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Georgia- found on youtube.
Posted: Thursday, November 19, 2009 - 16:11
Found this today while trying to find something to show a friend about the band.
My grandmother had dementia, too. She's gone, has been for awhile, but it's a new perspective on the song for me- a good one, I think.
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Thanks for sharing!
wow, this is moving. Thank you.
Very, very touching. Thanks.
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The Avetts are a rare talent, timeless yet current, and capable of singing straight to a single soul while broadcasting to the ever-increasing masses.
this changes that song for me.
thanks for posting
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"After we’re dead and gone the art that’s left is what we were here for."
-Scott Avett
--murray
Katie, are you trying to take my award for posting the most videos that are likely to make you cry at work?
That was beautiful. Thank you very much for sharing. My grandmother had dementia as well, and the last time I saw her before she passed away, she thought I was my mom and kept asking me "Where is that little girl?" (referring to me as a child). It was sad, but there was something about her remembering me as a little girl that really touched my heart.
ETA - this is a really lovely use of Tear Down the House, which to me is an incredibly touching song to begin with.
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Ain't it like most people, I'm no different, we love to talk on things we don't know about.
oh my. wow. my grandmother has dementia and while she is still alive, I miss her terribly. she loves when my little nieces visit her, so this really got me.
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Wish me luck, I know you think I'll need it.
For all the hardest roads we have to walk alone.
Thanks for sharing that. The small moment of the man zipping his sweatshirt was especially poignant to me.
Thats why I am the Great Fish....So when i cry no one can tell because I'm under water.
Thanks for posting
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Whatever satisfies the soul is truth--Walt Whitman
That was absolutely beautiful and touching. Thank you for sharing.
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"The day will come, the sun will rise, and we'll be fine"
My grandmother always thought my dad's brother was her husband, and once she forgot my dad- he was never part of her memories again. Not in the slightest.
I was probably too young and self-attentive to notice how hard it was on him. I can't imagine my parents not knowing me- or not knowing Branch myself.
Next to The American Budget videos, that may be the best thing I've ever seen on YouTube. Really adds layer of meaning to the song.
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"Technology to wipe out truth is now available, not everyone can afford it but it's available." B. Dylan
Rejoice always, Mark
Very nice. I was suffering from irritated dry eyes today. I' m good now.
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Please talk slowly. I don't hear good anymore.
thank you for posting this. my grandmother suffers from dementia too.. it changed the song for me. thank you again.
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this & who i used to be don't matter much at all to me
This hit me particularly hard because my grandmother was recently diagnosed with Stage 5 Alzheimer's. Like others have said, this certainly adds another layer of meaning to the song. Thank you for sharing this, Katie.
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Team Avett #36
lildeadhead: that pen she uses to keep her setlists? it's a human-finger bone. dipped in the blood of the ones who yell out during "murder in the city". poetic, no?