Sufjan Stevens - The Lakes of Canada - A Take Away Show
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- čas přidán 30. 05. 2007
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Sufjan Stevens plays "The Lakes of Canada" during the 2007 MusicNOW Festival in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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"I never thought I would be able to film Sufjan. I had tried my luck one time before, but the good man needs his time, a kind of slow build into a calm moment of rare revelation. And so it was no surprise that, 10 minutes before filming him, he kind a freaked out, saying, with fleeing and frightened eyes, like an animal being hunted..."
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I remember first watching this video when I was 15 years old, and I was absolutely obsessed. Now I’m 28 years old and still obsessed.
same
I know that feeling
I’m in your exact same situation now. Back for nostalgia
haha 27 myself and just found this been lovin sufjan for years what a treat :)
Now you’re 30.
"I'm in awe of big songs, national anthems, rock opera, the Broadway musical. But what I always come back to, after the din and drum roll, is the small song that makes careful observations about everyday life. This is what makes the music by TIM so moving and profound. 'Lakes of Canada' creates an environment both terrifying and familiar using sensory language: incandescent bulbs and rowboats are made palpable by careful rhythms, unobtrusive rhyme schemes, and specificity of language" - sufjan
national anthems?????
please don't ever delete this video, i come back to it every few years just to bask in the beauty
This is probably the most beautiful thing on the internet
I agree.
agree.
Unless you've heard the Innocence Mission original version.
Matthew Mains yessss
So pure
I like how he says
"Fuck! It's too cold!"
and then in the next shot he's got a jacket. I don't know why but that made me giggle.
Almost 11 years later, and I’m back here again.
Anybody still watching in 2024? 😁
Always
All the time.
This video exists for more than 12 years and CZcams chooses to tell me about it now.... unbelievable
i remember my friend converted this to mp3 and then downloaded this to his ipod to show me on the way home from school one day because we both loved sufjan so much lol
thank you sufjan for toughing out the cold. this is video is of immortal beauty and has brought me so much joy.
its been 11 years since i first cried listening to this, and since then I've changed changed career paths more times than i can count, found and lost love, lived in 4 different places and watched my kitty grow up into a fat old cat (bigger kitty...) but one thing hasn't changed. it still makes me cry. thanks sufjan
True beauty. I just wish I could share it with my friends. Most won't appreciate. Love you all and happy new year
That's beautifully written
hey i hope youre doing okay now, sincerely. i come here to cry sometimes too.
I feel this in my bones.
Have a listen to the original, by The Innocence Mission. I only just heard it and it’s great
Je t'aime, Sufjan.
It takes a lot for me to show this to someone.
I first heard this when I was 23. I’m 35 and it still has the same impact.
I just want to give him a big hug.
!!!!!!!YES!!!!!!!
9 years later, still goosebumpin
Have you heard the original?
A friend of mine introduced me to The Innocence Mission (the adorable Pennsylvania couple/High school sweethearts and friends who wrote this tune) ages ago. One day I’m looking for more of their music and this brilliant piece pops up leading me into a wondrous world of Sufjan, Shara, Over the Rhine (somehow), Rosie Thomas, Denison Witmer, the National, the Dessners, Mason Jar, St. Vincent, Fleet Foxes, Fr. John Misty and on and on and…
To the flaming souls who can’t help but burn, Thank You! ❤️🔥
You know that feeling you get when hear a song for the first time and you get a tingly warm sensation and you suddenly for sure know that true love is possible and real and you have the dumbest grin on your face to prove it? Totally just felt it.
This is so hauntingly beautiful. I can't stop coming back to this video.
Then you should listen to the original by the Innocence Mission. Theirs is even more hauntingly beautiful and deserves to be credited on here.
Look for me another day.
I feel that I could change,
I feel that I could change.
There's a sudden joy that's like
a fish, a moving light;
I thought I saw it
rowing on the lakes of Canada
Oh laughing man, what have you won?
Don't tell me what cannot be done.
My little mouth, my winter lungs,
don't tell me what can't be done.
Walking in the circle of a flashlight
someone starts to sing, to join in.
Talk of loneliness in quiet voices.
I am shy but you can reach me.
Rowing on the lakes of Canada,
rowing on the lakes of Canada.
Oh laughing man, what have you won?
Don't tell me what cannot be done.
My little mouth, my winter lungs,
don't tell me what can't be done.
Look for me another time
Give me another day
I feel that I could change
Rowing on the lakes of Canada
I was a fan of The Innocence Mission long before I was a fan of Sufjan Stevens (and in both instances, "fan" is such an inadequate abbreviation for "fanatic"). When I discovered this video years ago, I could not believe my good fortune. I have listened to it many times since. The tears flow every time. "Talk of loneliness in quiet voices, I am shy, but you can reach me..." Please, please, never delete this video.
His voice is my escape from reality...Sufjan is my ecstasy...why he is underrated....I want justice lord?!
Forced to play for Montréal on top of a roof. In the wind. In the cold. Better than ever. This, Sufjan Stevens, is why we love you.
it's Cincinnati actually!
haven't watched this in probably 11 or 12 years, and randomly stumbled upon it again today.
what a gem. glad i found my way back to it.
I don’t love a lot of things in my life, but Sufjan Stevens is probably one of those things that I love more than everything
I love this version of "The lakes of Canada" and I also love "He woke me up again" and "The owl and the tanager". I love this video and La Blogotheque. And I love Sufjan Stevens most of all.
I just realized he's playing "All Delighted People" on guitar in the very beginning. Listen closely that's definitely it!
I don't know what it is about most Take Away Shows but some band members always seem distant and vacant but Sufjan is such a lively guy and he seems really nice
8 years ago I found this video. Back then it was one of the only songs of Sufjan Stevens on here. Its nice to watch it again.
14 years ago!
It's 2021 and I still listen to this. How this has 1.82 million views, only, is beyond me. Deserves far more popularity. Upvote and share! The song (though not entirely original to Sufjan Stevens), the video; surely, they are works of art worthy of admiration, regardless of when and where. Yet, strangely, for me, this song captures the "when and where", when I listen to it.
he is my favorite. even if he just recorded himself talking i would still listen.
I heard this when I was 17. It was a staple in my music library. Now I’m 33, and it feels like that was a lifetime ago. Every time I listen I feel 17 again. This beautiful, spontaneous piece of live music will live on forever in my heart. Thanks, SS.
Been coming back to this for over a decade now
the piano in the end is "The Owl and The Tanager" !! :) in a tiny version though'
So good, I wish he had done a Take Away Sow with the song he starts singing in the beginning, "He Woke Me Up Again." That's my favorite Sufjan Song
Don't we all! I'm sure there is a lot more footage they have of him warming up and stuff too
Listening to this to me it's like coming home.
how is this 15 years ago, time stands still
I'm playing this song almost every day on my banjo. Really really beautiful song.
I keep coming back to this one. What a rarefied piece of musical performance we are privileged to witness again and again.
This tiny prayer. I can't belive its taken me til 2019 to find this. Sufjan x TIM is a dream.
My favourite musician atop my favourite city; pure love. I recall crying the first time I'd seen this. I am and remain so thankful of your having convinced a reluctantly chilly man to entertain your idea. Result: absolute beauty.
what city is it?!?
@@cityofgone74 Cincinnati
11 years ago. Holy cow I'm not even old and that makes me feel old
You do realize this is a cover? The Innocence Mission did the song originally.
39°06'31.1"N 84°31'06.4"W
That's the exact location of where Sufjan is standing in this video, for those interested!
Its been almost 20 years and this video still gives me chills
I do prefer this over the original, but only because of the voice. It's a really great song and I can't get enough right now :)
10 years ago 😭😭😩
One of the most beautiful pieces of music I know and search for to this day.
Singing, playing and not falling. What an artist.
used to listen to this in my junior/senior years of highschool while i was on the bus. it meant so much to me at the time, and it means a lot to me now that im able to find it again :)
i think it's proof that someone has talent when their audience cries because they are so taken into the music and his voice
And credits to Karen Peris for great songwriting :-)
The IM is my absolute favorite. Karen's voice matched with Don's guitar makes me cry every time I hear them.
What a song!
I discovered him for mystery of love and call me by your name soundtrack and i just can't stop listening to him, he's so pure and his voice it's just angelical and i want to thank Luca for made me know him wow
1:55 complete chills. Oh my jesus. Oh my Lanta.
Thank you for LaBlogotheque!
The Innocence Mission. Amazing band.
i first listened to this when this video came out, in the transition from my teens to my 20s. this performance has stuck with me throughout the years, and i come back to listen to it from time to time. i'm so happy to see other people in the comments say the same, that it moved them the same way it did me. makes u feel a little less alone. music is amazing in its power (thank u sufjan!!!)
i love those windy kind of days where the sky is white and cloudy.
Hands down, my fav live performance by sufjan
"lets go back inside, its too cold!"
-2 seconds later-
wearing his jacket
XD
It's a cover of the Innocence Mission's Lakes of Canada.
One of my favorite songs covered by one of my favorite artists.
This has brought me infinite joy over the years.
I could sit here and watch this channel the entire day.
Anyone who likes this should seriously, thoroughly, check out The Innocence Mission. They are extraordinary.
I wish there was a studio version, because this is simply beautiful.
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This is a wonderful version of a song I've loved for years. I would've never guessed Sufjan covered it. He's amazing. Thanks so much for posting this. It's just gorgeous.
2019 and still just as gorgeous.
CZcams recommended algorithm lets me know about this video 12 years after it came out when it knows how much I love his music? I am shocked
Easily the most beautiful thing on the Internet, and it’s especially impactful as I get glimpses of my town/neighborhood’s skyline in the background
Simply the best
Thank you for this. One of my favorite things.
All these years later, I return to this video. It brings me home.
lives were changed
this dude is amazing. his music is glorious.
Intimate and Raw, just what we needed🌻🌻
Great Song, Fits Sufjans voice really well!
truly amazing.
Oh Sufjan Stevens, how u never cease to amaze me.
I just rediscovered this video, and it's every bit as good as it was 10 years ago. Thanks, Blogotheque!
One of my favorite Innocence Mission songs played by one of my OTHER favorite artists. So amazingly gorgeous. THANK you, Sufjan.
Absolutely phenomenal, Sufjan Stevens is my favorite modern musician.
this is such an amazing cover of one of my favorite songs
Thank you Sufjan Stevens for making music that truly relaxes me.
he is an amazing loving soul...
great musician and writer! love and adore his songs. he has such a kinda disposition...
sufjan just rocks!
I watched this video the very day it was uploaded. Four years later, I'm still not tired of it. That's music.
Sufjan is a man of sheer brilliance!
he makes it look so easy!!!!!! i love him
Sufjan Stevens makes my days a little brighter!
All versions of this song are beautiful!!!!!!!
Even the original, so yeah.
i love this style of music i dont know why but it fills my heart
I love Sufjan
Think it is safe to say this is my favourite video on all of the interwebs.
I love his voice
He's amazing.
i adore everything about this
Thank you ***** !!! so many beautiful artists!
i just love him so much
So so so beautiful. No words for explain it.
This is so wonderful. I live in Cincinnati, and just discovered this video.
love this song. there is something so familiar about this song, something natural and real. The banjo sounds so great here - loose and fantastic. Sufijan Stevens is a great musician.
im i the only one here who cries when i hear sufjan play live? my all time favorite musician hands down, forever!