Vocal Coach reacts to Mazzy Star - Fade Into You (Live Shoreline Amphitheatre)

[@Nickel138]

I remember sitting in front of my tv at 2 am, as a teenager, watching this video. I felt true sadness for no reason. I felt overwhelmed by the universe for no reason. I felt truly alone. I told myself I’d never forget that moment and I haven’t. I’m 42 now. Sometimes when I can’t sleep I look up this song. It takes me right back to that night. Strange how music does that. I don’t even know the words, but it’s the prettiest song I’ve ever heard.

[@cemoulton1700]

Yup

[@Florek632]

39 an holy shit the same

[@raipier]

True melancholy, it makes you just... feel!

[@VashVicious2]

It's hard to capture

[@VashVicious2]

But seeing this comment and it's replies makes me feel not so alone, I'm only 32 and growing up with this music at a young age it was instilled in me without me realizing, making me always think somethings wrong with me

[@southpawentertainment9594]

I was once listening to her album on a road trip and missed my exit by like 10 miles...she's hypnotic.

[@IrieSven]

Feel you. What a great band. RIP Roback.

[@nonagrey3422]

Has there ever been a lead singer that's so awkwardly introverted as Hope? I absolutely LOVE her for it as I'm the same way.

[@lilya7110]

Karen Carpenter really didn’t want to be the lead but she hid any awkwardness

[@kenfuller8432]

Amy Winehouse

[@WhiteCamry]

Michael Stipe

[@Kelpwoud]

Geike Arnaert from Hooverphonic comes to mind.

[@johngarbutt]

Jim Morrison believe it or not in the early days. He sang with his back to the audience but as we know that changed fairly quickly.

[@CineSoar]

From the time this song came out, I still get an itch to re-listen to the studio version on repeat, about every 1-2 years or so. It's like a warm fleece blanket and a big candle, wrapped in nostalgia and longing.

[@davidkozin]

Sophomore year in college, the first time sharing a bed in a “longer term” relationship and going to sleep on that disc on repeat. Actually, sounds like an idea now for sleep.

[@pwr27986]

This song isn't about technique, its how it makes you feel!!! Powerful song. . .

[@1985lsf]

Thirty years later and I'm still crushed by emotions listening to this song.

[@brendafinch1497]

Same and always wondering why I’m tearing up.

[@Hollowsmith]

Hope Sandoval's voice on this track is a great example of how 50% of artistry is knowing how to blend into the ambience of sound around you. With no vocals, there's just an acoustic guitar (or on the album version, a sparse, open, airy arrangement). Notice, her voice sounds like an EXTENSION of that vibe. Notice her notes tend to trail away into flatness at the end of them, almost like they got carried off by the wind. Too many singers think of "good singing" as a technical pursuit. It's not. All the technical aspects of becoming a better singing are meant to serve HOW YOU APPLY what you've vocally learned how to do. Someone like Hope, who might have medium "technical vocal talent", but has extraordinary TASTE in how to apply her voice against sound around her, is lightyears ahead of a "technically good singer" that is annoyingly singing showy vocal runs over a guitar like this, with zero taste.

[@chrismartinez5711]

hear, hear!

[@dominicpardo4783]

Love this song. So dreamy and full of angst. Beautiful voice. Beautiful girl. A college crush for sure. Saw them play at the Cabaret Metro in Chicago.

[@JeffWiersma]

Hope Sandoval is BAE

[@bjwnashe5589]

Hope Sandoval can do no wrong, in my opinion. Wonderful vocalist.

[@jackwalker1822]

She is in a class by herself. She kind of invented a new style of singing that as some people say breaks all the rules but works. What rules? I can't think of another singer who can take their pitch all over the place and make it work like Hope does. Including singing very flat, which will ruin most singers. Also there is something about David Roback, that he seems to have some connection to Hope on some kind of wavelength whereby he can play the perfect guitar part to match her singing. A truly phenomenal band that I wish I could have seen back in the 90's. Totally agree that Hope can do no wrong to my ears.

[@sephirothii13]

I would call it a very shy voice or introverted voice. I can't tell you how many times when listening to radio with friends in the car when this song came on we all just stopped talking and listened. as "soft" as it was it was so powerful.

[@MrDLOC11]

Hope is the opposite of a traditional singer, & she doesn't sing to sing - she sings cuz that's how she feels ... Her voice is deliberately introverted, limited, not really projected. She doesn't sing for an audience nor for any reaction. The listener is not involved. In fact, her voice is part of a song, & the message of the song is usually something dark, very little light. Her voice does not need nor seeks approval. Free of the usual frills & thrills, her unique style relies on less is more. Hope is at the other end of the singers spectrum. She is an original and her hushed, tiny voice conveys sadness with a rare, no bulls**t quality. This authenticity makes the song so compelling!

[@eikestolze9109]

A music critic once said: "Hope Sandoval breathes more than she sings, but she breathes better than most others sing."

[@yarsheets4572]

I absolutely love this song. Thank you for giving me an excuse to listen to it this afternoon!

[@spastikps4916]

I love it's innocence and vulnerability. An absolutely beautiful song.

[@mooniejohnson]

"So Tonight That I Might See" is one of the best albums ever.

[@nintendonut100]

Every one of their albums is, really

[@thesean3194]

I was standing right in front of Hope singing this song back in the early nineties at the Blind Pig Champaign IL when I was in college. She seemed mystical. Her hair was in front of her face, and she was in her own world. It was a great performance. The whole set was fantastic btw.

[@fretless05]

I was pretty saturated with the grunge sound back in the day, and when Mazzy Star put out this song, it was like a shock. The song was so simple, there was no distorted guitar, or any of the other things you'd generally associate with grunge, but there was something about her her sultry, twangy, angst-filled voice, sometimes singling off-key that made her a stripped down acoustic version of the grunge feel. The song was iconic and still sounds as good today as it did then.

[@renlessard]

You nailed it. That and Hope Sandoval was the first crush for a lot of teen boys(and girls)

[@carl_anderson9315]

Yet it still mantains that soft-grunge vibe. It’s among Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, and Garbage. It reminds me of Milk.

[@raymondvaughn9723]

Few songs are timeless. I can rip stairway on acoustic and everyone goes eeeweh. Fing Wayne's world ruined it

[@James-wj8eq]

​@Raymond Vaughn helps their song musically as Bob Dylan noted at tge time, is a 6/8 rework of Knocking On Heavens Door. Luckily for the band, Bob's a nice guy who doesn't bother chasing you for copyright.

[@martymar1964]

@@renlessard and this adult at the time

[@alandavies3727]

The song makes you feel like you’re drifting off into another world.

[@vanhattfield8292]

Into "her" world. I don't know anyone who has ever said that this song them back to a connection with a past friend or lover, it is always being drawn to Hope herself. So many guys say they fell in love with her when they hear her, and I am one of them. I don't know how to explain what it does to me, and I think that applies to so many others as well...

[@pariah076]

I was a metalhead in the 90s when I first heard this song. I was in love immediately. First and only time I wanted to have intimate relations with a human voice

[@davidday2373]

Lol

[@aeromedical6776]

This is one of those songs that when you hear it, you immediately stop what you’re doing and just let your soul partake. It is so hauntingly beautiful.

[@HughCorbyCruick]

This song is about vulnerability, sung by a vulnerable looking woman with a vulnerable voice. It’s so amazingly captivating.

[@Jeffbambam]

So sensual, sexual, poetic,and feminine! She stole my heart then and never let it go !

[@Mike_H76]

Definitely agreed! Have you checked out PJ Harvey? The song "Rid of Me" is oozing sensuality (one performance in particular, sadly a poor recording). But I won't link that one, since the Gibson Firebird she's caressing in this one multiplies the sexy factor by 10. 😁 I know I'm "supposed" to be ogling those long legs, but I'm distracted by all the humbuckers! kzbin.info/www/bejne/d2Occ4CgaNtrbNk

[@llamasarus1]

It sounds too shy to be sexual

[@shanewilson2484]

I can't get her out of my mind.

[@llamasarus1]

@trentwalker9223 He said sexual.

[@llamasarus1]

​@trentwalker9223 Not in expression, no.

[@donaldcaron8095]

Now this tugs at souls...Fade into You!

[@Uriel77200]

Such a chill song. I'm a metal head at heart, but have always like this song when feeling low

[@spankynater4242]

This song transports me back to the 90s more than just about any other song.

[@jeffivens9410]

My wife and I "saw" her in concert years ago. She is so shy that she basically performs in the dark. My wife was so mad. We were going to buy tickets for a second show the following night but didn't because of that, but her voice live is so beautiful that it's like a drug. I don't think any recording does it justice.

[@drowssapma]

Shy for sure, but she had a disgust for her audience, and that's a HUGE turnoff.

[@goudagalindo1790]

Yes she’s very shy.

[@badcappincarrot8085]

​@@drowssapma We played with them in '97. She was a incredibly bratty alterna-Diva. Great song. Sulked and pretended she was frail and vulnerable....only when people were looking. FAKE.

[@gjh9299]

Cat Power didnt come out at all

[@Liofa73]

@@badcappincarrot8085 --- Did she turn you down for a date? She seems to be living in your head. Maybe she just didn't like you. I mean, a jerk that slags her off 25 years later in some internet forum, kind of immature, who can blame her.

[@rayclark9643]

We have made up all of these rules about music and although hope breaks most of those rules she does it in a way that makes you realize that you can color outside of the lines and still enjoy the picture 🥰!!!

[@spankynater4242]

What rules? The rules to music is do what you want.

[@rbl4641]

What a superb song...and Hope's vocals...hypnotic and beautiful

[@joelscottarnold3262]

I read a comment that rang so true about “Fade Into You”. If you were walking into a bar on an open mic night back in the 90’s and someone had started playing this- you hearing it for the first time- it would have stopped you in your tracks. It’s a masterpiece, really. I still pause and listen anytime I hear it anywhere.

[@BethRoars]

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[@nightgoblin29]

That is the great thing about music.. voice or instrument.. somethings should not work but they do because our ears love it ;) That for me is the magic of music and sounds.. Thank you again for this amazing reaction!

[@umunhum]

I went to a Cocteau Twins show where Mazzy Star opened (San Jose Event Center, 1990). She had to leave the stage 3 times before overcoming her stage fright before a banger performance.

[@umunhum]

Also, does anyone remember a band from the same era called The Three O'Clock? They had some great pop/paisley songs.

[@Scott_Forsell]

This makes me want to listen to The Cowboy Junkies. Margo Timmins, or Low out of Duluth.

[@ronaldriis1023]

Mick Jagger was once asked a stupid question, but gave a smart answer: why do you behave the way you do onstage? And he said: because no one wants to look at a shy person. Well, you’re right, Mick, but I am a shy man who wants to look at Hope Sandoval and hear her sing this beautiful, unconventional song.

[@FrowningIke]

She's appeared in a few Massive Attack songs. She's perfect for them! Also, look up Hope Sandoval - Jesus and Mary Chain - Sometimes Always. She's a littler more energetic in that one. Not much, but a little. It's a great duet.

[@tomking7080]

I love Mazzy Star. I was a sophomore in high school when it came out and every girls car had this in their CD player. My friend Molly ,we both played on the Varsity tennis team all 4 years of high school, and we would sit in her car before practice and smoke a half joint before practice to this song and “Brown eyed girl “ by Van Morrison in that year. We had such good music from all genres in the 90’s. From Nirvana,STP,Alice in Chains,Soundgarden,TOOL,2 Pac,Biggie,Snoop,ICECUBE,DR. DRE,NWA, Eazy,Wu-Tang,Ghetto Boys,Naughty by Nature,Onyx and the list goes on and on.

[@CrowdPleeza]

If I could compare her to another singer it would be Sade. She sounds like an alternative rock version of Sade.

[@Sugar_K]

If you ever get a chance to see her you should. It’s an honour and a privilege

[@thehifimaster5618]

Definitely one of the best songs of all time, and easily in the top three of all 90's anthems.

[@etherealfoxproductions]

Hope Sandoval has a remarkable voice. I remember when I heard this song and was just captivated by her voice. To me, it’s a love song where all you want be is with the person that you love and just fade in. The ‘90’s was just a fantastic decade of music and a moment in time that will never be replicated or dominated.

[@tristramcoffin926]

Don't listen to this song on a country road at night driving in the rain. That oncoming semi doesn't care that you are in a dream state from listening to Mazzy Star - Fade Into You.

[@edwardsighamony]

This takes me back. I was at that concert. I remember Tom Petty telling the sound guy at the boards to "turn down that bass. This ain't no disco." Hope's performance was great.

[@googlebenutzer4467]

Tom petty was at a mazzy star's concert?

[@josephhertzberg2734]

Such an amazing little snippet of a moment. A very Tom Petty thing to say

[@odysseas13]

This was my wedding dance song. I absolutely love it.❤

[@davidday2373]

Wow... 😄 that's cool.

[@sdrrshock5594]

It was mine aswell!

[@davidmckesey7119]

congrats. i bet it was memorable

[@eboethrasher]

A good male counterpart to this would be, IMHO, Chris Isaak, his crooning was always tinged with a sort of other-worldly ethereal-ness. I mean, other than Kevin and Belinda from MBV who were right up the same lazy swirly alley, same for Slowdive.

[@chrismartinez5711]

"It kind of shouldn't sound good, but it really does" is so on point.

[@paulcoqui836]

Sometimes, the greatness comes from knowing when to break the rules.

[@colclumper]

yeah was going to say the same, adtryi9ng hard to push the t muffin thing oooof

[@jonfazzone5125]

Love this Song and Mazzy Star. The Song “Into Dust”with that Guitar and Hope Sandoval’s Vocals is an Absolutely Amazing Song and one of my Favorites of All Time

[@jackwalker1822]

Into Dust is my absolute favorite song since I heard it. I don't understand people who say the only good thing about Mazzy Star is Fade Into You. Which I like a lot but there are probably at least a dozen songs they did that I like better.

[@jonfazzone5125]

@@jackwalker1822 after watching them on Jools Holland show “Blue Flower” is top 3 for me

[@jackwalker1822]

@@jonfazzone5125 Blue Flower is my second favorite Mazzy Star song after Into Dust. We must have similar taste.

[@jonfazzone5125]

@@jackwalker1822 Both Absolutely Amazing Songs

[@reedcriswell6654]

I am no musician and can't speak with much authority, but I think what Hope does is bend the sound a lot like Mexican Mariaches do. You think this should be off-key, but it's not. And Mariaches are excellent at this bending. I don't know that Hope is a particular fan of Mariache, but given her heritage, I'm sure she's absorbed it. Anyway, I love it.

[@birkborkarson9300]

that hits all the shy people right in the heart...

[@Haeze]

What I always loved about Hope's voice is how she will start singing a word or phrase without a lot of air moving through it, then increases the amount of air she gives her voice such an amazing texture.

[@Truthseeker1515]

Amazing. Gen X music was the best and all the alternative bands really came to the fore in the early 90s! Mazzy Star should be up there with Nirvana as cultural influences. They both marked my generation. Hope Sandoval's lyrics are on a par with David Foster Wallace's prose....

[@emes1845]

Oh, reach into my chest and rip my heart out Beth! LOVE Mazzy Star, Hope Sandoval and David Roback (RIP). That's not an act Hope is putting on, she really is that shy and introverted. Such a dreamy song!

[@jackwalker1822]

People who say she didn't like the audience, I don't know what they are getting at. She was just being her own unique self. Which I love.

[@hippomancy]

I agree that her voice "should not work" and yet really does. it reminds me of folk singing but in a quieter tonal presentation. sad folk, not angry or jubilant. not going to call this one of the best songs of all time, but that is subjective and I'm sure for many who were youths in era of grunge it is. (not a grunge song but it was the dominant sound when this was released).

[@michaelbyrd7883]

A completely different artist that Beth also critiques and came out right in the middle of the grunge era who to me is the epitome of breaking the mold and who's singing far surpasses what's done here would be Jeff Buckley. Elizabeth Frazier did one song with him. I couldn't see Hope Sandoval if Buckley had lived ever being able to work out a duet but one can just ponder it and think maybe they could've done one. JB had the talent to figure it out.

[@scottbourret1190]

There were so many iconic performances during this time frame. This one should be high on that list.

[@Logotic]

It's so cool to look at the face of this real life vocal coach as she listens to Hope Sandoval. She's just as gobsmacked enraptured as I am every time I listen to this angel.

[@mattymaple1976]

great song. i was in HS (old man) during the grunge era. this brings back some "back in the day" vibes.

[@dominicpardo4783]

I was in college. Lol...

[@ashleydixon4613]

@@dominicpardo4783 same. This reminds me of lying in my candlelit dorm room at Hendrix College (Arkansas), listening to the whole So Tonight That I Might See album, followed by Jeff Buckley’s Grace. 💜

[@dominicpardo4783]

@@ashleydixon4613 The Cure, The Smiths, Book of Love, New Order, The Replacements, Hüsker Dü, Echo and the Bunnymen, Jesus and Mary Chain, Roxy Music, The Jam, and on and on.... Dorm days angst...

[@nirvanapeace8712]

Takes me back to my childhood 😢 I miss those days and mtv music videos

[@GregRichardson1976]

She's intoxicating - incredible song, band and such an enigmatic woman. So excited to see you review this. Thanks Beth.

[@GregRichardson1976]

I'm talking about Beth of course, or maybe Hope ;-)

[@travismorris9303]

Hope Sandoval's voice singing this song is supernatural and magical

[@davidday2373]

REQUEST: Sixto Rodríguez, aka "Sugarman"

[@PurpleSucculent]

I saw her in 2017 in Seattle at Neptune Theater for her band Hope Sandoval and The Warm Inventions and her voice was so lovely live. She is so very shy she performed in the dark. But honestly it was so good. It was dark, moody and so very intimate. I love her music so much. I still hope she releases something again.

[@Hixlol]

Hope is just so perfect.

[@MrWahooknows]

I really like your commentary. I learn a lot.

[@ChristopherFehlinger]

Damn that slapped me back through almost thirty years of memories.

[@MalMotorDedo]

Great song, great band, great singer, RIP David

[@kingbrutusxxvi]

It says a lot that she can use that technique in a large, open-air venue and you could hear a pin drop in the place. Everyone is mesmerized.

[@michaelbyrd7883]

Yea, I suppose so, but to hear this song people have to shut up! There's nothing behind this song but her haunting, melodic voice. She's certainly not Stevie Nicks!

[@joespradley2323]

Love this song! As soon as I saw you reacting to it I stopped to watch. Not to many people know about her. Thanks for reacting to this. I had just listened to it a few days ago.🙏🏼🌹💕

[@buzzbomb67]

So much of trip hop and 90s psychedelia sounds so conversationally mournful. She sounds like she’s talking to someone who’s been LONG gone, but she just cant get past that they’re not there anymore. My mom hates her singing, cuz it sounds like shes on heroin lol but I love her voice! I have a deep appreciation for women who can really SING, like the divas, or the belters, or the wailers, the growlers, the screamers, etc… but I have to say, I love clean, clear feminine vocals, like Olivia Newton John or Linda Ronstadt. There’s nothing prettier than that, and even though Hope’s style is MUCH more subdued than theirs, I put her in there with them, because of her clarity of tone.

[@paulhelberg5269]

When someone says 1990's music, I think of Hope Sandoval singing with Mazzy Star. She was the definition of that era.

[@habbadabbado5765]

Yes, this and Portishead “sour times”

[@webcrawler2007]

Really? I heard it a few times, but it never wowed me, even today. I LOVED the grunge era, still do today, and yet even now I don't get why anyone thinks this is even good.

[@TheTruth-pl3mk]

@@webcrawler2007 Musically, I can agree with you; it doesn't go anywhere and it lacks power. But I like the song for sentimental reasons. Reminds me of someone and a time when life was better. I would imagine it has that effect on the vast majority of people who call it a great song.

[@michaelbyrd7883]

@@TheTruth-pl3mk Yea, I get what you're saying, but for me it's a good song, that sentimental, melancholy feel comes through but it goes no where other then that. She lives me with this song feeling unresolved, incomplete her voice on it works pretty well but there's nothing more to say about it or the band Mazzy Starr. Their success is predicated on this one song.

[@James-wj8eq]

​@The Truth 82 it didn't go anywhere because it's a 6/8 version musically of Bob Dylan's Knocking On Heavens Door...

[@patrickpauley585]

I wish you would have reviewed the studio recorded version. It's electric and more ethereal or airy as you say. The slide guitar really adds to the effect.

[@EvanTheBlue]

such a beautiful song ... Mazzy is super under rated

[@viviandarkbloom100]

You can only imagine what Hope and her voice does to 99% of Straight men.

[@joemummerth8340]

if you like it , check out flowers in december ,and into dust !

[@dalepak1955]

I saw her play in a record store in Columbus, Ohio when I was in High School. She’s just as angelic. Bought the album and went to the show.

[@eboethrasher]

That was right down the street from my apartment t the time, I was gonna make a comment about it, crazy! Singing Dog records, Chittenden and High. Wish I had gone.

[@dalepak1955]

@@eboethrasher Yup, that’s the place.

[@midkingsteve]

I don't know a single hetero male who has seen Hope sing and hasn't been in love. It's ridiculous. In the best way.

[@michaelthornton311]

A lot of early to mid '90s music was created by true artists in every sense who composed songs in ways that effectively evoked emotion w/ minimal or secondary regard for techinical rules.

[@philipcable437]

I prefer the version Mazzy star performed on the Jools Holand show. Roback's slide guitar adds a country style blues that fits perfectly with Hope's vocals. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iWm0gJSXpM6Hb7c

[@JohnLnyc]

This always reminded me of the earlier Margo Timmons and Cowboy Junkies. Someone mentions “dreamy” and “angst” Yes. Both apply. This is really a “non performance”….performance. Very much in the shoegaze music niche. The delivery is a voice from a dream or someone under the influence (of a dream state). No emotion. It’s a confused confessional? Hope’s delivery is what is important. There’s a subtle tension built up but there’s no release…no chorus no sing along moments. One interesting thing is because of the almost non existent song structure time is slowed dramatically (the Cowboy Junkies often achieved this though they maintained structure). I always found this fascinating.

[@rnowak85]

Cowboy Junkies are one of my favorite groups. Hollow as a Bone and Misguided Angel are two of my favorites. Very mush the same vibe.

[@tomfagrell7357]

Hope also has texture throughout all of her register. It never dies in the low tones and never feels out of control in the highs. Even when sometimes she's a little flat it always seems intentional. And sound amazing.

[@goingwildagain]

Beth, Hope has a sound of Natalie Merchant 10000 M. Awesome addictive . There's a few low notes she drops into that are just sublime in that song.

[@musicaddict5076]

She's a goddess.

[@RIVERLOPEZ]

Vocal coach is too young to comprehend feelings lol This song comes from heart not the throat. It was written in a perfect era. This song has power to hit the first time you hear it. That’s perfect music from heaven.

[@cleanslate2004]

She just has it, not the stereotypically trained voice, but the connection with the message & her natural easy tone fits that message, like Sinead O'Connor had with Nothing compares to you & Margo Timmons from Cowboy Junkies had with Sweet Jane. The style of these performances just leave an indelible imprint on ya. When an artist understands & fits the message ya can't dissect it with your traditional critique because it's beyond the X's & O's

[@kissthesky9969]

Back then there wasn't anything or anyone more beautiful then hope. At least to me

[@Sir_Osis]

Both this song and Halah are so hauntingly beautiful.

[@seancallahan1312]

I was at that concert. Shoreline, 94 I think. It was my birthday. I remember thinking about the difference between when I'd seen them play a couple of years before. It was in a fairly large club, and they turned the lights down till you couldn't see your hand in front of your face. They lowered a single, dark blue light bulb down to light her face. She was off in her own world the whole concert and everyone there was hypnotized. This show it seemed she was kind of wishing for that club and the dark again. But it was incredible. Though Hope Sandoval looked like she was kind of blasted by the sun and the crowds.

[@MichaelDoherty1981]

You'd think someone who was a professional would recognise that she is trying to portray shyness and coyness, she's trying to pull in the listener, it's a seduction by a sweet, shy girl, pouring out her emotions, played to perfection

[@chadwhite4236]

Been in love with her since the time I first heard her sing this song! All those years ago, yet such an amazing song still to this day!

[@GreasyWop]

the 90s were awesome

[@liammacdonald8289]

You should watch Paolo Nutini covering this song for radio 2. It’s mesmerisingly good

[@crescentfreshbret]

Hope isn’t human. She’s like some magical, musical fairy.

[@neidermyer]

I love this song, her voice is I call saultry, I love how she sings it.

[@fredkrissman6527]

*sultry* AND very sexy IMO.

[@socalsp3]

good o indie rock days, very unique singer. i think she inspired a lot of indie female singers today even the cursive singing ones unfortunately

[@ravenstromdans]

"Face Into You" helped me fall into infatuation with Hope Sandoval, but I actually prefer the even chiller song "Five String Serenade" that came off the same album. It's a rainy day, sit back and just vibe song that I really love.

[@AlejandroDiazadiaz201]

This song is still amazing. Perfect for a drive or a sunset. It's just a time of your life.

[@spankynater4242]

I like this song more now than I did back then.

[@holohulolo]

I think that's the thing about art, when you try to get technical it takes a lot of skill and mastery to make something feel organic. I think "organic feel" is probably the best term to describe something like this, the singing just felt very honest, natural, vulnerable and straight from the heart. Obviously I don't know hope in person, but I believe it really takes a person that really feel it from the heart to sing a song that way. I mean the song and the singer is one, at that point I don't think it's a "performance" anymore, it's something else.

[@James-wj8eq]

And it helps her she looks to Martha Wainwright and Janis Ian for inspiration. Two legendary artists one can learn a lot from.

[@12Daze]

Hey Beth - check out Chris Shinn's cover of this. It's awesome! Just search 'Chris Shinn Fade Into You'.. It's live and full band.

[@steinbauge4591]

Amazing to have this broken down and it does not take anything away, the song/performance remains undefinable, feels more like comfort/healing/reassurance than angst to me

[@bradwilliams7198]

Regarding the comment at 1:35 about how Hope's voice is continuously changing pitch: in this video the musical accompaniment is mostly an acoustic guitar, but in the album version a slide guitar is very prominently featured. Hope is more or less doing the vocal equivalent of a pitch-shifting slide guitar, and (my personal preference) that combination of the slide guitar and vocals is even more mesmerizing than this version.

[@barrypotter5751]

Can you do mark E Smith from the fall

[@jonfazzone5125]

The Live Version on Jools Holland Later Show is Absolutely Amazing

[@mouratos66]

I was lucky enough to see and hear Hope Sandoval when Mazzy Star played at UMIST in Manchester where I was doing my degree... One of the best experiences of my student life!!!!