Joanna Newsom "Divers" (Official Video)

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  • Опубликовано: 26 окт 2015
  • Track from Joanna Newsom LP/CASS/CD “Divers”, available on Drag City.
    Buy the album "Divers" now at:
    www.dragcity.com/products/divers
    iTunes: apple.co/Divers-iT
    Apple Music:apple.co/Divers
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    VIDEO
    Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
    Artwork by Kim Keever
    Produced by Sara Murphy, Albert Chi, Erica Frauman
    Edited by Andy Jurgensen
    Camera: Adam Kimmel, Aaron Tichenor
    Telecine Colorist: Gregg Garvin
    Production Company: Ghoulardi Film Company
    Crew:
    Jeff Kunkel, Robert Ellenberg, Aly Migliori, Louis Matta, Christian Gagnier, Nigel S. Clayton, Zander Fife, Dylan Tichenor, Cassandra Kulukundis
    MUSIC
    Joanna Newsom: Harp, Piano, Mellotron MK II, Hohner Guitaret, Vocals
    Produced & Mixed by Joanna Newsom & Noah Georgeson
    Recorded by Steve Albini & Noah Georgeson
    Written by Joanna Newsom
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Комментарии • 819

  • @danielchester
    @danielchester 8 лет назад +421

    Joanna, I'm not saying I loved you first but I loved you best.

    • @josephazzi464
      @josephazzi464 8 лет назад +52

      +Daniel Chester but did she know you at all?

    • @danielchester
      @danielchester 8 лет назад +42

      +Joseph Aziz She didn't know my name but I knew hers.

    • @ThePoetJewels
      @ThePoetJewels 8 лет назад +23

      +Joseph Azzi no need to argue guys , in The Sprout And The Bean , there are a few of her to go round ;)

    • @babyhaines86
      @babyhaines86 8 лет назад +1

      +ThePoetJewels lol!

    • @Phagocytosis
      @Phagocytosis 8 лет назад +6

      +ThePoetJewels She wished she could take every path, anyway.

  • @celestikkah
    @celestikkah 3 года назад +96

    i'm so glad joanna is taking us to her home planet it looks beautiful

  • @aderyn7600
    @aderyn7600 4 года назад +216

    People not liking her voice confuses me because to me it sounds like two things that fit her poetic music perfectly: the three fates, and crows. Like she manages to sound of all ages at the sametime, youthful, old, maid. Its really cool. It has the husky jazz undertones with a headvoice chior spin.

    • @AR-mu4zq
      @AR-mu4zq 2 года назад +7

      Who doesn't like her voice? I see alot comments about this but never actually see a comment voicing dislike

    • @amgm1996
      @amgm1996 2 года назад +6

      i wonder if they think who should sang this... adele? beyonce? mariah? i like them but cmon... it wouldnt hit the way it hits.

    • @ST19859
      @ST19859 2 года назад +6

      First let me say I was born and raised in the same small town as Joanna and though shes a little younger than me and I didnt really know her I have a lot of friends that do. That said many people I know dont like her voice, I cant either its like nails on a chalkboard to me. In certain keys she actually does pretty good but I think for me its the fact she tries to mix in multiple different styles at once that bothers me. Also the tempo of her singing never sounds musical or connected to the music itself, more like talking with the music in the background. That said she is an awesome musician and impressively accomplished in the area, I would totally listen to instrumentals by her. I actually came here to try again to find something I like about her music.

    • @shiroibasketshoes
      @shiroibasketshoes Год назад +6

      My reaction to her voice is different from what anyone else here describes. I am an ardent feminist with fragile nerves. From all I can tell, I admire her musical artistry and the instrumentation very much. But in every song I try, my fragile nerves simply cannot bear the sound of her voice. If that makes me bad or pathetic, that's what I am.

    • @caramel7050
      @caramel7050 Год назад +4

      @@shiroibasketshoes idk. for me her voice is really great. i think its understandable if its not for everyone. i just love weird, possibly annoying vocals. her vocals remind me A LOT of early kate bush, especially her earlier albums before she refined them

  • @matiasflores9043
    @matiasflores9043 7 лет назад +482

    I think of her as a modern bard. Her singing is breathtaking, her storytelling is fantastic and the harp ties it all together nicely.

    • @anakinaxl8742
      @anakinaxl8742 2 года назад

      sorry to be so offtopic but does anyone know a tool to get back into an Instagram account?
      I somehow lost the password. I love any help you can offer me!

    • @waynealvin4663
      @waynealvin4663 2 года назад

      @Anakin Axl instablaster ;)

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      @anakinaxl8742 2 года назад

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    • @anakinaxl8742
      @anakinaxl8742 2 года назад

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      Thank you so much you saved my ass!

    • @waynealvin4663
      @waynealvin4663 2 года назад

      @Anakin Axl glad I could help :D

  • @TheSyoelin
    @TheSyoelin 8 лет назад +500

    I took up harp at 26, and I've been playing for 6 year and have worked in a harp factory for the past year. I wouldn't have ever even known about the instrument until I fell in love with her music. I just hope I can tell her one day how she changed my life.

    • @StreetGrain
      @StreetGrain 8 лет назад +4

      +Sam Yoelin I'm waiting for that day as well

    • @mizofan
      @mizofan 8 лет назад +7

      +Sam Yoelin The harp is a Welsh speciality. You may find the combination of harpist Catrin Finch from Wales and Kora player Seckou Keita from Senegal of interest, or Keita's album 22 Strings. Or even the Welsh-Indian group Ghazalaw, which has a harpist

    • @RideHanna
      @RideHanna 8 лет назад +2

      +mizofan Catrin plays like a demon! Just amazing!

    • @wings8099
      @wings8099 8 лет назад +6

      +Sam Yoelin this is such a sweet story!!!!!!! i hope you get to meet her some day

    • @AllTheCloudsArePink
      @AllTheCloudsArePink 8 лет назад +10

      That is actually wonderful and amazing. Oh Hoy. Literal Joy ! That is what a Muse does , inspires people, becomes a vessel for Divine Inspiration . Joanna is so special because she not only creates incredible artistry, but inspires others to not only create art themselves , which is amazing enough, but to actually educate themselves on the instruments to the point of creating the actual instrument along with creating the music made on it !! Now THAT is POWER!! She is amazing for putting all that power and creative force out there, and you are amazing for picking up that power and adding it to your own to such a degree that all of this creative force is unleashed unto the world , which, let's face it, needs all the beauty and divinity it can get right now. Amen !!! Blessed be.

  • @flatrabbit
    @flatrabbit 7 месяцев назад +22

    Some of the best songwriters in modern history have the most controversial voices. I personally think Joanna's voice is special and unique, it matches the style of her music perfectly. And even if I didn't love it, her lyrics are powerful and move me to feel deep emotions when I read them. It's beautify poetry.

  • @faminaexmachina
    @faminaexmachina 6 лет назад +280

    Now this is a representation of Joanna Newsom that I can get used to -an omnipresent, god-like vision in the clouds that makes angel sounds over the mountains and tree tops.

    • @Canyon_Lark
      @Canyon_Lark 4 года назад +11

      Has Joanna Newsom ever not been an omnipresent, god-like vision in the clouds that makes angel sounds over the mountains and tree tops?

    • @faminaexmachina
      @faminaexmachina 4 года назад +5

      talmon glidden Of course she is and always has been. But now we have a music video to reflect that.

    • @chim-choo-ree
      @chim-choo-ree 3 года назад +5

      She is the alpha and the omega.

  • @PeterBondeVillain
    @PeterBondeVillain 7 лет назад +132

    When she stops singing for a few seconds as "A woman is alive" plays -- shivers!!

    • @joegibbskins
      @joegibbskins 3 года назад +6

      Holy shit, thank you. I’ve thought that line was “a woman is a lie” for five years. Alive makes so much more sense in context

    • @Allycat101010
      @Allycat101010 9 месяцев назад +2

      A woman is alive- you don't take her for a sign; an anchor on a stone.@@joegibbskins

  • @georgemansell
    @georgemansell 3 года назад +186

    I heard this for the first time today thanks to the Cerys Mathews show on BBC6 Music. I'm 55 and wonder to myself, all this life and all the music I've known, and that's a lot, and still something like this comes to me, reminding me about the beautiful world we all share.

    • @foreverluvingyou
      @foreverluvingyou 2 года назад +3

      And that it does still refresh itself regardless of us

    • @gibberconfirm425
      @gibberconfirm425 2 года назад

      @@foreverluvingyou Eh I think she stopped cuz Paul McCartney after 33 isn't much. Powerful bitch. That's strength of will.

    • @thisnameztaken
      @thisnameztaken 2 года назад +2

      100%. Sounds like it could be 100 years old yet it’s the latest I’ve heard from Joanna.

    • @gavinyuangao4366
      @gavinyuangao4366 2 года назад +1

      Joanna Newsom is a once-in-a-century talent. We're beyond lucky to have the chance to hear her music in our lifetime. No contemporary musician can reach the kind of emotional depth/core that she can, not even the likes of Kate Bush/Bjork.

    • @minukarodrigo
      @minukarodrigo Год назад

      @@gavinyuangao4366 agreed, her presence is unrivaled

  • @jamese.ferrell6218
    @jamese.ferrell6218 2 года назад +95

    There is no one like her. I understand how some do not like the quality of her voice but, man, I think she is unbelievably musical. I just love this stuff.

  • @ilikeponie
    @ilikeponie 7 лет назад +345

    This song minimized my pores

    • @JasonCole_TheVeil
      @JasonCole_TheVeil 6 лет назад +10

      ilikeponie narched my burrows, waxe my taint and sanded my t-zone. mmmhmm

    • @Vanorah7
      @Vanorah7 5 лет назад

      Hahahahah damn

    • @pedrovv
      @pedrovv 3 года назад

      that’s the point

    • @dannysantos9140
      @dannysantos9140 2 года назад

      You skin must be amazing

  • @nishthapandey7
    @nishthapandey7 7 лет назад +154

    Joanna Newsom's music is one of the best things that has ever happened to me. Some 60 years from now, if I realise I am on my deathbed, I would put her entire albums on play and silently pass away, crying and so, so satisfied that I didn't miss her music.

    • @jalabala2772
      @jalabala2772 4 года назад +5

      That's beautiful Nishtha

    • @AdrianskiASMR
      @AdrianskiASMR Год назад +2

      I shit you not, I have thought about this a million times. I will listen to YS if that's the last thing I can do on this earth.

  • @sleeplittledarling
    @sleeplittledarling 8 лет назад +250

    im sobbing, ugly crying. This is beautiful.....You dont know my name Mrs Newsom, but i know yours.

    • @sleeplittledarling
      @sleeplittledarling 8 лет назад +6

      +Toast4001 yeah pretty obvious. but i was mainly refering to her lyric in this song. "you dont know my name, but i know yours......"

    • @008Invisibleman
      @008Invisibleman 5 лет назад +6

      You mean Mrs Samberg

    • @claudiamanning1837
      @claudiamanning1837 5 лет назад

      @@mattcunningham9235 are you doing fine? wanna talk about it?

    • @mattcunningham9235
      @mattcunningham9235 5 лет назад

      @@claudiamanning1837 why would i talk to you about something? Do you want the doobers?

    • @claudiamanning1837
      @claudiamanning1837 5 лет назад

      @@mattcunningham9235 you seem petty about someone marrying someone

  • @sanskritideva5342
    @sanskritideva5342 3 года назад +26

    She is so underrated. I feel like she’s ahead of her time. A genius ahhhh. Goosebumps.

  • @yesrelationthesequel
    @yesrelationthesequel 8 лет назад +266

    The entire album is amazing!!!!

    • @HeshanWijegunaratne84
      @HeshanWijegunaratne84 8 лет назад +5

      +Atprick B I agree! Its one of the best critically rated albums of 2015!

    • @ilikematches2
      @ilikematches2 8 лет назад

      +Heshan Wijegunaratne not sure about all that, sounds amazing though :P

    • @ScottStevenErickson
      @ScottStevenErickson 8 лет назад +4

      +Atprick B I might even go so far as to say it's her best yet, but then again all of her other albums are fantastic too!

    • @samcad-ho3ze
      @samcad-ho3ze 8 лет назад +6

      +alieninsurgent it's up there with HOOM, definitely.

    • @kylekostun
      @kylekostun 8 лет назад +11

      +Atprick B I've seen you comment on so many of her videos and I just have to say, I want to be your friend.

  • @oldice4271
    @oldice4271 2 года назад +11

    This is the most beautiful song I have ever heard. Granted, I'm only thirteen LOL

  • @sergiodidthis
    @sergiodidthis 7 лет назад +102

    I feel like this song could be an hour long and I'd still listen to the whole thing.

  • @PLJogging
    @PLJogging 8 лет назад +396

    What was Joanna thinking of when she gave this song an ending?

    • @russianvillageboy
      @russianvillageboy 5 лет назад +1

      hilarious

    • @pheebles101
      @pheebles101 4 года назад

      hahaha

    • @sheab101
      @sheab101 3 года назад +3

      @chim choo ree LOL This is golden, like the "teeth of the women who loved you!"

    • @JavenarchX
      @JavenarchX 3 года назад

      Haha...right! I love her OOOOO ooo OOOO ooooo OOOOO at the end though

  • @Bowiehawk
    @Bowiehawk 2 года назад +14

    I have just discovered Joannas music. I've spent two days listening to her and have reached the conclusion that she is an unheralded genius....

  • @dominicbennettmusic
    @dominicbennettmusic 7 лет назад +21

    I'm kind of feeling while sitting here listening to this, that's it's one of the greatest songs ever written.
    It's just fantastic.

  • @underlinedluke
    @underlinedluke 8 лет назад +412

    A diver is my love
    (and I am his, if I am not deceived),
    who takes one breath above, for every hour below the sea;
    who gave to me a jewel
    worth twice this woman's life (but would cost her less
    than laying at low tide
    to see her true love phosphoresce).
    And in an infinite regress:
    Tell me, why is the pain of birth
    lighter borne than the pain of death?
    I ain't saying that I loved you first,
    but I loved you best.
    I know we must abide
    each by the rules that bind us here:
    the divers, and the sailors, and the women on the pier.
    But how do you choose your form?
    How do you choose your name? How do you choose your life?
    How do you choose the time you must exhale,
    and kick, and rise?
    And in an infinite capsize:
    Like a bull tearing down the coast,
    double hulls bearing double masts-
    I don't know if you loved me most, but you loved me last.
    Recall the word you gave:
    to count your way across the depths of this arid world,
    where you would yoke the waves,
    and lay a bed of shining pearls!
    I dream it every night:
    the ringing of the pail
    the motes of sand dislodged,
    the shucking, quick and bright:
    the twinned and cast-off shells reveal a single heart of white.
    And in an infinite backslide:
    Ancient border, sink past the West,
    like a sword at the bearer's fall.
    I can't claim that I knew you best,
    but did you know me at all?
    A woman is alive!
    A woman is alive;
    you do not take her for a sign in nacre on a stone,
    alone, unfaceted and fine.
    And never will I wed.
    I'll hunt the pearl of death to the bottom of my life,
    and ever hold my breath,
    till I may be the diver's wife.
    See how the infinite divides:
    and the divers are not to blame
    for the rift, spanning distant shores.
    You don't know my name,
    but I know yours.

    • @DearReaderReadAloud
      @DearReaderReadAloud 7 лет назад +4

      Lucas thank you

    • @cuppalightroast
      @cuppalightroast 6 лет назад +8

      Yes, I understand everything now

    • @MaximusNYC
      @MaximusNYC 5 лет назад +7

      I think it's "like a boat tearing down the coast", not "like a bull tearing down the coast".

    • @shabankullolli1499
      @shabankullolli1499 5 лет назад +10

      Andy Samberg is a merman. 😮

    • @bodylan11
      @bodylan11 5 лет назад +8

      Divers, are those who sleep and sink into cosmic rest each night.
      Forgetful, quick to react, slow to action. Repressed, depressed to limited state. they Lets the world continue its self destruction, ignoring love for lavish incentive, delusional, dwells on the surface of matters. Learns avoiding
      Underground, underworld, underwater, and understanding...
      And then there are the immortals, always awake, held prisoner every night in "terrible dreams worlds"
      Inside a strangely familiar body, physically looks and works just the same.
      The dreamworld is populated with those they know, while others are here for a show, time there goes slow, as those bound will know
      Each story song, joanna, most times unwilling participant, some times involved,
      Waking up to regret, shame, resentment, apologize, and calm the bewilderment of the "dream"

  • @Steerpikey
    @Steerpikey 8 лет назад +132

    the opening harp motive sounds like the diver spiraling under the water in an 8-like figure

    • @chrismail
      @chrismail 8 лет назад +9

      +Steerpikey That's an intelligent remark! :)

    • @taylortomanicek4599
      @taylortomanicek4599 7 лет назад

      Steerpikey im pretty sure its a zither!!! a very tiny harp. which makes me enjoy it more for some reason

  • @kenadams4142
    @kenadams4142 7 лет назад +14

    Her voice and lyrics are so unique. Her soul is a little bit different from the rest.

  • @nlowell1
    @nlowell1 8 лет назад +115

    Just saw Joanna Newsom on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert last night. Don't think I breathed at all throughout the whole performance. Now I'm obsessed and MUST have all things Joanna Newsom. Someone mentioned that she may be a witch. I'm not sure I agree but Oh My God! Wow! Wow! Freaking Wow...

    • @roncv26
      @roncv26 8 лет назад +1

      +The Hey You Kids Get Off My Lawn Band LOL, I heard this song on the Indie Music Choice channel on Comcast two weeks ago and it's been on my mind ever since. Stephen does have great acts, that's cool that she was on there, I'll have to find it.

    • @daveh9474
      @daveh9474 8 лет назад +1

      +Norman Lowell if anything, shes christian. "book of right on"
      prob nothing though.

    • @oztafi
      @oztafi 8 лет назад

      she plays brilliant harp and sounds good

    • @davidvillarrius6313
      @davidvillarrius6313 6 лет назад

      She could totally be wiccon. If that's how you spell it? There's white witches and green witches. I live in Colorado Springs by Mantiou Springs where there's lots of wiccons in the mountains.

    • @lachlan1971
      @lachlan1971 6 лет назад

      You must have breathed. You would have passed out. Unless you're a free diver or something.

  • @Mary-eo7ir
    @Mary-eo7ir 3 года назад +7

    “Laying at low tide to see her true love phosphores” gives me chills. What a perfect description

  • @lucas_1448
    @lucas_1448 4 года назад +23

    I still haven’t “gotten” into her because her music isn’t on Spotify and I’m lazy, but I keep coming back to this video ❤️ I think it’s time

    • @lucas_1448
      @lucas_1448 4 года назад +20

      Omg this album is everything

    • @andrewwilliams4283
      @andrewwilliams4283 2 года назад +1

      All 4 of her albums are absolutely brilliant, she does require a bit of tuning into to, but once you do you will be richly rewarded.

    • @NathanHautain
      @NathanHautain 6 месяцев назад

      She single-handedly made me go from Spotify to RUclips Premium/Music just so I could listen to her 💀

  • @Jellybeantiger
    @Jellybeantiger 3 года назад +6

    Like going back to the 70's listening to this song,all the folk,classical and prog mixed together.

  • @merryleigh5295
    @merryleigh5295 6 лет назад +27

    The diver is my love
    And I am his, if I am not deceived
    Who takes one breath above for every hour below the sea
    Who gave to me a jewel
    Worth twice this woman's life, though it cost her less
    Than laying at low tide to see her true love phosphoresce
    And in an infinite regress
    Tell me why is the pain of birth
    Lighter borne than the pain of death?
    I can't claim that I loved you first
    But I loved you best
    I know we must abide
    Each by the rules that bind us here:
    The divers and the sailors and the women on the pier
    And how do you choose your form?
    How do you choose your name? How do you choose your life?
    How do you choose the time you must exhale and kick and rise?
    And in an infinite capsize
    Like a boat tearing down the coast
    Double hulls bearing double masts
    I don’t know if you loved me most
    But you loved me last
    Recall the word you gave
    To count your way across the depths of this arid world
    Where you will yoke the waves that lay a bed of shining pearls
    I dream it every night
    The ringing of the pail, the motes of sand dislodged, the shucking, quick and bright
    The twinned and cast off shells reveal a single heart of white
    And in an infinite backslide
    Ancient boulders sink past the west
    Like a sword at the bearer's fall
    I can't claim that I knew you best
    But did you know me at all?
    A woman is alive, a woman is alive
    You do not take her for a siren
    An anchor on a stone, alone, unfaceted and fine
    And never will I wed
    I'll hunt the pearl of death to the bottom of my life
    And ever hold my breath 'til I may be the diver's wife
    See how the infinite divides
    And the divers are not to blame
    For the rift spanning distant shores
    You don’t know my name
    But I know yours

  • @rovertdoow1st
    @rovertdoow1st 6 лет назад +16

    This kind of emotion is what’s missing from popular music today, this song evokes true feelings of sadness within me and I cannot commend the writing enough, truly an amazing song.

  • @ogdvb
    @ogdvb Год назад +5

    Joanna’s albums are my favorite books! The most genius storyteller of our time!

  • @Salasshole
    @Salasshole 8 лет назад +32

    I really hope this song is not based off of events she has personally experienced and if it is I'm thankful she has been able to channel so beautifully. This song made me feel human. A condition I have not felt in a long time. Thank you Jo.

  • @VegetaSoup
    @VegetaSoup 7 лет назад +322

    Joanna Newsom's songs remind me of a Renaissance painting.

    • @gavinyuangao4366
      @gavinyuangao4366 7 лет назад +19

      ikr. like she's like this primordial being thats walked straight out of a botticelli painting

    • @rovertdoow1st
      @rovertdoow1st 6 лет назад +5

      That is so spot on.

    • @narizota
      @narizota 6 лет назад +2

      Sionnanful bitch me too!!! they remind me of that whole essence

    • @oliviabrocklehurst6442
      @oliviabrocklehurst6442 5 лет назад +9

      tbh this song (lyrics and video) give me more of a romantic vibe- the visuals remind me of jw turner and gustave dore, and the focus on loose expression of personal emotion and nature as a metaphor seems v romantic movement-y to me

    • @oliviabrocklehurst6442
      @oliviabrocklehurst6442 5 лет назад +8

      renaissance painting is generally characterized by pretty flat composition and a lot of symmetry and classical subject matter. it's baroque painting that has the expressive poses and dramatic lighting and expression and it's romantic painting that has the blowy clouds and seas and stuff

  • @SmartStr33t
    @SmartStr33t 2 года назад +6

    I used to cycle down the country lanes between Bristol and Bath listening to this album and it was never easier to believe in faeries.

  • @ffionatkinson586
    @ffionatkinson586 8 лет назад +63

    what a beautiful song. i can't really take it. i only have to get 1 second in and i need to cry. i'm going to see her tonight for the first time in my life and it is just like a good dream!

    • @Muzzle801
      @Muzzle801 8 лет назад

      +Ffion Atkinson
      What did you think of her live? I've seen her a few times now over the years and it's always amazing!

    • @neonfear
      @neonfear 8 лет назад +1

      +James Moore it was the first time i got to see her. it made me so happy! as well as being incredibly talented she is beautiful and humble and funny. i hope i can see her again! lucky you!

    • @CelticSparrows
      @CelticSparrows 8 лет назад +1

      +Ffion Atkinson What is wrong with you?

    • @eltouristoduo
      @eltouristoduo 8 лет назад

      +Ffion Atkinson I can only recall a very few moments when music made me cry. A couple of Sarah Mclachlan songs I can remember doing that. I am listening to JN for the first time with this song. I will have to try some others.

    • @tetryst
      @tetryst 8 лет назад

      +Ffion Atkinson I've seen her in concert 3 times and cried the entire performance every time. It really hurt me that she didn't come to my city on the tour for this album. It actually caused me physical distress. I hope she comes again soon, this is the greatest album (I think) that has ever been recorded.

  • @TerezaNedvedova
    @TerezaNedvedova 8 лет назад +19

    im so so glad they have put this up! i was really scared it'd just be screened in the cinemas and us outside the US and UK would never get to see it. absolutely beautiful. joanna, the song, the video. both the visuals and the atmosphere go so well with the music. i truly love this so much.

  • @kevin2themystic
    @kevin2themystic Год назад +5

    She is so enchanting.

  • @martinlang181
    @martinlang181 8 лет назад +63

    This shit bumps hard on the whip man

    • @danielcropp8553
      @danielcropp8553 7 лет назад

      lol

    • @steveh310
      @steveh310 7 лет назад +13

      I know what each word means on it's own, but together, they are a complete puzzle

    • @reichr1
      @reichr1 7 лет назад +1

      Picturing a black mustang

  • @wolfstar675
    @wolfstar675 8 лет назад +19

    Great video and great song. PTA and Joanna are a great match.

  • @seanfogarty5559
    @seanfogarty5559 6 лет назад +32

    3:48 is goosebumps. That sudden burst of the instruments with the zoom out.

  • @raymondeliza
    @raymondeliza 2 года назад +6

    Saw her live in Seattle for this album tour and it was breathtaking and mesmerizing.

  • @johnnygronley421
    @johnnygronley421 8 лет назад +17

    Sublimely gorgeous. This is the first song and video I've ever heard/seen from Joanna Newsom. I didn't even know she existed before I saw a screening of this video at the Castro theater in SF a couple of weeks ago. I've been looking for it since then, and here it is. Beautiful melody with lovely chord changes and haunting lyrics. I am stunned...

  • @the1musiclad
    @the1musiclad 7 лет назад +394

    The people who used to say she couldn't sing are a bit quiet these days like.

    • @Poponeopo1
      @Poponeopo1 5 лет назад +11

      I listened for 3 seconds, checked the comments to see who else complained about her, because this is not good at all. At least not to me.

    • @the1musiclad
      @the1musiclad 5 лет назад +75

      @@Poponeopo1 lol yeah you can definitely tell it's not good at all after 3 seconds

    • @008Invisibleman
      @008Invisibleman 5 лет назад +51

      @Poponeopo lol maybe her music is a little too nuanced/subtle for you. Perhaps Taylor Swift will suit your taste better

    • @Poponeopo1
      @Poponeopo1 5 лет назад +18

      @@008Invisibleman maybe, I'm not very classy so it's possible. Not good to me doesn't mean not good to all. I love me some t-swift

    • @gilbertogauche4041
      @gilbertogauche4041 5 лет назад +20

      Joanna has a terrible vocal technique which nonetheless fulfills all the requirements to sing her music. Vocal technique does not equal quality singing

  • @mikewest3108
    @mikewest3108 8 лет назад +20

    Wow. She never fails to move me with her music.

  • @emilykoonce8437
    @emilykoonce8437 6 лет назад +116

    i’m a fan of b99, and when i heard that andy samberg’s wife was an acclaimed harpist/artist, i knew i had to check her out (it just seemed bizarre to me, frankly). but the first time i tried to listen, i couldn’t stand her voice? it was just too grating for me, at first. (‘81 is actually the song that had me falling in love with her.) cut to me now, a year later, enraptured by her voice and her music and her lyrics. i’m so glad i gave her another try, because i can’t stop listening to her.

    • @giuliariguete9199
      @giuliariguete9199 4 года назад +6

      You just described me

    • @umyrds9950
      @umyrds9950 3 года назад +4

      MY GOD I HAVE NO IDEA SHE'S ANDY SAMBERG'S WIFE. that's shockingg, i'm a big fan of b99 too!!

  • @EmilyGazelka
    @EmilyGazelka 4 года назад +5

    She is so poetic, I can’t.

  • @memoriedalfuturo
    @memoriedalfuturo 7 лет назад +10

    she is so beautiful and talented, it's unbelievable

  • @sergiomorenzo
    @sergiomorenzo 8 лет назад +65

    Notwithstanding the originality of it, this way of singing with its inflections and the manner in wich the piano mainly supports it reminds me so much of Nina Simone. In a good way. Not just a by-product, more related than derived from, some form of kinship. If you listen to it again, I think you will notice. Not just dropping names but early Joni Mitchell comes to mind also. Her song Woodstock in solo with just piano accompaniment. Flashes of Kate Bush with a looser, less closely knit or structured approach. All in all good references and some pretty solid stuff here. And thank you for the refreshments.

    • @Mysteryshoppingteacher
      @Mysteryshoppingteacher 8 лет назад +12

      Yes! Nina Simone! I didn't hear it at first but as soon as I read your comment I recognized it. This is my first time listening to one of her songs. It's beautiful

    • @gavinyuangao4366
      @gavinyuangao4366 7 лет назад +3

      sadly music critic websites like Pitchfork care too little about these subtleties to be able to recognize this album as her best (most thematically coherent, well-organized) one by far.

    • @lavenderbee3611
      @lavenderbee3611 6 лет назад +4

      You've just listed all of my favorite women artists :)

    • @askseeknock7
      @askseeknock7 6 лет назад +1

      yes definitely influenced by Kate Bush

    • @lupcokotevski2907
      @lupcokotevski2907 6 лет назад +8

      Joni Mitchell, Kate Bush and in turn Joanna are all influenced by the Bronx genius Laura Nyro. For example, Nyro's 'Captain for Dark Mornings' (1969), which is the likely inspiration for 'Wuthering Heights'. Nyro is probably the most influential pop songwriter of the last 50 years (see youtube Nyro discussions by Todd Rundgren, Elton John, Alice Cooper, Sara Bareilles). Nyro is Rock Hall of Fame, Songwriters Hall of Fame. Some of Nyro's influences were Nina Simone, Billie Holiday and Miles Davis. Nyro's urban New York music is also popular with rap artists - even Kanye has sampled her. Nyro wrote the iconic 'Wedding Bell Blues' and 'And When I Die' aged 16.

  • @BennyPowers
    @BennyPowers 5 лет назад +26

    I put a boulder down, and Joanna Newsom appeared in a burst of foliage to announce "Yahaha! You found me!"

    • @captaintogawa9736
      @captaintogawa9736 3 года назад +3

      Does this mean there are 900 Joanna Newsoms out there?

  • @marcus.tomlinson95
    @marcus.tomlinson95 11 месяцев назад +4

    This is so beautiful

  • @voodoosleeper
    @voodoosleeper 2 года назад +5

    Who else is bawling?

  • @roomtoroomsolutions
    @roomtoroomsolutions 8 лет назад +5

    Haunting. Addicting. Strange. Lovely. Brilliant.

  • @KaylaMarie_
    @KaylaMarie_ 7 месяцев назад +4

    I wish she got the recognition taylor swift gets

  • @cdswave8282
    @cdswave8282 Год назад +16

    you know she's on another level of brilliance when this song comes from an album that many consider to be her weakest

    • @Gary_M
      @Gary_M Год назад +1

      No way, the Divers album is amazing.

    • @ktg72
      @ktg72 Год назад +3

      This is my favourite album of hers!

    • @tylerwareham940
      @tylerwareham940 Год назад

      After creating two of the greatest albums of all time consecutively whatever she released afterward would be bound for criticism. Though if we had to talk about weakest it would be milk eyed mender as there are a few skips on it (e.g three little babes).

    • @trashkifla9789
      @trashkifla9789 10 месяцев назад +3

      People consider this her weakest album?????????????????

    • @cdswave8282
      @cdswave8282 9 месяцев назад

      ​@@trashkifla9789 yeah there are many who would rank divers at the lowerst end of her discography. personally, it's my second favorite from her right behind have one on me

  • @manulivyvita
    @manulivyvita 8 лет назад +3

    Every little change in her expression looks so sweet and calm and sorrowful. I could watch her sing the entire album

  • @michaelworkman4057
    @michaelworkman4057 3 года назад +7

    What have you taken from me?
    Are you the honey that rebukes my stinging tongue?
    Each song of light unburdens my heaviest hand
    My sword dropped into the dusk of time
    And pulled again from the dawn of your rosying space
    As from the frozen rock,
    Now bent to ploughshare,
    With which we till the valleys between us.
    With these two horns, one bent, one straight,
    I have fallen into some rush upon you again
    The blush of skin like slowing light
    And I turn my course
    Fearful now to trample the road between us
    I speed back into the blue lights of my night's sky
    Ashamed and enraged
    Yet from behind I hear your voice that calls ever after me
    And that ocean pours upon my blistered back
    Cooling the wounds we have made
    That heals the venom of love's sting
    That sweetness from the sorrow brings.

  • @viniciuscomacento
    @viniciuscomacento 8 лет назад +37

    I think I can't deal with how much this is so marvelously beautiful.

  • @swingsloth
    @swingsloth 8 лет назад

    Absolutely staggering what this woman (and her touring ensemble) can produce. Every time, I'm on the edge of my seat and the edge of tears.

  • @chaosinorderrr
    @chaosinorderrr 8 лет назад +28

    Thank you Based PTA!

  • @andk66
    @andk66 8 лет назад +6

    one of the highlights of the album, what a beautiful song

  • @ashleywells5546
    @ashleywells5546 4 года назад +2

    Seriously one of the most wonderous songs ever crafted and the video amplifies it into a visual multi media work without comparison. This is a balm for the soul.

  • @kidsmoked
    @kidsmoked 5 лет назад +3

    Even though Paul Thomas Anderson directed this, nothing does Joanna justice until you see her in concert and wonder at her ability to remember lyrics song after song... and music that does not follow the usual A B A B C format. She is indeed a genius. 💖

  • @lucian.h.8494
    @lucian.h.8494 3 года назад +4

    I'm high and trippin with this video.
    Love Joanna' s music

  • @steveh310
    @steveh310 4 года назад +13

    I pity the people that will never come across this music, their lives will be poorer for missing this

  • @Arkovledgez
    @Arkovledgez 8 лет назад +7

    What a marvelous, eccentric vision this is... The video is a perfect companion to Joanna's blissful melody.

    • @YarrBr0
      @YarrBr0 8 лет назад

      It's somber, too

  • @christinagutierrez7911
    @christinagutierrez7911 7 лет назад +2

    5th word she said and I'm already holding back my tears. Love you Joanna ❤️

  • @nathanielmatychuk3400
    @nathanielmatychuk3400 8 лет назад +3

    This video is probably my favorite of the year. It really snuck up on me. Great editing to go with the timing of Joanna's vocal intonation, adds to the emotional impact.

  • @randymoore90
    @randymoore90 8 лет назад +12

    so incredibly beautiful!

  • @rikkilede8240
    @rikkilede8240 8 лет назад +4

    Ow.
    My heart.

  • @willmclean6428
    @willmclean6428 3 года назад +1

    Everything she touches turns to gold. She never fails to leave me speechless. Amazing, you are truly the best Joanna💙

  • @awtriphop
    @awtriphop Год назад +4

    2 bottles of wine with friends don´t drop me down but her lyrics do.

  • @snosaerable
    @snosaerable 6 лет назад +4

    i cry cry back and forth listenin to this record. so powerful in beauty, moments in this story become too perfect for me.

  • @daisybell7365
    @daisybell7365 4 года назад +1

    Such incredibly beautiful and. profound lyrics... Joanna is on another level

  • @joaoaugustodv
    @joaoaugustodv 8 лет назад +41

    The diver is my love
    (and I am his, if I am not deceived),
    who takes one breath above, for every hour below the sea;
    who gave to me a jewel
    worth twice this woman's life (but would cost her less
    than laying at low tide,
    to see her true love phosphoresce).
    And in an infinite regress:
    Tell me, why is the pain of birth
    lighter borne than the pain of death?
    I ain't saying that I loved you first,
    but I loved you best.
    I know we must abide
    each by the rules that bind us here:
    the divers, and the sailors, and the women on the pier.
    But how do you choose your form?
    How do you choose your name? How do you choose your life?
    How do you choose the time you must exhale,
    and kick, and rise?
    And in an infinite capsize:
    Like a bull tearing down the coast,
    double hulls bearing double masts-
    I don't know if you loved me most, but you loved me last.
    Recall the word you gave:
    to count your way across the depths of this arid world,
    where you would yoke the waves,
    and lay a bed of shining pearls!
    I dream it every night:
    the ringing of the pail,
    the motes of sand dislodged,
    the shucking, quick and bright;
    the twinned and cast-off shells reveal a single heart of white.
    And in an infinite backslide:
    Ancient border, sink past the West,
    like a sword at the bearer's fall.
    I can't claim that I knew you best,
    but did you know me at all?
    A woman is alive!
    A woman is alive;
    you do not take her for a sign in nacre on a stone,
    alone, unfaceted and fine.
    And never will I wed.
    I'll hunt the pearl of death to the bottom of my life,
    and ever hold my breath,
    till I may be the diver's wife.
    See how the infinite divides:
    and the divers are not to blame
    for the rift, spanning distant shores.
    You don't know my name,
    but I know yours.

  • @stegokitty
    @stegokitty 7 лет назад +1

    Amazing song, performance, video. I'll be watching this several times over.

  • @circularsky
    @circularsky 8 лет назад +6

    Best music video of 2015.

  • @oztafi
    @oztafi 8 лет назад +1

    Went and saw her last night in Brisbane AMAZING TALENT i had goosebumps most of the night listening to her and the band , If you ever get a chance to see her DO IT .

  • @robertmccoy9901
    @robertmccoy9901 5 лет назад

    Such a wonderful video. It really lives up to the song quality.

  • @jonathanhendricks4780
    @jonathanhendricks4780 4 года назад +1

    Maybe the best music video I've ever seen/heard. Wow

  • @TheTraceyhampton
    @TheTraceyhampton 4 года назад

    One of my many favourite song's by this artist. Amazingly beautiful and unique. 💓

  • @caramelunicorn8023
    @caramelunicorn8023 8 лет назад +8

    Probably the most visually beautiful music video of hers I have ever seen, as well as beautiful melody and lyrics.

  • @Psyfrox
    @Psyfrox 8 лет назад +2

    Just saw this amazing piece live at Barcelona. She is absolutely amazing live, very impressive.

  • @1997ontherun
    @1997ontherun 8 лет назад +4

    Amazing song, I just felt so compelled to listen to it the whole way through, I can't explain why but I'm glad I did :)

  • @ashtongrist
    @ashtongrist 2 года назад +2

    Wow I just love it.. PLEASE DO IT IN 4K HDR!

  • @honeybunny2245
    @honeybunny2245 7 лет назад

    She sing with the splended wonder of a child sort of rythm and and canter but also with an intimate story telling ability that draws you in like an old soul speaking wisdom. I'm enchanted

  • @SleepyCoveASMR
    @SleepyCoveASMR Год назад +3

    I had forgotten this song! so so beautiful

  • @ffsf739
    @ffsf739 8 лет назад +4

    What an amazing poet this woman is. Wow. Genuinely impressed.

  • @vernonallen3370
    @vernonallen3370 7 лет назад +3

    Just beautiful, and original!

  • @Edenkoben1779
    @Edenkoben1779 7 лет назад +10

    Oh, this one pushes very hard. I will yield to that sword point and live on.

  • @MixedMediaInk
    @MixedMediaInk 2 года назад +2

    I feel like a tour with her and Alt-J would be amazing, they have that haunting strange vibe down

  • @DrellaDel
    @DrellaDel 8 лет назад

    Great track, the clip is amazing. Best I've seen.

  • @vernonallen3370
    @vernonallen3370 6 лет назад +3

    Gorgeous, time and cares just melt away listening to this talented lady!

  • @TheMonolake
    @TheMonolake 5 лет назад +4

    Joanna Newsom is ROYALTY.

  • @robelwoldu8987
    @robelwoldu8987 2 года назад +3

    4:26 Is so good

  • @atreide8087
    @atreide8087 5 лет назад +4

    Existing just to hear this one time would be enough.

  • @carolinefotheringham6029
    @carolinefotheringham6029 8 лет назад +1

    Wonderful, thanks Joanna xxx

  • @chazz911234
    @chazz911234 8 лет назад

    Beautiful video. This is my first time hearing Joanna and i think I have a new addition to my catalogue of music

  • @narizota
    @narizota 7 месяцев назад +3

    This song always reminds me of people I admire that have died already or are unapproachable or both

  • @guyvandermire4146
    @guyvandermire4146 Год назад +2

    probably the best song from one of the greatest modern artists. art ists....wording is key here folks.

  • @asmrob2986
    @asmrob2986 8 лет назад +1

    Divers -- whole album is a joyous roller-coaster. A work of total, cracked genius. Folks in the know will know exactly what I mean...

  • @tool51
    @tool51 10 месяцев назад +1

    Much love to Joanna Newsom. She is just the best folk singer. ❤