I cannot get through the original without weeping. It's haunting indeed - I would call that the paradigm of understatement. I am old enough to remember, and I cannot imagine how any artist could capture such an event, and the underlying unanswerable questions - in a song like this. But that, of course is the genius of Sufjan Stevens. You have done a wonderful and moving job with this. Thank you - you are lovely. "Even more they were boys with their cars, summer jobs, oh my God." Oh my God indeed.
A haunting song indeed, and well done by this young woman. If you're interested listen to Stan Rogers "Harris take thy mare" a beautiful song about murder in a pub fight, that few songwriters could pull off.
Same. I wanted to sing it for an open mic, but every time I try to practice it I break down and cannot continue. It's astonishingly powerful. The immense, the yawning abyss of Gacy's unfathomable crimes. The damage to the living. The sky-blanking tragedy of it all. And the juxtaposed tenderness of the melody and vocals. Christ.
This is definitely the best youtube cover of this song I have seen. Your voice makes it even more haunting and effective. For me personally, discovering it for the first time 10 years after you recorded it adds a strange and uneasy nostalgic element to it, which i love. Glad to see you're still singing and playing. Keep it up.
Hands down, one of the best covers on TH-cam of ANY SONG what so ever. This cover haunts me for an eternity, it fully express the beauty of the original even slighty better IMO.
I usually hate covers and feel like they take away from the original song for me, but omg I just fell in love, your voice is so beautiful and so right for this song. I could probably listen to you singing every song I ever loved and enjoy it almost as much as the originals
And I genuinely enjoyed this as much as the original. Which is weird to me because Sufjan is my fav. I just think the gentle female voice is so right for this. Needless to say, I love your voice
@@Just3Boyzz i couldn't imagine anyone doing justice to this masterpiece. i would've never dreamt of anyone doing it even half as amazingly as sufjan. but gosh she's done it, i love it almost as much as the original honestly 😫
I've never thought someone would cover Sufjan well, ever. At all.. His style and everything is just HARD, you know. You did it my friend. Fuck, you did it.
I've listened to a lot of Sufjan lately - like, for the past 10 years - so I thought I've venture into some covers for a change. This was the first one I've listened to. I had high expectations being my second favourite Sufjan song and all. Absolutely stunning! You've set the bar high. Thank you so much.
+Crayg Mayo Thank YOU so much! I'm glad such a hardcore Sufjan fan approves. He is seriously the best. And the fact that you've listened to him for so long and you still like my take on this makes me so happy!
So I found this one random night while listening to music and I felt like I had seen you before but, never had I seen a video of yours. I slowly began to realize that you, the way you look and sound and such, are what I envisioned my character for my book to look like. I don't mean to make it sound creepy, it's just amazing to see someone you thought was only in your head be real. Thank you for existing and making such a beautiful rendition of this song!
So good. Never expected a cover of this song to maintain the emotion that the original has. Amazing!..... Im gonna sub in the hope of more Sufjan songs! :)
Although I've seen this video loads of times it's just struck me that the snowman is really appropriate here, a jolly disguise like this would have suited the murderer as well as that of a clown. Sends a shiver down my spine every time I listen to it.
I've never played a TH-cam cover twice... except yours. Just exceptional. Please keep pursuing music. You have a pure talent that the world needs to be lucky enough to hear.
Thank you Heather. You sing it beautifully. Continue recording what you sing alone and share it with all of us. It makes the world richer and more beautiful, despite the sadness of the lyrics. It makes us feel as one. Together, John, his victims, their families, Sufjan, you and all of us, we are just one. Thanks for letting us feel that.
+Laurent Ledoux Thank you for such a beautiful comment. I love that. It means the world to me to hear that my music could have that effect on someone. And it's cool to be reminded of how powerful music is and how it connects us all. Thanks so much.
Your beautiful rendition of this song made me cry because I am really just like him. Tears of guilt, or tears of remorse, we may all be one bad day away from becoming monsters, but works of beauty like this pull us back from the brink like a lullaby serenading the sleeping evil within. Subscribed and liked.
Just came across this song , thinking this was the original version. Apparantly it is a cover, well your version will always be the original version to me. What a beautiful song and beautifully done!
This is honestly one of the most (perhaps the single most) beautiful thing i have ever heard. It is haunting, and melodic, and wonderful. I'm honestly surprised I hadn't heard your voice before last night, and find myself lucky to have, either way. I have just started listening, though, and it's so, so, so beautiful. thank you so, so much.
“Oh my god” - wow, warm and fuzzy definitely describes the feeling I got after hearing you sing that part. I wish this cover was on iTunes because I’d gladly pay to have it on my phone!
I didn't know what to expect when I click on your video but as soon as you started singing, I was hooked. You have a engaging tone and an amazing ear for harmony. I am more than moderately impressed.
This is great... at first i thought it was gonna be a crappy quality song but then you started singing and it sounded so daunting. You truly are amazing
Oh my goodness. Your voice is perfect for this song. Never thought I would hear a cover that parallels how hauntingly beautiful this song is but you absolutely nailed it.
Few songs in The world can made people love the people who love the same song. This is one of those. For no reason, I love the people who love this song.
The truest Sufjan Steven's cover i've seen, with the perfect restraint and humility that this song required.
Absolutely splendid
Thank you so much :)
A cannibal corpse cover would be amazing.
Been rewatching this over the years. Still brings a tear to my eye.
I cannot get through the original without weeping. It's haunting indeed - I would call that the paradigm of understatement. I am old enough to remember, and I cannot imagine how any artist could capture such an event, and the underlying unanswerable questions - in a song like this. But that, of course is the genius of Sufjan Stevens. You have done a wonderful and moving job with this. Thank you - you are lovely. "Even more they were boys with their cars, summer jobs, oh my God." Oh my God indeed.
A haunting song indeed, and well done by this young woman. If you're interested listen to Stan Rogers "Harris take thy mare" a beautiful song about murder in a pub fight, that few songwriters could pull off.
What the name of this song?
@@bricktea3645 John Wayne Gracy.
Same. I wanted to sing it for an open mic, but every time I try to practice it I break down and cannot continue. It's astonishingly powerful. The immense, the yawning abyss of Gacy's unfathomable crimes. The damage to the living. The sky-blanking tragedy of it all. And the juxtaposed tenderness of the melody and vocals. Christ.
It makes me comfortable that she wouldn't fit his mold.
Chords: Dm, C, Am and F. Capo 8
In my country god means goat 🐐
I love that you can’t quite reach the lowest notes. It adds a fragility to the song that’s already an eggshell.
beautiful redifined
Thank you. :)
+croix89 Oh cristo, ti piace Sufjan Stevens??? Pensavo che fossi per altri lidi...
Non ci credo lol merrino qua
This is the most gorgeous thing I've ever heard
Thank you so much!
This is the best cover for this song I've ever heard. Rivals the original to be honest. Beautiful and haunting indeed.
it's been a year and i still frequent this song from time to time.
Alan Peyrot I'm so happy to hear you still enjoy it. :)
“At that moment, beauty itself struck me as a kind of painful melancholy.”― Arthur Golden
I keep returning to this.I dont often care for covers but this is remarkably well done.Truly.
Thank you!
me too!!!! makes me want to weep every time 😢
me too!!!! makes me want to weep every time 😢
Found my people.
Wow! 🙏💪👍 impeccable!
beautiful timbre and complexity in this lass's singing
There's an incredible clarity to your voice and your playing. You should do more Sufjan covers.
Thank you so much! He's one of my favorites, so that is definitely a real possibility. Any certain songs in mind?
***** Man, there's so many. "To Be Alone With You" or pretty much anything from Seven Swans. Or any of his other albums. The guy's a genius.
Agreed, he's so incredible. I'll keep those in mind! Thanks again.
I agree. Maybe the next song should be about another serial killer like Charles Manson or Jeffrey dahmer.
This is definitely the best youtube cover of this song I have seen. Your voice makes it even more haunting and effective.
For me personally, discovering it for the first time 10 years after you recorded it adds a strange and uneasy nostalgic element to it, which i love. Glad to see you're still singing and playing. Keep it up.
Hands down, one of the best covers on TH-cam of ANY SONG what so ever. This cover haunts me for an eternity, it fully express the beauty of the original even slighty better IMO.
I usually hate covers and feel like they take away from the original song for me, but omg I just fell in love, your voice is so beautiful and so right for this song. I could probably listen to you singing every song I ever loved and enjoy it almost as much as the originals
And I genuinely enjoyed this as much as the original. Which is weird to me because Sufjan is my fav. I just think the gentle female voice is so right for this. Needless to say, I love your voice
@@Just3Boyzz i couldn't imagine anyone doing justice to this masterpiece. i would've never dreamt of anyone doing it even half as amazingly as sufjan. but gosh she's done it, i love it almost as much as the original honestly 😫
Great job playing guitar and you have such a beautiful voice. I just listened to the original version, you nailed it.
Stop eating her pussy 😂😂😂😂
I've never thought someone would cover Sufjan well, ever.
At all..
His style and everything is just HARD, you know.
You did it my friend.
Fuck, you did it.
+Atakan YILMAZ It really is! He's so unique and brilliant and just perfect. I'm so glad you liked this. Thanks a ton!
I started bawling when you hit the "oh my god"... Sufjan had me almost in tears, but you left me full on crying. Which is amazing.
Woah, thank you so much. In my opinion, Sufjan is absolutely perfect, so that means the world to me. I'm so happy you liked it!
I've listened to a lot of Sufjan lately - like, for the past 10 years - so I thought I've venture into some covers for a change. This was the first one I've listened to. I had high expectations being my second favourite Sufjan song and all. Absolutely stunning! You've set the bar high. Thank you so much.
+Crayg Mayo Thank YOU so much! I'm glad such a hardcore Sufjan fan approves. He is seriously the best. And the fact that you've listened to him for so long and you still like my take on this makes me so happy!
So I found this one random night while listening to music and I felt like I had seen you before but, never had I seen a video of yours. I slowly began to realize that you, the way you look and sound and such, are what I envisioned my character for my book to look like. I don't mean to make it sound creepy, it's just amazing to see someone you thought was only in your head be real. Thank you for existing and making such a beautiful rendition of this song!
Not creepy at all. That's awesome! Funny how creative things work that way. Thanks so much!
This is incredible. I've never heard such a wonderful cover of this song before!
So good. Never expected a cover of this song to maintain the emotion that the original has. Amazing!..... Im gonna sub in the hope of more Sufjan songs! :)
+Jack Finniecome Thanks so much! I'm gonna try to cover more Sufjan soon!
Although I've seen this video loads of times it's just struck me that the snowman is really appropriate here, a jolly disguise like this would have suited the murderer as well as that of a clown. Sends a shiver down my spine every time I listen to it.
I'm sorry for discovering this cover so late. It's stunning! Effortlessly beautiful
back after years so hear some moving music
This is absolutely phenomenal. That voice is stunning.
I've never played a TH-cam cover twice... except yours. Just exceptional. Please keep pursuing music. You have a pure talent that the world needs to be lucky enough to hear.
Gosh, that makes me so happy! Thank you for the sweet encouragement. I will definitely keep it up. :)
Happy anniversary to this cover
The original song is unbelivable. But this one moved me to tears!!! I hear it again and again and again...
Thank you Heather. You sing it beautifully. Continue recording what you sing alone and share it with all of us. It makes the world richer and more beautiful, despite the sadness of the lyrics. It makes us feel as one. Together, John, his victims, their families, Sufjan, you and all of us, we are just one. Thanks for letting us feel that.
+Laurent Ledoux Thank you for such a beautiful comment. I love that. It means the world to me to hear that my music could have that effect on someone. And it's cool to be reminded of how powerful music is and how it connects us all. Thanks so much.
+Heather Hammers
Thanks Heather. I listened to your new songs. Very good. Your evolution is beautiful. Take care.
Thank you! I'm so happy you liked them. You take care as well!
Your beautiful rendition of this song made me cry because I am really just like him. Tears of guilt, or tears of remorse, we may all be one bad day away from becoming monsters, but works of beauty like this pull us back from the brink like a lullaby serenading the sleeping evil within. Subscribed and liked.
You are describing exactly what i can't put into words. Thank you!
Don't worry, you're not just like him.
Unless you are....
...in which case, fuuuuckkk youuuuuuu!
Without you I would never have discovered Sufjan, thank you
Really beautiful cover! : )
Just came across this song , thinking this was the original version. Apparantly it is a cover, well your version will always be the original version to me. What a beautiful song and beautifully done!
Absolutely adore your version of this song. Your voice and Sufjan's music are a match made in heaven. Thank you for posting.
This is honestly one of the most (perhaps the single most) beautiful thing i have ever heard. It is haunting, and melodic, and wonderful.
I'm honestly surprised I hadn't heard your voice before last night, and find myself lucky to have, either way.
I have just started listening, though, and it's so, so, so beautiful.
thank you so, so much.
Thank YOU so, so much. Seriously, reading this made me so happy. Glad you plan on sticking around. :)
I am soo obsessed with this cover! I listen to it nonstop!!!
Yaaay, that makes me so happy!
@heatherhammers you make music feel like a connection with the unknown. Past the here and now you know the real through your music. Thank you!
That's how perfection looks like.
Beautiful version of this song. Probably my favorite song by Sufjan!
Perfect!!!
Valmir Callado Thank you! I'm so glad you liked it. :)
So good!
Absolutely beautiful. Made me cry. x
My favorite cover of any song ever!!!
Man, that's great to hear. Thank you!
Amazing ik im jujst watching this now but its amazing, It almost made me cry.
“Oh my god” - wow, warm and fuzzy definitely describes the feeling I got after hearing you sing that part.
I wish this cover was on iTunes because I’d gladly pay to have it on my phone!
This is incredible. I didn't think I could love this song any more than I already did.
Couldn't have expected a better rendition of this than your very soft and poignant cover. I'm floored. Thank you for sharing.
One of the most beautiful voices I’ve heard
I didn't know what to expect when I click on your video but as soon as you started singing, I was hooked. You have a engaging tone and an amazing ear for harmony. I am more than moderately impressed.
Nathanael Brookshire Gosh, thank you so much. :) That's awesome to hear and I'm super happy you liked it.
Beautiful.
Too much... Just too beautiful!! I would happily buy an album (or albums) of your music!! 👍🥇🎼🎤🎧❤️
This is great to listen to on loop. Each successive play gets less haunting and more beautiful.
One of the best covers of this song. Her voice is perfect for it. Haunting.
I can't stop watching this. The original is one of my favorite songs, but your cover makes me melt.
+bubob It's one of my favorites, too. So happy you liked this. Thank you! :)
Much love from Australia!
Such a sad song, you played it amazingly. I'm teary eyed.
Wow! Thanks Heather❤
This is one of the most beautiful things i've ever heard.
Very good. Soft vocals and great command of the strumming pattern.
I forgot the sickness mind of Gacy for a moment. Your voice is beautiful :)
I am like the biggest Suffy fan, and I usually despise covers, but you nailed the emotion and underlying feeling of this song so well. Good job :D
Such a beautiful and haunting performance of a beautiful and haunting song. I come back every now and then to relisten and watch.
I'm a big Sufjan fan, and you just knocked that chilling song out of the park! Bravo!
Made me cry . . . So beautiful
I found that masterpiece of you few years ago and I still love it. Thank you, Heather.
still listening to this in 2019
Lovely, beautiful, gracious...
+Pedro Freitas Thank you!
Amazing. Absolutely beautiful
This still bowls me over, never fails
still my favourite cover
I'm glad I have a video looper for youtube when I hear such beautiful interpretations. Thank you lady.
:) Thank you. I'm glad you liked it!
Didn't think this song could become more hauntingly beautiful than it was already was; incredible cover.
this is a sensory treat! everything about this is beautiful i love it
also this should be on spotify fr
Omg. This is just beautiful.
every aspect of this is beautiful
I've heard the original dozens of times, but this still gave me shivers.
She certainly does! Beautiful.
Love how you end youre phrase, dropping the words so we almost miss the last syllable. Shivers.
It's so cool to hear you point out that little detail. Thank you so much. :)
+Heather Hammers Its just so perfect. Would really love to hear "Fourth of July" (On Sfujan last album) from you.
Just now was thinking how would sound like if someone with a potent voice sang a Sufjan song. So this answers it, then. Sounds wonderful.
Peaceful beauty
Thanks
gorgeously done! thank you so much.
Gorgeous version. Thank you for sharing.
Oh, my... your voice is sooo incredible.
This is absolutely incredible.
Thank you so much!
Just speechless and in awe! Sublime. 🧜♀️✨🎤🎼🎸
This is amazing, 100% fits the haunting lo-fi vibe the original song had 10/10
The vocalization at 2:26 is perfect, definitely my favorite part of the original and you nailed it.
This is great... at first i thought it was gonna be a crappy quality song but then you started singing and it sounded so daunting. You truly are amazing
That was amazing!
Heather the clarity of your voice is amazing each word you sing is a journey of emotion, thank you for sharing your voice with the world
Audio Amplifier Servicing Gosh, thank you so much. Hearing that means the world to me.
Wow! Seriously the best cover of this song. Amazing voice.
Thank you so much!
Oh my goodness. Your voice is perfect for this song. Never thought I would hear a cover that parallels how hauntingly beautiful this song is but you absolutely nailed it.
Thanks so much, Lydia. :) I think Sufjan is perfect, so to hear that my version wasn't even acceptable feels awesome. Haha. I'm so happy you liked it.
Awesome cover. Super inspiring to me as I begin to learn this song myself!
Thank you! Good luck! :)
i'm impressed!beautiful.love this song
+mickael balzary Thank you!
You are a beautiful musician. Thank you for sharing this gorgeous cover 💛💛
It's my favourite sufjan song. Excellent version you've done. You have a wonderful voice. Keep it up 😀
bdumpbamp Thank you very much. :))
Few songs in The world can made people love the people who love the same song. This is one of those. For no reason, I love the people who love this song.
What a beautiful thought.
+Heather Hammers I've listen all your songs. Amazing!
Congrat!, great voice, great performances and over all great sensitivity.
This is absolutely beautiful. I didn't know I could love this song more until now. x
tashthebean Aw, thank you. That makes me so happy.