![]() ![]() That sequence plays once, and then the game changes, when Vernon’s falsetto choir enters, bringing a church with it. “Flume” works around a shuffling acoustic-guitar chord sequence that could show up in almost any genre of American music. As pretty as Vernon’s musical tendencies may be, the line pulling “For Emma” along is not light and could not have been easily found. You don’t need to know about breakups or solitary stretches in the woods to feel a line dragging these songs forward. Sometimes I am surprised by the fragmentary lyrics on “For Emma” more often, I am moved by the beauty of Vernon’s massed voice, and held in place by the force of each careful, dogged song. There he surrendered to a new voice, and began writing with, and for, the falsetto. “Flume,” which is now the first track on “For Emma,” was the song that, in November of 2006, brought Vernon home to Eau Claire. One episode featured the cast greeting a new snowfall in Alaska with the phrase “ Bon hiver,” French for “Good winter.” Vernon liked the snow, which reminded him of home, and the phrase, which he first transcribed as “boniverre.” (He later removed the “h” from hiver because the French word reminded him of “liver.”) He subsequently spent a lot of time indoors, watching the TV series “Northern Exposure” on DVD. This style is distinct from his resting voice in every way-it is unlikely that you would tie the two voices to the same person.įour months later, Vernon experienced a hat trick of bad times: DeYarmond Edison broke up, Vernon split with his girlfriend, and he contracted mononucleosis, which affected his liver. In March of 2006, Vernon recorded an EP under his own name and called it “Hazelton.” He sang two songs almost entirely in falsetto, multitracking his voice until he became his own chorus. Vernon sang in a style close to his speaking voice, low and unaffected, obviously American, though not clearly Midwestern. (Emma is a proxy name for a woman he dated years earlier in Eau Claire.) DeYarmond Edison made slow, stately music that was rooted in American acoustic sound, and was vaguely related to old blues and to recent American indie rock. ![]() Three years ago, he was living in Raleigh, North Carolina, playing with friends from Eau Claire in a band called DeYarmond Edison, and dating a woman who is not called Emma. Vernon’s story is one of escape and renewal, a road movie that doesn’t spend very long on the road. “For Emma, Forever Ago,” which appears on many print and Web best-of lists for 2008 (it’s at the top of mine), happened because of Eau Claire. The word “home” pops up often in conversation. But listening to Vernon talk-which he did deliberately and evenly, with an aversion to jokes and small talk which complicates the plausible idea that he is just as regular as folks get-makes it plain how important Eau Claire is to his work. Until I met Vernon, the story sounded like a commonplace people hole up to make records all the time. In February, he became one of the most discussed musicians of 2008 when the independent label Jagjaguwar rereleased “For Emma, Forever Ago,” a record he had made himself the previous year, over three months, while living in a hunting cabin that his father built. Justin Vernon, a twenty-seven-year-old native of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, is six feet three, big but not heavy, bearded, and often seen in boots and a thick plaid shirt. Thats all for now.Exalted: Justin Vernon’s falsetto choir of massed voices. “I’ll be holding all the tickets, you’ll be paying all the fines” It is the second most played song on my itunes. If you like this song you will absolutely LOVE Skinny Love by Bon Iver. If what is above is accurate I think this song is very very well crafted. So basically, I see that he fells like he’s got no home, he fell from his mother when he did not want to and he survives (rather than living and thriving) at best warily (“leery”). So basically, I see that he feels like he’s got no home, he fell from his mother when he did not want to and he survives (rather than living and thriving) at best warily (“leery”). Icarus fell into the sea, this could help explain the “i move in water, shore to shore” but i’m not sure how Bon Iver fell from his mother’s womb and left his mother, the moon, at home. Icarus fell from the sky and left his dad, Daedalus, in the air. ![]() ![]() He is playing an Icarus figure (Icarus who flew too close to the sun and his wings melted and he fell to his death). So, I have done some research into the topic and this is the best explanation I could find. The question remains what is this about? Let’s look at the lyrics. I’d suggest you find a studio version if you really enjoy this. This is a very raw version, but I tend to like live music better. How awesome is that? But what is it about? While Bon Iver’s is amazing, I really enjoy the piano and the horns that are involved in Peter Gabriel’s version. Peter Gabriel does a gorgeous cover of Bon Iver’s Flume. ![]()
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