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  • Dear Ray... you make me cry, love, relish, be here... now. thank you. - A Fan

  • His BBC Sessions series, might be one of the most beautiful things on Youtube.

    He can do no wrong.

  • this is the first time i am listening to this song and i think i might abuse the play button...the melody is so effin' serene...love the song

  • Sometimes the magic is real...An this song proves that reality!

    "Don't lose your faith in me

    And I will try not to lose faith in you."

  • A) Who are the 11 a55holes?

    B) This is 'so' Nick Drake I can't stand it.

  • IMO This is like the "forest gump" of music, at least in terms of beauty and how easy this is to listen to no matter what the hell you normally like.

  • i cry every time i listen to this :(

  • The point I'm making is that we simply don't live long enough to figure it all out in a tidy, neat package, all answers approved by consensus. When we hear answers like that, we know it as propaganda. Life is SHORT and UNCERTAIN. Now is all you have to DO SOMETHING about ANYTHING. So while you're being here now, get your feet moving!! Figure it out on the fly! Your heart and instincts and God's grace shall guide you! Pray the blessings over your endeavor and MOVE IT.

  • Back in the early eighties I went to EST, and did the Be Here Now seminar a couple of times before volunteering a few years. My daughter was born in the first Be Here Now seminar. So many fellow attendees died of AIDS during those years; nobody understood what was happening. Skip 20 years & the Towers are sabotaged; the rescuers die from illnesses, the eye-witnesses are murdered, and again, nobody seems to know what's really happening or how to help. Taking Action Now could be more useful.

  • magic

  • I'm so in love with his music. Once you've heard the best everything else sounds not so good.

  • how many different moves was this song played in...a BILLION!!

  • stunning

  • i just heard this song on the radio, and I HAD TO KNOW WHO IT WAS.. soo good.

  • i'd like to hear him acapella;without the orchestra etc. he's ok.

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  • Thank You God for giving us Ray LaMontagne ~♥♥♥♥~

  • I dedicate this song to my 25-yr. old beautiful son who is struggling painfully in Rehab. I pray for him & anyone who needs the inspiration & spirituality to fight battles & demons that we all deal with. God Bless You ALL - God bless you Brody - use that inner strength & PRAY my son!!!!

  • Baba Ram Dass

  • Fuck Yeah!!!!

  • Just a beautiful inspirational song for you - from my heart to yours. Rely on your God given strength my little strong one. Only later, when you look back at these days will you see your strength you had.......Always know to rely on God & he will carry you when you can't go on....I love you Nikke!

  • So beautiful - calming - you're right dommy24, something this perfect has to come from the soul.

  • Such beautiful words to live by.:)

  • Absolutely beautiful - awesome violins & bass - almost angelic - truly spiritual - inside & out. Ray....Never stop - legendary one! ....XOXO

  • beautiful!

  • Anyone have the tab for this?

  • I overlooked bumbershoot this year and saw no familiar names and was disappointed. Then I looked this guy up.. and I Like It. So I'm going to Bumbershoot Saturday!

  • This track is so beautiful and lyrically moving, it's a visceral, painful pleasure to listen too. Ray is a living definition of a great artist.

  • This is the most beautiful song I've ever heard. Wow.

  • Very spiritual if you know of someone addicted, to drugs or alcohol, or someone who has cancer - please ask them to sit back, closed eyes & go here....God Bless You All - from one grateful recovering alcoholic to the rest suffering.

  • i forgot to breathe. dizzy euphoria.

  • Makes me think of my Dad. I miss & love you.

  • Amazing song writer. Never fails to move me.

  • Whoa... It's Jesus o_o

  • @CrazyLazySnazzyJazzy LOL I know right! The thing is if any fans or anyone ever tells him that, he freaks the F**k out! You'd think he'd be flattered....after all it is Jesus Christ he is being compared to :)

  • @CrazyLazySnazzyJazzy Is that a joke? Not funny.

  • @pattyjols Not really, just an observation.

  • Ray is a hunny!

  • @trezpazz why would you demean someone for asking a question. Yes he may be fourteen but is that how you talk to someone just because you're ten years older. which is still very young, fuckin idiot.

  • I think this song just saved my life :)

  • One of the most beautiful songs EVER.

  • Rays music is my sleeping pill always...works perfectly.

  • Why is he whispering?

  • @deejaytres fuckin idoit....wake up Stupid you must be Young

  • @trezpazz WHO BEAT YOU BRAINLESS AS A CHILD? WHY ARE YOU EVEN HERE - LISTENING TO TALENT THAT YOU HATE?  YOUNG???? LOL! YOU TOLD ON YOURSELF STUPID! iDIOT IS SPELLED I D I O T AND IS A 2ND GRADE WORD. NOW WHO'S STUPID (BESIDES YOU, YOUR MOM & DAD) Bad Bad little boy - get off here & go listen to more your level - maybe Marilyn Manson - or Charlie Manson hahaha.

  • @pattyjols

    I'm so sorry for you.. apparently you lack either love or proper ubringing!

  • @scampalong Are you referring to me? If so, which post are u referring to? Which part of my proper upbringing do you know about? That I play the violin? The piano? Or that I know more than you about music? Please tell me your proper "upbringing."....oh scamp - read the posts - you're the only ODDBALL - embarrassed? lol - get lost loser.

  • Nick Drake forged such an unknown path. Imagine him in his 60's sitting and playing with Ray. The sound has come round, Sweet Nick.

  • I love how airy his voice sounds. :)

  • ummm i heard this song on 27 Dresses....and loved it :) <3 haha

  • Ray is one of the greats of my generation.

  • So good. Can we buy a cd with this exact interpretation of this song. The violons are so good with Ray.

  • @missdolittlecom use zamzar!

  • So good. Can we buy a cd with this exact interpretation of this song. The violons are so good with Ray.

  • such a beautiful song!

  • THE INTRO IS EQUAL TO IF I NEEDED SOMEONE

  • i felt like I just went to church. this song is so amazing. i just simply have no words to express what it does to me every SINGLE time I listen to it.

  • apparently 6 people wouldn't know good music if it drop a dictionary on their crotches. =/

  • I'm waiting on a guy like this.....well, I guess you can also feed from platonic feelings.

  • thank you. i just heard it on a usa show called covert affairs.

  • Everything about this song is amazing. Love it.

  • ...BE HERE NOW was the first song I ever heard of his...haven't heard one I didn't like since...love his cover of Crazy...never seen 'em in concert, but won't miss 'em next time he's near...awesome...his music has seen me through some tough, tough few years ;( that I hope end soon...too difficult to listen to him at times, but I always end up there again...always emotionally stirring...yeah, Chrisizle 1, soulful works...

  • speechless.

  • That is a soulful man right there

  • he opened with this song when i saw him in 2006. you could hear a pin drop in that auditorium...this song is beyond words

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  • What venue is this... looks like an old church in England ? Incredible artist in an incredible venue. This guy continues to amaze me.

  • HopeI don't offend anyone, but this sounds like what my mind feels during that wonderful moment when you make love for the first time realizing that you and your partner are in love......

  • The voice, the feeling, the lyrics...this man is truly an artist.

  • this song is so underrated, despite the healthy number of views it has

  • @beyondblues not healthy at all.. This was posted in 2009 and have only gotten about 200thousand views.

    Relativly speaking, thats FAR to few.

  • Love this! Love Ray! Love life!

  • A majestical voice, coming from a guy....I have watched met seen Ray over the years and this one always succumbs me...I enjoyed the days where, in Maine, my roommate and I would come over to watch him at his home when he was just there....Younger than me but a wonderful soul

  • I had just discovered Ray's music about 4 months ago. His music fills a componet or a void in me! His lyrics combined with the dilevery is beyond poetic. He reaches anyones soul with the song, "Be Here Now". What a true inpsiraton to all Artist of all kinds regardless of the medium.

  • I listened to this a lot when my partner went to India. We had some problems. I wished that he would appear right before me so we could embrace and wouldn't let go.

  • those 5 dislikes are from the lame ass white kids that think they're black and listen to gucci man and other horrifying music.

  • Only song that ever made me cry

  • Only song that ever made me cry

  • It takes a very powerful song to make me cry, and I was bawling. Thank you.

  • ONLY 202,731???? C'mon now, are you kidding me!??

  • 5 people listen to Kid Rock.

    

  • Joni Mitchell...this song reminds me of Joni Mitchell and Miles Davis. It takes me somewhere else...

  • This has to be one of the most magical songs I've ever heard. Thank you Ray!

  • Give's me shivers.

  • Oh my gosh he's amazing!!! Anyone who can't see that is crazy! There's just something about this song that makes you believe in something more :]]

  • three thumbs up, if i have another...

  • he's a very spiritual person... amazing x

  • this song makes me fly

  • @ larryTheCablefolk Dude - music culture is a long way from your holier than thou stance and accepting a dissonant chord in here about an artist who merits more than a dislike button. We're not talking about Engleshurt Humpsherdink here........I stand by what i say - if you can't hear and feel the depth of Ray's art then you are a tone deaf freak.

    btw what were you attempting to say with this:

    " I DISLIKE you comment very much it is offensive"

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  • WOW !!!!!

    .......such wonderful music and talent ! Ray digs deeper than any artist I've come across for decades. After only a couple of listens he became my favourite artist of any musical genre.

    ........and for those 5 daft idiots who don't like this.....I FEEL SORRY FOR YOU- YOU TONE DEAF FREAKS !!!

  • @bonejure I like him very much so...but everyone has the right to their opinion why would you insult anyone about their likes or dislikes...??? I DISLIKE you comment very much it is offensive, there was no need for the last sentence...

  • marry me ray!!!!!!!

  • The first time I heard of him was from watching the t.v. show Parenthood

  • the first time i heard it was in the movie "27 dresses" and it was sooo beautiful! =)

  • Im a cop too. Your legally correct..... he's the nutts!

  • His voice is soft on the ears. I know nothing about music pro's and con's. I know how my inner bones feel when I can let myself enjoy the complete package. I can go to the ocean side, or a walk in the Redwoods and his voice lets you re-live those specail moments because of the tone, and in some cases letting space to breathe while listening. Words in the right places. From a person stupid about such things.

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  • dont let your soul get lonely

    child its only time

    it will go by...

    well said Ray and I believe you know what you are singing about it.

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  • dommy24, You described Ray so perfectly!

  • Anthem

  • haunting and so soulful- reminds me a little of michael mcdonald yet soooo much more soulful and artistic. truly beautiful voice and delivery. lyrics are deeply moving

  • I don't mind "Chelsea-whats-her-face" having a difference of opinion, but saying that it's boring because "he sounds like he is dying" is a poor argument...thats part of the beauty to me. His voice reflects his dying, longing soul...its just wonderful. One of my favorite pieces of his. :)

  • @Valjean910

    I'm glad u don't go nuts cause of my opinion, that's just how I see it. I had no clue so many would be so upset over one single comment. Sorry if I offended you but I still see it dis way, my opinion doesn't change. I can't seem to like it. People can't seem to learn that my comment isn't important. Many like Ray, good for him, he's famous nd has lot's of fans my cmment doesn't change any of dat. Anyways I'm glad u don't mind my opinion, ur pretty mature.

  • thank you thank you thank you ikkegp for uploading these inhumanely incredible videos!

  • This song is absolutely beautiful

  • Is this Nick Drake re-incarnated? What a beautiful song! Well done, Ray, and please keep inspiring us with real, unadulterated, soulful music.

  • @chorin1979 Lets hope note. I love Drake but I would rather not see the same outcome.

  • mmmm............

  • I could never figure out who sang this song and now that I found him I'm not letting him go!!!

  • is this available to buy, want the whole concert

  • Can I "like" this a billion times over. I want to.

  • Depravao e weno!! Muy Especial!

  • 5 people said I Don't Like... so guys, you don't have a heart...so bad...

  • Love his voice and songs!

  • His voice is melodic as any soothing musical instrument; be here now is a wonderful song!

  • This song reflects my heart back to me so well. It's like doing a few hours of yoga or therapy. And the video is aesthetically gorgeous. That moon above his head....

  • This song is very sensual, and soothes my soul :)

  • I absoulutley LOVE this song it's just so relaxing!!!!!!!

  • I feel like I am foating on a cloud with my chest ripped wide open allowing my heart to be exposed .Giving every once of love I have to the world.My soul and heart are dancing around in my body as if he is talking to me.Something amazing is talking through him to give this message in such a profound way.

  • While his other songs seem somewhat ordinary to me, this song is by far his masterpiece... by a lightyear!

    I first heard it in the trailer for the Sarah Polley directed film "Away From Her," (starring Julie Christie and Gordon Pinsent) and was instantly mesmerized.

  • @ChelseaLaNegra93 ...Just don't speak. Ever. Again. Obviously you know nothing. Just...nothing.

  • @OliveOilProductions

    Don't you tell me what to do. I'll say my opinion when I want to. I don't have to like this song just cause everyone else does. For me it's the worst song ever, for you it might be the best. Everyone has different opinions and that was mine and I felt like sharing it. You don't even know me so don't say I know nothing. I can't say how much you know because I don't even know you, so you can't speak for me either.

  • @ChelseaLaNegra93 Well. In my OPINION, you know nothing. Have a nice day:)

  • @OliveOilProductions

    Well obviously ur the one who doesn't know anything and who thinks ur the only who can give out opinions. Have a nice life. :)

  • @ChelseaLaNegra93

    Painters gonna paint.

  • @ChelseaLaNegra93 Okay kiddos...STFU!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @ChelseaLaNegra93.... I hope you sound like you are dying soon as well. You obviously know nothing about music or life. You don't deserve to listen to this masterpiece.

  • @TMconcepts

    Hahaha it's so funny how everyone's trippin over my comment. If you disagree with me just move on. Just cause I don't like him or his song doesn't mean I know nothing. I see music different than you. For me real music and art are other songs and artists different from Ray, songs and people that you might not like but I love. Get over it.  You just keep enjoying your music.

  • Here in reference to 'Be Here Now' by Ram Dass

  • why would anyone dislike this? so beautiful. love his voice.

  • @autb0t There is no accounting for shitty taste! 5 peeps just don't get it!

  • @autb0t I don´t like the way he sings on this video , just "sexy" whispering,sorry ,sounds like fake..

    try Avett brothers or Morning Pages

  • @suninthefall It's okay to NOT like him, I just like his style so much! I will definitely give your suggestions a listen though..thank you!

  • @autb0t The Avett Brothers Tiny Desk Concert for NPR Music

  • @autb0t The Morning Pages - With the Lord

  • @autb0t The Morning Pages - All My Friends

  • this is BEAUTIFUL beyond measure !!!!

  • Compare the number of views of this video to that horrible excuse for a song Baby- Justin Fucking Bieber. What is wrong with the world?

  • @iperson0506 because justin is catering to the teenage generation.. remember being a teenager and all the stupid fads that came and went? why let it bug you.. not worth it my friend :)

  • so freakin' amazing!!!

  • I love his voice. The lyrics are great !

  • This is the kind of music that moves people. It isnt canned, corporate pop music. Wish everyone would take 6:08 out of their day to hear this.

  • I'm pretty sure it's you that does the sucking musichound49. Oh, I'm sorry. I forgot "your" album went platinum.

  • Beautiful!!! Be here now...one of the hardest and most important lessons in life to learn...so many never do.

  • you are just beautiful in every way imaginable, dearest Ray LaMontagne. <3

  • His simple insight to the world and its occupants is, to be honest, absolutely intoxicating. I couldn't give him more respect. this is beautiful.

  • outstanding.

  • this song is the most soothing song i have ever heard. 

  • @isisre The rest of us truly don't understand why YOU came to listen to elegant music..you are dismissed.

  • Unfiltered.

  • WOW.

  • I get lost in his music. I can't put in to words how much I love him and his music.

  • See, the thing is that Ray Lamontagne is a true artist, not a musician. To be a true artist, you need to get everything right: the lyrics, melody, etc. Not only does he get everything right in this song for a truly moving piece, the lyrics he writes are incredibly wise. This is at the same time philosophical, and the epitome of artistry. Fantastic song, I can't say enough about it.

  • @dommy24 phenom arrangement as well

  • @dommy24 I don't believe true artists like Ray work in the confines of right and wrong, saying he gets everything right sounds, to me like that is his intention. i don't think ray strives to get "everything right" I think his process is more natural and intuitive and thats why its rings so deeply within ourselves - it comes from a place of soul. true art is boundless timeless and limitless, without rules, Ray has got it in spades.

    I Agree - Ray is a true artist and this is an incredible piece.

  • @dommy24 ...you summed it up there my friend. He is an artist........and you sound smart...like your a university grad or something. I'm just a cop, what the hell would I know anyway...lol. Nice observation....very accurate.

  • @dommy24 I agree.

  • You guys need to stop criticizing him. None of you can do what he can. He is an amazing composer and this is the way he sings. Its unique and beautiful.

  • swoon.

  • From the comments I'd say it's pretty clear that when it comes to Ray you either love it or you hate it. Personally I can't imagine not liking this...with all the pop crap and prepackaged crap we are subjected to, this is a light in the darkness. Oh and by the way everybody.....BE. HERE. NOW.

  • Thank you for this.

  • why have i only discovered this man now

  • I think I get it now...Ray LaMontagne is Jesus.

  • Ray Lamontagne, and all his brilliant genius, is in the end in desperate need of Jesus, regardless of whether or not he realizes it