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Hozier - Almost (Sweet Music) (Live at The Current)

Hozier performs 'Almost (Sweet Music)' from his album, 'Wasteland, Baby!' live in The Current studio.
Audio by Corey Schreppel, Video by Nate Ryan & Minju Kim
Andrew "Hozier" Byrne - vocals
Alex Ryan - bass
Cormac Curran - organ
Thandii - keyboards
Kristen Rogers - backing vocals, hand claps
Rachel Beauregard - backing vocals, hand claps
Rory Doyle - drums, percussion
Suzanne Santo - violin, backing vocals

Пікірлер: 271

  • @katetaleska7352
    @katetaleska73524 жыл бұрын

    The man writes lyrics like no one.

  • @who7063

    @who7063

    4 жыл бұрын

    The lyrics are literally just names of old jazz songs copy and pasted

  • @Ella-iv7wv

    @Ella-iv7wv

    4 жыл бұрын

    who yes BUT his other stuff? his lyrics are stunning. Nina Cried Power is a great example. definitely check it out if you haven’t!

  • @annapopova3221

    @annapopova3221

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Ella-iv7wvomg you answered so calmly to a hate comment! That's what I call a Hozier fan! *proudly saluting*

  • @TalkAsSoftAsChalk

    @TalkAsSoftAsChalk

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@who7063 Except he formed an entire narrative with those titles, adding in words of his own too and thats no small feat. Also, his other songs are lyrical gold mines.

  • @emmamorse5082

    @emmamorse5082

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@who7063 yeah and he still managed to tell an entire story with half of his lyrics just titles of songs

  • @ijones_88
    @ijones_885 жыл бұрын

    I’m convinced he knows something the rest of us don’t. Playing that and singing at the same time is a HELL of a challenge

  • @jickay

    @jickay

    5 жыл бұрын

    I'm trying to learn this song and man it's rough to do both

  • @jesse.a366

    @jesse.a366

    5 жыл бұрын

    I feel like it’s the way he keeps his eyes open while he sings. Idk. I get what you’re saying though.

  • @sanyudass1286

    @sanyudass1286

    5 жыл бұрын

    You should check out neon by john mayer if you think this is hard to do

  • @thomaschristopherwhite9043

    @thomaschristopherwhite9043

    4 жыл бұрын

    John Mayer Neon Where the light is concert. You'll know when you see it.

  • @angusmiller574

    @angusmiller574

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hell just playing it is hard enough for me!

  • @princessuwu2000
    @princessuwu20005 жыл бұрын

    We have truly been blessed to exist in a universe with this beautiful being.

  • @lovesings2us

    @lovesings2us

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes! Blessed feels like just the right word for how I feel too, when I listen to him. He lavishes his beautiful streams of beauty and wisdom on us.

  • @marseasler2230

    @marseasler2230

    3 жыл бұрын

    YESSS

  • @angelinavanaman2191

    @angelinavanaman2191

    3 жыл бұрын

    Damn straight

  • @francobrothersLLC

    @francobrothersLLC

    2 жыл бұрын

    Jehovah god has made everything and everyone wonderful is just the conditions that we are living in and the one controlling everything that makes many of us terrible people

  • @tblightningbolt8902

    @tblightningbolt8902

    2 жыл бұрын

    Great talent. But he’s a man. Good and bad. Just like you. Don’t worship celebs

  • @misharobinson1679
    @misharobinson16795 жыл бұрын

    Those women are so coordinated what

  • @May-wt1yc

    @May-wt1yc

    5 жыл бұрын

    Pros

  • @idontneedaname318

    @idontneedaname318

    4 жыл бұрын

    The rhythm is pretty easy once u get the hang of it. Just takes a bit of practice

  • @joshuamolina8963

    @joshuamolina8963

    4 жыл бұрын

    Right?? Respect!!

  • @surfnyolly

    @surfnyolly

    4 жыл бұрын

    Misha Robinson and the guy playing the drum and the tambourine! Amazing!

  • @ThePaszinho

    @ThePaszinho

    4 жыл бұрын

    metronome in the ears

  • @eleanorsherman6512
    @eleanorsherman65124 жыл бұрын

    The 27 dislikes are from his rival forest spirits

  • @lanalenna421
    @lanalenna4215 жыл бұрын

    My skin has been cleared

  • @AR........
    @AR........5 жыл бұрын

    the audio quality on all these are fantastic. kudus to corey schreppel you funky lil sound engineer

  • @emiliaanton6897

    @emiliaanton6897

    Жыл бұрын

    Perfect 😂

  • @emiliaanton6897

    @emiliaanton6897

    Жыл бұрын

    Nu-ntelege nimeni nimic 😂

  • @morgenwinecoff9870
    @morgenwinecoff98704 жыл бұрын

    Hozier's backup singers are a special kind of attractive

  • @tabithaminyue6266

    @tabithaminyue6266

    4 жыл бұрын

    The whole lot and kaboodle of them got pulled right from the Seelie court to support and share in the magic making of their Prince, of course they are a special kind of attractive.

  • @azureshenanigans

    @azureshenanigans

    3 жыл бұрын

    Seelie? Nah this is beyond courts, this type of magic is far more ancient.

  • @rajalakshmi6810

    @rajalakshmi6810

    4 ай бұрын

    They are forest nymphs so obviously they are deadly gorgeous

  • @vanwool94
    @vanwool945 жыл бұрын

    Hozier serves as a constant reminder that I have absolutely no musical talent.

  • @Zsaisse

    @Zsaisse

    5 жыл бұрын

    if it's a balancing act the universe did to take my talent (lack thereof) in music to to give to Hozier then by all means take it all away.

  • @Zsaisse

    @Zsaisse

    5 жыл бұрын

    if it's a balancing act the universe did to take my talent (lack thereof) in music to to give to Hozier then by all means take it all away.

  • @holyyoghurtman1952

    @holyyoghurtman1952

    4 жыл бұрын

    Take him as example and start practicing. Aim high, start low. I did, I started playing guitar this summer and I took it one song at a time, if it seems easy enough I have a go at it and I keep at it untill I can manage it enough. Then I go on to another.

  • @warningsigh6118

    @warningsigh6118

    4 жыл бұрын

    Do you know AURORA? Every time I sing I think about her perfect voice. I will never be as good at this And, yeah, the same with Hozier, totally agree x)

  • @beverlydavison4699

    @beverlydavison4699

    4 жыл бұрын

    Same

  • @cellopillsbury9404
    @cellopillsbury94044 жыл бұрын

    Listening to hozier makes me forget I exist for a few minutes, it’s nice

  • @AndromedaMes22956
    @AndromedaMes229565 жыл бұрын

    The way he sings sounds so effortless, it’s amazing

  • @avanikaushik3423
    @avanikaushik34234 жыл бұрын

    To be honest I would totally just listen to him reciting the alphabet but this is nice too.

  • @AyushSharma-15

    @AyushSharma-15

    4 жыл бұрын

    I thought i was the only one listening in India.

  • @angelinavanaman2191

    @angelinavanaman2191

    3 жыл бұрын

    That's fair

  • @niharikamishra7

    @niharikamishra7

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@AyushSharma-15 count me too!

  • @mexicanbadger4567
    @mexicanbadger4567 Жыл бұрын

    1:13 to 1:35 might just be the sweetest 22 seconds of lyrics, melody and backing vocals ever recorded.

  • @pamelatolentino855
    @pamelatolentino8555 жыл бұрын

    I came in from the outside Burnt out from the joy ride She likes to roll here in my ashes anyway Played from the bedside Is "Stella By Starlight" "That Was My Heart" The drums that start off "Night And Day" The same kind of music haunts her bedroom I'm almost me again, she's almost you I wouldn't know where to start "Sweet Music" playing "In The Dark" Be still "My Foolish Heart, " Don't ruin this on me I wouldn't know where to start "Sweet Music" playing "In The Dark" Be still "My Foolish Heart, " Don't ruin this on me Tell me who, and I'll be thanking them The numbered lovers of Duke Ellington Do I owe each kiss to lip and cheek as soft As Chet can sing "Let's Get Lost" And "Let The Good Times Roll" Let "Smoke Rings" from this "Paper, Doll" Blow sweet and thick 'til every thought of "It Don't Mean A Thing" I've got some colour back, she thinks so, too I laugh like me again, she laughs like you I wouldn't know where to start "Sweet Music" playing "In The Dark" Be still "My Foolish Heart, " Don't ruin this on me I wouldn't know where to start "Sweet Music" playing "In The Dark" Be still "My Foolish Heart, " Don't ruin this on me I wouldn't know where I wouldn't know where I wouldn't know where, I wouldn't know where I wouldn't I wouldn't know where I wouldn't know where I wouldn't know where, I wouldn't know where I wouldn't know "The Very Thought Of You" and "Am I Blue"? "A Love Supreme" seems far removed "I Get Along Without You Very Well, " some other nights The radio news reader chimes Reporting "Russian Lullabies" She'll turn to me awake and ask, Is everything "Alright" I wouldn't know where to start "Sweet Music" playing "In The Dark" Be still "My Foolish Heart, " Don't ruin this on me I wouldn't know where to start "Sweet Music" playing "In The Dark" Be still "My Foolish Heart, " Don't ruin this on me I wouldn't know where to start "Sweet Music" playing "In The Dark" Be still "My Foolish Heart, " Don't ruin this on me I wouldn't know where to start "Sweet Music" playing "In The Dark" Be still "My Foolish Heart, " Don't ruin this on me

  • @cassie1969

    @cassie1969

    4 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely wonderful

  • @tannybananny2833
    @tannybananny28333 жыл бұрын

    Sometimes I look at this man and instantly become a Renaissance sculptor slaving away carving stone to capture his likeness but not even coming close. It's one thing to wonder what it would be like to be this man's muse; it's another for him to be your muse.

  • @lauren23160
    @lauren231605 жыл бұрын

    I need a Hozier and James Bay collab ASAP!

  • @joeldeakin2003

    @joeldeakin2003

    5 жыл бұрын

    How has this not happened earlier??

  • @reginastock5397

    @reginastock5397

    4 жыл бұрын

    I got to see James Bay open for Hozier in Nashville in September of 2014! It was beautiful!!

  • @lari5076

    @lari5076

    3 жыл бұрын

    OMG, YEEEESSSSS!!!!!

  • @jeekreesteene9997

    @jeekreesteene9997

    3 жыл бұрын

    Exactly!!!

  • @mysticmama6594
    @mysticmama65944 жыл бұрын

    A round of applause for that synchronized clapping 👏

  • @harper.the.confused
    @harper.the.confused5 жыл бұрын

    Hozier makes my existence feel so surreal sometimes

  • @beaclavijo8286
    @beaclavijo82865 жыл бұрын

    Why doesn’t this video have like a million views already? This is pure perfection

  • @GingerKC

    @GingerKC

    5 жыл бұрын

    AMEN!!!

  • @thissongstanks

    @thissongstanks

    5 жыл бұрын

    And 3 thumbs down, what the hell.

  • @MormonicaHarmonica

    @MormonicaHarmonica

    4 жыл бұрын

    Right.

  • @AnotherPersonnn

    @AnotherPersonnn

    Жыл бұрын

    It does now :) Took way to long tho...

  • @alegarrido8504
    @alegarrido85045 жыл бұрын

    Hozier's voice is forever my drug

  • @ricotta4625
    @ricotta46253 жыл бұрын

    This whole band is absolutely incredible. Also shout out to the sound design. It's a masterpiece

  • @chrishatton2642
    @chrishatton2642 Жыл бұрын

    The syncopation between the claps, bass drum, guitar line and time signature is sick AF. Beautifully recorded and produced.

  • @letitiareed3112
    @letitiareed31126 ай бұрын

    That lil dodododo shes hitting in the background is something special too. Jst every person and every aspect of this is breathtaking to me

  • @benjimontgomery9826
    @benjimontgomery982611 ай бұрын

    His voice, the lyrics, the band, the arrangement, the rhythm, the time signature. This song is pure awesomeness!

  • @lindaguillen2631
    @lindaguillen26315 жыл бұрын

    He's heaven on earth

  • @user-ur2mz5nk8d
    @user-ur2mz5nk8d4 ай бұрын

    He’s an Irish Bob Dylan. Poetic.

  • @katetaleska7352
    @katetaleska73525 жыл бұрын

    Such a ' sweet music' for my ears.

  • @Y0urMisterDirty
    @Y0urMisterDirty3 жыл бұрын

    My mans killin it on the bass

  • @studiocelestedesign
    @studiocelestedesign4 жыл бұрын

    Wow, the sound quality of this version is stunning! You can hear all the instruments and voices so clearly. Such a work of art.

  • @anajuliacoutinho9813
    @anajuliacoutinho98134 жыл бұрын

    ive watched this nearly a million times and i cant get enough

  • @thecurrent

    @thecurrent

    4 жыл бұрын

    It's really incredible. So glad you found it. Thank you for watching!

  • @torihall1324
    @torihall1324 Жыл бұрын

    His lyrics are poetry and his music is soul fulfilling.

  • @DDKstreetballa
    @DDKstreetballa5 жыл бұрын

    The chills I get from the layers and amazing vocals of this song 😎

  • @jordancooper8248
    @jordancooper82483 жыл бұрын

    His voice is timeless. Just a gift from God

  • @thetipsyartteacher5665
    @thetipsyartteacher56653 жыл бұрын

    Hozier's singing could stomp on me and I'd still say thank you.

  • @01amare
    @01amare3 жыл бұрын

    Years from now people will discover this genius. How blessed we are to walk among him.

  • @RebelwheelsNYCShow
    @RebelwheelsNYCShow5 жыл бұрын

    I'm still working on doing the clapping part lol not quite there.

  • @hugovaldez9301
    @hugovaldez9301 Жыл бұрын

    Wtf. This is so good

  • @whiskeyneat007
    @whiskeyneat007 Жыл бұрын

    Almost is one of my absolute faves from the Wasteland, Baby album🥰💯

  • @BrisingrTail
    @BrisingrTail5 жыл бұрын

    Oh Hozier♥️ his music is a piece of Heaven in Earth.

  • @cloutdaze
    @cloutdaze4 жыл бұрын

    Idc id wait a lifetime for a shred of music from him. I’m that hooked

  • @loganm3169
    @loganm31694 жыл бұрын

    I could listen to his voice on repeat; andrew is amazingly talented

  • @cf8738
    @cf87384 жыл бұрын

    What a beautiful soul

  • @sarahthedog50
    @sarahthedog505 жыл бұрын

    Love the sound mixing on this - bass + back-up singers especially pop!

  • @JBugz777
    @JBugz7774 жыл бұрын

    As a lifelong jazz fan I love this song

  • @janshafer719
    @janshafer7194 жыл бұрын

    I'm addicted to this song. What an incredible performance! I'm almost me again.

  • @iuliah.255
    @iuliah.2555 жыл бұрын

    Wow... *wipes away tears* this is too beautiful.

  • @becouseicouldnotstopfordea2394
    @becouseicouldnotstopfordea23944 ай бұрын

    He has the most beautiful words

  • @kylecolabella399
    @kylecolabella3994 жыл бұрын

    Hozier is fucking amazing.. every song.. every time

  • @aubryellaotero1064
    @aubryellaotero10644 жыл бұрын

    I’ll always be convinced that he’s just perfect.

  • @tinarcollett8790
    @tinarcollett8790 Жыл бұрын

    Just when I thought I couldn't love him more❤️

  • @austinrichards1740
    @austinrichards17403 жыл бұрын

    Dayum hozier he’s just as good live

  • @GingerKC
    @GingerKC5 жыл бұрын

    Mind blowing great! Human Masterpiece

  • @sativajvnky
    @sativajvnky4 жыл бұрын

    This song is so complex; layer after layer. Making it look effortless. Crazy skills.

  • @Atrimper01
    @Atrimper015 жыл бұрын

    So thankful for you & your music 💜☺️

  • @tobiasneal1574
    @tobiasneal15745 жыл бұрын

    Watching this in Dunkin Donuts as I was eating breakfast, and I didn’t realize that I started tapping my feet and swaying to the music. Love it! Pretty much my favorite all time artist

  • @chanodyaweerasinghe8788
    @chanodyaweerasinghe87883 жыл бұрын

    I love hozier ❤️❤️

  • @thesubtleties
    @thesubtleties3 жыл бұрын

    I swear my soul ascended after listening to this.

  • @tylerwilson910
    @tylerwilson9103 жыл бұрын

    I am fully convinced it doesn’t get better than Hozier. Like he’s reached the peak of talent

  • @zkysverse5630
    @zkysverse56305 жыл бұрын

    I love this and never knew I would need this but I do now.

  • @wilfriedherman1502
    @wilfriedherman15025 жыл бұрын

    it's a breath in the wind !! thank's

  • @tesspadmore5367
    @tesspadmore53675 жыл бұрын

    Finally going to see him live in November. Yoo hoo!

  • @barbarawagner5180
    @barbarawagner51803 жыл бұрын

    Love this guy!

  • @luizfernando4669
    @luizfernando46695 жыл бұрын

    So good... amazing! 👍☺

  • @PW-kf1kw
    @PW-kf1kw5 жыл бұрын

    BEAUTIFUL! WHAT AN AMAZING VOICE!

  • @marywhitt9807
    @marywhitt98077 ай бұрын

    Everything he does is so amazing!!!

  • @stephaniemarie1048
    @stephaniemarie10485 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for uploading!!! We can't have enough of Hozier!!! His music is enchanting! ❤️❤️❤️

  • @Lily-ed2sc
    @Lily-ed2sc3 жыл бұрын

    I have nothing but love for Hozier and the band and his beautiful lyrics 💜

  • @romicor9
    @romicor95 жыл бұрын

    The band's names are a bit off... It's Cormac Curran and Rachel Beauregard. Jess Berry is often introduced to the audience by her artist name Thandii, and pretty much everyone calls the violin girl Suzanne Santo (her last name is Santosuosso).

  • @thecurrent

    @thecurrent

    5 жыл бұрын

    Wow, thanks for the insight, Romi! We've updated the personnel list. Thank you!

  • @NoNameForThisGuy

    @NoNameForThisGuy

    5 жыл бұрын

    Suzanne's band Honey Honey is fantastic, btw

  • @devikamittal8798

    @devikamittal8798

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@NoNameForThisGuy any song recommendations?

  • @NoNameForThisGuy

    @NoNameForThisGuy

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@devikamittal8798 start with Slow Brains from their album First Rodeo, or maybe Your To Bear from the album 3

  • @maureena801
    @maureena8013 жыл бұрын

    I love your voice Hozier ,you truly are a complete Artist.

  • @luizfernando4669
    @luizfernando46693 жыл бұрын

    So perfect. Love the voice Him 🙂❤👍

  • @KaliMaLover
    @KaliMaLover3 жыл бұрын

    Absolute magic and mystic and poetry. Bliss. Endless. Right here.

  • @seth5776
    @seth57763 жыл бұрын

    i could, and will continue to, listen to the first verse over and over again

  • @ragascoli26
    @ragascoli264 жыл бұрын

    He's simply adorable :PPP

  • @alessandraverdeveneracion1846
    @alessandraverdeveneracion18463 жыл бұрын

    I love you with all my heart.

  • @timmydeguzman9782
    @timmydeguzman97825 жыл бұрын

    Sweet music

  • @roxanne2609
    @roxanne26093 жыл бұрын

    This song makes me cry so much 💚

  • @brettvogelmusic
    @brettvogelmusic10 ай бұрын

    Wow wow wow!! So incredible!! What performance!

  • @NicoleW97
    @NicoleW973 жыл бұрын

    Hoizer's voice is already everything wonderful in the world, but when listening to him while tripping it's literally like being in heaven on earth. ❤❤

  • @bartbunsen4931
    @bartbunsen49312 жыл бұрын

    He is just an amazing talent

  • @alinecoelho49
    @alinecoelho494 жыл бұрын

    My favorite song! ❤

  • @Angelina-pr5hl
    @Angelina-pr5hl4 жыл бұрын

    Getting hyped for his concert in London soon. 😍

  • @rachelee73
    @rachelee735 жыл бұрын

    Thankyou for sweet music to help the soul thrive to create in the land of distraction 🌅🌈🌅🌈🌸🌟

  • @PreetiSharma-th5wb
    @PreetiSharma-th5wb2 жыл бұрын

    I can listen to him all the time, his music is too too tooo good

  • @elanyacoleman9862
    @elanyacoleman98623 жыл бұрын

    His music is the first I listen to when I rise in the morning and the last to bless me to sleep at night. I also listen to him throughout each day ! Blessings and love to him - always !

  • @Briemerald
    @Briemerald3 жыл бұрын

    Uplifting truly . Songbird of our lifetime 💜💜🤟🏿🤟🏿🤟🏿

  • @drilonkennedy-gorne2049
    @drilonkennedy-gorne20493 жыл бұрын

    This has always been my favourite Hozier song but this makes it even moreso. I hugely admire him for the love he gives all the artists in this song. Duke Ellignton, Chet Baker, Ella Fitzgerald... all the greats

  • @AceTrainerBanjo
    @AceTrainerBanjo Жыл бұрын

    Corey Schreppel did an incredible job mixing this audio. I hope they have a lot of fun when they do their job, this sounds amazing.

  • @garyrichard1385
    @garyrichard13854 жыл бұрын

    What an amazing talent. I haven't found a weak cut on any of his lp's (try doing that)so his song writing is impeccable. He has beautiful voice and his guitar playing is exceptional. I sure enjoyed his show at Roy Wilkins Auditorium.

  • @rafiruli
    @rafiruli3 жыл бұрын

    Hozier te amo.

  • @carlojohnmendez2162
    @carlojohnmendez21624 жыл бұрын

    I love the way he sings, it melts my heart no homo though

  • @oatmeal6891

    @oatmeal6891

    4 жыл бұрын

    inspiring

  • @shannonoleary7704

    @shannonoleary7704

    4 жыл бұрын

    Same!!!! No hetero tho

  • @Bubonic_Goose

    @Bubonic_Goose

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@shannonoleary7704 Haha, honestly same

  • @michaelneelin1847
    @michaelneelin18473 жыл бұрын

    This song is fire

  • @christinaatencio2947
    @christinaatencio29474 жыл бұрын

    I want to see him live so bad

  • @tonybob5961
    @tonybob59615 жыл бұрын

    Excited to see him live in Seattle this october

  • @snezanalukicseim6171
    @snezanalukicseim61712 жыл бұрын

    He is pure love.

  • @seanlyder3023
    @seanlyder30235 жыл бұрын

    why am I crying

  • @victoriabrennan1428
    @victoriabrennan14284 жыл бұрын

    This song is amazing, he’s so talented

  • @creativename1590
    @creativename1590 Жыл бұрын

    2:28 i couldn't stop repeating this part

  • @lefenyalefenya324
    @lefenyalefenya3245 жыл бұрын

    1st ever youtube video i see without any dislikes.. this is a great song

  • @3top5
    @3top512 күн бұрын

    Almost impossible to do. And, and, and and sing too! ❤❤❤

  • @nicholasgreen2864
    @nicholasgreen28642 жыл бұрын

    Hozoer is incredible, but his band makes him absolutely magnificent and other worldly, holy shit