Montreal has been the music playing though all of the most important moments in my life, good and bad. When my grandma died "The Past is a Grotesque Animal" was there for me more than any friends. When I met new people the first thing I'd play them was "Tim I Wish You Were Born A Girl" (not relevant to their current sound, but still incredible). The first time getting stoned "Lysergic Bliss" blew my mind. When I moved to San Francisco I was really into "So Begins Our Alabee". Oddly enough when I came out to my friends I heard the sample off of the new album which appropriately had the lyrics "Your pussy is a star".
I have yet to find any band that can touch their sound, evolve as they have, and still maintain complete originality. To say they're my favorite band would imply competition, of Montreal is the driving force of music in my intergalactic life.
I love of Montreal so much because the music is filled with such honesty, while not being straightfoward, I mean one would assume that a song about a chemical deppression couldn't be made into a bouncy pop song. But that's the amazing thing about Kevin Barnes, he has in recent years been really pushing the boundaries of what music's limits are, and the fanbase is absolutley loving it. We want to hear about the transformation from Kevin Barnes to Georgie Fruit, we want to be exposed to a song that is compiled of 7 smaller songs of no predefinition. Music is changed in Kevin Barnes, and has limitless possibilities. The music of 'of Montreal' I love so much because it is uninhibited, truthful, alternative and visionary. It's a rare thing that us and of Montreal have, and we know those not experiencing this are just missing out, on the lyrical joy and musical experience that is of Montreal. That's why I love them so.
Because whenever I'm feeling down, or sexually inept, I just have to pop in Skeletal Lamping and all of the sudden, everything is right with the world.
They express all the emotions I've ever felt with a wholeheartedness and a readiness to laugh about it, jump right in, acknowledge everything. They make me feel like laughing and facing the world again. They're also truly musical- none of the four-chord pop crap, they dig straight to the beats and harmonies and lyrics that actually still contain meaning. They make things matter, and they make you dance to it.
If I had to choose one album to listen to for the rest of my life, it would honestly be Skeletal Lamping. Their music holds everything it stands for, and it also has my personal memories tacked on to the end, bringing me back to the best times I've ever had. They're my life soundtrack.
Did I mention? AMAZING, INTELLIGENT, COHERENT, EXPRESSIVE, ABSOLUTE PERFECTION.
Also, I think No Conclusion defies heaven.
one word. amazing. enough said.
of montreal fucking melts faces!
i love oM because of the lilting, lifting, dancing dancing, sexual disco blood letting. and hey, my birthday is this coming weekend and i'm going to see them in Norfolk VA. i have a torso for the shirts, walls for the pony type art pieces, and record players for the records. these objects of invention would find good use in my hands.
i will be in full costume as a band of one at the show @ the Norva. so... pick me pick me pick me!
being a new fan I'll probably not win, but hey I'll try!
I love of Montreal because of the quality of music. The odd poppy musical vibe combined with the dark sinister lyrics makes the bittersweet songs that I love. I also love the fact that they experiment and have fun with their music. They are one of my favorites up there with The Beatles and Radiohead!
They have the catchiest beats and the most meaningful lyrics out there.
nakedhappysadbowieprincesparklespony=bliss
Since of Montreal has come into my life I have not been depressed or had an anxiety attack. I was on Xanyx for 8 years and went off cold turkey. of Montreal got me through it. When I am sad they make me smile, when I am angry they make me nice lol:) I lost 30lbs over the summer by putting on my iPod and mowing both the front and back yards:)
Their music has changed my life:)
Of Montreal you help drive my creativity!
I saw you perform at Latitude whilst waiting for Regina Spektor (i had never heard of you before), i was overwhelmed with the whole performance, it was so colourful and thetrical. You put a smile on my face, thats why i always come to your music when i need a little cheering up!
You could brighten anyones day.
In the end you were actually one of my highlights of the festival + really hope to see you again:)
i know you probably wanted some crazy weird answer so heres a random fact for your eyes:
Pearls melt in vinegar (also slugs have four noses but you probably already knew that)
thankyou and never stop creating art!
p.s i really need a lamp shade..and a pony.
Cause I am a black man whose been through multiple sex changes who's been in prison a few times and Skeletal Lamping just has such a familiar feel.
I once pointed at Kevin, mere inches away perhaps, as he asked all of us at Cat's Cradle which God to choose. I saw my god proceed to crack a smile and sing a string of "ha-ha-ha"s instead of "hoo hoo hoo." Then he called me a confused, loser psycho and I kept dancing and smiling and loving him. oM is the soundtrack to my life.
honestly of montreal is my anti-depressant even when I'm not in a gloomy mood. Of montreal's music litterally melts into my head where it loops around, plays around and sinks into my mind like an ambrosial remedy of life's boring bits.
live performances= phenomenal. Of montreal's shows give the lyrics a more intensified light especially when the set is just as fresh in my mind even after weeks of seeing the chaotic, metallic, hip swaying, mummifying and racy shpeal...it is love.
I once pointed at Kevin, mere inches away perhaps, as he asked all of us at Cat's Cradle which God to choose. I saw my god proceed to crack a smile and sing a string of "ha-ha-ha"s instead of "hoo hoo hoo." Then he called me a confused, loser psycho and I kept dancing and smiling and loving him. oM is the soundtrack to my life.
There's proof of this too, check youtube, when they played CC last year in the spring. Gronlandic Edit, obviously.
Because they've written songs about their favorite nuns, and stick to their guns with their album art.
because they make my nethers happy.
If the Beatles had a synthesizer and more glitter, I think they still wouldn't be as good as Of Montreal.
Of Montreal is the perfect fusion of the Beatles, David Bowie, and their own unique, bright EPICNESS.
THEY ARE THE EPITOME OF EPITOMES.
Kevin Barnes has an amazing voice.
I love the songs An Eluardian Instance and For Our Elegant Caste off Skeletal Lamping, and a bunch more songs off other albums.
I seriously could die for Skeletal Lamping on vinyl.
Because Of Montreal is the band that can honestly put me in a good mood whenever, anyway, anyhow! I've seen them twice and each time was absolutely mind blowing! I love them! If anyone asks me what good bands I've been listening to...OF MONTREAL all the way! They give me inspiration for my radio show at the college I go to! OF MONTREAL all the way!
Because their music brings me genuine joy and reminds me how life is made for loving and dancing
Halew, of Montreal is simply my favorite band of all time. Due to the energy and effort put in the songs.Never have I heard better chord progressions or odder ones. The vox are like robert gooolay on trampoline with acid cooking in his veins. But honestly I could listen to every album everyday and will never get old. I have routine of getting home from school and immediately tuning into "cutie pie" or "Vegan in furs" or one of my favorite songs of all time "No conclusion." The point is the music really speaks to me and I don't believe there is a better group of musicians out there.
When I got my first OM cd, Satanic Panic I remember my Dad hated it because he thought it sounded like Terry Jacks' Seasons in the Sun. Poor comparison. That summer 5 yrs ago I went to my first live OM show in a dirty tiny club ($8 for tix then!) and I was hooked forever. Weird and wild audience, rebellious, liberating, electric. I smoked my first cig after the show sitting on a car roof and thought everything was so fucking cool. 5 shows, 1 signed concert ticket, 4 CDs later, they're still the shit for pouring out their soul and letting me in on the madness.
Because I saw them play at Terminal Five and it was the best experience of my entire life and their music is the best for driving at night
because
oM is the modern-day Queen: bold, intellectual, fun, and sexual.
Needless to say, Kevin Barnes is one of the greatest songwriters of this generation.
I have brainwashed my (nearly) ten year old daughter into thinking Of Montreal is her favorite band. She picked out Penelope as her ringtone and was utterly heartbroken to hear she couldn't come to the concert to see Kevin and company. I'm turning thirty on Wednesday and I promise I'd share the prize with the midget.
I wrote this post-concert: http://thelionsof.blogspot.com/2008/12/of-montreal-has-long-been-my-favorite.html
Besides, if you picked us I wouldn't have to keep my promise to buy her an actual pony.
I listen to them when I am happy, sad, and everything in between and it always makes things better.
It was the first concert I've ever been to where people weren't assholes trying to kill each other and everyone was just happy, dancing, and enjoying the music.
The best concert I've ever been to.
Their album art is absolutely beautiful. Their music is stunning.
I got to meet all of them, except for Dottie, and they were all great, even though I was so excited and nervous making an ass out of myself and stuttering and unable to speak.
I love of Montreal because of how much energy and passion they put in all their work. Their music and live shows are nothing like anything around right now, and it's a thrill to experience. They can be dramatic and touching with songs like Psychotic Feeling and No Conclusion, or they can be fun and wacky with stuff like Bunny Ain't No Kind of Rider and The Party's Crashing Us. And it's always exciting and brilliant.
People who haven't seen them live seriously do not know what they're missing, it's an amazing experience even if you aren't a huge fan of their music. of Montreal has something for everyone to enjoy, you just have to look for it. I'm lucky and enjoy everything this band has to give to me.
I love Of Montreal because my 62 year old friend, Paul cant remember their name and always calls them "out of winnipeg.. or something?" And, you know, that song "Little Rock".. always makes me smile.
I'm obsessed with this band. No other group epitomizes the 2000s aesthetic of grandiose megalomaniac bedroom aesthetic impossibly realized on center stage. Also, i want to win so i can have a matching lampshade!
You see what these people are writing? I love you more. You're shameless.
It took no convincing, for my friend and true Beatles fan, to put of Montreal in serious contention with The Fab Four, and I couldn't agree more.
Of Montreal has a song for every emotion and a song for every significant event in my life. Their music has had a most profound impact on me and transformed my life from the inside out. A new sound for a new life. Don't ever stop.
Because, you see, it's art as music as art.
They fucked the suburbs out of me.
Chaos is a dance party...and EVERYONE'S invited
The lyrics of Nonpareil of Favor conveyed my thoughts to my best friend perfectly.
it just makes me happy.
I love of montreal because Jennifer Louise describes the relationship I have with my father.
Of Montreal is the only band that could get away with throwing a plate of meat into the audience, stripping down to next to nothing and hanging the lead singer without it seeming out of place.
And also, of course, the way the music has evolved over the years and always managed to stay perfectly listen-to-able.
I have scene you guys 14 times over the years and the shows keep getting better. I loved seeing the psychedelic edge slowly become more and more apart of the live performance. Mucho respect.
Because i have recently been musically raped by Of Montreal...in a good way. To say they have changed my life is an understatement. To know i will never be as odd and awsome as them makes me sad
i lvoe of montreal because the gay parade made me a happier human being and it's my favorite album of all time. also i am into hot pants
I dig how that bro likes to whip his dick out to party.
I love of Montreal because their music is dark while also somehow uplifting, it can make you smile but also send shivers down your spine. Everyone in the world likes of Montreal, they just don't know they do. I showed my friend some of their songs and he hated them but within a month or two he was asking me what songs I recommended.
I like of Montreal because they have created their own genre, put on a fantastic live concert display, and their albums are incredible. These three elements make them impossible to miss!
I love of Montreal because they changed my life and made things brighter though a very hard and intense part of my life. I feel, in a way, able to relate to Kevin's lyrics and whatever mood I'm in, it can be lifted just by popping in one of their albums. They are so great and magical. I love how, even if you can't necessarily get into their music, it's impossible to not have a good time at one of their shows. They are new and old at the same time. In a perfect world, they would all be super stars.
I loves Of Montreal because they make me feel like I am in a glitter-filled balloon bouncing around at a disco. Your music allows me to act, dance, sing, and love all at the same time. Alwayz a great show to see. Thank you for being you.
#200
Because they can inspire 200 comments in a single afternoon.
I love them because I hugged kevin barnes and never felt the same again.
"When capitalism is working on a healthy level, everyone gets their dick sucked from time to time and no one gets their throat slit."
--Kevin Barnes
I agree. I'll have a metaphorical dick sucking minus the throat slitting.
The albums always seem to fit exactly the emotional time and place where I'm at. I've had some great parties to their albums but I've also been dumped and had a car break down on a lonesome highway in texas. All in all this band always fits me.
I'm in love with of Montreal because they helped me get through my anxiety disorder. Whenever i would have a panic attack i would turn on something from skeletal lamping and it would just cheer me up. There unique sound is truly magnificent. The sound is so uplifting even when the message is so depressing.
Because Kevin Barnes is John Lennon, David Bowie, George Clinton, Prince, and Stevie Wonder somehow all rolled up into an elf of a man producing the most incredible music of our time.
because it's ok to be fucked up
I love Of Montreal because: in my head, Happy Yellow Bumblebee is a never ending song
Because Satanic Panic in the Attic is the perfect album to blow a man to... I still haven't found an album that has made a bj, or sex for that matter, quite as enjoyable.
I love Of Montreal because I'm the sort of kid who'd leave you in a k-hole to go play Halo in the other room. Since hearing their songs, I'm never bummed out by paradigm kisses, I leave my house once a day to buy some groceries, and I've become a mother fucking headline.
But if I could say one more thing about why I love Of Montreal, it's probably because they can capture the animosities and triumphs of life and make it music, and not just cookie cutter bubble gum pop, but real down to earth music that makes you feel like music should make you feel: alive.
i'm a schizophrenic & i used to think kevin barnes was stealing my ideas, but then i stole the "early four-track recordings" and went comfortably insane to all those little dustin hoffman songs. i was homeless at the time and would like to say that it got me through some hard times, but it probably just made me worse, in a good way. its been over a year since i was last baker-acted, and of montreal are the soundtrack to my life. i love them!
because of Peaches in Kentucky back in 2007.
Because,of monreal covers every type of music, their lyrics are so out there that they make sense in soo many ways to soo many people, they arn't afraid to be themselves to anyone and kevin barnes in the most honest person out there, knowing his own flaws and limitations. AND they know how to just have fun. theres a song for anything your gonig through.
alex + of montreal = aural sex.
alex + of montreal bliks + lamps = actual sex.
Of Montreal actually make the genre "sexual funk" as literal as you can get with music before you pick up a transexual prostitute at a friend's party and realise that not only do suddenly you have to question your taste in friends and also their tastes in friends but also whether that marriage to Cassandra in Vegas actually was legal and thus the prospectful night-bound ambitions you have with this man-lady will be adulterous in a potentially severly legal manner. Cause you know, we need that.
I don't want to tell you why, I want to show you.
For that to happen you would have to view my memories of the 2009 show at The Ritz in Tampa FL.
yes!
Of Montreal rox. I have an ear orgasm while listening to them. I want to cry like a baby. I want to make love at that time. And to sing loud. Cry again. And at the same time I have a gooseflesh - the result of passion to them.
because Of Montreal is melodified fornication
I love of Montreal because their music never fails to make me want to dance and create! They never stop evolving and I never tire of their music or their performances. With each new album I am even more impressed then the last!
Of Montreal is a genre on it's own. It's makes people forget about our wonderful, sometimes cruel world for a moment and makes us feel "happy". Makes us realize it's okay to be different. Makes me feel energetic and alive. Like no other band can.
Because you guys can influence people so much and have a big effect on this era.
Because Kevin Barnes writes amazing lyrics.
Because Kevin Barnes will change the world.
Because Kevin Barnes can produce the hell out of an album.
Because Kevin Barnes can leave us all breathless.
because OM is worth being sentenced to life.
Because I smile whenever I hear it. Because it puzzles and uplifts me. And because now I know there just has to be a black wizard out there, for each and every one of us.
I finally feel like someone on this earth would truly understands me when I listen to the beautiful Kevin Barnes' lyrics. My soul lights up every time I put an of Montreal song on. Nothing on this earth feels the same.
I love of Montreal because listening to them makes me feel sexy.
Because we eat what we like. I don't care if they don't actually taste like apples.
Gronlandic Edit describes the perception of my own life in relation to the world. I feel like you guys have seen at some point through my eyes.
because getting an entire band to agree to dress as Tobias Funke for Halloween must've not been easy
Because after being drenched in a cool august rain and having had our ears lulled by bon iver, there is not a more perfect contrast than jumping in a crowd of wet enthusiasticsyo while listening to "She's A Rejector" and watching a woman being crucified by aliens. bliss. love. agony. beautiful.
I love Of Montreal because every time I see them, I can legitimately hope that Kevin Barnes might come out riding on a pony.
Of Montreal has halted by Gemini tactics ever since I watched the end credits for the film "Kabluey," where "Wraith Pinned to the Mist" was playing. Ever since, I have memorized all of Hissing Fauna and most of Skeletal Lamping, and can write an essay all about Georgie Fruits. Kevin's falsetto vocals and the humorously eloquent lyrics, along with the catchy melodies, are cracking my sweet love and making me a motherfucking headline (and bitch, you don't even know it). I can now do it softcore if you want, and have noticeably tense reconstruction. After listening to them over and over again, the hope of a lonely wet nightmare is not all I have to live for. Can't help it if it's true, don't wanna be a man. I no longer go over to Rachel's because cooking meth while you were mourning Michael's death does not make up for being sexually appealing, even though the psychic's prediction has me hanging from a ceiling fan...in eight months.
I love Of Montreal to bits and pieces because they make me feel less like a socially crippled gal in today's big society, and more like a sexy diva-man (tranny!) beast in the presence of others. Also, might I say that they are quite attractive people? Creepy? No? Okay.
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Oh yeah, and the whole 'their music is AMAZING' thing, but that's why I am typing out (with love) how much I love Of Montreal!
Kissies to them (and James for getting a solo album)!!
because I also need a lover with soul power.
Because they have the most ridiculous, groovy, two person basslines, and are possibly the only band who could improve upon a Gorky's Zygotic Mynci song.
of Montreal is simply an inspiration for everyone to express themselves without much regard for what others may think. Any man that wears glitter, fairy boots, sports shiny gold short shorts, and sings about being "sick of sucking the dick" while atop a white horse is definitely my hero.
And George Fruit & List Christee have inspired me to create my own alter ego.
They make me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.like when you climb the rope in gym class.
'Cause I'm so damaged, girl.
I love of Montreal because they have articulated the human experience in a unique and innovative way, an accomplishment that every artist struggles with. They fall heavily on pop and funk influence without overworking the genre and are constantly taking new steps to reinvent the meaning of art through brave audio and visual experimentation. They take the risk that many people today are unable to take and for me, that will always be the greatest inspiration anyone could offer.
Because nothing more Elightening, than a pair of cuffs a blindfold, a whip and some Of montreal in the background.... oh yeah!!
Because of Montreal is able to write a song that makes you realize that that song is exactly how you feel, when you didn't even know that you felt that way.
Because no one has been able to capture Scandinavian summers with quite the same melancholy restlessness that I have felt every year of my life.
Because they are this way empathetic, yet at the exact same time they allow you to experience something totally alien.
Because they allow you to experience all of this while wearing fabulous make-up and turquoise boots.
DON'T ASK ME TO EXPLAIN
How will I ever know you enough to love you
If you're hiding who you are?
Don't ask me to explain
Who are you hiding you from
Across the table with a penny in each eye?
Don't ask me to explain
I'd like to marry all of my close friends
And live in a big house together by an angry sea
Am I the devil's marbles?
Don't move on without me
Who will be watching my body when I sleep?
Who will I believe in?
How am I supposed to let it show
When I don't even know?
Don't ask me to explain
Besides, I don't want to be
The one who's coming out first
I'd really like to, but I'm just too shy
Don't ask me to explain
I'd like to marry all of my close friends
And live in a big house together by an angry sea
Am I the devil's marbles?
Don't move on without me
Who will be watching my body when I sleep?
Who will I believe in?
It's so easy to lie to myself
And pretend that I could love you
But I can't
I love of Montreal because they take genres in which people have become very rich and very famous off of very simplistic, repetitive, and stupid music and have made music that is interesting, complicated, challenges the listener, not made just to make people happy and to make money, and overall is just shear awesomeness and fun.
I love Of Montreal because it is ingrained in some of the greatest memories my friends and I have together. Of Montreal's discography (especially Skeletal Lamping) has been a requirement for any road trip we have taken, any party we have thrown, and even random moments in grocery stores when we bust out singing "For Our Elegant Caste."
Because you fucked the suburbs out of me.
You've opened me up to new ways of thinking and experiencing life, all while living on the outskirts of Omaha, NE.
I love this band and their music so much because they have encouraged me to be myself, to look on the bright side of things, and to never be ashamed of anything - or anyone - that I love. They have been incredibly inspirational when it comes to my artwork, as well.
And their concerts are by far the best that I've ever attended! Definitely some of the happiest, most amazing nights of my life.
I have never heard a band like of Montreal before, and I'm not sure I will again. They actually came to Australia and I saw them live and it was the best show I've ever seen.
There's so much of their music that I get in a way I can't really explain, but it works, and it's awesome, and it's me, and yes. Epic amounts of love.
Because no one even comes close to ripping the seams of reality then your beautiful band and with such a beautiful unique finesse.
since of Montreal, I see everything in florals and it keeps me in a lackadaisical ditz that's comparable only to snorting wasabe with Proust.
because im in it!
since of Montreal, I see everything in florals and it keeps me in a lackadaisical ditz that's comparable to snorting wasabe with Proust.
didnt mean twice
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My life is sunshine and rainbows but also has moments of shell shock and pain. I find it refreshing to listen to upbeat music the reflects on both the good and the bad. It feels good to know that you can laugh and sing through the good times and bad. Thats why I love of Montreal.
of Montreal...you are a cat in heat, and i am your aspiring suitor...
words are not enough to describe the ecstasy but here are a few: sex, exhaustion, tragedy, comedy, honesty, arrogance, guffaw, charisma, commitment, color... dada ...
better than salty honey over mango on a hot Fijian morning... better than chair sex.
I love you because i can.
Because it rocks obviously, LIKE A ROBOCOP!
The music is a given, of course (why else would I bother posting?). I'm in love with their haunting Beach-Boys-on-acid harmonies and fantastic imagery/metaphor. Aside from their always stellar music, I especially love Of Montreal (more than the bozos above me) for these reasons: the fucking ninjas (give it up for the gassing of the pigs!) and Kevin's bitchin' fashion sense! (Kev, you still haven't answered my tweet.. Who made that jacket you wore to FFF Fest?)!
Anyways, you can bet that before I die I'll be spending the Summer in Oslo too..
I'm just glad someone got some treats for Goethe, Beckett, and Keats.
they are always epic in the most real way.
Before discovering of Montreal, I only listened to dead artists. You made me discover live music and I couldn't wish better than oM to make me go to concerts, given the true show we get. And also, I don't know how you manage to do that, but you keep me awake most of the night to read interviews or lyrics, watch pictures or make a photo album of the shows I've been to. I love you because you make me save my money to go see you abroad -you also make me travel- because one show a year is not enough. And simply because there's only when I talk to people that I'm able not to listen to you. I get the impression of wasting my time when oM is not playing in my earplugs.
The lead singer is Kevin Barnes.
I love Kevin Barnes.
Because Kevin's pussy is a star.
The above fake Michael is not me. I've never heard of this band. I'm ashamed it has beaten Marty (or did I have it?) in the comment collecting.
Oh and it is of Montreal not Of Montreal. Kevin Barnes made a point to lower-case the "o," fans.
"I'm a motherfucking headliner, bitch you don't even know it. Process it. I'm a motherfucking headliner, bitch you don't even know it!"
Sorry, I had it stuck in my head.
Because the world needs more Georgie Fruits and less Sasha Fierces
I love of Montreal. The ever evolving kaleidoscope of sound is proof that life is not only beautiful in it's awkward grace, but that it is neither this nor that but an intertwining piece of everything that is.
i'm alive because of this band
Don't ask me to explain. Please.
Because this message comes with a crisp endorsement of the C.C.A.A. Booty Patrol.
1. Because they dared to say what was on everyone's mind: "Dustin Hoffman needs a bath"
Because I have a false sense of entitlement and deserve it more than anyone else..
Because of the live shows, there's nothing like 'em
Because K.B. is so cool that he would still be cool even if he'd play with Beyonce.
I love Of Montreal because they're unique and amazing in every way.
Chinese stars?
I love of Montreal, because Kevin Barnes is insane!
Listening to the instrumentation and production on oM's last 3 albums is like ear candy, and the shows I've seen are just as entertaining—especially because the music sounds just as good as the records. I'm seeing you tonight in Boston! I can't wait!
At times like these I hate the fact that my english isn't as great as my portuguese! But since I hope you are reading this, I love of Montreal because its the best musical source for my daydreams and sidenotes of notebooks and humming alongs and soundtracks of being in love!
also, i love of Montreal because they introduce me to so many awesome artists, as Wong Kar Wai!
i love them, because they showed me i could ever get to love a sound more than The Beatles.
And mostly I can say that I love of Montreal because they are my favorite band ever!!
Because they are art music fashion literature bedtime stories and all the arts mixed together, at the right timing and place!
Because it is the only sound I want to capture in a bottle and send to a stranger across the ocean to open up and be gloriously greeted with the beautiful noise that erupts when the cap is removed.
because I can be me when listening to of Montreal
Cause Of Montreal makes me happy dance in the car while strangers stare disapprovingly and/or maybe laugh a little bit.
Because their shows (and music) is flamboyant and awesome! They have such a great sound and a familiar yet complex feel to their music.
I love of Montreal so very much, because of the sheer genius of it all. From Kevin Barnes lyrical masterpeices, to the whole bands stage performance, they are everything I have looked for in a band. Intellegence, meets art, meets aweseome beats, meets theatrics. It's one of a kind, and it's so amazing to me. By far the best band I have ever had the honor of coming across. Thank you so much!
Love of Montreal, by far my favorite live show, especially when they play the 40 watt
Its a deep and strange reciprocity...its an inspiration that runs full ball all through from head to toe that tells me where my fervor lies, creates a ferver in my eyes...from the moment i tasted the first drop, a i felt inside a beautiful affinity between my own life, my experiences and the music and lyrics of kevin barnes. i cant possible write in words how this helps me to express myself more openly and in that, grow more as a person. all i can say is thankyou
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Because I thought for the last couple of days until realising I could not adequately explain my infatuation. I could try, and I could list all the reasons they're a great band, but I could not put into words the infinite appeal they have to me. The closest explanation I could come up with; Kevin Barnes is the human incarnation of Apollo, the Greek and Roman god of music, poetry, the arts, prophecy and truth.
THE WINNER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED
i work in a musum and i've never seen a more impressive piece of art.
because im tired of boring fruitless mainstream music and you guys are the answer to my thirst
I love of Montreal because they aren't just a band; the music and the art and the performances combine perfectly to create a whole new universe in which anything can and does happen.
And because they gave me the best night of my life when they came to New Zealand.
Of Montreal is sparkly and beautiful and so much deeper than anyone could expect.
Just be honest like Anibal and admit your false sense of entitlement. >:) But PLEASE drop the whole new universe, "deep" references. They don't take themselves that seriously. (Which is a good bit of advice for artists everywhere.) The show was awesome!
I love Of Montreal so much that I seriously almost died in the chaos of the Crystal Castles performance at Lolla 09 JUST to get front row. It was raining that day and I got tangled in my poncho and had to rip it off while getting trampled by 2,000 ravers. LEGIT. Of Montreal is more then music. I get so giddy everytime I listen. Which would be daily since I was in the 7th grade.......I'm a OM geek.
We love Of Montreal because the music moves our lives, our love, and our spirts in ways that keep our soul power strong.
I saw of Montreal in Chattanooga, TN a few years ago. You guys know a good friend of mine, John Stone. Can't wait to get you back here. I'm down with of Montreal because it says "sup, fear?", takes it by the hand; hangs out with it; makes out with it and then slaps it in the face, only to remain good friends. "The secret of life is to have no fear. It's the only way to function." - Stokely Carmichael
I think you guys are living it and I enjoy your music because of it.