South X Lullaby: Phoebe Bridgers

[@quarkles2980]

Instantly fell in love with her sound. Then her voice. Then her lyrics. Then her.

[@fordeden638]

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[@jakemaxton1714]

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[@roxyjuly]

"how soon is now in an 80s Sedan?" evokes so much! This is one of my favorite aspects of pheobe's song writing. She finds these little mundane things that are so full of memory for all of us. Something written by a stranger speaks to so many other strangers, solely based on these little occurences and matter-of-fact observations.

[@bananamilk70]

Smoke signals on her album gives me twin peaks opening vibes. Beautiful artist.

[@kristyt9493]

It's definitely the bass line, I noticed it too!

[@KizCat]

this song should have been on twin peaks. what a pity they were released the same year.

[@-Roos97-]

@@KizCat I though this was a joke at first, but then I realized a third season indeed came out then :)

[@jeremypalmer6167]

Whoa i never noticed that but now i can’t unhear it. It totally sounds like falling

[@sophiataavao7870]

YES

[@billymiskimmin]

Love at the end when everyone is clapping and Phoebe just says "Sweet", like yea I nailed it, whatever

[@Canyonradio]

Knowing this was written about Marshall, behind her, breaks my heart to watch this.

[@theadamonator]

Charlotte Stein who is Marshall?

[@maisa96]

The guy behind her, the percussionist.

[@timothykroh3074]

after you pointed that out this becomes so intense

[@belllaswab]

i want to know more about this omg

[@czarkhasm]

Are you sure about that? I thought Ask Me To (Steamroller) was about Marshall.

[@djork6518]

i’m so in love with her it’s kind of crazy. she’s like the coolest subtle cool girl in the world

[@Grant_Ferstat]

Just outstanding. In every way. Man that guy is a sweet harmony singer too.

[@shedaaa321]

that guy is also who the song is written about

[@jasonmiradoli8900]

This might be one of the most simple and pure performances of a simple and pure soul - sometimes less is better. In this case, it's perfect. "I want to live at the Holiday Inn where somebody else makes the bed..." Thank you for sharing this, and for Phoebe and Marshall for this intimate performance.

[@zippy34883]

Love the "Sweet" at the end of the video. I don't think she understands how good she is. If I wrote a song and performed it like that, I don't know if I could just say, "Sweet" when I finished playing.

[@danman6669]

For people who thumb down beautiful music like this, I wonder what they think is good, because, honestly, I don't think people like that have taste in music.

[@CrazyLazyDave]

This song, particularly this recording of it, is my damn spirit animal 😅. No joke. It repeatedly pulls me right out of crippling anxiety. I can get it not being to everyone's taste. But I ❤ it to the max.

[@michaelconverse5127]

danman6669 everyone’s entitled to an opinion. You may thumbs down things they like.

[@wearecoaches]

No thumbs down up on this to date. Sweet!

[@frederickfairlieesq5316]

Their harmonies are beautiful. The voices match so well.

[@francislungofficial]

hey whoever mixed this, your de-essing gave phoebe a lisp

[@anotheraleks]

she does lisp and omg how cute this is

[@Goosee9]

@@anotheraleks She definitely does not lisp.

[@amn_1ohtrix989]

@@anotheraleks phoebe doesn't lisp, those extremely crisp mics emphasize the 's' sound way too much, it happens a lot

[@johnmullarks3555]

Singing athe of spathes

[@stacy7915]

@@johnmullarks3555 lol

[@MrTimothyBlaine]

This is my favorite performance i've ever seen on NPR. Frisson from head to toe for this entire video.

[@Pepeethfans]

"Smoke Signals" I went with you up to The place you grew up in We spent a week in the cold Just long enough to "Walden" it with you Any longer, it would have got old Singing "Ace of Spades" when Lemmy died But nothing's changed, L.A.'s all right Sleeping in my bed again, and getting in my head And then walk around the reservoir You, you must have been looking for me Sending smoke signals Pelicans circling Burning trash out on the beach One of your eyes is Always half-shut Something happened when you were a kid I didn't know you then And I'll never understand Why it feels like I did "How Soon Is Now" in an '80s sedan You slept inside of it because your dad Lived in a campground in the back of a van You said that song will creep you out until you're dead And you must have been looking for me Sending smoke signals Pelicans circling Burning trash out on the beach I want to live at The Holiday Inn Where somebody else makes the bed We'll watch TV while The lights on the street Put all the stars to death It's been on my mind since Bowie died Just checking out to hide from life And all of our problems, I'm gonna solve 'em With you riding shot-gun, speeding, 'cause fuck the cops And you, you must have been looking for me Sending smoke signals Pelicans circling Burning trash out on the beach I buried a hatchet It's coming up lavender The future's unwritten The past is a corridor I'm at the exit looking back through the hall You are anonymous I am a concrete wall

[@davidhenry3336]

Best debut album in yrs 👌

[@velvamerrick846]

Incredible voice & guitar strumming! Very sweet... Velva from Santa Fe, N. Mexico 3-25-17 I will send to my granddaughter, Sammie, who also plays the guitar & sings...

[@maisa96]

I like how their voices complement each other.

[@kevinmunoz2004]

God that frontier guitar sounds amazing, goes perfect with her voice

[@TheBella2u]

This might be my fave version.

[@yoso585]

Can get along playing this kind of guitar for hours on end, with vocal in my head. Coming out stiff in the ribs from hugging my guitar.

[@inthemidstofitall]

I always come back to this version of the song for some reason ).i'll keep following your music :)

[@aliks4794]

Holy hell, she's beautiful

[@kidprodigio1118]

Eric Reid same thing that i thought

[@lettucerules]

you bet you she is

[@sampinnington8734]

Her voice is just incredible

[@nicolasmelay3605]

Best drum set ever.

[@jchang7524]

i like how her feet hang off the bed and don't touch the ground.

[@tommasoaggio6763]

I'm in love with that Guitar! Epiphone Frontier!

[@maurosottomayor1997]

I saw her in Paris, opening for Conor... She was amazing...and in the backstage very nice and kind!!

[@jayvalentine2046]

thank you NPR

[@unkosher]

This Josh Rogosin dude is a wizard. This sounds really really great! I prefer this version to the album version. I'm probably a couple hundred of the views by myself.

[@frankalbin8547]

She’s a gift to us.

[@lardog112]

My new favorite female vocalist

[@DragonFlopp]

I saw her open for Julien Baker in Ferndale last year or so. She's a great performer! Great songwriter too.

[@jayvalentine2046]

Taylor B that would be an awesome show to see

[@TheMuppetman421]

Taylor B I saw her open for Julien too! Up in Boston, at a great venue called the Sinclair!

[@DragonFlopp]

Yeah, it was a nice small venue too, the Magic Bag I believe it was. I'm more familiar with Julien than Phoebe, but she did a great job and was very sociable when I talked to her after her set.

[@jayvalentine2046]

Taylor B those are nice seen first aid kit and april smith and the great picture show , in a couple private little show .... check out there music i dont think you will be disappointed april is a sweetheart

[@DragonFlopp]

I'm unfamiliar with those names, so perhaps I will! Thanks for the recommendation!

[@Leelimusic]

So glad I've discovered this beautiful talent

[@SarahTheGeek20]

This is sooo captivating and she had such a beautiful voice.. can't wait for her album to come out ❤️

[@nyxbhatt7575]

Is anyone allowed to be this perfect?

[@olivermacphee42]

That guitar

[@brianfmojica]

Epiphone Frontier

[@lylamoseley640]

This video is everything.

[@nickvanhoughton9382]

Beautiful singer. I wonder why she has a lisp in this video but not on the record or other performances?

[@rufis77]

Nick Van Houghton I was thinking the same but I’m thinking it’s the way it has been recorded. All the S sound are way over the top. She is still amazing tho

[@DogwoodMedia]

Incredible.

[@cherylstamp434]

Lovely and beautiful music 🎶💗

[@71oreilly]

Great, amazing , her voice gives me goose bumps!!

[@jacobschwartz1965]

Okay. Where is the videographer's reflection in the window!?!?!?!?! Vampire? Beautiful.

[@batbawls]

Incredibly good

[@maryabrams7815]

i can't look away.

[@kjking02]

Holy crap this is awesome.

[@hunty92]

the frontier's pickguard is v lovely

[@rantsbyniko]

whatever the person that mixed this did with the de-esser is absolutely criminal

[@WHamiful]

this is so beautiful

[@terrykyees]

AMAZING

[@jessetraskmusic]

Holy shit. This got me.

[@analuisacastro2542]

i love you phoebe

[@ericdelano8703]

This is amazing. Great Job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Odoth]

masterpiece

[@veerchasm1]

Filmed at a Holiday Inn...😉😊👍🏻

[@kolinevans9127]

This is a really pretty tune

[@SinfulDesignUK]

Now that's just made my wee ears trés happy :-)

[@rufis77]

🐍 Did someone forget to slap a de Ser on this mix or is the mic just garbage? Phoebe your amazing! ❤️

[@oliviapoole6997]

i love you pheobie

[@jlansdale536]

Oh Damn

[@seannoonan3052]

Sweet

[@sylviebartusek]

cool percussion!

[@sophiataavao7870]

this physically hurts me

[@ultrasonika9]

wow.....

[@StevePhillips]

Lovey song

[@uBeR10]

So intimate..

[@leowong7694]

awe phoebe

[@zafergulerzg]

Merhaba dinlendirici cennetten bir ses

[@stefanocaiazzakindergartenchef]

😌🌠♥️

[@GustavoSouzaCRVG]

Accidentally played the video 1.5x faster and for a moment I thought I was listening to a Elliott Smith song

[@tabatag.553]

phoebe is a huge fan of Elliot Smith, she even wrote a song for/about him on her new album.

[@abdurrazzaq2314]

❤

[@petef15]

That guy behind her has one of his eyes always half-shut. Something must have happened when he was a kid.

[@lorenzosalviani3025]

The song is about him

[@keanureaves2228]

oh boy is that a lisp?! so....adorable

[@benross6609]

Keanu Reaves it’s not

[@Catscradle12]

❤️❤️❤️

[@leowong7694]

oh lord

[@futboldecontra6566]

👸

[@handleOfThy]

Delish

[@brianhoran1686]

Why does the beginning of this description sound like a phoebe bridgers song

[@94083122]

What microphones did you guys use to record this? They're incredibly crisp

[@Beevi96]

looks like a sennheiser mkh 418s, its a ms stereo mic in super cardioid, thats why it is so isolated and cranked up with upper high frequencies in post

[@ktraughb]

Pelvaind except it seems to emphasize the "s" sounds a little too much. Maybe I'm hearing things. But this version is absolutely beautiful.

[@L0veepanicc]

sounds like she has a lisp Lol

[@SocialDem86]

Purple panty dropper 2.0

[@LentilsOverkill]

Bad mixing, I'd guess. It's common to tame the 'S' sounds in recordings using a de-esser plugin, but if you overdo it, it sounds like a lisp.

[@skaterchuckpdx]

Got a little Owen style.

[@nazillahasan833]

3k of this views are mine :)

[@TheValCapGroup]

wait is this song about Thom Yorke?

[@mrpurple33]

Does she have a lisp?

[@kolinevans9127]

Daenerys due to burned villagers regrets became an indie artist and wrote this song about some of her serfs and noble people?

[@synclair9809]

Does anyone know the chords to this version?

[@synclair9809]

@@davidpearson6346 😂😂😂

[@worldview6218]

Yeah I’m like 2y late but anyway I thought this was some type of open tuning but it’s not. First string is tuned down a half step, 6th high e is tuned down a whole step to d and the 5th is tuned down a half step. The rest is in standard. Weird tuning. Anyway idk the particular chord names but intro chord is 1st string 2nd fret and 4th string of the 3rd followed by the open second string being played to a chord change to 1st string of the 4th fret and 4th string of the 3rd fret to a chord with the 2nd string of the 3rd fret and 4th of the 3rd fret then a 2nd string 1st fret and 4th string 3rd then you move back to the intro chord and repeat. There is a portion where you hold that last shape in the chorus longer before starting back over and also a portion where she plays the second chord I Showed you to the 3rd to the 4th and then back to the intro before repeating. It’s not too tricky once you get the tuning and you figure out the open chords you have to hit

[@synclair9809]

@@worldview6218 thank you!

[@Odoth]

what tuning is she using

[@bradsopex]

Eb A D G Bb D

[@CrazyLazyDave]

So....I finally decided to mess with playing this. And while I AGREE that is the tuning she is using...Sharp A (B flat) makes sense with the Flat B and then it's an open tuning and you never have to mute the A string. The fingering is easier. It's easier to play that way. Using the tuning she is using with A Natural puzzles me. Something I am missing????

[@CrazyLazyDave]

I figured out the A notes i was missing and why she uses that tuning. My bad 😉.

[@yoso585]

Check out Larry L Wishing you were here - Chicago cover. You won’t regret.

[@DemonGamer684]

microphone?

[@romanbrodsky5702]

What tuning is she in and what are the chords, please to anyone with a better ear than me?

[@romanbrodsky5702]

I think from low to high, eflat a d g bflat d, trick is to mute the open a string whenever possible.

[@WallaceBeery]

Thanks. I got the bflat wrong.

[@CrazyLazyDave]

Tune A string to A#. Idk why she doesn't. Try it. You'll see you never have to mute that A string then and also don't have to fret the A# ever. Makes way more sense to play that way.

[@averysullivan2352]

who mixed this :/

[@lucamanasama]

lyrics?

[@melaniebailiffmusic]

She really could have done without the percussionist! THAT BELL< NO!!!!! I love Pheobe though. She is good on her own!

[@vyccarlson366]

Melanie Bailiff true, but I loved the bell. 😊🤘🏼

[@elizabethkolb3130]

Does anyone know what chords she's using?

[@aaronrobinson6003]

Elizabeth Kolb I haven't sat down and figured it out yet, but she's definitely in an alternate open tuning, maybe DADGAD?

[@Odoth]

i tried to sort it out yesterday without success, unfortuately DADGAD didn't seem to work out..I think it's actually in D# anyway

[@Odoth]

Tuning is D# A D G A# D...weird one

[@CrazyLazyDave]

@@Odoth Try tuning the A string to A# and then you'll see how EXTREMELY Weird it is she Doesn't do that.

[@CrazyLazyDave]

I figured out the A notes i was missing and why she uses that tuning. My bad 😉.

[@salv.2301]

the de-essing lisp I’m sorry it’s getting a little funny

[@dyalikejazz2181]

The tambourine is annoying...the other percussions are ace, but that tambourine stomped on the carpet is a mess and a distraction - it overwhelms the piece.

[@chiebert290]

I agree. The only fault but it's so distracting. But I still enjoyed the performance.

[@GarrettEstep]

Does anyone know the tuning to this song??

[@bradsopex]

Eb A D G Bb D

[@GarrettEstep]

bradsopex BLESS YOU

[@CrazyLazyDave]

If you tune the A up a half step to A# it is open and easier to play and makes more sense to me to play that way. Try it and you'll see what I mean. You don't have to fret the A# then and if you don't tune to A# you have to mute the A sometimes.

[@CrazyLazyDave]

I figured out the A notes i was missing and why she uses that tuning. My bad 😉.

[@danielburdick7686]

x is probably alone. big fan hate that song though

[@caplippi]

Meh

[@marcushartman5869]

Does she have a lisp?