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  • God I miss her... I will love you forever, however much it hurts to see you with him.

  • as soon as he started singing, my heart dropped and I got overly happy and sad at the sad time, this is so beautiful, and no song as ever made me feel that way.

  • I become one with my dog listening to this song. Keep on going Bon Iver.

  • Anyone know where I can find just the instrumental portion of this song without the words? My fiance really wants to have this playing during our wedding, but we would rather not have the words in it.

    Anyone able to help us out?

  • this song was stuck in my head, so all of my thoughts had this as background music, and so i got really depressed l0l0o0l0op but really amazing song

  • omgggggggg I can't stop

  • Go to Rainymood[.]com

    Start this song.

    Enjoy.

    Weep.

  • @Donnnnnnny that's what I'm doing! haha

  • It is ever so peaceful. Such a feel good song.

  • One of the songs that made me believe in love again.

  • oh look at that i am back again just listening to the same song as i have every time i get on youtube. do i mind? not one bit <3

  • Fxcking Awesome! 

  • It's the right music you can listen to when you're missing someone so much.

  • Is it just I? I am having a hard time understanding the lyrics.

  • @vinnypharmacist It's the melancholy in his voice...I understand it just fine but I can see what you're saying. Cheers.

  • I don't know if it was this song or not, but my friends and i listened to Bon Iver as we drove through downtown fargo a few days ago. It was the first snow of the year. Flakes lightly fell as we slowly drove through the almost silent town. The ensemble of things was beautiful.

  • Lost For words it's Just Amazing

  • How many times have I listened to this song? A bajillion? Sounds right.

  • This song is like a breath of fresh mountain air.

  • he won a grammy didnt he? this song is so good!

  • Just to point out "Him" is actually a they, they're a band lol, but yes incredible band! :D

  • All of his songs make me cry. Not of sadness, not of happiness. Because his music got that close to my soul.

  • OMG! THUMBS UP IF YOUR STILL LISTENING TO THIS IN 2012.. LOL!!

  • this snl sketch is hilarious though xD still like the song..but jt kindof nailed it

  • ahhh, the part of youtube where i love everything in the sidebar :)

  • so justin timberlake on snl dissin bon iver, it gave me a new perspective of this song bt i still like it tho

  • New Challenge: Do not cry while listening, And Try to make Lyrics

  • Justin Timberlake & SNL now make me have a completely different perspective of this wonderful song. :/ I STILL LOVE BON IVER THOUGH

  • Soul food.. I could get lost in that voice.. his lyrics are a never-ending journey..

  • stop calling him Bonny Bear

  • @Jett000006 lol

  • And at once I knew I was not magnificent.....

  • a funny thing happened today, me an 2 of my freinds lost our long time girlfreinds on the same day and we all felt terible, so i showed them this song, we listened to it like 9 times, and im not embaressed to say we cried, this song helped us alot. thank you bon iver.

  • @stepbystepawsomness so u can fck each other

  • lmfao,just see this song on the snl skit of beyonce and jay-z

    oh my god! i got happy and then continued to laugh!!!

  • The way he composes music is so magnificent

  • If this guy one both artist and song of the year we are having a serious problem in 2012. Once could of sang this with more umph and less high pitch. The high pitch and synthesized sound killed it. Naturalistic soothing drama did not copulate due to it's electric sound.

  • @TheWiseNick "one" -> *won

    "Once" -> *one?

    Not sure if grammar is lacking or grammar troll...

  • @TheWiseNick 1st, music is not about umph. 2nd, his voice isn't synthesized, its called HARMONY. You know, with multiple voices? People love bon iver because they can connect to the feeling his songs express. If you can't relate, then you probably won't like it, end of story. Bon Iver is bringing back the sense that music DOESN'T have to be perfect or flawless or flashy, its all about feeling.

  • I just cant stop laughing thanks to SNL...ITS PARENTS ARE BEYONCE AND JAY-Z

  • Bon Iver is pure Genius anyone who has anything negative to say about them clearly has no understanding of how great their talent is and what they do. Music is not about what you wear or what you look like...it's about how you sound and the music you make. Bon Iver is like no other music I have ever heard before. They are beautifully original

  • this song reminds me of yummy times with my dog named chloe we went hard that day.

  • @HawksFloyd ummm something seems gross about that comment

    

  • @blooroo22 LMAO! 

  • @HawksFloyd thats really nice. i reeaaally needed to know that

  • its me again. just listening for the 50th time today...

  • @DBAD14 isn't that like, 5 straight hours, not counting all of the others songs on the album ?

  • @DBAD14 lol I'm on about 12 times so far :)... before the end of the day, I'm sure I'll make it to fifty as well. Cheers and nice comment!

  • Thanks SNL this group is amazing

  • i cry listening to this..

    so beautiful..

  • haunting.

    as always.

  • To everyone coming here from the Grammies- Please, please, PLEASE watch the videos of Bon Iver live, or go see them. Truly life changing.

  • I love this so hard

  • I want to be the person that lives in the home in that picture

  • @MrBrandonMac

    Ditto.

  • @WanchoWarrior

    Hey, wait a minute. I do live in the middle of a forest by a lake.

  • this song gives me chills!!

  • what is this album called

  • @dookydoo95 Bon Iver, Bon Iver

  • Townes Van Zandt is song and Justin will grow so much as a songwriter, this is just the cusp and the the cusps' changing lives.

  • Im signed in, but for some reason i cant thumbs up, or down, any comment, I can only respond. WTF!!!

    I know my opinion is worthless on the internet, but I could live my whole life listening to Bon Iver everyday; When i die, i want this whole entire album played throughout my funeral.

  • @29zc agree! what album is this?

  • @dookydoo95 Self titled "Bon Iver"

  • i hate doing homework but having bon iver in the background makes it all better!

  • living in a memory

  • before i heard of Bon Iver i used to always complain that there are few actual musicians of my era. Bob Marley, John Lenon, Kurt Cobain, Frank Sinatra, Jim Morrison... all dead before my time. but then i found Justin Vernon and this band. then i realized, i do have talent in my era, i just have to know where to look. music isnt just notes or beats that make your toes tap. music is only worth listening to if you feel it.

    thank you Bon Iver, for being what my ears, and heart have been missing.

  • The music video for this song goes perfectly with it. Its so pure.

  • fuck you emma for leaving Justin, but its ok, hes a badass musician now and youre a bitch...

  • @rjaafar My friend....I have an "Emma." And we should have a love for Emma, not a hate because without her, there would never have been a cabin, a time out, an easel, a guitar, nor would there be many songs that a large amount of people have grown to love as if they were their own sounds from their own life. Emma was a great part of Justin's life and inspiration, as is the result of his music because of her, to us.

  • Much much better than any of the other songs nominated for Best Record.

  • for some reason I think of disney world to this song. maybe he just invokes happiness.

  • He definately deserved to win that Grammy, about time he was recognized :)

  • absolutely incredible music. this album reminds me so much of led zeppelin III & IV.

  • @jackoe123 @Helvinek822 The Best New Artist award has always been like this and it has always irritated people. Many of the "New Artists" have been cranking out music & records and touring small venues for years. Grammies call them new if they are newly discovered by mainstream music buyers.

  • i can see for miles...miles...miles

  • sd

  • You posted this on my birthday <3

  • @TheTwistedOreo You're less than a year old?

  • @TheBUCEY

    lolol totally :3

  • @TheTwistedOreo happy late(or early) birthday

    :)

  • @miki4088pen

    Thanks :D

  • oh and btw you did say persons wasn't a word, let me quote you "....not persons who the fuck taught you English?" And then you went on to say that I'm from New Jersey, which is stereotypically called iliterate. Oh, and the city part of New York maybe dirty, but we certainly know how to speak English. Besides every state has a horrible, dirty city, so stop bringing stereotypes in. And actually, New York is made up mostly of small towns. Thank you for being a prejudice madman, idiot :).

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  • I could see for miles , miles , miles <3 ...

  • BONNY BEAR !

  • BONNY BEAR OHMYGOD

  • Can you all shut up about the grammys and just enjoy the music.

  • Fucking Orgasmic thank you Bon Iver

  • I admit that I did not know who they were until the Grammys but who honestly cares? They are amazing and deserve to be recognized.

  • Anyone else think he sounds like Active Child?

  • @dweega47 : I can see how you can get that but I think they both sound completely different. Though Active Child is also great. They both have their own distinctive voices and that's what makes them both special, along with the music they produce.

  • i knew Bon Iver back in Fall 2010 when Kanye sampled 'Woods' on 'Lost in the World'. it was this album that made me like them though. and YES, i knew them before they were nominated lol

  • I listened to Bon Iver before the 1800s

  • new artist? lol :P

  • Let's be honest Kanye put Bon Iver on the map with Monster and now Bon Iver just won a Grammy for Best New Artist.

  • Let's be honest Kanye put Bon Iver on the map with Monster and now he just won Best New Artist.

  • This song is amazinggg....it got nominated for the grammys, I really hope he doesn't get really popular because then he will become like all celebreties. And I love him now. And plus what the fuck were they talking about he is not a new artist....

  • Thumbs up if great music brought you here, not the grammys.

  • This is okay music, but if nobody knew who the heck these guys were, how do they win Best new artist, considering they also started in 2007. It's like giving a stranger a late birthday card.

  • How is Bon Iver a new ARTIST? it's Justin Vernon and his band, not an artist and they've been around for 5 years...fucking grammys

  • @jackoe123 an artist is any person or persons who express themselves through music, drawing, painting, poetry, etc. When someone says new artist they are talking about in the last 7 years btw. Grammys arent that stupid (btw im a huge Bon Iver fan, and glad he got two grammys)

  • @NJGarnsey artists? do you not know what plural means? sure, taylor swift has other people in her band but they call her "taylor swift" cause they are just all session musicians, these guys are actually credited with being full time musicians and part of the band. The band is called "Bon Iver" not "Justin Vernon" and i'm happy for them too just they aren't and artist or new, so the Grammys are retarded. Not to mention Chris Brown winning for best R & B album, what the fuck is that....

  • @jackoe123 if you look I said artist.(no plural) And i have to repeat myself too apparently cause you didnt get any of that. An artist (no plural) is any person or PERSONS (meaning group) who express themself through any type of art. So Bon Iver (Justin and his band) are an artist and the new artists are people who have come out in the last 7 years. And I don't really care about the other awards except Rock and Alt, and folk. (BTW they call her taylor swift bc thats what the record company said)

  • @NJGarnsey Bon Iver ( /boʊn iːˈvɛər/ bon ee-VAYR) is a folk band founded in 2007 by American indie folk singer-songwriter Justin Vernon. Notice the word band? an artist isn't plural, an artist is one person... not persons who the fuck taught you English? Oh wait... you're from New Jersey, I rest my case.

  • @jackoe123 actually i am right an artist can be a band or a SOLO artist, which is the individual. and band is plural because it represents a group of people. Oh and who taught you how to read? I'm from New York moron. Oh and watch your language. It's what people do when they are losing an arguement.

    So would you have rather not have Bon Iver won the grammy? Because they apparently aren't an artist. So shut up and be grateful they have been recognized.

  • @NJGarnsey They aren't NEW and I never said persons wasn't a word did I? I was saying that the Grammys' are stupid for giving best new artist which is a person, to a 5 year old band. Just shut up, no one gives a fuck what you think, and New York is dirtier then Jersey so have a good life!

  • @jackoe123 no they aren't NEW NEW, but you have to remmeber what they go by. You're completely ignoring the guidelines and definitions of a NEW artist. And if the grammys are so stupid, then apparently giving Bon Iver the two grammys was stupid too (even though it wasn't). And I bet people do mind what I think, after all most people are proud of Bon Iver, and changed their ideas about the grammys in a good way. Oh and by the way, where is your proof? I live in the quiet countryside of New York

  • @jackoe123 While I agree the Grammys are stupid, 'best new artist' does not only apply to solo acts, even though the title implies it. I do agree it is dumb though, regardless of their 'guidelines'. Bon Iver's been around for years, but now that they finally have gained a following, they're like, 'Oh, you're mainstream enough for a Grammy now. Here.' The Best New Artist category is confusing people into thinking Justin Vernon IS Bon Iver solely, so I blame them.

  • @Helvinek822 That's all i was trying to say, until this ass bandit came in and started being a huge douchecop on my shit.

  • @NJGarnsey Should be "Best new band or best new musical act"

  • @jackoe123 Oh and by the way, persons is a word, check it in the dicitonary.

  • The Glitch Mob sent me here!

  • +1

  • @HideousParabol and i love it!

  • bonny bear etc

  • Fuck math I'll listen to Bon Iver

  • hello fellow bon iver lovers....i invite you to come check out Bryan Yurgelis and the Winter Shakers. stay wild!

  • Not my usual choice of music, but so beautiful. Love this

  • hell ya best new artist !!!

  • @saureeify and best alternative album

  • Congrats on winning song of the year and best new artist.

  • yes! for real! this song is incredible and so is the album; this recognition is well deserved!

  • Sooooo earned! Best new artist and I couldn't be more happy it was to someone who DESERVED it!

  • Bon Iver! BEST NEW ARTIST :D Yesss <3

  • BEST NEW ARTIST

  • Love this song..... Relaxes me

  • #Winning Grammys

    

  • you deserved that award for best song

  • @BBONK95 why? I personally wish the man the best success and he can't garner that through selfish fans. If his music touches you then why should that change just because other people are listening also? Music is semantic.

  • Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh his music is so good. Deserves that Grammy he just won!

  • when that someone is a part of you..and its soo freakin' hard to let go of them. no matter how much pain they caused you.

  • this song is great but how is it nominated for a grammy?

  • this song just makes me stop everything and drop all my feelings and just think. when i'm really pissed off i stop and listen to this song and it takes it all way. it helps my anxiety and depression. his music is honestly medicine.

  • It doesnt matter what the weather is, this song is still beautiful. Weather can't make a song good or bad.

  • I have come to the conclusion that this is the best song that has ever been written.

  • @TheBUCEY Agreed!

  • This song is beautiful without that "rainy mood" shit.

    no need for that nonsense....

  • @LnJay7 what rainy mood shit?

  • @ilyverymuchly its this video that just plays the sound of rain...alot of people like to play it in the background of bon iver songs...it sounds pretty good actually, but bon iver is amazing without it

  • @LnJay7 No need to call it shit buddy. It's your choice to listen with it or not.

  • @Lacusness um excuse me? i can call it whatever i want.

    its my choice to call it that or not, and plus...thats your opinion. i prefer for you to keep it to yourself.

  • @LnJay7 Why can you give out your opinion while I can't?

  • @Lacusness you know why? because you REPLIED TO MY COMMENT.

    i could care less if you just posted a regular comment, but you didnt.

    therefore...i dont give a fuck about your opinion.

  • @LnJay7 You should because someone is politely asking you to stop being rude. I am trying to tell you that you shouldn't bash something like that.

  • @Lacusness well im sorry, i dont care.

  • @BBONK95 Why wouldn't you want everyone to enjoy this? Why should only you get to hear this? Silly comment dude.

  • This song makes me stop. It makes me feel the moment, and think of every inch of my life whether I want to or not. It makes me remember, want to forget and live.

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  • @XxMsDancexX I'm doing that now, and it's a weird coincidence

  • I'm on the verge of a mental breakdown. However this gave me a bit of relief, thankyou x

  • I wish nobody else knew about Bon Iver, and i hope he NEVER gets in the charts.. not because I dont want justin to get big and noticed more, but because I dont want to share this music with them, because nobody else understands how much this music can touch somebody.

  • @BBONK95 Maybe people need to hear this too.. or do you really think that people are too dumb to perceive beauty? some are, but don't judge the masses by the minority.

  • @BBONK95 i agree completely. and also...society could ruin his talent. like they have done to many artists.

  • The Holocene is basically the last ~10,000 years that the Earth has existed; in other words, all of the world's written history and the entirety of modern civilization--it's a song about points in time where you realize you're part of something much bigger. It's about stepping away from all of the trivial things in life and realizing the big picture, as if you could see for miles, miles, miles...

  • I heard this when an advertisement for the Descendants came on TV :') I got so excited because I recognized the song.

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  • So pretty.

  • Actually found some use for Saturday Night Live.

  • Reminds me of Pink Floyd.

  • I ran out of room from prior post but I wouldn't have traded that night for anything. It was flat out unreal. From where I sat I looked directly at Ray Lamontagne. There was a moment when Ray sat there froze in time across from me while the entire room was buzzing with motion. I took the most amazing picture of him at that moment and captured everything in one beautiful shot. He was the loneliest person in the most exciting room. Maybe Bon would feel the same as Ray. Just not their cup of tea...

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  • they played this on tonights Saturday Night Live!!! they were amazing!!!