This original vinyl version has it all over the other postings of it on youtube, especially towards the end where you can really hear the singing better. Thanks for posting it the way it was meant to be heard.
Had no idea there were so many versions of this song. I had only heard Plant's version until a few minutes ago and now I've heard 3 different interpretations. This one is cool. I dig Plant's the best but this one is cool as can be.
this song is exactly what the title sats darkness, and sadly so true, but in the darkness there is light and truth. i know that may sound funky, but as a young pup i listened to this all the time with green leaves, it's just as good without.
TO tornow11: Peace, love and an era of hopefullness. Now look at what has become of this Nation?? 16 Trillion dollars in debt and not a thing we can do about it. If we only knew what we knew back then - NOW!!!
To all the Vetrans who made it back alive - we protested for you and then came WOODSTOCK 1969. FROM: MEGALYNNMARIE
@MegaLynnmarie Oh but we did know, don't embraced apathy, as It's never to late to change.There are voices shouting right now, lend yours and don't let up. Aloha
@MrFlashfly Still we have our young fighting for lies, bankrupting this country for the same two faced liars that people are protesting against right now. It has always been corporate interests that have been in the backround fomenting wars to profit while telling us it is to protect us from enemies. Just google CIA and any country that has had or still has a ruthless Dictator and you will find the CIA has been involved with putting or keeping most of them in power.Corporate Interest Agency.
I actually have this record and cd, still listening to it frequently and trying to get it on kareoke..I sing get together often at kareoke. An innovative song from the past.
My mom played this for me when i was young. And i have taken it with me every day since. Im only 28. RIP Dad. a man who went to war. you are with me!!
(Sony Music Centre) I watched Robert Plant and The Band of Joy talk about the Youngbloods and this particular track,,,, they went on to play it and did it total justice.
There were so many great bands in the mid to late 60's, and it even got better in the 1970's.....sure miss the abundance of talent. these guys were really excellant! huichol53.......
The darkness of the things we can not see is not the darkness of night, but the darkness that is "behind" our eyes when we try to turn around our awareness to see within.
This is the sort of record you could hear on Radio Geronimo back in the late 60's early 70's....Radio has come a long way since then.......hasn't it????
That is Charlie Daniels playing the violin on this song, for all those historians. Daniels would be known best for the 1979 song "The Devil Went Down to Georgia."
@Thadmotor1044 right on and well said," get together was a feel good kinda sunny song,"darkness" has always struck me as a soul chilling dark moment of depairing spiritual lonelyness, real angst
@KyplayaZ4lyfe Good (sick truth) music is always being born every minute. Just need to look underground. Start by checking out my own music compositions, free on the internet SoundCloud. My internet name is FLYING CLOUD NINE. Google this: "Back in Time, by FLYING CLOUD NINE". Yeah. I've been so passionate about music, that throughout my life, I've been making my own. It's a lot more difficult than just listening.
That guitar fuzz sound and the solo is the trick. I wonder what box he used to get that sound? Really puts the song deep into the psychedlia era. Just perfect.
my mother listened to this album when i was a kid when i hear it its like its been in my memory since before i knew any music, haunting and magical i was born in '73
una de las canciones más sublimes de ese año glorioso; hay muy buenos covers, pero sin lugar a duda ésta es insuperable, de hecho es la original...las voces, la guitarra , la melodía, el texto en fin...supremo!
@poetcomic1 Was Ike married 8 times? There's an old joke. Wife number eight came home early to find Ike was cheating on her and beating another woman.
I was drawn to this by coincidence, fate or something more unwordly. A Dave Davies song popped into my head this evening which I found it on your Youtube selection. Then I searched your other videos and spotted the Youngbloods. We moved house 18 months ago and I haven't unpacked all my vinyl yet. Sitting on top of a pile is the 4-LP compilation, The Psychedelic Years 1966-69. The one track I spotted today but didn't recognise was Darkness Darkness. Coincidence or something else? Very weird.
In my opinion the most prolific song written during the Vietnam period. Jesse Colin Young lyrics came from the depths of the soldiers minds. It was their Anthem.
This original vinyl version has it all over the other postings of it on youtube, especially towards the end where you can really hear the singing better. Thanks for posting it the way it was meant to be heard.
jupiterran 1 week ago
@jupiterran yeah, the way the vocal start's out almost languid and builds steady towards anxiety and desperation,
jlambert321 1 week ago
@jlambert321 Exactly, the vocals end up almost Janis Joplin-esque in their delivery.
jupiterran 1 week ago
Had no idea there were so many versions of this song. I had only heard Plant's version until a few minutes ago and now I've heard 3 different interpretations. This one is cool. I dig Plant's the best but this one is cool as can be.
quazzie11 3 months ago
@quazzie11 remember this is the original,..
jlambert321 1 week ago
this song is exactly what the title sats darkness, and sadly so true, but in the darkness there is light and truth. i know that may sound funky, but as a young pup i listened to this all the time with green leaves, it's just as good without.
nohobob 4 months ago
This IS the original, I believe.
frederickus 4 months ago 4
hey were the young bloods from the bay area
MrErnie408 4 months ago
The songs still good. And at 4:29, a long song at that time. Solas does it justice too.
tixximmi 6 months ago
TO tornow11: Peace, love and an era of hopefullness. Now look at what has become of this Nation?? 16 Trillion dollars in debt and not a thing we can do about it. If we only knew what we knew back then - NOW!!!
To all the Vetrans who made it back alive - we protested for you and then came WOODSTOCK 1969. FROM: MEGALYNNMARIE
MegaLynnmarie 6 months ago
@MegaLynnmarie Oh but we did know, don't embraced apathy, as It's never to late to change.There are voices shouting right now, lend yours and don't let up. Aloha
Akindone53 4 months ago
This song is about frustration and lonlyness.
Dreams and hopes for the future.
It's not about drugs.
Joeinaloha 7 months ago 4
Heavy! Many's the time I flew around Eagle Rock to this sound making my own light.
daveysan 7 months ago 2
Can we have a louder version of this song please? Such a great time in my life; I was so hot....lol at 17....still am.
taffywindsor1 7 months ago
great song
rebob59 7 months ago
Peace, love, dope. What an era.
tornow11 8 months ago
As a vietnam veteran I have seen the 'Light' ... we fought for a LIE and I'm blessed I didn't DIE.
MrFlashfly 8 months ago 3
@MrFlashfly Still we have our young fighting for lies, bankrupting this country for the same two faced liars that people are protesting against right now. It has always been corporate interests that have been in the backround fomenting wars to profit while telling us it is to protect us from enemies. Just google CIA and any country that has had or still has a ruthless Dictator and you will find the CIA has been involved with putting or keeping most of them in power.Corporate Interest Agency.
Akindone53 4 months ago 5
Kent State, Vietnam ... you bet these were DARK days.
MrFlashfly 8 months ago 3
@MrFlashfly the darkest, until lately...
DebrasDilemma 8 months ago
love love !
melaz1000 9 months ago
Jesse's voice is one in a million! So powerful, so tender, so moving, so fine!!
ladyfuschia 9 months ago
shall we say excellent.... and peace to you and yours... nice
gwengoad 9 months ago
Amazing song describing the depth of emotions associated with depression.
hestiagwyn 9 months ago
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My 45 is SO worn out....
GoatBeach 9 months ago
I actually have this record and cd, still listening to it frequently and trying to get it on kareoke..I sing get together often at kareoke. An innovative song from the past.
mellowdayz1216 9 months ago
Nice ol 45
thanx
walt9nic 10 months ago
brings back memories for sure.
designermite 10 months ago
My mom played this for me when i was young. And i have taken it with me every day since. Im only 28. RIP Dad. a man who went to war. you are with me!!
DrDibiam 10 months ago
You did a great tribute to this amazing band - and one of my favorite songs.
goawayfast 11 months ago
(Sony Music Centre) I watched Robert Plant and The Band of Joy talk about the Youngbloods and this particular track,,,, they went on to play it and did it total justice.
Now I'm all over Youngbloods.
pagefores 11 months ago
Exquisite song. Great album.
snowdancer 1 year ago
timeless...
DebrasDilemma 1 year ago
Great post. In 1970 I was really struggling after the war. The song soothed me then and does to this day.
jacksonrhodes22 1 year ago 5
@jacksonrhodes22 That is one of the most touching comments I've ever read here.
ModGirl1967 11 months ago
There were so many great bands in the mid to late 60's, and it even got better in the 1970's.....sure miss the abundance of talent. these guys were really excellant! huichol53.......
huichol53 1 year ago
The Vietnam war and heroin addiction. A combustible combination that fuels this song. Such was the fate of many Vietnam vets. RIP.
pyrophore 1 year ago
The darkness of the things we can not see is not the darkness of night, but the darkness that is "behind" our eyes when we try to turn around our awareness to see within.
GregoryWonderwheel 1 year ago
this goes back to the days of the griffith park love-ins in 1969....in fact the youngbloods did perform at a love-in in september 1969
pieman420 1 year ago
This is the sort of record you could hear on Radio Geronimo back in the late 60's early 70's....Radio has come a long way since then.......hasn't it????
MrSRFRALEY 1 year ago
Young love, so long ago. This song floods my soul with memories.
.R.I.P. Jeff.
Thanks for posting.
magnolialove1952 1 year ago
this song moves me deep in my soul
fightthepilgrims 1 year ago
That is Charlie Daniels playing the violin on this song, for all those historians. Daniels would be known best for the 1979 song "The Devil Went Down to Georgia."
ClassicTVMan1981X 1 year ago
An awesome song I remember well
darrkstarr1 1 year ago
omg...why is this making me cry? Thank you for posting this. xo
DebrasDilemma 1 year ago
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chasinglight2 1 year ago
Was that 23 seconds of silence at the beginning really necessary?
kwijung 1 year ago
@kwijung Yes. It's to make us wait for SCH A GREAT SONG.
ladyfuschia 1 year ago
check out the trees version
ghostwhiskey 1 year ago
get together is an anthem , but darkness , darkness takes you somewhere completly different , things that we cannot see , very trippy
Thadmotor1044 1 year ago 15
@Thadmotor1044 right on and well said," get together was a feel good kinda sunny song,"darkness" has always struck me as a soul chilling dark moment of depairing spiritual lonelyness, real angst
jlambert321 1 year ago
Thanks for posting this. Yummy.
PuckRicken 1 year ago
Sounds like a song from today!
passionateaboutmusic 1 year ago
@passionateaboutmusic no way songs of today blow and this definitely doesnt blow
KyplayaZ4lyfe 1 year ago 10
@KyplayaZ4lyfe Good (sick truth) music is always being born every minute. Just need to look underground. Start by checking out my own music compositions, free on the internet SoundCloud. My internet name is FLYING CLOUD NINE. Google this: "Back in Time, by FLYING CLOUD NINE". Yeah. I've been so passionate about music, that throughout my life, I've been making my own. It's a lot more difficult than just listening.
RandomCriticsify 1 month ago
That guitar fuzz sound and the solo is the trick. I wonder what box he used to get that sound? Really puts the song deep into the psychedlia era. Just perfect.
kristianrex 1 year ago 3
A nice touch with the turntable for those of us who were raised on watching the world turn on a turntable as well as it's own axis.
I love all the old memorabilia attached as well. $3.50 ticket prices are classic
Thanks for sharing your great work and my favorite JCY song.
caseypons 1 year ago
my mother listened to this album when i was a kid when i hear it its like its been in my memory since before i knew any music, haunting and magical i was born in '73
wakinyanmani 1 year ago
una de las canciones más sublimes de ese año glorioso; hay muy buenos covers, pero sin lugar a duda ésta es insuperable, de hecho es la original...las voces, la guitarra , la melodía, el texto en fin...supremo!
vangelisideras 1 year ago
jimmytheferret love this vinyl vid and the sound is audiophliliac and the song is divine!
wickworks 1 year ago
:-*
PanLecoslav 1 year ago
The Youngbloods played at my spring prom in 1968. 900 dollars for the show.
denisewilbur1 2 years ago 2
Yeah, well Ike and Tina Turner played at my prom a few years earlier in St. Louis for half that money.
poetcomic1 2 years ago
@poetcomic1 Did that price include the beatings ?
viewmore100 1 year ago
@poetcomic1 Was Ike married 8 times? There's an old joke. Wife number eight came home early to find Ike was cheating on her and beating another woman.
poetcomic1 1 year ago
About $5604.00 today.
anahatatutu 2 years ago
Sounds great the old 45 takes me back
40Rtruss 2 years ago
Very well done.
catman605 2 years ago
Awesome Athmosphere, I love it!
...and the year of my birth! :0) 5*
Little6ster 2 years ago
favorite song for several years.
KeepsItLive415 2 years ago
Stupenda...Magica....
mauro9601 2 years ago
Wonderfull thing .
yastrieb 2 years ago
I was drawn to this by coincidence, fate or something more unwordly. A Dave Davies song popped into my head this evening which I found it on your Youtube selection. Then I searched your other videos and spotted the Youngbloods. We moved house 18 months ago and I haven't unpacked all my vinyl yet. Sitting on top of a pile is the 4-LP compilation, The Psychedelic Years 1966-69. The one track I spotted today but didn't recognise was Darkness Darkness. Coincidence or something else? Very weird.
daveyboydyment 2 years ago
multiversioned song, but this ,....dicho de otra manera y en otro idioma es insuperable esta versión, coincide que son los autores; 5*****
vangelisideras 2 years ago
In my opinion the most prolific song written during the Vietnam period. Jesse Colin Young lyrics came from the depths of the soldiers minds. It was their Anthem.
The description haunting but nevertheless real.
Longshotsblues 2 years ago
One Of Thier Best Bro Thx!!
sfdog1369 2 years ago