One of my friends said that the reason Hozier is so loved by women is that he writes about them the way another woman would. Which I think is very noticeable. The way hozier describes love and admiration is so ethereal and non objectifying, for lack of a better word

He is nearly like a poet first, but just happens to have a great voice. I find it funny how the lesbians call him their 'Forest Daddy' lol It's his hair and he's 6'5" too

I like him because he blends folk, blues and soul with gothic and mythical undertones. That’s just exactly my genre. It’s like American Gods by Neil Gaiman set to music. If anyone has any other examples of that, please tell me.

I am straight but by god he is sexually attractive, physically, mentally. He could sing the terms and conditions of a toaster and make me question things

Hozier's debut record might be on my top 10 favorite albums ever, listening to it is like a spiritual experience.

His song Blood Upon The Snow from the God Of War: Ragnarok soundtrack is absolutely incredible. If it was a movie and not a game it would have won an Oscar for sure.

I think we love him bc he talks about things we're all worried about in such an ethereal and poetic way, talks about women in some of the most beautiful ways ever without being gross about it, he has great hair and he's tall and well read. It's very much giving "male lead written by a woman".

Still manifesting a Hozier and Florence collab.

Never heard of this guy before, but will definitely be checking him out now. Sounds like he has the heart and soul of an ancient romantic residing vicariously within his body.

I like his music a lot: it's rooted in blues and R'n'B, but it also has an eerie, haunting element that makes him stands out.

I think that anybody who can pen a song like 'Take Me To Church' deserves eternal respect.

Love Hozier, I think hes one of the best songwriters of our generation tbh

Andrew Hozier-Byrne. I'm a big fan of his. He is an immensely talented musician with a beautiful soulful voice, who plays guitar, and writes melodic songs with thought-provoking lyrics. He is also very handsome, seems to be a nice person who is intelligent, and has great hair. When I first heard his songs, it gave me hope for the future of music. When I found out how young he was at the time, it gave me hope for his generation. When I heard what he was saying through his music, it gave me hope for mankind. I especially like his songs "Cherry Wine", "To Be Alone", "It Will Come Back", "From Eden", and "Movement". I'm looking forward to listening to all the songs on his new album. I saw him in concert in 2019, and I enjoyed every second. Don't be jealous, Justin; he is not a Rock Star, and he doesn't make me laugh like you do!

I'm the diametric opposite of sapphic, but I love his voice and his arrangements -- and let's be honest, anyone who references Dante's Inferno, the third circle of hell in this song, and names John Lee Hooker as an influence is a friend of mine. 😁😎

Love Hozier. Nina Cried Power & Angel of Small Death & the Codeine Scene are my two faves ❤️

I heard him interviewed on the radio last night and he came across as a very humble guy with a lovely Wicklow accent. The song that was played was beautiful.

I don't know anything about notes or technical musical terms so it's really interesting hearing you dissect Hozier's music. What you say about the semitone is very typical about his music... I always thought of it as being almost off-key. I love it because it creates this slightly eerie feel. Would love another video on one of his songs!

I love love love how you hear the details so well, no skimming over anything, AND you can sing anything. Looking forward to the long form podcast, Justin, thank you! 👏👏

I had a fish called Fergal Sharky when I was a kid.

Yes! Do a video on Ennio Morricone!!! Please! More people especially the young need to be introduced to great music. Thank you Justin, keep up the kickass work! Stay blessed.

I'm completely besotted by 'As it was' and been recently watching the series 'Dark', his track 'Into the woods' was perfectly placed.

I love the way he writes lyrics, his voice and his influences. I do find some of his studio stuff too polished, but I figure that is possibly bad taste on my part because I hated Take Me To Church until I heard him sing it in the subway, and obviously everyone else loved it.

Wow, just the other day I said to someone 'what's Justin Hawkins up to now days?' Glad to see he's still around. Very excited for Hozier's new album, he has a great voice and his lyrics are poetic like Byron.

Looking great! So excited about the new tour. I love you and your band so much. I started the day with that magnificent scream in the beginning of Pinewood Smile. It's such an amazing intro to an album, love it love it love it. So much love to you Mr. Hawkins.♡

‘it’s just really good isn’t it, let’s face it’ me when i force my friends to listen to hozier

I'm soooo excited about the upcoming tour! Can't believe its 20 years ago that PTL came out. I remember so vividly how I used to listen to the album on repeat on my mp3-player, all day every day. It's crazy to think I was only 12, I remember how I used to ask my English teacher for help with translating the difficult words. The album made a huge impact on me and it's still one of my all time favourites. Can't wait to see you guys in Brussels!

Happy late birthday! Omg you and Hozier should do a duet - a combo of your great voices together would be sooo good!

Your enthusiasm is contagious 😊 I learn so much from your reactions and find it fascinating to listen to your musician’s take on songs! “Nice one” and thank you!!

Hozier is a mage of lyrics, melodies and rythm. He's the best one alive

Love these song breakdowns. Entertaining and I'm learning musical composition at the same time!

I’m not a Lesbian but for me he seems really sweet and thoughtful. Plus he’s really tall and he’s Irish, and for some reason I have a long hair fetish. I also love water sign men……so hes got a lot going for him, in my opinion.

hozier writes about women being a terrifying powerful force and that's hot

Justin just saw your PTL20 tour announcements! Can’t wait for Aussie dates! My brother and I want to travel around Australia for all your dates. Your shows last year were unforgettable and it was bloody awesome meeting you all too! 👏🏼👏🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼

The space between the notes.. that’s where we exist.. isn’t it? Well said. 😊

Sooo excited for the podcast omggggggg !!!!

I think he’s got a fantastic voice. He might not get me quite all the way to “obsessed” but definitely perks my ears up. And the lyrics are fantastic too. I’m with you about a stripped down version. That’d be… “great, great, great” 😊

He wrote these during lockdown...... I love him ❤ he has a good soul

Ennio Morricone? Yes, please!

LOVE UR CHANNEL 👍👍👍👍👍👍 THXS FOR RIDING AGAIN JUSTIN AZ

Loved it! Thanks for another great recommendation, Mr. Hawkins! Reminds me of Danger Mouse; "cheat codes" in particular. I was expecting Black Thought to start rapping in the bridge.

That semitone shift is Hozier genius ✌️

Props👏👏😂 it’s cool and intersting the choice like that when you feel like its gonna follow the scale. That’s what’s awesome about music. Looking forward to long form pod🤘🤘

OH. A lesser-known but as-always stellar piece of his is Jackboot Jump!! Similarly political but with a very different vibe while still being very "him"? Played it live and it's become an on-loop favorite for me.

4:10 it’s like Massive Attack - Teardrops

I’ve just bought tickets to see Hosier today , so this was well timed for me. Very good episode. Ennio Morricone …….. where would you start, such a massive body of work. It may not be rockknkroll but I would love to hear your take on The Ecstasy of Gold - L’Estasi Dell’oro. I can already hear your improvisation. Obviously there’s no lyrics in this theme tune but if you listen, there’s definitely vocal parts that sound like you provided.😊Can’t wait for the PTL tour tickets to come on sale ❤

I saw him live in Dublin just over a week ago - it was my first time seeing him live, and I had been waiting for that opportunity since I was around 14 years old (now 25). I can confirm the following: he is a sweetheart, a musical genius, and his voice is even better live. He also has a great sense of humour, and he showed us all so much love. I’m so grateful to have been able to experience that 🖤

Definitely enjoy his music.

Hozier actualluy also has some great rhyming in his lyrics 🙂

You really have a way with words, and a way of getting to the substance of the songs that you review/critique? Jolly good show & thank you man. Just noticed, love the way you had to look at your right hand can to know where your right was. Music mad.

Should do swan upon Leda by hozier. It’s much more like that orchestral conclusion to the sound throughout.

Hozier has a fab voice and great lyrics in the music he performs ..interesting and often unique. Jamie N Commons is another .. both have amazing voices, such great tone, although you are number one Justin ..outstanding vocals ..top of the popermost ❤ You also make me smile 😊

I live for that man's music.he shows me beauty in the world when I can't see it in myself or the things around me.he shows me the beauty in everything honestly. I don't get excited by much (depression does that to ya).but Hoziers music truly does. So does Justin's tbf, albeit in a different way.the darkness have made me smile and dance when I haven't done so in days. Music is so fucking awesome. Thank you to both hozier and Justin for helping me and countless others.

First time I heard ‘take me to church’ I was blown away. Hozier is just ridiculously talented!

Long form podcast? Fuck yeah! Looking forward to it b!

Good day to you Justin... just learned about PTL 20th anniversary tour. I will be there in Milan exactly like 20 years ago. Long life to the Darkness❤

never a bad video, love this channel

Interesting and v talented guy, Hosier. Those chromatic bits do indeed grab the earholes, lovely. I think the Enyo vibe gets enhanced a bit also by that huge reverb. Great! Nice one Justin. 🎶🌟👍

Love this episode! More soul please!😍 Morricone would be great, too!

Loving this channel!

my two favorite people in one video, yeeeeoooo. Hozier is everything and Justin, you are da man XXXX

So excited for the anniversary tour! The suspense for the uk dates is paining me already (please come to Leicester! 😭)

Hi Justin thanks for another great video. Been really busy at work lately , I’m going to binge watch your videos I missed 😢❤

I end up singing your theme song a million times at work every day.

Interesting song lyrics for sure. Not something I want to sing in the car to but I get your enthusiasm

by god what a good analysis of such an auditorily, not to mention lyrically labyrinthine song, keep the groovyness flowing mate

I love how you compact all my life knowledge of music into a 10minute casual chat, make me feel pathetic and i still love everything you dof😩

Those paintings behind you got you looking like Rocky Dennis.

We love his music because of his amazing and sultry voice, oh and the fact that he's a GORGEOUS giant man 😉

This was a great review of the song. It makes me want to hear more. Wish you would tale a listen to Afghan Whigs 2022 offering "How Do You Burn?" especially Catch a Colt, I'll Make You See God and The Getaway. It rocks and is rollicking with interesting lyrics, strings and lots of cymbals. Favorite lyric: Senses are careening.

Would be interested in watching you break down The Killers 2007 song ‘Tranquilize’. Cracking song with lots of layers of instrumentation.

I already loved this song and Hozier but this made me understand that musically it's also a solid freakin track. What a clever man Justin is!

I am finding myself quite often hungry for some MORE Justin Hawkins Rides Again, so I am looking forward to the longer format, you clever-boots!😊❤

I love watching Justin just LOVING music.

Yes!!! Morricone ❤❤❤ Love Enio, pure brilliance.

Love Hozier so much

I've always loved the song 'A Good Heart' by Feargal Sharkey. Thank you for reminding me of it. It's such a great catchy tune.

Hozier is a legend. Take Me to Church and From Eden are both so sick

You should definitely do a video on Ennio Morricone. Just don't forget to include the piano duel from Legend of 1900.

HA ! The pictures on your wall ! Awesome ! 😂

The space between the notes ✨️

Begins with a hilarious Feargal Sharkey reference 🤣🤣 I love you, man ☮️✌️🕊

Justin, you're a legend, mate. You make me laugh like no other. A natural riot.

Would love to see a video of you dissecting some Snarky Puppy or Vulfpeck.

An Ennio Morricone video please! ✨

Hozier is unbelievable, his music is flawless. Definitely the best of his kind.

The little melodic part at the start of the song reminded me of the melodic humming in Ren's Money Game Part 2. That's a reaction I'd definitely love to see from Justin.

Yessss, an episode on Ennio Morricone, please!

On another note.....just saw the news of 20th anniversary of PTL European Tour Dates and world tour to come...hope to see some Canadian dates!

It's more about a modern take on Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal" but it represents Gluttony on the framework of his album based on Dante's 9 Circles of Hell

Absolutely mad for Hozier and very excited for his new stuff that he's putting out

All things End, from his new EP its all I was waiting for

Definitely do a video on Ennio Morricone

Interesting to hear Ennio Morriconne references. I'll have to take a listen to see if I can pick that up too. And I have to offer that setting aside the obvious staggering gift of his voice, Andrew Hozier-Byrne is a compositional genius. He doesn't pay attention to youtube comments so I feel fine writing this (as he'd deny it immediately) but it's absolutely true. He plays with music like how writers utilize words and painters build layers of colour & light. So much of his skill is visceral instinct as well as flow and he naturally takes everything that has touched him (musical, historical, spiritual, artistic, natural or socialpolitical) and it all gets channeled through him, interpreted and is brought out the other side to the work that we hear. Picture a prism taking in all the lightwaves and sending out something beautiful (or bleakly treacherous & dark but still achingly beautiful). That's Hozier. There's also the Irish upbringing & influence, and their artistic greats have no trouble going dark & finding the humour in there somewhere as well. I've also seen that his gigantic heart compels him to issue work that is going to go out into the world and it's going to have some kind of intent to care for people. From a few things he's said I believe it's written (some of it) not just for himself, but partially with his fellow man in mind, and the idea of asking: can this embolden the oppressed, or give comfort to those suffering. Can this give joy, a lift, or a feeling of being understood or camaraderie. He writes joyfully but also carefully I believe with the idea that "music is a historical document. And if I can create something that, long after I'm gone, might possibly give someone a sliver of the same joy I've felt from listening to some artists, then I won't feel compelled to come back and haunt anybody. I'll be a happy ghost."

Happy birthday Justin!

Arsonist's Lullaby and Dinner and Diatribes are both excellent. Take me to church is also but perhaps overplayed.

100% need to do an episode on Ennio Morricone! Would be amazing

When you put your guitar down I knew it hit. ✌🏽 That’s not a dig. This is fantastic. Thank you! I’d love to hear it stripped down & some Morricone too. EDIT: I realize you can’t help with the stripped down version 😂

True about Scott Walker + Ennio Morricone vibes 🍝 🌅

Loving the videos Justin, you got a bit of Dylan Love and Theft era vibe going on atm

I would love to see you do a video of Ennio Morricone. As a 59yr old Female of the species, I was brought up on all the old Spaghetti Westerns. And hold the music of that time very dear to my heart x