Best comment ever....

@@rayray2528 why thank you!

@@yuukikisaragi1089 I was really depressed and I was like may be I should some serotonin medication....Then I watched this song and I was like...Ah this guy is my serotonin and then I saw your comment.

He really do be out here curing my depression

@@rayray2528kids their y fight thrustuntruthful buddy's

Brenda Martínez i got chills when I heard that at his concert. My dad used to travel to Japan a lot when I was younger and they have a similar saying to that, something like « the hammer only hits the nail that stands up ». It’s eerie remembering the strange expression on my dad’s face when he explained it, in the context of everything going on today and this amazing song

@@mmmfoy13 The idiom is "The nail that sticks out gets hammered." That Japanese idiom has a completely different meaning to the meaning of this song. This song is pro-revolution, and that idiom is pro-conformity.

TheSilence1 I could imagine that the idiom’s meaning plays into the meaning of the song though... the need to conform in Hong Kong, as well as in Moscow is pretty clear to me.

@@mmmfoy13 The subject matter is universal, but the stances taken are from opposite sides.

TheSilence1 yeah I get what you’re saying. I think he uses the slight reference to the idiom as an ironic or kind of wary nod to the forces that uphold it, rather than as a support of the ideals behind it. The “jackboot jump” is how the nail gets hammered down is how I saw it

This is the most accurate statement I've ever heard about him. Including excessive swooning.

Hozier is a whole gender too

@@solemarvicentesol6013 Yes. Very much yes.

He’s really not, black artists have been doing this for decades, he repeatedly points to them for the inspiration for his music

@@kiat982 yeah bro i really just meant he seems pretty unique to me in these times ik he doesn't really define a genre

what did you do?

I was there too! was my fav part of the convert tbh

was this the San Diego concert? because i definitely remember him playing this song, but I think he was wearing a different outfit and not having as long of a beard

Yess it was so good!!! I love him so much

@@adamsysol9465 ayyy I was at that concert too! I dont think they filmed this then though.

All his lines....

Mind explaining? the lyric? And basically the song...?please? :)

@@MariaDanieladelaRosa the jackboot is a metaphor for facist/authoritarian governments stomping on the civil rights and wellness of its people. Basically the line "you know good things are happening when the jackboot needs to jump" means that a civil rights/humanity movement of some kind happened that was powerful enough that it made the government (jackboot) afraid enough of it that they sent in forces (the jackboot 'jumping' into place) to quash it The whole horrible situation of china attempting to control hong kong i believe is one such event referenced in the song

Ross Elstrom our cultured man

ahhh right, i knew it rings a bell

He mentioned that very quote when he introduced the song in DC

I guess I need to re-read 1984 again. Fascinating stuff.

Great book. Made me question like everything in society😂

So... I'm commenting because you have so many likes and no comments. Just thought the comment needed one desperately.💐

LAST JUMP HIS LEG TWITCHED AND IT DIDNT HAVE TO BUT IT MADE ME SCREAM

Unrelenting!

rory is an engine, a whole roaring engine!

Amaaaazing!!! Pfff..I don't remember this being played at the Amsterdam concert in September!! I surely think i would have remembered!!!

Doyle rules.

We were mesmerized by him! Each limb is doing something different. We couldn't believe our eyes or ears. Just 2 on stage but it sounded like a damned marching band.

haha I love this

I value Hozier having a healthy sleep schedule and I hope he knows that

Lol, can relate. Couldn't sleep, I just had an urge to listen to Hozier.

slumbers literally in tears

I agree, though kinda apropos of nothing because only Rory and Hozier are playing in this song. Nevertheless legendary drumming from Rory Doyle!

seen him live in edmonton and his bassist and guitar player blew me away! Such tight rhythms and leads played

@@tylerladouceur6090 Hozier's lead guitar though 🤔... Are you talking about his violinist/second guitar? Is it the one with blonde hair to her hips, the new member Emily Kohavi or the brunette that always wears a hat, Suzanne Santo? Suzanne is actually out touring on her own, with a new album.

i like that he introduces and thanks each musician at his concerts - in addition to thanking everyone from the road manager to the merch guy. A gentleman.

@@musiclover-cu5jy He knows them all by name! Very apparent they're tour family.

we were too busy crying at the power, the sheer amt of sexy this man stores within him,

I was too busy crying at his concert to even record anything

i saw this song live (in like the 4th or 5th crowd he played it to) and he asked everyone to put their phones away. it goes so hard irl

Madi H at the concert I was at he asked everyone to put their phones away and be present with him, some boomer a couple rows in front of me either recorded it or took photos tho

Everyone I could see at the El Paso concert put their phones away when he asked. I had to sheepishly move my thumb from the record button lol

Old country was good at calling out the “them” but it’s lost the significance to us

Most accurate comment on this song!!! Thank ya !!

it's truly beautiful! I love this comment🥰

He is always very informative about how the world has transformed into a difficult relationship . . .

The fact entertainers are not obligated to take a stand on anyting going on in the world and using their platform for something good, that is always the sentiment as of the past year or two that I've seen even now if they're musicians, it's the art and it's something that they believe in and so why not use their platform for something they believe in? Hozier just does it not for something that's happening in the news right now and this and that and for publicity sake, or because another artist did something, he does it because it is on his mind and it is right. He seems he wouldn't care if he never get another penny for his music and lost the record deal that he's with , even if he could not seek another whatever , I believe that he would be one of those musicians playing somewhere like largo in LA like that Sebastian stienbeck and Fiona Apple and John Brian and Sarah and her brother from nickelCreek and the late Mr. Tench , you know what I mean? They just play for the love of music and not having to make a record whether it's old songs or new ones that they wrote and it's stress free, they can be musicians and it's for the heart and the release it gives them and the performance and for the people that get to see it and hear it (it wasn't even until in recent times that any recordings was even allowed in there so it's not even for something like that) I believe that this beautiful six-and-a-half foot tall Irish man that plays rhythm and blues so well that TBH is the first white man I've been attracted to in all my life and his playing of rhythm and blues on the guitar and his writing and his voice it's just beautiful , and his mind and his interviews! I really appreciate him and I don't see him doing anyting problematic even if I don't like a song or agree with a mythology thing or whatever it doesn't matter, he will make beautiful music and have something good to say and the whole- if you have nothing nice to say don't say nothing at all seems to apply to him. I believe he was raised with a good moral fashion and this song is just just proof , proof artists can be famous and be true to themselves and do something just good and it not be a money thing and it stays beautiful , okay bye

Thank you Hozier for your music 💛

guck

This man is fighting the good fight. *sobs in validation*

光伏香港，时代革命

Now that I know that! God be with you guys!

I hope you are doing well

Thoughts sending your way. Stay strong .

Fight strong friend.

we stand with you. stay strong

💪💪💪

Thanks so much.

Already in the description jsyk

Thanks. Kinda Dylanesque style here , with remarkable fingerpicking skill. Wow. New to me; glad I found this.

This needs a para on India too

Vive la révolution

I have just learned that prepone is a word, and shall now use it all the time.

Tell Santa to take the year off. He deserves a vacation, anyway.

oh how right you were

Stardust god if only i’d known

Macaroni and Jesus he said it was at the live show I was at!

Macaroni and Jesus he had said Nina was more of a nod to the activists, to acknowledge their efforts and spirit, for taking a stand. Not a protest song at all.

@@tammykay1970 yeah I know. my comment literally says that he said it's not a protest song

jack·boot noun a large leather military boot reaching to the knee. used as a symbol of cruel or authoritarian behavior or rule. "a country under the jackboot of colonialism" yeah, definitely a protest song

not to mention that Hong Kong has been brought up in the lyrics

😂😂😂

Ain't this a mood.

Nah this is more walking bloodied into a large ego Palace to kill the get revenge on the greedy capatalist pig that killed your father for the penny that was stuck in the ridge of his shoe

Autumn M I can’t hear the word “honor” without picturing a very angry Zuko.

@@lilyraimey3499 sameeeee HONORRRR

Same in Chicago! I literally told my brother it would be at least a year before he releases it 😂

Glittery Mess same! I was in Rochester NY only 10 days ago! Although I’m glad he decided to release it now :)

I was at that concert!!

honestly, i think he played it at every concert this tour, i heard it in phoenix!

Same!

Oh it is totally possible. Don't people ask their beloved's hand in marriage?

Yeah and I ask Andy's hand in marriage like, every day. XD

@@amandafeliciano542 😂

Same. Having the impurest of thoughts about his fingers.

Your not the only one my dear!

it has country vibe for me, but it's really cool, sounds like sth that could be a soundtrack to some badass show/film

He said he drew inspiration from Woody Guthrie if I remember correctly

Sounds like the civil wars

Mina Murray yeah you can definitely hear the influence of the protest songs of that era in it!

This is straight up blues rock to the core. A little alternative with the vocals maybe. Reminiscent of 00's black keys. Stretching back to clapton / cream.

this is some clairvoyant shit right here op

truth, here we are in Ocr 2020 . pandemics, violence, and politics. Gross. Hozier is the only thing keeping me sane

Thank ya so much!! I hope everyone reads your comment and have a deeper attention to this Anthem !!! We all must be informed of the injustice around the globe .....

Everything he sings about Russia is about protests against government that's been happening in Moscow and some other cities since July. And, Russia is famous for its ballet and there is Big Moscow Ballet Theater in, well, Moscow. So the line about "Moscow jackboot ballet" (sorry for so many "ballets" ahah) is a metaphor for the violence of police and how it sort of dances in its own cruel way, I think

tHANK YOU people are actually talking about the lyrics. it’s hard to tell what he’s saying but the lyrics are in the description. It’s so powerful.

Hongkonger here. Just a bit of additional background information. Although the general premise of the protests is largely so, the trigger point is when the HK govt tried to pass extradition law amendment bill let local authorities extradite fugitives wanted in Taiwan and mainland China (since a Hongkonger murdered his gf in Taiwan in 2018). If passed, the bill would have let local authorities extradite fugitives wanted in Taiwan and mainland China, which HK does not have an extradition agreement with. This sparked concerns on subjecting Hong Kong residents and VISITORS to the mainland Chinese jurisdiction and legal system, undermining the region's autonomy and civil liberties, thus the Anti-Extradition Law Amendment Bill (Anti-ELAB) movement began. TL;DR HK govt tried to pass law sending fugitives to mainland China from Hong Kong, bypassing HK own legal systems, subjecting everyone in HK including VISITORS to mainland China legal system. This sparked off the protests. But FINALLY somebody started actually discussing the lyrics, really appreciate that❤️

Tomificus thanks for the background!!! Hope you stay safe over there, but I’m rooting for you guys!

Word🙌!

christian bale vibe xD

Me too! I only recently discovered him but man! His songs hit hard!

Yes! I was wondering if he'd ever address what happened with Polunin. Andrew has been outspoken in his dislike towards Putin so for him to pull a 180 must've been ass

Polunin danced to Tmtc.... And Hozier repaid the compliment by having him dance in Movement.... How gutted he must have been to see Polunins true colours...

same here in cali

Me too, both nights, just as powerful night 2! 🥰

He actually mentioned Chile at one point while talking about the song :') hozier said fuck piñera (not really but still)

Have you listened to iraq2chile by lowkey? I came to know about what is happening in chile by this song.

@@iqrarizwan-pg2ks omg nooo imma check it out! Thanks!

@@paulascorner yeah please do. How humans suffer just for the lust of power of some people.

We won't fight you, but fight by your side. You rock!

No way, fighting beside you af

Hozier supports you too

We'll fight beside you

Fuck yeah it is

Natalie Stewart OMG ME TOOOOO

The wait was hard but the reward is sweet

See I tried to get it early (by like two hours because time zones) but I couldn’t even find any leaked videos

@@jacklandismusic The guy who posted a leaked concert vid 2 weeks ago on youtube got barraged with requests to take it down by Hozier fans.

Honestly, he never needs a studio version! Not that there is anything...at all...ever wrong with anything he does in studio. Never. Anything. At all. But his live stuff, just is the stuff that puts wind in my sails! Couldn't be more perfect. Unless it's a surprise like this one, then it's more perfect. Plus, it hurts not one tiny bit that with the live songs, one also gets to enjoy seeing him stomp and whip that hair and show that smile and...well you get the idea. *ahem! just need a lil drink of water..is it hot in here? no? ok pardon me then, so sorry!*🥵🤤🙃

misstammykay I'm so envious that people see him live. But he hasn't had a tour here in Asia. I can sense the thirst btw. Can't blame ya 😂

@@meredith3267 Well he is a long, tall drink of cool pure water 🤤

@@chrizeldabernil8323 very, very, tall, he's actually really tall he's like 6'1"

@@mariar.4893 Even taller he's actually 6'5 last time he checked and might have grown taller since then. He dreads it 😂

THIS DID NOT AGE WELL

@@poppinggrooves5992 :0

Popping Grooves WAS ABOUT TO SAY THE SAME THING

well... did you...?

@@squiishiie no, really wish I could have.

He has a live album?????!??!? Where has it been all my life

M it’s called Live in America, it’s from his first tour

@@jaidfillips thank u bb!!

M ofc!!

MondayNightFriend would love to know your other top 2!

@@katielaeger6174 In The Woods Somewhere and Shrike!

Yes!!!

Fully support! Спасибо. Ну почему у нас все до сих пор боятся заявить о своей гражданской позиции? Аууу, российские музыканты!!!!???

what? TONIGHT?

Yes 😊

@@jessicamarquez3278 omgods THANK. YOU. seth, SIT HIM DOWN FOR AN INTERVIEW.

Parenting at it's finest.....Your daughter is going to grow up as an amazing human being....

@@rezwanaparveen6970 I'm trying haha. Thank you!:)

Can confirm. I stayed up late with my wife for this.

he knew i needed this

🤣❤

For me he's the man who reminds me I'm bi, not gay

God my heart can't really take this.

Same 😂😂 I‘m 19 too

And me

I'm 20 and i can confirm