I completely agree. I cry every time I hear it. Each character in that show was perfect within the role they played. The bittersweet feeling of the show ending breaks my heart every time, and I feel compelled to join them again in Cicely just one more time. I'm truly crying as I listen to the song again.
somebody asked Merle Haggard in a mag interview a few years before he died who he thought had the most authentic country music voice he's heard and he said Iris Dement.
Listening to this in a rural part of Ireland and it resonates with the small villages in ireland,great song by two American beauties greetings from Ireland.
Greetings from Limerick Ireland also. This song resonates with me also especially when I'm thinking about the small villages here. Limerick has changed an awful lot. I can totally get the sentiment in this wonderful song. Just love it 😍☺️😊🇮🇪🍀
High praise from Ireland. Both of these singers are carrying on the tradition from the Isles. Yours and our Sinéad gave us some wonderful music. Folk singer Malvina Reynolds said "You could drop a net in any Irish pub and come up with a great quartet. Don't get me started on your writers!
I may be a stupid yank, but don't you think Iris has a hint of Irish in her accent?!? When I first listened to "After You're Gone" I thought she was Irish. It wasn't until later I learned that she's from Arkansas/California/Iowa!!
I first heard Iris and "Our Town" late at night, by myself, on car radio on a return trip, after passing through a number of shuttered up little towns in Mississippi and Alabama. Had no idea who she was but that voice and song gave immediate meaning to all those closed stores and old homes no longer lived in. Found out who belonged to that incomparable voice and the feeling it evokes and have been an Iris DeMent fan since.
Iris de ment, emmylou Harris, lovely fiddle, and everyone else involved here, and such a beautiful song.. what more could a person ask for. Just wonderful. Larry.
First off, I'm a fan of Iris DeMent. Second of all just yesterday I found it my xfife is I'll with cancer. She must get to a senior living facility close to her family, which means she has to mow from her lifetime home where she has been for 75 years. Yes, she is reluctant, but this will be the song that I hope she thinks of and the last day she moves out of town.
I feel like such a winner tonight, hearing this song for the first time in my 68 years. I gotta a lot of catching up to do - and looking forward to it.
If EmmyLou Harris bringing nothing but coffee and donuts to a recording to simply make a song better she would. She cares about her craft not her ego. Incredible collaboration of talent.
I saw her in the movie Songcatcher. I don't know what is about her and her voice but I have been hooked ever since. I had to find out who she was and I'm glad I did.
whenever I hear this song it makes me weep. My mother loved this song so much. I bought it for her when it first came out. She played it over and over again. She has been gone now for 6 years. I can close my eyes and see her little self busying around her kitchen listening to this. God bless you my mommy. I love you and miss you. And I remember 'Our Town'
This is very true, But I think what you’re referring to is “folk”. Not to get too semantic.. I was telling the wife they just don’t make ‘‘em like her anymore
So odd...I posted this 8 years ago just to play with the upload function on You Tube. I left if alone and it has now been seen about a million and half times. Unreal.
Oh my friend Its not unreal, its fact. I have related my facts of my home town dieing and my own tears for this. your hit the heart with this. thanks again
You have no idea how many tears you have made me shed with this song. I saw her for the first time on Austin City Limits. I couldn't change the channel. If you want to make this grown man cry, just hit play.
I watched True Grit tonight and looked at the credits to see who sang Leaning on the Everlasting Arms. I had NEVER heard of Iris DeMent. I feel like an ostrich with its head buried. What an amazing, God-given talent. I am glad I stayed up late listening to several songs by her. Beautiful music, beautiful lyrics, and a BEAUTIFUL voice. Thank you, Iris for sharing your beauty with the world, and I’m sorry it took me so long to discover you.
Leaning on the Everlasting Arms is a hymn that was written long before this woman was born, while she does a great job with it, it clearly is not her song.
It makes this 44 year old male cry like a 4 year old with a skinned knee. My dad passed away when I was a kid, my mum doesn't have long to go. The town I grew up in, where they met, got married, bought a house and started a family is dying. I want to leave because I want to remember it the way it was, not how it is.
This was the closing song that said goodbye to the fictional town of Cicely, Alaska (actually Roslyn, Washington) in the beautiful 1990s TV series, Northern Exposure. Everytime I hear it, it brings tears. I even bought the DVD set so I could go back to Cicely.....
@@marksavage2310 Thank you. Came to listen to it today for her Birthday. Miss her bunches and my Dad will be joining her soon due to cancer. Tough day.....
Emmylou is so comfortable singing backup, that's one of the things that makes her so great - not needing to be front-and-center all the time. The best put the music ahead of ego. (And yes, Douglas and Bain are doing the same.)
Reminds me of a comment about Lead Belly. When playing lead with another guitarist, he wanted you to think he was the best guitarist in the world. But, when playing support to another lead, he wanted you to think the other was the best in the world.
I watched this on transatlantic sessions which was recorded in Scotland, and to my regret I had never heard of her before. She appeared on subsequent of this series, thank christ.
I know this is old, but I just started listening to country music and it's a pretty diverse genre, you just gotta find what you're into. Try Townes van zandt, Guy Clark, John Prine , Lucinda Williams and Magnolia Electric Co.
I left "my town" over 50 years and have not been back much. These lines from Iris Dement bring my youth back and bring a tear to my eye every time I hear it when I think back to those day, to "out town" where my parent lay by a petty hedge.
I had never heard of Iris Dement before until I started looking for something by Emmylou Harris. All I can say is that this is fabulous - what a fabulous song and what a voice
What a tear-jerker ! Life is a jungle, there's winners , survivors, and victims, all striving to succeed and stay alive, but nobody and nothing get's through un-scarred..
Oh Grandad, I am so sorry my generation and my kids said Good bye to our home town. Its gone now and the sun has set far fast. The time is gone to little home towns and simple farm memorys. Im the old guy here, its not the same now nor willit be ever again. Just respect every one you meet friends.
Iris Dement has the most beautiful voice I have ever heard, I don't generally like country music but her voice is just so pure and angelic that it just makes me want to cry whenever I hear it
That's because Iris Dement is the greatest folk/country singer of our time and one of the very best of all time. On top of that, the incomparable Emmy Lou and the incredible musicianship of the band. This is a truly awesome video.
Yes... and of course the incomparable fiddling of Aly Bain! SIX years ago I commented "I love Aly Bain" and NOT ONE PERSON in FOUR MILLION viewers gave me a like because NOT ONE person knows who Aly is or what a genius he is on the fiddle.
@@kinky_Z You saying he's always playing second fiddle?:) True, I never heard of him, but never heard of this lady and barely even heard of emmylou harris, thats the sad result of too much radio, not enough music searching. My bad. I do love fiddle music but honestly can't really distinguish good from bad. I'm listening to 'bonapartes retreat', pretty good stuff.
I did not know of Iris before a few days ago, when John Prine passed away. I went to listen to some of his songs, and of course "In Spite of Ourselves" came right up. I listened to that one, and now I am hooked. I really like the folk sound of their music. I look forward to listening to many more of both artists.
zombiesneedluv21-Same for me! I followed John Prine down a rabbit hole and ran into Iris DeMent. The first song of hers alone really grated on my ears. I almost turned off of her completely but her videos kept popping up in my feed, so I gave her another try. Now I am mesmerized.
Christycat35 , she’s just so gorgeous and I love that almost perplexed look she gets sometimes, when she’s singing. Regarding her voice, I think the recording levels were wrong on this recording. That’s why it sounds fuzzy and staticy when she the high notes. Milo
One of the most underrated tv shows and the most underrated county singer ever. Infamous Angel is one of the greatest albums I've ever heard. That includes Pet Sounds, Sgt. Pepper, and others. And you can hear the generations of Appliacia's folk music in her lyrics and singing. What a treasure.
Iris is a national treasure. From my Texas roots to my life in the fast lane in California this song pulls at my heart strings more than any song I've listened to. It was fitting that it was the last song played on the epic TV show 'Northern Exposure'.
Reminds me of every U.S. Air Force base I grew up on that has since been demolished and plowed over never to exist again. All my hometowns are gone. I can only revisit the place as a dirt patch or what modern buildings are there now but can never revisit the time.
This song makes my cry every time I hear it, I lost my baby sister 1 year ago today and this was one of her favorite songs. In her happier days before she got sick she lived in a small town called Paldi, on Vancouver Island, Canada. Paldi was her town , everyone came to Paldi to see her, she was the queen of Paldi. Sadly they bulldozed Paldi for bigger things, which never happened and my sister had to leave her town, it always made her very sad to know she had to leave her town, sing it Lorrie
When I first heard this song on the car radio it caused me to nearly have an accident. I had to pull over to finish listening to it. I'd never heard anything like it, and still haven't. Iris is an American national treasure. So honest, so eclectic in her musical tastes and a voice that causes you to have "tears in my eyes". It makes me proud to be of the human genus when I hear this. My mob is (very occasionally) capable of this.
vivvy sues I have all of her albums, with the exception of her latest one. It seems as though nobody in Australia has ever heard of her. Being uncommon is OK for me.
Yesterdays coming back. Hard times but also great times. Growing up in a small town was me. I miss those days. Young & no cares. Life was good in our town. I lived by the railroad tracks. Walked to school each day until I finished the 12 th grade. Was 1954 It was the best of times. Then did 30 years in the USAF.. Retired & 83.. I still like Pizza.
I had been gone 30 years when they closed the paper mill that had been our town's life blood and this is the song that immediately came to my mind and which I shared on one of our area's discussion group. It's what I think of each time I go home where most of the stores on one side of main street are closed and on the other side all that remains of the booming business that fed my family for decades is a huge fenced off 1500' long vacant lot.
My dad told me to listen to this and I'm glad I did. Her voice, the music, the back vocals, everything together makes such an authentic sound. I'm absolutely a fan now, will explore this woman's music now. 🎶 🥰
I first heard this song at the end of the final episode of Northern Exposure back in 1995. By the time of that final episode the show had run out of steam having lost some of its major characters. But this song just rocked my world. It took some research to find out about the song and its writer, Iris Dement. I sincerely echo all of the superlatives added below in the comments about this masterpiece of song writing. She has so many other great songs too. Listen to "Let The Mystery Be."
It's funny I had the same experience as David H. But I thought the singer was Emmy Lou Harris ironic. Took me a year of reruns and watching the credits to find out who this was. Worth the time and effort.
A number of years ago, I went to a "Concert on the Pier" in Seattle. The headliner was Emmy Lou Harris. Before she came on, her opening acts included a young woman who walked out onto the stage, wearing an old fashioned "house dress" with a guitar hanging from a strap and no back up group. By the end of her second song, we all realized we were hearing someone truly special. That was the first time I ever heard Iris Dement.
Feel like an old fool, sitting here with a dog in my lap and tears running down my face.
I cannot imagine a more fitting musical farewell for the last episode of Northern Exposure.
It was heartbreakingly beautiful and bittersweet
I completely agree. I cry every time I hear it. Each character in that show was perfect within the role they played. The bittersweet feeling of the show ending breaks my heart every time, and I feel compelled to join them again in Cicely just one more time. I'm truly crying as I listen to the song again.
I totally agree with you!
OMG yes!!! ❤❤❤❤❤
That’s what brought me here. I just finished series and what a perfect song to end it all.
I just finished the show 15 minutes ago after having not watched it since it aired. Completely forgot about this song.
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I will always choose Iris' style over mainstream country every day.
I couldn't have said it better. Such a unique, lovely voice.
Iris IS mainstream country. I don't know what all that radio/arena shit is...
I agree with ...you* It's so sweet and soulful*
Music as opposed to musak.
somebody asked Merle Haggard in a mag interview a few years before he died who he thought had the most authentic country music voice he's heard and he said Iris Dement.
Listening to this in a rural part of Ireland and it resonates with the small villages in ireland,great song by two American beauties greetings from Ireland.
Greetings from Limerick Ireland also. This song resonates with me also especially when I'm thinking about the small villages here. Limerick has changed an awful lot. I can totally get the sentiment in this wonderful song. Just love it 😍☺️😊🇮🇪🍀
High praise from Ireland. Both of these singers are carrying on the tradition from the Isles. Yours and our Sinéad gave us some wonderful music. Folk singer Malvina Reynolds said "You could drop a net in any Irish pub and come up with a great quartet. Don't get me started on your writers!
I may be a stupid yank, but don't you think Iris has a hint of Irish in her accent?!? When I first listened to "After You're Gone" I thought she was Irish. It wasn't until later I learned that she's from Arkansas/California/Iowa!!
She is American as bourbon and apple pie.
Same as that from the beautiful north coast. Love Iris.
I first heard Iris and "Our Town" late at night, by myself, on car radio on a return trip,
after passing through a number of shuttered up little towns in Mississippi and Alabama.
Had no idea who she was but that voice and song gave immediate meaning to all those closed stores and old homes no longer lived in. Found out who belonged to that incomparable voice and the feeling it evokes and have been an Iris DeMent fan since.
Iris de ment, emmylou Harris, lovely fiddle, and everyone else involved here, and such a beautiful song.. what more could a person ask for. Just wonderful. Larry.
First off, I'm a fan of Iris DeMent. Second of all just yesterday I found it my xfife is I'll with cancer. She must get to a senior living facility close to her family, which means she has to mow from her lifetime home where she has been for 75 years. Yes, she is reluctant, but this will be the song that I hope she thinks of and the last day she moves out of town.
I feel like such a winner tonight, hearing this song for the first time in my 68 years. I gotta a lot of catching up to do - and looking forward to it.
Enjoy it! It's going to be a fun ride!
You have lot of catching up to do, indeed. Enjoy the ride.
There's so much great music out there that most people haven't heard of. This is a good start. Tbe rest is up to us searching around.
She is so pretty! Thank You.
I remember the first time I heard her ....ain't nobody like I R I S
'I buried my Momma and I buried my Pa, they sleep up the street beside that pretty brick wall...' gets me every time. Beautiful.
If EmmyLou Harris bringing nothing but coffee and donuts to a recording to simply make a song better she would. She cares about her craft not her ego. Incredible collaboration of talent.
So right Ron. She's a treasure. 💜
Thats all Iris
I love both their voices. Emmylou is such a pretty name.
@@BJLp79 …nope. Emmy’s singing the harmony.
Song writer to song writer respect
I can't believe this has slipped under my radar for 45 years. This is the most beautiful musical performance I've ever heard.
I had the pleasure to hear her “live” in a small venue. Her voice is incredible.
I saw her in the movie Songcatcher. I don't know what is about her and her voice but I have been hooked ever since. I had to find out who she was and I'm glad I did.
Amen
Did you catch her in the movie the Song Catcher?
The wonderful Jerry Douglas on Dobro.
Good to see dear old Aly Bain. What a difference that boy makes to a wonderful song.
whenever I hear this song it makes me weep. My mother loved this song so much. I bought it for her when it first came out. She played it over and over again. She has been gone now for 6 years. I can close my eyes and see her little self busying around her kitchen listening to this. God bless you my mommy. I love you and miss you. And I remember 'Our Town'
Always such a moving rendition
yes i am the same lost my wife 6years also i see her every minute of day am sorry my total love miss you so much john
That she was able to listen to it is the best gift you could bring. She is still grateful.
You’ll never forget. My mother has been gone 40 years!
Mine does too.. still does.
She has the “True” country voice that not many have. What a real talent, love her and this song
This is very true, But I think what you’re referring to is “folk”. Not to get too semantic.. I was telling the wife they just don’t make ‘‘em like her anymore
Her voice transcends categorization. It’s music- that’s all.
Hank Williams' granddaughter.
Appalachian.
Celtic Connections…..fiddle maestro Aly Bain, Emmy-Lou, and that gorgeous Iris deMent voice…it’s win, win .🥰
Don't forget the most virtuoso of all instrumental virtuosos, Jerry "10 Million Notes In and Never Missed One" Douglass.
Listening to this from rural France and saying it never seems old even after "n" times.
So odd...I posted this 8 years ago just to play with the upload function on You Tube. I left if alone and it has now been seen about a million and half times. Unreal.
and by same person
Oh my friend Its not unreal, its fact. I have related my facts of my home town dieing and my own tears for this.
your hit the heart with this. thanks again
tinroofbusted Your heart is still bound to die.
You have no idea how many tears you have made me shed with this song. I saw her for the first time on Austin City Limits. I couldn't change the channel. If you want to make this grown man cry, just hit play.
Awesome! This song was mentioned and played on BBC Scotland yesterday, that's why I'm here.
Discovering a beautiful singer as Iris Dement in my 70's is a real treat. Thanks to John Prine!
One of those 'perfect' songs, in my humble opinion..
Love watching a collection of great artists treat Iris Dement's song with reverence
She brings me to tears
Who's listening in 2024?
👇 Peace and love to all ❤
I am
@@rhondawilkinson3922 me too
I watched True Grit tonight and looked at the credits to see who sang Leaning on the Everlasting Arms. I had NEVER heard of Iris DeMent. I feel like an ostrich with its head buried. What an amazing, God-given talent. I am glad I stayed up late listening to several songs by her. Beautiful music, beautiful lyrics, and a BEAUTIFUL voice. Thank you, Iris for sharing your beauty with the world, and I’m sorry it took me so long to discover you.
Same here !
I've just discovered Iris too. Isn't she marvellous?
Iris DeMent lives under my skin. Her voice resonates within, like a never ending echo.
Leaning on the Everlasting Arms is a hymn that was written long before this woman was born, while she does a great job with it, it clearly is not her song.
I love the sweet voice of Iris DeMent!
When you know you have to leave your home...it makes me cry.
This song both hurts my heart and heals it. I don't think I have ever listened to it without crying.
Same!!
Same here. Always makes me cry. Music is art. This song paints a picture that is unforgettable.
Same
love to hear her sing
It makes this 44 year old male cry like a 4 year old with a skinned knee.
My dad passed away when I was a kid, my mum doesn't have long to go. The town I grew up in, where they met, got married, bought a house and started a family is dying. I want to leave because I want to remember it the way it was, not how it is.
It's a bittersweet memory living in the same small town your whole life
This was the closing song that said goodbye to the fictional town of Cicely, Alaska (actually Roslyn, Washington) in the beautiful 1990s TV series, Northern Exposure. Everytime I hear it, it brings tears. I even bought the DVD set so I could go back to Cicely.....
Me, too.
Isn't it weird to feel homesick for a fictional place? It is, but that's how I feel. I'm just weird I guess.
@philphilips1020 no, I feel the same way. I watched all the episodes and feel like the people were actually friends. This song at the end was so sad.
I just lost the home dad built in what was a small rural town. Every word in this song rings true.
First comment I ever made on youtube...this is a life-changing song and performer!
The song is somewhat generic but.....however, Iris has her beautiful readily identifiable singing voice.
Revisiting in honor of John Prine. I can always come back to this home.
Two beautiful woman with such beautiful voices. Extraordinary!
very emotionall song by iris a true legend in country folk music
Played this video and sang it to my Momma before she was taken off life support :( 8-5-18 love you Momma
❤
That's great
Sorry for your loss.
@@marksavage2310 Thank you. Came to listen to it today for her Birthday. Miss her bunches and my Dad will be joining her soon due to cancer. Tough day.....
@@sweetangel57 I'm so sorry. Spend as much time as you can with your dad. ❤
I can't get one minute into this song without crying. Hauntingly beutiful.
Emmylou is so comfortable singing backup, that's one of the things that makes her so great - not needing to be front-and-center all the time. The best put the music ahead of ego. (And yes, Douglas and Bain are doing the same.)
Reminds me of a comment about Lead Belly. When playing lead with another guitarist, he wanted you to think he was the best guitarist in the world. But, when playing support to another lead, he wanted you to think the other was the best in the world.
This song is the very definition of: "greater than the sum of its parts".
She kind of specializes in singing harmony, you know that?
That's how I feel about Dolly, as great as she was her backup singing was just fantastic.
I left my Town in Ireland 72 years ago - this brings so many memories sadness
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What a beautiful song, and the gentle, restrained, close harmony by Emmy Lou Harris compliments it so perfectly.
Thank you Iris, you and John Prine are soothing me during horrible times. xx
5 minutes of unqualified beauty and I enjoyed every second of it. I'll be returning to this one a lot.
I keep coming back to this too. It's breathtakingly beautiful.
Every once in a while you discover something wonderful on youtube. Iris Dement and Emmylou Harris; thank you youtube.
+Dave K There is a lot of rubbish on TH-cam but as you point out something wonderful pops up - fantastic!!
"DAS BUS" film set Kansas City Missouri final credits theme song, circa 2003? or so? Wonderful.
I watched this on transatlantic sessions which was recorded in Scotland, and to my regret I had never heard of her before. She appeared on subsequent of this series, thank christ.
Check out John prine
Thank the guy who uploaded it!
241 persons who do not know real music. This is beautiful, thank you ladies & Iris!
Iris a talent to behold. Surely the voice of an Angel. Everything she does is awesome.
I was teary eyed when this song was played in the last scene of Northern Exposure. The perfect song for the ending of the show!
What a beautiful, soulful woman.
Lots of love from England, where your music reins free in my home x
I've never really been a big fan of country music but this is one of the most beautiful songs I’ve had privilege to hear.
It will grow on you if you give it a chance
It's the polished manufactured country that is lame. This sincere country folk style is timeless.
Trampled by Turtles did a very good cover of this song. Worth checking out
I know this is old, but I just started listening to country music and it's a pretty diverse genre, you just gotta find what you're into. Try Townes van zandt, Guy Clark, John Prine , Lucinda Williams and Magnolia Electric Co.
This isn't really country. It's a folk song.
So beautiful lovely harmonies. American women country singers have an endearing touch so lovely😎
Here I am, back again. This is certainly tear worthy and rejuvenates the spirit. Won't be long Momma, I'm on my way.
💙
As a musician I am humbled by the perfection of this song.
I left "my town" over 50 years and have not been back much. These lines from Iris Dement bring my youth back and bring a tear to my eye every time I hear it when I think back to those day, to "out town" where my parent lay by a petty hedge.
💞
I love the way Emy sings backup and I mean way backup she doesn't try to croud Iris
James Cain basically perfect right? That was the best
That's what true musicians do: whatever's best for the music.
It was really nice to see that.
@@Aster_Risk I was thinking that too, what an interesting mix, and what a combination of voices, damn!
Doesn't hurt a bit to throw Jerry Douglas into the mix
I had never heard of Iris Dement before until I started looking for something by Emmylou Harris. All I can say is that this is fabulous - what a fabulous song and what a voice
What a tear-jerker ! Life is a jungle, there's winners , survivors, and victims, all striving to succeed and stay alive, but nobody and nothing get's through un-scarred..
Well said!
Sure do love Iris's songs. Such great lyrics with her unique vocal style.
Iris and Emmylou are timelessly lovely
Oh Grandad, I am so sorry my generation and my kids said Good bye to our home town. Its gone now and the sun has set far fast. The time is gone to little home towns and simple farm memorys. Im the old guy here, its not the same now nor willit be ever again. Just respect every one you meet friends.
Iris Dement has the most beautiful voice I have ever heard,
I don't generally like country music but her voice is just so pure and angelic that it just makes me want to cry whenever I hear it
So proud they had to come to Scotland to make this sound! And what a beautiful girl?
That's because Iris Dement is the greatest folk/country singer of our time and one of the very best of all time. On top of that, the incomparable Emmy Lou and the incredible musicianship of the band. This is a truly awesome video.
Yes... and of course the incomparable fiddling of Aly Bain! SIX years ago I commented "I love Aly Bain" and NOT ONE PERSON in FOUR MILLION viewers gave me a like because NOT ONE person knows who Aly is or what a genius he is on the fiddle.
@@kinky_Z You saying he's always playing second fiddle?:) True, I never heard of him, but never heard of this lady and barely even heard of emmylou harris, thats the sad result of too much radio, not enough music searching. My bad. I do love fiddle music but honestly can't really distinguish good from bad. I'm listening to 'bonapartes retreat', pretty good stuff.
This song makes me cry uncrontrollably every time, no other song affects me this much.
It's been a tear-jerker fot me since it came out.
This is the only song I have ever cried to
Same here!
Such a great song.
Thank you Iris
Just wonderfully natural,Iris at her very best ❤
I did not know of Iris before a few days ago, when John Prine passed away. I went to listen to some of his songs, and of course "In Spite of Ourselves" came right up. I listened to that one, and now I am hooked. I really like the folk sound of their music. I look forward to listening to many more of both artists.
Same here
zombiesneedluv21-Same for me! I followed John Prine down a rabbit hole and ran into Iris DeMent. The first song of hers alone really grated on my ears. I almost turned off of her completely but her videos kept popping up in my feed, so I gave her another try. Now I am mesmerized.
making Paragould AR proud...
Christycat35 , she’s just so gorgeous and I love that almost perplexed look she gets sometimes, when she’s singing. Regarding her voice, I think the recording levels were wrong on this recording. That’s why it sounds fuzzy and staticy when she the high notes. Milo
@@rebekahmartin5992 look at her now. That's old video. Voice is still there tho
Northern Exposure farewell song.
Iris is the Best.
One of the most underrated tv shows and the most underrated county singer ever. Infamous Angel is one of the greatest albums I've ever heard. That includes Pet Sounds, Sgt. Pepper, and others.
And you can hear the generations of Appliacia's folk music in her lyrics and singing. What a treasure.
@@rman52 Eloquent, r-man
I’ve loved this song since I first heard it. What a joy to see Iris perform it live with backing by EmmyLou and Jerry Douglass.
A few songs bring tear to my eyes. This is one.
Listen to " No time to cry " by Iris
Another beautiful country voice, aided and abetted by one of Scotland's finest Ally Bain
Amen. He truly gets it.
A classic by any measure. Thank you!
Iris is a national treasure. From my Texas roots to my life in the fast lane in California this song pulls at my heart strings more than any song I've listened to.
It was fitting that it was the last song played on the epic TV show 'Northern Exposure'.
God almighty this is beautiful, just heartbreakingly beautiful
Reminds me of every U.S. Air Force base I grew up on that has since been demolished and plowed over never to exist again. All my hometowns are gone. I can only revisit the place as a dirt patch or what modern buildings are there now but can never revisit the time.
This song makes my cry every time I hear it, I lost my baby sister 1 year ago today and this was one of her favorite songs. In her happier days before she got sick she lived in a small town called Paldi, on Vancouver Island, Canada. Paldi was her town , everyone came to Paldi to see her, she was the queen of Paldi. Sadly they bulldozed Paldi for bigger things, which never happened and my sister had to leave her town, it always made her very sad to know she had to leave her town, sing it Lorrie
That is a great tribute to your sister.
Very sad
I'm so sorry about your sister. This song makes me cry too, and I'm not even sure why.
I lost my brother the same month he was born
This beautiful song was one of my dad's favorites.Like always I am tearing up.My dad passed away May 3rd,1999.I miss him terribly.
Sorry for your loss.
She has the perfect sad voice for this song
The songifacation of bittersweet in the most perfect, beautiful way.
When I first heard this song on the car radio it caused me to nearly have an accident. I had to pull over to finish listening to it. I'd never heard anything like it, and still haven't. Iris is an American national treasure. So honest, so eclectic in her musical tastes and a voice that causes you to have "tears in my eyes". It makes me proud to be of the human genus when I hear this. My mob is (very occasionally) capable of this.
It brings me to tears everytime I hear it.
vivvy sues
I have all of her albums, with the exception of her latest one. It seems as though nobody in Australia has ever heard of her. Being uncommon is OK for me.
A crown jewel !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well said Bernie. I have just discovered her and many like her, and I agree with your statement. National Treasure.
She is s sweet to hear. Her Dimples are so cute & her wonderful voice makes it even sweeter. She is purely sweet eye & ear candy, a national treasure
Yesterdays coming back. Hard times but also great times. Growing up in a small
town was me. I miss those days. Young & no cares. Life was good in our town. I lived by the railroad tracks. Walked to school each day until I finished the 12 th grade. Was 1954
It was the best of times. Then did 30 years in the USAF.. Retired & 83.. I still like Pizza.
Know the feeling...
I had been gone 30 years when they closed the paper mill that had been our town's life blood and this is the song that immediately came to my mind and which I shared on one of our area's discussion group. It's what I think of each time I go home where most of the stores on one side of main street are closed and on the other side all that remains of the booming business that fed my family for decades is a huge fenced off 1500' long vacant lot.
@@Lavolanges Our town lost a chemical plant in the 70's...sad memories also!
Me too Jim
You've seen the greatest age of humanity. You've seen the greatest age of America
This song was used in the closing sequence of the last episode of Northern Exposure. A beautiful song.
I simly adore this video, it is on my "favourite" list of all time.
This song should bring tears to the eyes of anyone who grew up in a small town in the three decades after WWII.
or a few decades after...
Or a neighborhood
In a city big or small
Same thing I d say
Thanks
Did you? I have such a nostalgia about the 70's, even though I never lived in it
My dad told me to listen to this and I'm glad I did. Her voice, the music, the back vocals, everything together makes such an authentic sound. I'm absolutely a fan now, will explore this woman's music now. 🎶 🥰
Lucky you. You only get to hear Iris' songs for the first time once.
What memories of northern exposure. magnificent song to end a magnificent series.
This song does absolutely everything it sets out to do with stunning success.
Love Iris. She's got a sound that isn't too polished when she sings. GIves it a nice homey feeling.
I first heard this song at the end of the final episode of Northern Exposure back in 1995. By the time of that final episode the show had run out of steam having lost some of its major characters. But this song just rocked my world. It took some research to find out about the song and its writer, Iris Dement. I sincerely echo all of the superlatives added below in the comments about this masterpiece of song writing. She has so many other great songs too. Listen to "Let The Mystery Be."
A fine finale for a fine show.
It's funny I had the same experience as David H. But I thought the singer was Emmy Lou Harris ironic. Took me a year of reruns and watching the credits to find out who this was. Worth the time and effort.
Bring a tear to your eye.. so real and beautifully sung❤
What a stunningly unique voice. I am in love!
Just heard this on the "Beau" episode of The Big Door Prize... Made me cry.. Beautiful song.
The comparisons to Nanci Griffith are striking. What a gem this is.
A number of years ago, I went to a "Concert on the Pier" in Seattle. The headliner was Emmy Lou Harris. Before she came on, her opening acts included a young woman who walked out onto the stage, wearing an old fashioned "house dress" with a guitar hanging from a strap and no back up group. By the end of her second song, we all realized we were hearing someone truly special. That was the first time I ever heard Iris Dement.
What year was it? I'm from Tacoma and saw Chris Isaak there on the pier in concert
That was June 2002
Loved this song since I first heard it on Northern Exposure Chris in the morning on KBear
Northern Exposure brought me here, many years ago, still love it, still comming back... Hello and thank's from Slovenia!
True Grit introduced me to this lovely lady, Iris Dement. Her voice is so unique and it's the cool drink of water that we all need.
Gooose...Bumps - so pure and sincere. Both ladies & friends.. Thks for uploading
Had the pleasure of seeing Iris Dement at Glastonbury in the acoustic tent 1994. Beautiful song
She has a good style and expresses her feelings as she sings.
Big Door Prize!! This song is a big prize. Thank you
So incredibly beautiful !!!
great song brings a tear to the eye love to see Iris live hopes she comes to England sometime
Just love watching you girls sing, what a comfort, great voice Iris Dement, I would marry you just for your voice in my life!