Iron and Wine - Lovers' Revolution

© 2013 WMG "Lovers' Revolution" by Iron and Wine, from the new album Ghost on Ghost, due April 16, 2013, on Nonesuch Records and 4AD.

[@empyreantic]

These are some of my all-time favourite Iron & Wine lyrics: "The makers of the medicine will always say you're looking sick" and "No-one knew the arm was broken but everybody signed the cast."

[@johnmiller7453]

Totally agree

[@mtailgator]

But the funny thing...is when God was in his people we were dreaming of who else to be.

[@elijahwatt9643]

I have been re- listening and think the same thing, even before reading this

[@rockisgroovy]

If you're shocked by Beam's jazz direction, you haven't been paying much attention to his albums. You can prize the material that made you a fan, but never discourage an artist from using his diverse genius. You can always depend on his lyrical poetry and delicate vocals. I love this song. It's truly fantastic and fresh.

[@stephanielyn530]

i love how people are saying things like "omg JAZZ," while I thought nothing of the jazz elements of the song and simply enjoyed the song for what it was. it's a unique sound for today's music, and I really appreciate it.

[@matthewschraf5257]

His musical prowess just continues to grow. This is one of most impressive Iron and Wine songs I've ever heard.

[@shotinthedark90]

In music, we generally become fans of an artist on the basis of how he or she executes our own favorite style of music. When they deviate, we complain. Rather than trying to reorient our taste to keep up with the artist himself, we stick to the past. It exposes how we are not really lovers of music or artistry, but ourselves.Following an iconoclast, i.e. Sam Beam, is a challenge, but doing so allows us to grow with him rather than using him to fulfill our stale expectations. Listen regardless.

[@ricardovmonteiro]

I'm not familiar with his / their work yet, but this is pure class - a kind of folk / jazz / pop hybrid that only extremely competent musicians can pull off. I definitely want more.

[@ShebbaRod]

I always loved Iron and Wine for his amazing lyrics, and I´m not disapointed.

[@omfgitsjesus0]

“This record felt like a reward to myself after the way I went about making the last few.” He has come a long way since the Creek Drank the Cradle. He recorded that entire album in his home before he was even signed to Sub Pop Records. About all he had access to was a few guitars, banjos, and other acoustic instruments. Now he's taking advantage of what he has available to him, and is making the music he really wants to make. Everyone develops their skills overtime. Let the man make his music.

[@jwknov29]

if you won't listen to iron and wine any more because of his new style, he doesn't want you listening anyway. 5 albums of acoustic folk would have his fans crying for him to mix it up. instead we get 5 albums of him mixing it up and everyone cries for him to go back to his old style. the things that make him great haven't changed: his voice, his lyrics, his melodies. the style has changed because no one wants to make the same thing over and over, and no one should want to hear that anyway.

[@theneedledrop]

jazzy, and i like it!

[@laboof3234]

underrated album

[@AndrewVilleneuve]

I don't seem to be able to listen to this enough...it's just amazing. Beam might not be fixed to a particular musical style, but his beautifully complex lyrical poetry is always there.

[@shannonf6316]

His varied instrumentals and style is what keeps me intrigued and wanting to hear more as his music evolves.

[@Garrison2]

Never heard anything like this. I want more!!

[@BloodAtrophy]

Agreed. It's not likely for me to appreciate when artists morph their styles to this extent, but I actually really enjoy this. It's almost like his music is changing along with my tastes.

[@MrMcMorbid]

I like this. A folk/jazz mix is rare to come by and only Sam Beam can do it justice. this is a great song

[@ajkothen]

this is going to be a great album.. so excited. I dig the mix up! He can always play stripped down versions of these songs if he wanted to and it would satisfy all the roots-fans, but this is a good time and we all need some variety

[@therealbigfoot1]

Kiss Each Other Clean was a great intro into this. He basically gave his fans a heads-up as to where his music was going and that he was trying new things. This still has Sam's lyrical perfection, his heartfelt devotion to each song, and the passion I have come to love about Iron and Wine. Keep it coming.

[@GIULIANOVOZELLA]

you play with the breath and silence, and this is what i love of your great music ! big up for you Iron and Wine !

[@JuniperRosemary]

I have finally grocked this as well. His music is sublimely subtle. It’s like the subtle ness is a player in the music as much as the Melodies . I see it as the one constant with his music from the very beginning and I think it is an incredibly unique and special talent out of all the musicians I listen to. Sometimes I crave for him to belt some part of a song. But it’s not his style. His art is the subtle art ❤

[@jenolsen82]

my ears just melted off my head....I just love your lyrical composition. Sam Beam, you ol genius you.

[@adamgeraghty6863]

Really reminds me of Steely Dan mixed with Grizzly Bear. Nice to see jazz fusion back in more commercial music!

[@BusterandGinger]

If you're missing the slower, folky tunes of Sam Beam then you don't appreciate is wide ranged musical talent. He gets better and better as the years go on. That is very rare for a musician and I for one appreciate his ever growing talents. Kudos to Sam and the rest of Iron and Wine.

[@bbqplatypus318]

It's really not unthinkable for a folk artist to incorporate jazz into their repertoire. Pentangle and John Martyn, among many others, were doing it back in the 70s. This right here is some good shit.

[@springowls]

This is such an amazing album. This song in particular just hits all the point tension in modern society.

[@GCAMusic]

This album is simply superb songwriting, intelligently crafted!

[@Efriminiz1]

As the world's biggest I&W/Samuel Beam fan, I can officially say that I have fallen madly in love with his music...before I was just in love, but now I'm head over heals.

[@NathanGruver]

This is great! I'm looking forward to hearing the rest of the album. Keep the awesome music coming.

[@mikhalterentiev8799]

Wow, this song is gorgeous! Has so many elements that speak to IFS therapy❤ went straight to my playlist :)

[@nicholaswilliamson6762]

Such an amazing band!! Musically mind blowing!

[@dippold77]

this is amazing!! hope the whole album keeps up to it I love the new Iron & Wine just as much as I love the early albums. Sorry for those who miss the songwriter approach, but I reckon he couldn't have gone on forever like that without being repetitive.

[@EnjoyerofYoutube]

agreed. i think sam beam is at his best when he's singing those gorgeously heart-wrenching vocal melodies and finger-picking. this song is amazingly written and performed though.

[@ThomWillis]

Awesome! Can't wait to hear the rest of the album!

[@silvannunes02]

Hail Hail from Brasil! It's so awesome! Great Sound!

[@natel1151]

@Andrew Villeneuve That is why Iron and Wine is so amazing. Its art before its music before its a genre. That's also why they put on such a great concert.

[@jigwan6009]

Interesting new approach. Love the trombone :)

[@JamesLanee]

This definitely deserves 2013 great album praise, although I kinda forgot about it a lot.

[@shotinthedark90]

Listen over and over and over for that matter. You might be surprised at what you can learn to enjoy.

[@PenguinKommando]

This is so great. I remember Iron and Wine for a few reasons from my college years - friends girlfriend loved Boy with a Coin and another friend learned to play guitar by playing Such Great Heights literally 24/7 - but I am loving the new jazzy style. It's great, its not just jazz, it'a almost like a showtune, very theatrical.

[@ajsledzep]

I would say that "Kiss Each Other Clean" was more funk than jazz. Though I think you're right about the Nick Drake influence from "Bryter Layter" playing a part in Sam Beams adventures with folk. I'm glad he is evolving. He's the Radiohead of folk for sure.

[@JulianMoon]

I love this. It sounds like progression. People who don't like jazz can suck it.

[@soleravioli]

What a cool arrangement of instruments!!

[@Snowking587]

A mighty fine wine. Ready for April!

[@PhantomBunny888]

Thank you, Fantano. I started listening to this guy because of you, and he ROCKS.

[@ajsledzep]

so cool to see him grow and flex different sounds.

[@MrHippyfish]

"Nobody knew the arm was broken but everybody signed the cast" = perfection!!

[@follevite8]

see this actually impressed me, having never really been a big fan. This is interesting.

[@jonathanbritt2630]

There was something so intimate and humble about his old style that I was attracted to. I will just keep listening to his home recorded demos I guess.

[@johnmckenzie4005]

great feeling of true jazz ....love this sound !!!

[@PhantomBunny888]

Completely agree. This is so smooth.

[@purpleandsilverheart]

why does this not have more views!? it's wonderful!!

[@TrevorTSmith]

It sounds very happy

[@the.Aruarian]

The Shepard's Dog is where it started, album wise, though EP's have been pointing at it, too.

[@jwickham65]

Would love to see this performed live

[@momeridian]

my god, this is beautiful I play the bari sax, and im in a jazz band, and hearing that bari play is so exciting

[@autmatcman]

Album after album they keep getting better and better.

[@midcityfiesta]

I almost crashed my car listening to this song. True story.

[@myfavouritecolorisgreen]

# LYRICS # I came to you and you to me And we were tapping on the window at the children when the piggy bank broke Pitching quite a fit About how the makers of the medicine will always say you’re looking sick I came to you and you to me And we would whimper to the women washing milk off of their formal white clothes But the funny thing Was how when God was in his people we were dreaming about who else to be And all the fingers that we damaged when all we wanted was a diamond ring I came to you (came to you) and you to me (came to me) And we were barking at the drug dogs, blood dried black on their hands And never realized You never tussle with a giant til you can hit him right between the eyes (I came to you, I came to you) And that no matter how we chewed it, we’d be choking on a compromise (I came to you, I came to you) Cause all the jaws, all the claws lay restless by the riverside (I came to you, I came to you) And it wasn’t muscle in the shadow that was shoving us into the light I came to you and you to me And we were snatching at a war baby’s bottle just to trade it for change But now it’s come to pass That every eye beneath the mountain saw the smoke but no one heard the blast That no one knew the arm was broken although everybody signed the cast And until the government was good, she said “Man, I thought you’d never ask” And when love wore out her welcome, they just booked her for a bag of grass That while she cried on the cross, we were sucking on the laughing gas And when the head had left the body, not a flag was hanging half-mast (I came to you, I came to you) I came to you and you to me And then we lost our own lovers’ revolution but it started again And now we’re one One of the parade wake widows walking home into the setting sun One of the soldiers lost in the dreams that never lose the gun (I came to you, I came to you) One of the wise men wandering the podium without a tongue One of the trophies tarnished by the mess we made of being young (I came to you, I came to you) One of the prayers, one of the promises swallowed with our chewing gum One of the deaf ears, dumber all the time for all the years of drums (I came to you, I came to you) One of the wide-eyed soap boxes buried under Washington One of the beat cops combing every sidewalk crack for love (I came to you, I came to you) One of the crowded stars uncounted when the map was done One of the withered in the garden left to wonder when the rain will come

[@wholenewmess]

This is just pure sexy! Sam Beam can do no wrong! Love his music so much, I can't wait for "Ghost On Ghost" I'm absolutely loving the Jazz/bluesy sound!

[@andrewjeffries5791]

I'm really surprised by the negative-to-lukewarm reception of this song, because I think this is infinitely better than anything off his last album and probably my favorite single of his in a long long time.

[@JessicaClark]

Can't wait for the album!!

[@sandrahill3457]

can't.stop.listening.

[@lunaharpua]

You have to respect what he's doing. Artists - and hopefully their fans - benefit from exploring new frontiers and testing their own boundaries. That said, I personally think his earlier work is more vital, and infinitely more beautiful.

[@Jaxx11B]

Aweeeeeesome

[@TimSchmidt_art]

this is freaking amazing.

[@soccershrade25]

excellent video

[@empyreantic]

I hope he makes an acoustic version of this. Awesome lyrics as always!

[@Zephyr199]

This is awesome!

[@shen96]

Excellent, excellent, excellent...

[@filipr700]

Iron and Wine definitely has been moving into a new direction for some time now. Though I do prefer his older albums to Kiss Each Other Clean, I could definitely get into this new jazz direction.

[@mtailgator]

KEOC is his Masterpiece.

[@MattWilliams7]

Loving the new sound

[@BinaryStarofShaolin]

This is great!

[@lotusbee1111]

wow, this is a really good song.

[@1513Fulton]

Yes Please!!!

[@MrCCC36]

Agreed 100%

[@follevite8]

I like how the tempo picks up steadily throughout the song, or the story rather

[@ShebbaRod]

I liked it, the lyrics are amazing as always...but I do miss the folk, heartfelt stuff...

[@africanheadcharge]

nice... quite jazzy...

[@NZ_YT]

So damn good!

[@natel1151]

Well said. I have been trying to explain this concept to my friends and I think I will just post what you said on my FB page or something. Thank you

[@Limesubmusic]

beam you have done yourself proud!

[@MrTestMusic]

It's different, but I do enjoy the jazz. I love the fact that he's evolving, too.

[@MonocoFolk]

I think he's doing the folk world a great service. This certainly reminds me of some of the progressive folk from the 60s (Pentangle or Davy Graham or what have you) which was characterized by folk melodies and hooks but jazz rhythms of instrumentation. Which is great, because I thought Kiss Each Other Clean drew a lot of influence from the jazz themes of Nick Drake's Bryter Layter, and it's exciting that his albums are starting to emulate (whether purposely or not) that aesthetic.

[@davidnoro5859]

nice tune.

[@ASunnyDisposition]

Well, Sam certainly always keeps me on my toes. I do enjoy this song, but I hope the rest of the album isn't like this. I would love a blend of old and new on this one. We will have to wait and see. Haven't been let down yet though.

[@sergiom1261]

Van Morrison - The Way Young Lovers Do

[@BotswanaBabyBullet]

Without getting into my opinion of Iron & Wine, or my opinion of this song; I'm just going to say that this is the greatest comment I've ever seen anywhere on KZbin. If it were up to me, it would be the Top Comment.

[@StarvingSound]

Woo hoo. Foals and Iron and Wine just in the beginning of the year. Suh-weet. Not to mention earlier the new Menomena album.

[@vinummeum9026]

cheers!

[@bubsadoozy]

So did their fans ;)

[@jordangagnon2099]

Good song, for all the people who don't like the jazzy direction it went, just wait for him to come out with a live version. He always seems to totally re write a song which at least i found much more appealing with some songs from kiss each other clean

[@CapJackLives]

Amen

[@empyreantic]

That's correct. I meant it would be great to see Sam with his guitar and nothing else performing this amazing song.

[@Lemonickous]

This song is oddly reminiscent of Jethro Tull

[@NicolasCurcioWriter]

Fancy seeing you here Anthony

[@rileyvanderzee]

TONIGHT IN TORONTO WOO

[@CityRound]

at first i didnt like this song because it was jazz, but love iron and wine s much and after the third time of listening i fell in love.

[@Rey184]

@Brandon: of course, and I fully respect that and would never dream of bullying the artist via criticism into staying the same. I'm not anti-change as I like every Iron & Wine album before Kiss each other clean. So it's more the direction Sam has gone in.

[@mtailgator]

Kiss Each Other Clean is his finest work!

[@dippold77]

I've been trying to figure out all day what the first 5 secs of the song remind me of... well...at last I think I got it...it's the record version of Moaning by Charles Mingus

[@georgiastrawbs]

This song would go perfectly on the new 'Great Gatsby' movie!

[@kdrog13]

The king is dead (for now?). Long live the new king - The Tallest Man On Earth.

[@MonikerGuitars]

If Sam Beam has this much untapped variety in genre, then this album will likely be amazing... ... as long as he hasn't discovered dubstep