Mike Ness- Wildwood Flower

[blakedawg76]

Go, Mike. This is great.

[CauseTheySaidSo]

i dont no who did it first. But mike ness. BAMN<. That is all.

[Warlock27rp]

"which carter is this?"

"hmm, lita?"

"nope, june"

nice job mike,

[MrLordDrazil]

- I Wan't This Picture, Where Can I Find It?

[imzombified]

@MrLordDrazil just try searching Mike Ness on google or yahoo under images and you should find it

[atomic116090]

@MrLordDrazil You WANT it? Learn to ask something politely, cunt.

[knapper2000]

Damn I like it!

[ozzyfan117]

this is the worst cover i have ever herd whoever told mike ness he should cover this needs to be ripped apart by a pack of wild dogs

[RastaMastaKonTiki]

@ozzyfan117 fuck off.

[skylersdad100]

Never heard of Mike Ness. Love the old time country music.  Have to admit I really love this version of Wildwood Flower. Thanks for posting. Now I have to listen to more of Mike.

[NickLikesToSweepPick]

@skylersdad100 He's one of the founding members and front man of Social Distortion, and although they're a neo-rockabilly/punk band, you can really hear their roots influences in their song writing.  Such a good band. I really like Mike Ness' solo stuff like this too. It's funny how songs like Wildwood Flower are absolutely timeless. This song was actually long before even The Carter Family, it was written somewhere in Arkansas in 1860.

[MrChrisrockson]

Thanks for posting....Mike is a friend...love this song

[pattyeffinpuke]

Oh, Mike Ness. I fall more and more in love with you each time I hear your lovely voice.

[stevoe1000]

sound so much like shane magowen from the pogues...cool voice

[caitywood386]

<3333 Amazing in concert November 14 HOB can't wait

[Tracey1963]

He is doing the Mrs June Carter Cash also Reese Witherspoon did a great version on Walk the Line

[strumem90]

GOD....! that just ruined it for me

[thacobra77]

The original is great and his cover is great.

[joop444]

a.p carter collect this song somewhere in the mountains.

nobody knows who wrote it.

still a beatifull song

[RAYZE1ER]

Lets all argue about useless information it makes us feel more intelligent. =P

[GutterDoll138]

Actually that song's by June Carter :)

[napagus]

@GutterDoll138 No, it's not

[Sergito69]

viejo boludo

[vrwltn0809]

awesome rendition...mike puts the umphh!!!

in this great piece of music...makes me want to stand up and scream H__l yeah!!! go for it..

[roaminoklahoman]

the carter family made it famous. mother mabelle carter was june carter cash's mother.

[TheRattking]

The song is from America, 1860, music by Joseph Filbrick Webster, lyrics by Maud Irving, and was not originally a country song. Mike Ness does it best, IMO, but I first fell in love with the tune via Jim Stafford's Wildwood Weed, lol.

[thacobra77]

Great cover.

[CassieLadyLove]

i'm italian and i totally love country...this kind of music has no barriers.. <3 :)

[CodyCEngdahl]

I'm American and I love Italian food and women, so we have a lot to share, brother.

[donnieluciano]

who did he cover this from?

[gregbird]

june carter cash

[CodyCEngdahl]

@gregbird That song is a lot older than June Carter. Her mom, Maybell recorded it long before June and even then, it was an old song.

[ubelzteg]

rigt it was the carter family

[danwarning]

It's a song from the 1860s made popular by the Carter Family. Wikipedia it, it has a long and amazing history!

[LaspeziaPunk27]

It's from Johnny Cash's wife.

Are you Italian? What do Italians think of Country music?

[CodyCEngdahl]

@LaspeziaPunk27 Did you read the comment above. That is an old Appalachian folk song. Johnny Cash's wife is just one of many who recorded it. Most people refer to her because they saw that movie, but it was actually her mother who made it famous.

[LaspeziaPunk27]

I don't care who wrote this song. All I know is that this is a song about getting drunk in a biker bar and getting into redneck fights and going to the county jail, while you join the Hells Angels Biker Gang and get stabbed and killed by the Mongols in Las Vegas!!

[CodyCEngdahl]

@LaspeziaPunk27 You know...after all these years I never noticed that. I'm gonna have to listen to it again.

[scruffy2112]

@CodyCEngdahl actually this was written By C.F. Carter June Carter-Cash's Uncle many years ago. The Wildwood flower part is old appalachian phrase not a song to recorded this before most of us living now. I worked for Johnny and June as a tech when Johnny had June, The Carter Family, and the Statler Brothers touring with him for so many years. Mother Maybelle, the only original living at the time told me all about this and other CVarter family Songs. This was the late 60's.

[CodyCEngdahl]

@scruffy2112 I'm sorry but that's not true. The song was written in 1860, with words by Maud Irving and music by Joseph Philbrick Webster. I still think Maybelle Carter's version is the definitive one, but like I said, it was already an oldie but gooie. It's pretty cool you got to work with them, though.

[curiousgirl11]

Actually, June Carter Cash just covered it, too. It's an old mountain ballad.

[Mmmousemaid]

Oh do move that way - it's promising;

maybe a couple of cough drops. :-)

mmmousemaid

[AxisOfEternity]

im sorry, but this version is absolute rubbish IMO

[ubelzteg]

right

[311stoneybaby311]

Yes, Mike sings these verses right for his version.... but some of the words differ from the original version. " the Myrtles so bright with an emerald hue" are part of the original. But the song has been done and re-done so many times that the lyrics have been left to interpretation.. Everyone from Joan Baez to people I have never even heard of.... BTW the Carter Family version is a cover too. This song dates back to 1860.

[46oldpunk]

very good version of this song, on which CD of Mike Ness can I find it?

[curiousgirl11]

Under the Influences

[LuckyBaaby]

Love him!

Old school Rock n Roll!

[lilalu12345]

also mal ganz ehrlich :

die version von june carter ist tausendmal besser als die von mike ness.

[carbonbw]

also mal ganz ganz ehrlich :

die sind doch beide gut, oder?

[folkandfaith]

Mike Ness re-doing big bad John Cash, Hell yeah!

[imzombified]

wrong, its the Carter Family

[folkandfaith]

sorry you are correct it was orig. a Carter Family song. "my bad" still a great tune and this whole Mike Ness album was fantastic and definitely a rockabilly roots album.

[napagus]

@imzombified Wrong. It's a traditional song predating both.

[red2678]

@imzombified Wrong too. See Wikipedia | ...Luv the Carter Fam's version!

"Wildwood Flower" is an American song, best known through performances and recordings by the Carter Family. However, the song predates them. The original title was "I'll Twine 'Mid the Ringlets". The song was written in 1860, with words by Maud Irving and music by Joseph Philbrick Webster (1819-1875).[1]

[pitbull8myguitar]

@imzombified Wrong. The Carter Family was just covering it with their own take on it. Maud Irving wrote the lyrics and Joseph Philbrick wrote the music in 1860. "I'll Twine 'Mid the Ringlets" was the original name of the song.

[shaneistheog]

@imzombified this isnt by the carter family this song has been around since the mid 1800s

[acashfan1]

@imzombified J.R. did this too, unfortunately it is on a very rare record that I used to have.

[princeofpunks]

why are people bitching about spelling, its not about the spelling its about the music

[RocknC]

i think that you should learn how to spell. or at least use spell check or something. OR! copy and paste the original lyrics into the description.

other than that, this is an awesome vid so i give you props for that

[imzombified]

well, for your information I did copy and paste the lyrics. I never read them before I paste them, so if theirs mistakes I didn't make them. So before you go around passing out comments about illiteracy get the facts.

[RocknC]

maybe you should double check exactly what your copying, smartass

[imzombified]

If you care so much then why don't you go read your own fucking lyrics. Don't like it?Don't read it simple as that. Who gives a fucking shit about a few minor mistakes? ridiculous, find something else to shit on.

[DeadGirlsDontCry13]

I only see one or two tiny mistakes which are easily over looked, and the lyrics are the right lyrics, listen to the song!

[RastaMastaKonTiki]

@RocknC It is "you're" not "your", dumb ass. It is a contraction for the phrase "you are". As in "Maybe you should double check exactly what you are copying, smartass". Way to insult someone else for spelling errors they didn't even make, and then, you guessed it, spell a word wrong in the process. Do us all a favor and just disconnect your keyboard.

[1974JEH]

I love the fact that artists such as Johnny Cash covered songs from the punk and grunge era's, and here we have a great punk era singer covering country classics!!! Fucking awesome!!!!!!

[badlandsk8]

Im seeing mike at the el rey tonight you bithcessssssssssssssssssssssss­ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss­ssssssssssssssssssss!

[kramer56]

lucky bastard

[speedylunch]

lloren whatever, I was partyin and hangin with this dude watchin him play in guarages and backyards before you were fukn born youngster. Infact if your ever in costa mesa he eats at Mimis cafe or the Omlet parlor, chester draws on sundays. My uncle donnie owns the omlet parlor. Do yourself a favor and think before you open your fukn mouth or touch your keyboard!!!!!!!

[SDMF21]

Maybe you should have spent more time in school and less time in the garage.

[psychovids08]

i do say.. this song really brings out what mike ness is able to do with music i like it a lot

[speedylunch]

fukn orange county redneck!!!!!!!

[llorencaguiar]

do you know who he is you retard????

[speedylunch]

I know exactly who he is you fukn tool, Actually i own a house around the corner from him, infact hes a friend and a nieghbor, i live in old town santa ana of fifth and main. My wife and his grew up together YOU FUKN RETARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[llorencaguiar]

i out scoring you at the rating....

[Bobbo63]

what a douche.

[agent4477]

red necks dont come from the oc

[speedylunch]

da nutz

[deadkid248]

i think with this song, just the way it is structured reminds me of the old country style, like johhny cash.. It sounds like it would be something from the money walk the line best movie ever

[KeithLee]

It is an old country song, first recorded by the Carter Family(Yes, the singing group of which June Carter Cash was a member) in the 1920's, although it dates further back, to the 1860's. And it WAS in 'I Walk The Line.'

[blackdragster]

Not only Social D. also both solo outputs are great! Mike is a genius, he has heart and soul and i feel heavily influenced by him his style and music. I love it, cause he is just real and authentic.

[SeanLoosh]

the carter family changed the original lyrics. but seems like carterfamily1928 has a hard on for correcting...so rock n roll i guess.

[carterfamily1928]

But he taught me to love him and promised to love

And to cherish me over all others above

My poor heart is wondering no misery can tell

He left with no warning, no word of farewell

Well you told me you love me and called me your flower

That was blooming to cheer you through life's dreary hour

I long to see him and regret this dark hour

He's gone and neglected this pale wildwood flower

[carterfamily1928]

I will twine with my mingles and waving black hair

With the roses so red and the lilies so fair

And the myrtle so bright with it's emerald dew

The pale and the leader and eyes look like blue

I will dance, I will sing and my life shall be gay

I will charm every heart, in his crown I will sway

When I woke from my dreaming, my idols was clay

All portions of loving had all flown away

[carterfamily1928]

not even the righ twords from the carter family

[ibaga]

i have gas.

[rickdownhiller]

Mike does The Carter clan! Awesome.

[bulbheadmyass]

Mike does anything country awesome!

[rickdownhiller]

Mike is THE man. Thanks for posting!

[punkrawkmama]

Love Social D