Bon Iver-Stacks!

[fcokeane]

HOUSE 

[mutantmeatball]

<3

[bill11097]

I've decided to put a comment here so that hopefully the horrible one from that pathetic hater won't be visible anymore.

I like bon iver the music has a beautiful elegant sound and it's soothing. :)

[zoem18]

ahhh going to see them in November, Can't wait!! :)

[TheDalina01]

@zoem18 Lucky you! I feel like I'm living in totally different galaxy! Only a few artists comes to my country... :(

[violinartist1]

This is a good song.

[shadowxofxsmoke]

To everyone:

DO NOT FEED THE TROLL. If we starve him, he will go away.

[Randomer211]

@BonIverSUCKS you really need a Fucking life , Please fuck off , no one cares about your stupid shit your saying your waseting your time All im saying is that your a ...

STUPIS CUNT WITH NO LIFE OR TASTE IN MUSIC

eeehhhemm

No , you can fuck off and listen to your justin bieber or siscor sisters or whatever OK! >:|

[rossidude]

@BonIverSUCKS

Nice job trolling everyone.

Not that it's much of an accompishment, I mean, this IS Youtube after all. People on here aren't exactly... smart.

[PennySilverMoon]

@BonIverSUCKS those aren't three words dumbass.

[BonIverROCKS]

"Your love will be safe with me."

That line gets to me every time I hear it. So simple, yet wonderfully honest and heartfelt.

[triggagdup]

@BonIverSUCKS how do u sleep at night u have nothing to do than make an account dedicated to bon iver then

this is the best part you bump up all the views on his videos by posting rediculousness, then wait theres more

you reply to the comments that are given to you on the videos, get a life u dirty scum on the bottom of my shoe nd if u have a problem with that im a us army infantry man id be more than glad to meet with u in person nd discuss this more

[Blanie1998]

@BonIverSUCKS You sad unfortunate little creature :L:L Making a specail youtube account to hate on a song you dont like :L:L

[Ringadoon]

@BonIverSUCKS You are a complete and utter moron. Go and get a life please and stop spending your time annoying people. Get help. If you dont like Bon Iver why are you you going onto all his youtube songs and discrediting him. Wheres the music you made? What have you done but become a miserable asshole?

[nicolenitro]

the song is called Re: Stacks....

[cjbeckett]

Man I can never get over how awesome Bon Iver is!! Their music even makes the tediousness of writing term papers better lol <3

[man10941]

Fuck stupid people. Thumbs up.

[somaplay]

best



[erantio]

wish it went on forever.

[valerieturrentine]

this is just plain gorgeous.. sigh

[astrocharlie]

this song's like staying next to your girl when she's beautiful... you know..

[AndrewerdnAndrew]

@astrocharlie Maybe it's not as polished as some of the other comments, but I consider yours the most apt.

[Islingtonians]

Whatever could it be that's brought me to this loss???

[MustLoveDingos]

I cried. Within two minutes. And I don't cry.

It's amazing how fragile you can feel.

[Indierock311]

@MustLoveDingos

God, I know. Beautiful, melancholy voice. Nothing like music to slide into your heart and place poetry like this, to pull out all those broken feelings. <3

[CanguroMuchacho]

@sifileaf an awesome feeling. love it

[CanguroMuchacho]

@sifileaf that's an awesome feeling...love it. 

[jo7654]

I don't understand the lyrics at all but I love the music!

[TheCheekymonkey84]

beautiful song. thank you.

[Jinnhotaru]

'scuse me while I clean up my pants.

[bananenfoon]

he has the voice of an angel..

[Kokosskal]

My entire body finds the inside of me, its like nothing else matters. I am at peace with my mind...<3

[pickles2010]

its hard to imagina he did a song with kanye called monster

[mcplautz]

The minute of silence at the end is to capture the essence of the entire song.

[Forezal]

Im going to go buy this cd and listen to it as this hurican comes in or until the power gose out!!!

[banjerpicker1]

i usually dont like to get into the arguments and what not, and thats not what im tryin to do. but everyone needs to just sit back and listen to the music. if you think it sounds bad, dont listen you dont have to comment These are his words and his feelings and the music reflects his emotions. and although he may not be the absolute god of guitar, he has passion and feeling in the music that can be felt by anyone who bothers to listen. thats all. enjoy.

[chriscanclini]

This is a beautiful song, It reminds me of a very special person. a person which will belong to my heart for ever...

[stephaniejutras]

man, this makes me think of someone I loved and I love.

[0710442022]

@stephaniejutras fuck, me too. she was the first person i said i love you. and this song was in the background.

[miguelcsi]

vidios

[spell71166]

perfect song

[sausagemanlorne23]

aaaaaaaaaaaahhh........ peacefull

[smouta]

loving this song, cheers.

[pieheavenly]

can someone tell me what tthe hell is the video all about. love the song

[m00nEater]

It slowly animates, watch the light, it changes (the shadows get longer etc.). Its like a day in some fantasy land. This vid is part of a series this dude made of Bon Iver songs. I've watched them chronologically and really enjoyed them.

[souledout20]

wow i love it =)

[souledout20]

cool acoustics =)

[paddepijp]

I really like this music.. thanks..

[tootsy1937]

enjoy!! i see him in the summer & yes lets have some peace & respect

[Minxyblueeyes]

this song is so so so beautiful it makes me cry...... it moves me so much :-)

[lewisb58]

if you dont like it fuck off and dont comment it simple as. as for me i think bon iver is amazing. i love his lyrics and them made into music. love love love :)

[rasputinloverify]

I hate all these youtube Nazis, just listen to the song and shut up, this isn't a forum, take your pretentious music knowledge elsewhere - particularly if it's wrong. Thankyou so much abnergarson for making all of these, I've just stuck them on as a playlist while I write a truly awfu drama essay, nothing like abit of Bon Iver.

[BrodEirennach90]

@rasputinloverify Cheers and agreed!

[Messereth]

@rasputinloverify Drama... lol

[llewcat]

lol

[WeWontBeSleeping]

Wow. Arrogant fuck here ladies and gentlemen.

[GentyUK]

actually mob music76, this song is about when justin was playing poker, or its certainly contains some poker references which are true to justin. u obviously have never watched him live, cos he always dedicates this song to poker players, and discuses chip stacks! u know your stuff evan2442. clearly mobmusic doesnt!

[mobmusic76]

umm this song is NOT about "an epiphany vernon has at a poker table" the person who wrote that (evan 2442) clearly does not get the concept of metaphor, in poetry.

[Evan2442]

the song is about when Justin had an epiphany in his life while he was at a poker table. the stacks are a reference to the stacks of chips in front of him, or lack thereof. and in the beginning he mentions the excavation of Kumran, where the dead sea scrolls were found and changed or confirmed the way a lot of people were living religously or spiritualy and he's making an analogy to that and the way he changed his life after gambling and drinking, etc...

[Emyrsaurus]

he's a very clever writer isnt he :)

[jemimalob]

How bout people just take their own meaning from it? : ]

[cheguevara6]

the song doesnt seem to be about what the stacks are or what is weighing him down, but its more about the stacks themselves. How you feel when thing start to pile up on your shoulders, when things go wrong in your life and it starts to exert a great pressure on you. the line about the black crow is chilling

[butanother]

I think it is about those things, but it seems like the ending gives a sense of forgiveness as well.

This is not the sound of a new man or crispy realization

It's the sound of the unlocking and the lift away

Your love will be

Safe with me.

I can only imagine there is a hidden meaning with the "Re:" In Re:Stacks. Reply to the message subject tittle stacks. Who is the message from, and who is it to?

Bon Iver Is Simply An amazing Man.

[agcproduction]

thank you emma

[diazepam]

i can imagine the foundations of the world crumbling, lightning mercilessly piercing the ground, dark clouds looming overhead all the way to the horizons, and me, standing in the midst of all this, listening to this song with my eyes closed, heart and mind at peace

[aafryar1]

@diazepam

Gayyyy!!!!!

[diazepam]

@aafryar1 or maybe just human!

[Dirtybeest]

@diazepam It's a song man calm down 0.0

[SayHelloBanananana]

@diazepam When my fiance died and my world was crumbling around me, I did just that. I stood in the pouring rain listening to this song on repeat and cried until I couldn't cry anymore. When I was done, he was still dead, but it didn't hurt as much as it had.

[freakystylntime]

@diazepam Thats beautiful.

[83TiZ]

@diazepam what beautifull imagery

[mikaelhs]

@diazepam that's the diazepam speaking ;)

[punkyhiphopdood]

@diazepam These are the end of days. I intend to do the same.

[fightnight217]

@diazepam Deep.

[MarkTaylorTunes]

@diazepam beautiful words 

[tsar216]

@diazepam sometimes that's exactly what's happening

[braithwaite0]

He is unreal. I love Bon Iver.

[burnmetodeath]

I just wish I knew exactly what he wrote this song about.

[LcpLWu]

supposedly gambling....supposedly the red sea....who knows.....its AWESOME!

[burnmetodeath]

Or drinking possibly, too? Anyone else kind of get that?

[peaceritenow]

Bon Iver is fast becoming one of my faves.

[bevooo12349]

same here.

[whittersnick]

so beautiful

[lizzzzardd]

succcch a relaxing song its lovely :)

[slatted44]

going to see him tonight in Galway, cant wait,

Go on the Bon!!!!

[alexll9]

what a beautiful song.

I'm getting my guitar and learning it right now

[nacole1974]

a favorite.

[GoldReebok]

its so lovely

[chelseapokaspots]

Was this song on House before?

[jtaylor317]

This album is just incredible, every track is amasing but this is one of the stand out tracks for me. I listen to it whenever I just need the head space.

Beautiful, so beautiful the first listen did actually bring a tear to my eye!!

[IWantDaraObrien]

i love this song and amazed at how many people are getting so angry about it!chill people and listen to the beauty of bon ivers music...reminds me a little of simon and garfunkel :) fantaaastic

[postgenesis]

amazingly restful song!!!

[funkyvideosforyou]

this song makes me want to fall asleep. It may not be happy but it has such a happy melody. It makes me forget about everything and just hum along.......

[FunkyManatee]

Everyone seems to be deeply philisophical on this page

[ourladjack]

I love the way everyone is so furious on Youtube all the time. Also love the way Augfive seems to have felt so happy with coming up with the word hubris he/she typed it in upper case. Comedy genius. Bathos. Perfect background for this lovely song.

[saintdwyer]

i do not know where these guys have been hiding out or how i didnt know about em before. i am so happy to have found them.

[lhartery]

damn what a beautiful song

[ReddestxXxApple]

can't we all just get along?? [ i know, i know, easier said than done, but seriously, just listen to the song and stop arguing...]

[augfive]

Sadhbhishness: ur so filled with HUBRIS ( look it up) that you automatically think everyone on here is beneath your knowledge level..lol what an ass.. Ive forgotten more about music than you'll ever know...Thats why i dont need to 'google" anything.. dickface

[Sadhbhishness]

Calm the bean like.

How am I filled with "exaggerated pride or self-confidence" because I comment on your comment? Actually I did call you a fool.. Apologies for that. Definitely don't think everybody here is beneath my knowledge level, I just don't get why anonymity makes people so automatically abusive and (sorry, but) a little ignorant.

I mean you just come on insulting people you have never and will never meet. I think THAT is a little more 'hubristic' than anything I've said.

[zahny77]

this is the song that made me decide that i will marry bon iver and we will make sweet music together forever and ever.

[Sadhbhishness]

Ah. Does he know?

[zahny77]

its called a joke dumb ass.

[Sadhbhishness]

I know, love, I was joking also.

Why are people so bloody abusive on this thing?

[augfive]

acting? whos acting? I AM a prick

[augfive]

now galli88  actually has a good point... I do know what you mean

[augfive]

hello morn....having youtube does not endow with me with ANY rights, simply the opportunity to enlighten assholes like you.. good day "arse"

[sarngate]

You are enlightening me by acting like a prick ? Well done.

[galli88]

augfive readin your comment made me laugh i imagine short ginger hair possibly bow tie definitely a checkered suit. if you listen to the voice and the guitar together perhaps you'll realise that this song doesnt just hit your ears and stop it keeps goin through your head and through your heart and doesnt stop till you want it too you obviously stopped it at you brain. let it travel to your heart. might be simple but it makes it more amazin when you lie back and take it all in.

[thoughtpoliceDW]

this is beautiful music

to state the obvious

[perfectblueguy]

If you don't like it don't listen to it. You may have been taught a bunch of music theory bs in a classroom, but that doesn't mean anything. You make some music haters, then get back to me.

[augfive]

i agree with that wolf

[augfive]

yes i have hesard of modulation.. but one major chord ( especially the 1 chord that has been minor, sudenely going major for one measure and then back, is NOT modulation) it just sounded bad thats all. just my opinion, there is DIRECT modulation, indirect modulation, common chord modulation, deceptive modulation.. and random major to minor of the 1 chord is niether

[rtr2822]

When does he change the tonic from minor to major? Is it in this song? Just curious to see how he did it and what it sounds like.

[Sadhbhishness]

Random major to minor? What's random about it, exactly? It's a diminished to minor, anyway, which is a compositional technique. It doesn't sound bad, just a little unusual in context, but still very cool.

I see you can Google chord progressions, then... Very well done, little fool.

[bbgkpkiog]

who the shit cares!!! its a good song... listen to it and just chill the hell out. DAmmnn people with nothing better to do then come and critique a singer who makes more money than any of you do obviously. dannng...

[bbgkpkiog]

u SIR need to go get a life.

I hear they have them for sale at walmart for 6.50 an hour.

[jordanbeaulieu]

his style reminds me of simon & Garfunkel.

[Minxyblueeyes]

aw makes me cry everytime I hear this song!!!

[augfive]

if he ever learns to actually play the guitar.. he wont sell any more songs. these music supervisors for new tv and movbies love this stuff that sounds like anyone can play it.. with sometimes pretty chords,, and sometimes non-sensicle chord progessions( major chords suddenly in a minor key,,which sound bad) but who cares.. the lemmings drink it up

[afmafmafm]

Major chords suddenly in a minor key sound bad?

Ever heard of modulation?

Let's hear your brilliant compositions.

[wolf1bh]

are you insane. this dude writes his own words and music. he plays his own instrument and he sings. unlike 90% of the ridiculous overproduced shit with 5 writers and guest artists and samples and so much bs thatt comes out.

[sarngate]

I'm sorry, did someone's ability to understand chord progression and the difference between minor and major chords suddenly mean they can't appreciate could music ??

Get down of you high horse please, you pompous arsehole, calling people lemmings because they enjoy music which doesn't adhere to your idea of good sound.

Since when does having a youtube account give you the right to insult other people because you think you are superior ? Last time i checked, complex music =/= enjoyable music.

[sk8grommet]

sometimes originality means more than complexity.

[peaceritenow]

This is such a brilliant insight.

[mrssidvicious]

where he says "fountain in the front yard"

it sounds like

"farting in the front yard"

hahahahah

3:17

[ScreamingRockstar]

ur right, it does! :-)

[poppiesrule]

what is going on in this time-lapse clip?

[revolverintangible]

"this is pouring rain, this is paralyzed..."

"i keep throwing down 200 at a time, it's hard to find a meaning, when your money's gone and you're drunk as hell..."

this might be the best song i've ever heard. thank you bon iver.

[Tiresias23]

I'm sure I've heard this song in a film or on a tv show. Am I the only one who thinks that?

[wesmonsTER78]

it's from the show House

they played it on the season finallyy.

[pingwing1]

Alright know fuckin' all!

[sophab0656]

This is such a powerful song.

I love it!

Its so beautiful.

It makes my heart feel happy.

[TarnishUK]

Every once in a while a tune comes along that just blows me away... this is most certainly one of those songs. Simply wonderful.

:o)

[isneezeconfetti]

wow. this song gave me the craziest feeling ever. i wanted to cry. despite the want to cry, i got a huge adrenaline rush. sooo unbelievably good.

[MrDeanMoriarty]

Love love love!

[luKrek]

It's actually called "re: Stacks" iirc.

[IsOneFunny]

Well can I just say thankyou so much for spending 3 nights putting this together. This is like a hug but in a song.

[ihateurmom]

this song feels like falling in love

[monstermolly]

this song is so beautiful!

thanks to the show house, i hear it!

: ) thanks for posting, is so calming and smoothing.

[ExMicroDotLover]

this is so beautiful..

[nonbovey]

The song is called Re: Stack.

[7860jeff]

razdaber giver 100 procent ret .!!

[razdaber]

Thanks to "De sorte spejdere" in denmark for opening my eyes on this song!!

[bradleyone5]

Wow simple beauty.

[JuliaThorn6115057]

such a lovely song =)

[marissacamussmith]

beautiful

[wickeddrummer13]

BEAUTY! Beuaty to the words of soul, to the words of discription. How can thy love another when wounded by another. Leave it be, I'm in Love. Keep it real people.

PEACE!

[bruneri10]

i cant listen to this song without spunking

[cmd17xox]

i cant listen to this without sobbing

[skyseye]

this music can be played at any time... summer, winter, in joy, in sorrow... that is not easy to find...

[theduk3at]

joy?

I love the song, but come on, it's totally depressing.

[skyseye]

i don't thinks it's depressing at all... the guitar is not depressing... whatever chords he uses, they blend in a soothing mood... his voice is calming too... so i dont see how it its depressing...

[discoduck]

It's not depressing, though it's certainly contemplative and there's a palpable sense of being alone. He did write this, after all, during the dead of winter in a cabin in northern Wisconsin.

[lineasietisiete]

song is about the sea of dead scrolls

[hellsya24]

what do u mean by that

[Yabbablabba]

In the first line he says "This my excavation today is Qumran," It's a village in Palestine near Jerusalem where the caves are located that housed the Dead Sea Scrolls. I don't think it's what the whole song is about however.

[tbaines27]

there is a live version of this on here where he says its about playing poker....

and do u mean the dead sea scrolls by any chance?

[Yabbablabba]

I think it would be hard to nail any of his songs down as being about one thing. That's one reason he's so great, abstract and totally up for interpretation.

[Spursfc79]

The song is about the struggle to move on ("everything that happens is from now on"), following a break up from a loved one and a band.

I love the lyrics and the close of the song. He may not be a new man following the struggle but he's no longer chained by his own emotions and internal demons - "the sound of the unlocking and lift away". Stunning!

[jkl1378]

yeah, on the sufjan note, also check out 'casmir pulaski day' if you like this, and/or nick drake's 'pink moon'