José González - The Nest (Live at the Oneg Sessions) 

It took me ten years to actually realize the tragic nature of the lyrics. The beautiful voice and guitar hid it from me. Saw them gathering sticks from the ground By the thicket while assembling a nest On alert for any lingering threat Building frantically without rest Walls grew dense and blocked out the sun Caving in everyone Darkness fell, wiped a once joyous tone Then famished, like possessed ended eating their own Saw them gathering sticks from the ground By the thicket while assembling the nest --------------- This is not about birds building a nest and then the dark winter forcing them to eat their children. This is about humanity frantically without rest producing, building, and buying stuff, separating us from other humans and humanity as a whole, and the endless wars that we fight with others.

@danielinsporto That's Yukimi Nagano, a very well known Swedish/Japanese singer in her own right. She and Jose have done a lot of music together at various performances.

with that voice you don t need anything else than a guitar...

His sense of rhythm is so fucking good. His fingerpicking sounds like it's done by a robot with a sense of groove. Just absolutely impeccable.

I wish Yukimi could be heard in this, but it's beautiful nonetheless!

This is music's most beautiful couple...

He has so smooth voice.

Muy bien al lado de quien protege tu espíritu... te ayuda en el camino o este paso que tenemos. Gran artista José.....

the last time i saw a woman behind a guy playing the band broke up! don't break up jose! keep making the music mate :-)

muero con esta canción

Dude... that guy has captured Yukimi ! I hate him. I Love you Yukimi , date me instead !

in Santiago, Chile, at a festival called "Primavera Fauna".

WOW! I'm stunned! What a AMAZING version of this song!!! I'm gonna check out the rest quickly. thnx for posting! grz from Holland

You rule Mr. Nice You rule.....you're welcome man...thank you for inspiration ! Best wishes from germany ;-)

Ooooh, so good!

with Yukimi Eleanora Nagano... Perfect.

Amazing

my 24/7/365 feelings in stereo.luv it

I LOVE this guy and his fucking guitar.

If only little dragon had her own mic too!

Geni!

Shes half Japanese half White American and Swedish to be exact, and Jose hit that so I'm reckoning he knows she's there

i'll see him live in a few weeks :)

damn he's awesome.

Is that the wonderful lead of Little Dragon accompanying him? Wow what a duo .

@tbra3477 She's in a band called Little Dragon who by the way are totally amazing as well!!! Support the amazing swedish music scene!!

@danielinsporto ha ha ha, a subtle beatles reference lol, glad someone got it :-) this guy is in a league of his own at the moment and i know very little about him! one minute this is his new album but it was released in 2007? or something?? i don't get it lol......

Impeccable as ever but I have to say I prefer the ambiance of the recordings made impromptu rather than the effects imposed by the close miking and the sound desk reverb. It's a beautiful song.

yukimi!

Haunting

horrible intro.. horrible.

Ett geni

@kaipakta Thanks for the tip! But I've got these songs in my playlist and every time they come up it scares the hell out of me... :)

It's Yukimi Nagano from Little Dragon!! (also a Swede : ) )

where?

Wish she was that close to me singing into My ear..

why is she there???

@lkman4 they're not together anymore? :'(

I wonder does he know there is a Japanese woman right behind him?

he should have sung 'killing for love' or "how low" in there if you know what i mean.

HEY iys Yukimi from Little Dragon behind him..

Yukimi Nagano & Jose Gonzalez used to be a couple, theyve split now though ...apparently

I don't know what you mean, what happened?

so goog

this song is simply the hammer why this is not really known in europe .... the song should really be in the top 10 ..... in europe that is a damn horny song, good singer and song writer do not you think? Greetings John from Germany

100000 views -- this vid is a staple for many viewers. But so traumatic is the intro that there are only 410 likes. That's how shitty the intro is.

Synd att man inte kan se klippen från musikhjälpen längre..copy rights??

muy parecido al gran trovador silvio rodriguez solo que en ingles, bien por el, que ese genero lo esta dando a conocer en habla inglesa ojalá triunfe

so she's 3/2 human?

too bad you cant hear yukimi.

He looks better with this longer hair

I can't hear the girl's harmonies.

Why is that chick behind him?

This sounds like a radiohead song, but i can't think of which one

@Garethfeb16 hahah wow man. how blunt. i mean, not that jose will ever read what you wrote, but ouch.

OK - Skip the annoying start, click on 0:09

I am view 123,345!

@8marloes8 0:09 :)

@Garethfeb16 haha well you dont need to be an expert on the guy to like his music. i have to agree though, his girlfriend behind him does look a little awkward.. she could at least sing a bit louder, at least to justify her own presence. jose will always be amazing though.. blows my mind the dude.

Oh, and someone PLEASE erase the disturbing noise at the start of the vid's: It completely ruins the calm atmosphere of his songs!!!

lol in the end he says "the first one was better".

OMG!! that is an awful start with that loud ANNOYING intro, and such an AWESOME performance, PLEASE FIX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

didnt know José was a mere puppet...

give the women a mic, jeez :)

haha not sure about horny, great song though.

första var bättre...

I hate that sickening introduction guitar.

If only little dragon had her own mic too!