I was raised Mormon, and my church & family did everything they could to stop me from making the kind of music I had always wanted to make. I’m in my mid 20s now and have been out of the church since I turned 18. My family wouldn’t talk to me about anything but coming back to church for years and my friends in the church stopped talking to me altogether. Next year, I’ll be inviting all of them to the only piano recital I ever plan on holding, and I’ll be closing it out with this song, “Hail Satan” and all. It just feels right.
@@lokisweapon Y'all should see me at a funeral or after a car crash. I act SUPER weird and it's embarrassing. Like, almost chipper. Act, not feel. Can't keep it in.
His telling of this story was both empathetic and absurd. First he acknowledged the feeling of this poor, self-conscious kid in a way that everyone can relate to. Then he laid out the absurdity of these types of "youth help" places whose basic procedure is "of course the best thing for this kid uncomfortable in his own body is to put him in a robe in front of a stranger." The end of the story builds up what the kid will say as something so serious and profound because John will take this look to his grave...then the kid shouts "it SUCKS!" which is a juvenile and basic way to describe the situation. IMO, this is the epitome of TMG. Take awful, gut wrenching scenarios and play them triumphantly with a smile. Start laughing like a child as you burn hotter than the sun.
It sounds like he's talking to an audience in Claremont, California, which is in the Inland Empire (basically inland from the ocean, east of LA). He's telling them they've probably not had they're "style crimped" by religious fundamentalism the way people have in Utah or Denton, Ohio.
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I was raised Mormon, and my church & family did everything they could to stop me from making the kind of music I had always wanted to make. I’m in my mid 20s now and have been out of the church since I turned 18. My family wouldn’t talk to me about anything but coming back to church for years and my friends in the church stopped talking to me altogether. Next year, I’ll be inviting all of them to the only piano recital I ever plan on holding, and I’ll be closing it out with this song, “Hail Satan” and all. It just feels right.
You. Are. A. badass. How'd it go?
How did it go? Also you have so much support from us.
Hail Satan!!
How'd it go mate? If you did do it, you are a really awesome person!
I work in that kind of unit. The audience laughed but we’ve had kids take MP3 players into their rooms, smash them, and self harm with the pieces.
Locked PRTF in NC. Hardest 4 years of my teaching career, but it made me the teacher I am today
Annnnd i was the type of person you had to deal with in there :) haha
One of the only things there is to do in there is sit around and make jokes about all the stuff they left around you can hurt yourself with.
Great version of the song. Hail Satan! Hail west Texas!
He's a great storyteller.
Dude. I can't thank you enough for uploading this. I uploaded my other favorite live version of this song, but this is amazing!
Welp commenting 9 years later, but do you know if there are any other recordings of this show out there?
why were people laughing during that story??? wtf
people cope with discomfort in a multitude of ways
@@lokisweapon Y'all should see me at a funeral or after a car crash. I act SUPER weird and it's embarrassing. Like, almost chipper. Act, not feel. Can't keep it in.
His telling of this story was both empathetic and absurd. First he acknowledged the feeling of this poor, self-conscious kid in a way that everyone can relate to. Then he laid out the absurdity of these types of "youth help" places whose basic procedure is "of course the best thing for this kid uncomfortable in his own body is to put him in a robe in front of a stranger." The end of the story builds up what the kid will say as something so serious and profound because John will take this look to his grave...then the kid shouts "it SUCKS!" which is a juvenile and basic way to describe the situation.
IMO, this is the epitome of TMG. Take awful, gut wrenching scenarios and play them triumphantly with a smile. Start laughing like a child as you burn hotter than the sun.
What the hell is he talking about at the beginning? What is the Eileeaasns empire?
It's probably a death metal band that talks about religion, based on content lol not 100% though
Inland Empire (an area in Southern California).
It sounds like he's talking to an audience in Claremont, California, which is in the Inland Empire (basically inland from the ocean, east of LA). He's telling them they've probably not had they're "style crimped" by religious fundamentalism the way people have in Utah or Denton, Ohio.
Martin T The song is actually set in Denton, west Texas. But yeah.
Denton is a university town north of Dallas, technically east texas.