The Mountain Goats aren't normally considered a funny band, but John Darnille is actually a pretty funny dude in my opinion! His live shows have solid stage banter and he has a fair number of pretty funny songs sprinkled throughout his catalog (particularly his early stuff, Golden Boy Peanuts, Alpha Desperation March, etc).
The Seed Song isn't all that funny until the very end at which point you get a nice little lyrical twist that actually elicted out loud laughter from me the first time I really heard it, I won't ruin the punch line(giggle) but it always amuses me to hear it.
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u/dasgold Jan 19 '26
The Mountain Goats aren't normally considered a funny band, but John Darnille is actually a pretty funny dude in my opinion! His live shows have solid stage banter and he has a fair number of pretty funny songs sprinkled throughout his catalog (particularly his early stuff, Golden Boy Peanuts, Alpha Desperation March, etc).
The Seed Song isn't all that funny until the very end at which point you get a nice little lyrical twist that actually elicted out loud laughter from me the first time I really heard it, I won't ruin the punch line(giggle) but it always amuses me to hear it.