Bon Iver - Skinny Love (Later Archive)

Bon Iver performs Skinny Love on Later... with Jools Holland.
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[@dheerajsharma7252]

Thank u Emma for breaking my man's heart....

[@damanpurasyiem0205]

"Emma is not a person, Emma is a place that you get stuck in, it is a pain that you cannot erase" -Justin Vernon

[@dheerajsharma7252]

I know he said all that but emma was also the name of his exgirlfriend, Sara emma jensen.

[@mariatheresafloresca4166]

😞

[@drewyork8514]

😂😂

[@SuperShaunyC]

you'll be alright pal

[@ItsZeppelinPVP]

that “who the hell was I” really hits different

[@luchill6863]

yes.

[@miymahran8294]

big facts!

[@naith86]

And then “WHO’S GONNA LOVE YOU”

[@ollyc167]

sound engineer also nailed this performance

[@shhtha]

There's only a guitar and 1 mic 😂

[@zab666]

@@shhtha even simple setups can be screwed up easily by crappy sound engineers

[@shhtha]

@@zab666 Then they're not sound engineers

[@TeamPill]

@@shhtha facts

[@bushkies]

@@zab666 this is the truest youtube comment I've ever seen. I've witnessed countless 2 input setups be wildly messed up by people who think they know what they're doing

[@abikeefe1398]

He plays like he can still vividly feel the pain that caused him to write the song.

[@KingOfCheezWiz]

Its as though he sees them on his eyelids, and won't open his eyes for fear of losing them again.

[@kageyama5957]

@@KingOfCheezWiz why am I crying....

[@lachietaylor3208]

This clip is like a decade old

[@lanecolbert3432]

@@lachietaylor3208 point still stands

[@flangelouder]

@@lachietaylor3208 yet here we are

[@paulcargill]

His best performance of this song. Better than the studio version.

[@calebhuff8212]

His performance for Take Away Shows was also INCREDIBLE

[@pearljamin]

Best is when you are feet away from him 🙂

[@alexanderday3180]

Couldn't agree more. WAYYYYY better than the studio version. First and only version for me..

[@mariahcarreiro8858]

All of Bon Ivers music is better live. That makes Justin such an amazing artist

[@jellyandme]

Oh dear, I came to the comments because I was thinking "dude seems...out of practice"

[@condimentking414]

Adele once said Bon Iver was one of the loves of her life... So is mine.

[@peachfreude]

We can share

[@damanpurasyiem0205]

Is this legit?

[@hugos4355]

She said his "music" was the love of her life, not him.

[@condimentking414]

@@hugos4355 I know.

[@israelalvarez4884]

Who is Adele ?

[@WindHowlerDoesStuff]

I don't understand how anyone can say 'birdy's is so much better' this is a man who performed a song he wrote in one of the worst times of his life - the song is just raw emotion. Yeah, Birdy's sounds nice, but you just can't rival the feelings Justin Vernon gives off when he performs this. It's unparalleled

[@johnmacdonald7372]

The emotion adds so much to the song, prefer this one 10/10 times.

[@junecoke357]

I prefer both. I listen to each one's version depending on my mood.

[@mariorosales1510]

No one says that lol

[@buttonman6262]

Yep!

[@anon420anon]

yea, exactly. birdy sounds nice, but this was a man pouring out his soul. nothing could ever compare to something like that

[@isaacwaller2547]

even after all the years its been since he wrote this song, he still performs it as if its a brand new song. That's what i love about bon iver

[@oscarzambrotta8518]

This performance is over a decade old... still brilliant

[@Glenuig]

BBC music are just uploading old Jools holland clips to keep us happy. This is a video from when it came out years ago lol

[@THEH0WLER87]

@@oscarzambrotta8518 actually 8 years...still brilliant

[@oscarzambrotta8518]

Smolkenerbs420 Na this was uploaded to KZbin by someone else 8 years ago but that doesn’t mean it was when it was recorded. Stop tryna bait me I’m tryna enjoy my furlough

[@simonp8698]

@@THEH0WLER87 Actually.. May 2008.

[@FollowThatApp]

Why is no one talking about the guitar playing? as raw and beautiful as his voice. The change in pace, those little licks...

[@troublewithweebles]

That metal fascad really changes the sound, too.

[@OneEyedGhoul84]

@@troublewithweebles it's also because it's in a unique tuning, open C. Really fun and relatively simple to play song. Singing along is a different story lol

[@troublewithweebles]

@@OneEyedGhoul84 yes indeed. I play this song myself.

[@benjamincera1806]

Dobro

[@zah936]

Ikr😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@theteeth08]

Best folk song of the 2000’s

[@antoniocolaco3815]

Fleet Foxes White Winter Hymnal

[@danksl1754]

nd James Vincent mcmorrow and Ben Howard

[@georgekirby7150]

@@antoniocolaco3815 no. Still this.

[@astralnight3493]

ew@@antoniocolaco3815

[@manwithumbrella]

LOL ... just because a song is played on acoustic guitar doesn't make it a folk song, you don't know what that expression means.

[@r4ndomish]

One of the finest performances the show has had in my opinion. He pours his soul out during this.

[@zachy7461]

Wouldn't go that far mate hahah. Decent version though none the less:)

[@r4ndomish]

Did you see that part where I said "in my opinion"? That's the thing about all art, subjectivity. I am not sure what you commented for at all, to be honest- but have a good one!

[@Yertz1]

This and Kanye's Blood on the Leaves are just awesome, their best versions

[@rgsnr8702]

are we ever really free to roam or are we only to regard a freedom is home a human instinct is to explore the earth but shackled by a commercial notion of what we are worth money pays for every step we make and a childhoods dreams we must forsake for each world into which we were born decides what freedoms we will thrive or remain forlorn

[@gudspellar3605]

I agree 100%. Some of the greatest performances of songs have come from Jools show. Check out neil Young singing Old Man on the same show a generation earlier capturing the same captivating magic.

[@SundaeDrives]

We throw the word 'brilliant' around too much. But this, this is what brilliant feels like.

[@melitosaldanha9417]

🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@DjBlakkTux]

same thing with 'genius'

[@frostyandtwothirds]

genuinely think this is the best performance of any song ever

[@bqfilms]

checkout Snuff by Corey Taylor live in london, it's like the same feeling but with more of a grudge/rock vibe

[@zekkez]

Totally agree, these are almost perfect too. Ben Howard - Small things (Solo Session) kzbin.info/www/bejne/gmS5fnZ-gNyhfpI Kelly Jones (Stereophonics) Maybe Tomorrow kzbin.info/www/bejne/boWVnaBnpNF8oa8 Catfish and the Bottlemen covers The Killers - Read my Mind kzbin.info/www/bejne/mpfMaWZ-gbF4bqM

[@evanderholiday2535]

@@zekkez absolute wild shouts 😂

[@zekkez]

@@evanderholiday2535 🤣 in a good or bad way?

[@evanderholiday2535]

@@zekkez Very bad hahahaha. Although I hold all three of those artists in very high regard

[@WTFFederation]

I come back to this every few months. When he gets to the "who the hell was I?" line, he puts so much more emphasis on it than on the studio version. It's crushing and beautiful and raw and tragic all at once.

[@claytonbeery1441]

yes.

[@dawes1360]

thats the exact part that has kept me coming back to this version

[@djpeters6087]

Same. Back again

[@martinpotts]

How can a song make you so happy and so sad at the same time..

[@tymeadors855]

i think that feeling is called bon iver. you feel it while listening to every song, so that just has to be it.

[@troublewithweebles]

It's watcha call Sappy. And it's ok to call it that.

[@revjim77]

You may want to re-listen Fill Me Up, Buttercup.

[@revjim77]

“Build me up...”.

[@deeb5688]

Exactly

[@IndieVibes2024]

It feels good to feel sad sometimes you know? Because atleast your honest when you cry. You know exactly who you are

[@user-cx1en4bu2x]

Yes ❤

[@keciliaitdjebbara]

Interviewer : ”Skinny Love” seems this one is about the moment you knew things were destined to fail. Bon Iver : Well, this wasn't about who you think it would be about. Part of the trouble with the old haunting love, is that it fucks with your future loves, and can damn and/or ambush your relationships. That's who this is about. " ☘

[@neilcampbell8499]

Ooft

[@collinmelo1372]

:/

[@makogoblin]

Idk if you'll read this but thank you for commenting this, you just cleared my head and got me out of a bad spot, thank you.

[@peachl2290]

His name is Justin lol

[@ParanoidParkProject]

What a display of emotions. Don't care guitar. Don't care singing. This is a transformation and exchange of something more private that can never be defined.

[@slipperytiger]

It's so weird this song is 12 years old and he still preforms it with so much heart and soul you'd think he wrote it yesterday.

[@MobbareKurtz]

Sorry to break it to you but this performance is from 2008, he really was fucked up here :'(

[@Gabriel-vk9oc]

This and Ben Howards End of the affair are the best performances on Jools imo.

[@christopherpuddephatt1771]

Agree 100%

[@Ryanide07]

the raw emotion of both love performances...Ben Howard’s still does it for me till this day

[@TheFieryFurnace2012]

Good man

[@ryannse]

Ben on kcrw doing depth over distance.... it's a perfect performance. 2 of the best live musicians around.

[@TalkingWithTom]

got randomly recommended that performance of end of the affair. it's the video that got me into ben howard and i'm so glad it did

[@SM-gy5wv]

this is the rawest performance of anything i have ever seen

[@kimmykimko]

If you can get into French, look at Lara Fabian Je suis Malade. It's a performance of the top quality.

[@kristinaniman8549]

This song feels like home....

[@TheWhyer]

not this one? ;) kzbin.info/www/bejne/qWLMg4etjbx0sLM

[@kristinaniman8549]

👌

[@MrCharlie066]

I knew I’d cry. I didn’t want to cry. But here we are. 🥲

[@danielfros]

That's the most convincing expression of heartbreak coming through the voice, that I've ever heard.

[@Ukepuke95]

Timeless performance. You can feel the passion through the screen

[@owenharrington5776]

Agreed

[@fleetwitchmac]

3:02 - no words, just a raw animal emotion and probably the best part of the whole performance

[@vincentkicas9880]

I love what you said

[@dylanmarsh5789]

The guitar part on the first 30 sec absolutely BLOWS me away. It sounds like taking a deep breath before speaking a difficult painful truth

[@calravens8707]

so we’ll put into words…..felt the same

[@timetravel_00]

2022 and this is still a banger no other version can top this.

[@marymauntz5805]

Truth

[@mvlpix4419]

just showed a friend this song, she never heard of him. and i had her in tears. any more words needed?

[@glueh]

Never ever!!!

[@maleficentblock]

2023 now and point taken :D Soooo timeless...

[@timetravel_00]

@@maleficentblock I'm back here, thx for the notification!

[@unlockdaniel]

This is what dying feels like. When someone or something tears a hole in you so big, all you can do is bleed out

[@mrphim13]

Too familiar

[@carterwelland8973]

Bit dramatic

[@caffers7744]

@@carterwelland8973 doesn't mean it isn't true.

[@beigestallion2929]

Clearly none of you have died before You shit yourself as a sensation of extreme anguish and terrors rocks your whole body into unconsciousness and then, sometimes, you wake up

[@benjamincera1806]

Psilocybin

[@westonmohr374]

You know whats funny? The sheer amount of passion in this performance... this song is already so old at this point, but the raw emotion in his voice makes it feel fresh. The pain and intensity transmits so eloquently that you can't help but feel the power... its unbelievable. This is why Justin is a master songwriter in my opinion, his music is so real it reaches out and touches you.

[@lanadelray9169]

This is not funny sorry , use another word :)

[@Santiino]

@@lanadelray9169 marvelous

[@sallycanwait22x]

Arguably the greatest TV performance of a song ever...

[@calebgrove5080]

Love when an artist can take one of their songs that they've sang hundreds of times and still kill it like that.

[@Ktallica]

Still feels the pain he had when he sang it the first time.

[@thekub32]

This gives me life. Thank God for Bon Iver and Justin Vernon. No other artist or music genre comes close for me.

[@geoffmunn7591]

look up genesis, classic prog rock n guitars with story telling, that will come close to you

[@john-rx7ug]

Have you listened to nick drake

[@elrrafaello]

Lyrics: Come on, skinny love, just last the year Pour a little salt, we were never here My my my, my my my, my my Staring at the sink of blood and crushed veneer I tell my love to wreck it all Cut out all the ropes and let me fall My my my, my my my, my my Right in this moment, this order's tall And I told you to be patient And I told you to be fine And I told you to be balanced And I told you to be kind And in the morning I'll be with you But it will be a different kind And I'm holding all the tickets And you'll be owning all the fines Come on, skinny love, what happened here? Suckle on the hope in light brassieres My my my, my my my, my my Sullen load is full, so slow on the split And I told you to be patient And I told you to be fine And I told you to be balanced And I told you to be kind And now all your love is wasted And then who the hell was I? And I'm breaking at the breaches And at the end of all your lines Who will love you? Who will fight? Who will fall far behind?

[@chrisbowman5910]

Maybe the greatest live performance on this show ever.

[@kipperrepublic3568]

One man and a guitar. That's all you need folks. And soul..

[@MikaylaNicholls]

I wouldn’t even be mad if this was the song that forever played inside my head.

[@alakazammerz6865]

I would. This song represents my deepest fears.

[@MMmmmmBobbert]

One of the best live performances I’ve ever seen/heard. He doesn’t make any mistakes on his instrument and his voice is electrifying.

[@YourMom-yp9iv]

The way he sang "Who will love you?" hit me hard

[@Sean19166]

Birdies version brought me here but there's no turning back, unreal 👊

[@matjones9244]

Watching this first time around was genuinely mind blowing.

[@ethanclarke5335]

Maybe the best live performance

[@jametz1987]

3:02 ... unreal.

[@jonmayes3262]

I wonder if people in the audience realise they just watched an absolute classic performance haha

[@xtho7999]

Well it's an odd suggestion. Classicalness seems to derive from time

[@chrisodonnell1480]

They do now ;)

[@T_moneyyy]

My guess would be no.

[@TheLaughingTree420]

@@xtho7999 no it arrives from originality

[@patriciamcl54]

@@T_moneyyy The audience on Later... are the other musicians, including Jools Holland's band, appearing plus a few other guests. It's difficult to get tickets. I'd guess the level of musical understanding and sensitivity is higher than most other venues, so they probably did realise that they were watching something very remarkable.

[@adamstone7200]

Bon Iver gives hope to every man with thinning hair.

[@kiaramehra5248]

his name is justin vernon

[@user-wk6sd2iv1f]

That's the best performance i ever saw and im 60 years old , that shit touched my heart

[@intermediateshredder366]

Imagine the pain this man had to go through to write this song. You can physically see him reliving that pain with every word he sings and every strum of the guitar. Truly amazing that someone can turn such pain into something so beautiful and impactful. The sad part is some of us have experienced that pain as well.

[@adamwhite6842]

What does this song mean

[@mademoiselle2337]

I will never not miss this version of this guy. What a masterpiece. Breaks my heart every time.

[@johnathanayala6311]

A heartbreak is that powerful no matter how long ago. Shit still hurts

[@hghtdclbns6267]

amen 🙃

[@vinceolsen9126]

I come here most weekends

[@TheSouthernorycle]

My man. Absolutely breathtaking.

[@saraelizabeth155]

My favorite song of all time. I have it tattooed on me. I get emotional every time I hear it. My only wish is that I could hear it for the first time again. I remember I heard it at such a low point in my life. Made me feel like I wasn't alone.

[@g_y.rtz420]

i applaud the audience for not uttering a single sound throughout the performance. People usually want a lively audience that reacts to every little thing, otherwise they say things like "why is the crowd so dead if i was there id be losing my shit" but goddamn thank you audience for staying silent, we now have perhaps the best performance of this song that humanity will ever have for eternity, so good and so raw and the recording so clean you can mistake it for a studio version.

[@james2156]

This is one of the most amazing live performances I have ever seen.

[@anthonyoconnor6443]

2023 and still timeless…

[@millieurch]

his voice is one of the best of this generation i don’t see enough ppl talking about how insanely talented this man is

[@halangutemberg]

No one can sing this song like him.

[@searchingforchrist7792]

Isobellla on xfactor sang this and is way better lol

[@searchingforchrist7792]

Isobel’s Ferraro

[@DjBlakkTux]

maybe Bir... nevermind.

[@halangutemberg]

@@searchingforchrist7792 no one

[@halangutemberg]

@@DjBlakkTux no one

[@dphare]

i mean... no one can get over this beautiful tearing song. this is the most heartbraking and lovely thing ever.

[@avertismentguy62]

I’m too afraid to fall in love again. It’s funny how many punches, how many hurts and how many strifes a person can take and keep going. I don’t think I can take another punch.

[@daria-ioanaalexe2203]

You can always take another punch. Just be sure that you love yourself first.

[@deeb5688]

RIGHT THERE WITH YOU, I'M OVER IT

[@marcgarcia8489]

I really hope things got better for you.

[@bqfilms]

@@daria-ioanaalexe2203 You mean, you dont need to take another punch.

[@ryanlewis3750]

This should be in a museum, on a wall as a piece of art!

[@jjkkssskjzzkkkjisq596]

Idk why but I started crying the moment he started to sing

[@michael4926]

Always come back to this every once in a while. The raw passion Justin shows in both his voice and guitar playing is captivating.

[@whitewolf5753]

I think this is the best live performance I’ve seen

[@jacobwilkinson6112]

People often misunderstand good music as only being a nice sounding voice. The beauty of the song is how eloquently it was written in such a painful time of a man’s life. The paralell of those two things really strikes a rift in your heart and makes you feel how he felt. Also, the effort put into the instrumentals of the song, and how beautiful and strikingly hard those instrumentals are at different points in the song, is used perfectly to sway your emotions back and forth throughout - just like Justin’s use of head voice followed by a heavy, scratchy, guttural voice at the points where he is “confronting” his lover in the song. It really is a beautiful song and I wish people would apprecia the artistic aspects of music more than perfect vocals. Birdy’s version is beautiful, but no reason to say it is better than the original.

[@garrethuff8844]

This song is always going to be good...how much do you think he hates still playing it... all the time, 13 years later 😂

[@deemasked]

Well this was 8 almost 9 years ago so was probably still in it’s peak then haha

[@mastercp82]

13 years already? 😭 stop it time, no more

[@simonp8698]

@@deemasked Actually, it's May 2008.

[@zikazizika]

​@@simonp8698 nah, indie release july 2007, and official on feb 2008

[@simonp8698]

@@zikazizika Thanks.. although I'm referring to this specific performance, rather than the release date of the track.

[@pookhi]

this song gonna haunt me all my life. heck, i'm gonna play this song on my wedding day 😂

[@stillwaterbg]

holy balls, what an absolute hammer to crush you in the feels.

[@guydenig4451]

One of my favorite performances of all time

[@GuyDudeman]

I always get chills, 13 years later, still, every time at 'who will (or in this verion "who's gonna") love you? who will fight?' God damn that is powerful.

[@BenTheThird]

I keep coming back

[@davidstevens6224]

Passion always wins

[@christopherchoi2999]

Damn you r/boniver, look at what you’ve done. I’m a mess now

[@brycebaliko7050]

yup...

[@TheFieryFurnace2012]

So happy there's an official version on KZbin now! The best performance of the song he's ever given!

[@deemasked]

There was an official version for 6 years and it got taken down, luckily I saved it to my phone before then. Glad it’s back up.

[@Leah-jo7to]

one of the best live performances i've ever heard

[@scottperkins7826]

Heard this for the first time ever last night and all I could do was keep my eyes glued to the tv and thought to myself “he meant every single damn word he sang” ❤❤❤

[@funkabaelic]

If anybody here saw Bon Iver live.. you know how this song performed live stabs your heart just like a 1000 knives all at once.

[@kenz526]

I used to watch this clip all the time in lower quality. So glad the official footage is here!

[@jackburbidge9797]

I remember watching this performance live on TV and was just blown away.

[@dogloversmith7139]

I can’t believe I’ve just started listening to Bon Iver. Although I knew this song. I like this version.

[@dubbadekken]

Thank you BBC for uploading the HD. I’ve been watching the grainy version for years.

[@amandapatino1352]

There's just something about the crowd and all of the musicians just standing there in silence while he pours his soul out... It just gets to me 😂😭❤️

[@christopherpuddephatt1771]

Someone else commented about Ben Howard the end of the affair being alongside this as best performances on JH.....I concur!

[@Bellas61]

Yes!

[@MatheusFCLLima]

To whoever broke this man's heart Thank you

[@TimmyTickle]

Christy Smith

[@hamblyrock]

Emma, Forever Ago…

[@antplays4091]

will forever be my favourite version of my favourite song, the tears start and they just don't stop

[@legendz3277]

2021 just finding this. cant.....simply......get....enough

[@alinamarusic8003]

2023 still my favourite song to cry in the car

[@beenit5314]

The whole song is great but at 2:45 the passion and emotion felt/shown just gives me Goosebumps

[@wyattbreymeyer4033]

its crazy how emotional artists can look and feel, i garunteee this gives him catharsis

[@KellyRicardo03]

The other musicians are thinking "glad I didn't go after that...."

[@ajafta7674]

"our love was but a faerie tail day dreaming? & now reality our worst night mare- REALLY? with deamon fiilled playes that prey on wishful thinking & the passions on fantasies spent i could wish firever for truth yet Fate broke us may faith save us yet your heart always knew best & so clearly... to your heart you ought tbe true *i broke mine on you you silly girl. again. & again.. -a.Nobody to...

[@zmrushlow2720]

Ah yes one of the best live performances ever.

[@darrenmclachlan5758]

I remember watching this performance on Later and the hairs on the back of my neck standing up. I still get the exact same feeling every time I hear this version.

[@tj428]

This was the first time I saw Bon Iver and it quickly snowballed into a full obsession that lasts to this day,

[@buythecult145]

My favorite performance, ever.

[@mauriceluciano5211]

Wow...I didn't cry

[@franksmoot7869]

The best performance of this song there ever will be.

[@nickholcombe3664]

I've been listening to this guy for over a decade and if he walked by me on the street I wouldn't know it was him

[@giuseppeloburgio7810]

Speechless

[@sarah-lk9dy]

This performance makes me cry every time

[@caramarick9226]

I never stop coming back to this performance. Over a decade old, and it still shines like gold. Thank you for the reupload.

[@buttonman6262]

I remember exactly where I was when I first saw this performance. Bought the album immediately. It still remains one of my favourite albums of all time. Beautiful.