Robert Johnson - Love In Vain Blues (Takes 1&2) (1937)

[Gr3yScal3]

i just introduced my buddy to the delta blues, and he agreed that this was the birth of rock & roll. Thank you Robert, I can only imagine what you would have done with more years of life.

[karenZmusic]

wow, men, wow, men........

[lingzedong]

I'm quite sure one of the thumb ups is from a man called Clapton

[wrockfish]

dude has fingers like spiders in webs. man, if i could EVEN sing like this, how am i gonna pick this guitar and keep this time, solo, so it sounds listenable, much less incredible. many have tried. he reminds me of that 'chicken and the egg' argument. what came first, robert johnson, or.....what?

[bustballz]

the stones stole all his music....robert johnson was the MAN!

[Birdman6569]

Actually this is not his best...I mean... it's great!.. But some of his other songs just chill my spine! He can sound like an orchestra! He is one of the greatest musicians I've ever heard. Please/please/please get his best of CD! It is simply astonishing...Bob Dylan and Keith Richards will tell you the same thing...

[TheSecondSkateteam]

@brandonlace one huge soul? man the guy sold his soul to the devil on the crossroad from highway 41 and 61 in missisipi, as a fan you should know that. he sold his soul so he could play the guitar perfectly. Well, you cant sya it didnt work.

[cubsonebad]

Hes like Mozart

[John55son]

John Hammond went looking for Robert Johnson to appear in the Spirituals to Swing Concert at Carnegie Hall--which would have given Johnson real traction in the blues field. Hammond discovered that Johnson was dead and substituted Big Bill Broonzy on the program. If you go to Carnegie Hall the program is on display there with Broonzy's name on it.

[digoigo666]

This song makes me cry :'(

[GADawg0422]

@digoigo666 cry? ARE U SERIOUS? ready for love by bad company now that songs makes me cry but this one? this makes me want to run around punching people in the face with a big jackass-chewing-briars-grin on my face?

[SDnegs]

Sure, the stones' version is fantastic but nothing, I mean NOTHING beats The Faces' version. Love the stones but their cover lacks soul.

[oneginee]

it is raw like an open wounds you know it's real you cannot deny it and it is just one man singing out.

[caesarcerf]

how cool is it that we actually hear johnson's speaking voice for the first last and only time, prior to the start of the number ... if you exclude that is when he speaks on a couple of songs during the breaks.

[voodoochild53]

if EVER someone dares to dislike this, the devil will have his next victim

[dissident93]

@voodoochild53 Looks like you got your wish.

[InanancuxI]

can't imagine what would be if he never recorded his songs.

[W00lyBully]

@InanancuxI cuban would have nuked the world!

[gunyor111]

Robert Johnson. You will live forever in our heart. Greetings from Hungary,

[JimMorrisonHungary]

@gunyor111 szasz tesó végre még egy magyar blues rajongó

[KJFM1]

If he really did a pact with the devil you can see behind him a face, look at the right side!!!!!!!!! sooo funny!!!!!

But really nice music°

[AngelFacingYou]

Ever wonder why Gingers have no souls? You see it's simple johnson traded the soul of ever ginger for his ability to play guitar

[Tickhocorinthians]

One man, one voice, one guitar, but looks like two man, one voice, two guitars.

[MrFloyz]

a song for his old gilfriend: Willie Mae Powell

The Search for Robert Johnson (1992)

[billbellart]

Wow. what it is

[heijgzb]

The King of Delta Blues! I'm looking after this King...Whats new ?

[ravenscaresAL]

Listening to this and reading the lyrics gives me envy to cry thinking of all the talent of the past gone, replaced with the comercial garbage of today...

[32wallace]

@ravenscaresAL

Please shut the fuck up moaning about today's music. There is good music around, you're just too lazy to find it

[ravenscaresAL]

@32wallace Oh I Iove playing the music videos over and over again.

[32wallace]

@ravenscaresAL

That's says it all really.

Go to Glastonbury or any festival and tell me music today it rubbish. Idiot

[oneginee]

@32wallace music today is rubbish, glastonburry included.

[TalisAden]

Yes! So good to hear the original and to see where the Stones and the Faces got the inspiration for their versions of a great song. Thanks for posting.

[sieg5857]

This sounds like when the sun goes down

[agent00redneck]

0 dislikes :)

[MsharpM]

@agent00redneck yes sir...Can't dislike soul

[aaronamccoy]

poetry man

[larrytron1992]

The little speech during the first 3 seconds is freaky. Blues forever...pop never!

[mountainrogue]

Maybe he needed a meat suit

[TheTbear111]

Robert Johnson has given us all a starting point for the blues....in general. John Lee Hooker did it too! A few more names, but the blues started all the good rock, jazz, etc. we enjoy today!!

TBEAR

[dcodonnell]

Hey vgneus... People like you are the very reason I don't even read comments nor post them. However... you, my friend should do some research. If it weren't for people like Robert Johnson, Lightnin' Hopkins, John Lee Hooker, the list goes on... we wouldn't have been blessed with some of the songs we listen to today. You may not appreciate their delivery of the songs, but Townes Van Zandt, Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson deliver them THEIR WAY ALSO. Don't question it... appreciate or don't listen.

[davidheroX5]

@dcodonnell For some1 who neither reads or posts comments..... You read that 1 and then posted a reply..... Quite a talent you have there!

[notoriousbrothers]

dear vgneus....you are indeed the architypal twat...you are clearley thick as two short planks..and you dont have a fuckin clue about any kind of music whatsoevr..enjoy your cave molfole ingnorant blob arsehole x

[TGPotet]

Robert Johnson is the fourth most popular Robert on YouTube (if you just write Robert, Johnson is the fourth suggestion). I really don't think that's so bad after more than 70 years. :D

[hapzap13]

This is so beautiful !

[2nl5]

sweet n tastie

[ConservativeDK]

for the time i think this was great... But i go for the Stones version, even though this is great too, better than pop :)

[algernon821]

not many people knew him in his day, the mystique of Robert Johnson is a creation of John Hammond and Columbia Records...Still good music though

[dexwatcher]

ностальгия...

[jellytroid]

@dexwatcher "nostalgia"

[InanancuxI]

@jellytroid ностальгия

[chevyracer5300]

Now THIS is music. He captured the way i'm feeling right now...i need a drink

[TheRivergreen]

les stones et clapton peuvent dire merci a johnson !

[TheRivergreen]

les stones et eric clapton peuvent dire merci a johsnon !

[brandonlace]

I like the stones version , but nothing beats this. One man, one voice, one guitar, one huge soul.

[MayChild8]

@brandonlace There was no soul. It was sarcifired for this.

[Solid300z]

@brandonlace you mean no soul

[villagevidiot1]

@brandonlace and one huge drug habit.

[marcosilenzio]

@brandonlace i agree, the stones version is awesome but they were five and robert johnson is one and only.

[Edu1963ful]

@brandonlace Let’s not forget Leroy Carr. This song is inspired on ‘When the sun goes down’. Robert Johnson was an admirer of Leroy Carr. The original version, with different lyrics but the same message (a broken heart) is performed by Leroy on piano with the great Scrapper Blackwell on guitar. That is a great version too!

[oggepwn]

damn he is good

[1992Kmart]

*scary face

[1992Kmart]

0_o scary racy next to RJ in the first picture. Devil much?lol

[ruitevar]

Much of the blues story was written by this simple, but profound guitar chords. Much sadness, thirst for freedom, cries for justice, discrimination, violence, death, love, life and freedom.

What a great song!

It seems that it ran some of the waters of the Mississippi inside Johnson' veins. Jagger sings "Love in vain blues" in a way that Johnson would certainly like to listen quietly and smile with pride and joy, saying: - "How can an englishman singing blues better than a N.O. street siger!?"

[loserbabysowhydontyo]

most people aren't musicians so it's difficult for them to appreciate a lo-fi recording from the early 20th Century, regardless of Johnson's greatness

[alltruenews]

Timeless, beautiful, understated, brilliant, superb!

[Pentagonshark666]

Robert Johnson is defnitely one of the greatest musicians who ever lived.

[fubar50cat]

hey, for ledmad, who put on this vid, say hi to baby teresa for me. Yesterday (08/05/1911) was the 100'th aniversary of Johnson's birth, so I say happy birthday to him and to all who still love him, celebrate his music. Of course, I still love the Stone's version, as well,

[theendofconfusion]

Happy birthday Robert Johnson.

[donedave]

Recorded at 508 Park Ave. Dallas Texas!! And finally the building is going to be restored & properly preserved!

[congressman92maxwell]

0 dislikes. As it should be!!!

[edmilson759]

Putz esse cara é demais....influenciou quase todos do blues mans ....valeu !

[luvthatzeppelin]

What are the "Spoken words" at the beginning?

[LaGulaDelNorte]

Thank you robert johnson, thats all

[waveman1981]

greatest musician of all time

[jimdep1]

The Blues Master !

The influence of so many, you were the best!

[dissident93]

The quality here is better than the mp3s I downloaded. Awesome

[blueoceandiver007]

Thankyou Robert Johnson.....You were and still are the greatest of all time..!!! as well as my biggest influence as a songwriter and blues player!!

[aer0smith1]

i heard the stones cover before this one, i like this version a lot better. I always loved these lyrics, but i like this guys voice better

[ls1959]

@aer0smith1 Check out the 1972 live version of the Stones Love in Vain off their Ladies and Gentlemen video with Mick Taylor playing lead guitar. Of all modern artists, no one covers the blues as well as the Stones in their prime IMO.

[meth222]

super. I always liked the stone's version- but the original is super great as well. thanks

[tne24]

this is so raw, I love this sound, cheers to all

[svoika]

0 Dislikes :) there is no person who listens to this and doesnot like :) i at least hope so

[mussman717word]

So beautiful.

[howlinblues88]

So much raw emotion...just beautiful

[primusfreak14]

Ummm. Robert died in 1927 right?

[rizzo1303]

@primusfreak14 no

[BigBacci]

@primusfreak14  he died the 16th august of 1938

[raul20095]

I've heard that he sold his soul to the Devil. To play the best blues ever.

Is this true?

[stevebobs]

@raul20095

sure sounds like it

[stevebobs]

@raul20095

seems so

[morinkhuur]

@raul20095 Maybe, but don't try it. For one thing it doesn't always work. I mean, have you heard Tony Blair play the guitar?

[rawrimamonster92]

If your "Baby Teresa" loves you then your love is not in vain. . . Just saying not exactly a good choice of dedication.

[xunclebuddyx]

"I Was so lonesome...i felt so lonesome i could cry" PERFECT

[sunnyztmoney]

@OculiUbique in the right corner?

[MrDwilson53]

No point in comparing modern pop artists with RJ. In his day he was not widely known outside the black music scene and unheard of in the UK, he was not a pop star. Popular music for Brits in the 30's was stuff like George Fornby. RJ started to become more widely known from the 1960's onwards when (mostly british) white rock and blues musicians started to champion the cause of the blues greats. So thank the likes of Stones. Van Morrison and even The Beatles.

[RaananVolesPianist]

@MrDwilson53

Robert Johnson and George Fornby had something in common--they both sang "suggestive" songs!

[panchovillanueva]

@MrDwilson53 or should the stones, beatles, van morrison thank RJ

[CosmicAlfonzo]

One of the saddest songs ever recorded. I have a particular fondness for take 2, it's the version that made me miserable a few years back when I was dumb enough to fall into unrequited love. XP

[kaonator]

@CosmicAlfonzo love stinks.

[treyrosenmeyer]

dude don't fret he's up to 13k now.folks will never forget the roots.

[jfarwell92]

ya Johnson's got one of those sounds you've gotta listen to and let it grow on you if you're a northern white guy like me. Most of us that are used to the electric sound of players like Stevie Ray or Clapton won't fully appreciate origional blues songs like this one at first but Delta blues will always be gold.

[shiffyboy]

@jfarwell92 haha dont think those demographic factors play boss. Im white and Canadian. Cant get much more north, and for me the second I heard that Mississippi delta twang it was game over.

[jfarwell92]

@shiffyboy lol I didn't mean demographic so much as cultural. But ya I guess music hits different people different ways.  I'm not from the southern U.S. but for some reason I really liked bluegrass the first time I heard a fiddle and banjo joined in perfect harmony.

[Jaguiar05]

There's no comparison between Gaga and Johnson. If people want to listen to shit music, by all means leave them to do so. Everybody who takes the time to listen to Johnson truly know of music's rare gems.

[soylamaldad]

gaga translated to spanish is drunk.... Good Save Robert Johnson!! (or his friend the devil)

[coyotesong]

Beautiful. Just plain beautiful. This guy gave us so much.....it's impossible to comprehend in any meaningful way the full magnitude of his legacy.

[sb6lb3]

i miss music like this. i hate having to constantly delve into music's past to find comfort. why cant we have people like this today....

[vgneus]

music is so weird

robert johnson get 4.5 k views

lady gaga 900 million

[IIBrutalGrinderII]

@vgneus

kids these days...

[R0dRaxZ]

@vgneus

fuck you and the motherfucker lady gaga

[vgneus]

@R0dRaxZ actually my comment is supposed to be against lady gaga, but you don't seem to understand that, as you have the IQ of a lady gaga fan

[InanancuxI]

@vgneus

why you so cared how many views has Robert Johnson. Just listen and enjoy it. Also you can do covers, as I do

[R0dRaxZ]

@vgneus

fuck you and the mother fucker lady gaga

[Mach1BluesMan]

@vgneus Yea, but you cant compare record sales or popularity with todays artist, because todays artist are advertised so well. I dont ever listen to Lady Gaga or realy any of todays music, but I still know who just about all of them are. If the older artist were getting that type of advertisment, then they would have millions of views too.

[kaonator]

@vgneus its because the majority of the worlds population are morons. music has been simplified and tailored to reach this larger demographic. its easy to

music is more about selling an certain image than it is about expression of emotions now a days. i've stopped listening to the radio a long time ago........

[LouGypsyBlue]

@vgneus not music, people

[vgneus]

@LouGypsyBlue true dat

[samwray929]

@LouGypsyBlue this is amazing music mate

[LouGypsyBlue]

@samwray929 Blues is the only thing I play on my guitar, so I'm right with ya bro

[Isaac2c]

@vgneus its quite a tragedy really. and lady gaga isnt even the worst of today's popular music. then again robert johnson was hardly known in his own time... his influence wasnt till the 60s during the "blues revival" which was really the white discovery of the blues

[KowalskiRS]

@vgneus

Hey. All is not lost. Nobody dislikes this song.

Thousands dislikes Gaga's crap songs.

[ChrystalMethusalem]

@vgneus That's because most people are gaga...

[llamasarus1]

@vgneus dude, why are you even suprised

[riwazinho]

@vgneus

Has to do with music promotions and not they music eh?

[amsongonfia]

@vgneus

Not all people are intelligent and know how to appreciate real music. Robert was born with all the rock ; )

[essentialsin]

@vgneus : 42K smart people appreciate good music. 900 million silly people enjoy stupid music... :)

[almudjk]

@vgneus not many peopl would know him these days. it's very sad

[m16nut1]

@vgneus not alot of people know about him aany more we need to sprea his music

[4l4ddin77]

@vgneus

its people that are weird not music

[mickaelstassin]

@vgneus ah dude it is so true, .. if only the real music could be recognise by all those young ass who likes justin bieber and lady gaga ...

[tokman20]

mash potato johnson :D

[Celestion321]

How did you get such a clean version? The box set recordings are dirty compared to this.

[apacer232]

I think this is the best lyrics of all time...

[ranjanchadha]

@apacer232 u forgot Just In Bieber!!!

[tonym911]

pure genius

[ZEDZOR2]

It would b funny if RJ could know how much hes loved my musicians now.I think theres a lesson 2 b learned ere somehow.

[TheAugustmoon]

Love in vain, 10 years.

Hard to tell, hard to tell...

[randalon]

Genius