Sierra Hull - Mad World (Tears For Fears) - DelFest - Cumberland, MD - 5/28/22 

no shit!

Hear that :) 🌟

Right on

The exact second i thought that, is the same moment I read your comment!!! well done

well said..my thoughts as well..

Yes 😊

❤🎉

People like Taylor Swift can forget about it. They aren’t this good!

You'll never catch me wasting my money on

the solo!!!

Your comment made me think of this Charles Bradley version of 'Changes' - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-zfaOf70M4xs.html

I so agree! I’ve watched it at least 10 times and still enjoy it.

Love the 'keeper of the flame' comment. They just don't write music like this anymore.❤

That isn't Bluegrass

@@Life-of-Bluegrass_Music It is now. It meets all of the requirements, so it's in my playlist now. Pretty sure Levon Helm would like it as well.

Check out devil makes three

​@@Life-of-Bluegrass_Music1:22

It certainly blew my mind anyway..

Yes, that Gary Jules version is beautiful and thoughtful; love it.

Check out her solo on I Don't Mind, with Sturgill Simpson, live

It's actually a Tears For Fears song.

Alison Krauss gave her her start. There's two videos of her playing with AKUS when she was 12. She was good then

Everyone should know who she is 🤷‍♂️

Ditto! Top 10 album for me.

lol why did I think this song was from like 2003?

@@UpvotesBlueGuitars probably cuz Gary Jules covered it for Donnie Darko around that time

@@reshmiya aye ur right, thanks

Yes!

Now THAT is a compliment, and I agree! 👍🏼

There is another version of this with Curt Smith and his daughter playing together it's very nice and acoustic

Tears for Fears, please show respect for the original artists.

excellent comparison...!

Totalmente de acuerdo amigo. Viva la música 🎶

Well said. Soo true.

Very nice solo indeed

Expectations on something you've never heard? Bizarre you shouldnt be expecting ANYTHING from a artist.

@@TheOraclearchive I disagree, for an audience’s expectation of what the art is going to be is one of the primary factors to how the art is received. There are many instances where artists submerse or exceed expeditions. That’s half of the fun of it!

@@ddragonwhistler ok. So what did you expect from something you havent heard before? It kinda implies you predicted how she would approach it.

@@TheOraclearchive I didn’t predict what her solo would be. But I sure did hypothesize. Music to me is all about patterns and deviations of those patterns.

Yes, I really loved that.

Yeah, I was gonna point out in response to the comment above, how she leaves good space for the other band members to fill-especially the violin player.

because she's a caged goddess

And the fiddle player too.

When it's country music we call it a fiddle.

Did you get a chance to hear "Years"?

Very well done love that it's all acoustic and yes, the solo was fantastic! and the instruments didn't clash with one another. Interesting that the Mandolin solo was very fast for a slow song. Kept it different and interesting

She shredded that thing!

It's from another world, dude!

Me: Mindlessly surfing RU-vid at 11:30pm RU-vid (correctly): "You know what you need my man? A bluegrass cover of an '80s classic, with a kick-ass mandolin solo (yes, I said mandolin solo)"

You should see her in concert. She is the fastest mandolin player ever.

calm down, shes fine

@@williedame4406 To each and their own..... She is more than fine; the last few minutes of this version, really shows what she can do but she lets her band mates shine a bit here and there through the song. I've seen her many times on RU-vid, and she appears to have very little ego as she has played with so many talented pros and they all appear to love playing with her!!!! She has been invited to play with "Billy and the Kids" this week in NY, so I am trying to get tickets to the sold-out show, maybe I can get a "Miracle", and if not, there is always the simulcast on Nugs.....

I am always going to be enthusiastic about artists I love. Never calming down.@@williedame4406

I agree. She's an incredible musician without rubbing it in our faces. Such a treasure. Amazing human.

Cringe

And this is nothing compared to what she does in her shows. You wouldn't believe it. She does this fast solo that seems unbeatable, then her hubby blows your mind, then she comes back with the most masterful mandolin you ever heard. Then rinse and repeat. It is mind-blowing.

That's a REALLY good description!

You’re right. But especially when played and sung to by Sierra Hull

I enjoyed it. I used to plink around on a mandolin that was given to someone in the family as payment for room and board from a traveling salesman somewhere before 1920. It was already old then. My father used to play "Glow Little Glowworm" and his foot stomping shook the whole house! I guess it made him happy. I learned to play "Mandolin Wind" on it. It sort of looked like a half a watermelon with stripes on it.

fantastic for making slaw

@@alanthealienoriginal Happy Memories!!✌️

She absolutely kills it

And 57 more to go....

I'd Love To Have Seen That!

I agree! Sierra’s been a virtuoso since she was a little kid.

I agrre.I like this song.

Yeah, Sierra Hull is a young master

First Time Hearing Her! Truly Amazing!!

@@JLDB1987Is she from Maryland?

I know why i clicked on this video, it is because this stated 'Mad World'.!!! and i had to listen to this!

Nice! Though it's really just a cover/remake of Gary Jules cover of Tears for Fears. It would have been cool to see their actual version of the Tears of Fears song

TRUE!!!

Agreed.

@@madpriest7822 Maybe if you asked The Internet real nice it would play you the Tears for Fears version. Or Jules' version. Or the version where David Gilmore plays it with his daughter. Most of the covers I've heard of this song (many!) are pretty good, _because it's a really good song._

Jake Shimabukuru My Guitar Gently Weeps...

Sam Bush & Jeff Austin for a couple,.... but yeah, that was a tremendous solo!

Check out The String Cheese Incident and/or Leftover Salmon, if you like good mandolin playing. 😊

@@cbglassiii9362 Yep, Drew Emmitt!!! Love SCI too. Seen SCI the most due to a variety of factors.

Chris Thile - Dude is a maniac

this feels more like a cover of the gary jules cover, rather than a cover of the original

I am sorry, but she extend it to a complete new and much more advanced level than the original :D

80s actually ruled by driving great music off the market. The best progressive bluegrass and country folk artists had to redefine how they recorded and did business. Sierra is descended from that generation--Tony Rice, Chris Hillman, Kate Wolf, Nanci Griffith, and later Alison Krauss. In the MTV-ruled mainstream, there were just a few rare good songs, such as this one.

A good song is…a good song.

​@noahrosenthal6421 hot take: Jules version = far better than Tears for Fears. I think he captured the real soul of the song, while Tears recorded it in such a poppy tempo. It just seems off for the content of the song.

Just completely amazing - wow

Nice! Though it's really just a cover/remake of Gary Jules cover of Tears for Fears. It would have been cool to see their actual version of the Tears of Fears song

Little did we both know she would rip that incredible solo towards the end. So glad I stayed, too.

My eyes got wide when she blew the top off. I was already digging it, but man! 👏🏼🙌🏼

cleanest, the lyrics were wrong in one part so much that the actual wrong lyrics do not even make sense, other than that, clean

The Cars, too! Tim Mcgraw does a cover of "Drive" in the last few years.

@@slofty exactly

Nice! Though it's really just a cover/remake of Gary Jules (Donnie Darko) cover of Tears for Fears. It would have been cool to see their actual version of the Tears of Fears song

But there are rainbows & bunny rabbits Everywhere you look. I'm goin to sleep now.. 😴

In a world of such violence and horror I can Feel the emotion in this song. Great job, current and wonderful interpretation. It touched me.

You might give a listen to Adam Lambert’s acapella version of this on YT. I think it on American Idol.

Loved This!!

Jasmine Thompson and Jennifer Anne also do nice versions but this bluegrass cover is unique. Im hearing some Nanci Griffith in there too. St. Florianer is also worth a listen. Show how good writing transcends genre. Thanks to that I have found Sierra who was was unfamiliar with before this.

None of these somber covers of this song would exist without Gary Jules showing them how it's done... this is a great cover, but to call it unique or say that it stands alone... this isn't a cover of Tears for Fears, because the original song was more pop... this is a cover of Gary Jules doing a cover of Tears for Fears. Just fighting internet hyperbole... best you ever heard, sure... unique, stands alone? Not so much...

Good point; Gary Jules version is beautiful. @@apelike

I can listen to this version over and over and still not get bored!!!!! She is smoking on the last few minutes.

I love this song, but if u haven't heard an amazing mandolin solo, u might wanna check out Billy Strings band.

​@@hobiegillis9453 or any decent bluegrass band with a mando

Mandolin solo is a first for me. But then I heard the Blues played on bagpipes earlier so, anything goes 🤪

If you think that’s good, go check out Chris Thile

I just want to clarify: that was GREAT! Just suggesting another Uber talented mandolinist.

@@Azamra18 I had tickets to two of the three Nickel Creek shows at the Ryman that got canceled in April because Chris was sick. Anyway, Sean and Sara decided to do a free Watkins Family Hour show to make up for the canceled shows. Anyone who had tickets to one of the canceled shows (which were rescheduled) could attend (until they filled up the venue). It was one of the coolest shows I’ve ever seen. What’s really interesting is Sara told the audience that she called several people to see if they were in town (or could get to Nashville) in time to play the show with them. Everyone she called including Sierra told her that they had tickets to the show and we’re going to be there anyway. Sierra ended up playing mandolin with Sean and Sara on three Nickel Creek songs that night. It was impressive.

@@charlesbolton8471 Omg 😳 Sounds like a dream

Amen to that...awesome effort from all musicians.

Truly Amazing Version!! Loved It All!!

Cried also

Nice! Though it's really just a cover/remake of Gary Jules cover (donnie darko) of Tears for Fears. It would have been cool to see their actual version of the Tears of Fears song