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This song is so incredible. Her best lyrics ever in my opinion, even though there's not a unanimous transcription of all of them. I have so many thoughts and feelings about this song but one thing I think of is how she refers to a "hunter" one hundred years from now, rather than another scholar or something like that, and a hunter in a public park no less... kind of sounds like society has dissolved 100 years from now.
"My one wish is to get over to the western front, where I can do some work that will count." That's a quote from John Purroy Mitchel and the lyric's pretty much a direct reference to it, hence: "where my work might count"
joanna's new album has been announced! 'divers' is out october 23rd 2015! first single is this very song, entitled "sapokanikan" and there's a video directed by paul thomas anderson!
The cause is Ozymandian. The map of Sapokanikan is sanded and bevelled, the land lorn and levelled by some unrecorded and powerful hand which plays along the monument and drums upon a plastic pan. The brave men and women so dear to God and famous to all of the ages ran.
Sang: "Do you love me? Will you remember?" The snow falls above me. Around the hand, the rerounders. The event is in the hand of God. Beneath a patch of grass, her bones the old Dutch master hid. While elsewhere Tobias and the angel disguise what the scholars surmise was a mother and kid.
So we all raise a standard to which the wise and honest so may repair, to which a hunter, a hundred years from now, may look and despair and see with wonder the tributes we have left to rust in the parks, swearing that our hair stood on end to see John Purroy Mitchel depart for the Western front where work might count. O mercy! O God! God, I will the hunter to decipher the stone, and what lies under the city is done. So look and despair. Look and despair.
This is amazing!! I hope she releases this to the public soon! Her new hair cut is so cute. Ahh this is such a nice song! She reminds me of Kate Bush and Joni Mitchell a bit in here. :)
this creature is made of stardust. incredible, so are we all. although we have no clue where we are going, and there is all these sadness in the world, art, true art is so important.
and the records they left are cryptic, at best lost in obsolescence the text will not yield, nor x-ray reveal with any fluorescence where the head of the master begins and ends.
I fell, I tried to do well but I won't be. Go tell the one that I love to remember and hold me. I call, I call for the doctor but the snow swallows me whole with ol' Flory Walker (?) and the event lives only in print. He said: "It's alright," and "It's all over now," and boarded the plane, his belt unfastened; the boy was known to show unusual daring. And, called a “boy”, this older man, confounding Tammany Hall, In whose employ King Tamanend himself preceeded John’s fall.
Interred with other daughters, in dirt in other potters' fields above them, parades mark the passing of days through parks where pale colonnades arch in marble and steel, where all of the twenty-thousand attending your foot fall and the causes they died for are lost in the idling bird calls, and the records they left are cryptic at best, lost in obsolescence. The text will not yield, nor x-ray reveal with any fluorescence where the hand of the master begins and ends.
Oh excellent! I hadn't compared the poem myself and its been years since I read it (in school). I copied the lyrics from another page. Otherwise they seem to have done great work. Again, thanks for pointing out that very important correction.
3:17 - "In whose employ King Tommen and himself preceded John's fall." Is she singing about Game of Thrones now? I suppose if anyone can get away with it, it's her.
Funny, I didn't know someone who likes listening to a grown woman sing like a 3-year-old could insult my intelligence, let alone judge my intelligence by my taste in music.
"To which a hunter,
A hundred years from now, may look and despair
And see with wonder
The tributes we have left to rust in the parks"
This song is so incredible. Her best lyrics ever in my opinion, even though there's not a unanimous transcription of all of them. I have so many thoughts and feelings about this song but one thing I think of is how she refers to a "hunter" one hundred years from now, rather than another scholar or something like that, and a hunter in a public park no less... kind of sounds like society has dissolved 100 years from now.
I know I would get along well with everyone here who completely understands why this is f-cking amazing.
"My one wish is to get over to the western front, where I can do some work that will count." That's a quote from John Purroy Mitchel and the lyric's pretty much a direct reference to it, hence: "where my work might count"
This will forever be the best performance of this song
This might be blasphemy but I honestly greatly prefer it to the album version.
YeahyeahyeahOK
@@ReelMan729 I love you!
joanna's new album has been announced! 'divers' is out october 23rd 2015! first single is this very song, entitled "sapokanikan" and there's a video directed by paul thomas anderson!
I heard the new single and remembered seeing this video years ago!! So happy the studio version is finally out
+Ian Grahame spanakopita
It's pretty amazing how quiet the audience is for a festival. It's like everyone is just in awe.
Do you think John Purroy Mitchel would be flattered by this song? I would be.
Had no idea I would come to love this song so much when I first heard her play it at this festival I was like yaaaawwwwnnnn
I love all music from Joanna Newsom, but I always need a dictionary to define some of her lyrics because I'm a dumbass.
love the chord progression in the end...
The cause is Ozymandian.
The map of Sapokanikan
is sanded and bevelled,
the land lorn and levelled
by some unrecorded and powerful hand
which plays along the monument
and drums upon a plastic pan.
The brave men and women so dear to God
and famous to all of the ages ran.
Oh, she is brilliant. :) Inspiring and devastating at the same time.
Sang:
"Do you love me?
Will you remember?"
The snow falls above me.
Around the hand, the rerounders.
The event is in the hand of God.
Beneath a patch of grass, her
bones the old Dutch master hid.
While elsewhere Tobias
and the angel disguise
what the scholars surmise was a mother and kid.
"... depart for the western front, where work might count..."
I was about 15 feet back from the front of the audience and yeah, it was totally silent except for her. Beautiful!
This was such a great show. Happy i finally got to see Joanna shred \m/
So we all raise a standard
to which the wise and honest so may repair,
to which a hunter,
a hundred years from now, may look and despair
and see with wonder
the tributes we have left to rust in the parks,
swearing that our hair stood on end
to see John Purroy Mitchel depart
for the Western front where work might count.
O mercy! O God! God,
I will the hunter to decipher the stone,
and what lies under the city is done.
So look and despair.
Look and despair.
3 years in the making
This is making my life right now.
Ugh! The lyrics are perfect, the music is perfect. love love love
i can't handle it..
i can't fucking handle it..
SO GOOD
I totally agree! And it seems to me that they all wake from the trance at 4:27 when they scream and applause. It almost gets me in tears :')
im crying
wonderful, can't wait to hear more of the new material!
thank you so much for bringing me this! BIG LOVE XXXX
okay I love you :3 thank you so much, if it had been me I would have fainted so thank you for not fainting
this is really fucking good. I'm super hyped for her new lp, whenever that's coming.
I'm so loving the ending
Thank you so much!
i love her new bangs. she looks like 22 year old joanna again.
Joanna took the words right outta my mouf
joanna. jOANNA. JOANNAAAAA
I know! I'm so glad someone was responsible enough to do this. I just kind of stood there in a trance, unable to do anything.
you love me! cause i brought the concert to you!
Holy fuck. I love this song and the other new one. Joanna is better than ever
This is amazing!! I hope she releases this to the public soon! Her new hair cut is so cute. Ahh this is such a nice song! She reminds me of Kate Bush and Joni Mitchell a bit in here. :)
This song alone leads me to assume her next album might be even better than the others...
this creature is made of stardust. incredible, so are we all. although we have no clue where we are going, and there is all these sadness in the world, art, true art is so important.
and the records they left are cryptic, at best
lost in obsolescence
the text will not yield, nor x-ray reveal
with any fluorescence
where the head of the master begins and ends.
Praise the music lords.
I fell, I tried to do well but I won't be.
Go tell the one that I love to remember and hold me.
I call, I call for the doctor
but the snow swallows me whole with ol' Flory Walker (?)
and the event lives only in print.
He said:
"It's alright,"
and "It's all over now,"
and boarded the plane,
his belt unfastened;
the boy was known to show unusual daring.
And, called a “boy”,
this older man, confounding Tammany Hall,
In whose employ King Tamanend himself preceeded John’s fall.
thought it was unlikely, still marvelous.
best birthday present EVER
Interred with other daughters,
in dirt in other potters' fields
above them, parades
mark the passing of days
through parks where pale colonnades arch in marble and steel,
where all of the twenty-thousand attending your foot fall
and the causes they died for are lost in the idling bird calls,
and the records they left are cryptic at best,
lost in obsolescence.
The text will not yield, nor x-ray reveal
with any fluorescence
where the hand of the master begins and ends.
To be fair she had these bangs back in '04.
Oh excellent! I hadn't compared the poem myself and its been years since I read it (in school). I copied the lyrics from another page. Otherwise they seem to have done great work. Again, thanks for pointing out that very important correction.
Joanna draws a civilized crowd.
It should be, The land lone and levelled. As the last line of the Ozymandian reads "The lone and level sands stretch far away"
Wooo. New Joanna Newsom. Thanks for sharing! :-)
Happy birthday to the Mozart of our day!
Must see her before I die!
Fan transcriptions guess she is saying "king Tamanend", see more info at wikipedia, interesting stuff
Good to see your intelligence is in keeping with your name.
Agreed!
please. come back to the light. seriously i hope you don't think that...
3:17 - "In whose employ King Tommen and himself preceded John's fall."
Is she singing about Game of Thrones now? I suppose if anyone can get away with it, it's her.
btw its king tammend
It's King Tamanend.
haha whoaaaaaa chilll
OMG. She cut her hair shorter and got bangs again! Ahhh, she's so different now.
You can. It is "for the Western front where my work might count".
oh but there ARE people there. You can hear cheer at 4:25
Same thing happens at every live show I've been to. c:
Sapokanikan.
I love this song, although I tend to enjoy her harp work more than her piano work. I still think it's great though.
Awesome detective work! Where did you see that quote?
i got your back, bb
Sapokanikan
FUCK YEAH
musical intercourse
Or not many people are even there.
Funny how few realize the manson connection. Charlie that is.
Eh?
@@Hamishamishamishamish I don't remember... 9 years ago. You're just now seeing this!?
@@amwinters haha yeah sorry only just found this performance of Sapokanikan and your comment made me think 🤔
hear *them
you rock and you are so lucky and i kinda hate you but i love you?
Too bad that, because of the wrong title, many won't see this.
updated it!
@@enjoytheeighties Awesome, thank you! 😊
Hah. What?! Like 10 people.
:')
@WhiskeyTango12 funny how when you bring up intelligence you start using proper grammar... Lol
Funny, I didn't know someone who likes listening to a grown woman sing like a 3-year-old could insult my intelligence, let alone judge my intelligence by my taste in music.