James Carr - At the dark end of the street

[jnf1222]

4 people don't have anyone to meet at the dark end of the street

[zuletadic]

... dobri duh ...

[HJMSCHOLTEN]

@ "im glad im black" i'm glad that i'm midnight blue or... whatever. I am free of color it gives pleasure to expressing yourself. Soul! Thanks James Carr for expressing who you are and what you feel! That makes a person.

[tashads]

Wow..I've been listening to the Percy Sledge version all this time on my Ipod...this version is amazing! Now I'm confused...I don't know which one I love more.

[MaoriAbroad]

Man im only twenty an i can agree dat this is real music

[kermitcintronsucks]

STFU! Go kill yourself. Nobody likes you!

[frontrow11]

4 dislikes= 4 people with no taste!

[kretu23]

timeless and this is the best version, at least for me. this is the one of those songs that burn your brain until they leave a mark on it

[judebaileylivexx12]

Sweet Jesus what a shame James didnt have the career he truely was deserving of. Best singer I have herd. His vocals have a fantastic pain and soul. Makes me wish I was around in the 60s. Im adding some of his songs to my live set to keep it alive. Something about mississippi soul, man I love this guy.

[meinLiebsterFeind]

Who is singing backup on this?

[thranktwaddler]

cant

[thranktwaddler]

I dont decide which version i like more this or percy sledge . whats your vote?

[toughbail456]

@thranktwaddler this one, definitely. Percy is good, but he can't get the melody quite right.

[guydeguy]

@bronxchica: I'm glad you're proud too. Just FYI- Dan Penn wrote this (not black) AND if you can get to hear him sing it you'll be amazed. He gets pretty close to James' version. Check it out.

[dollys84]

such a heartfelt....heart wrenching song..sang with the heart and soul of a miilion angels!

[bloodyskunkbones]

THIS SONG IS GREAT

[Valerie21Varghese]

I love this song!!!!!!!

[bronxchica777]

im glad im black

[1tazziolim]

@bronxchica777 dont need to be black to enjoy good music, but it's always good to be proud of your roots

[bronxchica777]

@1tazziolim I didn't mean that in a negative way. Black artists went through alot back then to play in white clubs. They had to come through the back doors, they had to use restrooms down the street from the clubs they played in, etc. I meant it in a proud way. We did what we had to do for the love of music regardless of the disrespect we had to put up with.

[bronxchica777]

@1tazziolim I NEVER SAID YOU HAD TO BE BLACK TO ENJOY GOOD MUSIC

[kermitcintronsucks]

But you got to be black to sing the blues. What do a bunch of white guys got to be blue about? You're white! be happy!

[JosephO75]

@kermitcintronsucks because we are all slaves as long as our nation is in debt. so you, good sir, said something VERY ignorant.

[kermitcintronsucks]

You just proved my point. If you're white you got no BUSINESS singing the blues. What the hell do you got to be blue about? You will never know what it's like to be a black man so don't even pretend like you do! btw I'm white saying this!

[robinmark64]

Thanks for the info! Everyone should know. What a classic.

[Isahiyella]

Underrated artist. Fantastic soul man. RIP Mr Carr

[clarabassen123]

this song is very good!

-i can hear it all the time, i'm feelin' bigger than i am..<3

-( danish here ) I'M OUT :)!

[SingDude]

It was recorded in Memphis with all the great Memphis players of the time (1966). Written by Dan Penn and Chips Moman.

[robinmark64]

Would have liked info with the song-vid on the studio where it was recorded. Producer. It needs to be with the video.

[robinmark64]

The deepest Deep Soul.

[MsJhauser]

joke mooiste nummer

[BluesInMySoul]

He sounds like Joe Simon on this one! WoW!

[dukikobra]

Dianna 

[parvezjakson]

Amazingly Beautiful Music!!

[parvezjakson]

james carr is probably the Greatest soul singer Ever!!

[TheBoatSwe]

The voice.

[baddbuoy1]

One of the classics from Randy's Record Mart on WLAC out of Gallatin Tenn. yea it was a long time ago but man was the music so important and the songs fade into my memory----Thad

[MrCavone]

Prince Buster's version is fantastic too!

[alexsuchapimp]

what have you done to him, Combo?!

[BluesmanErick]

best sung....and Dan Penn's version....(the writer)

[LifecoachSandra]

OMG, I love, love, love this song, the words, the best!!!!! Thank-you for putting it here, I have also bought my own CD or it, too!

[Isahiyella]

Up had

[Isahiyella]

Beautiful song, terrific singer.

[sm0ka352]

Cant i just hold her for one more hour...god i love you

[Rotjoch2010]

awesome!!!



[kimsueh]

I PLAY THIS SONG EVERDAY

[RocknRollDina]

@kimsueh gosh me too!

[Sunshine2093]

This brings back soooo many memories. Happy and sad!

[usermntooo]

I had only heard this song sung by Percy Sledge but I like this version better.

[Dickneeds]

Greatest soul song of all time. Covered by many but this is the best. 

[campocaster]

Many people cover this but this is STILL the definitive version... I sing this one in my set all the time because its a more 'obscure' classic soul song...but I guess more people know it than I thought! ....Now go checkout Joe Tex - 'The Love you Save'..haha

[vladamih]

@campocaster I beg to differ.As brilliant as it is I think that The Flying Burrito Brothers' rendition is the definitive one.But it's only a matter of personal preferences, I enjoy both

[jfastnyc]

Honestly mate, you look sterling.

[thomasgel]

Muito bom!



[xxTeeTee2xx]

We Been there and done this....:-) A&S.....WOW

[JJayFin]

There's not a soul singer, past or present, who can top this guy ... or this song, for that matter. He is the quintessential soul singer and this is the quintessential soul song.

[LifecoachSandra]

Love, Love, love this and ALL of James Carr--this is my second favorite, second only to "When a Man Loves a Woman!" It is So tragic that James Carr is no longer with us, but at least we have his voice recorded & him filmed, singing! Wonderful--thank-you for posting this!!!!!!!

[mrstanbmw]

James have the definitive version of this song, In my opinion he is the greatest of all soul singers

[BlueEyedSoulBrotha]

I dont know who did this song first but he does it the best

[Caligula138]

Serious stuff

[MsSkaam]

James Carr - " Considered, one of the most beautiful voice of black American music of the 60s " I love old music!! <3 even if my friends don't understand that --'

[tarynanhao]

3 dislikes????

[saintoccasionally]

@tarynanhao I know. Ridiculous.

[brenvallier]

How can people be racist? I just don't understand a culture that can accept the fact that this man could be any less human than any of us. His voice and messages are amazing! I'd have gladly taken a bullet for this great human being.

[MrGraziano22]

wonderful

[MrBlues1942]

This and Otis Redding and songs like "If Loving You Is Wrong"... it don't get no better.

Rap? well it happened when they took music out of the public schools.

In that vacuum came a dialectic of discord, Everybody talkin' ain't nobody listening.

[Acousticsoul215]

This is so powerful and beautiful. All of this greatness and I have to sit through Little Wayne...life has a fantastic sense of humor.

[venonoma]

Sublime...

for all our lost loves

[salesman38]

he just have a fastastic voice, just close your eyes and listen to this song

[Ticia77]

I love this song. Especially the Roy Hamilton version! This is a great one too.

[girlfromthenc]

I love this version. He has the same type of voice as Clarence Carter that works.....a voice that portrays emotion better!

[snoopatomicdog]

A Chocolate Bassline! Combo, my dancing buddy!

[kimsueh]

love love love this mans voice and this song

[mrstanbmw]

@kimsueh in my humble opinion I think James is the greatest Soul Singer ever.

[belbala2]

WTH!! the only thing i can blame to this... IT's TOO FUCKING GOOD TO BE THAT SHORT!!

Sex, soul & Rock n`Roll! (it rhymes xD)

[iamthered1]

BRILIANT song and what an amazing voice the late JAMES CARR had

[jeffwhite7a]

just a lil soul makes a world full of soul

[ilovekelly75]

I think this is beautiful, but can anyone tell me what this song is about?

[DaDaLuv80]

@ilovekelly75 He's having an affair.

[ilovekelly75]

@DaDaLuv80 That makes sense. Thanks.

[feabas1]

@ilovekelly75 Failure to pay the electric bill......

[brojam83]

@ilovekelly75 yep an affair...just really listen, and if u ever had an affair its alot easier to catch.

[xirisx86]

This is by far the best version of this song shivers down my spine every time Mr James Carr true soul and his voice to me is what music and how it should make you feel is about .

[RicTic66]

Every month or two I find myself playing this at least half a dozen times in a row.

I'ts been like that for the longest time.

Stuff like this has been and will be a constant in this UK soul boys life .

KTF

[peasblossom1973]

@RicTic66

Right on, "Soul Boy"!! ;)

[parvezjakson]

he was so Awesome ..luv james and all his classics ..brings a Tear in my eye

[heartbr0kenkid]

i honestly never ever get tires of dis song

[mrtobi7]

WTF?! did somebody thumbed down to something this golden??? :O

[52Mrchuckie]

@mrtobi7 A month later and there's another thumb down. WTF is wrong wit people?

[GulDukat479]

great version

[CharliesBrokenTv]

We shall overcome

[liv3rp00lb01]

this is england :D x

[socalveteran73]

Very good.

[CARBRINE]

Combo obviously disliked this song.

[kimario81]

Heard this in This is England! Powerful movie and song

[gsavage115]

@kimario81 Yeah, because in was in the Commitments. gsavage115

[pre1947]

This man was so good. I still collect all of his songs. This was one of my favorites along with A MAN NEEDS A WOMAN.

[raphaky]

Classic is always classic!

I love this music!

[jacobmwitul]

this original is the best

[pmfzero]

The original recording of this classic, and still the best...

[salesman38]

This is a fantastic song, love it.

[bimbum84]

stupenda....

[TheDAT573]

Who is the person singing with James Carr?

[amusia111]

@TheDAT573

I heard it's the Anita Kerr Singers, so it's one of them. Maybe you could find out who was in them back in 67. She sure is great, eh?

[alecz420420]

@TheDAT573 Its Dan Penn, the guy who wrote the song, singing back up, not sure who the females are.

[thediscounts]

Such a poignant song, strange how it makes me sympathize with the cheater

[Kilnahard]

just a fabulous song

[LeeRoy5804]

I only wish for 20million more views.

[tublogments]

I read that Dan Penn (writer) prefers James Carr's version and will not listen to anyone else's. But I came to know this song in the '70's on the Linda Ronstadt "Heart Like a Wheel" album. Linda wails on it.

[retrolove87]

GOOD MUSIC LIKE THIS ONLY GETS BETTER WITH TIME

[shackbhoy]

James Carr and O.V. Wright were the greatest soul singers that ever lived ....you better believe it . They peed all over what gets passed as "singing" these days . I don't care if no-one believes me cos i've got all their recordings , mwahahaha !!!

[kawaiirintaro]

@shackbhoy

Please don't forget Spence Wiggins !

[shackbhoy]

@kawaiirintaro Also a damn fine singer , that's for sure . Real music ! (not plastic)

[shackbhoy]

James Carr and O.V. Wright were the greatest soul singers that ever lived ....you better believe it . They peed all over what gets passed as "singing" these days . I don't care if no-one believes me cos i've got all their recordings , mwahahaha !!!

[hilltop530]

I wanna know who thumbed this down.

[Aallah777]

this is my uncle!no bullshit...this is my father's brother!!!!!!!!!!!!!still don't believe me? how about carla thomas was at my auntie's (woosie) house at the repass!!!!!!!!!!!this was almost 10 years ago in orange mound and he died broke because some no talent devil stole his royalties and his kids(my cousins)never saw a dime!!!!!!!!!!james carr R.I.P.

[shaunmohagan]

Only 95,237 views. Unbelievable.

[avadoguian]

beautifulllll



[TheDAT573]

Nobody beats James Carr with this song.

James Carr leaves everyone in the dust.

[mrstanbmw]

@TheDAT573 Yes sir

[dakarlion1]

simply beautiful

[jakobjakobjakobjakob]

i want this song played at my funeral!

[hejjeghedderkasper]

@jakobjakobjakobjakob

Me too!

[lstjbrubix]

I'm obsessed with The Commitments version- but this is just absolutely gorgeous

[mfisher452]

James Carr sang it first. Listen to any of the many covers, and then listen to the original. Many of the covers are great (e.g., The Commitments, Ry Cooder), but when you listen to the original rendition, it's like pulling up a beautiful carpet to see the even more beautiful original floor underneath.

[chardtomp]

Well, white, black or other, it's an awesome ballad. Just about everyone has covered it at some time. Eva Cassidy has the best female vocal of it.

[minigiganten]

one person havent be on the dark end of the street.

[TheJackssuprise]

This is England!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jrmill12]

@TheJackssuprise Percy Sledge's version is used in This is England.

[jlaws63]

Magnificent! This is sung from a place i can't imagine.

[NobodyFucksWithJesus]

I like this song.

No further comment needed.

[Goneusf]

Not a single dislike.

This must be a clear sign that this song is just amazing!

[JONKVIST97]

Beautiful.

[diptidue]

I heard this song from the movie "This is England." Amazing some of the great music you hear from Europe.

[cassablanca20]

I want to dance my first dance with my future husband to this song! <3

[HakunaMatata676]

they just dont make music like this anymore

[kindahottish]

@HakunaMatata676 You're stuck in the past mate, this song is fucking legendary agreed, but although the charts are full of 99% SHIT and have been for a long time, amazing music is still being produced nowadays, albeit few and far between.

[187Takeapicturetrick]

@kindahottish yeah most the mainstream stuff is dumb now lol

[KingCrimson776]

@kindahottish I'd like to be so idealistic, but it's really not true. The charts always had some fluff, but *never even remotely close* to the degree they are today.

[neydogg]

@HakunaMatata676

YES ALL THE MUSIC NOW PALES IN COMPARISON

[dal4018]

@HakunaMatata676 I have a book by the exact same title the author is Diane McGuire its about how black women spoke out against racism and sexual abuse from white men in the south during the 40's up to the 70's

[TheDAT573]

Amazing voice, Amazing song.

[10TJ10]

@drsburns1 dont forget easily

[stealrail300]

this is a great song i also like the version from gregg allman or the allman brothers

[cancelthisbabes]

This is great. I can read, that a lot of you listened to this in the 60's. Well, I'm 16 years old, but I still think it's beautiful... The song lives ooooooon.

[Pacmanknapp24]

I love this song, i'm a youngin but i also like percy sledge's version of this song

both are epic beyond all levels

[MultiChurchur]

Very nice.

[amandazillah]

All the other versions of this song sound like what the lyrics are about-the consequences of an affair. But this one-it sounds like the end of the world, as if James is convinced he'll go to hell and that every bit of pleasure he can get from the world will come with a devastating price. Everything seems fated, beyond his ability to control. It's heart-wrenching.

[hallettscove]

@amandazillah I just discovered this beautiful song and singer by way of the Richard and Linda Thompson version which is my second favorite after Carr. Dan Penn, the songwriter (with Chip Moman) said he favored Carr's version above all others. Carr suffered from some sort of mental affliction sadly so you are right that he sings it from a very deep and painful place but he does it with such moving clarity.

[RasMajnouni]

Gram Parsons RIP & emmylou Harris did a great country version of this around 1973

[Hotlipzism]

Amazing song

[Sybaris100]

Agree with last contributor James Carr's version is the peak. I'm a great admirer of Percy Sledge but his voice is unsuited to this track.

[BlindTom61]

Best version is by the guy who wrote it, a white boy from Alabama, Dan Penn. This is good too...

[Winklepinklepuff]

This makes my soul dance for joy. 

[vespa202]

What a voice....Fantastic!!!

[clashx1]

classic 

[dillweed44]

@natlsteel - EXACTLY!!

[TheYearTwentyTwenty]

I urge Anyone who hasn't seen the film The Commitments, to watch it. If you like soul music you'll love it.

[6281clarky]

in my opinion this is far better than Percy Sledge`s version !

[drsburns1]

o gosh im a white guy..dont fault me please..i danced to this music years ago (1967) ACTUALLY 1966 IN WAHINGTON STATE...i could bugy/... u bet....johnny davis...im looking 4 u...WSU...1966...upon the roof///....this is a big clue..call me shannon burns 949 651-0044

[bornzo99]

@drsburns1 no need to apologize man beautiful music is meant for every living soul. doesn't matter who you are or where you're from. there's an old sayin in the 'hood, "it ain't where ya from, its where ya at."

[drsburns1]

@bornzo99 thx man...i was a bit high when i wrote that..i would love to locate johnny davis....he told me onetime that id b the only "caucasian" he would take to a party...lol.."soul" music was the best music...

[Scorrpy]

@drsburns1 ..I'm also a white chap who danced to this song..... groping German girls while part of British Army on the Rhine (BAOR), in 1968.. lol - loved this song ever since.

[dal4018]

@drsburns1 Your not the first white person to enjoy black music and you will not be the last.

[Nixonz00]

@drsburns1 wait...? your a white guy, looking for another guy called johnny davis..and when you find him, you want him to call you shannon?..

[Winklepinklepuff]

This is pretty darn snappy :D

[dland1943]

can't touch percy sledge.

[dillweed44]

@dland1943 - this version has so much more soul, the recording is beautiful.

[dland1943]

@dillweed44 all you have to do is look at who is viewing which one. James Carr,37,842 vs Percy Sledge,over a 100,000.

[TheYearTwentyTwenty]

@dland1943 Fuck it, there both great.

[dillweed44]

@dland1943 - just because it is more well known does not mean it is better. If you think that sledge's version is better for that reason then i pity you.

[hmveft5]

seen john cusack's tweet and it took me here i love you john you are so gorgeous!

[rogerbatista]

ONE in JESUS ! :)