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* ShamSupernatural: "Werewolf Gimmick" is sung from the perspective of a professional wrestler whose persona's gimmick is that he's a werewolf. As the song goes on though, it becomes clear that the wrestler has become increasingly unable to distinguish between his real life and his persona, and actually believes that he's a werewolf.
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* AmbiguouslyEvil: The narrator's pursuer in "To the Headless Horseman".
--> ''God keep the bounty hunter who shows mercy to his prey''
--> ''I road past you on the road again today''
--> ''And as you approached, I could sense the threat''
--> ''But a stranger's just a friend who hasn't shared their secrets yet''
--> ''God keep the bounty hunter who shows mercy to his prey''
--> ''I road past you on the road again today''
--> ''And as you approached, I could sense the threat''
--> ''But a stranger's just a friend who hasn't shared their secrets yet''
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* AscendedFanboy: John Nall runs a [[http://themountaingoats.net/ fansite]] and [[http://www.themountaingoats.net/cgi-bin/songs.cgi?ACTION=show_all_songs near-obsessive collection of lyrics and tabs]]; it's now regarded as pretty much official.
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** "Song for Greg Valentine"
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* WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer: Appropriately, the unreleased "Song for Wrestling/GregValentine" pays homage to a guy who was not only nicknamed "the Hammer" but had a very singular in-ring methodology:
-->''When they get me in a corner, break legs''
-->''When I feel alone and useless, break legs''
-->''If I can't claim victory, I'm [[TakingYouWithMe taking you down with me]]''
-->''Break legs, break legs, break legs''
-->''When they get me in a corner, break legs''
-->''When I feel alone and useless, break legs''
-->''If I can't claim victory, I'm [[TakingYouWithMe taking you down with me]]''
-->''Break legs, break legs, break legs''
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** "Dark in Here" describes how the narrator, tired of running from his enemies, is now lying in wait, ready to end this once and for all by either killing them or being killed.
-->It's high noon somewhere
-->It's dark in here.
-->It's high noon somewhere
-->It's dark in here.
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--> ''I'm gonna jab you in the eye, with foreign object''
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--> ''I'm gonna jab you in the eye, with a foreign object''
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* FaceHeelTurn: "Heel Turn 2"
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* FaceHeelTurn: "Heel Turn 2"2" (literally, since it's from ''Beat the Champ'').
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** "Lovecraft in Brooklyn"
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** "Lovecraft in Brooklyn"Brooklyn" is about a guy who's absolutely convinced that something horrible is about to happen to him and everyone else, possibly at the hands of eldritch monstrosities.
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** "Dark in Here"
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dying day."
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dying day."
* LastOfHisKind: "Deuteronomy 2:10" is about the Last Tasmanian Tiger, the Last Dodo, and the Last Golden Toad.
-->''No brothers left, and there'll be no more after me.''
* LastOfHisKind: "Deuteronomy 2:10" is about the Last Tasmanian Tiger, the Last Dodo, and the Last Golden Toad.
-->''No brothers left, and there'll be no more after me.''
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* IconicItem: The boombox. In 1989, John bought a Panasonic RX-FT500 for $89 dollars from Circuit City, and recorded on it for the next twelve years. The microphone is between the tape decks, so the sound of the tape gears and the middling quality of the mic became an iconic part of the Mountain Goats' sound. When he dug it out of storage to record ''Songs for Pierre Chuvin'' in 2020, he found the gear noise had become so loud, he had to stand it on its end to quieten it.
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* IconicItem: The boombox. In 1989, John bought a Panasonic RX-FT500 RX-[=FT500=] for $89 dollars from Circuit City, and recorded on it for the next twelve years. The microphone is between the tape decks, so the sound of the tape gears and the middling quality of the mic became an iconic part of the Mountain Goats' sound. When he dug it out of storage to record ''Songs for Pierre Chuvin'' in 2020, he found the gear noise had become so loud, he had to stand it on its end to quieten it.
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* IconicItem: The boombox. In 1989, John bought a Panasonic RX-FT500 for $89 dollars from Circuit City, and recorded on it for the next twelve years. The microphone is between the tape decks, so the sound of the tape gears and the middling quality of the mic became an iconic part of the Mountain Goats' sound. When he dug it out of storage to record ''Songs for Pierre Chuvin'' in 2020, he found the gear noise had become so loud, he had to stand it on its end to quieten it.
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** "The Best Ever Death Metal Band In Denton"
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** "The Best Ever Death Metal Band In Denton"Denton" always ends with the audience singing along to the "Hail Satan!" outro.
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** ''Tallahassee''
** ''We Shall All Be Healed''
** ''The Sunset Tree''
** ''The Life of the World to Come''
** ''Beat The Champ''
** ''Goths''
** ''We Shall All Be Healed''
** ''The Sunset Tree''
** ''The Life of the World to Come''
** ''Beat The Champ''
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** ''Tallahassee''
''Tallahassee'' - all songs about the Alpha Couple.
** ''We Shall All BeHealed''
Healed'' - about the people he knew during his teenage years as a meth addict.
** ''The SunsetTree''
Tree'' - inspired by the memory of his abusive stepfather.
** ''The Life of the World toCome''
Come'' - all the songs are inspired by their namesake Bible verses.
** ''Beat TheChamp''
Champ'' - wrestling.
**''Goths''''Goths'' - [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin what do you think?]]
** ''In League With Dragons'' - TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons and the fantasy genre generally.
** ''We Shall All Be
** ''The Sunset
** ''The Life of the World to
** ''Beat The
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** ''In League With Dragons'' - TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons and the fantasy genre generally.
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* TheMasochismTango: The Alpha Couple are the ''epitome'' of this trope.
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* TheMasochismTango: The Alpha Couple are the ''epitome'' of this trope. John once said they only stay together because they ''hate'' each other so much they both stay to watch the other suffer their company.
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* SatanicPanic: "The Best Ever Death Metal Band Out Of Denton" is about a pair of death metal enthusiasts in their conservative Bible Belt who are separated and institutionalized for their supposed Devil worship. This inspires them to actually summon the Devil for real to get revenge on people who wronged them.
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* SongOfSongTitles: The verses of "Get High and Listen to the Cure" consist mainly of song titles by--[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin yes]]--Music/TheCure.
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* YourCheatingHeart: the Mountain Goats are a special case in that infidelity is rarely directly condoned or condemned.
** "Alibi"
** "Houseguest"
** "Going To Maine"
** "Please Come Home to Hamngatan"
** "Omega Blaster", based on some interpretations
** "Alibi"
** "Houseguest"
** "Going To Maine"
** "Please Come Home to Hamngatan"
** "Omega Blaster", based on some interpretations
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** "Getting Into Knives" is a soft ballad about how the narrator has, after thirty years obsessively seeking vengeance, decided to change his ways by...switching up the kind of weapon he's going to use to get vengeance.
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* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: The moral of "Andrew Eldritch is Moving Back to Leeds":
--> ''See the kids all bound for London - You'll all be back too''
--> ''Everybody tests the membrane, but no one pushes through''
--> ''See the kids all bound for London - You'll all be back too''
--> ''Everybody tests the membrane, but no one pushes through''
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* SympathyForTheDevil: ''The Sunset Bridge'' and a fair amount of other songs paint John's stepfather as [[AbusiveParents quite the asshole]], to say the least. Said album concludes with "Pale Green Leaves", which about John hearing that he passed away. The song purposefully is written to have many mixed feelings over the news, but it is clear that some part of him pities the man his stepfather was in the end.
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* SympathyForTheDevil: ''The Sunset Bridge'' Tree'' and a fair amount of other songs paint John's stepfather as [[AbusiveParents quite the asshole]], to say the least. Said album concludes with "Pale Green Leaves", which about John hearing that he passed away. The song purposefully is written to have many mixed feelings over the news, but it is clear that some part of him pities the man his stepfather was in the end.
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** ''Songs For Pierre Chuvin'' (2020)
** ''Getting Into Knives'' (2020)
** ''Getting Into Knives'' (2020)
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* IAmTheBand: Though he's had the same bassist for a whopping eight years now, John Darnielle is the only constant in the lineup of "The Mountain Goats".
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* IAmTheBand: Though he's had the same bassist for a whopping eight years now, John Darnielle is the only constant in the lineup of "The the Mountain Goats".Goats - even when touring alone, he still tours as "the Mountain Goats", plural. However, drummer Jon Wurster and bassist Peter Hughes have been with the band for over a decade and nearly two, respectively, playing on every album and most tours.
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** ''Goths'' gave his sound another shake-up, eschewing guitars completely (aside from bass) in favour of a more piano, keyboard and (on "Shelved", the first song written by another band member) even synths.
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** ''Goths'' gave his sound another shake-up, eschewing guitars completely (aside from bass) in favour of a more piano, keyboard and (on "Shelved", the first song written by another band member) even synths.
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** ''Tallahassee''
** ''Goths''
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** ''Tallahassee''
''Tallahassee'' left behind the lo-fi presentation of his earliest albums in favour of cleaner production and a full-band approach.
**''Goths''''Goths'' gave his sound another shake-up, eschewing guitars completely (aside from bass) in favour of a more piano, keyboard and (on "Shelved", the first song written by another band member) even synths.
** ''Songs For Pierre Chuvin'' was an [[InvertedTrope Old Sound Album]], in which Darnielle returned to the style of his very first albums, recording a whole album on an old boombox while stuck at home [[UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic due to the pandemic]].
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** ''Songs For Pierre Chuvin'' was an [[InvertedTrope Old Sound Album]], in which Darnielle returned to the style of his very first albums, recording a whole album on an old boombox while stuck at home [[UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic due to the pandemic]].
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** "No Children" is a jaunty, upbeat song about being trapped in an abusive (or at least, loveless) marriage.
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** "No Children" is a jaunty, upbeat jaunty song about being trapped in an abusive (or at least, loveless) marriage.
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* SympathyForTheDevil: ''The Sunset Bridge'' and a fair amount of other songs paint John's stepfather as [[AbusiveParents quite the asshole]], to say the least. Said album concludes with "Pale Green Leaves", which about John hearing that he passed away. The song purposefully is written to have many mixed feelings over the news, but it is clear that some part of him pities the man his stepfather was in the end.
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* CriticalResearchFailure: The song "Anglo-Saxons" conflates the Anglo-Saxons and the Picts to the point of claiming they painted their bodies blue, an error even someone who watched {{Film/Braveheart}} could point out. John Darnielle later admitted he was just trying to make up catchy lyrics and "Anglo-Saxon" sounded better than "Picts" in the metre of the song.
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* CriticalResearchFailure: The song "Anglo-Saxons" conflates the Anglo-Saxons and the Picts to the point of claiming they painted their bodies blue, an error even someone who watched {{Film/Braveheart}} could point out. John Darnielle later admitted he was just trying to make up catchy lyrics and "Anglo-Saxon" sounded better than "Picts" in the metre of the song.
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** There's also the earlier song "Ox Baker Triumphant" and the later "Song for Sasha Banks", both of which are about the respective titular pro wrestlers.
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** "Omega Blaster", based on some interpretations
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* LostInCharacter: The main character of "Werewolf Mask", who talks as if he is his character and tears apart his opponent for real.
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* LostInCharacter: The main character of "Werewolf Mask", Gimmick", who talks as if he is his character and tears apart his opponent for real.
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* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Yeah, one of the nicest guys in the business wrote "No Children."
