I told her of the other new worlds We'd discover as she gave up her body to me, As I chopped up her mainsail for timber, I told her of all that we still had to see. As the ice frost turned her moorings To nine-tails and the wind lashed her sides in the cold, I burned her to keep me alive every night in the loving embrace of her hold. I won't call it rescue, What brought me back here to this old world to drink and decline, Pretend that the search for another new world was well worth the burning of mine. But sometimes at night, in my dreams, Comes the singing of some unknown tropical bird, And I smile in my sleep, Thinking Annabel Lee's finally made it to the top of the world. Fuck.

Probably the greatest performance of all time, in my eyes.

How has this only 360k views? I've watched it at least that many times on my own...

this video is so important to me.

I watched this to figure out the guitar

STOP I CAN ONLY GET SO HARD

I think I love him...❤

I'm so glad he sightly flubs that note at 9:16 so we know he is actually a human being

Much better than the usual devils. What are we left worshiping, though, we few, starved-proud few? What's the point, Poe? Why riddle me, Shakespeare? What are you forever driving me at?

punch bro

this is fluttery nickel creek .... not punch brothers... he can't help himself ...

That's some good playing. Aw, if you could but liberate the absolute, I don't care what her name is, Anabelle or whoever, liberate her from this shit-earth spell of nonsense, this big beggardly spell, I'd almost agree to believe, T.S. Eliot ever wrote a poem.

I wonder if the asshole who whistles in the middle after the solo knows he's an asshole or if he just thinks that's how people show appreciation in live performances that are being recorded.

every time I watch this I think how is this even real

This is stunning, just stunning.

I've watched this hundreds of times over the years and it never get's old. Such a beautiful performance..and the way he LOOKS at her.

I got a Genshin impact add at 6:19 and nearly threw my phone

outstanding

If the playing was any less brilliant then the most amazing thing about this video would be that that mandolin stayed perfectly in tune through all of that!!

Watching Chris Thile play makes me completely understand the mythologies of gods and divine muses of music. He plays mandolin like a man possessed and I absolutely envy him for it.

NICE !!!! Josh would love this !

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Truth, Poe actually ate them. Narrative of Arthur Gordon Prym. Voted best novel by the Guardian, but who are we kidding ourselves?, even the Poe himself admitted it was shit.

This guy is quite simply astounding, in so many genres.

For a man who takes his inspiration from Poe, I want to turn you to something, why keep wriggling, it is free to all things free to all things marvelous. We have all lived long enough, some of the finger spoons live especially well-guarded long ugly lives. Play your midget guitar, midget, play, play, play, especially play. For I shall hold thee up from this day till the ending of the world. And so play stupid music, midget, play, I beg thee, play.

This is really good. But still, for a change, I'll arrange it he's the devil. It's the least I can do.

true musicianship is being able to pour your heart in the moments notice. this dude tours and makes moments like this

This guy is a gift to the world. An incredibly well written song performed by a guy who has completely mastered his instrument. Watched it maybe 20 times and will watch it another 20 I’m sure… Thanks Chris!

I seem to remember a similar video of Thile playing Song for a Young Queen, possibly from this same show - also B&W, from similar angle. Was one of my other favorite Thile videos, but can’t seem to find it. Anyone else know what I’m talking about, or where that’s run off to?

He’s only gotten better since then!

Um......

Thank you SO MUCH for this.

It really is almost impossible to believe that anyone could be this great just doing his job.... a true master at his craft.💛🎶

Which partita is?

This is the peak of music

Only one Chris can ever exist.Lucky us.

The prelude to the transition into Bach was so incredibly seamless. There's a reason he got a McArthur genius Grant

kzbin.info/www/bejne/gmLXgn6Xn7lpbck my nemisis!

Holy Cow! Breathtaking!

A beautiful song covered beautifully! 👏🏻

Well. Kinda takes the focus off the song, eh? With all the virtuoso shenanigans? Back to Ritter...

295k views, and probably 100 are just from myself....

Josh Ritter means Salvation rider, just realised.

This is my favorite performance of anything ever.

puro art

The second solo, roughly around 6:30, so invocative of a terrible sea gale, painfully cold and blinding in white ice. Really brings you into the story.

WOW ! ! !

This gives me arthritis

You can't reasonably expect music to get much better than this.

Oj tak byczku !! +1 wielkie kurdeee ,aleeez melodiaaaa