Phoebe Bridgers - Two-Headed Boy (Part 2) [Neutral Milk Hotel cover] (Live on 2 Meter Sessions)

Recorded July 4, 2017 in Amsterdam.

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#phoebebridgers #neutralmilkhotel #acoustic

[metersessies]

2 Meter Sessions is an independent, ongoing (new) music platform with a great legacy. Monthly we film 3 to 4 sessions with promising and breakthrough acts from all over the world.
Many well-known acts have visited the show; from James Taylor, Elliott Smith and David Crosby to Damien Jurado, Ben Howard and Josh Ritter, via Radiohead, Nirvana, Coldplay and Foo Fighters. Archive footage can regularly be seen in (theatrical) documentary movies, like “Mystify: Michael Hutchence” (with footage of our session with INXS, filmed in 1997), “Heaven Adores You” (with footage of our session with Elliott Smith, filmed in 1998) and “All I Can Say” (with footage of our session with Blind Melon, filmed in 1993).

[JammastaJ]

This song is really really really important to a small group of people and she did it justice.

[theleaderman]

This feels specifically engineered to fit my two current obsessions

[onetenthhero]

Love this! Now I just wish she’d cover the whole of In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

[chrisgilliver]

"And in my dreams you're alive and you're crying"

[videosefilmes]

“In my dreams you’re alive and you’re crying”, and now I’m crying too

[HolyHubcap]

Best cover I’ve ever heard of this song. It captures Jeff Mangum’s spirit and conclusions to one of the greatest indie album of all time.

[Tanuem]

This is one of those songs where not only does every line work together into the song perfectly, but also tells an entire story on its own. IMO the greatest song ever written, and this was a beautiful cover.

[griffinoconnor]

Anybody else notice how the bars on the equalizer line up with the wood panels on the wall when they get taller?

[lindsayschmidt]

One of the saddest songs ever recorded. So glad to see Phoebe did a cover of it.

[MrWario]

I'm going to die over how perfect this is

[ipecacisgoodforyou]

I was going through covers of NMH songs and I'm glad I found this, her voice is really one of the most interesting and expressive ones.

[dirtsonofearth]

One of the best covers I've heard of this song.

I usually dont like when a really pretty voice covers NMH, the rawness is part of what makes the original work so well but this compliments nicely.

[joey]

when is jeff mangum covering moon song

[DouglasRosser]

I used to listen to this whole album every night. Got me through some shit.

[vanyachairunissa]

Daddy please hear this song that I sing
In your heart there's a spark that just screams
For a lover to bring a child to your chest that could lay as you sleep
And love all you have left like your boy used to be
Long ago wrapped in sheets warm and wet

Blister please with those wings in your spine
Love to be with a brother of mine
How he'd love to find your tongue in his teeth
In a struggle to find secret songs that you keep wrapped in boxes so tight
Sounding only at night as you sleep

And in my dreams you're alive and you're crying,
As your mouth moves in mine, soft and sweet,
Rings of flowers 'round your eyes
And Ill love you for the rest of your life when you're ready

Brother see we are one in the same
And you left with your head filled with flames
And you watched as your brains fell out through your teeth
Push the pieces in place 
Make your smile sweet to see 
Don't you take this away 
I'm still wanting my face on your cheek

And when we break we'll wait for our miracle
God is a place where some holy spectacle lies 
When we break we'll wait for our miracle
God is a place you will wait for the rest of your life

Two headed boy she is all you could need
She will feed you tomatoes and radio wires
And retire to sheets safe and clean
But don't hate her when she gets up to leave

[Blackoutproject]

The fact that she's covering this makes me just love her more. Absolute pleasure to hear

[michaelinglis]

Holy shit I have a neutral milk hotel tattoo I love Jeff mangum. I recently fell in love with stranger in the alps/Phoenee Bridgers. As a teenager (around 2004-2006 when I was 14 to 16) driving in cars with my friends we always played the in the aeroplane over the sea album. Thanks Phoebe for appreciating such great songwriting. And for giving it a chance to reach new people. I can think of at least 8 people I introduced to NMH WHO constantly thank me for it lol.

[MrShahid]

I never thought I'd hear a NMH cover and actually like it this much.. Wow!

[asdfgidji]

pheobe is truly someone special. this song to my knowledge hasnt been covered certainly less popular and holy fuck she killed it. im incredibly greatful to know an artist whos just as good as her.