Who else thinks this song is a top song?

For me, it’s a personally favorite song over most songs. I wish I can explain why, but everything about it is perfect.

What’s your perfect song?

It would’ve been cool do do a little q&a on his recent album!! Just me?

i was selected to ask a question last night, and it was such a dream. i’ve imagined so many times over the years what i would say to justin if i could; the one thing that always started the conversation was “thank you”. thank you for this world; this expansive universe that holds so much of my lived experience. for the art that has challenged me, held me in some of my darkest moments, time capsules to relive so many different timelines. it’s why i always go back to bon iver; it is a living, breathing body of work that feels like a gentle caress from an old friend, the past versions of myself. a homecoming.

so last night i thanked justin, and he said thank you back. i’m usually good with public speaking, but suddenly speaking to my favorite artist, i was so nervous. i did my best to tell briefly him everything i’d thought about saying for over a decade. but also to set context for my question; if this is my relationship to the art as a listener, what is that relationship like for you as the creator, the messenger of this work?

honestly, i blacked out a bit because i couldn’t believe what was happening. the host co-opted my question a little, but justin spoke directly to me in his answer. from what i remember, his first response was “i’m sitting right there next to you”. which pulled at my heart, because genuinely the music has always felt like that. like justin himself is right there with you in it all. he went on about how when he’s making the music he’s in it and in that moment, but after, he’s on the outside of it with us. if anyone else remembers more of that answer, please share. or if you have a recording of that part of the Q&A i would absolutely love to have it! i wish i audio recorded his answer, but i was so overwhelmed with everything happening. bad day to forget my adhd meds lol.

anyway, it truly still (and probably always will) feels surreal that i spoke with justin after all these years of imagining what i might say, but never thinking i’d actually have the opportunity. his eye contact and really tuning in with me was such a gift. two people after the show said i really touched him/made him think, so to have that moment of humanness with someone i hold so much respect and appreciation for is an unbelievable gift. 18 y/o me getting her first tattoo of the “bon iver” script from the self-titled album is beyond thrilled. the best night ❤️

Im soo glad that I flew and made it there. Truly so honored and mind blowing to hear samples and making of Day One. My guy was so shy (as usual) but he lights up the room.

The conversation itself spanned around 90 minutes and was a mix of Justin and Jim-Es relationship growth, what Bon Iver is to Justin (mostly a mask) and then largely over the building of Day One (ofc it’s song exploder)

I really enjoyed it, there was a lot from it that I really took to heart

First and foremost I’m happy to hear Justin is through his dark times. He said the album was healing for him and that was really resonating for me.

He and Jim-E Stack are seemingly very close and they have a tough time even describing their bond

The song itself, Day One, was a progression over years developed from a piece of music sent to Justin years ago. The piece overall is a song that Justin feels to have made for himself (tho he says it was also made for other men his age searching for something).

He brought the musicians he loved and highlighted them solo and as a group to finalize it. It was so nice to see him enjoying the song there, he truly looks like he loves it.

He LOVES Bonnie Rait and he said the song is a passing the torch if sorts to Dijon ( whom he speaks incredibly high of {side bar-he speaks so highly of everyone, often referring to Jim-E as “handsome} and says he’s doing a lot that only he’s doing and he’s really something special).

It was a really nice experience for me and I took a lot from it.

I spent a lot of the conversation in tears as this song resonates so much for me, especially after my brother in law took his life in late June. It felt like it gave me closure to hear a lot of the thoughts I had about the lyrics were how they were meant to be taken and it was a self win I needed more than I can explain

Thank you to everyone who put this together, Thank you Justin, youre never going to fade away

Ps Justin said this was never meant to be an album he was just making music and this transpired, he also says he won’t (but then laughs and said he probably will) make another album in the future

[Solved] THANK YOU: u/VirgilVanDoink <3

'Worthy by Justin Vernon'

Hey everyone, I've never posted on reddit before, but I cannot find this song and it's making me so sad. I have also posted this in /justinvernon too.

I’ve been on the hunt for an old Justin Vernon (Bon Iver) song that used to be on YouTube for years but seems to have vanished. This song meant so much to me and I cannot find it on youtube anymore, or any trace of it. I think it was unreleased and could have been from his solo work as 'Justin vernon', JD Vernon, or potentially even DeYarmond Edison or Volcano Choir.

I loved the song so much at the time that I tried to write down all of the lyrics (They are probably not 100% correct, I was like 19/20 when I wrote these down and had to do it by stop pausing)

I needed a surgeon with a knife
To cut away the parts of life
That I never needed
That I never knew I had
’Til my ribs (?) started speaking to me

I needed a wave, I needed a wife
Sitting in complacence, you are free
So put a little pole against my mast
Bruise me enough so my brain shatters glass
When you are racing you are mean (?)

Pounding heart and feather weight nerves
I’m happy to hit but you’re still throwing curves (?)
Your hands are over my eye
And you’re kissing my neck
And there’s nothing more right

So I don’t know what it means to be lost
Only know what it means to be found
And I’m alright
When I’m open I say

So put a little pole against my mast
Bruise me enough so my brain shatters glass
When you are racing you are mean (?)

When you are open, you sell
And boy I know I know I’m gonna be here for you
I’m sitting in the 2007 sun
Never guessed on how it could feel
I’m waiting for God to drop me the (unknown)
Split a smoking blade of grass
Twisting pairs fall at my feet
(unknown) shaped like a chromosome

Your hands are over my eyes
And you’re kissing my neck
And there’s nothing more that’s right
Don’t know what it means to be lost, I only know what it means to be found
Now I’m alright

I’m on my way home
The company has gone
Make a huddle by a fire
A woman and a child
So give me four more lines of this
And I’ll be in and out of this
It’s been 21 years a dream
And my glass, no one’s teaming ??

This will all be true someday

If anyone can help me with this I would be so grateful. I treasured this song and am absolutely kicking myself for not ripping the audio of youtube when I could have.

Oh Wide World

https://youtu.be/1cefBIlkGBs

Running Boy

https://youtu.be/74hk7g0zeso

Heavy Foot

https://youtu.be/vyXccqTlhoI (Maybe more Mumford and Sons influence, but very good)

👍

Justin and Jim-E Stack sat and spoke about Day One for 90 minutes then there were a few questions from the audience. Nothing very surprising usual song exploder type episode with a lot of samples played.

Hey team, I have a pair of tix for the podcast taping tonight. I repeat PODCAST TAPING lol Section Gold Circle Left row j Seats 34-35 75 p ticket is what I paid and would like to get back

Which Justin do you stand with

Hey everyone! I’ve got a few Bon Iver posters I’d be open to trading. I’m especially interested in posters from the Bon Iver, Bon Iver 10-year anniversary shows or 22, A Million era (or earlier).

If you’ve got something that might be a good match, feel free to shoot me a PM, happy to chat and trade!

I don’t want these tickets to go to waste, two tickets seated together second row mezzanine for tomorrow nights song exploder with Justin. :)

It’s new & sealed. PayPal G&S €75 + shipping from Ireland

https://open.spotify.com/album/4H6NRX6bvkIJZIJdZSPq6Y?si=kQ5KWLb-SxafqysBLVqMYA