Voyager's Golden Record -Dark was the night-Blind Willie Johnson

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• night-Blind
• Willie
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[allpainppd]

Sadly Mr. Johnson died penniless wrapped in newspapper in the remains of his burned out house, but his music just passed into deep space where he shall live forever.

[airstation828]

for some reason the image of voyager drifting in space suits the mood of the song

[evnvnv]

really mind blowing excellent song. how did he know how dark the night was if he was blind? just insane thinkin about that

[TheRabidMonky]

This just blows my mind. This is definately the most meaningful song they put in that record.

[RyanLoveheart]

@Daavoid they also sent a cartridge and i think the idea was that it would be "intercepted" by a technologically advanced lifeform

[jarekpiropol]

they should send weed and rock

[homie0187]

@Daavoid The aliens who detect the Voyager will probably need to have a space shuttle in order to go out into space and catch it, so if they are that smart then they should easily be able to make a record player based on the instructions that shipped with the record :) It's not like the Voyager would just collide with a planet and land in a village of neanderthal-like aliens.

[Daavoid]

this is all based on the asumption that aliens have gramophone record players?

[drafe007]

@loknloll a profound note of deep feeling and tone. if they arent so advanced they dont feel such things as we do.

[sinandacceleration]

aliens love willie!

its great ET can hear all the different flavors of our species.

[haveajerk]

They made an oustanding choice including this humble, yet profound, tune.