This is seriously my favorite song. I was having a terrible day and when I listened to it all my problems felt like they melted away :) I wish Sufjan would put this on a CD other than the Asmatic Kitty complation. I want to put it on my iPod but I can't find the song anywhere.
Sufjan has the best lyrics. The best Ive ever heard. He can make the simplest sentences sound so deep and complex. I easily feel what he feels when I hear him sing.
I would just like you to know that I have been watching this video on a semi-regular basis for two years. You have taken your previously useless footage and turned it into something that truly means something to me. I grew up in Southern Ontario, on Lake Erie. Somehow this video is home to me. I live in London England now, and lived in Ottawa before that, but whenever I needed reassurance, whenever I needed calm, I sought out this video. It may seem strange, but this video means a lot to me.
One of the guys in this film looks like Daniel Bruhl in The Edukators. And no, it's not spelt wrong, it's German.
Also, it's quite nice seeing this place as it is, with no editing or dramatic lighting. I mean, where I live, the only films where see of places in America are heavily made up, edited and Hollywoodized. It's nice to see a place in America as it is. It doesn't look too different from home.
I love this song so much. It is one of the most amazing songs I have ever heard. I know it is about someone dieing but does anyone know the story behind it? Just wanna know cuz it is so pretty.
I can't stand it when people comment on videos other than the point of the the video. The point of this video was to share this beautiful song. Please stop fighting and enjoy it.
Yeah, Opie was his friend. But he killed himself when he was a kid. And since he was new to the school, Sufjan felt bad for not getting to know him better.
I shrugged my shoulders and resigned myself to the same silly foreign name, a sequence of odd letters stitched together like a crazy quilt, easily misspelled, misread, mispronounced, teased and squeezed and tickled and jabbed at during recess, along with Nataki the black girl (my first kiss), Opie the foster kid (who died in a car crash), and Kiki the Japanese boy (who didnt even speak English but we played marbles during recess and communicated with our own form of sign language).
@ZeenyTehZurjian uh try looking through the 'sidebar' on his record label's website - i'm pretty sure it's called "what's in a name", the tale of his parents offering him to change his name while he was a child - and in the end his realisation that he is sufjan and no one else, he can't change it!
@stripeyninga Ah, I found it -- thanks! The more I find out about Sufjan and his past, the more I'm drawn to him as an artist. If he ever wrote a book, I'd be the first in line to buy it, that's for sure.
I love this song! I was very surprised when I found this video because most of it is shot at OU, which I currently attend. It's nice to see the different places around campus captured this way.
What a beautifully yearning, achingly melancholy video. Your choice of Sufjan was inspired-- i've come back to this video time and again to feel it's impact.... and i'm not the indulgent type. Kudos.
this is still the best thing on youtube. every time i'm having a lousy day--especially when my heart is getting torn up because I miss living in a place with snow--I end up back here. I'm hooked.
Thats funny I was watching this video, going I know these places, I've driven here, and tried so hard to read that highway sign but couldn't. Then there it is most recent comment, Ohio. I live there makes sense. Amazing song. Great video.
At 2:38, a guy sits on a bench and, though I assume there are similar benches everywhere, it sure looks like the bench that is a central part in the film 1000 Days of Summer (going on memory for the title)...is it the same?
This video feels like home; the begining of winter, the sunsets over leafless trees and cold nights when you walk and think about how lights inside homes look soo beautiful. Thank you for the nice video!
have been drawn back to this one time and again, not just for the haunting ss tune, but also because it is very visually pleasing. thanks for such a beautiful post!
I can't believe I'm thinking this, but having recently moved to Los Angeles from Michigan, I'm already beginning to miss the ol' farms, and dreary winter landscapes to come. The colors and use of Sufjan Stevens is damned beautiful and nostalgic. Awesome home vid.
Panasonic PV-GS150. It was a great camera, got rid of it a little over a year ago. Been using the Panasonic DVX100a these days, trying to get my hands on the HVX200
I have to comment that this is the best homemade video i have ever seen of any song. you captured the mood of sufjan stevens on video perfect...which is the simplicity of normal everyday life. i loved the car ride part with the farms..i always think of these things when i listen to his music
hey this is lovely - compliments the lyrics and overall melancholy of the song...but i absolutely cannot find this song anywhere is it on a collaboartive cd? its not on rhapsody and i couldnt get it off limewire... : /
a very well done! n i agree its videos like this tht need more comments unlike stupid shots of people singing high school musical u did really well very good!
you know, i don't think people like you get enough comments or favorites, i know how it goes, but i'm glad that there are people out here who do stuff like this and don't make it complete 'arty' shit. like 'ooo, look at me i have feelings.' No i really like this video and thank you
the bird at the beginning is freakin big
mawiiee6 2 months ago
LOVE the cloud shots
mushuplus 10 months ago
this is one of the most beautiful things
ArlanCashier 11 months ago
anybody going to see him in the UK?
youtube.com/watch?v=_QCmLHA15jc
TBBTV1 11 months ago
This is seriously my favorite song. I was having a terrible day and when I listened to it all my problems felt like they melted away :) I wish Sufjan would put this on a CD other than the Asmatic Kitty complation. I want to put it on my iPod but I can't find the song anywhere.
ClosingSkylines 1 year ago
@ClosingSkylines i can send it to you if you want?
stripeyninga 8 months ago
Amazing shot at 3:30! Love the contrast of the sky/light and the parking lot.
jkandell2 1 year ago
Awesome to see someone else is from Athens, OH or at least went to OU
andstric23 1 year ago
Glad to see someone else attends/attended the wonderful Ohio University in Athens, OH
andstric23 1 year ago
Sufjan has the best lyrics. The best Ive ever heard. He can make the simplest sentences sound so deep and complex. I easily feel what he feels when I hear him sing.
hittingthekeys 1 year ago
I would just like you to know that I have been watching this video on a semi-regular basis for two years. You have taken your previously useless footage and turned it into something that truly means something to me. I grew up in Southern Ontario, on Lake Erie. Somehow this video is home to me. I live in London England now, and lived in Ottawa before that, but whenever I needed reassurance, whenever I needed calm, I sought out this video. It may seem strange, but this video means a lot to me.
jdavidsparham 1 year ago 28
One of the guys in this film looks like Daniel Bruhl in The Edukators. And no, it's not spelt wrong, it's German.
Also, it's quite nice seeing this place as it is, with no editing or dramatic lighting. I mean, where I live, the only films where see of places in America are heavily made up, edited and Hollywoodized. It's nice to see a place in America as it is. It doesn't look too different from home.
goldlakemoonshine 1 year ago
I love this song so much. It is one of the most amazing songs I have ever heard. I know it is about someone dieing but does anyone know the story behind it? Just wanna know cuz it is so pretty.
ClosingSkylines 1 year ago
ahhhhh.....kinda miss Ohio, in a weird way....love this song.
brianthelion79 1 year ago
my favorite song
dhiggs90 1 year ago
its beautiful.
Kaity7Loz9 1 year ago
I can't stand it when people comment on videos other than the point of the the video. The point of this video was to share this beautiful song. Please stop fighting and enjoy it.
goofygobber101 2 years ago 4
Don't diss on Sufjan!!
He is beautiful!!
breakingbackwards 2 years ago 3
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Mynameisfez1,your a complete douche! Not me.And i stick with what i said,he can take his religion and big mouth and shove it up his ass! He's a sham.
AShaddeau 2 years ago
Obvious troll is obvious.
mynameisfez1 2 years ago
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Like the song but Sufjan can shove his christianity up his ass!
AShaddeau 2 years ago
Don't listen to his music then? I'm not even a Christian and you look like a douche.
mynameisfez1 2 years ago
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your a fuckface!
AShaddeau 2 years ago
i love this
lukeisastalker 2 years ago
makes ya wonder if he wrote this song for the same person he wrote casimir pulaski day for.
LeeluFairy 2 years ago 2
I read it on the Sidebar (What's in a name?) that Opie was a friend of him and died in a car accident
Myrmelie 2 years ago
Yeah, Opie was his friend. But he killed himself when he was a kid. And since he was new to the school, Sufjan felt bad for not getting to know him better.
TheNativehippie420 2 years ago
I shrugged my shoulders and resigned myself to the same silly foreign name, a sequence of odd letters stitched together like a crazy quilt, easily misspelled, misread, mispronounced, teased and squeezed and tickled and jabbed at during recess, along with Nataki the black girl (my first kiss), Opie the foster kid (who died in a car crash), and Kiki the Japanese boy (who didnt even speak English but we played marbles during recess and communicated with our own form of sign language).
stripeyninga 1 year ago 16
@stripeyninga I was wondering -- where did you find that quote? Sufjan's such a great story-teller, and I'd really like to read that in context. :3
ZeenyTehZurjian 1 year ago
@ZeenyTehZurjian uh try looking through the 'sidebar' on his record label's website - i'm pretty sure it's called "what's in a name", the tale of his parents offering him to change his name while he was a child - and in the end his realisation that he is sufjan and no one else, he can't change it!
stripeyninga 1 year ago
@stripeyninga Ah, I found it -- thanks! The more I find out about Sufjan and his past, the more I'm drawn to him as an artist. If he ever wrote a book, I'd be the first in line to buy it, that's for sure.
ZeenyTehZurjian 1 year ago
The song alone makes me feel so many deep emotions, but this video makes it all the more powerful. I want to cry. Good job.
mackvanlobster 2 years ago
Best video ever. Thank you!
hulaslip 2 years ago
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Calum666 2 years ago
amaaaazing <333
JonasParamoreForever 2 years ago
This is some good quality video. Love it! :)
therealstephanien 2 years ago
this might be my new favorite song.
BodiesInTheGrass 2 years ago 6
I was invited for once.. Buhuuuu D':
ikbenarne 2 years ago 2
Beautiful shots mate! A+
Soeiermann 2 years ago
Too beautiful. I don't feel worthy.
dresssexyatmyfuneral 2 years ago 2
Beautiful
helmswood 2 years ago
I love this song! I was very surprised when I found this video because most of it is shot at OU, which I currently attend. It's nice to see the different places around campus captured this way.
luckky08 2 years ago
this is a lovely video to a lovely song. Good job!
ilikestupid 2 years ago
where can i get this song?
webby1985 2 years ago
What a beautifully yearning, achingly melancholy video. Your choice of Sufjan was inspired-- i've come back to this video time and again to feel it's impact.... and i'm not the indulgent type. Kudos.
ZestyItalian2 2 years ago
What album is this song on
ellis4607 2 years ago
sufjan and OU, that is so fantastic.
tonymontana122333 3 years ago
:).
TheMinstrel 3 years ago
this is still the best thing on youtube. every time i'm having a lousy day--especially when my heart is getting torn up because I miss living in a place with snow--I end up back here. I'm hooked.
finbarrefrim 3 years ago 2
agreed
achmood21 3 years ago
Thats funny I was watching this video, going I know these places, I've driven here, and tried so hard to read that highway sign but couldn't. Then there it is most recent comment, Ohio. I live there makes sense. Amazing song. Great video.
StraylightStef 3 years ago
was this shot in new hampshire?
jimbobhotdog 3 years ago
no, various spots in ohio
Theinstant 3 years ago
@Theinstant
At 2:38, a guy sits on a bench and, though I assume there are similar benches everywhere, it sure looks like the bench that is a central part in the film 1000 Days of Summer (going on memory for the title)...is it the same?
kenmeyerjr 9 months ago
This video is perfect.
lucyzeke12 3 years ago
I was transfixed by this song and the video. Wow.
outlandernc1 3 years ago
this song is wonderful and the video, as simple as it looks, really does the song justice
skillsnathan 3 years ago
absolutely fantastic video. probably the best home-made video I've ever seen. Thank you for making this.
joeneschumi 3 years ago
This video feels like home; the begining of winter, the sunsets over leafless trees and cold nights when you walk and think about how lights inside homes look soo beautiful. Thank you for the nice video!
scientificguitarist 3 years ago 3
he's a great musician!
ichgrikthekrise 3 years ago
when ever i listen to sufjan his music always seems to touch my heart
CSIFan4Ever 3 years ago 3
i keep going back to this.
this video makes me feel too much.
jr2413 3 years ago 2
pretty!
Crowrocker71 3 years ago
that's a darn big bird!
achmood21 3 years ago
nah he just zoomed in on it :P
seriously though, that thing is about to burst
doogallas 3 years ago
top notch, i like the soothing feeling i get when listening to this and watching your video
skillsnathan 3 years ago
One of my favorite Sufjan songs ever. I'm really glad you made this video. You did a nice job on it.
Faaaith 4 years ago 3
Were some of these shots filmed in Michigan? This video is beautiful!
FestOmuvesz 4 years ago
have been drawn back to this one time and again, not just for the haunting ss tune, but also because it is very visually pleasing. thanks for such a beautiful post!
twinklefrufru 4 years ago 2
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If only you guys even knew who Opie Was....
MissLizzay 4 years ago
a classmate of sufjan who died in 7th grade
doogallas 4 years ago
misslizzay is obv bffs with suf and cooler than all of us.
meatycheeks 3 years ago
I can't believe I'm thinking this, but having recently moved to Los Angeles from Michigan, I'm already beginning to miss the ol' farms, and dreary winter landscapes to come. The colors and use of Sufjan Stevens is damned beautiful and nostalgic. Awesome home vid.
FlavoredGerbil 4 years ago
well everyone already said what i was thinking. except what kind of camera do you use?
solstice5292 4 years ago
Panasonic PV-GS150. It was a great camera, got rid of it a little over a year ago. Been using the Panasonic DVX100a these days, trying to get my hands on the HVX200
Theinstant 4 years ago
I see. well you did a great job like everyone said, blah blah blah. i look into the camera too. thanks
solstice5292 4 years ago
i WILL look. sorry that i'm stupid.
solstice5292 4 years ago
lovely!
circuslacuna 4 years ago 2
I have to comment that this is the best homemade video i have ever seen of any song. you captured the mood of sufjan stevens on video perfect...which is the simplicity of normal everyday life. i loved the car ride part with the farms..i always think of these things when i listen to his music
casiswedish 4 years ago
gorgeous.
TheMinstrel 4 years ago
Wow...I added this video to my playlist a long time ago, and I still appreciate the visuals!! A great video that can capture any mood!!!
williake 4 years ago
this is very well executed and, as already mentioned, beautiful
downthestaircase 4 years ago
i love this video...
i dont know if there's anything more to say than that.
thanks for taking the time to make it, people are watching.
yellowflowers 4 years ago
hey this is lovely - compliments the lyrics and overall melancholy of the song...but i absolutely cannot find this song anywhere is it on a collaboartive cd? its not on rhapsody and i couldnt get it off limewire... : /
teaandcakeordeath 5 years ago
WOW! Beautiful vid to accompany a beautiful song!!! Thank you.
LeKanaw 5 years ago
a very well done! n i agree its videos like this tht need more comments unlike stupid shots of people singing high school musical u did really well very good!
Ransome1 5 years ago
you know, i don't think people like you get enough comments or favorites, i know how it goes, but i'm glad that there are people out here who do stuff like this and don't make it complete 'arty' shit. like 'ooo, look at me i have feelings.' No i really like this video and thank you
Iplayabanjo 5 years ago
Beautiful song with a beautiful film. Nice job with this!
Colquhouny 5 years ago
I thought this was great! You never lingered too long on a scene. I liked the mix of the still and in motion.
zerohundredlol 5 years ago 2
visuals compliment mood of song nicely
tcomden 5 years ago 2