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Sivert Høyem — Prisoner of the Road
Album: Prisoner of the Road
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Released: 2010
Length: 3:12
Plays (last 30 days): 0
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When I go, I go alone
There ain't no one ever looking out for me
Just the sun, my own lean shadow
And the wind out among the trees

Home, it's far beyond long lost horizons
Home I'll never see
For I'll be a prisoner of the road
And I hold no key that will ever set me free

Most humbly on my bending knee
I'm begging you to help me, please
For I'm a prisoner of the road
And I hold no key, I hold no key that will ever set me free
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¡Que voz tiene este hombre! Muy acorde al nombre de la banda. For those who sepak spanish
Posted 1 year ago by sergioso    [ Reply ]
 shanygin wrote:

sounds like madrugada..strange



It is !
Posted 1 year ago by Roku    [ Reply ]
A compelling voice!
Posted 2 years ago by BlackBetty    [ Reply ]
The same Florence & The Machine -> Sivert Hoyem set from 4 weeks ago just repeated.
 
Bob Dylan - One More Cup Of Coffee
Tori Amos - Cornflake Girl
Florence & The Machine - Leave My Body
Sivert Hoyem - Prisoner of the Road
 
That means Rolling Stones "Wild Horses" is next.
 
It's cool, I know Bill can't be here 24/7, just interesting about how the music sets are used.
Posted 2 years ago by timmus    [ Reply ]
Hey man.  I got stuff to do.  Can't just stop what I'm doin and dance around.
Posted 2 years ago by bruceandjenna    [ Reply ]
Dedicate this to those in Ukraine
Posted 2 years ago by jpfueler    [ Reply ]
Amazing voice but stylistically over the top. I have to turn him off.?
Posted 2 years ago by Swigs    [ Reply ]
So emotionally sung,wowaaaaa😍
Posted 2 years ago by Easyrider    [ Reply ]
Wow!
Posted 3 years ago by smartn1    [ Reply ]
Would love to see this guy live.  Going to be tough to do in Australia. Enjoy the voice and music.
Posted 3 years ago by Bravefart    [ Reply ]
I love his voice! "Madrugada" will always live! 
Posted 3 years ago by francaca    [ Reply ]
One thing I admit is: perfect as a segue for F+TM.
Posted 3 years ago by Bleyfusz    [ Reply ]
 rpdevotee wrote:
I just find this guy's voice and style incredibly annoying {#Frustrated}

Rarely do I execute the PSD option, but this time I did.  Hello Norah Jones


 
He has only one volume, where he is pressing, pressing, pressing his voice so it has that hard edge. Effective in small doses, but not as a steady diet.
Posted 3 years ago by FlatCat    [ Reply ]
I prefer it when he sings softly.  Sure can hold a note though
Posted 3 years ago by MrsTom    [ Reply ]
Tell 'em, brother
Posted 3 years ago by ExploitingChaos    [ Reply ]
 fredriley wrote:
Høyem wrote this for the Norwegian Refugee Council. It's a fitting song for our times of endless feckin' wars and millions of refugees on the move. The video is worth watching. A painful and moving song. 10 from the lachrymose Nottingham jury.
 
fred:  10^3 thanks!

Lachrymose indeed.  
Posted 4 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
After this was finished over to spotify to play the album

(didn't care for Yann Tiersen playing next)
Posted 4 years ago by TheKing2    [ Reply ]
Høyem wrote this for the Norwegian Refugee Council. It's a fitting song for our times of endless feckin' wars and millions of refugees on the move. The video is worth watching. A painful and moving song. 10 from the lachrymose Nottingham jury.
Posted 4 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
 wtango wrote:
sounds like the singer from Madrugada. I like.
 is!

Posted 4 years ago by Blij    [ Reply ]
 rpdevotee wrote:
I just find this guy's voice and style incredibly annoying {#Frustrated}

Rarely do I execute the PSD option, but this time I did.  Hello Norah Jones


 
I like his voice and styling, but this isn't a particularly good example of it.  And by coincidence, I myself will ALWAYS execute the PSD option when Norah Jones shows up -- Steely Dan too.
Posted 5 years ago by coppergarden    [ Reply ]
Time to see what's on the jazz station this morning . . . 
Posted 5 years ago by nagsheadlocal    [ Reply ]
fuck the road, build a house.
Posted 5 years ago by taklalaratar    [ Reply ]
This artist reaches into your soul !!
Definitely play Sivert Hayem again, and again, and again !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted 5 years ago by gwolfie1959    [ Reply ]
soothing and great...more Sivert on RP, he's such a great and talented artist. If you find him performing live somewhere near you, please go and you won't regret it ever! This year he is touring with Madrugada also
Posted 5 years ago by isparos9    [ Reply ]
sounds like the singer from Madrugada. I like.
Posted 5 years ago by wtango    [ Reply ]
to all the haters, lol avg is 7.4 out of 229. Soooo, you are in the minority. press psd, if you contribute, I doubt it, and move on please.
Posted 5 years ago by willmcnaught    [ Reply ]
God this is insufferable.
Posted 5 years ago by junebaby65    [ Reply ]
 SmackDaddy wrote:
Hey Bill, can we get some other songs from this album on the playlist?

 
I'll second  that!
Posted 5 years ago by LizK    [ Reply ]
 rpdevotee wrote:
I just find this guy's voice and style incredibly annoying {#Frustrated}

Rarely do I execute the PSD option, but this time I did.  Hello Norah Jones

 
I just find this guy's voice and style incredible (in a good way).
All the aliens in my shack above the left coast be leaking tears from the human parts of their souls as invoked by Sivert's calling. 
Posted 7 years ago by mrsquid    [ Reply ]
I just find this guy's voice and style incredibly annoying {#Frustrated}

Rarely do I execute the PSD option, but this time I did.  Hello Norah Jones


Posted 7 years ago by rpdevotee    [ Reply ]
Great voice, strong, deep and full of emotion.
Posted 7 years ago by camilaran    [ Reply ]
Great voice, dull lyrics, just painful, aarghhh
Posted 7 years ago by Castelfranco    [ Reply ]
I like so much this voice!
Posted 8 years ago by mojcamojca77    [ Reply ]
I'm with SmackDaddy.. if we're gonna play this song 10 times a month, let's pick something else from their discography.
Posted 8 years ago by timmus    [ Reply ]
8 > 9
Posted 9 years ago by CHuLoYo    [ Reply ]
Hey Bill, can we get some other songs from this album on the playlist?
Posted 9 years ago by SmackDaddy    [ Reply ]
 hempmandan wrote:
Brilliant segue!!!
 
 
awesome ballad!
Posted 9 years ago by fitmartin    [ Reply ]
Brilliant segue!!!
 
Posted 9 years ago by hempmandan    [ Reply ]

Where is the 12-?
Posted 9 years ago by AndyJ    [ Reply ]
Beautiful in its simplicity...
Posted 10 years ago by ~HisLovelyMuse~    [ Reply ]
Mommy make it stop!!!!!!
Posted 10 years ago by junebaby65    [ Reply ]
 leonswiatek wrote:
Zzzzzzzzzz

 
{#Yes}
Posted 10 years ago by MikeszCZ    [ Reply ]
Zzzzzzzzzz
Posted 10 years ago by leonswiatek    [ Reply ]
Bumped from 7 to 8 so now I'm right in line with the masses...
Posted 10 years ago by ScottFromWyoming    [ Reply ]
It's just nice to hear something from Norway for a change!
Posted 11 years ago by southcoastsounds    [ Reply ]
fine tune fine voice great cause.....{#Yes}
Posted 11 years ago by oldfart48    [ Reply ]
 LifeIsMusic wrote:
How does one go about getting a copy of this song? Did not see it on itunes after a quick search....

 
According to the text under the very moving video on YouTube:
Sivert Høyem wrote the song "Prisoner of the road" in 2010 in order to raise awareness for the worlds 43,2 million refugees and IDPs. Buy the song on Itunes and help The Norwegian Refugee Council protect refugees and IDPs fleeing from war
A search via Google (iTunes search sucks the big one, as does iTunes IMO) gets an iTunes page on Sivert Hoyem.
Posted 11 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
You know, Bill, if you were to give us a little vacation from Sivert and his cronies — say, a month — I would smile.
Posted 11 years ago by ottojschlosser    [ Reply ]
 avatar71 wrote:
Sivert sounds like one of those old Alan Lomax prison blues recordings from the south...this one was impossible to get in iTunes (or anywhere else) in the US the last time I checked...anyone know any different? I asked Sivert himself on his Facebook page and he said he was surprised to know that it was unavailable...
 
Get it here

Posted 11 years ago by Neil66    [ Reply ]

haunting beautiful


Posted 11 years ago by sheeelaaa    [ Reply ]
Bump.  7 >> 9

Me likey.  My nethers are just fine, but I'm willing to consult w/ the friend whose nethers ... oh, never mind.
Posted 11 years ago by S-curvy    [ Reply ]
 Byronape wrote:

According to a female friend of mine, his voice beckons from the region of her nethers...
 

Gets me in my 'nethers'...but not in a good way.
Posted 12 years ago by funkyalfonso    [ Reply ]
 baddog8it wrote:
Maybe I listen to RP more than I realize.  According to the song statistics, this song has been played in the last 30 days.  I'd lay money that this is the third time I've heard it in the last two weeks.  Just dropped my rating more!  I hate hearing stuff too often, especially when I don't like it anyway!
 
I'm with you. We all need to chip in and buy Bill more tuneage
Posted 12 years ago by neuticle    [ Reply ]
 avatar71 wrote:
Sivert sounds like one of those old Alan Lomax prison blues recordings from the south...
 
Oh, heavens, no.

Threadjack:

I've got most of the Lomax recordings, collected over the years in bits and pieces since I first heard them in college. However, thanks to the internets, you can hear a lot of them on the Library of Congress site:

https://www.loc.gov/folklife/lomax/

We owe an amazing debt to this man. I shudder to think of the culture that would have been lost without him. 
Posted 12 years ago by nagsheadlocal    [ Reply ]
He was the lead singer: they broke up after the death of a band member.

 jools wrote:

That's coz he is lead singer...
 


Posted 12 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
His voice breaks my heart - beautiful but can't take too much in one go....
Posted 12 years ago by jools    [ Reply ]
 shanygin wrote:
sounds like madrugada..strange
 
That's coz he is lead singer...
Posted 12 years ago by jools    [ Reply ]
sounds like madrugada..strange
Posted 12 years ago by shanygin    [ Reply ]
 beezoo wrote:

Try clicking the Artist Website link just above.  Worked for me!

{#Cheers}
 
 
found it here...you actually have to change your itunes store to the norwegian one.

https://itunes.apple.com/no/album/prisoner-of-the-road-single/id395268030#
Posted 12 years ago by myersei    [ Reply ]
....7->8....{#Yes}....
Posted 12 years ago by rockpommel16    [ Reply ]
 baddog8it wrote:
Maybe I listen to RP more than I realize.  According to the song statistics, this song has been played in the last 30 days.  I'd lay money that this is the third time I've heard it in the last two weeks.  Just dropped my rating more!  I hate hearing stuff too often, especially when I don't like it anyway!
 
{#Iamwithstupid}
Posted 12 years ago by JIan    [ Reply ]
Damn...feel like I need a cigarette, and I don't even smoke.
Posted 12 years ago by shakitten    [ Reply ]
Maybe I listen to RP more than I realize.  According to the song statistics, this song has been played in the last 30 days.  I'd lay money that this is the third time I've heard it in the last two weeks.  Just dropped my rating more!  I hate hearing stuff too often, especially when I don't like it anyway!
Posted 12 years ago by baddog8it    [ Reply ]
To much voice for to little instruments and music!
Posted 12 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
Sivert sounds like one of those old Alan Lomax prison blues recordings from the south...this one was impossible to get in iTunes (or anywhere else) in the US the last time I checked...anyone know any different? I asked Sivert himself on his Facebook page and he said he was surprised to know that it was unavailable...
Posted 12 years ago by avatar71    [ Reply ]
 80poundsOfFury wrote:

seriously.
if i hear this one.. more... time...
i will explode {#Stop} 
 
Please explode now.
Posted 12 years ago by darkwingderek    [ Reply ]
 rockpommel16 wrote:

...name of the band is MADRUGADA.... ;-)
 
My young nephew likes his voice and calls the band - McGruber.......{#Ass}...
Posted 12 years ago by the_jake    [ Reply ]
 LifeIsMusic wrote:
How does one go about getting a copy of this song? Did not see it on itunes after a quick search....
 
Try clicking the Artist Website link just above.  Worked for me!

{#Cheers}
 
Posted 12 years ago by beezoo    [ Reply ]
How does one go about getting a copy of this song? Did not see it on itunes after a quick search....
Posted 12 years ago by LifeIsMusic    [ Reply ]
yeah, i like his stuff a lot.

had a dream about him the other night, too.
Posted 12 years ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
A hint of Robbie Basho in his voice?
Posted 12 years ago by owchita    [ Reply ]
Can you just read my mind?? 
Posted 12 years ago by shellbella    [ Reply ]
 richlister wrote:
For god's sake Hoyem, STFU!
 
Naw.  Can't agree on this one.  Sivert's fine by me, thanks BIll.
Posted 12 years ago by S-curvy    [ Reply ]
 Xstar wrote:
I don't care much for DMB however, at least this song isn't a crashing mumbling mix of over played instruments and helium filled voices.  And the lyrics are not so bad.
 
Ditto.
Posted 12 years ago by S-curvy    [ Reply ]
 StoneyG wrote:
Really? This one AGAIN?
 
And again today.
Posted 12 years ago by Ears_of_Stone    [ Reply ]
For god's sake Hoyem, STFU!
Posted 12 years ago by richlister    [ Reply ]
I don't care much for DMB however, at least this song isn't a crashing mumbling mix of over played instruments and helium filled voices.  And the lyrics are not so bad.
Posted 12 years ago by Xstar    [ Reply ]
 dwlangham wrote:
Dropped from a 5 to a 3 (Hoy-hum). Dude, shut up already.
 
Agreed.
Posted 12 years ago by StoneyG    [ Reply ]
Really? This one AGAIN?
Posted 12 years ago by StoneyG    [ Reply ]
 fuzzy wrote:
Some voices beckon you from far away. Sivert's voice beckons you from deep inside your soul. And for some of us, it is farther away than any place on earth. Or in the universe.
 
According to a female friend of mine, his voice beckons from the region of her nethers...
Posted 12 years ago by Byronape    [ Reply ]
 timmus wrote:
You gotta be kidding.... this, AGAIN?
 

seriously.
if i hear this one.. more... time...
i will explode {#Stop} 
Posted 12 years ago by 80poundsOfFury    [ Reply ]
Please Bob, play it tomorrow again... and again :)
 
Posted 12 years ago by Frenk    [ Reply ]
Really,  .... my last note on this, 4 days ago.   4 DAYS.

my mp3 player claims to have enough music not to repeat anything for 9 months...  you?... 4 days!!!

I like this song but your gonna kill it for me, its too sickly sweet to be put in regular listings.

save it for xmas, please.
Posted 12 years ago by stunix    [ Reply ]
 linzie wrote:
Is this the same guy that does that other song....cant think of the friggin name of the group or the song I hear here...??
...Norwegian band, etc etc...
I'll get back to you when I remember
 



To answer your query...YES!
Posted 12 years ago by Sasha2001    [ Reply ]
Love his voice on this fantastic track it showcases him beautifully.

I love Icecream its a wonderful desert made from natural products.
too much and will get sick of either of them.

maybe a different flavour (not flavor), something else from Sievert (and not "Majesty")
Posted 12 years ago by stunix    [ Reply ]
This a travesty of a mockery of a sham...
 
Posted 12 years ago by tdola2    [ Reply ]
Incredible voice, incredible song.  Made me stop dead in my tracks.
Posted 12 years ago by wildlewis    [ Reply ]
pixiep wrote:
I love Sivert Hoyem, every time I hear that voice it makes me stop, and listen...
 
Absolutely!
Posted 12 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
timmus wrote:
Plays in past month: 784
 
Maybe in your mind cause you like the song so much.  But as of today the site says 7.
Posted 12 years ago by AvoidingWork    [ Reply ]
can we put a moratorium on this tune...how about it can only be played once a month. RP listeners poll anyone? 
Posted 12 years ago by neuticle    [ Reply ]
Plays in past month: 784
Posted 12 years ago by timmus    [ Reply ]
Awesome
{#Biggrin} 
Posted 12 years ago by Glencoe_JC    [ Reply ]
 linzie wrote:
Is this the same guy that does that other song....cant think of the friggin name of the group or the song I hear here...??
...Norwegian band, etc etc...
I'll get back to you when I remember
 
...name of the band is MADRUGADA.... ;-)
Posted 12 years ago by rockpommel16    [ Reply ]
Is this the same guy that does that other song....cant think of the friggin name of the group or the song I hear here...??
...Norwegian band, etc etc...
I'll get back to you when I remember
Posted 12 years ago by linzie    [ Reply ]
Listen prior posting muppets.  Stop whinging.  Check the stats and most importantly get some freakin taste.
Posted 12 years ago by Sloggydog    [ Reply ]
You gotta be kidding.... this, AGAIN?
Posted 12 years ago by timmus    [ Reply ]
I really like this...enough to keep me in my office a few extra minutes..
Posted 12 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
nooooooooooooo!  PSD button isn't working!  (tears out auditory centers of brain through ears and eats them)
Posted 12 years ago by coccyx    [ Reply ]
Dropped from a 5 to a 3 (Hoy-hum). Dude, shut up already.
Posted 12 years ago by dwlangham    [ Reply ]
Time once again to see what the PSD button offers . . . 
Posted 12 years ago by nagsheadlocal    [ Reply ]
 neuticle wrote:
everyone in our shop be snoozing..please please please play other songs...this is way past getting old...
 
RP Nazi: " No Radio Paradise for you, THREE MONTHS!!!!!!!"

Posted 12 years ago by jhorton    [ Reply ]
everyone in our shop be snoozing..please please please play other songs...this is way past getting old...
Posted 12 years ago by neuticle    [ Reply ]
 angelomisterioso wrote:
A bit over the top, no?
 
No. Refugees throughout the world endure the most appalling suffering. This song always moves me, sometimes to tears. And for those of you smugly thinking that you could never become refugees because you live in the developed world, think of the Balkan Wars of the early 90s. A rare 10 from the brimming Nottingham jury.

The YouTube video for this, made on behalf of the Norwegian Refugee Council, is even more moving and disturbing. As it should be.
Posted 12 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
 kcar wrote:  Bob Goulet meets Eddie Vedder... aaahahaha...

Too late, buddy! 

 woman carrying a mannequin

Great voice, but OTT on this track...verging on Bob Goulet territory. 
 

Posted 12 years ago by Lance959    [ Reply ]
Can we stop this one please? BLECH. {#Doh}
Posted 12 years ago by KaiT    [ Reply ]
A bit over the top, no?
Posted 12 years ago by angelomisterioso    [ Reply ]
 mfcrowe wrote:
awesome tune. just keep this guy away from my girl friend {#Stop}

 
Too late, buddy! 

 woman carrying a mannequin

Great voice, but OTT on this track...verging on Bob Goulet territory. 
Posted 12 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
I would like to hear this guy "au naturel".


Posted 12 years ago by HazzeSwede    [ Reply ]

Could somebody please call this man a doctor he's clearly in agony.


Posted 12 years ago by Thin_Air    [ Reply ]
 neuticle wrote:
yawn..play another track ..PLEASE
 

Yeah. It's ok, but I feel like it's run its course on here.  Of course, that's just me.
Posted 12 years ago by StoneyG    [ Reply ]
uh Bill, wrong album art.
Posted 12 years ago by SmackDaddy    [ Reply ]
 pixiep wrote:
I love Sivert Hoyem, every time I hear that voice it makes me stop, and listen...
 
i'm with you.
Posted 12 years ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
Sivert Hoyem — Prisoner of the Road

This is point that I tune out. Off to Pandora for a bit. (Of course what always happens is that Bill will start playing some good stuff after I leave and I'll kick myself when I see the playlist.)
Posted 12 years ago by iTuner    [ Reply ]
thanking Bill for the PSD...
Posted 12 years ago by MiracleDrug    [ Reply ]

Very interesting voice. The feature that struck me the most were the spectacular images that acompanied the song. Including one by a certain William Goldsmith Laughing

 


Posted 12 years ago by ubastard    [ Reply ]
I love Sivert Hoyem, every time I hear that voice it makes me stop, and listen...
Posted 12 years ago by pixiep    [ Reply ]
yawn..play another track ..PLEASE
Posted 12 years ago by neuticle    [ Reply ]
The problem with Prisoner is that the more I hear it, the less I like it and I am hearing it too often. The grandeur of his voice becomes stale. Is that the fault of the song or just how it is played? - I'll rate it when it has stopped irritating me.

Posted 12 years ago by pdm    [ Reply ]
 fredriley wrote:
"Sivert Høyem wrote the song "Prisoner of the road" in 2010 in order to raise awareness for the worlds 43,2 million refugees and IDPs. Buy the song on Itunes and help The Norwegian Refugee Council protect refugees and IDPs fleeing from war". From a video on YouTube.

This is a song about refugees, highly apposite for our times, and extremely moving. The guy has a brain and a conscience and a sense of solidarity.

 
Awesome. Music with a purpose from an incredible artist.

Posted 12 years ago by LifeIsMusic    [ Reply ]
Prisoner of the Road and Florence & The Machine back to back... on RP just another Friday morning.

Posted 12 years ago by timmus    [ Reply ]