Albert King - Born Under A Bad Sign

[OnlyThaDopeness]

yo i got i tunes downloaded on my laptop after i got it repaired, so i figured you know what the fuck right? might as well use some of the fetures since it on here and free. so i check out i tunes radio, im not shitting you the got like 150 blues stations, no bullshit blues neither. im 46 hours in played 2 stations and havnt turned the sound down since. if you got i tunes i suggest you check it out, theres some real good shit on here and no repeats either

[NightHorror93]

Flying V's RULE!

[icecolddude12]

what key is this in, C# ?

[niggaT42000]

PIMPIN

[d2creations]

Hey guys, I am just starting to get into the blues, and I love this song! Please tell me some good blues guitarists, I know BB, SRV and Clapton. Any suggestions appreciated, thanks!

[ibcalif]

@d2creations Being from Chicago, you could start with Willie Dixon, Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, Luther Allison, John Lee Hooker, Paul Butterfield, Howlin' Wolf. Have fun!

[d2creations]

@ibcalif Well, I'm actually from India :P But yeah, I will definitely give them a shot. Thanks!

[BuzCzar]

@d2creations ibcalif gave you a good start. Add Freddie King, Albert Collins, Bonnie Raitt, Joe Bonnamasa, Robert Cray, Keb Mo, Elmore James, Jimmie Vaughn for a wide selection of blues guitar styles. There are many, many more from a variety of styles. I've been listening to blues for over 50 years and I love a great many styles. Enjoy your voyage of discovery.

[alizarin89]

@d2creations I'd suggest checking out Roy Buchanan, too. Good luck on your blues journey!

[DafyddGlyndwr]

@d2creations Start with Muddy Waters and Robert Johnson. Those two form the foundation of modern blues and, alongside Elmore James and Duane Allman, are probably the greatest slide players to ever live. The aforementioned Elmore James is good, then you got the three kings: B.B., Albert, and Freddie. Then there's T. Bone Walker. Also give Howlin' Wolf a listen. His house guitarist, Hubert Sumlin, I think is one of the greatest unsung guitarists out there. That should be good for a start.

[Andrewfrydrych]

Love this song, no matter who is playing it. Kings the best, creams good too.



[youngfeniansofeire]

tis is a kinda up-beat blues song

[MrBlueSkyMrNight]

@youngfeniansofeire - If blues have a faster than "regular" blues

tempo then it's considered blues rock.

[Sybaris100]

Just pure class?

[SoalaJohn54]

this is very funky

[thorpe57]

lets start this year riight with a right wink in the  mirrior to wake up . alright!

[SuperNesmaster]

This guy gots the blues!

[raptorpaw]

Cool dude, but he has to change the strings... the thin E at the bottom, right? A lot of good sweet bluesmen seems to be born under a bad sign....

[dudeandmude]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALBERT!

[Cappy609]

I owned a club in Bucks County PA in the late 80's and I hosted Albert for a couple of kick-ass shows. Totally rocked the house down.

[Kraven8484]

"done working two jobs, came home to a woman that don't love me quite like I think she should. Now some say man you should be happy you have love at all but I say what's love if all it does is make you fall" my own personal remix to this song!

[jcandstonesfollower]

4 ppl were born under a bad sign. shame.

[MrGlenntipton]

relitivly obscure cream tracks, indeedlots people think king wrote it

[MrGlenntipton]

this lefty plays blues like he knows 

[blackandtanful]

ｴﾘｯｸ･ｸﾗﾌﾟﾄﾝのお気に入り!～ｱﾙﾊﾞｰﾄ･ｷﾝｸﾞ­"悪い星の下に"～ﾁｮｰｷﾝｸﾞが決まってますネ～好きなﾌﾞ­ﾙｰｽ楽曲だ!

[mrcelada]

@blackandtanful WTF?

[will30x]

The bass line is so simple and so powerfull

[montihall1]

if it wasn't for bad luck, I wouldn't have no luck at all...

[Docnolan1953]

A seminal blues tune by the great Albert King.....This should be in the Smithsonian as a national treasure.....A million covers later, and this still remains the best version.

Hell.....I sing this at open blues mike nughts myself.

[billyb630]

who is the lady singing background vocals?? she is incredible! listen to those pipes!

[chiron8839]

@billyb630 - I don't know, but that's more than one singer.

[unbeingdeadisntalive]

@USgovernmentLies u got sum complexes?

[fredsassy5]

Im 16 and is say blues is a great way for me to connect with God and cope with life

[el6caballo6oscuro6]

@fredsassy5 champagne and reefer ;)

[daviejtube95]

@fredsassy5 "blues is for saturday night gospel is for sunday morning"

[xldh44]

this is fricking awesome! Albert King is awesome!!!

[Cream1959]

this version was never reached.

awesome - great

[maddywoo13]

@USgovernmentLies You are beautiful. I need you to know that.

[ZeheraFela]

Is it a crime if I like Homer Simpsons version better?

[gooseholla1]

@ZeheraFela Nope! 

[beccabsd]

@ZeheraFela

Yes.

[chiron8839]

@ZeheraFela - Yes, an unforgivably blasphemous one.

[mrcelada]

@ZeheraFela me too!

[zaldivarjohn]

@mrcelada ...&@ZeheraFela I had to check out Homers version, I hate and have to admit, that Homer Simpson's version is Kick-in-the-aAss good...so maybe, it is 'not' a crime to like Homers version better...

[mattyblues101]

@ZeheraFela No... but for that you should be a victum of a crime... preferably a homicide

[krustybiker]

@ZeheraFela Homer is the man! But I like Homer's version differently!

[granmcdad]

@ZeheraFela no its not i like it too, however i grew up playing the 45 for my dad. thank goodness for youtube. i wonder what else can i find.

[ChickyDoodleAnnie]

@ZeheraFela Yes.

[LONELION17]

The best song in the universe,,,,

[DamiFray]

The world sure as hell got some damn good luck when you graced the stage Albert. Now your in the spiritual world and probably got access to a harp or two..rock on..you were it ..yer.

[fwnm8]

Nice, but the Hendrix version is much more powerfull.

[akuma6333]

I've only heard the MDC version before a YouTube search, well I mostly listen to hardcore punk but I gotta say this is the best version I've heard so far.

[the195111]

The Definitive Version !

[scorpionsG13]

flying v.rudolf schenker's gibson..heh..awesome song!!

[batigol47]

Have to say that I still find Cream's version more compelling.

[ksb78]

@batigol47 that's because you don't know any better. You probably grew up thinking Cream originally recorded this song.

[batigol47]

@ksb78 It was the first version I heard, but I knew it was cover. I also did not grow up listening to relatively obscure Cream tracks.

[Jitpring]

@USgovernmentLies You reject today's myth of progress and its chronological snobbery. You're a rare bird. I salute you, sir.

[ERIK000000000]

Backup girls are great ^^

[jlambert321]

@USgovernmentLies ya need to be more descriptive than that,..(fuck you asshole's??!?)i'm playin Brother, don't let the dickweed's bother you,(i try not to,..)

[bornunderabadsign77]

My song...

[joeharvard]

gorgeous tone. thanks for this. tho some1 shoot the arranger who added those background vocalists ...

[suomyona1]

check our cream's version. awesome

[gilouseb]

Albert rules!

[shalippylippylongoi]

This song is my life! Lol

[forzamilan189925]

Amazing how a song can make you forget all your problems. Fuck it! I was born under a bad sign. :D

[laforet]

an old friend of mine used to say that this was my song

[thisMicMic]

@USgovernmentLies is there anyone you really talk to ?

[The10851Man]

Albert King is an amazing and humble artist....

[screwyootube1]

Beautiful! Simply Beautiful!

[mrpowderfinger]

Though Freddie is my fave of the three Kings Albert most certainly a great player and performer. His influence on Billy Gibbons is so easy to see on his heavier tunes.

[playmobilesoldier]

It's impossible not to love the Blues! Fuck yeah!|!

[wintersnowboard]

jimi did an awesome cover

[vinegaroon1]

@wintersnowboard yes I heard this by Jimi as well. He does only the guitar parts, no vocal, right?

[wintersnowboard]

@vinegaroon1 yep that is correct

[Drzronnie]

It's my guitar.  nice!

[prdaca]

i heard only 5 seconds of the song and it got to my soul like a train

[youaretheblues]

Beeeeyoootiful picture of the aritst! Thanks!

[Luchiensblues]

un gran tema definitivamente Albert king es una leyenda del blues

[bouncingbumblecp60]

if you don't like this you don't like music...and you're a douche bag.

[boonexy]

i dont think they all talked shit about hendrix, and if they did it was just human insecurity, they all understand the gravity. plus this is stevie ray's main influence, and another influence of his is hendrix, so if you want the combination of hendrix and albert king mixed with a jig of strong hands, go for stevie ray vaughan!

[ttthomasde]

even slash sais he studied the three kings so it doesn't matter in what style you play you just must studie the its the only style that connects all musical forms together.

[mjw9363]

man this BLOWS compared to Hendrix version....all these old time masters at the time talked so much shit about Hendrix and let's be honest...he simply was BETTER..PLEASE listen to the Hendrix version

[quillhyde]

This bassline has been stuck in my head for days. In D flat, yes what a key.

[nzmklc]

@quillhyde it's not D flat, it's C#m, fyi

[stangcrazy306]

@nzmklc unless you tune 1/2 step down to E flat then it's Cm.........just saying

[redrum36105997]

@nzmklc

c sharp is d flat

[bigge0369]

Its kinda funy.Most people probably think of a flying v as a metal or rock and roll guitar.Hair metal.Whatever.Heres a bluse man useing one years before that seen was even around.

[boonexy]

@bigge0369

exactly man. categorizing music is such a failure of creativity =[

[P0ko4Sh0]

@boonexy Unfortunately genres and categories severely limit music. People think it must be one way or the other, like "Metal" or "Punk", as examples. All genres like that generally boil right back down to rock and roll.

[ducksduckspac10]

@USgovernmentLies albert king taj mahal elmore james are the gods of music. it doesnt matter how old you are. i happen to be 20. let them listen to their garbage.

[el6caballo6oscuro6]

I love this version, i got a different one on CD but i prefer this and so help me God if they copyright-ban this then some ass is gunna get kicked ;)

[glenw74]

Albert plays one of the most distinctive, and hunting guitars in existence. Rest in eternal peace Mr. King!

[om82lndn]

@glenw74 agree..the way he bends those notes...he's an upside down leftie too..just like jimi.

That version is a bit too soul for me(with the backings..). I prefer my blues without backing vocals (at max some woodwinds..) but that's just me

[nzmklc]

@om82lndn jimi wasn't an upside down leftie, he had his strings in "regular order", just the gutiar was upside down. albert king, on the other hand, had upside-down strings.

[RocknPak]

One of the best blues songs played by one of the best blues guitarists. And as of today, I'm 13! If you like bluesy stuff, check out my original guitar instrumental "Bittersweet Goodbye" on my channel.

[MrTheresnousernames]

you know when you basicly found the song your after apart from one note and you have to spend days finding out what it is i once had to sleep through finding out what a note was in the boys are back in town and as soon as i got my bass next morning i realised that the two notes i couldnt decide between were the same but on different strings

[bantenzSkid]

this is different from the original version, from which album is it ? please send me a message

[MrJosecarlosdarocha]

@bantenzSkid eu tenho o lp (vinil) "new orleans heat" deste musico maravilhoso, albert king !

 i have de vinil (lp) "new orleans heat"!

[2quundar]

@bantenzSkid Comes from "new Orleans heat", recorded 78 if no mistake with Allen Toussaint as a producer , Tomato records .I'm an Albert huge fan, & , even this record sounds a little bit strange ( N'awlinz ' sound) I really love it since I bought it... in 78 or 79 !

[Joff19]

bad mofo played a right handed guitar with his left hand

amazing

[dadisgreat1]

See our version of "She's not there" on our channel - top right hand side.

[el6caballo6oscuro6]

ooh woah lord :)

[nefsjud]

Oh this man has the blues from way down deep! I feel his pain.

[andrewjeff]

grear song!

[TeodorusJazz]

I can't stop listen this song,... It is soooo goood,.... Perfect

[TH3991]

you gotta love this song

[Bulls4102333]

Great song, comforting, and legendary.

[TheAngmarwitch]

love this song, full of mood :o)

[Alileopil]

a legend, a must look up