I always find the final line “your love will be safe with me” to refer to the next relationship, but more than that, to himself, and his willingness to finally accept and love himself. But the fact that we all draw something different from his lyrics speaks to the masterpiece that this song is, and to the insufficiency of language to ever adequately express human experience and depth of emotion. By leaving the metaphors vague, he can express his emotion, without trampling the listener’s. Absolutely beautiful.
Or maybe it's like the narrator in this video says. "A part of me will always love you. Don't take your love back. Let me hold onto a piece of it. It will be safe with me. I'll hold onto it for you. You don't have to hold onto me." Kind of a thing.
yeh i took it like that as well, especially when you take skinny love into consideration and how it suggests the person after would get a pretty terrible version of himself, re stacks kinda ends on what you mentioned, that he was able to get over the negative feelings he felt before
I don’t think it has anything to do with the next relationship or loving himself. I think it means he’s going to continue to love her. I don’t think we ever stop loving the people we’ve fallen in love with. The relationship might end, but that love is still there. Even if it’s just a faded memory of what it was.
Part of acceptance is letting go. Part of letting go is resignation. Trying to find a way to bury the pain so you can move on. You can package it up and put it on a shelf but it never really goes away.
The ending of Re:Stacks reminds me a bit of the ending of Pablo Neruda´s Peom " If you forget me" - " in me nothing is extinguished or forgotten, my love feeds on your love, beloved, and as long as you live it will be in your arms without leaving mine."
It’s mind blowing to see you mention Pablo Neruda here when I thought of him while listening to this breakdown, but to see that quote now is crazy, thank you.
When I was in high school, I paralyzed my left arm for about 6 months. As a musician, I was completely devastated, especially because I never knew if I would make a full recovery and be able to play music again. In a time when my entire life was a frenzy, this song really helped carry me. As cheesy as it may sound, when he would sing "This is pouring rain, this is paralyzed" I felt like he was singing straight to me and really understood what I was going through when no one else did. It was like musical empathy from a man I had never met.
@@matttisdell2455 Its a bit of a living paradox because Emma is both a literal girl but also a symbol. The ego into great depth about her in the FEFA 10th anniversary essay
I just wanted to point out that, while his relationship and band ending catalyzed this album, it's not as simple as being about his ex. He's said this in an interview, that it's more complex than than that, even describing 'Emma' as an inerasable pain, and not necessarily a specific person. So, while I agree with much of this interpretation, I just wanted to warn against simplifying Justin's work and motives too much, as nothing that he does can be so easily boiled down to a simple concept, and is usually multidimensional in beautifully intricate ways.
He got drunk and gambled his ass off. It's a pure place to integrate your shadow. People are drawn to it for this reason. It also has deep nostalgic value to a window into this world that was coming to a close. 2008 marked the end of what were the salad days of "indie culture" it ushered in the millennial/gen z apocalypse. The world was leaving Nirvana's legacy and entering into the iPhone and the new machine. It was heralded by Time to Pretend by MGMT and the millennials quickly took all of the labor of love that Gen X had quietly accomplished and turned it into the Society of the Spectacle. I quietly witnessed it all. It was heartbreaking. It was terrible.
Amazing! I remember the very dark times when my relationship ended. I was seriously depressed, turned to alcohol to relieve my pain, but it made only things worse. And then I did something crazy. I bought flight tickets and travelled Patagonia - all alone for the first time ever. I remember sitting in a cosy cafe in Ushuaia, drinking hot chocolate, eating churros, having a great view on Beagle Channel. It was a sunny morning, I was about to start my big, solo adventure in the national park and the speakers in the cafe played "Re:Stacks". This was the first time I evered heard this song and I remember how uplifted I felt. Now I realized what was that. I felt hopeful. That was a moment when I was finally at peace with my breakup and started looking with anticipation into the future rather than constantly dwelling on the past. It's been over four years since that sunny morning in Ushuaia and I'm still starting each day listening to this song.
That is exactly what this song encompasses for me too. Right after my wedding was called off, it was a horrible time in my life. But this song provided hope. It’s a hopeful song. Feels like the morning after you woke up from a tumultuous trauma and able to move forward. This song has been there for me ever since.
May this heal every broken soul out there. If anyone feels like getting in touch, please do. I'm right here. A new era will begin, a new season will come for autumnal trees.
Just got out of a three year relationship, I’m heartbroken. My ex didn’t even say goodbye, I went away for the weekend and when I came back all his stuff was gone. Quite jarring. I’m scared to revisit this album it’s one of my favorites but I’m afraid it’ll break me even more.
this may sound cheesy as hell, but I'm seriously glad I found this video. I needed that break down for my own personal life. now I've got to go listen to the album. thank you!
I’ve listened to it well over 100 times. It inspires me to pick up one of my acoustic guitars. This was already my style. I have a wonderful friend that is a classical pianist. She wanted me to send her some of my work, and I did. Soon after, she sent me this song. She was confirming my style of guitar. It gave me confidence to write and play and record dozens of songs that were previously not in my mind, but were in my heart and soul. So I give thanks for this piece.
“Your love will be safe with me” is the lyric that gets the waterworks going for me if I haven’t already started tearing up during the rest of the song. To me it’s a promise to both my grandmothers that I lost a little over a year ago not two months apart. I loved them dearly and they loved me and were a HUGE part of my upbringing with one of them I lived with for 3 years before I moved out just before she passed. All I have now is the memories of them and that love that makes it so much harder to live without them but I will keep it close and keep it safe until I hopefully see them again.
If you think about it, the whole album kind of evokes a hard night, kind of like a bad dream about a distant memory. Re:Stacks to me is like waking up in the morning. It does carry the heavy mood of the rest of the album, but makes it distant and unimportant. As if he walked out of the cabin at five in the morning after the whole nightmare that was the rest of the songs, and I swear I can see the first sunshine trying to make it through the morning mist and the pine trees. Re:Stacks is the closure, the understanding that life will never be the same, but even if you choose to drag those stacks, life goes on.
God, I've always wondered who broke Vernon's heart so deeply that he intended to create this beautiful-piece of music, but then again I'd thank that person too. His music is amazing and a type of song where you'll stick with it everytime. like every moment when you need. It's healing.
This album helped me during my years of depression and loneliness, from teenage years to adulthood. I STILL listen to it to-day as my lullaby. Love Justin Vernon and his artistry ❤
Man, this is beautiful. I've been feeling this way for years but have never been able to put it into words ~ you did :) so thank you.. Love to know that people are still here bringing beauty and magic to the forefront, and reminding us of what's truly important. Thank you for doing soulful things and for inspiring us to do the same.. the universe is smiling. Keep it up.. and enjoy the lift away!
The video I never knew I needed. Excellent breakdown. Always happy to hear people who feel music on a deeper level. We are a rare breed... the ones who actually get it.
I've never heard someone speak through music the way Justin Vernon does. I need to find his music and listen to it immediately. Thank you Andrew for sharing this :) It was very good and I cannot wait for more videos.
For many who have lost on this magnitude, two steps are taken forward and one back. The black crow, to me, represents that temptation to go back and try again; the loss does not make sense and it feels like if one would just try again, things would work out. But no... it is just an empty taunt, like so many times before.
This is a great skill. To be able to break a song down for a deep meaning. Justin Vernon creates this amazing music. It can make you happy if you are sad or calm if you are hyper. You can only imagine what it's like for him to be inspired: to have these feelings and ideas and have the ability to put them into words. My words come blocked . Justin Vernon has a beautiful and rare skill. Truly beautiful.
It took me a little while to realize what Vernon was talking about when he sings of "twisting to the sun". In my opinion, here, he's using a metaphor to compare himself to a tree. Like how an old tree is twisted and mangled, Justin felt like he was dead in the rut he was stuck in. He "needed to replace" or leave the run down front yard with the fountain in it. His "love was down in a frozen ground" like roots in bad, lifeless soil. But I also think he was being self-referential here, because he had previously said he kept "throwing it down, two hundred at a time ", as in gambling. Perhaps he means that his reliance on his previous band and his girlfriend was all based on a gamble? Really beautiful language.
I find a comfort in his music, something to put on before you sleep. It brings you into this melancholy state. I find myself feeling more in touch with my emotions when i listen to this
You did what I never could. Explain what I feel when I listen to Bon Iver. No one understood why I love these songs so much now maybe I can show them why.
This is one of the best videos I have ever seen. It translates exactly how I feel about Re: Stacks. I've known this song for like more than a year and I keep listening to it over and over. I love that song. The video just taught me more about this incredible and interesting man Justin Vernon, who kind of changes the way I look at the world for best. Thank you for the explanation that people needed about Justin.
Your video does him justice. I have this feeling whenever I hear his work that I find so hard to put into words when others ask me about it. You put that into words. Thanks
I remember watching this video after my last breakup and here I am, back after another heartbreak. Much like the album, this video feels like a safe place to me too.
I don't think anything quite describes the impact Bon Iver have had on my life and continue to have every time I play Justin's music. But to connect with people who feel exactly the same and have described it so eloquently is really moving. Peace and a lot of love x I'm very excited to be seeing him in just over a week for the first time. (been years since they came to the UK) Peace and a lot of love x
This song means so much to me. Has walked with me through darkest times and your analysis of hope is exactly what this song brought me. Bless you and long live the great Justin Vernon.Thank you!
I remember watching the episode of house where Amber passed and they played this. It took me a bit to find the song but it just stopped me in my tracks. To this day it brings me back to wet and snowy melting February nights. Such power and grace that is rarely replicated.
Hell of video man. Well done. This is one of the most powerful songs ive ever heard. Had the pleasure of seeing him perform this live and the experience was incredible. Great video.
I can't exactly translate into words what I have just felt after watching this video. It hit me from the beginning to the end. I just have to repeat it again and again. The first time I heard Bon Iver 2 years ago (2015), I just felt a REAL connection that I never felt before. I honestly did not understand the true meaning of words but I keep listening to it especially Re: Stacks. There is something in his music that soothes my brokenness. I actually Googled about the translation of Re:Stacks about a year ago to figure it out, but it wasn't as clear as yours. Exceptional. Thank you for this and thank you Justin.
hey man, i'm really thankful because you made this video to represent us word by word from bon iver's song which is actually really understandably for me or people who aren't from america and kind of. please make or continue some other videos on other bon iver's songs because it's really helpful for me for my research to find out word by word that justin wrote to his album, i'm really supported you to make this more.
For Emma, Forever Ago will forever be my favorite album. Nothing else I've ever heard has made me feel the way this entire album has, Skinny Love was the song that changed my life and stopped me making the biggest mistake of my life, and I thank Justin Vernon for creating such a beautiful array of emotions
I fucking love everything about this. I never knew I needed this video. There was always a reason why I've been listening to this song for years without ever getting tired of it, but could never really pin down why. Your words were always something I felt about the song, but could never explain or articulate. Thank you. It makes me just want to take this song in and have hope again.
This is the most beautiful song to me. I did not expect to hear it in this video (I don’t even know why I didn’t, that was stupid) The first strum had me smiling happily and the lyrics got me to tear up. Re: Stacks is unbelievable.
Thanks for a great video. You've got a natural expositional voice. I've always interpreted the last line "your love will be safe with me" as the first words spoken to his next person with whom he falls in love. In other words, it's akin to the first conversation with his new girlfriend after they cut through the small talk and he shares his story: "here is what happened. It was terrible. But I've grieved and learned. And you can trust me." I love that there are different interpretations of this excellent work of art. I come back to this tune often and can listen to it on repeat for an hour sometimes. Again, thanks for your video.
I really like this commentary on Vernon. The way he explores the complexity and range of human emotion and seems to convey through poetry and masterful music and instrumentation is so far beyond my ability to articulate.
For Emma, Forever Ago is a phenomenal record. This came out just after my first serious relationship ended at 19. It (and and Re:Stacks especially) taught me to accept the multitude of feelings I was experiencing at the time to accept the start of a new era and move on. This and Frightened Rabbit’s The Midnight Organ Fight truly are break up records I would recommend to anymore. They heal.
Wow !! For many peaople that are not a native English speaker like me it’s so difficult to know about lyric and poetry on all of his songs, Justin it’s an incredible artist at all. I really appreciate this video because a have listening his music for many years but I recently discover that I have beeb hear just one part or maybe just the surface of bob over music. Really thanks you for this video
Roslyn by Bon Iver and St. Vincent is one of my favorite songs from both of mg favorite artists, it would be so cool if you make a song analysis of it. Kudos!
A well done and deeply insightful look into the workings of a gifted poet and musician. A lyric that touches so many so deeply does not ever have the same meaning for all...Rather, it opens a view...to the richness of our own experiences. When mixed with all the metaphor and paradox as they reflect and confuse...and let the anxiety abate for a little while. Poets , at least the courageous ones, show us how to give ourselves to ourselves.
such an amazing musician he doesn't play music or sing he just embodies it and expresses it through an intensity that you can't see or smell attached for heaters it's it's it's visceral it's a vibe it's just intense there's music that gets me more and I enjoy more often but when I Bon Iver track comes on my attention drifts my worries distractions are they're just eviscerated. PEACE. ♡♡♡
Awesome video! It's cool that the gambling reference is both weighted in reality (before Justin left - he spent a lot, if not all, of his money on his gambling problem) and metaphor. A genius.
Wonderfull video ! We need more Bon Iver :) And btw, I would really recommend any Bon Iver fan to check Vernon's debut albums, like the self records or Deyarmond's Edison (And of course Volcano Choir!) A lots of aditionnals hours of Bon Iver awaits you :)
I've got to admit, this was not what I was expecting when I saw that you had uploaded. But it exceeded any expectations I might have had and I loved it. Thank you so much for always putting so much thought into each and every one of your videos. I love Bon Iver a lot and this made my day
Just wanted to say, after almost 4 years since its release, that you made a great video here. High quality and describing your interpretation of this beautiful track was really cool. Hope you see this because I really enjoyed it!
Thank you for sharing - really appreciate it. Haven't found any other video with such elaborate information about Justin's magic. Thank you again for being Awesome!!!
This song might have stuck with me and been around in my life for a while but must I say oh yes I guess I must Mr lanky Bradman thank you for your commentary throughout the song. Somehow it helped embed it and make it a more deeper and meaningful part of my life than that certainly would have been without your commentary. I have no idea how accurate you might be but I choose to believe every word you shared and like your take on the words but also really appreciate how you did it. It's interesting to see so many many thousands of views on this song and your commentary when compared to your other dissertations and they did not do as well. I wonder if this was your nine seconds of fame. I don't think so I think UA-cam aka the man is holding you down but you'll break free and the rest of us will enjoy more of your insights. Thanks for the blessings my friend :-)
Re: Stacks is the best closing track in music history
lol non even top 10, at least for me. Pretty good one tho, not gonna deny it.
Hugo Ceuz id love to see your list
I agree with you my friend, it was an amazing track to finish one of my all time favorite albums and I am greatful for every song on this album!
he always has a great closing song, my fave is 00000 million
It is definitely up there without a doubt. Potholes by Modern Baseball is another one that really sticks out to me.
I always find the final line “your love will be safe with me” to refer to the next relationship, but more than that, to himself, and his willingness to finally accept and love himself.
But the fact that we all draw something different from his lyrics speaks to the masterpiece that this song is, and to the insufficiency of language to ever adequately express human experience and depth of emotion. By leaving the metaphors vague, he can express his emotion, without trampling the listener’s. Absolutely beautiful.
Or maybe it's like the narrator in this video says. "A part of me will always love you. Don't take your love back. Let me hold onto a piece of it. It will be safe with me. I'll hold onto it for you. You don't have to hold onto me." Kind of a thing.
yeh i took it like that as well, especially when you take skinny love into consideration and how it suggests the person after would get a pretty terrible version of himself, re stacks kinda ends on what you mentioned, that he was able to get over the negative feelings he felt before
I don’t think it has anything to do with the next relationship or loving himself. I think it means he’s going to continue to love her.
I don’t think we ever stop loving the people we’ve fallen in love with. The relationship might end, but that love is still there. Even if it’s just a faded memory of what it was.
@@myguykaikai9215 That’s assuming the other person was capable of accepting love. Right?
This album is the 5 stages of greif in music. Re: Stacks is "Acceptance"
Part of acceptance is letting go. Part of letting go is resignation. Trying to find a way to bury the pain so you can move on. You can package it up and put it on a shelf but it never really goes away.
The ending of Re:Stacks reminds me a bit of the ending of Pablo Neruda´s Peom " If you forget me" - " in me nothing is extinguished or forgotten,
my love feeds on your love, beloved, and as long as you live it will be in your arms without leaving mine."
This is beautiful, thanks for sharing.
Sensational.
It’s mind blowing to see you mention Pablo Neruda here when I thought of him while listening to this breakdown, but to see that quote now is crazy, thank you.
When I was in high school, I paralyzed my left arm for about 6 months. As a musician, I was completely devastated, especially because I never knew if I would make a full recovery and be able to play music again. In a time when my entire life was a frenzy, this song really helped carry me. As cheesy as it may sound, when he would sing "This is pouring rain, this is paralyzed" I felt like he was singing straight to me and really understood what I was going through when no one else did. It was like musical empathy from a man I had never met.
Must have been super scary and frustrating! Glad you got out of that.
"putting so much effort and time, just to lose everything, and hit rock bottom".
dude i started crying after he said that
Whyyyyy
Fun fact, Bon Iver once revealed to an audience "Emma isn't a person".
Jared Messenger everyone knows that lol
@@matttisdell2455 Its a bit of a living paradox because Emma is both a literal girl but also a symbol. The ego into great depth about her in the FEFA 10th anniversary essay
Emma was a mood, emma was the memory of a girl, and the memory of a band
Emma is a real girl. He obviously uses "Emma" as a metaphor for other things, but she is symbolic and real.
@@cookiekaramello7498 it’s also the middle name of a former girlfriend of his
I just wanted to point out that, while his relationship and band ending catalyzed this album, it's not as simple as being about his ex. He's said this in an interview, that it's more complex than than that, even describing 'Emma' as an inerasable pain, and not necessarily a specific person. So, while I agree with much of this interpretation, I just wanted to warn against simplifying Justin's work and motives too much, as nothing that he does can be so easily boiled down to a simple concept, and is usually multidimensional in beautifully intricate ways.
He also said in an Interview the cabin Story is not true
Bruce Wayne he's said it might have become exaggerated into some folk legend, since people have ran with it. But said most of it was true.
thank you! i was thinking that
Emma however is the middle name of the girl he broke up with, it’s an album about many things, but it’s definitely a break up record
He got drunk and gambled his ass off. It's a pure place to integrate your shadow. People are drawn to it for this reason. It also has deep nostalgic value to a window into this world that was coming to a close. 2008 marked the end of what were the salad days of "indie culture" it ushered in the millennial/gen z apocalypse. The world was leaving Nirvana's legacy and entering into the iPhone and the new machine. It was heralded by Time to Pretend by MGMT and the millennials quickly took all of the labor of love that Gen X had quietly accomplished and turned it into the Society of the Spectacle. I quietly witnessed it all. It was heartbreaking. It was terrible.
5:56 That teardrop went straight to my soul.
Thanks to you I noticed it man.
💔💔
I thought it was sweat
Amazing! I remember the very dark times when my relationship ended. I was seriously depressed, turned to alcohol to relieve my pain, but it made only things worse. And then I did something crazy. I bought flight tickets and travelled Patagonia - all alone for the first time ever. I remember sitting in a cosy cafe in Ushuaia, drinking hot chocolate, eating churros, having a great view on Beagle Channel. It was a sunny morning, I was about to start my big, solo adventure in the national park and the speakers in the cafe played "Re:Stacks". This was the first time I evered heard this song and I remember how uplifted I felt. Now I realized what was that. I felt hopeful. That was a moment when I was finally at peace with my breakup and started looking with anticipation into the future rather than constantly dwelling on the past. It's been over four years since that sunny morning in Ushuaia and I'm still starting each day listening to this song.
Awesome story!
That is exactly what this song encompasses for me too. Right after my wedding was called off, it was a horrible time in my life. But this song provided hope. It’s a hopeful song. Feels like the morning after you woke up from a tumultuous trauma and able to move forward. This song has been there for me ever since.
This is legitimately one of my favorite songs ever written.
May this heal every broken soul out there. If anyone feels like getting in touch, please do. I'm right here.
A new era will begin, a new season will come for autumnal trees.
Just got out of a three year relationship, I’m heartbroken. My ex didn’t even say goodbye, I went away for the weekend and when I came back all his stuff was gone. Quite jarring. I’m scared to revisit this album it’s one of my favorites but I’m afraid it’ll break me even more.
relatv216 I know this is late but I hope your doing better now, no matter who you are you deserve true peace and fulfilment
this may sound cheesy as hell, but I'm seriously glad I found this video. I needed that break down for my own personal life. now I've got to go listen to the album. thank you!
The album will find you and keep you at a hug..
I hope this album heals every broken one out there.
I’ve listened to it well over 100 times. It inspires me to pick up one of my acoustic guitars. This was already my style. I have a wonderful friend that is a classical pianist. She wanted me to send her some of my work, and I did. Soon after, she sent me this song. She was confirming my style of guitar. It gave me confidence to write and play and record dozens of songs that were previously not in my mind, but were in my heart and soul. So I give thanks for this piece.
“Your love will be safe with me” is the lyric that gets the waterworks going for me if I haven’t already started tearing up during the rest of the song. To me it’s a promise to both my grandmothers that I lost a little over a year ago not two months apart. I loved them dearly and they loved me and were a HUGE part of my upbringing with one of them I lived with for 3 years before I moved out just before she passed. All I have now is the memories of them and that love that makes it so much harder to live without them but I will keep it close and keep it safe until I hopefully see them again.
If you think about it, the whole album kind of evokes a hard night, kind of like a bad dream about a distant memory. Re:Stacks to me is like waking up in the morning. It does carry the heavy mood of the rest of the album, but makes it distant and unimportant. As if he walked out of the cabin at five in the morning after the whole nightmare that was the rest of the songs, and I swear I can see the first sunshine trying to make it through the morning mist and the pine trees. Re:Stacks is the closure, the understanding that life will never be the same, but even if you choose to drag those stacks, life goes on.
Your description of this song is EXACTLY what I’ve always thought!! So cool to see other people interpret the song the same.
God, I've always wondered who broke Vernon's heart so deeply that he intended to create this beautiful-piece of music, but then again I'd thank that person too. His music is amazing and a type of song where you'll stick with it everytime. like every moment when you need. It's healing.
"Knowing that his heart always belongs to her" Yeah, i seconded that 100%. This song just connects to me upon hearing it just one time.
Stacks is my alarm in the morning. Hope is the key to this!
Eoghan O Keeffe no way!!! It’s mine too!!
Wtf do you cry yourself awake?!
“This is pouring rain... this is paralysed...” hit me hard man😢 great vid!
As a huge Bon Iver fan and with this being one of my favorite tracks from him, I am trully thankful to have this show up in my recommendations :')
Thanks for this
This album helped me during my years of depression and loneliness, from teenage years to adulthood. I STILL listen to it to-day as my lullaby.
Love Justin Vernon and his artistry ❤
That was my teenage/early adulthood too, but now the energy is too depressed for me to vibrate with.
This is, “hands-down” the best song analysis I’ve ever gotten the chance to watch.
I could never explain why I love this song so much, but you've put it into words PERFECTLY. ultimate balance of melancholy and hope. xx
Man, this is beautiful. I've been feeling this way for years but have never been able to put it into words ~ you did :) so thank you.. Love to know that people are still here bringing beauty and magic to the forefront, and reminding us of what's truly important. Thank you for doing soulful things and for inspiring us to do the same.. the universe is smiling. Keep it up.. and enjoy the lift away!
Jesus! That may be the most eloquent comment I've ever read!!
Nicely said....We need to value, the less that is more...
The video I never knew I needed. Excellent breakdown. Always happy to hear people who feel music on a deeper level. We are a rare breed... the ones who actually get it.
I've never heard someone speak through music the way Justin Vernon does. I need to find his music and listen to it immediately. Thank you Andrew for sharing this :) It was very good and I cannot wait for more videos.
Give Frank Ocean a try
Gregory Alan Isakov
Novo amor
For many who have lost on this magnitude, two steps are taken forward and one back. The black crow, to me, represents that temptation to go back and try again; the loss does not make sense and it feels like if one would just try again, things would work out. But no... it is just an empty taunt, like so many times before.
This is a great skill. To be able to break a song down for a deep meaning. Justin Vernon creates this amazing music. It can make you happy if you are sad or calm if you are hyper. You can only imagine what it's like for him to be inspired: to have these feelings and ideas and have the ability to put them into words. My words come blocked . Justin Vernon has a beautiful and rare skill. Truly beautiful.
It took me a little while to realize what Vernon was talking about when he sings of "twisting to the sun". In my opinion, here, he's using a metaphor to compare himself to a tree. Like how an old tree is twisted and mangled, Justin felt like he was dead in the rut he was stuck in. He "needed to replace" or leave the run down front yard with the fountain in it. His "love was down in a frozen ground" like roots in bad, lifeless soil. But I also think he was being self-referential here, because he had previously said he kept "throwing it down, two hundred at a time ", as in gambling. Perhaps he means that his reliance on his previous band and his girlfriend was all based on a gamble?
Really beautiful language.
Imo, i think he was trying to keep his hopes up at that certain point in time rather than continuing to wallow in sadness
Since the first time i heard this song, it’s one of my favourite songs of all time. Just because it’s pure beauty. It’s honesty.
I find a comfort in his music, something to put on before you sleep. It brings you into this melancholy state. I find myself feeling more in touch with my emotions when i listen to this
This song and this video feels like a warm blanket in a cold winter
You did what I never could. Explain what I feel when I listen to Bon Iver. No one understood why I love these songs so much now maybe I can show them why.
I come back to this video about once every 6 months. It’s just as powerful as the song. ❤
This is one of the best videos I have ever seen. It translates exactly how I feel about Re: Stacks. I've known this song for like more than a year and I keep listening to it over and over. I love that song. The video just taught me more about this incredible and interesting man Justin Vernon, who kind of changes the way I look at the world for best. Thank you for the explanation that people needed about Justin.
the most painful, yet one of the best albums in history
Thank you
This album is a must play during the winter or rainy days, I prefer during the morning.. ohmy the sounds are more magical, especially on records..
Similarly to Bill Evans in the evenings, especially during a light, steady rain.
About time Justin's early work finally got the coverage it deserves. I've been waiting for a video of this caliber for years. Very well done.
Winkyshowpee what do you mean? Emma is the album that he will forever be compared against. It’s his most known work that made him a star
this made me speechless. makes me want to create something. thank you.
Your video does him justice. I have this feeling whenever I hear his work that I find so hard to put into words when others ask me about it. You put that into words. Thanks
I remember watching this video after my last breakup and here I am, back after another heartbreak. Much like the album, this video feels like a safe place to me too.
I don't think anything quite describes the impact Bon Iver have had on my life and continue to have every time I play Justin's music. But to connect with people who feel exactly the same and have described it so eloquently is really moving.
Peace and a lot of love x I'm very excited to be seeing him in just over a week for the first time. (been years since they came to the UK) Peace and a lot of love x
Gosh this song never fails to make me cry
This song means so much to me. Has walked with me through darkest times and your analysis of hope is exactly what this song brought me. Bless you and long live the great Justin Vernon.Thank you!
I remember watching the episode of house where Amber passed and they played this. It took me a bit to find the song but it just stopped me in my tracks. To this day it brings me back to wet and snowy melting February nights. Such power and grace that is rarely replicated.
Hell of video man. Well done. This is one of the most powerful songs ive ever heard. Had the pleasure of seeing him perform this live and the experience was incredible. Great video.
This video is so cool? I have a huge thing for music and I just love to listen to people talk about stuff like this.
I can't exactly translate into words what I have just felt after watching this video. It hit me from the beginning to the end. I just have to repeat it again and again.
The first time I heard Bon Iver 2 years ago (2015), I just felt a REAL connection that I never felt before. I honestly did not understand the true meaning of words but I keep listening to it especially Re: Stacks. There is something in his music that soothes my brokenness. I actually Googled about the translation of Re:Stacks about a year ago to figure it out, but it wasn't as clear as yours. Exceptional. Thank you for this and thank you Justin.
hey man, i'm really thankful because you made this video to represent us word by word from bon iver's song which is actually really understandably for me or people who aren't from america and kind of. please make or continue some other videos on other bon iver's songs because it's really helpful for me for my research to find out word by word that justin wrote to his album, i'm really supported you to make this more.
I always return to this video because it makes me feel so comfortable and i appreciate it so much
For Emma, Forever Ago will forever be my favorite album. Nothing else I've ever heard has made me feel the way this entire album has, Skinny Love was the song that changed my life and stopped me making the biggest mistake of my life, and I thank Justin Vernon for creating such a beautiful array of emotions
I fucking love everything about this. I never knew I needed this video. There was always a reason why I've been listening to this song for years without ever getting tired of it, but could never really pin down why. Your words were always something I felt about the song, but could never explain or articulate. Thank you. It makes me just want to take this song in and have hope again.
This is the most beautiful song to me. I did not expect to hear it in this video (I don’t even know why I didn’t, that was stupid)
The first strum had me smiling happily and the lyrics got me to tear up. Re: Stacks is unbelievable.
Thanks for a great video. You've got a natural expositional voice. I've always interpreted the last line "your love will be safe with me" as the first words spoken to his next person with whom he falls in love. In other words, it's akin to the first conversation with his new girlfriend after they cut through the small talk and he shares his story: "here is what happened. It was terrible. But I've grieved and learned. And you can trust me." I love that there are different interpretations of this excellent work of art. I come back to this tune often and can listen to it on repeat for an hour sometimes. Again, thanks for your video.
Hey man. I'm so glad you made this. You do the music the justice of its beauty. Honestly, thank you. I hope you are doing well. God bless you.
I really like this commentary on Vernon. The way he explores the complexity and range of human emotion and seems to convey through poetry and masterful music and instrumentation is so far beyond my ability to articulate.
For Emma, Forever Ago is a phenomenal record. This came out just after my first serious relationship ended at 19. It (and and Re:Stacks especially) taught me to accept the multitude of feelings I was experiencing at the time to accept the start of a new era and move on.
This and Frightened Rabbit’s The Midnight Organ Fight truly are break up records I would recommend to anymore. They heal.
Wow !! For many peaople that are not a native English speaker like me it’s so difficult to know about lyric and poetry on all of his songs, Justin it’s an incredible artist at all. I really appreciate this video because a have listening his music for many years but I recently discover that I have beeb hear just one part or maybe just the surface of bob over music. Really thanks you for this video
Roslyn by Bon Iver and St. Vincent is one of my favorite songs from both of mg favorite artists, it would be so cool if you make a song analysis of it. Kudos!
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Oh yes.
Seriously fantastic analysis. Thank you for this piece before I dive into 'For Emma, Forever Ago'.
the only song ever that will ever matter ever
excuse me *album*
I really like the breakdown and examination of this song!
Wow, instant sub. I've been listening to this song for years now and never really realized just how far-reaching it really is. Amazing video!
Today is my birthday and tomorrow I see and hear Bon Iver live in Dallas. This year is looking hopeful for me indeed
My favorite past time is listening to people outside of Wisconsin try to pronounce Wisconsin cities. Also.. GREAT video
I come back to this video ever so often. It deserves more views.
Holy shit...I was not expecting this to be as incredible as it was. Excellent
Thanks to share with us
This is one of the best music reviews that have ever heard. Thank you for this journey into Justin's creative mindset. I really appreciate you
A well done and deeply insightful look into the workings of a gifted poet and musician. A lyric that touches so many so deeply
does not ever have the same meaning for all...Rather, it opens a view...to the richness of our own experiences. When mixed with
all the metaphor and paradox as they reflect and confuse...and let the anxiety abate for a little while. Poets , at least the courageous
ones, show us how to give ourselves to ourselves.
My favorite Bon Iver song next to Roslyn. Thanks for putting it all into words
Ive been waiting for more videos!!!! I came from crank gamesl plays but stayed for the intriguing content
Thanks for making this video. Re: Stacks has always been one of my favorite songs on For Emma and you did it justice here.
such an amazing musician he doesn't play music or sing he just embodies it and expresses it through an intensity that you can't see or smell attached for heaters it's it's it's visceral it's a vibe it's just intense there's music that gets me more and I enjoy more often but when I Bon Iver track comes on my attention drifts my worries distractions are they're just eviscerated. PEACE. ♡♡♡
Awesome video!
It's cool that the gambling reference is both weighted in reality (before Justin left - he spent a lot, if not all, of his money on his gambling problem) and metaphor. A genius.
Thank you for making this. Bon Iver is far and away my favorite artist
loved this analysis! i knew this was my favorite album for a reason.
I listen to this as much as I like to listen to boniver's song. Your explanation is a piece of poetry💖
Such a good video love it, it's so original and I love music ❤️
That video gives me more goosebumps that a can tell, Bon Iver have some eloquence voice and mood it's just amazing
speechless
Wonderfull video ! We need more Bon Iver :) And btw, I would really recommend any Bon Iver fan to check Vernon's debut albums, like the self records or Deyarmond's Edison (And of course Volcano Choir!) A lots of aditionnals hours of Bon Iver awaits you :)
Couldn't agree more! Also check out The Shouting Matches, Gallup, NM is a fantastic song!!
Wawawaw Wawawa I've seen the picture you use, for your profile before, love it. Do you have s link you could send me?
Volcano Choir are no FN Joke. Justin is amazing on all Kanye songs too.
Gayngs is another band that Vernon is a part of , they do a nice cover of Cry by
Godley and Creme
I didn't realise volcano choir was Justin and I've been listening to them for ages xD
I've got to admit, this was not what I was expecting when I saw that you had uploaded. But it exceeded any expectations I might have had and I loved it. Thank you so much for always putting so much thought into each and every one of your videos.
I love Bon Iver a lot and this made my day
Just wanted to say, after almost 4 years since its release, that you made a great video here. High quality and describing your interpretation of this beautiful track was really cool. Hope you see this because I really enjoyed it!
Thank you for sharing - really appreciate it. Haven't found any other video with such elaborate information about Justin's magic. Thank you again for being Awesome!!!
I have always been a huge bon iver fan. But after this video it just makes me appreciate him so much more !!
this is one of my all time favourite songs
This was a wonderful analysis of a beautifully written song.
This video makes me love this song even more. Great analysis.
Absolutely love this video, my dude. Amazing work. Vernon is a genius, and For Emma forever ago is a masterpiece..
2:16 interesting, I always found it very soothing. Like blowing out a candle but in sound form, if that makes sense
I thank UA-cam for suggesting this for me. This was an instant subscribe. What an amazing material I've been lucky to come across.
So sublimely understated. Very unusually confident and deep. Poetic and knowing.
And that`s why he is my favourite musician! That was an excellent video! Thanks for sharing some emotion through it!
Dude, this is amazing. Just, wow I have no words. you are so amazing and talented. You deserve more subs. This is beautiful and such great quality! 😀👍
This song might have stuck with me and been around in my life for a while but must I say oh yes I guess I must Mr lanky Bradman thank you for your commentary throughout the song. Somehow it helped embed it and make it a more deeper and meaningful part of my life than that certainly would have been without your commentary. I have no idea how accurate you might be but I choose to believe every word you shared and like your take on the words but also really appreciate how you did it. It's interesting to see so many many thousands of views on this song and your commentary when compared to your other dissertations and they did not do as well. I wonder if this was your nine seconds of fame. I don't think so I think UA-cam aka the man is holding you down but you'll break free and the rest of us will enjoy more of your insights. Thanks for the blessings my friend :-)
Still come back to enjoy both the song and your amazing explanation of each line and it’s relation to Vernon’s life, great job