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  • Interview with Gillian Welch
    February 15, 2005

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  • @brucemarrs2596
    @brucemarrs2596 3 роки тому +31

    Gillian and Dave, how I have loved you. How many miles into mornings and nights I have filled my car and soul with you. How I have not been alone. Thank you.

    • @GillianHWelch
      @GillianHWelch 3 роки тому +1

      Great to see you as always. Thanks for your loyalty. Hope to keep meeting up for years to come. Do you want to talk to me? Text me on my private line (515) 373-1834 Or Email: gillianwelchofficial@gmail.com
      Xoxox GW

  • @kitthearty
    @kitthearty 2 роки тому +10

    Wow what a talent. She and Dave. Great to hear her guitar playing without Dave. His guiatr work is so good you dont really appreciate how good she is on guitar as well. Great

  • @garyshellenberger2563
    @garyshellenberger2563 9 років тому +58

    Thank the universe for Gillian. She is in touch with and touches the soul of real people. And I am grateful for all of you who get her.

  • @johnhavens776
    @johnhavens776 7 років тому +115

    Dave Rawls and Gillian Welch are successful because they actually have talent. They don't rely on shock, controversy, or slick media spin doctors to make them look good. Their sound is organic.

    • @maxwellfan55
      @maxwellfan55 5 років тому

      John totally agree, they also appeared to have set out with keeping it simple and uncluttered, letting the melody and instruments/vocal shine through. However I wish you wouldn't have used the word 'organic', now that is media-slick!

    • @jamesmccauley1780
      @jamesmccauley1780 5 років тому

      amen

    • @brianfitzgerald6833
      @brianfitzgerald6833 4 роки тому +2

      Someone hit the big score.
      They figured it out,
      That we're gonna do it anyway,
      Even if doesn't pay.

    • @fecklessmovies
      @fecklessmovies 3 роки тому

      @@maxwellfan55 All of the above are true, and I would say it's also because Gillian's singing voice is unique and wonderful, having a tone which sounds clear, raw, tough and soothing all at once. One of those singers who could sing pretty much anything and it will draw you in. Like Janis Joplin or Howlin' Wolf.

    • @maxwellfan55
      @maxwellfan55 3 роки тому +2

      @@fecklessmovies Yes, I like her voice very much in the folk/country context. I recently played some out-takes and I like her a lot less singing country-rock style numbers.
      Overall, I stand by my original comment, and remain very fond of their music. But thinking more about this, I believe the home-spun country image is also manufactured to go along with it all. I guess it's all marketing, one way or another.

  • @1PheaMike
    @1PheaMike 9 років тому +38

    There are some who have the opinion she's a "phony", because she was raised in Cali instead of W. Virginia, or some such horseshit. Nothing could be further from the truth. Gillian Welch is a shining example and a tribute to what folk/bluegrass/mountain... whatever the fuck you want to call this wonderful style of music! She and Rawlings do it as good as any, and better than most.

    • @jude999
      @jude999 8 років тому +4

      +Mike F. I suppose that makes Bob Dylan, a jewish boy from Minnesota, a phony for posing as an orphan Okie who aped Woody Guthrie.

    • @truthBtold99
      @truthBtold99 7 років тому +2

      yup...just another form of closed minded prejudice that plagues the insecure, fear ridden two legged wounded.

    • @reality8605
      @reality8605 6 років тому +3

      They all disregarded Eminem when he first came out, but his skill set him apart and shut them all up. Gillian's story is the same.

    • @todd92371
      @todd92371 6 років тому +3

      I don't care where she was born. Her voice echoes through the hills.

    • @aadij1
      @aadij1 4 роки тому +5

      People also have the impression that California is all Hollywood and palm trees! -so much more!

  • @mr.jazzbodkelsey58
    @mr.jazzbodkelsey58 Рік тому +6

    She's my new favorite. I lost 4 people in my life, in one month. "Dream A Highway Back to You" is like medicine 💊 ✨️ 🎶

  • @dreamwell2020
    @dreamwell2020 9 років тому +36

    When I first heard Gillian Welch’s music (“Elvis Presley Blues” was in one of my brother's mixes - and I had to sit down), it seemed to me that whatever path she’d navigated to be able to write that song was somehow parallel to the trail I had followed to become such an avid listener. Now I understand that she is one of America’s most accomplished and important music-makers.

  • @mattthompson9826
    @mattthompson9826 4 роки тому +19

    Dave and Gillian are perhaps the most underrated artists ever. Absolutely brilliant.

  • @jairlaiter6679
    @jairlaiter6679 Рік тому +9

    She's a real artist. Great musician, impressive writer. The pair is a taste of truth

  • @garfieldfarkle
    @garfieldfarkle 5 років тому +14

    Wow, these songs they do are timeless. I keep expecting to see songwriting credits to someone 75 or 100 years ago.
    Like she says, "It absolutely stops the clock."
    I've always wondered what was going on with "April the 14th" because that last line always shocks me.
    David Rawlings and Gillian Welch, thank you very much for so many hours of listening pleasure. A lot of talent and a lot of hard work has paid off beautifully.

  • @jserra17
    @jserra17 10 років тому +42

    Dave Rawlings is one lucky guy.

    • @polyglotta1
      @polyglotta1 3 роки тому +3

      I think that about Gillian - still waiting to meet my Dave Rawlings to make musical magic with ☺

  • @warborn_inc.
    @warborn_inc. 2 роки тому +17

    Gillian and Dave are pure magic. Their music transcends time. It sounds like it could have come out 100 years ago but it also sounds as fresh as soemthing that came out last week. Feel very fortunate to have seen them several times in concert

    • @MisterTMH
      @MisterTMH 2 роки тому

      Dolly Parton was born and raised in the hillbilly country but many of her songs are closer to pop music so go figure .I hope I get to see Gillian and David live in concert again one day.

    • @blewwsviews6346
      @blewwsviews6346 9 місяців тому

      Sometimes it feels Gillian Welch sounds like she could have from centuries ago or even a couple millenia ago-- something so grounded and so beautiful in her music that transcends any era.

  • @craberlocker
    @craberlocker 3 роки тому +13

    That is what I call a competent interviewer!

    • @GillianHWelch
      @GillianHWelch 3 роки тому +1

      Great to see you as always. Thanks for your loyalty. Hope to keep meeting up for years to come. Do you want to talk to me? Text me on my private line (515) 373-1834 Or Email: gillianwelchofficial@gmail.com
      Xoxox GW

  • @SquareNoggin
    @SquareNoggin 4 роки тому +13

    Grew up with my dad playing her music, rediscovering it over the last few months and goddamn... Cuts deep and hard man, nothing like it. Truly some next level stuff. She writes songs I'd want to be hearing in my last breath on earth, you know? Just the realest shit out there.

    • @MisterTMH
      @MisterTMH 2 роки тому +1

      I have been playing Gillian Welch and David Rawling's records on CD on high rotation in the car on LONG drives in the countryside this Summer here in Australia. I saw them in concert a few years ago. Some of their songs make me weep with time standing still.

  • @michaelmortimer3697
    @michaelmortimer3697 6 років тому +25

    Some of Gillian’s songs are spellbinding beautiful, so raw and simple but can pull your heart out. I wish there was more of it .

  • @therebellion96
    @therebellion96 10 років тому +30

    I just fall hypnotized by her soothing voice.

    • @ryanchase9746
      @ryanchase9746 3 роки тому +1

      "Paper Wings" is probably the best song I've heard in the past 20 years. The only other one that comes close is Sarah Jarosz' "Run Away."

  • @abefors8176
    @abefors8176 Рік тому +5

    Her guitar work is so solid and that particular guitar's tone wow

  • @StanBeckerSongs
    @StanBeckerSongs 5 років тому +11

    I have a one word review of this woman's work and presence in this world.
    Precious.

  • @jude999
    @jude999 4 роки тому +3

    Oooh, Dave's version so much better.

  • @alwaysflushinpublic
    @alwaysflushinpublic Рік тому +4

    I've been a huge fan of Gillian and Dave for years. My husband brought me some of their music because I, too, was adopted and also play the banjo. I will always be grateful to them for sharing their gifts and talent with the world. It certainly has been the soundtrack to many of my days.

  • @CamsCampbell
    @CamsCampbell 9 років тому +14

    I really enjoyed this. It inspires me to try writing songs myself.

  • @johndennis5182
    @johndennis5182 10 років тому +8

    SHE IS THE GREATIST, FORGET ABOUT AMRICAN IDOL BULLSHIT!

  • @NigelKaz
    @NigelKaz 4 роки тому +3

    "...and the great emancipator takes a bullet in the back of the head." - Gillian Welch

    • @GillianHWelch
      @GillianHWelch 3 роки тому

      Great to see you as always. Thanks for your loyalty. Hope to keep meeting up for years to come. Do you want to talk to me? Text me on my private line (515) 373-1834 Or Email: gillianwelchofficial@gmail.com
      Xoxox GW

  • @thesongwritersdropin2565
    @thesongwritersdropin2565 2 роки тому +3

    This is a wonderful interview. Gillian and Dave have produced some of the best Folk music in the last twenty years. I had the pleasure of seeing them play live at a small venue in Manchester for ''Time the revelator'' .It was just two voices ,two guitars and four mics for singing and guitars, old school. it sounded brilliant. I also remember stuffing a small bottle of whiskey down my trousers and getting it past security!. fantastic night and I'm still a fan to this day. Much love

  • @timothywade186
    @timothywade186 4 роки тому +5

    Like a barefoot walk down a dirt road in early spring. A comfortable ache of heart on Sunday morning, knowing the preacher was reading my mail to the whole congregation. Raw ,real,& timeless!!

    • @GillianHWelch
      @GillianHWelch 3 роки тому

      Great to see you as always. Thanks for your loyalty. Hope to keep meeting up for years to come. Do you want to talk to me? Text me on my private line (515) 373-1834 Or Email: gillianwelchofficial@gmail.com
      Xoxox GW

  • @seththomas2194
    @seththomas2194 6 років тому +7

    Gillian Welch was my musical crush when I was 12

  • @jude999
    @jude999 3 роки тому +4

    Dave transformed that verse into one of their best songs.

  • @cook4470
    @cook4470 2 місяці тому +1

    I'm a big fan, but I do see that Gillian, here, is rewriting her own history, claiming when hearing folk records at college she "might really become a musician." Conveniently left out is that she was already a musician playing in bands - a goth band and a psychedelic surf band. But, oh, well.

  • @deenibeeniable
    @deenibeeniable 7 років тому +4

    The "non-explanation" of everything in a song is very Emily Dickinson-esque.

  • @zolazingo
    @zolazingo 10 років тому +9

    so love this lady... thank you Miss Gillian :)

  • @TerryO
    @TerryO 6 років тому +7

    She sure is something! Wish her and Dave well!

  • @philtittlemusic
    @philtittlemusic 6 років тому +8

    6:25 explains why you'll never hear her or anyone like her on the radio...and THE reason her songs are better than most you'll ever hear on that medium.

    • @dontaylor7315
      @dontaylor7315 3 роки тому +1

      You're listening to the wrong radio stations. You'll find the indy and less commercial artists at the left end of the dial where the listener-supported public radio stations are.

    • @philtittlemusic
      @philtittlemusic 3 роки тому

      @@dontaylor7315 Gave up on radio...those markets may exist in some areas or possibly on AM, but not where I live.

    • @MisterTMH
      @MisterTMH 2 роки тому +1

      @@philtittlemusic 3 PBS FM based in Melbourne Australia . They broadcast globally on the WWW.They play good music the crap stations won't touch!

  • @tomformanek3312
    @tomformanek3312 3 роки тому +2

    I reaaly enjoyed the explanation of the appeal of folk music to her. Her feel for it, as reflected in her music, reminds me of early Joan Baez. Many artists look constantly for the hook and often find the superficial that sells. Others lay out who they are and challenge us to listen. It becomes almost a private pleasure and conversation. Some like Gene Clark had that ability, but could not defeat their demons despite all the brilliance made. I really don't care about other's opinions. Each listen is like a conversation on a train where the whole purpose is to have the time and space to immerse yourself. And then you depart quietly enjoying the depth of what was shared.

  • @chellestew
    @chellestew 9 років тому +10

    Gillian is my hero

  • @adanacman666
    @adanacman666 4 роки тому +3

    her music is so hauntng and daves guitar playing.... man...... takes one places and changes your mood

  • @WizardOfWhoopee
    @WizardOfWhoopee 8 років тому +6

    I wonder if James knows how lucky he was to sit with an angel?

  • @woodhd
    @woodhd 4 роки тому +3

    fascinating to hear both versions of that song, it clarifies rawlings role, i had assumed he worked against the finished songs welch wrote ... seems its more of a traditional co-write then, as he basically wrote the entire music for *the way it will be* albeit to a loose existing structure and lyric

  • @24Raoul
    @24Raoul 6 років тому +6

    One of those special talents that only blesses us occasionally.

  • @sanddab
    @sanddab 6 років тому +5

    Excellent interview. She's fantastic.

  • @KulvinderSingh-pm7cr
    @KulvinderSingh-pm7cr 6 років тому +3

    11 people don't have ears. How can you dislike such an artist.

  • @soulvaccination8679
    @soulvaccination8679 7 років тому +4

    I dont know why but this beautiful woman inspires me.

  • @HeWhoFlewFromInwood
    @HeWhoFlewFromInwood 2 роки тому +2

    The best recent songwriter not brought to any late night interviews….

  • @glennsmart4588
    @glennsmart4588 7 років тому +8

    She is just pure awesome!!

  • @andythompson9128
    @andythompson9128 6 років тому +5

    Gillian Welsh what a voice

  • @Finn178
    @Finn178 7 років тому +4

    The way it will be is so amazingly beautiful, it's hard to believe...

    • @randomrecordings9757
      @randomrecordings9757 2 роки тому +1

      Made even more so by hearing her tell how the song came to be. Their process of collaboration that produced the song is beautiful in itself. How many songwriters can sit back and allow another person to tear their words apart and accept that what resulted was better than what existed at the start? Theirs is a strong relationship.

  • @johnhurley3156
    @johnhurley3156 3 роки тому +2

    one little not so little moment of perfect.

    • @GillianHWelch
      @GillianHWelch 3 роки тому

      Great to see you as always. Thanks for your loyalty. Hope to keep meeting up for years to come. Do you want to talk to me? Text me on my private line (515) 373-1834 Or Email: gillianwelchofficial@gmail.com
      Xoxox GW

  • @sarakatina6528
    @sarakatina6528 6 років тому +3

    Should’ve said “Thanks Games” instead of james

  • @DanielFCutter
    @DanielFCutter 7 років тому +6

    Interesting. She pays her listeners a compliment by not being too explicit--assuming we "get it". Good stuff. She says all these things about music and life we already knew--we just didn't know we knew them. She just reminded us to make the connections and enjoy the revelation. ---and that makes her the Revelator. That sounded contrived but it wasn't.

  • @markp7023
    @markp7023 3 місяці тому +1

    I really love Gillian and Dave. I was introduced to them via Time (The Revelator) in Oxford in about 1998, and have listened to them ever since. Saw them in London, Shepherd's Bush Empire, in 2003. For the encore they did Black Star. Blew me away. Gillian said that when she came to rehearse it she found she knew all the words, without even trying. I thought that this was a superb interview. She came across so well, and the interviewer, James Griffin, was brilliant. Thanks for uploading!

  • @zephyrquartz
    @zephyrquartz 4 роки тому +2

    Great maturity in her songs and presentation. Great discovery!

  • @jeffreysiegel9125
    @jeffreysiegel9125 5 років тому +2

    Gillian Welch somehow always knows how to strum on my heart strings
    🌅🤓🎙💝👏🎸

  • @flpnovr2
    @flpnovr2 7 років тому +5

    Damn she's good!

  • @jdbaron25
    @jdbaron25 9 років тому +7

    gosh i like her

  • @benmeltzer
    @benmeltzer 6 місяців тому

    3:33 Why does he gather as much? Usually if there is a press kit or pre-interview, interviewers disguise as much. There is nothing apparent that would lead one to believe Gillian came to bluegrass and country in her twenties (all indications run the other way, in fact). Also, going back to the intro, in no way does she have a "modern sensibility." Her "sensibility" is, if anything, old-timey.

  • @RawsonGordonII
    @RawsonGordonII 8 років тому +2

    12:50, the moment that gave purchase to HATH and NO

  • @frankpeter6851
    @frankpeter6851 3 роки тому +1

    Was lucky to be at tower records the day 'revival' came out. I recognized her as someone I had seen around santa cruz several years before. Bought that record that day and all of them since.

    • @GillianHWelch
      @GillianHWelch 3 роки тому

      Great to see you as always. Thanks for your loyalty. Hope to keep meeting up for years to come. Do you want to talk to me? Text me on my private line (515) 373-1834 Or Email: gillianwelchofficial@gmail.com
      Xoxox GW

  • @johnrosspeel8238
    @johnrosspeel8238 9 років тому +6

    If Hank Williams had been born a girl, she would have been named Gillian Walsh!

  • @owenwilberforce6138
    @owenwilberforce6138 4 роки тому +1

    Wonderful interview and wonderful artist she is indeed. The beauty of all music is it’s timelessness. We allow the passing of time to suspend as we observe someone put energy of the heart into the fabric of silence.

  • @maximusaugustus6823
    @maximusaugustus6823 Місяць тому

    They are known in the industry but not that much known by the general public.

  • @chrispeacock7895
    @chrispeacock7895 7 років тому +1

    Fascinating insight into Gillian's creativity. Both her and David have that especially rare fusion to enable them to write and perform seamlessly together. Gillian's voice is so well suited to her songs and even here in this interview is spellbinding. Really enjoyed this.

  • @fastheartmartvideos
    @fastheartmartvideos 9 місяців тому

    Thanks for this video! Great interview. She reminds me of why I started writing songs 30 years ago. Thanks Gillian and Dave :)

  • @sallypayne4021
    @sallypayne4021 5 років тому +2

    A fabulous voice so on it I love the sound!

  • @clemfandango7311
    @clemfandango7311 6 років тому +1

    I wonder where this is filmed? That window behind her is so familiar?

  • @georgethompson9396
    @georgethompson9396 Рік тому

    I haven’t known much about Ms. Welch wanted to know more so I have been on a UA-cam tour. I have enjoyed her voice and attitude. But I didn’t expect to be blown away by Dave Rawlings. His manner, playing, harmonies, overall sound and self effacement are beguiling. A bit of unheralded magic in their duo?

  • @ThisSentenceIsFalse
    @ThisSentenceIsFalse 6 років тому +2

    lovesits

  • @johnnysongdujour
    @johnnysongdujour 10 місяців тому

    sits there and gives a vocal performance that would be "the take" on any other singer's session. The best. Never mind the great material...

  • @branscombeR
    @branscombeR Рік тому

    I was living overseas when this series was broadcast, so this is my first viewing of James Griffin's work. I love Gillian Welch's (& David Rawlings') songs ... they deserve a serious interview by someone who's taken the trouble to do some research ... and someone who's not trying to steal the limelight from the star. I think the result here is a chance to see the woman Gillian's become and an insight into how and why she creates her magic. Top marks! R (Australia)

  • @jpanicacci
    @jpanicacci 10 років тому

    So good with JPJ and Willy Watson last night at Gundlau Bundschu winery, Sonoma CA. Thanks, Gil and Dave for coming to NorCal. Have fun at Hardly Strictly. Love you, now my husband's a fan too. :)

  • @ScottCommon632
    @ScottCommon632 Рік тому

    Gillian n Dave …. THANK YOU - THANK YOU - thank you

  • @blewwsviews6346
    @blewwsviews6346 8 місяців тому

    So glad this interview/short doc/performance is out there. Great archive.

  • @robynjustrobyn1014
    @robynjustrobyn1014 2 місяці тому

    This woman is such an inspiration!!

  • @AndyRiot
    @AndyRiot Рік тому

    Gorgeous interview that allows breathing space for grace and honesty

  • @JerseyMiller
    @JerseyMiller 6 років тому +1

    Gillian Welch is my secret crush. Don't tell my wife.

  • @jamesstout6006
    @jamesstout6006 3 роки тому +1

    She is such a great songwriter her music takes me away

    • @GillianHWelch
      @GillianHWelch 3 роки тому

      Great to see you as always. Thanks for your loyalty. Hope to keep meeting up for years to come. Do you want to talk to me? Text me on my private line (515) 373-1834 Or Email: gillianwelchofficial@gmail.com
      Xoxox GW

  • @ninesticks
    @ninesticks 5 місяців тому

    many many years with this music- thanks - genius actually - in your face

  • @randiescott
    @randiescott 2 роки тому

    I was hooked with ‘Dear Someone’. Beautiful music.

  • @lorimangold2890
    @lorimangold2890 3 роки тому

    Gillian's past life, probably was during the Dust Bowl

  • @maxwellfan55
    @maxwellfan55 5 років тому

    That old Gibson of Gillian's compliments her voice and sounds great, rich sustain that comes with being loved and played.

  • @coreyprunier4405
    @coreyprunier4405 Рік тому

    Could listen to David Rawlings and her music all day long .

  • @CHOPPA78
    @CHOPPA78 4 роки тому

    what an amazing couple they are together awesome music cant help thinking she sounds like kate mckinnon in her interview though

  • @keepgoing1973
    @keepgoing1973 4 роки тому

    if anyone dosent know her well, listen and read the lyrics of "Annabelle". I agree, she is a great singer songwriter.

  • @riffraffrichard
    @riffraffrichard Рік тому

    Awe she’s lovely intelligent, talented and beautiful

  • @rockers2rockers616
    @rockers2rockers616 5 років тому

    I just love the way she talks. Her voice soothes and excites all at once. What a woman!

  • @Westlake72
    @Westlake72 4 роки тому

    Shame this 'the way it will be' song never came to anything...

  • @jondoe888i
    @jondoe888i 5 років тому

    She's so young here. 14 years ago! And she keeps getting better!

  • @JohnDaly-x4i
    @JohnDaly-x4i Місяць тому

    Flat-wounds!

  • @zolazingo
    @zolazingo Рік тому

    . . . still do

  • @juliemcgillis3727
    @juliemcgillis3727 4 роки тому +1

    M

    • @GillianHWelch
      @GillianHWelch 3 роки тому

      Great to see you as always. Thanks for your loyalty. Hope to keep meeting up for years to come. Do you want to talk to me? Text me on my private line (515) 373-1834 Or Email: gillianwelchofficial@gmail.com
      Xoxox GW

  • @robtburk7594
    @robtburk7594 8 років тому +1

    JFC how many time does woody have to be discovered I thought Bob rediscovered him in the early sixtys

    • @mbsnyderc
      @mbsnyderc 8 років тому +6

      Your not born knowing about the past you have to lean it.

    • @SkipWay
      @SkipWay 8 років тому +2

      Ramblin' Jack may have pointed Bob in Woody's direction. 'o)

  • @ted1091
    @ted1091 Місяць тому

    Genius

  • @ShanDobby
    @ShanDobby 3 роки тому +1

    She's an angel.

    • @GillianHWelch
      @GillianHWelch 3 роки тому

      Great to see you as always. Thanks for your loyalty. Hope to keep meeting up for years to come. Do you want to talk to me? Text me on my private line (515) 373-1834 Or Email: gillianwelchofficial@gmail.com
      Xoxox GW

  • @JimmyBComputerGuy
    @JimmyBComputerGuy 4 роки тому +1

    Talent and pretty!

    • @GillianHWelch
      @GillianHWelch 3 роки тому

      Great to see you as always ❤️. Thanks for your loyalty. Hope to keep meeting up for years to come. Do you want to talk to me? Text me on my private line (515) 373-1834 Or Email: gillianwelchofficial@gmail.com
      Xoxox 💗❤️💕GW

  • @zeppelinmexicano
    @zeppelinmexicano 4 роки тому

    American icon, pure Americana en vivo. Genio ....

  • @barryleimkuehler9531
    @barryleimkuehler9531 Рік тому

    So amazingly good !

  • @michavandam
    @michavandam Рік тому

    How does she sound so good?

  • @afc358
    @afc358 2 роки тому

    She's lovely

  • @desertgirl45
    @desertgirl45 5 років тому

    Genius....both of them....

  • @debradoernbach5548
    @debradoernbach5548 5 років тому +1

    Genius!

    • @GillianHWelch
      @GillianHWelch 3 роки тому

      Great to see you as always ❤️. Thanks for your loyalty. Hope to keep meeting up for years to come. Do you want to talk to me? Text me on my private line (515) 373-1834 Or Email: gillianwelchofficial@gmail.com
      Xoxox 💗❤️💕GW

  • @stephonwelch3604
    @stephonwelch3604 5 років тому

    She pretty good

  • @WesterlySunn
    @WesterlySunn 6 років тому

    What y'all said...