Neutral Milk Hotel's Jeff Mangum Makes Surprise Appearance at Occupy Wall Street

Hearing Radiohead fans boast or whine about seeing or not seeing the band at various locations around New York City has grown a little tiresome over the last week. Every available information outlet -- from regular old conversation to Twitter feeds -- has been flooded with comments about this amazing British band everybody is so enthused with. So, when they didn't (DID NOT) play a set at the Occupy Wall Street protests, it was kind of a non-event.

When Neutral Milk Hotel mastermind Jeff Mangum made a surprise appearance at Occupy Wall Street, it resonated far more soundly than spurious rumors of Thom Yorke's shadow. Though Mangum has been more active in 2011, he's largely been absent from the public eye since 1998. Upon finishing his first song, he announced to the crowd, "I'm here to serve you. What do you want to hear?" according to You Aint No Picasso.

Mangum graced the audience at Zucconi Park with a poignant rendition of the Minutemen's 'Themselves,' as well as some choice cuts from the Neutral Milk Hotel catalog. The concertgoers were particularly responsive to the line, "We know who our enemies are," from 'Oh Comely.'

"You guys have done a beautiful f---ing thing," Mangum said as he finished his set, and in a show of solidarity, the crowd echoed his sentiment, literally. Check out the setlist and the video (via Global Revolution) below:

'Holland, 1945,' 'Ghost,' 'Song Against Sex,' 'Two Headed Boy, Pt. 2,' 'In the Aeroplane Over the Sea,' 'King of Carrot Flowers,' and 'Oh Comely.'