Damien Rice - Rootless Tree (Live from the Basement)

[MrChrisdl90]

10 dislikes!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MrChrisdl90]

One of my favorite songs, so proud to show this to everyone and anyone. It hurts and heals.

[05lancerTS]

@multismile13 listen to skinny love by bon iver live on Jools Holland its just as beautiful as this

[multismile13]

this song is so beautiful, laced with all this raw passion

it just pains me to hear it sometimes, when you hear the depth of his pain

this is real music, where you can sense the presence of true emotion in every word that passes through his lips, how close he is to breaking down, how he channels all his pain from his heart and how you can see that he is using every fiber of his body to unleash his inner self, just beautiful, thank you Damien for showing us what real music feels and sounds like

[GimoRice]

If the perfection exists, must have this sound.

[megakofffing365]

most painful fuck you ive ever heard

[SimplyIrritated]

Oh how perfectly you summarize my situation without even knowing who I am. Thank you for this amazing song.

[MrsMcBrawny]

It almost looks like he's too hurt to sing; like he's forcing every word out instead of breaking down. Love it.

Fuck you and all we've been through...

[dfboy16]

I learned to hold my tears and block the feelings. Yet, this pierced throught my shell.

[Darragh094]

My favorite artist of all time

[curiousliar00]

Can someone let him out!

[kimnjeein]

lovin this

[jjjruss]

FUCKING AMAZING!!!!



[jebas1322]

i wish Damien Rice was in my fucking basement

[alexoxx]

I wonder if this is more like what the song was originally...

[brutii25]

singers spend the better part of the song staring into a camera's lens while artists some times don't even realize that some one else is watching. this is loosing yourself in the song. fake tv singers can never deliver as true poets. beutiful, as j bardem said.

[SuperLittlebigg]

so so beautiful...

[merkaba42020]

Ugh jesus, fuck. Heart, pain, passion, the epitome of catharsis

[AlphonseAdv]

is he... crying? oh my god...

[yosoysupertramp]

@AlphonseAdv He's not. He's just sing' and really well by the way!

[merkaba42020]

@yosoysupertramp About as close as you can get to crying without crying, imho. Just pure feeling, heart, passion. Wonderful.

[yosoysupertramp]

@merkaba42020 that's right "Just pure feeling, heart, passion"

[AlphonseAdv]

@yosoysupertramp i'm just saying it because at the end sounds very sad :(

[Bret3030]

let me out of this hell when your around,  Perfect

[BEdo214]

Live

"Damien is currently not touring and has no immediate plans to return to the road".

Don't want to see this words again! ;(((

[JohnPAUossi21]

so fucking amazing..i love it

[blyveful]

The most incredible version of this song. Painful and intense, but so beautiful. All time favorite.

[merysindahouse]

(L)

[MissAmberlee1]

Damien is the best thing to happen to music in a long time...with his writing and composing, I don't worry about the future of music, so long as he is around...Seriously, the man is brilliant..sigh

[MyMarsters]

An amazing man.....

[mvandale1]

@aivariukas

Boooring

[MyMarsters]

@mvandale1 The comments all seem to be about everyones relationships. He may bring the worst out in people and I have to be honest - can't be arsed to read all about strangers breakups. But.......He is not boring

[aivariukas]

broke up with my girl week ago, we have been together for over a year...today I saw pictures of her in some kind of party.there were her best friend with boyfriend, and another dude, she looked happy...my hands started shaking, how the hell, after breaking up, she can drink booze and party...it got me so mad, so anxious...guess, I didnt mean so much to her, after all...

[QuickflipParkour]

@aivariukas dude i know it hurts my girl friend broke up with me, she said that all feelings were gone.. after 5months of perfekt relationship all was gone in seconds..

[elie464]

@QuickflipParkour yea, i can understand. I broke up with my girl i loved after 3 years. I loved her and i still do. Then she fell out of love with me. Now im alone, wearing the clothes she bought me, having the messages saying she loves me that she randomly gave me, and no longer being able to hold the hand of hers. You have dreams of her, only to wake up and feeling you're back into the reality you dont want. It sucks...it really does

[QuickflipParkour]

@elie464 thats crazy dude.. well love sucks </3

[TroopZulu]

@aivariukas I feel for you man

[QymanaOnAQuest]

He's so awesome that he makes my stomach hurt. This song uses almost the exact same chord progression as 9 Crimes, in the exact same key, and yet it evokes such a different degree of emotion. He is a truly great songwriter and musician, and despite the fact that most of his songs literally make my heart ache, he's like a beacon of hope in this age where real music is lost among the musings of horny twenty-somethings looking for their next party so they can get drunk and write more crappy songs.

[alivewthegloryoflove]

There are just some songs that seriously feel like they were written for you. The way Damien's intense emotions come through all his songs is so beautiful because you know he's putting himself in that 'moment" It's like he's reliving the pain as if it just happened. I cry every time I hear this song because I have been with someone I loved so much but wished i could hate just so we can move on. It's massively painful. this song is the anthem for relationships that just wont end when they should!

[martinlakers]

Everybody always focuses on the the dislikes, but counting from july 27th, 99,3% of people who chose to say something, said that they liked this. I'd take 99,3% any time of the week. Summary in one word: BRILLIANT!!

[NoahSelene]

T-T...... Gracias

[bigdjunta]

I believe a good writer allows you not only to see yourself, but other people more clearly through their music. While listening to this, I not only realized I felt this way about someone, but he must feel the same way about me. It was a dimension I had never considered before. And as Damien said, it was truly time to get out, for the mental health of both of us. What a writer.

[normanjpcz]

Since 2:30 Damien's getting really emotional, "Fuck You" at 3:43 is clearly painful for him, I think that in this part he's on the edge.

I can't even imagine how much he must love Lisa, that's incredible for me. I think Damien is the best in transforming music into something divine. You can see little emotions in every word, every keystroke, every move.

I've never enjoyed Rootless Tree as much, but since yesterday that's my most loved version.

Damien's my all time favourite singer. No doubt.

[brittanyeatscupcakes]

sigh it makes me tear up everytime.

[barttan]

At 3:56 after he sings "And if you hate me." He bites his lower lip and it seems like (or I would like to believe) his sadness threatens to engulf him...

[svennebala]

videofy.me/v/243073

[MrJavierBob]

dude rigth now i cant feel this song :'(

[onewild45twist]

Love this song,tells it like it is : )

[musica554]

Its the best feeling : )

[LisaaaaaaaaaaMary]

LOVE IT

[cheers91darlin]

το πιο πονεμενο "fuck you"....

cheers from greece

[carlosroj]

This is such a fucking great song, one of his best, its a shame I havent seen any new material from him

[saraminerva444]

I need this version! Is it not available for purchase?

[andimk]

@saraminerva444 there's loads of websites and programs u can use to take youtube videos and take just the audio from them. google it :D

[saraminerva444]

@andimk Thank you! I never thought of googling that. Wow, I feel not up to speed.

[andimk]

@saraminerva444 your welcome :D dont worry i didnt discover it til not long ago and was overly excited about all these lives versions i cud put on my ipod :D lol im such a nerd

[laraalice1]

@perfectmesslike Damien Rice says everything I have ever wanted to say through his music. He is a poet, a linguistic genius, and I am absolutely in love with his mind.

[cesasoft]

Live from the heart, and straight into mine.........

[richiende]

THIS SONG IS SIMPLY BEAUTIFUL, THE BEST OF THE BEST

[Groundbase]

something about the fact that he's singing it without lisa that makes it sadder :(

[zuppydogg]

easily best version in my opinion

[Bret3030]

whats he up to latley?

[EightyEightyOne]

This is... Amazing! So honest.. So pure.. Everything is this song is so pure.. What a music..

[AaronGoldbergDM]

Love this execution but in the cd version, it brings me to tears when after the build up he changes the last "fuck you" to "I love you".

[morcito0723]

OMG! when he goes "Let me out" louder and louder... mindblowing! so deep, so simple but honest...

Just love him...

[YouShouldEnVmE]

at 3:55 it looked like he held back a few tears when he said "and if you hateme...."

[frambuesagr]

Then hate me so good that you can let me out!!

[cesasoft]

He's f'cking out of this life. Words cannot explain how much I love his music. I just love the honesty and pain.

[ninik06]

at 3:44 : the best FUCK YOU i have ever heard

[ninik06]

this is my funeral song :'(

[ninik06]

awesomeness ....... 

[gardeninmymind]

i love this version so much better than the version with the full band

[marijamarxy]

Perfect!

[Outlet30]

Anyone feel like checking out my video?

Folded Corner-Alright

[jonathangoodgreen]

Anyone chords pleasee!!

[Rockadoodle711]

@jonathangoodgreen Am C G F repeat over and over and over and over and over and over etc....

[aljoschawalling]

Its just amazing how damien can make the worlds most beautiful musik with only a piano and his voice...

[VasilisArgos10]

Damien plz come to Greece!!You are great...!

[Sqweeziez]

This is the first time that I heard the word "fuck you" and I cry.

[VasilisArgos10]

@Sqweeziez  yeah!!Damien is so great!

[BaneOfTheLight]

As I watch and listen to this video, I always expect to hear Lisa's voice chiming in, and then I find myself depressed when I don't. Looking at Damien in this video, I suspect that he feels the same.

[alexxjimmyy]

ITS NOTHING TO YOU..

[JustSebon]

Hey guys! My name is Sebastian and I am an acoustic musician from Germany. To find out what people think about my music, I promote myself here on youtube. It would be great, if you gave me a chance a lot of people would take a look at my channel (and maybe write a comment) :) You should listen to songs like „Be alone“ or „Daisy Chain“, because these are the songs that most people like.

Take care everybody and thanks for reading.

[timmypoopoo]

one of the most raw, painful, and beautiful performances I've ever seen.

[lithiumdog]

incredible that i manage to feel alone...given that every single one of the other people who has commented on this video...relates to this song in the same way i do.

[Isaacthompson]

Beautiful, thank you.

[kimberlynn0223]

Sitting in Hilo's airport waiting for my ride home to Colorado, I became everything this conveys. The pain we pay for love is always worth it's weight in gold. Thanks D.

[thepmiester]

Let me out, 'cause it's hell when you're around.

[sarsxz]

Damine rice related to J rice?

[thepmiester]

The way his head rests against the popshield on the last fuck you, makes me well up - such a beautiful song!

[solvampira]

my god, my entire being trembles while listening to this song, it´s just the perfect soundtrack to what I´m going through....

It´s amazing how he is capable of showing that range on emotions in just a few minutes...

it´s so beautiful, so true and so painful , it took my heart.

Damien, you rule, one of the best musicians EVER.

[bryanty56]

hands down the most beautiful song i have ever heard

[VasilisArgos10]

@bryanty56 me too

[sickfitjaw]

I love how it always seems as if he's singing from the bottom of his heart.

[JennieJmusic]

the most painful Fuck you I've ever heard...

[mtyse]

This is my favourite version of this song, Amazing!

[MetalMiau]

simplemente genial. nunca un fuck you ha sido cantado con tanto dolor.

gracias por esa cancion.

[solvampira]

@MetalMiau Totalmente de acuerdo! es increible.

[patowenmusic]

I love how he reinvents his own songs so well

[margaridamatos1994]

he's a fucking genious,,,

[ImJimbob23]

it take's me a lot longer than 5 minutes to finish this song cuz I can't help going back to the best parts

[BerdosV]

I've been trough such a hard time this last half year. Damien Rice and Goo Goo Dolls and some bands/artists more, really saved me. What are we without music? It's the only thing that makes us hatefully life beautiful. This song, It helps me such a lot. To play it/ to listen it, it makes me better. Thank god for music, Thank god for all the people who read this reaction, because they know what good-music is. God bless you

[DoodDontTouchMe]

I cried at 3:40. I love you Damien, always my idol. Such an inspiriational musician.

[equels3GoWithTheFlow]

Touched. Powerful.

[BrightLightSyndrome]

Beautiful song. I've covered 'Older Chests'. I hope you like it :)

[Bearcatlax18]

okay at 3:44 might be the greatest fuck you of all time, I wonder how much pain you have to go through to really mean it that much..... wow

[Bearcatlax18]

i never knew that fuck you could seem so innocent but so powerful at the same time

[JadeConnollyAcoustic]

I love how delicately he says, 'Fuck you.'

[cesasoft]

I'm a guy, I'm straight, but I still love him!

[avensss]

the greatest emotion I have ever heard.

[laraalice1]

@prosvjednik007 and @ilcorvojo2 you are both amazing! I listen to this at least once a day. It's honestly pathetic how much I love this man

[ilcorvojo2]

@laraalice1 thanks! ;)

[perfectmesslike]

@laraalice1 This man is literally the soul inspiration to all of my music.

[Outlet30]

i wanted you to see deeper into the words i spoke to you. why did you close off and build up a wall? why did you let go of our perfect connection for all that shit? i know you are trying to figure yourself out, but sleeping around with people who dont care about you is only gonna push you farther away from your true self.

so fuck you. and quit coming around me just to show me how much you dont care. i get it. fuck you. please say it back.

to Loren

from Anthony

[MistaJubbJubb]

How can any human not like this song?

[VamLoveAndKisses]

Am I the only one who got a tear in their eye listening to the raw emotion he put into this, and every other song he has ever performed?

[kleinesschokobunny]

@VamLoveAndKisses  no... and i cant stop...

[gertinka]

this is so sad..

[Nikoben]

dislike = dis i like

[Nikoben]

perfection!

[Eugis007]

I see pain in his face...

[MrDarcylove]

hermosisiiiimaa preciosiiisiima y demás

[loubroeschli]

that's the perfect song for some depressing hours after a "i'm so sorry" call from your ex...

[MrJoaodelasa]

mr. rice ... thanks

[MrJoaodelasa]

the blues...

[MrJoaodelasa]

the blues .... just perfect!!!

[sourskiddles1234]

will someone please tell me the chord progression for this version???

[YacubH2961]

@sourskiddles1234

some really fuckin good ones

thats all i know

[jgmirs]

Truly, a suffering gael.

[hogler249]

This is dedicated to those 6 dislikes.....Fuck you :-)

[ninik06]

@hogler249 totally agree ! this is a shame :)

[DonBeccus]

just emotions...

never heard a Fuck you so beautiful and emotionally

love it



[feelarse80]

what a excellent version of this classic song. wish somebody on her would do a tutorial for this song. a proper one for a beginner.

[jo111090]

RAW

[Ph33r3dVid3os]

One of the most beautiful uses of "Fuck You" I have ever heard.

[mknela14]

cool~

[drakblaze27]

shivers when he started plating the piano

[Drawingcolours]

favorite part of the video is 0:00 - 4:51

[MelindaRaeofSunshine]

so beautiful. <3

[Actueel68]

awesome tone at 3:44

[tlh235]

what i want from you.........is 1% of your talent.

[valleri07]

It's amazing that no matter how many different times he plays this song, it's always new and different. He connects and goes through the emotions from different angles each time. You look at the way he sings here versus the abbey road version and it's remarkable.

[laraalice1]

In my opinion, this is the best recording of Rootless Tree. It's gorgeous. I wish I could somehow get this onto my ipod. Thank you so much for posting it! I can't count how many times I have watched it.

[ilcorvojo2]

@prosvjednik007 or you can use video2mp3 (.net) that converts them for you ;)

[LittleSofii]

I love this song!!♥

[silentrunner23]

sorry, but...

-> Radiohead From The Basement Down Is The New Up

-> Thom Yorke Analyse (From The Basement)

-> Radiohead Videotape - In Rainbows - Live from the basement

-> [HD] Thom Yorke - Last Flowers (From The Basement)

[pandatt200]

pure emotion and faultless talent. this is truly one of the most moving songs ever written in my opinion. Damien you are a genius, people relate to your music and words and it changes their emotions for better or worse. This is what makes you amazing...keep writing songs that change peoples lives. There is no one else like it :)

[chaotikmind]

2:55 - 3.45. Surreal. You can hear the sheer raw pain in every single letter. It always gets me. And that "Fuck You" sums it all up perfectly. No words can be used to describe that. His words, tone and facial expressions say it all. A feeling of compassion beyond words. A heartbreaking masterpiece.

[egonzalez29]

I've never heard pain and hate sounds so beautiful till this song!

[kauehb]

Just beautiful.

[sionlikesmusic]

This video and this man make me want to learn to play the piano.

[tommyehh1]

Tune

[2002als]

i always listen to this song when someone screws me over.

he puts it so simply.

fuck you and all we've been through.

leave it if it's nothing to you.

[MelissaGoodier07]

Goose Bumps <3

[rachaelandkevin]

amazing version, powerful

[greggdallas]

those of us who have felt this way could never relate it in such an honest and heartbreaking way,...love how his soul just pours out in every note...this performance will still be admired 20 years from now,......gutwrenching but beautiful.

[ihatemyhairsomuch]

i lol'd first time i heard this.

[jenni4gigi]

Damn... this cuts like a knife....

[awatzka]

absolutely love this version...he is amazing...

[ligYa01]

4 me this song is magic :|