The Low Anthem - 'This God Damn House' - HearYa Live Session 8/8/09

Camera-Ops: Oz and Neil Taylor
Video Switcher: Stephen Shirk
Producer/Engineer: Stephen Shirk
Video Editor: Stephen Shirk

[masonstewart]

This is the best little band in the whole wide world. Period.

[ricoadventuravideos]

I am a musician and i moved to spain to be with my fiance and this song captures a lot of the feelings i have had not being able to work for 9 months..i think about all the time..thank you

[janrenesse]

Jocie... She's so pretty! Dreaming on their music, that people gave me something I can't pay them back. Even if I buy all their records and visit every single concert, I'm still in debt. Their music gave me a feeling I'd never had before. A feeling of happiness and tears. The Low Anthem is going straight trough your skin into your heart. No band or musician was ever able to do that. But they did. I Love their music.

[CarlosRamirezTX]

We did the cell phone thing during the Houston 2011 show. Wild!!!

[Atkinson]

just seen these guys in Leeds, so a talented bunch (i'm described as having a heart of stone but i've never been closer to tears when i heard this for the first time)
delicious music

[yolindyo]

I believe that this song tells the story of a man who woke up to there wife/partner/mother, or someone who is important to them and living with them, leaving them a note saying i'll be back by three. I think they are trying to say that the person died when they were out, but the man refuses to leave the house until the person comes home, because they are grieving the loss and refuse to accept the fact that the person is gone.

[alexanderlaborie]

I hate the "whos listening in xx year comments. But i am genuinely curious, anyone in 2024?

I play this video once every couple months. One of my all time favorites.

Anyone else?

[hearya]

@narcoman2 Exactly, a basic feedback loop. Great party trick.

[narcoman]

hes using the phone to create a reverb effect via feedback - not interference. Very cool.

[gavrisr]

this song reminds me of the last scenes in the film "City of Angels"

[hearya]

Not sure if you were joking or not, but he's actually using the interference from the cell phones to create that high pitch sound. Pretty awesome.

[ricoadventuravideos]

WHY does this have only 20 thousand views?

[AugustMeteors]

I think the narrator is a ghost, who's with me on it? He was an invalid, he died before she got back home and now he's a ghost just rattling around in this goddamn house. She left him a note--"Do you need anything?" He'd have had to call her on her cell phone, or she'd call him, for the list of anything he needed. Maybe he did call, even, an empty call by a ghost. The feedback thing with the cellphones kind of underscores him slipping away. Just a thought. This is one haunting song!

[razorboy]

I just saw your comment while looking at different versions of this song. I'm doing a video based on this song - it haunted me so much! It should be a few months and you will see it posted here. My idea is a little different ( the person isn't dead) but that is a great idea too!

[emokiller]

I don't know if that is an accurate analysis, but all I can say is that this song makes me wanna cry like a bitch everytime I hear it regardless of its meaning