AMANDA PALMER - JUDY BLUME

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6 жыл бұрын

directed by jason webley. this video was funded by over 10,000 patrons. if you love this song and want to see us able to Make More Things, please consider joining the patreon to support me, my team & collaborators. THE FUTURE IS HERE and we don't need Facebook! hooray.
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CREDITS:
Jason Webley - Director
Sean O’Grady - Director of Photography / Editor
Chris Haney - Producer / Assistant Director
Adam Lipscomb - Assistant Camera
John-Carlo Monti - Second Assistant Camera
Kevin Fannon - Key Grip
Bron Moyi - Art Department
Camille De Gend - Art Assistant
Jennifer Jane - Hair and Makeup
Michael McComiskey - Production Assistant
Audra Brandt - Production Assistant
Casting, Production & Consulting by Alita Edgar & Jay Pennington of New Orleans Airlift
Video shot at Wonderland in New Orleans, LA with special thanks to Stacy Hoover
Recorded and Mixed by Steven W Richardson of Mobile Recording LA
Mastered by Jherek Bischoff
Camera Rental by 444 Camera
Grip and Electric by MBS Equipment
Piano Rental and Tuning by Sherman Bernard Piano Co
CAST:
Amanda Palmer
Attica Scry
Aidan Farrell
Jace Kendal
Ethan Biggs
Elio Sharp
Varvara Degtiarenko
Mikhail Hornsby
Karleigh Ortega
Roya Brinkman
Olive Juge
Alex Hood
Vivian St Jean
Terri Coleman
Lolli Mae Coleman
Nancy Hannibal
Zoe Boekbinder
Neil Gaiman
Jason Webley
Hannah Forrester
Zibby Jahns
Dan Sharp
James Brown
Jane Patton
Alita Edgar
Jay Pennington
Stacy Hoover
Durado Brooks
Nicole Toney
Jason Wilson
Rena Tom
Christianna Carr
Yesenia Medina
Jojo Lamoza
Jennifer Torkkola
Shana Donahue
Tyler Warren
Lauren Barron
Ethan Braden
Cameron Rowe
Stephanie Rowe
Jada Haverlock
Grandmafun
Jeff Pagano
Shannon Brinkman
Davon Addison
Dominique Addison
Latyren Addison
Omeshia Addison
Laura Bevins
Ethan Braden
Hannah Braden
Angel Cutno
Cliff Davis
Aimee K. Cedro
Helen Gillet
Aime’ R. Lohmeyer
Ron Marrs
Jenna Ortega
Leo Skala
Ryan Soucy
Erin Winslow St. Pierre
Jessica Rhodes
SPECIAL THANKS:
Satsuma Cafe
The Book Rack of Metairie, Walls of Books, and Blue Cypress Books
Huge thanks to Wonderland, New Orleans Airlift, and the Music Box Village.
And a special thank you to M'issa Fleming, Laura Bevins and the New Orleans Public Library
JUDY BLUME 4EVA!!!!

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@torturedbeacon 6 жыл бұрын

Beautiful. As a librarian this line is my favorite "You will not be alone with your thoughts, well you will, but you won't in a way cause a girl thought it too in a book that the library bought.. " This summed up my childhood

@annhart468 6 жыл бұрын

Mine too. Where would we be without the bravery of Librarians?

@ciarapixie5928 6 жыл бұрын

Yup me too I spent so much time in libraries I love librarians. I hadn't thought of Judy Blume in a while though

@vermilliongecko 6 жыл бұрын

If it weren't for libraries, I would never have read Judy Blume. Or Oscar Wilde!

@kirbycastillo2983 Жыл бұрын

Same. Except for me, it was Betty Smith’s ‘A Tree Grows in Brooklyn’.

@kirbycastillo2983 Жыл бұрын

We have Judy Blume on a tree painted outside the children’s library. On the same tree is Enid Bloom, a woman my Mom worked hard for. It amazes me how much things can shape and change our lives, even in just a book that the library bought.

@corinneambler4165 6 жыл бұрын

Something I really love about Amanda is that her voice isn't the "perfect" voice that you hear on the radio. It's raw, powerful and adds a lot of character to her music.

@amberisrad 6 жыл бұрын

totally agree. big part of why i love her music.

@amandapalmer 6 жыл бұрын

thank you. if you want auto-tune, go to aisle 12.

@vdiaz1051 6 жыл бұрын

it's real, it's pure art

@thelaughingman79 6 жыл бұрын

if she were a great singer her music would be less over all. her and henry rollins ..they keep me going.

@EllenBreakingBad 6 жыл бұрын

Because she's not auto-tuning. She can do this for real.

@sarahborowik-frank4990 6 жыл бұрын

"I don't remember the details of seventh grade - all I remember is lying there and being afraid" - Amanda's itensity of expressioning her feelings makes me cry every single time. It's a cleansing cry though. Whoever you are, reading this right now: I love you

@Sweet_Ghoul 6 жыл бұрын

Back at you, Sister.

@jenbrimmage6216 5 жыл бұрын

Love you too.

@lisarae7823 5 жыл бұрын

Love you too.

@mnbvvmnbvv9548 5 жыл бұрын

@SshhhTrouble 5 жыл бұрын

That line especially got to me as well

@TheDeepfriedturkey 6 жыл бұрын

I love how some of the readers are in the weird contorted positions you try when you've been reading for hours and will do anything to be comfortable, except put down the book.

@rayciayoungham 6 жыл бұрын

"All of them lived in my head, quietly whispering: 'You are not so strange'." What a beautiful testament to the power of books. Especially to a young, growing, malleable mind.

@NellLegos 6 жыл бұрын

Well I didn't expect to cry this early in the morning. What an amazing song.

@Harkhana 6 жыл бұрын

I just watched it twice, I'm balling like a baby now. Now I am going to go nap like one. Lovely, isn't it?

@NellLegos 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! This song speaks to my soul. I have a 9 year old daughter who's just starting to read her books and I'm so glad they're out there for her. They colored my childhood and I hope they do the same for her.

@thelaughingman79 5 жыл бұрын

thats the chance you take when you click on an amanda palmer song.

@nicolekatherine3870 3 жыл бұрын

Sobbing

@wendyfairfull8967 4 жыл бұрын

I'm 48 years old so I grew up with Judy Blume. This is the most relatable song I've heard. I could listen to this 100 times a day, and I would probably cry everytime. Amanda Palmer and Judy Blume are national treasures. Thank you for your music. More than once I've put Amanda on shuffle, and it's kept me from self-harm. Much love to you.

@naomileigh9465 6 жыл бұрын

so deep and personal. Judy Blume has been here for so many young women, myself included. She was a mother to me, a friend, a flashlight in the dark. She is amazing and his writing is so important

@Garilia 6 жыл бұрын

Blume is an excellent writer, who is frequently overlooked/forgotten. I was actually exposed to her writing while taking a class in college on Creative writing for Young Readers. So it never dawned on me that I was a man reading "female" literature. I've never been one to feel bound up by genre definitions. I can remember reading that one of her adult novels, "Wifey" was on the proposed banned book list for the Gainesville (or maybe it is known as the Alachua County) Library. So, naturally, I had to read it. It was a smart, sassy, funny, and compelling read. After reading it, I remember writing a letter to the editor of the Gainesville Sun, defending the First Amendment, and pointing out the hypocrisy of politicians who scream for less government interfering with that amendment. I finished the letter thanking them for the reading suggestion. Not long after the letter was published, I got a phone call on a Saturday morning, and it was a local commissioner, Mac MacEachern, wanting to discuss my letter and why he proposed putting the book on the list. I don't remember too much about the conversation, other than it was cordial, and neither of us changed our position. So, yeah, read some Judy Blume. Thanks for the reminder, Amanda.

@Wugish 6 жыл бұрын

Gary Blandina . I just love Amanda. I've never read any Blume, and am now contimplating it age 30.

@MamaGator 6 жыл бұрын

Right on

@annacal1 6 жыл бұрын

@Wugish Me too

@philipclayberg4928 4 жыл бұрын

Gary Blandina: "I've never been one to feel bound up by genre definitions." Same here. Thankfully no one told me that a guy shouldn't read books written by women. Certainly librarians and bookstore owners and employees never did. Which meant I got exposed to many female authors (they range from very good to excellent, but I'm not listing them here in that order): Jo Clayton, Andre Norton, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Judy Blume, Rosemary Cleary (? author of "The Mouse on a Motorcycle"), C.J. Cherryh, Anne McCaffrey, George Eliot, Emily Bronte, Charlotte Bronte, Anne Bronte, Ursula K. LeGuin, Louise Cooper, Patricia McKillip, Katherine Kurtz, Sharon Green, the author of "I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (I can't remember her name right now), Truddi Chase, J.K. Rowling, Diana Wynne Jones, and Stephenie Meyer, to name a few. The world would be a far less interesting place to be in if all the books one were allowed to read were written only by men.

@toddbranthoover5173 Жыл бұрын

As a guy with a Lit degree I %100 agree with your statement.

@AyunHalliday 6 жыл бұрын

What a gorgeous, emotional tribute to a living author. That final shot is just lovely.

@danielallen3454 5 жыл бұрын

"I don't remember the details of seventh grade All I remember is lying and being afraid" The details are likely not comparable, but that line touches me deeply. For reasons I'll not go into, I don't remember many details, either. And what I do recall of my time in seventh grade is fearful. My home life was, in a word, torturous and the rest wasn't much better. I didn't have any real friends. But I had my books. And I had music.

@GENXxXxXx Жыл бұрын

💛🏳️‍🌈

@xavrael 4 ай бұрын

It never fails. If I play this song it makes me cry with nostalgia and longing. This is why Amanda Palmer is one of my favorite artists. Her lyrics are so raw and it never fails to bring me to my knees

@MandriaA 3 жыл бұрын

As I travel back in time to heal my childhood trauma⭐your song helps me remember the angels who helped me live. The writers, her especially. I got to see you perform this live at O'Shaughnessy in St. Paul with my daughter, Vera. I will never forget that night as long as I live. You touched us profoundly Amanda. Please keep going.

@beeswillinherittheearth5084 6 жыл бұрын

Every song you sing moves my soul in ways no other artist can. Thank you for all your lovely music.

@annacal1 6 жыл бұрын

SAME.

@amandapalmer 6 жыл бұрын

you're welcome. it's an honor to have an audience.

@dreddsings755 6 жыл бұрын

All of your songs stir something deep inside my brain and remind me each time of my love for art in all it's forms. Thank you so much for being strong enough to just be you.

@ravendevino6419 6 жыл бұрын

I totally didn't expect to be crying to this song. Bravo.

@thelaughingman79 6 жыл бұрын

i did ..amanda noone can pull those emotions to the surface like you!

@airadair1 6 жыл бұрын

OMG, me too!

@voxevidence1308 6 жыл бұрын

I always end up crying to this song!

@ReneeL11 6 жыл бұрын

Crying in my car while waiting to deliver food lol god love this beautiful talented woman

@chandalikepanda 6 жыл бұрын

I see you, Neil.

@JulienDestange 6 жыл бұрын

Haha, I was thinking the same

@chandalikepanda 6 жыл бұрын

Julien Destange It's official. We're friends, now.

@JulienDestange 6 жыл бұрын

(What's funny is that I scrolled the comments quickly, and this one (yours) was the only one which caught my attention, but I didn't check who wrote it. It's only few moments later, when I put a like on it, that I noticed it was you haha. " Hey, but wait, it's that uke punk girl from the other Amanda Palmer video :D" So, yeah, BFF i guess.)

@chandalikepanda 6 жыл бұрын

My band mate is rightfully amused that cock fight has been heard on another continent.

@arielyemini4221 6 жыл бұрын

chandalikepanda I wanna hear it too, here from Israel! How do I find your songs?

@CountOrlok22 6 жыл бұрын

After "Half Jack", this is the one song that I cannot hear enough when you perform live. Both of these songs have helped me to come to terms with myself and who I am and realize that "You will not be alone with your thoughts, well you will, but you won't in a way" can be such a tremendous comfort. It's the writers, musicians, dancers, actors, and artists that put themselves out there, as you do, who allow vulnerability to be a strength that get us all through the day and teach us all to cope with that horrendous nagging sense of doubt, insecurity, and self-imposed isolation. We're all in this together. Thank you for being one of the people who helps the world to remember.

@GENXxXxXx Жыл бұрын

💛🏳️‍🌈

@zzzemzzzabie 6 жыл бұрын

Each of your songs is like a warm hug. Thank you for every one of them.

@sarahborowik-frank4990 6 жыл бұрын

Beuatifully expressed!

@MeowMeowKapow 6 жыл бұрын

There is magic in the worlds created in books. The ones I’ve loved have taught me so many lessons, even about myself, and I never really stopped to think until just now that yeah....when you connect with a character in a book, you’re not just having a connection with a character, you’re having a secret and direct connection to another real human being who HAS thought the same things as you and found a way to say them. I’ve never read any Judy Blume, but this makes me want to. Thank you to every author, artist, songwriter, screenplay writer, animator, and beyond who’ve helped us find ways to connect and to grow. Maybe while we didn’t even know that’s what we were doing.

@strawberrysoulforever8336 6 жыл бұрын

Judy Blume, btw, is the original agony aunt writer. She set the mould for authors like Divorce books ("It's Not The End of The World" compared to "The Suitcase Kid"), bullying books ("Blubber" compared to "Bad Girls"), and much more. Blume's are more pessimistic, but there are some similarities. Karen's parents don't get back together, and nor do Andy's. Wendy and Kim both lose their friends, but don't get punished in any other way for their bullying.

@mammon_is_god 6 жыл бұрын

There is magic in belief, in thought, in idea. Plant the right idea in fertile ground, and a forest will grow.

@BlackbirdAndCrow 6 жыл бұрын

8.36am. Kids late for school and here i am having a much needed cry to this. Thank you Amanda xx

@michaelstevenson470 Жыл бұрын

This was powerful, gorgeous, and moving; it brought tears to my cynical 59 year old eyes. Thank you.

@AWoodworkersLife 6 жыл бұрын

This song is so reflective,.. so stirring. My mom has a grand about the same size as yours and I hear her when I watch you play. My stupid 34 year old self wishes I didn't fight her so hard as a child against taking piano lessons. Thank you for creating this moment for me, it's something that nobody could give a person if they actually tried.

@racheltattersall337 5 жыл бұрын

Never too late to start.

@Harkhana 6 жыл бұрын

Yesterday I listened to this song on repeat on my way to and from work. I was thinking, "It would be cool if there was a video for this song so I could share it with my granddaughter." So, that's some wonderful timing.

@memojuez 6 жыл бұрын

What a beautiful song for her 80th Birthday

@bodaciousbruin3003 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Your music creates space for divine magical healing. Right now I feel infinite gratitude for the feminine. This is a good sign.

@eyesofmuffin 5 жыл бұрын

Amanda became Judy for me, but not before, more for the cleanup. She's helped me heal with her honesty. This just made me cry out of nowhere. Thanks you Amanda. Xx

@katiemclaren9586 4 жыл бұрын

Just wanted a grounded song. Beautiful reunion with this artist. Please anyone listening. Remember how loved you are. Please remember you are ok. Remember you are loved. You matter x

@electriceyebabe715 6 жыл бұрын

Love how this came together! Wish I could've been there with Tiger Eyes. I put a volume of Judy Blume books on my 12yr old step daughter's book shelf. She wanted to be in the video, too. Alas, it was cast very well, and quickly. We went to the NOLA Women's March instead. Surrounded by Judy Blume readers, all the same ✊

@jacekendal1724 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this! I'm so thankful I got to be a part of this video with you ♥ (i'm the girl in bed reading "Forever")

@BrandyWine271 4 жыл бұрын

Did you do it for free I herd she doesn't like to pay people

@xShellytheStrangex 6 жыл бұрын

Yes!! I’m so happy there’s a proper, beautiful recording and music video to this. I’ve been constantly replaying a version of this from your Google talk ages a few years ago. So I’m happy this exists too :)

@sarahborowik-frank4990 6 жыл бұрын

Feel you on eplaying of the version of Amanda's Google talk :D

@cdboomer 6 жыл бұрын

Wow, so that made me cry, and I don't cry.

@cdboomer 3 жыл бұрын

Still makes me cry every time I hear it!

@MirellaDerks 6 жыл бұрын

Amanda, this is the best gift you can give to Judy Blume on her own Birthday. This song and video is the perfect metaphor for all the souls she has been touching.

@lailinshale 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Amanda Palmer, for making music that helps me get off the couch, take my antidepressants, and read a book.

@aceynickel 6 жыл бұрын

I've always hoped you'd do a studio version of this song. It's one of my all-time faves by you, and I couldn't be happier to hear this beautiful studio recording!!

@sarahborowik-frank4990 6 жыл бұрын

Same here, my heart just filled up with eternal joy when I heard about it! Warm greetings from Germany to you :)

@mikabithell1047 4 жыл бұрын

All the love, from South Africa x I remember these books prom my primary school library x My dad bought us tickets and we did a road trip from Port Elizabeth to Cape Town to see you in Stellenbosch. It was magical and the first time I heard this song xxxxx

@AceRazor 5 жыл бұрын

There Will Be No Intermission may possibly be the best album of 2019. Amanda is supremely talented, real, and such a musical great.

@annsiegirl 3 жыл бұрын

I was sent here by Samantha Bee and I am so thankful!! I love your voice and your subject matter is a hero of mine too! I’m passing this on to all my fellow librarians.

@karenleblanc6634 4 жыл бұрын

Amanda...sometimes your words are like...putting butter on an English muffin. Makes the roughness of reality a little bit warmer and sweeter and able to be digested. Thank you. You're one of my heroes.

@tiarAnon27 6 жыл бұрын

Okay, let's take the superficial things first: wow, that hair color looks great on you. Also, love the glasses. Then to the song and the video. I've liked this song from very beginning. But like all the good music vids, this just gave it whole new spin. Happy to have been funding it. Jason has a good touch with directing: the dramaturgy of the video progresses all the way to the end. It's subtle, but works very well. I love the end when the camera gets up and there's all these people: the young, the old, the ones inbetween, the men and the women and all the others, and that akward English guy who just can't stay put. Love it. I hope that as an author I will someday hear that I have made such an impression on somebody.

@hallucinatrix9341 6 жыл бұрын

just read through some of your old blogs, then went on youtube and now i'm crying. i love you

@jaredneff 6 жыл бұрын

This was an absolutely amazing tribute. I loved her books when I was a kid, and after reading your essay and then watching this video right after, a wall of feels came crashing down around the 5 minute mark. Thank you so much for crafting this to honor her.

@strawberrysoulforever8336 6 жыл бұрын

I was introduced to Judy Blume when I was about seven or eight, and I think all her books have a feeling of timelessness. Teens always have and always will observe bullying, worry about their body shape, lie to fit in, take the wrong risks, have problems with their friends, and experience life. I really identified with Deenie. She hates that she's being treated like she's seriously ill and to be pitied. My problems aren't visible like hers, but it's the same - I don't want people to feel sorry for me.

@miless544 6 жыл бұрын

I haven't been this moved by a song since listening to Rachel Bloom's loving homage to sci-fi great Ray Bradbury.

@shabnomnom 6 жыл бұрын

i've never even read a single judy blume book before but this video is still bringing tears to my eyes?? y'all have some kind of magical command over other people's emotions, i swear. also...maybe i should read some judy blume.

@pandapaws6174 6 жыл бұрын

Stunning as always Amanda. I was a pile of tears and joy. Beautiful ❤️❤️

@dakenscholz3585 6 жыл бұрын

I can't stop crying... That was so beautiful & painful. Thank you. Thank you to everyone involved, I love you.

@desenhosanimados1ify 5 жыл бұрын

Its impossible to ignore Amanda Palmer and her spirits. What a source of empowerment she is !

@cindersdear6743 6 жыл бұрын

This was so, so moving. I get ridiculously emotional at montages in general but having been child bookworm (who loved Judy Blume) and who took a lot of comfort in very frightening times from reading, watching all those people absorbed in those books hit so hard, in the best way. And 'I don't remember the details of 7th Grade/ All I remember is lying and being afraid' Oh my GOD.

@nateraid21 5 жыл бұрын

Growing up I never had the honor of reading Judy's works. I feel like I missed out on something that would of helped me feel more at peace then.

@DanielCaridade 4 жыл бұрын

So moving! I love how Amanda's honesty, warmth and poetry just oozes from her every pore. It's so soothing / comforting...

@mandydope1186 6 жыл бұрын

This made me weep. Judy is the reason I fell in love with books and writing. I felt every word that was sung! She is the voice of my youth, and I reread her books over and over because they’re that special. Thank you for this beautiful tribute!! I know so many of us feel this way, and Judy’s stories live in so many of us. ❤️

@AndruJorj 6 жыл бұрын

Back again. New state of mind, and a new perspective. Thanks, Amanda. This song keep me warm like Summer's embrace.

@mzcrazyhunnii Жыл бұрын

This is an absolutely beautiful manifest of your feelings. And so relatable. I spent hours reading Judy Blume’s books as a kid. I read them all, over and over again.

@ThePlanarchist 6 жыл бұрын

Always loved this song so lovely to see and hear a new version. Excellent and thanks.

@user-re4kc9on6f 6 жыл бұрын

This is so beautiful and perfect and true. Excuse me while I sniffle. 💙 Thanks Amanda for the beautiful tunes, thanks Judy for the beautiful books.

@bearscorpio 6 жыл бұрын

Some of the greatest books I remember reading as a kid. An adult now and have them on my bookshelf along with Shel Silverton. These books define me now and it took an artist like Amanda Palmer finally give you Judy Blume the recognition you so rightful deserve.

@modernmoonlight7350 6 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU AMANDA. DEEP DOWN I WAS PRAYING FOR THIS.

@LaughingLibra84 6 жыл бұрын

I've watch a lot of Amanda's music videos, a lot of times. I've felt a lot of things, but this is the first one that made me cry too. It just happened. That's art. That's Amanda. I love who you are Amanda. I'm proud to be a patron.

@Abrower223 5 жыл бұрын

There is something so special about Amanda Palmer works.. I could not hear her for years and then a song pops up and my stomach will tighten and I cry. Thank you, for helping me feel.

@rebeccajoy4117 6 жыл бұрын

So moving. Beautiful words. Judy Blume’s novels mean so much to me, too.

@aalin5701 6 жыл бұрын

Beautiful. I'm crying, in the really good having an honest moment with myself way. Books are the most intimate and constant lovers and friends. Thank you for writing another song that helps me express things I struggle talking about. Judy Blume.

@robynlynnellebaker496 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely beautiful. I cried. I so much look forward to seeing you in Boston in April. I hope this song is on the list. Well done!❤

@samrobbins4520 6 жыл бұрын

Sensational. Needed. I love all the people. I have feelz.

@LastariOo 2 жыл бұрын

I'm sitting on the train on my way home from work on a Friday afternoon in Brisbane, Australia, watching this with tears streaming down my face it's so moving and beautiful. Thank you, Amanda.

@vampyrella 6 жыл бұрын

There's always magic in the way you weave lyrics, Amanda. Keep making music!

@doitspitzer 6 жыл бұрын

I was having a bad night a few days ago and listened to this for the first time, I cried my eyes out. I read Judy Blume as a kid, Amanda you always manage to create the most personal songs.

@objectoftheproposition 6 жыл бұрын

What a beautiful tribute. What an amazing feeling to be bound together by such experience

@angelaf.siracusa3292 6 жыл бұрын

I loved every second ! As a librarian, writer and passionate reader myself ...this is powerful. Thank you Amanda. (Yesterday I passed the entire afternoon with your songs. They open my heart so much that I cry every time...)

@tengobotas 4 жыл бұрын

Amanda has always been in great bands but I feel like she has really hit her stride in the past few years. Excellent song writing that will be around for a very long time. Thank you for sharing yourself with us!

@gothbunny 6 жыл бұрын

I read Tiger Eyes when I was 15. It did help me feel like I wasn't alone in the world (even if I was being abused and doing everything I could to escape it), and for that I'm forever grateful to Judy Blume. This song made me cry, AGAIN. Then again, you have that way about you Amanda, and I thank the Gods everyday that you continue making music that makes me cry, sing at the top of lungs, dance, and revel in the moment.

@shawty1564 6 жыл бұрын

I love the picture like poses as the camera gradually goes through everyone in the room. It really brings a lot of character to the video. Excellent song

@thehellcat777 5 жыл бұрын

I've never read a Judy Blume book, but somehow this song really makes me emotional. I've also just ordered "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret".

@SylvainGuinet 6 жыл бұрын

Amanda Palmer is an incredible character and artist, a universe, a deep soul, a voice of sky fallen from the stars. Thank you for bringing music to life with so much emotion, vibration and heart.

@drpeppy420 6 жыл бұрын

I've been waiting for this for a few weeks since New Orleans

@amandastende9441 6 жыл бұрын

This song always. Always. Brings me to tears. Pure magic.

@andrewjohnson5276 2 жыл бұрын

Marvellous music by a marvellous lady. Can't wait for you to play the UK again. Proud to be a patreon

@CountOrlok22 5 жыл бұрын

This is one of my favourite songs that you've ever written. I find myself revisiting it frequently because it's not often that you listen to a song on KZfaq that makes you want to turn off the laptop after you hear it and go hug a book. That's something rare. That's something powerful. In a documentary on Kate Bush, Neil once talked about the power of combining the influence of literature and literary ideas with pop music, and I think he was onto something. One of my favourite songs by Joy Division was inspired by Nicholai Gogol, one of my favourite Led Zeppelin songs was inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien, and one of my favourite songs by Siouxsie Sioux, from her side project The Creatures, was inspired by J.G. Ballard. I often find inspiration for my own lyrics and essays come from books, from films, from photography, and from other songwriters. Today I found myself writing about Amanda Palmer, about feminism, about mythology and fairy tales, about Frida Kahlo, and about photographers Kahn & Selesnick. I don't know who first dropped the pebble in, but the ripples continue ever outward...

@AllStarDopeShow13 5 жыл бұрын

this is a SOUL song! you are a brilliant writer Amanda, thank you for you music.

@BCTification 4 жыл бұрын

Holy shit! Amanda, creative team, funders and all participants: I am SO moved by this :-). Bravo!!!!!!!

@black1582 4 жыл бұрын

I can’t believe this has only 172,000 views! This is one of the best songs of the year and decade. Our society shouldn’t act like these days we wouldn’t be the ones who didn’t appreciate great painters while they were alive. Obviously from this only having 172,000 views, we’re still doing that sort of thing right now.

@lightforms 6 жыл бұрын

That last shot was gorgeous!

@caralynneviljoen Жыл бұрын

I know the extended outro is to allow for a grander camera sweep of the set, but I love it so much

@strawberrymonkfish83 6 жыл бұрын

This song from the very moment i heard all those years ago has always had a special place in my heart! She hits the nail on the head and its truly beautiful :)

@cynhanrahan4012 6 жыл бұрын

Happy Birthday, Judy Blume. Thank you for saying things I needed to hear. Amanda & friends, this has me bawling my eyes out. Thank you. Tomorrow you can find me sitting on the floor of the Largo Library under the Judy Blume shelves.

@misstalulah9063 4 жыл бұрын

This made me want to go and reread all her books! Beautiful song and lyrics.

@jkurvs 6 жыл бұрын

Beautiful. Thank you. Again.

@voxevidence1308 6 жыл бұрын

This song very rarely fails to make me cry.

@maxinvictus 5 жыл бұрын

Judy Blume was one of my favourite authors as a kid and I am a guy. This song takes me back. Great video.

@nephriterivers8143 6 жыл бұрын

This was beautiful, thank you x

@ThomasHerlofsen 2 жыл бұрын

Just an amazing video. Gets me every time, even after watching it second for second making the captions for it.

@kaylela1461 6 жыл бұрын

Omg...TEARS. These books kept me alive as a kid, before music became what I most connected to. Both saved me from my past, but now in a dark, trapped, perhaps not too lengthy present. If anyone can think of a good JB book that could help a despairing adult, isolated and feeling alien to this world, it would be much appreciated

@JoanLeFossePaulsen 5 жыл бұрын

"I can't believe sometimes that I'm an adult. And the girls like I was think that I have this shit figured out." I just cried again listening, I guess hating and longing for those days. Thank you Amanda...and Judy.

@MTEd71 6 жыл бұрын

You just spill it all out there, don’t you? Love it.

@broderickelliott8527 Жыл бұрын

Well, that said some important things. Thanks for the vulnerability, Amanda. Thanks for the honesty. It was very pure and very brave.

@bgizzleboston 6 жыл бұрын

That so cool. I get a little giddy seeing her. It's cool to see her progress from her time in Boston to now. From a free wheeling woman to a mother. She rocks!

@PajamaFeet 2 жыл бұрын

I did not even grow up reading Judy Blume and this song makes me cry every time I hear it. Today a student handed me “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret” because they want me to read it.