I love her stream-of-consciousness lyrics, they are like beat poetry, so wild and free flowing, that if you aren't picking up on what she is laying down, it might not make much sense, but if you do follow her words, she is a lyrical genius!

@elasserofficial2532

5 жыл бұрын

Conor Hampton totes totes totes. I agree Mann 100%

@Kah0ona

4 жыл бұрын

well said!

@jhansenhlebica6080

3 жыл бұрын

Dylanesque

@Paul_VK3HN

2 жыл бұрын

At first naive, then disarmingly pointed, and finally, unforgettable.

@aidenarrow4069

2 жыл бұрын

Makes Bob Dylan look normal. She's amazing.

"paramedic thinks im clever cause i play guitar - i think she's clever cause she, stops people dying" hahahahahahahahahahahaa far out this is some great music

@lacrelda43

6 жыл бұрын

Amazing. Unique. I like it.

@katefeeney7302

Жыл бұрын

thats my fav lyric everrrr

@ConnerE2007

4 ай бұрын

My favorite line by far

@clarissaexplainz

3 ай бұрын

One of my favorite lyrics! Along with her "Give me all your money, and I'll make some origami honey!"

The subtlety of the turn in Depreston gets me every time. How she goes from funny and sardonic to sweet and sad in a few seemingly simple lines. That kind of observation and writing is rare.

@felixpole7929

3 жыл бұрын

the canisters for coffee, tea and flour

She's so lovely and natural. No pretentiousness of any kind.

@j.jester7821

5 жыл бұрын

Its totally pretentious.

@lukasdobransky5930

2 жыл бұрын

this is most pretentious thing ever

@cooperwebb7389

Жыл бұрын

@@lukasdobransky5930 How so?

@josephsedano9897

Жыл бұрын

Haha what about the guitar

@raddadization

3 ай бұрын

she's a pretentious, feminist, disgusting chick that got lucky by looking frumpy

She's just sitting there telling you a story and a guitar happens to be on her lap with strings bussling through her fingers, its seamless, effortless, a breth, beautiful moment. few humans can do this this beautifully and humbly

It is so awesome to scroll through a youtube comment section and not read any negative comments. How refreshing!!!

@garyhicks1473

3 жыл бұрын

the old boys from the muppets could pop up at any time ha ha

I absolutely LOVE the acoustic version of Avant Gardener. Prefer it actually. Just beautiful.

@MatthewARiley

6 жыл бұрын

I completely agree! I have been looking for a version that even compares and I just can't find it. The way she ends it is so damn emotional and gripping. I could listen to it all day long.

@kimmartin3890

6 жыл бұрын

Electric Lady Avant....check it and out!! Courtney plays and it's the BEST VERSION EVER

@microwavetrash2501

4 жыл бұрын

The lost child of Paul and Linda

@microwavetrash2501

4 жыл бұрын

wrong comment

@waveril5167

4 жыл бұрын

its not acoustic

I know it's said already but her lyrics really are ingenious. There's so much subtlety, but not in a pretentious, inaccessible way. She's an amazing talent

A+ for song. A+ for guitaring A+ for great hair!!

@bernardverbauwen9225

5 жыл бұрын

and A + for the green Eyes

@k80_

4 жыл бұрын

the baddest mullet in all the land

@ryeinaldobettahavmamony7656

4 жыл бұрын

A+ all around.

@robertclarkyoung9141

2 жыл бұрын

@@bernardverbauwen9225 One green eye and one blue eye.

@wertnevis7319

2 жыл бұрын

True beauty always shines through

"Depreston" at 8:43. Just leaving this note for myself. Superb performance!

@davfb8622

4 жыл бұрын

It always takes me somewhere

@rodhughes2402

3 жыл бұрын

Yep. I keep coming back to this song over the years!

@theselector4733

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely BRILLIANT Song!!! My daughter has been making plans to leave home soon and buy a house with her bf. This song makes me emotional thinking of the day she'll be going.

@Bernard-Shakey

2 жыл бұрын

@@theselector4733 yeah it comes back to me when I think of house hunting and all the compromises you immediately have to make "You said we should look out further" before you even get to whether the garden faces north or south!

"Avant Gardene" 0:00 "History Eraser" 4:39 "Depreston" 9:04

one of the most poetic story-telling singer songwriters of the last few years, super dope. and that accent, love it

@martinet1985

8 жыл бұрын

yeah totally 👊

@Paul_VK3HN

2 жыл бұрын

What accent?

@blakeusvon

Ай бұрын

@@Paul_VK3HN Aussie accent my dude

@Paul_VK3HN

Ай бұрын

@@blakeusvon Strewth!

Her music sounds great with the rest of her band, but when she plays solo like this it really highlights the quality of her lyrics! I had no idea the wordplay in these songs was so good until I listened to this.

The way she throws out lyrics is so nonchalant but so robust and earnest. 2 thumbs up, 5/5 stars

Creatively soulful, rock and roll spirited, Courtney's music draws me in and spits me out feeling a little more alive than where I was before.

@Latem2A

9 жыл бұрын

+1

@ArnaudFTW

6 жыл бұрын

really ? it puts me to fucking sleep.

@nicholasrubianes5368

6 жыл бұрын

Really? It pisses me the hell off

@PYROTECHNICRAT

6 жыл бұрын

+Fark acquired taste, above certain people (:

@Rollingstone2009

2 жыл бұрын

OK, calm down.

She's so fun to listen to. I love her lyrical style. Look forward to more music from her.

"Its a Monday. Its so mundane." "You said we only live once, so we touched a little tongue and instantly I wanted to." The play on words is so fucking good in these songs. A toothless bum could be reading this poetry and I would be still be aroused. Courtney Barnett is like some genius-poet-storytelling-travelling-minstrel from Australia.

@adrianhan9206

9 жыл бұрын

ShinSkillet "Reminds me of the time. When i was really sick and i. Had too much psuedoefedryn and i Couldn't sleep at night" holy shit

I friggin' LOVE that line..."I'm not that good at smokin' bongs..." - classic.

I wish she would do an album in this style, just her and her guitar, it would be absolutely amazing.

@DJ-fy4dk

6 жыл бұрын

Agreed

she has more to say in one song than most do in a whole album. ITS BRILLIANT!

She sings the loveliest stories.

Genius!!! We need an updated CB tiny desk!

I ignored this video for so long not willing to give it a listen..glad I finally watched it because I'm in love w her

Courtney Barnett was my artist of the year. True music.

@archersullivan7744

7 жыл бұрын

What's your address buddy?

@elasserofficial2532

5 жыл бұрын

No doubt!

Best new artist by a mile, and those lyrics are just everyday poetry at it's best. I just don't have enough superlatives to describe her.. Oh, just have to say that I actually prefer this version of History Eraser to the album version. Just a shame she didn't play Lance Jr which I just love..

@MissGracelovesu

6 жыл бұрын

Tomnedreb she has a few versions of that song on Spotify. Go check her out there

@noraallen2610

6 жыл бұрын

Tomnedreb not even fucking close , Liz Phair did it 30 years ago and a million times better it’s 2018 ! Big Thief best new band in decades

@virginiabinks8595

6 жыл бұрын

Tomnedreb Saids Who? You? Anyway who are you? Just how many coloured women who can actually sing don’t get a look in?

@PYROTECHNICRAT

6 жыл бұрын

+Virginia Binks LMAO YOU HAVE TO BRING RACE INTO EVERYTHING SMH

@virginiabinks8595

6 жыл бұрын

C2302 This is the typical racist reply one would expect from someone like you. What are you highlighting here anyway? The point I am making it is always the same old tired record company manufactured hacks that get a foot up!

I met her after sneaking backstage at (location undisclosed) She couldn't have been cooler about it. We chatted for a minute and laughed. One of her band mates brought a sharpie for her to sign the only thing I had on me which was my hat. Super down to earth chill person. Love her.

It's inspiring as a songwriter to see someone make such great songs about simple topics.

fell in love with Courtney Barnett when they started playing Dead Fox on the radio. she's so genuine and funny, I love her work so much.

I just enjoy her musical aesthetic (if that's even a thing). It's organic and unpretentious.

@jayaitch5885

5 жыл бұрын

It is. It is a thing.

@elasserofficial2532

5 жыл бұрын

Right

Courtney has a natural cadence and a depth of simplicity; guitar work is awesome.

A great story teller with an eye for detail.

Haven't heard a true and creative voice like this since crying to p.j. Harvey's dry in 1994. Except for maybe grace potter. When I heard that second song on the radio I was in love, but seeing it live in that setting w/ no band was fabulous. I pictured her to be in her late 30s. Especially cause of the witty lyrics. Great great stuff.

This woman saves me. No joking, just had a terrible breakdown and my first instinct after that was playing her music. I hope I get to meet her one day.

Listening to her makes me feel so much less alone. Like there's people out there like me, somewhere.

love her Lou Reed style, she is great! hope she comes to Buenos Aires again some time. her show was really great.

Man that guitar sounds great!

Can't stop listening to this set every few days. Love it so much.

Father John Misty and her for the lyric-writing award for 2015!!!

@ChristopherMusicMa

9 жыл бұрын

Cole Berggren amen!

@DriftwoodScarecrow

9 жыл бұрын

Cole Berggren Sufjan Stevens should be in that conversation as well ;)

@sylviaborgo

9 жыл бұрын

Cole Berggren Chris Maw and Chris Greene - you guys are all 110% correct!!

@abigailsiobhanxx

7 жыл бұрын

Cole Berggren literally both the only two I've been listening to recently !

"she thinks im clever 'cause i play guitar/ i think she's clever 'cause she's stops people dying" :)

Until seeing this, I never understood the phrase "the whole is greater than the sum of the parts." This takes me back 50+ years to first the time I heard "Ballad of a Thin Man"

I seriously can listen to her sing & play guitar FOREVER. I feel so at peace listening to her :) thank you Courtney for making such amazing music. Thank you thank you thank you. Namaste! 🙏🏻

She's going to be huge....

@RobertF-

8 жыл бұрын

+ZambranoC7 "Uncool to like her because she's so popular", poetry

The way the amp and the sound from the f holes mix is so magical

Ugh just want to pump some fresh 2021 juice into this comment section for those who are just getting into Courtney for real and were so pleased to discover a tiny desk when gone searching on KZread. This was such a treat.

"Avant Gardner" 0:00 "History Eraser" 4:35 "Depreston" 9:00 Hope this helps :)

@howiethehowitzer7398

2 жыл бұрын

ty, friend :))

she's like the most perfect! best version of avant gardener!

I cant understand how anyone could not watch and listen to her and not fall madly, deeply, hopelessly in love with her just as I have done the very first time I saw her. Cant wait to see Courtney at Osheaga festival in Montreal in August.

Nothing comes that close to bliss these days. Tks for that. Peace out to all involved muchly!

Just "discovered" Courtney this week and loving every one of her tracks. Amazing stuff!

@lost_boy

Жыл бұрын

@nameface6934 just listening to this now... very cool indeed - thanks!

@lost_boy

Жыл бұрын

@nameface6934 Lonely Gimmick are my new favourite thing :) so many great tracks!

I hadn't heard Depreston until the Corner gig I went to on Thursday night; it was one of my favourite songs of the night. She's the best!

As an Aussie I think Courtney is the best artist to come out of the Australian music scene in ages, simply awesome.

the way she sings and plays is just bliss

I love the way she fits her lyrics in with mellow guitar rhythms, this was really pleasing to my ears.

2:17, she makes emphysema into a verb. Funny and brilliant.

"In my brain i rearanged the letters on the page to spell your name" Wow, awesome line!

The flow of Depreston reminds me so much of "Ceremony" by Joy Division

@ECKatz

9 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I was trying to figure out who that was. It was driving me crazy. You fixed it, Thanks.

@RZZhen

9 жыл бұрын

Exactly that!

@Snowleaf______________________

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for pointing it out...I hadn't made the connection, no its so obvious...

Wow...she is fucking awesome! I wish I could write poetry like she does.

Love that she sings in her own accent.

@bingonamo7520

Жыл бұрын

@Samuel Powell Thanks, I checked it out. Cool.

I usually don't really care about the musicians, only about the music, but she's so damn natural and looks so honest and humble. Idk, she just seems like a really nice person. Oh and btw her music is awesome as well.

She was nominated for it and she has my vote for the Grammy for best new artist.

@SweetbJames

2 жыл бұрын

Did she win? I was out of the country. ;-)

I hope she wins the Grammy her music is fantastic!

I cant stop listening to this. So good.

@skate4passion

9 жыл бұрын

Same

Thanks for people like her who can create beautiful music and lirycs

2018 and still enjoying CB, saw her & Kurt Vile perform together on a late night talk show last winter and was instantly hooked. Such a great addiction!

Depreston- How do you get all that music out of just one instrument? I love that song and this woman's talent.

im not good at bongs either

@georgiegarza7479

8 жыл бұрын

pussy

@LindaGarzia

8 жыл бұрын

ur so edgy..wow

@katinlove

8 жыл бұрын

HAHAHA my lungs are pussy

@0v3rgr0wn

7 жыл бұрын

katinlove I don't smoke anymore, but when I did, I was terrible at dabbing. It's bongs on hard mode ha

@chhezzzziii

5 жыл бұрын

I can usually clear bowls by myself. But I might get really bodied and kick everyone out

This music! This girl! These lyrics! Someone tell me why isn’t music like this on the radio?

She’s great both live and recorded. I must say I just realized all the more that just really relaxing and listening to this song, I actually chuckled and laughed some. She’s actually very witty and funny in this song. She’s both fun and immensely talented. I really loved hearing her chords. they’re so lovely. Her voice sounds so sweet and talented. Thank you Courtney for blessing us with your music. God continue to bless you in it always. :)

Love the band-aid

I could listen to this version of depreston on repeat for the rest of my life.

How is she so good, her delivery and cleverness floors me

DAMN! Why am I just now hearing about her?! singing right from the soul!

"I flew in from Chicago. did a show last night....2 hours sleep"...and she looks and sounds great. Imagine if she had gotten 4 hours sleep!!! Love her to death. A female Bob Dylan, but unique in her own right. Love to all...

Such a great story teller.

Put this on a record, as is !

in love with this woman and her music

She reminds me of Jeffrey Lewis, and that's awesome.

@benverde6099

9 жыл бұрын

Joseph rivas yes!!!!!

@josephrivas4762

9 жыл бұрын

Ben Verde yeah, you know what's up!

@TheWalrusWrangler

9 жыл бұрын

Joseph rivas Yes, but with a touch more hair.

@josephrivas4762

9 жыл бұрын

Ianoodin Im imagining that... It's beautiful.

@MonkeyOnTheContrary

8 жыл бұрын

+Joseph rivas I wonder when Jeffrey is gonna do a tiny desk concert? :)

I really think that Avant Garderner is about a panic attack. It basically describes how I feel when I have one :/

@RobertJohnsonLiveMusicVideos

8 жыл бұрын

+Blair Williams That's what she says in interviews. Panic attack.

@RobertF-

8 жыл бұрын

Blair, I'm sorry to hear you have those. I don't know if you ever heard of Eckhart Tolle, but you might find his talks helpful.

@portopilzi

6 жыл бұрын

You are correct

pure gold

depreston makes me ugly cry every time

@christinesaldana3022

4 жыл бұрын

same

@killcreate

4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful Song

@gregk8246

3 жыл бұрын

Amazing song.

I'm in love with her music. She's perfect for ppl like me who always need a fresh Sheryl Crow type in her life.

One of the best performances I’ve ever seen.

I absolutely adore Courtney, I'm still kicking myself over the fact I missed my chance to see her live when she was nearby. At least we get a new album from her and Kurt Vile together pretty soon!

depreston is a damn good song. funny thing is, i live across a main street called preston

I can't explain the euphoria I feel when I listen to this voice and your songwriting- such great stuff. Cheers!

This has to be my favorite tiny desk concert ever and I really think these songs work even better in their stripped down acoustic form. I prefer them to the album versions actually. Let's not forget that clanky guitar tone with the touch of delay, it's just beautifully human and conforting. Thanks so much for this!

She is soooo good playing guitar. Awesome 👍

anyone else think she looks a bit like a female Paul McCartney, but way prettier?

@JuliusFawcett

8 жыл бұрын

both left handed

@themrninja101

8 жыл бұрын

Now I can't unsee it... Thanks a lot :P

@jimmy_image

7 жыл бұрын

Well, she is left handed, too, like Paul.

@shapedsilver3689

7 жыл бұрын

female Paul McCartney, but prettier. I think I've had a dirty dream with that exact same premise.

@JuliusFawcett

7 жыл бұрын

ShapedSilver she smiled at me during her Bilboa performance :)

the Pulp Fiction reference made me smile

@ccrr96

8 жыл бұрын

I love how she says Uma Thurman. Gets my wheels rolling.

Love rewatching this

Right next door to perfection ... a super guitar player who knows how to get a great sound with a good amplification and a terrific rythm. I love the way she says "All of a sudden, I'm having ..."

"I'd rather die than owe the hospital till I get old", poetic and damning. On Ya Courtney xx Not only that I'd drop it all n marry you too! Half my luck eh

@sliverbox271991

4 жыл бұрын

shes got a girlfriend

I think that NPR treats artists cruelly by making them get up in mornings.

@eddieredmond7674

5 жыл бұрын

Alternatively, consider my analogy where the artists are the children of NPR who are the parent/guardian. NPR may then be seen as trying to be nice, by allowing for the "fact" that Artists (NPRs kid's) are likely to have been up all night anyway, so they (NPR) are (in my analogy) like a benevolent Parent, allowing their children (the Artists) to stay up late 'tonight' (tonight ->...the morning) to play with their toys (toys being songs and/or instruments). NPR are the best thing to happen to music for ages. They are up there with 4AD and the Snuffters, as the source of music that circumvents the big labels, and thus are facilitating music that sits outside of the "standard" that is peddled via the mainstream "charts". Oh, and you may have guessed by now that I live in a world of analogies...

@mattberg6816

4 жыл бұрын

Welcome to real life

@zacharyknutsen8094

4 жыл бұрын

That analogy sucks. It is paternalistic and the artists aren’t playing all night; they are working.

@outliarpunx8568

4 жыл бұрын

IT STARTS AT NOON!

@Orieus

3 жыл бұрын

Haha so true... We go to sleep when most waking up haha

Love her music! What an amazing performance!

i keep coming back to this, she's just too good!

"it's a monday it's so mundane"

Brilliant. She's a genius ... and my new favorite influence. .. I can't remember what song of hers I was listening to, but she had a lyric that said, "I replicate who I admire"... Well. .. COURTNEY- I'm a singer/songwriter and it's been a long time since I heard another FEMALE songwriter that I admired enough to be influenced by. .. (usually it's the boys) ... but you've just inspired the hell outta me! YOU'RE A GENIUS!!

@guitaroable

9 жыл бұрын

A genius like Bach, Mozart, Paganini , Django , Emily Remler ? Or is everyone with some talent a genius and is everything amazing ?

@virginiagazay4312

9 жыл бұрын

No. .. everyone is NOT a genius and everything is most certainly NOT amazing. .. I can understand why you might feel the need to say that, given the disgusting OVERUSE of adjectives like that these days. ... however I am not one to throw those words around lightly, so please be sure your frustrations are aimed at the right person/people. The fact is I DO think this girl is a genius IN HER GENRE - which is NOT COMPARABLE to Mozart or Bach. And I can't remember the last time I used that word to describe a current singer/songwriter, so again - your accusations are SORELY MISPLACED. I can count on one hand the singer/songwriters from this decade that I would describe as such. So please, take your need to diminish elsewhere.

@HeavenGoesHell

9 жыл бұрын

You must have been listening to "Don't Apply Compression Gently" then. In case you wanna know :-)

@EVH_

9 жыл бұрын

Gina Paiano so many elipses...

@virginiagazay4312

9 жыл бұрын

Evan Blamilton ... (!) Admittedly, I am quite fond of these and I absolutely overuse them! It's one of the many ways I exercise my rebellious nature and ever-present need to BREAK THE RULES! ... I do it and I own it. :-)

I'd heard about her several times, but first time I heard her voice, well. I love that voice. Unique, as all voices are, but so is her expression of that voice. I like it a lot.

one of the most underrated artists of our time.

I'm actually in love.