One of my favorite moments of live music ever was during this song. My friend Tony's band Papas Fritas opened for Neutral Milk Hotel downstairs at the Middle East in July of 1998. Of Montreal was on the bill too, but I don't remember whether they played before or after NMH.
After the relative calm of Part 1, the band was still as Jeff Mangum sang "I love you Jesus Christ..." A couple horns and the uilleann pipes joined in. At the beginning of the second half of part two all the musicians onstage jumped in unison. They landed with a wall of sound. In addition to all the horns, pipes and saw, musicians from the other bands added to the noise.
I have tried to find a video of a similar performance. Paste has an article listing the best NMH videos from that period on Youtube. The closest I found was the Kindercore Records birthday party, probably because Of Montreal was onstage too.
Tony's band Papas Fritas:
Of Montreal
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