Neutral Milk Hotel – Pree Sisters Swallowing a Donkey's Eye

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  • +1
    General Comment:There's the theory that the instrumental melody is saying "I love you" and then there's cavelier's interpretation of "I'm ready"...but recently I've been hearing something new.
    "I'm aware of you."
    It just came to me the other day out of nowhere. Maybe it's just me, though.
    Flag woodenappleon November 02, 2012   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:April 8th into this song is one of the best musical sequences on earth. People who don't like this should really broaden their horizons.
    Flag Notkcotson February 06, 2012   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:This song is Jeff Mangum's take on what you would hear once you're dead.
    April 8th is about the suicide, this song is the aftermath.
    Flag l0velesson October 02, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:I suppose the title is relating to the previous song "A Baby for Pree", which is about a woman giving birth to multiple children. Apparently a "Donkey's Eye" is actually an edible seed from a 'mucuna pruriens' plant, according to thefreedictionary.com.

    Look it up on Wikipedia. Hell, there's quite a lot to say about it:
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/…
    Flag RegularMikeon April 22, 2009   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:When I listen to this I hear "I'm ready" more than "I love you", but I can hear both somewhat.
    Flag cavelieron March 05, 2009   Link
  • -2
    My Opinion:i think this song really kills the album. this would be bad, even for a noise/experimental band who made this kind of droning noise all the time. so on a band full of energy and spice like NMH, this excruciating shite is just maddening. i only listened to it all the way, because i thought there might have been a VERY good ghost track at the end

    anyway. that's just my view
    Flag chasefowlon February 01, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:I also hear the "I love you" from the melody. Sick song. Sick is good.
    Flag Low Feedbackon September 19, 2008   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:i think it is very apocolyptic.
    Flag vvopon July 21, 2008   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:Easily their best song. By FAR! Perfection. One of my favourite songs ever, actually.

    I wish they could have included it with the other album.
    Flag plusbeauduquartieron December 10, 2007   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:This is really eerie after April 8th, and I think its a really great way to end the record.
    I'm also not sure about the song title, interesting though.
    Flag reznorfreakon July 09, 2007   Link

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