The official video for Little Bird, from Lisa Hannigan's album Passenger. Passenger is available now: www.smarturl.it/passenger Video directed by Myles O'Reilly. More info: www.arbutusyarn...
Official source: "The video for Little Bird was shot with Lisa Hannigan in her mum’s bathtub. We sped up the music x4.5 (a little over a minute), shooting at 60 frames per second and then slowed it down again in the edit. Lisa was able to mime the tune at a ridiculously fast pace which was quite impressive!!"
I really appreciate the explanation. I heard various guesses, including all the water being added afterwards, but this explains everything. What a fabulous creative concept!
I do not need to have my eyes, when such beauty fills my ears. I love you Lisa. And my wife is cool with that. I ain't blind when such beauty fills the air. My blind eyes cry with joy.
Your heart sings like a kettle And your words, they boil away like steam And a lie burns long while the truth bites quick A heart is built for both it seems You are lonely as a church Despite the queuing out your door I am empty as a promise, no more When the time comes And rights have been read I think of you often But for once I meant what I said I was salted by your hunger Now you've gone and lost your appetite And a little bird is every bit as handy in a fight I am lonely as a memory Despite the gathering 'round the fire Aren't you every bird on every wire? When the time comes And rights have been read I think on you often But for once I meant what I said Here I stay, I, I lay me down In a house by the Hill I'm dug from the rubble, and cut from the kill Here I stay, I, I lay me down In a house by the Hill I'm dug from the rubble, and cut from the kill I'm dug from the rubble, and cut from the kill I'm dug from the rubble, and cut from the kill
@@juliafides2445 No there were no edits. As stated above, they speed up the track(very common in music videos) and she lip-synced quickly while underwater. All in one take.
I came searching for Lisa after finding out that it was her voicing Blue. I KNEW I knew her! I used to listen to her so much when I was younger. I am blown away, and so happy I'm finding Lisa again. This song means so much to me...
Your heart sings like a kettle And your words, they boil away like steam. And a lie burns long while the truth bites quick, A heart is built for both it seems. You are lonely as a church, Despite the queuing out your door. I am empty as a promise, no more. When the time comes, And rights have been read, I think of you often But for once I meant what I said. I was salted by your hunger, Now you've gone and lost your appetite And a little bird is every bit as handy in a fight. I am lonely as a memory Despite the gathering round the fire. Aren't you every bird on every wire? When the time comes, And rights have been read, I think of you often But for once I meant what I said. Here I stay, I lay me down, I'm dug from the rubble, and cut from the kill. Here I stay, I lay me down, In a house by the Hill. I'm dug from the rubble, and cut from the kill. I'm dug from the rubble, and cut from the kill. I'm dug from the rubble, and cut from the kill.
“Dug from the rubble, and cut from the kill” Or, a piece of what once was.. Easily my favourite line. This lady could read the phone book and make me cry.
I can just see Blue Diamond quietly singing this song whie she kneels near Pink's palanquin, reminiscing in memories between her and Pink, while Blue Pearl admires her singing 💙✨
Little Bird is the most powerful music video I have ever seen. I keep finding tears streaming down this old face, not of joy or sorrow, but of the unexpected revelation of profound observations. Writing about Lisa's songs is like painting with a hammer. We hear about the importance of emotional intelligence. This is emotional genius, wizardry actually. She has bottled St. Elmo's Fire and I am drunk.
My mum said that I was a twinkle in my dad's eye I thought that was beautiful then later in life I was a twinkle meaning he just wanted the nasty but apple of my eye would have been more coauser
The best liric iv ever hear is lilac wine I'm just whisper to my self that I pretend that I don't know but mama you've been on my mind and when wake in morning baby look inside your mirror u noiwont bbe I just want to know would u see ur self as clear as clear as someone who has on his mind I'm not asking you question yes or no please under stand me I have no place but she calling me to go so wallow in the sorrow walk into the new life I only wish your happiness alway I know the I been love by you and know iv been beloved by u soshikjydihfjdyikft little monkey face
Her voice sounds like a long lost female spirit who lost her family years ago. Its so BEAUTIFUL & haunting and so soft.... Blue diamond has a wonderful haunting voice!😊👍🌟✨
People should be speaking about you in the same breath as WB Yeats and Seamus Heaney. You’re a master wordsmith, and one of the finest Ireland has ever graced. You should be so proud of yourself
After watching the very beautiful love story Maudie I frantically waited for the credits to see what Angelic Soul touched me so deeply. Not since the musical birth of Jonie M and Sarah M have I been so deeply moved.. Even more so!! You know when to leave out words and beg the mind for pictures. Robert E Denton "Indent"
It's so sad when I see how many plays this video has, compared to commercial artists's videos which get the attention of most of the people, or at least the young generation, in which we can hardly find good content, no matter if you look for it whether in lyrics or music. I strongly believe THIS is the music that should be known for everybody; it would be awesome if we could just ask to anybody if they know X song of Lisa Hannigan or if we could hear Damien's music as background music in elevators or stores.
Graham Hadden True. She is a lovely young lady with a big beautiful heart but she is auto tuned big time. My voice was run through pro tools once and it sounded great. I told my friend "I found the bucket to carry my tunes in". Not only did he not laugh but he went back and made me sound worse than before.
god my heart hurts...I've just listened to one of the most beautiful song ever written! :) my first love came back into my mind...oh god I loved her so much
I love this song. It reminds me the break up with my ex. The lyrics fits perfectly with my story, in every single word. I have a house on a hill, even, where i used to lay me down thinking about that love story.
That was the most.....AMAZING...breathtaking, I can't even find the right word to discribe what I just saw. Not to mention her voice alone is like a Lullaby!
What is this thing in my throat??? A lump??? What are these things??? Tears??? OMG!!! I still feel!!! I'm not dead yet!!! Lisa, you are most amazing!!!
No news of a new album in the horizon....time can be long under a vivid sun (the productive 60s & 70s seems long gone)... She's probably a perfectionist or maybe she started a family ? I discovered her music in a "Euronews tv" presentation of her LP (late 2011) She is born 10 days prior to my birthdate (1981:-)
To those curious minds, the song is 4:22 long and to shoot this video in one take, she would have to know her lung capacity. If we assume she could hold and lipsync for 1 minute without breath, then we would need the song to finish in 1 minute. Thus, song was played at some 4x plus speed and she lipsynced to that fast version. This was shot at a high frame rate (100 fps minimum for 4x speed song, to bring the final footage down to 25 fps (100 divided by 4x) so that it matches with the original lengthy song) Thanks for reading this far in one breath. You can breathe now.
the fact that she writes this kind of songs actually proves she cares enough to bother thinking about it, writing about it and then present it as her favourite song off the album, as well as the hardest one to write and perform as she reveals her long-declined feelings to publicity
Lisa is a truly unique artist - incomparable - a great poet/musician. It is the natural poetry in her soul that separates her from other singers - the rarest quality of all.
This song is my ringtone. Whenever my phone rings, I stop for a couple of seconds; everything stops for a couple of seconds. And then I remember to pick up my phone.
"Your heart sings like a kettle / And your words boil away like steam"... as a trying-to songwriter, I have just turned deep green with envy. What a gorgeous metaphor... wish I could've come up with that one.
