Newsom, Joanna - Soft As Chalk Lyrics

An absolute stare performance any reference to Popeye is a fucking joke, piss off to the fucking lot of you

Why does she sound like she’s baby talking when she sings?!!!!!!!!! Is they’re anyway she can just not do that?!!! And stop faking an accent!!!!!

A forever favorite. No one else has ever accomplished half of what Newsom does with tone and timbre!

I agree. It is one of my favorite Youtube videos.

Samburg you sonavabitch

Who else just listened to this video in the background and didn't actually watch it, and was kind of confused by all the comments on the faces she makes while singing?

Amazing

And thick as molasses, and so time passes

She's just fuckin brilliant.

Her faces look like Miranda Sings and that vine where the guy sings "welcome to my keeeechen" in an indie girl voice

She is different/unique but insanely talented and one of the finest songwriters of modern times. I highly recommend you check out her discography.

Is it just me or is she like a modern day version of Kate Bush?

I love how the tempo is completely fluid.

she's mentally ill

She's amazing

still my fave

#joshmosh skating to this got me here... I almost cry everytime I hear it.. it don't get any better baby!!!

"I glare and nod like the character God, bearing down upon the houses and lawns"

That shit is too real for cable television

DAMN YOU ANDY SAMBERG

Did she twerk at the grammys.

Lawlessness !

sweet voice. so my crush

Her mouth is mesmerizing.

Imagine a world without artists like Joanna newsom! what a poor world that would be.

A beautiful girl with the voice of an old lady.

These kind of music makes me hate the current mainstream music even more..

She's just a Zoeey Deschanel wanna-be ripoff.

PSYCH

ughh my favourite song

She has such amazing vocal control, I love Joanna so much :-‘)

Lol everyone in Austin sings likes this. Y’all need to get out more.

Amazing talent and refreshing style

Another year, another comment. Astonishing, astonishing singer, performer, writer.

That was a great performance

a truly chilling performance, which u know if uve ever tried singing her songs. as u have, who could resist. me i like her little looks right here. like she's just created a tripple cd box of magic, putting us all to shame or whatever

she makes faces like lyle lovett lmao

Their kids are going to be geniuses

Her songs are meandering bits of nothing.

She is weird and wonderful

GE-NI-US

Love this every time I watch it . That's feeling your music .

PERFECT!

i swear to god she pulls something out of me that i didn't know was there

this chick needs to hook up with CLAYPOOL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frlcAmVvVng&lc=z22bcdrxjniuexkqt04t1aokgsadltmduh5itjnq1ivobk0h00410

I'm in love with her voice and talent

She's adorable!!!!😍😍😍

Does she sing at an angle because she's used to singing with her face against a harp? Just thought. What a song this is.

I have to echo a certain previous post ... "That is the sexiest girl who slightly resembles Popeye that I've ever seen" .. I know, right?

I want to kill her.

Vinz RR why

I can't stop listening to this incredible song. If I think I understand the meaning of the lyrics, it couldn't be a sadder song with a terribly horrific subject matter.

Reminds me a bit of Amanda Palmer

M'encanta!

better than the original version

She is such a story telling genius!!😩👏🏻💕

Man I love her. Fuck you, youtube people.

This was all very confusing to my ears. But I dig it

The Joanna Newsom Challenge: Listen to all 5 1/2 mins of this at full volume *without* killing yourself.

Hard to stop listening. She is unique, extremely talented and I love the time changes. Makes me glad I am a drummer.

I was watching peach plum pear and it reminded me of Kate bush and now that I’m watching this and she has the all red dress and flower in her hair it really reminds me of Kate bush in the wuthering heights video. Both strikingly beautiful and also weird.

incroyable comme elle peut me faire penser a tori amos

She's weird

Who could judge what he sees listening to what he hears? Even if you ignore the one beauty and decide there is none to see at all if you have a beauty like this in your ears?

is it me or does her song go know were

And... the drummer is outstanding.

my favorite version and my first exposure, when it first aired/ wow!!

da fuck yer bags doing at the carousel?

This is my favorite recording of this song! ❤

I love how she manipulates her voice... WOOOW

Jimmy Fallon can blow me.

Mamrie Hart?

Sometimes I come across a new (well, new to me) artist who peaks my interest and I want to hear and learn more about them—Joanna Newsome is one of those to me, at this point. It's funny how I stumble upon these people sometimes considering that it rarely happens as a random "click", often it's as a result of recommendation from another artist that I admire. That's the case here. In an interview from a few years back Lisa Hannigan mentioned Joanna Newsome as someone that she would like to see in concert, so that was all the recommendation that I needed to check her out here. If Lisa likes you, I'll definitely give you a listen and maybe become a devoted fan. I see and hear some real potential here; Joanna's different—I like that.

She is like a Disney princess and her voice is so clear and beautiful! <3

Almost every single one of her songs make my eyes fill with tears, even the happy ones!! Beautiful music and lyrics <3

While you're all making fun of her I'll be disappearing Andy

this is a talent

The drummer did a superb job as well.

now that is what i call unique

that part between 03:14-03:23 reminds me of a song (probably an indie song) but I can't remember which one! does any of you know a song that is similar to this part??? i need this

"Look at me. I'm so quirky and different and make faces and have a quirky accent when I sing, so that makes me special"

So. Damn. Beautiful.

she's great i have that cd i love listening to that i would love to see her in concert also Regina spektor

low-cost Kate Bush

She's exactly who came to mind! :)

необычная мимика, оператор даже перешел на показ в профиль, а так хорошо

I love this :-)

if it is not abundantly clear that this music is delivered through pure genius than i would have to say. . . have some more flouride.

Just... Wow. America doesn't deserve someone as amazing and talented as her. So original and unique... A rare bird indeed.

She's so talented

She is SUCH an amazing song writer!

Angelic, weird, and perfect!

What every lady wants to be.

well every white lady

What a singer!!!

still the best thing on the internet ever.

Sounds an awful lot like Regina Spektor to me!

I love them both but I see no similarities (besides lyrically I guess?)

All quirky white girls that play piano get compared to each other (piano isn't even Joanna's main instrument). They barely have any similarities vocally, lyrically or the way they structure their songs.

fuck regina she s way more talented

She sing like the Asian women and I find this charming just I would like she use more her voice not short world it is a very competitive time and if you don't show real talent when you don't use sex and entertainment dancing move well you better have talent

This young lady makes me happy.

I jizzed in my pants

Daniel Whisenhunt I jizzed your pants too

I Love Her.

I'm a huge metal fan but music like I just find amazing

Last week I saw kings X, the week before I saw Helmet twice, in a few weeks I'll be seeing Clutch twice, and I have loved this woman and her music since I was 11. It's just good shit.

She looks like Joseph gordin-levit in good drag (huge compliment). I just discovered her music and I love her!!!

LAWLEHSSNESS

This song is so enchanting

I hate people making comments about her facial expressions. You're here for music, not for a model.