J Tillman - "Firstborn"

[Aduroyrorak]

This footage put a smile on my face, thks, cris. I

[peacetachios]

Little did we know the J stood for Jesus

[1111baltotogo]

beautiful



[hpgthegoalie]

Totally meant to say "his" , not "her". My mistake

[hpgthegoalie]

Love her percussion with the fleet foxes, and this too! Such an amazing musician.

[HannahVgn]

I had never heard of J. Tillman before but damn he's bought me here from the first note!

[crossbridge21]

I was trying to post this song. Great musician, great lyrics. Not the sane as Mercyme

[sandberg420]

I too would like Daytrips, if only to hear it one more time. I only got to hear it ONCE, the he decided to pull it. Please tell me this song still exist in some form.

[PaulsDigitalSelf]

@sandberg420 @sandberg420 Austin Powell of the Austin Chronicle apparently has a copy because he used to play it on Sunday evenings while he was hosting The Next Big Thing on 101X. He played it a half dozen times or so, but I never bothered to record it of the radio because I assumed the MP3 would be floating around the internet. Big mistake. I almost feel as though I should appologize for not taking the initiative when I had the chance.

[PaulsDigitalSelf]

If you have a copy of Tillman's "daytrips" and can get it to me, I will give you my first born child in return.

[edmundhanson]

greathornedowl.bandcamp.com

[xDesignerDrugs]

Makes me wish I was a bird.

[jimmietfreeway]

VERY nice.. hauntingly simple.. good forward movement.. not marching.. but trudging..

[h0mbre86]

wow..that just touches...everything

[liam125]

google search waltz her

[bluetube0496]

Reminds me of John Martyn.

[electrichealinghands]

'If you have to die, kill the desires that you have'

[Random1ape]

sounds like ray lamontagne . no big deal .

[AlecPeytonMusic]

I feel like this guy should be doing more than playing percussion in Fleet Foxes, not that he's not a pro at that. Haha

[xPoppyBear]

Wow :3

[HeidiIvy]

his voice feels like love....

[Hailyym]

I love this!!! wow. <3

[ZeeJules67]

Such a beautiful song

[ampegb200r]

sky. bluesky

[TheJankonikolic]

fantastic song

[selinachristy]

spaces me out - wonderful sound

[thisismyhappening]

Thanks for posting. I put it up on my blog with new 7" info.

[inkedkoi]

wow, he's like a Ray Lamontagne and Scott Matthew

[alittlebitfrail]

I think he's like himself.

[OsheaElijiaAdamsLevy]

this music makes me feel like im in another world.

[chatnoir88]

Love J.Tillman! you can definitely hear the fleet foxes influences though

[tpmarczak]

His first album came out before FF's.

[kquayle19]

You realize he was a solo artist before he worked with fleet foxes right?

[smeesh2k]

wow! this song is incredible, gives me chills :D another amazing new artist at last ! its early in the mornin so just by listenin the chords are verse Am, G/C chorus F Am C G, my ears go wen im tired tho lol

[flyintogoodness]

He is amazing to see live !!!

[orangehasrhymes]

Can someone with better pitch than I tell me the chord progression?!?

[ENDOtactical]

After 0:27 it seems to like this:

Am G C G repeat

The C chord is just for one beat... strum those other chords accordingly

[leumas112186]

condemned man, not gundowned man

[manofaction2828]

If you have to break Save it for a friend If you have to speak Tell it like a gundowned man If you have to rule Use an open hand If you have to die Kill the desires that you have Oooooh ooooh(x2) If you have to keep Keep your mind at ease If you have to sell Break it til its free Oooooh ooooh(x3) Pass over me (x3) While the firstborn are stricken down

[Limeteaser]

I think it's "If you have to pray" not "break"

[vladanvaci]

@manofaction2828 actually, your Save (and not Say) and Gundowned (and not condemned) make much more sense. I like it better that way.

[catcrazy710]

an elegantly austere gem.

[orangutansRcool]

fucking pigeons....

[kam765]

I love this song but I don't understand some words in text. I mean I'm not so good at English.

I want to ask if someone could write down the lyrics?

[TheBassguitarlover12]

haven't shed a tear to good music in a long time thank god for this guy

[ischia19]

beautiful video and song ... haunting...

[elizajuliabeth]

I've recently discovered him and I have fallen in love :)

[yackel29]

there are no words for how beautiful this song is. and the video is a perfect match.

[Siouxzyi]

I love how relaxing this music is. J. Tillman rocks the casbah.

[WoIfshead]

This should have way more views

[mixfused]

so simple but so effective. stunning!

[bragladish]

This is amazing... totally simple... a triumph!

[l2enegadesofFunk]

@bragladish That came out sounding like a cheesy blurb on the back of a book.

[LfunkeyA]

great song and vid