The Avett Brothers - The Fire (CBS This Morning 'Saturday Sessions')
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- Опубліковано 23 гру 2020
- Watch "The Fire" performed on CBS This Morning for Saturday Sessions.
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Glad to see Bob and Scott adding the backup.
I was wanting them to rock out at some point.
Yeah. I know the song, and they could have come in several times, but especially at the "and I see....how in love we were." Finally, at the end the first thing I said was, "Why were they there!?" Haha. Nice guitar playing though. And it's always nice to hear Seth's natural voice never wander. It's quite amazing.
The birds accompany wonderfully with Seth
his background vocals
Well, that brought tears. But pretty much everything does these days. You guys have found a place in my heart next to Simon and Garfunkel. You sing the songs of our lives. Thank you.
This is among the greatest pieces of songwriting that we have seen in this lifetime. Thank you so much for having the strength to say these words.
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
I can hear the birds & crickets.
Geniusly orchestrated. There isn't a word big enough to encompass my emotions.
Bob and Scott really holding down the fort on this one
This is the first song I've listened to in over 20 years to make me cry. And I've cried a lot listening to this song, because I can so strongly relate to many of the characters, and both the pains and loves they see when they stare into the fire. It connects to a lot of the personal struggles I have, about being a husband, about being a parent.
I believe that it's pretty common - I almost used the word "normal," but I feel like that's the wrong word - for people to face all kinds of trauma while growing up. From being bullied or excluded, or targeted by someone in authority, like a teacher, or having bad friends who behave abusively, or parents who are not fit to raise children, we've all gone through painful moments that we carry around with us like a scar. Something I've realized about myself, kind of recently (as in, increasingly through the past few years), is that my childhood was particularly traumatic. It's hard in some ways to think about it like that, because from ages 0 to 10 I was a pretty happy kid, and then from 10 to 16 I was totally miserable, and at 17 I started feeling better about myself again.
But while my life from my tweens to my mid teens wasn't great, it was really the stuff that happened from 0 to 10 that has impacted me the most. Having an ill-equipped father, who never hit us, but had a tremendous temper and had no qualms with just going off on my mom and oldest two siblings (not his kids). Having a mom who loved us completely, but never met a bad decision that she didn't like, who married men she shouldn't have, trusting in God that things would work out when what she really needed to do was perhaps realize that God's grace, for whatever it's worth, doesn't solve the bad decisions people make. (Christians reading this, before you get upset thinking that I'm criticizing faith, please know that I teach in a Catholic school.)
Something I realized about myself a while back is that everything is still there, inside me, waiting to be tapped into. I'm still the six year old who loved Optimus Prime, and when I saw the first Transformers movie, I was shocked at the number of times I got *chills* just from hearing his voice. I'm still the eight year old who loved She-Ra, and when I saw the new show on Netflix, the first time she transformed - yep, you guessed it - *chills.*
And I'm still the little boy whose parents failed him. I'm the boy who worshipped his father, who loved him so much, only to see him slowly destroy his relationship with his wife and his children due to a series of very poor decisions. I'm the boy who was devoted to his mother, who used to feel so much anxiety whenever she was gone doing something, only to eventually drift away from her as her poor choices impacted us all.
And when I think about my son, who loves his dad, and is devoted to his mom, I think about the little boy I used to be, who was so badly let down by his parents. And it makes me cry. I don't just cry because the little boy who cuddles, kisses, and hugs me dozens of time each day will one day stop doing that, but also because I remember *being* that little boy, who eventually lost so much of what gave him joy and made him feel happy and safe. It makes me cry because I don't want my son's heart to *ever* be broken, and *especially* not by his parents.
To be honest, I could write at length about all of the other scenarios presented by Seth in the song. The inmate, who can see the person he could've been. The young woman, who must contend with the shame her mother would feel if she diminished herself by succumbing to the expectations of objectification that men place upon her. The preacher, who can't rectify God's love with mankind's brutality. The old woman, who has nothing left but the memories of a lifetime of love. (That was honestly the thing that made me cry the first time - connecting that to my relationship with my wife, and how it's changed since we first fell in love nearly 20 years ago.) The singer, who desires forgiveness from people who are in no position to grant it.
This song, better than any other I've listened to, so effectively touches upon the human condition, the **true sadness** that hides behind gleaming eyes and wide smiles. I've long believed that all of us - or at least, most of us - enters adulthood having been broken somehow. I've lived my entire life feeling happy, loving and loved, but still *broken* a little, in a way that I try to hide from the people around me, even the ones who love me. I've made it my goal, as best as possible, to save my son from ever feeling that way. But I know all too well that it's out of my hands - I can love him completely, and be his greatest ally, as all parents *should,* but I can't stop his heart from breaking.
And all of that, and a lot more, is why "The Fire" is such a powerful song in my mind. It taps so deeply into who I am, and the way that I see the world. It touches my fears and anxieties. It very strongly connects me to the love I feel for my family. I'm not ready to say that it's the best Avett Brothers song ever, or that it's my favourite song ever, but I already considered it a nearly impossible feat to choose a *best* Avett Brothers song... and now that choice has gotten even harder.
This song is amazing. I will probably listen to it multiple times a day for a very long time to come. It's so powerful, to me, that it has dwarfed the number of listens I've had for any other song on the album.
I read your story as the song played in the background. Just powerful stuff so thanks for sharing. To me this is a song about the two types of injustice in life: the human kind caused by our bad decisions that impact the people around us, and the natural and even more devastating one that comes with the past of time and death and loss that we all have to deal with. A true masterpiece by The Avett Brothers.
Not sure if you've read it, but here's a little excerpt that I think would speak to you and the way you talk about who you are (all of you).
“Eleven” by Sandra Cisneros
What they don’t understand about birthdays and what they never tell you is that when you’re eleven, you’re also ten, and nine, and eight, and seven, and six, and five, and four, and three, and two, and one. And when you wake up on your eleventh birthday you expect to feel eleven, but you don’t. You open your eyes and everything’s just like yesterday, only it’s today. And you don’t feel eleven at all. You feel like you’re still ten. And you are-underneath the year that makes you eleven.
Like some days you might say something stupid, and that’s the part of you that’s still ten. Or maybe some days you might need to sit on your mama’s lap because you’re scared, and that’s the part of you that’s five. And maybe one day when you’re all grown up maybe you will need to cry like if you’re three, and that’s okay. That’s what I tell Mama when she’s sad and needs to cry. Maybe she’s feeling three.
Because the way you grow old is kind of like an onion or like the rings inside a tree trunk or like my little wooden dolls that fit one inside the other, each year inside the next one. That’s how being eleven years old is.
You don’t feel eleven. Not right away. It takes a few days, weeks even, sometimes even months before you say Eleven when they ask you. And you don’t feel smart eleven, not until you’re almost twelve. That’s the way it is.
O wow
Gets better every time I hear it - “the face of my mother”
Wearing my “Home Tour” shirt right now. Love you guys!! Give your wives and kids an extra big hug from all of your fans.
I truly can't love this enough! Especially with all we are enduring. If only people would listen to these lyrics and truly understand the meaning. If only everyone had empathy.
The last verse is very powerful and moving . Great performance
the birds are very present
Great song. You guys really changed my life and touched my soul. I’ve been listening to y’all since middle school and now I’m 23! Your music has been a staple in my life and I want to see y’all live. I KNOW I would cry tears of joy. Bought tickets for your show at the ford center in Evansville Indiana but had to skip it to go back to eastern KY to help my momma. I plan to hopefully see yuns at Charleston!!!
timeless lyrics.
A modern day, abbreviated Canterbury Tales... Nice
Good song for the end of a bad year.
Keep it up brother, I love the warmth of your heart.
Beautiful song. Love how Scott got real dressed up for national TV. lol
He probably stopped working on the farm to film this and went right back to it
@@banjobandit3270 I think you are probably right. Part of why I love them. They seem very unaffected by the fame in their everyday life on the farm. :)
You guys are awesome. Always makes me stop and listen! Thanks
Faannntastiiiiccc!!!!!
Lord, have mercy on us. ☦️☦️☦️
I kept expected the bass and second guitar to come in 😂😭
Enjoy Christmas guys. Much love and be safe ❤what do you see in the fire......all my love one's 💕
Saw them in Weatherford, OK. They kick ass
This made my day
I SO love this every time!!
I see all of my dreams and all of my fears.
Beautiful!
Merry Christmas! I wish you all the best and health! I’m sorry I can’t afford the online concert at this time. I’ve seen you a couple times (CMAC NY) Thanks for the music.
Great song !!!!!
Thank you! 🔥
Beautiful song 🎶 Thank you 🙏🏻
Such a great song.
happy christmas guys
OBRIGADA 😊😊. Feliz Natal ❤️ Saúde e Paz
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Color me........disappointed. Can't stomach their stuff anymore since they went political that last album.