Comments for "Sufjan Stevens - "Casimir Pulaski Day", a beautiful song" Video at VideoSift.com

By yoghurt

yoghurt (http://livemusic.videosift.com/member/yoghurt) — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:25:08 -0800

mmm great song... that and John Wayne Gacy.

By castles

castles (http://livemusic.videosift.com/member/castles) — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:29:01 -0800

Oh man, what a heart-breaking song! Such a phenomenal album though. Here's to getting more indie stuff like this on the Sift.

By ant

ant (http://livemusic.videosift.com/member/ant) — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 07:51:35 -0800

*livemusic

By siftbot

siftbot (http://livemusic.videosift.com/member/siftbot) — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 07:51:35 -0800

Adding video to channels (Livemusic) - requested by ant.

By jalouky

jalouky (http://livemusic.videosift.com/member/jalouky) — Thu, 08 May 2008 18:25:32 -0700

The first few times that I heard this song, I sobbed and sobbed. It's one of the most truthful and beautiful songs that I've ever heard, but I still can't listen to it often. I'm a college student who had bone cancer and I was given only a 44% chance of surviving (where do they get these numbers? why 44% and not 50%? Oye vay). Thankfully I am now in remission.

Anyway, this is EXACTLY how everyone in my life reacted. Literally. It is ridiculous how closely my life parallels this song - my dad cried on the telephone, I ran away from my boyfriend, everyone at the Bible study laid hands on me, I wrote letters to people in case I died, etc, etc. He captures perfectly what goes through the mind of someone facing death - which is why I cannot listen to it without having a quasi-nervous breakdown. I still love Sufjan Stevens and this is a gorgeous song - but Sufjan, stop stalking me! It's not cool! Stop hiding in the bushes or whatever. I'm on to you! Anyway, despite its propensity to induce the taking of fistfulls of Ativan, this remains one of my favorite songs of all time.