Sufjan Stevens - The lakes of Canada

[fillXinXblankXstares]

Haha "it's too cold!!!" So adorable. And then in the scene he has a jacket.

[suneesunshine22]

it's angelic & fluttery, comical...well, & just plain old beautiful. if i could just intravenously feed Sufjan's music into my veins, the days would flow like water

[IndependentPresident]

I wonder why you uploaded it when it is already on youtube oO

[eburn]

@IndependentPresident it wasn't when i did (3 years ago)

[IndependentPresident]

@eburn The real one from LaBlogotheque was uploaded on May 31st 2007 ;)

[zaqnunley]

I guess I never realized how different his speaking voice is from his singing voice...wow

[getshorty75]

not as great as the original - the song is actually about Karen Parish from the Innocent Mission's inability to have children; she miscarried several with her husband, also in the band. The "laughing man" in question is Death. It seems absurd that a man is singing a song about a woman's personal experience with miscarriage. ???

[15flask15]

@getshorty75 It's called he likes the song and obviously has respect for the band if he wants to cover it. So.. why not?

[DirtyDickLily]

this version is ten times greater then the original. because sufjan is infallible

[Gimic300]

No one can cover a song quite like Sufjan Stevens. He really is amazing.

[xlucky7x01]

Awesome. Although it isn't nearly as great as the original.

[jarney]

rock on sufjan

[eames1280]

Every single note of this song is absolutely gorgeous.

[sullenity]

oh my god. no way!!!! this song is phenomenal....... wow... my heart just broke a little. this song is too pretty for words. if you havent heard the innocence mission, i highly recommend hearing it... its  too good..

[bobway6]

this is one of the most beautiful songs ever

especially since sufjan is doing it

i wish he'd do a studio version

[BeWaTer99]

He's one of the greatest musicians. I heard he can play a lot of different instruments like this bangjo...(perfect, of course xd)

[Tashk14]

Sufjan is amazing

without his crative style the world would be a bad place.

And its funny how such a seemingly young and innocent voice comes from him. its rather amazing

[pparasol]

that's beautiful.

[SheenaJ]

Does anyone know what song he tried to play in the beginning?

[hanso815]

"He Woke Me Up Again" from Seven Swans

[SheenaJ]

Thanks :D

[garard88]

can anyone tell me what that song is playing at the end with the piano.

[aggiedee]

I think its Sufjan playing Majesty Snowbird

[dcalt21]

does anyone know what kind of banjo that is?? I love how he tapes all of his instruments up heh.

[emilsgremils]

To me, it looks like a Gold Tone cripple creek or a maple classic open back with guitar style tuners. Gold Tone makes awesome and reasonably-priced banjos - I saw a cripple creek on sale for around $150 one time. I have a maple classic with planetary tuners and a resonator and I'm really happy with it.

[TobiasXelKythe]

cc-100, looks like.

[eames1280]

I wish Sufjan would play on *my* roof!

Though he'd probably fall off...

Props to you, SS, for making playing the banjo cool!

[bohodance]

gran cancion, gran musico....

[weirdivide]

oh wow i loved that.

[turtlie]

does anyone know the name of the piano track at the end?

[birbyne]

Barn Owl, Night Killer by Sufjan Stevens

[vanceoliver]

What about Barn Owl?

[KICKstartchange]

I love that he's just chillin. Playing on a roof in Ohio?

[qwertymissed]

Hey cool! Sufjan's playing an Innocence Mission song.

[cedar688]

thank you sufjan. Oh Canada!

[industrialbirds]

Great clip and great Song! Never heard this one before

[Wrbhoover]

I really enjoyed that. I love the song. I love the banjo.

[eburn]

Yes, this song is beautiful.