La petite mort * the word mort is a "feminine word " so we say "La " instead of "le" and we add an "e" at the end of "petit" Sorry to disturb with this grammar thing BUT MY FRENCH TEACHER WOULD HAVE KILLED ME IF I DIDN'T SAY IT Have a good day and stay safe !
Hozier has actually says that Like Real People do should be listened to as a story literally about a bog body falling in love with a woman that dug him up.
hozier songs always have one of these moods: protest, horny, so in love, tender, end of the world, and death. they often overlap :] heres a few more labeled: Jackboot Jump (protest) Better Love (tender) Someone New (tender) To Noise Making/Sing (tender, eotw) Sunlight (hella tender, in love) Dinner and Diatribes (horny af) Almost Sweet Music (so tender, look up the lyrics, there's references) Wasteland, Baby! (tender, eotw) In a Week (tender, in love, death)
How the HECK did pick up that “Like Real People Do” had a “swamp land” feel to it? He wrote that song after reading about “bog bodies”. They’re basically ancient people who were naturally mummified after being buried in a bog (or SWAMP!!). So he’s saying that he is a bog body who was just discovered by his lover and just wants to feel the love of an alive person. I cannot believe you picked up on the setting just from the sound. Incredible! You should look up bog bodies, they’re super interesting.
could also recommend adding to the documenting list the series of poems Seamus Heaney wrote about these bog bodies (Bogland, The Tollund man in springtime, Punishment etc).
Yep! You can go to a museum in dublin and see real bog bodies, kinda creepy because they look leathery but still have their clothes and hair (one i saw was a readhead) bogs are a big part of irish culture
I see that people aren't recommending Hozier's NFWMB enough in the the comments so here's my second comment about it. NFWMB. that song is a religious experience of the underworld kind.
Foreigners God was my first Hozier favorite. It holds a very special place in my heart. Especially as an American raised Christian with Irish heritage.
"I was worried that someone got murdered, but it's the opposite!" Yeah, it's a bog body being dug up and falling in love with the one who did the digging. Literally the opposite. Also, Hozier talks about being buried and unburied quite often. He also rots gently in a field for "in a week".
The guy dancing in the MV of the song "Movement" is called Sergei Polunin. He is an amazing dancer who danced to "Take me to church" as his last dance. Because he is such an amazing dancer he got a lot of recognition for the dance and because of that Sergei decided to keep dancing. I don't know how but fortunately hozier and Sergei ended up collaborating on the song "Movement". There's even a part in the song were he is mentioned.
@@Zach2003 lmao yeah he's notoriously hard to work with and got fired from the Paris Opera for being transphobic/homophobic/sexist/fatphobic. Also his hero is Putin.
Hozier watched his video of Take me to Church and asked him to work with him. When all this Putin fanart started he kind of regret it www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/music-news/to-see-all-of-that-was-really-deflating-hozier-reacts-to-homophobic-comments-of-dancer-who-performs-in-movement-video-37865341.html
"Angel of small death" means someone who gives good orgasms. Traditionally "the small death" means orgasm. You're right the song is intense but it's pretty much hes addicted to this girl who's no good for him. That's why codeine is brought up cause hes addicted to her. Edit: that's not hozier in movement but yes it did look like him. I forget who it actually is. It's one of my favorites as well though. Something you gonna learn a lot of hozier songs are high key horny. You should check out the song "in a week" it's one of my absolute favorites by him. Also "dinner & diatribes" has an music video and he is in it unlike the movement one.
I read another interpretation I agree with which is that it's the other way around, I think the song's personifying a drug(heroin) as a woman. Even though small death is a reference to orgasm, in this sense it seems to mean that the protagonist is half-alive. You can see the connection to this feeling in other song lyrics too like in Sedated. "Something isn't right, babe; I keep catching Little words, but the meaning's thin I'm somewhere outside my life, babe; I keep scratching But somehow I can't get in" So ultimately I think it's about playing with drugs that lead to addiction and it's just a cycle to where you need the drugs to just feel alive.
a note about Jackie and Wilson: the relevance of those names for their future children is that there was a major r&b/soul musician in the mid 20th century named Jackie Wilson
jackie wilson was always especially popular with irish kids who were putting bands together in the '60s. for some reason, irish bands were just bluesier than other european bands. if you've got the time, watch the movie, "the commitments" -- about just such a band of purists who idolize jackie wilson. or listen to one of van morrison's earlier songs, "jackie wilson said." can't beat it.
@@kimbunchalastnames5357 irish people have been through so much hardship and struggle, thats why their music has more bluesiness and soul. If you listen to Irish Folk or even punk you can feel all the raw energy manifested
just a note: “small death” is a euphemism. in french, “petit mort” (literally small death) means orgasm. so you’re definitely right in feeling that it’s sexy.
your local french person here it's petite mort, I had actually no idea it didn't exist in other languages so I was so confused when he didn't get the orgasm part lmao
@@liam.deshuis Yeah, it's not an actual saying in English. If you know of "little death" you know it's a saying in French. But it's not a thing that is said in English.
my dude, small death (la petite mort) is a euphemism for an orgasm I laughed so hard at that part of the vid EDIT: check out Hozier's songs No Plan, Be, and In a Week. those are some of my absolute faves, but every single song is amazing
Troye Sivan's Blue Neighbor Trilogy. It's a pack of three songs holding an overarching story. It's a beautiful tribute. I think you would really enjoy it.
"If i say your name right three times will you come back to life" i absolutely lost it because im not convinced there Is a right way to say it kajskajsk
into the woods somewhere literally sounds like he ran through the forest and ran into mystical beings where he had a choice to make, its my absolute favorite hozier song
All his talk about being buried and unearthed and decomposed (in the song In A Week, which you should totally listen to btw cause it’s amazing) lead to some sort of a joke about him being an old Irish king who was buried in a bog and has now risen again. Another joke/conspiracy is that he’s one of the Fair Folk (names have power). He just has a very immortal/undead vibe to him.
To anyone wondering about his name it's Sergei Polunin, he was a ballet dancer at the Royal Ballet and he's right now a dancer of the Bayerisches Staatsballett. (He also perform during the 25th-anniversary representation of the Phantom of the Opera ).
I mean, in his defense, they do look kinda similar. And the key recognizable features of Hozier and the dancer are almost identical. So they look the same at a glance, but not upon closer observation.
Hozier does a really good job with his songs where he’s dead and observing the world around him and pulling you into that perspective. i think that’s why In a Week is one of my favorite songs.
Ideas for a trying to stan video: - Hadestown - Sufjan Stevens (Mystery of Love, John my Beloved, To Be Alone With You, Kill, A Winner Needs A Wand, Fourth of July) - Tame Impala (New Person Brand New Mistakes, Yes I'm Changing, The Less I Know The Better, Borderline, Let It Happen) - Frank Ocean (Ivy, Thinkin Bout You, Chanel, Super Rich Kids, Nights) - GRLwood (I'm Yer Dad, I Hate My Mom, Nice Guy, Bisexual) - Dodie (She, Monster, Sick Of Losing Soulmates, Human, Intertwined) - Solange (Don't Touch My Hair, Stay Flo, Cranes in The Sky, Binz) - Poppy (I Disagree, Voicemail, X, I'm Poppy, American Kids) - Sara Bareilles (Love Song, Brave, Gravity, She Used To Be Mine, Orpheus) - Tom Waits (Underground, Clap Hands, Rain Dogs, Jockey Full Of Bourbon, What's He Building?) - Of Monsters and Men (Little Talks, Organs, King and Lionheart, Lakehouse) - Doja Cat (Cyber Sex, Candy, Juicy, High, Bottom Bitch)
Hozier is so damn underrated. One of the best vocalists and lyricist in today's music. Wasteland, Baby! is one of the best bodies of work I have ever heard.
I always interpreted Jackie and Wilson as that sort of instant attraction when you see a stranger in a strange place and fall in love with them instantly - and build that world up in your head, and that world falling down when they leave that moment in your life
I think you would enjoy Mother Mother and their songs Verbatim, Oh Ana, Ghosting, Body, I Go Hungry, So Down and It's Alright I like all of their songs but these ones are the most popular I believe
a little info on Angel of Small Death and the Codeine Scene because it is one of my favorite songs of all time. In french, "little death" (small death) translates to "petite mort", which is an idiom used to describe an orgasm. In addition to codeine being a drug, he is basically calling her the angel of sex and drugs. When her breath is described as sweetened, it is referring to lean, which is the codeine infused drink that tastes like candy, hence her breath being sweet. In doing all of this, he is basically comparing the high of opiates to ecstasy of orgasm :)
Fascinating as usual. The only one I missed was Hozier's "Almost (sweet music)" maybe next time? Also, would still love to see you try to stan HArry Styles.
honestly i’m surprised he hasn’t reacted to harry yet. maybe it’s a good thing tho? when you fall down the harry styles rabbit hole you usually don’t come back out. i’ve seen it happen to many people before... including myself.
Movement is one of my all-time favorites. The dancer is Sergei Polunin, whom he also references in the lyrics because he did an incredible dance to Take Me To Church after it came out. Unfortunately, he later came out virulently anti-gay among other things. But the song is incredible live. I saw him in Phoenix this past October, and Movement literally made the hairs all over my body stand on end. Definite highlight of the show. Part 3 suggestions: No Plan, Dinner & Diatribes, In A Week, and Jackboot Jump.
The moment where the lights hit during THAT part??? honestly that added a couple of more years to my lifespan. Also yes to all your suggestions!!! I'm always curious what people think of In A Week especially. Would That I would be very lovely too, the arrangement is just beautiful.
And Moments Silence... hot damn. Cuz the internet said, "A, B, and C songs are about masturbation/oral sex" and Hozier said, "is it? Catch this shit right here."
I'm so glad you listened to In the Woods Somewhere. It's one of my all-time favourite Hozier songs, and I feel like it's criminally underrated. (Edit: "small death" is a reference to orgasm. In French it's referred to as "la petite mort" which literally translates to the little death.)
I feel like you would like some other of his songs like: in a week sunlight almost (sweet music) arsonist's lullaby jackboot jump nfwmb jackie and wilson
take me to church always makes me cry cuz I'm stuck at home with a homophobic mom and that song always hits that nerve also your videos are really comforting
I’d like to say something comforting but I can’t think of anything so I’m just gonna say I hope you have a fantastic day inspite of being at home. Or maybe have a great day to spite your mom? I don’t really know, you do you. Just know that people support you even if your mom doesn't
Someone already commented this but the more the better! Can you try to stan Dodie? Shes really really sweet and has an awesome style and voice! Some songs I recommend are Sick of Losing Soulmates, She, Burned Out, Monster, Not What I Meant, and many more lol
"Digging up what's left of me," as I interpret it, is a follow up to the line " all the versions of me buried in the yard outside." That's just my interpretation. He tried to be everything he thought everyone wanted him to be, and he was finally himself with her. "No better version of me I could pretend to be tonight." Later, when the relationship ended, he felt extremely stupid for letting the facade down. He returns to being what he thought others wanted him to be.
If you’re looking for someone else, Orla Gartland released her EP Freckle Season recently, and it is so beautiful and her ability to articulate her experiences is so cool and interesting.
THIS!! bill you would absolutely ADORE her song Heavy, along with the music video for Inevitable. Other highlights are Souvenirs, I Go Crazy and Overthinking.
please do trying to stan dodie!! or troye sivan!! some of dodies songs i like are monster, sick of losing soulmates, she, if i’m being honest, and burned out. and for troye i would recommend watching the whole blue neighbourhood trilogy along with their music videos on youtube because they are so great and then maybe also the fault in our stars (with the music video) and blue? all of their songs are great, especially troyes blue neighbourhood album
Third time recommending sleeping at last, it‘ll completely destroy you emotionally(some songs I‘d recommend-eight, sorrow, touch, daughter, two, son, nine, saturn) they were the only thing that made me cry or at least tear up for a loooong time cause their music is sOO emotional. I‘d really appreciate if you would react to them!
"Like Real People Do" makes me think about two people finding each other and finding happiness while trying to put bad things behind each other. it reminds me and my partner rn, I attempted suicide last year and I met him the summer after, when I was getting better, and my partner met me after a rough time too. We've both gotten past our rough parts and come together to each other. So it's a very bittersweet and great song.
With the burying metaphor: I like to think it's that he's burying aspects of himself to suit whoever his partner is the best and then when they leave, he's left behind with the shell that he made himself and he needs to bring back all of his previous life and personality to heal
You should try to stan Jack Stauber! - oh klahoma - buttercup - coffee - doctor - baby hotline - choice - cupid Those are some good songs by Jack Stauber.
Hey Bill, did you know "in the woods somewhere" is about i dream Hozier had about running from a man eating horse in the woods? Edit: I really love your analyses and reactions! If you want more Hozier, I'd really recommend Jackboot Jump, But The Wages, Dinner and Diatribes, Sunlight, and To Noise Making (Sing) In terms of other artists, I really think you'd love Orville Peck! I'd especially recommend you check out his songs Summertime, Queen of the Rodeo, Take You Back (The Iron Hoof Cattle Call), and Hope to Die
“good I was worried that someone got murdered but it’s the opposite and it’s lovely sounding I’m glad” Bill just described how we all feel listening to any Hozier song for the first time
I would love to see a trying to stan on Harry Styles! I feel like he surprises a lot of people with his music. I would recommend listening to Sign Of The Times (written from the perspective of a mother who's just given birth and is told that she doesn't have a lot of time left so she tells that to her kid), Two Ghosts, Golden and Fine Line (the song).
A good band to check out, they're not super-duper well known is called Sleeping At Last. It's an amazing band, some good songs are Light, Turning Page, Emphasis, and Earth. I love your videos, thanks for making these in these hard times!
Could you do TTS Dodie? -6/10 -Secret For the Mad -Sick of Losing Soulmates -Human -A Non Love Song from Nashville -Intertwined -Arms Unfolding -When -If I'm Being Honest
In the woods somewhere was faintly inspired by the intro of Dante’s Inferno and Small Death is a literal translation of what an orgasm is in French! You NEEEEED to listen to Sunlight. Everyone sleeps on it.
Here are some great artists (and songs) Dodie Clark - "secret for the mad", "human", "she", "boys like you" Melanie Martinez - the whole "Crybaby" album
Can you do a trying to stan Declan McKenna? I think you would like his music. I few good ones would be Brazil Why do you feel so down The key to life on earth The kids don’t wanna come home And paracetamol
i love that you thought like real people do sounded like a wetland because he’s said that that song was inspired by “bog people” who were mummified in bogs in ireland and the poems about that
Honestly, when you began listening to In The Woods Somewhere, I had the widest smile on my face as if I was in the room with you! Hozier has an air of magic to him thanks to the inspiration he's drawn from so many others that do the same. Your reactions and interpretations of his songs adds a whole other layer of magic to this because you take time to fully look at the lyrics; I'll admit, I responded out loud to you enough times that my family thought I was in a video call with someone. Thank you for a great video!
If you ever decided to do a part 3, I would strongly recommend "In A Week"! It gives off strong vibes of melancholy, calmness, and eeriness, all wrapped up in one song. It's my favorite
Hey, for Angel Of Small Death, “small death” is likely a reference to the french term “Petite mort” and I’m not gonna say what that means but it link with the ‘sexy’ theme you mentioned 👀👀
Yesssss I love Hozier!! Great analysis as always! Further ESSENTIAL Hozier listening: NFWMB: being in love w an eldritch horror?? sign me UP! I love what Hozier has said about this, that it’s about loving someone who doesn’t need any sort of protection because they are terrifyingly powerful To Be Alone: Hozier let’s it FLY w this one very good!! When he does it live it’s INSANE Wasteland Baby: The thesis of his most recent album, how to spend the apocalypse w your loved one. Relevant! Almost (Sweet Music): a nice song but Hozier says to pay attention to the sad lyrics :( Jackboot Jump: the theme of the revolution!!!
You should do dodie!! Some songs are: Secret for the Mad Monster She Human Guiltless 6/10 Sick of Losing Soulmates Ones near the top are my top choices!
What I absolutely love about this channel is that I can listen to a song a hundred times, then Bill listens to it once and find a whole other meaning to it !!
There are 3 main types of Hozier songs: 1) Women are cruel angels and we worship them from beneath their tender fists 2) Music, Power, Love, Happiness 3) I Am A Corpse In The Forest and it is SEXY All three contain many beautiful, thought-provoking metaphors and messages. And when you really dig through the first two categories, you'll usually find the surface story, and then the deeper message, but the latter category at the core is really just FuCk YeAh BOG BODIES. But for real, I'm so glad you have fallen in love with Hozier as much as the rest of us have, his music has been such a beautiful part of my life for so long, and I'm glad that so many more people have discovered the beauty and wonder of his music
This was such a nice video! We really do stan Hozier 's whisps in the woods vibes. For recs, I'd say you should listen to Troye Sivan, and the blue neighborhood trilogy/shortfilm would be a great way to be introduced! His style is definitely more pop, but he also does the angelic, breathy voice and that trilogy specifically is gonna give you a lot of emotions to feel. I think you'll enjoy it, even if I also think you're gonna cry during it :)
I don't comment often but I love Bill very much and would love to see him react to Dodie. So Bill please, listen to Dodie! Some of my favorites by her (in no particular order) are Monster, Guiltless, Boys Like You, Sick of Loosing Soul Mates, and She.
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"transport me to the forest, sir" is the ultimate hozier vibe
YES
Absolutely
I’m glad you’re joining our gang of Hozier fans. We typically gather in the bogs and scream at nature together
A lot of us are also a cult following of lesbians myself included
May Flowers I feel more like we scream *with* nature
@@solanine_xo I am also one of the lesbians in the cult.
We go into the woods next to a pond and roll play the war of the roses
Can bisexuals join?
"He's a very earthy dude."
I have never heard Hozier described so aptly, congrats
Orgasms in french are called “le petit mort” translated to the small (or little) death. Angel of Small Death is a feral song.
OOOHHHHHHHHHHH
Feral boy
La petite mort * the word mort is a "feminine word " so we say "La " instead of "le" and we add an "e" at the end of "petit" Sorry to disturb with this grammar thing BUT MY FRENCH TEACHER WOULD HAVE KILLED ME IF I DIDN'T SAY IT
Have a good day and stay safe !
I read in some book that the greeks also described the sensation of an orgasm as a “little death”
KAMSKSKS FERAL SONG HYPE
Hozier has actually says that Like Real People do should be listened to as a story literally about a bog body falling in love with a woman that dug him up.
The Missed Detail i knew it was about zombies in love
I always thought of Corpse Bride (Tim Burton)
what if we 😳😳kissed in the bog 👄👅 and you dug my corpse up 🤭😩💀 haha jk... unless?? 💦
thatssokipster aha 😳😳😳
Oml the song makes SO MUCH MORE SENSE NOW
Funfact: apparently the song In the woods somewhere was inspired by a dream Hozier had about a horse attacking some kids in the woods
Also foxes getting busy in the woods and how creepy it sounds
Makes sens
I was just about to point that out haha
@@123here foxes mating literally sounds like the screams of a child getting its ribs plucked out
Sorry this is not related at all but I just got so excited, I’m called eve too! (Sorry obvious but yeah)
"Crotch first, heart second, brain last."
- Bill, 2020
My internet cut out weird and that line kept repeating while buffering and it was hilarious
@@sydbricker4413 Sidney, that is amazing. I'm so glad that you had that ridiculous experience and shared it because now I can't stop laughing! :D
Wait this is so me
hozier songs always have one of these moods: protest, horny, so in love, tender, end of the world, and death. they often overlap :]
heres a few more labeled:
Jackboot Jump (protest)
Better Love (tender)
Someone New (tender)
To Noise Making/Sing (tender, eotw)
Sunlight (hella tender, in love)
Dinner and Diatribes (horny af)
Almost Sweet Music (so tender, look up the lyrics, there's references)
Wasteland, Baby! (tender, eotw)
In a Week (tender, in love, death)
Also Foreigner's God! tender with an introspective bonus
Someone New is my favourite Hozier song, alongside work song
the only song i think hornier than dinner and diatribes is no plan
A perfect analysis of hozier’s entire discography
Horney with dark religious overtones is the best way I've heard his music described.
Hozier is a good mix of "dead body decomposing in the woods" and "horny man wants to get pegged". we stan.
bill listening to hozier: oh wow i hope this doesnt awaken anything in me
*everyone listening to Hozier
Other AMAZING hozier songs are:
Dinner and Diatribes
Arsonist's lullaby
In a week
Never tame your demons
Incorrect; all his songs are amazing
Maschienle I personally don’t like in a week as much but YES to the other two
IN A WEEK IS AMAZING
Yes yes yes. Dinner and Diatribes is a must. I also love Moment's Silence
and that one It Will Come Back performance aaaah
How the HECK did pick up that “Like Real People Do” had a “swamp land” feel to it? He wrote that song after reading about “bog bodies”. They’re basically ancient people who were naturally mummified after being buried in a bog (or SWAMP!!). So he’s saying that he is a bog body who was just discovered by his lover and just wants to feel the love of an alive person. I cannot believe you picked up on the setting just from the sound. Incredible! You should look up bog bodies, they’re super interesting.
could also recommend adding to the documenting list the series of poems Seamus Heaney wrote about these bog bodies (Bogland, The Tollund man in springtime, Punishment etc).
Yep! You can go to a museum in dublin and see real bog bodies, kinda creepy because they look leathery but still have their clothes and hair (one i saw was a readhead) bogs are a big part of irish culture
I actually read up on bog bodies suddenly after listening to Run. Fascinating subject to be honest!
Omg that’s so beautiful I love it
It's the banjo
I see that people aren't recommending Hozier's NFWMB enough in the the comments so here's my second comment about it. NFWMB. that song is a religious experience of the underworld kind.
Annie Sanders seconding
NFWMB is it's own emotion and i stand by that
He needs to hear this song. I was waiting for it hoping it was already on his list lol
Seriously one of the best Hozier songs!!
Hozier - Run to Me! You'll thank me!
No one is hyping up Foreigner's God - it's criminally under rated, beautifully written, incredibly moving.
Foreigners God was my first Hozier favorite. It holds a very special place in my heart. Especially as an American raised Christian with Irish heritage.
YES YES YES YES
"I was worried that someone got murdered, but it's the opposite!"
Yeah, it's a bog body being dug up and falling in love with the one who did the digging. Literally the opposite.
Also, Hozier talks about being buried and unburied quite often. He also rots gently in a field for "in a week".
“i was worried for a minute that someone got murdered”
me: thats how i feel whenever i listen to the lyrics.
The guy dancing in the MV of the song "Movement" is called Sergei Polunin. He is an amazing dancer who danced to "Take me to church" as his last dance. Because he is such an amazing dancer he got a lot of recognition for the dance and because of that Sergei decided to keep dancing. I don't know how but fortunately hozier and Sergei ended up collaborating on the song "Movement". There's even a part in the song were he is mentioned.
I love his talent 😭 to bad he's such dick 😢
@@natl5692 what did he do? I only know that he's kind of a ballet rogue with His Tattoos and stuff
Lisa Harbers He made a bunch of homophobic statements
@@Zach2003 lmao yeah he's notoriously hard to work with and got fired from the Paris Opera for being transphobic/homophobic/sexist/fatphobic. Also his hero is Putin.
Hozier watched his video of Take me to Church and asked him to work with him. When all this Putin fanart started he kind of regret it
www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/music-news/to-see-all-of-that-was-really-deflating-hozier-reacts-to-homophobic-comments-of-dancer-who-performs-in-movement-video-37865341.html
"Angel of small death" means someone who gives good orgasms. Traditionally "the small death" means orgasm. You're right the song is intense but it's pretty much hes addicted to this girl who's no good for him. That's why codeine is brought up cause hes addicted to her.
Edit: that's not hozier in movement but yes it did look like him. I forget who it actually is. It's one of my favorites as well though. Something you gonna learn a lot of hozier songs are high key horny. You should check out the song "in a week" it's one of my absolute favorites by him. Also "dinner & diatribes" has an music video and he is in it unlike the movement one.
Yes! from the French la petite mort
The dancer was Sergei Polunin! He did a tribute dance for TMTC for Movement so Hozier asked him to do the video. He's a tad estranged.
@@bluejeanbabey Sergei Polunin also did an absolutely incredible dance for Take Me To Church some years ago
@@bluejeanbabey And gone very strange in the worst way...
I read another interpretation I agree with which is that it's the other way around, I think the song's personifying a drug(heroin) as a woman. Even though small death is a reference to orgasm, in this sense it seems to mean that the protagonist is half-alive. You can see the connection to this feeling in other song lyrics too like in Sedated.
"Something isn't right, babe; I keep catching
Little words, but the meaning's thin
I'm somewhere outside my life, babe; I keep scratching
But somehow I can't get in"
So ultimately I think it's about playing with drugs that lead to addiction and it's just a cycle to where you need the drugs to just feel alive.
“Like Real People Do” is inspired by Irish bog mummies!!
13:09 "oh no! Hozier's dead!" is a recurring theme in his music tbh
"hozier cinematic universe confirmed through music" sent meeeeeeee
a note about Jackie and Wilson: the relevance of those names for their future children is that there was a major r&b/soul musician in the mid 20th century named Jackie Wilson
Crown Jules wow. Hozier always amazes me in the best ways. It has been one of my favorite songs for the longest time. Thank you for that.
They called him the black Elvis, even though Elvis admired and aspired to be more like Jackie.
jackie wilson was always especially popular with irish kids who were putting bands together in the '60s. for some reason, irish bands were just bluesier than other european bands. if you've got the time, watch the movie, "the commitments" -- about just such a band of purists who idolize jackie wilson. or listen to one of van morrison's earlier songs, "jackie wilson said." can't beat it.
@@kimbunchalastnames5357 irish people have been through so much hardship and struggle, thats why their music has more bluesiness and soul. If you listen to Irish Folk or even punk you can feel all the raw energy manifested
1:15 in the woods somewhere
6:48 angel of small death and the codeine scene
11:09 like real people do
16:30 jackie and wilson
21:07 movement
Sarah Ellis thanks :) I was just scrolling through the comments looking for timestamps. Your a lifesaver!
@@devinlaker9237 I'm always looking for them so i feel u
Sarah Ellis so no take me to church? That’s my fave song if his
@@amyd.5168 Didn't he do that in the first one?
@@ingeborggranli9547 No, but he sang a snippet of it. He most likely has heard it before.
just a note: “small death” is a euphemism. in french, “petit mort” (literally small death) means orgasm. so you’re definitely right in feeling that it’s sexy.
your local french person here it's petite mort, I had actually no idea it didn't exist in other languages so I was so confused when he didn't get the orgasm part lmao
@@liam.deshuis Yeah, it's not an actual saying in English. If you know of "little death" you know it's a saying in French. But it's not a thing that is said in English.
It’s so fun that title of the song translates to “angel of sex and drugs”
"transport me to the forest, sir" is hozier's vibes in a sentence bvhvhgf
my dude, small death (la petite mort) is a euphemism for an orgasm
I laughed so hard at that part of the vid
EDIT: check out Hozier's songs No Plan, Be, and In a Week. those are some of my absolute faves, but every single song is amazing
Troye Sivan's Blue Neighbor Trilogy. It's a pack of three songs holding an overarching story. It's a beautiful tribute. I think you would really enjoy it.
Seconded!
Agreed (prepare for tears though...)
YES
YES PLEEASE
Definitely@!
"If i say your name right three times will you come back to life" i absolutely lost it because im not convinced there Is a right way to say it kajskajsk
into the woods somewhere literally sounds like he ran through the forest and ran into mystical beings where he had a choice to make, its my absolute favorite hozier song
I absolutely love listening to this song with earbuds and having the volume as loud as i can handle
All his talk about being buried and unearthed and decomposed (in the song In A Week, which you should totally listen to btw cause it’s amazing) lead to some sort of a joke about him being an old Irish king who was buried in a bog and has now risen again. Another joke/conspiracy is that he’s one of the Fair Folk (names have power). He just has a very immortal/undead vibe to him.
I really hope he listens and reacts to In a Week! It’s amazing!
came back to this video bc it was in my recommended. His new Album "Unreal Unearth" is a very Hozier titel
Songs if you do a part 3:
Dinner & Diatribes
Almost (Sweet Music)
Sedated
To Be Alone
Sunlight
To Be Alone is 🔥
Nobody.
Arsonist lullaby pleaseee
"In a Week" mayhaps?
ARSONISTS LULLABY
'felt like I was in the woods'
Yeah...
Our Hozier can do that to us.
It's one of the best feelings tho.
@15:00 The Word You’re Looking For Is “Bog”
Hozier Is The *Bog Man* 🥺
i kept picturing the one little shack in the Pirates of the Caribbean ride where the Blue Bayou is haha
“bluesy rock vibes with the floaty heaven voice” you GET it man
why is no one telling him that the guy dancing in the movement music video isn’t hozier?
The dancer in Movement danced to Take Me to Church and that's how Hozier discovered him!
To anyone wondering about his name it's Sergei Polunin, he was a ballet dancer at the Royal Ballet and he's right now a dancer of the Bayerisches Staatsballett. (He also perform during the 25th-anniversary representation of the Phantom of the Opera ).
@@alicemesnard806 He's also in the lyrics with "you're S. Polunin leaping" in the second verse
ikr i was checking the comments like “so who’s gonna tell him..”
I mean, in his defense, they do look kinda similar. And the key recognizable features of Hozier and the dancer are almost identical. So they look the same at a glance, but not upon closer observation.
Hozier does a really good job with his songs where he’s dead and observing the world around him and pulling you into that perspective. i think that’s why In a Week is one of my favorite songs.
Ideas for a trying to stan video:
- Hadestown
- Sufjan Stevens (Mystery of Love, John my Beloved, To Be Alone With You, Kill, A Winner Needs A Wand, Fourth of July)
- Tame Impala (New Person Brand New Mistakes, Yes I'm Changing, The Less I Know The Better, Borderline, Let It Happen)
- Frank Ocean (Ivy, Thinkin Bout You, Chanel, Super Rich Kids, Nights)
- GRLwood (I'm Yer Dad, I Hate My Mom, Nice Guy, Bisexual)
- Dodie (She, Monster, Sick Of Losing Soulmates, Human, Intertwined)
- Solange (Don't Touch My Hair, Stay Flo, Cranes in The Sky, Binz)
- Poppy (I Disagree, Voicemail, X, I'm Poppy, American Kids)
- Sara Bareilles (Love Song, Brave, Gravity, She Used To Be Mine, Orpheus)
- Tom Waits (Underground, Clap Hands, Rain Dogs, Jockey Full Of Bourbon, What's He Building?)
- Of Monsters and Men (Little Talks, Organs, King and Lionheart, Lakehouse)
- Doja Cat (Cyber Sex, Candy, Juicy, High, Bottom Bitch)
muxisium YES HADESTOWN OH MY GOD
IDKHOW YESSS
DODIE!!!!
I love Of Monsters and Men! I'd be interested on how he interprets their lyrics.
Yess Sufjan and hadestown!
video starts: i immediately crack every single finger joint i currently own
currently own, as if you’re getting more finger joints lmao
Hozier is so damn underrated. One of the best vocalists and lyricist in today's music. Wasteland, Baby! is one of the best bodies of work I have ever heard.
I always interpreted Jackie and Wilson as that sort of instant attraction when you see a stranger in a strange place and fall in love with them instantly - and build that world up in your head, and that world falling down when they leave that moment in your life
you basically also described Someone New
I think you would enjoy Mother Mother and their songs Verbatim, Oh Ana, Ghosting, Body, I Go Hungry, So Down and It's Alright
I like all of their songs but these ones are the most popular I believe
Body is also pretty popular I think
how COULD you leave out arms tonite
burning pile is also a bop
And Family!
Little Pistol is not as popular but one of my favorites
i would love a trying to stan dodie!
suggestions are
-6/10
-when
-sick of losing soulmates
-you
-guiltless
-if i'm being honest
yesyesyes -- also "she" is great
also party tattoos
And Secret for the mad!
Definitely secret for the mad!
In the middle or monster for a little bop after the sad songs
Could you do The Neighbourhood?
Some songs would be:
-Daddy Issues
-Cry Baby
-Afraid
-Stuck with me
-How
-Female Robbery
Yes!!
Yes to this!! so many incredible songs, would also recommend R.I.P 2 my youth
How could you leave out sweater weather
prey too
Omg yessss, please Bill, react to them
a little info on Angel of Small Death and the Codeine Scene because it is one of my favorite songs of all time. In french, "little death" (small death) translates to "petite mort", which is an idiom used to describe an orgasm. In addition to codeine being a drug, he is basically calling her the angel of sex and drugs. When her breath is described as sweetened, it is referring to lean, which is the codeine infused drink that tastes like candy, hence her breath being sweet. In doing all of this, he is basically comparing the high of opiates to ecstasy of orgasm :)
Omg thanks for this explanation! That’s so cool
"transport me to the forest, sir..... Oh hell yeah, we're going to rock out in the woods"
Relatable Hozier listening vibes
I was listening to Hozier, then saw Bill posted. I went from Listening to Hozier, to watching you listening to Hozier
Fascinating as usual. The only one I missed was Hozier's "Almost (sweet music)" maybe next time? Also, would still love to see you try to stan HArry Styles.
YES HARRY
moonygirl76 also hello dan and phil profile pic 😂
honestly i’m surprised he hasn’t reacted to harry yet. maybe it’s a good thing tho? when you fall down the harry styles rabbit hole you usually don’t come back out. i’ve seen it happen to many people before... including myself.
Legit was about to leave this comment
he NEEDS to do Mother Mother right? Bodies. Bodies is SUCH a mood. and also Ghosting. and It's Alright. and Reaper Man.... just so many good options
Mother Mother is so fuckin good!
oh they help me get through day to day life
he should do hayloft i think it would make him uncomfortable
oh dont forget hayloft and oh ana
Movement is one of my all-time favorites. The dancer is Sergei Polunin, whom he also references in the lyrics because he did an incredible dance to Take Me To Church after it came out. Unfortunately, he later came out virulently anti-gay among other things. But the song is incredible live. I saw him in Phoenix this past October, and Movement literally made the hairs all over my body stand on end. Definite highlight of the show.
Part 3 suggestions: No Plan, Dinner & Diatribes, In A Week, and Jackboot Jump.
My heart broke (and I'm sure all other Hozier's fans felt the same) when he came out with anti-gay opinions.
The moment where the lights hit during THAT part??? honestly that added a couple of more years to my lifespan. Also yes to all your suggestions!!! I'm always curious what people think of In A Week especially. Would That I would be very lovely too, the arrangement is just beautiful.
When we saw Movement back then, we all pretty much felt transported. Just ascended to Heaven. 🙌🏼
i just realized i never actually listen to hozier’s lyrics... they’re so beautiful holy shit. how have i been so blind?
He really is a poet that puts him poems to music.
Hey Bill, If you do a Trying to Stan 3, my favourite Hozier songs are:
Talk,
Dinner and Diatribes,
and To Be Alone...
aka: the sexy ones
Finally someone said it
And common tongue!!
DINNER AND DIATRIBE by far the song by him i’ve gotten more obsessed with
this is NFWMB erasure
this is In A Week erasure. nothing is fresher and sexier than rotting in a field alone with your lover
Hey Bill, if you ever do a part 3 to trying to stan Hoizer, I suggest you listen to:
-Talk
-Sunlight
-NFWMB
And Moments Silence... hot damn. Cuz the internet said, "A, B, and C songs are about masturbation/oral sex" and Hozier said, "is it? Catch this shit right here."
havent watched the whole video but i also love no plan and wasteland baby! would that i
honestly everything just everything
I'm so glad you listened to In the Woods Somewhere. It's one of my all-time favourite Hozier songs, and I feel like it's criminally underrated. (Edit: "small death" is a reference to orgasm. In French it's referred to as "la petite mort" which literally translates to the little death.)
if you do a part three:
dinner and diatribes
moment's silence (my favorite)
wasteland, baby!
talk
I second that!! Also adding Sunlight to that list because I LOVE it
And NFWMB
This. This is all accurate. All my favourites in a list.
The sexiest song about the end of the universe... No Plan.
Like, who gave him permission? We did.
I feel like you would like some other of his songs like:
in a week
sunlight
almost (sweet music)
arsonist's lullaby
jackboot jump
nfwmb
jackie and wilson
Lucía Fernández THESE!!! @thethirdbill
take me to church always makes me cry cuz I'm stuck at home with a homophobic mom and that song always hits that nerve also your videos are really comforting
I’d like to say something comforting but I can’t think of anything so I’m just gonna say I hope you have a fantastic day inspite of being at home. Or maybe have a great day to spite your mom? I don’t really know, you do you. Just know that people support you even if your mom doesn't
@@jillianfern1447 thanks
Špela Orel
I hope you find the family and happiness that you deserve
Hang in there.. I know its tough
Someone already commented this but the more the better! Can you try to stan Dodie? Shes really really sweet and has an awesome style and voice! Some songs I recommend are Sick of Losing Soulmates, She, Burned Out, Monster, Not What I Meant, and many more lol
please do she I love that song so much and 6/10 and secret for the mad. her music is beautiful
Oh yes I love her and have for a while. I would also suggest Human and If I’m Being Honest! :)
yesyes
Jordan James I’ve been playing 6/10 on repeat for the past few days, it’s so good 😭
Yes!
Burnout and would you be so kind!
“in a week”, “as it was”, and “would that i” are all great songs by mr hozier
"Digging up what's left of me," as I interpret it, is a follow up to the line " all the versions of me buried in the yard outside." That's just my interpretation. He tried to be everything he thought everyone wanted him to be, and he was finally himself with her. "No better version of me I could pretend to be tonight." Later, when the relationship ended, he felt extremely stupid for letting the facade down. He returns to being what he thought others wanted him to be.
If you’re looking for someone else, Orla Gartland released her EP Freckle Season recently, and it is so beautiful and her ability to articulate her experiences is so cool and interesting.
THIS!! bill you would absolutely ADORE her song Heavy, along with the music video for Inevitable. Other highlights are Souvenirs, I Go Crazy and Overthinking.
yes!!!
Yes she needs to be on more people's radars! He haaaaas to listen to "Why am I like this"
YES!!! ORLA!!!!
(obligatory sdc gang represent :D)
Ayyyyy Hell yes
please do trying to stan dodie!! or troye sivan!!
some of dodies songs i like are monster, sick of losing soulmates, she, if i’m being honest, and burned out. and for troye i would recommend watching the whole blue neighbourhood trilogy along with their music videos on youtube because they are so great and then maybe also the fault in our stars (with the music video) and blue?
all of their songs are great, especially troyes blue neighbourhood album
Falling-Out-Trees 101
dodie!
yesss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You should really do a trying to stan AJR (dear winter, 100 bad days, dont throw out my legos, sober up, turning out p. I and II )
Second! Karma is also a great one
100% Netflix trip is my personal favorite
come hang out and karma are so good too, always makin me cry
YES !! don't throw out my legos is definitely one of my favourites
YES!! (haha lol I also just commented abt AJR- my faaaaaavorite) **also Karma and Come Hang Out are sosososo good
You have to listen to “Dinner and diatribes” and “NFWMB”, they’re amazing!
so whos gonna tell him the guy from movement isn't hozier
Third time recommending sleeping at last, it‘ll completely destroy you emotionally(some songs I‘d recommend-eight, sorrow, touch, daughter, two, son, nine, saturn) they were the only thing that made me cry or at least tear up for a loooong time cause their music is sOO emotional. I‘d really appreciate if you would react to them!
YES!
Attikus I LOVE THAT GUY! I thought he was pretty unknown. Glad to know I’m not the only one who enjoys his stuff.
YES
Yes !!
Literally my favorite music.
Gotta recommend "Take Me To Church" and "Arsonist's Lullaby". Those are the main two I've been listening to.
Other Hozier songs to check out:
- NFWMB
- Sweet thing (Van Morrison cover)
- Sunlight
- Run
- Talk
- It will come back
His cover of sweet thing *might* be better than the original.
Great list...add dinner and diatribes!
In glad someone finally mentioned Run! it's much less well-known but frikin amazing
OHMYGOD YES. RUN. This is The Song I would love love love to hear live some day (and I wonder if Bill would love it as much as I do)
-Nina cried power
"Like Real People Do" makes me think about two people finding each other and finding happiness while trying to put bad things behind each other.
it reminds me and my partner rn, I attempted suicide last year and I met him the summer after, when I was getting better, and my partner met me after a rough time too.
We've both gotten past our rough parts and come together to each other. So it's a very bittersweet and great song.
Why is no one telling him to listen to in a week I’m FUMING
This song is so beautiful and I'm fuming too no one is mentioning it...
With the burying metaphor:
I like to think it's that he's burying aspects of himself to suit whoever his partner is the best and then when they leave, he's left behind with the shell that he made himself and he needs to bring back all of his previous life and personality to heal
He has said in interviews it's written as if a girl actually dug him up lol
the song is about a bog body being dug up b somebody
You should try to stan Jack Stauber!
- oh klahoma
- buttercup
- coffee
- doctor
- baby hotline
- choice
- cupid
Those are some good songs by Jack Stauber.
yes yes yes i love him
yesyesyes!!!
Yes yes yes and more yes.
Hell yes. But also his short films are very. Rattling in meaningful way.
yes please !!
Hey Bill, did you know "in the woods somewhere" is about i dream Hozier had about running from a man eating horse in the woods?
Edit: I really love your analyses and reactions! If you want more Hozier, I'd really recommend Jackboot Jump, But The Wages, Dinner and Diatribes, Sunlight, and To Noise Making (Sing)
In terms of other artists, I really think you'd love Orville Peck! I'd especially recommend you check out his songs Summertime, Queen of the Rodeo, Take You Back (The Iron Hoof Cattle Call), and Hope to Die
“good I was worried that someone got murdered but it’s the opposite and it’s lovely sounding I’m glad” Bill just described how we all feel listening to any Hozier song for the first time
I was so scared I’m so glad you like him. He’s an incredible lyricist with a lot of his music. It sings to my soul 🥰
I would love to see a trying to stan on Harry Styles! I feel like he surprises a lot of people with his music. I would recommend listening to Sign Of The Times (written from the perspective of a mother who's just given birth and is told that she doesn't have a lot of time left so she tells that to her kid), Two Ghosts, Golden and Fine Line (the song).
A good band to check out, they're not super-duper well known is called Sleeping At Last. It's an amazing band, some good songs are Light, Turning Page, Emphasis, and Earth. I love your videos, thanks for making these in these hard times!
I really wish he would do that. Haven't heard people talking about them enough even Though they are absolutely amazing
They got me through high school. Definitely second this recommendation.
i wish he would too! sleeping at last helped me through so much and i cry whenever i listen to hearing, nine, or two
Could you do TTS Dodie?
-6/10
-Secret For the Mad
-Sick of Losing Soulmates
-Human
-A Non Love Song from Nashville
-Intertwined
-Arms Unfolding
-When
-If I'm Being Honest
Kay Is Dysfunctional
i'm just replying to all the dodie comments & trying to boost them haha
Add She to the list and I’m IN
In the woods somewhere was faintly inspired by the intro of Dante’s Inferno and Small Death is a literal translation of what an orgasm is in French! You NEEEEED to listen to Sunlight. Everyone sleeps on it.
you should absolutely do “almost(sweet music)” it has a bunch of references to different songs that meant a lot to hozier
Here are some great artists (and songs)
Dodie Clark - "secret for the mad", "human", "she", "boys like you"
Melanie Martinez - the whole "Crybaby" album
Poisonous_Platypus also monster by dodie!!
Can you do a trying to stan Declan McKenna? I think you would like his music. I few good ones would be
Brazil
Why do you feel so down
The key to life on earth
The kids don’t wanna come home
And paracetamol
Woof Woof YES!!!
Woof Woof also British Bombs!
And listen to your friends!
Oh and british bombs too
yeees Bethlehem, Isombard and Make me Your Queen too they're so powerful
i love that you thought like real people do sounded like a wetland because he’s said that that song was inspired by “bog people” who were mummified in bogs in ireland and the poems about that
Honestly, when you began listening to In The Woods Somewhere, I had the widest smile on my face as if I was in the room with you! Hozier has an air of magic to him thanks to the inspiration he's drawn from so many others that do the same. Your reactions and interpretations of his songs adds a whole other layer of magic to this because you take time to fully look at the lyrics; I'll admit, I responded out loud to you enough times that my family thought I was in a video call with someone. Thank you for a great video!
I'm a huge Hozier stan and so I love how open you are to his music and the messages in it. Thank you for being so open minded and willing to listen :>
"Hozier Cinematic Universe" is my new favorite phrase, thanks Bill.
trying to stan harry styles!!!!!!!!!!!! do the songs fine line, golden, cherry, from the dining table, woman, and kiwi
I honestly love these videos, it’s nice to see people like you actually taking it seriously and listening to the lyrics :)
If you ever decided to do a part 3, I would strongly recommend "In A Week"! It gives off strong vibes of melancholy, calmness, and eeriness, all wrapped up in one song. It's my favorite
Hey, for Angel Of Small Death, “small death” is likely a reference to the french term “Petite mort” and I’m not gonna say what that means but it link with the ‘sexy’ theme you mentioned 👀👀
Yesssss I love Hozier!! Great analysis as always! Further ESSENTIAL Hozier listening:
NFWMB: being in love w an eldritch horror?? sign me UP! I love what Hozier has said about this, that it’s about loving someone who doesn’t need any sort of protection because they are terrifyingly powerful
To Be Alone: Hozier let’s it FLY w this one very good!! When he does it live it’s INSANE
Wasteland Baby: The thesis of his most recent album, how to spend the apocalypse w your loved one. Relevant!
Almost (Sweet Music): a nice song but Hozier says to pay attention to the sad lyrics :(
Jackboot Jump: the theme of the revolution!!!
You should do dodie!!
Some songs are:
Secret for the Mad
Monster
She
Human
Guiltless
6/10
Sick of Losing Soulmates
Ones near the top are my top choices!
100% agree
yesssss
@@averyn.v.432 if you agree, make sure to make your own comment so he's more likely to do it! :)
What I absolutely love about this channel is that I can listen to a song a hundred times, then Bill listens to it once and find a whole other meaning to it !!
:')
The melody of movement is incredible. The changing of keys and the runs and vibrato. Mwah. Chefs kiss
There are 3 main types of Hozier songs:
1) Women are cruel angels and we worship them from beneath their tender fists
2) Music, Power, Love, Happiness
3) I Am A Corpse In The Forest and it is SEXY
All three contain many beautiful, thought-provoking metaphors and messages. And when you really dig through the first two categories, you'll usually find the surface story, and then the deeper message, but the latter category at the core is really just FuCk YeAh BOG BODIES.
But for real, I'm so glad you have fallen in love with Hozier as much as the rest of us have, his music has been such a beautiful part of my life for so long, and I'm glad that so many more people have discovered the beauty and wonder of his music
try to stan troye sivan’s blue neighborhood trilogy! :)
SECONDED!
noooo he’ll cryyyyy
YES PLEASE
L YESSSS PLEASE.
it still makes me sad man
This was such a nice video! We really do stan Hozier 's whisps in the woods vibes. For recs, I'd say you should listen to Troye Sivan, and the blue neighborhood trilogy/shortfilm would be a great way to be introduced! His style is definitely more pop, but he also does the angelic, breathy voice and that trilogy specifically is gonna give you a lot of emotions to feel. I think you'll enjoy it, even if I also think you're gonna cry during it :)
I don't comment often but I love Bill very much and would love to see him react to Dodie. So Bill please, listen to Dodie! Some of my favorites by her (in no particular order) are Monster, Guiltless, Boys Like You, Sick of Loosing Soul Mates, and She.
Florence Flower +
Could you try to stan K.K. Slider?
Some good songs are:
K.K. Bubblegum
K.K. Country
K.K. Adventure
U forgot K.K. Ska
K.K. Condor is **chef kiss**
Marine Song 2001 hits me in places I didnt know existed
K. K. Metal
its CRAZY how much happiness comes from seeing someone geek about music you love and know so well, smiling so much thank you for this video!!!
literally just yelling YESSSS the entire video, also hozier fans are the sweetest nice people I'm glad you joined it!!