burning hell

[LesSmith45]

Has anyone heard Tom Jones cover this. His cover is in my opinion 100x better than this one. Go listen to it. It is actually mind blowing considering his age. His voice just booms on this song. Now it is different sounding than this. the music is nothing like this. His is real bluesy. Check it out

[mdees100]

heaven and hell is a state of mind. dont know much about the afterlife.

[SEVFEST]

Tom Jones recently covered an excellent version of this song (This past year)



[1woodnut]

This IS with Canned Heat. That's Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson on the harp. I dig it.

[holtzaustin]

please put up the other version with canned heat

please!

[fanusbogey]

obviously the person knows its john lee hooker its fukn cool but it is kinda shit in that its rushed vocally and and i dunno somethings missing... i love the tom jones version but this is like hes off his tits on piss or sumthin... i mean james brown is shit in that theoretically hes a shit singer but u kn0w brown and hooker both have spirit, sumthing that u have 2 earn , sumthing u cannot learn

[mkinitrd]

You're right, the original has got some bite this one doesn't (not that i think this version is bad). Keep an eye out for "The Very Best of" on Rhino -- I think that's got the version you're looking for.

[iLLuSiiioNz]

This song rolls.Charlie Musselwhite is blowing some BAD Harp.I love play'n this.

[Joostieboy]

everybody should hear the cover that joe bonamassa did of this great song. It really blows your mind!

[gunnerjim46]

ive got this by john lee hooker but my version is slower but i like this version as well thanks

[tonaldefiance]

Now I feel like drinking hot sauce

[captam666]

check out the original. it has more guts, and soul. the meanest song i ever heard. can't find it on u-tube. this is tired, and contrived. sick of white pop(rock) stars, teaming up with blues legends. it always sucks. eric clapton sucks. leave the blues to the masters. the blues isn't about technique and learning your scales. it's about heartache and pain, amoung other things. r.i.p john lee hooker. ain't gonna burn, ain't gonna burn........

[GUEITOR]

Tom Jones have make a cover of this song and not taking credit fro this guy but T.J version is much much better....

[TheNightMajestic]

This is a version with Ben Harper ;D Thanks 4the post!

[bockebg]

Who were the musicians on this one? I'm trying to figure out who plays the solo. Is it Jhonny or someone else?

[mdees100]

FUCK HELL! IM ALREADY livin it.

[SupernalOne]

ain't no heaven, ain't no burnin' hell

when I die, where I go,

ain't no man can tell

take that, you evangelicals, you fundamentalists! You can't threaten me, you can't judge me - you don't know the answer either, you only think you do - so hold your peace

[aWhiskeyTangoFoxtrot]

@SupernalOne

I always find it so amazing the amount of energy Atheists put into stating their objection to the truth.

I mean if you do not believe....so be it, your call. That is why we have free will.

"doth protest too much" .....you got issues.

[SupernalOne]

@aWhiskeyTangoFoxtrot

Well, there's so much cultural propaganda about going to either Heaven or to Hell -- I've had evangelist preachers tell me I'm going to hell, as if they had the eyes of God and the power to judge - one generally has some kind of psycholigical reaction to this kind of self-glorying proclamation: "is he right? How does he know?" etc - so the protest is a defense against being manipulated, proselytized, bullied, intimidated - I'd prefer that God existed, myself -

[aWhiskeyTangoFoxtrot]

@SupernalOne no body can definitly say if somebody is going to hell or heaven that judgment is for God alone.

But we can get a pretty good idea of things by simply understanding Gods word and history.

[SupernalOne]

@aWhiskeyTangoFoxtrot

fair enough

[hizerjason]

This version is shit compared to his original version.. which I can't find ANYWHERE! No one has uploaded it for some reason? Along with Awful Dream by Lightnin Hopkins. I can't find that one either? This sounds like the shit he did in the 70's with Canned Heat. This is not the best version of this song people! Just him and his guitar from the late fifties is the best version!

[junioussuna]

This is the version of the original cd

[hizerjason]

@junioussuna

NO! This is not the original version of Burning Hell. The original is acoustic. Look it up!

[hizerjason]

@junioussuna

This is not the original Burning Hell. The original was recorded in 1959. Look it up.

[TheSeanoftheBread]

@junioussuna No, no it's not. John wrote this song in 1949. And the original recording was a lot better.

[omeninoviajante]

@junioussuna yea man, but there is another version... from the early sixties just him and the guitar.



[mdees100]

@hizerjason how u doin. this song comes from the album , "hooker & friends". No, itz not the originals, but u cant beat the sound quality.

[hizerjason]

@mdees100

This version is shit compared to the original acoustic version.

[jimlappin]

@hizerjason. Maybe you should think before you make statements like that. This version is not what you would call "shit". Come on man, this is John Lee Hooker - the king of blues.

[SupernalOne]

I've heard Hooker's solo version, yes, you're right - Hooker & guitar, very stark, rough, angry & despairing, almost -- and one can see his point: the only defense against the threat of damnation is to disavow the existence of the afterlife altogether -- kind of a devil's bargain, fear and faith go out the window at once, and a man is his own but life has no hope anymore -- remains a powerful song, and nobody else ever came close to writing anything like it

[bockebg]

Didn't find it as a download. But you can buy both songs. They are available as a download through Amazon for about $1 (each).

[TribecalledQuestion]

@hizerjason Okay, get this... the really good version of this song is the one he did with Canned Heat. Look that one up.

[hizerjason]

@TribecalledQuestion

You're smokin' crack. The best version of Burning Hell is the one he recorded

ALONE on the Burning Hell album in 1959. Lol. I hate to break it to ya ding-dong,

but Canned Heat AINT THE BLUES!

[TribecalledQuestion]

@hizerjason

[NaThAn9414]

@hizerjason - same here mate i cant find it.

[palindromDK]

@hizerjason try grooveshark :)

[yarco8000]

@hizerjason this doesn't sound anything like the version with canned heat.

[MrBarney1978]

@hizerjason  Its a great version.

[notsaved]

@hizerjason

yeah the solo version on the LP of the same name is just brutal...maybe we need to get on getting that up here...

[wienermcpoopbut]

@hizerjason /watch?v=XKgdoX56tWA <-- better version

[mootle661]

@hizerjason I've heard three versions, this, the solo old one and one inbetween where he has a backing band but it's much more dark and intense than this one.

[DoctorStealthy]

@hizerjason By God son, you are an ignorant and useless son of a bitch.. you just can't feel the 'boogie' it is probably because of where you come from right? some can transcend that affliction. You? you is a poor, poor sucker and deserve to swim around in your own mess. John Lee decided to make many affiliations with white artists, to move the 'feeling' along. This drummer right here got the feeling and the lyric is the message pal.

[solinjar]

@hizerjason they did 2 weeks a go ;)

[Mercmad]

@hizerjason i may have heard a long time back and i certainly want to get a copy too...

[mielazul]

@hizerjason Dude...you're totally right. That version is AMAZING. So deep. All the other versions, including all the covers by people who shall remain nameless SUCK. But you can buy it on Amazon if you want. Just google burnin hell amazon, or burnin hell hooker amazon, or something like that. Has a dark cover with fire, if you remember. I just ordered a back up copy myself for ten bucks. By the way, if you like deep raw blues, you might like some stuff on my channel. Good luck.

[DamienOnGuitar]

@hizerjason right? this just isn't as moving as the original... that first one just has all the passion

[quornholio]

Funking greatest genius in all blues rock rockabilly.

[talkinglens]

This is BAAD ASS! All the elements are fantastic. Why is there not a full rating on this one?? There's worse with 10. Wow. This gives me chills and puts it all in perspective.

[stefanadrian78]

I love JLH! Dig it!

[junioussuna]

hey thanks for comment

[NWKBricks1]

Excellent song. Clutch has recorded a live version of this and does a decent job with it. Thanks for uploading this. *****