Back On Stages #2: Bon Iver - Wolves (Act I & II)

[Jbbjakkk]

im 14 every one at my school listens to 'pop' this music is good all good music is about willingness to listen for meaning and not just the superficial.

[AndyH91]

2:41

[MrStevieivets]

what might have been lost

[doublecuppinfiend]

Bon Iver is a musical genius -- that is for sure. but what i want to know is who the hell is the background singer!!! he is amazing!!!

[tynie626]

@doublecuppinfiend it's sean carey, his drummer :) sean has a solo album out now under the name s. carey called "all we grow"

[thamos34r]

@tynie626 dope ass album.



[artintheforest]

@tynie626 and the whole crowd.. :)

[Britneyonfire]

Wow this song is hitting home for me.

[chikinpie1]

if no one has ripped this yet... someone should get on that

[tcrosby52]

Three people are dead on the inside.

[Angealolo]

I love that wavering quality to the guitar <3

I think the effect is called tremolo, it just sounds amazing.

[misterblitzer]

Still one of the best from Bon Iver

[hazed100]

hmmm



[gavinlowndes]

Wow simply amazing !

[caferive]

Stunning performance, [BI] a phenomenal talent.............

[chefvictor]

its not as good as DJ TIESTO

[krazzykeith]

/n00bz. His name is !not! Bon Iver.

[lotusengineer]

Pure genius.

[nevalimiter]

Fucking legend

[nadsolive]

I.. I can't. This song gets me pretty much every single time

[spinnact]

this is honestly one of the best things ive ever seen. fucking blown away

[arcticjungle6]

WHO HURT YOU BON IVER?

WHO HURT YOU?

[jarshparvel]

@arcticjungle6 emma did, that whore

[ElAbortionist]

@arcticjungle6 EMMA.

[ElAbortionist]

@ElAbortionist but if she hadn't we mightn't have been able to experience this beautiful sound - give and take

[Daddysgoog]

this is the song that puts me to sleeep, every night.

[miZZvanDERhoosin]

honestly ... how the fuck can ANYONE dislike this. whats not to like??

[angeliclyd]

Every time I hear anything from Bon Iver I am literally moved inside...breathtaking

[TheBitchesNCream]

why is michael cera in the audience haha

[SCKB76]

Gives me chills every time. 

[Zttbm]

Must of been a magical gig.

[lazytiger19]

what tuning is this song in?

[smcdaid075]

@lazytiger19 its just in standard bro. i think im hearing F, Dm, C : Bb, Dm, C . Think thats right.

Beautiful song. Beautiful album

[lazytiger19]

@smcdaid075 damn it i feel like an idiot....thanks man

[AmorBravo]

I am not even frustrated anymore, that these beautiful sounds do not get heard in the mainstream, it is too beautiful to be distorted, keep it in the indie. and share the beauty

[Veralidaine93]

If i was there i would be completly enchanted too, just amazing, shame that not everyone can undrestand their power

[cpedro2117]

Ridiculous, Love the camerawork - Particularly when they pan to the faces of the audience completely enchanted with what they are viewing

[Thespoonfactory]

I don't know who you are Emma, but shit lady, after an album like that you'd be kicking yourself for whatever happened between you two.

Although, I would like to thankyou because if you wern't such a cold hearted piece of poo to this guy then there would be none of this ingenious creation. I seriously can't get enough of this. Jokes on you Emma, whoever you are and if this is even your real name, I think you just got owned. Cop that.

[mindbywonder]

I really hope I get to see him live before I die.

[fieldy189]

He put out a new album with a band called "Collections of Colonies of Bees". The album is entitled "Unmap" and the new band calls themselves "Volcano Choir". I really enjoy it, very experimental, and beautiful. You can also find his Hazeltons cd out there on the vast webernet. Its a solo album he did before Bon Iver. As far a Bon though, i think he may come back. Justin is as serious about beauty as any of his fans could hope. I believe that when he feels right, we'll see him again.

[Dannefan84]

I really think this is a soft fucking song, it's great. One thing I don't understand though, why does the drummer fuck up everything at the end by not keeping a single beat right? Is it some form of anti-music or does he just suck?

[guitar103]

think its meant to be like a release of emotions, just go mental. that doesn't make it anti-music, just an emotion expressed through the rhythm. this is fucking amazing

[liamoshoro]

@Dannefan84 its intentional im fairly sure they love fecking about with off beat rthymns :D

[laymed0wnn]

He's not supposed to, I don't think. It's more of a frenzied flow of emotions. I'm pretty sure some of it's improv. It's definitely meant to be that way.

[paulswerth]

@Dannefan84 it's exactly how it is in the recording.

[severthesky]

Its beautiful. That's pure goodness.

[Malosovich]

ive never known anyone offline that knew of him let alone liked him until i saw his set at glasto. i was expecting it to be silent and awkward but it was amazing. great to see he's got the attention he deserves.

[05OsborneRh]

Woo Bon Iver. Sorry about the self advertisement but go to my channel for some of Justin Vernon's solo work. It is so so so amazing.

[mrbillymorris12]

bon iver and justin vernon (i think thats his name) are one of the most underrated acts around at the moment

they produce such beautiful music

[Murrich123]

Hahaha, Mr Billy, trying to act like a huge fan. Bon Iver is/was Justin Vernon's moniker, and while he's great, he's not underrated, he's really popular and well received.

[mrbillymorris12]

i dont need to act like a huge fan i love his music which as far as i know is enough to make me a huge fan

unless there is some kind of test i need to take to make me a huge fan

and yes he is really popular to those who have heard of him...but i live in britain and only know 3-4 people who have heard of him at all

so please get out of your own ass and stop being such a massive prick

[172superman172]

Britain :)

Only 2 people apart from me I know are my dad and a guy i introduced them to :)

[quigonjinn96]

@mrbillymorris12 Not being popular doesn't make him underrated. He got a ten on pitchfork, I don't think that would be considered underrated.

[hendo6699]

i know about 2 people that have ever heard of bon iver, clearly underrated.

[jcreech492]

i don't really see them as underrated, theyve gotten enormous amounts of attention within the last year. but i agree that they are incredible

[mrbillymorris12]

maybe they have in america but i come from britain and i dont know many people at all that have even heard of bon iver

[jofman1988]

They're pretty big in Britain. Lots of my friends know and like them, plus he was on Jools Holland...

[mrbillymorris12]

maybe youre lucky enough to have a lot of friends who have a very good taste in music

i know i dont

sometimes i get really frustrated that there is a huge world of fantastic music out there like for instance bon iver and they are contented with listening to generic shite that comes out week in week out and frankly all sound the same like lady gaga and rihanna

and by the way not everyone watches jools holland

i do sometimes and i caught his performance of skinny love on it = amazing

[jofman1988]

@mrbillymorris12 Yes, I am blessed with wonderful friends.

Yeh, the american indie music scene is very detached from the British music scene at times. Ok well I wasn't sure if you had seen it or not, isn't it just great though?! Normally that and the live at abbey road sessions seem to pick out some great american artists.

[mrbillymorris12]

it was amazing

his songs are so beautifully written and he performs them with such feeling

he really is a special talent

[jofman1988]

No doubt there at all, it's a shame Bon Iver have called it a day.

[mrbillymorris12]

well justin vernon is still going isnt he?

[ESPMIrage1]

... don't know where you've heard this from, but I'm pretty sure they're still going

[WaldoGrapelliOHare]

No. No! That isn't true.

[liamoshoro]

@jofman1988 no they havent

[laymed0wnn]

does jofman really believe they're over?!?!

they can't be... PLEASE, someone tell me the truth.

[cooperissuper]

they went on hiatus while Vernon does about a million other projects. dunno outside of that...i don't think they're "over", per say. Just on indefinite hiatus.

[05OsborneRh]

@jofman1988 How dare you! I'm sure they're not. I do sincerely hope for my sake they do record another album, even if it just a fraction as amazing as For Emma: Forever Ago is.

[jofman1988]

@05OsborneRh Apologies! In November time i think it was they declared that they'd be in hiatus, but by the look of things they're carrying it on again.

[lildrummaboi93]

i feel the same. I think im listenng to the same song i was the other day but apparently its by someone else. i guess shit music sounds the same as all news rewaders sound the same

[mrbillymorris12]

my bad about that last comment i completely misunderstood what you were saying haha

i was in a bad mood and i didnt really read it properly

i agree thats happened to me loads of times

[05OsborneRh]

@mrbillymorris12 My group of friends are exactly the same, bunch of idiots.

[dsvw]

@mrbillymorris12

I know, sometimes its hard to find anyone who listens to decent music.

And imo most of the commerc songs are really bad - but the public got used to them and espacially your ears are trained to that specific sound. so its kinda hard to consider different sounding songs any good.

Its the conditionning of the masses that demands bad music - not the people itself.

[punchNathan]

@mrbillymorris12 That's a silly thing to fret over. Let people enjoy whatever pleases their ears

[mecantbreakdance]

@punchNathan Fuck that shit, billys right. It's sad and disgusting that music exists as a sole product to be bought and sold and molded for the masses instead of an art form.

It's pretty much the equivalent to comparing a painting to a magazine ad, If someone is viewing the magazine ad as a superb work of art then theres definitely something to fret over.

[punchNathan]

@mecantbreakdance Not disputing that. I'm saying that there are better things to be worried about. Again, let people enjoy what they enjoy. Maybe some people just don't connect to music like you do. Sure, we shouldn't be supporting shit heads like Justin Bieber, but why waste your time and mind on stupid shit like stressing over what other people like? Listen to your music, love life, and maybe somebody else will catch on and dig what you're listening to,

[Pirklemusic]

@mrbillymorris12 dude exactly how i feel

[cowmanman]

@mrbillymorris12 oath

[spikeleels]

@mrbillymorris12 I like the fact that this kind of music is not so famous as lady gaga and rihanna. It's like you have the illusion that is only for you, that is something that belongs to you. And it's simply beautiful that only few people can feel the same empathy listening to this music. It' s a privilege this, that doesn't belong to everyone.

I don't know if I'm clear, I'm not English...and I'm sorry for my mistakes. :P

[minimanhenry001]

@spikeleels soooo fukin true!!!!!

[beautyxobsessedxo7]

@mrbillymorris12  so true. fuck z100. love bon iver. <3

[brothermongrel]

@mrbillymorris12 ahh your soo true, I have none that do only mass produced fast food audio. It seems they're happy with that and that makes me sad. at the same time I am truly happy that I can escape with Bon Iver knowing that he's all to my ears.

[deezm8]

Love that meaning painfully beautiful.

[tomjrobbo]

I think the rawness of the opening on the studio version is lost here, and personally that's what makes this song so great, his voice is laid bare, and the music is as well. Not that this is a bad version, I would just prefer to see it completely bare, with just an acoustic.

[steviethellama]

Did the drums at the end annoy anyone else? I understand it was meant to be an explosion of emotion but the drummer kinda drowned out everyone else. I don't know, maybe I'll learn to like it.

[UpstairsDickStep]

That'll be down to the qaulity of recording, lest we forgot

[holabeeea]

this song is simply amazing. like someone said earlier, painfully beautiful.

I'd LOVE to see Bon Iver live.

[dollerklause]

yeah he is amazing, when me and my buddy learned about him we discovered he had just played in our city a few weekends agoe :(

[koflux]

Not a fan of he camera work. Great song though.

[retrograde458]

painfully beautiful.

[NeexFox]

LOL wow idiots these days. And I've had that feeling too, knowing the words yet never heard the song before in my life.

[imnothear]

the guy doing the backing vocals has a nice voice as well. they sound great together

[nathanw90]

ahh so stoked to see him live next month!!

[bowiejeff]

Yes.

Left speechless. Thankyou Justin.

[elmobrother]

everyone in the crowd is Micheal Cerra...

[Philfa]

Hahahahahahahahahaha

[byebyecitybyebye]

haha exactly.

[SunsetRubdownz]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA best comment ever

[stealingroses]

@SunsetRubdownz seriously is.

[ilovemutemath]

I don't get it.

[ilovemutemath]

HAHAHAHA

ok NOW I get it.

[JordanHallerMusic]

@elmobrother OMG I thought the exact same thing!!!!

[stealingroses]

@elmobrother hahAHHA yes! exactly what i was thinking. he's playing guitar too.

[miZZvanDERhoosin]

@elmobrother hahahahah there are like seventy of him

[StandardofPurity]

@elmobrother hahahaha

[DeBoWed]

@elmobrother especially that guy

[TheMurrdawg7]

@elmobrother Dude... seriously!  Best comment ever

[marchato14]

Que cancion! bellizima, me encanto!

[tyfs663]

sounds so perfect.

[Angenitha]

amazing!

[dompurr]

I saw him last night at Sasquatch! at the Gorge and he asked the audience to sing along with him when he sang "What might have been lost" and then scream at the top of our lungs at the very end. It was amazing.

[mefien]

I was there! Best moment of the entire weekend. I think it's amazing that so many people can be so connected with a piece of music at the same time. Was magical.

[byebyecitybyebye]

first time I had ever heard the song or the band, and it was so fucking beautiful. through the magic of collective consciousness I knew every word. I was blown away.

[Octavarium99]

Nonsense. This song is amazing, but that's just impossible.

[byebyecitybyebye]

One of the beauties of something like this is I do not need validation from you, because I was there, and because if you have not shared the experience, I can only pity you for not believing me. I have no reason to lie to complete strangers on the internet. I don't understand it, nor did I previously believe in that sort of thing, being a skeptic myself. I have no animosity towards you for not believing me, though. It's a foolish thing to read and instantly believe without seeing for yourself.

[Octavarium99]

Yeah cool. Nice unicorn by the way.

[byebyecitybyebye]

I was just trying to share a positive experience with fellow fans. No need to be a tool.

[enic89]

i saw him live in düsseldorf. his voice is the bomb and he is so down to earth. i talked to him later on and he was so relaxed,smoking his spliff :D

[dreamscapejanitor]

The music is fantastic quality, the audience is great, but why is the camera only zooming in on julian? it feels really claustrophobic and myopic after a while.

[Philfa]

Who's Julian?

[dreamscapejanitor]

he's the main dude of bon iver. his name is julian vernon

[Philfa]

No.

His name is Justin Vernon.

[dreamscapejanitor]

mea culpa. i am mistaken.

[flowolf42]

have you even watched the video all the way through?

[stickybunthrowdown]

I can understand it seems one-sided of the cameraperson but really, Justin was the original Bon Iver. For Emma was all him, in fact, being solitary was the main theme of the album. After some solo performing he got Mike and Sean for a sort of on-the-road band, they ended up sticking.

[YehMan06]

my friend is getting a 'someday my pain tattoo'.

[theeuphioquestion]

I love this.

[abbeyms]

J.V.'s voice produces in me such a guttoral, visceral, f'ing whoa shit response that I haven't felt in so long that no compliment I could come up with can even do JUSTICE to to it (his voice)! BTW Kate, I listened to your cover like a week ago & I think it's safe to say that the beauty and simplicity of your voice has more than a couple of us feeling that we'll never get over YOU girl... your voice is like a seraphim's! Nice chops girl, nice chops.

[MrSusanAndHisMirrors]

I am forever mesmerized by this beautiful man

[katem3]

i will never get over this man.

[ridupnow]

the camera work reminds me of how theyd camera work from live vids from the 60s

[yuliii]

I want to see him live soo bad! ahhh soo amazing.

[skiptracr]

WOAH.

[rcos1]

just astonishing. For Emma Forever Ago i think is the best album of 2008. This video is perhaps even better than the live version of 'peach plum pear'

[pkrinke]

Oh, man! You're right on with that. I saw Bon Iver on Thursday night and it was the best show I've seen since Joanna in Milwaukee. Maybe better.

Anyway, good post.

[nicefacetoonz]

floored just floored.....check out the sunrise one.....

[spenpee]

incredible!

[133serge13318]

im going to see bon iver live next month :) this is my favorite song

[lordc0ntyb0ll0cks]

are you retarded?

[yupieye]

i love it

[Bluzme]

Just amazing !!!

[rileyjose]

i still get the chills.....

[aidsore]

his songs are so moving to the core, gets you right there

[odv2]

hahaha i'm in this video 8-)

[alphabetagaga87]

Oh man! I'm in this video too! I'm one of the twins that the camera decided to zoom into. Damn! If I had known I was being filmed I would have put on some make up.

[warrenmusic]

the girls by the two of you are cute...

[CaseyJohanna]

Haha, same!

[warrenmusic]

i was there!! best show ever!!!

[bencherryjr]

When did this show take place?

[warrenmusic]

March 23rd, 2008 at the Independent.

[CaseyJohanna]

Oh my god, I'm in this! Weird!!

[rgtrgt]

amazing footage

[reapie]

wow....