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  • the greatest son ive ever heard

  • this song is a tiny fleck of exquisite gold dust. ... 'she's a lady.. ain't talking 'bout no little girl...'...

  • The thing that I've come to acknowledge after performing in front of people is that you are ultimately giving people a space and time in which to experience. Not just the songs but themselves. I think it's beautiful that people are comfortable enough to have a conversation with one another. Not trying to control the crowd but giving them an environment to be.

  • I like his voice, still trying to listen to more of his music. We have to have a best hair award this year!

  • look at some of the longer versions of that song and youll hear it at the end .... he just does it the best in this version

  • Come on! I hope the loud mouths talking the whole time get theirs. That is so disrespectful.

  • LOOOOOVE the new album!! Haven't picked it up yet? Well you're totally missing out :) But you can listen to the whole album on the First Listen section on NPR . org Enjoy!!

  • this is 3 minutes and 46 seconds of bliss. i wish i knew its name

  • @thespecialkkid it's a version of "you are the best thing".

  • @etabone1 ive heard this said before, but i dont see how it is. the lyrics are completely different, so is the melody and the tune aswell. lol

    i dont see how people are comparing it to this

  • It's the passion that makes good music, old Ray here has heaps. And then there's the poetry and he's got that too. beautiful. one of my favorite artists and an inspiration!

  • @amblerint You are so right

  • This man is so sexy. So effortless incredible. Why would anyone witnessing this absolute perfection want to talk through it?

  • God I really wish this version of the song had developed. This is incredible. For guitar players - is he just switching between an F and C? With a capo on the 2nd fret obviously.... This seems like it would be a lot of fun to mess around with on your own. I just dont have a guitar nearby.

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    It's Am, C, F, capoed on 2nd. Amazing version! I wish this video was more complete, though.

  • this is "you are the best thing" - a few yrs before it was put on the album.

  • @melanie9466 this is not you are the best thing

  • @ghorbani what us it? do you know? thanks?

  • @ghorbani @korkycat also:

    In Ray's original version of You Are the Best Thing (which can be found in a live version on youtube), he sings "it's the woman in you that makes me wanna be with you for always." so yes, there is a correlation between this song and You Are the Best Thing. please apologize to mel

  • @melanie9466 No its not, definately not

  • There are not a enough bullets to describe the contempt I have for the embryonic numpties who talk through a song or even worse.. who "whoop" or "scream" during a performance .. do you think he or any artist appreciates this .. when they are "in the moment" ... to hear this nondescript pointless white noise ruining their performance ... it started in the States .. but now this screeching from the talentless amoeba has spread everywhere ... Note to self : ..dont go armed to a open air concert...

  • @morklind You're at a live concert...what do you expect, theatre etiquette? And I'm sure this didn't start in the States. Talentless amoeba...hmmm. Great that you can spell amoeba correctly but that doesn't make you a valued critic. As a performer I've appreciated that someone in the audience has been "in the moment" with me. If I wanted silence I could stay at home and sing for myself, in the moment, and play an applause track afterward. You get what you pay for.

  • @ossman52 What a bizarre response! .. I used to perform myself that's why I hate it so much. .. You hope you can transport the audience with you .. how can anyone be in the moment with you when they are just getting off on being there and screaming OVER you... OR what you are playing is so f*cking loud anyway the type of music doesn't lend itself to any emotional journey. I pay to go HEAR the real thing .. and not dickheads ruining my experience.. seriously WHY the f*ck do they do it? ..

  • @morklind i second that especially the "whoops"

  • f'n beautiful. in awe of this man's music.

  • I met him a few years ago at an after party in Melbourne, Australia. He performed at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl.

    We were at some bar in St. Kilda, near the marina.

    We chatted briefly. He's softly spoken, unassuming and polite.

  • The song is "You Are the Best Thing." I saw him recently and he said that this was the original version, but when he went to record it, it ended up becoming the version that is now on his album. He should go back to the studio and record it this way!!

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  • Thank God for Ray!!

  • fucking man is a god among men

  • id like to slap the hatty Cathy's in the background!

  • Does anyone know the name of this song????? All i know is that this clip is from the austin city limits festival 06

  • All I've heard is that it's a variation of "You Are The Best Thing" which he later changed...i so wish this version was on iTunes though..

  • MUST MUST MUST have this...This is what music should be about...

  • This version of this song is so perfect with that steel. Gorgeous

  • I started listening to Ray at the age of 20. I instantly wanted to learn music. I bought a guitar. This spaked a brand new thing in me.

    I am now 24 and own all different kinds of instruments from guitar to keys to drums.

    Music is my life.

    Kids, forget drinking on street corners, or how many girls you can finger. Forget expensive clothes and jewellery. Realise there is so much that music can give you and that it can help to shape you into an intelligent, thoughtful and interesting person.

  • well said

  • @bombheadx It sounded good untill the forgetting chicks part..

  • anyone know what this is called?

  • beautiful, ray is AMAZING

  • true..very true..

  • Am, C, F

  • this video of Lamontagne makes me want to be a musician

  • You would never regret it.

  • Every video of Lamontagne makes me wanna become a musician.

  • This was a precursor to you are the best thing. This and the original share lyrics, which in turn shares lyrics with the studio version of you are the best thing. However, by the time it was transformed into the studio version of you are the best thing it no longer had any lyrics in common with this unreleased version.

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  • There are parts of the song that sound a little like "Cowgirl in the Sand" by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. Parts of it are also similar (although it's not the same) as the original "You Are the Best Thing" that he played on Friday in Minneapolis.

  • im gonna kill myself if i can't get the full version of this song......im serious......ill do it!!!!

  • Foes anyone know the title to this song??!!

  • he doesn't have an actual recording of this song. it's just a take off his original version of "you are the best thing"

  • 2 sons actually lol. tobias and sebastian

  • I have fallen in love with this song. Putting it on an album would be wonderful!

  • thanks for posting this, this is a great song.

  • he needs to throw this song on an album

  • i agree 100%.

  • @Lukebud17 how do we make that happen?

    

  • Seen him in concert in London twice now. Absolute legend. I wish he did this as a single but I can't actually see where it would fit. Mutant voice!

  • yeah i know he is just thought I would share that tasty tid bit with you all.

  • is this a cover of ben harper, woman in you??

  • what is this song called I really want to download it, this version though, any help?

  • i love this song....it's sad that he changed it

  • ummmm why isnt this on any album? :(

  • this was the original version of the song "you are the best thing" which is the opening track of gossip in the grain. ray said in an interview with npr that the album just didn't feel right and this was the track they chose to change up. it's a shame.

  • I have the original version of "You Are The Best Thing" its litterally just him slowly finger picking while singing what is almost exactly the version we know now, the verses are a little different but the chorus is pretty much the same. This is not a version of "You Are The Best Thing"

  • bsmith86 - where is the original version? I saw it months ago and cannot find it anymore. I wanted to use it as a wedding song! Thank you

  • oh pls pls pls, the title of the song! anybody?

  • If he were not married(wait is he?)I would let him have my goods. lol jk

  • I would pay any amount just to have a decent mp3 verson of this song. Another great song from Ray

  • agreed

  • TOTALLY agreed!

  • Salmon is a delicious fish. I also like mahi mahi. This song makes me feel like a princess and I'm a man... is that okay? wtf?

  • who's the bitch talking throughout the entire song. someone shoulda told her to shut the fuck up

  • 4 real  dumb bitch

  • @Smackdaknife is wayne brady gonna have to choke a bitch

  • My favorite Ray song next to Jolene. How can such a beautiful song sung with such emotion and passion not make it onto the new album!?! I love you more than anyone else--but you really hurt me too. Please don't keep such great songs to yourself.

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  • I'm pretty sure it's not. Like about 100 percent sure

  • sriously though people..this video was added a year ago and nobody knows the actual name?! anyone....

  • If this version ever gets out then ray be huge. I would love that but i still like the fact that hes not mainstream.

  • yea..

  • Ray LaMontagne - You are the best thing. I actually like this version the best of all 3. The one on the album isn't anything like the 2 acoustic versions.

  • Where can I hear the third version? One is here, another on Gossip, and the third? Thanks.

  • This song is on the new album just a different version

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  • bad news kids. I've heard a pre release of the new record... and this song (albeit a different version of an onld song) did not make it to the new record :o(

  • How does he do it, the man is a genius! Not heard this song before but I love it, hope it will be on the next album!

  • can someone please get me an mp3 of this

  • Capo on the 2nd fret, begins with Am, switches to F, with a thumb playing the low E, this way your ring finger can modify the G string while strumming (note switches between open and the second fret), the chorus switches to a C chord, with the low E on the third fret, same strumming pattern, back and forth between the C and F chords, eerily beautiful.

  • Ray. Please, please, please release this same version of this song on your next album! I love so many of your songs, but this just might replace Jolene as my new favorite. Raw, honest, timeless, beautiful.

  • it aint

  • I see that, and I already feel cheated.

  • TABS!!?!?????!!!

  • Found it! Supposedly, the song is called "You Are The Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me". If you Google "The Woman In You Ray LaMontagne", it's the 8th listing on a site called Chord! Request. The complete lyrics are included by a poster on a discussion board.

  • This song is spellbinding.

  • Does anyone have a song of his called 'Allie' i've got the lyrics to it but can't find a version of the song anywhere?

  • i don't think thats what its called...

  • its another version of you are the best thing , i think

  • please someone find the name of this song

  • The poster is already aware that it was 2006 at Austin City Limits. It might be a long shot, but hit up his MySpace page with the question and see if you get an answer. The official page is maintained either by him or a close friend, I believe.

  • great song sung with great heart - bit distracting with the starbuckers babbling though - too bad.

  • Beautiful.

  • this is an amazing song wish i knew the name!

  • amazing song wish i knew the name

  • Anyone know the name of this song?? Is it available on a CD?? I can not stop listening to this song. Gotta have it! Please let me know how to get it!!

  • HONEY I MISS YOU, IF only I CAN GO BACK IN TIME AND FIX IT. BUT we CAN'T, LETS MAKE IT WORK FOR MICA ;0)

  • wow. i love this man. pure talent. brings tears to my eyes. cannot wait for the his next cd. does anyone know how i can see his tour scheldue? please come to new england!

  • i love him. i hate they people who are trying to talk over him. how rude

  • Does anuone know the name of this song yet?

  • Has anyone heard if he has started recording for his next album yet?

  • it said on his website that he started this Feb

  • From what I've heard this is a song that he's putting out on his next album. I saw the song list and it's actually listed as unreleased. Sounds like he's testing it out on the crowds, but I'd definitely say this might be his best song ever. I went to the festival as I'm one of the few true Austinites left and this song blew me away. I liked him before, but this song made the hair on the back of my neck stand up. Definitely a love making song.

  • man its his voice.

    im going to go out of the country to see him =).

    the voice.

    amen ray.

  • He used to create his own albums mostly for himself, so this could be a track that he made a while back and decided to perform it.

  • what an amazing singer Brilliant :)

  • I can turn in this into an mp3 if it helps out anybody?

    Chaz

    x

  • do it please, i would love to have it,

  • that would be great

    let me know

    thanks

  • Please! You Would be doing me a great favor, just let me know if you need me to do anything to help. Thanks

  • Just send me an email with your email adress and i'll send it to you.

    Chaz

    x

  • i really think this is a cover? cmon guys lets put our heads together and find out? i need to know where to get this song

  • man ive searced lyrics and everything, i cant find nothing at all like it,you try, maybe im not doing it right

  • i cant stop listening to this song,where can i find and whats the name, its not your the best the best thing, its a different song, is this a cover for somebody????somebody please let me now

  • I really want to here a decent version of it so badly! Are you sure that its called "You're the best thing"? Arent they like completely different chords?

    Anyway, yeah what an amazing song

  • its the song just the music is like 3 seconds later than what the video shows- this version is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­oooooooooooo good i love ray!! :)

  • I don't know the name of the song, but if you want the chords it looks like he is going between three chords Am, C (with low E string), and F (using his thumb to fret the low E string).

  • What song is this? I can't find it anywhere, and unfortunately the grainy quality of the captured video makes it too difficult to figure out the precise chords Ray is playing. Anyone know where to download it? The eerie slide guitar and strained melody of his voice has this desolate beauty to it, I can't get it out of my head.

  • The song is called "You're the best thing", but not sure if it's original or a cover. Hope this helps.

  • Are you sure? There seems to be a different song by him called "your the best thing" and those words are actually in that one.

  • Good point. Can't remember where I found out what this is called, but pretty sure it's right - could be wrong though...

  • Actually, you may have been right. It sounds like the same song that evolved into the slower version. "its the woman in you"...both songs

  • whoa hey, hook me up with a download of this version if you can cuz i'm addicted!!!!

  • Does this guy have a song on the show Rescue Me? He's amazing.

  • He does a song called "All the Wild Horses" on Rescue Me. Great song. I like this one too though.

  • This song by far sums up how i feel about my girlfriend. We're going through some ups and downs right now, sometimes getting to the point where we do not even want to talk to each other. That being said we still find some way to hold on to the only thing we have left, our true love for each other. I guess Ray says it best, for always will I want to be with her.

  • Hope things have worked out for you, mate. Been there. There's no such pain as that caused from within love. Always look at the star that brought you together, don't curse the rocky ground that it guides you across...

  • I think that it's entitled "You are the Best Thing"

  • where do you find this song? what's it called?

  • Ignore my earlier post. I found a link for Ray singing what I think is a slower version of this song (well it has the same title a few other people mentioned). It's nice but not as brilliant as this one - it doesn't have Ray wailing over a slide guitar.

  • Either the timing on this video is incredibly off, or this is a song placed over top of random live footage of him. In any case, If anyone has any info on this song *actual name, somewhere where i can aquire it* it would be incredibly appreciated.

    Does it scare anyone else how much power the voice of one man can have?

  • Although this song hasn't been released yet, I've heard a few versions and so far this (live) version is my favourite - there's something about the slide guitar that's so haunting and Ray's voice too of course and I can't wait to see him live in October. Anyway, as a new user I'm not sure if I can post details of where you can download the song from so I'd be happy to send the link to anyone who requests it.

  • I'd like some info if possible. Where could I find it? What's the name of the song?

  • I sent you a link. You have to check your mail. Log-in then click on the envelope symbol at the top of the page next to your user name. I only explain this incase you weren't aware - it wasn't obvious to me.

  • hey...i'd appreciate it if someone could tell me where o get hold of this song....

  • Please send me the link to download this Ray Lamontagne song you wrote about a year ago. Thank you!!!

  • incredible...

  • does anyone else feel that this man is a legend in the making? the song jolene will always make me cry.

  • for real...

  • I believe this song is originally by Ray Price

  • there is a post of a slower version of this song at the beacon theater in nyc, but the words are a little different.

  • it's called "you're the best thing that's ever happened to me". Ray played it a couple of times at his uk gigs (a softer version, but i'm pretty sure it's the same song. I think it's off his new record whenever that comes out)

  • how can i get the mp3. i am a bartender and people love his music when i play it

  • second that

  • Ray has the knack of imbuing simple chord progressions with such sorrow and heart, making them sound so new to my ears. Can anyone give us the origin of this song? Ive googled lyrics, limewired possible titles etc, no luck.

    Such a shame about the quality, but im better for having heard it.

    Cheers

  • I think the song is called "you're the best thing that has ever happened to me". He played it at a few concerts in the UK this year. search "ray lamontagne you are the best thing" on youtube and you'll find another version of it. Hope that helps. I think it's one of his new ones!! can't wait!

  • Ahh dearest dont you know about irony

  • Jesus this guy shud stop working on sounding like Michael Fucking Bolton and work on his look .More mirror time my son.

  • dude, michael fell off the DOCK OF THE BAY a long time ago. seems as though you have wax in your ears about as old

  • Eww get her.

  • I hear New Kids just got back together Toddy

  • Nevermind. I'm totally wrong.

  • I think it's the BeeGee's song "Woman in You"

  • any info on the song title??

    It doesn't seem to be on that website I am fuel

  • Any word on this song yet? It's nowhere to be found in its entirety, is it?

  • take alook at a blog called - i am fuel, you are friends - some songs on there - thing this one is there

  • He sounds sooo much like Michael Bolton here.

  • lol. That's exactly what I was thinking, which is strange, because this is the first time I've heard him sound like Michael Bolton.

  • is it a cover? I think it may be new and possibly on his new cd when ever that comes.

  • I think it's called "The Woman In You"

  • can't find the title even after looking for hours. got the song list of this specific set but the title was * unknown

  • AMAZING!! he's one of the best singer/songwriters out there

  • He's amazing. Simply that.

    Nice find, thanks for sharing it with us.

  • does anyone have ANY idea if he's ever recorded this song? what's the name? it's by FAR his best song hands down. if anyone has any answers let me know!

  • Does anyone know what song this is? Or of a good forum about this guy?

  • Too bad it's out of sync. Sounds awesome though!

  • when he sings "You got somethin' oh so real, makes me wanna dieeeeee" omg, that sends chills up my spine :)

  • Beautiful

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