Ryan Adams - La cienega just smiled.

[4cellar2door0]

Can everyone PLEASE thumbs down bubbabaxter? Seriously, that sort of idiotic asininity doesn't belong here.

[esperantomusica]

que pinche cancion ,se oye triste!!

[UGADawgs555]

holy crap this song is hauntingly good.

[FionaBoosh]

Beautiful!

[cheesecake134]

La Cienega just smiled.....see you around.

If this song does not move you, you are dead.

[spleenpoetry]

This song is one of the most perfect mixes I've ever heard... and by mixes I do not only mean the sound but also the feeling. I wish this would be the kind of music that would be largely promoted in the days that run but unfortunately the big media bomb us with a bunch of crap!!! Anyway internet is a powerful weapon to spread good music and helping artists like Ryan Adams getting in touch with people who really appreciate good music, I'm doing my part ;).

[UpTheBracket420]

I love the contrast between the top two comments.One is someone who loves the song and has articulated their feelings in a sweet way, the other is a fucking retard.

[zeebeam]

This song is so simply beautiful. I almost feel tranquil as I smile softly listening to it. I play this song often in my mind as magical thoughts and conversations happen with the people I love.

[ohnowilson]

lie back ,watch the sun set and listen to one of the best songs ever.

[tistansnake3]

@ohnowilson im with you on that :):)

[hugosalarm]

Ranks with the very best musical artists America has ever produced. Shameful if he were never fully recognized as such. You might put a share of the blame on the 35 year old, (and counting) arranged marriage of two nearly mindless, self-important entities, the music industry and a "do not disturb", politically correct, "think positive, or better yet, not at all, just dance" public,

[orthecerus]

Lovely song

[EsaiTheKid]

felicity porter <3

[Betterman89]

:3

[4cellar2door0]

fucking 114,000 views... Gayshit.

Needs millz.

do it.

[KAMIBROOKS208]

one of the only songs that I can listen to over and over and never get tired of it! Love it!

[truepureblue]

I love the music, it's so beautiful and peaceful.

[franche1978]

Big song!! ..;)

[zyan05]

sweet

[teresaconduto]

Just Smiled

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[franche1978]

Great song!!

[MrMickkele]

4 people can't smile...!

[ShadowkissRoza]

They play this song on Angel at the end of the episode unleashed!!

[Paradoxownsjoo]

One day a long time ago,I was with my father working on cleaning out a storage room. Inside, there was a box full of stuff my dad got for almost nothing. He let me look through it and take what I wanted.Amidst the rummaging, I looked down and saw this guy with crazy hair and an upside-down American flag on a CD and asked, "Dad, can I take this?" He smiled at me and said, "Sure. Keep it." And while i don't still have that CD, I'll forever remember that day.

[nidgybaby]

Bob harris regulaly plays this.....Every other week or so....

[tailesill4]

So masculine, this song, in all the good ways.

[sarahkaya22]

AWFUL:-( MAKES ME FEEL ILL

[NewYorkDontLoveMe]

My dad used to play this to me when I was 4 years old to help me get to sleep, whenever I hear the delicated guitar of the intro, a litle switch flicks off in my head and I'm brought back to my childhood. and When my dad passes away this song is gonna be my comfort for the memories. I can almost foresee myself having a nice cry to the memories, because there that beautiful and I'm so happy I've got them

[aquangel555]

The felicity moment where this comes out is when she is kissing Noel on the roof in the first episode of season 4. It is so perfect.

[musicsquareone]

an amazingly prolific and STRONG songwriter!

[TheTuckerlandreth]

this song...

[glortw]

this is one of my top 3 favourite songs of all time. i used to play it over and over and over and just cry my eyes out. i can't even believe this exists. i feel like the world can't be all bad if someone could create something like this.

[etomsalnikov]

Adoro tu sensibilidad... I want to hear this theme with you, looking to your eyes... Eduardo.-

[TheLonelyOnesMusic]

@glortw Wow...you just expressed what I have always felt about this song. Exactly. Thank you.

[midun26]

for those wondering about the felicity episode. it was the one she had just gotten that haircut that spark global anger. the scence was the final episode of that season, she was saying goodbye to ben and she was crying while hugging him by the car, while the song was playing in the background. i remember that scene and keri russell everytime i hear this song. the song matched the scene perfectly.

[cahildesigns]

@midun26 yes the wb and cw for years have ruined good songs by putting them in tv shows...

[1mapleblondie]

Toya

[brecans]

This played in the background in an eposide of Felecity a few years back. Takes me back everytime I hear it.

[Roscanuck83]

My favourite song of all time. Has a special meaning for me as does the whole album. Ryan you are amazing. If i was gay i wouldnt think twice about doing you. Tears when i hear this

[bdunn111]

it's a song that can evoke tears. not much more to say after that.

[guardianshaven]

I beleive this also playeed on Angel Season 5 : the episode titled Unleashed

[FrizzKid05]

@guardianshaven

That was probably the best usage of this song I've ever seen! It fit perfectly, which is probably why they had it where they did. Joss Whedon is brilliant with things like that.

[Mahtalie84]

One of few songs where I can pinopint exactly where I was and what I was doing when I first heard it. Almost life-changing in how it affected my musical tastes.

[jayjayrokz]

I love the song the guitar is sublime

[sph1984]

This was a staple song for Felicity's final season. Will always remind me of Keri Russell

[jillian72]

 I totally agree @sph1984

[Nimatzo]

I actually heard this song in a tattoo studio, and I was like WHO made this beautiful song. Luckily I had my iPhone with the MusicID app and it recognized the song and identified it for me =)

[TheTjjj]

This radiance of art conduces my heart to melt and my knees to shudder... So emotionally evocative and quite lamentably perfect...

[jonomutiny]

Best song on an awesome album - genius, real genius.

[foggifi]

the memories of four summers ago...

[grace7073]

supposedly he wrote quite a few of his songs about different areas he travelled to on tour and the women he met there..hence this song is about a woman but its the name of the area...or so i understood :P

[cjh6j]

My bedmate told me to listen to this song LOL! I luv it! :)

[bubbabaxter64]

I'd like to find one person who doesn't get hard hearing this song.

[pauljames1983]

@bubbabaxter64 I'd rather find all the ones that do

[captainmorgandunne]

@bubbabaxter64 ive gone deaf your right hard of hearing

[4cellar2door0]

@bubbabaxter64 Doesn't get HARD?

WTF?

[mikemeup]

@bubbabaxter64...dunno about hard...maybe heart broken....but that's just me...

[4bubble2hash0]

@bubbabaxter64 I don't get hard hearing this song and if you do, you have some homosexual issues to fucking deal with.

[4cellar2door0]

@bubbabaxter64 I'd like to never ever meet people who get hard-ons from a man's voice.

[gailad123]

this song ..oh gosh it touch my soul, I love it!!!

[mistressmabel]

my fav ryan adams song

its class so hauting love it!!! lol

[justlivelife100]

nice

[4bubble2hash0]

@Jeffrey7924 Ever heard of Google?..

[mokesmaster]

This song is amazing.

[clonesuk]

I have listened to this tune over and over again for the past few hours.

I will never tire of it. It is without doubt my favourite Ryan Adams tune. I have no idea why, it just grabs me in a special place (oooo matron).

[Esnaldojo]

hoy en venezuela pasaron el primer capitulo de la cuarta temporada.. cuando se escucha esta musica de fondo.. al final.. me encanta.. desde la primera ves que la escuche en el 2001.

[AgentBlue2010]

I just heard this song at the end of Angel Season 5 episode 3, and I've fallen in love with it.

[faner23]

Exactly the same for me! ^^

[Spiritzground]

The first song I ever heard by Ryan Adams was La Cienga Just Smiled. In my opinion, it is his best song.

[Kanarie1973]

Beautiful! Is he reffering to La Cienega Blvd in LA, the town La Cienega or the name of his girlfriend?

[pcicere]

@Kanarie1973 Pretty sure its La Cienega Blvd in LA, cause he has Goodnight Hollywood Blvd on the same album...

[CuuijqyMuruqdte]

Yes he is. =)

[pepe7drum]

@Kanarie1973 haha is the town La Cienega, cant be the name of any girl trust me

[Kanarie1973]

@pepe7drum

No, but it could be a pseudonym. In the meantime I've been to LA and saw La Cienega Blvd. Also went tot New York, Miami and New Orleans, but -I don't what it is-I love LA the most.

[bos78]

I think he is singing about cheating on his girl friend.

[brecans]

Love this song.They had it as background music in a eposide of Felicity which I am going out of my head to try and get.

Can anyone help???

Tried on here but can't find it.

[catcherintherye83]

yes, it should be episode 1 of season 4, when felicity and noel end up kissing... I love that episode!

[brecans]

Thank you.I will check it out.

[keijzer10]

Simplicity & feeling are the key to perfection.

This is right up there at the top of the list.

[karciapl]

'And I hold you close in the back of my mind

Feels so good but damn it makes me hurt'

Exactly..

[ZenBarracuda]

Didn't like the album much but this song is perfection.

[aask82]

fricking brilliant

[PippaMoore]

Well everyone loves a whore now and again!!

Rappa tune anywho!

[MrBluesforyou]

Great Performance

[teresakateable]

It's my happy yet break my heart song - don't really know or care what it means - just love it - and this week it's for you Jane, my partner in westland crime xxxxxxxxxxxx

[bxbutler1]

makes the hair grow.

[littlestar3103]

still is and will always be one of my favourite ryan songs - there is something ridiculously perfect about it -

[Deltaspeed93]

Agree!

[extavwudda]

the perfection is in the fact that the whole song is just three (!) chords. And not just three chords but three chords that overlap to a large degree (have some of the same notes in them).

Besides that.. it´s beautiful.

[Nearlyprescient]

there's a simple elegance to songs using chords with good relations when it's done properly

[chrisjcox]

Nah, there's actually 5 chords in this.

[extavwudda]

umm.. nope.

[chrisjcox]

Yes, there are. You can hear 3 of them in the main verse (Cadd9, G, Dsus4) then the rundown to Em7 and the Dsus4/F#.

[MilesStone92]

what the fuck does it matter? its a great song either way.

[ThePlampherman]

It's about time this album was represented on here.

Good stuff mate - keep them coming.

[lockdowncandy]

candy.. likes

[kickittome70]

That mellow melodic guitar at the end is awesome plus the rest of this brilliant song - Ryan is a treasure

[Griffgotti]

Very true! He really is somethig

[fercherie]

what is cienega?

[AlrightBub]

La Cienega is a street that runs north and south through Hollywood...I guess the street smiled at him when he was tripping on acid...Good album, not as good as Whiskeytown...He probably banged a chick who lived on that street after a show and made this beautiful song about her. Lindsay Lohan probably.

[JoshuaLeeVideos]

You're an idiot.

[AlrightBub]

You're a prick.

[shelley9000]

You made my day. I mean night.

[AlrightBub]

I love u shelley. I'll meet you at a bar called Whiskeytown La Cienega and we will laugh until we decide to drive to get married in Vegas and rent a studio ib the valley. We can watch youtube and stay up late. In the morning we'll fire up some youtube and work out on our treadmill and laugh, sing and cry ]..

[shelley9000]

Sounds perfect, Bub! I need a life change!

[AlrightBub]

I'm just the man for you, baby be mine.

[niecynoo32]

La Cienega is actually spanish. It means a girl who has been around. Basically he fell in love with a whore, but she hurt him and left him.

[eobgeh]

@niecynoo32

I was wondering what it was about, thanks for clearing that up :)

[WhiteAussieTiger]

Heard this song for the first time at the end of Unleashed in season 5 of Angel. Fantastic.

[michael301]

Love this song...memories of you is another great one!

[spleenpoetry]

Great song... I don't get tired of listening it

[ewanmethane]

Brilliant!

My fave Ryan Adams songs

Brings memories to me

[82rutripn2]

are you out there vj

[jxwhee]

I don't like this version as much as the acoustic one.

[XjuliaXcrazyaX]

nice song :]

[podgekeating]

PROB the best song ever ??

[WonderfulBliss]

yeah it's amazing, not so many who have heard it. peace

[irk45554]

@podgekeating correction, it is the best song in the world...ever

[martinthebeatle]

@podgekeating Agreed

[aquangel555]

@podgekeating if not, it's damn close!

[kat24101]

thanks for uploading this!

[FenceItIn]

"One breaks my body and the other breaks my soul"..Soo good. The piano in the beginning is heartbreaking.

[halloweenheadgirl]

the most beautiful song EVER - wow, he really is a heartbreaker (and yes, I know this was really on Gold which btw SHOULD have won the grammy instead of U2)

[82rutripn2]

I agree, he didn't even attend- not his style.

My favorite song ever.

[Deltaspeed93]

I like U2 and Ryan adams but the NEW U2 sucks so......I agree and Ryan adams is currently my favorite best U2 was actung and jashua tree and zooropa.....good stuff