Sufjan Stevens The Predatory Wasp Of The Palisades Is Out To Get Us

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Max

5 жыл бұрын

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@darthzaida1881 3 жыл бұрын

Can you imagine being the dude for whom this song was written. I don't think I would have survived hearing it.

@caspianf6699 3 жыл бұрын

No. It would break my heart.

@morgan_c 3 жыл бұрын

If I were a dude, *the* dude, I would bawl my eyes out upon hearing this.

@Straumnes Жыл бұрын

Most people interpret the song as metaphorical, alluding to God. Also, he's never said he's gay, so your interpretation is probably incorrect. It is an interesting take, nevertheless :)

@bpinheiro4748 Жыл бұрын

@@Straumnes this song has two (obvious) levels of meaning, and by rejecting one of them - like you're doing - it becomes harder to understand the other and the work in it's entirety. don't do this to yourself :(

@Straumnes Жыл бұрын

@@bpinheiro4748 They're not obvious at all, and it's weird to ascribe a sexuality to someone who's publicly never talked about it before. Especially when it's gay men doing it to a man who's likely straight. It's just a little predatory and fetishistic :(

@leslielees5438 4 жыл бұрын

Quite literally one of the most beautiful love songs ever

@mikebatie 3 жыл бұрын

Agreed!

@quietcommotion69 3 жыл бұрын

yes!!!! this along with say yes by elliott smith are the most beautiful love songs ever written in my opinion

@leslielees5438 2 жыл бұрын

@@mikebatie Don't get me started on just how much I love Sister Winter.

@lankyalpaca 4 жыл бұрын

the only explanation on why sufjan never hit his wings to anything on stage eventhough there is like 265938 instruments there is because he is an angel and he is already used to having wings

@KawaiiLollypop 2 жыл бұрын

man that full orchestra kicking in with the triumphant refrain of "WE WERE IN LOVE, WE WERE IN LOVE," hits you like a damn truck.

@dthawkins 4 жыл бұрын

This is it. The perfect balance of emotion, storytelling, song-writing, and musicianship. Amazing, beautiful, sad, happy, and a true work of art.

@mikebatie 3 жыл бұрын

The perfect description of this work of art!

@laceynerness2042 3 ай бұрын

I feel that way about this song, and "Objects in the Rearview Mirror" by Meatloaf and Jim Steinman.

@siomonndeleon9888 11 ай бұрын

i can’t get over the duality between religion and his yearning for his friend as the two choruses clash and fight to be heard over the other, a head and the heart almost in a battle on what they want.

@viralgayguy 9 ай бұрын

I first heard this song almost a decade ago. It broke through me in a way almost nothing else ever has. Revisiting with the news of Sufjan’s partner’s death. I don’t even know how to talk or think about any of it-grief and love are too close. But this song still gives me hope, in a strange way. It gave me hope as a scared-to-death closeted teenager and it gives me hope as an adult who now has a hard time summoning hope. I don’t know.

@libbyt1006 5 ай бұрын

Sufjan can get you so far but know that I love you. You've got this.

@nekocake846 3 жыл бұрын

This song is what the most pure love feels like.

@laceynerness2042 3 жыл бұрын

So gentle

@nataliesquire969 3 жыл бұрын

At 2:00 it’s if he’s recalling a memory and starts to smile then he quickly catches himself and assumes his former serious expression. This is simultaneously so sweet and so sad especially because the lyrics at the end of that phrase :(

@saranicole5898 3 жыл бұрын

This comment destroyed me

@morgan_c 3 жыл бұрын

@@saranicole5898 me too I’m crushed

@dimetrodonz 3 жыл бұрын

this comment broke my heart

@keithspikes9773 Жыл бұрын

He always does that smile thing singing . It's just a facial reaction I think your overthinking it

@trombonemain 4 жыл бұрын

when the full orchestra came in, the effect was powerful enough to make me say “oh my god” out loud.

@starrellison4676 4 жыл бұрын

when he sings “i can tell you,,,” um i am sobbing and knitting what the fuck

@jehssickah Жыл бұрын

Same but not knitting, just laying in a pile of laundry I was in the middle of putting away

@williamreid4338 4 жыл бұрын

The ending for this is breathtaking. I wish it was the ending to Casimir Pulaski day. It evokes the death rattle of the dying. So sad, so moving.

@leslielees5438 4 жыл бұрын

Yes sir

@Taerus 2 жыл бұрын

Stevens' ability to rip right through me emotionally is unparalleled. He is a fucking genius for everything that he makes. When the orchestra kicks into full gear, it's such an intense rush of feeling.

@libbyt1006 2 ай бұрын

I’m so spoiled. I was a U.C.L.A. student, and my roommate and I would drive to Malibu on Sundays listening to this entire album. This song is ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

@slinky4452 Жыл бұрын

I would do anything to see this song performed live again

@gridcaster 2 жыл бұрын

I lose it every time somewhere between "my friend is gone..." and "I love him each day." So much...in fact, too much...truth in this for me.

@jehssickah Жыл бұрын

Same. This song has been part of my life since 2005 and I still don’t know how to handle the emotion it evokes in me. So I just cry and sing along in the most dramatic embodiment of life I can imagine. I would give anything to see him live

@ai3422 Жыл бұрын

@@jehssickah oh :(

@AirTails 2 жыл бұрын

Probably my favourite live version of a song. The endings so beautiful :( such a bittersweet song; it's mostly a beautiful and positive thing, but something about the switch to past tense at the end (he was my best friend) feels...sad...

@pridemoth_ 2 жыл бұрын

Songs to mourn your closeted youth to

@AlexTheTvGuy 4 жыл бұрын

The perfect recording of the track

@laceynerness2042 3 жыл бұрын

I've lost this version, then found it again, for years. It is the best.

@janusray542 2 жыл бұрын

2022 anyone? still in love?

@jehssickah Жыл бұрын

2023 and amen. This will always be my favorite song.

@robincrawford2252 Жыл бұрын

❤

@kris242 2 жыл бұрын

Seeing Sufjan performing is such a strange and mystical experience. Such a humble and genuine human and yet filled with such extreme talent and creativity. He’s definitely not of this earth. An angel of music come to save the voice of humanity.

@johnbroughton6608 Жыл бұрын

At 1:37 he looks so happy and still in love and joyful. My heart is bursting at the seams.

@stephenzuckerman3890 3 жыл бұрын

the best performance of the best song of all time

@mammamonssterr 11 ай бұрын

To be with someone as beautiful and deep as Sufjan and then be the inspiration for one of the most beautiful songs of his...... It wouldn't make my day, it would make my LIFE, personally.

@enolamo526 3 жыл бұрын

I love his facial expressions while singing

@mossthebryophyter 3 жыл бұрын

I freaking love Sufjans tunes

@rithistewartx5908 3 жыл бұрын

Meeeee toooooooo❤️

@lilyg4126 Жыл бұрын

he is a musical genius. this is one of the prettiest songs ever written

@aurinrose Ай бұрын

my most favorite sufjan song

@JammastaJ23 2 жыл бұрын

Jeez what a feat to make something like this sound so good live. A lot of nuance and instruments hitting perfectly to make this work. Great performance.

@hollyj9596 4 жыл бұрын

do u ever just cry bc u love him so much

@Paul_DSZ 3 жыл бұрын

What he meant to me after losing my dad in high school, i am forever grateful

@dearcomrade2358 Жыл бұрын

oh my god how is this possible … how can something this beautiful and painful and heartfelt be created … this entire experience felt like having someone rip my heart out with their bare hands

@GoSolar 5 күн бұрын

The string section ending by themselves at 7:32 is easily one of the most breathtaking and gorgeous things I have ever heard.

@aurinrose Ай бұрын

the number of times i’ve watched this video since finding it is insane

@spongespearstar1111 2 жыл бұрын

Good God, Sufjan's voice is really calming and charming

@ASMRbyLogan Ай бұрын

Anyone else come here weekly? ❤

@AzlanCollective Жыл бұрын

@3:40 onwards is one of the most beautiful moments of music it's possible to hear

@urozzom 4 жыл бұрын

he's so fuckin cute here tho

@starboy71 2 жыл бұрын

The strings at the end makes me lose my breath. What an amazing version of this song.

@user343ok 3 жыл бұрын

the look on his face... i think i am 18k of these 19k views. thank you for uploading this!

@laceynerness2042 3 ай бұрын

When I had a head injury and had to lay in the literal dark, this is all I listened to. The way the players follow his commands at the end, putting method his madness, was so beautiful to me.

@mckenna5272 Жыл бұрын

Was having an absolutely shit day but this just made me day ive never heard this before

@ok_barrett 9 ай бұрын

I love being gay

@walkeragee5395 Жыл бұрын

Max....I am in love with you for your music playlist. I feel less lonely in the world, knowing there is another who feels (as deeply) as I do

@aveyclub Жыл бұрын

kinda the best song of all time

@laceynerness2042 3 жыл бұрын

Holy crap I needed this tonight.

@jerry1575 4 жыл бұрын

Simply beautiful

@trombonemain 2 жыл бұрын

Okay, so fun music nerd thing: while the album version of this song is clearly in 3/4, I firmly believe that this version is in a lilting 4/4. For one thing, it makes the drawing-out of some phrases, like “meant-to-tease-him” work better, and second, it’s cool that Stevens is a gifted enough composer to write such a beautiful song in multiple time signatures! If you need some help feeling it, try hearing the opening guitar part as 1-2-3-4, or the “we were in love” as “(1)we were (2)in (3)lo-o-(4)ove”.

@zero116 2 жыл бұрын

As a music nerd, I find the timing of this easier to track than 2 other songs on the album

@cotw1234 2 жыл бұрын

Nope

@trombonemain 2 жыл бұрын

@@cotw1234 yep

@Taerus 2 жыл бұрын

I feel like you could also argue that the song is in 6/4

@trombonemain 2 жыл бұрын

@@Taerus I mean, I wouldn’t really argue that. If anything, the lulling back-and-forth pulse could be an indication that it’s in 6/8. For 6/4, you have to feel six distinct beat divisions, and I don’t really hear that.

@nickrollins7612 Ай бұрын

please heal him. please.

@nickrollins7612 Ай бұрын

the look on his face when he sings "we were in love".... he meant so much for him, he means so much for us, and we never knew it. God in Heaven, please heal this man who is suffering from a horrible disease. He is a Christian man,he is one of your flock, please God heal him so that he may bless us with his presence for all of his days and ours.

@gwendeseminat8r Жыл бұрын

i think that they are on a snow mountain actually i dont think they are in a building personally

@marissaladd3759 Жыл бұрын

love this so much, thank you

@lethiapage4767 Жыл бұрын

My God. This sounds just like the album and he is live. I'm just learning about this guys material. He is ridiculous and I'm drawn to it.

@fatherofphil 11 күн бұрын

I want for nothing. This helps my heart shed love.

@herrysis 4 жыл бұрын

beautiful

@Vanbedda 2 ай бұрын

I love this song so much.

@yunayeskim Жыл бұрын

He smiles like a child Pure soul 1:35

@noahshighlightreel 6 ай бұрын

2:27 I WAS NOT READY

@affa5908 5 ай бұрын

my friend is gone.... he ran away..... I can tell you... I love him each day....

@danielamondschein Жыл бұрын

This is incredibly beautiful.

@the_snoodleking Жыл бұрын

thank you Max

@fishermrahm 4 жыл бұрын

he so amazing

@escapefromreality3738 Жыл бұрын

Ugh this MAN! I love him so much :D

@Nexo-ng3ev 3 жыл бұрын

thank you for that

@Ilovelife0611 3 жыл бұрын

does someone know when this concert was? like year and name :)? I'm new to sufjan's music

@Max-zk8of 3 жыл бұрын

It's Austin city limits. You can find the full thing on KZfaq but this song was too good to be buried in a full concert and needed It's own video. I hope you enjoybitand love exploring his music

@Ilovelife0611 3 жыл бұрын

@@Max-zk8of Thank you so so much!! I'm happy you uploaded it. it's such a wonderful performance. Thank you!

@ivanzamarripa9393 11 ай бұрын

whats his skincare routine omg. i know this is from when i was a toddler but he still looks so incredibly young

@grime69 9 ай бұрын

No seriously, he looks so much younger than he is all the time

@Alienpubes 2 жыл бұрын

Extremely underrated

@keithmain3115 2 ай бұрын

Music at its best!!

@nubianorberto3493 4 жыл бұрын

this is perfect iluv uuuuuuu suf

@jacobkolb7313 4 жыл бұрын

slay queen

@shannenleigh7514 11 ай бұрын

Oh, how I meant no harm

@jarnvir2227 Жыл бұрын

45,000 views is not enough for this magic

@seanwilson1746 Жыл бұрын

If Wes Anderson was a musician!

@maxmendelsohn7721 Жыл бұрын

My name is also Max!

@patchouleigh_ 10 күн бұрын

What year was this recorded??

@NormRasmussen Жыл бұрын

Do we know what show this was from? My first sufjan show was from this tour and to date it is easily one of my favorite concerts. I don’t know what I will do if I ever lose that recording. 😢

@jlm08e Жыл бұрын

This is from Austin City Limits.

@furkansrl9070 Жыл бұрын

2:27

@foriegnuniter 19 күн бұрын

Where was this?

@firewithin1081 17 күн бұрын

austin city limits

@pi4323 Жыл бұрын

te smo

@mitchkroener Жыл бұрын

I always feel a little bit bad for Sufjan in that he’s a Christian who mainly appeals to atheist hipsters in much the same way that Ta-Nehisi Coates is mainly read by upper-middle class white people.

@jehssickah Жыл бұрын

Spot on hahaha