Mastodon - Jaguar God II

The Brent Hinds version.

Mastodon
Emperor of Sand
Jaquar God

All rights to Warner Music Group and Reprise Records.
2017

I ain't no good
And I live by the woods
They say I ain't bad
I'm the best they have had
And I know it ain't right
But I'll fight my whole life
To prove that I was right

The day it went down
I was out on my pad
Not feeling so bad
I'm a suspect now
I'm a vagabond tramp
Living out on a limb

I live by the woods
They say I ain't bad
I'm the best they have had
And I know it ain't right
But I'll fight my whole life
Just to prove that I was right
[x2]

I ain't no good
They say I ain't bad
And I know it ain't right
But I'll fight my whole life

[Beiskraft]

This solo is the most beautiful thing I've heard in my life. I probably listened to it more then a 1000 times lol.

[nicholasbadgley]

What makes jaguar god such a fantastic song is that the transitions from one part to the next give the song the feeling of a journey. The last part completes the circle by bringing it back to the beginning, more or less. No middle parts, no journey. One of the best songs to do this is suppers ready by genesis. If you don't have all parts, you don't have the song. Same with jaguar god.

[CashWiley]

This version should've been on Cold Dark Place. Nice work.

[johndee]

THANK YOU ...im obessed with brent hinds parts of this song

[Mrballer]

If only YouTube had a repeat button, would save me a lot of hassle... been listening to this for 3 straight days, can't get enough!

[dangoldsmith]

Cold Dark Place is coming in the mail today. That will complete my Mastodon collection :)

[zachiswayposi]

Man, that transition into the solo was spot on.

[egorsozonov]

I've just found out yesterday that Jaguar God was written by Brent for Cold Dark Place, and Toe To Toes was an Emperor of Sand song. Brann talked Brent into switching them.

[Malahat]

I'll always skip back to the intro cause i wanna hear it twice cause its so good, before i hit into the heavier parts, this is just to fucking awesome, thanks for doing this!

[lukarioz]

I dont know if im crazy. this is all info i have mixed up from a research i did ages ago: Brann lost his 14yo sister to suicide by consequences of living on an abusive household. Crack the sky is a direct reference to her, but i deeply believe Jaguar god is an emotional journey of how guilt can fuck you up after not being able to help the closest to you and the will to continue living for them.
I've seen my sister trying to commit suicide and also lost close friends to drugs and this song is a 1:1 replica of how i've felt on my lowest and highest. I cant stress how much i love Benn's part.
Im just so happy they have each others to support themselves and how much they love each others.

[vihj]

Thank you so much #TheBryBry! I loved Jaguar god from the first moment I heard it, but the reason I loved this song so much are the parts u have combined into this composition. Ive waited for this since the album was released and I think u did astonishing work on this. In my opinion the intro and specially the solo in the end is pure musical perfection from Mastodon. Great work!

[leandro.paulasantos]

Not Jaguar God II, half Jaguar God. I mean, I get not all the changes, progressions, make sense but that is part of life, don’t you agree?

[Kondzio]

I understand what You have wanted to achieve here, for me however this particular song without heavy moments feels incomplete somehow.

[lordstarbreaker]

Kinda reminds me of Pink Floyd, great edit :)

[theenigma]

This is unofficial? This is brilliant.

[UltraVert]

Like this version, thanks for the up!

[JoseRosas-ppmo]

#TheBryBry wow I speak Spanish I just wanted to tell you that it is the mastodon song that I like the most and you did it even better thanks <3 Greetings from Mexico

[ArvelleWhitaker]

I love this version too. Especially when i want to play along with the shorter version

[profile]

this is a song with words and also music, guitar

[jessiegarcia]

I'm really hoping the new e.p. that comes out next month is more like this.