Ani DiFranco Swan Dive

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  • @pegleg747
    @pegleg747 15 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    Ani is one of those artists you won't listen to for a year and then you find an album under your bed...and she takes you back to that same powerful and scary place within yourself that you maybe forgot about, but never left you.
    She can articulate things most people can't even isolate. She's one in a million :)

    • @amandakaywyatt8850
      @amandakaywyatt8850 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Who tf doesn't listen to Ani DiFranco for a full year?!? How do you stay socialist?!?

  • @bl44rth
    @bl44rth 17 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    "I'm gonna pull out my tampon and just start splashing around"
    one of the best lines ever

  • @andre.as.kyriakou
    @andre.as.kyriakou 9 ปีที่แล้ว +90

    Almost 20 years later and I still get full-body chills and wheep from the sheer beauty of this song and what it expresses. That is truly art in its highest form.

  • @FirstNameLastName000
    @FirstNameLastName000 5 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Ani DiFranco's music means even more now to me in 2019 than it did in 2004, and in 2004 I thought I knew and felt everything.

    • @alethiamcgarvey282
      @alethiamcgarvey282 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I totally feel this comment. And I have a Righteous Babe tattoo on my arm. Got it the day I turned 18. I’m almost 40 now. My daughter and I now jam out to her music. It all comes full circle…

    • @sabrinaanirbas9034
      @sabrinaanirbas9034 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Feel ya..and now..how ya doing?

    • @diogesesmore9874
      @diogesesmore9874 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@alethiamcgarvey282 glorious!!!!

    • @alethiamcgarvey282
      @alethiamcgarvey282 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sabrinaanirbas9034 I’m hanging in there. It’s been an effed up year. You doin ok dearest?

  • @ThePopulation
    @ThePopulation 17 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    "I've got better things to do than survive"
    Sing it Ani.

  • @amacleodbrydon
    @amacleodbrydon 11 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Swan dive....this song sustained me when I was a new substitute school bus driver. I would crank it on the way home in my car after having completed the horror of another trip. THANK YOU ANI !!!!!!!!! I'm now a 12 year veteran.

  • @summertizzime
    @summertizzime 13 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    I don't know who I'd be if I hadn't been introduced to Ani DiFranco those many years ago.

  • @mistermut
    @mistermut 16 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    i love how its powerful and desperate at the same time. at least to me. "i just want to get my feet wet till i drown", it all sounds like honesty as well.

  • @amyunderwood2470
    @amyunderwood2470 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    “Just want to get my feet wet until I drown!!” is my favorite Ani lyric ever

  • @slowbaker
    @slowbaker 14 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Every song is her best . . . because she's an evolution and she's been here for centuries.

  • @BradAllenTheWayFinders
    @BradAllenTheWayFinders 11 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    My hunny gave Ani a ride from Eugene to Portland back in 94' when she was just hitching around the west coast doing gigs.. Ani is the real deal. Completely real and honest to her musical mastery.. at the same time, cool as they come :)

  • @charmainemiles4089
    @charmainemiles4089 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I live in Sydney Australia, and I flew to the cold coast for her concert in Brisbane, this was a concert I'll never forget she was like this performance all night from one start to finish, she bounced around ,changing only a few guitar, absolute incredible artist to see live.
    arni de franco is her music ,

  • @1MoreNaturalDisaster
    @1MoreNaturalDisaster 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Best performance of this song

  • @remenissions13
    @remenissions13 16 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    She puts so much emotion into her songs.... I'm not her biggest fan, but her dedication and the honesty truly astound me still.. I can't say many artists out there are in any way similar to her, she doesn't just sing her songs, she FEELS them every time.

  • @Pelesfyre
    @Pelesfyre 15 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    "gonna go ahead and go boldly
    cause a lil bird told me
    that jumping is easy,
    falling is fun,
    right up until you hit the sidewalk
    shivering and stunned."
    ani's a genius.

  • @robertschrader
    @robertschrader 16 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This may be my favorite Ani song.

  • @nix3460
    @nix3460 9 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    How can anyone "thumbs down" this? Freaking awesome, Ani.

  • @sandragayle9
    @sandragayle9 17 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I have seen Ani live several times, and she is so awesome, that no matter how many times you see her, it is never enough because of how much she evolves... I love this woman!

  • @MAP3698
    @MAP3698 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Ani breathes fire and life and death and everything, everything into this song. So grateful to be here now 🔥

  • @katiekatt01
    @katiekatt01 17 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    She is like that through the whole show! She is a singer songwriter!!!

  • @doraeliaruiz1636
    @doraeliaruiz1636 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I am not exaggerating when I say this song literally not only saved, but made my life. I listened to this every night before bed and every morning in HS, and this song gave me the courage to apply to Brown and I even put in my essay: “I don’t care if they eat me alive, I’ve got better things to do than survive.” I got in with a full ride, fell madly in love w a girl at another Ivy school who also put that same quote in her essay. We were both from dirt poor backgrounds and both probably had more of a chance of getting hit by lightning than us both getting full rides to our dream school, let alone then finding one another .... but all the chance that we needed was one in a million ❤️💜 I think that I’m blessed

    • @Isewein
      @Isewein 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      That's an amazing story. Thank you for sharing.

  • @hannahbee-qi8xu
    @hannahbee-qi8xu 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Literally got chills. What an amazing artist 💖✌

  • @xtymps
    @xtymps 13 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    this is one of the best ani performances- hell, one of the best performances ever, of all time. you can hear the fucking pain oozing out of her voice, her words. i think ani might have been going through a hard time personally here.

  • @J2bliss
    @J2bliss 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wow. Its true everything does get better with age. This song has always reached out to me, spoken to me (not-so-silently), and now so many years later the message is even stronger. Thank you for creating this amazing anthem.

  • @pppatsy
    @pppatsy 13 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Man I love love love love this live version. She plays to the crowd for a lot of it but then there is part where it is just her and the song and there's a quiet part that becomes bigger than her dreads ('Im cradling the heaviest part of me'), makes the hairs stand up on the back of my neck. It is a beautiful song. She is an incredible guitarist & performer & writer.

  • @daisybaldwin6979
    @daisybaldwin6979 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Ani is my addiction... I love her and yet I have never met her... The way she writes is in depth and bold and I can picture it all... I love the metaphors😁❤️ she's got the most bold beauty I've ever heard... The first time I heard her it was the song not angry anymore off her up up up album.. only I didn't know that or her name even. I was getting a ride and that song opened me up.. I bawled it was the most beautiful song I had ever heard. Been on the look out ever since. Bought 4 albums before I found that song BTW

  • @32Flavors
    @32Flavors 11 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Darling, you must see her in concert!! oh you must!!! You will leave feeling touched.

    • @raeannecarter566
      @raeannecarter566 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I have seen literally HUNDREDS of live performances, and to this day Ani is still top 3. To be in an audience of hundreds and feel like its just you and her is an experience one never forgets.

  • @mimuchedad
    @mimuchedad 13 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    que se puede decirrr, ella es unica,su manera de tocar,y sus letras,me encanta como consigue trasmitr la misma cancion , una gran tristeza,y como una gran alegria,es genial para cada estado de animo,no se que seria de mi sin conocerla.siempre me eriza la piel

  • @saintdameon
    @saintdameon 15 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    it's a shame she doesn't make albums anymore like the ones she made in the mid-90's.

    • @elmoblatch9787
      @elmoblatch9787 ปีที่แล้ว

      Revolutionary Love was a fantastic album released around 2021 or so.

    • @Neonlike0
      @Neonlike0 ปีที่แล้ว

      agreed - she is still amazing tho

  • @youshouldve
    @youshouldve 15 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    i just heard of her a few weeks ago from my cousin.
    this is amazing.
    i have really, really never heard anything like this before.

  • @sublime90
    @sublime90 15 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    i love this song! one ani's best right here

  • @maudy_music
    @maudy_music 16 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    that was the coolest performance of swan dive i've seen so far. amazing. especially the last bit.

  • @notwister1
    @notwister1 9 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    man, is this guitar on fire or is it on fire? I think it´s on fire.
    Really, how much more intense can you perform on stage than Ani here?
    She has energy galore....

    • @henrycodm896
      @henrycodm896 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      notwister1 That's Ani. She does this EVERY performance.

  • @vcid1285
    @vcid1285 15 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    utterly amazing. i can listen to this version over and over. the voice, the guitar, the emotion -- i can't help but be moved by this performance.

  • @psykomystro
    @psykomystro 14 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Now that's cutting edge artistry!!! To hell with playing it safe and being trendy. You're hot because you make what's hot not following some mindless trend. I dig it!!!

  • @32Flavors
    @32Flavors 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The most beautiful person in the world right here people.

  • @len4evaeva
    @len4evaeva 17 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    i was there! she was amazing!

  • @72marshflower15
    @72marshflower15 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    She is surely one of my top 10 if not top 5... Luv you Ani...

  • @TheAxiomChronos
    @TheAxiomChronos 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I and everyone I have ever loved loves you...bravo to you Ani. you are Magnificent
    to behold.

  • @mellowishfolk
    @mellowishfolk 17 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    hands down best version of swan dive

    • @Okayplaya
      @Okayplaya 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It should be on all steaming platforms.

  • @SWEETWILLKINGSTON
    @SWEETWILLKINGSTON 16 ปีที่แล้ว

    There are so many good one liners in this song. The tampon line, the line about the ship pitching and heaving, and a little too much to drink. I'll go on and on if I have too......just wanna get my feet wet, until I drown....

  • @clive3940
    @clive3940 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'm cradling the softest, warmest part of you in my hands
    Feels like a little baby bird
    Fallen from the nest
    I think that your body is something I understand
    I think that I'm happy
    I think that I'm blessed
    But I've had a lack of inhibition
    I've had a loss of perspective
    I've had a little bit to drink
    And it's making me think
    That I can jump ship and swim
    That the ocean will hold me
    That there's got to be more
    Than this boat I'm in
    They can call me crazy if I fall
    All the chance I need
    Is one-in-a-million
    And they can call me brilliant
    If I succeed
    Gravity is nothing to me
    I'm moving at the speed of sound
    I'm just gonna get my feet wet
    Until I drown
    I teeter between tired
    And really, really tired
    I'm wiped out and I'm wired
    But I guess that's just as well
    'Cause I've built my own empire
    Out of car tires and chicken wire
    And now I'm queen of my own compost heap
    And I'm getting used to the smell
    I've had a lack of information
    I've had a little revelation
    I'm climbing up on the railing
    Trying not to look down
    I'm going to do my best swan dive
    Into shark infested waters
    I'm going to pull out my tampon
    And start splashing around
    'Cause I don't care if they eat me alive
    I've got better things to do than survive
    I've got the memory of your warm skin in my hands
    And I've got a vision of blue sky and warm land
    I'm cradling the hardest, heaviest part of me in my hands
    The ship is pitching and heaving
    Our limbs are bobbing and weaving
    I think this is something I understand
    I think I need a couple vaccinations
    For my far-away vacation
    I'm gonna go ahead and go boldly
    'Cause a little bird told me
    That jumping is easy
    And falling is fun
    Right up until you hit the sidewalk
    Shivering and stunned
    They can call me crazy if I fall
    All the chance I need
    Is one-in-a-million
    And they cal call me brilliant
    If I succeed
    Gravity is nothing to me
    I'm moving at the speed of sound
    I'm just going to get my feet wet
    Until I drown
    Source: LyricFind
    Songwriters: Ani Difranco
    Swan Dive lyrics © A Side Music LLC D/B/A Modern Works Music Publishing

  • @KannaM
    @KannaM 10 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    'cuz i don't care if they eat me alive
    i've got better thing to do than survive...

  • @apgaer
    @apgaer 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    get to see her live tonight. i know my life won't be the same after it.

  • @Sadbigbirddd
    @Sadbigbirddd 17 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    perfection at its finest.

  • @kieragoetz2014
    @kieragoetz2014 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you Love!

  • @cellofreek
    @cellofreek 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    she is such an amazing pearson i love the way that you can tell that she just loves to be on the stage and the way that it comes to her with such ez and grace, and shes not afraid to bee goofy:)

  • @cloudblood84
    @cloudblood84 16 ปีที่แล้ว

    i love this dvd. ani rules my world

  • @Sadbigbirddd
    @Sadbigbirddd 16 ปีที่แล้ว

    everytime i watch this, it amazes me more

  • @angyp7414
    @angyp7414 10 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    i've got a vision of blue sky and dry land

  • @thebangkokconnection4080
    @thebangkokconnection4080 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Well shot video.

  • @Irishguy20008
    @Irishguy20008 16 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome live and original.

  • @nicolev.4979
    @nicolev.4979 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I

  • @johnalexion
    @johnalexion 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Raw grit, courage chilling!

  • @CariElswickcastaneda
    @CariElswickcastaneda 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    ani defranco is the bestttttttttttttttttt ever

  • @TheGabeSmithDebacle
    @TheGabeSmithDebacle 17 ปีที่แล้ว

    First time I ever saw Ani play this tune was when she opened for Bob Dylan at Blossom. (Cleveland/Akron) When she mentioned pulling out her tampon, the jock-y security guy separating the lawn from the the pavilion turned around to us and asked "what did she just say . . .?"

  • @anyfntimesweetheart
    @anyfntimesweetheart 13 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    this album saved my life, not in an i was about to commit suicide kind of way, but in a hey someone else gets it too kind of way. it changed me.

  • @krazykatie2006
    @krazykatie2006 17 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ah.. one of the perks of living in Europe: I've seen Ani in concert half a dozen times, most of which from the front row.
    She's simply amazing.
    She f***s up the lyrics in this one quite a bit, but it only adds to the charm. :)

  • @INTJ24
    @INTJ24 17 ปีที่แล้ว

    damn !!!!
    that was unbridled passion at its zenith

  • @1andoneis3
    @1andoneis3 16 ปีที่แล้ว

    nice....she sounds great

  • @gumsguey
    @gumsguey 16 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I am so in love with her.

  • @JoniAlston
    @JoniAlston 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The best song

  • @StargazerLeia3636
    @StargazerLeia3636 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I respect thought provoking comments. Luv ya more

  • @serm3378
    @serm3378 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great song. Bad ass, beautiful person.

  • @Doyalwcheese
    @Doyalwcheese 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    someday ill meet this girl again... once it happens, ill be as famous she is

  • @lsjmixedmedia
    @lsjmixedmedia 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    The epitome of a women's strength summed up in 6 minutes! I dare anyone to challenge that! Ani...

  • @jmills1215
    @jmills1215 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    @pegleg747 amazing, beautiful summation. gave me chills.

  • @elmoblatch9787
    @elmoblatch9787 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just read her autobiography and I seem to recall that 2007 was not a good year for her emotionally. You can't see that on stage, because she is on fire.

  • @Okayplaya
    @Okayplaya ปีที่แล้ว

    Listen. This version better be on the 25th anniversary remastered release. IJS.

  • @TheRecoveringCreative
    @TheRecoveringCreative 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    @jarvez1000
    I agree with you....yes she is articulate and expresses herself in a very individual way...But my Goodness!!! Does everyone overlook what an amazing guitarist she is? She has amazing skill and has a style all her own. I'm glad I was a teenager learning guitar when this album came out! As a female it inspired me to experiment and love the guitar even more. It still does.

  • @Doyalwcheese
    @Doyalwcheese 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing

  • @stacy2070
    @stacy2070 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    OMG SO BEAUTIFUL...I've been here. And I failed. Get out at the time girls of this song if you can. It only goes down from here. Time and age passes and you will not fix it.

  • @shannonalise82
    @shannonalise82 17 ปีที่แล้ว

    no words. just absolutely no words. Ani, Ani, Ani, thank you.

  • @JQevidentself
    @JQevidentself 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    My #1 ♥

  • @NickGibbsmusic
    @NickGibbsmusic 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    Little Plastic Castle. My god. WHAT A RECOOOOOOOORD!!!

  • @Mudaseki
    @Mudaseki 16 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fucking amazing...pure epic.

  • @22marhoe
    @22marhoe หลายเดือนก่อน

    “… And I’m Queen of my own compost heap
    And I’m getting used to the smell…” ❤️‍🔥

  • @SWEETWILLKINGSTON
    @SWEETWILLKINGSTON 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    @TheMelissaNakama and I (and probably Ani too) am/are so disappointed in you stopping.

  • @lunarlove77
    @lunarlove77 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    well said pegleg...couldn't of put it better.

  • @henrycodm896
    @henrycodm896 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    21 now. Yep.

  • @Doyalwcheese
    @Doyalwcheese 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    Haramitayso ani d, haramitayso forever, 4 you. "paris the orange card" was and is my favtorite writting ive ever done. hope you all read it some day

  • @TysonGersh
    @TysonGersh 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Couldn't have said it better myself

  • @Sadbigbirddd
    @Sadbigbirddd 17 ปีที่แล้ว

    one of the only people who almost sounds better live.

  • @pdtrainu
    @pdtrainu 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    One beautifully RAW chick

  • @raven9284
    @raven9284 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    rembber there was no screens yet to control u. this means u

  • @tolovesophia
    @tolovesophia 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow.

  • @JessicaEdmiston
    @JessicaEdmiston 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    summertizzime & @EmmaBellaGirl928: me too. She was a significant role model in my teens and college years and she's still empowering me and teaching me new things. I'm a fairly quiet fan because not many of my friends listen to her, but she'll always be near and dear to my heart. EmmaBellaGirl928 - watch DiFranco shred - soul bare to the world - and know you can do it too.

  • @cloudblood84
    @cloudblood84 17 ปีที่แล้ว

    aniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

  • @maudy_music
    @maudy_music 16 ปีที่แล้ว

    p.s. i love todd. todd's bass work is just so atmospheric and, for lack of a better phrase, amazing (L)

  • @gilpaulsen
    @gilpaulsen 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    my ex wife introduced me to her in 98 and ihave yet to fall out of love with her.

  • @featheredmusic
    @featheredmusic 16 ปีที่แล้ว

    awesome, really cool off beat rhythm

  • @Doyalwcheese
    @Doyalwcheese 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    you dont believe me? then check out the album version, took her a while to duplicate the album didnt it

  • @daidenbrianaahern7787
    @daidenbrianaahern7787 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    eye luv U

  • @leticialp
    @leticialp 8 ปีที่แล้ว

  • @orphanrafferty1955
    @orphanrafferty1955 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    4:10
    Cattle Decapitation gone folk

  • @siulumlion
    @siulumlion 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    She should set this to music.

  • @Doyalwcheese
    @Doyalwcheese 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    shes singing about MY POEM

  • @StargazerLeia3636
    @StargazerLeia3636 12 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    When I get pissed at the male species I hear this song and It makes me place the bullshit in perspective.

    • @j.b.booker7912
      @j.b.booker7912 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Stargazer Leia / we're not all shit. Theres a couple of us with decency inside us that dont look like monsters and love this music and love women and understand the concept of reciprocation and loving women without being selfish pricks. A few anyway.

    • @BinRōlGröbb
      @BinRōlGröbb 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@j.b.booker7912 facts

  • @Kel0027
    @Kel0027 ปีที่แล้ว

    2023/May11

  • @DanNelson111
    @DanNelson111 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    "UP4 Air"