@ashburnhouse I think real music is there, there's still people who loves music and creates beautiful pieces of art, like RJ did. The problem is that we can't listen to them, because other people who doesn't deserve being famous destroys our ears. And blues isn't dead, blues never gonna die, as other beautiful music genres will never dissapear. Music lives in our souls :D
Just what the fuck no one wants to hear - Robert Johnson cleaned and frequencies cancelled. There is recording of the real deal that sounds peerless in vinyl.
The thing no-one seems to be connecting to is that different drugs have specific effects on the music ability. Narcotics especially can induce the "blues state." I was using oxy-contin for my back for a while. Singing the blues driving home. ..And not in a White, straight-man's voice, neither. ..Oxy-Contin btw, is called "The poor man's heroin." ..but that's what the police call it. ..Heroin is about 40x stronger, in dosage/ till addiction.
@davieVmonster Heroin is about 2x as strong as morphine, while oxycodone is about 60-80x stronger. OxyContin is a brand name for the time-release formulation of the drug. It was first synthesized from thebaine (a minor constituent of opium) by two German chemists, Freund and Speyer, in 1916. Structurally, it resembles morphine and codeine. Although clinical trials began in 1917, it didn't reach the US market until 1939. (I used to be a pharmaceutical research chemist.)
@duvee // ..I have to disagree, having taken them all. I judge by how fast the "narcotic reaction" occurs. The one which "pulls you into sleep" when you're not even on it. You go through a change, and this happens.
..No time for the details, but trust me. Marijuana is also a narcotic, although most people don't believe it. I experiment with mixes of it with different things. Gotten the "Robert Johnson Reaction" for an evening, a few times. ..Other ones too, like being an artist..!
@davieVmonster The numbers I quoted weren't intended to take the individual user's subjective experience of any drug into account. As far as I know, there is no firm consensus on the relative strengths of analgesics, from aspirin to marijuana. I prefer marijuana, but it's illegal in Tennessee. I got busted for growing it, so now I take OxyContin for chronic pain. It's a bitch, because I have to withdraw every month due to some nasty side effects, the least of which is addiction.
@louiseduvee // Well yes, after three weeks the oxycontin thing changes completely. That's when it gets addictive, around that time. When you start to go into a blue-lighted sleep as you Start to lay down, not when your actually in bed.! So, a good dose of heroin, well, it's about to get you to the same point the Next Day..!! .So I'm talking Addictive power, not analgesic power. ..Good luck, get the right Hands on you..!!
@davieVmonster I've been seeing a neurosurgeon and my internist for 20 years, and we've tried everything. This works for me. Thanks for the comment about 3 weeks! I agree. LOL What are we doing to this site??? I promise now to shut UP:)
@djangolad - I'm so glad, I'm so glad that somebody is paying attention, with a nickname like yours, it is no surprise. You are exactly right, sir. I have experienced firsthand, at least several hundred times, the challenge of singing and playing at the same time. I am not a "natural" like Sting at doing that, so I do some very interesting and weird phrasing on vocal and guitar in that struggle. I've never heard anybody put it as eloquently as yourself. A "cool limp", indeed.
Do you listen to yourselves? The devil.. Someone's having too much Sunday school. Couldn't he have been just naturally talented? Oh no, a black man!! That's the devil's work. Many people today see it as a "cool legend", but to me it was the 1930s white man's explanation of how this black man could play and sing like this. And what better tool than religion, the most effective justification for the worst episodes in history. Let the poor man rest in peace and just listen.
@gmhmilenio I know, it's disgusting, wouldn't have said it if it was a white guy. Though I think the legend is that he got his talent overnight which is what roused suspicion and lead them to believe it was from a deal with the cross roads demon.
@gmhmilenio No, actually it was the black folks in the Delta who came up with the story about RobertJohnson making a pact with the devil. Johnson had been a terrible guitar player, as noted by Son House and Johnny Shines, but drifted off for a few weeks, and came back playing the guitar better than anybody ever heard. The local black folk, who thought any kind of blues music came from the devil, passed that rumor around. In fact, Johnson had gone to study guitar with a man he had just met.
This Robert Johnson dude has the vintage look & sound down pat! He’s obviously extensively studied the old blues guys from the 20’s & 30’s. I’ve never heard of him before, probably because he needs to get better management & public relations. Like, where’s the magazine & TV interviews, & live performance clips? He could be big. But I bet he listens to rap when he’s by himself at home.
@gmhmilenio sorry dude, but the first folks to offer that idea were the blacks that RJ associated with. They were very superstitious and RJ himself played up the Devil thing to great effect. But yes the "white man" also sold that story decades later too. The idea of musicians selling their souls in general, goes back hundreds of years. I think RJ just practiced really hard and had someone helping him. Amazing how good you can get when you hardly have any other choice but to work in the fields
@swanski100 The rumor was around for both. Tommy Johnson had the first known legend associated with guitar that I know of. However, Africans had legends of selling souls to the devil dating hundreds of years in time.
I don't know what all this fuss is about him selling his soul to the devil is about. He DID sell his soul to the devil in exchange for gaining his mastery of the guitar. This is documented in the 80s movie "Crossroads" starring the actor from Karate Kid fame, I forget his name. Robert Johnson also practiced in a cemetery at night. All this TRUE people. Believe it!
My theory for the reason he was so remarkable was that he couldn't play and sing at the same time which made his rhythm unique as he had to improvise it to fit around his singing because he lost the timing between fills and vocals.
It is impossible to emulate without sounding like a fool.
Kids who all commented below, Robert Johnson did not actually sell his soul to the devil. Son House told a bunch of white people that in the east, and at the time they were so mystified by these great negro delta bluesmen that they actually believed him. House himself didn't start playing until his twennys.
And Johnson was educated including in music so he definitely had an easier learning curve on the guitar.
@drewwiner It is indeed a sad state of affairs when you need to point out to people that somebody did not sell their soul to the devil, as if such a thing were possible.
Actually he disappeared for six months which is a long time to spend with a guitar. Depending on how badly he sucked at the beginning of that six months would determine if he could reach his new skillset.
@slyx94 A lot of people claim so. Nobodys is really sure. All they know is that he really sucked, then he disappeared for a couple to a few months, came back and just blew everybody away. Thing is, most legends are based on fact.
@slyx94 well only 2 people really know the answer. the devil and robert johnson, and its going to be hard to ask them. so maybe you should go out to the middle of a deserted crossroads with a guitar and at the stroke of midnight maybe a big black man will come up and tune it, and you'll become a legend.
@slyx94 pretty sure it is. i watched a fairly long documentary on the subject, they interviewed a few old delta blues men and they all agreed that he sold his soul to the devil.
This song is in supernatural saying that this man sumond the devil seling himself just 2 become the best blues musician in the world :S and 2 do that he stood in the middle of the 'cross road ' dont know if it's true but if it is then he was one freeky man
@megzi55 I watch the show as well and have had some superstitions about Robert Johnson and this alleged crossroads deal. Is is true, or was it just an interest of his.
@Pentagonshark666 I disagree, their music would not have reached your ears if Elvis Presley didn't start the rock revolution. It would have died with them. I also disagree with music being mostly crap today. If you actually listen past the mainstream barrier, you will find a world of excellent music (more popular than they were too)
and possibly the best guitarist ever...as Eric Clapton said " I can't play everything like Robert Johson could, and I don't know of anyone else who could, either"....imagine what RJ could do with modern technology, this song was recorded in 1937
number 1 elvis was a theaf of the the blues, # 2in my opinon robert johnson did not seem to be the type to care about that. along side women wisky and enough to live on he just wanted to sing and play the blues........
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unfortunately, he was black so he is underrated .If he was WHITE, whites would have him to the top of the world like Elvis or beatles! fcktards! Sorry, humanity is dead!( let there be all whites! they will be happy then!)
would this be considered a ballad? i have an audition and i need a good jazz or american standard ballad. HELP!!! I want something simple but creative. something i can improvise alot if i practice. I like johnson... RIP.
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Big2904 1 month ago
@CecilTheSeaMonster Robert Johnson is dead. He was a blues musician in the 20's and 30's he died at 27.
RawrItsRobert14 1 month ago
supernatural series lead me here =o] he sell his soul at the crossroad
JeromeLeong 2 months ago
I love this song. It's amazing :) they don't make the blues like this anymore...such a talent!
1503megatron 3 months ago
@gmhmilenio it's just a tale. why are you so upset? after all, he wrote the crossroad blues, hellhound on my trail...
ItaliaRebuzzi 4 months ago
yes I hear you :) QC
Quaaludedude714 4 months ago
Good Lord this is a Great Song ! I love the picking also !
3073020 4 months ago
this is the best music there is! if you love raw blues you might like Rat Stomp :)
youtube.com/user/ratstompmusic
Our song Reckless Woman and Searching the Forest have a Delta blues style with slide guitar and fingerpicking
ratstompmusic 5 months ago
Im 14 months old and i love Robert Johnson and REAL MUSIC!
BigDaddyDJD 5 months ago 4
This was the first song of Robert Johnson's I listened to, and I have to say, it's griped me from there.
tony1234872 6 months ago
@tony1234872 same.
BigDaddyDJD 5 months ago
I think the blues will never be repeated. Am I alone? Am I wrong? I just don't believe a word contemporary musicians sing.
ashburnhouse 6 months ago
@ashburnhouse I think real music is there, there's still people who loves music and creates beautiful pieces of art, like RJ did. The problem is that we can't listen to them, because other people who doesn't deserve being famous destroys our ears. And blues isn't dead, blues never gonna die, as other beautiful music genres will never dissapear. Music lives in our souls :D
Sorry, my english is crappy XD
Lanakikuta 6 months ago
which albumn is this version on?
ELITESrBAMOFOS945 6 months ago
check out Paul J. Miles doing this in 2010
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cawilmore 7 months ago
A man..a myth..The Legend...
tassiskahn 7 months ago
Just what the fuck no one wants to hear - Robert Johnson cleaned and frequencies cancelled. There is recording of the real deal that sounds peerless in vinyl.
yrwrstnghtmr 7 months ago
le papa d'eric
mamarcorde 8 months ago
u stupit
bubbatvbitch 8 months ago
So, did Clapton steal this from Robert Johnson? Please answer
sgrundberg62 8 months ago
@sgrundberg62 No he just covered it
Jambo363636 8 months ago
@sgrundberg62 clapton wasn't even born yet, so i guess yeah.
burningsponge 8 months ago
@sgrundberg62 clapton wasn't even born yet, so i guess yeah. but he was inspired by robert johnson so i guess it's a cover.
burningsponge 8 months ago
Under Rated, but has never faded.
GuitarMaster6567 8 months ago
The thing no-one seems to be connecting to is that different drugs have specific effects on the music ability. Narcotics especially can induce the "blues state." I was using oxy-contin for my back for a while. Singing the blues driving home. ..And not in a White, straight-man's voice, neither. ..Oxy-Contin btw, is called "The poor man's heroin." ..but that's what the police call it. ..Heroin is about 40x stronger, in dosage/ till addiction.
davieVmonster 9 months ago
@davieVmonster Heroin is about 2x as strong as morphine, while oxycodone is about 60-80x stronger. OxyContin is a brand name for the time-release formulation of the drug. It was first synthesized from thebaine (a minor constituent of opium) by two German chemists, Freund and Speyer, in 1916. Structurally, it resembles morphine and codeine. Although clinical trials began in 1917, it didn't reach the US market until 1939. (I used to be a pharmaceutical research chemist.)
louiseduvee 9 months ago
@duvee // ..I have to disagree, having taken them all. I judge by how fast the "narcotic reaction" occurs. The one which "pulls you into sleep" when you're not even on it. You go through a change, and this happens.
..No time for the details, but trust me. Marijuana is also a narcotic, although most people don't believe it. I experiment with mixes of it with different things. Gotten the "Robert Johnson Reaction" for an evening, a few times. ..Other ones too, like being an artist..!
davieVmonster 8 months ago
@davieVmonster The numbers I quoted weren't intended to take the individual user's subjective experience of any drug into account. As far as I know, there is no firm consensus on the relative strengths of analgesics, from aspirin to marijuana. I prefer marijuana, but it's illegal in Tennessee. I got busted for growing it, so now I take OxyContin for chronic pain. It's a bitch, because I have to withdraw every month due to some nasty side effects, the least of which is addiction.
louiseduvee 8 months ago
@louiseduvee // Well yes, after three weeks the oxycontin thing changes completely. That's when it gets addictive, around that time. When you start to go into a blue-lighted sleep as you Start to lay down, not when your actually in bed.! So, a good dose of heroin, well, it's about to get you to the same point the Next Day..!! .So I'm talking Addictive power, not analgesic power. ..Good luck, get the right Hands on you..!!
davieVmonster 8 months ago
@davieVmonster I've been seeing a neurosurgeon and my internist for 20 years, and we've tried everything. This works for me. Thanks for the comment about 3 weeks! I agree. LOL What are we doing to this site??? I promise now to shut UP:)
louiseduvee 8 months ago
Did he play with his back to the audience so they could not see the chord positions of his hands, i read that somewhere..
fiddlnbanjo 9 months ago
Recorded here in San Antonio in room 414 of the Gunter Hotel.
johnnysanantonio 9 months ago
Inb4 same fags...
Nvm too late
oballer 10 months ago
this masterpiece of music introduced me to the blues. I was 12.
buddaski 11 months ago
@djangolad - I'm so glad, I'm so glad that somebody is paying attention, with a nickname like yours, it is no surprise. You are exactly right, sir. I have experienced firsthand, at least several hundred times, the challenge of singing and playing at the same time. I am not a "natural" like Sting at doing that, so I do some very interesting and weird phrasing on vocal and guitar in that struggle. I've never heard anybody put it as eloquently as yourself. A "cool limp", indeed.
bamboosa 11 months ago
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Haha could you imagine pullin up next to a car full of black dudes bumpin this shit intead of rap...my hoe times have changed for the black folk
morrycrow 1 year ago
Do you listen to yourselves? The devil.. Someone's having too much Sunday school. Couldn't he have been just naturally talented? Oh no, a black man!! That's the devil's work. Many people today see it as a "cool legend", but to me it was the 1930s white man's explanation of how this black man could play and sing like this. And what better tool than religion, the most effective justification for the worst episodes in history. Let the poor man rest in peace and just listen.
gmhmilenio 1 year ago 27
@gmhmilenio Well said my friend, bestow the knowledge to the dumb
jjlb333 11 months ago
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@gmhmilenio I know, it's disgusting, wouldn't have said it if it was a white guy. Though I think the legend is that he got his talent overnight which is what roused suspicion and lead them to believe it was from a deal with the cross roads demon.
AlgrimBlack 8 months ago
@gmhmilenio No, actually it was the black folks in the Delta who came up with the story about RobertJohnson making a pact with the devil. Johnson had been a terrible guitar player, as noted by Son House and Johnny Shines, but drifted off for a few weeks, and came back playing the guitar better than anybody ever heard. The local black folk, who thought any kind of blues music came from the devil, passed that rumor around. In fact, Johnson had gone to study guitar with a man he had just met.
southwriter 3 months ago 13
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This Robert Johnson dude has the vintage look & sound down pat! He’s obviously extensively studied the old blues guys from the 20’s & 30’s. I’ve never heard of him before, probably because he needs to get better management & public relations. Like, where’s the magazine & TV interviews, & live performance clips? He could be big. But I bet he listens to rap when he’s by himself at home.
CecilTheSeaMonster 2 months ago
@gmhmilenio BULLSHIT!!!!!
CaptainTripps2010 3 months ago
@gmhmilenio the white man didnt create that legend....
RcUniverseGuy 2 months ago
@gmhmilenio sorry dude, but the first folks to offer that idea were the blacks that RJ associated with. They were very superstitious and RJ himself played up the Devil thing to great effect. But yes the "white man" also sold that story decades later too. The idea of musicians selling their souls in general, goes back hundreds of years. I think RJ just practiced really hard and had someone helping him. Amazing how good you can get when you hardly have any other choice but to work in the fields
suchness9 1 month ago
@gmhmilenio you have no idea what you're talking about lol
throbulator427 1 week ago
@gmhmilenio You have no idea about the history of Robert Johnson, do you?
wick2107 1 week ago
it was tommy johnson who sold his soul, not robert
swanski100 1 year ago
@swanski100
tommy johnson is a fictional character
lightlynoise 1 year ago
@lightlynoise I'm not saying your wrong but I'm asking how? He as songs you know.
GuitarMaster6567 9 months ago
@lightlynoise Tommy Johnson from Oh Brother, Where Art Thou is based on the real historical person Tommy Johnson of the 1900's
wick2107 1 week ago
@swanski100
no possible way to know that, it doesnt really matter, its just a ledgend
skw1zz 9 months ago
@swanski100 The rumor was around for both. Tommy Johnson had the first known legend associated with guitar that I know of. However, Africans had legends of selling souls to the devil dating hundreds of years in time.
wick2107 1 week ago
I love blues it´s the gratest music of all time! <3
threeonethird313able 1 year ago
I don't know what all this fuss is about him selling his soul to the devil is about. He DID sell his soul to the devil in exchange for gaining his mastery of the guitar. This is documented in the 80s movie "Crossroads" starring the actor from Karate Kid fame, I forget his name. Robert Johnson also practiced in a cemetery at night. All this TRUE people. Believe it!
jrfuent 1 year ago
My theory for the reason he was so remarkable was that he couldn't play and sing at the same time which made his rhythm unique as he had to improvise it to fit around his singing because he lost the timing between fills and vocals.
It is impossible to emulate without sounding like a fool.
It's like trying to copy a cool limp.
djangolad 1 year ago
King of the blues, grandfather of blues based rock and roll, and quite possibly the greatest guitarist of all
ITILII 1 year ago 2
great song.
MrZekram1 1 year ago
Kids who all commented below, Robert Johnson did not actually sell his soul to the devil. Son House told a bunch of white people that in the east, and at the time they were so mystified by these great negro delta bluesmen that they actually believed him. House himself didn't start playing until his twennys.
And Johnson was educated including in music so he definitely had an easier learning curve on the guitar.
drewwiner 1 year ago
@drewwiner It is indeed a sad state of affairs when you need to point out to people that somebody did not sell their soul to the devil, as if such a thing were possible.
rothery86 1 year ago
@rothery86 you never know til he comes and makes the offer to you.
Twistid 1 year ago
Actually he disappeared for six months which is a long time to spend with a guitar. Depending on how badly he sucked at the beginning of that six months would determine if he could reach his new skillset.
navillushore179 1 year ago
Love this nigger!
his music haunts me...
EyeTalkShit69 1 year ago
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GuerriIlaWarfare 1 year ago
My favourite song.
louiseduvee 1 year ago
I'd sell my soul anytime to play like this
guess not every soul is worth buying.
waltzingpeter 1 year ago 2
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karnotdenid 1 year ago
if you thumbs down this go to hell
karnotdenid 1 year ago 3
nothing like the blues, to get the heart pumping in the morning
perthskates 1 year ago
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ia it true about the deal he made ?
MaiNeim2 1 year ago
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is it true about the legend deal he made?
MaiNeim2 1 year ago
Resting in the Blues
wombastic88 1 year ago
is it true about the legend deal he made?
slyx94 1 year ago
@slyx94 A lot of people claim so. Nobodys is really sure. All they know is that he really sucked, then he disappeared for a couple to a few months, came back and just blew everybody away. Thing is, most legends are based on fact.
MartinLuther444 1 year ago
@slyx94 well only 2 people really know the answer. the devil and robert johnson, and its going to be hard to ask them. so maybe you should go out to the middle of a deserted crossroads with a guitar and at the stroke of midnight maybe a big black man will come up and tune it, and you'll become a legend.
LOKITUPISBACK 1 year ago
@LOKITUPISBACK do round-about counts? lol.. at my place, there's hardly some crossroads..
slyx94 1 year ago
@slyx94 pretty sure it is. i watched a fairly long documentary on the subject, they interviewed a few old delta blues men and they all agreed that he sold his soul to the devil.
jedimind24 1 year ago
great great stuff, heart of the USA for me
BeverlyHills666 2 years ago 6
so many musicians started with lovin the blues not just elvis, how bout rod stewart, stones, elviscostello, we can go on on &on....
lalaboopable 2 years ago
This is my life! Saaatana seuraa mua! Vittu
elvisaron1 2 years ago
This song is in supernatural saying that this man sumond the devil seling himself just 2 become the best blues musician in the world :S and 2 do that he stood in the middle of the 'cross road ' dont know if it's true but if it is then he was one freeky man
megzi55 2 years ago
@megzi55 I watch the show as well and have had some superstitions about Robert Johnson and this alleged crossroads deal. Is is true, or was it just an interest of his.
Fyrenice96 1 year ago
Robert Johnson is underrated
yes,but not because he was
black.Hank Williams is too
underrated he was white.nevermind
black or white.a lot of our days
stars black.but our music "killed them"
(killed their fame)and our days music
is mostly crap.
Pentagonshark666 2 years ago 3
@Pentagonshark666 I disagree, their music would not have reached your ears if Elvis Presley didn't start the rock revolution. It would have died with them. I also disagree with music being mostly crap today. If you actually listen past the mainstream barrier, you will find a world of excellent music (more popular than they were too)
wick2107 1 week ago
great song, I wish I could listen to the live version.
old and sweet melody!
marooned1985 2 years ago 2
Excellent bio Slowtubbi, fyi this was recorded in San Antonio, Texas
kiltedrebel 2 years ago
the grandfather of rock
MrPogo205 2 years ago 3
and possibly the best guitarist ever...as Eric Clapton said " I can't play everything like Robert Johson could, and I don't know of anyone else who could, either"....imagine what RJ could do with modern technology, this song was recorded in 1937
ITILII 2 years ago 2
@ITILII
Thank the lord he didn't have modern technology. It's perfect the way it was. Perfect.
danzig2288 1 year ago 3
number 1 elvis was a theaf of the the blues, # 2in my opinon robert johnson did not seem to be the type to care about that. along side women wisky and enough to live on he just wanted to sing and play the blues........
fattcock1 2 years ago
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I am so glad because whites didnt invent blues/jazz/rap/hip hops! Alleluiah!!
shobyms 2 years ago
agree with rap, sometimes is annoying; but blues is SACRED.
BB King ftw! XD
Arthurein 2 years ago
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unfortunately, he was black so he is underrated .If he was WHITE, whites would have him to the top of the world like Elvis or beatles! fcktards! Sorry, humanity is dead!( let there be all whites! they will be happy then!)
shobyms 2 years ago
your an idiot the biggest stars today are 50% black at least
DarkGhost678 2 years ago
would this be considered a ballad? i have an audition and i need a good jazz or american standard ballad. HELP!!! I want something simple but creative. something i can improvise alot if i practice. I like johnson... RIP.
mppuzzo 2 years ago
its the greatest achievement of music ever, this song is the most incredible song i have ever heard, its untouchable.
inikokir 2 years ago 27
pbeller, what school u studying rock in buddy
remedy1111 3 years ago
I'm taking a history of rock class and I learned where he played this song:
Recorded on November 27, 1936 in the Gunter Hotel in San Antonio
pbeller 3 years ago 4
based on that information, im guessing you live somewhere in California, Us. i think we took the same teacher
ChangFromUS 3 years ago
History of Rock?
I would shoot my foot off to go to your school mate!
Scudsy101 2 years ago
blues is the root for any music style. You'd better go to school and take some musician lessons. Coward.
rockmusic12345 2 years ago
...i know that already...
Can i ask,what exactly did i say that made you call me a coward?? :P
Scudsy101 2 years ago
Omg! I take History of Rock too! I'm studying this and other songs for a listening quiz, lol. ^^
Parchipexx 2 years ago
RJ is the man..greatest blues man ever, and the foundation of rock and roll
ITILII 3 years ago 4
Yo so classic it's eerie
NATHANEIL01 3 years ago 24