Joanna Newsom - Monkey & Bear (11.16.06)

[@kateee4440]

"My heart is a furnace, full of love that's just and earnest" gets me everytime.

[@probablepossible4323]

+kate e Same here. And he probably thought he was telling the truth, too... this song has so much meat to it, you could write a novel based on it.

[@Jebusisabasser]

3:59 I'm glad someone caught that on video, one of my favorite things about Joanna's singing.

[@PninianPnin]

7:25...HOLY FUCK, Imagine being there. Incredible.

[@odosseyoddity1840]

I really hate Marissa Elene Nadieja because she is a compositional and creative genius. I hate her outstanding voice, i hate her compositions that are super beautiful and creative. We need to isolate geniuses and abuse them. Join me to attack Marissa elene Nadieja. She is someone that HATE with a passion. Let's isolate genius!

[@eskimoKUKL]

can i just get a tonne of people to agree with me that this performance, especially the last minute and a half of it when she shredded the harp like a pro, was the most glorious piece of work to grace the .com's

[@Bestevus]

'But, walk a little faster don't look backwards your feast is to the east which lies a litlle past the pasture' All hail to good writers.

[@KamadakeX]

I love the original, but the live version is absolutely superb. The Y's street band backing her up makes this song even more brilliant.

[@tendo64]

i once had this entire concert saved to my computer in a wonderous high quality divx movie file. she is so amazing live

[@yesrelationthesequel]

You write an entire paper on just one section of Joanna's lyrics from this song alone. There is so much in every song!!! This is one of my favorites. Love her!!!

[@chrisburke5365]

+Atprick B A true modern-day story teller. So few have ever been able to do what she does.

[@odosseyoddity1840]

I hate really talent and genius. I really hate Marissa Elene Nadieja. She is a genius composer who plays numbers of instruments well and sings extremely well. She is a compositional genius. I want everyone to harass her and gang up on her and vote her videos down and support mediocrity. We need to make sure Geniuses are ignored, abused and isolated!

[@eccremocarpusscaber5159]

What’s most frustrating is she didn’t write these lyrics! Van Dyke Parkes did. Give the man credit.

[@saradorcic5310]

@@eccremocarpusscaber5159 Are you serious? Jesus, yes, I wish I knew how Van Dyke could so purely look into Joannas brain and past and write about her deeply personal realtionships with her sister, or how he could re-visit the death of Cosmia, or know about her greving period and that time in the treehouse with Bill Callahan with a so-though dead bird or her un-born child. These lyrics and storys are no ones but Joannas, plus we can very clearly see her talent and work in the Milk-eyed Mender. Van Dyke helped inhance the things she offerd and he helped arrange the harph and possibly the piano.

[@IBBangin19]

An ex-girlfriend of mine showed this to me, and for a while after we broke up, I couldn't listen to it. It hurt too much. But now, tonight, I'm listening to it, and all I'm feeling is complete elation at Joanna's voice, the lyrics, the instruments...the whole thing. Extraordinary stuff.

[@mookieloll]

I get a kind of joy from this video that I can only hope to experience in the future. This song is so powerful, and with this arrangement it is truly remarkable. I would give all three of my wishes, if I found a Genie's lamp, to travel back in time and attend this concert.

[@mookieloll]

I actually love when people's voices break, like when it happens to professional singers. It also reminds me of birds, and birds sing quite often, they say. This is my favorite Joanna song

[@husker666]

This is a sublime performance... you either get joanna or you dont,,,to those who dont....poor you!

[@Isengard2626]

I'm viewing this performance covered in goosebumps with my eyes welling up. How good is this performance?

[@kateee4440]

I can't believe I'm just seeing this amazing performance for the first time now.

[@ryancarmichael6657]

+kate e Well, better now then never, this is a performance that should go down in history along with all the rest of Joanna Newsom's masterpieces! :)

[@chrisburke5365]

+Kate EE I remember years ago, trying to find videos of her performances... I don't know how I've missed them for all this time.

[@Karlosmarinho861]

from 6:07 away its just awesome

[@kaishutan]

She's such an amazing artist. And for this to be a live performance just blows my mind...

[@LovelyLori193]

god what an absolutely amazing performance

[@n3ptune212]

This is Dope

[@hellspawn3000]

love this woman!

[@odosseyoddity1840]

I hate marissa elene nadieja! I hate geniuses. I hate people who can write incredible music and sing extremely while she arranges music on over twenty instruments and plays many. I hate genius material, I am so jealous of her. I hate Marissa Elene Nadieja! Let's join together to destroy her and isolate her and never support geniuses. Please hate on her now. Gang up on her. form groups against talented people on a genius level !!!!!!

[@ofarevolution441]

not only is the music amazing, but the story this song tells is just awesome.

[@gabifeliz]

This is one of my favorite songs... Love it, love it, love it!

[@odosseyoddity1840]

I really hate hate hate Marissa Elene Nadieja. She is a genius on a level that is out there. I hate her like poison. Please help me and vote her videos down. Don't listen to her. She knows she is a genius. We need to form groups and clubs to isolate geniuses. I hate people who have great voices, great melodic talent, great compositions and arranging music on over twenty instruments and playing many. She is outstanding and the world finest. But that is the reason we need to abuse her and isolate her. I hate talented people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hate hate hate her!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@chrisburke5365]

Before I found this video, I would listen to this song and imagine an elaborate marionette show with huge, stretching shadow puppetry.

[@leeray666]

Wow. I came across the song some time ago and loved it, her voice is amazing. But seeing this video, she's stunning as well, and a fantastic harp player at that. I think I'm in love.

[@ottolettuce]

this is one of the best things I've ever heard omg

[@TripMyWire3]

I love this. I prefer this to the album's studio version. There's more energy and that percussion creates a nice drive. Lovely.

[@Pyazman]

I like this version much, much better than the original. All it really took was a little bit of drum accompaniment to make this one of my favorite songs

[@signeponge]

Amazing version. Thank you!

[@ninawillams]

the surrounding of the whole thing is perfect

[@gustavogullo6340]

Wonderful ❤

[@triumphantsound]

I love the addition of the drum. It's barely audible on the album.

[@tendenziellverwirrt]

I admire the choice of words, great song.

[@husker666]

so much passion its incredible :)

[@MobiusBandwidth]

good lord this girl's ridiculously awesome.

[@annalee26]

I KNOW I love this version personally her ending harp after "left bear" makes my heart explode.

[@zuperduperboi]

My heart is a furnace.

[@TamagoTamago77]

genius

[@odosseyoddity1840]

I hate geniuses. Marissa Elene Nadieja is a compositional genius and a vocal genius. She is hated and I hate her guts. I hate people with serious talent. She is highly unusual. She plays numbers of instruments on a high level and her voice is outstanding. Her writing is genius. She arranges music for over twenty instruments. She needs to be destroyed, ignored. I hope you vote all her videos down and abuse her. We need to isolate and abuse artists that are geniuses. Marissa Elene Nadieja is someone we need to HATE and abuse~ I am so jealous!

[@eoghansmyth8003]

Odossey Oddity Hi. Are you fucking crazy?

[@feliponsh]

like annalee sayd, this song make my heart explode.

[@SaxHero]

@IBBangin19 That's quite a coincidence. An ex-girlfriend is the one who introduced me to both Joanna and Regina Spektor. The break-up sucked and I didn't listen to either one for a while. Long story short, those old wounds have long been closed, but I still don't care to listen to Regina. But Joanna is forever.

[@ivyshoots]

@wilburtrex the fact that you can't appreciate BOTH artists for who they are makes me want you to.

[@ShaunKAndersonTV]

Wow.

[@marzkell]

Move along bear; there there that's that

[@russull5589]

said all of us to trump

[@desAIgnsbyRosa]

There are no words. indescribable. thank god I get to see her live :) (not this one). the harp at the end I agree, is something like... extrasensory experience

[@_chadboss]

🔥💕

[@Kelise006]

@wilburtrex it only means that shes our beautiful little secret. Not everyone understands her and I like it that way. Imagine the horror if the mindless sheeple caught wind of her, they'd destroy any sanctity we have left in our lives.

[@richardcranium4188]

Jams 😎🚬

[@rordun1232]

Can't tell who's speeding up temo in the first part, Joanna or the wild mandolin guy.

[@CoyKiyote]

Someone will be playing this in a concert hall 400 years from now!

[@WATCHSONICS]

fucking incredible

[@odosseyoddity1840]

I hate marissa elene nadieja. She is a genius. I hate genius. I hate people who are seriously talented. in a major way. Join me to destroy her. I hate genius.

[@KazooDog]

@qwertydeluxe She does that in a lot of her songs

[@jeffreysmoniz]

@qwertydeluxe it's the squeak of a harp string

[@bedfall]

amafuckingzing

[@yushis1]

Is that the version of this song that had nearly 100,000 views?

[@PIPisLORD]

Is the drummer Adam from Girls?

[@louise4558]

Four years late but it's Neal Morgan

[@IridescenceYT]

Haha, I know this comment is old, but since I know the answer I thought I'd share. In an interview she says it's her throat reacting with the surroundings. Like if it's hot and humid or if people in the audience are smoking, etc... I know by now the answer doesn't really matter but hey, what can you do? ;D

[@koosmangat]

shes like a baby princess.. i want to marry her.. ARGH!!!

[@not_emerald]

You'd have to murder andy samberg. I'm planning to do the same tbh

[@internetsummoner]

@Eduardo LMAO

[@qwertydeluxe]

What the hell is her voice doing at 3:59? It's actually really scary sounding. I'm really trying to enjoy this....

[@JorechDalc]

Lol, after some time listening to her music you get used to it and you end up loving it (I love when she does that sound).

[@LoserBabyLuna]

@eskimoKUKL YES! YES YOU CAN!

[@Cochese]

despite Joanna talent... the accordeon arrangements... wow

[@brianmunsen1996]

6 children recoiled in terror.

[@user-kh9ki3kq8m]

What fucking camera man decided to focus in on the band for half of the video

[@lupodelupis3672]

Are we sure that she doesn't come from another century?

[@Kyosan13]

@jeffreysmoniz Absolutely wrong. That's her voice, she used to do it all the time.

[@Shiva108]

Haha, I know this comment is old, but... the thought that someone would actually smoke at one of her concerts!

[@themadtrialsrider]

None of the songs on Ys get boring. This is a fact. -- Chuck Norris

[@djvbb12]

@aeorta5 It's kind of an insult if your a singer. What Joanna's doing and a child could do with their voice are totally different and comparing them is a slap in the face in a certain context. Joanna has a mature voice and total control unlike child, however, that's not to say that Joanna does not pick children's THEMES.

[@Jonmad17]

@chefjaike If you're gonna insult someone, at least get their name right.

[@flyingneedle]

Ron Jeremy on accordion.

[@eccremocarpusscaber5159]

Van Dyke Parkes ffs, the man wrote the damn lyrics!

[@isabellaatkinson4329]

no he didn't all joanna

[@jacobrayyy]

7:24

[@teaClocks]

Try and understand my plan, Ursula.

[@francismallett5755]

She might not know it but she's the only real heir to Arnold Schoenberg!

[@BascomLunsford]

@wilburtrex Be patient friend - This woman's evolving talent is far too large to be contained by by fashion or spin.

[@rosskstar]

she has taste then huh?

[@Biichyto]

3:58 wtf? jajajjajaa

[@Kastlefeer]

I haven't dreamed so since I was but a child ... seduction *yikes!

[@uhwaykin]

HEY, YOU. CHRIS HARDWICK. FELLOW NERDISTS. CLICK THE TIMESTAMP. 5:00

[@chickengeorge234]

I'd like to see Justin Bieber do this..

[@Bestevus]

Yeah, I'd have to agree with those that say this is better than the studio version. It's far more eloquent this way. I'd choreograph it with gypsies and willowy inbred debutantes. The gypsies would kick in at the 6 minute mark, of course.

[@kierkegaardrulez]

You'll never work in this town again, Joanna, after what you said about Lady Gaga and Madonna.

[@saumiksinha341]

lady gaga is trash

[@saumiksinha341]

madonna is a hag

[@terrestrialgoldfish2700]

demonic possession is a helluva drug