The Tallest Man On Earth - Where Do My Bluebird Fly (Live on KEXP)

[eADistortedReality]

simply, wow.

[sbergema]

This man represents the future of art

[humancircuitry]

There is something harsh, endearing, beautiful, and heartbreaking about the way he sings. It makes me want to wrap him in a nice bear hug.

[tripstylin]

I swear, I thought it was Colin Firth playing the guitar when I saw the preview.

[pickupthecan92]

whats with the qq Kristian is playing shh..

[Teddiii95]

The video is amazing, and this guy is just... wow....

[RobbieNewtonMusic]

50 people can suck it. <3

[ChristopherHeynig]

Dang. The girls reaction at the end tells you what kind of artist this man is.

[Soulvania]

Can someone please, please tell me what kind of guitar that is...? I can see it has a classical head but the strings don't look nylon... I'm really loving it's sound and would love to purchase one just like it. Reply to me or message me if you happen to know (please & thank you) This is a beautiful piece of timeless music. :) -cheers

[TheMfmccarthy]

@Soulvania Most of all that comes down to the way he uses his hands and the fact that he uses a thumb pick. It would take years of feeling the way he does and sitting around with a guitar. Nothin else will get you there.

[Pluis1970]

@rayvenhammin & @USBCABLEGUY

Who are you to decide which reactions are valid and which aren't?

[rayvenhammin]

Last time I checked, this isn't Oprah. Nobody gives a shit about your probably completely fabricated RIP comments. That's what they have suicide hotlines for.

I just wanted to listen to the fucking song. Not read bullshit like this.

[Fl4SHEff3ct]

@rayvenhammin and as for you.. A lot of people are telling their stories of people they miss and i couldnt give 2 shits about your personal life at all either but it makes me so curious as to why you have to be so ignorant and arrogant about it.. If you dont care then dont read the comments or keep it to yourself.. you're just a troll and nothing more from the way i see it, and im not replying to any more of your guys spam...

[rayvenhammin]

@Fl4SHEff3ct fuck off. nobody cares.

[rayvenhammin]

@rayvenhammin exactly why im not going around posting about my fucking personal life. i dont care if people give a shit.

[FallDownDontGetUp]

This sounds a lot like the theme for "Gerudo Valley".

Particularly the instrumental bit he returns to a bit, which is also the intro.

[apcontoi]

P.P.J , never forget you brew, you rememebr that time... not a day goes by. Love adam. r.i.p

[sindre17]

iknow...... that is why i asked

[sindre17]

Sound like bob dylan , when are u going to norway?

[dkgs97]

@sindre17

he's from sweden. :P

[11snicklefritz]

who else saw this video when it had like a thousand views and are still listening to it ? I hope this is always one of my favorites... so fucking beautiful the chick at the end is totally right

[SuchHandsomeSilver]

The whimsical lyrics and courageous melody can take you away.

[Lynx45678]

I love the guitar more than the vocals <3

[Tangeloz]

he has a butt for a chin.

Good song though.

[BuddyMcFriend]

SHUT UP CHERYLL WATERS

[nzskatehamburg]

Why nobody likes FIASHEff3t s comment, this is the saddest story i ever read on youtube.

[grooviescycleshop]

if you dig this check out The Regretting Man on youtube

[4Chaff]

Thank you KEXP, this version is mindblowing ! Much better than the album's one =)

[MrM00nst3r]

where do my poobirds fly yeah

[harrywhoyou]

@MrM00nst3r ahha

[MrM00nst3r]

heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee­eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee­eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee­eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee­eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeha.­

[Seagerash]

'talented' seems an understatement.. beautiful song

[RamblinRound247]

If you love this tune check out the band Ramblin' Pan

[Fl4SHEff3ct]

1997-2010***

[Fl4SHEff3ct]

My buddy Robbie.. He passed away 16 months ago. Fell down a flight of stairs and went into a coma and passed away 3 days later. He was 13 years old, what an age to go at. This is the second christmas without him.. this song is so beautiful and it lets me know how everything is okay and i can see him again sometime soon, I miss him

R.I.P Robert Mcintosh 1998-2010

[USBCABLEGUY]

@Fl4SHEff3ct If this is true you are a fucking moron for posting it, and even more of a moron if its not true, keep your personal life to yourself instead of telling people you dont even know just to get your comment some attention.

[rayvenhammin]

@USBCABLEGUY finally someone else who fucking agrees.

[Cinnamon2814]

@rayvenhammin Mfw is story is actually true, considering i know flasheffect, and my buddy robbie, who passed away at a very young age. Have some respect bud

[Fl4SHEff3ct]

@USBCABLEGUY i'll be the bigger man and end the comments here..

[Cinnamon2814]

@USBCABLEGUY Calm down buddy, i know this guy too. He was one of my best friends. If youre gonna talk shit about a dead kid, go fucking die yourself

[arvidL2]

@Fl4SHEff3ct 1998-2010 and 13 years old? No, sorry but that doesn´t work. Either you are trolling or your facts are wrong.

[Fl4SHEff3ct]

@arvidL2 i knew him for awhile but i didnt know his birthday all i know is that he was in grade 7 when i was in grade 8 a couple years ago and he passed during that summer. @cinnamon2814 was his bestfriend so he knows him better than i would

[arvidL2]

@Fl4SHEff3ct @Cinnamon2814 Okay, I believe you guys and I must say I'm happy you weren't trolling. Not because of finding out that this Robbie actually died, but because I think it would be very rude and disrespectfull to joke about such a thing. I'm very sorry for your loss.

[Fl4SHEff3ct]

@arvidL2 It's alright and thanks

[Fl4SHEff3ct]

@arvidL2 and that is also why i put a correction thing below that comment saying "1997-2010*"

[Cinnamon2814]

@arvidL2 When i moved to a new place, Robbie was the first kid i met, we knew each other for years i can honestly say when i heard he died(i was 14), i honestly broke down into tears, he was one of my closest friends,we had so many memories together, i assure you flasheffect is not trolling

[Cinnamon2814]

@Fl4SHEff3ct This is robbies ocituary for the douche bags who dont believe us...((( your life moments . ca / site pages / obituary . asp ? oId =409097))) delete the spaces

[72daddymack]

So now I can't decide who is a greater folk artist of modern day...

Iron and Wine, City and Colour, or Tallest Man on Earth. Ahhhh.

[JennaFromCanada]

@72daddymack City and Colour. Haha.

[gotf]

@72daddymack I'll go with Tallest Man on Earth. The other two are good but they're not in his league.

[eternallyawildflower]

@72daddymack One doesn't have to be better than the other. They can all be equally great for their own reasons.

[MeggyMs]

If you guys feel like checking out my cover, feel free to do it. This is me singing Love Is all, by Tallest Man ON Earth> watch?v=EWUaHoKyXLU <3 I made with love and affection. And if you enjoy it, please thumbs this comment up so I can stay in the top and more people can watch it! Gimme your opinion on my voice and my guitar skills, it means a lot to me!

[MeggyMs]

oh fuck, i aint got words to say how much his music means to me :~~

[audiochris78]

Fantastic.

[CrispyRingo]

@thajoker2991 haha, that's sick.

[MrsAisthebestteacher]

never before has an artist impacted my life this much. I was contemplating commiting suicide tonight but listening to this man made me think twice. Thank you

[whiskerswendy]

i love his voice... it's kind of throaty and raspy. it makes me feel at home :)

[swefan123]

This man is so amazing and can get all the women´s he wants....i´m so jealous. I´m from sweden btw and he is the thing to be most proud of Sweden :)

[frouwoulou]

looks a bit like barney stinson!

[ZoePardeeSinginstone]

Genius! 

[cantgetgot]

Anyone figured out how to play this yet? I'm literally staring at his hands and I can't figure it out. It seems to be capo on the 8th but played in dropped D tuning... wtf... who does that? Mind=blown.

[tallestfoxes]

@cantgetgot Tuning is DGDGBbd

[Quack4Zac]

@cantgetgot

haha it's called an open tuning. 

[MACKYDELICIOUS]

Is there any way on this earth that I can download this version of this song? I've fallen in love with it.

[inewell90]

@MACKYDELICIOUS i've been searching frantically, as well.

i'll let you know if i have any luck.

hopefully you'll do the same for me if you find it?

[MyVersionOfReality]

@inewell90 youtube - mp3. org just convert the file :D

[axlif]

his guitar picking is awesome here..better than the recording it seems

[harrywhoyou]

FINALLY! Over one million views. This dude deserves it.

[fomoco30]

His guitar pickup is a bar of soap and it sounds great!

[johndoobix]

@fomoco30 His pickup is not a bar of soap... I mean, are you really that ignorant?

[deadhead825]

@fomoco30

A bar of soap?.. that says Shadow? I don't know what kind of drugs you're on, but please share..

[PedroWilson45]

this is so amazing! his studio recordings don't help though.

[soulbrother16]

I remember when this video had under 10k views, crazy.

[BWASPADUBSTEP]

@soulbrother16 yeah he blew up really quick..well deserved . there is no words to describe this album!!

[stoffe77]

I dont wanna be captain obvious but some of the comments are really stupid and didnt it srsly hit your mind that it might be his stage name?

[AstrayQQ]

@stoffe77 Are you really that stupid dude?

[wastagwaga]

these guys have gazillion guitars so they can change between guitar tunings easily. i'll need another guitar so i wont have to spend hours switching between standart E tuning and this ridiculous one.

[DavyJones1324]

Love this.

[ittsdann]

i want this version of the song -_-

[Imika97]

This is sick, it's a really hard song to sing. He sings this freaking amazing

[IHeardEverythinUSaid]

I like this guy a lot, but correct me if I'm wrong... isn't the guitar piece for this song nearly identical to his song "It will follow the rain"?

[TheAndyjmartin]

The only reason I just made this youtube account is to say how fucking amazing that was...

[theusernameiwant]

almost watched this 100 times

[AcidBurnIoI]

Omg, this song almost made me cry twice in Roskilde...

It was one of the most epic moments in my life <3

[cravatterianazionale]

look at the perfection: here it is.

[rafinhasilva30]

Dear God,this song is fucking awesome.

[elenabambi94]

ahhhhhhhhhhhh beautiful

[evilthesaurus]

He's always outdoing himself.

[MotherTeresa456]

@RDBeatnik I love you, your comment is fanastic but you're right it is false advertising ,I would say he needs a good stretch as he looks average height which is not on :D x

[jaymiket]

this song makes my world go round!!!! like i love him so much it is absolutely ridiculous!

[HipsterMcFlipster]

That finger picking is insane!

[Darkknight9955]

the woman talking in the end was annoying. song is a beauty though... some lyrics we got here.

[xavieraverbouch]

incredible! one of the best songs ever!

[RollinintheGanjamans]

this dude look just like my uncle Jon!

[morgantown1]

@RollinintheGanjamans I know, it's uncanny!

[09Chip09]

insane guitar skills! this guys a don

[RDBeatnik]

I saw this guy live a while back. He came out on stage and wasn't particularly tall. I was fuming at the blatant false advertising. "Why, he's hardly tall at all. THIS IS A BLOODY OUTRAGE!", I exclaimed. I harrumphed and made my way toward the ticket booth, demanding a refund. Then he started to play. I went back to my seat.

[IrishDntEat]

@RDBeatnik

you went to see a guy play because you thought he was tall?

dude.

[Xixoclx]

@IrishDntEat

you thought he ment that for real?

dude.

[melissarestagno]

@Xixoclx I'm pretty sure he was kidding.

[GodAwfulUsername]

@IrishDntEat hahahahaha! my thoughts exactly. so many "HE ISN"T TALL!?" you don't see Metallica fans screaming "THEY AREN"T MADE OF CARBON-ALLOY!!?"

[chillaballe]

it feels like he's playing just for me..

[dendre45]

'i could listen to you all day' rhymes with 'listen to you play'

that radio woman has wicked lyrical skills and rhymes like it's nothing..

just pointing that out..

[joaoabreuAM]

@dendre45 i could sit here all day

[99tromp]

wow, I listened to one of his song 5 hours ago and here I am, still can't believe I didn't know who he was..

[PaperPoliticians]

that is one of the coolest guitar parts i have ever heard

[Tha1calledjoe]

so good... so good.

[jakeborlace]

i love his voice but it sounds so painful to sing like that

[11TimeOut11]

Too bad most swedes have no idea who he is..

[NUBF]

@11TimeOut11 so ironic, isn't it?

[MightyRodz]

His voice sound much better in these kexp versions, he should sing like this more often

[ZooeySon]

This sounds similar to the Gerudo Valley theme in Ocarina of Time.

[draver21]

Nice ass for a chin. Hell, this man makes great music.

[imBDeezy]

YouTube needs a repeat feature

[imBDeezy]

Swedish man make sweet music.

[heart0fthesun]

this song isn't long enough.

[STOPSAYINGOHDEER]

I see a ring on his left hand...fuck.

[HogieChris]

@STOPSAYINGOHDEER That's the right hand.

[CxKoKoxJ]

@HogieChris There's a ring on his left too

[motherfhacca]

@STOPSAYINGOHDEER hahaah yeah fuck

[MrDonwaldo]

The girl I've fallen for just told me she doesn't feel the same. This song is perfect

[Assenvan]

@MrDonwaldo

Stay strong brother.

[HJManson]

@MrDonwaldo probably cos you're a douche

[soccergod725]

his name should be luckiest man on earth!

[justafeeling1]

Amazing voice (speachless) :)))



[HJManson]

@justafeeling1 im speachless aswell, we have so much in comun!

[therosetyrant]

I could actually eat his voice.

[300LeeBee]

Seen TMOE in Manchester he was AWSOME the best gig ever!!

[madhatter1161]

this dude is bad fuckin ass

[TheMarkos1986]

those radio guys: "that was beautiful i'm actually speechless... [but i keep talking on and on]"

[ThelastJohnSilver]

@TheMarkos1986 well it is a figure of speach, it is after all radio...

[11TimeOut11]

wish i could write songs like this.

[ColorfulHyena]

Is the title intentionally grammatically incorrect?.. hmm.

[Alien5p]

@ColorfulHyena yes

[Jboyle430]

How can he be so good at guitar wtf?

[Alien5p]

Jesus Christ.

[Nanikee]

F***ing amazing. I want to marry him.

[AnthoNadon]

this version is even better than the album one

[annismusic]

and one m0:00re time.

[rmglenn25]

45 have never seen a bluebird

[TheKitChapman]

don't understand how he hasn't got to higher than #180 in the charts....ridiculous

[madhatter1161]

WOW that dude has it

[nobodypk]

James Franco voice at the end

[bratuxx]

1000403!!

WIN

[xenophonon123]

i think we should all win a million dollars when this song hits 1,000,000 million kajillion hits. Which it will. Next Tuesday.

[chocoloped]

goesbumps...

[chapsofsatan]

well done on your role in kings speach.

[MrCrunchy19]

get this shit to 1 million views

[mkloki66]

john prine reincarnation...amen

[d3m0nc1aw]

This music may have changed my life.

[systematiccountdown]

I am so proud to be Swedish. I wish I could sing that good. I want his voice, I don't care that I'm female, that voice is following me everywhere in my headphones!

[tyeisch]

What pisses me off... HE WAS IN FUCKING AMERICA!? and I was there...

[wassupdoc319]

2:49 what a manly butt-chin

[SignorCrapalot]

this recording is better than the studio record, but that's just how i see it :)

[klassetompa]

Proud to be Swedish right now!

[TheTovee]

man kan inte vara mer än stolt över att vara stolt när man hör detta!

[TheTovee]

@TheTovee *stolt över att vara svensk

[jdj1017]

So many people misunderstand this man's voice! its so devastating! His voice is so powerful and rough, and people misinterpret is as awful. I wish people would stop listening to singers like Britney Spears and Lady Gaga, and come to understand REAL music!

[carnut476]

He stinks

[TheMasterOfSounds]

@carnut476 Well good for you, now gtfo and let the rest who has a good taste in music comment. When i dont like a song i dont say shit because i know others like it, no matter how awfull it is. Not even Bieber. i just wish everyone had the strength to leave things you dont like the fuck alone

[TheMasterOfSounds]

@carnut476 that last sentence didnt make no sense, i just wish everyone had the strength to leave things "they" dont like the fuck alone.

[ChristianPLM]

@TheMasterOfSounds you're also wrong. since he said everyone, it would be "everyone had the strength to leave things he doesn't like the fuck alone". Everyone is singular and therefore they would not match up if you said they. Also, you used a double negative in your first sentence when you said "didn't make no sense." don't correct grammar on youtube when you don't know how to use it yourself.

[TheMasterOfSounds]

@ChristianPLM I was correcting myself you giant asshole!!! LOLS, i cant correctmyself now??? Not that im any good at english but i know enough to say: if you dont like it, then get the fuck out of here. That was my message to him. And btw, I WAS CORRECTING MYSELF!!! IDIOT!!!!

[bumbawumbawumba]

@TheMasterOfSounds GOSH!

[JcGrubbsFilms]

i soooo wish he was more popular than what he is, he is amazing

[Zenonymen]

This recording is much better than that on the CD. I think this is one of the better songs by The Tallest Man on Earh, and really hope that he considers to record this again in a new CD, since the version in Shallow Grave has such poor quality.

[tomjunowak]

@Zenonymen Oh my god, yes, you are so right. You're the first person out on the internet that I have seen remark on the quality of that song...and some others too.

[DerektheRed21]

I wasnt really into this guy when i first heard him, but by chance my friends ended up with a spare ticket to one of his concerts in minneapolis so why not go if it gave me an excuse to get out of the house? after seeing him live I've been a fan of his ever since

[TheRainforestt]

milion views wow , shows how inovative this swede is .

cant think nothing to say but thanks ....