Hozier performs an impromptu, solo a cappella version of the traditional Irish song, 'The Humours of Whiskey,' live in The Current studio. #hozier #hoziermusic
The idea of a traditional song about whiskey is so cute to me for some reason. Like, some guy was like “I love whiskey so much I'm going to sing about it in front of my friends”, and his friends were like “Hey man I like your song. How does it go again?” and then they sang it together and someone sang it in another pub and it continued like that. That’s adorable.
There's actually a whole section of traditional Irish music known as drinking songs, the whole purpose of which would be a whole pub full of aul feckers arm and arm singing as they throw back another pint. Drinking has a long time been a social thing in our good emerald isle, as has our music, and they met in a very fun way
How am I supposed to settle for ordinary men when he exists Eta: 3 years later and I'm STILL getting outraged replies from men. Maybe don't wave your own mediocrity around like a flag, my dudes 😬😬😬
Lyrics Come guess me this riddle what beats pipe and fiddle What’s hotter than mustard And milder than cream What best wets your whistle What clearer than crystal Sweeter than honey and stronger than steam What can make the dumb talk What can make the lame walk What’s the elixir of life And philosophers stone And what helped mr brunnel To dig the Thames tunnel Sure wasn’t it whiskey From ould Inisowen So stick to the crater The best thing in nature For sinking your sorrows and raising your joy And boy’s I’d have wonder If lightening and thunder Was made from the plunder of whiskey me boys
Oh my god, when he sang, 'sweeter than honey and stronger than steam,' I think I died. So soft and so goddamn ethereal. The next line tho, brought me back to life with a vengeance, the power in his voice!!! Wow.
Come guess me this riddle, what beats pipe and fiddle What’s hotter than mustard and milder than cream What best wets your whistle, what’s clearer than crystal Sweeter than honey and stronger than steam What can make the dumb talk, what can make the lame walk, What’s the elixir of life and philosopher’s stone And what helped Mr. Brunnell to dig the Thames Tunnel Sure wasn’t it whiskey from [ould Inisowen] So stick to the cratur’ the best thing in nature For sinking your sorrows and raising your joys And boys, [I oft’n?] wonder, if lightning and thunder Was made from the plunder of whiskey, me boys.
@@StraightHeffin you can go home if you're not having fun! I personally find overly flowery language good and fun to write, and if that's not your thing, you can ignore it you know! :)
Matt Heffernan it’s pretty noble of you to hand out that award, given you had such an undisputed claim to it, real nice of you. Poetic for fun=/=pretentious
Matt Heffernan how could you possibly know if they had “no aptitude for poetry” from a single TH-cam comment? Also calling someone pretentious isn’t critique, it’s an insult. You’re just being rude
@@StraightHeffin And if "the inherent ache of it all" is pretentious to you, you have a low threshold, and you're weak. Also, you clearly know nothing about poetry OR what almost all of Hozier's songs are supposed to invoke the feeling of. It's not that difficult. So it's rich that you'd tell others they have no aptitude for poetry when you think "the inherent ache of it all" is pretentious.
Come guess me this riddle: what beats pipe and fiddle? What's hotter than mustard and milder than cream? What best wets your whistle? What's clearer than crystal? sweeter than honey and stronger than steam? What can make the dumb talk? What can make the lame walk? What's the elixir of life and philosopher's stone And what helped Mr. Brunel to dig the Thames Tunnel? Sure wasn't it whiskey from ould Inishowen? So stick to the cratur' the best thing in nature For sinking your sorrows and raising your joys And boys I'd half wonder if lightning and thunder Was made from the plunder of whiskey me boys Mr. Brunel - Marc Brunel was an Anglo-French engineer who led the construction of the Thames Tunnel. Construction of the Tunnel started in February 1825 and was completed in 1843 going from Rotherhithe and Wapping. It is the first tunnel known to have been constructed successfully underneath a navigable river and it is still in use today. ould Inishowen - Inishowen is a peninsula in the north of County Donegal in Ireland and is the largest peninsula on the island of Ireland. cratur' - Irish term used to describe illegal liquor, distilled at a person's home.
For anyone wondering the original folk version of this song is often called "Stick to the Craythur" and is originally not about whiskey but rather Poitin (Or "The Craythur") a kind of Irish moonshine with lots of different names which is like a homemade single malt whiskey that is often very strong.
He doesn't even look like he's trying. He has such an effortless voice. He's sung so many wonderful songs, but I genuinely think he sounds just perfect on this.
@@nessaoc8801 as a non Irish lass who swoons at anything associated with Ireland - samesees I'm just overjoyed there's a region that gave birth to such a creative soul
Confession...I listen to this on repeat at least once week....whiskey isn’t the only thing that’s best for “sinking your sorrows and raising your joys”...
If Hozier and Aurora ever have a duet I honestly believe the veil between human and Fae will rip apart and then we'll be sorry for not caring for nature more
@@LostGirLwanders BYE I'D POSSIBLY JUST EXPIRE AT THAT POINT. From one Irish Fae god to a demigod on Earth they should collab for an album I'd probably be able to water my plants with my tears
i cant stop thinking about this clip like genuinely. its so beautiful. its the nicest recording ive heard of this song and its such a small bit of it and im so sad. this is so beautiful
Gaelic is a group of languages. Gaeilge (or just Irish) is what you call the Irish language. If you talk about Gaelic in Ireland you’d be talking about a sport.
@@mannydoor2276 Nah kid. Gaelic Football is just 'Football', unless you're one of those soccer loving types. As for Gaelic, I'm a semi-native speaker myself (grandparents from Kerry Gaeltacht) and they referred to the language as Gaelic when speaking English, so I don't care what they called it in your class in school. Most teachers don't even pronounce the words right... It's true that Irish, Scottish and Manx Gaelic are part of the Gaelic language group, but they weren't viewed as separate languages by the Gaels (at least until very recently), and that's why older native speakers (in both Ireland and Scotland) called it Gaelic when referring to it in English.
I keep coming back to this video, for all the obvious reasons, but also the face he makes when he sings “crystal” will not leave my brain I love it so much and I have no idea why
I've listened to this little jig about 50 times today
My crops = watered
My ears = blessed
My soul = saved
Hotel = Trivago
Cryptid hotel = trivago
My eczema = cured
‘Jig’?! You being funny? How would anyone dance to this?!
*Watering pots hate him.*
Oh please God, release an album of you singing a capella Irish folk tunes. My life would be utterly complete.
I didn't know how much I needed that until your comment
It's called sean-nós (Shan-ohss) singing - unaccompanied with lots of ornamentation (trills, flips, etc.)
This is the thing that will fix the world.
It hasn’t been right since harambe died but an album of him singing Irish folk tunes would set it right.
I require this as well.
@@Kaatia18 well today I learned something new and wonderful! Thank you!
If I heard him singing this faintly in the damp forest I'd follow that fae music no questions asked
As true as the stars in the sky
Hahaha I'd follow him right into a bog.
He’s a siren
@@slugshop6 oh wow! look at this little ring of mushrooms! maybe you should step in it?
I would too
The idea of a traditional song about whiskey is so cute to me for some reason. Like, some guy was like “I love whiskey so much I'm going to sing about it in front of my friends”, and his friends were like “Hey man I like your song. How does it go again?” and then they sang it together and someone sang it in another pub and it continued like that. That’s adorable.
There's actually a whole section of traditional Irish music known as drinking songs, the whole purpose of which would be a whole pub full of aul feckers arm and arm singing as they throw back another pint. Drinking has a long time been a social thing in our good emerald isle, as has our music, and they met in a very fun way
@@nessaoc8801 Ah the unmatched Irish wit
I have great news for you about 90% of traditional music then :)
That man was Irish. Stereotypes exist for a reason lmao.
🥺🥺🥺
Omg imagine a whole album of him singing traditional songs ugh😍
Kalli Solursh YES FUCKING PLEASE
my soul will be cleansed and will ascend if that happens
I'd be dead af
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"thonder"
.... I've been blessed.
I read this comment right when he said "thonder" 😂
Tunder.
Tonder
@@mayormarshmallowme too 😂
he could sing a hair dryer instruction and i would melt
fhh cgjjohd underrated comment right here
Totally 😂
Eddie Murray DM THAT TO HIM OMG
@Eddie Murray mr andrew hozier byrne you better take a note
Best comment!! Lol I second that!!
Oh, so this is what people mean when they say a voice is like honey.
@Ophelia
Oh, so this is what people mean when they say a voice is like honey.
@@hotdog2130Oh, so this is what people mean when they say a voice is like honey.
@@Bubonic_Goose Oh, so this is what people mean when they say a voice is like honey.
@@kymboyle329 Oh, so this is what people mean when they say a voice is like honey.
I'd say it's like whiskey ;)
The way he says thunder ! I’m screaming 😍
SAAAMMMMEEEEES
tunder
Christine maan the way he says nature!! Omg
Denisse yaaaaaaassssssss
someone likes Irish accents I see 😂
How am I supposed to settle for ordinary men when he exists
Eta: 3 years later and I'm STILL getting outraged replies from men. Maybe don't wave your own mediocrity around like a flag, my dudes 😬😬😬
because ur definitely the one settling lol
@@heyitsjay6395 that sure sounds like you felt attacked by the comment
Oh God yes this is my thought everyday
Jette L honestly not at all i just thought it was rly headass
@@heyitsjay6395 Naw. You got sensitive about it. If it wasnt apparent before, it really shows *now*.
Lyrics
Come guess me this riddle
what beats pipe and fiddle
What’s hotter than mustard
And milder than cream
What best wets your whistle
What clearer than crystal
Sweeter than honey
and stronger than steam
What can make the dumb talk
What can make the lame walk
What’s the elixir of life
And philosophers stone
And what helped mr brunnel
To dig the Thames tunnel
Sure wasn’t it whiskey
From ould Inisowen
So stick to the crater
The best thing in nature
For sinking your sorrows
and raising your joy
And boy’s I’d have wonder
If lightening and thunder
Was made from the plunder
of whiskey me boys
I cannot thank you enough
Only correction would be "crater" as you've written it is "craythur" which is old Irish for whiskey
@@N1CKAND0 could translate as Creature; as in "poor crátur altogether "
@@jayy2949 inishowen is at the top of Ireland in Donegal I live there it’s a real place
Ah sure u cant be mad at the lad he tried his best and good translation im irish n i understood it 😂😂🍀 yuuurrrttttt
Oh my god, when he sang, 'sweeter than honey and stronger than steam,' I think I died. So soft and so goddamn ethereal. The next line tho, brought me back to life with a vengeance, the power in his voice!!! Wow.
YES!!! That's my favorite part. It's absolutely magical!
Omg yes
Come guess me this riddle, what beats pipe and fiddle
What’s hotter than mustard and milder than cream
What best wets your whistle, what’s clearer than crystal
Sweeter than honey and stronger than steam
What can make the dumb talk, what can make the lame walk,
What’s the elixir of life and philosopher’s stone
And what helped Mr. Brunnell to dig the Thames Tunnel
Sure wasn’t it whiskey from [ould Inisowen]
So stick to the cratur’ the best thing in nature
For sinking your sorrows and raising your joys
And boys, [I oft’n?] wonder, if lightning and thunder
Was made from the plunder of whiskey, me boys.
I think it's "And boys, (I'd half) wonder..." At least that is what I am hearing
THANK YOU I was looking for the lyrics to this version and couldn't find them for the life of me
it's "And boys, I half wonder, if lightning and thunder"
Great song! Thanks, "traditional"!
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The softness. The yearning. The inherent ache of it all. No wonder us gays flock to him
@@StraightHeffin you can go home if you're not having fun! I personally find overly flowery language good and fun to write, and if that's not your thing, you can ignore it you know! :)
Matt Heffernan it’s pretty noble of you to hand out that award, given you had such an undisputed claim to it, real nice of you.
Poetic for fun=/=pretentious
@@StraightHeffin wow you are an asshole my good sir.
Matt Heffernan how could you possibly know if they had “no aptitude for poetry” from a single TH-cam comment?
Also calling someone pretentious isn’t critique, it’s an insult. You’re just being rude
@@StraightHeffin And if "the inherent ache of it all" is pretentious to you, you have a low threshold, and you're weak. Also, you clearly know nothing about poetry OR what almost all of Hozier's songs are supposed to invoke the feeling of. It's not that difficult. So it's rich that you'd tell others they have no aptitude for poetry when you think "the inherent ache of it all" is pretentious.
A full traditional Irish song album is needed now.
god not to be dramatic but this is one of the only good things on earth
you're right and you should say it
Realism isn't dramatic. U good
you're right and you should say it
I agree
How is this so mesmerizing, I can't stop listening. It sounds like warmth and sweet spring water at the same time, if that makes sense.
So, it sounds like good whiskey?
Just like whiskey
Come guess me this riddle: what beats pipe and fiddle?
What's hotter than mustard and milder than cream?
What best wets your whistle? What's clearer than crystal?
sweeter than honey and stronger than steam?
What can make the dumb talk? What can make the lame walk?
What's the elixir of life and philosopher's stone
And what helped Mr. Brunel to dig the Thames Tunnel?
Sure wasn't it whiskey from ould Inishowen?
So stick to the cratur' the best thing in nature
For sinking your sorrows and raising your joys
And boys I'd half wonder if lightning and thunder
Was made from the plunder of whiskey me boys
Mr. Brunel - Marc Brunel was an Anglo-French engineer who led the construction of the Thames Tunnel. Construction of the Tunnel started in February 1825 and was completed in 1843 going from Rotherhithe and Wapping. It is the first tunnel known to have been constructed successfully underneath a navigable river and it is still in use today.
ould Inishowen - Inishowen is a peninsula in the north of County Donegal in Ireland and is the largest peninsula on the island of Ireland.
cratur' - Irish term used to describe illegal liquor, distilled at a person's home.
he sold whiskey for me more than any other liquor advert ever has before and i don't even drink
For anyone wondering the original folk version of this song is often called "Stick to the Craythur" and is originally not about whiskey but rather Poitin (Or "The Craythur") a kind of Irish moonshine with lots of different names which is like a homemade single malt whiskey that is often very strong.
Yeah the oul inishowen bit is most likely a reference to the poitin republic of Urris in Inishowen where mass poitin production took place
Thanks! I want to learn this to bring to the next trad session I go to!
I'd pay for a full-length version of this
The way he’s dropping crystal clear notes with incredible intonation and pronunciation completely unfazed.... we don’t deserve this man
He doesn't even look like he's trying. He has such an effortless voice. He's sung so many wonderful songs, but I genuinely think he sounds just perfect on this.
The irish are gifted at singing
bro the CLARITY?? like every syllable is so crisp n clear how he do that… I’d be mumbling halfway through and tripping over my words fr
when he said ould Inisowen william butler yeats swooned in his grave
Yeat!
Come away o human child
Ike Encho Underrated comment 😂
Keats came rousing too
crazy what hozier can do to my soul in less than a minute.
Next time someone asks me why us lesbians are so drawn to Hozier I'll send this video. No it doesn't explain it, it's just a damn good a cappella.
Thor is the god of lesbians and he sent Hozier as a messenger
Listening to this while it thunderstorms outside is an unearthly experience
The person who disliked this was a vodka producer
or they were so merry on the whiskey they thought it was the thumbs up
2 vodka producers now.. Lol
We hate who disliked hozier
It's just so resonant. It rings like a bell and it's just his voice. What a gift he has.
Hozier luring you to surrender to alcoholism ASMR
Ahahahahhaha
😁
A woman drove me to the drink and I didn’t have the decency to thank her
I lol'd.
Everyone say thank you Hozier
Thank you, Hozier!
@@Carolina_Bean thank you Hozier
thank you hozier
Thank you hozier
Thank you Hozier
Hozier out here making me want to b an irish alcoholic
i would go to a bar just to sing songs like this tbh
That’s a pleonasm
As one, can confirm. This video is what we’re all chasing.
Isn’t “Irish alcoholic” a little redundant?
Irish alcoholic isn't good, take it from one. This song sheads tears 😅😢
lead me into the forest, oh wise and whimsical andrew
I want him reading some Irish to us for a few hours..so I can melt into a different dimension
As an Irish gay who's near fluent in Irish, hearing Hozier caint as Gaeilge would make me week from patriotic joy
@@nessaoc8801 as a non Irish lass who swoons at anything associated with Ireland - samesees
I'm just overjoyed there's a region that gave birth to such a creative soul
This is what I hear in the wind when I’m walking in a forest at night beckoning me to go deeper into the trees and I do
He make a great siren (look up the mythical creature version)
Damn. That in itself is pretty poetic honestly. Almost like a Haiku.
the pitch accuracy. THE PITCH ACCURACY!
Confession...I listen to this on repeat at least once week....whiskey isn’t the only thing that’s best for “sinking your sorrows and raising your joys”...
So it's not just me who does this, then? Good. :D
this is what being wrapped up in a blanket with a cup of chamomile in the middle of autumn feels like
LIGHTNING AND TUNDER I am so absurdly in love with him oh my god
When 0:01 is the most replayed segment since people can't help but replay the song even before the video ends.
Okull 0:32 0:32 0:32
Is that really a fooking problem tho??
He's so nonchalant it's absolutely charming
If Hozier and Aurora ever have a duet I honestly believe the veil between human and Fae will rip apart and then we'll be sorry for not caring for nature more
This
They’d make an entire forest nymph soundtrack
Imagine if Tamino were to join up
@@LostGirLwanders BYE I'D POSSIBLY JUST EXPIRE AT THAT POINT. From one Irish Fae god to a demigod on Earth they should collab for an album I'd probably be able to water my plants with my tears
@@hollyleafwell2118 Styx, I think I'd die on the spot too😭 I mean I'm going to see Tamino live this year so we'll see if I survive THAT first 😂🥰
I love him. He can do whatever he wants.
I want an album of him singing Irish folk songs now I'm crying
sometimes i forget he's irish and then this happens
As an irishman is that good or bad 😂
I’ve wanted this on Spotify for three years
When he says ‘tunder’ and not ‘thunder’? Gah, it gets me every time. I’m so in love with him and his voice. 😍🥰
I could not love this more.
His vibrato on “joys” just releases all my serotonin
i cant stop thinking about this clip like genuinely. its so beautiful. its the nicest recording ive heard of this song and its such a small bit of it and im so sad. this is so beautiful
Hozier has this beautiful ability to sing just about anything and make it sound like a hymn.
I need the whole version of this song by hozier so good
He sounds like an angel oh my god
if this lad ever speaks gaelic for us we're really all just finna implode huh
Gaelic is a group of languages. Gaeilge (or just Irish) is what you call the Irish language. If you talk about Gaelic in Ireland you’d be talking about a sport.
@@mannydoor2276 Nah kid. Gaelic Football is just 'Football', unless you're one of those soccer loving types.
As for Gaelic, I'm a semi-native speaker myself (grandparents from Kerry Gaeltacht) and they referred to the language as Gaelic when speaking English, so I don't care what they called it in your class in school. Most teachers don't even pronounce the words right...
It's true that Irish, Scottish and Manx Gaelic are part of the Gaelic language group, but they weren't viewed as separate languages by the Gaels (at least until very recently), and that's why older native speakers (in both Ireland and Scotland) called it Gaelic when referring to it in English.
he did song in irish when he was apart of Anúna. I’m pretty sure the title is The Raid
@@Dominic-so1hd Just watched it. So cool, thank you so much.
Yes
I’ve watched this over & over and can’t believe his voice
I've literally replayed this at least 50 times he's so magical
It’s 1760 and Hoizer is the poster boy of a bar that sells watered down whiskey to men and women that are seduce by his voice
He’s just a Sidhe for hire
Hozier could bottle bog water and sell it as whiskey with this song
Please don't try to sell Guinness as whiskey
The Americans would love it
That's not so difficult. Conor McGregor's been doing it for a year
@Eoin McG LOL XD 💩🍾🥂🍻🍺🤣
I keep coming back to this video, for all the obvious reasons, but also the face he makes when he sings “crystal” will not leave my brain I love it so much and I have no idea why
What an adorable person he is! Andrew is a gift of a human, and we’d do well never to forget that!
My favorite Hozier cover
His voice makes my knees weak.
Why does a song about whiskey bring me to tears
Genuinely can't stop thinking about this video, it's so mesmerizing
You ever hear something that shows you a glimpse of paradise? This is one of those.
His voice is so pleasant to the ears. It just mesmerizes and transports one to a whole different atmosphere; a safe space.
in love with how he says thunder
So...I need this to be an hour long, and it’s only a minute. That’s my struggle.
the most beautiful voice in the world, he is inhuman and its beautiful
When he says "crystal" my heart does a somersault
i listen to this multiple times a day
Someone hire Hozier to sing for their whiskey commercials! I wanna hear this jig everywhere ♥️
i have not been able to stop listening to this
If he starts doing more traditional Irish music I don't think I'll have desire to listen to anyone else's music ever
Hoziers voice goes up when he sings raise you joys i can imagine like actually my joys have been raised above my head its so melodious i love it 😊❤
his vocals here are incredible but can we also talk about the bands performance? Truly astounding how in sync they were.
listening to this on full volume with headphones in is something else lads
Anything this man sings is absolutely beautiful, he could sing me the worst news ever and I would still smile and say it was pure beauty
What a voice. What a song writer. What a talent.
I can't get enough of his accent. I would pay him to read me the news paper.
This song is so beautiful
lightning and ✨tunder✨
I teared up he’s so genuine and raw at the same time *sigh
i understand the fae king is holding a ball today
"fae" wtf
@@bbxy6129 it’s a mythical spirit creature in Celtic folklore
@@bLaKeAnThOnY0 I know what a fae is.
@@bbxy6129 then why’d you say: “fae” wtf
@@bLaKeAnThOnY0 Cause there's a lot of people making fae jokes and I just think it's a little strange?
that little smile he does at the end!!!
Wow. I had no idea how much I needed this in my life.
Goosebumps. Goosebumps forever.
This gets me through my day. Such a lovely smooth voice, smoother than whiskey I’d say. Seriously considering moving to Ireland
Oh great.
I’m in love now.
I would LOOOVE for him to make a full version. His voice is so heavenly
God i wish he sang the entire song like this. I could ride this strait to heaven
I'd love to hear him do a full cover of this!!!
My wife and I have been listening to this on repeat waaaaay to much. . . an incredible voice on you sir.
I will see him in Oslo for the 3rd time in my life and i just feel so blessed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm so jealous.
That brought tears to my eyes, a vocal performance that touches perfection
my god his voice is smooth as HELL
I come back to this at least once a week, his voice is addictive..
Question: Is there anything more lovely than Hozier's singing voice?
Answer: Hozier's singing voice with his Irish accent.
This honestly made me cry
Like straight up just started crying on my commute! Wow how beautiful a man! Could listen to this forever