I did not mean fine... as in operatic quality voice. I meant fine... as a voice really suited to the subject matter and music genre. I found the singing of RJ evocative and just right for the expressing the emotions in the song and for drawing a picture of the time period. YMMV
"'Love in Vain" is an adaptation of "When The Sun Goes Down" by Leroy Carr. (but perhaps "When The Sun Goes Down" is also an adaptation of another song)
People think that racism was only white vs. black. It was way more then that. If you were white, & not of the same country of others, you got the same treatment. Just like hitler with the polish, hungarian, & jews. Any difference was looked down on. This went on within the white race, LOTS of racism.
@Phototrophics Nationalism is racism, eye color nose shape, darkness of hair, skin etc...It used to run pretty deep as far as minor differences we overlook today. I got it right.
@Project002501 I come from a coal mining area. The Irish were held in debt. They HAD to get what they needed from the co. stores. They were always overcharged & kept in debt, w/ the threat of bieng beaten, or killed. The children were put to work...no choice.If any stood up for thier rights, they were hung in town. My grandfather died from the mines. They said it was pnuemonia, But it was dust & gases. No way to fight it, the co.'s owned the law. A wife & 7 kids, then had to fend for themselves.
@Project002501 LOL, try again. Try Native Americans...the real owners of the land that the US raped, stole, and murdered their way into claiming. Racism is far less damaging that outright Genocide and the systematic murder of a people.
A nice piece of music and blues history, but otherwise, I really do not find Johnson to be as good as Gary Davis, Charlie Patton or Blind Willie McTell. So screw the opinions of those who say he is the greatest bluesman of all times, he was a good bluesman but having only a few recordings should not be the single greatest criterion for getting the qualificative of ”the greatest”.
@usernametaken443 I agree. I really like RJ, but all this mythology and "greatest ever" stuff is nonsense. Muddy Waters, LIghtnin' Hopkins, Blind Blake, et al.....I think they were better than RJ. I just wish we could have heard Son House when he was young. He's the progenitor or a lot of bluesmen, including RJ, but we only got to hear him as an old man.
Timeless song. Great singing and playing and the song definitely handles a bluesy subject, when your love's in vain. One of the best songs ever written.
It makes me proud to say that my grandparents and great-grandparents didn't take part in such racial discrimination towards black people, nor did they own any black slaves, or any slaves for that matter.
I find it amazing how this man died at 27 and had so much good music and lyrics that he sang with great feeling.I really wonder if he did make a deal with the Devil. Its sad to think he lived in a country that treated as the white man called it Coloreds as dirt ,but in other countrys the recieved something they couldnt in the USA , and thats called respect. In the USA he didnt know if today he'd get lynched. Yes white folks did that back then.
actually, no I am certainly not serious. I was attempting humor. Robert Johnson is a very important artist in His own right. The first blues songs I remember though were covers by mainly english artists! How ironic.
lol say all u want bout white people being racist... most ppl wouldnt know bout this song let alone other black musicians if it wasnt for the rolling stones beatles and most other "white" bands (who had all respect for them and influence from them) who covered so called "black songs"... i think it shows alot of thanks and weve come a long way from those days if u cant see that ure retarted.. r.i.p R.J
I wonder if this country will ever get far enough past its obsession with "race" for people to consider Robert Johnson to be a great musician, rather than a great "black" musician.
@dadasopher Black entertainers were very popular with white audiences, especially ones like the Mississippi Sheiks who could play some more country-sounding material and or had a fiddle in the band.
Down with the racist SHIT
flako1981 5 days ago
@flako1981 Amen.
dadasopher 5 days ago 2
Robert Johnson could make any woman fall in love with him - just by singing this.
StrangerToEarth 3 weeks ago
Amazing
tubahead16 3 weeks ago
Nice presentation, fine singer and a great song. Thank you. :)
pixelmangler 4 weeks ago
@pixelmangler Thank YOU!
dadasopher 4 weeks ago
@pixelmangler
fine singer? are you joking?
InanancuxI 3 weeks ago
@InanancuxI
Nope. ;-)
I did not mean fine... as in operatic quality voice. I meant fine... as a voice really suited to the subject matter and music genre. I found the singing of RJ evocative and just right for the expressing the emotions in the song and for drawing a picture of the time period. YMMV
pixelmangler 3 weeks ago
@pixelmangler
robert johnson is real blues man. hi in contrast to other can discribe all his hard life through his voice and guitar.
only several niggas can do that.
InanancuxI 3 weeks ago
"'Love in Vain" is an adaptation of "When The Sun Goes Down" by Leroy Carr. (but perhaps "When The Sun Goes Down" is also an adaptation of another song)
TheQuipetro 1 month ago
People think that racism was only white vs. black. It was way more then that. If you were white, & not of the same country of others, you got the same treatment. Just like hitler with the polish, hungarian, & jews. Any difference was looked down on. This went on within the white race, LOTS of racism.
broodyart 1 month ago 4
@broodyart You got THAT right!
dadasopher 1 month ago
@broodyart Called nationalism. Lots of Racism mixed with Nationalism. Get it right.
Phototrophics 4 weeks ago
@Phototrophics Nationalism is racism, eye color nose shape, darkness of hair, skin etc...It used to run pretty deep as far as minor differences we overlook today. I got it right.
broodyart 4 weeks ago
@broodyart
You're right. The only nationality treated as badly as African Americans were Irish immigrants. And they're the whitest of us all!
Project002501 2 weeks ago
@Project002501 I come from a coal mining area. The Irish were held in debt. They HAD to get what they needed from the co. stores. They were always overcharged & kept in debt, w/ the threat of bieng beaten, or killed. The children were put to work...no choice.If any stood up for thier rights, they were hung in town. My grandfather died from the mines. They said it was pnuemonia, But it was dust & gases. No way to fight it, the co.'s owned the law. A wife & 7 kids, then had to fend for themselves.
broodyart 1 week ago
@broodyart
Shit.
That's nonsense.
Project002501 1 week ago
@Project002501 Really? Go expose something illegal about an energy co. & see what happens to you. Go ahead...make it a goal to set for yourself.
broodyart 1 week ago
@Project002501 LOL, try again. Try Native Americans...the real owners of the land that the US raped, stole, and murdered their way into claiming. Racism is far less damaging that outright Genocide and the systematic murder of a people.
cgraber 4 days ago
A nice piece of music and blues history, but otherwise, I really do not find Johnson to be as good as Gary Davis, Charlie Patton or Blind Willie McTell. So screw the opinions of those who say he is the greatest bluesman of all times, he was a good bluesman but having only a few recordings should not be the single greatest criterion for getting the qualificative of ”the greatest”.
usernametaken443 2 months ago
@usernametaken443 I agree. I really like RJ, but all this mythology and "greatest ever" stuff is nonsense. Muddy Waters, LIghtnin' Hopkins, Blind Blake, et al.....I think they were better than RJ. I just wish we could have heard Son House when he was young. He's the progenitor or a lot of bluesmen, including RJ, but we only got to hear him as an old man.
jnlabrk6 1 month ago
Oh that cry...
MayChild8 2 months ago
@MayChild8 Indeed!
dadasopher 2 months ago
"Well it's har to tell, it's hard to tell..."
jamesmilton243 3 months ago
Timeless song. Great singing and playing and the song definitely handles a bluesy subject, when your love's in vain. One of the best songs ever written.
Pandemonium44 4 months ago
its in the soul of the man all great players have it,
deepblue782 4 months ago
@dadsopher Have u ever heard of mister Lomax, or the chess brothers? Those whites are the reason we can still listen to this awsome music.
Bibbermans 4 months ago
It makes me proud to say that my grandparents and great-grandparents didn't take part in such racial discrimination towards black people, nor did they own any black slaves, or any slaves for that matter.
Thebluesrockmusic 5 months ago 2
I find it amazing how this man died at 27 and had so much good music and lyrics that he sang with great feeling.I really wonder if he did make a deal with the Devil. Its sad to think he lived in a country that treated as the white man called it Coloreds as dirt ,but in other countrys the recieved something they couldnt in the USA , and thats called respect. In the USA he didnt know if today he'd get lynched. Yes white folks did that back then.
MrStoney2011 5 months ago 4
The blue light was my Blues... And the red ligjt was my mind... all my love... in vain
MayChild8 5 months ago
White men,.. colored men... just born a human being, there Rasismo in his first slice of bread,......that age and country of shit ...
lapuntalagarcha 5 months ago
this is where it all started..well done...this guy is a legend;;im speechless
thejoker8699 6 months ago
It's amazing how his muted palm notes create such a convincing train engine noise...brilliant musician.
SLAPnPOP726 6 months ago
so beautiful <3
RitaGfunk 6 months ago
actually, no I am certainly not serious. I was attempting humor. Robert Johnson is a very important artist in His own right. The first blues songs I remember though were covers by mainly english artists! How ironic.
WeRnotSchizophrenics 6 months ago
Yeah, Back then....
WeRnotSchizophrenics 6 months ago
at 1:10, white people sure were cruel back then....
bluesjoe147 7 months ago
we know what the stones listen to
anokamn5 7 months ago
lol say all u want bout white people being racist... most ppl wouldnt know bout this song let alone other black musicians if it wasnt for the rolling stones beatles and most other "white" bands (who had all respect for them and influence from them) who covered so called "black songs"... i think it shows alot of thanks and weve come a long way from those days if u cant see that ure retarted.. r.i.p R.J
FiVe2OnE1In5 8 months ago 2
@FiVe2OnE1In5 thats the biggest load of shit ever.
brfczander 8 months ago
this is the best cover of a rolling stones song evvr
WeRnotSchizophrenics 9 months ago
@WeRnotSchizophrenics r u serious????
aboomoosab 6 months ago
I wonder if this country will ever get far enough past its obsession with "race" for people to consider Robert Johnson to be a great musician, rather than a great "black" musician.
Apparently not yet...
davidrodgersNJ 10 months ago 4
@davidrodgersNJ in my opionion race is only a word nothing else
m16nut1 8 months ago
this is the best song in the world.....thank you Robert....
Dzonny97 10 months ago
"White People" didn't think so at the time.
dadasopher 11 months ago
@dadasopher i don't agree that!
cicodelanga 10 months ago
@dadasopher White people keep this mans music alive ! black people dont give a shit about Robert Johnson..
BrocktheRock681 6 months ago
@dadasopher Black entertainers were very popular with white audiences, especially ones like the Mississippi Sheiks who could play some more country-sounding material and or had a fiddle in the band.
mcleanartists 5 months ago
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@dadasopher ""White People" didn't think so at the time." oh wait were you there to see him? .... and white peoples reactions? ....
RcUniverseGuy 1 month ago
what does it mean "coloured people" ??
white (or pink) is not a colour???
kristoffmcewan 11 months ago 3
he sing with all of his soul.....so deep
zzy66613 1 year ago 24
@zzy66613 Yes, he does!
dadasopher 1 year ago 4
@dadasopher and all of Blues singer sings with all of their heart
zzy66613 8 months ago
Thanks for posting this musical history of the blues and Robert Johnson.
sauceka 1 year ago
Made my day and my 'Legendary! 2' playlist. (That's one of my speed-dial playlists.)
louiseduvee 1 year ago 2
@louiseduvee Thank you, Louise Duvee!
dadasopher 1 year ago
this is fucking amazing
ghostwhiskey 1 year ago
I really like the work you have done with the visuals.
mcphert1 2 years ago 12
thank you very much!
dadasopher 2 years ago
buenisimas imagenes y música super
kuamori 3 years ago
Wonderful archival images and the right music to go with them. The early black experience - and I thought I had it ruff.
JackNightingale 3 years ago