The Civil Wars: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

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Watch Joy Williams and John Paul White's swooning chemistry and stirring harmonies at the NPR Music offices.
Set List:
"Barton Hollow"
"Twenty Years"
"Poison & Wine"
For more videos and to subscribe to the Tiny Desk Concerts podcast, visit NPR.org/tinydeskconcerts

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  • @santakucing
    @santakucing2 жыл бұрын

    It’s like rewatching your divorced parents’ wedding video.

  • @shadowjig

    @shadowjig

    Жыл бұрын

    Oh that's heartbreaking. So much chemistry. I would have liked to see more from them.

  • @xoasesina3128

    @xoasesina3128

    Жыл бұрын

    Yep:( except this hurts more

  • @markney7895

    @markney7895

    Жыл бұрын

    What a shame

  • @nikkivenable73

    @nikkivenable73

    Жыл бұрын

    Omg this! You win!

  • @rickmarr9634

    @rickmarr9634

    Жыл бұрын

    What a great analogy.

  • @heritage.home.crochet
    @heritage.home.crochet Жыл бұрын

    No ex ever broke my heart like their split did. Still grieving.

  • @michelecrowder6741

    @michelecrowder6741

    Жыл бұрын

    So am I!

  • @MrsRBarry

    @MrsRBarry

    Жыл бұрын

    Well said!

  • @NMDecember1

    @NMDecember1

    Жыл бұрын

    Same 😢

  • @MISNM0

    @MISNM0

    11 ай бұрын

    💔🎯

  • @joeyoungs8426

    @joeyoungs8426

    2 ай бұрын

    I mourn their demise as much as ‘The Sundays’.

  • @valenlevalenle6394
    @valenlevalenle63943 жыл бұрын

    The musical chemistry between these two is something artists only ever dream of finding once in a lifetime.

  • @NMDecember1

    @NMDecember1

    Жыл бұрын

    I was convinced they were a couple !!

  • @MISNM0

    @MISNM0

    11 ай бұрын

    Truly incomparable. They are the definition of mesmerizing.

  • @user-ln9zo2ji4d

    @user-ln9zo2ji4d

    7 ай бұрын

    I almost wish they’d have left their spouses, run off together, and continued making music…

  • @suchasongbird

    @suchasongbird

    5 ай бұрын

    @@user-ln9zo2ji4dwell joy divorced hers. So..maybe an indication of what happened to create all this tension.

  • @ubiratanmenezes1979

    @ubiratanmenezes1979

    5 ай бұрын

    Absolutely yes!!!

  • @jmdurant2000
    @jmdurant20008 жыл бұрын

    God, I miss the Civil Wars.

  • @brown4jafra

    @brown4jafra

    5 жыл бұрын

    Me tooo

  • @kenjohhson613

    @kenjohhson613

    5 жыл бұрын

    Does anyone know the real reason for the split??

  • @blakeb4583

    @blakeb4583

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@kenjohhson613 I think there were creative differences, and Joy said that problems were coming up in her marriage where the Civil Wars was coming first before her husband. People also began to speculate that Joy and John were having an affair (which wasn't true at all), so they decided to break off the band. That's all I know to my knowledge--the only people who really know are Joy and John

  • @MozTroniquz1

    @MozTroniquz1

    4 жыл бұрын

    Blake B stupid husband

  • @iamsultana

    @iamsultana

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@MozTroniquz1 It's easy to blame someone like that but in all honesty, would you feel comfortable watching your wife or husband perform day after day the way John Paul and Joy did? Bear in mind that there is a lot of creative process we don't get to see, a lot of personal time for Joy and John Paul, from which they come out with lyrics like 'I don't love you but I always will'... I personally empathise with their partners and can imagine that this must have put a strain on their relationships. The Civil Wars made magical music, that's true, but would you want your other half to have this sort of connection with someone else?! Of course, not... I mean, these two were just starting their careers, they were winning Grammys for goodness sake, and then bam! A split. Not on speaking terms for 8 years already. This breakup was definitely emotion-based. It wasn't about 'professional creative differences'.

  • @miiinamayhem
    @miiinamayhem8 жыл бұрын

    i've never heard a duet with better harmonies than these two. it's a shame they aren't making music anymore.

  • @teejmorrison

    @teejmorrison

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Mina May Couldn't agree more... they had such magic together.

  • @mandarci89

    @mandarci89

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Mina May Damien Rice + Lisa Hannigan...

  • @adrianagabriela5850

    @adrianagabriela5850

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Mina May sam palladio clare bowen do the civil wars songs justice but your right there was something super special here

  • @94Horcrux

    @94Horcrux

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Mina May Then you may have never listened to First Aid Kit or Simon & Garfunkel. Try 'em. :D

  • @mtnman6046

    @mtnman6046

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Mina May well said ! they are Unreal

  • @ericzhang7820
    @ericzhang78205 жыл бұрын

    When these two sing, there are always two melodies. Neither is backing the other up. So brilliant

  • @demolitionwilliams7419

    @demolitionwilliams7419

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yeah you're absolutely right. But it makes it hard to sing by myself somehow. You have to kind of switch back and forth between each of their melodies to make it sound right

  • @dlowery1024
    @dlowery102410 жыл бұрын

    They've split now, but the world will always have Poison & Wine and Barton Hollow -- incredible songs and harmonies. That's a better legacy than plenty of bands.

  • @veronicahaney9837

    @veronicahaney9837

    5 жыл бұрын

    and "Girl with the Red Balloon"

  • @Starcraftghost

    @Starcraftghost

    4 жыл бұрын

    ... plus “Falling” and their collab song with Taylor Swift “Safe and Sound”

  • @krxahfb

    @krxahfb

    3 жыл бұрын

    I still remember the first time I heard Poison & Wine. Its always fun finding that song that makes you stop and excitedly ask WHAT WAS THAT.

  • @Lochlannach661

    @Lochlannach661

    Жыл бұрын

    And “Dance Me To The End of Love”

  • @BjornBjorn

    @BjornBjorn

    Жыл бұрын

    ... and Dust to Dust

  • @caelachyt
    @caelachyt3 жыл бұрын

    Their voices were made for each other.

  • @dylanthyvill4in
    @dylanthyvill4in8 жыл бұрын

    I always thought it was funny that his name is John Paul White... he looks like Johnny Depp and Jack White had a child together and named it Paul.

  • @kaComposer

    @kaComposer

    8 жыл бұрын

    Throw in Paul McCartney's songwriting skills...

  • @ashleymarie6682

    @ashleymarie6682

    7 жыл бұрын

    Dylan Bailey truth. if men could have babies

  • @robbieamaro1705

    @robbieamaro1705

    7 жыл бұрын

    Dylan Bailey I

  • @dawnrobbins5877

    @dawnrobbins5877

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@kaComposer, Paul Stookey (Peter, Paul, & Mary) as well as Paul McCartney, for his vocal abilities, especially with ballads.

  • @iamsultana
    @iamsultana4 жыл бұрын

    I feel like these two embodied some sort of a fantasy for all of us... Personality-wise, they are like two opposite poles, which created an indescribable presence and vibe on stage. It looked like the love stories in comedies - two people who almost can't stand one another, who argue, who tease one another, but once the creative part begins, they become soulmates. What truly adds mystery to their band is that thematically most of their music is either about unrequited love, or impossible love. So understandably it's hard to interpret the songs without connecting the interpretations to them personally. However, I tend to believe that nothing romantic happened between John Paul and Joy but the intense connection and just as intense disagreements they used to have put a lot of weight on their personal family lives. I even think that these unfulfilled, unmanifested feelings both might have had are what made them get into such a creative conflict that apparently cannot be resolved even after 8 years. There is simply no way that two people that worked this closely would stop communicating altogether just because they wanted to do different things with their band or careers.

  • @lowellcalavera6045

    @lowellcalavera6045

    4 жыл бұрын

    Imbra Kim Her husband told her quit the band or get a divorce

  • @Kayabc

    @Kayabc

    3 жыл бұрын

    In one of Joy's songs that she put out on her own, she more or less hinted that he made a move on her. So yeah, something was definitely going on.

  • @careinn10

    @careinn10

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Kayabc which song are you talking about?

  • @portcullis5622

    @portcullis5622

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@lowellcalavera6045 Pity she didn't tell him to ****** off then.

  • @AM-pr5hl

    @AM-pr5hl

    Жыл бұрын

    @@lowellcalavera6045 Source? Her husband was their band manager and was on the road with them so I don't think that happened. It feels more likely that JP was feeling strain in his marriage since his wife couldn't travel with them, she was basically dealing with the stress of being a single mom, and he was missing out on his kids' growing up too.

  • @sbabybluez
    @sbabybluez Жыл бұрын

    It's painfully beautiful to watch these two sing together.

  • @SassyCass06
    @SassyCass063 ай бұрын

    I’ll never get over the fact they didn’t spend the last decade making more beautiful music for us 😢

  • @Anative
    @Anative Жыл бұрын

    The Civil Wars were the clearest example of the whole being greater that the sum of its parts.

  • @bayokat0905
    @bayokat09056 жыл бұрын

    They have (had) a once in a lifetime chemistry. They are deeply missed... the subtle inflections, the perfect mirroring harmonies are simply divine!

  • @billderinbaja3883
    @billderinbaja38835 жыл бұрын

    Just came back and watched this Tiny Desk Concert again. John Paul and Joy were pure magic for a short time in music history, sad that their friendship failed them.

  • @breannoshea5611
    @breannoshea56114 жыл бұрын

    almost half way to the 20 years they promised us.

  • @TurnerVideoProd
    @TurnerVideoProd6 жыл бұрын

    Had to revisit them... there's no possible way they weren't madly in love with each other.. the way she looks at him...incredible. whatever it was.. it led them to create such beautiful music together.

  • @HelloGudbye93
    @HelloGudbye93 Жыл бұрын

    I miss them SO freaking much 😭😭 my mind is blown looking at the date of this video. I can't believe it's been well over a decade! 🤯

  • @coletroutman1060

    @coletroutman1060

    2 ай бұрын

    I know man it hurts😭 they were my entire teen years

  • @ruscopcoltrain
    @ruscopcoltrain9 жыл бұрын

    Really hoping they'll be like the Eagles who said they'd get back together when hell froze over...and then 15 or so years later put out an album called "Hell Freezes Over." It's a pipe dream, but it's all we have now, I guess.

  • @theycallmekris169

    @theycallmekris169

    2 жыл бұрын

    I met John Paul in person last weekend at a Music festival and when I asked him if there was ever a slight possibility of them getting back together he politely yet powerfully said “No” while shaking his head.

  • @coletroutman1060

    @coletroutman1060

    2 ай бұрын

    @@theycallmekris169sadness🥲 also I met JP in LA when he released Beulah, was honestly the best concert I’ve been to because of how intimate it was, I was like 5ft from him, and he stayed after the show and we got to talk for a bit. Just wish I could’ve seen them together

  • @Jazmin969
    @Jazmin96912 жыл бұрын

    Aw. Joy Williams and Johnny Depp make such a great team.

  • @cameronmorales8137

    @cameronmorales8137

    2 жыл бұрын

    I thought it was stoya. 😂😂😂

  • @cynthiapacheco1120
    @cynthiapacheco11206 жыл бұрын

    I love how at the end of Poison and Wine they kind of realize that they're not alone. It's the cutest thing ^-^

  • @abigailloach8152
    @abigailloach81529 жыл бұрын

    I can't get over how beautifully their voices blend.. They are gorgeous.

  • @fabiogermanotto5465
    @fabiogermanotto54658 жыл бұрын

    the harmonies, the chemistry, the coordination..its amost too good to be true. Amazing.

  • @oliviag.c.795
    @oliviag.c.7956 жыл бұрын

    I don't think people realize how much they took cues from each other. THAT'S why they continuously look at each other and flow with one another- there's this amazing connection, because that's the whole basis of their band! They shared their passion, that's why you can feel and see and sense the emotions so clearly. They WORKED at that, it didn't just fall into their lap. And whatever else happened, that wasn't a lie. You can't fake that kind of bond.

  • @ibrake4ants

    @ibrake4ants

    6 жыл бұрын

    Olivia Ceja but they said in many interviews that it happened naturally from their first meeting and they DIDN'T have to "work" at it.

  • @MISNM0

    @MISNM0

    11 ай бұрын

    👏👏👏👏

  • @bombshellgirl8106
    @bombshellgirl81065 жыл бұрын

    "I don't love you" (that's what we tell everyone), "but I always will" (how I truly feel).

  • @marnessteyn5659
    @marnessteyn5659 Жыл бұрын

    Poison and Wine is absolutely haunting.. So beautiful..

  • @mrobinson0629
    @mrobinson06293 жыл бұрын

    On a whim I saw them in December 2011 at Agnes Scott college in Atlanta - 2nd row from stage. The best concert I've ever seen. Two voices, one guitar and one piano. I'll never forget it.

  • @TheGroovyGuitarDude
    @TheGroovyGuitarDude7 жыл бұрын

    I think that what most people are saying about the eye contact is right. I bet the main reason is to keep time and harmonies, but I think it also is part of what made them so great, they had this chemistry in large part because of that eye contact, and they probably used that to build the illusion of more being there than is actually there.

  • @seancrandall1291

    @seancrandall1291

    7 жыл бұрын

    I think you're spot on. A lot of people fantasize about them being Johnny and June, and their "forbidden romance" being the proximate cause of their professional breakup. I personally don't think there was ever anything romantic between them. But as a musical duet, they have phenomenal chemistry. I have heard their individual work, and together they are far better than either of them is alone. I think that artistic chemistry is what people see and mistake for lust. Unfortunately, I get the impression it was actually the opposite of what people think---I don't think they ever got along well personally. They just put up with each other for a few years because the musical synergy was too explosive to pass up.

  • @micahotto1178

    @micahotto1178

    7 жыл бұрын

    @Sean Crandall Honestly, I think you're spot on with everything. I've been closely following both of them for about 6 years now, and I think you have the exactly right idea. I think John found Joy a bit annoying, actually, and John likes having things his way, but Joy also wanted to have things her way, too which didn't work out too well. John has said himself that he enjoyed making his latest album cause he could do everything his way. Joy wanted to shine in the limelight, but John just wanted to keep making music their way.

  • @robertm4050

    @robertm4050

    6 жыл бұрын

    Maybe that chemistry is what did them in. She is and has been married before they formed the band and her husband was the band manager.

  • @Candie183

    @Candie183

    6 жыл бұрын

    Sean Crandall I don't agree. I mean I'm not sure they had sex or anything. But it seems they genuinely liked each other. I'm sure you've had a crush or fell in love...that's what I see with their banter and looks and just seemed like they had something for each other

  • @gregj.francis1839

    @gregj.francis1839

    6 жыл бұрын

    Someone who commented here pointed out JP's desire to do things his way as being what did them in. That can very well be but I'm not sure. As far as I know, to this day Joy is still dumbfounded as to what happened. If there was some kind of rift between them I'm sure it would have been clear to her what the reason was for the break. I haven't dug too deeply so this is very well just my imagination but I believe John did have something for her. He at least appeared to. And it may not have been reciprocated because I think I see a little something more in the way he looks at her than in the way she looks at him. But, as someone else pointed out, the looks very well may have been nothing more than 2 artists basking in each other's artistic energy. Although, would that make sense to a jealous partner? There is also the way I've heard John and Joy speak in an early interview about how they began working together. They both described it as he "asked her out" as a songwriter or that they asked each other out after meeting in a songwriter's group. Between the eye contact and the way they played with the romantic tension as an image and identity for the duo I have a sneaking suspicion John's wife was jealous and eventually put her foot down and presented him with an ultimatum: "It's either her or me." In an effort to spare his wife backlash or judgement maybe John felt it would be better to never tell the truth about what was behind his leaving. Maybe I just have an overactive imagination.

  • @donnalang771
    @donnalang771 Жыл бұрын

    These two had a magical musical synergy that doesn't often happen. I suspect their respective spouses also bore witness to what they had, and were less than enthusiastic. I sincerely hope that time will heal tough wounds, and that Joy and John Paul will collaborate again and share their musical gifts with the rest of us. Much love and blessings for the new year.

  • @TennesseeTwinuk
    @TennesseeTwinuk Жыл бұрын

    Wow, we really miss these guys. Such great and powerful music with no need for huge production. Just skill, feeling and amazing talent! ❤❤❤

  • @patm2627
    @patm26279 жыл бұрын

    Damn they're made for each other vocally

  • @perfectlyimperfect4260
    @perfectlyimperfect42604 жыл бұрын

    Anyone realise how much their dynamic changes when they sing poison and wine

  • @StephaneBergeronPixelyzed

    @StephaneBergeronPixelyzed

    2 ай бұрын

    Yep... not here but even more obvious on Same Old, Same Old which, to me, is their absolute best song.

  • @kevisauceda
    @kevisauceda3 жыл бұрын

    She was so in love with him....... vice versa. You can't fake that kind of natural chemistry.

  • @dynjarren8355
    @dynjarren83552 жыл бұрын

    The had a musical chemistry that was breathtaking. I’ve never heard two voices intertwined complimenting each other so well. At least we have this recording for posterity. It was like lightning in a Bottle! Thanks NPR Tiny Desk concert for creating this intimate setting and this series. Unforgettable music.

  • @MISNM0

    @MISNM0

    11 ай бұрын

    ❣❣❣❣

  • @ArjunaJoshua1
    @ArjunaJoshua14 жыл бұрын

    This is the loudest yet most synchronized vocal performance on Tiny Desk and that's a great achievement! :)

  • @user-bg2oi4bz3p

    @user-bg2oi4bz3p

    9 ай бұрын

    It makes me wonder if they were so loud that they were overdriving the microphones or something. The recorded sound quality is not very good; too much midrange and not enough hi and lo.

  • @ArjunaJoshua1

    @ArjunaJoshua1

    9 ай бұрын

    @@user-bg2oi4bz3p Very possible!

  • @FeePee1234
    @FeePee12348 жыл бұрын

    Saw them on one of the like 10 UK dates they ever did. I swear my chills had chills.

  • @robynzentilli1656
    @robynzentilli16564 жыл бұрын

    Every performance Joy looks at John Paul like totally mesmerized. He gives her certain glances but never leads on. Their chemistry was undeniable even if it was scripted and staged. They will never be matched or surpassed.

  • @iamsultana

    @iamsultana

    4 жыл бұрын

    To be fair, Joy appears like a very naturally sensual and flirty person. Seeing how she obviously had a connection with and affection for John, she felt comfortable being herself around him. They did put on a performance, I don't think the glances or gazing was staged, but if you want to give a powerful performance of a romantic song, you will get into the right mood, you want to create a certain vibe so that the song affects the audience in a real way. However, I love and hate that John often gives Joy the cold shoulder. For some reason it has always made their performances more authentic to me.

  • @michaelspinelli6663
    @michaelspinelli66636 жыл бұрын

    The chemistry is undeniable.....love is hard, but so worth it....

  • @guayabian
    @guayabian13 жыл бұрын

    the sound of the guitar is simply amazing...

  • @shiwsidney5570
    @shiwsidney55709 жыл бұрын

    These are the days when their relationship are at the peak.. JP even ask Joy's permission before singing, such a gentlemen .

  • @nickbyrd1027
    @nickbyrd10273 жыл бұрын

    It legitimately makes me sad to watch this for a variety of reasons. For one, these two made some of the most beautiful, soulful melodies I have literally ever heard and still can't believe the world was robbed of decades of these two making music. Second, the connection and tension is so palpable here. I can only imagine what their lives were like behind the scenes, how her spouse must've resented their chemistry so much. I can hear the snide remarks and "jokes" hiding feelings of that growing resentment. I'm sure everyone involved could feel it. Poison and Wine always felt so fitting for these two, seemed like a perfect depiction of their own relationship and a foreboding warning of what was to come.

  • @stevenmitchell8665
    @stevenmitchell86653 жыл бұрын

    Undeniable duo. These two made some really special music.

  • @twwtjohns
    @twwtjohns4 жыл бұрын

    As always seems to be my timing, I didn't discover the Civil Wars until they had broken up as a duo. Thankfully their unique musical stylings remain for us to hear on the KZread.

  • @GISAVT1
    @GISAVT13 жыл бұрын

    I cant believe they stop making music… you can’t stop doing what for musician is the air we breathe. They seem to know the exact note the other one is singing, they are in perfect sink!!! They read each other, thats years of rehearsing and playing. I do miss them. The real deal!!!!!

  • @lisacox3750

    @lisacox3750

    3 жыл бұрын

    They still make music...just not together. They both have great solo projects even though I do miss them together.

  • @cassidyelizabeth3715
    @cassidyelizabeth37155 жыл бұрын

    This performance blows me away man, i get chills every single time. The performance of Barton Hollow in particular is insane, what a way to start a set. I come back to this video to watch it at least once a month since I first discovered this. I had never heard of them before seeing this because I'm not really that into the country scene but these guys don't really fit the bill for that genre imo. They combine the parts that I do like and appreciate about country music with everything I love about folk and rock n' roll. But what a way to be introduced to these guys. Do you know how hard it is to harmonize while full on BELTING like that?! Not only is it hard to do but it's also the BEST harmonies I have EVER heard in my entire 21 years of life and I'm not exaggerating. These two are some of the most impressive singer/songwriters of the last decade. I'm so upset that I didn't find out about them until a little while after they broke up. I hope one day they get back together so I can witness this magic live in person.

  • @drfdwf392
    @drfdwf3925 жыл бұрын

    When artists love their own creation so much, and you see their passion, it's contagious. Love their energy.

  • @MISNM0

    @MISNM0

    11 ай бұрын

    Excellent post!

  • @spiment
    @spiment11 жыл бұрын

    Why are they so good? They make one of the most beautiful sounds I've ever heard in my life.

  • @heartspacemade
    @heartspacemade8 жыл бұрын

    this was such a beautiful era for music

  • @mathildeb2710
    @mathildeb27108 жыл бұрын

    My heart hurts a little bit every time I watch them perform together - such special chemistry and such beautiful music...

  • @vaughanlusk9577
    @vaughanlusk95776 жыл бұрын

    Bro this cameraman needs some help

  • @DMRJ53

    @DMRJ53

    4 жыл бұрын

    Vaughan Lusk Lol right ?!

  • @bossHogOG

    @bossHogOG

    4 жыл бұрын

    Which one?

  • @gossamersound

    @gossamersound

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, early days of Tiny Desk seemed to be pretty much "hey can you press the red button when we're ready and keep them in the frame in this cramped space?" You can see people in the background working haha...

  • @claudiagibsonmusic

    @claudiagibsonmusic

    4 жыл бұрын

    Probably the intern

  • @emgee44

    @emgee44

    4 жыл бұрын

    I think they've come a long way since then and upped their game.

  • @benjaminforster4500
    @benjaminforster45004 жыл бұрын

    I met JP in an airport terminal where we sat and talked guitars and music for a good 15 mins. He was so cool.

  • @bleedorange81
    @bleedorange814 жыл бұрын

    Miss them so much and it seems a bit cruel to know there will never be new music from them. I will always feel a connection with their music especially seeing they sang the song I danced to for the first time with my beautiful bride. That song laid the backdrop to one of the most romantic and fantastic moments of my life and for that I will always be grateful.

  • @iamsultana

    @iamsultana

    4 жыл бұрын

    Never say never.

  • @tonmelissa7900
    @tonmelissa79004 жыл бұрын

    So good and with just a guitar and vocals sounds like a full band

  • @stevehuot9418
    @stevehuot94184 жыл бұрын

    I've always thought it was the final song that resulted in their breakup, because their spouses couldn't handle it. The intimacy of their music always seemed dangerous to me, given that they weren't a couple. But I truly miss them. They were spectacular together.

  • @farstrider79

    @farstrider79

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, that's what I figured myself. Might be wrong, but, people are people and they sing some intimate stuff.

  • @God0fCows

    @God0fCows

    4 жыл бұрын

    Spot on both of you. Joy was pregnant just before they disbanded. I'm sure we all know who's child it is. Nothing can ruin a relationship like a baby.

  • @emilywood6830

    @emilywood6830

    3 жыл бұрын

    What was their last song?

  • @stevehuot9418

    @stevehuot9418

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@emilywood6830 The song is called "Poison and Wine," and the haunting chorus is, "I don't love you, but I always will..."

  • @RosyRosie42
    @RosyRosie423 жыл бұрын

    I remember years ago when this first came out, I fell absolutely in love with them from the first note. WOW! This is still by far my favorite performance from them - beside the Newport Folk Festival (they were hilarious!) 💜

  • @rowzee.
    @rowzee.4 жыл бұрын

    I can't remember when I first discovered them, what I do remember is how I felt - like I was being lifted by millions of butterflies into heaven. Truly. When I finally saw them (on KZread) perform together - I was in such tremendous awe of them. I know they're both married to other people and can't speak to what exactly happened between them, what I can infer is that I don't know that I could, myself, conjure that kind of pure, raw chemistry and passion with someone who wasn't my spouse - especially singing the way they each sing. A sad story of a lovely heaven sent treasure lost. Would it be nice to have them back again? Certainly, but I think in this case, nostalgia and remembering them the way they moved so effortlessly together in this space in time is enough for me 💜

  • @TacoBritt
    @TacoBritt10 жыл бұрын

    Le sigh. They are one of the best musical acts I've ever heard, as brief as their collaboration was. Joy and John Paul are independently excellent musicians...and had I not heard them together I probably would have loved it just as much. But them together is just...raw and beautiful.

  • @annakat03
    @annakat036 жыл бұрын

    my heart broke when they broke up goodbye to one of the limited sources of amazing pure music

  • @silvermoon886
    @silvermoon886 Жыл бұрын

    7:12 the smile looking at Joy. The Civil Wars drew you in so much visually! I'm on day Two of reminiscing on their beautiful music.

  • @raylaxo5926
    @raylaxo59269 ай бұрын

    I discovered Civil Wars back around 2012 or something to close to that whent his show premiered on ABC Family. I first heard 'The One that Got Away" and was hooked instantly. I love all their music and I was so sad to hear them seperate but I will always love their music! Such great chemistry.

  • @jakehollingsworth7911
    @jakehollingsworth79118 жыл бұрын

    Sound almost 100 percent like the album. Amazing

  • @sonyakate3436
    @sonyakate34364 жыл бұрын

    The first time I heard these guys was their Grammy performance and it was just them on a little stand with their guitar and vocals singing Barton hollow and I fell in love. I still look back on this video just for the nostalgia of how their songs and especially these 3 were really a playlist for my life at that time. I miss them.

  • @cassidyelizabeth3715
    @cassidyelizabeth37155 жыл бұрын

    Man, I'm really diggin the sound of that guitar. The tone of it really matches the vibe of their voices, & It adds something really special to an already brilliant performance.

  • @luciaelecco
    @luciaelecco3 жыл бұрын

    Tears in my eyes as soon as they sang the first note!!

  • @maryann2600
    @maryann26003 жыл бұрын

    She really enjoys her work. A delight to watch.

  • @jgreensound
    @jgreensound10 жыл бұрын

    As much as I love their sound, I think it's the obvious nature of how hard they work at it that really grabs me. These folks didn't just show up and expect it to be given to them. They put in the time and effort to craft this beautiful music.

  • @MISNM0

    @MISNM0

    11 ай бұрын

    💯👍

  • @whiskeybeerbeer
    @whiskeybeerbeer9 жыл бұрын

    joy williams has an infectious smile. Great singer!

  • @steveloscalzo8105
    @steveloscalzo81059 жыл бұрын

    She loves him, that's for sure

  • @pierrecustodio3741
    @pierrecustodio37413 жыл бұрын

    Man, this broken and magnificent couple... The charm between those two was amazing. I want someone who look at me like Joy used to look at John.

  • @sarahinez4910
    @sarahinez49103 жыл бұрын

    This world is hurting. We’re barely getting by. Come back. Sing our souls again, please. If by some twist of fate you see this 💕

  • @rickmarr9634
    @rickmarr9634 Жыл бұрын

    Barton Hollow - 0:22 Twenty Years - 4:22 Poison & Wine - 7:46

  • @harmonywroblewski4883
    @harmonywroblewski48835 жыл бұрын

    God I miss this group. They were amazing together.

  • @MrJdsenior
    @MrJdsenior9 жыл бұрын

    They really should have had a song on "O Brother, ...". Truly beautiful sound, magnificent blend, both stylistically and sound wise.

  • @richardwilson1234
    @richardwilson12344 жыл бұрын

    Just bloody good music. Thanks

  • @ppierquet1
    @ppierquet110 жыл бұрын

    Watching this, they both seem so smitten by the other, yet each of them is already married......their professional breakup seems predictable. What else could they do? And we are all at a loss because of it. Thank goodness for web concerts like this!....their musical contribution will be archived forever.

  • @PhoenixKyuketsuki

    @PhoenixKyuketsuki

    10 жыл бұрын

    You are mistaking them doing their job for 'being smitten'. They're into the music and they have to WATCH EACH OTHER for timing so they both stay together in the music because every time they perform they change the song and it's almost certainly a sporadic and unplanned change when it happens, and they have to keep looking at each other to stay together. I swear part of them breaking up was idiots like this saying they were 'in love' or some bullshit and that makes it REALLY hard to work with someone when everyone won't shut up saying stupid stuff, so please stop saying it and maybe they'll come back.

  • @ColinNekritz

    @ColinNekritz

    8 жыл бұрын

    PhoenixKyuketsuki clearly you've never truly been in love. I've worked in music and in theatre and yes, you can fake it for an act or performance standards, but if you look really closely even during their breaks either here or if you ever saw them live, which I did twice once being a booking I did as artistic director/agent at a venue, it was intense, like we the audience we're interrupting two people about to get busy. During the show at the venue I worked at it was all but obvious but honestly I wasn't grasping that they weren't married to each other until someone told me later. So while you are correct to the degree you can fake the love or the love is the music, these two were a beyond that. Also they broke up for reasons I'm not going to discuss here but it most certainly wasn't due to gossip mongering.

  • @PhoenixKyuketsuki

    @PhoenixKyuketsuki

    8 жыл бұрын

    Ohhh pleaaaaaseeee. I never said they were faking it- go read what I wrote again. And as far as your claims about this or that job in the industry, frankly we could make this a "who's is bigger" competition but I'm not that desperate to assert how entitled I feel for being a part of an industry that millions are a part of. This is why I find your claim that you somehow know something everyone else doesn't hilarious at best and sad at worst. Moving forward, why is it so difficult for people to accept friendly work relationships actually being friendly work relationships? Is it because hooking them up in your head is so much more interesting? Maybe it is, but that doesn't make it right to impose that fantasy on reality and the living, breathing people who actually have to put up with the bullshit it creates.

  • @brandon21880
    @brandon218808 жыл бұрын

    GET THE FUCK BACK TOGETHER ALREADY YOU GUYS ARE TOO AWESOME

  • @silvermoon886
    @silvermoon886 Жыл бұрын

    Omg I miss these two beautiful souls

  • @jeremiahgillam3536
    @jeremiahgillam35364 жыл бұрын

    That chemistry...my goodness. I dont think they will ever be as good apart as they were together.

  • @horse4you
    @horse4you3 жыл бұрын

    I can only say what I know. I miss this duo. They had the magic in them.

  • @miserycord0666
    @miserycord06667 жыл бұрын

    The way Joy looks deeply at John, while he remains stoic and downplays her gaze. It always seemed obvious that there was this love between them of which they could only be allowed to express through music, via the harmonies of their vocals or from their heartfelt lyrics.

  • @kylejohnson8398
    @kylejohnson839810 жыл бұрын

    she is stupid pretty

  • @melissaosborne2714
    @melissaosborne27145 жыл бұрын

    Here in 2018, and still beautiful!

  • @Mitschel08
    @Mitschel084 жыл бұрын

    This is one of the greatest Bands, that i had not known yet

  • @nancydahlquist8080
    @nancydahlquist80809 жыл бұрын

    So glad I found this. I always hold my breath when I come across a live recording, hoping that the band/singer doesn't disappoint. These two not only didn't disappoint, they wowed the hell out of me.

  • @blindingirisjake
    @blindingirisjake Жыл бұрын

    Unmatched chemistry such a killer vibe

  • @cadehagen7981
    @cadehagen79818 жыл бұрын

    I've watched this video about 743,000 times. Who are the other 700 viewers?

  • @yyhama2013

    @yyhama2013

    8 жыл бұрын

    I guess is me. But please be gently, I already knew them few months ago.

  • @03Pisces06
    @03Pisces067 жыл бұрын

    A few years ago I went to the Count Basie theatre in Red Bank to see Emmy Lou Harris. This duet I'd never heard of- The Civil Wars -was opening for her. What a show they gave. Their version of Billie Jean just blew me away. I wanted them to play all night. I assumed that they were married the by the way they interacted. I feel blessed to have had the opportunity to not only see them but meet them after the show. They went into the lobby, interacted with the audience and signed their album.

  • @TheKelseyErin
    @TheKelseyErin11 жыл бұрын

    The way she looks at him, though.

  • @ryanphillips5412
    @ryanphillips54122 жыл бұрын

    2022. Still here....

  • @katerfromthemountains
    @katerfromthemountains Жыл бұрын

    I’m begging them to make another album this is my favorite artist of all time

  • @user-ln9zo2ji4d
    @user-ln9zo2ji4d7 ай бұрын

    I’ve yet to find a better duo that John and Joy… totally insane chemistry, harmonies, and incomparable music.

  • @sneekpeek213
    @sneekpeek21311 жыл бұрын

    there chemistry when they sing and there eye contact is just electrifying!!!!!!

  • @CaitlinHamilton
    @CaitlinHamilton10 жыл бұрын

    love their voices together obviously but his voice never seizes to amaze me.

  • @mdeluco4675
    @mdeluco46753 жыл бұрын

    They may not know it but they are lovers in every sense of the word

  • @blindingirisjake
    @blindingirisjake2 жыл бұрын

    I miss them everyday all the time ❤️😭

  • @autumndreams6315
    @autumndreams63154 жыл бұрын

    Come back together, Civil Wars!! We miss you! What a nice looking duo with such beautiful voices, great harmony and awesome chemistry. They were made for each other. They’ve got should’ve received more notoriety. They put some of these other pop artist to shame.

  • @FlatlandMando
    @FlatlandMando8 жыл бұрын

    Two people that don't really need amp.'s Music power away from the mainstream...love it.

  • @thomaswilson7365
    @thomaswilson73655 жыл бұрын

    GooseMotherFuckingBumps ... ❤️ The most gorgeous harmonizing couple to lay It down on tape... thank you both.. please come back

  • @sharonjarvis-young710
    @sharonjarvis-young7104 жыл бұрын

    CIVIL WARS... Now hear this! Come on you guys... GeT It BaCK TOGEthER!!! You can do this and we ALL need you BOTH now more than ever!!! Copy Fleetwood Mac's formula for success! Find another couple (possibly french) who complement your style and harmonies... Add a tall British genius who also plays the drums and can truly act as and be the glue for the whole Band and voila!!! There you have it ...Something Amazing that's built to last and can be loved and appreciated throughout the ages...I Love,love,love you... in what ever form of formula you pick... please come back!!! 💯% please pass this on to the Civil Wars... Joy, JP this is my love letter to you both... Love, Sharon

  • @kevinmichaelcallihansr5053
    @kevinmichaelcallihansr5053 Жыл бұрын

    Poison & Wine elevated these 2 who sang as though they were in love, to another level in life.

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