Heartbreaking song, achingly beautiful. I think it's one of the most important pieces of music in the last 25 years.

One Of The Greatest Songs Ever Written... Big swooping overstatement? Me think not!

@brandonedge

10 жыл бұрын

i guess i stumbled on it due to my 10,000 maniacs fandom. it really is amazing. makes me cry.

This remains one of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard. I’m no musician, nor poet. Yet in my humble mind, this seemingly simple song is philosophically profound in asking the sober question and dichotomy of, “… what is (reality) versus make- believe.”

We fell in love with this song via Natalie Merchant. Thank you for illuminating the source of this lyrical and melodic masterpiece and sharing!

So many beautiful songs from her. She deserves to be heard more...although I rather like having her as our little secret.

@streuselhead4058

17 күн бұрын

Her cover of "Thirteen" set in motion my healing from a broken heart from which it seemed for a while I wasn't going to recover.

Genius level songwriting

Wow... that was some performance, the sound of her soft voice is incredible. Music of this caliber is hard to find nowadays we have marketing experts creating music products and instant celebrities. this girl is miles above all that crap with her poetic music. Thanks for sharing this with the world.. in the country where I live, the only way to see artists like Katell is here. I am still amazed...

Listen to this back and forward, a mainstay in my personal music revisits - I repeat, outstanding xx

Can't get this song out of my head. . Great musician!

Another comment to say how outstanding and beautiful this is xx

So Very beautiful. Thank you.

I hope Katell will come to Los Angeles, I would love to promote her visit.... I have been sharing her music for a decade... its time to unleash this powerful performer!

I've only heard Natalie Merchant's version which is fabulous but this...……...astonishing, beautiful, absolutely wonderful x

i just pulled out her first two albums (the only two i own) over the weekend; i think about her songs a lot, this one in particular. gorgeous. the music biz being what it is, artists come and go, but...i love love love this song.

how beautiful.

this 'guy' is glen hansard!!!! a pretty good endorsement for katell!! love 'em both... thank you very much for posting this clip

Amazing.

Wow! I thought the cover version everyone talks about was good. Katell is outstanding!!

Anton: Although she's Irish (Killarney) I always get the feeling of South Africa during the struggle against apartheid and white rule. Especially the death of Stephen Biko in custody. "To bring you back to us." Of course, the Irish struggled. The distance, the gap, the GULF." Maybe there can be a Truth & Reconciliation.

@scocassovegetus

2 жыл бұрын

She's Welch, Born in Brittany, though.

I am reading the gamal which Drew my attention to this song. beautiful!

Haha yeah, I didn't know who he was when I wrote my reply to this comment, but now I enjoy his music very much :)

Love the song, just wish I knew what it was about.

@cbgreely

3 ай бұрын

It's about the heartbreak of knowing you can't change things from what they are to what they'll never be.

You´re mad! That´s the very talented Glen Handard who's plappering!

For David, RIP ❤️

@tobestill Oooh very envious, wish I could've been there, hope to see her again live soon :)

profound

oh, know it has audio (-: very, very nice!

Outstanding. Somehow this didn't post as a video response, if you want to re-send it.

This was written by her.

Thanks for the comments guys :) @Guybrush - I sent it again, hope it works this time.

What?? From wikipedia: Araby comprises the fictional or romanticised traditional counterpart to Arabia or to the Arab world. In the context of Edward Said's view of Orientalism, Araby exemplifies the exotic and mysterious nature of the Middle East.

@carolmikofsky4976

3 жыл бұрын

Anton: That's really not the point. I think she just means a great distance.

Pre-Sia?

no audio )-:

Fuck the skipping, it's my rope and I'm using it!!

hauntin

auch sehr schön ! ...das plappermaul vorher kann weg

if you could fill a veil with shells, if you can plough and part the earth to bring you home, we can help ukraine, right now; i'm sorry that i never knew this version only natalie, we can all be made fools; fidelity and purpose and love is in the original, in this track, love it, help each other, right now

@helobobol2842

2 жыл бұрын

It's a vale with shells.

@NITESKYLIGHT

2 жыл бұрын

@@helobobol2842 thank you, 'a vale with shells' -- course and lex corrected; although, you know how we hear words in songs and make up our own words, i did like the idea of 'a veil with shells' -- what is, what is, and what can never be...

@NITESKYLIGHT

2 жыл бұрын

@@helobobol2842 it's a vale of shells for now, and forever, again, thank you

Another comment to try and get this out there. Free Palestine xxx

@cbgreely

3 ай бұрын

Can't help but think of this song with the horrific hopeless conflict there.

Yes, I might post one without this guy :)

I'm sorry but Natalie Merchant sung it better.

@jehib8533

2 жыл бұрын

No.

@SH-kc9kx

2 жыл бұрын

I saw her sing it live. No way. And I'm a die hard Merchant fan.

@tullsongs

2 жыл бұрын

I love Nathalie Merchant...but this has 10 times the soul of her version !

@cbgreely

Жыл бұрын

Both are excellent.

@ProfessorChomsky

Жыл бұрын

Equal merit our kid, both magnificent, just different.....