Sufjan Stevens "Come on! Feel the Illinoise!

[@johnklepac4789]

Am I the only one who thinks this is one of the best songs on the album, and one of his best?

[@JoeBloggs112]

John Klepac No my friend, this has always been my fav of his even now since he's had a few more albums out, in fact its my fav album!

[@PepekBezlepek]

John Klepac This IS the best song of the album by far. I cannot get enough of that 5/4 time and how he manages to hold the song together.

[@elishazepeda184]

Plus the fact that he is layering so many different, equally catchy melodies on top of each other.

[@erikbateson]

It's his best song, which is saying a lot

[@noahinson]

This is definitely like his third best but still friggin awesome 1. Transfiguration 2. To Be Alone With You 3. Come On Feel The Illinois 4. Carrie And Lowell 5. Abraham

[@LUIGInator2109]

this song is probably the most genius piece of music I've ever heard in my life

[@mljantzen]

I look back on that Illinois tour with great joy. Throwing those inflatable Superman's around the theater was fun..Incredible music from a really gifted man

[@Arsenalfanx562]

This song is so amazing, it's impressing how he is playing it so casual while it evokes so many emotions inside of me.

[@donuteyes]

this is great. i love the jamming... if you'd never heard soof before this, one would still have to acknowledge his songwriting prowess.

[@LuckyJensenn]

A song released in 2005 can barely be considered "old"

[@poppyflowers7897]

now it's old

[@supertavio2]

@@poppyflowers7897 Yep

[@insaneschizoid]

lol

[@LuckyJensenn]

@@poppyflowers7897 lol indeed…now it’s old

[@m-is-toast]

almost 20 years old!!

[@ajc5869]

such a good time

[@Pogue4]

Loved it, One of my Favs...

[@tubegucker1]

awesome 5/4

[@colalightyear7859]

This mix is bad but this song is beautiful, the transition from part 1 to part 3 is so fucking amazing.

[@iimrbluesky2238]

The trumpets are so good here

[@timdiggerm]

I think that the way that he's become bored with his older stuff is interesting.

[@Myrmelie]

I wish I'd been there

[@WesleyKamau]

Same

[@WesleyKamau]

I was 6 years old though

[@Peachplumpearstan]

I'd be 10 years old then 😂

[@redresch]

Hahaha, I do not remember writing that comment, and now, a year later looking back on the video, I cannot understand how I missed it in the first place.

[@sgbassman7546]

God damn was that beautiful...

[@wanghu2767]

Omg I thought the hat was a part of his hair

[@Murto84]

he sort of derps up the defining song of his career, that also defines his style/sound, otherwise nice performance I guess

[@Skullkilling]

I mean, that's like the point of Sufjan Stevens though right? He's just like one big derp.

[@Obscure128]

WHAT?! “Derp”? DERP?!

[@opiesfuneral]

Hm, well I guess I mean the live version more than the studio one. It's good to hear another point of view though.

[@opiesfuneral]

you know if you're not a Sufjan fan this would just sound like a bad song. pitchy vocals, repetitive, seemingly random lyrics, primary school style trumpets.... But as the Sufjan fan that I am this sounds so great to my ears and just makes me happy.

[@dingojones]

It’s really just the recording. It would’ve sounded much much better in the room

[@jerryturner2310]

Please don't get mad at me, I'm an old fart (60) who doesn't listen to much music that was made after the 80's. Sorry. But when I randomly saw this song title and the artist's name, 2 things came to mind. 1) I thought this would be a parody of "Cum On Feel the Noize" by Quiet Riot (80's) 2) And if #1 was correct, then maybe this guy was related to Ray Stevens, who parodied a few songs and had a lot of novelty songs.

[@thenamegoeshere3393]

What did you think of it? (I would also recommend the album/studio version, its somewhat different {I and I think many others prefer that version})

[@sevsthepokey]

If you enjoy, please investigate the rest of the album, “Illinois.” Excellent music!

[@LiamBaker-zv3xq]

@@sevsthepokeyfuture and sufjan stevens… you and I are not so different

[@mcpack49]

talk about beautiful

[@shar3267]

Wonder where this person recording is now in life

[@akfirez4146]

to see this comment from today when every other comment is from years ago. Crazy!

[@timdiggerm]

@armoredyosk Yet he still plays them sometimes.

[@DemonmachinE]

I don't know if you're right on that one. This is the first song I heard by him and it got me into him. I'm not a fan of the genre he belongs to, in general, and haven't even really listened to anything outside of this album, and yet I love this song. You could be right in general, but in my case it wasn't true. :)

[@karloseduardocruzmarinho4762]

is st. vicent in the backgroung?

[@redresch]

I missed it... Why was "we're gonna try an old one" funny?

[@reaganperdue2717]

DrDavidLopan because the song wasn’t that old when this song was performed! Haha

[@Obscure128]

I think it was Sufjan’s giggle and general vibe of anxious trepidation with performing this Goliath of a song

[@DriftwoodScarecrow]

Nice sax solo

[@pmambientworks4727]

Mitch Hedberg on trumpet!

[@수풀-j5e]

ㅋㅋㅋ이거지 이거야

[@StupidPoemAboutLife]

@skippy56189 Interlochen?

[@khansolllo]

thirdedededed

[@LuckyJensenn]

haha no big deal, just thought I'd help you out

[@matthewmaki]

sounds like the band didnt practice this one much

[@Illneverremember1]

I didn't hear any mistakes..

[@afdm1995]

no ,this is the way he improvise every "live version" of Come feel the Illinois, he always make different "noisy" thingy in middle of song

[@trst361]

Not sure if this was during a tour of the Illinois album, then if so, shame on them heh. But I always get the sense that Sufjan composed songs that are genuinely difficult to perform.

[@unknownproduce]

poor performance imo