Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine 1971

[alexdlowe1]

You act like you're so caring while using the term 'negro people'

[deez2021]

26 i knows, i guess he really did know lol.........

[soulfulman1971]

@AdamVagiles That's because it didn't happen to your people. How are you gonna tell us to let it go when you don't let it go? Every black person is not a thug. I don't sell drugs or use drugs, I don't have a prison record, and personally, I don't give a damn if O.J. did it or not. Why can't we just enjoy the music instead of all this racial nonsense?

[AdamVagiles]

@soulfulman1971 how the hell are you supposed to tell me i dont let it go? i dont know if you read my comment before you replied but not once did i say ever say all black people were thugs and i dont know who the fuck you are so i sure as hell didnt say you were a thug or you sold or use drugs. my comment is saying people just need to stop holding a fucking grudge about something that didnt even happen to them and just live their life so yeah i am saying let it go.

[soulfulman1971]

@AdamVagiles I read you post from before. That's why I responded. What I said to you may have been over the top, but I meant what I said. I'm tired of whites telling us blacks to "let it go" when we are still being discriminated against. However, I didn't get on this page to talk about that. I'm here because I love Ain't No Sunshine.

[AdamVagiles]

@soulfulman1971 okay yeah there still is a some discrimination going on but its not just for black people and people are really messed up for having any racism at all. these days black people have everything white people have and they are considered equal. i mean the president of the united states is black and there are many succesful black people like there is succesful white people and any other race for that matter...

[AdamVagiles]

@AdamVagiles and today any black person has the opportunity to be or do anything they want in this world. im sorry if you get offended by this but i see everyone as equals and by people being upset about all that slavery and stuff that went on when nobody on this earth was alive for then obviously they dont see themselves as equals. so by not letting it go all people are doing is carrying on those memories and times and making things harder for everyone.

[Shell4445]

love it!

[dbarrois1]

Adam Sandler is a jew too!

[dbarrois1]

Lenny Kravits, Billy Joel, Barbara Streisand, Neil Diamond, just to name a few!

[rebbeccanne]

I think the negro people are the only ones who know what pain and hurt really is. I mean as far as being kiddnapped and sold into slavery. What a few whites did was a shame and the people who are at fault ought to have there thingys cut off or be hung by them....Rebecca

[revup67]

@rebbeccanne try telling your absurd statement to the victims of the holocaust and that's only for starters.

[rebbeccanne]

@revup67 You are right. I am sorry. I didn't think about the Jewish. The reason I didnt name them is because I have never heard of the jewish having (soul). In fact I haven't heard of a jewih person being a singer? Please correct me if I am wrong....Thank you for your remark....Rebeccanne

[revup67]

@rebbeccanne Sorry but your music limitations are rather apparent. Let's start with Amy Winehouse. A white Jew that sang soul. You can also sort through this list of blue-eyed soul singers (jewish or not) to take you out of the stereo typical mind set that only blacks can sing soul (go to wikipedia and search blue eyed soul - there's hundreds

[zazunzas]

@revup67 go easy ... seems pretty obvious that the span of fact is limited, but also that rebecanne noticed the suffering ... @rebbeccanne there are many classes/groups who have suffered and *i* think that one of the things that makes this music beautiful is that it doesnt claim suffering for one goup, but sings freedom from suffering for all groups based on that understanding

[revup67]

@zazunzas - yes I would agree however this song is about a love suffering (nothing else), not whiplash or a lynching which is how it was portrayed by rebecca. She publicly sunk herself especially on her second comment with the Jewish community creating her own self destruction with or without any other user commentary.

[randyreckoning]

@rebbeccanne Barbara Streisand is jewish, probably a lot more that I don't know of.

[baadshepherd]

@rebbeccanne This is the stupidest thing I've seen on Youtube. No black alive in America has experienced slavery, and to try to say that they have is to say that we in the U.S. are continuing slavery. You are obviously a child, as your comment had little to no foresight or thought behind it. Bad things have happened in the past, but we ALL have to get over it. Read further into history, atrocities occur all the time to all sorts of different people, blacks don't have a lock there.

[randyreckoning]

@rebbeccanne Black people had black slaves as well as whites enslaved other whires, it's not a race thing, it's an asshole thing.

[OldSchoolball94]

@rebbeccanne Your a weird person... First of all "negro people" sounds a bit offensive but that's just me. And plenty of people have suffered, the Jewish race like revup mentioned, Americans and other prisoners of war caught by Japan in ww2 were used as medical experiments and were dissected ALIVE, the Japanese, Chinese and alot of Asian peoples because of natural disasters. Everyone suffers and their are soul artists in every nation, don't be so close minded. You also sounded a bit racist.

[AdamVagiles]

@rebbeccanne yeah black people knew pain and hurt like 200 years ago when that shit was going on but thats all over and theres no need in dragging it on. these days they have the same pain everybody else has. and the people that were at fault for all that are all dead now so nobody has to get their "thingys" cut off.

[soulfulman1971]

@rebbeccanne What a few whites did? Negro people? That's your way of being sympathetic? Well, fuck you very much. How about African people? With all that adversity against us, we still rise.

[wkeil1981]

@rebbeccanne before you said that dumbass statement, do you know that alot of the blacks sold to slavery ina frica were by other blacks. did you know that rebecca?

[1978blueGREEN]

@rebbeccanne You are either really young or REALLY confused. Let's just listen to great music without all the bullshit please.

[thomas221100]

@rebbeccanne that is an extremely ignorant statement, speaking for other people and how much suffering they have endured, as though it is some measure of character, shows how little you know about society and music

[Ihakarov88]

@rebbeccanne Your Fucking Retarded

[boothbrock]

@rebbeccanne you just stupid

[boothbrock]

@rebbeccanne you're just stupid

[deviousgirlchild]

the only thing wrong with this song is that it's not long enough



[soulfulman1971]

@deviousgirlchild I couldn't agree more. This is a real song. Any man who had a woman leave them knows and feels this song. Or viceversa.

[scooby272]

youtube -> yves paquet - ain't no sunshine

[Thedwinston69]

Happy Birthday, Bill!!!!!

[Isrealit360]

thanks for sharing this video, from 40 YEARS AGO, amazing!

[brnoamik]

crakajak nigger have one hit hahahahahaha

[vindcate]

@brnoamik The world cherishes when people like @brnoamik publicly display their complete and total ignorance and stupidity. We hereby certify that @brnoamik is officially and indelibly stamped the YouTube buffoon of the day award. Congratulations.

[CharlesSpeaks]

/watch?v=qpBJBA5q3Uk

If you guys love Bill Withers as much as I do come check out my cover of "Ain't No Sunshine", I grew up listening to Bill thanks to my parents and I absolutely love his music. I hope I did him justice but I will let you guys decide. If you enjoy it thumbs this up so someone else can check it out.

Peace and Love,

Charles

[skywatcher2400]

This is a beautiful heartfelt classic. It does fit the bill, my GF. broke up w/me on Valentine's Day, 2011, still somewhat crushed. Now that she's gone, she had taken the sun w/her. I have no sunshine. And she was 15yrs younger than myself, I'm 52. Sounds Bill Wither's knows what it feels like to have the sunshine taken away. Thank you, Bill for this classic.

[dratsabREVIEWS]

UFC is saving this for an Anderson Silva face turn.

[Sissiaraujo]

Wonderful performance!!

[MrJuanlennon]

Mr. Withers is one soulful  sob!

[radioman970]

The karaoke I got runs at a slightly quicker pace, I wonder if it's off on this...? Running too slow?

I could use some guidance on singing those "I know"s...holy hell! :D The master makes it sound natural, I don't care what anybody says.

Anyway, awesome song, been listening to it since I'd spin daddy's 45 in the early 70s. I was 5 or 6.

[8BIKE8]

ME MATA,QUE BELLA C

ANCION

[GamerGuy320]

She broke up with me. It's been weeks. And i can't get over it :'(

[revup67]

@GamerGuy320 I've been there - shakes, crying, can't sleep..I know first hand. The worst thing I did was dwell on this. Best advice - keep focused, look ahead and don't turn back. There are better things waiting for you as I later found out. It is imperative you keep your composure and stay strong and keep your enjoyment level higher than usual with friends and family..this too shall pass.

[GamerGuy320]

@revup67 hey thanks alot man :) i am over it and i found someone so much better then her :) thanks bro.

[revup67]

@GamerGuy320 that's excellent to hear. I wrote a song about this crap. It was called Never Again - search revup67 Never Again on youtube. The words are probably hard to hear but they go; "I got the impression that you carried my heart, under the assumption that we'd never depart, so WHY did you hurt me and cause me this pain get out of my life don't you do it again.  Now I know just where I stand I got myself together yeah I'm back in command..no never, no never again" etc.

[MrJuanlennon]

@revup67 Great advice!!!

[SonyXplods21]

@revup67 true words, listen to this man

[moocash1993]

@revup67 listen to adele's rollin in the deep. it's how to get past that some one who hurt you

[Jrkk2493]

@GamerGuy320 "Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever."

-Lance Armstrong.

Pain is natural. It's how you deal with that pain that makes you who you are. If you just give up trying to get over it, then it'll never go away. I don't know what else to say.

[ImNOTanOLIVE]

friggin AWWWWWESOMME! doesn't it give you the chills??

just super fantastic music and interpretation :)))))))))

[franksinatra1]

I pity todays musical generation, they can't understand what music stands for. what it was meant for, It's atrtistic freedom of expression, in order to captivate the listeners one most be able to relate to that perticular kind of listener. ( I.E. Loneliness, despair, sorrow, love etc.) Bill Withers is a great and unappreicated artist. It's so sad that a person so in tuned to human emotion can't go further then he did. All in all great video.

[GamerGuy320]

This is me and my girlfriends song. it shows how i feel. how much i love her... how much i need her... i'm so worried... thank you for posting this.

[SECTTOR]

at this anyone could understand the reason why i love soul wich is soul itself...

[25mbw]

sweet & sad :'(

[Hammerhead786]

It's as good as it gets...

[onlyone23km]

just like the master recording sounds, exactly like it. Unlike the other live performances he's done for this song!

[angel2rx]

Fucken Awsome, you can feel it when he's signing.

[Wannabe445]

3bood93 hahaha dante's inferno reference

[onlyone23km]

this song isn't just the song for the commercial, this is a musical masterpiece! Though the idea for the commercial sticks

[3bood93]

BEEAAATRICE

[Tommy1977777]

the reason is because artists like Bill Withers actually had to suffer quite a bit to be able to sing like they did. most artists today havent suffered crap. it makes it damn hard to buy into all the fake "emotion" in the songs. in Bills Song here, i can hear it...and feel it.

[Tommy1977777]

we will never see talent like this again. ever. this is a fact.

[dreamerdoes]

@Tommy1977777 what about a Bill Withers reincarnate?

[Atomank68]

Geez, whatever happened to Bill's "In My Heart"??? It was posted until a few months ago. Maybe the Copyright "goblins" ate it!

[smffeb58]

27 I know's

[MrBuerger99]

One guitar??? And what about the violins and the drums?

[vnobre]

sometimes, one guitar and true feelings are enought to make the perfect music.

[crazy556monky]

best song ever it make me remember my love and that she far away from me

[himknow71]

best song EVER!!!!!!!!!!

[bri2863]

an all time fav.

[alpoyeca]

this is music, not like the crap that is out now, GREAT SONG.....

[DNBGuRu]

I agree to some degree, "music out now" is a relative term. Yes there is more garbage than Ive ever seen. Studio, synthesized, synthetic talent. (if you call it talent) There are some diamonds in the rough just like Bill...

[dude200az]

yup. Bill never visited a studio and there is currently not a battle between digital and analog.

[illhead69]

shutup you oven face

[dude200az]

ah yes you are correct there is indeed so much crap out right now. but is there more crap now relative to the amount of crap when Mr. Withers released this song? i believe your comment is misguided towards the musicians of today, rather than towards the absence of any filtration. but wait, independent labels already brought down the corporate monopoly which acted as the filter and brought Mr. Withers to fame rather than all the schmucks who weren't good enough...hmmmm...

[cullinane8888]

theres thunder when she returns

[keimadunn]

26 sweet "and I know's"

[ImMoRTaLxxDNAxx]

This has to be one of the few songs that every one has to love and could listen too. Bill you the MAN. He replies: I KNOW,I KNOW,I KNOW,I KNOW,I KNOW,I KNOW,I KNOW,I KNOW,I KNOW...

[CarolinaVzla]

This song has many versions, but I prefer this: the original one! God bless you, Bill!

[genjunkie08]

me too!

[ede38]

im so with you!!!

[terranceatravis]

I wanna learn this song on guitar, can anyone help me out?

[J2zday]

verse Aminor - EMinor - G major

chorus Emin - Dmin

simple but brilliant.

dont hear too many people who can pull off that 2nd verse...I KNOW,I KNOW,I KNOW,I KNOW,I KNOW,I KNOW,I KNOW,I KNOW,I KNOW...

[IJameiovs]

If you haven't found it already check search "Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine - Acoustic Guitar Lesson" great lesson by Marty Scwartz - guitarjamzdotcom

[Trailerking18]

This song makes me want to get really drunk and stoned and think of days gone by. I love it.

[kafandzija]

im half way there, just missing the alcohol!

[en4sm8zn7g8]

Drugs + alcohol = :(

[gizakiss]

still gives me shivers. great stuff.

[cYpEE]

love this song

[Netinterspace]

Cool song, dude thanks for posting :)

[honeydrop]

I love this song, it's one of my favorites, thanks for posting :)

[SamayoSukuichi]

< 3

[setibamrahk]

Thank you so much for posting this. It's one of my favorite songs of all time.

[MizzBonesUSA]

Loving it! Thanks for posting this!

[Deepthroat1990]

love this song

[silentsiyah]

:) wow!

[06nobby06]

legend!

[adityakumardsv]

Top song this....Many thanks for uploading :)

[sublimesublima]

incomparable, awsome, he makes it seem so easy and obvipus

[Autumn82]

Dang, I loves this song.

[dominique777]

BEAUTIFULLY DONE!

[scoutie101]

What a voice!