Phosphorescent - Song For Zula (Live on KEXP)
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- Опубліковано 1 тра 2013
- KEXP.ORG presents Phosphorescent performing "Song For Zula" live in the KEXP studio. Recorded on April 9, 2013.
Host: Cheryl Waters
Audio Engineer: Kevin Suggs
Cameras: Jim Beckmann, Justin Wilmore and Patrick Richardson Wright
Editing: Jim Beckmann
phosphorescentmusic.com/
This is one song I can TRULY say I never get burned out on. I can listen to it over and over and over and over. There are not many songs I can say that about...
Dredg - bug eyes
Same here!
Check out the cover done by First Aid Kit.
Same!
Mine is silent lucidity by queensryche. Such a fantastic, dreamy, emotional song. Never tire of it, ever
Still one of the greatest ever recorded songs....and this version is fantastic. Can't believe this is the first comment in years.
I visit here when I need to fill my soul - like now...
Short, our memories are.
It's bc it's on a TV show now...🙄
It breaks your heart and fills you with hope all at the same time. Tragically honest and utterly beautiful.
Couldn't have said it better myself. Agree 1000%. Never gets old.
Wow, Dawn! You totally nailed it with so little words. YES, that is what it does for me too. After I broke off my engagement I would throw on my sneakers and run to this with tears streaming down my face. This song was like a healing balm to my broken heart.
Indeed
Props to you Dawn...Tragically honest and utterly beautiful. You are a part of my tribe. I wanna be a part of your tribe. :) Seriously, it's life affirming when you find another alien who truly appreciates the real fine things in life...This track has crashed into my life in the last few days, it even competes with Cigarettes After Sex in my all time top 10...
Luv u
This song is soooo underrated ❤️❤️
Criminally 'underrated'
" I said come on in.. I will not open myself up this way again"
This songs just beautiful
I'm italian and I don't really understand the words.. I just feel my broken heart with these vibes
+Itsiwhatitsi you have great taste in music though ;)
+Itsiwhatitsi ^^
Song for Zula
Alcuni dicono che l'amore è una cosa che brucia
Che fa un anello di fuoco
Oh, ma so che l'amore come una cosa dissolvenza
Proprio come volubile come una piuma in un ruscello
Vedi, il miele, ho visto l'amore. Vedete, è venuto da me
Ha messo la sua faccia fino alla mia faccia così ho potuto vedere
Sì poi ho visto l'amore mi deturpano
In qualcosa che non sto riconoscere
Vedere, la gabbia, si chiama. Ho detto, "Vieni in"
Non voglio aprirmi in questo modo ancora una volta
Né porre la mia faccia al suolo, né i miei denti per la sabbia
Non voglio porre come questo per giorni ormai alle porte fine
Non mi vedrete cadere, né vedermi fatica a stare in piedi
Per essere riconoscere da qualche tocco dalle sue mani nodose
Vedete, la gabbia, si chiama. Ho detto, "Vieni in"
Non voglio aprirmi in questo modo ancora una volta
Vedete, la luna è luminoso in quella notte le cime degli alberi
Vedo le ombre che abbiamo lanciato nel luce fredda, pulito
I miei piedi sono oro. Il mio cuore è bianco
E corriamo fuori sulle pianure desertiche per tutta la notte
Vedi, il miele, io non sono un po 'cosa rotta
Io non offro qui al buio in attesa per te
Non il mio cuore è oro. I miei piedi sono leggeri
E mi sforzo di correre fuori sulle pianure desertiche per tutta la notte
Così alcuni dicono che l'amore è una cosa che brucia
Che fa un anello di fuoco
Oh, ma so che l'amore come una cosa ingabbiamento
Basta un killer venuto a chiamare da un sogno terribile
O e tutto quello che la gente, si vengono a vedere
Basta stare lì nel bicchiere guardando me
Ma il mio cuore è selvaggio. E le mie ossa sono a vapore
E potrei uccido con le mie mani, se ero libero
very relevant
Let's just say the lyrics matches the vibes
One of the most beautiful, underrated songs
Amazing songs like this could stop a war
Alexx Pinkerton nothing stops stupidity on that scale friend but it's a nice thought.
I agree with your sentiment 100%. It's the vulnerability of the lyrics mixed with the tender sound...so much hope in vulnerability.
100%%
I've never seen a human being look as worried as the drummer did at 0:15.
kenz526 Agree. “Was that a shart?”
But he's pretty much one of the coolest drummer I've seen..... :)
he is just focusing lol ...he might be an INFJ
OMG I just spilled all my coffee looking at his face.. hahaha I think he had just remembered he left a pot on the fire.
I believe it's a drum machine on the original recording. Later, the song was so good... the need for a drummer became obvious. Let me say that to drum for that long, that fast, with that precision... is really not easy. The beat is quite fast and... almost 6 minutes of it... Congrats. Great job he did.
My heart cries, lips smile and soul transcends into a broken bliss. Love love love this song. 🙃
Mesmo sentimento que tive ao ouvir,maravilhosa canção...Completa 💞🇧🇷
This song reminds me of when I was in a toxic relationship and in love. I thought I couldn’t leave but the only thing holding me there was me. That last line just makes my heart ache for the me that I had lost when I did not see a way out. The emotional scars are still in recovery mode.
I hope you feel better now. I just can relate this ☺️
I completely understand what you mean. I just left a 15 year relationship.
Wow powerful .... sending you virtual love xxx
I m crazy for this song! ❤️ So emotional!!!
Sending you love and light, I hope you are doing well now. I am going through the same, since last month. I hope get out of my own head soon. I can't wait to feel better. ❤️
2022 here, still sound great. thanks
I just heard this on the 📺show "Superstore". I am so surprised to find it came out 8years ago and I'm just hearing it now?!?!? It's an awesome song! 👍🏼❤
Saaaaame. My Alexa just played it. I'm so in love with it 😍
It was used in 2013 movie The Spectacular Now starring Miles Teller & Shailene Woodley. Beautiful movie & this song aptly fits it.
Man same here! That show is such easy viewing and then they ended the whole series with this song and as soon as the vocals dropped I had to know what it was. Turns out I was already a fan of his older stuff but never heard this song. The recorded version is really special.
TASM 2
What a gorgeous song.
Some say love is a burning thing
That it makes a fiery ring
Oh but I know love as a fading thing
Just as fickle as a feather in a stream
See, honey, I saw love,
You see it came to me
It puts its face up to my face so I could see
Yeah then I saw love disfigure me
Into something I am not recognizing
See the cage, it called. I said, come on in
I will not open myself up this way again
Nor lay my face to the soil, nor my teeth to the sand
I will not lay like this for days now upon end
You will not see me fall, nor see me struggle to stand
To be acknowledged by some touch from his gnarled hands
You see the cage it called. I said, come on in
I will not open myself this way again.
You see the moon is bright in that treetop night
I see the shadows that we cast in the cold clean light
I might fear I go and my heart is white
And we race right out on the desert plains all night
So honey I am now, some broken thing
I do not lay in the dark waiting for day here
Now my heart is gold, my feet are right
And I'm racing out on the desert plains all night
So some say love is a burning thing
That it makes a fiery ring
All that I know love as a caging thing
Just a killer come to call from some awful dream
And all you folks, you come to see
You just to stand there in the glass looking at me
But my heart is wild, and my bones are steel
And I could kill you with my bare hands if I was free
Thanks
Thank you.
I can't get this song out of my head
I know right. I just discovered it 10 days ago. And every day I listen to it...several times :)
Phosphorescent's Song For Zulu is one of my big favourite songs of last year.I can play it over and over and never tire of it.
#phosphorescent
Yea me too
Absolute poetic musical perfection that hits me so square straight into my heart and leaves me limp with emotion. This beautiful bittersweet masterpiece crept up on me without my knowledge as after my subconscious heard it play on my car radio a number of times, one day I find myself pulled over with tears pouring out of my eyes wondering who did this song, what it was, and mesmerized by the power that it had over me. When the expression of words, music, and emotion come so perfectly together it's quite a magical thing. This song is magical, and so incredibly wonderful.
I felt the same way
Every time this song pops up in my playlist, I feel moved to the bone and get overwhelmed with melancholy. Beautiful...
One of the best live versions of a song I have heard in years. I stumbled across this song only recently and it’s beautiful and resonates with a lot of people for reasons. Love this some and particularly this live version.
this song is so beutiful and sound so personal and special..i love it..when i listen to this song it make me fly to another world..remind me of a good time i used to have back in my country :)
i saw ur comment in official video of spectaular now . i think u totaly fall in love with this song :-)
karthi nick lol..im so embarrassing now..but yes i really love this song..after i saw in the 1st video i tried to find the live version of this song because i want to see the band performed..owh again im so embarrassing because able to notice my comment.. btw thanks for your comment..
:-)
i never thought that someone will notice my comment..but perhaps u also fall in with this song since u also in both video :)
he he :-)
Glorious. I wish I'd discovered this a lot sooner.
This arrangement is so much better than the album version.
@@NickButler music noob here, can you explain what u meant by "different arrangement" i want to know more
I found this song yesterday, after listening soundtrack “The amazing Spider-Man 2”.
Beautiful song and lyrics. 💙🎼🎤🎹🎸
It was also used a year earlier in a beautiful 2013 movie called The Spectacular Now starring Miles Teller & Shailene Woodley. This song aptly fits it.
It would be hard to listen to this song live in public cause i cry every time
With the power invested in me by the people of the world, I hereby grant you permission to cry in public..
I am a grown ass man and I still after 104 plus listens I still have to take deep breaths to get through this song. No big tears... but VERY misty eyes and super deep feels!
That bass in the beginin.........hats off
It's super simple. This is one of the first songs you learn with Fender Play. This arrangement just uses a delay pedal to create that effect. It's a great song to improvise over.
This isn't the cleanest version of this song that you find on the internets ... but I think it's the most honest. It tastes of heartbreak and uplifting promise. I mourn the decade that I've lost not knowing this existed.
Right!?!? I just came across it from a random Playlist. Love it. Now if only my daughter wouldn't hijack my UA-cam account😅
I am addicted to Phosphorescent
Love disfigured me ❤️
I love this song. It has everything in it. It is captivating, not able to do anything else than listen to it when it plays.
I didn't think this song could be performed live--amazing job! I can't get over the drummer--I assumed the whole thing was done by machine.
I can llistening this song all day and never get bored
Heard this song in The Amazing Spider-Man first time and it really fits the love story between Peter and Gwen. Every time when I heard the melody it took me back to the old time when i was addicted to the movie.
Gorgeous song! ... It breaks my heart!
It can kill me with your bare-voice
Till this day, it still floors me... Thank you
this world is a beautiful beautiful place with beautiful people who have feelings inside of them to come up with a song like this!! pure rapture
Absolutely breathtaking song
The bass is epic!
love this tune.
I love this song so much. My dog is named Zula...certainly influenced. I will enjoy this song as long as I can.
This song came into my life unexpectedly and I am addicted to it. Not so much for the words, but the melody captures my heart and soul because it is for someone I love deeply and endlessly, being far apart and not able to touch each other that grips my heartstrings and I only wish someday I can show this person the love I have for him will never die, never fade and I miss him every minute of the day and through eternity. I have never opened up my heart this way to anyone and he has mesmerized me and holds my heart and soul.
Best version of greatest song ever. !!
The quality of the comments here reflects the amazing quality of the song, many thanks to the community
This was our song. We used to relish this together when were together. She introduced this song to me years ago and i still listen to this song almost everyday. It has been months we have broken up and this song makes more and more sense now. It somehow brings peace to me along with her memories.
"But honey i am not some broken thing" yes, yes i am. who am i kidding... man i can relate to your comment big time hope you are doing better now. 😊
This is my all time favorite song. It makes me so emotional, it's so beautiful. Especially the version live at St. Pancras church. It's breathtaking
how is the whole band not blubberring all over their instruments like I am right now?
so beautyful and sadness song. just love it
Thank you again KEXP thank you Dead Oceans and Phosphorescent for sharing. Namaste
Thank you Matthew Houck/Phosphorescent. I'm 55 years old and this has given me insight into who I am and what has shaped me like nothing else before. Also, on a lighter side OMG your work and your band is amazing!!! C'est la vie.
beyond words... greatness unknown to the public...hopefully they stay a secret
The perfect song about the heartbreak that never heals. Watching the performance, it sucks to know somebody else really gets it like that, but also in a way comforting to know that one is not the only so situated.
The cage it called, I said "come on in." I will not open myself up this way again.
Haunts me day and night
Ohhh i just heard the intro of this song on the Vampire diaries S4 e19 and it touched my heart so much that I had to look for it. Songs like these won't die
When the guitar-solo kicks in...Pure musical magic. Wauw!
RIP GWEN STACY
this is tragedically beautiful 🥺🥺
You can see how much of the world pours into Matthew. He's a dear soul. 4:30
Huckleberry Finn did you see him wipe a tear after the guitar solo? This song is special
oh man, i would like to write a song as powerful as this...
"I will not open myself up this way again"... harsh words to live by.
Go for it! I DARE you ! No! I triple DARE you! You already have pen paper & instruments! Well what are you waiting for? :)))☆☆☆☆☆
EmileBea1
"""DARE""" me? And LO! Not even THAT but a
""""TRIPLE"""" ?!?!?
Alrighty then, I will. But, YOU must come up with a TITLE! And one line. Can go anywhere in the song but, yep~ One. Little. Line.
Oh and btw MAKE IT INSANELY *EPIC!*
No pressure, just doodle something in the vein of... LAYLA !
p & S~ i already HAVE several 'parts' of this
'song of the ages'.
AND WOWOWOW WHAT HAPPENED TODAY?!
As usual i stayed up, and as i was heading to sleep about 7:45AM my friend calls, HIS friend has an old Fender amp and wants info- can I WAKE DA HEKK UP and drop every ting and come over? by 8:30 no later? OK fine. And ever since then i look at the clock an it says HOURS EARLIER THAN IT SHOULD!!! WTF. That, might not even be a bad thing but, DAMNIT HOW'D THAT HAPPEN ANYWAY???
LOL????
Like now
lordsardonicvids In the movie by
Gwen Stacy, "The Amazing Spider Man"
"We Have To Be Greater Than We Suffer" That song by Phosphorescent "Song for Zula" Plays. I think it played in that Diary Vampire movie too. Not sure but it reminds of the of that movie I heard it on that. My Brothers use to play albums of all sorts that you don't hear of much today. But he the old songs are making a come back. Dah something you can actually understand the lyrics of. (well sometimes)!
How about "No Evanescence"
My line is :
You will always be my shooting star
No matter where you are
Evanescence means a state of lasting for a short time! like one moment a go and the nex....stars are stars & then they fall .. they are here then they are gone!
The two lines I wrote about a shooting star can be used in a song too as a metaphore as
I did here Well I guess you name it
lordsardonicvids
"Shooting Star"
You will always be my shooting star
No matter where you are
No matter how much I wish my falling star
You were never meant to come this far.
lordsardonicvids Heyyyy! What ever happened to the song you asked me to write lyrics to . That is what I wrote :
"Shooting Star"
You will always be my shooting star
No matter where you are
No matter how much I wish my falling star
You were never meant to come this far.
EmileBea1
HEYYYY! !LOL!! That lyric there, it sounds like it could have been addressed to, or at least 'about'... LordSardonic, Alex. I know, probably that wasn't your intent, but that's how I read it.
Well that's neither here nor there for setting music to, obviously! The song is still here, I added more to fill it out some, I, kind of connected it to, another piece i wrote, totally different so, that could either be a completely different 'section', somewhat like "Stairway to Heaven" or "Bohemian Rhapsody" has diff parts, as well. Probably I shouldn't over~complicate the thing and leave them as separate songs... but, idk.
And you would definitely have to hear the music anyway, to at least offer an opinion to their suitability. I think, anyway.
Not sure how that would be done.
It can help to look at other songwriting 'teams' for their methods. For instance, Elton John & Bernie Taupin. As far as I know, Bernie just writes the words and then sends them to Elton, who just interprets, and writes music
FOR it. There are soooo many ways to do that, there is no 'set way' or standard.
Whatever works for one, may not work for another.
Not too muddy it up, but, them's da rules, as I know 'em! And now, to break them!
Muahahahahahaha....ha!
Love this song!
Emily Richardson me too
So good! heard it on swedish radio and had to find it!
My favourite song of all time!
So magical music composition
Enjoyed every bloody minute of it...wow its beautiful.
been listening it for 10 years..and I cant get enough! Beautiful!
Top 5 songs of the year...
That guitar solo...
Heartbreakingly beautiful.
July 2022. Still as emotionally beautiful as ever. ❤️
I watched The Spectacularly Now, it is such a romantic film and loved this soundtrack, awesome.
It's in the Amazing Spider-Man 2 as well! When I heard it I freaked out!
You don't normally expect to hear such a fine independent tune in a mainstream monster like Spiderman, do you?
Great song. I seem to gravitate back to this version. Not sure how many times I've played it. lol
One of my favorite songs, great performance! 💜
This song is a work of art. Touches very deeply ..
This song has touched my soul .........Just Beautiful ........!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i first heard him a few years back when he did a Willie Nelson song .and it blew me away ..the man has a talent for pulling you into the song..
Dang, this song gave me goose bumps.
This song is amazing! ❤❤❤
This song is heartbreaking yet beautiful. Definitely one of my all-time favorites! ❤️
Pure talent and magical. All are perfect musicians….. wow!!!!
ALWAYS IN LOVE WITH THIS SONG
Such a beautiful song!
I love it! Good vibes from Brazil.
That’s such a great song.
This song is beautiful.
this song is so beautiful heartbreaking even after years it shines and shines
Best love song ever
I can't stop listening to these guys! Especially this song! It feels beautiful and sincere
REAL MUSICIANS... just all they are!
Preciosa, un video maravilloso. Muchas gracias
Love the bass and so relaxing~
Finally, I got my song from UA-cam this song always close to my heart, I love those lovely lines where the song goes and music were amazing it, I love that song when I am free from my Business and further Business Study and then I took my Ducati and enjoy the song with Bike Riding that time I feel top of this entire world. Amazing Lyrics
still my favourite.....
this is absolutely amazing..... that guitar solo sounds incredible and so much emotion in it
To me, this is one of the most beautiful songs about heartbreak. The lyric - i saw love disfigure me into something I am not recognizing... there are no words to explain how that line hits home. Beautiful beautiful. Luckily I have finally found a love that does not hurt, but it's been a journey to get here.
I discovered this song in 2019. It came at the perfect time.
still my fav too...
Just discovered this Gem 💎
This is one of the best songs ever, so evocative so moving.
Even live they sound Awesome!
Cool song.
Best of luck and let's rock!!
This track is never off my playlist, thankyou.
This gem was here from years and I found it now
It blows my mind.. the few comments for this song, what a beautiful composition with complex meaningful lyrics. So we'll done!!
Do you ever get the feeling that whatever God is, lives in the essence of humanity?