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Bon Iver — Blindsided
Album: For Emma, Forever Ago
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Released: 2008
Length: 5:28
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Back down... down to the downtown
Down to the lockdown... boards, nails lie around

I crouch like a crow
Contrasting the snow
For the agony, I'd rather know
Cause blinded I am blindsided

Peek in... into the peer in
I'm not really like this... I'm probably plight-less

I cup the window
I'm crippled and slow
For the agony
I'd rather know
Cause blinded I am blindsided

Would you really rush out?
Would you really rush out?
Would you really rush out for me now?
Would you really rush out?
Would you really rush out for me now?
Would you really rush out for me now?
Would you really rush out for me now?
Would you really rush out?
For me now?
For me now?
For me now?

Taut line... down to the shoreline
The end of a blood line... the moon is a cold light

There's a pull to the flow
My feet melt the snow
For the irony, I'd rather know
Cause blinded I was blindsided
Blinded I was blindsided
Cause blinded I was blindsided
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 Excelsior wrote:
Wow... does every male artist added to the RP playlist in the last few months either sing in a falsetto or whisper?
 
Vienna Teng is not a male.

Oh, wait...

Posted 12 years ago by DownHomeGirl    [ Reply ]
For me this album speaks to my soul by how the artist exposes pure raw human emotion through sound.  Falsetto, cracking voices, in and out of tune, it speaks from a very real, very deep vulnerable place.  It's beautiful.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYNjlat8Af8&feature=related
Posted 14 years ago by adamite    [ Reply ]
Gordon Bennett!  Razz

What time is it across there in Paradise, CA?  3.00am?  This is the worst sequence of 4s, 3s, 2s and 1s I've ever heard assembled!

And I'm normally such a positive guy!

Posted 14 years ago by lawman    [ Reply ]
What was going on at the end? Odd, and not good.
Posted 15 years ago by htowncoog    [ Reply ]
here in new england we pronounce it like this: 

Posted 15 years ago by daveesh    [ Reply ]
 dburges wrote:
Bill, you might want to check your pronunciation of the band's name. From Wikipedia: The name, Bon Iver, is a bastardization of the French, bon hiver (good winter).
  Sorry for the double post but not too savvy with techno here in the exotic beauty of Kenya, well I am not but many others here are. He is actually spelling it as it is said, the h is silent in French. They just love their flourishes!

Posted 15 years ago by Outtaere    [ Reply ]
yay! i heart.
Posted 15 years ago by soundside    [ Reply ]
icepick worthy
Posted 15 years ago by zipper    [ Reply ]
For those of you who haven't noticed, Excelsior hasn't been around for a few weeks. I don't know if Bill finally gave him the axe or he just finally gave up. Either way, Please stop re-posting his comments. Thanks.

Posted 15 years ago by HarrO    [ Reply ]
 Excelsior wrote:
The Veils and now this.  {#Puke}
 

quit tuning in already! {#Beat}
Posted 15 years ago by jkhandy    [ Reply ]
Just saw him live in Dublin. Excellent gig- geting rave reviews in the media here. Happy days! More songs please! Skinny Love is fantastic.
Posted 15 years ago by dapower    [ Reply ]
So, if I just wail some random falsetto notes into a microphone, can I get a record deal too?  Seems to have worked for Bon Iver, Tom Baxter, Cinematic Orchestra, and just about a third of the other male vocalists on RP.  {#Snooty}
Posted 15 years ago by Excelsior    [ Reply ]
Do I hear RadioHead?  By the way the new site sucks.  It is really slow.  Then again I havea piece of crap computer.
Posted 15 years ago by jef3fowler    [ Reply ]
The Veils and now this.  {#Puke}
Posted 15 years ago by Excelsior    [ Reply ]
It's SWWWWWEEEEETTTTT and I like it......falsetto and all....never heard them before, great addition...(some of us like sweet falsetto)
Posted 15 years ago by PurplePrincess    [ Reply ]
All this treacly falsetto = {#Puke}
Posted 15 years ago by Excelsior    [ Reply ]
Thanks for introducing this band to listeners, Bill. I've listened to this CD every day this week on the way to work. It's a beauty.
Posted 15 years ago by chyk5    [ Reply ]
Is this guy trying to Elbow his way into the rotation?
Posted 15 years ago by Dave_Mack    [ Reply ]
Hey Bill,

Am a new listener and loving it. Spotted Bon Iver on here and would say there are loads of tracks on the album that I think you'd love. Give it a listen. The fact my name and it's title are similar is not affecting my comment ;0)

Best of luck.
Em
Posted 15 years ago by emmafullalove    [ Reply ]
Bill, you might want to check your pronunciation of the band's name. From Wikipedia: The name, Bon Iver, is a bastardization of the French, bon hiver (good winter).
Posted 15 years ago by dburges    [ Reply ]
This is why I love RadioParadise. Songs like these that blow you away, by artists you've never heard of. I love the harmonies with the falsetto and the deep quiet vocal bass part.
Posted 15 years ago by BingoPajama    [ Reply ]
MCKY wrote:
First heard this guy on Six Degree's Traveller. the whole album is very good. But I'm annoyed that the digital version on itunes comes with an extra track. Odd to be penalized for buying the CD!
At least you can buy the bonus track individually and not have to re-buy the entire album digitally to be able to get it, as is too often the case with iTunes.
Posted 15 years ago by quatsch    [ Reply ]
2nd listen and I'm loving it!
Posted 15 years ago by Nanners63    [ Reply ]
An album I have to keep listening over and over again hoping each time I will find the right words and reasons to describe why the heck I love it so much. Great headphone listen...
Posted 15 years ago by yomamma    [ Reply ]
oh man, i just recently started listening to Bon Iver. Flume and Skinny Love are two other great songs you should listen to if you like this one. This song is on my sleep mix that i play every night in bed. When it started playing it took me a second to realize that I wasnt listening to my iPod, rather it had been played by Bill. I was really excited to hear it played here. Thanks alot!
Posted 15 years ago by topherg87    [ Reply ]
interesting!... must keep my eye on them. Thanks again RP.
Posted 16 years ago by Limpopoking    [ Reply ]
Jacksonstat wrote:
Edit: Inamorato!! Simultaneous posting!
Great minds...
Posted 16 years ago by Inamorato    [ Reply ]
Dang it, I just bought this CD and meant to bring it into work with me today. Edit: Inamorato!! Simultaneous posting!
Posted 16 years ago by Jacksonstat    [ Reply ]
Secluding yourself in a cabin in the winter woods for a few months seems like a good way to make a thoughtful, tranquil album.
Posted 16 years ago by Inamorato    [ Reply ]
Hard to listen to. ...too bad, it might be a decent song if he sang in tune.
Posted 16 years ago by hecubus    [ Reply ]
Wow... does every male artist added to the RP playlist in the last few months either sing in a falsetto or whisper?
Posted 16 years ago by Excelsior    [ Reply ]
I heard about this guy/group(?) on NPR, as part of an article about the recent South by Southwest. Nice to hear. I like it.
Posted 16 years ago by ginger    [ Reply ]
I hear a little Jeff Buckley in his voice.
Posted 16 years ago by miahfost    [ Reply ]
felam wrote:
Yawn.
How could you sleep with all that off-key falsetto going on?
Posted 16 years ago by aeknust    [ Reply ]
Yawn.
Posted 16 years ago by felam    [ Reply ]
Heard this guy on a Paste Magazine sampler and loved him. Thanks for playing him Bill!
Posted 16 years ago by rvontha    [ Reply ]
First heard this guy on Six Degree's Traveller. the whole album is very good. But I'm annoyed that the digital version on itunes comes with an extra track. Odd to be penalized for buying the CD!
Posted 16 years ago by MCKY    [ Reply ]
My daughter just sent me this a couple of weeks ago. I was thinking - this would be good RP material. Whole CD is good.
Posted 16 years ago by stevesaw    [ Reply ]