"I roam around the tidy grounds of my dappled sanatorium. Coatless, I sit, amongst the moles, adrift, and I dote upon my pinesap gum. And the light, through the pines, in brassy tines, lays over me, dim as rum, and thick as molasses. And so time passes. And so, my heart, tomorrow comes." My favorite verse. What a brilliant writer.
I saw Joanna Newsom front row at the Melbourne Recital Centre, definitely the best concert i have ever been to! Ahhh she and her band were so amazing I have never heard anything like it.
Dude i have no idea how i ended up here, but i swear these 6:30 minutes :O, never have I felt so heavy with sadness and yet so hopeful for the future as I do now, what an adventure of a song!
Procrasti Nation I know exactly what you mean. Her songs are amazing like that. Check out tv's song Good Intentions Paving Company. That one really gives me the feeling you described.
i'm pretty sure mourning doves become morning doves by the end of the song. this song i a testament to the beautiful transition of an aching heart into freedom. time alone will tell!
"you give love a little shove and it becomes terror" She has some deep-seated wisdom. I come back to her music and it keeps giving me beauty and understanding in different ways. She feels and thinks in a way that adds density to her lyrics that is so cathartic to unpack. Each time I do, I do it in a different way and her tactful ambiguity pays dividends.
"Those that go searching for love, only manifest their own loveless-ness. And the loveless never find love, only the loving find love. And they never have to seek for it." -D. H. Lawrence
Haven't heard a song by her I don't like yet. It's really cool that someone exists that writes the exact kind of songs I wished I could write. It's also sad that I'll never write those songs now lol But I'm happy they exist :D
Good intentions paving company is about how she knows deeply the relationship won't work but decides to move forward anyway because she loves him so much. As they say, 'the road to hell is paved with good intentions' - and this section of this album is all about the hell of the end of the relationship; this song is her finally getting really pissed off at him so the songs are linked nicely
I'm having the same problem, I can't get enough. I think there's an answer to a question I've been pondering in this song but I can't quite extract it.
this is one of my fav albums of all time, and it's brilliant the way that the 3 sides are sequenced. and this is kind of a weird comparison but whenever she sings "lawlessness" (at 1:02 for example) it reminds me of the song "Not to Touch the Earth" by The Doors
The first time i heard this song i just about died at 2:25 .... actually i was thinking about something else and then joanna kicked me in the kneecaps and i melted while she ferociously danced on my puddle of a grave and used the billowing percussion to imprint the phrase "never doze off during one of my songs again" into my skull.
Grows on me...like in a garden🎉😊 it's nice; like sipping a mint julep with the Raj and watching the muddy waters of the hindu kush cascade down the mountainside before repairing for a game of billiards...kinda nice...😊
JUST FIGURED OUT PART OF THIS SONG. its a reference to the brothers grim version of the three little pigs. in it the wolf can desguise himself as anything, except his voice will allways be low and scratchy and his paws will be big and hairy. so in order to catch the pigs he eats chalk so that his voice will be soft. i dunno, i felt pround after realizing that.
"we talked as soft as chalk" wow that was a great realisation and adds so much to the interpretation of this bit of the song. i love it! thanks for sharing
@@killuamybb6411 It actually makes a lot of sense. The "who is there" too maybe. The songs is not about that, she just put a lot of references everywhere.
In the words of Newsom herself: "Spotify is like a villainous cabal of major labels. The business is built from the ground up as a way to circumvent the idea of paying their artists."
I don't think this is what she meant with this song, but this song for me is about when I was trapped in an abusive relationship with a terrifying man who nearly murdered me multiple times, so werk lmao
Why? For being original in a world of copycats? This is fucking art. Be grateful your ears got to experience something different than the usual commercialized bullshit. This goes for not only music, but other forms of art as well. We should be supporting stuff like THIS.
Fair enough. You should check out her performance of this same song on Jimmy Fallon. It's on youtube. Also, her song "Book of Right On" is another good one, in my opinion.
thank god! someone finally noticed the Nina Simone influence in her music!!! most people just take the face value and compare her music to Kate Bush's when Bush and Joanna are nothing alike!!!
@parisianna87 - I know, it's a joke isn't it. I think if it's not using the mainstream formula it needs to be in a video game or movie or something for it to gain attention. It's the unfortunate state of events we're in at the moment when a superb album (and artist) like this is overshadowed by a 15 year old boy and a fame seeking monster (with an aptly titled album).
Probably one of the best songs of the decade, in my humble opinion. It's like a play.
To be fair (and I'm totally unbiased 🙂), most of her songs are the best songs of the decade.
"time was just a line that you fed me when you wanted to stay" very underrated lyric, as all her lyrics are
impossible not to think od divers, time is longer than the space is wide
*tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiime
How are her lyrics underrated when she's a successful musician primarily known for her song writing?
"I roam around the tidy grounds
of my dappled sanatorium.
Coatless, I sit, amongst the moles, adrift,
and I dote upon my pinesap gum.
And the light, through the pines, in brassy tines,
lays over me, dim as rum,
and thick as molasses. And so time passes.
And so, my heart, tomorrow comes."
My favorite verse. What a brilliant writer.
what a gem, I read the words and try to understand how she crafted them intertwined seamlessly into the music... im speechless it is fantastic
I saw Joanna Newsom front row at the Melbourne Recital Centre, definitely the best concert i have ever been to! Ahhh she and her band were so amazing I have never heard anything like it.
Man. Love it. I hope this girl writes music forever.
Dude i have no idea how i ended up here, but i swear these 6:30 minutes :O, never have I felt so heavy with sadness and yet so hopeful for the future as I do now, what an adventure of a song!
Procrasti Nation I know exactly what you mean. Her songs are amazing like that. Check out tv's song Good Intentions Paving Company. That one really gives me the feeling you described.
yeah, quite a few of her songs have that effect on me ... powerful stuff
cj
i'm always convinced that one line or the other is the best one in the song... until the next line comes. :')
i'm pretty sure mourning doves become morning doves by the end of the song. this song i a testament to the beautiful transition of an aching heart into freedom. time alone will tell!
"There is no treason where there's only lawlessness."
Oh my, Ms Newsom, you get it so right every time.
"you give love a little shove and it becomes terror" She has some deep-seated wisdom. I come back to her music and it keeps giving me beauty and understanding in different ways. She feels and thinks in a way that adds density to her lyrics that is so cathartic to unpack. Each time I do, I do it in a different way and her tactful ambiguity pays dividends.
I grew up with this song and hearing it again in brought back so many memories
"Those that go searching for love, only manifest their own loveless-ness.
And the loveless never find love, only the loving find love. And they
never have to seek for it." -D. H. Lawrence
This is a nice quote but it doesn't really have much to do with the song, does it?
@@jonismorgellons Food for thought.
Fuck that guy honestly…
@@jonismorgellons seems more in line with good intentions paving co.
This song is stupid good.
I get chills every time I hear this... one of the best songs ever ^.^
Haven't heard a song by her I don't like yet. It's really cool that someone exists that writes the exact kind of songs I wished I could write. It's also sad that I'll never write those songs now lol
But I'm happy they exist :D
God, I feel exactly the same. its crazy
I could listen to this one a loop forever.
It's interesting how there's a reprise of "Good Intentions Paving Company" slipped in the middle.
Good intentions paving company is about how she knows deeply the relationship won't work but decides to move forward anyway because she loves him so much. As they say, 'the road to hell is paved with good intentions' - and this section of this album is all about the hell of the end of the relationship; this song is her finally getting really pissed off at him so the songs are linked nicely
She does this elsewhere on the album too-in California and it does not suffice share melodic motifs
Believe it or not, She's got a Brazilian fan in the very Amazon jungle.
Two actually
Three actually
That's dope
four actually
Artista magnífica, assim como as riquezas amazônicas 🇧🇷❤️
this song starts out cool as shit, and just gets cooler as it goes along.
Why can't I stop listening to this song?
i feel the same way... its like musical crack
I'm having the same problem, I can't get enough. I think there's an answer to a question I've been pondering in this song but I can't quite extract it.
+Chris S it's childish wonder.
the piano refrain from 2:46 sounds like bars 21-22 of Debussy's "La fille aux cheveux de lin"
gorgeous
Her voice and lyrics are one of a kind!
i keep coming back to this song... the melody is brilliant :D :D
and of course the lyrics are genius in true newsom style
this is one of my fav albums of all time, and it's brilliant the way that the 3 sides are sequenced.
and this is kind of a weird comparison but whenever she sings "lawlessness" (at 1:02 for example) it reminds me of the song "Not to Touch the Earth" by The Doors
melhor música do mundo
this is amazing, what with this woman, how can she make this stuff
una de sus mejores canciones 💙💙💙 la adoro
Brilliant in a strange way!!!!
love did song, her voice is so unique
That totally adds a layer of depth I hadn't previously known! Thanks for sharing :)
Love it
what a beautiful song
this is hauntingly perfect
The most beautiful song in the whole world
OH MY GOD how can one person be so talented?!?
That rif at 4:50 is so cool.I just love her.
(gasp!!) her voice did change. glad she recovered from those vocal cord nodules, she stiill sounds beautiful.
The first time i heard this song i just about died at 2:25 .... actually i was thinking about something else and then joanna kicked me in the kneecaps and i melted while she ferociously danced on my puddle of a grave and used the billowing percussion to imprint the phrase "never doze off during one of my songs again" into my skull.
Grows on me...like in a garden🎉😊 it's nice; like sipping a mint julep with the Raj and watching the muddy waters of the hindu kush cascade down the mountainside before repairing for a game of billiards...kinda nice...😊
Had to come back to this song after a black bear walked into my camp at Yosemite this weekend.
very nice melodies
she's so underrated I want to cry:(
Nah
Is that a reference to Debussy’s La Fille aux cheveux de lin at 3:46 ??
Gawd. So good.
amazing song..
JUST FIGURED OUT PART OF THIS SONG.
its a reference to the brothers grim version of the three little pigs.
in it the wolf can desguise himself as anything, except his voice will allways be low and scratchy and his paws will be big and hairy.
so in order to catch the pigs he eats chalk so that his voice will be soft.
i dunno, i felt pround after realizing that.
justforthesparks ughh what? it's not about that at all
"we talked as soft as chalk" wow that was a great realisation and adds so much to the interpretation of this bit of the song. i love it! thanks for sharing
@@killuamybb6411 It actually makes a lot of sense. The "who is there" too maybe. The songs is not about that, she just put a lot of references everywhere.
Actually it’s a different tale. The wolf and the seven goats or something like that
so talented,,,,,, thats just how it is
the best one
She is so intelligent.
one of the best songs ever 💙💙💙 i'm obsessed with "you give love a little shove and it becomes terror"
Guess Spotify will never add her music.
+Brad Bryan I don't think Drag City have any of their artists on there. I imagine its the labels choice, no?
Its the most depressing thing thats happened so far in my LIFE WHY SPOTIFY WHY
+KTechKez yeah, same with bonnie prince billy, silver jews... it's real shittty
In the words of Newsom herself: "Spotify is like a villainous cabal of major labels. The business is built from the ground up as a way to circumvent the idea of paying their artists."
Brittany DeLuca all of her music is on iTunes.....
this i my favorite song by her
Both Make Hay and this start with So Long, and this song mentions mourning doves which can be heard in Time As A Symptom of Love. 🤔
The mourning doves are also heard on "Anecdotes".
JUST TOO GOOD.
Catch a cab and bags at the carousel... it's been a while since I read the catcher in the rye but somehow this makes me think of that
that was very good.
Talent....this is real talent. No BS like all the reality music shows. No politics just raw talent. Molto bene
Yo. Mad good.
God, she's amazing...
she's just talking about talking softly late at night. chalk is very soft.
@ladyofthemystnin they don't sound at all alike, and joanna's lyrics highly differ from kate's. still, both amazing artists.
Qcknd brought me here
SarahRoseTea Ditto.
I don't think this is what she meant with this song, but this song for me is about when I was trapped in an abusive relationship with a terrifying man who nearly murdered me multiple times, so werk lmao
it makes me think of my abusive relationship too
She probably had it in mind. this song is very meta
Damn! this is some good shit
Why? For being original in a world of copycats? This is fucking art. Be grateful your ears got to experience something different than the usual commercialized bullshit. This goes for not only music, but other forms of art as well. We should be supporting stuff like THIS.
Fair enough. You should check out her performance of this same song on Jimmy Fallon. It's on youtube. Also, her song "Book of Right On" is another good one, in my opinion.
@ladyofthemystnin yes, Bush and also, even though it does not need pointing out, Bing Crosby.
Both?
You shoulnd feenl pround!
Hi Clem!
kewl!
@livelyarts49 Swansea, '81 and The Sprout and the Bean (Featured in the movie The Strangers)
The lyrics are in the video, my friend :D But actually, they ARE hard to make out, some of them. So put the gun away please :)
Her references take time to understand, but hey that's what Google is for, right. I looooove her. LOL
@illumiere I hear 'Peach, plum, pear'
songs hits way too hard after a breakup
Does anyone know songs with this kind of standard played for example between 4:46 - 5:00? Thanks ;-)
you might like thelonious monk! try Thelonious Alone In San Francisco
4:50
Same
Say honey did you belong to me tell me honey did I pass your test
She has really been working on her vibrato. Did I hear something about her getting some sort of throat surgery recently?
I love you
@AviatorAndyK 'peach, plum, pear'
Joanna
wowowowwow
@livelyarts49 Go long, cosmia, baby birch and um..... every song she writes??
Elements of Nina Simone in this song. Just great stuff.
thank god! someone finally noticed the Nina Simone influence in her music!!! most people just take the face value and compare her music to Kate Bush's when Bush and Joanna are nothing alike!!!
never shot yourself. a patient ear is better than a hard hand.
Here we are
Trying to explain myself in to, and out of a genealogy corner again
Her voice kinda sound like those sweet grandma
Vocally Kate Bush, structurally Regina Spektor
@parisianna87 - I know, it's a joke isn't it. I think if it's not using the mainstream formula it needs to be in a video game or movie or something for it to gain attention. It's the unfortunate state of events we're in at the moment when a superb album (and artist) like this is overshadowed by a 15 year old boy and a fame seeking monster (with an aptly titled album).
@justforthesparks you should be proud! pretty awesome
2:25- 2:47 makes me want to just move.
Marry me, Joanna?
second one
I feel like this song is about manipulation in relationships.
Can you believe she is dating Andy Samberg?
Typical enigmatic woman who professors couldn't make sense of..👁️😛
@ladyofthemystnin lol wut