My wife surprised me with a ticket to the Townes concert in 1996, about 5 months before he died. It was held in an old theatre near the center of downtown. After the show, I purchased "No Deeper Blue" and got him to autograph it for me. I will never forget that night. Rest in peace, Townes.
@tom6612
14 жыл бұрын
Sad song ? No this goes way beyond being a sad song. This song is like a punch in the stomach. I mean this song will scare you. This is what it must feel like to know you are doomed. To know it's all over for you. At the same time it's like a Greek tragedy in that it is cathartic. There is a strange spiritually uplifting feeling you get from it. And the best thing about it is it humanizes the homeless. IT IS THE GREATEST SONG I HAVE EVER HEARD.
@aidanmaxwell1019
Жыл бұрын
Townes says his songs aren’t sad. They’re just hopeless.
@Dr.JeremyDunks
14 жыл бұрын
This man was incredible, I can't believe I'm just now only starting to discover him. He's like the best parts of Waits, Dylan, and Cash all rolled into one.
@sharonstefl5688
2 жыл бұрын
I knew him close. He was magical and true no
@dannylooney7348
7 ай бұрын
i’ve loved Townes for years and years and this is the first time hearing this song. so yeah. keep on looking and searching for his music. endless
@AgentSmith911
7 жыл бұрын
As someone who has been on unemployment and struggled to put food on the table, this one hits home pretty hard.
@josephhickey7676
7 ай бұрын
Its like Steinbeck with a guitar. Perfect song.
@Joeyland
12 жыл бұрын
fearless songwriting
@nicksartino
5 жыл бұрын
"Surely no-one will ever write something more cinematically sorrowful than Bob Dylan's 'North Country Blues', right?" Townes: "Hold my drink..."
@wheelmanstan
3 жыл бұрын
@Deshawn Kelvin fk off with that scam
@mejustme6944
3 жыл бұрын
🍻
@leland-bobpalmer4274
3 жыл бұрын
well except there'd be no drink townes had already had it LOL
@wheelmanstan
3 жыл бұрын
@@leland-bobpalmer4274 ever see townes at the end of the poncho and lefty video? table full of beer bottles haha
@stephenroylance3958
2 жыл бұрын
Townes Van Zandt is the best songwriter in the whole world, and I'll stand on Bob Dylan's coffee table in my cowboy boots and say that. -Steve Earle
@Joeyland
14 жыл бұрын
KZitem has made Townes so acessable to a huge audience, I think its great that his art his being discovered all the time now, he was truly an American original.
@jc2343
4 жыл бұрын
In my heart I know it's a little boy hope he don't end up like me Jesus Christ brother
@lastnamefirst4035
4 жыл бұрын
Haha I know gosh, townes. I wasnt expecting that ending
@shrimpu
Жыл бұрын
@Bongani Sello Yes
@tom6612
12 жыл бұрын
This is more of an epiphany than a song. Probably more than a lot of people can handle.
@Secretlyanothername
15 жыл бұрын
This song is intense, hits me every time.
@dannylooney7348
7 ай бұрын
I think intense is the best way to describe it. yeah. holy shit!
@nosaintntx
9 жыл бұрын
Townes always said there were only two kinds of music,Zippity Doo Da and The Blues! Which do ya think this is? R.I.P. Townes The True Texas Poet!
@harrydeanbentzel
5 жыл бұрын
Most tragic song ever. Love it
@KtomcatChas
14 жыл бұрын
This just might be the saddest song I ever heard. Townes remains among the greats.
@Mathiaswillyg
13 жыл бұрын
Ich bin sehr froh, Townes Van Zandt noch kurz vor seinem Tod in Dresden gesehen und gehört zu haben - das werde ich nicht vergessen.
@shrimpu
Жыл бұрын
Ich hatte in Bonn gelebt und TvZ hat auch dort gespielt... und ich wusste nicht damals.
@adamtelerman1676
7 жыл бұрын
for me he is the best american poet , every song is so touching, he understood so much of life, a tribute to Texas and the entire world!
@4795598
6 жыл бұрын
This is the real sh*t. Nothing else to stay about this brilliant, powerful song...
@4795598
13 жыл бұрын
Townes, I love you. This is one of the darkest songs ever written--but great, moving, brilliant. What is beyond total despair? Townes wandered that territory to great affect.
@jackiejackforever
15 жыл бұрын
the first time I heard this song I cryed, Townes Could paint one hell of a picture with words, he just hits it and you feel it every time. I will miss him and the more from him.
@poopiedartz
14 жыл бұрын
I try to play this song when I play out... And I can only get about half way through it before I get all choked up. This song just humbles the best of them... Townes was a genius...
@hinamauka
14 жыл бұрын
It's so wonderful to have all these videos of one of the greatest singer/songwriters ever. Thanks.
@bigbensarrowheadchannel2739
5 жыл бұрын
This song grabbed my spirit
@rflatley
6 жыл бұрын
Amazing song...heard it one time while I was waiting for someone in my car...then this song came on. I listened up real close...and wept. it changed my life.
@thinkerguy4
6 жыл бұрын
I'm feeling that now.
@rmiller2179
Жыл бұрын
indeed--we cant forget our brothers and sisters. How can there be homeless in the USA and we can allow the government to spend billions on arms? How will any of us face God when we all eventually have to justify ourselves? shame on us all shame shame! Kid sin Appalachia going hungry??!! SHAME!
@rflatley8029
Жыл бұрын
@@rmiller2179 thank you for saying this
@rflatley8029
Жыл бұрын
@@thinkerguy4 hugs
@kristofer603
3 ай бұрын
Met Townes More than a few times…He Always made me Laugh in Different Ways…He was Upright and Extremely Intelligent…but i could See When i Looked Deeply into His Eyes a Deeeep Dark Sadness Troublin’ Him.He Always Laughed Allll that Real Hard Stuff Off. Townes was and Is Soooo Lovable and Unforgettable.
@marksnow5489
9 жыл бұрын
"hope he don't end up like me" Fuck :( I wept.
@millerezra8
Жыл бұрын
I thought waiting around to die was the saddest song I'd ever heard and then I heard Marie 😥😥😥😥😥😥
@crystalmourad1603
10 жыл бұрын
One of those things the heart won't let go of
@rulnacco
12 жыл бұрын
I dunno. If I had been there, I don't think I could have applauded at the end of the song. I don't think I could have done anything. It would have been hard enough just to breathe after being just totally and utterly stunned like that.
@CDA129
7 жыл бұрын
R.I.P "The late Great Townes Van Zandt"
@35past11pm
15 жыл бұрын
absolutely beautiful..gives me goosebumps..
@polishpaulie
13 жыл бұрын
me & a friend went on a quest to find the most depressing song ever. it's to bad neither him nor townes is still around. good version & townes even looks half sober! R.I.P.
@robertmorganfisher
14 жыл бұрын
Someone asked Townes to "play a happy song!" He deadpanned: "These ARE the happy songs."
@deansongs
15 жыл бұрын
God help us all!
@gezahuber
14 жыл бұрын
This is by far the sadest and unconciliatory song I know. It's a killer.
@nobody845
5 жыл бұрын
R.I.P senor van zandt. keep chuggin' in Valhöll
@lonestar1123
14 жыл бұрын
I don't think many people know about Townes, and it's a shame. Maybe for all of us that do, it means he's our own.
@babel1967
14 жыл бұрын
Townes' best tune. I also love the version with Willie Nelson. Harrowing!!
@Infamissus
12 жыл бұрын
I started crying. Who wouldn't.
@gymhourfee
13 жыл бұрын
Song of hopelessness.....
@alanshunter
8 жыл бұрын
class, I really think he stuck this to that audience.. happy bunch
@cantarooots
12 жыл бұрын
this song is so fucking powerful.
@dubconor
11 жыл бұрын
imagine how it feels when you were homeless from 12-20 and got out of it. I had near every second night a homeless man or woman sleeping on my couch.
@t900badbot
10 жыл бұрын
Why does music affect you so? Such a deep song.
@tzucson4458
10 жыл бұрын
Music is the sound of the universe. When music is made, the universe flows. It moves you. The biggest eye opener is that every sound is music.
@steffkenn
14 жыл бұрын
Such a beautiful song. The Be Here to Love Me soundtrack has a version where he sounds really drunk and its even more powerful then this one.
@earlefan
15 жыл бұрын
greatest songwriter ever
@sinclairwhitbourne2090
7 ай бұрын
To me there is the bleakness but also some simmering anger and I think you see it in his eyes at times as he sings. I read about people thinking his voice was done by this time but I actually like the thickness from the booze and cigarettes and hard living.
@rbutler8585
12 жыл бұрын
wow!
@zatoichimasseur6767
6 жыл бұрын
Townes.... will see The Paradise.......
@polishpaulie
13 жыл бұрын
me & a friend went on a quest to find the most depressing song ever. it's to bad neither him nor townes is still around. good version & townes even looks half sober! R.I.P. both of you. (try and find the version from the "privite concert" it's even better.
@roostercogburn597
6 жыл бұрын
polishpaulie check out ralph stanley. oh. death
@rickbangkok
14 жыл бұрын
but for the grace of God, there go I
@williammartinec4616
3 жыл бұрын
The people don't even know how to respond to the tragedy of life they just heard.I guess it's hits a little too close to home.Now this is the essence of what song should be.If it doesn't contain something we are better off knowing then it serves a lesser purpose.
@AFormerClarity1
3 жыл бұрын
It's like a chore to listen to Townes sometimes... such great songwriting ,but its overwhelming with having depression with what he sings.
@afpm7
13 жыл бұрын
Saddest goddam song ever!
@wilkiecoco
Ай бұрын
Oh, the ache!
@dmz140
4 жыл бұрын
Holy crap...
@jackethompson
11 жыл бұрын
Damn straight.
@Joeyland
14 жыл бұрын
If this doesnt move you, you know your cold.
@phoenixcube
13 жыл бұрын
still makes me cry, fucked up again
@Motorskallen
12 жыл бұрын
Thing is, it's about basicly everyone else in a sense ...
@trylle2
15 жыл бұрын
benturpininthearmy: He said "they aren't totally hopeless"
@bigbensarrowheadchannel2739
5 жыл бұрын
I laid em in the sun so somebody'd find em. Caught a Chesapeake on the fly...
@vilniusvilnius
14 жыл бұрын
dank nach klagenfurth
@chainmatrix
11 жыл бұрын
Nobody cares what's coming up next.
@Joeyland
15 жыл бұрын
Dark poet, check out "cowboy junkeys lament"
@joannehack7588
Жыл бұрын
🌚
@bourbonrenewal216
Жыл бұрын
ghost of Tom Joad
@bensmith3200
14 жыл бұрын
According to one interview I've seen, Townes was extremely influenced by the album "The Times They Are A-Changin'", which has "North Country Blues."
@plusfour1
11 жыл бұрын
it cuts to the bone my friend i wanted to say more but cannot
@phoenixcube
14 жыл бұрын
fuck me, everytime i hear this song i cry, thank god it is not me...
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