That is true. Not he or she or they -- just me. I think Ani is not enthused about the idea that someone can simply "identify" as woman. After all, Ani is a 5' 2" woman who has had to deal with her pesky reproductive system that NO MAN can fully appreciate. The patriarchy exists because women exist.
In a catalog of great songs, this has immediately gone to the top of the list for me. Just heard it last week! The version off her new album is even better!
fucking thank you. seriously thank you. for putting this music online. i've been trying to see Ani for years now, i didnt find her until her Evolve cd, and have bought that cd 3 times.....every time i leave a collection behind its one of the first ones i order in from barnes and noble lol! .....of course along with all the others. thank you. i cant tell you enough. thank you.
I feel this song is insensitive, particularly to young folx. I understand that us older, wiser, established and mature adults may not feel the need to cling to labels so much anymore, but for younger ones these words are incredibly useful tools for comprehending and expressing their identities which is especially helpful during adolescence and beyond, when feeling confused and lost and finding their way in the world.
I did have this thought as well but I know Ani is not coming from a place of disrespect or disregard. I thought about it more and came up with this. As a young person who doesn't really identify with gender at all, I think the point is (and where I think gender discourse will head in the future but Ani has ALWAYS been ahead of her time) is that gender is reductive to who we are. Ani has stated that she understands how important identity is, but her message here is like don't feel boxed in because humans transcend gender. Gender identity should be respected but it really exposes NOTHING about who a person is. I feel like non binary people already feel this but I haven't seen the discourse progress that far yet. I think trans people are leading it, because we are all so much more than our gender label. Its a very radical and transcendental idea, n the discourse has not caught up to say hey, we dont need to define our gender period because we are so much more. Ani has always been ahead of the times, id encourage you to expand your mind a little bit more (I say that will all the love!!) to see what she's saying here. 💖
Beautiful! All things must needs be affirmed! We find ourselves here based upon giving material definition to things, that have things seen as apart rather than a part of. Still all things must needs be affirmed. In this age a shift, where all things are being affirmed through the "Light of Affirmation" and not our own material understanding. I see these things outside myself. I do not give them definition. The fact that they are seen is proof that all these things seen have already been defined. All these things are the greater proof of my own being. To deny them by any degree is to deny my own existence and ultimately that which presented all definition and is undefinable.
Sometimes we don’t appreciate shit when we should. Sometimes that shit is STiLL ( 0-0- ) FUCKING KiLLiNG iT when we realize we shoulda been all along. Thank you.
The Thing at Hand Thanks to the bullfrogs and the crickets and the cicadas Thanks to the loons and the songbirds too Thanks to all my music teachers And the beauty they exude They remind me I don’t need to be anything I don’t need a look I don’t need a brand They remind me I don’t need to be anything I don’t need to know what to say I don’t need to know where I stand I just need to show up for the thing at hand I just need to show up for the thing at hand Yes, I’m just tryna show up for the thing at hand I’m not black or white or grey I’m not he or she or they I’m not gay or bi or straight I’m just me and maybe that’s just another thing to say I’m just tryna show up for the thing at hand I just wanna show up for the thing at hand Thanks to the pine trees and the tall breeze Thanks to the ocean Thanks to the heartbeat and the spring leaves Springing into motion Thanks to the big spinning cosmos and its do-si-do Thanks to the emptiness and the energy that teaches me how to flow I just wanna show up for the thing at hand Yes, I’m just tryna show up for the thing at hand I define being described I am not my body I am not my mind Yes, you can point right at me And still there’s nothing there And whatever you call me I don’t care
Been my inspiration since middle school, love this woman.
Well, here we have a new song from an "older" artist who refuses to simply play the hits. Ani will always be legit.
She played all the hits
For sure. Half the show is new shit, then her favs and then a couple crowd favorites. I just saw her last night. Sounded great as always.
@@sebgenikov Right. She won't "simply" play the hits.
Really speaks to the identity obsessed times we live in. Love it!
That is true. Not he or she or they -- just me. I think Ani is not enthused about the idea that someone can simply "identify" as woman. After all, Ani is a 5' 2" woman who has had to deal with her pesky reproductive system that NO MAN can fully appreciate. The patriarchy exists because women exist.
yeah it does. and i love that... i connect with my identity within (and in perspective to) nature and the wilderness more than anything else
In a catalog of great songs, this has immediately gone to the top of the list for me. Just heard it last week! The version off her new album is even better!
fucking thank you. seriously thank you. for putting this music online. i've been trying to see Ani for years now, i didnt find her until her Evolve cd, and have bought that cd 3 times.....every time i leave a collection behind its one of the first ones i order in from barnes and noble lol! .....of course along with all the others.
thank you. i cant tell you enough. thank you.
Love Ani always!! So glad she's still writing and performing. Legit and fabulous, as expected.
Yes, she's actually starting to get that 90s groove back it feels like.🙏
Amazing love it .. love my Ani forever 💕
This is all the things. Mahalo.
3:10 That signature swipe off the open tuning fretboard followed by the "Ani Creep" foot steps. She is a hell of a guitar player.
My fellow Libra has always been and still is amazingly synchronized with the universe.
Ani and i share a birthday 10 years apart ❤
I feel this song is insensitive, particularly to young folx. I understand that us older, wiser, established and mature adults may not feel the need to cling to labels so much anymore, but for younger ones these words are incredibly useful tools for comprehending and expressing their identities which is especially helpful during adolescence and beyond, when feeling confused and lost and finding their way in the world.
I did have this thought as well but I know Ani is not coming from a place of disrespect or disregard. I thought about it more and came up with this. As a young person who doesn't really identify with gender at all, I think the point is (and where I think gender discourse will head in the future but Ani has ALWAYS been ahead of her time) is that gender is reductive to who we are. Ani has stated that she understands how important identity is, but her message here is like don't feel boxed in because humans transcend gender. Gender identity should be respected but it really exposes NOTHING about who a person is. I feel like non binary people already feel this but I haven't seen the discourse progress that far yet. I think trans people are leading it, because we are all so much more than our gender label. Its a very radical and transcendental idea, n the discourse has not caught up to say hey, we dont need to define our gender period because we are so much more. Ani has always been ahead of the times, id encourage you to expand your mind a little bit more (I say that will all the love!!) to see what she's saying here. 💖
Beautiful! All things must needs be affirmed! We find ourselves here based upon giving material definition to things, that have things seen as apart rather than a part of. Still all things must needs be affirmed. In this age a shift, where all things are being affirmed through the "Light of Affirmation" and not our own material understanding. I see these things outside myself. I do not give them definition. The fact that they are seen is proof that all these things seen have already been defined. All these things are the greater proof of my own being. To deny them by any degree is to deny my own existence and ultimately that which presented all definition and is undefinable.
❤
would love to see this whole set if you had it
Indeed. Yes Yes.
Agreed
I like her.
Sometimes we don’t appreciate shit when we should. Sometimes that shit is STiLL ( 0-0- ) FUCKING KiLLiNG iT when we realize we shoulda been all along.
Thank you.
I’m still learning her songs from 20 years ago I love you so much Ani you are my mother in Christ I love you I love you I love love love you
Consistently phenomenal!
Awww, the person that got the set list was so happy.
You’re bittersweet for me, Ani..
Who prayed wrong???
Ha!!!
=P
The iconic woman in black dancing is everything to this video!!
❤
1:47 Welcome! 🥰. Lol..I'm a dork. And a music teacher.
Love it!
Remind s me of Pattie smith
more
Thanks for showing up Ani. What a breath of fresh air.
❤❤❤
4:06 The guy in the background is actually playing the guitar. Ani can't really play a note.
He is her guitar guy tuning her guitars for the next songs.
I’ve seen her live and she can sure play a guitar
@@shellyjohnson3882 i think it was suppossed to be a joke. im not sure
Sit down Elmo
The Thing at Hand
Thanks to the bullfrogs
and the crickets
and the cicadas
Thanks to the loons
and the songbirds too
Thanks to all my music teachers
And the beauty they exude
They remind me I don’t need to be anything
I don’t need a look
I don’t need a brand
They remind me I don’t need to be anything
I don’t need to know what to say
I don’t need to know where I stand
I just need to show up
for the thing at hand
I just need to show up
for the thing at hand
Yes, I’m just tryna show up
for the thing at hand
I’m not black or white or grey
I’m not he or she or they
I’m not gay or bi or straight
I’m just me and maybe
that’s just another thing to say
I’m just tryna show up
for the thing at hand
I just wanna show up
for the thing at hand
Thanks to the pine trees
and the tall breeze
Thanks to the ocean
Thanks to the heartbeat
and the spring leaves
Springing into motion
Thanks to the big spinning cosmos
and its do-si-do
Thanks to the emptiness
and the energy
that teaches me how to flow
I just wanna show up
for the thing at hand
Yes, I’m just tryna show up
for the thing at hand
I define being described
I am not my body
I am not my mind
Yes, you can point right at me
And still there’s nothing there
And whatever you call me
I don’t care