blind boys of alabama, way down in the hole

[antdogg422]

I'M JUST A NIGGA WITH A PLAN THAT ALL

[antdogg422]

WARS END!!!

[fnd909]

From 2:40 u get to be part of the band ;) great version

[insane4music]

that's the theme song for the tv series the Wire.

[muhammedar]

gonna have this as ringtone, classic.

[posey1913]

"Don't matter how many times y'all get burned... just keep doin' the same"

[pollatso]

choon.......



[GrumpiSmurf]

hands down the best version of the song

[zachcoker]

Indeed.

[Saltyoven]

This is America. We gotta let 'im play.

[JuLss86]

After listenning to this i feel like i need to rewatch the entire series...

[insomniax20]

@JuLss86 Doing that right now. Half was through S2 and an extra long weekend to finish the lot!

[JuLss86]

@insomniax20 i gotta confess, i couldn't help it either...oh how i've missed D'Angelo...enjoy!

[kubinskij1]

i just watchet the first season, Omar is the Shytttt i hope he comes back jaja

[GestapoTheCat]

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[jdmfonte]

WILL BE AND RUMOURS OF WAR, WITH BUGS UP YOUR ASS AND ALL MANNER OF ODDBALL PHENOMENA TO BAFFLE AND DISTRACT.

WHEN TIME is right Y'ALL WILL HEAR a "rumblin sound" like JC got either visited the chopshop in East Hillsborough County or a new hog and he's makin' tracks to start workin....

as I recall theJHoly Family CCD Dominican Penguinitas saying to us little cattolicas,"Woe be unto SHE with Child that day"

The hole...in New Mexico it once had 3 sides.

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[THECALVIN2]

great song ,the comments are by trash mouth fools .

[cameldos]

Good Song

[mohamedandm]

jesus s gonna stap your back

[doe090586]

fuck marlo

[maxassasin911]

Fits the wire perfectly.

[anaisamaris]

ALELUYA!!!!!

[903153]

The king stay the king.

[robinblok98]

is this f*cking gospel

[cameldos]

@robinblok98 is nice song, f*cker

[theira0]

@robinblok98 naa its techno

you fucking idiot

[TheHayclan]

oh indeed.

[acedelta]

Dope on the table?

[DietrichSpeer]

saw them performing this song in concert last night - absolutely the most amazing concert I've been to in a long time

[AnthonyLauwerends]

Keep the devil way down in the hole :D

[xangel1995]

you come at the king you best not miss!

- omar

[bboychance]

Pandamonium... P{andemonium, right here.. Get yo's hit...

[BoUrNeY2006]

the wire :D

[bahello]

what? it was for mcnulty!

[Galantski]

Weirdest thing is, Waits actually sounds blacker than they do. Go figure.

Too bad Johnny Cash didn't cover this as a straight Gospel number. I think he could have done an awesome version.

[MalNaprej]

Marlo gets to walk? As Clay would put it " Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiittt"

[mylokaf]

@MalNaprej I hated that Marlo walked....LOL

[buckshoty]

@mylokaf I'm with Bodie, yo FUCK MArlo!

[WazzNinetyThree]

when im listening this song i see tall sexy girl dancing on the table <3

[scissoroar]

he influences my music so much, reverbnation com / twelvestring

[gibbledman]

Its all in the game yo. All in the game.

[Turn2God4Hope]

Man, these guys are absolutely amazing--I love them. Praise God!

+++

Have a look at this NEW RnB song entitled--GOD IS GOOD EVEN IF

Just Enter: mark behrens (in the search field)

Thanks.

[theajroseshow]

"You know what the plural of pussy is? pussai." - Bunk

[boilingmoon]

@theajroseshow

jimmy told you that

[boilingmoon]

@theajroseshow

jimmy told you that

[boilingmoon]

@theajroseshow

jimmy told you that

[popdani]

OHHH FUCK YES! I FINALLY FOUND THE VERSION I WANTED :D

[billyBk91]

The whistle that omar little does is so terrifying lol

[hithereimdan2]

"got to. this america, man."

[firestartertwistedfi]

Hard to believe a show about some wire would be such a hit - must be something to do with this theme tune :)

[punchy001]

@firestartertwistedfi the wire ... one of my top favorites.. HBO doesnt miss... oh wait .. theres Carnivale... that sucked ass. Props to The Sopranos, The Wire, Deadwood, Rome, and OZ ;) I own them all.

[WlatPziupp]

@punchy001 Sex and the City is HBO ; )

[punchy001]

@WlatPziupp yeah but i would have to be gay to own that. a friend of mine does... and i think hes gay. ..not that theres anything wrong with that... :)

[DickieM92]

Strang! Wher da boy at?! Where's Wallace String?

[TheGravitationist]

@DickieM92

........D'Angelo shut your mouth.

[Gam3Junkie]

@DickieM92 Damn, reading that gave me chills.

The Wire <3

[CarryLarry]

omar comin, yo

[semone2222]

4ever lives wire

[kobakitty]

I like this version best

[theman2017inc]

@kobakitty SAME HERE!!! :-)

[minermike61]

I like this group but......Tom Waits wrote it and he owns it in every form. I have heard people try to remake Wait's music and some do a decent job but they ain't Tom.

That said they do a good job on this song.

[TheNung]

this is the best version of the song, anyone who disagrees is wrong

[SuperbCurmudgeon]

Very different from the Tom Waits (songwriter) version. I bet Ben Harper brought them this song.

[orzeszek1983]

It is different version then Tom Waits one...this one ..comparing to Tom Waits is more...commercial, lighter, smoother....but not better...people who said that Tom sounds off tune, that he screams...yeah they are probably right....but that song is not about some summer love !@#%..Tom Waits left piece of his soul in his adaptation...his version will leave a footprint in your ears :)...you will listen to this one probably dance to it and have a good time, then you will say: nice song. That`s all.

[Daffanka]

not as good as the Tom Waits version but still pretty good.

[gopflash]

THE WIRE .

[znabelz]

Omar dont scare.

[esalvatore111]

I listened to the original version and I have to say, this cover is WAY better! Tom Waits sounded like he was screaming rather than singing. At least THIS verison has actual singing in it.

[KraussStephen]

@esalvatore111 Oh, I thinks not, Terrel, I thinks not.

[tjbayliss]

Easily the best version of this song.

Musically it obliterates the other covers.

The Tom Waits original kinda sucks. Very Toneless.

Just my opinion.

[jessewoodsontv]

would anyone know what kind of harmonica is played around 2:30? It sounds ASSUM!

[PhoenixEdwards]

good song

[wjosefin]

11 people are blind and hit the wrong button

[mancomarzio]

@to303 i agree this is a great cover but I'm so sorry you can't appreciate the original from Tom Waits.

Tom is spending all his energies to really keep the devil down in the hole, which is not an easy task: no time to sing it nice.

Please, take some time to listen to it again from the studio recording. After you listen to it about 20 times you'll love it! lol

[gibbledman]

Its all in the game.

[MCSubliminalSol]

@gibbledman hey man, i got the shotgun, you got the briefcase

[mmabuff101]

@MCSubliminalSol all part of the game tho right???

[XBLincrement]

Even here in Stockholm, Sweden these gentlemen are appreciated , RESPECT!

[KCohere33]

I love this theme song. Im thinking of getting it from Itunes. BTW, are they really blind.

[to303]

These guys just totally outdid Tom Waits, here. This sounds like real Blues - Waits sounds like some spokesman for the National Throat Cancer and Emphysema Association.

[whitechocandy]

@to303 Completely agree.

[sklanger]

@to303 LOL.

[FlyMontag]

@to303 that's why waits is the shit.

[theblahman]

@FlyMontag no no no, u cant be more wrong, an argument is pointless when the proof is in the music

[FlyMontag]

@theblahman I'm glad I don't know you in real life. You seem like a condescending douchebag

[theblahman]

@theblahman well anyone whos got a shite video on their profile like you, and then has the lack of insight to diss Waits i wouldnt want to know, stop trolling and looking for fights

[TheLepetomane]

@to303 I like this cover better than the original, but I do not forget that thos"spokesman for the National Throat Cancer and Emphysema Association" actually wrote the fucking song. But I know, in the other hand, that asking for respect in internet is like trying to dry the sea with a napkin.

[Sykotix1]

I much prefer this one to Tom Waits's version. Fantastic vocals!

[thegov08]

This is the best version by far. Can't seem to download it though.

[brickdancer14]

@thegov08 it's on itunes - that's where i got it! Look up the Wire soundtrack. Hope that helps : )

[TwiSm69]

OH-MAHs COMINN

[fredxmertz]

I think Charlie Musselwhite (harmonica) has been kind of sucking lately.

[SIXXION]

Cool old & rocking

[Klimek53]

zajebiste :D:D

[jopk2705]

Awesome song.

is that ben harper on guitar at 1:01?

[nakabar]

This version takes the piss out of all others.

[notsnakenotocelot]

is you taking notes on a criminal fucking conspiracy?!?

[TamarZucker]

@notsnakenotocelot Rove and Wall street bought the entire country this last election Bush sited as leaving a legacy of torture re: CIA and water boarding. Despite destruction of torture videos no one indicted due to the Attorney General being part of the Bush circle. Wikileaks is a GOP domestic conspiracy; undermines Obama & State Dept. gains. So, which criminal conspiracy you talking about?

[gdhuertas07]

There you go again, givin' a fuck when it ain't your turn to give a fuck.

[starcalibre]

snot boogie?!

[onthebus17]

This is my fav version. It oozes soul.

[lukas316815]

"have to, this is america"

[YoMamaBeenLurkin]

QUALITY

[tjbayliss]

Best version by about 100 billion zillion trillion miles.

All of the other versions UTTERLY SUCK.

[MattCSwindon]

They should have done a collaboration between these legends, Waitsy, and the techno guys that did the third season. Keeping more stuff from the Blind Boys version.

Then I'd cry.

[jajaneeneeweetikniet]

THis one is better than Tom Waits'

[pritch1961]

oh my goodness!! so good!!!

[bry3921]

"how 'bout we have a little taste, come on jimmy" bunk

[YourTubeSpellChecker]

Tom Waits + The Blind Boys of Alabama + The Wire = Epic Win.

[yioming]

This is better than the original, sorry to say.

[NastyGameShow]

Hi i just added your video to my Tom Waits Covers playlist....Thanks for sharing:)

[flashingart]

if its a tv series, playing their music, hope i will soon be able to see it in switzerland, on an english station

[flashingart]

what hat this to do with "the wire" ?

[bennotben]

@flashingart its the theme tune from season 1

[abdiASSAD]

@flashingart...Go back to season 1 and you'll see

[BawbTheRevelator]

Off the chain.

[carterman8507]

the original version is by TOM WAITS

[crynsky]

Hell yeh.

[Massivecarcrash]

I like it even though I prefer Waits original, but this got it's own soul thing going.

[Reqrezentin]

THE WIRE!

[sikinder0341948]

The best version of the theme tune by a mile to a DAMN good show. Just saw the whole series from "The Target" to "-30-". Bravo!!

[abcbamz17]

was this the season 1 version for the wire? sounds like it

[lionsmane11]

tight as can be give me soul Jesus Christ ...........be be be Amin Rasta Fari InI

One One One Hu

[Viper24ful]

Awesome!!

[bopper2k9]

I agree. Exactly like Bunk.

[mwright452]

awesome!

[jhampchristopher]

i second that a masterpiece

[dandabestest]

this should have been the tune to EVERY season of the wire? yes??

[joe4645]

help me this came on for no reson and im scared

[brewskhee]

@joe4645

You must be really young

[lanceortheo]

When I listen to this amazing song,I always imagine that Bunk's singing it!

It is a voice match!!!

[erose999]

@lanceortheo I imagine Bubbles singing it. I actually thought Bubs was singing it before I found out it was the Blind Boys.

[Kwekwe]

@erose999 Me too!!! Its sounds like him doesnt it!!!

[StickieDesign]

Good cover but it just doesn't compare to Tom Waits' version. Tom is the man.

[kylethompson4]

Not even close to Tom Waits version...but good none the less. I like the harp in this version. I'd like to hear BB King do this song.

[TheKoC101]

Ya, this is my favourite version..

Shiiiiiit, are they really blind?

[edwardg2003]

I never knew Tom Waits wrote this to be honest. But of all the versions from the different seasons...this one...is by far my favorite one. I liked Tom Waits version in Season 2 and the one by the Neville Brothers in Season 3 and to be honest...Domaje's version in Season 4 wasn't bad either. But this one here is just FUNKY. Straight out...and the singer is off the chain and so are the arrangements. Actually this is how I originally became interested in the Wire in the first place...hearing this.

[BlackCBexpress]

Totally the bomb

[youtbe12561]

i love this version, its got a lot of soul. sorry tom prefer this version to yours but still love your voice :)

[MusicianPooper]

This may sound a bit odd, but I want this song to be played at my funeral.

[Riquelme1986]

the best version in my opinion

[JordiTV79]

"Man, money ain't got no owners. Only spenders"

[pengekcs]

this is one of the best songs from the blind boys... i love this song! (and yes it is better, or to put it in an other way more enjoyable to my ears than tom wait's original version)

[DharmaBum62]

Don't make me huff and puff

[sckrbt]

This is the best version

[ProtectthisHouse48]

Omar here...

[skippy7000]

Its a good song, this is a good version, but this is still a Tom Waits song

[ryanhutchings]

so good.

[dandabestest]

we all need to say it, its much better than tom waits even tho he wrote it.

[FinnKvn]

Boys of Alabama's version is great, but Tom Waits goes way down in the hole.

[hapzap13]

OOH hell yeah !!!!!!!!

[MrCaduceo]

i farted

[bdchancer]

The money Faucet!.....shhhheeeiiittt....­.pisser

[Oakles22]

That is what EYE am tall-king ah-bout!

[jiannis72]

this one is a fuckin great version

[schrome1019]

Omar comin. Omar comin.

[PurpleGiraffePG]

everyone just quote the wire

[PurpleGiraffePG]

the king stay the king

[hapzap13]

The best

[Sooftah]

"Happy now bitch?"

[snowstrobe]

This is not a better version than Tom's, for an important reason.

Whilst this may be musically funkier, it misses an important point about the song.

They sing it straight, ie. is if it is true. But the song was always intended to be tongue-in-cheek.

When you hear Tom's version you know it's meant as a joke, as it should be...

[krismon76]

@snowstrobe how do you know this? i'm no waits expert but i didn't pick that up from the original version.

[jaykillla]

I just saw the BBOA last night in Tampa FL. AN AMAZING LIVE MUSIC EXPERIENCE. If they perform anywhere near you, do yourself right and check them out.

[willthemighty]

And what is your occupation?

Occupation?

What exactly do you do for a living, Mr. Little?

I rip and run.

You...

I robs drug dealers.

And exactly how long has this been your occupation, Mr. Little?

Well, I don't know exactly. I venture to say maybe 'bout eight or nine years.

Mr. Little, how does a man rob drug dealers for eight or nine years and live to tell about it?

Day at a time, I suppose.

[biggmick1]

@willthemighty  Also smarter,cleverer,wiser........­...not a dumb fucking dealer, na wat I mean!

[captainbadd]

@willthemighty Oh indeed.

[TamarZucker]

@willthemighty Where is that from? I think I know your "Mr. Lttle". Goes by another name of course.

[xneapolisx]

@TamarZucker

He goes by the name OMAR...or Mr. OMAR... one of THE greatest characters ever to appear on a TV show.

By the way, he was wearing the funkiest tie in the court house scene where the above dialogue is excerpted from. Man I miss The Wire...what a farkin' show!!! ;-)

[edwardg2003]

@willthemighty Classic shyt wasn't it? ROFLMAO!!!



[ISMAIL187]

@willthemighty haha Omar XD.. he mght of been gay but he was the best character, the whistle long coat sawed off and everyone runnin shoutin "OMARS COMIN" haha

[KernelLinux1979]

@willthemighty Omar is the man.

[chiachhu]

omg ! ive been searching for this version!!! this is the song that plays in the beginnish of "the wire" amazing!

[tjbayliss]

I don't pay much attention the lyrics seeing as they are fiction :p

But the tune and the vocals are awesome.

[aoneill999]

"if you walk with Jesus

he's gonna save your soul

well you don't have to worry

if you hold on to Jesus hand

we'll all be safe from Satan

when the thunder rolls

just gotta keep the devil

way down in the hole!"

WHAT A MESSAGE!! Awesome!