Live film for the title track of Hand. Cannot. Erase, one of several clips Lasse created especially for the HCE shows. Filmed and edited by Lasse Hoile in February 2015, starring Carrie Grr.
Wilson, Hoile... Thank you so much for this masterpiece. This is the first song I listened to with my girlfriend... She died in hospital, after a terrible car accident, on December 15th. Ilaria, I love you... I miss you so much...
When I first heard this song I was like "man, this is boring". But I realized that the song feels so sad and hopeful despite the apparent cheerfulness, and that there is really something much more about this song than what it seemed to be, especially in the album's context. Now the songs 3 Years Older and Hand Cannot Erase feel very personal. These songs feel like big consolations for all the modern world urban creatures. I listen to them while I wade through the subway, and the songs are telling me that everything is fine, despite whatever stressful obsessive thoughts of expectations and disappointment are worming into my brain. This is a 21C masterpiece.
I would listen to YES, the "Talk" cd, on headphones beneath a cap or hat while on my daily time on the subway from Seoul to Suwon. It helped me to disconnect from the crush of people that were a constant in 1986-7. Your post is so well written and took me back there. Thank you.
@@DaveDexterMusic I hear ya. But I must confess, he really does have a mastery over his technique which he has developed for sonic production and other wizardry which might be involved..
i didn't know this man..never heard of him till I attended NH7 Weekender in 2016..and watched him live. I almost sat on the ground out of awe.. I was like. This is some legendary shit. and ever since..I've been listening to him. longing to watch him live again. ❤
Joyce Vincent died of unknown causes in December 2003. Her remains were described as "almost skeletal" and she was lying face up, surrounded by Christmas gifts that she had wrapped but never sent. Her body was found on January 25, 2006.
@@kevinwillems8720 There's a polyrhythm happening. The guitar part can be logically grouped into 6 note phrases - opening riff arpeggios sound like 6/8 + 3/4 + 3/4 repeated (adding up to 9/4). Meanwhile, the drums has a backbeat going throughout so sounds like it should be counted with an even number of beats. Counting 9/4 would make the snare alternate between backbeat and downbeat after every bar. Having said that, 9/4 is the best compromise for both instruments even though it makes counting harder for both!
Together we have this love Even so it's not enough Bruised and burned we won't lose heart And just because life gets hard Writing lying e-mails to our friends back home Feeling guilty if we sometimes wanna be alone Hand cannot erase this love Hand cannot erase this love And a love like this makes us strong We laugh it off if things go wrong It's not you, forgive me if I find I need more space Cause trust means we don't have to be together everyday Hand cannot erase this love Hand cannot erase this love Hand cannot erase this love Hand cannot erase this love
This song has become kind of an obsession with me. Lots of songs are written about the beginning of a relationship. I think this is the greatest one I've ever heard!
its kinda funny that i grew up listening and loving metal and thru opeth i foumd steve wilson.. idk what it is about hos music but i cant get enough ive been listening to strictly just his work for the last 6 months and ill never get burned out on it his music is like the soumdtrack of life
Krookiemonster been listening to his solo work for several years now and he never disappoints. I can always find a new meaning in his lyrics and music. His work never gets old at all. A true delightful experience. HCE tour with Ninet was the best concert in my whole life.
I've just discovered him and all I can say is WTF have i missed out on - I've waited for this music all my life!! (The most successful English musician you've never heard of apparently?) I'm totally hooked !!
This song is one of the most heart-breaking ever. Wilson calls "Routine" his most melancholic; but to me this is far more because it laments the ultimate and inevitable failure of what we, in the modern world, hope will be the most fulfilling relationship in our lives.
I would still say Routine is sadder. It’s about a mother who continues doing daily chores like making her kids lunches and getting their clothes out after they, along with her husband, were murdered.
@@DeanJG-Guitar Routine is sadder but describes a far rarer tragedy. HCE is about the everyday, boring tragedy of failed/difficult relationships. It's hard to truly relate to Routine but very easy to relate to this, so in that sense it's sadder.
The lady in this does a marvellous job of looking friendly, beautiful and contemptuous all at the same time. She is like the lady in my favourite coffee shop, the more distain she shows me the more I think I love her.
I had never heard of Steven Wilson before this album and it's still one of my favorite albums of all time and probably my favorite thing he did. Everything about it just resonates with me the music the story the lyrics
Both , me and my wife like this song very much. It has a certain melancholic vibe to it that makes it wonderful. The melody and drums are really great on this song. SW rocks.
The business, full stop, this guy is from another world, how does he do it? So happy he keeps the music industry interesting, not many guys can do that over a 20 odd year career, top notch, a huge fan
Just brilliant. Takes me right back to the 2 shows I attended in Jan - Brighton and London. Both shows were amazing, hearing HCE in its entirety with all the accompayning films to help play out thr albums theme and story. Sheer brilliance!
Wow. I knew the song of course. But this video!!!!! this is really is a piece of art. Rarely saw such integration of sound and sight, of music and movie, of song and picture. Actually I never saw this before. Wow wow and wow. Incroyable!
I was just scrolling through RU-vid and I saw that Steven Wilson has a new video so I just dropped everything I was doing and watched it. That basically describes my personality
+Geoffrey Simmons It seems like he's slowly uploading all of the live show videos here, so eventually we'll get it - I bet Steven just likes being a tease about this stuff.
cont. I can see it as a relationship that is just dying in general. The relationship is getting beaten. The love makes the relationship persist, but at a cost
