José González - The Nest (Live at the Oneg Sessions)

an Oneg Session with José González -

Recorded and mixed by Eyal Shindler at the Mearbel studios in Tel Aviv, Israel, October 11th 2008.
Video shot and edited by Benyamin Esterlis .
Photographs by Yael Meiry.
Thanks to: Fredrik and Morgan of Moondog management, José and Yukimi for coming, and everyone who played their part. It was magical.

[Bepartofmynovel]

It took me ten years to actually realize the tragic nature of the lyrics. The beautiful voice and guitar hid it from me.

Saw them gathering sticks from the ground
By the thicket while assembling a nest

On alert for any lingering threat
Building frantically without rest

Walls grew dense and blocked out the sun
Caving in everyone

Darkness fell, wiped a once joyous tone
Then famished, like possessed ended eating their own

Saw them gathering sticks from the ground
By the thicket while assembling the nest


This is not about birds building a nest and then the dark winter forcing them to eat their children.
This is about humanity frantically without rest producing, building, and buying stuff, separating us from other humans and humanity as a whole, and the endless wars that we fight with others.

[NorthWriter]

@danielinsporto That's Yukimi Nagano, a very well known Swedish/Japanese singer in her own right. She and Jose have done a lot of music together at various performances.

[Train-train-hk]

with that voice you don t need anything else than a guitar...

[lidwig]

His sense of rhythm is so fucking good. His fingerpicking sounds like it's done by a robot with a sense of groove. Just absolutely impeccable.

[BigMeatyClawss]

This is music's most beautiful couple...

[kaipakta]

I wish Yukimi could be heard in this, but it's beautiful nonetheless!

[marloes]

WOW! I'm stunned! What a AMAZING version of this song!!! I'm gonna check out the rest quickly. thnx for posting! grz from Holland

[RodrigoAlmunia]

Muy bien al lado de quien protege tu espíritu... te ayuda en el camino o este paso que tenemos. Gran artista

[luisbravo]

in Santiago, Chile, at a festival called "Primavera Fauna".

[Garethfeb]

the last time i saw a woman behind a guy playing the band broke up! don't break up jose! keep making the music mate :-)

[neoacoustics]

You rule Mr. Nice You welcome man...thank you for inspiration !
Best wishes from germany ;-)

[R_B_R]

I LOVE this guy and his fucking guitar.

[Ilya_shii]

with Yukimi Eleanora Nagano... Perfect.

[luisbravo]

i'll see him live in a few weeks :)

[Garethfeb]

@danielinsporto

ha ha ha, a subtle beatles reference lol, glad someone got it :-) this guy is in a league of his own at the moment and i know very little about him! one minute this is his new album but it was released in 2007? or something?? i don't get it

[redtsika]

@tbra3477 She's in a band called Little Dragon who by the way are totally amazing as well!!! Support the amazing swedish music scene!!

[thehoneyeffect]

Shes half Japanese half White American and Swedish to be exact, and Jose hit that so I'm reckoning he knows she's there

[marloes]

@kaipakta Thanks for the tip! But I've got these songs in my playlist and every time they come up it scares the hell out of me... :)

[unwindingwords]

Is that the wonderful lead of Little Dragon accompanying him? Wow what a duo .

[kmandt]

It's Yukimi Nagano from Little Dragon!! (also a Swede : ) )