Sun Kil Moon perform "Richard Ramirez Died Today of Natural Causes" 

"that's the same age as the guy who's coming to play the drums" *Guy playing the drums sweats nervously*

This is my favorite rap song.

getting drunk and watching this video is the ultimate vibe

The whole band just looks like the different version of the same guy

Thank you Sun Kil Moon for the inclusion of my book documenting the Sexton case.

This is a fantastic performance. Musically I think it''s even more intense and haunting than the album version

Me: trying to tune my guitar in silence The other band members:

the talent it takes to make an outdoor festival show feel thick with atmosphere and intensity like this is a whole other level. wow.

Wish he'd record a version with this instrumentation. Album version is great but this is so..eerie.

Something about this song and performance is so chilling. It's like he manages to compress time somehow and bring the past into the present. This is like a true modern folk song imo.

Coincidentally he's playing a Jose Ramirez classical guitar

man that riff is brutal, really pushes what he's talking about

Nylon string guitar with open tuning is a great sound. Really distinct.

Definitely prefer this over the album version. Has more of an eerie dark wave vibe to it that complements the subject matter of the song nicely

Look how cool that drummer looks

That riff...man. Sounds like something Pelican would do. Friggin' love this.

I love how everybody is just looking at the stage, either mesmerized or thinking "what the f***". Great performance.

Just saw him at body & soul festival in ireland and met him afterward hes a bit depressing but sooo cool

That is one gorgeous guitar. Oh, and Mark Kozelek is a fucking genius.

i’m 26 and this song is giving me a midlife crisis

This is one of the best songs ever recorded. Whenever I listen I have to repeat it 3 or 4 times to absorb it all

This blows the album version out of the water

"We Didn't Start the Fire" for people who measure the years in terms of notorious serial killers.

this performance is legendary

Criminally underrated

this has a strong true detective vibe..

shit sounds like studio quality damn

Absolutely perfect. I like both (studio/live) versions. You can "touch" the atmosphere here.

the drummer's vibe is so amazing

This performance is absolutely breathtaking! Eric Pollard on drums looks like the coolest dude ever.

How on earth can anyone not like this song? I wonder if this song was ever used in a movie. The opening to this video is freakin' amazing!!

One of the most haunting performances I've ever seen. Pure chills when those guitars ramp up.

love how this groove grinds away and gains momentum while the relentless tormented words create a mood and haunt us. It ends WAY to soon

Been following Mark since 1993 when I thought I was *late* to the party! Second album. Amazing not just that he's still performing, but that he's still changing and finding new inspiration. He's made so many great albums that it's near impossible to believe.

Criminally underappreciated artist

You can feel his passion in this song

Haunting performance. It actually sounds better in this video though.

ray liotta on drums

The only version I listen too... and easily my favorite piece of music by Sun kil moon... absolutely gorgeous, once a month since it came out..... I'd have never sincerely listened to his music until I first heard this version of this track.... then benji became exceptional shortly after

that string gradually getting more and more out of tune seems fitting

I wish this song was fifteen minutes long...

Thanks to the Netflix's documentary now I know who was Richard Ramirez.

Beautiful! "And everybody remember the paranoia When he stalked the suburbs of Southern California And everybody will remember where they were When they finally caught the Night Stalker And I remember just where I was When Richard Ramirez died of natural causes"

Damn, Mark and the band killed it! Super intense.

I’ve watched this everyday for about 6 months now and it just gets better and better.

Can't stop listening to this. This version is better than the version on the record.

Best version by far....gives me chills

Just found out about these guys this track is fantastic. I'm doing a deeper dive into their catalog today.

Hauntingly good

My favorite live performance of any song

This live performance is almost Bauhaus-esque. I love it!

doesn't get much better than this

Definitely the artist I look up to the most, RIP Red House Painters

this guy is new to me, but i cant get enough of his work. a breath of fresh air in a pretty ordinary music time and place.

I have been waiting for some decent live footage from this album. Thanks Pitchfork. I remember seeing the 9.2 album review of this. No album is more deserving. This record is just unspeakable in it's beauty. I feel like it may stay with me for many more years. The tales, the people, the intense sadness of their stories. It is humbling in it's genius

Anyone else feel their heart get stabbed when he mentioned his baby cousin? RIP young soul 🙏

So powerful and for all the right reasons and feelings

Brilliant song, lyrics and intensity

I like the studio version of this song, but I wish it was a little more like this.

Ive had this on repeat since i first heard it yesterday

Still amazing in 2020

Truly a fantastic story teller. I can't think of a single other musician who can turn anecdotes and conversational topics into lyrics as well as Mark. Then to pair it with good music as well is crazy. On paper it should be boring but for some reason it just marries so well and works perfectly.

Powerful song. Brooding, dark composition, yet it is hilarious at the same time. Great tune!

Still sends a chill down my spine!

Aight guys, this song (specifically this performance), more than any other that I know, NEEDS to be played through some great speakers. If you can, do yourself a favour and try it! I can only ever listen to this through my home theatre system, where sounds like their summoning the dead!

Brilliant and emotionally moving.

deep and personnal lyrics, I love that

Wow. Just wow! Amazing. Love it.

I absolutely love this.

Maybe the Richard Ramirez was inside us all along

snuck in just after this set started and ran right up to him and was in awe

Killer version. In every sense of the word.

Damn good. Mark Kozelek is rocking out, yes he is older, this happens to all of us eventually. Great song from a great album.

perfection +++

They’re using an original Roland Space Echo. I love me some tape delay. It’s between the amp head and speaker case behind Mark.

Something about the instrumental on this track is so low key and sinister, especially compared to the album version. I love it

I used to hold this really stupid and ageist notion that people over 40 were incapable of making fresh music (pop/alternative, etc.) but Sun Kil Moon completely destroyed that misguided notion. Benji blew my mind, never heard an album that deeply confessional and moving, from the lyrics to the music, just incredible.

love the sound!

This video is amazing. Mark is killing it.

dis is some serious music

I cant belive how good this is.

I have purposfully played, Mark Kozelek, while waking in the morning. To evok some emotion out of my love.

Chills, chills and more chills.

I could listen to this all night

my favorite album of the decade

I don't remember how I got here, but I'm glad did. Never heard of these guys before

Wow what a song, and album, best album I have heard in years !!!

I loved this song anyway but it hits differently after watching the night stalker documentary on netflix

The most bad ass song about ramen noodles there ever was.

So much energy

I love that song he's off chops the ol' Mark Kozelek did I spell that korecktlee? 🇦🇺

one of his best songs!

First time checking out this band very impressed

Badass bandana and cycling shades up front looking seriously tough

I love this man.

Prefer this to the studio version

I would really enjoy an instrumental version of this song.

Still here.

Jurgen Klopp on electric guitar

potente, grande Mark