Kristin Hersh - Your Ghost (Official Video)

'Your Ghost' was Kristin Hersh's debut solo single, taken from 'Hips and Makers' her 1994 solo album. Michael Stipe also features.
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[@caseymolina-covey3985]

This about when she was a teenager struggling with early schizophrenia. She set her night gown on fire trying to make the noise stop. Michael represents the voices that don't stop. She's such an amazing poet.

[@tomteanders1357]

Any sources 4 that interpretation? IMHO it doesn't make sense, sorry...

[@davidsroczynski665]

@@tomteanders1357 it’s not an interpretation, I read also she was diagnosed once with schizophrenia, she started hearing voices after an accident and I’m not saying she is schizophrenic, this is the interpretation of psychiatrists

[@secretlifeofa1926]

@@tomteanders1357 I agree with you. They told her she had schizophrenia, but what also happened was a head injury. Diagnoses of mental illness are often, frequently, given to people who are perceiving the world in a way that makes others uncomfortable.

[@Jomanda45]

@@tomteanders1357 i agree!

[@GCKelloch]

The way she describes the state she goes into on stage makes me think it's more of a traumatically induced coping mechanism than Schizophrenia. The voices after the head injury could be unrelated. She definitely has a uniquely brilliant perspective.

[@derwolf9670]

3 Chords and Michael's voice (which gives me the goosebumps) made this one of the most beautiful songs ever...

[@crose7412]

@Oliver Dahl What are the chords?

[@derwolf9670]

@@crose7412 Am - G - D

[@taverhamdave]

Late to this, I know, but just came back to listen to this song again, and the thing I noticed about the chords is, each line starts on a different chord each time, like a polyrhythm. Really haunting and original

[@thebaryonacousticoscillati5679]

@@taverhamdave Simple but totally incredible composition. It's the sort of song you'd sell your soul to have written...

[@amaccama3267]

One of the more haunting and beautiful songs of the 90s. I've still got the CD. 🤘

[@jmachatch6696]

DO NOT GET RID OF IT!🙂

[@gillescoin2374]

I hope you have Red Heaven too, with the Bob Mould cameo ! 😍

[@AimeeAimee444]

Kristin has a wicked sense of humor aside from being a true poet.

[@gillescoin2374]

@@AimeeAimee444 : ... is your pseudo a reference to Aimee Mann ? : )

[@felixjones9198]

That piercing harmony that Michael sings is one of the most haunting musical moments ever.

[@AmitAmely]

5 minutes before reading your comment, I was trying to sing this song to my spouse, and my voice broke, so she asked me if I'm too excited because the topic of the song is sad, and I said: No! it's because Michael Stipe's singing in harmony on the second chorus is too beautiful to bear.

[@alanmclean3292]

*Best song to have on permanent repeat, when you miss someone with all your heart and you're going mildly insane

[@LP-cr7jo]

You are so right.

[@nickthepostpunk5766]

This song is new to me tonight but I think you are spot on: it definitely has that vibe. A poignantly beautiful song.

[@jasonmason2471]

Try "I miss you" by the furniture, a British pop band from the 80ies. The saxophone and the melancholic voice are incredible.

[@colinmackenzie6277]

My Mother drowned at Poipu, Hawaii....killed by undertow waves....washed up 45 minutes later- but I was in Samoa 🇼🇸. 27 Yeats old , Mother gone - no hugs ,no goodbyes, no farewell. Returned home to New Zealand 🇳🇿 blank, empty. Cried 3 days non-stop to this song.

[@thebaryonacousticoscillati5679]

@@colinmackenzie6277 ❤

[@paulmulcahy4187]

What a voice and Michael Stipe stroke of genius

[@edwardromero3580]

I love this song SO MUCH. It's been haunting me for decades.

[@levonnathan9081]

Same here

[@LessAiredvanU]

Why am I only hearing this now? This is simplicity at its most elegant.

[@kcuz4851]

Somehow I missed it as well.

[@adamgw187]

Worry not that you found it late. Be happy that you found it now, and you can experience the joy of this beautiful song from now on.

[@Duffy8368]

it takes a life time to find it.

[@lisastewart6175]

@Nenethegreat W I knew it in 1994 too..

[@richarquis]

It doesn't matter when you hear it. Only how you hear it. A song from 50 years ago can hit you as hard as one from this morning. Time is irrelevant with music. The feeling you get is all that matters.

[@samuelcharon5687]

Saw Kristin live last saturday in Lisbon, a magical moment.

[@RKGitaar]

Goosebumps all over. This is far beyond beautiful.

[@luizahm]

Special songs do things to us ✨

[@benshirin]

Michaels voice is like an instrument, fits so well to this song, love it!

[@cttmattchu69]

Thank you, With Honors, for introducing me to this song.

[@Tortoise119]

Oh my god this amazing. A boyfriend put this song on a mix tape for me in the early 00s but i wasn't ready for it then. I was struggling with my own mental illness and this song was overwhelming, too raw, too sad, too frightening, too much. Now I'm older and I have tamed some of my demons I can finally listen without fear and appreciate the dark beauty instead of only the horror.

[@alanmclean3292]

💖

[@froeze]

?? 🤣🤣🤣

[@goosefeathered]

I find myself coming back to this unbelievably beautiful song in a similar way. When I let her get away kind of story. So much regret in the lack of expressing my love but so much learning. This song is a beautiful reminder and hits the soul deep.

[@goosefeathered]

Easily one of my favorite songs ever. Kristin is still absolutely amazing.

[@flukeDC4]

SAME! I feel like that about a lot of Kristin's stuff.. Especially the Muse's University album. She has always been very open about her demons... and I formed kind of a trauma bond with her music that would throw me into a spiral. Now that im older and in a better spot Im getting reacquainted with a lot of stuff from that time and its been amazing. Thanks random internet stranger for letting me know im not the only one!

[@navalerman1508]

One of the more amazing songs ever.

[@pr00de]

I remember hearing Kristin Hersh on Vin Scelsa's "Idiot's Delight" show back when this album came out. She said Michael Stipe has the voice of a cello, and that's stayed with me ever since.

[@chriskennedyck]

Hersh originally wrote a cello piece for this song and was having trouble making it work, and ended up replacing it with Stipe's vocal echo instead

[@justdiane5]

I've been searching for this song for years! An old independent radio station, WCBR, occasionally played it. I guess you could say I've been haunted by this song since it came out! Thanks for posting it!

[@angieguss5556]

Indeed! I think this song was also in the movie With Honors. Very brilliant movie as well.

[@debs656]

She played this live at Colchester Arts Centre last summer and I could not help but sob throughout the whole piece. One of her most beautiful and powerful compositions. I love you, Kristin.

[@hiteshthakur1848]

If I walk down this hallway Tonight it's too quiet So I pad through the dark And call you on the phone Push your old numbers And let your house ring 'Til I wake your ghost Let him walk down your hallway It's not this quiet Slide down your receiver Sprint across the wire Follow my number Slide into my hand It's the blaze across my nightgown It's the phone's ring I think last night You were driving circles around me I think last night You were driving circles around me I think last night You were driving circles around me I can't drink this coffee 'Til I put you in my closet Let him shoot me down Let him call me off I take it from his whisper You're not that tough It's the blaze across my nightgown It's the phone's ring You were in my dream (I think last night) You were driving circles around me You were in my dream (I think last night) You were driving circles around me You were in my dream (I think last night) You were driving circles around me You were in my dream (I think last night) You were driving circles around me You were in my dream (I think last night) You were driving circles around me

[@nevadak3424]

I fould listen to it on a loop

[@P71ScrewHead]

Thanks for that, is that how it goes??

[@chrisgoulding4892]

Beautiful song. My wife and I danced our 'first song' to this at our wedding in 2007.

[@toriwoods9800]

Beautiful choice ❤️

[@6828Lu]

Yikes. Hope your marriage doesn't end up like this song does.

[@yearofthebeastable]

@@6828Lu well, all marriages either end in death or divorce. you just have to hope it’s death in old age.

[@alexanderzimmermann3611]

What a choice! Wise and courageous.

[@karanaman68]

I remember this song vividly when released in 1994. A storm hit Brisbane late night and every light was off and this was like a cosseting blanket. Beautiful

[@jasenkavukelic5047]

What a beautiful description of a memory.

[@karanaman68]

Thanks kindly​@@jasenkavukelic5047

[@stephenmasucci5482]

Stunning. Haunting. Beautiful. Lonely.

[@davidbutler5088]

Been listening to this woman's work since 1986. What a shame that she's not a megastar...

[@StephanFun0184]

A rare gem… thank you.

[@davidhanifin2692]

Your Ghost' would probably be the type of anthem I'd want played at my funeral.. The warmth & ambience of the song connects everything without judgement, time, space, past, future cause it just is & it's euphorically beautiful🏵️🌌

[@broodofvipers]

Lyrics If I walk down this hallway Tonight it's too quiet So I pad through the dark And call you on the phone Push your old numbers And let your house ring 'Til I wake your ghost Let him walk down your hallway It's not this quiet Slide down your receiver Sprint across the wire Follow my number Slide into my hand It's the blaze across my nightgown It's the phone's ring I think last night You were driving circles around me I think last night You were driving circles around me I think last night You were driving circles around me I can't drink this coffee 'Til I put you in my closet Let him shoot me down Let him call me off I take it from his whisper You're not that tough It's the blaze across my nightgown It's the phone's ring You were in my dream (I think last night) You were driving circles around me You were in my dream (I think last night) You were driving circles around me You were in my dream (I think last night) You were driving circles around me You were in my dream (I think last night) You were driving circles around me You were in my dream (I think last night) You were driving circles around me

[@pyenapple]

If you listen to this on the right stereo system, that huge echoing bass drum way in the distance gives everything this massive plain of space to haunt

[@mina-eg6hc]

Une des plus belle chanson que j'ai pu écouté. Je ne l'oublierai jamais !

[@fabricedemmery3022]

J'aurais voulu qu'elle explose à la face du monde ! 😢

[@jennalynhoroky7899]

Whoever was the director of 4AD music videos at this time... I salute to you. They are my religion.

[@brucemcnally7042]

I'll pass this on to the fabulous Katherine Dieckmann, who directed this. I was honored to do the design. Kristin is a great human being as well as artist.

[@grahamcollinson5985]

One of the most beautiful tunes ever written. I saw Kristin live in Norway a few years ago. Priiceless...

[@LP-cr7jo]

She will touring in Europe very soon again!

[@ivanlondon]

@@LP-cr7jo I've seen her in August - beautiful!

[@maidenekker]

So beautiful! I bought this album in the nineties? haven't heard from her ever since.

[@johnmcintosh5413]

Many people have had periods of mental torment and music 🎶 can help best wishes to anyone who is struggling remember things can change for the better and mostly do so just keep believing in yourself ❤️🙏

[@robertschmidt396]

sounds like the only answer to you could be: "thank you AI-Bot" why is it though?

[@steveburrows9322]

Great song! Always thought this was one of Greg Laswell's but heard it on the Tegan and Sara series and, now, I know better. Thanks to all the great artists out there!

[@nicoparpaite2390]

I really fell in love with this song when I first heard it. Really great song.

[@violaine1]

If you've ever called or texted someone whom you know is dead, then you understand this song

[@_MrPink_]

This track has always held special meaning for me. Played at a friend's funeral in 2002, it has always struck me as so fundamentally perfect. When I'm dead, I hope someone will play this for me.

[@davidhanifin2692]

'Your Ghost' would probably be the type of anthem I'd want played at my funeral also. The warmth & ambience of the song connects everything without judgement, time, space, past, future cause it just is & it's euphorically beautiful🏵️🌌

[@markwalker5723]

A life-changing video for me. I was already an REM fan but I was so-so on the Muses. This showed me what I should be doing!

[@katepinks9726]

Spine-tingling, beautiful, heart breaking...love playing it really loud, sounds like thunder rolling between the speakers.

[@kcuz4851]

Such a phenomenal duet!

[@New_Zealand_Music]

Love you Kristin, love you Tanya. I use to love busking the song. 4AD and Ivo rocks! Michael stipe does such lovely backing vocals 🙏💜🐈

[@carlharrison5939]

Just wanted to hear this brilliant song after so many years. Have got it on a CD. Have always loved it and always will. Kristin has got such a lovely voice and Michael just adds to the songs brilliance.

[@NxDoyle]

I haven't been heard this song for at least a decade. Hips and Makers is a brilliant record. It's good to know that Kristin is well, and making music 🎶

[@marysmith7765]

Covers of this song, no matter how nice, cannot touch the original. It’s simply perfect. I hope Kristin made a bucket of royalties.

[@timourkh]

I remember not wanting this video to ever stop and wishing it could just keep going and going...

[@mikerandall3819]

Can’t get enough of this. Always a favourite

[@Jefaves]

I'm fortunate to have found this serendipitously......and with Mr. Stipe to boot...lovely tune.

[@stuartmcfadden2818]

Lovely song ..nice harmonics with Stipe too ❤🎸🍀

[@immerse_your-soul-in-love]

hauntingly beautiful 🖤

[@MistaBowjangles]

the deep bass at 1:02 and every 3rd bar after perfectly underplays the vocal to add futher unease to a record that is as beautiful as it is haunting.

Such a gem! Always come back here to hear/see this again and again!

[@ianeberein4930]

1 of the most beautiful records ever made

[@keithbate9405]

One of the great tracks from "the rock and roll years" (1954/2018) But one of the Sparkling gems that is unknown to the mainstream .

[@lararodriguez7517]

So happy to have found this again.

[@Martenwede]

This song still brings me back to the backpackers in Adelaide 1994 where I heard it the first time. The girl in the lobby whom I asked about the song was such a cute, fun person and if I had been a person who understood when someone was flirting with me I might have stayed in Adelaide. Instead I went to bed and as I left for Brisbane early next morning I never got to see her again. But this song reminds me of her every time.

[@lilyophelia1928]

This song reminds me of being metaphorically haunted by someone you miss, whether they are dead or alive; there are certain people who, whenever I dream of them, I wake up and play this song. Whatever the true meaning is, that's how I hear it, and how I relate to it. Dreaming about someone you've lost is so, so powerful, and that need to wake the ghost ... just haunting and beautiful.

[@thomasbrilke4937]

The beautyfullst Vido I've Seen!!!

[@nancymoumtzi6817]

How many times can somebody like and re-like and some other time visit again this video and liked it again... is this obsession or ... what? Simply beautiful song 🖤

[@colinmackenzie6277]

It's your ghost ❤❤❤

[@danielpayne500]

A MASTERPIECE

[@trialsanderrors2707]

I love how Michael gets all emotional when he sings his lines. Oh yes, Kristin. You were in my dreams too.

[@cardiacade]

Seeing Kristin play in November, can't wait.

[@piggsquigg983]

me tooooo =)

[@danielgil2154]

where ?

[@cardiacade]

Daniel Gil Brighton mate.

[@Andrew.Stuart]

It's a nice song, and I love depth added by Stipe's vocals. If we only had YT back then.

[@kaisatyr]

This is Dark Folk! Perfect!!!

[@stellitsa12]

One of my favorite songs. Sends shivers down my spine.. I was a child when i first heard it.

[@markbennett259]

I was thinking of Ghost whilst listening to this and find it to be a haunting experience, tuning in,now tuning out. well done.

[@sabineschmidt1035]

Still soooo amazing. Michael ❤️

[@lisannekristy3247]

Haunting....o'so haunting....Michael Stipe; what an additive.

[@tonitolic4524]

What a beautiful haunting song.90s were the best

[@dunderhill2903]

I fell in love with the Throwing Muses as soon as I heard Counting Backwards being played on MTV. This was in 1991 The Real Ramona was often being played in my sony cassette man. I think I had the Judy Bats on the other side. Walking around New Orleans as a 19 year old visitor from out of town was a uniquely odd experience. I was able to walk through the french quarter listening to Hook in her head and not too soon.....and walk through the thick humid air while loosing myself in two steps.

[@donshamblin55]

Dunder Hill yeah you def get it...I feel you 😈

[@jlande6]

Dunder Hill Judy Bats are amazing, so underrated

[@davidellis5141]

2 🚶 was a perfect closing track.

[@LittleMilkElf]

What a strange and beautiful song

[@jasondavies5603]

@Nenethegreat W I get the 'strange'. Borders on eery, that's a lot of the attraction. Breaks a lot of musical conventions despite its simplicity.

[@ango468]

it s very "strange"... in a very beautiful way. especially the canon in the chorus at the very end when his voice "breaks"... simply love it!

[@StringSun]

Since when was emotion strange

[@LittleMilkElf]

I'm not putting the song down just because you people don't know what strange means

[@Slaveaudio]

The best mixture

[@weeklyclose5322]

after about 30 years still ❤

[@atheistfromaustria]

Today I saw her the last time - but I will never forget her as long as I live.

[@laurelwells8469]

This was an AMAZING SOLO CD -- LOVED IT AND STILL LOVE IT

[@Deedee-ee1sg]

So beautiful, so moving and atmospheric! Simple but hugely evocative melody. TWO wonderful voices. This is a truly iconic track.

[@philipprice4754]

She's a pure genius.

[@domanikeking3673]

Master piece. Beautiful song Kristin is a wonder It couldn't be better than it is.

[@emmasonadumlao9097]

N.U.107 the only station in the phillippines who always playing this song miss the 90s era..

[@eiraremejeene]

TRUE!!! Miss NU 107, Cebu particularly. They were amazing! NU 107!

[@gattingbowledwarne]

I remember seeing Courtney Taylor Taylor sing this at a dandy Warhols concert in London years ago. Best part of the show.

[@yiannakoronaki8254]

the video really matches with the song! So hauntingly beautiful!

[@sourcehauntings8851]

This song is about loving someone and trying to raise a family I feel- she’s so amazing. Even in person- what a cool woman

[@lunacatfish]

[@jasonprice1705]

Takes me back to an awesome time ...thank you so much for posting this

[@robvansteijn9324]

Stunning, stunning,stunning, still after all those years...

[@georgieclark-roden8077]

.......stunningly beautiful song, love it..

[@augusthavince8909]

Remembered this song just a little while ago. I never knew there was an official video for it. Never knew what Kristin Hersh looked like. And I don't remember a back up singer (Michael Stipe, at that!). Wow. The imagery is just too similar to my comments I was making. Gawd!

[@animalwillopus79]

Been listening to this tune since it came on my playlist a year ago and I'm just now realizing that Stipe is on the track!? I dig the song even more now!!

[@teletranoats7491]

DAMN !! WHAT A WORK OF ART !! Hollywood should soundtrack it into a film

[@wraithgirl2156]

Hauntingly beautiful

[@abradio85]

I'm so disappointed about myself for not knowing this master piece...

[@MrMurfthesurf]

Sitting in summer school 1982ish glazing at Kristins beauty has always left me dazed and in a trance wish I had the balls to talk with her when our eyes met with that smile.

[@gbytAxs0]

f I walk down this hallway, tonight, It's too quiet, So I Pad through the dark And call you on the phone Push your old numbers And let your house ring Til I wake you ghost. Let him walk down your hallway It's not this quiet Slide down your receiver Sprint across the wire Follow my number Slide into my hand. It's the blaze across my nightgown It's the phone's ring. I think last night You were driving circles around me. I can't drink this coffee Til I put you in my closet Let him shoot me down Let him call me off I take it from his whisper You're not that tough.

[@francia3]

went to watch her live in 92 or 93 in Bristol. Good experience and a good souvenir even. I wasn't too sure who that singer was but I'm glad I was there.

[@chriscze6153]

Going through a hard period now. I played this while he slept next to me the last time we met. I say period because I don't want to admit it's a breakup. An amazing song from my teenage years, and I find it incredible how those songs I loved as a teenager make so much more sense and become so much more meaningful and beautiful as a result with age.

[@toriwoods9800]

Absolutely agree x

[@711ramen]

Beautiful and intense.

[@caseymolina-covey3985]

That makes sense. I hadn't read any recent interviews so I hadn't known that. PTSD is hard. Glad you commented.

[@chrishenniker5944]

I first heard this when I was sixteen and it blew me away. I don’t know how to describe what it did, but it made a great impression on me. 1:45

[@user-nu8oe5zm1v]

Same

[@user-nu8oe5zm1v]

Same. 45 now

[@maurostar696]

Avevo 20 anni, camminavamo con mia madre verso un santuario sulle alture di Genova e cantavamo questa meravigliosa canzone...

[@visceraboy]

More greatness from the Sylvia Plath of the indie scene. I love ‘em both so much

[@ploniramatgan]

"You were driving circles around me" Like a white shark So dangerous With those hypnotic eyes

[@jupiter-8405]

Reminds me of being a young guy in 1994 going out enjoying myself with mates but having to listen to god awful dance stuff in the bars. When home I'd listen to this kind of thing...oh, and I fancied Kristin Hersh too lol!

[@davidellis5141]

Talk Talk

[@emomuzz5883]

A.W.E.S.O.M.E!

[@costasathinaios5306]

Beautiful song with great musicians!!!!!