I’ve seen him three times once at a festival, once in a solo acoustic auditorium, and once in a large production stage setting I can’t tell which sounded better but no way in hell as has he ever sounded less than perfect
The human trying to break through the synth, creating this "please let me in" vibe. No matter how hard you try, you can't get the message across. I don't think people realize it's more than just a cool sound.
I have never cried and sobbed so hard as the first time I heard this song. I was losing my first true love and when he said "honey understand, ive been left here in the reeds" my whole body filled with the sorrow of being abandoned.
This song has such an energy to it. The pain has been captured by song. It brings up memories like yours to my mind every time I listen. So simple yet tells a story of life.
Uhh I think they're both good. I think the live version sounds a bit more natural in the sense that you can here Justin's voice a bit more and the studio synthesized version isn't as low. I think you might be conflating the performance with the synth. I think the live version is just a really good performance!
do you know why? It's the "blues" live. It's impossible to be the blues on the album because it's been time gridded in protools. The timing in this live version is all fucking blues and that makes it human, even with the live pyrism thing. people love the blues man.
that clear and strong yet desperate „god damn…turn around“ in the end broke me. what a masterpiece of performance. way better than the recorded one. ❤️💔
Had the divine pleasure of seeing this particular song performed live five rows from the stage. It was a religious experience. Haven't been the same since. Justin Vernon is incredible.
At every concert when someone's favourite song comes on there is screams of excitement. This is the only exception I know of. When they play this live people grab each other and everyone's just zapped with the energy of the experience in silence. It was magical.
my children asked me what my favorite song of all time was. I mentioned this song. Played it on our crazy sound system. Pure silence. One of them had tears and she didn't understand why. That's the power of this song....
The last line "God damn, turn around. You're my A-team" reminds me of the last lines of Prayer for Owen Meany when the narrator/protagonist John cries out to God to return his friend Owen from the dead... ""O God-please bring him back! I shall keep asking You." --- it is so visceral. It isn't pretty language, it isn't eloquent, it is deeply human.
Down along the creek I remember something Her, the heron hurried away When first I breeched that last Sunday Low moon don the yellow road I remember something That leaving wasn't easing All that heaving in my vines And as certain it is evening 'at is NOW is not the Time' Ooh [Verse 2] Toiling with your blood I remember something In B, un-rationed kissing on a night second to last Finding both your hands As second sun came past the glass And oh, I know it felt right And I had you in my grasp [Verse 3] Oh, then how we gonna cry? Cause it once might not mean something? Love, a second glance It is not something that we'll need Honey, understand that I have been left here in the reeds But all I'm trying to do is get my feet out from the crease And I'll see you Turn around, you're my A Team Turn around, now, you're my A Team God damn, turn around now You're my A Team
I just came home from the hospital today and I just had the urge to play this song to make my aching body feel calm again! Such a masterpiece from Bon Iver
Down along the creek i remember something Her, the heron hurried away When first I breeched that last Sunday (O oh) Low moon don the yellow road I remember something That leaving wasn't easing all that Heaving in my vines And as certain it is evening 'at Is NOW is not the time (O-o-o oh) Toiling with your blood i remember something In B Un rationed kissing on a night second to last Finding both your hands as second Sun came past the glass and oh I know it felt right and I Had you in my grasp Oh then, how we gonna cry? Cause it once might not mean something? And love at second glance It is not something that we'll need Honey, understand that I have been Left here in the reeds But all I'm trying to do is get My feet out from the crease And I see you turn around, you're my A Team Turn around, now you're my A Team GOD DAMN, turn around now you're my A Team
May God give this man a very joyful, rich, life full of love and strenght. Best performer alive and the holiest human being alive. Crazy how this song cuts you in half.
I’m back fartboy, once again. Just needed to do my yearly comment because this is my favorite performance of this song. Justin. Freaking. Vernon. I want you to sing to me as I die.
The thing with the live synthesizer - didn’t Imogen Heap in Hide Seek do this like 10 year ago????? I always read from Bon Ivers revolutionairy new instrument "the Messina".
People have been doing it for a while now I think Justin just found a new solution that lets you do it more efficiently in real-time Imogen did something similar once for Hide and Seek, but Justin did it for multiple songs in an album so that's probably why his more streamlined technique is getting traction TBH I wish there were more songs like Hide and Seek, she never really did the same sort of thing again. This song is the closest I've come across
fartboy287 she's constantly doing innovative things with the handling of synthasizers and other computational music stuff. This was just one thing she experimented with. But that's true, some of her Innovations I guess are starting to get to the surface of music production, and other professionals like justin start to pic these innovations and put them to its stylistic limits.
there's a difference in technology. Hide and Seek uses a vocoder - something that's been used since the 70s, so not a good landmark if we're talking innovation. Love the song though. This is a different process that can't be done in the analog domain like vocoding. It's software that digitally repitches harmonies to his voice based on a midi input. And it's not something they invented, that software has also been around for awhile. But they came up with an efficient way to do it live with low latency that not many people have.
It is Antares Harmony Engine used in a really cool way. Francis and the Lights is known for a similar technique that I think he shared with Justin. vimeo.com/239876885
God: i felt that Devil: i wish i could Even if you cant weigh the emotions that this song touches on the pain of feeling what should be there and the simple joy of being softly loved in your most weakest form. Thoughts that come to mind in this song because its not depressing if not given the opportunity you miss the rise and fall of love and its return
CAN YOU SING ME TO SLEEP WHEN IM DONE WITH LIFE CUZ LIKE I WOULD BE SO HAPPY EVEN IF YOU MAKE ME CRY BECAUSE YOUR LYRICS AND YOUR VOICE ARE SERIOUSLY SOUL WRENCHING
Has anyone thought this? Justin Vernon is a holy man/prophet...OR an alien of higher musical intelligence than us? Cuz I can't come up with any other way Mr. Vernon could be this talented. Either way, I know I'm grateful
The Chicago show version czcams.com/video/PfT3TqW4dEk/video.html @20:17 is also amazing. Reverb of the hall and feel of the warm crowd takes you right into it. That whole show is magic.
I can't tell if this song is depressional catharsis or just helpless ignorance. I want to believe to former. It's powerful, but damn does it put a lot on the shoulder of the audience.
There are few artists where you can keep combing through their music and keep coming upon great tracks. For bon iver i have fourteen: Jelmore Skinny love Roselyn Creek 8 circle Pdlif Auatc Holocene Heavenly father (sydney opera) Wolves Tower Hey ma Michicant Exile
And be a lesson kissing on the nights second to last Found in both your hands A second son can't pass the glance And oh, I know it felt right And I had you in my grasp
I'd like to call attention to the fact that someone with the profile name "fartboy287' posted this magic. Don't judge a username by its cover.
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I thought it was npr. Jajajaa...
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That track has no right sounding this good live. Impossible. What a delight
I know right?? I didn't think it would sound as good as it does live?? Damn
So good
It sounds better live than it does recorded in my opinion. I don't really like the recorded version for whatever reason but this is insane
I’ve seen him three times once at a festival, once in a solo acoustic auditorium, and once in a large production stage setting I can’t tell which sounded better but no way in hell as has he ever sounded less than perfect
I agree. This sounds beautiful. Probably better than the studio release
Love how throughout the song, the silence of the audience makes it seem that Vernon is alone just singing.
Bruh 😭
If it didn't say NPR, I'd never assume a US audience could be so quiet.
I was actually shocked the first time I heard people yell because I absolutely thought he was alone in a studio.
Somebody give this song a tight hug please
Evan Saunders 🤗. Closes emoji to a hug
Okafor Mbanefo Obianuju I appreciate it!!!
please do.
Been hanging on to it for dear life. Safe with me.
thank you fartboy
please take this more serioursly
The human trying to break through the synth, creating this "please let me in" vibe. No matter how hard you try, you can't get the message across.
I don't think people realize it's more than just a cool sound.
Exactly!!!!
Perfectly said
`Please let me’ in is the most accurate description of this tune ever
Nailed it three years ago
Notice how that entire crowd is stunned into silence by the intensity.
This song and performance is so hard-hitting, real, and perfect.
I wonder how many people were crying right now.
My favorite part of this version is where he messes up the line and still works his way back
Alex Schaff yes! seems like each line is completely connected to each other.
He messed up? Where lol
alxrja. 1:17
No, he messes up the lyrics. Listen to this and follow the official lyrics.
wait, he messed up?
I have never cried and sobbed so hard as the first time I heard this song. I was losing my first true love and when he said "honey understand, ive been left here in the reeds" my whole body filled with the sorrow of being abandoned.
No one deserves it.
This song has such an energy to it. The pain has been captured by song. It brings up memories like yours to my mind every time I listen. So simple yet tells a story of life.
I heard this live while microdosing and losing a 8 year relationship and that same line broke me- so much passion.
God shut up
This is so freaking factual.
the passion emulated by a vocoded voice literally spends chills down my back. So beautiful.
This song has a scientific appeal to the human soul. Wow.
@@DiegoAlejandro111 Sounded so nice, had to comment twice.
I like that! I wondered why this song is so captivating to me
Scientific appeal?
what are you on about
Best version. Live synthesized is way better than album synthesized.
I think the eauclair debut of this song is the quintessential version. It's so raw and so powerful.
Uhh I think they're both good. I think the live version sounds a bit more natural in the sense that you can here Justin's voice a bit more and the studio synthesized version isn't as low. I think you might be conflating the performance with the synth. I think the live version is just a really good performance!
do you know why? It's the "blues" live. It's impossible to be the blues on the album because it's been time gridded in protools. The timing in this live version is all fucking blues and that makes it human, even with the live pyrism thing. people love the blues man.
I dont think so. Here main voice is more present. Maybe is better for live version, but i think the album one is much much better.
This version is too staccato.
Its like a prism...just that you shoot your raw voice on it and it expresses the emotional layers in your voice..
This is ridiculously powerful, expresses emotions I can't even put into words
that clear and strong yet desperate „god damn…turn around“ in the end broke me. what a masterpiece of performance. way better than the recorded one. ❤️💔
It makes you want to live one more day. To listen one more time. Music saves lives, mine being one of them
I've had this on a loop for two hours. Help.
I’ve watched this version so many times that I’ve started mucking up the lyrics too. Absolute nirvana
Had the divine pleasure of seeing this particular song performed live five rows from the stage. It was a religious experience. Haven't been the same since. Justin Vernon is incredible.
Is it just me or is this the Bon Iver equivalent to Imogen Heap’s Hide and Seek
In an interview Justin said that Woods was based off that Imogen Heap song. I believe it was an interview with The New Yorker
@@lochlancowles568 Imogen is so innovative yet relatively unknown. She seems to not mind but I find it frustrating
At every concert when someone's favourite song comes on there is screams of excitement. This is the only exception I know of. When they play this live people grab each other and everyone's just zapped with the energy of the experience in silence. It was magical.
my children asked me what my favorite song of all time was. I mentioned this song. Played it on our crazy sound system. Pure silence. One of them had tears and she didn't understand why. That's the power of this song....
Probably my favorite performance of this song that he has done. I can feel the emotion in his voice when he sings.
my god this song is my religion
You could make a religion out of this
oh yeah yeah _Yes, DO._
I knew it felt right, I had you in my grasp.
I can always trust fart boy for this top quality content. Thank you fartboy
My favorite version so far
i feel the energy all around my body, thats so emotional
I feel so moved by this
The last line "God damn, turn around. You're my A-team" reminds me of the last lines of Prayer for Owen Meany when the narrator/protagonist John cries out to God to return his friend Owen from the dead... ""O God-please bring him back! I shall keep asking You." --- it is so visceral. It isn't pretty language, it isn't eloquent, it is deeply human.
This song is how I feel right now.
Dude you're not alone. Hope you're feeling better by now. It gets easier .
Down along the creek
I remember something
Her, the heron hurried away
When first I breeched that last Sunday
Low moon don the yellow road
I remember something
That leaving wasn't easing
All that heaving in my vines
And as certain it is evening 'at is NOW is not the Time'
Ooh
[Verse 2]
Toiling with your blood
I remember something
In B, un-rationed kissing on a night second to last
Finding both your hands
As second sun came past the glass
And oh, I know it felt right
And I had you in my grasp
[Verse 3]
Oh, then how we gonna cry?
Cause it once might not mean something?
Love, a second glance
It is not something that we'll need
Honey, understand that I have been left here in the reeds
But all I'm trying to do is get my feet out from the crease
And I'll see you
Turn around, you're my A Team
Turn around, now, you're my A Team
God damn, turn around now
You're my A Team
Kelsea Perkins why
@@buttstankmcgoo5839 and why not?
Daniel Roman fair enough but still like why
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Feet out from the CREEK
Heard an Acapella group do this live and didn't expect it....also didn't expect my eyes to well up....
Simply adore this performance
wow. this man is absolutely incredible in every way. i will never stop listening and never stop watching.
this makes me so emotional
I keep coming back to this over and over
I just came home from the hospital today and I just had the urge to play this song to make my aching body feel calm again! Such a masterpiece from Bon Iver
this is so real, fantastic and unique. Thank you Bon Iver
2 minutes and 31 seconds of my holding my breathe in awe and wonder.
Dude, he opened with this when I saw him perform. The entire crowd was just silent in awe.
This is my absolute favourite a capella song ever.
Discovering this in 2022 feels great. What a delight!! Chills!!!!
TURN AROUND, YOU'RE MY A TEAM 💔
My favorite part. It hits deep I side you. You just want to scream
When he sang this in Durham, NC. It ended me.
Jacob Alger Did he do Woods at that show? I saw them in Birmingham and Atlanta on this last tour and they didn't do it in Birmingham. It. Is. Killer.
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Wow, you were there? Colour me eternally jealous.
This is just about better than the official audio. It’s so good.
The bass is so important to the track, I just realized
hauntingly beautiful.
RIP 🪦 Rodney I miss you man , I love you so much this song reminds me of you
This broke me in so many pieces
Same
I can't help but to cry
Same
I absolutely love that this video was uploaded by the account fartboy287, I think Justin would be happy to see that.
I’m not sure how he messed up the lyrics and still managed to make it sound good. That’s TALENT!!
This makes me tear up it's so beautiful
i always come back to this.
This speaks to my soul
I can’t listen to this without it piercing my soul
Down along the creek i remember something
Her, the heron hurried away
When first I breeched that last Sunday (O oh)
Low moon don the yellow road
I remember something
That leaving wasn't easing all that
Heaving in my vines
And as certain it is evening 'at
Is NOW is not the time (O-o-o oh)
Toiling with your blood i remember something
In B
Un rationed kissing on a night second to last
Finding both your hands as second
Sun came past the glass and oh
I know it felt right and I
Had you in my grasp
Oh then, how we gonna cry?
Cause it once might not mean something?
And love at second glance
It is not something that we'll need
Honey, understand that I have been
Left here in the reeds
But all I'm trying to do is get
My feet out from the crease
And I see you turn around, you're my A Team
Turn around, now you're my A Team
GOD DAMN, turn around now you're my A Team
May God give this man a very joyful, rich, life full of love and strenght.
Best performer alive and the holiest human being alive.
Crazy how this song cuts you in half.
Who's listening in 2024?
One of those songs you just have to stop and listen to no matter what else you’re doing.
Absolute best version
This. This is how heaven sounds. 😔❤️
I’m back fartboy, once again.
Just needed to do my yearly comment because this is my favorite performance of this song.
Justin. Freaking. Vernon.
I want you to sing to me as I die.
This song burrowed into my psyche years ago and it feels like my soul is being ripped out of my body every time i listen
Bon iver is love. Bon iver is life.
When your high school band played this as part of their halftime show in 2019
Btw the school is Seven Lakes High School if you wanna check it out
I Uber at least 5 days a week and I play bon iver on a daily basis, just to try and make people feel something that they probably haven't felt before
Don't you all love that feeling? Those goose bumps on the surface of your soul??
The thing with the live synthesizer - didn’t Imogen Heap in Hide Seek do this like 10 year ago????? I always read from Bon Ivers revolutionairy new instrument "the Messina".
People have been doing it for a while now I think Justin just found a new solution that lets you do it more efficiently in real-time
Imogen did something similar once for Hide and Seek, but Justin did it for multiple songs in an album so that's probably why his more streamlined technique is getting traction
TBH I wish there were more songs like Hide and Seek, she never really did the same sort of thing again. This song is the closest I've come across
fartboy287 she's constantly doing innovative things with the handling of synthasizers and other computational music stuff. This was just one thing she experimented with. But that's true, some of her Innovations I guess are starting to get to the surface of music production, and other professionals like justin start to pic these innovations and put them to its stylistic limits.
yes! i don’t remember which interview it was exactly but he said “hide and seek” influenced his song “woods” quite heavily!
there's a difference in technology. Hide and Seek uses a vocoder - something that's been used since the 70s, so not a good landmark if we're talking innovation. Love the song though. This is a different process that can't be done in the analog domain like vocoding. It's software that digitally repitches harmonies to his voice based on a midi input. And it's not something they invented, that software has also been around for awhile. But they came up with an efficient way to do it live with low latency that not many people have.
It is Antares Harmony Engine used in a really cool way. Francis and the Lights is known for a similar technique that I think he shared with Justin. vimeo.com/239876885
Wonderful song. So original and powerful
I love how he messes up the lyrics and just replaces them with “f___ it all” I had you in my grasp. Perfect on the spot thinking.
1:59 when you’re in 2nd grade and you don’t know how to kiss so you just go for it
try it at 0.75x.
Holy shit. Somehow it's better, and this is one of my favorite live performances of all time. Thank you!
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God: i felt that
Devil: i wish i could
Even if you cant weigh the emotions that this song touches on the pain of feeling what should be there and the simple joy of being softly loved in your most weakest form. Thoughts that come to mind in this song because its not depressing if not given the opportunity you miss the rise and fall of love and its return
I didn’t think it was possible to perform this live and Justin found a way to make it even better.
I can't believe I'd never heard this perfect live version yet. Thank you fartboy.
How has this not even hit 10,000 views?
I'll fix this travesty single-handedly.
CAN YOU SING ME TO SLEEP WHEN IM DONE WITH LIFE CUZ LIKE I WOULD BE SO HAPPY EVEN IF YOU MAKE ME CRY BECAUSE YOUR LYRICS AND YOUR VOICE ARE SERIOUSLY SOUL WRENCHING
this version is everything
Goosebumps....
one of the best versions
I wish he didn't rush through the latter part of the song. Everything else about this I love.
Has anyone thought this? Justin Vernon is a holy man/prophet...OR an alien of higher musical intelligence than us? Cuz I can't come up with any other way Mr. Vernon could be this talented. Either way, I know I'm grateful
The Chicago show version czcams.com/video/PfT3TqW4dEk/video.html @20:17 is also amazing. Reverb of the hall and feel of the warm crowd takes you right into it. That whole show is magic.
The last & final line just hits different.
thank you fartboy287
Such a good song
I can't tell if this song is depressional catharsis or just helpless ignorance. I want to believe to former. It's powerful, but damn does it put a lot on the shoulder of the audience.
I'm worried that this video will be the reason I get fired from my job. I can't seem to stop replaying it.
1:51 gives me fucking goosebumps
There are few artists where you can keep combing through their music and keep coming upon great tracks. For bon iver i have fourteen:
Jelmore
Skinny love
Roselyn
Creek
8 circle
Pdlif
Auatc
Holocene
Heavenly father (sydney opera)
Wolves
Tower
Hey ma
Michicant
Exile
Why does this song has toi end. Pls someone do a 10 hours version of this shit...
right click and loop
Felt inspired and added a version of this song with rain on my channel, thx for this Bon Iver❤🌪
Love your work
Could listen to an album of songs like this
This is amazing.
I swear on my fucking life how he says crease, It touches my soul I can't even
Fuck, why does this make me cry, i cant figure it out, i'm not really the weepy type, haha.
Kudos, Justin.
A lot of Bon Iver music seems to travel right past the ears and into the soul. I need a whole box of Kleenex to listen to Holocene.
this song in particular evokes emotions I didn't know I had. Didn't know I needed to cry. Maybe because it's acapella?
And be a lesson kissing on the nights second to last
Found in both your hands
A second son can't pass the glance
And oh, I know it felt right
And I had you in my grasp
Why is this song so good
"Why is this song so good" - 🤓
Goose fucking bumps