Kyler+J.10

Neutral Milk Hotel 1998 What does the song symbolize for you in that time period? A feeling of longing, and melancholy. The thing I Like about it the most is the weirdness and ugliness is juxtaposes in the song, overall being about beauty.

What stage in your life were you during the time of that song? Early college.

How does the song make you feel? A sogn about really ugly things like; Political, historical angle to record.The diary of Anne Frank. The entire record being.

How is the song reflective of the time period? The interesting thing about the record is that it doesn’t seem very dated. What’s the tempo of the song, and how does it effect the listener? Dirging tempo, major chorus. Minor sounding. Slow, sad. It evokes thought into the listener.

What genre/music movement is it from? Psychedellic Indie music. Impashionate and feverish sounding. It was urgent that the song came out. Needed

What genres of music do you hear in the song? Folk,Noise,Pop,

Voice: Loud Screaming.

How has it influenced music of today? Very underground, slow influence on people.Very opposite of trendy music. Became somewhat influencial and trendy.

Artists of similar genre: The Microphones,

How does it relate to other musical movements? It was like psychedelic music, and very dark and weird. Mysterious band. Eastern eurpean folk music. Comapred to mainstream music like Stone Temple Pilots, Pearl Jam, It sounded completely unrelated to pop music of that day and age because it tremendously underground.Did not have any reference to pop music at all. Most popular music sang about love or clubbing, but message is completely different.