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."
@johnmiller74535 жыл бұрын
Totally agree
@mtailgator4 жыл бұрын
But the funny thing...is when God was in his people we were dreaming of who else to be.
@elijahwatt96438 ай бұрын
I have been re- listening and think the same thing, even before reading this
@rockisgroovy11 жыл бұрын
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.
@stephanielyn53011 жыл бұрын
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.
@matthewschraf525711 жыл бұрын
His musical prowess just continues to grow. This is one of most impressive Iron and Wine songs I've ever heard.
@shotinthedark9011 жыл бұрын
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.
@ricardovmonteiro11 жыл бұрын
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.
@ShebbaRod11 жыл бұрын
I always loved Iron and Wine for his amazing lyrics, and I´m not disapointed.
@omfgitsjesus011 жыл бұрын
“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.
@jwknov2911 жыл бұрын
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.
@theneedledrop11 жыл бұрын
jazzy, and i like it!
@laboof32343 жыл бұрын
underrated album
@AndrewVilleneuve11 жыл бұрын
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.
@shannonf63169 жыл бұрын
His varied instrumentals and style is what keeps me intrigued and wanting to hear more as his music evolves.
@Garrison211 жыл бұрын
Never heard anything like this. I want more!!
@BloodAtrophy11 жыл бұрын
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.
@MrMcMorbid11 жыл бұрын
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
@ajkothen11 жыл бұрын
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
@therealbigfoot111 жыл бұрын
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.
@GIULIANOVOZELLA11 жыл бұрын
you play with the breath and silence, and this is what i love of your great music ! big up for you Iron and Wine !
@JuniperRosemary8 ай бұрын
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 ❤
@jenolsen8211 жыл бұрын
my ears just melted off my head....I just love your lyrical composition. Sam Beam, you ol genius you.
@adamgeraghty686311 жыл бұрын
Really reminds me of Steely Dan mixed with Grizzly Bear. Nice to see jazz fusion back in more commercial music!
@BusterandGinger11 жыл бұрын
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.
@bbqplatypus31811 жыл бұрын
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.
@springowls7 жыл бұрын
This is such an amazing album. This song in particular just hits all the point tension in modern society.
@GCAMusic10 жыл бұрын
This album is simply superb songwriting, intelligently crafted!
@Efriminiz111 жыл бұрын
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.
@NathanGruver11 жыл бұрын
This is great! I'm looking forward to hearing the rest of the album. Keep the awesome music coming.
@mikhalterentiev87997 ай бұрын
Wow, this song is gorgeous! Has so many elements that speak to IFS therapy❤ went straight to my playlist :)
@nicholaswilliamson676210 жыл бұрын
Such an amazing band!! Musically mind blowing!
@dippold7711 жыл бұрын
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.
@EnjoyerofYoutube11 жыл бұрын
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.
@ThomWillis11 жыл бұрын
Awesome! Can't wait to hear the rest of the album!
@silvannunes0211 жыл бұрын
Hail Hail from Brasil! It's so awesome! Great Sound!
@natel115111 жыл бұрын
@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.
@jigwan600911 жыл бұрын
Interesting new approach. Love the trombone :)
@JamesLanee10 жыл бұрын
This definitely deserves 2013 great album praise, although I kinda forgot about it a lot.
@shotinthedark9011 жыл бұрын
Listen over and over and over for that matter. You might be surprised at what you can learn to enjoy.
@PenguinKommando11 жыл бұрын
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.
@ajsledzep11 жыл бұрын
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.
@JulianMoon11 жыл бұрын
I love this. It sounds like progression. People who don't like jazz can suck it.
@soleravioli8 жыл бұрын
What a cool arrangement of instruments!!
@Snowking58711 жыл бұрын
A mighty fine wine. Ready for April!
@PhantomBunny88811 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Fantano. I started listening to this guy because of you, and he ROCKS.
@ajsledzep11 жыл бұрын
so cool to see him grow and flex different sounds.
@MrHippyfish11 жыл бұрын
"Nobody knew the arm was broken but everybody signed the cast" = perfection!!
@follevite811 жыл бұрын
see this actually impressed me, having never really been a big fan. This is interesting.
@jonathanbritt263011 жыл бұрын
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.
@johnmckenzie400511 жыл бұрын
great feeling of true jazz ....love this sound !!!
@PhantomBunny88811 жыл бұрын
Completely agree. This is so smooth.
@purpleandsilverheart11 жыл бұрын
why does this not have more views!? it's wonderful!!
@TrevorTSmith11 жыл бұрын
It sounds very happy
@the.Aruarian11 жыл бұрын
The Shepard's Dog is where it started, album wise, though EP's have been pointing at it, too.
@jwickham6511 жыл бұрын
Would love to see this performed live
@momeridian11 жыл бұрын
my god, this is beautiful I play the bari sax, and im in a jazz band, and hearing that bari play is so exciting
@autmatcman11 жыл бұрын
Album after album they keep getting better and better.
@midcityfiesta3 жыл бұрын
I almost crashed my car listening to this song. True story.
@myfavouritecolorisgreen3 жыл бұрын
# 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
@wholenewmess11 жыл бұрын
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!
@andrewjeffries579111 жыл бұрын
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.
@JessicaClark11 жыл бұрын
Can't wait for the album!!
@sandrahill345711 жыл бұрын
can't.stop.listening.
@lunaharpua11 жыл бұрын
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.
@Jaxx11B11 жыл бұрын
Aweeeeeesome
@TimSchmidt_art11 жыл бұрын
this is freaking amazing.
@soccershrade2511 жыл бұрын
excellent video
@empyreantic11 жыл бұрын
I hope he makes an acoustic version of this. Awesome lyrics as always!
@Zephyr19911 жыл бұрын
This is awesome!
@shen9611 жыл бұрын
Excellent, excellent, excellent...
@filipr70011 жыл бұрын
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.
@mtailgator5 жыл бұрын
KEOC is his Masterpiece.
@MattWilliams711 жыл бұрын
Loving the new sound
@BinaryStarofShaolin11 жыл бұрын
This is great!
@lotusbee111111 жыл бұрын
wow, this is a really good song.
@1513Fulton11 жыл бұрын
Yes Please!!!
@MrCCC3611 жыл бұрын
Agreed 100%
@follevite811 жыл бұрын
I like how the tempo picks up steadily throughout the song, or the story rather
@ShebbaRod11 жыл бұрын
I liked it, the lyrics are amazing as always...but I do miss the folk, heartfelt stuff...
@africanheadcharge11 жыл бұрын
nice... quite jazzy...
@NZ_YT11 жыл бұрын
So damn good!
@natel115111 жыл бұрын
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
@Limesubmusic11 жыл бұрын
beam you have done yourself proud!
@MrTestMusic11 жыл бұрын
It's different, but I do enjoy the jazz. I love the fact that he's evolving, too.
@MonocoFolk11 жыл бұрын
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.
@davidnoro585911 жыл бұрын
nice tune.
@ASunnyDisposition11 жыл бұрын
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.
@sergiom126111 жыл бұрын
Van Morrison - The Way Young Lovers Do
@BotswanaBabyBullet11 жыл бұрын
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.
@StarvingSound11 жыл бұрын
Woo hoo. Foals and Iron and Wine just in the beginning of the year. Suh-weet. Not to mention earlier the new Menomena album.
@vinummeum90268 жыл бұрын
cheers!
@bubsadoozy11 жыл бұрын
So did their fans ;)
@jordangagnon209911 жыл бұрын
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
@CapJackLives11 жыл бұрын
Amen
@empyreantic11 жыл бұрын
That's correct. I meant it would be great to see Sam with his guitar and nothing else performing this amazing song.
@Lemonickous11 жыл бұрын
This song is oddly reminiscent of Jethro Tull
@NicolasCurcioWriter11 жыл бұрын
Fancy seeing you here Anthony
@rileyvanderzee11 жыл бұрын
TONIGHT IN TORONTO WOO
@CityRound11 жыл бұрын
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.
@Rey18411 жыл бұрын
@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.
@mtailgator4 жыл бұрын
Kiss Each Other Clean is his finest work!
@dippold7711 жыл бұрын
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
@georgiastrawbs11 жыл бұрын
This song would go perfectly on the new 'Great Gatsby' movie!
@kdrog1311 жыл бұрын
The king is dead (for now?). Long live the new king - The Tallest Man On Earth.
@MonikerGuitars11 жыл бұрын
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