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  • Опубликовано: 29 ноя 2024
  • The Staves playing a cover of 'Chicago' by Sufjan Stevens for The Influences.
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    Filmed & edited by Matthijs van der Ven.
    Audio by Matthijs van der Ven.
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Комментарии • 559

  • @HBJSpiegel
    @HBJSpiegel 5 лет назад +556

    Sibling harmony is a resonance that was gifted to human ears

    • @breannewilson2469
      @breannewilson2469 5 лет назад +3

      Howard Spiegel yes!!!

    • @kendalbrenner22
      @kendalbrenner22 4 года назад +4

      Check out Joseph - another band of talented sisters ;)

    • @dadadaddyoo
      @dadadaddyoo 4 года назад +5

      You are so right. There is nothing else quite like it.

    • @georgematthews4090
      @georgematthews4090 4 года назад +21

      music theory calls it a blood harmony. Pretty amazing name for it I think

    • @lappleman
      @lappleman 4 года назад +1

      @@georgematthews4090 Yes. check out the "Cocaine and Rhinestones" podcast episode on the Louvin Brothers if you haven't already.

  • @JH-yj7kk
    @JH-yj7kk 2 года назад +43

    Still coming back to this all these years later

  • @kevinkendrick9063
    @kevinkendrick9063 3 года назад +56

    I've been listening to this version for years now. It still kills me. So so beautiful.

    • @lexxdigglersurvival
      @lexxdigglersurvival 3 месяца назад

      I found this before the original. I didn't even this was a cover of the original until the chorus. This is such an amazing cover I could cry.

  • @karlsjunior466
    @karlsjunior466 3 года назад +146

    I was so lucky to see them live. They even took the time to talk to this shy guy who knew all the words to a few of their songs after the show. The kisses on my cheek will never be forgotten.

  • @davetinoco
    @davetinoco 5 лет назад +196

    Ladies, today I was listening to this in the car and the harmonies were so beautiful that I got goosebumps, tears in my eyes and I couldn’t stop smiling. It was like being in a magical place full of snow and fresh clean forest air. Please don’t ever stop singing. You are the Sirens of RUclips.

    • @lovelearn6023
      @lovelearn6023 5 лет назад +3

      🌷🌷🌷

    • @stevefletcher4777
      @stevefletcher4777 3 года назад +3

      Beautiful comment.

    • @pezushka
      @pezushka 3 года назад

      Siren is lovely

    • @stevoschannel4127
      @stevoschannel4127 2 года назад +1

      Apparantly David Crosby mentions the quality of their singing somewhere…funny first thing i thought of hearing this was that this is as good as csn…gives me the same feeling

  • @Felice_Enellen
    @Felice_Enellen 2 года назад +8

    While I'm a fan of Sufjan, I hadn't yet heard his version before I heard this cover. I was reluctant to go back and listen to his original version because I love his music and I didn't know how he could possibly sound this beautiful, and I felt like I would hate to be disappointed in him.
    But I wasn't-not at all. It's just a very different performance when he does it, yet it's still the same song, the lyrics move me the same way, and I still sway to the rise and fall of the melody. He just does with polyphony what they do with harmony.
    No, I wasn't disappointed at all; rather, I found myself with a gift, because in the end, I now I have twice as much of the song to listen to.

  • @Fadingheadlights
    @Fadingheadlights 5 лет назад +165

    One of the best covers I've heard... maybe ever? Stunning.

    • @TheInfluences
      @TheInfluences  5 лет назад +10

      Thanks! So glad you like it.

    • @darktower74
      @darktower74 2 года назад +2

      I agree. Finding a cover better than the original isn't super rare nowadays, but finding one THIS MUCH better, I think is rare.

    • @darktower74
      @darktower74 2 года назад +1

      Another was Dimash Kudaibergen's version of SOS d'un terrien en detresse. The original was such a dusty, flaky thing and the cover gave me chills.

  • @Kate1Chopin
    @Kate1Chopin 8 лет назад +302

    The harmonies are beautiful and made me think of the effect of Crosby, Stills and Nash from many years ago. Spine tingling!

    • @jamesmcmanus5
      @jamesmcmanus5 8 лет назад +9

      Hell yes

    • @Melarancida
      @Melarancida 7 лет назад +5

      I was thinking the same thing!

    • @ahe79
      @ahe79 5 лет назад +2

      Anne Marie Callaghan
      I was coming down here to comment the same thing! I’ve been a longtime fan of CS&N (&Y), and of Sufjan. Second song in (while listening to The Head and the Heart) and now I’m drawn into discovering more from these ladies.

    • @dave29123
      @dave29123 5 лет назад +1

      I see what you mean, though my first thought was Peter, Paul & Mary.

    • @debbiewheeler4066
      @debbiewheeler4066 5 лет назад +1

      Me too! I immediately thought of CSN. Awesome trio on their own and love the CSN vibe in this song.

  • @aemyhenry4557
    @aemyhenry4557 4 года назад +29

    I clicked on this absolutely certain that I'd hate it. Needless to say, i was very wrong. Those harmonies...I have chills. CHILLS.

    • @Jeter21881
      @Jeter21881 3 года назад +1

      Staves kill it, also Secret Sisters have major talent.

  • @skl31
    @skl31 9 лет назад +297

    So hard to do a Sufjan Stevens song justice,you've done it wonderfully :)

  • @bikramjitsharma7768
    @bikramjitsharma7768 5 лет назад +71

    Man what did I stumble into? This must be what music sounds like in heaven.

    • @assafshibolet4220
      @assafshibolet4220 5 лет назад +2

      So well put. Have so much to do, but can't get myself out of their loving world

  • @scottrauth8219
    @scottrauth8219 3 года назад +22

    Every single time I listen to this, I get chills. And I’ve listened hundreds of times

  • @bamemasake1370
    @bamemasake1370 3 года назад +12

    This cover still moves me however many years later. Great rendition of an even ‘greater’ song. Thank you.

  • @lojupitermoon
    @lojupitermoon 4 года назад +25

    I fell in love again
    All things go, all things go
    Drove to Chicago
    All things know, all things know
    We sold our clothes to the state
    I don't mind, I don't mind
    I made a lot of mistakes
    In my mind, in my mind
    You came to take us
    All things go, all things go
    To recreate us
    All things grow, all things grow
    We had our mindset
    All things know, all things know
    You had to find it
    All things go, all things go
    I drove to New York
    In a van, with my friend
    We slept in parking lots
    I don't mind, I don't mind
    I was in love with the place
    In my mind, in my mind
    I made a lot of mistakes
    In my mind, in my mind
    You came to take us
    All things go, all things go
    To recreate us
    All things grow, all things grow
    We had our mindset
    All things know, all things know
    You had to find it
    All things go, all things go
    If I was crying
    In the van, with my friend
    It was for freedom
    From myself and from the land
    I made a lot of mistakes
    I made a lot of mistakes
    I made a lot of mistakes
    I made a lot of mistakes
    You came to take us
    All things go, all things go
    To recreate us
    All things grow, all things grow
    We had our mindset
    All things know, all things know
    You had to find it
    All things go, all things go
    You came to take us
    All things go, all things go
    To recreate us
    All things grow, all things grow
    We had our mindset (I made a lot of mistakes)
    All things know, all things know (I made a lot of mistakes)
    You had to find it (I made a lot of mistakes)
    All things go, all things go (I made a lot of mistakes)

  • @shughy1
    @shughy1 3 года назад +14

    I can't stop coming back to listen to this, it's such an important flawless piece

  • @caryharper9190
    @caryharper9190 10 месяцев назад +2

    Beautiful &haunting at the same time. You three stuck it.

  • @jackreid5970
    @jackreid5970 3 года назад +18

    This is so completely and utterly breathtakingly perfect.

  • @MichaelScarborough423
    @MichaelScarborough423 7 лет назад +8

    One room, one mic, three beautiful voices...perfect.

  • @jday7767
    @jday7767 9 лет назад +48

    I have listened to this song so many times, I've decided I want this song played at my funeral. it has such deep meaning.

    • @bbonds7160
      @bbonds7160 8 лет назад +1

      +Jeff Day I just thought the same thing a few minutes ago then saw this lol.

    • @joc3902
      @joc3902 8 лет назад

      Same

    • @carsongrable3654
      @carsongrable3654 8 лет назад

      Jeff Day yup

  • @neilmccann6807
    @neilmccann6807 2 года назад +10

    From 3:15 might just be my favorite piece of singing and music that I have ever heard. I could loop it forever and never, ever no be moved

    • @paulgush
      @paulgush Год назад

      Agreed. So brilliant in places, but some overwrought harmonies earlier in the song. Also, the intro would have been so much better with that guitar picking pattern.

  • @clappingpig
    @clappingpig 6 месяцев назад +3

    Mind blown!! What an absolutely beautiful cover...

  • @utubesucks1ass
    @utubesucks1ass 9 лет назад +126

    This is so pretty. :-) Their voices are like a pianos, song birds, violins, and harps, all mixed together.

    • @utubesucks1ass
      @utubesucks1ass 9 лет назад +3

      I guess I have to go to Chi-town! This is a sign...

    • @H2886
      @H2886 8 лет назад +2

      +utubesucks1ass one of the greatest cities in the world! you'll fall in love.

  • @Dingalingring
    @Dingalingring 9 лет назад +34

    Very beautiful and transcendent, almost. They should release this as a single, it's so great!

  • @arasgoodgin9274
    @arasgoodgin9274 9 лет назад +32

    By far... I prefer this version, very well done! I love their voices, there is something magic in they...

  • @CaitlinCCloete
    @CaitlinCCloete 2 года назад +18

    Hi everyone. Just came here to cry because this is so beautiful

    • @bobrossantichrisst
      @bobrossantichrisst 2 года назад +1

      once a month

    • @Doug-nr3gh
      @Doug-nr3gh 3 месяца назад

      A brilliant song brilliant Melody's and harmony ... Stevens lyric ' I made alot of mistakes ' does make me tear up ... Learn and move on and upwards

  • @samhathaway2251
    @samhathaway2251 4 года назад +16

    This brought me to tears. Haven't heard this song years. Absolutely amazing. I want this to play on repeat in my head for the rest of my life ♥️♥️♥️

  • @joc3902
    @joc3902 8 лет назад +102

    I think this may be my new favourite song ever. The Staves in my opinion, are literally the meaning of beautiful.

    • @tarobarf
      @tarobarf 8 лет назад +11

      I agree! Their harmonies are so enchanting

  • @squaresoft01
    @squaresoft01 2 года назад +11

    Wow you really made this song your own. Very beautiful arrangement and performance. Thanks.

  • @stevoschannel4127
    @stevoschannel4127 Год назад +2

    Coming back for the many dozenth time…this is one of the very best things on the entire internet.

  • @danstanton1374
    @danstanton1374 9 лет назад +40

    What a beautiful version of Chicago.
    My brother and I tried to hum like this; didn't go as planned! Keep it up ladies.

  • @RW-cz7go
    @RW-cz7go 7 лет назад +15

    Most of the time I expect an apology for a remake of a good song, not in this instance. So, so, so remarkably beautiful...chillingly beautiful.

  • @ZIVCOOL100
    @ZIVCOOL100 3 года назад +5

    Very much serving the vocals in Sufjan’s songs, loved it.

  • @nnimlot
    @nnimlot 9 лет назад +14

    That harmony! 😍

  • @matthanrahan6492
    @matthanrahan6492 6 лет назад +8

    There's something amazing about sibling harmonies. Beautiful ladies.

  • @AmyNaylorMusic
    @AmyNaylorMusic 7 лет назад +9

    Didn't think anyone would ever be able to do this song justice. This has proved me wrong. Awesome

  • @sofsirv1126
    @sofsirv1126 Год назад +1

    This song is a meditation, a devine mantra

  • @jmack3411
    @jmack3411 3 месяца назад +2

    How incredibly enchanting.

  • @gerrett108
    @gerrett108 8 лет назад +11

    Ummm, just beyond words.... thank you Staves

  • @jimbobsailor5558
    @jimbobsailor5558 9 лет назад +19

    fuck this is amazing

  • @corey_el
    @corey_el 9 лет назад +35

    i just love everything these girls do. they're incredible, and this is one of my favorite songs, and they covered it perfectly.

  • @Osheerful
    @Osheerful 9 лет назад +36

    Thank you. I have nothing else to say really. This is such a beautiful rendition of such a beautiful song. Love from Bangladesh. You guys are beyond amazing. My only complaint is not having found this sooner.

  • @neilmccann6807
    @neilmccann6807 2 года назад +4

    I cant think of a more perfect performance

  • @swolfcrew
    @swolfcrew 9 лет назад +10

    delivered this song perfectly !

  • @thecharlesfoley
    @thecharlesfoley 6 лет назад +7

    I want to be wrapped in those harmonies forever.

  • @robinb5752
    @robinb5752 Год назад +4

    A very special song and a wonderfully, amazing, interpretation that leaves me speechless. This performance opens doors into the song which I hadn‘t seen before. Wonderful! Thank you !

  • @stevefletcher4777
    @stevefletcher4777 5 лет назад +9

    beautiful beyond words. Its like I just listened to the most perfect synergy of DNA and music. Simply breathtaking.

  • @eldritchbutter44
    @eldritchbutter44 Год назад +3

    You guys just made me cry. Already a touching song and then you had to put the lady power on it...amazing harmony. I love this, thank you for doing it. ❤❤❤

  • @doobieman69
    @doobieman69 9 лет назад +65

    That was very nearly perfection.

  • @jesperschultz5568
    @jesperschultz5568 Месяц назад +1

    Lost for words. Amazing, ladies. 😱

  • @kentkrabbe3319
    @kentkrabbe3319 9 лет назад +19

    You Staves: absolutely beautiful

  • @tarobarf
    @tarobarf 8 лет назад +16

    the best cover of one of my favourite songs!

  • @swallowtail714
    @swallowtail714 2 года назад +1

    The combination of their voices is out of this world, very peaceful. This has to be my most favorite song though I do have multiple favorites of their music. Lovely women.

  • @lolarolapastel
    @lolarolapastel 8 лет назад +18

    I've just watched Austin to Boston and heard this cover and omg...I'm in love with them right now! ♡

  • @tarobarf
    @tarobarf 8 лет назад +10

    this is absolute perfection

  • @edwarddunphy5276
    @edwarddunphy5276 Год назад +1

    The harmonies always bring tears to my eyes, such a beautiful sound

  • @karencaicero
    @karencaicero 9 лет назад +18

    I love Emily's voice!

  • @Marcdrichter
    @Marcdrichter 5 лет назад +3

    Hypnotic voices of the angels!

  • @Truls26
    @Truls26 9 лет назад +117

    beautiful! They should record this and put it on spotify

    • @kimg7497
      @kimg7497 9 лет назад +1

      +truls Fjeldvang YES!

    • @TheInfluences
      @TheInfluences  9 лет назад +15

      +truls Fjeldvang They have! It's on the deluxe version of their latest record as a bonus track I believe. Another recording of it, but very beautiful.

    • @Truls26
      @Truls26 9 лет назад +1

      Sweet! Tnx so much :)

    • @Dingalingring
      @Dingalingring 9 лет назад

      +Onder Invloed Cool, thanks!

    • @DjangoDerDude
      @DjangoDerDude 8 лет назад

      +Onder Invloed hi! on which album? is it a hidden track, because i can't find it anywhere...

  • @jimbuhlim2674
    @jimbuhlim2674 Год назад +1

    I was looking for this for so long ❤

  • @모무미
    @모무미 6 лет назад +3

    I can feel 90’s warm mood with this song

  • @timelwell7002
    @timelwell7002 5 лет назад +7

    Who needs to take illegal substances when you can hear such gorgeous vocal harmonies which reach the heart and the soul?

    • @leonlawson2196
      @leonlawson2196 5 лет назад +1

      Listen to this while high tho

    • @sambarger3339
      @sambarger3339 4 года назад

      But Imagine listening to this on LSD, damn

  • @martinrep7212
    @martinrep7212 5 лет назад +6

    You ladies are unique, sublime and at the same time reminiscent of Sandy Denny and Joni Mitchell who I admire very much. Actually I don't want to compare artist with each other, but this just to emphasize how great you are. Please, please continue to expose us to your beautiful music😘

  • @missingsock18
    @missingsock18 5 лет назад +31

    They must be sisters, like First Aid Kit, for their vocals to intertwine so perfectly.

    • @Sabouma28
      @Sabouma28 4 года назад +1

      they are

    • @chrisbodum3621
      @chrisbodum3621 4 года назад +5

      @Missing Sock
      , you should search these live performances out on youtube:
      The Staves & First Aid Kit - Blue Ridge Mountains
      First Aid Kit ft. The Staves - Hard Rain
      First Aid Kit & The Staves - Runs in the Family

  • @allysondaniel8442
    @allysondaniel8442 6 лет назад +4

    I just strolled upon this angelic cover... the Staves are in my heavy rotation now.

  • @naramendez2059
    @naramendez2059 9 лет назад +19

    Lovely harmonizing

  • @abaptiste
    @abaptiste 4 года назад +2

    Le passage à trois voix : " You came to take us, All things go, all things go , To recreate us ...You had to find it ... All things go, all things go est absolument une merveille de perfection des harmonies. C'est un véritable prodige de la nature. Music is the best !

  • @AntwaanMusic
    @AntwaanMusic 9 лет назад +6

    The voices harmonisation give another dimension to this song, nice one!

  • @mp48930
    @mp48930 4 года назад +15

    The little "who-hoo"s they do in unison are the cutest thing.
    Sufjan is my fave artist of all time, and I rarely like covers of his songs...but this is dope :)

  • @conmcgrath7502
    @conmcgrath7502 5 лет назад

    Defines harmony...those three women together exceed the bounds of special; beautiful to the eye and to the senses and to my very heart.....it is a great privilege to have lived and hear them sing, my soul resonates..... to you 'dear ladies' (I'm trying not to sound 'greasy' here!) I offer an old Irish phrase, an endearment...a chuisle mo chroi (the beat of my heart)....you need to hear it spoken to even begin to find the depth of love behind the words....listening to you sing, I'm pretty sure that phrase holds meaning.......

  • @alastairwoodruff6897
    @alastairwoodruff6897 2 года назад

    Crying. But good crying. So beautiful.

  • @Jimriff45
    @Jimriff45 2 года назад +3

    I probably said this here awhile back but, with full props to Sufjan Stevens for penning this beautiful song, you guys have made this song your very own with your extraordinarily beautiful interpretation. I’m guessing your audiences are not letting you off of any stage until you perform it for them. I hope to have the opportunity to join them some time so I can hear you perform it live. Thank you!!

  • @theonepoet
    @theonepoet 9 лет назад +15

    I love this song. You girls did this amazing song justice!

  • @am-hd3lb
    @am-hd3lb Год назад +1

    i cried, this is brilliant.

  • @Eduludwig1
    @Eduludwig1 5 лет назад +5

    Angels singing, wonderful!

  • @user-ik1ys5lv8x
    @user-ik1ys5lv8x 8 лет назад +11

    • @EmmanuelDato
      @EmmanuelDato 6 лет назад

      Elvish.. oh wow. I love that new adjective

  • @gronsicle
    @gronsicle 9 лет назад +77

    I feel like the original of this song is almost incomparable to this version because of how different they are from one another. Although both are good, I definitely prefer The Staves version!

    • @benchase4035
      @benchase4035 4 года назад +1

      gronsicle still, something special about the reserved pace and signature breathy mysterious ness of sufjans oh almost like it’s supposed to sound more broken

  • @Tigrebleau1
    @Tigrebleau1 5 лет назад +3

    Magic women - even more magic together.

  • @jakobandersen3944
    @jakobandersen3944 4 года назад +3

    Best cover i've ever heard.

  • @anquetin2571
    @anquetin2571 2 месяца назад

    This is a gem of a song. Thank you, The Staves.

  • @stupasini
    @stupasini 9 лет назад +4

    I can imagine the fun between these three sisters...watch the last 4 seconds...It made me laugh too.... They are such bloody good singers!!!!

  • @Ecesar10
    @Ecesar10 7 лет назад

    These three ladies sing like angels. Three beautiful angels singing!

  • @strawberry12four
    @strawberry12four 5 лет назад +1

    Beautiful harmonies and beautiful songs..
    Really enjoying these young ladies.

  • @lumen8341
    @lumen8341 7 лет назад +3

    Nothing could be more beautiful.

  • @R0ughxJust1ce
    @R0ughxJust1ce 6 лет назад +2

    Brought tears to my eyes. Stunning rendition of this song. Thank you Staves and SS.

  • @Lumpus_
    @Lumpus_ 6 лет назад +2

    these girls are so beautiful in any possible way i'm about to cry

  • @drdavidsands
    @drdavidsands 7 лет назад +2

    Just beautiful. The Staves are beautiful too. Sufjan is too.

  • @robsdad
    @robsdad 2 года назад +2

    Voices of angels.

  • @MistysMystery
    @MistysMystery 9 лет назад +4

    HOW DOES THIS NOT HAVE MORE VIEWS??? People, please go watch Austin to Boston....

  • @c123ray
    @c123ray 5 лет назад +2

    I can't stop listening + singing each person's part; I love The Staves' rendition of this Sufjan Steven's song so very much! Thank you, beautiful song birds, for singing + posting this angelic harmonizing version of the song, Chicago. 💓💓💓

  • @radioffvoicesnoysyvisionna7643
    @radioffvoicesnoysyvisionna7643 8 лет назад +3

    this video is gold
    the way they smile at the end of their play

  • @muhannadalohali2864
    @muhannadalohali2864 9 лет назад +3

    Their performance is priceless❤️❤️❤️

  • @kimg7497
    @kimg7497 9 лет назад +155

    Came here because of the film Austin to Boston, terrific version :)

    • @thezachinator1
      @thezachinator1 9 лет назад +2

      Kim G Me too!

    • @SuperTarHeel74
      @SuperTarHeel74 9 лет назад +2

      ***** Me as well. Can't say it's a better version. It's always hard to beat the original. But, I like this version better. Love the harmonies.

    • @umskaa6236
      @umskaa6236 9 лет назад +2

      Kim G Same! Just finished watching it haha

    • @MrsGamgee977
      @MrsGamgee977 9 лет назад +3

      Kim G I miss the cello from that version, that was really amazing the way it made the entire song soar.

    • @lea3ify
      @lea3ify 9 лет назад +1

      Kim G I want to watch this sooooooo much (this one and What happened Miss Simone) but I can't find them anywhere in France :(

  • @georgiaaustin
    @georgiaaustin 9 лет назад +13

    absolutely beautiful

  • @sarahrussell4654
    @sarahrussell4654 3 года назад +3

    I keep coming back to this video and wishing it was me with my siblings. We have harmonized at times and ut was so much fun!! Thank you for being an inspiration!! Y'all sound so beautiful together!

  • @brionoke
    @brionoke 9 лет назад +9

    So lovely! The Staves are so amazing

  • @vagnercrispimdealmeida6671
    @vagnercrispimdealmeida6671 Год назад +3

    que versão linda!!!!!
    Perfeição!

  • @yinnii1
    @yinnii1 3 года назад +1

    Jesus. If there's one fan base to please and one song to try to justice to it would be this. But you did it! Props! Wow!

  • @creedencecalloway7182
    @creedencecalloway7182 7 лет назад

    Yup, beautiful. Listened to it after a hard days work while cooking. The chill bumps that came from this song melted away the day.

  • @c.s.froggis9982
    @c.s.froggis9982 4 года назад +5

    I remember when Sufjan first sang this. Wasnt that long ago but then it was too.

  • @virginiajennings3481
    @virginiajennings3481 9 лет назад +6

    I am in love