Bon Iver - Skinny Love (Glastonbury 28-06-09)

Bon Iver - Skinny Love (Glastonbury 28-06-09)

[@QueerAndUnplugged]

Birdy is just chirping about it...this guy lived it.

[@Vincanni]

I thought Birdy's rendition of the song was really good, but this is one of those songs where no cover will ever match the original. The emotion he pours into this just can't be emulated.

[@tonyfired]

indeed!

[@Dimitri04arshavin]

Vincanni Cover match the original ? Hurt - Johnny Cash

[@br00t4lbreakdownzfuk]

I never cared for Cash's Hurt. The meaning was too different from the original, it lost what originally resonated with me in the first place.Dimitri Medveckyj

[@yellowburger]

Cash changed the lyrics for the better though.

[@IsaacDaBoss]

Am I the only one who listens to this more than the studio version?

[@peesua]

+IsaacDaBoss Live music's usually always better.

[@johnnys3501]

I listen to the Jools Holland version more than either, best live performance in the history of music for me

[@redsonnetmusic]

+IsaacDaBoss no, you are not.

[@rarethen9]

+IsaacDaBoss have this version on itunes

[@JaminaRosales]

+IsaacDaBoss no, you aren't. I do the same thing :)

[@NeonIndieGirl]

When i asked my friends who wrote this song they all said Birdy. It's kind of sad :( i love bon iver

[@DaddyGamerOz]

Several years since I first heard this, and it still makes me ache for a girl a long, long time ago.

[@SamanthaSteinbring7]

Cam Allen same... every time it's like this song reopens a wound I thought had long ago healed over.

[@Tyndaal604]

Like a fuckin' angel.

[@Jokerboss123]

I get chills just watching the video, imagine being at this show... incredible

[@Thomas-bi3te]

pure art, enough said

[@guitardudwithguitar]

I feel like im getting the best hug ever when I listen to this song

[@ccrose8438]

This is the ORIGINAL and the BEST!! So much emotion put into this song..LOVE IT!!!

[@LukeAnthonyDavey]

the way he sings "sullen load is full; so slow on the split" is amazing!

[@moore663]

the passion of this man is just incredible

[@zacho3432]

I still think this is the best 4 min on the internet. Still. Almost 15 years later

[@thee1Laura]

My favorite song! I absolutely hate how people give Birdy all the credit for this song. This version is way better :)

[@tryftryf1994]

exactly

[@thee1Laura]

Pedro Alves In what aspect am I silly sir? Everyone is entitle to have a different opinion and perspective on things.

[@TheDubyaB]

I never knew anyone ever gave her credit for anything but doing a GREAT cover of a GREAT song. I don't like (not even close to "hating") how some people get so upset that a little girl (I think she was like 15 when she did her cover) did a cover of a great song. Some silly shit imho.

[@erikahansen6959]

I don't think any true Birdy fan gives her credit for it because they know her first album (save 1 song) was all covers. But as I said elsewhere, she created an arrangement of this song that is used almost universally by many singers (particularly on shows like The Voice and American Idol). Both versions are amazing and there's no need to say one's better. And props to him for creating a song everyone wants to sing, including Birdy.

[@juliyangunasinghe4357]

This isn't a version! This is actually his song!

[@passi0neee]

There aren't enough words to describe this

[@leostevens4063]

I’ve listened to this version for a few years and JUST REALIZED (6/4/2020 [4/6/2020 for those across the pond]) that it was preformed on my birthday!

[@ThePianoGamesNetwork]

The awesomeness of two drum sets...

[@Zennsyg]

Holy crap. This an amazing performance.

[@DreddIsLaw]

I just love how he pours his heart into every word. A little tinge of anger here, a deep sorrow and regret there. Its just beautiful

[@Leberwursti]

This is the best version

[@Sazabiiiiii]

2:16 that whistle was amazing, should be part of the song.

[@richardhall5238]

I’d agree with that too

[@odysseaspastrikos8587]

I really prefer this Live version than the studio one. THIS, is absolutely awesome

[@Eknoy14]

The dark guy on the left lower side is killing it at 1:12

[@KoustubhBhattacharjee]

+Rotationsverzögerer Indians.

[@arisefromslumber7986]

Rotationsverzögerer he looks like Matt kirshen

[@waltermatthewberg]

Closest thing to a black guy that I saw in the crowd. I think that meets the diversity quota.

[@ashkay2512]

Still my fav to this day. And its 2017!!

[@tommcculloch6988]

I've listened to this every day for the last 6 months

[@zhy88ify]

So I was feeling nostalgic and all, then appeared that weird looking guy @ 2:48. LOL

[@QueerAndUnplugged]

gotta love it..seemed he was enjoying being whoever he was.

[@jensonsmummyxx]

Called a hippie love, glastonbury is the land of hippies

[@judithhunter1814]

My, my, my! That was interesting. Lol smh

[@MrLoverofallthings]

Pmsl

[@falconsfootball23]

God this shit gets me still.

[@ilsam28]

+Seth Jared same here.. after 6 years still

[@alexandrajoulie]

The best Skinny Love he ever sang

[@InTheRhettRow]

At first you never really like bon iver but after 2 or 3 times listening all there songs become the best, eargasm inducing songs you have ever heard.

[@ilikejapchae02]

I just love his guitar. I wanna buy one :)!!

[@davidduranskatetv1281]

LPYB 9509 his specific model is over 80 years old

[@pinkmoon831]

Two drummers in the band, never seen that, original...love him

[@samridha]

Talk about the Rawness! Never can't ever get over that voice.😍

[@hartforlonelyhart]

I don't know why everyone is always talking about Birdy's version when the original has so much passion and it just hurts do much more. This is absolutely beautiful.

[@AmduFrales93]

3:25 most powerful sounding part of a song I've ever heard, what an amazing performance. This whole song gives me the chills but I couldn't believe the awesomeness the first time listening, and I got to that point of the song and just wanted to replay it over and over

[@OthersOrSomething]

damn they hit it HARD at the end

[@paulmcd71]

wow wow wah wah wee wee wah its been 6 years now that i first heard bon iver this is my fav tune of his and defo one of my top 10 all time... we should all have a good winter. X

[@Leevaa94]

Who will love you? Who will fight? Who will fall far behind? I just love it :)

[@jocone123]

THIS is how you should sing this song. With passion and with only 8 "My's". :p

[@ChildOfTheUniverse3]

LOL dude at 2:51 killer outfit

[@jihoonlee5026]

Keagon Louw lol

[@TornadoHair]

This! Friends! And Family is head over heels the best things in our world today!

[@silverman82690]

Hands down the best version of this song. I wish I was there!!!

[@chrisdavis4035]

2:04 girl clearly doesn't know the lyrics

[@coleraynor9181]

XD

[@p4cks]

glastonbury epitomised

[@1860BamBam]

X

[@firsttimeisawjupiter1031]

Why is she even trying to sing then, right? Most annoying things in those types of concerts

[@engv_]

I REALLY HATE the people on the crowd who just are too high or dumb for this performance, this guy is living a song you will never understand.

[@NakedSnake02]

+Eilyn González I think that's probably the flaw of large scaled concerts- they elicit a certain mood that's only compatible with certain genres of music. A song like Skinny Love isn't suited for a platform like Glastonbury. It's best heard if you're alone or with a limited amount of people that can appreciate the ambience of the song.

[@adamotway3937]

I'm going to assume you have never been to glastonbury, the ambience of this song is not lost on this scale, its amplified, do yo uknow how stuck up you sound saying people are to high and dumb to apprecaite it, MUSIC is for everyone to appreciate it what ever way they see fit thats the appeal of it, it not some elitist subject, music is for the masses, something that seems to be lost on your opinions and ears.

[@Hameud]

I really love this song, but on an unrelated note, I'd love to see Dennis Chambers' face when he hears what seems to be a kid playing drums but sees THREE drummers playing this song. HILARIOUS! :D

[@2374010]

skinny love was never my favorite bon iver song, but live.. holy shit it blew me away.

[@amandaloshbough8878]

I love when there's a close up of someone in the audience and they're pretending to know the words but clearly they don't 😂

[@almpertz]

Black dude at 1:07 is like "This sucks...Drums?! Hell yeah, I love me some drums.

[@miggy_dlan]

*drumsticks

[@Spliffsman]

u must be stone to think about this damn loll

[@CharlieBourgeois_]

Dude ain’t black. He’s middle eastern ya blind fook

[@sephiroth666zack]

when the LSD hits you.

[@sephiroth666zack]

@@CharlieBourgeois_ should we call him brown then? cuz you can't call him white nether.

[@AmduFrales93]

first live performance I've seen that tops the studio cut... amazing

[@reppid22]

This sums exactly what makes Glastonbury so special. So Gutted I didn't go this year!!

[@sizzzla1]

This is what music is all about, to give us shiver. Wonder if the Beiber kid have ever succeded with that ?

[@reckonre]

who?

[@thegeniusfool]

Haha

[@JessOfClubs]

Can't there just be one video of Skinny Love by Bon Iver without Birdy's cover being bought up over and over again. It's the same fight on every single video. It's annoying.

[@TheDubyaB]

I hear ya. I love his and I love hers. Never seen so many people so afraid of a young lady singing a song she loves. Some people have different tastes. Get over it.

[@AmineSladefrayamine]

Wesley Horne she's talented, she's classy for her age, now let's just hope she'll be more adele and less miley cyrus... but let's forget all about that, just watch this beauty of scene, the drums, the unique shaped guitar, the homeless looking guy playing it and this song that beats of life!!

[@TheDubyaB]

Amine Slade Lol Well said friend.

[@carltonking416]

There have been 2 million hits on this video. I think I, myself, have hit 2 million of those hits. I LOVE THIS VIDEO, I LOVE IT, I LOVE IT, I LOVE IT!

[@MattBennetts]

The amount of passion shown at the end, is amazing. Bon Iver

[@K0lbstar]

2:46 fancy as fuck

[@blkpowerranger9455]

before people watched through their iphones

[@statha2008]

This particular video of this song never gets old.

[@Nerflover10097]

love that pause, before the chorus.

[@maisumfrancisco]

1:10 bottom left corner!

[@VanceEllis]

2:06 Herp derp derpa.... I don't know the words...

[@twocountries]

The essence of his own song!!!!!

[@Spare074]

I can't understand how people like the Birdy's cover more than this one !!! Bon Iver is amazing !

[@bogdanabadi22]

Girl at 2:52 changed her mind :P

[@michelledawn7622]

chick has 3 seconds on camera. can't even get lyrics right. ps) guy in heart glasses--- ROCKING IT.

[@RJduckyard]

I watch this every day.

[@woodsie7222]

Everytime I hear Skinny Love by Bon Iver. I just want to be back in England drinking with my mates. Simpler times 🍻

[@johnevangelista4326]

2:50

[@IanShurbet]

that guy at 2:46 xD

[@smirch]

Ian Shurbet Seriously I thought I was the only one that who's mind was blown by this dude.

[@log1x07]

+smirch mine was too, Im done for now

[@kaylie2317]

I like to come to this video every so often and just listen. Hearing the crowd sing along softly. Beautiful..

[@maggiemueller7910]

The replay button is my new best friend...

[@Jay_Sullivan]

haha at everyone trying to sing with him. not to mention half of them don't even know the lyrics xD

[@Festaddict555]

1:10 the guy in the blue top/red jacket! creepiest mofo ever, i shivered when he did that thing with his mouth!!

[@QueerAndUnplugged]

He was releasing a space alien residing in his body.

[@GLSUMAN12]

i just love watching the indian guy at the left in that shot

[@Wick3DSteely]

are you kidding me? he's just mouthing the rhythm. What's wrong with that? it's just like singing 'du ba du ba du du dum' at that part

[@Wick3DSteely]

kel 0000 how bout watch your language and don't talk to me that way.

[@twolittlepeople5438]

Awesome songwriter and singer...

[@chingmanching3653]

This is the best live version of this song, in my opinion. :)

[@AGVJ1988]

friendzone alert on 3:25

[@anthonynewsome]

Elvis & Frank never wrote a song - but knew how to perform them - some artists out there write a basic song and don't really perform it to it's full effect - Birdy covered a number of songs and changed the perception of the lyric's meaning - bringing them alive with emotion that was not there prior - and that from a kid of 12-13-14 is something worthy of praise and recognition - she then release an album of new compositions which are of a considerably high standard - youtube is infested with mean rotten little fucks who spend their entire existence trolling to vent their bile -

[@sjsh5837]

There is absolutely no way you can think that Birdy's version has more emotion than this. I'm all for personal opinions but this is fact

[@anthonynewsome]

Sj Sh a fact you believe - and I know that Birdy's version is much much better - when hearing the BI version first I didn't even listen - when I here Birdy sing it however she brings what is a simple lyric to life raising to a standard -

[@ryanbennett1339]

Birdy's version is inconsistent with the ideas presented in the song. Skinny Love is pretty poetic, filled with repetition, which is presented as intense, as though it's a frustration that's bursting from the seams. This is reflected by the writer and performer Justin Vernon, as he wrote it in frustration in his retreat to loneliness fueled by breakup of his band and his relationship. It's not a clean piano riff, or clean vocals, it's a culmination that bursts from its foundations in the chorus. The drums pound, the guitar is smacked, and the notes are a tad inconsistent, but its okay because emotions aren't supposed to be clean. If you can't appreciate his emotions, and claim them as wrong, then you simply can't appreciate the true emotion felt by Justin. Birdy's version is sang as a reflection, as though its contemplated. Skinny Love, by the lyrics, is a plea of frustration and unfiltered pain.

[@anthonynewsome]

Ryan Bennett you are entitled to your opinion indeed - as I said above Birdy's version gives these basic lyrics a level of meaning that Justin can not - as she recorded this at 12 or such - she has brought this song to new ears who would have otherwise ignored it -

[@sjsh5837]

anthonynewsome Sure she has, but it doesn't mean it's a better performance. Glee brought Bohemian Rhapsody to a whole new audience, but it was bloody awful

[@sophiastoller9889]

best live performance for skinny love in my opinion

[@theonlyexception2]

This song genuinley makes me so happy to be alive.

[@BREAKENSTEIN]

i hit this over and over and it cracks me up harder every time i do.

[@Deathsalon]

The best live performance ever !

[@Dubmeback]

My whole body is tingling, I don't understand how some songs can do that to you

[@underwearskids]

This is the best version I've come across to date, in my humble opinion. The studio version would resonate with my more, if there weren't so many layers on the vocals.

[@michoupedno395]

he is he, her earth is mine and he are a generous human and i appréciate he gift her voice and her talent , thank you sir, i'm a Canadian...Québec! merci beaucoup!

[@TheJodi33]

love love love it

[@MrSunshinePhil]

best live version of any song

[@KanwarAnand]

This looks like a great concert. Thanks for the video.

[@Engoloc]

you made my day! thanks for that... thumb up

[@shannonarmstrong2494]

Love this!

[@patd804]

this is just such an incredible version and the best thing is i am seeing him in under a months time :D

[@InsanityGames117]

love this song so much!

[@abbyhoisington595]

I have fallen completely, utterly, head over heels in love with this song.

[@wizcamille]

loveeeeeeeeee it live

[@stedookie8256]

I really love this!

[@DOODLEDOBOO]

Beautiful.

[@WhenTheNightMetDay]

what a powerful voice. love this dude so much.

[@Naddan9]

When the crowd sings along, gives me the shivers. Amazing.

[@7wheels]

Love this

[@cswoody879]

Fantastic and I have even spotted myself on the front row, great memories, thanks.

[@MrNoyce1]

Great!! Really amazing!

[@Eriicaa773]

This just made me so emotional. I cant even. Omg.

[@rillyhat14]

Just perfect.

[@KirstyMcCulloch]

Oh far out, this is so beautiful, the music, the crowd...love that camera shot from close behind just Bon and the sky...........