Creedence Clearwater Revival - The Midnight Special

[ToKeNhI]

Both top comments are pretty much identical and equally fucking retarded. Good work!

[WoodRacing04]

i love this song...my dad name our bogger "midnight special"and it jus reminds me of him when i hear it:)

[TopstillSpinning2888]

Oh snap, now I am going to get ripped apart by a gremlin. O_O

[junior1984able]

let the midnight special , shine a light on me, let the midnight special , shine a light one me!

[TheMichaelSpock]

It's nice to see you're finally paying closer attention to the codes Apollo. Pops wanted to stress the importance to both of us pre-93 that our relationship was to be Platonic. Post-92, he realized was convinced that he need only stress that importance with you.

[2bowlegs]

The song goes back to 1905 and printed around 1927. How do you say perfect at midnight?

The Midnight Special.

[Garth53035]

dam i this music is hella bad ass lol i love it

[MrMarcoantoniochavez]

fabulosa musica k nunca pasara de moda guuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuaaaaaaaaaaa­aaauuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

sensacional

[CreepyTheButcher]

@mykotakatie Chronicle 2 has all their cover songs

[CreepyTheButcher]

@mykotakatie It is but its on either Chronicle or Chronicle part 2. Its on 2 I think.

[KateMooreLove]

Mommy love CCR and all their songs =)

[zombiiebiitchxxx]

Oh my gosh.. this song just makes me feel so damn happy :3 I loved this song when I was like, 8, and I used to watch the Twilight Zone Movie with my grandfather. As everyone else has mentioned.. "wanna see something REALLY scary?" :p

[rolle16]

@zombiiebiitchxxx I dont quit understand the link between that movie and ccr :p is this song being used in the movie or ...? :p

[zombiiebiitchxxx]

@rolle16 Yep! They play it in the intro. Look up "Twilight Zone, The Movie - Opening Sequence"

[rolle16]

@zombiiebiitchxxx ah thanks :)

[Goknicks20001]

arriba! arriba!

[writer125]

This reminds of the TV show, The Midnight Special with the late great Wolfman Jack. One of my favorite shows growing up. Loved it.

[MariaRossiTV]

My next karaoke song!  I LOVE this song!

[excuzzzeme]

One of the best songs this California Kid did of Southern Blues. He had a great knack for putting Southern Blues to a California sound. Don't think they ever made bad music!

[twotoneify]

one of the best songs ever writen 

[76ksjs]

"Ah, Creedance, I love this song"........."Want to see something really scary"

[317anastar]

one of my all time favorites

[margolou2010]

I never get tired of hearing this song. One of their best, along with "Proud Mary," "Up Around the Bend," "Green River" and "Run Through the Jungle."

[MrONLYDOPE]

i remeber listening to this working on a 3 story roof. i was 16 singing this wit my cousin 6 in the moring, and i tripped on hes safety line and i slid down the roor and almost died, but still kept singing when i got up ... hahaha

[Indumathi12]

Amazing song.....luv it :)

[lynnsbomb]

6 pukes ended up here somehow

[ALCAPONE6664]

this is a badass song

[TheGodzillaGodzilla]

YESS!!! I love this song!

[XXdetonator890]

Cool Hand Luke brought me here.

[Monkeymanmoog]

@XXdetonator890 What a film! Breaks my heart the visiting scene with his old maw before she passes!

[oldclika]

tsss ke buena rola

[qiqi9057033]

TWILIGHT ZONE,"ALBERT BROOKS , DAN AKROYD, RICHARD MATHESON, ROD STERLING , WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT"!

[TheDudeAbides281]

Well I'll be! I just learned this morning that this song was written by an inmate of the Central Unit Prison in Sugar Land, Texas! I live just twenty minutes from there.

Great song! You can just hear the chug of the train in the way they play the guitar.

[YANKEEBOY114]

Can't help but smile at the very end :)

[thecolaratlady]

midnight special is a train that travels by a prison, legend has it that if the light from the train shined in your cell, you would be released

[MASR4]

The twilight zone was a pretty good movie and fun to watch, but thats not what brought me here, ccr can loosen up anybody who likes them, it go good when you got good song and good movie together :)

[956afs]

greatest band ever

[jdhoffman1221]

@956afs Hell yeah!

[popeoddope101]

you just blew my fucking mind it all makes sence.

[popeoddope101]

maby hes a midnight toker and the chronic is the midnight special.

[fpfrankheck]

it's prison! been there.

[popeoddope101]

man i could us a midnight special

[margolou2010]

Always loved this band. This is one of my favorites. Love the echoing, chugging guitar riffs ... this one is similar to "Run Through the Jungle," another one of my favorites. '50s, '60s and '70s were the golden age of rock & roll :)

[MissHeic]

Obožavam Vas!!!!!!!!!

[n2thegr8wo]

i love this song i listen to it all the time

[cx1designs]

Every time I hear this, it reminds me of "Twilight Zone: The Movie". LOL.

"You want to see something REALLY scary?"

[baggyaxewound]

@cx1designs should i pull over , 20,000 feet is classic , great track though , love it

[najhoant]

@cx1designs The first time I saw the prologue, it scared the shit out of me.

[BobDylansNumber1Fan]

A very underated CCR tune

[brunoferrete]

este som é demais!!!

[22446699999]

if you really want to know what the lyrics mean, see the movie, " cool hand luke" there is an inmate that sings this song.

[KaitieDawn]

just saw them live Saturday night, they were amazing ! :)

[Govna16]

well i love this group because of my step dad he used to listen to it all the time since he started comming around bout 10 years ago

[melia735]

Actually midnight special has two meanings as said above it refers to a train and its a referance to herion use!

[melia735]

Actually its a referance to herion!

[melia735]

Actually its a referance to herion

[bestfilmz]

Who wants to see something real scary?

[carol1945860]

yeah its part of TDC called central unit i lived in arcola texas went to schooll at dulles

[PulpySecrets]

This song brings back such good memories for me <3 When I was 5 or 6 me and my dad would sing this together. Was one of the first songs I ever learned and no matter how many piercings I get or how many crazy colors I dye my hair, this songs always gonna be close to my heart, just like my dad. :)

[animeplanett]

great song

[sonnybarry]

in an old tom and jerry episode...long before creedance...a depressed tom sits on the tracks and waits for a train to hit him.that train is the midnight special

[sonnybarry]

the midnight special is the name of a train.when he says let the midnight special shine a light on me hes sitting on the tracks waiting for the train to hit him.

[melikbilge]

I live 200 feet from where the prison this song was written about used to be. The train still passes. It's interesting to live near such history.

[tph197666]

5 people saw something really scary

[danboy66in]

yeah...twilight zone woooooooooooooo scaryyyyyyy

[aardvark763]

WANNA SEE SOMETHING REALLY SCARY?

[ubroketherulez]

@aardvark763 Fucking love it

[oldDitry]

@aardvark763is it a picture of your mom

[shvetes]

Genius: when the drums are in, the tune is straight-8ths rock; when the drums are out, its a swung-8ths shuffle.

[317anastar]

bravo!!!!!

[gkopacz]

The Midnight Special is a train that runs in Sugarland, TX (just southwest of Houston). The train tracks run right next to the prison out there. The prisoners used to call it their freedom train because whenever the train would go by, the engine light would shine into their cells. If they could make it past the gaurds, they could jump on the train. This is coming from my friend who is a prison gaurd at that prison in Sugarland, TX. The train still goes by.

[OGLuckster]

5 people got got my da man! muahahahahahahah

[tomglavinehof1]

The midnight special will not shine on 5 of you!!!

[TheColonelCorn]

Five people are still stuck in prison.

[ChadNumber9]

I first heard this in the Twilight Zone

[kenseiharima]

it scares me a lil bit because it reminds me of the begining of the twilight zone movie :S

[jcmontenegro1]

musica do rossa e rossa, até fazer doer

[bigwills808]

"and the boys will bring you down"

[dannydar1]

this came out in the twlight zone movie

[beatlezrawesome]

i bet atleast halve of you didnt know leadbelly originally did this.

[rocknrollgirl666]

@beatlezrawesome He sure did. He did alot of songs that bands covered Leadbelly was genius !

[supah1337B]

@beatlezrawesome No, This song was recorded even before leadbelly, i beleive.

[zombieTbones]

Hay, you want to see something really scary?

[speakthetruth411]

So, I'm 18 years old. & my 35 year old mother makes fun of me for listening to this, lmfao. But it's because it makes me think of my 45 year old daddy, <3

[puFFySnOwbaLl]

The Twilight Zone movie

[Ian122490]

Just watched the twilight zone movie, made me remember this song

[twilightzonereviews]

Can't wait to review twilight zone the movie on my channel. This music is amazing..

[cwilbaby]

im 15 and it makes me wanna cry to know that im the only one of my friends that knows what good music is.

[ozzylives52]

@cwilbaby wanna know something? FUCK YOU. i hate all these little fucks like you that just becase youre 13 or 15 or whatever and listen to something you think youre all special. you just have a different taste than others. thats all.

[cwilbaby]

@ozzylives52 u wanna know something, i dont give a flying fuck about ur pms so dont display it on youtube. go back to facebook and fap to ur moms profile pic.

[twilightzonereviews]

cant stop replaying..

[chhubaca5]

how can anyone possibly dislike this song?

[pickercurtislowe]

@chhubaca5 I was just thinking the same thing. This song is legendary!

[neverlast15]

YEEHAAA WHITE POWER!!!

[schynaide]

Eu gostei muito... A voz combina perfeitamente com o ritmo... É uma música que você ouvi e gosta de primeira... Estava lendo Dark Hunter - Dave e Bride e ele tem como tema essa música então passei pra da uma olhada e gostei...

Schynaide Ohana (Teresina - Piauí / Brasil)

[BaconJimmy]

No you want to see something really scary????

[steptocarpus]

@BaconJimmy I remember that scence also.. It scared me.

[blissfullyignorant86]

Am I the only one who heard Leadbelly's version before ever hearing this? This is good though.

[deolsa]

same here twilight zone with the guy who says'' wanna see someting really scary'' dan akroyd i believe

[luvsmusicnsc]

Listened to this as a child growing up in the 70's

[jackwinstanley1]

this song was on prisoner cell block h

then i heard it on twilight zone

[31guitar]

This was the first song I ever learned on guitar (just the rhythm chords).

[docwho97]

Do you want to see something really scary ?

Dan Aykroyd

[scrappyduke]

@docwho97 Outer Limits right

[mikekuz1]

This ones for cool hand Luke!

[makemegood18]

see the movie"sullivans travels"..

[makemegood18]

this is an old blues song!!!

[subzero4768]

let the light shine on the ones that liked this song thumps up let the midnight special shight a light on me thumps up

[txstixx]

the trouble is there are to many talking about how they heard it on the twilight zone and to few that heard it in concert!!!!

[championkhan]

What is the "Midnight Special". Anyone know?

[Audio4You]

@championkhan I believe it's the name of a train, that goes past a jail, and if the light of that train shines into your cell, you're the first person to leave the prison.

[championkhan]

@Audio4You Thanks for the reply. Makes complete sense now.

[TheJiggsCasey]

@Audio4You

According to Folk music historian Alan Lomax as documented in the book Folk Song USA, the Midnight Special was a real train: the Southern Pacific Golden Gate Limited. A traditional Folk song, Leadbelly popularized it upon his release from Sugar Land prison in Texas, where he could hear the Midnight Special come through. In the song, the light of the train gives the inmates hope - if it shines on them they take it as a sign they will soon go free.

[EXTRAX99]

@Audio4You it is a train that passes by the jail going from Chicago to New Orleans and if the light shines on you that means u have another night in there, thats good because the cell he is in is death row.

[hrothgleas]

@Audio4You Yup - a train. Many songs about how hard it is to be in jail and hear the train go by....

[beatlezrawesome]

@Audio4You something like that...

[thestaple8]

@Audio4You yes the jail is in sugar land texas..just outside of houston..leadbelly wrote this song when he was in there...in the 20s i believe

[brownindian17]

@championkhan tv show rock and roll

[russellrosario]

@championkhan its at midnite

[AwWDesignZ]

@championkhan no, its from the movie "Leadbelly". the guy who wrote this song got pardoned and released from prison one midnight!

[TheDirtydiesel22]

@championkhan

the midnight special was a show that was on a long time ago, this was their theme song and they had a bunch of good old bands play music; such as CCR

[ajgolfer1]

@TheDirtydiesel22 funny since this song dates back to the turn of the century even before howard odum

[ajgolfer1]

@championkhan 

[ajgolfer1]

@championkhan In sugar land prison they would fry prisoners at midnight, surging the electricity throughout the prison and in the cells in certain parts of the old prison this would be the most light some of the cells would get.

[fabiowolf69]

@championkhan I think it is a train...

[playerfangitman]

@championkhan when life and its pains become too much,its the train that transports your soul to its next destination. folk belief. im waiting on the platform now,but lifes been great.

[dwctek]

Great video :=)

There is just one problem I have at 0:35. It's, "There's no FORK up in the pan."

Not pork

Listen to it very closely, you can hear John Fogerty say fork.

[mpmajer]

Great post!

[lollypop621]

I heard this song in twilight zone. It is freakin great!

[NinjaGhostScorpion]

@lollypop621 You wanna see somethin' really scary? :)

[angiebaby9468]

Yes a Perfect Song!

[budman89799]

You know how even your favorite song, there are parts of it that can be changed for the better.? Well, I would say that about this classic, it's one of the few songs that I'd consider as being "just perfect."

[xWoofiex]

Kan je me dit nummer sturen? Dat zou ik echt super vinden!

[Audio4You]

@xWoofiex Als je je Email naar mij stuurt in een berichtje, dan stuur ik 't liedje zo snel mogelijk

[sikuliaqtuq]

those were the good old days

[MewGirl12345]

My Brother sings this song but only the beggining

[mickipost]

I was introduced to these guys in 1986...we used to listen to them every Friday & Saturday night while partying. Man, those were the days. lol! I just remember the first time I heard one of their songs, I IMMEDIATELY loved them, and have loved them ever since! You know, this many years later, I still have the same feeling I had the first time I heard them. Amazing what music can do, huh?!

[laurierae1]

This is so Awesome! - Turn it up loud, you'll Love it- I Promise.

[curvy71]

i bet the 1960's were a great decade to be alive.i bet the music was great

[MrPieter199]

ook al ben ik maar 18 ccr is een cultuur en een verslaving :d

[wilkes85]

hey you wanna see something REALLY scary?

[wokie73]

twilight zone movie

[nedodge0506]

remember what movie this song was in?

[tdash38]

i remember when my dad was alive thats all we listen too,,love ccr

[Spyronortex89]

FUCK YEA!!!!!!

[DrinkingandStinking]

Bedankt voor de upload Daan!

[Audio4You]

Geen probleem :D

[VndN1994]

wow i was looking for lyrics!!!

[mendojinegirl]

DAMN...GOTTA LOVE THESE GUYZ..

[poisonedagain]

My favorite CCR song. But all there stuff kicks ass!

[anythingbutdisco]

@poisonedagain

Oh yea my fav too

[AwesomelyAwsome]

Dang Straight!

[TheMountainGuy101]

I was lucky to get my Creedence tapes back.

[cntrdsole]

lol. you said tapes!

[minigiganten]

CCR is what i "think" or notice that they are very underrated. but they are realy realy good. john foggertys voice is realy rock`n roll.

[Akshabad]

Twilight zone,the first time i have heard this song

[curvy71]

@Akshabad is that where Dan Akroyd turns into a monster?

[Akshabad]

@curvy71 Yes,i was 8/9,the first time i hear this song

[curvy71]

@Akshabad oh really are you a baby boomer like my hubby?

[Akshabad]

@curvy71 No,i'm 31(1979)i was 8 the first time i heard the song in the movie(ai confini della realtà-in Italian)

[curvy71]

really i'm 8 years older than you.

[TheAltair4]

@Akshabad Me too. I love that movie and this song so much.

[dreascorp]

@Akshabad same here

[MobileDjSC]

@Akshabad HAHA me too!!! like 10 years ago