I dream of the day Mark returns to writing jaw droppingly beautiful songs like this. I understand he needs to follow his muse, but he lost me after Benji.
Same, I don't know what the hell happened to his music. It sounds like drunk mumbling over a half-assed backing track he created. His music used to be so soulful and full of emotion, but now it just comes off to me as angry drunk banter.
Dunno, his newer music is really beautiful in its own way. Common as Light and Love is easily one of his greatest masterpieces, certainly one of his most emotional. I Also Want to Die in New Orleans ends off with Bay of Kotor, which is also quite moving on a primal level. There are plenty of these moments to be found on Universal Themes and Mark Kozelek, plus others. Yellow Kitchen's a bit boring, but there's a lot of substance there that is uniquely provocative in comparison to the rest of his catalogue. Mark still has a lot to offer. People are really hung up on Benji, but he really has so much more to offer. You just have to pay attention and engage with what he's doing. That doesn't mean if you do so, you'll like it. But for people to assume there's nothing powerful there is quite ignorant.
I've made so many bad decisions and I think my time is close, and although my life is mental anguish I try to be thankful that I've been able to hear beautiful music and experience the love of my family. To all others struggling with things, whatever it may be, I hope you find the strength to live with dignity and as much love as possible. I've traded my principles for temporary relief and it's no way to live.
I get by because i find others like you who are trying everyday to just keep our mouth above the water. This song takes me right back to when he left. How air didnt seem right to breathe anymore. Yes i had forgotten and i dont think i can get it back especially now ironically i find out my lungs are quitting on me. I never smoked. I just cant breathe.
I remember when I was in love, so many vivid memories. The beauty of it, the memories are bitter sweet. I can honestly say I miss it, the obsession, the love, the pain, the sorrow, for what its worth, love is priceless, there's nothing like it. Maybe one day I'll fall back in it.
Perfectly symmetrical sentiment. This song captures the despair of loss and burnout so perfectly and keeps calling us to love ourselves. To never stop loving ourselves. To never forget to love ourselves, because we are more beautiful than the withered garden of banalities that we wander in our daily lives. Have you forgotten to love yourself?
And THIS version, saved my life. So sad and beautiful at the same time. I have this sayig, : Ensure you love yourself before you pretend to love others. This song encapilates this.
This is beyond priceless. One of the best songs, performances ever. Mark is a genius. The tears begin to flow, so many memories surface, bittersweet, moving my heart and soul. Taking me back in time, to the present and future. The lyrics are... Moving. Timeless. Beautiful. Painful. Cathartic. Nostalgic. Full of memories, reflection and melancholy. With beauty that falls, in between Grateful for the smiles and the tears in life. It seems that we cannot have one without the other. It is like a circle. Such a treasure here. Thank you, Mark. Much love, hope and healing to all 💞
Songs for a Blue Guitar is one of the most beautiful albums ever written. Even the covers got turned into slow, dense, and hauntingly depressing instrumentals to fit with the even better originals on the album. I’ve never found a musician or album that’s made me feel as deeply and intensely melancholic and mesmerized as Mark Kozelek
I agree considering people loving this kind. I like everything from the album, favs. track 1, 9, 8, 2, 3. Silly Love Song it's depressing and quite long
The beauty of this song is that it can be sung to a lover, a childhood friend, or a brother to a sister. Mark's music is just goddamned hypnotic. It lays you peacefully down, then sends your heart on a dozen journeys at the same time. GOD I love this song.
I am transported to my childhood and youth when I listen to Mark Kozelek sing. Yearning for those familiar voices, those faces I loved, my sisters' faces.
when i listen to kozelek sing, it's like i am not myself. it makes me feel like a child. memories flood my mind, tears flood my eyes. his songs sound like finding your old film rolls.
Wow - what a song. Just discovering Mark - bought April and Admiral Fell Promises. This song is so beautifully sad - what is his magic?? I long for my childhood and I feel it listening to this song. No snowflake here - just old and trudging the slow road to death.
This song cuts deep. It's hard not to cry when I listen to it. It pulls my beating heart out of my chest and melts it into a puddle of meloncholly. It's haunting as it is beautiful. It's impossible not to be moved by this gorgeous song.
I can't let you be, cause your beauty won't allow me Wrapped in white sheets, Like an angel from a bedtime story And shut out what they say, 'Cause your friends are fucked up anyway And when they come around, Somehow they feel up and you feel down. When we were kids, we hated things our parents did We listened low to Casey Kasem's radio show That's when friends were nice, To think of them just makes you feel nice The smell of grass in spring And October leaves cover everything. [Repeat: x2] Have you forgotten how to love yourself? I can't believe all the good things that you do for me Sat back in a chair like a princess from a faraway place Nobody's nice, when you're older your heart turns to ice And shut out what they say; They're too dumb to mean it anyway When we were kids, we hated things our sisters did Backyard summer pools and Christmases were beautiful And the sentiment of coloured mirrored ornaments And the open drapes Look out on frozen farmhouse landscapes [Repeat: x6] Have you forgotten how to love yourself?
I like to imagine mark's voice here as an ancient, weathered boat traveling in the dead of night. the cellos are the moving water, and the guitars are its waves and crashes
Part of me wants to go on my rooftop and tell everyone that Mark Kozelek is the best singer/songwriter of the last 25 years. The other part wants him to remain anonymous and be "my obscure favorite". I wouldn't wish the Red House Painters on anyone. I spent 10+ years listening to them EVERY day. Some people use drugs/alcohol to cope, I use music.
I saw Mark do a solo performance in a small theater in a small city. One of the most surreal experiences of my life. I find it hard to listen to him now without sinking into a depression- but its worth it.
It's not often that somthing affects me at my core. I'm sort of a tough guy type, however this song will put a lump in my throat and make me think of a very special girl, who will never understand just how amazing she is...
There's an incredible amount of authentic emotion in this song. It has been with me for some time now and I am really grateful for it. It calls in me own feelings which call me to listen deeper into myself again.
I’m from a small town north Ohio just like he is. The way he’s always sung was a connection to his roots. Listen to Carry Me Ohio, the multiple versions to see what I mean. Either way this live version hits the core of emotions because it channels into innocence, doubt, pain and hope at the same time.
Went to the movies to see Vanilla Sky over winter break in my freshman year in college, loved the movie and went out the next day to buy the soundtrack. Great music top to bottom, however, this song stuck out for obvious reasons. Been a fan of the Red House Painters and Mark's work ever since. Soul touching stuff which is rare by today's standards.
I almost need to force myself to only listen to this version every once in a while. I don't know what I'd do if I ever played it enough to get tired of it.
Have You Forgotten…The song which speaks to my soul more than any other… not sure why. It is nostalgic of experiences I can relate to. But it’s a ballad of love & melancholy, something that captivates me… Because everything in life is About LOVE. Both… It’s gains AND LOSSES.
Mark, I have always heard Steve Howe, in your acoustic playing. There's this progressive side of you when you play, I hope I'm not the only one who thinks this.
He just played tonight in London Union Chapel and it was fantastic. I managed to have a chat with him in person and also get my cd signed. He is awesome and a great guy. Thanks Mark for you beautiful music!
@tomicken74 He is really one of the best song writers..I hear this and my body starts to shake with memory of friends and sun,and the sorrow of heartbreak and longing,the smell of grass,someones laughter,sharing hearts,I am just happy writing this..thank Mark,thank you..
Beautiful Song please play loud Forever Why ? Gets World 🌎 in Many way's and Have you Seen pain or Have you Forgotten the Angels around you ,Mark lyrics are Amazing Vinyl please ❤
@WonderfulBliss I can relate to that so much it's scary. I remember night-time road trips with friends now gone with this song among others, up in Norrbotten, ages ago.
Your truly welcome,I am just happy others can still feel their hearts,I know you know what I mean,and that gives me both comfort and joy.There is always that nameless beauty that goes to the root ,like a kite on silk thread,beautiful and delicate..I happy you exsist..
I fucking love this. I love how he can make his music as self-indulgent and saccharine as he wants to when he performs it live and fans will still think it's incredible.
I've heard the guy is a bitter man and the product of a terrible childhood. Its unfortunate, but his own misery is self-evident in his music; unbelievable amounts of emotion. But hell, you were there for the music, at least that was worth it.
I dream of the day Mark returns to writing jaw droppingly beautiful songs like this. I understand he needs to follow his muse, but he lost me after Benji.
Same, I don't know what the hell happened to his music. It sounds like drunk mumbling over a half-assed backing track he created. His music used to be so soulful and full of emotion, but now it just comes off to me as angry drunk banter.
@PapaGeorg10 Nothing to do with money, there are literally thousands of musicians who'd play with him for free. Just a creative move.
@@evanwynnnn your opinion is garbage
@@tonaldculpepper4119 must suck to enjoy pure garbage but to each it’s own
Dunno, his newer music is really beautiful in its own way. Common as Light and Love is easily one of his greatest masterpieces, certainly one of his most emotional. I Also Want to Die in New Orleans ends off with Bay of Kotor, which is also quite moving on a primal level. There are plenty of these moments to be found on Universal Themes and Mark Kozelek, plus others. Yellow Kitchen's a bit boring, but there's a lot of substance there that is uniquely provocative in comparison to the rest of his catalogue. Mark still has a lot to offer. People are really hung up on Benji, but he really has so much more to offer. You just have to pay attention and engage with what he's doing. That doesn't mean if you do so, you'll like it. But for people to assume there's nothing powerful there is quite ignorant.
this is one of the most important live recordings ever, please never rid of it
Please, never delete this version off TH-cam. I brings so much peace to me.
I wont, I promise!
@@FarmInAfrica but in the caption, you said you will if asked. So I am asking. Delete it.
@@bikeflu I will if you own the rights to this recording?
Just download it
If only I could fall in tears...instead of having goosebumps in a weary afternoon, southwest of France. The beauty of the sadness in life. ❤️
I just can't tell you how perfect this version is of one of the most beautiful songs he has ever written.
I've made so many bad decisions and I think my time is close, and although my life is mental anguish I try to be thankful that I've been able to hear beautiful music and experience the love of my family. To all others struggling with things, whatever it may be, I hope you find the strength to live with dignity and as much love as possible. I've traded my principles for temporary relief and it's no way to live.
I hope you find peace in this life. So much beauty to live for. This is one of those things
I get by because i find others like you who are trying everyday to just keep our mouth above the water. This song takes me right back to when he left. How air didnt seem right to breathe anymore. Yes i had forgotten and i dont think i can get it back especially now ironically i find out my lungs are quitting on me. I never smoked. I just cant breathe.
Please keep going. You needn't make a permanent decision for a temporary problem. Please stay
Stay alive fren. ||-//
I hope you are well
I've had 2 bottles of wine and just discovered this. Tears are very close.
I remember when I was in love, so many vivid memories. The beauty of it, the memories are bitter sweet. I can honestly say I miss it, the obsession, the love, the pain, the sorrow, for what its worth, love is priceless, there's nothing like it. Maybe one day I'll fall back in it.
Leaking Blood That is beautiful and right on the money.
Perfectly symmetrical sentiment. This song captures the despair of loss and burnout so perfectly and keeps calling us to love ourselves. To never stop loving ourselves. To never forget to love ourselves, because we are more beautiful than the withered garden of banalities that we wander in our daily lives. Have you forgotten to love yourself?
I wonder if Mark Kozelek knows how f'ing beautiful that opening lyric really is.
"I can't let you be because your beauty won't allow me..."
Perfect.
And THIS version, saved my life. So sad and beautiful at the same time. I have this sayig, : Ensure you love yourself before you pretend to love others. This song encapilates this.
Can't listen to this without crying. And I never cry.
This is beyond priceless.
One of the best songs, performances ever.
Mark is a genius.
The tears begin to flow, so many memories surface, bittersweet, moving my heart and soul.
Taking me back in time, to the present and future.
The lyrics are...
Moving. Timeless. Beautiful. Painful. Cathartic. Nostalgic.
Full of memories, reflection and melancholy.
With beauty that falls, in between
Grateful for the smiles and the tears in life.
It seems that we cannot have one without the other.
It is like a circle.
Such a treasure here.
Thank you, Mark.
Much love, hope and healing to all 💞
Songs for a Blue Guitar is one of the most beautiful albums ever written. Even the covers got turned into slow, dense, and hauntingly depressing instrumentals to fit with the even better originals on the album. I’ve never found a musician or album that’s made me feel as deeply and intensely melancholic and mesmerized as Mark Kozelek
I agree considering people loving this kind. I like everything from the album, favs. track 1, 9, 8, 2, 3. Silly Love Song it's depressing and quite long
The beauty of this song is that it can be sung to a lover, a childhood friend, or a brother to a sister.
Mark's music is just goddamned hypnotic. It lays you peacefully down, then sends your heart on a dozen journeys at the same time.
GOD I love this song.
U said it brotha
Queso Grande aye
2019
I am transported to my childhood and youth when I listen to Mark Kozelek sing. Yearning for those familiar voices, those faces I loved, my sisters' faces.
I hope everyone who is fortunate enough to still be alive decides to revisit this song. Never forget it! This is timeless art in its purest form !!!
This is the first time I've ever heard of Mark Kozelek and this song made me cry.
when i listen to kozelek sing, it's like i am not myself. it makes me feel like a child. memories flood my mind, tears flood my eyes. his songs sound like finding your old film rolls.
He's a national treasure. I feel for anyone who isn't moved by his songs/treatment of covers.
The most beautiful song ever written.
Nihao's It Going?
I’m beginning to think so.
This is better than both studio versions of this song. I can barely deal. This is too good.
Amazing, yes. Do you happen to know where I can purchase a copy?
❤
I have been a music lover and a musician for most of my 33 years on this earth and have rarely heard something that moved me like this. ~josh~
I didn't think it possible for this song become more beautiful, but man does Mark just continue to outdo himself
Wow - what a song. Just discovering Mark - bought April and Admiral Fell Promises. This song is so beautifully sad - what is his magic?? I long for my childhood and I feel it listening to this song. No snowflake here - just old and trudging the slow road to death.
This song cuts deep. It's hard not to cry when I listen to it. It pulls my beating heart out of my chest and melts it into a puddle of meloncholly. It's haunting as it is beautiful. It's impossible not to be moved by this gorgeous song.
Oh my…one of my all time favorite songs,(I think, yes…my favorite,) and what a haunting, heartwarming version.
I can't let you be, cause your beauty won't allow me
Wrapped in white sheets,
Like an angel from a bedtime story
And shut out what they say,
'Cause your friends are fucked up anyway
And when they come around,
Somehow they feel up and you feel down.
When we were kids, we hated things our parents did
We listened low to Casey Kasem's radio show
That's when friends were nice,
To think of them just makes you feel nice
The smell of grass in spring
And October leaves cover everything.
[Repeat: x2]
Have you forgotten how to love yourself?
I can't believe all the good things that you do for me
Sat back in a chair like a princess from a faraway place
Nobody's nice, when you're older your heart turns to ice
And shut out what they say;
They're too dumb to mean it anyway
When we were kids, we hated things our sisters did
Backyard summer pools and Christmases were beautiful
And the sentiment of coloured mirrored ornaments
And the open drapes
Look out on frozen farmhouse landscapes
[Repeat: x6]
Have you forgotten how to love yourself?
"I can't let you be, cause you're beauty won't allow me." WOW this might be my favorite song of all time. So perfect and so well written. Pure genius
I like to imagine mark's voice here as an ancient, weathered boat traveling in the dead of night. the cellos are the moving water, and the guitars are its waves and crashes
thats such a beautiful way to see it. thank you for this
perhaps the saddest song i've ever heard but so beautiful
Part of me wants to go on my rooftop and tell everyone that Mark Kozelek is the best singer/songwriter of the last 25 years. The other part wants him to remain anonymous and be "my obscure favorite". I wouldn't wish the Red House Painters on anyone. I spent 10+ years listening to them EVERY day. Some people use drugs/alcohol to cope, I use music.
He's not really obscure though.. just saying. Not anymore.
@@richgiff960 yeah, he wasn't even obscure a decade ago.
I hear you, buddy!
I saw Mark do a solo performance in a small theater in a small city. One of the most surreal experiences of my life. I find it hard to listen to him now without sinking into a depression- but its worth it.
Sadly beautiful. Something haunting about his voice. Like Roy Orbison.
Jesus...those strings are sublime.
I'm a huge fan of Mark Kozelek and this ranks as one of his finest songs.. Completely gorgeous.
I've heard many versions of this song by RHP but this specific live version leaves me in melancholic mezmerization. Simply amazing.
Yeah, every version is beautiful but if I was forced to pick one I would have picked this one
That guitar. Those strings. That voice.
Pure light! It is so beautiful it hurts!
It's not often that somthing affects me at my core. I'm sort of a tough guy type, however this song will put a lump in my throat and make me think of a very special girl, who will never understand just how amazing she is...
Same here
His songs are drastically different every time he plays them. .but still amazing every time
Unbelievably beautiful.
Heart wrenching
Ruins me every. Single. Time.
That is even more moving than the original "have you forgotten..." which I thought was impossible to top. Bravo! Love, from Salt Lake City.
Yes. I find myself thinking the same.
that makes two of us in SLC
thinking about the "frozen farmhouse landscapes" of my childhood in SLC. Greetings from Prague.
Never heard this one being played live. "....when they come around, somehow they feel up, and you feel down...." Yup. Know this feeling so well.
i might’ve forgotten how to love myself, and maybe my heart’s turned to ice… but i’ll never forget you, Noah. i miss you buddy.
so many memories lie in this song for me... I wish I could go back and relive some of the greatest moments I have had in my life so far...
There's an incredible amount of authentic emotion in this song. It has been with me for some time now and I am really grateful for it. It calls in me own feelings which call me to listen deeper into myself again.
I’m from a small town north Ohio just like he is. The way he’s always sung was a connection to his roots. Listen to Carry Me Ohio, the multiple versions to see what I mean. Either way this live version hits the core of emotions because it channels into innocence, doubt, pain and hope at the same time.
Went to the movies to see Vanilla Sky over winter break in my freshman year in college, loved the movie and went out the next day to buy the soundtrack. Great music top to bottom, however, this song stuck out for obvious reasons. Been a fan of the Red House Painters and Mark's work ever since. Soul touching stuff which is rare by today's standards.
This is the most amazing version of this song i've ever heard. Thankyou.
no words can convey how much love this song makes me feel.. I will never forget this song
wow, I loved the original but this is something special
Yes i agree
his voice is haunting, it makes my heart ache. love you Mark
Thank you for uploading, what a version.
One of the best...So in love with this...
And thank you Mark for not being the asshole people say your are and shutting this down. Incredible performance. We love you.
Love all of you:) Thank you Mark Kozelek
This song with strings is epic! Bravo!
wow... dont exactly cure my nostalgic yearnings :/
I really get lost in this music. I keep getting each release he puts out and they keep getting better!
I almost need to force myself to only listen to this version every once in a while. I don't know what I'd do if I ever played it enough to get tired of it.
Have You Forgotten…The song which speaks to my soul more than any other… not sure why. It is nostalgic of experiences I can relate to. But it’s a ballad of love & melancholy, something that captivates me… Because everything in life is About LOVE. Both… It’s gains AND LOSSES.
Such such a beautiful song. The music and different style he plays it live sounds even more raw and heartfelt than on the album
Mark, I have always heard Steve Howe, in your acoustic playing. There's this progressive side of you when you play, I hope I'm not the only one who thinks this.
The memory I have attached to this song. So grateful
... endlessly beautiful
When im sad, depressed, drunk, high, happy, joyous this song never ceases to move me.
Just.... incredible! Nostalgia overload!!
Holy shit!!! Sounds even better!! I am so glad I searched rhp on TH-cam!! Thanks for sharing this jewel
that was beautiful
So beautiful!
Well, there's 15 soulless people out there.
better than i thought avtually
This version is my favorite. Emotionally makes me feel the song. Love the strings.
so beautiful, i get lost in thought every time i hear this........
So good. Thank you Mark for your music.
Please never take this version of the song off you TH-cam. It brings all the peace in the world to me. Thank you for sharing it with us!
He just played tonight in London Union Chapel and it was fantastic. I managed to have a chat with him in person and also get my cd signed. He is awesome and a great guy. Thanks Mark for you beautiful music!
This one really steals your soul.
You only get better with age..what Grace you live in
I will always miss you.
@tomicken74 He is really one of the best song writers..I hear this and my body starts to shake with memory of friends and sun,and the sorrow of heartbreak and longing,the smell of grass,someones laughter,sharing hearts,I am just happy writing this..thank Mark,thank you..
Beautiful Song please play loud Forever Why ? Gets World 🌎 in Many way's and Have you Seen pain or Have you Forgotten the Angels around you ,Mark lyrics are Amazing Vinyl please ❤
Please do not remove this beautiful song!! Thanks for sharing
I am addicted to his music in all forms I can find what a talent and wish he would come to Dallas I wish I discovered his works earlier
one of the few musical talents left in this world
ughhhh!!!!!!!! Dx now i have to scrape my soul off the ceiling thnx a lot mark.....
really... thank you.
seriously amazing musician. If gods existed they would listen to the created music by this genius.
dam good song always reminds me of vanilla sky movie.
@WonderfulBliss
I can relate to that so much it's scary. I remember night-time road trips with friends now gone with this song among others, up in Norrbotten, ages ago.
please relase this gig as an album. As much as I lover your live stuff, this blows it all away
I love this
superbe ! je découvre aujourd'hui cet artiste au combien sensible et unique . Laure
This music touches me so, so deeply. The most heart achin' things are passing through my head, when I listen to this piece of life.
"I'm not crying, I'm just sweating from my eyes."
Your truly welcome,I am just happy others can still feel their hearts,I know you know what I mean,and that gives me both comfort and joy.There is always that nameless beauty that goes to the root ,like a kite on silk thread,beautiful and delicate..I happy you exsist..
this is a masterpiece
The point is ..Mark is a great poet.
beautiful string sounds
I fucking love this. I love how he can make his music as self-indulgent and saccharine as he wants to when he performs it live and fans will still think it's incredible.
Most excellent. Love the cello & the line: " Listening low to Kasey Kaysem's radio show ...."
this version is so beautiful wow
I've heard the guy is a bitter man and the product of a terrible childhood. Its unfortunate, but his own misery is self-evident in his music; unbelievable amounts of emotion. But hell, you were there for the music, at least that was worth it.