Blind Willie Johnson - Dark was the night...

AlexDCl Says:

Oct 19, 2009 - What was the year?

wesselja Says:

Oct 19, 2009 - check out the Kronos Quartet cover of this song.

bigsamable1 Says:

Oct 19, 2009 - The most powerfull piece of music I've ever heard, brings tears to my eyes and shakes me to my very soul. Pure Blues.

agim000 Says:

Oct 20, 2009 - the genesis of the music that we know today. Leaves me speachless...

PinkOld Says:

Oct 21, 2009 - I geez! The hairs are standing up on my entire body! No kidding here. Damn, that is some strong stuff from Mr. Johnson.

PinkOld Says:

Oct 21, 2009 - Seconded!

mathteacher1729 Says:

Oct 21, 2009 - If your hairs on the back of your neck are standing up think about this: This song is on the Voyager Golden Record, launched into space in 1977. Hundreds of Millions of years from now, maybe humanity won't exist, maybe the earth will be dust -- but this song will be forever be hurtling away from our planet in interstellar space. Just imagine if some alien civilization finds it and hears it? I get goosebumps just thinking about it! (wikipedia: Voyager Golden Record )

MrTjbv Says:

Oct 23, 2009 - Perfect. Thanks--

cloak002 Says:

Oct 25, 2009 - it makes me cry...the thought that he died penniless freezing to death in a house that burnt down and yet his music will live on even after the human race is gone.there's something so terribly heart breaking and yet completely perfect encapsulated in this song and in that fact.

IrishJV Says:

Oct 26, 2009 - Yeah I was saying that a while back. The West Wing did an episode where they mentioned it then they played this music over an image of a nuclear bomb being tested. That thought is pretty EPIC though. Is there anyway I can favourite this video 5 million times?

downanddirtydave Says:

Oct 27, 2009 - Listen to Ry Cooder Paris Texas, working on that theme

dagzzo Says:

Oct 31, 2009 - this music is fucking awesome

cdnlady7 Says:

Nov 1, 2009 - Amazing, I have goosepimples all over my body. This embalmes music, emotion, everything .... so very beautiful yet haunting....

Maddadubdu Says:

Nov 1, 2009 - If the whole history of your country (the USA) was just to produce this piece of music, it was worth it!!

noazarkle Says:

Nov 3, 2009 - There's no reason why a rich man couldn't appreciate,or even imitate this-but he sure couldn't write it.

musicmaniac32 Says:

Nov 4, 2009 - I just learned something today. I stumbled upon this looking for info related to the Voyager record. This sounds like how the old folks sing "Did Christ O'er Sinners Weep?" at my church. I thought this was how the song goes, but when I looked for youtube vids of that song I found two that do not sound at all like how they sing it at my church. Interesting. We sing it call and response; the deacon has a hymnal and the congregations just listens to what he says. Very old school black church.

musicmaniac32 Says:

Nov 4, 2009 - I just looked at the wiki for Blind Willie Johnson. He was born near where I'm from. Wow.

halfbaked44 Says:

Nov 5, 2009 - proud to give you a thumbs up

kingkn8 Says:

Nov 11, 2009 - Blue are no longer confined to the south. Places like the Dakotas have kept the traditions strong! May God keep Blind Willie's soul peaceful...

kikoberumen Says:

Nov 11, 2009 - Exactly and even Ohio!

henley65 Says:

Nov 11, 2009 - How could anyone hear this and not be moved?

furayfaithful Says:

Nov 13, 2009 - It feels like he's telling us in music how it feels to be blind.

hekruidhof Says:

Nov 16, 2009 - Hard Time Killing Floor Blues is a beautliful song

PinkOld Says:

Nov 18, 2009 - Actually, I saw that Jackass you are talking about, only recently, hoping I would see it after you originally posted your comment. It showed Johnny Knoxville getting tazed, and they were indeed playing a slide delta type of music along to the silliness. However, I can assure you that it was not this song or anything else from Blind Willie Johnson, for that matter.

Andreas0705 Says:

Nov 23, 2009 - Yeah , its kind of a cool thought that aliens might hear this - dont think willie johnson thought that this song would get into space xD