An Hour Past Rain (Grace Vanderwaal) reaction
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- Опубликовано: 17 сен 2024
- Boldly going where no modern artist goes, Grace ("Evangala Christ") harkens back to the Greeks and Romans with a lyric poem that is, simply, mind-blowing in its texture, philosophizing, perspective, sound and cryptic, evocative imagery. Thanks to the VanderVault folks for producing a wonderful video to accompany Grace's pure genius as she ventures yet again into new territory.
The Second we are Born; we are all in a Dying condition. Life and Death. Thanks Dax! Grace is an Ultimate Gift! I Love her. ♥️🌼🎶
Found the lyrics if you're interested: ruclips.net/video/AtOVBeBdDqg/видео.html
Hey Dax, I am so excited! This is a masterpiece! ♥️
I am with you! This poetry is so complex, I am thinking about this words of her for nearly two days and I really have to realize every time, that Grace is just sixteen! This poetry is art!
Grace can do whatever she wants. The poem, her rendition of the text, the music, the atmosphere... Everything is perfect. That could be perfect in a movie settings. In a live show these moments when an artist does a spoken song it's always great moments. I hope she does more. It's perfect,
Good poetry makes you think. I will be thinking of this for a long time. Thanks for the reaction!
Thanks for your perspective on Grace's latest incredible gift. There are no limits on what artistic directions she make take us in the future. I'm just grateful to be along for the ride!
Old souls in very young people is not uncommon.
I have always felt that Grace's wisdom and maturity, is aged beyond my 59 trips around the sun.
this is so deep. Grace honestly has an eerie side...sheis so very articulate!
She's self-actualizing and a genius communicator.
linda ... Very interesting that you say “eerie.” I think you are right, in some way. She so easily moves between deep exploration in the dark side, so to speak, and the light side. She is a very rare specimen. Most highly creative people are one or the other, leading to almost psychopathic personalities. But Grace skips between the two almost as if it’s child’s play. It’s fascinating.
@@daxmusix She seems to be in total command, doesn't she? I see her as the alpha, alpha female.
Thanks Dax for doing this, your perspective, as always, helps to clarify my own thoughts. You didn't disappoint! Wonderful reaction! -- I have listened to this many times already. The poet in me wants to study it at length finding the different meanings in all the different layers. The teacher in me wants to make this into a lesson in creative writing as well as a lesson in philosophy. This, well this is astounding isn't it? Grace connects human existence to space/time (astrophysics) using the musical and literary arts, with her own creation. This is not a PhD thesis with footnotes. This is art! She is bringing Einstein to the arts party. She reminds me a bit of Leonardo.
Neil ... “Bringing Einstein to the arts party.” Oh goodness, I might just have to steal that one from you!
You're right. She's all of them and more. Like I said for other songs of her, she' from this world, from other worlds past and future, and from any world she creates. All this being a simple young human that lives today like any of us.
That was beautiful. It's astounding how Grace brings out the beauty in us.
@@daxmusix Be my guest. And thanks.
@@Nestor123057 Thanks.
This song remind me Pink Floyd’s Time wich was shoot up to space 20 years ago.No matter that very little music is behind the lyric because that not the point here.She is just 16 yet but when Roger Waters wrote those lyric he was way over in his 20 s and he did not wrote it alone.such a deep understanding Human nature and the surroundings . You Dax are absolutely on spot whit it she can be only compared to Shakespeare and still 16. I’m very very sorry that I was born such a long time ago and I m not gonna be here to long to see this young wonder developing to her full potential.I really liked your reaction.thanks for Grace and you for entertain an old man who I m.
Yes, it does. What a song that was. I remember first hearing it as a teenager, and it shook me to the bone. I'll be long gone when Grace passes on, but I'm thankful for the time I have with her and to see her grow. I wish her love and happiness, the rest of her life.
There is no better reason to hang on than to see Grace come to full maturity. If your mind has any control over your physical ailments then watching Grace could do that for you.
This is so deep there are so few that can hold their breath long enough to inhale her words.
Me. An hour ago after the rain. Grace An hour past rain. William Shakespeare you have met your match.
LOL My friend Grace has a purpose in everything she does, and at multiple levels as well in her music.
Well done Dax; this was a deep one. Seems Grace is trying to bring many types of artistic expression together at once...and succeeding! Wonder how far she can take this? Can't wait to see.
I agree. There're a lot of things popping into her head, and it seems, and she's trying to sort them out. It's the beginning of a beautiful journey.
Remember in Gucci Shoes she said. " Does anyone see what I see? "
Great work, Dax. I have seen a recurring theme pop up in Grace interviews and social media offerings. She just seems to despise limits, fences, boundries, labels, or structure. This runs the gamut from refusing to take piano lessons as a child, to bristling at being called "The next Taylor Swift", to Simon questioning her chances at winning AGT, to not liking to be told what to do, or her poor music theory teacher......and this manifests in her music when she stops the song and starts again, drops words, leaves sentences unfinished, changes tempos, uses words in unconventional ways, rasps, squeaks, yodels, growls...... And so I am quite sure that even natural confines like day and night, gravity, or physical form all run the risk of Grace's scorn. She really sees beyond and into and through what most of us take at face value.
I can even imagine Grace getting the heebie jeepies when seeing her music packaged as a cd. Ha Ha! I'm sure that she would much rather float her music to the world blue-tacked to a passing rainbow.
Wiley Cousins awesome comment.
Wonderful analysis-suits Grace to a T. As she said in a Toronto TV interview "As long as they don't tell me what to do"
This is wonderfully said, Wiley! And thought provoking as well. If we were to retro-fit your comment to so much of Grace's life that we have been privy to over these past few years, it would make some things become clearer and more understandable, as in the examples you gave. She is fast showing herself to be the most complex person I have ever encountered.
Wiley ... What a brilliant summary of Grace’s character. Extraordinary actually! Grace the iconoclast. Grace the tempest. Grace the rule breaker. Grace the rule defier. Grace the piloted whirlwind. Grace the uninhibited force of nature.
One of the things I did not get into when I called her bold in the reaction was what exactly that means. She is perfectly fine with her lyrics being cryptic to the rest of us but having meaning for her. Even her nom de plume she doesn’t bother to explain to the rest of us. Life is about her living it. It is not about the conventional rules of conduct, which are too often constraining. And she does it mellifluously and easily and delightfully.
The thing that impressed me the most about your summary is that you placed the nuance things that she has done into a clear pattern, which is now quite obvious and enlightening. Thank you.
Again, the beauty that's in people is really coming out. It almost brings a tear to my eye.
Lovely reaction. it becomes increasingly obvious that Grace _thinks_ in metaphor and quietly leaves the result for us to try to tease out the multiple meanings buried in the text. And then the wonderful audio she provides as an accent. "clocks tick/but the seconds aren't relevant" -> time is not measured by duration but by experienced events. Very much appreciate your interpretation, still working on my own, currently loosely based on those two lines as the core.
Tom ... Thank you, and I also tend to think that those two lines are the core.
At the end, I thought she echoed "mystery.. Mystery...History". And then the blue marble winked out. But she may have said "An Hour Past Rain"... "An Hour Past Rain" . And then ...."dry". Either way, I Love Grace.
Thanks, Dax, for reacting to this version of "An Hour Past Rain".👍
I wish Grace had collaborated with me on the video, but unfortunately it was just me trying to keep up with her words in images.
VanderVault: The Grace VanderWaal Digital Archive ... You are certainly welcome, and thank you very much. And by the way, you did a wonderful job of “keeping up”😉
@@daxmusix I agree with Dax. Really well done!
The imagery is perfect for the words. VanderVault has great productions with these lyric videos. This one is amazing.
Assuming this may have been an assignment for class....I think the music school she is at is going to really broaden her scope of interest in music
I think Grace has a very deep need to share her thoughts with the world. I also think she’s highly aware of the healing powers she gives us through her songs. I think she feels it’s a gift she must share and I’m so thankful for that. I really appreciate your thoughts Dax. Thank you.
You have made comments in the past, I related to, and wished I had said. I will piggy back on this comment by saying, my psychology background tells me, this is a self-actualizing person. I felt that from the beginning. Now, you have said it, yourself, in your own words.
Nestor123057 thanks. If we all pool our thoughts together maybe just maybe one day we’ll figure out the destiny of Grace. But in the meantime let’s just enjoy the climb.
@@barbaracastille2149 I am very much behind your wisdom.
From the internet:
"Evangelina and Evangeline are feminine given names, diminutives of Latin "evangelium" ("gospel", itself from Greek Ευαγγέλιο "gospel", meaning "good news"). "Ev" is an accepted abbreviation for these two names. These names are used in Spanish, French, English, Croatian and Bulgarian."
On that basis, her pen name roughly means Gospel of Christ
Jerry... Interesting. I wonder if that is right. I hope we find out soon.
I felt that also.
@@daxmusix Without being too pedantic about it, my thoughts ran toward Grace finding the truth of God in nature, and not books of thin, manipulated biography.
IMO she's in touch with something universal few of us can really understand. When she's in creative mode her talent is absolutely electric. She keeps raising the bar for, and then surpasses herself. In more than one discipline! As everyone says: "Just 16."
This is more than a generational talent. In years to come she very well could be compared to some of history's greats. Not a bad little artist, singer, lyricist, model, philanthropist, musician, comic, actor (I'm sure I'm forgetting some) and now poet.
She'll be poet laureate of Rockland County if she keeps this up.
Jerry ... Yes indeed to everything you said! And I might say that she may already be the poet laureate of Rockland.😉
I'm throwing this out there, and going on gut reaction. My first impression, was, Christ is "Christo", which, means, "Anointed One". Then, I thought "Eve". So, gut reaction, "The Anointed Woman". She might, even, have been thinking, evangelical, or evangelist, and added the feminine, at the end, for the first name? Maybe, Grace will tell us.
Great reaction, what a fantastic piece, I don't think Grace was being cynical, I think she is letting us know that for all our puffed up self importance and supposed greatness
we are as nothing and our knowledge so limited compared to the universe. I believe Grace is one of the greatest philosophers of this age.
I agree. I don't think Grace was being cynical.
Grace takes relativity, quantum mechanics, existentialism, and spirituality, and comes to the conclusion, we really don't know. It's that simple. We just don't know, for sure.
Grace VanderWaal Rocks!!!😎💜💜💜
I don't know how many rappers do it but I've heard a few especially by Tom McDonald they call it spoken word like I said I might well educated on music but that's what it reminds me of
Sean ... I was going to bring up rap as a comparison, but it is so generally done badly and simplistically, I just did not want to do that. But thanks!
Man, you are really good ! thank you so much. I didn't know you before. I'm not so much into reactions but listening to you is worthy. Wise and pasionate at the same time. Appreciate.
Thank you so very much, Hernan. I sure do appreciate it!😉
What I find most interesting about this, is not the poem. I haven't a clue. It's completely over my head. My gift was in the visual arts, particularly drawing. I did study and play music, (trombone), in my school orchestra. Anyways, (as Grace always says), what I find fascinating, is the people's reactions. I'm reading comments and responding to them, left and right. I can't believe the beauty and joy she brings out in others. Isn't that what art is truly all about?
Nestor ... It’s certainly what art is about for us, the audience. And Grace rarely disappoints, does she?😉
Nestor123057 that’s exactly what it’s all about!
Well said, Nestor 😃.
As she rides thru the newly found galaxy on the tail of her very own elite genre comet she epitomises hope, goodness and surety. She expresses yet to be named emotions and lets us experience them with her. That is why her music has captivated me. I am 65 and with her masterful delivery of lyrics I am taken on a journey thru her emotional itinerary. Sharing her feelings freely has opened a new playlist of conscientiousness that I was unaware I possessed.
Hope, goodness, and surety; that's Grace in a nutshell.
The world is drifting in a dangerous direction and now some incredible angelic young people are coming here with their talents to show us another possible humanity. We have to thank Grace Vanderwaal, Akiane Kramarik, Alma Deutscher, Laura Bretan, Emily Bear, Angelina Jordan and others to visit now this planet with their inspiring light. It's not a coincidence they are all women. The world was to long dominated by man (I'm one).
Since Stray I think Grace has been on a crash course to where "bold" is the only way she can live. I think of when David Gilmour talked about discovering Kate Bush at 18 she had already wrote 150 songs and I used think how phenomenal that sounded. Following Grace the last 4 years and especially this year I realize that with creative geniuses like Grace that's just part for the course.
Yes, artist must be bold, and brave. They must follow their call, which only they can hear. They are the "Free Thinkers" of our society. They neither lead, nor follow, but do their own thing.
This is so deep and so out there you need a deepsea diver's suit or a spacesuit to plumb its depths. Grace is a genius and a philosopher! Plato, your daughter's here!!💖💖💖🧘♂️🧘♂️
A scientific theory is a model that best explains the facts that have been learned so far. It is always open to change and refinement as more information is learned. Newton's theory on gravity as been refined by Einstein'a general theory of relativity. Paul falls off the soapbox.
Watching...............
Dax, nice breakdown for us. Thanks
Morgan Baila
March 9, 2020·8 mins read
“I’ve wanted to change my name so many times,” Grace VanderWaal tells me between taking sips of her latte. “I’ve always loved Eve or Evangela or Marie or Maria. I think all these names are so gorgeous and mysterious in a way. I just love them. Why didn’t they name me Evangela?”
That last question is directed at VanderWaal’s mom, Tina, who is sitting to my left, quietly knitting a rainbow beanie. They smirk at each other, in an instantly familiar way - Mom: Please stop. Daughter: Make me. This playfulness is one of VanderWaal’s most endearing qualities. It’s also proven to be pretty marketable. VanderWaal was just 12 years old when she first found fame on America’s Got Talent, performing an original song, “I Don’t Know My Name,” and showcasing a megawatt smile, bangs, and a voice that made even Simon Cowell say, “I think you’re the next Taylor Swift.”
John, is that from a particular interview. If so, would you mind giving me a link? Thanks
@@Smitty427NJ Thank you very much for taking the time to find that for me! Sure appreciate it
@@daxmusix you're welcome. I spent some time trying to find the actual interview but to no avail.
@@daxmusix Please don't react to "Rage." There are all kinds of legal problems going on with the video right now
To think all this creativity was building up in during lockdown. I think she had to get out of Suffern to release it.
Victor ... That is a very interesting point about her getting out of Suffern. That had not occurred to me yet, but I think you put your finger on something right there. Perhaps she could not be entirely herself and dig down until she got out.
"A lamp should not be kept under a bushel basket. It should be set upon a table, so as to light up the whole room."
She is an incredible genius. Thanks Dax for reacting to this and educating us on poetry. You have enlightened us into the mind of Grace. Totally incredible. Thanks Dax ....
A couple days ago I suggested to her an other artist name Chris Rhea . The song I was talking about, The Road to Hell has a same beginning with the rain noise but later it turned of really hard not rock but very experienced music.I really hope that she did listen to that song and just experiencing under those influence.as I always sad she is not from this planet and if she is we have to protect her in any way possible. We not gonna have an other Grace for the anseeable future. I can’t imagine that will happen.
Hey Dax. Two weeks have passed from the day you posted this. I'm baaaack. I have watched your video several times, two other reactors a couple times each, and the Mark LaLond original many times, so many I've long ago lost count. I'm writing again because I think this is a game changer. Grace is the brilliant songwriter, writer of poetry as lyrics, extraordinary performer (which I feel is an inadequate word for what she does on stage with an audience), all with an enchanting voice like nothing I have ever heard before, same as always. I have said many times before, she's not a pop star, she's an artist. This is a step farther. This is examining humanity's very existence. She's posing questions and offering thoughts and ideas that are on the level of a real philosopher. I hope Grace never stops being the poet/singer/songwriter/performer (and /comedian) we all love. But now she has attained an entirely new realm of respect and awe from me. To think, a raspy voiced, ukulele playing, 12 year old girl in banana pants, 4 1/2 years later would come up with this. It's beyond astounding.
Neil ... What you just eloquently said about Grace the poet and philosopher is exactly what I had a one hour conversation with my daughter about last week, though my daughter is not quite convinced of the magnitude and quality of Grace’s work.
I apologized to my daughter for perhaps being condescending when I told her that she may need more life experience to truly grasp the gravity of what Grace is and does.
It’s not an accident that Grace’s primary devoted audience is the older crowd, which may be unique in the history of music, for a teenager to hop one or two generations.
@@daxmusix Yup!
@@daxmusix BTW thanks for the kind words!
Maybe it's just from growing up surrounded be Scandinavians, but I pronounce the name with a soft g like Evanjala and a shot I as in Christopher. However you say it, she's a genius.
In an interview (I think with Michelle Collins) she said to her mom at one point "Why didn't you name me something like Evangeline or Evangala
So this is obviously a nom de plume she's been thinking about for a while now. As to the exact meaning, I think we need to Grace.
I mean "ask Grace".
Correction... it was in the Refinery29 article where ahe said that.
Back again Dax ty :)
Dax, I do know one thing; Grace has been enlightening us for several years now. I believe she is taking us all on a journey; where it all goes from here I know not; but the "ride" (so far) has been as mysterious and enlightening as has been beautiful and entertaining. Another new day; another new adventure with Grace (Evangala Christ) VanderWaal.
Thanks again Dax for your perspective on her very deep thought provoking lyrical poem.
I don’t know if Evangala is “skeptical” exactly, but there seems to a be a lot of imagery and thought here about “natural limits” to me. The leaves are wet from the rain and reaching for more water, but will have to wait. The people celebrating over an event that was finished long ago, not actually there. All the knowledge that we can hold, but it only results in theories, a stand-in (synonym) for truth. And if her “blood glass” image is about communion as a ritual, it’s as close as one can get, according to religious scripture, to the actual blood of the savior, who hasn’t come back to the people yet to “tell them” what is the truth, not just theory. It kind of has a “you can hold it, but you can’t take it home” kind of view of life, I guess.
I think the words are brilliant, and the music, reminiscent of Sigur Ros (who Evangala probably hasn’t heard), fits perfectly, as does the video. Music listeners needed this in case a football game doesn’t do it all for you…
Brad ... Interesting analysis. My brain did not really go to religious stuff despite what she is calling herself. But you and a few others have noticed some things that are making me think twice about that. yes this is brilliant, and since I refuse to watch any professional sports anymore, this was even more enjoyable. Thanks
I think you've shared some valid insight here, Brad. There have been subtle signs in some of her interviews and some of the family ones as well, that the family shares some kind of Christian background. Not the cheap TV evangelist type at all, but perhaps something that lingers deeper, that has played into Grace's formation. So her subtle use of symbol in this area seems much more fitting for a soul like hers. She's too serious a thinker and artist to settle for glib truisms and shallow answers.
When the planet which looked like earth came out I thought she whispered his story!!
The actual lyrics as copied from SoundCloud are subtly different than those in this lyric video.
soundcloud.com/unknown4456/an-hour-past-rain
lyrical song so please read along---
An hour past rain still dranken by the soil
Leaves reaching off twigs, still living through an hour past rain,
that the people are celebrating its forever ago finishing.
Past living as present
Clocks tick
But the seconds aren’t relevant
The ground inhales
As the people exhale their turmoil
All the people know are theories
So maybe that’s what feeds the soil
I don’t wanna sound to rhymey
I hate when I sound to rhymey
But I also hate when I can’t rhyme
Hands interlocked
Thousands of feet harden, and flatten the sidewalk
The light of a star in the vast, spacious, black sky,
Pierce the peoples blood glass eyes
…..that star died out thousands of years ago
But the peoples word « now » has yet to tell them so
Past living as present
I am born, alive, and dead, all in the same life
All in the same second
All in the same non apply(able) concept of « second »
All knowledge written and told
Is merely what a pen, tongue, words, expression, communication, and human grasp could hold
All the people know are theories
Deemed a synonym for facts
All the people know are theories
So maybe life’s just that
Just that.
Just.
That.
Hi Dax I hope you r not sick, I just watched a video. About a little Japanese Girl who plays the drum named Yoyoka.I know and you have to know I’m a devoted Grace Vaal fan.Her name is on the top of my list.but but but those tiny Japanese girl plays the drum like a seasoned PRO. She is just 10 years old yet but have Comments from all over the world like Robert Plant,who was the lead singer of Led Zeppelin, and even he was blown away from her drumming.He even sad that John Bonham would Lowe it who is Dead about 40 years now.I really hope that I did not mess up your devotion to Grace after you watch her playing.Stay Alert Stay away Stay healty!!!!!
Sorry I forgot one little thing.if you look her up start with Led Zeppelin ,,God time bad time,, because she plays the drum in a little yellow banana pants wich made falling in love with Grace.
“That the people are celebrating its forever ago finishing.” I believe, don’t know if I’m right, that she talking about some of Christ’s last words on the cross, “it is finished.”
At the end, when the Earth appears, she’s say “An hour after rain,” a couple of times.
John ... I have not thought of that. Very interesting. Food for thought. Thank you
daXmusiX Grace is so articulate, intelligent that everything she does seems to be a metaphor of what she’s really thinking. That makes it so interesting for us, almost mystical in her approach. I couldn’t love this kid more! No doubt, the greatest artist in the world today.
I don't think it's religious imagery, or at least not in a theistic sense. She's saying that nature is indifferent to time, and to our existence. It's a humble perspective. Her intent could be religious, but she attaches relative insignificance to our existence. It doesn't seem much related to any kind of hierarchical relationship between God, man and nature - it seems exactly the opposite.
@@RetNemmoc555 I think you have it down.
@@RetNemmoc555 I agree if we are limiting "religious" to conventional religions. But plenty of religious thinking does not require any hierarchical relationship at all or attaching insignificance to our existence.
Compared to the universe, yes, merely.
Are we not all made of star dust? A star that died thousands of years ago? 🤔
This piece seems cyclical to me. The "hour" in the title. The "second" that can not be defined. Life death all at once.
In the end she sounds frustrated with her own mind, and thought itself. What is the purpose of it all if we can never fully know the truth.
Everything is just a theory,
yeah just that. 😉
Consummate Grace, leaving the words open ended. No right meaning, no wrong interpretation, just thought provoking.
Has Stargirl chosen a new name?
For her poetry, possibly, it would seem.
I think the artist Aurora would like this very much. Her songs are thought provoking as are Grace's.
I wonder if is was for a school class assignment.
👍♥️♥️🇧🇷
Perhaps it's a form of Evangelical Christian.
This is not easy to translate-- especially not knowing the direction Grace is headed at the moment. I thought she was this sharp exceptionally talented little sweety well on her way to international fame. Now I am somewhat confused and maybe a tad disappointed. I suppose I'm feeling about Grace the way I felt about Prince, whom I admired greatly until he became "The androgynous artist formerly known as Prince." Confused, disappointed, 😡...all of the above. And now Grace seems to be on a similar rebellious road. Knocking back Double shots of caffeine-heavy espresso, tattoos, cussing, releasing unfinished work almost daily. What's going on?? I hope she is not finding it too difficult dealing with the demands to produce hit albums, blockbuster movies, and becoming Taylor. I am hopeful that all of this is drastic overkill on my part and this latest "Christ" thing is just teenage identity search. Dear God I hope.
She is 16 are you forgetting that this was a beautiful piece of work and for unfinished work she has done that for a very long time.
Jamil ... I wouldn’t worry too much. Grace is the most together teenager I’ve ever come across in my entire life. She is in a stage of intense experimentation, and also in a stage of intense change in her life. And frankly, I think she’s putting out phenomenally creative stuff right now. That’s the thing to focus on.
Wow, talk about Debbie Downer. I'm a devout Catholic and I don't like the tattoos myself, and I didn't drink coffee until late in life, but Jesus, have faith and hope. She's only 16, and it's a different world. Grace is exploring, on the road to find out. She's smart. Give her a chance.
Grace has a real need to share her art through emotions. She’s just spreading her wings to take flight. There’s gonna be some turbulence but don’t worry she’ll get us there.
Wow , did you read any of these comments , thats a shallow observation . I deleted the rest of the reply I started , didn't want to waste my time . LMAO at " caffeine-heavy espresso, tattoos, cussing, releasing unfinished work almost daily "
Please forgive me but with all genuine respect. Grace is an amazing prodigy and she is one of my favorite artists. But is it really necessary to stop every sentence and make a comment longer than the sentence itself? It is very annoying when you do that. Maybe it's due to licensing - which sucks anyway - but one cannot concentrate on what is said if it's constantly interrupted. Thanks for your patience.
Robert ... Thanks for your comment. This is a reaction channel, and sometimes I stop several times in the middle of something to be sure that I’m saying everything that I want to say. The assumption is that if you want to see it all the way through, you can go to the original. Thanks
What is the purpose of your comment? If you don't want discussion, just listen to the original.