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Jeff Mangum played 3 shows @ Paramount Theatre, was joined by Jermey Barnes, covered other outsider musicians (setlists)

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Jeff Mangum isn’t on the list, but one could argue that the elusive frontman of Neutral Milk Hotel might be classifiable as an “outsider musician”, much like Daniel Johnston (who he covered on Friday again) and Roky Erickson (who he covered on Sunday again). Those covers aside, Jeff’s three ATP Asbury Park setlists, religous experiences for many, stuck 100% to songs he wrote.

At last night’s show (Monday, 10/3), Jeff was also joined on stage for two songs by show opener A Hawk and a Hacksaw, his Neutral Milk Hotel band-mate Jeremy Barnes included. To quote one anonymous attendee, “I loved him just solo but when they came out it sounded like neutral milk hotel.” It looks like we’re one step closer to the full on reunion. The Neutral Milk Hotel box set is out 11/22.

Last night’s setlist also included “Little Birds” which he didn’t play the other two nights. Two quote wiki, it’s “the only song by Neutral Milk Hotel written after the release of In the Aeroplane over the Sea of which a recorded version exists.

“It’s the beginning of a story where a boy is in a not-so-nice situation. One day, little birds start to form around him in his room. They start coming into his body and he was very happy about this. But unfortunately he tries to share it with other people and they get very upset because this is something that he finds to be very beautiful but they don’t find very beautiful and they want to destroy it.” –Jeff Mangum

Jeff comes even closer to and in NYC when he plays sold out shows at Town Hall on October 29th and Landmark Loew’s Theatre in Jersey City on 11/6. Jeff also has a benefit show scheduled in Woodstock. No openers have been announced for those.

Above photo by missdubs. All three Asbury Park setlists below…


Jeff Mangum Concert Setlist at Paramount Theatre,
Asbury Park, NJ, USA on October 3, 2011

Two Headed Boy Pt. 2
Holland, 1945
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Gardenhead/Leave Me Alone
Song Against Sex
Oh Comely
A Baby For Pree/Glow Into You
Naomi
April 8th (with A Hawk and a Hacksaw)
The King of Carrot Flowers Pt. 1
The King of Carrot Flowers Pt. 2 & 3
little birds
Ghost
Engine

Encore:
Two Headed Boy
the fool (with A Hawk and a Hacksaw)


Jeff Mangum Concert Setlist at Paramount Theatre
Asbury Park, NJ, USA on October 2, 2011

Two-Headed Boy Pt. Two
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Song Against Sex
A Baby For Pree/Glow Into You
Oh Comely
I Love the Living You (Roky Erickson cover)
Gardenhead/Leave Me Alone
The King of Carrot Flowers Pt. One
The King of Carrot Flowers Pts. Two & Three
Naomi
Ghost
Holland, 1945

Encore:
Engine
Two-Headed Boy


Jeff Mangum Concert Setlist at Paramount Theatre
Asbury Park, NJ, USA on September 30, 2011

Oh Comely
Two-Headed Boy Pt. Two
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Song Against Sex
Gardenhead/Leave Me Alone
Ghost
True Love Will Find You in The End (Daniel Johnston cover)
Two-Headed Boy
A Baby For Pree
The King of Carrot Flowers Pt. One
The King of Carrot Flowers Pts. Two & Three
Holland, 1945

Encore:
Naomi
Engine