Sufjan Stevens "Pleasure Principle" Live on Soundcheck

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  • Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
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    Sufjan Stevens has made music about historical events, roadways -- even serial killers. But his latest project, electro-pop album "The Age of Adz" (pronounced "odds"), is an inward-focused project dealing with the primal side of themes like love and death. Plus, there's a whole cosmic thing going on too. Before back-to-back concerts in Prospect Park next month, he joins us to perform live in the studio
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 380

  • @sacerdotisamillennial5057
    @sacerdotisamillennial5057 8 років тому +510

    He's -maybe- one of the most beautifully sensitive guys i've ever seen.

    • @MitchellM929
      @MitchellM929 5 років тому +13

      True....although, this is also kind of a confession that he is a bit of a fuckboi.......

    • @sacerdotisamillennial5057
      @sacerdotisamillennial5057 4 роки тому

      True that. At least self aware tho

    • @18purplepitbull
      @18purplepitbull 3 роки тому +7

      His birthday is July 1st, sensitive fuckboi is the perfect description of a male cancer😂

    • @Milonification
      @Milonification 3 роки тому

      @@18purplepitbull Wouldn't say they are necessarily fucbois though, maybe with fire moons or a gemini moon or whatever.

    • @18purplepitbull
      @18purplepitbull 3 роки тому +2

      @@Milonification he’s an Aries moon!! but I still love him either way💕

  • @katherinhalpin8176
    @katherinhalpin8176 6 років тому +301

    As a fan who's been following him since 2005, let me just say: he's an excellent investment.

  • @nawal8821
    @nawal8821 8 років тому +235

    how is anyone this beautiful

    • @arcticablue
      @arcticablue 8 років тому +48

      He has Jesus in his heart! :)

    • @Lauren-zd4cu
      @Lauren-zd4cu 7 років тому +7

      Nawal honestlyy he is the most beautiful man!

  • @bria4404
    @bria4404 7 років тому +231

    sufjan's voice makes me want to cry every time I hear it, not even when he's singing sad songs, just because it's so pure and angelic it makes me feel overwhelmed with emotion

    • @hakimelhaj8998
      @hakimelhaj8998 7 років тому +11

      Lovely and beautiful comment. His pure voice get me deep into a peaceful and mystical state of mind

    • @grobble7321
      @grobble7321 2 роки тому

      goated guitar music taste

  • @lankyalpaca
    @lankyalpaca 4 роки тому +160

    impossible soul is literally the best song ever.... kinda makes me sad that there is a pretty high chance of me to die without ever seeing sufjan in person :(

    • @user-hw9zp9ev8u
      @user-hw9zp9ev8u 4 роки тому +16

      I found out about him a month after he played at the theatre below my highschool, you will never know how upset I was when I found out I missed out on seeing him for 35 dollars

    • @lankyalpaca
      @lankyalpaca 4 роки тому +3

      @@user-hw9zp9ev8u omg... that's so close yet so far

    • @Dani_London
      @Dani_London 3 роки тому +6

      be thankful that you can watch videos of his performing live on the internet. Couple of decades ago, that wasn't possible

  • @TylerBurkhart
    @TylerBurkhart 11 років тому +79

    1:03 "i'm nothing but a selfish man" with a brief smile that fades into the realization. love it

  • @kiranarahmi6689
    @kiranarahmi6689 9 років тому +149

    I love the way he smiles. He's beautiful

    • @kcdrew69
      @kcdrew69 9 років тому +4

      +Kirana Rahmi Heck, I love the way he scowls. lol

    • @kiranarahmi6689
      @kiranarahmi6689 9 років тому

      Kevin E lol. So do I :p

  • @depressioncherries
    @depressioncherries 8 років тому +130

    this is my favourite part of impossible soul

    • @zaraeraesmith7510
      @zaraeraesmith7510 5 років тому +6

      icedgirl stupid man in the windooeee thooo

    • @lcs-1
      @lcs-1 4 роки тому +7

      @@zaraeraesmith7510 no no no! it's not so impossible is the best part!

    • @zaraeraesmith7510
      @zaraeraesmith7510 4 роки тому +2

      @@lcs-1 you must be an optimist 😹

    • @lcs-1
      @lcs-1 4 роки тому +5

      @@zaraeraesmith7510 i suppose... but it is so boogielicious I couldn't resist

    • @zaraeraesmith7510
      @zaraeraesmith7510 4 роки тому +2

      @@lcs-1 agreed. But the pure anguish during the stupid man part deserves an oscar

  • @k_a_y_l_e_e
    @k_a_y_l_e_e 6 років тому +127

    i've seen this video an inordinate amount of times.

    • @mjbosc
      @mjbosc 6 років тому +1

      Too many to count.

    • @eyesintheroad
      @eyesintheroad 5 років тому +1

      i keep coming back sporadically since it exists.

    • @MR.FREEDMAN
      @MR.FREEDMAN 4 місяці тому

      I liked this video in 2024 to make sure you watch it again.

  • @vasgaroth
    @vasgaroth 12 років тому +39

    I always open up this song in a separate tab/window with the intentions of having backround music while browsing, and end up just watching the entire video enthralled.

  • @jared9857
    @jared9857 10 років тому +83

    HIS SMILEEEEEE IM SOO HEART EYE EMOJI

  • @storm6245
    @storm6245 5 років тому +26

    He's talent makes him 10x so much more handsome.

  • @ratguy101
    @ratguy101 4 роки тому +15

    2:50
    "That's where the trouble began. That smile. That damned smile"

  • @PaulaCies
    @PaulaCies 4 роки тому +54

    This guys and girls, no filters, no selfies, all natural. And the eyes of Sufjan, eyes, smile like a child, so simple and amazing. Shocking :)

  • @gemamartinez9448
    @gemamartinez9448 8 років тому +61

    His smile at the end is the most precious thing I've seen in my whole life. Oh Sufjan, why aren't you here holding my hand ·_·

    • @eyesintheroad
      @eyesintheroad 5 років тому +1

      Who can offer perpetual pleasure?

  • @johannesnicolaas
    @johannesnicolaas 7 років тому +26

    I felt a kind of shock after the first 10 seconds. As if existence didn't prepare me for such beauty.

  • @terenceokane
    @terenceokane 14 днів тому +1

    For some reason, The Age of Adz is THE album I listen to when I fly. I don't listen to any other Sufjan music. I found the album randomly in 2010 and to this day its THE album I put on when I sit down on a plane, ready to calm down and fall asleep. I've always meant to listen to more of his catalogue and just... never have done that. But Age of Adz... I've listened to this album dozens, if not hundreds, of times. It's terrific. The opening/closing tracks are especially beautiful.

  • @emilyjones2130
    @emilyjones2130 11 років тому +27

    You can just tell how he puts all of himself into his music... Perfection.

  • @yolosutey1992
    @yolosutey1992 6 років тому +88

    I hope my nose look like that nose, perfectly carved such a greek statue

  • @MSAZgreen
    @MSAZgreen 10 років тому +35

    I love this song so much, so so much. Sufjan Stevens will forever be one of my favourite little treasured musicians.

  • @JavaLavaIce
    @JavaLavaIce 12 років тому +10

    His smile at the end was the sweetest thing I've ever seen.

  • @marissag2153
    @marissag2153 7 років тому +26

    I sang this song for a Talent Show in High school and I'm pretty sure they purposefully introduced it as "Pressure Principle" in order to avoid the Sexual Vibes from the song I obviously was ignorant of then...not sure it made a whole lot of difference, lol.

  • @FA.9000
    @FA.9000 Рік тому +5

    He so beautiful here, I always come back, because of the song, the voices, but also his presence

  • @itsMotion17
    @itsMotion17 11 років тому +7

    'and did you think i'd stay the night...and did you think i'd love you forever.'

  • @miamartinez7183
    @miamartinez7183 4 роки тому +8

    His little smile at the end! I love him! He's so precious.

  • @fillXinXblankXstares
    @fillXinXblankXstares 12 років тому +8

    Everytime he performs live you can see the emotion of the song on his face.. so beautiful

  • @U2andColdplayFan
    @U2andColdplayFan 11 років тому +8

    It took me a minute to realize that this was just the acoustic breakdown at the end of Impossible Soul, the last 3 minutes of that 25 minute song specifically. Such a beautiful closer.

  • @malachijames7616
    @malachijames7616 11 років тому +9

    I listened to Sufjan Stevens everytime I spent time with the girl of my dreams.
    Now I listen to Sufjan Stevens, thinking about, how all I do is friggen things up.
    This man's music, is the only thing that brings me comfort and happiness, now-an-days.

  • @petertoshtosh
    @petertoshtosh 8 років тому +34

    Queremos mucho a Sufjan

  • @silviasuchonova9949
    @silviasuchonova9949 8 років тому +27

    I can't get enough of this. Thank you so much.

  • @CryWolfFilms
    @CryWolfFilms 11 років тому +10

    Such a genuine human being. Love this man.

  • @Lauren-zd4cu
    @Lauren-zd4cu 7 років тому +18

    Good smile 10/10

  • @beautifulmoments2686
    @beautifulmoments2686 8 місяців тому +2

    never meant to cause you pain
    My burden is the weight of a feather
    I never meant to lead you on
    I only meant to please me, however
    And then you tell me
    Boy, we can do much more
    Boy, we can do much more
    Boy, we can do much more together
    Boy, we can do much more together
    I'm nothing but a selfish man
    I'm nothing but a privileged peddler
    And did you think I'd stay the night
    And did you think I'd love you forever
    And then you tell me
    Boy, we can do much more
    Boy, we can do much more
    Boy, we can do much more together
    Boy, we can do much more together
    I got to tell you
    Girl, I want nothing less
    Girl, I want nothing less
    Girl, I want nothing less than pleasure
    Girl, I want nothing less than pleasure
    And then you tell me
    Boy, we made such a mess
    Boy, we made such a mess
    Boy, we made such a mess together
    Boy, we made such a mess together
    Boy, we made such a mess together
    Boy, we made such a mess together

  • @hendta96
    @hendta96 13 років тому +7

    @MatthewWittT I think Sufjan made something weird, different but genius with this album. At first these songs were too strange for me, but after a while I could really enjoy all of them. I fell in love with the ADZ and still keep listening this individual and crazy masterpiece. (a Hungarian fan)

  • @sincerelyyoursakrimah3775
    @sincerelyyoursakrimah3775 4 роки тому +5

    I feel like i relate with the lyrics and oh my goodness i love this person

  • @celoratz
    @celoratz 5 років тому +8

    Makes my heart heavy :(. I love this song

  • @TheBalletbee
    @TheBalletbee 11 років тому +7

    That smile at the end.

  • @Pr0x1mo
    @Pr0x1mo Рік тому +1

    BRO, WHY? WHY WHY WHY can this man bring me to tears with almost everything he fucking writes/sings? NO man should be allowed to wield this power.

  • @fillXinXblankXstares
    @fillXinXblankXstares 13 років тому +2

    I involuntarily smiled when he smiled at the end. LOVE THIS GUY

  • @IFight4God
    @IFight4God 11 років тому +3

    Writes a thoughtful and amazing music.
    "Cute smile."

  • @philkerd
    @philkerd 9 років тому +5

    Ce type est incroyablement bon, j'adore tous ses albums

  • @stop08it
    @stop08it 12 років тому +6

    2:49 - such a beautiful smile...

  • @junephillip3731
    @junephillip3731 7 років тому +2

    listening to this song on loop because it makes me feel so sad

  • @biggdogg1975
    @biggdogg1975 3 роки тому +4

    Anyone else here at least 3 times a week…….

  • @drummermylo
    @drummermylo 13 років тому +1

    The best songwriter alive today... if not in the last hundred or so years.... anyone???

  • @nickfromCO
    @nickfromCO 4 роки тому +6

    1:34 ...looks like Sufjan just got done painting the shed before he rolled into the studio.

  • @starrynight9873
    @starrynight9873 3 роки тому +1

    Hm. I hadnt cried as much since I listened for the first time to Damien Rice and Lisa Hannigan.
    Great to see I still have it.

  • @adsfkjmosum
    @adsfkjmosum 12 років тому +1

    I can't describe what I'm feeling right now. It's a euphoric yet melancholy atmosphere...I feel fulfilled.

  • @Blackiechan2711
    @Blackiechan2711 13 років тому +3

    why am i crying. this is insane. so much emotion. I want to die listening to this song.
    love you sufjan!

  • @itsarilu
    @itsarilu 11 місяців тому +1

    i always come back to this video and weep a little for how wonderful it is to live at the same time as this man

  • @3333three
    @3333three 13 років тому +1

    I can't understand how such incredible beauty is even possible.

  • @alejandrobolanos8777
    @alejandrobolanos8777 6 років тому +192

    now I know, I am bisexual

  • @dnocesefil2219
    @dnocesefil2219 3 роки тому +1

    The first line made me teary-eyed cos I had this man who left me for good cos I was being complicated in our relationship.. 😞

  • @aprilberry429
    @aprilberry429 11 років тому +2

    His eyes are magical ♥

  • @12boosemo
    @12boosemo 12 років тому +2

    Suf has the best outfit I've ever seen.

  • @ericaraujo271
    @ericaraujo271 4 роки тому +9

    Sufjan é sem duvidas uma das melhores coisas que apareceu em minha vida. Um grande artista que mexe com nossos sentidos de forma profunda. Um transbordamento de emoções.

    • @brmpbrmp
      @brmpbrmp 4 роки тому +1

      muitas bonitas as suas palavras

  • @darkhusker
    @darkhusker 12 років тому +2

    I'm a successful classically trained violinist and it saddens me that I will probably never make music like this..

  • @mignonnet
    @mignonnet 6 років тому +1

    omg that beautiful smile at the end, I`m melting

  • @billwhite9703
    @billwhite9703 9 років тому +18

    Nice to see a bit of real class.

  • @Loutchianooo
    @Loutchianooo 5 років тому +2

    What a smile :) :)

  • @flowergezahegn5178
    @flowergezahegn5178 4 роки тому +1

    Oooh how much i love this guy

  • @miguelvarela
    @miguelvarela 9 років тому +2

    Thank you WNYC! Unrepeatable

  • @voluptamors1
    @voluptamors1 12 років тому +4

    Look at Sufjan's guns! Dayum, boy!

  • @miri5516
    @miri5516 7 років тому +7

    how can this have thumbs down
    what is wrong with people

  • @joshuaallman6034
    @joshuaallman6034 7 місяців тому

    God so beautiful. I love coming back to this performance.

  • @ajmartino
    @ajmartino 10 років тому +5

    perfect.

  • @BlakeGildaphish76
    @BlakeGildaphish76 11 років тому

    i've NEVER seen what he looks like, and i didn't care to know until now... i'm beyond pleased!

  • @JesseRBakerMusic
    @JesseRBakerMusic 12 років тому +4

    I think I like the live version better this is sweet!!

  • @KrookDale
    @KrookDale 12 років тому +2

    It is a passage from Impossible Soul on The Age of Adz.

  • @miaxmoo
    @miaxmoo 13 років тому

    Involuntary tears are slowly forming...Beautiful.

  • @bodylmarto
    @bodylmarto 4 роки тому

    Gosh, I could listen to this for days...

  • @DewaldV84
    @DewaldV84 11 років тому +2

    This is so beautiful it hurts!

  • @fffreak007
    @fffreak007 Рік тому

    never gonnaa stop coming back to this viddeo

  • @halmeoniluna
    @halmeoniluna 12 років тому +1

    that smile... gosh.

  • @evelinamorgan4652
    @evelinamorgan4652 7 років тому

    Most beautiful smile + most beautiful scowl all at once in the same person

  • @saraentrecerros
    @saraentrecerros 7 років тому +4

    rip in peace @ my eyes and heart

  • @BRYankowy
    @BRYankowy 12 років тому

    How can you not smile when he smiles? come on.

  • @Wicked_Panda
    @Wicked_Panda 10 років тому +109

    I clicked on this video honestly thinking he was going to perform Janet Jackson's song. It's safe to say I'm a little behind on Sufjan's music.

    • @dwade4986
      @dwade4986 10 років тому +1

      Me too.haha

    • @ToyotaKudoFan
      @ToyotaKudoFan 7 років тому +12

      I was expecting that too, I had forgotten about this part of Impossible Soul. Now I wanna hear Suf cover Janet's version since she is another one of my favourite artists.

    • @JEazy86
      @JEazy86 5 років тому

      😂😂😂 same here

    • @HotMessMemories1
      @HotMessMemories1 5 років тому +3

      the whole lot bitch, I was waiting for him to tip a chair!

    • @twon423
      @twon423 5 років тому

      HotMessMemories1 😂😂😂😂😂😂☠️

  • @fillXinXblankXstares
    @fillXinXblankXstares 13 років тому

    His smile is so beautiful. Beautiful man

  • @rafasrda
    @rafasrda 6 років тому +1

    Beautifull musical!! 💖

  • @TheSpleen93
    @TheSpleen93 12 років тому

    He breaks my heart every time

  • @LiiveMesenger
    @LiiveMesenger 12 років тому

    Wow! Sufjan stevens will always be the best.

  • @Olivelover
    @Olivelover 12 років тому +1

    this is pure magic... per usual Sufjan, per usual.

  • @fusilijerry6295
    @fusilijerry6295 5 місяців тому

    Best song ever

  • @estre4030
    @estre4030 3 роки тому +3

    depressed and back again

  • @captainbloor
    @captainbloor 11 років тому +244

    Jesus. Am I now Gay?

  • @TheCall0fTheWildest
    @TheCall0fTheWildest 13 років тому

    What a beautiful human being.

  • @JonathanHartwig
    @JonathanHartwig 8 років тому +39

    This is so gorgeous it will make you believe in God.

    • @joost2501
      @joost2501 6 років тому

      And Sufjan as the prophet :P

    • @daneschipp
      @daneschipp 4 роки тому +1

      Affirmative on the gorgeous part.

  • @yellohcards
    @yellohcards 13 років тому

    that smile at the end...swoon worthy

  • @reejones1713
    @reejones1713 9 років тому +14

    The gates of heaven.

  • @decupero
    @decupero 12 років тому +3

    Um toque de suavidade em onda sonora. Amazing!

  • @Primuz666
    @Primuz666 3 роки тому

    Back to this song again.

  • @MichaelLilley2001
    @MichaelLilley2001 13 років тому

    Truly exceptionally utterly wonderfully marvellous

  • @ganterl
    @ganterl 11 років тому +4

    i just realized this kind of sounds like enchanted ghost

  • @dragonblackie444
    @dragonblackie444 4 роки тому +2

    cuando me siento mal vengo a escuchar esta parte y me calma mucho :(

  • @bernie4268
    @bernie4268 2 роки тому +2

    Just getting into this guy. What cds should I get first and don’t say “all of them!” I was thinking of the Michigan one and the Carrie and Lowell one and the Adz one?

    • @marst91
      @marst91 2 роки тому +1

      As a collector my very first suf vinyls were Illinois, Adz, and later upon release, Carrie and Lowell. But if you’re into Sufjan, I would recommend them all, they’re all amazing and I have most of them ;)

  • @ursulade
    @ursulade 12 років тому

    oh i love him!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @OzgeeeOkc
    @OzgeeeOkc 9 років тому +1

    heavenly..

  • @CriterionCafe
    @CriterionCafe 8 років тому +44

    Hey, it's that National dude

    • @43sad3efs
      @43sad3efs 8 років тому +10

      playing I need my girl too.

    • @43sad3efs
      @43sad3efs 7 років тому +9

      the chords of i need my girl are very similar to pleasure principle

  • @mcortezwriter
    @mcortezwriter 5 років тому +1

    i was so hoping this would be a sufjan cover of janet jackson.