I was a mere 10 maybe 15 ft. from him as he sang this live one time.To date it is the most amazing thing I've ever heard,well lets say the second .A woman's voice whispering "I love you" would be the first.
2 days ago my father nearly died.. that song was in my mind all the time... i wished that someone else should been gone, but not my father... it thrills me, makes me confused, coz i'm not a misanthropic freaks, just loved the one's who belong to me... does this explains anything to you?
Greek Philosopher Epicurise's Thoughts on Death:
"It is irrational to fear an event, if when that event occurs, we are not in existence. And since, when death is, we are not. And when we are, death is not. Then it's irrational to fear death. One might just as well fear birth."
Ralph Stanley suits this song so well. with that haunting/ chilling voice I'd make a bee-line from that old man's bedside, out through the window as quickly as i could. LOL
IT came as a whisper cutting short my whimper. MADE me say hello ,I just wanted IT to go. No formal introduction ,No title for IT'S function. Does IT need a reason ? Not sure but it may be teasing. I LOVE the warning it often leaves me mourning. Admire IT'S freedom ,IT'S range ,IT'S ABILITY to change. I crave air,IT let me forget ,that's not fair. I read the verses,but IT reminds me rules are for fools.
Sometimes it sits softly ,never revealing IT'S function. Then maybe a Tic a twitch ,A revelation that IT is near. IT is always angry with me,a twist ,a twirl,a clinch with a fist. Sometimes I smile ,IT has power how can I resist. Do I get to prepare, a soft bed or just a cold stare? Like a 1,000 anvils the weight, we try but the power is great. A BIG whoosh and a SLAM a reminder to beware. Angry growl,deafening howl,spit,blood, IT does not hide IT DOES NOT CARE!
Am I surviving? What can I keep? what can I take?until we meet!IT" found me again,tears are cold?blood tastes sweet,sweat is hot,Ringing is LOUD in red ,purple,BRIGHT,pain is over there for now,I push IT pulls,I pull IT BREAKS!Broken I stand when I can,I...T DOES NOT OWN ME!I smiled and turned,IT won't show itself,it just likes to BURN ,vessels rippling down my spine,Is IT today? NO,NO WAY! a pill for the chill?a shot when ITS hot?so simple it seems? but IT'S not,vague,blind IT always stays LIFE
To explain seems senseless, but was able to "feel" the sounds the senses so ENHANCED that the waves became focused confusion. The edge is an odd place ? a date,time SURE, will say goodbye and check in no sweat and lol at "IT" But the unknown is my demon now ? losing time in lg. blocks is something we joke with UNTIL it happens.Is like having a stroke but then recovering 100's of times."IT" pushing me is why I may be acting diff. "IT" is close lol no sweat ,BUT when ? Rick
Almost overwhelming for many we all just wait! can we see IT,I live every day in redemption but when? why the wait? when I peek over the side will IT pull me IN or or will "IT" push me OVER? "IT' hovers over moves around ,front and back, I smiled and waved "IT" slammed me to the ground, My soul smiles my gate is frozen,I lost my ticket, The more steps I take away from the gate the harder IT pushes me back, REDEMPTION IS FINE-WAITING IS HELL! Rick
YOU STAY THE HELL AWAY FROM ME YA HEAR" Thanks I awoke suddenly 2.a.m.? pain? confusion? broken? Medication SUCKS I'd rather be an addict again.breathing color,feeling in reds and yellows,taste in silver like metal hearing ,blue gray,fading, I would like to SCREAM but then others will know,burning? cold?afraid to lay down ,haunting dreams,can only smile with eyes closed,pushing,pulling, from the inside,I am pissing "IT" off,clear but numb,a fishbowl,sleep while standing? HURT? NO, LIFE Rick
I was very Lucky in my younger days to have heard Him sing this in person. He used to pick and grin on his front porch on several occasions and we would go there and listen to him sing and watch the mason jar get passed around.
Under the strangest circumstances, I got to meet him. I had no money, so I couldn't see the show in town. However, I followed his tour bus, with the last bit of gas in my car. He welcomed me, as he was standing outside.
Dr. Stanley...to me, is the ultimate of bluegrass. He's a very friendly man. I got to shake his hand, had a small chat, and got an autograph on one of his CD's I happened to have on hand. :) It's such a wonderful feeling to meet one of your idols.
this song is for a man trying to fight dying n thats what it meant in the story not racism n the lord heard his soul callin n let tommy boy live another day
wow, this video is truly gorgeous, love the sepia and the unusual angle...saw mr. stanley a few years back in prospect park in brooklyn, great show--a real artist and great performer who clearly cares about the music first
I do not have a RELIGION because I am an Atheist. Christianity is a RELIGION. Atheism is lack of religion. However, I still do enjoy Ralph Stanley's music.
@MrGoodatheist I agree. I do not believe in God but I respect those who do. There is some beautiful religious music out there, like much of the "O Brother soundtrack. Very lovely.
Very well put. Some people misunderstand my disbelief in their god. It is not that I hate their god. I just don't believe. However, some of the music such as Ralph Stanley is wonderful music in it's own right and I do not have to believe in god in order to enjoy the music.
@onetrickpony420 Its a dirge! Back home in Africa during funeral, Ive heard different version of the similar song in my native language which Im not very fluent. It always makes the intestines in my stomach chyme.
WTF!?!? The pronunciation you tried to get out of your fabricated spelling is fail. Bogus!
Let me give it a shot...lol..
Granny used to sang dis here song to us when we was children. Be it that, it scared the hell out'a us. That's how I'd of heard it if my great elder's were around to tell a story like that today. No exaggerated/fabricated spelling to hear a southern voice through literature.
Oh man, this song gives me chills. I always thought it was great, then I just now looked up the lyrics and I realized it's better and scarier than I realized.
Sooner or later, Death comes for us all. Ralph Stanley's presentation of this song (with his singing style, his voice, & his age), really brings this sobering thought home.
Dr Stanley's haunting powerful presentation of his music is more creation than information giving us rapt audiences a hint of what is to come for all.
This man is a genius, a humanist, a lover of real life, not a believer in the god of Mammon. The sin isn't money or having money, it's the Love of Money.
What a performance, a ghostly rendition of a beautiful end. Well done!
DavieSky1 1 month ago
no instruments....this is music...and true talent
ChristofRomould 1 month ago
It's chilling since Ralph is in his late 80's now and is singing this song which must ring too true at that stage
metalbimbo 1 month ago
WHITE POWER!!!
dgallegos4201 1 month ago
@dgallegos4201 This is originally a black gospel song...
Alpha1Farms 3 weeks ago
It feels like this piece was made in the image of Edgar Allen Poe's works, at least thats how I felt when my mother used to read those stories to me.
colt746 2 months ago
I was a mere 10 maybe 15 ft. from him as he sang this live one time.To date it is the most amazing thing I've ever heard,well lets say the second .A woman's voice whispering "I love you" would be the first.
=)
lazydayhohum 3 months ago
I met Ralph in person and he is just a great person. Got a banjo head signed by him what a meet..
MonkeyMoNk2008 3 months ago
@ doctorwhoEPICFAN
2 days ago my father nearly died.. that song was in my mind all the time... i wished that someone else should been gone, but not my father... it thrills me, makes me confused, coz i'm not a misanthropic freaks, just loved the one's who belong to me... does this explains anything to you?
simulakkron 3 months ago in playlist c&w
They put this on Supernatural epic song >:)
ZeZombieKiller 3 months ago
I could ask you the same thing about Doctor Who. Explain. *Sits in chair and waits for response*
As for Dr. Stanley, his ancient voice exhorting Death to "spare him over for another year" is not meant for mere entertainment.
ARTP1G 3 months ago 7
... Why is this so loved?! Dont hate on me, but please. Explain. *Sits in chair and waits for reasponce*
doctorwhoEPICFAN 3 months ago
@doctorwhoEPICFAN It's very musical and deep.
BaldinLeePramer 3 months ago
brb tissue
euphh 4 months ago
Is this the last remaining member of Lynyrd Skynyrd ?
PupuTheClown 4 months ago
GOTTA LOVE THIS SONG I ALWAYS HAVE TO SING ALONG WITH THIS
Redneck3141 4 months ago
ive posted this ona thousand other vids butttt....kentucky born and proud<3 u aint gettin this country girl outa the holler<3
pineyjane 5 months ago
Greek Philosopher Epicurise's Thoughts on Death:
"It is irrational to fear an event, if when that event occurs, we are not in existence. And since, when death is, we are not. And when we are, death is not. Then it's irrational to fear death. One might just as well fear birth."
93/93=93 Thelema.
Olebull93 5 months ago
what a great ols song,..probably 200 years old,..love it!
mrjericho5701 6 months ago
@ThePeacefrog68 Yes it is at his Festival Camp Ground.
phippsclanva 6 months ago
If you ain't never been to Appalachia this song takes you there, enjoy!
emriederek 7 months ago
manoe mno
TheTabmiller 7 months ago
so haunting and beautiful X
Megarashido 8 months ago
only song that i know that can put chills up the devils back
bigpoppagful 8 months ago
silly ralph..its the iron cross
cybillify 8 months ago
somethin tells me he sings this every year on his birthday, and death is so humbled he grants his wish.
Jaytheredneck1 8 months ago 20
Lovely !!!!
MCpeniskopf99 8 months ago
Ralph Stanley suits this song so well. with that haunting/ chilling voice I'd make a bee-line from that old man's bedside, out through the window as quickly as i could. LOL
rockyrmt 10 months ago
Dr. Ralph Stanley, central florida loves you.
itsmeagain492 10 months ago
R.I.H. Bin Laden
(rot in hell)
MathLessonsForFree 10 months ago
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IT came as a whisper cutting short my whimper. MADE me say hello ,I just wanted IT to go. No formal introduction ,No title for IT'S function. Does IT need a reason ? Not sure but it may be teasing. I LOVE the warning it often leaves me mourning. Admire IT'S freedom ,IT'S range ,IT'S ABILITY to change. I crave air,IT let me forget ,that's not fair. I read the verses,but IT reminds me rules are for fools.
wichitarick 10 months ago
Sometimes it sits softly ,never revealing IT'S function. Then maybe a Tic a twitch ,A revelation that IT is near. IT is always angry with me,a twist ,a twirl,a clinch with a fist. Sometimes I smile ,IT has power how can I resist. Do I get to prepare, a soft bed or just a cold stare? Like a 1,000 anvils the weight, we try but the power is great. A BIG whoosh and a SLAM a reminder to beware. Angry growl,deafening howl,spit,blood, IT does not hide IT DOES NOT CARE!
wichitarick 10 months ago
amazing that hes got this good voice still at age 82! Guess singing all his life helps..
merrymumin 11 months ago
This is the BADDEST old man alive.... I only wished I could say he kicked my ass.....
LMoonz 11 months ago 7
goosebumps...
L0wRyd3r 11 months ago
Am I surviving? What can I keep? what can I take?until we meet!IT" found me again,tears are cold?blood tastes sweet,sweat is hot,Ringing is LOUD in red ,purple,BRIGHT,pain is over there for now,I push IT pulls,I pull IT BREAKS!Broken I stand when I can,I...T DOES NOT OWN ME!I smiled and turned,IT won't show itself,it just likes to BURN ,vessels rippling down my spine,Is IT today? NO,NO WAY! a pill for the chill?a shot when ITS hot?so simple it seems? but IT'S not,vague,blind IT always stays LIFE
wichitarick 11 months ago
@BowToMySkill Thumbs down if the Black Panthers brought you here.
UnBanEveryOne 11 months ago
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To explain seems senseless, but was able to "feel" the sounds the senses so ENHANCED that the waves became focused confusion. The edge is an odd place ? a date,time SURE, will say goodbye and check in no sweat and lol at "IT" But the unknown is my demon now ? losing time in lg. blocks is something we joke with UNTIL it happens.Is like having a stroke but then recovering 100's of times."IT" pushing me is why I may be acting diff. "IT" is close lol no sweat ,BUT when ? Rick
wichitarick 1 year ago
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Almost overwhelming for many we all just wait! can we see IT,I live every day in redemption but when? why the wait? when I peek over the side will IT pull me IN or or will "IT" push me OVER? "IT' hovers over moves around ,front and back, I smiled and waved "IT" slammed me to the ground, My soul smiles my gate is frozen,I lost my ticket, The more steps I take away from the gate the harder IT pushes me back, REDEMPTION IS FINE-WAITING IS HELL! Rick
wichitarick 1 year ago
YOU STAY THE HELL AWAY FROM ME YA HEAR" Thanks I awoke suddenly 2.a.m.? pain? confusion? broken? Medication SUCKS I'd rather be an addict again.breathing color,feeling in reds and yellows,taste in silver like metal hearing ,blue gray,fading, I would like to SCREAM but then others will know,burning? cold?afraid to lay down ,haunting dreams,can only smile with eyes closed,pushing,pulling, from the inside,I am pissing "IT" off,clear but numb,a fishbowl,sleep while standing? HURT? NO, LIFE Rick
wichitarick 1 year ago
This version is alot less creepy :P
tinytwin29 1 year ago
@tinytwin29
that depends on how you look at it / listen at it
MysteryHunterz 1 year ago
wow his voice is still perfect, and I absolutely love this song
mhefhef123 1 year ago
I was very Lucky in my younger days to have heard Him sing this in person. He used to pick and grin on his front porch on several occasions and we would go there and listen to him sing and watch the mason jar get passed around.
watch129 1 year ago
wont you spare me over, till another year? thank.... you...
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FanficFreak3 1 year ago
Great!
coolanddark 1 year ago
God Bless Brother Ralph.....
jakerandall123 1 year ago
doc boggs rules this song
busessuck1 1 year ago
Bill Monroe and Ralph Stanley have the two most known voices in bluegrass. An amazing song
MarsFilth 1 year ago 2
Sing it Uncle Ralph...
jakerandall123 1 year ago 2
just GREAT !!!!!!!!!
heinz31331 1 year ago
Under the strangest circumstances, I got to meet him. I had no money, so I couldn't see the show in town. However, I followed his tour bus, with the last bit of gas in my car. He welcomed me, as he was standing outside.
Dr. Stanley...to me, is the ultimate of bluegrass. He's a very friendly man. I got to shake his hand, had a small chat, and got an autograph on one of his CD's I happened to have on hand. :) It's such a wonderful feeling to meet one of your idols.
evabaker28 1 year ago 3
this song is for a man trying to fight dying n thats what it meant in the story not racism n the lord heard his soul callin n let tommy boy live another day
10damslu17 1 year ago
this song gives me cold chills up my back
bigpoppagful 1 year ago 2
GREAT !!!!!
heinz31331 1 year ago
love this song
McDougal23 1 year ago
Paul said to live is Christ & to die is gain ! Ohhhhh Death ! Nothing in the World can compare to the Kingdom Of Heaven
Laskiewic 1 year ago
wow, this video is truly gorgeous, love the sepia and the unusual angle...saw mr. stanley a few years back in prospect park in brooklyn, great show--a real artist and great performer who clearly cares about the music first
crackfarm76 1 year ago
not just a song. goes a lot deeper.
jackstrawfrmwchta 1 year ago
we all die and we are all sharing this moment in history; try and be good to people whilst you can before we are gone.
1MartinD28 1 year ago
the earth and worm both have a claim
MrPinksBane 1 year ago 2
i kinda wanna go back in time and blair this just before every human disaster takes place....
hiroshima,earthquakes,the burning of rome,...etc
mewmaster151 1 year ago 2
WoW......
That was the creepiest song that I have heard in a really long time but one of the best.
JESSCAAAALOVES 1 year ago
Rubbish . I want to kill myself lol .
jensen895 1 year ago
Freakin creepy song! I love it! Thanx for posting it!
simpsonman956 1 year ago
you don't have to believe inany relion to want more time
65windigo 1 year ago
I met Ralph 4 years ago, At Ocean Lakes in Myrtle Beach. I had shook his hand and got is autograph, it was quite and experince!!!!!
MonkeyMoNk2008 1 year ago
Unreal!! Brought a tear ta mi eye and made me hair stand on feckin' end!!!!
Emmetl43 2 years ago
i think its best to say no matter your fath, death shows up we would all like to be spared yet another year. good song
engineco88 2 years ago
Fucking mesmerising
ChewySatisfaction 2 years ago 2
Just amazing!!
He is the king!! Love the song!! Dont think someone make it better,,
Lars
garytennis 2 years ago
amazing
teehee123 2 years ago
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Danman917 2 years ago
Am i wrong to say that dock boggs did this song originally? whether he's the first or not, his version bears a listen. this is amazing though.
WoWMenace 2 years ago
creepy but cool lol
mallyRIN 2 years ago
yeah this guys is awesome. i love to listen to him and so does the rest of my family
666gunslinger 2 years ago 2
There are few artist who can make the human soul express itself like Stanley does
erh7771 2 years ago 3
WOW, ...Dr. Ralph Stanley is an incredible person.
erh7771 2 years ago 3
I agree with you and I'm an Atheist :)
MrGoodatheist 2 years ago
Let be god be with you but i will respect your religion and not hate on it
tapoutcampion111 2 years ago
I do not have a RELIGION because I am an Atheist. Christianity is a RELIGION. Atheism is lack of religion. However, I still do enjoy Ralph Stanley's music.
MrGoodatheist 2 years ago 3
@MrGoodatheist I agree. I do not believe in God but I respect those who do. There is some beautiful religious music out there, like much of the "O Brother soundtrack. Very lovely.
bitchface66 2 years ago
Very well put. Some people misunderstand my disbelief in their god. It is not that I hate their god. I just don't believe. However, some of the music such as Ralph Stanley is wonderful music in it's own right and I do not have to believe in god in order to enjoy the music.
MrGoodatheist 2 years ago
actually, atheism does not mean you dont believe in religion, it means you dont believe in deities. not the same thing.
99Sorc 1 year ago
That is an odd thing to say. Religion is the belief in a deity (for example Jesus and the RELIGION of Christianity.) Atheists have no religion.
MrGoodatheist 1 year ago
@MrGoodatheist then what would you consider buddhism as they have no belief in any diety.
Darkray16 1 year ago
I don't ever listen to this music, but you got to recognize his amazing musical talent.
jnthnbush 2 years ago 2
My favorite song and part of O'Brother Where Art Thou?
harr77 2 years ago
I'll pray for you...
cjl9s 2 years ago
granny used to sang this to us wen we wer keads used to skeer a hel oud a me.
onetrickpony420 2 years ago 58
@onetrickpony420 Its a dirge! Back home in Africa during funeral, Ive heard different version of the similar song in my native language which Im not very fluent. It always makes the intestines in my stomach chyme.
LUK0BA 1 year ago
@onetrickpony420
zachgreek 1 year ago
@onetrickpony420 huh
SiaSound 1 year ago
@onetrickpony420 BOY I TELL H'YOU WUT. I recon I know that thar feelin'. Skeer me steel. Yep.
KarawrIB619 1 year ago
@onetrickpony420 Try harder to talk country.
ShroomPapa 1 year ago 2
@onetrickpony420
WTF!?!? The pronunciation you tried to get out of your fabricated spelling is fail. Bogus!
Let me give it a shot...lol..
Granny used to sang dis here song to us when we was children. Be it that, it scared the hell out'a us. That's how I'd of heard it if my great elder's were around to tell a story like that today. No exaggerated/fabricated spelling to hear a southern voice through literature.
Goony03 1 year ago
@onetrickpony420
a shame she didn't teach you to spell.. :-(
Jespersimonsenergay 5 months ago
Oh man, this song gives me chills. I always thought it was great, then I just now looked up the lyrics and I realized it's better and scarier than I realized.
LucyStag 2 years ago 5
Sooner or later, Death comes for us all. Ralph Stanley's presentation of this song (with his singing style, his voice, & his age), really brings this sobering thought home.
MrPinksBane 2 years ago 4
Dr Stanley's haunting powerful presentation of his music is more creation than information giving us rapt audiences a hint of what is to come for all.
This man is a genius, a humanist, a lover of real life, not a believer in the god of Mammon. The sin isn't money or having money, it's the Love of Money.
MichailZacho 2 years ago
I hate when people say i love this song and I'm only 13 or 14 who cares?
Psych0babbIe 2 years ago
Good tunes is good tunes. It's a powerful, evocative song, sung by a man with an absolutely chilling voice.
Otacon144 2 years ago 36
now this is hardcore...
grasscat1977 2 years ago
He has such an amazing voice! I love this song, and I'm only 14.
blobthedie 2 years ago 2
he's me great cousin
this song iz bout carter were having a reunion this summer
LORENmarieBUBBLES 2 years ago
no-one could give as eriely as ralph.he sends chills.
1areyoulookinatme 3 years ago
great video; thank you!
sikopomp 3 years ago
I just saw him, he's great! True blugrass all the way.. It was a great concert, I took my Mom and Aunt.
nbboi1 3 years ago
this guy is great
clc2238 3 years ago