Joanna Newsom, Good Intentions Paving Company (live), San Francisco, CA, Nov. 25, 2019 (HD)
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- Опубліковано 10 вер 2024
- Joanna Newsom plays her song "Good Intentions Paving Company" live in concert at the Herbst Theatre in San Francisco, California on November 25, 2019. Good Intentions Paving Company was released on Newsom's third studio album, Have One On Me (2010), and is considered by many to be about her relationship with Andy Samberg. The song's title, which was coined by Saul Bellow in a letter to fellow novelist Phllip Roth, plays off the expression, "The road to hell is paved with good intentions." Newsom performed as part of her "Strings/Keys Incident" tour, an intimate set of shows with just her singing and playing piano and harp, and marking her first return to touring since 2016.
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The Strings/Keys Incident: An Evening With Joanna Newsom Dates:
Sept. 6-7 - Philadelphia, PA @ The Kimmel Center
Sept. 9-15 - New York, NY @ El Teatro at El Museo del Barrio
Oct. 7-10 - Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall
Oct. 12-13 - Milwaukee, WI @ Irish Cultural and Heritage Center
Nov. 22 - Carmel, CA @ Sunset Cultural Center
Nov. 25-26 - San Francisco, CA @ Herbst Theatre
Dec. 10-14 - Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Legion Theater (CANCELLED)
Jan. 15-16 - Austin, TX @ Bates Recital Hall
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Joanna Newsom official bio:
Avant-garde multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter Joanna Newsom will embark on a national tour. The String/Keys Incident - An Evening with Joanna Newsom will feature her emotively beautiful songs in a rare and intimate concert experience by Joanna alone: solo voice, harp, and piano!
Newsom was classically-trained on the harp at a young age and began her professional musical career as a keyboardist in the San Francisco-based indie band The Pleased. After self-releasing two EPs in 2002, she signed to the independent label Drag City where she released her debut album The Milk-Eyed Mender in 2004. The album released to critical-acclaim, named “The 12th best folk album of all time” by NME, and secured Newsom a dedicated underground following.
In 2006, she released Ys, which charted at Number 134 on Billboard 200 and received a 2007 Shortlist Music Prize nomination. She followed with the release of Have One on Me in 2010 and Divers in 2015. Her song “Sapokanikan” on Divers earned her a spot on NPR’s “The 200 greatest songs by 21st century women.”
No stranger to critical-acclaim, she is often noted for her unique musical style, sometimes characterized as psychedelic folk, and her prominent use of harp instrumentation.
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Good Intentions Paving Co. lyrics:
Twenty miles left to the show
Hello, my old country. Hello.
Stars are just beginning to appear
And I have never in my life, before been here
And it's my heart, not me, who cannot drive
At which conclusion you arrived
Watching me sit here, bolt upright,
and cry for no good reason at the Eastering sky
And the tilt of this strange nation
And the will to remain for the duration
Waving the flag
Feeling it drag
Like a bump on a bump on a log, baby
Like I'm in a fistfight with the fog, baby
Step, ball-change, and a-pirouette!
And I regret,
How I said to you, "Honey, just open your heart"
When I've got trouble even opening a honey jar
And that right there is where we are.
And I been 'fessing double fast
Addressing questions nobody asked
I'll get this joy off of my chest, at last
And I will love you 'til the noise has long since passed
And I did not mean to shout. Just drive.
Just get us out, dead or alive
The road's too long to mention.
Lord, it's something to see!
Laid down by the Good Intentions Paving Company
All the way to the thing we've been playing at, darling
I can see that you're wearing your staying hat, darling
For the time being, all is well
Won't you love me a spell?
This is blindness, beyond all conceiving
While, behind us, the road is leaving,
And leaving, and falling back
Like a rope gone slack
Well, I saw straightaway, that the lay was steep
But I fell for you, honey, easy as falling asleep
And that, right there, is the course I keep.
And no amount of talking
Is going to soften the fall
But, like after the rain, step out
Of the overhang, that's all
It had a nice ring to it
When the ol' opry house rang
So with a solemn auld lang
syne, sealed, delivered, I sang
I sang
And there is hesitation
And it always remains
Concerning you, me,
And the rest of the gang
But in our quiet hour
I feel I see everything
And am in love with the hook
Upon which everyone hangs
And I know you meant to show the extent
To which you gave a goddang
You ranged real hot and real cold, but I'm sold
I am home on that range
And I do hate to fold
Right here, at the top of my game
When I've been trying with my whole heart and soul
To stay right here in the right lane
But it can make you feel over and old
Lord, you know it's a shame
When I only want for you to pull over and hold me
'Til I can't remember my own name
Written by Joanna Caroline Newsom
Thanks for watching my video. I gathered all the videos I shot at this concert in a UA-cam playlist: ua-cam.com/play/PLwdc0qZNx0tZebgvnH9KZStkKvu_qy5Tk.html. The songs are Sadie, Only Skin, In California, The Things I Say, Sapokanikan, Time As A Symptom, Anecdotes, Good Intentions Paving Company, and Peach Plum Pear. Enjoy!
I don't think I could possibly ever thank you enough for these recordings. I live in a part of the world where my chances of seeing Joanna live are near to none. These recordings are an absolute blessing!
Hi Maliha, your comment made my day. This is exactly why I love shooting concert videos and sharing them here. Stay safe and healthy during these crazy times.
Best wishes,
Tim
aw so funny seeing joanna beg the audience not to applaud her for an encore and they can't resist. great performance of gipc as always :)
Such a beautiful song by such a beautiful artist.
thanks a lot for uploading this. It's fans like you, who allow me to enjoy these from far away. Thanks, once again.
I come to this performance over and over again. It breaks my heart that I couldn't get time off of work to go from my sad third world country and see Joanna live during this performance in SFO. Given all the BS we've been through this year, it makes me regret not being there even more. Thank you for uploading!
Wow, this is a much more relaxed vocal than the performance from Austin City Limits. I love that performance, but by comparison, this just sounds so effortless and fun.
I always love seeing her mic packs in their pouch matching her outfit.
Twenty miles left to the show.
Hello, my old country, Hello.
Stars are just beginning to appear,
And I have never, in my life,
Before been here.
And it's my heart, not me,
Who cannot drive,
At which conclusion you arrived,
Watching me sit here, bolt upright,
And cry for no good reason
At the Eastering sky,
And the tilt of this strange nation,
And the will to remain for the duration
(Waving the flag,
Feeling it drag).
Like a bump on a bump on a log, baby;
Like I'm in a fistfight with the fog, baby;
Step, ball-change, and a pirouette!
And I regret
How I said to you,
Honey, just open your heart,
When I've got trouble
Even opening a honey jar.
And that, right there, is where we are.
I've been fessing, double-fast,
Addressing questions nobody asked.
I'll get this joy off of my chest, at last,
And I will love you
Till the noise has long since passed.
I did not mean to shout. Just drive.
Just get us out, dead of alive.
The road's too long to mention--
Lord, it's something to see!--
Laid down by the
Good Intentions Paving Company,
All the way to the thing
We've been playing at, darling.
I can see that you're wearing
Your staying-hat, darling.
For the time being, all is well.
Won't you love me a spell?
This is blindness beyond all conceiving,
While, behind us, the road is leaving
And leaving, and falling back
Like a rope gone slack.
Well, I saw straightaway
That the lay was steep,
But I feel for you, honey,
Easy as falling asleep.
And that, right there,
Is the course I keep.
And no amount of talking
Is going to soften the fall,
But, like after the rain,
Step out of the overhang. That's all.
It had a nice ring to it,
When the old opry house rang,
So, with a solemn auld lang
Syne, sealed, delivered,
I sang.
And there is hesitation,
And it always remains
(Concerning you, me,
And the rest of the gang),
And in our quiet hour,
I feel I see everything,
And am in love
With the hook
Upon which everyone hangs.
And I know you meant
To show the extent
To which you gave a goddang--
You ranged real hot and real cold,
But I'm sold.
I am at home on that range.
And I do hate to fold,
Right here, at the top of my game,
When I've been trying
With my whole heart and soul
To stay right here, in the right lane.
But it can make you feel over, and old
(Lord, you know it's a shame),
When I only want for you to pull over
And hold me,
Till I can't remember my own name.
I really love the way she looks in the thumbnail.
The first time I heard this, I stopped trying to write songs.
I'm late to this but i recently found out about this song so recording this live and sharing it does mean a lot thanks you!
This just brought a great big smile to my face. A delicious cup of coffee a rainy desert day and this video make for a magical time.
Omg thank you! This is awesome!
Thank you, thank you, thank you ❤️
What a GOD
By the way this is the single greatest song lyric in the world.
phenomenal
Thanks for recording and posting these!
Thank you so much! Did you record Inflammatory Writ? I absolutely loved the piano arrangement
Hi Tchirunrun, I wish I did! She played that right after I recorded "Only Skin," and I was recuperating from holding perfectly still for 16+ minutes. :) Here are the 9 songs I managed to capture, in case you're curious: ua-cam.com/play/PLwdc0qZNx0tZebgvnH9KZStkKvu_qy5Tk.html
What camera did you use for these!? I need it!
Hi Jacob, it's a Sony DSC-HX99. Not perfect by any means, but it fits in your pocket, can shoot 4K videos of 5 minutes in length (but not a second more), records in high-fidelity Dolby stereo, and comes with a 30x optical zoom. Normally when I'm zoomed in as much as this video, I get a bit of blur with the slightest hand movement, but I got to this concert early to grab a spot in the front row of the balcony, where I could stabilize the camera on a padded ledge. A tripod would do the trick too, but most venues balk at gear like that. :)
All the best,
Tim
no thank you joanna!!!!
1:10
What's the song she plays next? :-)
Hi Bruno, it was "Peach, Plum, Pear." I managed to record that one too if you're curious: ua-cam.com/video/4JYy6Iz2MQg/v-deo.html