John Darnielle is already a friend of Hooksexup, and now we know that he is a friend of gamers as well. John's musical project The Mountain Goats just released their new single "Thank You Mario, But Our Princess Is In Another Castle," 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.
We'll forgive the fact that John references Magikoopas, who didn'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.
Thanks again to our friends over at Pitchfork for sharing this bit of game-related beauty with us.
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