Hozier feat. Alana Henderson - “In A Week” Live Billboard Session @ Lollapalooza 2014

Hozier feat. Alana Henderson - “In A Week” Live Billboard Session @ Lollapalooza 2014

[@kk-cu6em]

This should become an Irish folk classic! It is beautiful, amusing, and sounds like something from centuries ago.

[@NightmaresWonderland]

Very well put.

[@TDiaz1111]

i love the way the irish can sing about decay and corpses and graves and the like with such incredible lusciousness. brings to mind sinead o'connor's, "i am stretched on your grave." buzzards, insects, foxes, ravens. so nice.

[@robertryan952]

They're poets. All of 'em.

[@carmen-monoxide2955]

Yesss! Listen to Dead Can Dances version of I Am Stretched on Your Grave... its haunting

[@bon_nie.c2701]

Ireland is the land of saints and scholars

[@jaymort]

to mind sinead o conner takes a bit away from her masterpiece when was that written. 3:34 sum or sun

[@andrerocha3954]

this song is the next level of "to die by your side is such a heavenly way to die" and i just can't get enough

[@rebeccat7528]

It's awesome that Hozier is able to leave echoes of his music and voice swimming around in my head, even after I've turned off the video. His music is haunting, enchanting and apparently, my brain likes it enough to keep replaying it over and over. Not that I mind. :)

[@boopsie18]

put in to words EXACTLY how i feel... and same over and over and over. Im scared of the day i get sick of it.

[@aaronphillips4127]

Yes, I was trying to read my anatomy/physiology chapter with the computer SHUT and i kept hearing this song! hell, i was jackin' off last night and kept hearing it then too.

[@TNPassiflora]

I know just what you mean...I wake in the morning and realize that his music is running around in my brain...maybe in my dreams as well....

[@makaylahuffman7574]

I agree there is something so wholesome.

[@candycebyrne9312]

I have a theory that the sonorities Hozier selects are beneficial to the brain and body. This particular song not the best example because it is about an uplifting subject, accepting the harmony of nature; however, many of his other stories are about people who are wronged and who do wrong, and yet the effect is uplifting because of how he uses voices and how they interact with the instruments and percussion, which also has a meditative effect. I have read a bit about these things but don't know enough to analyze his music. Still, I think that's what's happening when I listen.

[@daviddean647]

Say what you will, but when I saw him live last Tuesday, the crowd was absolutely spellbound for this song...one of the haunting ballads of all time...let it in. Their voices are unforgettable in blend.

[@bj444hunt9]

This moves me deeply

[@oliviamckee4713]

This is the most tragic yet lovely song I've ever heard. I love how the lyrics tell the grotesque side of death yet when two people love each other there's still something beautiful to be found in it.

[@paulinebunuan]

This is song is like caressing my hair and cuddling me to sleep, without the promise of tomorrow

[@DragonsInNYC]

Guys. They're probably just exhausted. This was at Lalapalooza. We don't know how long they'd been there or how much they'd been doing.

[@junlinwu6089]

Yes, they are just exhausted... They are late for the event and also need to fly back to Ireland soon... no fight, just exhausted... kzbin.info/www/bejne/eHS3aYFvoK9mitk

[@studiocelestedesign]

Exhausted and hung over; both ready to fall over asleep at the drop of a hat poor babes. They just needed some water, flat 7up and about 48 hrs of sleep.

[@angelicamillan5675]

I just cried my eyes out. I have never listened to an artists with such a big meaning behind their lyrics. This song has made me love Hozier more than anything.

[@Shakes-Off-Fear]

I can't stop looking at Alana. That little swaying she does, those little fleeting looks she gives to Hozier or off in the distance, and her voice, she's just captivating.

[@tunamey15]

otp

[@Snotlingfondler]

Faith restored in music.

[@ooshadygirloo]

I interpreted the chorus as not a week but a lifetime: A couple stealing away to a hillside and talking about growing old and eventually "wasting away"/dying of old age together. It's hauntingly beautiful nonetheless. The imagery of the lyrics in my head is vivid.

[@ineedhelpplw3710]

They are actually in a field starving to death "the hunger that feasts on me"

[@chestateegold]

Ineedhelpplw Nah, per his interview, a couple got murdered and dumped in the woods/ killed themselves in the woods and are decaying

[@mariadalal2456]

Love it!!!! This is what true poetry is- paint a picture. Let the audience find it's way there!

[@brittnicolew3292]

I've learned, by ear, how to play Like Real People Do & I accidentally figured out a large portion of this one as well because it contains a lot of the same notes. His music is so fun to play on guitar!! I fear I'm becoming a bit obsessed with Andrew Hozier-Byrne....

[@ethangoddard4592]

I fear I am incredibly late to this comment but I find it extremely interesting how similar the two are note wise combined with the lyrics in Like real people do.

[@brittnicolew3292]

@@ethangoddard4592 No such thing as late when it comes to the internet! I’m not sure how to explain it, the hammering onto certain string & such I learned to do with ‘Real People Do’ just helped me to figure out his style it playing more than anything 😊

[@brittnicolew3292]

So I’ll amend my original comment, it’s more the playing style rather than the notes!

[@debbielisboa5279]

Honestly, I don’t think he was angry because he “wasn’t happy with her performance” That’s not the way he is, he wouldn’t be so impolite if that was the reason. I think something happened before. Anyway, he’s amazing as usual ✨ she was good too. Lovely song!

[@undeadunliving]

This is a fantastic song and I love the lyrics. Mind you, it's Hozier, so that's not surprising.

[@bicooo1]

wow he looks sooo angry at the end but I guess it's normal you don't always feel happy, he's got soo many performances!

[@haleysmith9302]

I know everyone is saying they look pissed or tired, but to me it almost looks like they're taking on the characters that they're singing about. Probably not what they were actually going for but in my mind that's what it's like. They look sort of haunted. I love it ❤️ an of course their voices together are absolutely unmatched 🖤🖤🖤

[@conundrum4282]

People are digging for drama. They look like they are vibing and a little melancholy. Props to you for having a clear mind.

[@bj444hunt9]

I don’t know any other song that touches me this way… I have come back to this for many moons!

[@sarahjohnson1018]

I have never known peace Like the damp grass that yields to me I have never known hunger Like these insects that feast on me A thousand teeth And yours among them, I know Our hungers appeased Our heartbeats becoming slow We lay here for years or for hours Thrown here or found To freeze or to thaw So long we become the flowers Two corpses we were Two corpses I saw And they'd find us in a week When the weather gets hot After the insects have made their claim I'd be home with you I'd be home with you I have never known sleep Like the slumber that creeps to me I have never known color Like this morning reveals to me And you haven't moved an inch Such that I would not know If you sleep always like this The flesh calmly going cold We lay here for years or for hours Your hand in my hand So still and discreet So long we become the flowers We'd feed well the land And worry the sheep And they'd find us in a week When the cattle show fear After the insects have made their claim After the foxes have known our taste I'd be home with you I'd be home with you They'd find us in a week (Lay here for years or for hours) When the weather gets hot (So long we become the flowers) They'd find us in a week (Lay here for years or for hours) When the cattle shows fear (So long we become the flowers) And they'd find us in a week When the buzzards get loud After the insects have made their claim After the foxes have known our taste After the raven has had its say I'd be home with you I'd be home with you I'd be home with you I'd be home with you I'd be home with you I'd be home with you

[@hyblaean]

so glad that this was recorded with Karen Cowley on the record. They are both good, but Cowley nails it. Liked it so much I went to itunes and bought her album, too. It's been ages since I bought something that wasn't recorded a generation or two ago. Amazing talent.

[@Shiftready]

This is the most beautiful song I've ever heard in my life.

[@theonlywayne3418]

2:01 she sounds so good, so is Hozier! He's one of those few artists that made me enjoy music even more. :)

[@lauravalente9360]

If you skip to 2:26 you can hear Hozier's sigh of frustration right in the mic. God, I love him :D

[@jlklai98]

I heard them sing this tonight and lemme tell you, it was WAY better than the recording. Unbelievable, the two of them. I love this song so much

[@macy.r8]

Beautiful song, but it’s unnerving to watch their expressions on this performance (especially Andy’s). Andy looks displeased. Alana looks nervous (and sounds nervous-all that quivering). Around 2 min or so, he fucks up his playing a little and the atmosphere is even worse haha. Throughout the whole thing, she keeps glancing at him nervously. I find this entire video so awkward. The other live version with Karen Cowley is a much more comfortable, natural performance. Even so, the song itself is probably one of my fave Hozier songs. It’s beautifully written, yet perfectly morbid.

[@laurak1697]

unnerving is exactly the word. the psychology of situations like this kills me. are we all just super reading into this, or were they both having a horrible time that day for some actual reason? guess we'll never know...

[@zoddy2368]

It’s not exactly a song where you can smile while singing it.

[@thomas8019]

@@zoddy2368 I think it is, it's a wonderful love story

[@skrumbobumbo3279]

Could be emphasizing the tone of the song. Maybe the emotion of the song just got to them for this one.

[@jasper777777]

Or is it just that they decided not to smile while they sing about a suicide and going cold and being eaten by insects, ravens and foxes.

[@erichopkins1203]

Can't get enough of this version of the song!

[@carolinecatona8728]

I'm glad I'm not alone in loving this song. I thought maybe I was alittle peculiar to be so touched by it

[@diwasghimire8861]

Sameeeee😭

[@MrYellow225]

its a masterpiece and i listen to it every often

[@klimeshghimire5250]

A little peculiar is good, nothing bad about it.

[@eptwilight66]

He's so talented it's mind-blowing....

[@carliian]

This is one of my favourite songs in the album and this version is so beautiful

[@WhammyTime91]

Yep, I'm now officially in love with Alana Henderson.

[@cristina92953]

+WhammyTime91 I am in a terrible girl crush on her...she is beautiful and quite talented on her own merit.

[@Andrea.Rose.5]

they look soooo mad at each other!

[@25x25x25]

ikr,,, he was avoiding eye contact with her, and she would look at him waiting for a look back - which never happened not even at the end of the performance

[@winnieitashi]

Andrea any idea what happened before that performance?? they had to have a fight over sthg!

[@25x25x25]

***** yeah exactly, that eye-roll!!

[@WhammyTime91]

Andrea I think he's trying not to look at her because he'll just laugh.

[@itsobamanigga3542]

ImACreep he wouldnt be mad about that lmao hozier is cool af

[@hollyzimmerman1543]

They’re voices fit together so perfectly ❤️

[@GreySaltGaming]

The tuning for this song is DGDGBD. If you want to learn it just watch it a couple times and you'll see what he is playing is actually quite simple to learn if you've decent experience with finger picking type songs.

[@lucyfoster4082]

Does he use this tuning for other songs on the album--the other folk songs and the blues ones?

[@GreySaltGaming]

Lucy Foster I'm not sure. I've only spent the time working out this one because I'm in love with it and want to learn it so badly! :) if you want, send me the names of a few songs and I'll try work it out for you.

[@lucyfoster4082]

Rob Donnelly Thanks! Let me catch up with you on this one, and then I think I'd like to learn Cherry Wine. There's some pretty voice leading in that one, isn't there?

[@GreySaltGaming]

I've only started listening to Hozier in the past week so I've a lot to catch up on but from my first listen it sounds great! If you want, I could add you on Skype and we could chat there instead of spamming the comments?

[@lucyfoster4082]

Rob Donnelly hmm I don't really Skype, but if you want we could do it on our "discussion" sections on our accounts...

[@bris.2778]

Writing a paper while listening to Hozier is therapeutic :)

[@rj7790]

They are so beautiful watch together and their voices match each other's perfectly. They are wonderful together. I wish they were a couple.

[@jodycp8945]

no:( lol

[@guitardds]

His annunciations and the way he expresses his words in song are a LOT like Robert Plant and that's a good thing.

[@macy.r8]

whoa that makes a lot of sense... and even better, he's covered LedZep before :D

[@maddiefleurs9659]

the way she looks at him like looking for something, it makes me sad

[@ginaparrinello5974]

This has to be one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard. I can't get it out of my head nor do I want to.

[@iOnePiece]

She's so beautiful...and her voice too

[@Gh3rox123]

Why the fuck did this bring me to tears

[@rj7790]

Totally understandable. I cry whenever I listen to it. It's a very deep and beautiful song

[@jarofpixies]

Mark Mihelin me too man me too

[@studiocelestedesign]

So exquisitely beautiful. I've run out of words, this is so beautiful. Two fairy creatures stood there in the grass and sang as if they were from a fairytale or from heaven. x

[@vanessaborbe1236]

Oh gosh, I thought I was the only one who noticed the awkwardness. I feared I've been watching too many live performances of his and I'm just reading into their expressions too much but ha, I'm not alone! - he looks like he's avoiding eye contact, he legit looks above her head and behind, but not at her - although he looks at her at some point, he averts his gaze before she turns and in 2:09 gosh, he just looks pissed... - the way she looks at him is kinda weird, like she's waiting for something/him to look back at her - he looks detached from his playing, like he isn't into it/feeling it - he usually is. heck, he doesn't smile one bit or react the way he usually does when performing (when the music literally feels/sounds/looks like its emanating from his soul, yknow what i mean) - the end, he doesn't look at all, im screaminf even when she's been glancing up multiple times throughout the performance (see 5:13 ! they look like a fighting couple) - slightly furrowed brows at the end :/ (and lots of awkwardness)

[@rezwanaparveen6970]

She looked at him 10 times....

[@AnnaLVajda]

Whose the fairest?

[@Amranth21]

I thought i was the only one who thought something was missing in here. Then i realized even though song is sad and requires same tone and stuff he doesnt look much into songs. Usually when he sings u can from his expression that he is super in to song and feeling it and thats what is missing here i think

[@lindyhakker]

This the the most freaking beautiful song in the whole world.

[@adhitamajje]

the song is just beautiful and the voice ahhhhhhhhh i could hear this all day long on the rainy cold sunday with hot coffee snuggly onesie bed everything......

[@lilachm2605]

Melancholic,but soooo beautiful. I love it!!!

[@feargal75]

Fantastic HOZIER and excellent Alana Henderson !!!!

[@savannahmartincic2973]

I saw Hozier perform this in concert with Alana Henderson. He talked a place near his home town where dead bodies were found weeks later. He never mentioned, specifically, suicide, but I truly think that is what this song is about. I love the fact that he is so vague with the meaning behind this song.

[@EthalaRide]

Anthem of all the ships with dead/dying characters.

[@EthalaRide]

Noah Ross Then, how should I say it?

[@noah5291]

***** You can say it how ever you want, I just felt like showing my distaste for it. I prefer saying relationship.

[@EthalaRide]

Noah Ross oh yeah, I understand. Some of the "terms" bug me too.

[@ferirogasperon2169]

@@noah5291 ships

[@raniaa7745]

destiel 🥲

[@niceguygav]

I am in love with this song right now! Such beauty

[@collorav]

This is how good Andrew is: He’s making this beautiful complicated melodies while he looks around, watching people walk by, not even paying attention to his guitar! Sure I bet he’s played this song hundreds of times, but a mere mortal would still have to look down, where do I set my fingers, etc. Not him. I could listen to him play for years.

[@duhduhduhyuhoo4877]

It just bugs me how annoyed he looked like to Alana. Or the lack of "looking". But still hauntingly beautiful.

[@cmelanso3371]

+Duhduhduh Yuhoo yes I was thinking the same thing. it was like he was upset or mad with her. she kept looking at him and ne never looked once.

[@paulaclarke4042]

Such a beautiful song..

[@MelonMcGee]

Hauntingly beautiful.

[@op_1982]

I must have watched this over 50 times by now :) they are perfect together

[@tobiashoward5845]

Thanx for posting this. Such an amazing song.

[@ultravioletcanary]

I've been a HOZIER fan since take me to church got popular thats how I found him really, but his music has inspired me and gotten me through the hardest times in my life since then. When I was admitted inpatient to the hospital 2 years ago in august after my suicide attempt..we had no access to the outside world. No phones or any electronic devices of any kind. Just one small TV on the wall inside a protective casing all inpatients had to share. I was severely depressed even while there. It was awful..and all I could think about was how much I missed hearing my music. Especially hozier, I was obsessed with Sunlight at the time. We were only allowed 1 hour of fresh air outside which was basically a bird cage (so people couldn't jump off the balcony). The trees moving in the wind and the birds chirping quickly became heavens noise compared to the crying and banging Id constantly hear inside our hospital wing, some of it came from me I'll admit. When i was finally discharged I was assessed for any more suicidal thoughts or urges before being walked to my grammas car by staff in case I tried to run into traffic. I got in and we drove home. The FIRST thing I asked her to do was to play Sunlight by HOZIER. It was on repeat the whole way and i cried and cried my fucking eyes out. His voice, the guitar and melodies, his complex simplicity and lyrical rythym....everything just filled my being with that Sunlight. The windows were down and the air rushing by felt so goddamn good on my face and skin. To this day I still haven't seen HOZIER perform live but it's on my to do list. He saved my life literally, and now I teach myself how to play his songs so when I'm depressed I just grab my guitar and start singing!!! His song "In A Week" feat Karen Crowley is one of those songs I never thought I had the ability to play. I believed it was too difficult to learn...but I just kept at it practicing and practicing and giving up and trying again and getting frustrated and feeling victorious when I get through a verse without a mistake. Well last night I played the whole song straight through AND sung it as well. Two things that have always been hard for me (I'm actually a classically trained Violist and have played in the orchestra since 4th grade so learning music itself wasn't the challenge, it was HIS music specifically that was), since he is professional and has played guitar all his life. But I just play and play because HOZIER is such an inspiration to me ): I hope I can perform his songs as covers someday to an audience...and maybe inspire somebody else going through a really dark time. My name is Canary, I'm 23 now and I'm an Artist from Chicago and thank you to those who read the whole thing. Maybe mr Andrew Byrne will see this one day!

[@aaronburgess4505]

God loves you…more than you’ll ever know

[@brendasoer5507]

I`ll have to check out Sunlight....keep strong

[@trixykid2514]

I have never seen someone look so irritated whilst singing such a beautiful song. I wonder what happened.

[@rj7790]

Which one looked irritated? They both looked fine to me

[@reandruzzi]

+trixykid2514 Yeah, he kind of looks likes he wants to off himself.

[@marieatlavie]

+trixykid2514 I thought I was the only one who noticed that!

[@Nick-fc4wu]

could be a bunch of different aspects. he could've made this song in someone's honor and it brings up memories. he could have feelings for someone but they don't feel the same. music can bring feelings and moods out of a person. it's why it's such a big part of humanity.

[@kathys7283]

I do not have esp, so I can't get in their heads, but goodness, I thought the same thing. So I had to see if Alana had joined him at future shows. And she had, and personally, I like her as much as Karen. What I DID notice in all the other videos I watched is that he is playing an electric(?) guitar. I wonder if their was a problem with his other guitar. So unnerving, though! Spot on!!

[@pandashoots]

Beautiful!

[@anilla02]

such a gorgeous song this is.

[@deborahkearns1519]

I love them together. They compliment each other well.

[@orangekabrown]

Amazing!

[@robertlong9552]

Most beautiful thing I've ever heard

[@ankurkumardubey9324]

Its extremely astounding how they are able to hit the right notes with all that heat between them and badly timed verses by Alana. Love Hozier.

[@bernardaqueveoadios6805]

My god, that seems personal.

[@joshuaaryo1691]

Wow. Just wow.

[@eye-esh-ugh]

This is such an amazing song! It made my life when I got to see him in concert.

[@filbert1544]

Beautiful.

[@nanexca]

Favourite's music of my life!

[@mopbucket3000]

What does it matter if they are mad at each other or if she wants him but he doesn't or anything else you're guessing? Did you enjoy the song? Where you captivated by their voices? That's all that's important. Hozier is an amazing artist who is also very shy and reserved so the lack of smiles or eye contact doesn't really say anything. Besides he never cared about rumors or the image he is projecting. So let's just enjoy the music.

[@anaisbelin1486]

Je trouve ça superbe! bravo!!! continuez!!

[@anweshagoswami5668]

I'm just obsessed with Hozier's voice.

[@On-roe]

Perfect

[@yasmingarrido4432]

Doesn't she look like Botticelli's The Birth of Venus???

[@lori9885]

I love Alana!!!

[@thomaslee5313]

this song just stops me dead. honestly, no pun intended. one of those melodies that just hit a profound mark in you when you want to hear a certain thing but cant put your finger on what. utterly beautiful. profound beautiful and tragic all at once. no better description of love in music.

[@jhnm156]

Masterful

[@Catnymph2006]

Wow, just wow

[@heatherchappell2517]

Can't love this enough. Hozier is my all time favorite of this era, without a doubt 💯❤️‍🔥

[@skylarjizmondoenthusiast7286]

such a beautiful song man

[@PoppsPoppin]

this is the first time I saw a vid of a disappointed Hozier. Though i really don't care what's up with them. Liked this version :)

[@jshays512]

This is not the same harmony from the album, The album was done with Karen Cowley who has a lower pitch than Alana Henderson. It fits the song a bit better but it seems she was unable to perform the song with him on tour so he sang this song at Lollapoolza with Alana instead. If you compare the album version hozier to the live hozier his voice does not differ much at all.

[@PoppsPoppin]

jshays512 yeah, I heard a lot of versions of it. It really doesn't matter to me if he do it with alana or karen. It's nice to hear that he can play around with his songs but still deliver it beautifully. There's no live version from him that i don't like :)

[@majo4149]

Damn hozier sounds better than his recorded vesion

[@MrvelvetviruS]

Just when I almost lost my faith in contemporary music

[@RichardRecupero]

This dude is just amazing

[@psychological8730]

Does anyone else think he looks pissed at her through this entire performance?? And she has an almost apologetic air, glancing at him as he stays aloof...

[@psychological8730]

Except at 2:10 when he looks angry at himself for being charmed by her. TENSION

[@shaili7339]

I agree! especially at the end, where she tried to catch his glance. but maybe they're just distracted,who knows?

[@AllisonChains64]

John Finnegan I'm thinking maybe he didn't like doing the song with her? Maybe he likes how Karen sounds in this perticular song better.

[@psychological8730]

Melie92 I do prefer the version with Karen, myself. Not that Alana is bad but the original version has a driving intensity this one seems to lack. Still beautiful nonetheless

[@julesjelly]

@@psychological8730 he missed a chord at the minute you mentioned

[@bct2255]

That man make his guitar a living thing, listening to her and puncuating notes at exactly the perfect time. Superb.

[@douglasholt8353]

This is a great version I do like it is so prefer

[@op_1982]

Such beautiful song! I love Alana in this, she is like something surreal and beautiful out of a fairy tale:)

[@michaelsotomayor5001]

They both sing so nice

[@jenkay17]

This song gives me weird feelings.

[@sk8jerker]

Good music tends to do that. Makes you think.

[@CamillaNoi]

Beautiful.

[@JoanaDArc_24]

Isso foi muito lindo!

[@hiplatina4303]

So Stevie and Lindsay.....love

[@peterwires2006]

Maybe the most beautiful song I’ve ever heard.

[@oswaldthree]

Despite the obvious performer tension :) this is the version I like best!! Beautiful voices. RjB

[@AJDisME212]

Reminds me of "Seasons" by Chris Cornell! Brilliant song!

[@RainbowDreams321]

what's with the cold tension in Andrew?

[@patriotpeasant199]

RainbowDreams321 I think he wasn’t happy with her performance, not the same chic on album & she can’t compare to his voice. Possibly!

[@lexitubi]

saw that live @ Ab in Brussels on sunday, what a beautiful song !!!

[@novsun7317]

Trance poetry at its finest

[@lucianofernandez7564]

Hard not to fall deeply in love with Alana H.... 🙁

[@TehDMBfan]

I thought she started singing the wrong lyrics and he was going to go absolutely mental