It is a tragic and fascinating and complex human story, I'm not surprised Sufjan found interest in it
@letusbelennon6 жыл бұрын
same
@JordanF266 жыл бұрын
Could you elaborate? I've never heard of her.
@usernamemaybe6 жыл бұрын
@jordyonpc figure skating is a very demanding and competitive sport, I've always been fascinated with it so I was familiar with the infamous Nancy Kerrigan attack but never thought much about what this woman (Tonya Harding)might have gone through and her background. In 94 Tonya's people hired a man to sabotage her main copetitor Nancy Kerrigan by breaking her leg. The man managed to hurt her but not much, Nancy recovered and managed to finish second in the Olympics while Tonya ended up 7th. The case became a huge media circus, as you can imagine. Sufjan lyrics are brutally honest and redeeming and compassionate, as always
@calabiyau92696 жыл бұрын
^^^ and this is why this exists. Sufjan likes money as much as the rest of us. Thankfully, he likes a good story even better :)
@usernamemaybe6 жыл бұрын
@art garfunkel why so cynical listening to Sufjan though...sure the release date is not casual, but he'd been wanting to write a song about her for a long time, try and check out this piece he wrote about it asthmatickitty.com/tonya-harding/
@unclejohnthezef4 жыл бұрын
Sufjan’s words: “Tonya shines bright in the pantheon of American history simply because she never stopped trying her hardest. She fought classism, sexism, physical abuse and public rebuke to become an incomparable American legend. I admit, early drafts of this song contained more than a few puns, punch lines and light-hearted jabs-sex tapes and celebrity boxing make for an entertaining narrative arc. But the more I edited, and the more I meditated, and the more I considered the wholeness of the person of Tonya Harding, I began to feel a conviction to write something with dignity and grace, to pull back the ridiculous tabloid fodder and take stock of the real story of this strange and magnificent America hero. At the end of the day, Tonya Harding was just an ordinary woman with extraordinary talent and a tireless work ethic who set out to do her very best. She did that and more. I hope the same can be said of us all...”
@BelleFlower154 жыл бұрын
Thank you for posting that. This is only the second song I've heard by him and reading such a compassionate quote makes me want to learn more about this artist.
@heat_wave57744 жыл бұрын
I TOTALLY AGREE, didn't she attack another girl tho? Edit:Oof sorry i just watched an interview and feel bad, damn her performance is absolutely hypnotizing though!
@brandadse.17414 жыл бұрын
BelleFlower15 hes amazing - listen to more of his older stuff too.
@mhad43084 жыл бұрын
Her mother thought that if she made her strong, she would have no choice but to succeed and be happy... what she didn’t know is that some people just can’t have a great life, no matter how hard they try. Shoutout to Tonya, who never stopped trying, even when there was no purpose anymore
@sosonolow50943 жыл бұрын
Amazing song! When all the stuff was going on with Nancy Kerrigan and it was in the news constantly, my bf looked at me and said "I'm getting so tired of hearing about what a princess Nancy Kerrigan is" and I totally saw the situation for what it was. Classism!!! I'm not saying that hitting NK with a crow bar was in any way acceptable, but the whole thing really turned into a way of vilifying Harding's background. It's so easy for people to get self-righteous. Thanks, Sufjan, for this incredible tribute to an American legend!!
@user-nf5px7vg6w6 жыл бұрын
Damn imagine someone making a beautiful song about you. Even after all the misunderstanding and misfitting in. That's such a sweet treat.
@snoopy150006 жыл бұрын
Do u realize she actually did it... She may not have been charged but her husband hired someone to assault that other girl
@danthompson15756 жыл бұрын
Fack Off you’re kidding right? She’s a criminal. It’s honestly shocking to me you’re lessening the impact of what she did in any way
@Inessence46 жыл бұрын
Key word "her husband". He was an abusive, controlling creep. He's now once again changing his story for the "I, Tonya" movie. Don't just believe the media black & white portrayal.
@DeadBunny696 жыл бұрын
All the people who were involved admitted to it and all of them said Tonya knew. Decades later and with nothing to gain none of them has changed their story.
@Inessence46 жыл бұрын
See "I, Tonya" Jeff changed his story placing most of the blame on the deceased Shawn Eckhardt. The hitman Shane Stant later admitted in an interview with Nanette Burstein (30 for 30) that he really wasn't sure what Tonya knew or didn't. They were originally trying to cash in on their notoriety and cut deals with prosecutors. Bloodsuckers. That's not to say Tonya absolutely had no clue, but their unreliable word is not evidence to convict her.
@aaronmorrison71896 жыл бұрын
I hope Tonya hears this song. If I lived with a difficult and complex public past, I would find an empathetic, well-wishing song by Sufjan Stevens to be immensely healing. I can't imagine anyone else but Sufjan writing songs about polarizing public figures. This was beautiful and humane.
@dscmpltlynuts6 жыл бұрын
@JeremiahTatola6 жыл бұрын
I feel like he was low key throwing the whole thing back in her face... "So you're not above cheating" "Well this world is a cold one, But it takes one to know one"
@candleblaise6 жыл бұрын
ndg43 that's how she was treated, long before the attack. The judges always looked at her like she was white trash, it was classism. I think that's what it's in reference to
@ndg436 жыл бұрын
I remember that time, and I know how she was treated. Still seems to me like Stevens wants to give Harding her due for living through all that, but at the same time is also acknowledging her less than stellar behaviour toward Kerrigan.
@ethannissani70626 жыл бұрын
Tania hates this guy
@loserbiotch26 жыл бұрын
my goal is to be such a human disaster that sufjan steven writes a ehtereal whimsy song about me
@ilovebooks496 жыл бұрын
Oh kortnee disaster She mastered the art Of a self fulfilled prophecy Tried to inspire me What a human mess - Sufjan Stevens two thousand and never Lmao idk im tired man
@blahblahblahblahbla27056 жыл бұрын
Well on your way.
@bridget67676 жыл бұрын
kortnee yeah because Tonya was such a disaster. She was the first American woman in history to nail a triple axel in competition.
@fadesblue6 жыл бұрын
Bridget Veronique Cain I mean I think she did something else tho but I can’t remember \s
@SomeBF6 жыл бұрын
If it’s good enough for John Wayne Gacy it’s good enough for you
@k_a_y_l_e_e6 жыл бұрын
damn. sufjan owned 2017. it's been an amazing year for him, musically.
@dulapeep56096 жыл бұрын
a m a z o n yeah call me by your name and i tonya both from him... This is his year
@raulache50586 жыл бұрын
a m a z o n i called JUSTICE
@daysaretalking6 жыл бұрын
and without a new studio album out!
@k_a_y_l_e_e6 жыл бұрын
are we not going to count 'the greatest gift' ??
@daysaretalking6 жыл бұрын
it's not technically a new studio album, it's made mostly of outtakes and B sides from 'Carrie and Lowell'
@cgi_angel60012 жыл бұрын
“I’ve been trying to write a Tonya Harding song since I first saw her skate at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in 1991. She’s a complicated subject for a song partly because the hard facts of her life are so strange, disputable, heroic, unprecedented, and indelibly American. She was one of the greatest figure skaters of her time, and the first American woman to perform a triple axle in an international competition. She was an unlikely skating star, having been raised working class in Portland, Oregon. Being a poor outsider, her rise to fame in the skating rink was seen, by some, as a blemish on a sport that favored sophistication and style. Tonya’s skating technique was feisty, fierce, and full of athleticism, and her flamboyant outfits were often hand-made by her mother (who was abusive and overbearing). (They couldn’t afford Vera Wang.) And then there was the Nancy Kerrigan incident. In January 1994, Tonya’s then-boyfriend Jeff Gillooly hired an assailant, Shane Stant, to break fellow figure skater Nancy Kerrigan’s leg at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships at Cobo Arena in Detroit, so that she would be unable to compete at the upcoming Winter Olympics. The after-math of the attack was recorded on camera and ultimately set off a media frenzy (and an FBI investigation). Gillooly and Stan were eventually found guilty, and Tonya pleaded guilty to hindering the prosecution, and was subsequently banned for life from the U.S. Figure Skating Association. Nancy Kerrigan recovered from her injury and won a silver medal at the Winter Olympics. Tonya Harding finished eighth. But that’s not even half the story. When Tonya and Gillooly got married, they filmed themselves having sex on their wedding night and produced one of the first-ever celebrity sex tapes (which they sold to Penthouse for $200,000 each). Tonya also had a brief career as a boxer, and is most famous for her bout with former Arkansas state employee Paula Jones (whose sexual harassment suit against Bill Clinton precipitated his impeachment in 1998). Tonya was also (very briefly) in a band called the Golden Blades (they were allegedly booed off the stage during their first and only performance). She also raced vintage automobiles (setting a record by driving a Ford Model A over 97 miles per hours on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah). And in 1996 Tonya used mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to revive an 81-year-old woman who collapsed at a bar in Portland while playing video poker. That’s a lot to accomplish before the age of 30! Tonya Harding’s dramatic rise and fall was fiercely followed by the media, and she very quickly became the brunt of jokes, the subject of tabloid headlines and public outcry. She was a reality TV star before such a thing even existed. But she was also simply un-categorical: American’s sweetheart with a dark twist. But I believe this is what made her so interesting, and a true American hero. In the face of outrage and defeat, Tonya bolstered shameless resolve and succeeded again and again with all manners of re-invention and self-determination. Tonya shines bright in the pantheon of American history simply because she never stopped trying her hardest. She fought classism, sexism, physical abuse and public rebuke to become an incomparable American legend. I admit, early drafts of this song contained more than a few puns, punch lines and light-hearted jabs-sex tapes and celebrity boxing make for an entertaining narrative arc. But the more I edited, and the more I meditated, and the more I considered the wholeness of the person of Tonya Harding, I began to feel a conviction to write something with dignity and grace, to pull back the ridiculous tabloid fodder and take stock of the real story of this strange and magnificent America hero. At the end of the day, Tonya Harding was just an ordinary woman with extraordinary talent and a tireless work ethic who set out to do her very best. She did that and more. I hope the same can be said of us all.“ -Sufjan Stevens
@scruffymcnuggets25616 жыл бұрын
I think every new Sufjan Stevens song is the most beautiful song I've ever heard until I hear the next new Sufjans Steven song
@Legionere6 жыл бұрын
Scruffy McNuggets he's the best song writer of the last 20 years in my opinion.
@scruffymcnuggets25616 жыл бұрын
I'd agree, though I'd say he's the best male songwriter whereas Lana Del Rey is best female
@mlo715986 жыл бұрын
Scruffy McNuggets this is the best comment ever
@baddie1shoe4 жыл бұрын
I wholly agree.
@vagisha69292 жыл бұрын
@@scruffymcnuggets2561 agree agree!
@heatherwetherell6665 Жыл бұрын
i have synesthesia - this song is the sight of snowflakes falling and an aurora borealis refracting on ice; it’s the smell of night winter air. it’s glistening.
@gladeseason34629 ай бұрын
this comment visualises that image so well, beautiful ❤
@crisptomato94952 ай бұрын
Ahh lucky you have the cool type lol. Tonya’s name to me looks mostly white and yellow with some pink and red too because of the “n” and the “a”. Sort of reminds me of gold and blood.
@annjay25815 жыл бұрын
If I'll ever make it to the Olympics I will skate to this. Tonya is the one who inspired me to start figure skating. Idc what people say about her, she's a legend
@dawnjanvrin42715 жыл бұрын
I'll be rooting for you! And if you skate to this, I'll weep with joy! Go, Ann go!!!
@mariaward27072 жыл бұрын
2 years later but still, good luck
@maebewood Жыл бұрын
any updates?
@42elliott Жыл бұрын
well, seeing that you were at earliest about 6 when you wrote this, that makes you 10 now. And by Olympic standards, that may be too late so you probably missed your window. (this is a joke)
@franzlove6 ай бұрын
updates?
@calabiyau92696 жыл бұрын
My favorite part of this video is 4:30, when it cuts to Kristi Yamaguchi who pretends to be proud of Tonya for all of a second before giving in to a jealous glare. This sport was so. fucking. competitive. These girls lived and breathed skating.
@calabiyau92696 жыл бұрын
I lied, it's the sick dance moves at 3:32
@synthster74165 жыл бұрын
I was an ice skater for about 7 years. I wasn't in the international scene as I quit the sport at 15. I'm Turkish and I was training in a random city in Turkey. Even *there* it was incredibly, deterrently competitive. No one made friends, not even the coaches. I would train every day, both on land and ice, with different athletes and it was always so stressful. This sport is unforgiving. It takes a lot from you and gives very little in return. In this little career, I have seen blood shed on the ice right in front of me as people fought using the blades on their skates, I have seen so many arguments, several child abuse reports and one court case. It was constant drama, gossip, envy and conflict. Even though now at 20, I have lost pretty much all the muscle I had and am ten kilos heavier, quitting it was the best decision of my life.
@mcopeland935 жыл бұрын
Thank you for being such an influence to sufjan
@ulture5 жыл бұрын
looks more like she sniffs to hold back a tear
@BobbyBermuda19866 жыл бұрын
Sufjan needs to keep doing portrait songs. This and John Wayne Gacy prove it.
@mancini24686 жыл бұрын
AGREE. Who else could write a song about JWG...and NOT serve as his judge? It's because Sufjan understands kindness and grace...and that on his 'worst days'...he's essentially no better. Wow.
@crobatman60326 жыл бұрын
Oof
@chrismarchand35706 жыл бұрын
After hearing this song a few people been like: "Man, Sufjan writes about weird things...." And I'm like "have you even LISTENED to Sufjan before...?"
@sneeblads6 жыл бұрын
are you genuinely posting this not realizing that is a direct lyrical quote from sufjan's song about john wayne gacy?
@grace49066 жыл бұрын
and adlai stevenson !
@hanstonra6 жыл бұрын
This is amazing, her reaction to her own performance is priceless.
@marcgdrevich15876 жыл бұрын
why not . . .
@ThomasFoolery86 жыл бұрын
hyrnova not sure if you’re being sarcastic but I loved that. It’s just great to see people who are being real and showing their true emotions.
@OccamsRazoretta6 жыл бұрын
Quadruple jumps are pretty standard in men's skating competitions. But before Tonya Harding, women did only triples. She was the first woman to nail a quadruple in a major competition -- hence, her reaction.
@candleblaise6 жыл бұрын
Faith Haynes no, it was a triple not a quad. Tonya landed 2 triple Axels that night. No woman had ever landed two in a competition. Midori Ito was the first woman to land the triple axel, Tonya was the first to do it two times in one performance and the first to land one with a double toe loop.
@OccamsRazoretta6 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Candleblaise.
@mianoxid15486 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Sufjan Stevens , for articulating what I've been trying to say for years, but you did so beautifully. Long before Nancy Kerrigan, people had it out for Tonya. She wasn't rich, she wasn't model pretty, she didn't have designer clothes, she drove a truck, her mother made her outfits. The snide remarks were everywhere but she fought her way into the "club" anyway and shined. For the mistakes she made, she paid a heavy price and, for the bullies of the world, they will continue to make her pay. Let it go. It was almost 25 years ago, for God's sake. I wish her well and hope she can, one day, stop having to fight back. At long last.
@lamestudiosinc4184 жыл бұрын
One thing I've always loved about Sufjan is how he never attempts to rebuke anyone. He never chastises or makes a scathing tune about someone's wickedness. He instead sets out to find humanity in those who have been disgraced, and who have committed atrocious acts. He looks at Harding with admiration, he says that he's no better than John Wayne Gacy Jr. He shows us his wildest emotions, yet hatred is not one of them. He shows what it is to be a kind, loving, caring man. A truly good Christian to look up to.
@martincockroft87744 жыл бұрын
So true.
@andyfranklin38652 жыл бұрын
I think that's why his music is so amazing.
@GSpotter636 жыл бұрын
I used to watch this young lady skate at Lloyd Center when she was 15 and 16. Even then when you talk to her you could tell that things weren't right at home. You could tell that her zest for life was being squashed by something. Something kept hidden. So sad.
@gisazurnieden90585 жыл бұрын
Even when you watch footage of her when she was 15 (portions of the "Sharp Edges" documentary in various Videos here on KZfaq, e.g. in the "Truth & Lies" documentary) you can see literally in her eyes that something was very wrong at home :(
@canmyfavescomebacktosavekp46654 жыл бұрын
@@gisazurnieden9058 i dont know her before, what actually happened with her ?
@utena_tenjou3474 жыл бұрын
@@canmyfavescomebacktosavekp4665 She grew up in an abusive household and then married the man (also an abuser) who destroyed her career.
@ProgressiveAF2 жыл бұрын
@mplo do you think her fear of repercussions by her abuser might have something to do with that? Being abused is a heavy burden to carry. I know that from my own experiences of being abused. Fortunately, I never felt the need or felt forced to do anything criminal because of the abuse. I don't disagree with your comment, just an observation of carrying the burden of being abused. It's scary and it's real.
@angelasheik6 жыл бұрын
Sufjan this is why I love you. This is art. To see a person for more than the joke the world has made them out to be, and help us to see their beauty in its complexity.
@ddoyle38566 жыл бұрын
wow, true dat. this is one of my favorite youtube comments ever. 😍
@ilovebooks496 жыл бұрын
Why is your name outlined in black
@angelasheik6 жыл бұрын
Auva Stratos no idea
@Madking123576 жыл бұрын
"Has the world had its fun? Yeah they’ll make such a hassle And they’ll build you a castle Then destroy it when they’re done" Dang Sufjan you always know exactly know what to say. Don't ever change.
@NateCrail6 жыл бұрын
This song would have been perf for the credits of I, Tonya
@stormtrooper2534 жыл бұрын
True!
@z-beeblebrox4 жыл бұрын
He actually submitted it to them when he heard about the biopic being made, but then decided not to use it
@mcmc85564 жыл бұрын
What a shame not to use it!
@kurtdewittphoto3 жыл бұрын
Initially I agreed, but I think it'd be too on the nose.
@miguelvalentine97763 жыл бұрын
honestly watched the movie to see were it was placed and was disappointed
@jlance7776 жыл бұрын
Subaru sedans does it again
@Chulpansilu3 жыл бұрын
Hahahhaa
@ll_Assassino_ll6 жыл бұрын
Sufjan can sing about anything at all and make it beautiful.
@gottiwilkinson45986 жыл бұрын
Chef Assassin Easily
@TheAndrewj966 жыл бұрын
He could sing about taking a shit and it would still sound gorgeous.
@gottiwilkinson45986 жыл бұрын
TheAndrewj96 Why did you have to come here and ruin something beautiful?
@TheAndrewj966 жыл бұрын
Gotti Wilkinson I didn’t. In fact, I was agreeing with you and the OP that Sufjan Stevens could make any subject sound gorgeous. I was just injecting a bit of humor into it.
@gottiwilkinson45986 жыл бұрын
TheAndrewj96 No humor in shit jokes. She is a medal winner. No context.
@RenataBookdweller6 жыл бұрын
Who knew ice skating would make me cry. Thanks sufjan.
@wiseguyeli6 жыл бұрын
renats Yes watching and listening this performance of a disgraced iceskater after breaking someone's kneecap madee cry too
@algallego6 жыл бұрын
Well, to be fair to Tonya, she wasn't the one who actually attacked Nancy Kerrigan; it was her "idiot ex-husband" to hear her tell it. What's been in question is whether or not she had any part in the planning in the assault on Kerrigan.
@vidyasagar58446 жыл бұрын
i m ice skater ..just a inspirational song,,the way he build up about game and wanna make us listen to this amazing beautiful music..
@genvalencia17406 жыл бұрын
You should try Yuri on Ice next
@3798penisholder5 жыл бұрын
You dont have a heart if ice skating has never made you cry
@christopherlawnsby14742 жыл бұрын
Holding my newborn on my chest in the hospital and praying she grows up in a kinder world-- thank you Sufjan
@dangerouseducation40 Жыл бұрын
Just get her the new Glong
@timlarson90335 жыл бұрын
Sufjan treats Tanya Harding with the pure honesty and compassion that her skating career (and the controversy it generated) deserves -- the greatness, the irony, the tragedy, and madness. Beautiful, haunting, twisted, messed up, sad, and absurd. It could apply to anyone of note who has crashed and burned.
@promisemochi6 жыл бұрын
tbh i never really *watched* her skate, and to see her smiles and exuberance and excitement on that ice, so full of passion and life.
@Sameoldfitup4 жыл бұрын
“Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going?”― Tennessee Williams
@Siss20126 жыл бұрын
This song is a beautiful and very moving tribute to Tonya. Her story is so tragic, the deck was stacked against her from the beginning, having to fight all alone to overcome the hurdles of a poor background, an abusive mother, an abusive boyfriend, class snobbery and elitism from the skating community, and yet she shone like a diamond in the rough.
@dillion60306 жыл бұрын
You may came here for Tonya, or You may came for Sufjan, but you'll stay for them both. Perfection.
@goodToBeLost4 жыл бұрын
If I ever write a book that gets adapted into a film, I want Sufjan and only Sufjan to compose all of its music. Sigh.
@mikekearney59496 жыл бұрын
Shit, I actaully teared up a bit while watching this. I didn't even know I still had emotions left.
@idontevenknowwhyimhere77656 жыл бұрын
Same
@charlescarney28576 жыл бұрын
Imagine how happy this makes Nancy Kerrigan.
@blahblahblahblahbla27056 жыл бұрын
Nobody has emotions left
@AJRM19816 жыл бұрын
All the Yes’s
@anfiscka6 жыл бұрын
Me too! even though i'm not American, i felt that talent and cried )
@NoisyProtagonist6 жыл бұрын
This style is a perfect marriage of Age of Adz and Carrie and Lowell, as well as a return to the Americana subject matter of his older work. Absolutely brilliant.
@maisielockwood31826 жыл бұрын
I've been obsessed with both Sufjan Stevens and Tonya Harding lately.... and then this comes out.
@nightynight37565 жыл бұрын
Same..
@tafu3536 жыл бұрын
Ha Sufjan is such a great artist. I saw the title and was like, "well this is an odd choice and kinda dumb." And then I remembered he wrote a beatiful and tender song about John Wayne Gacy and am unsurprised at how good this is and how much I like it.
@idontevenknowwhyimhere77656 жыл бұрын
Do you know if he made any other songs similar to this one and John Wayne Gacey Jr? I love them so much I want to hear more
@RaylanLed6 жыл бұрын
He did what
@Padenjs5 жыл бұрын
comparing Tonya to gacy is garbage. Tonya may have made some poor choices but was also the victim of abuse from both her mother and her husband (who arranged the attack she's famous for and put a gun to tonyas head at at least one time. Gacy on the other hand was a psycho killer.
@chrismichlewicz52843 жыл бұрын
2:08 is one of the most incredible jumps you'll ever see ('Yamaguchi in red..."). What a performance. And an incredibly haunting song. My fave of Sufjan's catalog!
@Allonsey106 жыл бұрын
“ well this world is a bitch girl, don’t end up in a ditch girl” bless you Sufjan
@aleco4446 жыл бұрын
I love that one line🔥🔥❤
@Sameoldfitup6 жыл бұрын
“It is not those who can inflict the most, but those that can suffer the most who will conquer.”
@frankfacts62075 жыл бұрын
but that it can be true
@afm46934 жыл бұрын
Yes.
@ImJasonForever6 жыл бұрын
So glad to see Sufjan trending, this guy deserves all the recognition he can get.
@blahblahblahblahbla27056 жыл бұрын
I'm proud of him too. He may well be the best artist of his generation.
@codyporter63 жыл бұрын
Tanya probably doesn’t see it this way, but sufjan is admiring her, she was good and doesn’t deny that.
@schmoyoho6 жыл бұрын
this song is so beautiful and peaceful, yet after listening i have the urge to go bust someone's kneecap 10/10, will listen again 👏👏👏⛸
@irpbestof17386 жыл бұрын
I get this urge after most music, but after this i only want to give Tonya and Nancy a group hug.
@batman99376 жыл бұрын
schmoyoho *legends*, nice to see you here.
@BY-bx6pc6 жыл бұрын
IGN
@AsthmaticKitty6 жыл бұрын
😬
@zacslaman28916 жыл бұрын
Best fucking reply ever.
@szoghi16536 жыл бұрын
I really don't know Tonya Harding but with this music and her passion i admire her.
@danthompson15756 жыл бұрын
WELL THATS A BIG MISTAKE
@danthompson15756 жыл бұрын
BETTER READ UP ON HER
@masterblaster64016 жыл бұрын
heh
@merricat30256 жыл бұрын
phoenixrise1989 she was a talented skater that messed up her life by our own stupid decisions. Her boyfriend hit her competition Nancy Kerrigan , I believe it was with a bat. Then she lied said she didn't have any to do with it. She really was a talented skater that came from a family with no money.
@lalalalala29586 жыл бұрын
Merri Cat She wasn't just talented she was set to be the best. I mean at this performance at its time was record breaking and truly incredible. And in all fairness just like the song describes, Nancy, though a fantastic skater but arguably not as good as Tonya, was picked as the favorite not because she had the passion and the skill but because she was very charming and sweet.
@e.k.51456 жыл бұрын
woaw that skating performance was also impressive
@Lebowski556 жыл бұрын
This song brought back memories of watching Tonya's story as a kid. Sufjan is a genius, this song made me cry. What song about a contemporary sports figure will make you cry? I challenge anyone to come up with another one.
@rachelkramer30746 жыл бұрын
Anything by Australian folk icon Paul Kelly, actually. He has more than one song about famous Cricketers. Not his strongest, to my ear, but his catalog overall is devastatingly strong storytelling. Enjoy.
@lukasmayo6 жыл бұрын
thanks smurfman sassafras for blessing us on this holy day oh yes subaru
@anthonyman80086 жыл бұрын
Lukas Mayo 😲
@denisenova74946 жыл бұрын
HE doesn't mind what name you call him. As long as you sincerely mean HIM it doesn't matter what name you use for referring to Him.
@ilovebooks496 жыл бұрын
Denise Nova did you use holy pronouns for sufjan? Hahaha omg
@balenciaga26346 жыл бұрын
i just finished watching CMBYN and I, TONYA and searched for this artist, and BOOM! i am wigless
@andrewmartin20256 жыл бұрын
Watch the Tonya Harding ESPN 30 for 30.
@slyspy98196 жыл бұрын
Tonya Harding was a powerful terrific skater and it's a dam shame what happened to her . The wrong people in your life can make all the difference .
@bradkasteler6 жыл бұрын
Sufjan sent this song to the director of the new movie coming out with Margot Robbie, but he hasn't decided yet if he's going to put it in the movie. HOPEFULLY HE DOES.
@davidjung47756 жыл бұрын
Man, you can't refuse a sufjan's song. He's crazy or what.
@Durrutitv6 жыл бұрын
I don't know if it's in the movie but the movie's finished, premiered and gets a nationwide opening Friday...so he's made the decision already.
@tdq116 жыл бұрын
Oh it's gotta be! The timing is too perfect!
@zzarkS6 жыл бұрын
at least during credits!
@bradkasteler6 жыл бұрын
Noooooooooooooooo. How could you reject that song? At least put it into the credits.
@tehm0n6 жыл бұрын
By now Tonya has most likely stumbled upon this song... trying to imagine what she must have felt listening to it
@tylercoogan1870 Жыл бұрын
I have never been to Portland, but I’m Portland white trash. PURE JOY thank you. Miss u boys RIP love always Uncle Tyler
@franciscothemudodeoliveira92876 жыл бұрын
Are you lonely at night?//Do you miss all the glory//And the mythical story//Of the Olympian life?. wow. pure poetry
@Atomb6 жыл бұрын
She was one hell of a good skater.
@sosonolow50943 жыл бұрын
Amazing skating! It's incredible to think that what all she overcame to skate like this at the age of 20!
@rinnan82592 жыл бұрын
trials and tribulations make you
@sogallant6 жыл бұрын
genius
@ocean91376 жыл бұрын
Breathtaking. ✨
@may-11486 жыл бұрын
BITCH YOU ARE EVERYWHERE I AM WHAT THE FUCK
@may-11486 жыл бұрын
It's starting to upset me I feel like the Matrix is glitching
@ocean91376 жыл бұрын
Ann Margret We have the same taste. Let's be friends? 😏
@may-11486 жыл бұрын
ok bitch we frens 👯
@chicawhappa6 жыл бұрын
absolutely
@eli_r_q3 жыл бұрын
Thank you Sufjan Stevens and Asthmatic Kitty for this mesmerising, moving and strangely liberating song. Every time I listen to it, I am just transported.
@ozzgonzalez716524 күн бұрын
This is one of Sufjan’s most beautiful pieces. ✨
@grantwallace18822 жыл бұрын
One of the best songs never heard
@TheAmazingRMC5 жыл бұрын
every sufjan song gives me that light airy feeling after you've had a good cry
@Lahoma006 жыл бұрын
My mother recently said this about Tonya Harding. I find it appropriate, and expressed in a form in this song: ""Jeff Gillooly and his pack of idiots were for sure dim and Tonya was scrappy from all of that-but talented. She reminds me of the Gillis' family dog, Happy. Fights. Hit by a car. Never was given a bath. One eye blind. Shredded ear. But he patrolled Sargent Ave every day and lived a long and for him apparently a happy life. We dubbed him The Immortal. Tonya has done crazy and maybe demeaning things to survive. She’s immortal."
@WesDanceMusic6 жыл бұрын
The brilliance of Sufjan is that although we're responsible for our actions, society has a big factor in how people are created and moulded, and consequently teaches us how we define our actions.
@SeraphineClarisse5 жыл бұрын
I dunno why it feels so good to watch her skating she is like a fairy
@rock2802586 жыл бұрын
Isn't amazing how some see the beauty in humanity and not the dark side. Stevens is so kind and sees the grit, determination she had to overcome her mistakes. No one is perfect, she has more minuses than pluses but the pluses are exceptional. A wonderful song.
@dcokc38756 жыл бұрын
Sufjan has really been spoiling us lately.
@makeshiftmiki Жыл бұрын
I think about this song on the daily
@catika5053 жыл бұрын
She was truly beautiful out on that ice. Like she was born to be right there in that moment.
@dreameremporium3 жыл бұрын
that moment when the crowd gives her a standing ovation, her arms way up to sky, it always makes me cry
@codyporter66 жыл бұрын
I understand that Tonya isn't a fan of this. Why? It's absolutely beautiful and makes me like Tonya more. She is my American princess.
@Inessence46 жыл бұрын
Cody Porter I don’t think she listened to it before she spoke. She’s had issues with her name being used without permission. Like there was/is actually a Tonya Harding Hot Sauce.
@MSK-n3 жыл бұрын
she's so captivating never was so glued to my screen
@chrishollands19526 жыл бұрын
"Well this world is a cold one But it takes one to know one." Beautiful line.
@monstritopibil6 жыл бұрын
I wonder if Tonya’s heard/seen this...
@stephaniel73806 жыл бұрын
Raul Ramirez I read an article last night where she said she wants “nothing to do with it.” Not sure if that means she listened or not.
@jmcieslak06 жыл бұрын
yeah I dunno if I saw the same article but she said she hasn't listened to it, doesn't want to, and was mad that Sufjan used her name without her permission. which makes me kind of sad. but then I guess someone interviewing her said the lyric to her "This world is a bitch, girl / Don't end up in a ditch, girl" and she smiled, so I like to think that she would like it if she gave it a chance.
@skyfirestone6 жыл бұрын
Its perfectly alright for her to not want anything to do with this beautiful song. In my eyes, it's less about the song and more about the use of her name without her permission. For everyone has done it to her for years to make a buck, a headline. If this song had come out decades ago I wonder if she would have had a different outlook, like someone was rooting for her out there. But now it's all fragmented publicity. Regardless, I think thats the human beauty of it in fullness.
@kelsey14064 жыл бұрын
Stephanie L I wonder if she thinks that it was making fun of her. I wouldn’t be shocked seeing as so many have in the past.
@z-beeblebrox4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, you can't really just casually drop "someone made a song about you" and expect them to not jump to conclusions. Tonya didn't want to hear about it any more than she wanted to hear about any of the other negativity surrounding her public life, and was criticizing that behavior in general because there was no opportunity to explain that the song was genuinely a tribute to her.
@untitled14645 жыл бұрын
the little keyboard riff, makes me hear wonderful lavendar sparkles dance around my mind, such a gorgeous song
@Turtleproof6 жыл бұрын
I have no love for religion but Sufjan's capacity to empathize with monsters and create such beautiful music about them brings me to tears, God bless him.
@CharlesLumia6 жыл бұрын
I've listened to this so many times since it was posted. Absolutely beautiful.
@jbaab36036 жыл бұрын
same here. what a beautiful song and mix. beautiful!
@hiddenvalleyranch7753 жыл бұрын
This breaks my heart and uplifts me more than any of you will ever know.
@sarahellis2686 жыл бұрын
I get so many goosebumps throughout this. Look how happy she is when she nails each jump. Her performance, combined with the song, conveys so, so much.
@staciaseven6 жыл бұрын
I can't stop watching this. I just saw Call Me By Your Name and fell in love with Sufian Steven's music in the movie. Then I saw I, Tonya. I searched for "Tonya Harding triple axel" and stumbled upon this video. So cool.
@stevebeck38636 жыл бұрын
Anytime I hear a Sufjan Stevens song I am taken back to our self-catering cottage in Kent, England when I heard him for the first time. It was the first song from "Come on Feel the Illinois" What beautiful music he has created. Everything is beautiful.
@sebastianyurjevic4426 жыл бұрын
I did not see this coming...actually tearing up at the end.
@BaronVonSTFU4 жыл бұрын
I'm not into skating but seeing her do this routine makes me about as emotional as I was when I watched Rudy. So a wreck. Except this was real life. She deserved all the triumph she felt.
@alberciik6 жыл бұрын
Très très beau. Absolument unique... merci Sufjan..
@emilianofassinamusic6 жыл бұрын
How could you do that, Sufjan? Everything you touch, it turns gold.
@una8776 жыл бұрын
This song, coupled with this amazing skating, is absolutely bewitching. Beautiful.
@Sameoldfitup4 жыл бұрын
“I don't know what's worse: to not know what you are and be happy, or to become what you've always wanted to be,and feel alone.”
@timithius6 жыл бұрын
The Greatest Gift and now this. Sufan fans are blessed this season.
@doreencampbell16536 жыл бұрын
If she skated today she would be rebel on fire and everyone's hero.
@Lebowski553 жыл бұрын
This is the greatest song about an athlete of all time
@Drachensslay6 жыл бұрын
What a phenomenal pairing of sufjans atmosphere and this video. Its a completely surreal yet powerfully emotionally mix. I think this is one of the most beautiful things I've seen in a long time.
@TigressCalliope6 жыл бұрын
I love that she has something so beautiful that will be forever.
@brettseiler95316 жыл бұрын
Sufjan Stevens been blessing us like crazy this year.
@stonebutch4 жыл бұрын
i never thought i would hear "this world is a bitch, girl, don't end up in a ditch, girl" in a sufjan stevens song but he somehow makes it work
@cierra72465 жыл бұрын
i can understand why sufjan would feel a sort of kinship with tonya. from what i can gather from his other music, he had quite the difficult childhood and a complex relationship with his mother, much like tonya did. and he has such a talent for writing sensitive yet honest songs involving difficult subjects. if anyone can write such a brilliant and humane ode to tonya, it makes sense that it would be him.
@whoami84346 жыл бұрын
I can already envisage this person, sitting in an old folks home, wondering how life was back in those good ol’ days. I can’t fathom the depths to which my sadness would go if I forged my happiness in the strength of my body, only to watch as one day my body is stripped until only my will remained.
@atrijitdas17046 жыл бұрын
This felt like I was watching a David Dean Burkhart upload from two years ago
@maurolopez12426 жыл бұрын
Atrijit Das I can relate! Hahahhaa
@MrAdsonmax6 жыл бұрын
ME TOO
@dontlookatlukeplz6 жыл бұрын
I miss those uploads, so I’m continuing that form of music video on my channel
@emgeevic5244 жыл бұрын
I've never heard about Tonya Harding but damn. This song captivated me the whole time that I want to start tearing up.
@itsdee1784 жыл бұрын
she was iconic in her prime...
@d487316 жыл бұрын
Sufjan, you’re the single greatest living musician.
@topologyrob6 жыл бұрын
Beautiful and very moving
@lhucyo6 жыл бұрын
Easily the best song of the year
@misscaptainlily6 жыл бұрын
Sufjan is one of those people who you don't just like one of his songs, you like all of them.
@lauranicholas39236 жыл бұрын
I love how happy she looks after doing the triple axel :)
@jhonnatangamav43494 жыл бұрын
Ok, I won't cry this time while listening to this. . . . I couldn't help it.
@CircaBEFORE6 жыл бұрын
It’s hard to believe the producers of I Tonya rejected this song. It perfectly captures Tonya Harding.