Sufjan Stevens explains "The Age of Adz"

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  • Опубліковано 2 січ 2025

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  • @junebash
    @junebash 14 років тому +100

    "The Age of Adz" will be known in my mind forever as a work of genius; it seems it may go on to be very underappreciated, but only time will tell.

  • @AntonioKowatsch
    @AntonioKowatsch 5 років тому +24

    I always love "The Age of Adz".
    "I Walked" is one of my favorite songs of all time. It's both catchy and thought-provoking.

  • @willwalsh3436
    @willwalsh3436 8 років тому +80

    I can listen to his monologues, and find them fascinating. This guy is the genuine article.

  • @aikoyonamine
    @aikoyonamine 10 років тому +51

    His gift of empathy is enthralling and Age of Adz translates this. Love this album and I believe this is the most evolved pieces yet of Sufjan. Thank you. The gift of music. Music is Love.

  • @GreenNastyRabbit
    @GreenNastyRabbit 6 років тому +34

    I love his universe. He really managed to get me inside of it. He's magic.

  • @TigerPrawn_
    @TigerPrawn_ 4 роки тому +18

    "...the spinal chord, and the nervous system"
    wOOooPp!

  • @Miguel-dq6fs
    @Miguel-dq6fs 5 років тому +22

    my life will not be complete until i see Impossible Soul performed live

    • @nathan_.murphy
      @nathan_.murphy 3 роки тому +1

      ua-cam.com/video/eOvSy3yepd8/v-deo.html
      Minute 52:27 time stap in the top comment 🤣

  • @noahinson
    @noahinson 6 років тому +42

    If someone ever finds an audio book where Sufjan is reading, gimme. I don't give a crap about what book it is.

    • @KabobHope
      @KabobHope 5 років тому +7

      At some point he should do that. Some book that inspired him.

  • @drewbert83
    @drewbert83 7 років тому +16

    Through is music I feel like we are of the same mind, but when he speaks, I realize that his awareness is far beyond anything I could ever attain.

  • @dromendus
    @dromendus 9 років тому +22

    Thank you so much for uploading this. Sufjan is golden.

  • @didierbizimana2759
    @didierbizimana2759 6 років тому +4

    Instincts and sounds... Something to which he's very faithful. Somehow he embodies an atmosphere and can translate it and give it back to share perfectly.. He's so inner rich.. Love what you do Sufjan

  • @1337snake888
    @1337snake888 6 років тому +9

    One of the best albums of the decade

  • @U2andColdplayFan
    @U2andColdplayFan 11 років тому +16

    Unfortunately now two years after your comment, it is entirely underappreciated, but that doesn't mean us select few can't absolutely love it.

  • @guilhermeserrano2
    @guilhermeserrano2 7 років тому +6

    eu te amo muito seriokkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

  • @KabobHope
    @KabobHope 5 років тому +9

    This is Sufjan's White Album.

  • @joshsater4044
    @joshsater4044 6 років тому +4

    I think this album would have been appreciated a little more if it had been engineered a little better. The sound is atrocious through most of it. It's a clipping nightmare. Noisy for the sake of being noisy and that buries some REALLY GOOD songwriting in some really audibly awful soundscapes.

    • @dyskinesia6822
      @dyskinesia6822 6 років тому +34

      Josh Sater I’m pretty sure that’s a big point of it. I’ve listened to a lot of music. A lot. I’ve heard awful, awful engineered music. The Age of Adz is not one of them. I was not a fan of this when I first heard it. I was not a fan of In Rainbows when I first heard it. I was not a fan of Talons’ - Rustic Bullshit when I first heard it. These have grown on me to become my favorite LPs of all time. They have many things in common, but the most apparent is how they portray life in art. Each one of them is a concept piece, using different techniques to replicate emotion. These resonate deeply, Talons’ field recordings to Thom’s songwriting parallels in his analogies. Adz does something different. Many are confused about how I believe Adz emulates and pulsates with life unlike many others. Here’s why. Life is messy. Life is unorganized. Life is also inconsequential and insignificant. As sufjan himself explains, this album is erratic, instinctual. Whether for the purpose of the concept or not, when paralleling this LP with the narrative it provides, it LIVES. It breathes and moves on its own because of these strange soundscapes. It’s sufjan’s vessel to emulating a concept album that is true to its source material: a living being.
      Tl;dr: Adz uses the soundscapes many criticize it for to bring itself to life with emotion that is erratic and impulsive as a living being is.

  • @marcopicasso9831
    @marcopicasso9831 11 років тому

    Please just play! we will come up with ideas, shapes, symbols and color. Fretta the cat

  • @amesavis
    @amesavis 5 років тому

    he does an excellent job of seeming smart whilst spouting nonsense in lame pants. yes I think a few guys have really enjoyed him inside and out

    • @middlenameleonardusjacobs2839
      @middlenameleonardusjacobs2839 4 роки тому +9

      If only one of those guys were me. as far as the spouting nonsense part , you must be one of those people that finds lemons not saur...

    • @dimetrodonz
      @dimetrodonz 3 роки тому +15

      what are you even talking about

    • @drpeppercowboy
      @drpeppercowboy 10 днів тому +1

      bro does Not have comprehension skills