Sufjan Stevens - All Delighted People Live Sydney 2011

[Khemrikhara]

Sufjan - noone cares what you look like. We love you for your amazing mind that produces amazing music. Now PLEASE tour with an orchestra. My life will be complete when I see Sufjan perform this song, and anything off Age of Adz, with a full orchestra.

[EnnahKasko]

i wish i could be part of his band as well...

[kraychek]

I am shivering ...

[ElanTamara]

beautiful 

[lombmusic07]

Sufjan should really grow his hair back a little bit

[DannyWhitten]

I love this song and this guy from the heart of my bottom

[Jacob32905]

Wow! 

[Samarasammy1]

Is it DM Stith at the piano???

[burton4eve12]

@Samarasammy1 Yes that is DM....Best live performance ever is seeing Sufjan and DM opening.....they are on that upper echelon. What the audience and performers share is profound to say the least and we all know Words are futile devices....

[LadyxHarst]

Wow, thanks for putting this up!

[Leiashack]

The two lady back-up singers are very lovely!

[whoarethebrainpigs]

shit ..thank god it picked up at the end,,,i was gonna ask whether anyone was still awake at the 9 min mark...

[xAimlessArtistx]

He is sexy just being alive. Then he creates music and makes himself even sexier.

[psycholinds]

I kind of don't even know what to say about this because it is absolutely breathtaking. Seriously. Wow.

[jtz41]

sick guitar strap!

[happyparallel]

@nobnobnobnob This isn't even close to a rendition of Sound of Silence, it's Sufjan's song. He just borrowed two lines, as a sort of tribute to Simon and Garfunkle. As classic as Sound of Silence is, this is far beyond it.

[nobnobnobnob]

this is a great rendition of 'Sound of Silence' by Simon&Garfunkel

[happyparallel]

@Broatticus Do you kill anyone who disagree with? That's retarded.

Also, he's not even gay, that's a rumour that was started when people didn't realize his song "To Be Alone With You" was about Jesus. Not that it should make any difference.

[youmikkitube1]

@sarcasmmister-Yes, I am proud, thank you. I saw final concert @NY and @Olympia, Paris concert, but not Australia ones, so I am very greatful you posted this fantastic video which I love it so much. Their European Tour ends today.

Thank you very much and best wishes to you. mikki from france

[sarcasmmister]

@redninja2010 he actually explained it during the show. the whole album and stage show was inspired by a man called Royal Robinson. he was an artist amongst many other things and lived a very fascinating eccentric life. he recently passed away and i think that was that triggered this. until he explained that at the show i didn't quite understand why sufjan went down this path but now i know, it makes total sense and is so very wonderful.

[Davidwood15]

@sarcasmmister Royal actually dies in 97. When I saw him last week, he said he took a lot of inspiration from a book called Star People and just other strange things like that. His illness also had a lot to do with it!

[ProyectMooneJazzers]

@sarcasmmister

Royal Robertson was a paranoid schizophrenic that had apocalyptic visions and visions of extraterrestrial beings and contraptions. He predicted the next age, and Sufjan Stevens picked that up and envisioned his own new age, "The Age Of ADZ", as he says in the homonimous track, "This is the age of ADZ/Eternal living"

[RarisaChan]

@sarcasmmister Actually, it was Royal Robertson! I read this comment and wanted to find who he was and learn more, and google said "Did you mean Royal Robertson?" and it turns out I did...

[spritefan125]

@sarcasmmister

His name is actually Royal Robertson. He was a schizophrenic, and he passed away more than a decade ago. The cover of the Age of Adz is based off of an edited painting of Royal's.

[TheRougefish]

@sarcasmmister " Royal Robinson" was more than an eccentric. i. e. he was also a schizophrenic whose visions/drawings, Sufjan uses as his leitmotif/inspiration.

[menano182]

2 people are clearly not Delighted

[miaxmoo]

Once the song got a little more into it I said "Ohh shitttt" Hahah This is amazing, really.

[youmikkitube1]

2:40 On the left, playing base guitar is my son. ベースギターを弾いているのは

私の息子です。

[sarcasmmister]

@youmikkitube1 really? wow you must be proud

[trentmorrison]

@youmikkitube1 ask your son if Sufjan is gay...all of America wants to know

[Airwave182]

disappointed he didn't play this in brussels.

but still, it was one of the best concerts i've ever seen and i'm still in ecstasies.

[rapigan]

@Broatticus You disgust me

[XguitarrockerX]

His music always makes me think: "I fucking wish I came up with this!"

[arapsasuga]

i raised my hands in tears OH SUFJY

[amysaurus]

@redninja2010

they mean sufjan is fucking amazing

[GALLSTONER]

This is crying out for a British brass band arrangement.

[evabaldurs]

This is crazy. Absolutely beautiful.



[333bluehawk]

word  music peace

this is it

[Tocy777]

wow...

[sarcasmmister]

@InsomniaDonkey i was relieved he played a lot off the "EP" cos thats my favourite release of his.

[Ev1lWaff3ls]

@InsomniaDonkey he's a performer, not a jukebox

[3x4R4x3]

I love this song and this guy from the top of my heart.

[Borbiasz]

oh so nice, I'm seeing him live in May, can't wait.

[gtbr24]

Absolutely brilliant

[MrSalto23]

a genius

[ShaggyAlonso13]

kin amazing

[YEAHYEAHYEP]

Amazing stuff.

[barimaphone]

are there any more of these??

[sarcasmmister]

@barimaphone no the opera house website only uploaded 3 videos. but thats still about 25mins of footage from the show.

[parlourstepsmusic]

Holy Mother of Pearl! He's killing it!