I'm amazed at the crap that passes for modern country music while outstanding music like this lingers in the background never receiving the recognition that it deserves. This song should be on top of the charts if you ask me. Really good stuff!
This song is about history, not a popular topic with a certain demographic. What people apparently want are songs about trucks and being better than people who live in cities.
Sheesh, no kidding. Fully agreed! As someone who volunteers at church running the soundboard, what they've achieved recording this LIVE is incredible! (Not to mention the band's unmistakable talent!)
First heard this at my 81 year old mama’s house on Thanksgiving. Mama loves her country music we said and smiled. A memory that will stay with me the rest of my days is hearing all of us answer her question of “ y’all smiling but what does this song mean?” My granddaughter is 8. My father 82 (married 62 yrs them two). I think we all learned something about the past and moving forward.
This is one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard, just from a melodic perspective. And as a daughter of the deep south, as someone whose great-great grandfather walked home from Appomattox and as someone who grew up in a neighborhood where KKK rallies were held at a gas station down the street, these lyrics resonate so deeply with me. Thank you, thank you, thank you Mandolin Orange.
... this song was in your soul before they wrote it down, and sung it to you. As a damn Yankee I lived in the deep south for a short 10 years, and I have always believed that the South took the high road in that war. The Yankees winning was the worst thing that coulda happened, to America.
well said young lady but being a northern yankee i can relate also im actually a northern hillbilly ask any of my friends lol should b in the mountains of nc instead of mountains of northern pa
@@rodneycaupp5962 Thank you for saying that Rodney, that means a lot coming from a northern. Not to stereotype you by referring to you as a northern, as we are all American but you know what I mean, and I'm pretty sure I know what you mean. ✌
@@shawnaldrich764 lol, that's alright.. we would definitely get along, born and raised in smokies of western NC. "that's alright" as in "that's neat or cool"
@JD123483 The Truth should piss you off. That's what those lyrics are: the awful, terrible, truth about the South. This song is our history, and our shame.
I can't get over the deep regret and sorrow that permeates this song. "It should've been different, it could've been easy." How true of so much of history.
Good song but the mandolin should have been set to the same volume as the rhythm guitar the strings on it are high pitched enough to still carry through the melody in my opinion and it would have been a more full sound
This song, the artistry, the musicality, the sentiment, the sorrow both for a nation and its peoples, then and now, it's breathtaking. The insight, the humanity, the humility and the imploring for a greater understanding, for a lasting peace. I'm not American but it's very hard not to weep every time I hear it.Tge power of music!
Gary Shelton In my estimation it was not pride. It was insecurity and misery. Too many southern whites needed to feel superior and having a shitty life feels a little better if someone else’s life is worse. I don’t judge those people but I grew up around them and watched that mentality up close. Peace.
@@hayleyb467 I'll give you the benefit of the doubt that you simply did not read my entire comment. As I said quite clearly, I am not judging these people and to be clear, I am not saying all southerners thought this way. My comment was based on my real life observations of seeing conduct and hearing comments made by white people over the years that I lived in a small southern town. Now, I am talking years ago so perhaps the attitudes have changed. However, I stand by my statement that many southern whites boosted their own egos on the backs of black people. Many did the exact same thing in the religion context as well (i.e., I am superior because I attend XYZ church). That all comes from insecurity - not pride.
@@learnedhand8559 I understand where you're coming from & think the observations are valid. I'm a southerner, too. Statements beginning with "I'm not judging, but..." or "Not to be rude, but..." etc. Typically tend to do just that. It's a matter of wording. Respect.
I think writing meaningful, accurate songs about American history is very, very difficult. To bring a song about your homeland across the whole journey of our centuries, as these folks have done, is staggering and beautiful. Thank you, Mandolin Orange. Thank you.
Literally been on repeat the last 10 hours. At times critical, focused listening, other times a soundtrack to my day. The most beautiful thing I've heard in years, maybe ever. This song brings tears to my eyes, evoking the grief and desire of what Humanity could be.
I heard this for the first time last night and completely fell in love with the groups sound. I can’t imagine this song being done any better by anyone. They definitely deserve a first place award somewhere. Wonder song and sound.
I've watched this video so many times, and listened to their music on thousands of occasions, and yet when he starts singing here, it catches me off guard every single time, such a special sound.
I just discovered this song. Holy fuck omg this gave me chills. So we'll written and so relevant to the current era. This is one of my new favorite songs. Beautiful and well performed
I'm 64 years old and seen thousands of performances live. I have seen them live several times, and will say, without a doubt, they are one of my favorites live.
Don't forget the NPR tiny desk version. There's something raw and pure to it when it's just the two of them playing. And the NPR audio guy is unrivaled when it comes to getting everything to sound perfectly.
You sound like music supposed to sound. Inspirational. Thank you both for sharing your talent. Its feeling of life, loss and all the goodbyes and hellos. Mandolins bring life into me good thing I get done...stay free all.
Can we still be proud to be raise in the South? without the hate? Love that I grew up down South, have taught my kids that a man is a man. Have set foot on 4 continents, 48 states and still belive that NC is Gods country. I get that some still believe in "the cause" but most of us don't. We do believe that this country is headed down a path of no return. Wonderfull song...
I love these lyrics, especially as a veteran. War is always justified by some "righteous" cause (religion, nationalism, etc.), but it ultimately boils down to the same things that animals struggle over: power.
Human history would agree with you, sir. Don’t hate that you went to war, but I think we’ll reach where we need to be (as a species) when wars are eliminated from our regular repertoire
Most of my brothers say the same. We hurt a lot of people and broke a lot of stuff, for what? Nothing changed. Slavery was doomed anyway. Technology was killing it. Why did we have to burn the south down and let loose rivers of blood?
Just in case - To me the lyrics reflect on how divisions, violence, and prejudice can spread “like wildfire,” impacting lives and communities long after the original conflict has ended. The mournful tone, encouraging us to consider the impact of history on the present.
This is where country should of gone. Rock. Blues. Authenticity. Nope. We gotta talk about feet on the dashboard and water towers filled with lite beer.
Still some decent Country out there, but I agree with your assessment. (her skirt hitched up to there and I ran my hand over her ___) And that's why I switched to the Bluegrass, Newgrass, folk type music). I don't think lyrics like you described belong in Country. Fortunately, it's only the 'progressive' radio stations that're playing the sex & beer 'Country'.
Well, it looks and sounds like this stream of country is flowing in an authentic way real fine. If it's not the main stream feeding from some corporate mill, so what? We can be happy about that. And if you keep looking around, you can find a lot of fine music, from all over the world: thank you You Tubers! Keep paddling around and let people know, sing the praises of what you find to love. Like: LastDate by the Waybacks, any of the TransAtlantic Sessions, most of Oliver Mtukudzi, or Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Gillian Welch...
This is the first song I heard by Mandolin Orange. I was totally captured. I looked up Joseph Warren. I have collected just about everything Andrew and Emily have recorded, and I think this is the only one that has a true historical tie. Joseph Warren, a general, got permission to wear the uniform of a private and fight at the Battle of Bunker Hill, where he died a hero. "Coulda been different, coulda been easy..."
STUNNING musicianship. What balance and consideration for each other musically. Combined with such meaningful lyrics as well. Of any of the recordings available of this beautiful piece this 100% the best available. Thankyou so much Watchtower from an avid fan in the U.K ❤
My God.......that gives me chills. BTW, my Grandfather was Joe Warren and went to war at 16 in the Pacific. Our forefathers were the original Joe Warren's that Warren County Tennessee is named for. That's where family reunion still is and my cousins own creek front properties on Big Hickory. We wade and fish......watch the generations pass and savor every DROP of fireflies and watermelon.....and sip of the white. I just cried. THANK YOU M.O. Breathtaking.....
Wow. lyrics , Tonality , composure to leave space , production , this sounds like a true and tested song that's a lot older than it acutely is . What a great piece !!
I hope this country starts to wise up quickly. This can really happen today. I understand each side. We need to start to compromise, let’s stop digging in before it’s too late
Madolin Orange is the reason I pay 10 bucks a month for Spotify! I joined to discover singer songwriter style music and these guys are a gift that keeps on giving.. Love you guys!
@@evamkaushik5392 This may or may not reach you after two months, but here are a few artisits that I discovered on Spotify that are wildly underrated: Houndmouth, Sogs:Ohia (Jason Molina), Shovels and Rope, Delta Spirit, and I'm With Her.
Brave men fought with the battle cry Tears filled the eyes of their loved ones and their brothers in arms And so it went, for Joseph Warren It should have been different It could have been easy His rank could have saved him But a country unborn needs bravery And it spread like wildfire [Chorus] Wildfire From the ashes grew sweet liberty Like the seeds of the pines when the forest burns They open up to grow and burn again It should have been different It could have been easy But too much money rolled in to ever end slavery The cry for war spread like wildfire [Chorus] Wildfire Wildfire Civil War came, Civil War went Brother fought the brother, the South was spent But its true demise was hatred passed down through the years It should have been different It could have been easy But pride has a way of holding too firm to history And it burns like wildfire [Chorus] Wildfire Wildfire I was a born a southern son In a small southern town where the rebels run wild They beat their chests and they swear we're going to rise again It should have been different It could have been easy The day that old Warren died hate should have gone with him But here we are caught in the wildfire [Chorus] Wildfire Wildfire Wildfire Wildfire
What a great voice he has, great song writing, great musicians, understated, like something from a Coen Brothers movie. I love them xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
A song for these times. Progress is a good thing. Think wheels, steam engines, civil rights, peace not war. If people are to survive pride has to give way to compassion, hate to love, war to peace. Only way through is together, with all hands on deck.
I had never even heard of this band, and now THIS SONG, Wildfire, is like one of my favorite songs of all time . . . congratulations Mandolin Orange for this masterpiece, and THANK YOU!!!
There certainly is, I feel mixed feelings about those who stop trying to experience new talents merely because it takes some energy to engage with the unfamiliar
Every once in a while I run into a song that I can't stop playing. This is just such a song. I thought I was just catching another bluegrass/country song from some unknown (to me) band but it took me away from the work I was doing. I played it again and really appreciated it from a musical and vocal point of view. Then, as I played it again, and again, I really started to understand the lyrics and eventually looked up Joseph Warren who was, to my surprise, someone I had never heard of but I was truly taken by his story. The words haunted me while the music soothed me. I have now listened to 4 or 5 versions including the one on the album and this is far and away the best version. Well done. Beautiful song that will leave you wondering how "it could have been different". Bravo my friends!
A mellow sound with mandolin notes that pluck at my heart. The growing sound that spurs movement in my heart. I, a southerner, can hear the sound that feels of southern land and southern spirit. This sound grows and the mandolin pricks in loveliness and beckons the richness this sound spurs. I love this song. I found this song at the perfect time In my life.
Heard this song for the first time today. It is stunning, hauntingly beautiful, and so deep in meaning. Like Steinbeck's "East of Eden," to music, evoking the tragedy of human nature. Keep making music!
Been listening to this over and over for 3 days. I grew up in 1960s Alabama and never understood the hate. Glad my parents taught me about Jesus and his advice to "Love thy neighbor" and "Pray for your enemies".
I'm amazed at the crap that passes for modern country music while outstanding music like this lingers in the background never receiving the recognition that it deserves. This song should be on top of the charts if you ask me. Really good stuff!
💯👍🥰
Ditto
Feel you bro 🫡
This song is about history, not a popular topic with a certain demographic. What people apparently want are songs about trucks and being better than people who live in cities.
Exactly.
February 2024.
Anybody else still visiting this....? ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
YES!
@@mitsirrah yes awsome
yes
I am. Regularly!
Yes
Kudos to the engineer(s) who recorded this, the sound is nothing short of amazing.
Exactly what I was thinking - the bottom end is 100. Overall balance is wonderful.
Sheesh, no kidding. Fully agreed! As someone who volunteers at church running the soundboard, what they've achieved recording this LIVE is incredible! (Not to mention the band's unmistakable talent!)
Great performers makes a huge difference! Makes running sound, and recording easier, that for sure! :). This is fantastic!!
Strongly agree!!! I was impressed in the first 30 seconds on that too….
I continue to come back to this performance and recording… sounds soooooo good!!
Hats off to the dude that recorded and mixed this session.
Yeah sounds phenomenal...definitely his day job
SERIOUSLY 💛
Totally, but don't discount the mixing the band is doing on the fly with the single mic in the middle.
or dudette*
It was Bob Mallory read the description
To me, this song still deserves many an award. You have an award in my heart, folks.
Sure!
First heard this at my 81 year old mama’s house on Thanksgiving. Mama loves her country music we said and smiled. A memory that will stay with me the rest of my days is hearing all of us answer her question of “ y’all smiling but what does this song mean?” My granddaughter is 8. My father 82 (married 62 yrs them two). I think we all learned something about the past and moving forward.
This song will always represent to me what happened.
Had the privilege of listening to this guy play around a campfire while I was growing up and going through high school. proud of you man.
Wow epic
Lucky !! :) they are great!
He didn't make you gay?
You sir have been blessed
Jordan Stevenson lucky you x
This is one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard, just from a melodic perspective. And as a daughter of the deep south, as someone whose great-great grandfather walked home from Appomattox and as someone who grew up in a neighborhood where KKK rallies were held at a gas station down the street, these lyrics resonate so deeply with me. Thank you, thank you, thank you Mandolin Orange.
... this song was in your soul before they wrote it down, and sung it to you. As a damn Yankee I lived in the deep south for a short 10 years, and I have always believed that the South took the high road in that war. The Yankees winning was the worst thing that coulda happened, to America.
well said young lady but being a northern yankee i can relate also im actually a northern hillbilly ask any of my friends lol should b in the mountains of nc instead of mountains of northern pa
@@rodneycaupp5962 Thank you for saying that Rodney, that means a lot coming from a northern. Not to stereotype you by referring to you as a northern, as we are all American but you know what I mean, and I'm pretty sure I know what you mean. ✌
@@shawnaldrich764 lol, that's alright.. we would definitely get along, born and raised in smokies of western NC. "that's alright" as in "that's neat or cool"
@JD123483 The Truth should piss you off. That's what those lyrics are: the awful, terrible, truth about the South. This song is our history, and our shame.
I can't get over the deep regret and sorrow that permeates this song. "It should've been different, it could've been easy." How true of so much of history.
100%. I like the studio version better and I turn it all the way up. This is a powerful song
I’m wondering why our history should have been easy? I mean siblings can’t even co-exist.
It was never going to be easy. Human nature wouldn't let it.
Good song but the mandolin should have been set to the same volume as the rhythm guitar the strings on it are high pitched enough to still carry through the melody in my opinion and it would have been a more full sound
yes
This song, the artistry, the musicality, the sentiment, the sorrow both for a nation and its peoples, then and now, it's breathtaking. The insight, the humanity, the humility and the imploring for a greater understanding, for a lasting peace. I'm not American but it's very hard not to weep every time I hear it.Tge power of music!
I came back for this treat. This songs musicianship and lyrics...oh the lyrics... oh the instruments...it can touch the soul.
As a southern gentleman in the later stages of life the lyrics hit me square in my soul. It could have been easier without all the pride.
Amen brother...
Gary Shelton In my estimation it was not pride. It was insecurity and misery. Too many southern whites needed to feel superior and having a shitty life feels a little better if someone else’s life is worse. I don’t judge those people but I grew up around them and watched that mentality up close. Peace.
@@learnedhand8559 off the charts judgemental comment
@@hayleyb467 I'll give you the benefit of the doubt that you simply did not read my entire comment. As I said quite clearly, I am not judging these people and to be clear, I am not saying all southerners thought this way. My comment was based on my real life observations of seeing conduct and hearing comments made by white people over the years that I lived in a small southern town. Now, I am talking years ago so perhaps the attitudes have changed. However, I stand by my statement that many southern whites boosted their own egos on the backs of black people. Many did the exact same thing in the religion context as well (i.e., I am superior because I attend XYZ church). That all comes from insecurity - not pride.
@@learnedhand8559 I understand where you're coming from & think the observations are valid. I'm a southerner, too.
Statements beginning with "I'm not judging, but..." or "Not to be rude, but..." etc.
Typically tend to do just that.
It's a matter of wording. Respect.
I think writing meaningful, accurate songs about American history is very, very difficult. To bring a song about your homeland across the whole journey of our centuries, as these folks have done, is staggering and beautiful. Thank you, Mandolin Orange. Thank you.
This is absolutely one of the most amazing songs I’ve ever heard. I can’t listen to it enough.
Still listening. Over and over. Seems that most of your recordings that are live, are the best.
Literally been on repeat the last 10 hours. At times critical, focused listening, other times a soundtrack to my day. The most beautiful thing I've heard in years, maybe ever. This song brings tears to my eyes, evoking the grief and desire of what Humanity could be.
A great groove and Andrew’s voice and delivery is beyond description.
Agreed, Randy Cook. I cry for all of humanity when I listen to this. It is and beautiful and gut wrenching at the same time.
Amen, Brother Randy, Michael, and Sister Diane.
Well said, Brother Randy. You must have a little writer in your blood.
Agreed brother
I heard this for the first time last night and completely fell in love with the groups sound. I can’t imagine this song being done any better by anyone. They definitely deserve a first place award somewhere. Wonder song and sound.
I've watched this video so many times, and listened to their music on thousands of occasions, and yet when he starts singing here, it catches me off guard every single time, such a special sound.
That smile on the drummers face when they start…..
That is a look into the soul, brother.
That first note took the young lady's knee out for a second.
Such a good song, amazing sound, how have I missed this masterpiece all this time gone.....stunning just stunning.
I think this is one of the greatest songs ever written.... Nearly 250 years later and things still haven't changed
Nearly 160. Let's hope things will have changed long before 250.
me too
@@justamusta 250 is correct. The song traces hatred as a dominating force in America back to the Revolution.
I understand the sentiment, but "haven't changed"? That sort of throws dirt on the immense progress that's been made since slavery.
I’m not so sure nothing has changed. We had skin color water fountains when I was a kid. We’ve come a long way with more to go.
Plesant and sensitive music. Always become calm listening. Keep coming back. ❤
I just discovered this song. Holy fuck omg this gave me chills. So we'll written and so relevant to the current era. This is one of my new favorite songs. Beautiful and well performed
Andrew's voice is so crisp and clean live, I absolutely love it!
I'm 64 years old and seen thousands of performances live. I have seen them live several times, and will say, without a doubt, they are one of my favorites live.
Superb. This song is a modern day version of “The Night They Drove Ole Dixie Down.”
Mandalin Orange deserve a Oscar award for this song.
First time hearing this and I am utterly F***ing AMAZED!! This was wonderful.
Lead guitarist soulful effect on top of that sweet mandolin and acoustic guitar is intoxicatingly beautiful
That's Josh Oliver. Great guitarist.
If James Taylor and The Avett Brothers had a love child, this song would be it.
The strike of the mandolin at 4:39 always sends chills down me
One of my fav parts obviously after the solo
“Hate should have gone with him” Love that line!
Make music great again!
that line always makes me want cry "pride has a way of holding too firm to history and it burns like wildfire"
Never has a simple, 3-chord progression sounded so textured and beautiful.
That guitarist is on point. Pure silk
This song always gives me goosebumps and leaves my eyes all watered up. Well done.
Love this group...Boots of Spainish Leather is outstanding as this video is...love to see them live in Toronto
I've seen them play in front of 20 people, I've seen them headline a festival...and I still think this is best version of Wildfire they've ever done.
Don't forget the NPR tiny desk version.
There's something raw and pure to it when it's just the two of them playing.
And the NPR audio guy is unrivaled when it comes to getting everything to sound perfectly.
You sound like music supposed to sound. Inspirational. Thank you both for sharing your talent. Its feeling of life, loss and all the goodbyes and hellos. Mandolins bring life into me good thing I get done...stay free all.
Song writing and storytelling does not get any better than this...one of the most beautiful, thoughtful songs I have ever heard...chills every time.
This song has played a big part in dragging me away from that stubborn, southern identity and foolish loser's pride. Thank You, M.O. Music has power.
well said good sir
We all have our own Pride and if each of us could acknowledge it we could begin to heal.
Can we still be proud to be raise in the South? without the hate? Love that I grew up down South, have taught my kids that a man is a man.
Have set foot on 4 continents, 48 states and still belive that NC is Gods country. I get that some still believe in "the cause" but most of us don't. We do believe that this country is headed down a path of no return.
Wonderfull song...
i never heard it called loser's pride before, but im glad i have now
Loosers? Are we so ignorant that we think the civil war was about slavery and racism? Unbelievable
I love these lyrics, especially as a veteran. War is always justified by some "righteous" cause (religion, nationalism, etc.), but it ultimately boils down to the same things that animals struggle over: power.
So nicely put.
Human history would agree with you, sir. Don’t hate that you went to war, but I think we’ll reach where we need to be (as a species) when wars are eliminated from our regular repertoire
How quickly that is forgotten with this generation James. Dam shame... they're giving it away. @James Farrant
Most of my brothers say the same. We hurt a lot of people and broke a lot of stuff, for what? Nothing changed.
Slavery was doomed anyway. Technology was killing it. Why did we have to burn the south down and let loose rivers of blood?
And the worst part of it, with someone's else blood.
Of any and all live recordings of this song this is absolutely 100% the best version ever recorded in time. Take that for what it's worth.
Great lyrics man - So true now as it was then....
Just in case - To me the lyrics reflect on how divisions, violence, and prejudice can spread “like wildfire,” impacting lives and communities long after the original conflict has ended. The mournful tone, encouraging us to consider the impact of history on the present.
This is country music. Theres a difference between Nashville radio and this. Don’t be fooled. Hats off to these guys!!!
This is where country should of gone. Rock. Blues. Authenticity. Nope. We gotta talk about feet on the dashboard and water towers filled with lite beer.
Agreed, Jarrod! Had this been the way of things, I wouldn't have given up on country back when I was 14, some 42 years ago.
Still some decent Country out there, but I agree with your assessment. (her skirt hitched up to there and I ran my hand over her ___) And that's why I switched to the Bluegrass, Newgrass, folk type music). I don't think lyrics like you described belong in Country. Fortunately, it's only the 'progressive' radio stations that're playing the sex & beer 'Country'.
Yep-no heart and no soul. You got that right.
This is beauty in sound. Touches my heart for real.
Well, it looks and sounds like this stream of country is flowing in an authentic way real fine. If it's not the main stream feeding from some corporate mill, so what? We can be happy about that. And if you keep looking around, you can find a lot of fine music, from all over the world: thank you You Tubers! Keep paddling around and let people know, sing the praises of what you find to love. Like: LastDate by the Waybacks, any of the TransAtlantic Sessions, most of Oliver Mtukudzi, or Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Gillian Welch...
There has never been a truer statement! LOL
This is the first song I heard by Mandolin Orange. I was totally captured. I looked up Joseph Warren. I have collected just about everything Andrew and Emily have recorded, and I think this is the only one that has a true historical tie. Joseph Warren, a general, got permission to wear the uniform of a private and fight at the Battle of Bunker Hill, where he died a hero. "Coulda been different, coulda been easy..."
This is what true musicians sound like. Beautiful.
Saw them at Thalia hall in Chicago. The sound system went out and the band and crowd sang this song in unison on a cold and snowy night. Great memory!
STUNNING musicianship. What balance and consideration for each other musically. Combined with such meaningful lyrics as well. Of any of the recordings available of this beautiful piece this 100% the best available. Thankyou so much Watchtower from an avid fan in the U.K ❤
Still shed tears for our boys lost and families torn apart in that war... all that time ago. Wish you all well today 🍀
This group is pure gold. His voice is like silky smooth whiskey and the layers of all the musicians is magic!
Help me please, I can't stop listening to this and wake up in the morning singing this fabulous song.
Been there actually still there WILDFIRE
I can help it's nothing but lies and propaganda!!
Me, too... Want to listen to this live version on loop... So good... everything about it, just sooo good...
Nice. I got goosebumps
My God.......that gives me chills. BTW, my Grandfather was Joe Warren and went to war at 16 in the Pacific. Our forefathers were the original Joe Warren's that Warren County Tennessee is named for. That's where family reunion still is and my cousins own creek front properties on Big Hickory. We wade and fish......watch the generations pass and savor every DROP of fireflies and watermelon.....and sip of the white. I just cried. THANK YOU M.O. Breathtaking.....
You have to play this song again...and again...and again...and so on....and so on.... ..........
This band is the sonic equivalent of warm buttered bread in a wicker basket.
Silk......summer breezes. Yup, as a Warren, I even more wholeheartedly concur. I can't stop replaying.
I don't think the original post needed anything added to it. Extremely well said.
Nice image to go with this laid back Southern sound!
I was thinking more like a moist vagina that was just fingered in an here kitty kitty fashion
Warm buttered bread, made lovingly by a beloved family member.
Wow. lyrics , Tonality , composure to leave space , production , this sounds like a true and tested song that's a lot older than it acutely is . What a great piece !!
Holy shit this boy's voice goes right through me and out the other side. He was born old.
that is exactly it!! he sounds like a 40+ yr old man and not bad!! it's good!
I love your comment. According to his backstory, he's earned every bit of his years.
First time I heard them I wasn't even sure I liked them but you are right, the music goes right through you. Can't get enough.
Fancy meeting you here D'Arcy.
D'Arcy Good thats one way of putting it . . i thought it was really crystyl clear
This is so good. A southern guy like myself raiised in Mississippi appreciates this.....Such a great song lyrically and muciscally......
This is absolutely incredible. Being from Texas, I've been waiting for some country I could sink my teeth into. Dude's voice is fire.
Kick ass slow burn groove, love it! And their harmonies.... like sunshine in a cloudy forest !
I hope this country starts to wise up quickly. This can really happen today. I understand each side. We need to start to compromise, let’s stop digging in before it’s too late
so glad people still play beautiful music
So much respect for the authentic tradition.
Team….. please keep up this incredible and beautiful work.
You have a gift from above….. thank you for sharing it with the world!!!
Madolin Orange is the reason I pay 10 bucks a month for Spotify! I joined to discover singer songwriter style music and these guys are a gift that keeps on giving.. Love you guys!
Please tell me about more such underrated artists. Thanks.
@@evamkaushik5392 This may or may not reach you after two months, but here are a few artisits that I discovered on Spotify that are wildly underrated: Houndmouth, Sogs:Ohia (Jason Molina), Shovels and Rope, Delta Spirit, and I'm With Her.
His voice is exceptional and she is abnormally beautiful.
No matter how many times I revisit this, it never gets old. Such a special blend of unique sounds and textures.
Brave men fought with the battle cry
Tears filled the eyes of their loved ones and their brothers in arms
And so it went, for Joseph Warren
It should have been different
It could have been easy
His rank could have saved him
But a country unborn needs bravery
And it spread like wildfire
[Chorus]
Wildfire
From the ashes grew sweet liberty
Like the seeds of the pines when the forest burns
They open up to grow and burn again
It should have been different
It could have been easy
But too much money rolled in to ever end slavery
The cry for war spread like wildfire
[Chorus]
Wildfire
Wildfire
Civil War came, Civil War went
Brother fought the brother, the South was spent
But its true demise was hatred passed down through the years
It should have been different
It could have been easy
But pride has a way of holding too firm to history
And it burns like wildfire
[Chorus]
Wildfire
Wildfire
I was a born a southern son
In a small southern town where the rebels run wild
They beat their chests and they swear we're going to rise again
It should have been different
It could have been easy
The day that old Warren died hate should have gone with him
But here we are caught in the wildfire
[Chorus]
Wildfire
Wildfire
Wildfire
Wildfire
What? It's the lyrics is what.
Gary Turner so very true...✌️
Who's Joseph Warren?
Well, thank you. I've just asked for the lirycs and here they were already.
@@thegrandtorino1 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Warren
He has such an amazing voice....
What a great voice he has, great song writing, great musicians, understated, like something from a Coen Brothers movie. I love them xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
they have an elegance, an undertone, a vibe, that reminds me of the Cowboy Junkies...fabulous.
A song for these times. Progress is a good thing. Think wheels, steam engines, civil rights, peace not war. If people are to survive pride has to give way to compassion, hate to love, war to peace. Only way through is together, with all hands on deck.
I had never even heard of this band, and now THIS SONG, Wildfire, is like one of my favorite songs of all time . . . congratulations Mandolin Orange for this masterpiece, and THANK YOU!!!
I agree with you. This song is a masterpiece!
Been watching this video for three years now. Can’t get enough..
So happy when a story gets told
Beautiful ❤.
"but pride has a way of holding too firm to history". Fucking insightful man. I LOVE this stuff.
"his rank could've saved him, but a country unborn needs bravery"
Got to be one of the finest songs ever written love these guys
I love this song.
I absolutely love seeing young talent on the rise. There's a lot of it out there.
There certainly is, I feel mixed feelings about those who stop trying to experience new talents merely because it takes some energy to engage with the unfamiliar
I didnt expect that voice outta this guy !!!
Every once in a while I run into a song that I can't stop playing. This is just such a song. I thought I was just catching another bluegrass/country song from some unknown (to me) band but it took me away from the work I was doing. I played it again and really appreciated it from a musical and vocal point of view. Then, as I played it again, and again, I really started to understand the lyrics and eventually looked up Joseph Warren who was, to my surprise, someone I had never heard of but I was truly taken by his story. The words haunted me while the music soothed me. I have now listened to 4 or 5 versions including the one on the album and this is far and away the best version. Well done. Beautiful song that will leave you wondering how "it could have been different". Bravo my friends!
A mellow sound with mandolin notes that pluck at my heart. The growing sound that spurs movement in my heart. I, a southerner, can hear the sound that feels of southern land and southern spirit. This sound grows and the mandolin pricks in loveliness and beckons the richness this sound spurs. I love this song. I found this song at the perfect time In my life.
They are very very good. They are invited to perform in my back yard this summer.
i love your comment
2021 and just heard this. I thought I had heard all of their material. Well, I have a pleasant journey ahead.
God God (not words i use)...this man's voice is pure and perfect.
So glad i stumbled across this. They will be the house band in heaven!
So obsessed with this song and duo.
Best music I have heard in years. Such like minded people. I'm pleased that they met and are able to please my thirst for music.
Ralph Hensiek. You are rite . id not heard them at all until yesterday . an iv wore all their song d out . i love tjus stuff .
Ralph Hensiek you're comment...ohh maaan, did you ever hit the nail on the head!
RW Hen i second that ....third
Perfection! I’m Northerner but so love the south. I’ve sporadically lived and worked in the south for many years
they love the music so much you can see it in their eyes and smiles.
Heard this song for the first time today. It is stunning, hauntingly beautiful, and so deep in meaning. Like Steinbeck's "East of Eden," to music, evoking the tragedy of human nature. Keep making music!
Been listening to this over and over for 3 days. I grew up in 1960s Alabama and never understood the hate. Glad my parents taught me about Jesus and his advice to "Love thy neighbor" and "Pray for your enemies".
A masterpiece that speaks of the current historical moment we Americans are living through. America is already great and getting greater!
Saw them live last night and now I want more. They are freaking amazing, so natural together.
Absolutely! Love my dead, panic, and others because they are a headlight in my journey- I find myself coming back to MandolinO- cheers
Love the electric guitar in this arrangement. It works so well. True country song but what do I know just a old mountain man.
Thinking about this song today. Still caught in it.