Lead Belly - "Careless Love"

[nprhomie]

That's it. That's Careless love.

Love Leadbelly.

[franklindavid]

It's just Amazing to listen to talent that brought folk music to our attention, they are the pioneers to country music.

[rachelfishfry13]

Oh my god man, it is so beautiful. I have chills. It's so wonderful to just listen to him talk, it sounds like he's in the room with me. Like right now, I'm exactly where they are, laughing and talking along. Amazing.

[susaninmaine]

"They call it careless love. In my estimation--which I tell people, and I think it's very right--if you're loving somebody that ain't care nothing about you, well that's love you can throw in the East River, cause it's no good. But when you love somebody and they love you, and you get 'em together, well it ain't no stormy weather--you got real true love there. But this is careless love, you done throw it away, see. And the way we do it y'know, here it go."

[daveyanna]

um. I can see where Elvis got his style from ... course .. Elvis I prefer to these old blues songs. You see .. problem with 'em is they're a bit "droaney" know what I mean. I mean they jost go on and on. But the basis of them is real good and musical. See what Elvis did .. was take this kinda music .. sprinkle it with pixie dust and ... well you 'all know whut I'm sayin' ....

[GrigoriZhukov]

@daveyanna heh, we are dead opposite. Elvis should have stuck to gospels and country, that's all he was good at. Well that and novelty tunes. But that's just me.

[cookiemonstaman1]

get on with it leadbelly you genius

[bowest100]

Is When I was a Cowboy on here?I used to have an album similar to this. Ex wife "Lost it". First time I've heard these since.(22 yrs) My grattitude.....

[catgumart]

Incredible listening to him talk! I used to have a little trouble understanding him-like 15 years ago when I first started listening to him- but now I have no trouble understanding his dialect anymore-

[vauxhall908]

I've grown up in a all black neighborhood most from down south the only reason i know these songs and he speaks clear for someone missing teeth him telling the history of songs is cool all the old singers would tell a little about the song before they play i guess he's talking about blind???

[arianne56]

What I could make up out of it is that he's talking about Lonnie Johnson saying he was the first to record Careless love.

He was actually wrong there, I know Bessie Smith (1925) recorded it 3 years before Lonnie Johnson (1928) did

[bostonteabagger71739]

@arianne56 im not sure who was the first but what he says at :26 is that it was blind lemon

[bostonteabagger71739]

@vauxhall908 he was talking about blind lemon jefferson.

[bostonteabagger71739]

@busessuck1 ?

[birdstuckinchimney]

God I love listening to him talk as much as I love listening to him sing. I can't even understand most'a what he saying but I just love listening to him.