Joanna Newsom - Sawdust And Diamonds (live in glasgow)

[serenadescandal]

I'm actually crying this is so beautiful

[goldenlua]

this is an amazing video of her harp playing! fantastic shot.

[okretro]

i want to marry this girl! : )

[jacobson54]

she is AMAZING live

[dunstonchecksin86]

I wish the sound quality was better.

This would hvae been amazing to hear live

[bmargarete]

i so wish you couldve captured the whole thing... this is one of the best performances of this song i've seen yet

[PrisonersofWoW]

WoW

[explosiveshrooms]

pretty cool

that guy's a lucky anal

[nutnoodle]

Oh wow... I hope she comes back to Glasgow, I've only recently discovered the magic that is Joanna Newsom!

[danceurhrtout22]

She's from California....

[nelson3300]

repurzent from the east bay :) lol <3 u joanna!!!!

[Heartbeat4]

She scottish?

[ursulabear3]

she is so amazing it hurts sometimes.

[AnandaShake]

its amazing when a musician reaches the public silence.

its so amazing that automatically everyone shut up

[kjiar]

right :D

[jslewis79]

this is stupendous. I would love to hear the orchestra with this, but either way, the song is so rich. In the middle when she goes into "and the moment I slept I was swept" and those base notes come in, holy god. I think this is very near to my favorite song of hers.

[54spiritedwill54]

Nice to see this view of her

[BoriStranow]

what a artist!

[salemrush]

Not many solo artists can command orchestral accompaniment.

So all you low brow neanderthals please, just go away

[YouveStolenMyEyes]

Is the conductor Baldur Bronnimann????

[weepingforbrunnhilde]

This woman is a prophet.

She sees the same things that John saw, that William Blake saw, that T.S. Elliot saw, Sylvia Plath, Yeats, Mahler, Shostakovich, Beethoven, etc., etc., etc.

I mean my God.

And she's so young.

She's so young.

Her artistry, her vision, her sadness, all of it, it comes for the other side, wheresoever that may be.

[dsbuchalter]

yep. can't agree more. wow!  genius, unfathomable.

[lucifersmirror]

Yes, I know, I know, and I cannot light a candle to her and I am a lyricist, I am a flesh and clay being, I am human being. So, interesting you should say 'all of it comes from the otherside' because this is precisely my suspicions too. Oh well, I suppose we're all here for 2 days anyway, the first and the last. Keep breathing, keep dreaming. :)

[weepingforbrunnhilde]

Keep breathing, keep dreaming.  Hear, hear.

[gluntford]

I know the place you speak of, but viewing it from my own athiest perspective magnifies her beauty immeasurably more than any other perspective could, for me.

[weepingforbrunnhilde]

That's an interesting thought--what do you mean?

[TheOdderOne]

@weepingforbrunnhilde Soul clap its hands and sing.

[FlockaLorenzzz]

@weepingforbrunnhilde Did you seriously just compare this talentless whore to Mahler, Shostakovich and Beethoven? I realise this comment is over 2 years old but I had to reply. You are insane if you think she holds a candle to any of those composers.

[weirdfoot]

@FlockaLorenzzz you can disagree, but you don't need to call her names. That's just ignorant.

[mkfilmes]

wish I could have been there, looks like it was a great show :) pity the audio isn't better

[spritenite]

How does she keep the harp from falling on her?

[aprilstarchild79]

Most of the weight isn't on her, it's on the base. Only a portion of it rests on her right shoulder.

[evancopelly]

too bad she's in a gym or something!

[bellerinplain]

Her voice sounds beautiful here.

[MagicalP0ny]

Yea, it sounds to me like she tried to improve it...I don't think she should.

She still owns though.

[antidote7]

I keep hearing these voice comments. She can sing, it's just different. She's just very unique which is freakin great! I suppose Diamanda Galas cant sing, or Harry Pratch vocal peices aren't good because people dont get it? Ridiculous...

[toobusytothinkaname]

She tried to improve her voice here, didn't she? Anyway, I love it.

[NaiveAmoeba]

Such a beautiful song and such a fantastic performance. Really makes the hairs stand up on my neck, and makes my throat ache slightly. God I wish I were more masculine :)

[BuffyLover01]

LMFAO! But I agree, she's gorgeous...

[squirtgunrobbery]

my favorite song, next to Only Skin, on Ys. i wish the orchestra like, improvised and did what they pleased. that'd have been interesting.

[tetryst]

haha the one song on the album that she plays solo

[SwitchtheMunky]

Christy, that was the best gig I've bees to this year, thanks for posting it.

[jennywren1]

Damnit, why didn't I know about this concert? I would have killed to be there. I should keep up with stuff more.

[ehsanul]

she's great!

but it's kinda funny how all those other musicians are just sitting around, cos i expected them to join in sometime, hehe... guess that happens later

[neutraljackhotel]

I saw her in Manchester. It was amazing.

I'm in love, as well...

[graf3000]

I was really bevvied at this and embarassingly shed a tear at one point. The incident reminded me of going to see ET as an 8 year old and hiding my puffy red eyes from my peers.

[basefreejuice]

I didn't spot Lightbody or Murdoch but do recall seeing Stuart and Dominic from Mogwai plus Aidan Moffat of ye olde Strap making their entrance. Christ, what a gig. Was there actually anyone left in the hall at the end who wasn't completely in love with her? Great work posting this.

[photek420]

Middleton was there as well.

It was a great gig, that be true. I'm in love, as I keep saying. Fuck.

[trainsurfer]

Brilliant! What a fantastic gig that was!

[KyleCuthbert]

Thanks for uploading this, it was an amazing concert, did anyone else there see Gary Lightbody from Snow Patrol while they were there?

[freekorps]

no!? was he there?

[awfullyrealgun]

I didn't see him but i spotted Stuart Murdoch of Belle and Sebastian there anyway

[Amotisthekiss]

that's AWESOME :D

[KyleCuthbert]

I saw him at the doorway as I was leaving, he was wearing a red hat I think. I assume he had just come out...

[freekorps]

im ragin, i wanted to interview him about his new favourite band, kowalski

[robbmcaulay]

Yeh I spied him outside, had to double take

[binarymilk]

i saw this last night in manchester.. check the vid i uploaded of clam crab cockle cowrie.. so nice

[bigmartydnb]

brillo. was a terribly fine gig

[robbmcaulay]

Aweeeeeeesome I was there! You don't have any videos where the orchestra are playing do you?

[freekorps]

no not enough memory for that, sorry

[awfullyrealgun]

Nice to see this view of her, i woulda been directly opposite you it would seem so her harp was obscuring my view a bit. Did you get the new song? Would kill for it yet I can't remember how it goes other than the yelps.

[gobblefrog]

Ooooo I want to see that one again too! that was amazing. it sounded kind of russian or something didn't it? well.. no. but like.. the key was I'm not sure. maybe arabic. I really don't know what I'm talking about but it was incredible anyway!1 I saw it in manchester though. Oh how exciting. I feel so unbelievabley privileged.