City and Colour - "Grand Optimist" (Live at WFUV)

Canada kicks out some good music

This is real talent

This song has my family dynamic down so hard it feels like a direct attack! DG luv u bro, see u back at Saltys!

this has literally always been one of my favourite city and colour songs and for some reason I've never listened to an acoustic version until now. It never really occurred to me, this is brilliant.

When he branched off on his own it really impressed me. He’s an excellent musician and great writer.

I’m trying to figure out what kind of guitar wood that is..

Most incredible voice.
Still my favorite Folk Acoustic Artist of all time. Most of my music is inspired by this man.

The first time I heard Dallass' voice I realized, "it is possible to be turned on by a guys voice".. Hmm how bout that?!..(keep in mind while I have many bi, and gay friends, I myself am 100% straight. This is the magic of his voice

Luv this

I feel like I’m in an astronaut’s suit and it slowly filling with water. Well done

Dallas was a Hipster before Hipster was a thing.

I FINALLY FOUND THE SONG
It keeps playing at work and I love it ❤️ I think it’s just beautiful

He's amazing

Ok it’s 2022 and this guy is playing in St. Catharines this weekend with his old band a.o.f I can hear them from my building I’m soo jealous there’s nothing like this guy he is music

Heard this on a T.V. show as background. Love iit!

real is Dallas.

This is just too good, I always have to come back and give it a listen

⚠️LYRICS⚠️

I fear I'm dying of complications
Complications due to things I've left undone
That all my debts will be left unpaid
Feel like a cripple without a cane
I'm like a jack of all trades
Who's a master of none
Then there's my father
He's always looking on the bright side
Saying things like
"Son, life just ain't that hard"
He is the grand optimist
I am the world's poor pessimist
You give him burdensome times
And he will escape unscarred
I guess I take after my mother
I guess I take after my mother
I used to be quite resilient
Gain no strength from counting the beads on a rosary
And now the wound has begun to turn
Another lesson that has gone unlearned
But this is not a cry for pity or for sympathy
I guess I take after my mother
I guess I take after my mother
I guess I take after my mother
I guess I take after my mother

2022 ♥️🇧🇷

This song brings tears to my eyes for the past 10 years. When this man say wooooo I guess I take after my mother I break. Thanks for such a great song.

This song crumbles me everytime I hear it.

I’d have killed to be there

Legend. That is him unplugged.

This song hits me hard every time.

Love.

That voice just melts me into the sofa.

Soooo good

It's funny to think that he was the singer of a hardcore metal band and he can still sing like and angel

He also has a really good slide technique

Why does his voice make me want to cry?

maaaaan, your voice and lyrics=perfection

Didn’t realize Julien Edelman could multi task and win Super Bowls

Its a masterpiece song and great artist. So underrated.

Truth to a microphone...

I don’t know what but I feel something inside when I listen to that song. Like a sadness or nostalgie I really don’t know

my heart is full, thank you God for creating a man like Dallas :')

His voice is mesmerizing,so electic and brilliant in every tone

Anyone know what guitar he's using here?

I wish that the record recordings were as bare as this. His live performance is so much better.

There's a kid who plays this in my street along with other Dallas green songs, been doing it since last year. He sounds exactly like him. So I guess I kinda know what it's like to stand in front of Dallas green and listen to him live for a few songs.

I love this song so much. Except m mother is the optimist and I take after my father.

i have my father martin acoustic after he passed. beautiful instrument like the one dallas plays here

Im due in 2 months with my first son, Dallas is in my top choices for names because of him 👍

Love this song

one of the few artists that actually sounds better live than on the record

So beautiful!
And that Martin guitar omg.. best guitar eveeeeer <3

An angel. I try to harness/know my voice as well as he does.

Dallas Green, why is your voice so damn angelic?