I'm a evangelical charismatic Anglican and I hear the gospel in most indigo girl songs
@mollycesaretti6211
3 жыл бұрын
My stepmom introduced me to the Indigo Girls when I was 12 years old, as my mom and dad were getting divorced and I was really struggling with the life changes that brings for a kid. If I remember right, Hammer and A Nail was the first song on the Indigo Girls CD that my stepmom lent to me. When I was happy, or having a tough day, I'd toss the CD in my brand new CD player (which I had received less than a year earlier) for my birthday. Music by IG never fails to bring a smile to my face and gets me singing along. When I was 13 or 14, my mom and stepmom took me to my very first live rock concert - Lilith Fair. I sang at the top of my lungs while the Indigo Girls played their set. Then, when I was in high school, I even started learning Closer to Fine on my acoustic guitar. The IG and their beautiful music have made my life a much better place; I can barely imagine my teen years without them and their fantastic melodies.
@iris089
2 жыл бұрын
Your mom and stepmom took you to a concert?
@mollycesaretti6211
2 жыл бұрын
@@iris089 Yes - my mom and stepmom took me to a concert; actually, we went to some other concerts together as well. My mom and stepmom were a committed couple for about 12-13 years, before LGBT marriage was legalized. 💗🏳️🌈💗
@iris089
2 жыл бұрын
@@mollycesaretti6211 ok that make sense. I first thought your stepmom was the new wife of your dad after they divorced. Thanks for clarifying.
@waytoobiased
2 жыл бұрын
Artist checks out
@thrjfi5360
Жыл бұрын
Well show us you playing to see how your doin
@lightstruckproduction2325
2 жыл бұрын
Funny, you discover a song and feel you are the only one who hears the magic in it, especially a song that doesn't get a lot of air play. But then you check it out on KZitem 32 years later and see you were not alone.
@kirkkicklighter1772
7 ай бұрын
I worked for Habitat for Humanity in the early 90s and volunteers played this song often. My first memory of it is from a Spring Break build in NYC’s Alphabet City in 1991. We were renovating an old burned out tenement building. I was running a morning briefing to start the day. But I was pretty tired and yawning a bit, as were a lot of us near the end of the week. I asked if anyone had any announcements. A female student from the University of Vermont yelled out, “Yeah I have a little something to share.” Then she popped a cassette of the Indigo Girls recent album into a boom box. She had preset the cassette to this song. I’d never heard the song before! And suddenly the student, this blonde pixie with a big personality, was moving around the room waving a hammer over her head like a baton to this tune. The group went crazy whooping and clapping. I’ve loved the song ever since. It has a special place in my heart. It always makes me come alive to the possibilities of hope, of doing things differently. In other words, it wakes me up - just like it did that bleary grey morning in March, 1991.
@thrjfi5360
Жыл бұрын
Song is under appreciated. The girls too.
@elliot5484
5 жыл бұрын
I’m only 13 but my mom loves the indigo girls and so do I.
@misterspaceman9563
Жыл бұрын
This song is an anchor for a recovering alcoholic. Every time I hear it I'm reminded of the joys of this sober life I get to live.
@bigbro44
Жыл бұрын
One of the great songs of all time. Just as good as the first time I heard it.
@gangofeagles5818
Жыл бұрын
Love 'em so much. They changed my life.
@clayjackson2833
5 жыл бұрын
This video needs about 40 million more views.
@iris089
2 жыл бұрын
Let's start putting them on the first 1M.
@mercedessanroman8264
3 жыл бұрын
This song couldn't be more beautiful 😍 "Gotta tend the earth if you want a rooooooOOOOOSE". Thank you, Indigo Girls ❤️
@PhoebeFayRuthLouise
6 жыл бұрын
The Indigo Girls create joy in my heart! Always have!
@tomsparks6099
7 жыл бұрын
Love this song, takes me back to a place in the 90's. I felt stronger then. Listening it to it now remains an inspiration to me.
@Msguidedchld
13 жыл бұрын
I'm a manly Jarhead Marine and I've digged theses girls since my MSU days of 92' Food for the spirit. Thought about many references my two times in the Stan. There hasn't been many 'artists' who impress me. Hot, dazzling? Sexy. It's shit. It's a can of tuna on the shelf. I dig these girls.
@joannabeldin1578
Жыл бұрын
I saw them in Denver in 1990. Love them always
@michael3874
8 жыл бұрын
"Not just my head, I'll think myself into jail ..." Loved this when it came out - appreciate it even more now.
@gigidayz6936
5 жыл бұрын
Sames! Seeing these two tomorrow night!
@iris089
2 жыл бұрын
What exactly does it mean?
@stinkobinko
6 ай бұрын
Was scrolling by your comment at the exact time they were singing it. Cool. I hope you're well!
@strawberryseason
13 жыл бұрын
This is my favorite Indigo Girl song of all time. Emily is a great songwriter. She is so cute in this video.
@ShadowStar-_143_
9 ай бұрын
Awesome Song and Band
@SHALAt22
4 жыл бұрын
The lyrics are so meaningful so practical for everyday self-therapy. ....get out of bed and do something, in my case to avoid to 'think myself to jail.' get out of your routine and do something different...and when in doubt, dance to it.
@JotItDownQuick
6 жыл бұрын
Clearing webs from the hovel a blistered hand on the handle of a shovel I've been digging too deep, I always do. I see my face on the surface I look a lot like narcissus A dark abyss of an emptiness Standing on the edge of a drowning blue. I look behind my ears for the green Even my sweat smells clean Glare off the white hurts my eyes Gotta get out of bed get a hammer and a nail Learn how to use my hands, not just my head I think myself into jail Now I know a refuge never grows From a chin in a hand in a thoughtful pose Gotta tend the earth if you want a rose. I had a lot of good intentions Sit around for fifty years and then collect a pension, Started seeing the road to hell and just where it starts. But my life is more than a vision The sweetest part is acting after making a decision I started seeing the whole as a sum of its parts. My life is part of the global life I'd found myself becoming more immobile When I'd think a little girl in the world can't do anything. A distant nation my community A street person my responsibility If I have a care in the world I have a gift to bring.
@susanfritzel4055
2 жыл бұрын
Always thought it was, “glare off the wide hurts my eyes”. Like wide-eyed = innocence
@davidmontemayor1751
Жыл бұрын
3:02
@morrigankasa570
2 ай бұрын
Their music can speak to/be appreciated by many different people across the political spectrum & by both Men and Women as well as different sexualities. I'm a 31 year old Bisexual Man who is Politically Independent yet I enjoy this music.
@leexster
8 жыл бұрын
A simple message presented in lyrics that flow so well and resonate so much. Couple that with a hell-of-a-hook melody and there you have it...just another Indigo Girls masterpiece!
@DianeLStyma
5 жыл бұрын
True That!!!
@mikebasil4832
4 жыл бұрын
Yes, True That!!!
@themysticmuse1111
2 жыл бұрын
Brilliant song writing.🔥❤️ Been a fan from the get go. They hit different when you're 51. (And battling a life threatening illness.) Have had Watershed, and Closer To Fine, on repeat all am. Revisiting. Just WOW. Old souls you are.... So wise. So beautiful. Hearts of gold.❤️🙏🔥 You've made a difference on this yucky planet. Thanks guys. You rock!! Nuttin' but love and respect!!🔥🙏❤️😘
@LethiaPage
11 жыл бұрын
I love Indigo Girls. I have listened to them for years! Great guitars, great harmonies. Great lyrics!!
@9608113
13 жыл бұрын
I've loved their music for years. Reminds me of Paul Simon lyrics with the truth and intensity (and the harmony is excellent, too). I'm straight and have been to several of their concerts (they don't come near where I live very often) and took friends to introduce them to this sound. They loved it too. The music IS universal.
@mountainharpie
2 жыл бұрын
Lyrics still so profound, synchronistic, and in my soul. Thank you
@timothypane2267
9 жыл бұрын
WORDS TO LIVE BY
@HeidiAHogan
12 жыл бұрын
Always loved this song; makes me appreciate my hard-working husband who spent the better part of this Mother's Day on the tractor turning up the garden and then planting :)
@beaurzaiz
Жыл бұрын
"Now I know a refuge never grows", man, I've experienced that, and I somehow feel grateful that Amy and Emily put those thoughts into words in such and amazing song... I'm currently out of that hell that was my late teenage and early adulthood years, but I'll always remember that line. It shaped me into what I am now and I feel proud... I guess I feel proud of having fought and having gotten out of my fake and ever-shrinking refuge.
@maxpower2542
8 жыл бұрын
Emily has one of the most amazing voices.
@raelovesbooks3010
2 жыл бұрын
90’s music is awesome
@MP-xf6gq
4 жыл бұрын
So LOVE these artist.........for the past 30 years.
@gwynnielsen5081
2 жыл бұрын
The Indigo Girls are way underrated. Their lyrics are particularly intelligent.
@angelaakins2574
2 жыл бұрын
Their music and song meant so much to me 30 years ago. Now I feel even more deeply.
@thelanarchist6912
7 жыл бұрын
love love love this one. Indigo Girls - Hammer And A Nail
@clistybuie397
2 жыл бұрын
Just saw them again in 2021 (with Ani DiFranco) and they are still amazing! One of the best concerts I've ever been to! Outside, dancing, singing at the top of our voices and omg they sounded AMAZING 🥰🥳 fanfreakintastic all around ❤️💯
@dianamilliard4722
4 жыл бұрын
Always made me feel better! I love the Indigo Girls
@francrisp6614
2 жыл бұрын
Saw these ladies for the first time in fremantle live just blew me away such talented musicians and songwriters
@4513kgh
13 жыл бұрын
It's impossible to listen to this song and not feel your day getting better.
@kurtcurtis2730
2 жыл бұрын
Such a potent anthem
@jimrebr
2 жыл бұрын
Fell in love with the Indigo Girls in 1986, when my friend, Molly loaned mea tape of theirs. I bought their cd’s immediately. My all time favorite IG song is Galileo. Amy & Emily are great 👍🏻
@sanjulienne
11 жыл бұрын
WOW, no other word, WOW!!
@bartlebyscrivener674
2 жыл бұрын
Great song when yer feeling sorry for yourself.
@tomallen7699
3 жыл бұрын
Fantastic harmonies
@alyburr6645
2 жыл бұрын
I hadn't seen the mv for this song before but I absolutely love it and I think I'll have to watch it about ten more times tonight
@capesterpotsie2664
11 жыл бұрын
Great tune!!! I remember this from college! I remember a few years later, I stumbled upon Amy Ray live in concert at a small venue in Northampton, MA. Between songs, she said one of the most profound and true statements ever. She said "it's not who you sleep with, it's how you think!" What a wise, talented, and beautiful woman.
@Tom-yg8ft
6 жыл бұрын
The 90's were awesome!
@tomaroony
13 жыл бұрын
Ah, the song that made me a fan. I first heard this when driving home from work, listening to BBC radio's 'Roundtable', a review programme originally begun by Emperor Rosko (remember him? - now my age is showing). Got home and bored the proverbials off my wife enthusing about the song. Anyway, went out the next day, bought the album and fell in love with the Indigo Girls, as did the missus. A lot of good stuff from the girls since then, but this is still one of our favourites.
@boiwonder3006
4 жыл бұрын
Love y’all!!! Makes me feel uplifted every time
@SageWhite-Rose
5 ай бұрын
Greta certainly showed all of us that a little girl truly can make a difference. Great song and video. ❤
@dingecibbs
15 жыл бұрын
My favorite Indigo Girls tune by far...I think its the best they ever did.
@iris089
2 жыл бұрын
Power of Two is also a strong one
@joecomer8275
5 жыл бұрын
One of the best songs of the last 20 years or so of the 20th century!!!
@nlcsmvp96
3 жыл бұрын
Street person, my responsibility. Makes me cry every time.
@quinlanmicheal
3 жыл бұрын
Probably one of the finest lyricists I've come across.
@leighwetterling7972
2 жыл бұрын
If Habitat for Humanity doesn't have a theme song, this should definitely be it!
@FemWillow
14 жыл бұрын
its hard to choose my all-time fave song of theirs, but this is CERTAINLY one of them. so inspiring, light, beautiful harmonies, all that and a message?? who could do better? :)
@davidellis295
2 жыл бұрын
💜🤠💜
@crazyNYClady
13 жыл бұрын
this song just gets better every time I hear it...and I've loved it since it came out! LOVE THESE LADIES!!!!!!
@KUHNJERRY1
11 жыл бұрын
great tune!!!
@joecomer8275
5 жыл бұрын
I absolutely adore this song and the girls recording of it!!
@clayjackson2833
4 жыл бұрын
Great song and a great video. This song should have gotten much more airplay. Expert songwriting. Don't always agree with their message, but I have grown to love these cool girls.
@Zazzigurl
13 жыл бұрын
Love you both!
@pkevinsushka2200
6 жыл бұрын
Great one! Awesome video!
@diamonddhk222
12 жыл бұрын
love ya amy and emily! happy new years
@irishbeaner
13 жыл бұрын
My favorite. Loved this song the first time I heard it. It really helped me with the "down time" on my walkman in Panama and D Storm! Great lyrics with an intelligence shining through the fun music.
@SHALAt22
4 жыл бұрын
when I hear this song I get up and dance.
@iskandarbudi
4 жыл бұрын
Best outro ever!!! Love love love!
@tyronenewman3179
2 жыл бұрын
This is our first time listening to this...
@jeanettealazzam2459
8 жыл бұрын
Great video featuring the artist Todd Murphy and his studio
@ronaldgarvin6852
7 жыл бұрын
i love them
@nancygeiser916
8 жыл бұрын
The sweetest part really is acting after making a decision.. ...let him go...move on, girl. You are strong! (talking to myself)
@Crazy86Girl
11 жыл бұрын
find self feeling more immobile, when I think a little girl in the world can't do anything
@quinlanmicheal
8 жыл бұрын
Brilliant songs with great lyrics. Cant believe it only has 366,699 views
@RaeZoladawn777
7 жыл бұрын
thats because ppl are being brainwashed about what a song truly is they think it s a chalk marking on a rap sidewalk speaking for everybody and being repetitive I didnt grow up in a black community in New York I grew up close to Reserves in Canada and my Dad took us off reserve to try and give us a bigger view of the world
@grungekid1539
4 жыл бұрын
Just saw them last night
@mftepera
13 жыл бұрын
"gotta tend the earth if you want a rose"...applies to about anything in life
@loisraymcinnis6006
3 жыл бұрын
Hearing this for the first time.
@lolinthesky6777
7 жыл бұрын
love
@elizabethquan4702
2 жыл бұрын
The sweetest part is acting after making a decision.
@LethiaPage
11 жыл бұрын
When I hear this song, I think about Habitat for Humanity!
@mollycesaretti6211
3 жыл бұрын
Yes! I've never consciously thought about Habitat when I have listened, but now that you mention it.... :-D
8 жыл бұрын
Backing vocals by Mary-Chapin Carpenter.
@2Startortoises
Жыл бұрын
🌹🕊️🔥♥️
@MIORIGAMI
14 жыл бұрын
Gayly I claim with this smile, as I look at u straightly in the eye, these girl's have great talent! Go stereotype THAT!!! :-) Rock on Indigo!
@P0tH0le
25 күн бұрын
Randomly bought a cd of this from goodwill. Nice music not my style but pretty good
@timothypane2267
9 жыл бұрын
Another great Athens band
@EricB4020
8 жыл бұрын
+Timothy Pane I believe they were from Atlanta
@stamplax1173
8 жыл бұрын
+Eric Brown Athens.
8 жыл бұрын
+Eric Brown Nope, Athens. Just like R.E.M.
@mneil1793
7 жыл бұрын
Decatur. Met as middle schoolers and re-united at Emory.
will never forget sitting with emily at aeverybodys pizza new years eve at emory village- god bless ya emily
@proudtobleedblue
3 жыл бұрын
I’ve loved this song for years, but only recently did it occur to me that the title is kind of odd. It’s “Hammer and a Nail,” not “Hammer and Nail” or, in keeping with the lyrics, “A Hammer and a Nail.” Granted, the actual title is the catchiest of the three.
@winggoddess
14 жыл бұрын
by the title, i thought it was going to be that song that goes "what's that they say about a ____ and a hammer?"
@VictorEMusique
15 жыл бұрын
Does anyone have a live version of Cara Mia? From the Shaming of the Sun CD?
@leonardyoung6821
Жыл бұрын
Amy is so cute in this video.
@ancientone5060
7 жыл бұрын
Not sure about this song but a lot of the indigo girls songs were written or co_written by DeDe Vogt of Atlanta
@tmac8892
5 жыл бұрын
Even my sweat smells clean.
@sheldontapp3769
5 жыл бұрын
Love the indigo girls. Great song writers. Great harmonies. Great musicians. Very uplifting music and music that has a message.
@DianeLStyma
5 жыл бұрын
I’m trying to remember what Amy once said about the artist & animation when they produced this video...????
@sarahpamula778
2 жыл бұрын
Dad, at what point did men leave Planet Earth, May 24,1988. My dad, as a Stock Broker was a bit of a theologian himself.
@いちごゆざあ
3 жыл бұрын
MTV! MTB!..?
@fastvette333
2 жыл бұрын
My two favorite lesbians.
@loreleidiangelo8468
12 жыл бұрын
Oh God... Never mind, I'm fifteen... Just kidding... No thank you, but thanks for the offer.. Hahahahahahhaahhahahahahahahah
@dgmisal1979
13 жыл бұрын
Their music is enough to make me forgive their outfits... :) I love their stuff - so amazingly deep, but yet fun in a way that profundity often lacks.
@dinodogstar
12 жыл бұрын
I think myself in a jail..my life is more than a vision..my life is part of the global life; i find myself becomeing immobile, when i think a little girl in the world can't do anything ... gotta tend the earth if you wanna grow. (smart snipets of the song to digest, memorize, and use)
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