Animal Collective – In the Flowers (Hove 2008)

Hove Festival, Norway, June 2008

Song is formerly known as “Dancer” – thx to kdeth and grundletron3030 for video and thx to the0ctagon for new song title

Entire Hove set Mp3′s found here: http://www.mediafire.com/?jvji2zyr8y1

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LYRICS:
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Met a dancer
Who was high in a field
From her movement
Caught my breath on my way home
Couldn’t stop that spinning force I felt in me,
Everything around seemed to giggle glee
She walked up with a flower and I cared

Found a dancer
Who gets wild to the beats
of the rhythm
But I’m always away for weeks that pass slow
My mind gets lost
Feeling envy for the kid who’ll dance despite anything
I walk out in the flowers, and feel better

….If I could just leave my body for the night….

Then we could be dancing
No more missing you while I’m gone
There we could be dancing,
And you’d smile and say, “I like this song”
And when our eyes will meet there
We will recognize nothing’s wrong
And I wouldn’t feel so selfish
I won’t be this way very long

To hold you in time
To hold you in time
To hold you in time
To hold you in time

While we were dancing
Early hours
Drunken days finally ended
And the streets turned for a pillowcase
Then I fumbled our good lock
Then the ecstasy turns to rising light
Through our windowpane
Now I’m gone
I left flowers for you there

Duration : 0:5:22


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25 Responses to Animal Collective – In the Flowers (Hove 2008)

  1. KilgoreTrout4292 says:

    Man, where’s the …
    Man, where’s the thumping bass drum driving through my soul here?

  2. FoxesMate4Life says:

    Avey sings this, …
    Avey sings this, not Panda.

  3. Je11yb3aner says:

    @HoracioGo15
    I …

    @HoracioGo15
    I know!! i was a lil diasappointed when i watched this but its still pretty sick.
    :P

  4. KaySchroed says:

    if i could just …
    if i could just leave my body for a night,

  5. razrtolu says:

    yeah dumbass listin …
    yeah dumbass listin to sung tongs thats acoustic and mic and its animal collective

  6. razrtolu says:

    umm aveys the one …
    umm aveys the one singing the song

  7. TheDivineAberration says:

    @johnowensjr1234 …
    @johnowensjr1234 lmao seriously, they made 2 soley acoustic albums, and one of them still uses an electric guitar consistently in their music, the guy on far right can play piano, cello, drums and guitar. so yeah i too, would love to see them in a room full of acoustic instruments and mics, it would be great :D

  8. sunsplash1980 says:

    God Panda’s voice …
    God Panda’s voice is so primitively beautiful. It’s like it could be one of the beautiful voices in history but’s it is now, listening to this band is like looking at the most beautiful art, but better because you can hear it.

  9. Blisterinthesun1993 says:

    actualy that would …
    actualy that would prolly be nice… there good basic musicians aswell : D

  10. johnowensjr1234 says:

    fuck this hipster …
    this hipster garbage….i would love to see these with a room full of acoustic instruments and mics

  11. qwertydar says:

    It just needs the …
    It just needs the crazy drumming part for the ‘epicness’ that you all describe, that’s all :)

  12. HoracioGo15 says:

    way more epic, that …
    way more epic, that part send me to another world in my headphones i don’t why they can’t pull it off live.

  13. kdc12321 says:

    yeah i think so, or …
    yeah i think so, or it just could have been the same sample.

  14. stephenblasy says:

    @ kayak0055


    @ kayak0055

    fucking right.

  15. IAmTheMan217 says:

    I actually read …
    I actually read most of The Perks of Being a Wallflower to Animal Collective songs, lol

  16. Daniel3059051205 says:

    wow they sang well …
    wow they sang well on this… ive seen other videos in which vocals arent that great.

  17. LostColourz says:

    This is before MPP …
    This is before MPP came out, so it’s an early version, but I definitely understand where you’re coming from. When he says that one line and the song explodes I feel infinite.

  18. telavivmeetings says:

    couldnt agree more.
    couldnt agree more.

  19. cutiepoop13 says:

    I feel like it …
    I feel like it should literally be capable of putting that audience in a trance.

  20. timotay001 says:

    @kayak0055 yer …
    @kayak0055 yer needs more bass

  21. kayak0055 says:

    1:51 should be more …
    1:51 should be more epic.

  22. liveoperator says:

    this is the best …
    this is the best singing i’ve seen from them on youtube

  23. MrAmputechture says:

    its not as …
    its not as explosive as the studio version. Then again, i think this performance took place before they released MPP

  24. beatlesrock4ever says:

    @masonhheat yep …
    @masonhheat yep they played it at coachella right?

  25. danielc1620 says:

    Amazing
    Amazing