http://nerve.com/CS/blogs/61fps/archive/tags/john+darnielle/default.aspxTags: john darnielleenCommunityServer 2007.1 (Build: 20910.1126)http://nerve.com/CS/blogs/61fps/archive/2008/09/08/the-one-thing-i-know-how-to-say-quot-thank-you-mario-quot.aspxMon, 08 Sep 2008 16:00:00 GMTbd485f5c-a45b-491f-8e52-c79e7f680fc3:125269Derrick Sanskrit2http://nerve.com/CS/blogs/61fps/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=125269http://nerve.com/CS/blogs/61fps/archive/2008/09/08/the-one-thing-i-know-how-to-say-quot-thank-you-mario-quot.aspx#comments<p><img src="http://nerve.com/CS/blogs/61fps/princessisinanothercastle.gif" alt="" align="right" border="" height="200" hspace="" width="200" /><font face="helvetica" size="2"><a href="http://www.nerve.com/screeningroom/books/interview_johndarnielle/" target="_blank">John Darnielle is already a friend of Nerve</a>, and now we know that he is a friend of gamers as well. John&#39;s musical project The Mountain Goats just released their new single &quot;Thank You Mario, But Our Princess Is In Another Castle,&quot; a hauntingly delicate ballad from the perspective of an imprisoned Toad in Super Mario Bros. featuring Kaki King on drum, glockenspiel and backup vocals. Beautiful.<br /><br /><object height="110" width="300"><param name="movie" value="http://media.imeem.com/m/IiP-pwVhum/aus=false/"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://media.imeem.com/m/IiP-pwVhum/aus=false/" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="110" width="300"></object><br /><br />We&#39;ll forgive the fact that John references Magikoopas, who didn&#39;t appear until Super Mario World, by which point Toads were no longer held captive at the end of each world. The song is just too sweet and heart-touching to get caught up in nerd details.<br /><br />Thanks again to our friends over at <a href="http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/download/145282-premiere-the-mountain-goats-and-kaki-king-thank-you-mario-but-our-princess-is-in-another-castle-mp3-stream" target="_blank">Pitchfork</a> for sharing this bit of game-related beauty with us.<br /><br /><font size="3"><b>Related articles:</b></font><br /><a href="http://nerve.com/CS/blogs/61fps/archive/2008/09/02/sweet-sassy-molassey-super-mario-rpg-on-the-virtual-console.aspx">Sweet Sassy Molassy: Super Mario RPG on the Virtual Console</a><br /><a href="http://nerve.com/CS/blogs/61fps/archive/2008/08/26/mario-will-not-retire-he-will-outlive-us-all.aspx">Mario Will Not Retire. He Will Outlive Us All.</a><br /><a href="http://nerve.com/CS/blogs/61fps/archive/2008/08/27/japan-scares-me-mario-and-the-western-show.aspx">Japan Scare Me: Mario And The Western Show</a><br /><a href="http://nerve.com/CS/blogs/61fps/archive/2008/06/20/pixies-cover-quot-theme-from-narc-quot.aspx">Pixies Cover &quot;Theme from NARC&quot;</a><br /></font> </p><img src="http://nerve.com/CS/aggbug.aspx?PostID=125269" width="1" height="1">derrick sanskritmusicsuper mario brospitchforktoadthe mountain goatsjohn darnielle