The War on Drugs - "Thinking Of A Place" (Electric Lady Sessions)
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The War on Drugs performs "Thinking Of A Place" live at Electric Lady Studios Recorded 6/6/17.
Host: Russ Borris
Audio: Phil Joly
Cameras: Kristen Riffert, Brian Gallagher, Kristal Ho and Joanna LaPorte
Editor: Brian Gallagher
I envy you if you are listening for the first time..that moment you know you've discovered a piece of music that will be close to you for the rest of your life.
I can tell where I was (local bar) the day (one sunny Sunday afternoon), what I was drinking (Camden hells) and who I was with (my beautiful wife). It felt like everyone fell silent for those minutes. ♥️
@@geordiewook Does life get any better than that?!
This is my first time and you nailed it
For me that moment comes like 20th listen
Truly
This song means the world to me. I pop in from time to time. My little place of comfort. Today i found a good friend of mine passed away suddenly. Only 52 and a dad to two young girls. This play is for you Matt. Travel safe buddy. Will miss you dearly.
I remember hearing this song for the first time. It was at a party where I knew almost nobody. Most people were stoned AF but I was fully sober. When this song came on we were sitting outside and heard this song on the background, we just sat there listening and I think that moment will stay with me for a long while.
that's meta considering the band's name.
I had a similar moment like this, but with a different song
@@Pedro-gh6snwhat was the song?
We got married to this song ...the greatest day of my life and the greatest song I've ever heard...❤.
Makes me cry every time ❤
I can’t think of any song ever written over 10min that keeps me gripped like this beautiful song. I think it’s my fave song by them and there’s a lot to choose from.
Desolation Row - Bob Dylan
try listening to pink floyd-animals. dogs, pigs, sheep
Try Pink Floyd’s shine on you crazy diamond 👌
This and AlugalugCat are my two all-time favorite songs!
Though The Silence by Manchester Orchestra and The Sound of Silence by Disturbed are a close 3rd and 4th.
Arriving somewhere, but not here- Porcupine Tree
This song got me through some real tough times. Years back i suffered a psychotic break and got diagnosed with bipolar 1. I felt like I didn't understand myself or the world around me anymore. This song helped me remember again while recovering.
Love you, never forget it.
I totally undersrand. This song makes me sob every time I listen, and ESPECIALLY 7 minutes in. I saw them in Seattle last year and was so bummed that this wasn't on the predicted set list and when they first started playing it I totally lost it. They even did a longer rendition, which was so cool.
@@breezy8105 thats so kickass
Today I went to the funeral of a 20 year old boy. He died a week ago while being hid by a car. My daughter and that 20 year old boy were very close. During the funeral, the boy's favorit music was played. This song was one of them. I was very much touched by it. Hundreds of people were at the funeral and because of the fact that there were so many people, the greeting of the coffin took a long time. I heard that song 3 time. I had never heard the song before and I took my phone and used Shazam app in order to know the title of the song. It will always remember me of that boy who still had a whole life to go. He had such a nice character and we all will mis him a lot😢
Love 2 you ! I'm fishing with Grandpa. Thinking of a place.
One of the more beautiful pieces of music I have listened to in my life...
i've never done heroin. but i imagine it takes you to someplace like this song.
Less beautiful than you, if you allow me... even if I find this song fantastic! ;)
I was addicted to heroin for 7 years ending in 2006. The War On Drugs are my favourite band in the world at the minute. If you've never taken heroin its hard to describe the feeling but what you said comes pretty close. If i fell in love with heroin you can probably understand why i love this band so much.
Leah Krokowski they are so awesome what a beautiful way of music I have never heard of them but so awesome my favorite music
Yes d'accord
This song and Strangest Thing off of this album are such masterpieces. I can listen to them over and over and over again. They never get old.
My favourites too
that moment at 2:57 when the riff starts, takes you to another dimension, fighting with your own feelings, giving, taking what you never had......
This is proof that great music still exists...it's just harder to find.😌
Adam Granduciel is a true genius when it comes to layering all the instruments in a song.He tinkers with lyric and melody until he thinks it is perfect and by God he gets it right just about every time! This is the song and performance that hooked me 3 years ago..found them by accident because TH-cam plugged in similar artists
TRUTHAT
trueee
This song kills me and brings me back to life
Easily one of their best songs written. The build up and the middle break. When I first heard the song never would've thought it was 13min. Flows so well
It's amazing! I listened to this song for a dozen times before i finally realised that it is so long.
Eric Mundt me too..same feeling
Couldnt't have described it better. It truly is a masterpiece
Martin Gutierrez this entire album is an unrealized masterpiece
That’s because this version is ten minutes!!
This is my favorite song of all time. I've heard it hundreds of times, and it gives me chills every time....
Me too ...
Good choice
I am 63 the 70s music was it for me.But wow mind blown.I found them on independant music channel.So much to explore.I ordered a cd.So much going on in there music so full so dreamy
I completely agree, this song is something else. It is amazing and gets me everytime
i need to find people like u guys
I took my mom to a WOD show. They closed the festival, and punctuated the weekend with total grace and feel. I listened to the band through my own ears, also tried to conceptualize what my mother was feeling. This was an epic experience, to put it mildly. Thanks War on Drugs: an absolutely moving performance from empathetic artist. Thanks.
This song is like coming home from a long trip, equal parts relief, excitement and comfort. Hearing the voice of a loved one for the first time in years.
❤
Saw them last year, they closed the set with this song, people were crying, such a beautiful moment
Royal albert hall, I was one of them crying😂
When they released Lost In the Dream, I thought to myself, "There's no way they're ever going to top this. It's just too good." Here we are, three and a half years later and The War on Drugs hits us with another spectacular album. As of right now, this band can do no wrong. I consider myself lucky being a fan of them.
me too
me too, looking forward to see them in Mexico next month :D
same here...this band just keeps getting better and better...would love to see them Live!
This was the best concert of my life
@@Anoalekontrieger I'd want to drop acid so bad.
I walked up the aisle to this amazing song last year in Siena, Italy. Not from the start obviously as it would have had to be a pretty long aisle but from ‘ come and take my hand babe’ it was an amazing day 😍
What an amazing story and an excellent idea! Would have loved to see this; I absolutely adore this song.
Beautiful 😍😘congratulations 👏❤💖
My dream to do this too!
People complain a lot about that there is no good music these days. Well War on drugs proves the opposit! Love Supreme!
I get so mad when people say that. I tell them they just aren't looking hard enough. There are still some amazing artists out there, you just have to dig a little.
pero lo que es triste es que hay muy pocos... y por eso "thanks to war on drugs... BRAVE"
One of the few examples
There has always been few actually innovative and creative musicians at a given moment. What's really happening nowadays that most people despise is the supremacy of generally poor music genres and a constant flow of artistically meaningless lyrics. We're definitely not on fault in _good_ music tho
Hell I would come to say that we have more quality than ever, with the variety we dispose of right now. So many new artists are emerging, due to the accessibility of the music industry growing more and more.
Off to watch them tomorrow night in Liverpool - excited , I’ve just discovered them.
This songs gives me feelings of loneliness and longing for something that has been lost. Also, it makes me happy to see that we can still discover good songs, sometimes I'm afraid I'm going deaf for good new music, it's hard to enjoy some of the new genres.
Best song on the album and probably their best composed song thus far imo.
Every song I listen to by them on this album is my favourite song, and so is In Reverse and so is Eyes To The Wind!!!
THE BEST SONG
So intriguing that everytime you come back to this song you know exactly you're in for an emotional ride but you never quite know where it'll take you...
You comment is also good, for only one reason, it is true.
Oh my ,..
It feels like the first time everytime, because it is so good...
Hello song, it’s me again.
Love it , emotions r flying out and the lyrics blow me away....xxxx
This is exactly why I DONT listen to main stream music. They have killed music! I explore and search and come across beautiful gems like these independent artists so unique and talented. Their sound resonates with me so much. ❤
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can i have your playlist pleaseeee
every artist is unique, stop your elitism. Just enjoy the music.
@@mikenolan9440 I think they're entitled to their opinion.
-Come and take my hand babe- That part hits so damn hard even after 100 times
Una explosión de nostalgia, amor profundidad y algo que no sé que es... Esta hermosa canción lo tiene todo. Me hace viajar y olvidarme de todo y de todos. Me hace sentir que todo estará bien.
Totalmente de acuerdo
War on Drugs the best rock band now
Rain is falling outside. War on Drugs in playing in my ears. My life is in the balance and my loves and friends and plans are all over the place. This song remains on the horizon like a constant.
So I discovered the war on drugs in 2018 January. Back then I was involved in one of the greatest periods of my life. I was a part of something, I had meaning I had purpose I had something to fight for and life was good and there were many bad moments but overall it was one of the greatest periods of my life. I accomplished things during that time period that I thought I never would and I achieved things people told me were impossible. And their album a deeper understanding was part of that soundtrack to that time period. And then I discovered lost in the dream which also became part of it. But I will tell you there is only a handful of musicians that give me chills when I listen to them. And a hand full of guitarists that do the same. When he breaks out into that guitar solo I just get chill he's singing to me with that guitar and only a few can do it and do it right. This man is highly underrated. No wonder they won the Grammy. I will say the next album I don't live here anymore kind of fell off for me. It's good but it just doesn't have the same passion to me as lost in the dream and a deeper understanding. It's really missing those 10-minute lengthy songs.
I can't really put my finger on it as to why this song is sooo damn good. Perhaps it has all the right ingredients. Usually when I listen to a long song, 10+ minutes, I'll know, I'm aware while listening right, but this song, it has you so involved that you loose yourself. If someone would of told me it's 11 mins long, I wouldn't believe them.
Really good musicians playing really well for a long time
Røvmads Exactly. Cheers!
Every time I've listened to this song I think of the 11 minutes beforehand and then disappear into it's melodic reverie and its false endings and then wish for it to be even longer! Gorgeous song...
the song doesnt seem that long to me. mainly because when i hear it i close my eyes and seem to lose track of time and my surroundings. dreamy
What ingredients?
one christmas i was driving in the snowy landscape of southern Sweden driving past the farm i lived in as a kid but had to leave at the age of 12, the village where i went to school, the fields i used to play, the roads i used to bicycle, while i was driving i had this song on and it was one of the most magical most nostalgic heartfelt moments of my life
My local community station tircoed radio played this Friday night while I was doing a workout. The presenter said, just let your mind drift for 11 minutes... never heard it before and I love it. 😊
I used to listen to the radio as a kid in bed. Finger on the volume knob. The 70s 80s .. Am/Fm radio.
Dreamscapes on the edge of sleeping .. canyons and peaks .. heard Beatles, Stones, Zeppelin. One night the DJ played the entire Tangerine Dream "Ricochet" album.
I was ten at the time. I hadn't even kissed a girl. I am there now .. reaching for the volume knob.
I love this. Thanks for sharing ♡
Wonderful story telling. Read this comment out loud to my husband. We both really appreciated it. Very refreshing. Thank you.
Make TH-cam great again! With comments like these!
Back again - favorite comment on yt
Thanks to everyone.
Guitar solo is bliss
I am not usually a fan of live recordings, but this band is on a whole different level. I cant believe it took me till 2020 to discover these guys. Incredibly talented.
This band is one of very few I’ve heard in my 67 years that is at least as good live as the recordings. Such a pristine sound.
"Love is like a ghost in the distance out of reach.." I feel this line in my soul.💕
Today is the first time I have heard this. At first I thought they sounded like Tom Petty, then glimpses of Dylan. Now it just sounds like them. I will be listening to this often.
Rarely a day goes by that I dont listen to something from these guys
For me this song is their opus. I could listen to it 100 times back to back and love it as much the 100th time. The baseline doesn’t get enough credit. It’s blissful.
The drugs(weed) made this even better. No war necessary.
Same.🙌🏻👌
I'm a big indie music fan and this is beautiful, its an increadablely talented group of musicians making the very best music and sounds for our entertainment! That's a great reward just for listening to beautiful songs. Tysm.T.W.O.D.🙏❤
A beautiful blend of Springsteen and Dylan. Cinematic and emotive.
I feel Inxs and Mike and the mechanics at times.
I've discovered this song, and band obviusly, when i was taking care of My dad during the nights of the clínic. Him suffering a terminal decease. And i can Say that this song gave me peace in the hardest Moments.
Best band in the world. Bands like this don’t come around often....and oh how there beauty graces with age....thank you so much for making art and making this world such a beautiful place.
This beautiful song reminds me of those beautiful moments; on these beautiful evenings, inside this lovely bar, in the company of this beautiful blonde.
The lovely drinks, the smoke in the air; the music I vaguely remember; but her beautiful smile that I’ll never forget.
Everyone in the room just wasn’t there; just a blur; but her beautiful smile; the aroma of her skin and the taste of her kisses were all that exist.
“I’m thinking of a place”; and this melody takes me there.
The hallmark of a good musician is their ability to unearth what you've chosen to bury.
Beautiful poetic sentiment fit to be a mantra.
This song brings me peace
You have a hole in your heart if these guys don't touch your emotions, dang pretty music.
Am i crying? Sure. Crying for this beautiful music-place. The lyrics, the music OMG
I heard this song for the first time last week . I can't stop playing it ! I listen to it over and over again ! It touches my soul and makes me happy and sad at the same time . Great song !
One of the greatest songs ever! Thank you. This song saved my life
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Me too. A strange longing.
Uhh! Hold on there. Ever?
@@DbeeM I mean that's an opinion . Maybe favourite would've been a better word
I believe it.
The shifts in rhythm guitar are subtle and beautiful.
Yeah that is definitely something he learned from Kurt Vile - - to phrase things carefully and with intention - it is the mark of a craftsman :)
Geo L yes!
"This is the first time we've played any of these songs" then proceeds to lay down what is, in my opinion, the greatest live version of TOAP
This song is simply flawless.
IMO, this is their best performance of this song!
Waking up at 03h45, getting ready for a 10-hour roadtrip. This song comes on.
Such pure magical sound
This band needs to listened to a lot more
When I grow up I want to own a carpet store called the war on rugs!
That would be so cool it's a very known yet unique name
"Once I had a dream I was falling from the sky"
For some reason that one lyric really captures the essence of this ambient masterpiece. I'll be driving and thinking to this album quite a bit over the winter :)
Truth Hurts _ that’s my favorite line from the album- really stood out to me on first listen
Truth Hurts yes that line (among many others!) And "like little whispers" gets me all the time!
Truth Hurts "there's a darkness over there but we ain't going" thank you Adam for saving me from going there!
Truth Hurts every single musician in this band is great! Love 'em all!
...and the spring, and the summer, and this autumn, and again this winter..
I bought the song when it was first released as a single and listened to it on repeat every time I went to work on the TV series Castle Rock. An hour's drive of pure bliss. Could not get enough of it! Still can't!
The kinda music where the mile markers fade away
My Mom passed away a few weeks ago, right around the time I found this song, and the harmonica sound near the end of this song gives me a nostalgic feeling about her that moves me to tears.
I wish you the pain would dissolve and that only the good memories with her can reinforce🙏
That is sweet.
RIP Ray's mom
No hay canción que me relaje, que me transporte y que me haga sentir mejor sin importar el día de mierda que hay tenido que Thinking of a Place. Es la perfecta representación de la magia convertida en música. Saludos de Panamá 🇵🇦 ¿Habrá algún latino por aquí?
De acuerdo contigo hermano es una obra aluscinante! Saludos desde Colombia
Acá desde Argentina. Buen tema, me produce sensaciones al estilo de algunos temas de Pink Floyd.
Saludos desde México, hermano.
Aquí estoy en Cali!
Chile aquí! Saludos 🤘
I grew up in the 80s and for some bizarre reason their music brings me back to when times were so much more simple and we hung out with friends by lakes and in parks during the long summer days just talking and hanging out. Thanks TWOD for these feelings. Forever grateful.
Lost in a dream is one of my favorite albums of all time. When a deeper understanding came out I wondered if it could top it. I listened few a few times and it didn't instantly grab me, but by the third listen I was hooked, by the tenth listen, I was pretty sure this is an absolute masterpiece.
His voice is naturally beautiful
I discovered this band/song during diy duties in covid19 lock down. What an absolute blessing this has been. Total bliss. Loved it from the moment I heard it 😍😍😍 will carry on listening to this band for the rest of my days 👂💖👂💖
Such an amazing song. The last part staring at 6:53 makes the song a masterpiece.
yeah and then that saxophone joins the magnificent guitar, keyboards, drums, and bass!
Yes! A high point of a song that is already a high point of sorts. Shiver-inducing.
Recorded at Jimmy Hendrix Electric Lady Studios... Sounds great!
I could listen to this everyday for the rest of my life and never get tired of it
"its the first time we've played any of these songs, which is cool".... ma heart
Kathleen Gallagher hard to believe because it sounds perfect
...and scary
Adam is so adorkable
This song and this album are my favorites of 2017. I'm so impressed with the live production and that it holds up so well to the studio version. There's something about this song that touches me deep in my soul. I haven't connected like this with a song in years.
I can't stop listening to this song.
Listened to it like 20 times on repeat….Hera better and better
*gets
I discovered this song yesterday! I cannot stop listening! one of the best songs I've ever heard!
I would pay for feeling back what I felt first time I discovered this song...
Beautiful song, just discovered it today...
This song saved me from the bowels of a bad mushroom trip during the peak of the COVID-19 outbreak ,🌚
i love smokin up to these dudes....
As we acknowledge that this is just life passing by, it's beautiful to just catch a glimpse of how beautiful it is every now and then 💜
I can't stop listening to this song when I need to feel calm. I love it so much. It gives me hope and feels so great...
The most beautiful song I’ve ever heard ❤️
I am a late comer with this band. This was the song that put the hooks in. I am almost 50 years old and there is something nostalgic about this song and sound that takes me back to great times.
I want to see them live so badly. I wish I could pick the songs too. But I’m just A dreamer.
I lost a friend to drugs last year....we weren't romantic...just friends....but when I listen to this song...I think of her....she must be in a place where some deep sadness resides inside me....some deep and mournful place...where there is always a vague pain....I miss you Angel....weird how that works....eh?
They rip ripple the heart. It's such a gift to give and receive. I cry when I hear them. I know little but it breaks me with gratitude.
This is one of those songs you'll always remember where and when you heard it first. Pure melancholy to me
this music in times of corona, it really helps
I love that he brings in a harmonica in more recent versions
Wow best live version of this song ever. Greetings from The Netherlands
Shimmery vibrations, poetry, nostalgia and sheer beauty - pretty cool
In my not so humble opinion this is a great performance. All components are so cohesive. I can watch it over and over again. In fact, I think I will watch it again. Aloha!
your humble opinion has merit - all the pieces fit just beautifully
the sax.So cool
Aloha back! Lucky to live Kauai! 🤙🙌💯
Found this group on a deep Mushroom trip. A Deeper Understanding is now one of my favorite albums.
I'm loving this song first time I have heard it and makes me feel happy.
Thank you, this song has helped and soothed me so much. My love had voice box removal surgery and I have listened to your album for the last 4 weeks en route home from the hospital at night. Beautiful x
Sara MacKenzie so touching
The beauty of their music has actually helped me cope through grief. I love them so much...l listen to them everyday. Thank you Adam for speaking to me through your music. ❤️
Sylvia S. You and I are like music sisters lol
Me too! Even 1 year, 2 years, 3 years later! I just love these guys, such beautiful music. Go see them live if you haven't already!
music from heaven, this song should hv been longer
Superb track. The section that kicks in at 6:44 is especially sublime......Come and take my hand baby.....
Esta canción es una exquisitez auditiva... te relaja, te transporta, te hace olvidar el tiempo. Definitivamente amo esta canción.
M a s t e r p i e c e !!!!!!!!!
Antony Kein little whispers gets me all the time!
This arrangement for the song is the best version I've heard. Special band that never ceases to amaze.
Adam is a true master of his art. Music made for the right reasons.... And it's not to make a dollar like the rest of the awful music ACTS faming it everywhere these days.
This song takes me to a place that I cannot explain like a river of magic and emotions carrying me in its flow, down the stream of memories that are long missed but never forgotten.
hitting like button before watching is regular when the title is : The war On Drugs
i love your music folks!
thebestever475 you don't tell someone to buy music when they are complimenting. Way to be a douche and kill the vibe.
This is such a great song. I just love turning down the light, turning up the headphones and e-drumming along to it. Losing sense of time and place completely :)
SAME