joanna newsom - go long

joanna newsom Live in Tel-Aviv Israel 30/9/10

[@pawnmusic]

the fist time I heard this song I was in prison. 5 years for drug possession. Still young and dumb and certainly naive. I remember thinking that somehow, in one of the darkest places conceived by man, that somehow this delicate, visceral voice made it through to my ears. When you are stripped of everything: time, freedom, material possessions...you realize how much you take it all for granted. When something like this comes along, a simple song becomes an absolute treasure. I used to swap cds with this guy from NYC and he let me borrow a J. Newsom double-disc album for my Tool CD. I used to stay up late because it was the only time there was a pause to all the chaos. Id put my headphones on, close my eyes and let my soul wander.

[@Ashley-sn8mi]

Hope you're doing better now.

[@practicaltm9797]

You robbed him with that trade

[@camirose3009]

Appreciate you sharing … “ this visceral voice made it through to my ears “ ONLY because you Summoned It … YOU were the power that brought it about to reckon with and YES gratitude is the most underrated gift to self it brings comfort to know YOU a tool fan As I am as well can express GRATITUDE

[@foundlight770]

GOD VLESS YOU.

[@Meganbholmesgmail]

Wow. Thank you for sharing that. I spent 5 months in last year, only time I’ve ever done time, and definitely sang Joanna a lot to myself in my cell, but envisioning men,locked up, toting around a double Joanna album is honestly mind-blowing but also beautifully refreshing! I’m glad you both found each other 💚

[@kitschykeepsakes]

God bless Joanna Newsom's elegant, nimble wrists and fingertips. May she never develop arthritis.

[@zZZZzzZzzZzzzzzzZzzzz000]

ok girl thanks I'm crying

[@monkadelic2]

Her voice is absurdly pure in this performance. I don't usually pay much attention to vocals, but this is incredible.

[@mopbucket4938]

This song changed my life more than once.

[@tora5404]

The day I get to see her live will be the best day of my life

[@JesiJean]

Who made you this way?
Who made you this way?
Who is going to bear your beautiful children?
Do you think you can just stop,
when you're ready for change?
Who will take care of you
when you're old and dying?

[@amitcarp]

Yesterday marked seven years from this concert, best I've ever attended

[@amitcarp]

11 already!

[@Spike-os2yc]

I’d sell my soul for Joanna to come here again

[@VictorMilane]

her vocals are amazing in this performance

[@lizforsyth27]

i saw her during her ys tour and i bawled like a baby

[@alongalostaway]

Control youre self

[@sammyboiify]

I CAN'T HIT THE 'LIKE' BUTTON ENOUGH TIMES! THIS SONG TRANSCENDS BEAUTY ON A SCALE THAT SIMPLY EXISTS OUTSIDE THE REALM OF NORMAL BEAUTY!

[@soranemo]

...right over the edge of the earth.

[@YodasPapa]

goddess of lyrics

[@lillyblue1903]

This may be the closest feel when angels sing

[@jennatavarez2068]

I am a 15 year old girl and this woman never fails to reduce me to tears. I am almost depressed because she'll be in Chicago for her first performance in a year, next month, and I'll be a few states over. NOT EXPERIENCING THIS

[@jkwleodiiskakrnf]

jenna tavarez An old comment but i hope u get to see her sometime :)

[@jellybutter3123]

hows your life doing 21 yo woman?

[@devoutburrito]

Damn you 22 now!

[@sundrencheddays]

how's it being 23? i hope you finally got to see her live!

[@jennatavarez2068]

Update: I am now 25 and I'm here again, for the millionth time. Still here. Still haven't seen her in concert, narrowly missed her in 2019. It will happen one day 🥹🥲 Joanna Newsom has been my favorite music artist since the year I made this original comment

[@baptistemarfaing4509]

Last night, again
You were in my dreams
Several expendable limbs were at stake
You were a prince, spinning rims
All sentiments indian-given and half-baked
I was brought in on a palanquin
Made of the many bodies of beautiful women
Brought to this place to be examined
Swaying on an elephant a princess of India
We both want the very same thing
We are praying
I am the one to save you
But you don't even own
Your own violence
Run away from home
Your beard is still blue
With the loneliness of you mighty men
With your jaws, and fists, and guitars
And pens, and your sugar lip
But I've never been to the firepits with you mighty men
Who made you this way?
Who made you this way?
Who is going to bear your beautiful children?
Do you think you can just stop
When you're ready for a change?
Who will take care of you
When you're old and dying?
You burn in the Mekong
To prove your worth
Go Long, go Long
Right over the edge of the earth
You have been wronged
Tore up since birth
You have done harm
Others have done worse
Will you tuck your shirt?
Will you leave it loose?
You are badly hurt
You're a silly goose
You are caked in mud
And in blood, and worse
Chew your bitter cud
Grope your little nurse
Do you know why my ankles are bound in gauze
Sickly dressage a princess of Kentucky?
In the middle of the woods
Which were the probable cause
We danced in the lodge
Like two panting monkeys
I will give you a call, for one last hurrah
And if this tale is tall, forgive my scrambling
But you keep palming along the wall
Moving at a blind crawl
But always rambling
Wolf-spider, crouch in your funnel nest
If I knew you, once
Now I know you less
In the sinking sand
Where we've come to rest
Have I had a hand in your loneliness?
When you leave me alone
In this old palace of yours
It starts to get to me
I take to walking
What a woman does is open doors
And it is not a question of locking or unlocking
Well, I have never seen
Such a terrible room
Gilded with the gold teeth
Of the women who loved you
Though I die Magpie
This I bequeath
By any other name
A jay is still blue
With the loneliness
Of you mighty men
With your mighty kiss
That might never, never end
While, so far away
In the seat of the west
Burns the fount of the heat
Of that loneliness
There's a man who only will speak in code
Backing slowly, slowly down the road
May he master everything
That such men may know
About loving, and then letting go

[@adrianapignolo]

I can not believe how perfect this interpretation is, thank you very much for sharing. By the way, this my favorite song of Joanna.

[@dylanwebber763]

it's one of the greatest songs ever written and performed

[@ExecutionOfAllThings]

3+ years since I last saw Joanna live.
Too long.

[@Sheaker]

I have never seen her live but I really would like to. I hope one day she will visit Europe again so I could see her.

[@YodasPapa]

count yourself very lucky

[@devoutburrito]

Notice at the beginning how she's playing the octaves with both hands. Interesting. I fell in love with this song a year after the album came out. It's so beautiful.

[@joeagger]

goddess. brilliant musical angel who inspires me and many others so.

[@IDriveAnAudi]

Breathtaking!

[@alongalostaway]

Yeah

[@ryanjosephlock]

This may have become my favourite Newsom song, taking over from Emily.

[@notmyrodrick16]

She has the most prodigious voice that I have ever heard! Absolutely wondrous!🦋⭐️

[@CrystallineDreamer]

So incredible, this song gives me goosebumps. Joanna's music takes me to another Universe.

[@SailorCrafty]

She is my goddess and my muse. I could listen to this every day.

[@annazoladz1512]

i can't believe this was 7 years ago!!!!! stunning

[@nirs1975]

anna z me too.

[@ehamilton5500]

Exquisite and beautifully rendered

[@robinsings]

Some angels we all need to remember, thank you for sharing.

[@df990717]

Angel.

[@dieter6219]

performance extraordinaire

[@web5592]

bawling

[@shanemcgaw1643]

She's amazing.

[@shanemcgaw1643]

Totally agreed.

[@chrisdemian4886]

I like this. I like this a lot.

[@NW23Champ]

This song dices my soul into little bits and then puts those bits into a cheese grader to be eaten by Godzilla.

[@underlinedluke]

In the sinking sand, where we've come rest, have I had a hand in your loneliness?

[@igorlucena11]

Lucas sublime

[@JessicaClark]

Such a great video, thanks for taking/uploading.

[@mikolajrejs]

pure mermaid

[@nirs1975]

@Jasmineisagay
You have to see her performance, she is amazing!

[@nirs1975]

@kitschykeepsakes
Amen!

[@45cfilms]

waow

[@topdawg3359]

I wish I could meet her and ask her about her lyrics

[@vervor]

Unreal!!

[@2008Anorak]

Oh Gawd !

[@shanemcgaw1643]

Amen :)

[@deanandreoli1530]

how is she real? 💘

[@nirs1975]

@sammyboiify
Thank you :-)

[@mimor]

OMG

[@ellenrosenblatt5463]

lyon & healy - your poster child has arrived

[@94thorn]

thats one cool harp

[@topdawg3359]

Blue Jay way. Come to red rocks here the hills have eyes

[@monikaklimas1901]

New Kate bush

[@Bowiehawk]

How? Just how?

[@martindempster6515]

I make that 99.2% of people who watch this like it?

[@Bullshit_Media]

I'll raise you to a even 100% 😛 How can ANYONE not?!

[@CrystallineDreamer]

Just a bit!

[@adambenmakhlouf3657]

Hahahahhahahaha! And amen to that!

[@nirs1975]

@2008Anorak
:-)

[@anycon]

like

[@nirs1975]

@jtallen12345
:-)

[@ofcgirl1439]

What a shame she performed this in Israel