Robbie will be truly missed. His original work is timeless and beyond any compare. His work from the early 1990 early release brought joy to me 10,000 miles away in the Solomon Islands Peace Corp. You leave a gaping hole. Godspeed
I got drunk in 2006 (I was 26), and I hooked up with this 40 year old woman. She played this song that night. We never worked out, but we kept in touch. I heard she passed away from a car accident. I had to see this video. Rip Victoria.
Heres to victoria. To all the women who did & didnt work out for us in our lives, and to those we lost rip i lost one the same way except our relationship was just at its beginning stages at the time december 18 1999 rip sarah i think of you every time i drive past united blvd where you were taken from us and you help me remember to drive careful
I come back to this song once a month or so. It's a pure masterpiece, but the most incredible part is Manu Katche's signature groove. As a drummer of over 45 years, I will put this up there with the best drums tracks of ALL time. It's THAT good!
most underrated track of all time - I was a kid when this came out and now a middle aged man, hurts to know Robbie has passed on. RIP. Your music is timeless and lives on. Cheers Robbie.
The burden of aging is having to watch your icons and heroes passing on, knowing that we are soon to follow... and that my friend, is the real bittersweet Truth!
Agree, blew my young 4/4 time brain back then and still does. Sublime tune with sublime artistry all around, especially Manu on drums, a masterclass on rhythm and groove.
@@johndoyle2429 In the 80s, during my misspent youth, my brother had a band that played some real sleazy joints, the kind where every piece of furniture is broken and carved up. One night an angry drunk stumbled out to his car and got a revolver, shot holes in the building from the parking lot, and left. I think the chick he was chatting up and buying drinks for had walked out the door with another guy that she liked better We were in the back close to the band, didn't even hear gunshots. The bullets hit the bar area in the front and there was shattered glass everywhere but miraculously, no one was hit. The terrified bartender was unscathed, but probably in need of fresh underpants. It was surreal! The band went on break right after it happened so we walked to the bar and saw all this chaos that we had been completely oblivious to because of the loud music. We stayed up all night talking about it, then we all decided to go down to Pete's Cafe. It was built in the 1950s, had the googy signage and the little individual jukeboxes at every booth. Always seemed there was the same table full of very old men smoking cigarettes, swapping lies, and giving us the stink eye, those good for nothin' hippies. This song reminds me of that time of my life!
RIP Robbie Robertson, 9-August-2023. This will always be one of my favorite songs ever. Me and SS would listen to it on the stereo, turned up loud, and hang with Robbie for a minute. Robbie was gifted & shared his blessings with us. Condolences to his family, loved ones, and fans.
Mine too. I remember when I first heard this song. I was either in Jr. High school at the time or elementary school. This was, and still is, one of my favourite songs by Robbie Robertson. It's hard to believe he just passed away. 😢
To quote Robbie, "This is sure stirring up some ghosts for me." What a song. What a voice. What a man. What a loss to the world of music. Rest in peace, Robbie Robertson. You will be missed.
@timothyvotaw7517 - Yep. These are the ones we got on the ride with, for better or for worse, and now one by one, they're getting off. Scary, because you're wondering when the ride will be over for you. Oh, well, there's always the next ride...maybe we'll see some of them again on that one. Catch y'all later!
I love this - 'Why do you always end up down at Nick's Cafe?" I said, "Uh, I don't know, the wind just kinda pushed me this way" She said, "Hang the rich" '.
n 1988 I had my first apartment. Above me lived a lesbian couple, across the hall was neighbor Dave who smoked pot all day long. We all became friends and hung out together. The lesbian couple split up and soon one of them had a new girlfriend Allie. I didn’t care for this new girlfriend at first, she seemed shy and awkward. Eventually we all hung out and Allie had a CD player with a ton of cd’s. I started rummaging through her music collection and found this Robbie Robertson cd. We both loved Somewhere Down the Crazy River.I stopped her in the hallway to talk about it and we both realized we had something in common. A love of music! Turned out we had the same sense of humor too. 32 years later Allie has been my best friend for all of these years. I’m thankful for this song that started a wonderful life long friendship.
I got my first apartment alone back in 1988 also. Heady days. Life back then was about chasing girls, playing football (the one with your feet) having a toke and a beer and listening to amazing music. Went fast didn't it? I have 4 kids in university and am 29 years married. It's a blur. My advice to young people: savour the moments, you'll be 57 before you know it. Great song and thanks for sharing your experience.
Loved this since it was released (all those years ago) and I'm at a time in life where certain people's deaths leave a big hole, you actually mourn for people you never met. Last year i felt Robbie's passing and other examples would be, George Michael (shocker for me too) and Tina Turner. Their songs weave them through your life and it's such a difficult thing to explain and describe, the loss feels real enough, and lasting!!! Many thanks to em all RIP 🎶🎵🎶
Nicely said. I agree. Some songs take me right back to a time in my life and it's so real and I swear I am there again and it feels nice. 🎶🎵 these wonderful musicians I am thankful for them and their music 🎶🎵
First time hearing this song just now. I've always enjoyed songs by The Band, and found my way into searching for Robbie Robertson's top charting singles. This was a #1 hit and the first track I played after searching. Love it.
Rest In Peace Robbie Robertson. I was shocked to learn you had passed, you are a music legend, and a Canadian one at that. Condolences to his family and friends, and all who love him. 💔🕯🕇🕯💔🎸
Spoken Word meets R&B... Robbie nailed it on this one for sure. Some musicians never create a song with this much vibe ever in their life. Robbie did it for decades. Live on, Robbie!
Undeniably one of the most evocative tunes I’ve ever heard. I’m glad the imagery in the video was sparse, it left a lot of room for the images he put in my head with those lyrics and that soundscape.
Whoa.. I'm just now venturing more into Robbie's solo career beyond The Band and I'm amazed! This tells such a mysterious, dark, sensual story that you want to hear over and over again. I'm obsessed. 💖
Somewhere Down the Crazy River and Unbound are probably my two favorites. I also love Music from the Native Americans and How to Become Clairvoyant. He was a true giant, and I miss him already.
Happy 79th Birthday, Robbie! This song still SLAPS 34 years later! Good music is timeless. You did it, man. Your whole life, nothing but great music.Thank you, sir! Keep on with yo bad self! We love you.
You said it all for me, Thanks to Robbie and thanks for all that devotion. One of the best album of the 80's for sure and that says a lot for that decade in musical history.
RIP, Robbie. ❤ As a teenager I used to daydream about the opportunity to meet you to tell you how much your music meant to me. I hope where you are now you can tap in to all of it and feel it for yourself.
RIP Robbie. One of the greatest late night songs in history. We listened to this every party night in the woods when we were wild and crazy hippie kids in the 80's. "You fog the mind, you stir the soul."
There is no one like Robbie! He is one of the most gifted musicians ever! Through his music he evokes and then places the listener in another dimension!
Rest in Peace sir, you will be missed, but not forgotten. The burden of aging is having to watch your icons and heroes passing on, knowing that we are soon to follow... and that my friend, is the real bittersweet Truth!
You took the words out of my mouth. I've heard of Robbie Robertson's time with The Band, but I was way too young to have listened at the time. My first listen to Robbie Robertson was with this song, *"Somewhere Down the Crazy River".*
I just happened across an article of Robbies and heard that this wonderful, beautiful man, musician, visionary passed into the great beyond Aug. 9th two days ago. Whoosh- emotions passed through me. Robbies solo records have touched me so deeply. His Native Indian Spirituality is incredible. Thank you Robbie Robertson for blessing us with your being among us. 🙏 🕉 🎉
same here...somehow social media has not really jumped onto news of his passing...unless Ms O'Connors passing which was front page news for a couple of days ! I was even more stunned that he was 80 when he died !
This is a perfect example of how a lyric can paint pictures, can make a listener see and feel exactly what the writer is seeing and feeling. No ambivalence, nothing subject to interpretation - the listener is drawn into the song because the writer lays an interesting storyboard out on the table. And in this case, the excellent production magnifies the power of the lyric to make the song nothing short of a work of art. “Somewhere Down the Crazy River” is basically a couple of pages from the diary of a man living the levee life, maybe along the Mississippi River in the Deep South. The song would have been called a “recitation” back in the old country music days, as Robertson speaks the verses and sings the choruses. With great lines like... 'Yeah, I can see it now/The distant red neon shivered in the heat and Take a picture of this/The fields are empty, abandoned ’59 Chevy/Laying in the back seat listening to Little Willie John' - how can you not visualize these scenes? And if you don’t know who he is, how can you not want to Google “Little Willie John?” Producer Daniel Lanois recalled the song’s origins saying that “Somewhere Down the Crazy River” was “a line that Robertson came up with when he was describing what it was like to hang out in Arkansas with Levon Helm in his old neighbourhood. He was telling me about the hot nights and fishing with dynamite … I was curious about his stories because I wanted them to be on that record … It’s kind of like a guy with a deep voice telling you about steaming nights in Arkansas.” The final verse of the song is admittedly less clear-cut; it’s presumably about the experience of hanging with “Madame X,” and leaves some things to the imagination to be sure. But by that point the listener is so caught up in the vibe of the song that reaching one’s own conclusions becomes part of the fun. The single was a relative success, charting in both the U.S. and the U.K. and helping bolster sales of the album in the still-catching-on CD format. It’s near the top of my list when it comes to great examples of cinematic lyricism; it’s like the movie so many songwriters strive to produce, true art that isn’t abstract or over the listener’s head. “Somewhere Down the Crazy River” is an excellent model of vivid lyrical imagery, something all writers should make sure their own lyrics contain before wondering why their songs don’t seem to communicate with the listener. (American Songwriter)
"... she says:" There's one thing you gotta learn is not to be affraid of it". I said: "No. I like it. I like it, it's good." She said: "You like it now, but you'll learn to love it later." I always thought that this verse was about experiencing heroin for the first time. The "you'll learn to love it later" line was almost the exact same thing I was told by the girl I used to hang out with. It is very open to interpretation, but to me, there's no doubt about it.
FYI for those reading this comment - this is word for word an article published in American Songwriter two and a half years ago, written by Rick Moore. Here's a link to the article: americansongwriter.com/lyric-week-robbie-robertson-somewhere-crazy-river/
I used to play this on a big pirate radio station in Dublin in the 80’s. 2AM, lights down to dim, studio speakers up....... yeah I can still see it now.
Hi All, I just came to Revisit this song and seen people had asked questions, to which I never got Notifications, apologies. Dublin in the 80’s, was Grim but just the best! Culturally changing for the better and not just for the sake of it and peeks into the outside world via Satellite Tv. Getting a pizza delivered over the phone was an event! The pirate station was Heartbeat FM, which we brought back 20 years later for a 1 month reunion. It was No1 at Night Time due to the fact it was Love Songs. It was professional equipment and format but small. A number of us did much Bigger things after, but Heartbeat was family and Genetic. About 3 years ago, a lady remembered me from my shows on Heartbeat in 1988 and that made my year! I tell this story occasionally, on the final few moments of our farewell broadcast December 30th 1988, as we played the final promo in the Cart Machine, the cart failed and the resulting final seconds of “The Final Countdown” promo slowed to a stop and we played the Final ID VO Heart Beat 95 FM to sung The Hearbeat of Dublin City. The slowing to a stop sounded crafted and listeners thought we had created it that way for that last moment, finally, re my earlier post about that Overhead Light Dimmed Low, it too died that night. When we came in the next day, staring at the wrongness of unmanned studio, that Overhead Light had for the first time in the studios History, stopped working, or had also died as Is better described. The last 45 minutes are on TH-cam, I won’t link it, it’s easily findable, because, being Radio, the picture in your mind will be far better than the reality. We do have an online Stream today, automated, no presenters, just some of the old tunes, like A Ghost, on TuneIn, good to visit, but like a like a stranger in a strange land.
Bernard Evans Just wanted to say, this was more than a pleasure to read... there’s that vibe again, of worlds strange and distant to me, brought for a moment or two somehow close enough that I could step through... a trail of footprints on a memory... ...there is absolutely nothing quite like being a stranger!
And the Band in the u.s. we had bleaker theater from little rock aka. In the early 70's Harry Chapin Jefferson airplane ... way b-4 starship you have good taste but the way my grand folks are mc'guires from the Isle too my son told me it's the greenest land he ever saw on his way to IRAQ god bless the Irish!!
Which album is this from. I had the one underworld of redboy, that i loved so much, i wore it out. Seriously. And now I've found ulali and makh jchi, drum song. I love those voices
I saw Bob Dylan and The Band at MSG in 1975. The set by The Band of approx. 45 minutes was perhaps the best I've ever heard. This one HURTS. RIP, Robbie. Only Garth Hudson Left and he is not doing well. Will be pulling out CDs on my way down the the Shore this Friday of their work. No doubt the tears will flow.
So utterly sad to learn that RR has died! One of my all time favourite musicians...songwriter, singer, guitarist, performer, humanitarian, iconic Canadian, gentle man...RIP sir 😢❤😥
Feeling very emotional and teary listening to Robbie's songs, after his passing. He was suffering and his pain has stopped. What a voice, so warm (sexy too) and convincing. A master of musical art! Missing you, Robbie... Thank goodness for technology! We can listen and see him continuously! and thank you, Mr. Robertson, for all your Music... Rest in the light, always. Melody Fox (aka the Princess of Rock) LPeaceM
I was on holiday in Canada in a remote part of BC and this came on the radio. It was a moment in time that I’ll never forget. Just a truly brilliant song from one of finest songwriters of our time. RIP Robbie.
Andy frost played this quite a few times on psychedelic Sundays. It was a ritual to listen to Andy frost in every time And when he played this song it was like time stood still. Rip
I've always loved this song ❤️. So very sorry and sad to hear of Robbie's passing today. He was a much respected singer/songwriter/musician in this world of music. He may be gone but will always be remembered by everyone for his contribution to music. RIP Robbie 🙏🙏🙏🙏
RIP Robbie Robertson. I really love this album. I fell in love with it the year it came out. I was living in Phoenix at the time and I had this on repeat. I love Sam Llanas's voice throughout this album. He was the singer with Wisconsin-based the BoDeans.
Manu Katché. A French musician of West African descent. Known more in the jazz drumming world but he played on a bunch of more adventurous pop rock records beginning in the 80's, most famously with Peter Gabriel, Sting, Joni Mitchell, etc. A unique voice. Still making records.
RIP, Robbie. Thanks for all the great music.
He was one of the Great Ones.
A true legend as a musician and a human being..R.I.P. down at the lazy at Big Sky 🙏🎸🎤❤
Absolute legend, loved this song as a kid.
Amen.
Robbie will be truly missed. His original work is timeless and beyond any compare. His work from the early 1990 early release brought joy to me 10,000 miles away in the Solomon Islands Peace Corp. You leave a gaping hole. Godspeed
I got drunk in 2006 (I was 26), and I hooked up with this 40 year old woman. She played this song that night. We never worked out, but we kept in touch. I heard she passed away from a car accident. I had to see this video. Rip Victoria.
Great memory! Ya said it true. Pure.
Heres to victoria. To all the women who did & didnt work out for us in our lives, and to those we lost rip i lost one the same way except our relationship was just at its beginning stages at the time december 18 1999 rip sarah i think of you every time i drive past united blvd where you were taken from us and you help me remember to drive careful
rip victoria
You'll meet again. Somewhere down the crazy river.
Feel the same about my cat Tiddles. She was a legend.
I come back to this song once a month or so. It's a pure masterpiece, but the most incredible part is Manu Katche's signature groove. As a drummer of over 45 years, I will put this up there with the best drums tracks of ALL time. It's THAT good!
most underrated track of all time - I was a kid when this came out and now a middle aged man, hurts to know Robbie has passed on. RIP. Your music is timeless and lives on. Cheers Robbie.
he's still there ... somewhere down that river ...
The burden of aging is having to watch your icons and heroes passing on, knowing that we are soon to follow... and that my friend, is the real bittersweet Truth!
I agree 100%. What a chilling mysterious song. It stopped me in my tracks, still does. Rest in peace RR 🕊️
I know what a great song
It’s a work of pure genius..RiP and thanks Robbie
This song has always chilled me to the bone. It’s so sexy and intense, mysterious. Rest in peace, thanks for all your art. 🕊️
This song kick started my puberty. That voice!
Agree, blew my young 4/4 time brain back then and still does. Sublime tune with sublime artistry all around, especially Manu on drums, a masterclass on rhythm and groove.
I know this strange to say , brilliant song that it is. The reminds me of coming of a late night cafe or coming out of a pub late at night.
Reminds me of the movie version of the beginning of Naked Lunch written by William S. Burroughs when he was tripping on LSD.
@@johndoyle2429 In the 80s, during my misspent youth, my brother had a band that played some real sleazy joints, the kind where every piece of furniture is broken and carved up.
One night an angry drunk stumbled out to his car and got a revolver, shot holes in the building from the parking lot, and left. I think the chick he was chatting up and buying drinks for had walked out the door with another guy that she liked better
We were in the back close to the band, didn't even hear gunshots. The bullets hit the bar area in the front and there was shattered glass everywhere but miraculously, no one was hit. The terrified bartender was unscathed, but probably in need of fresh underpants.
It was surreal! The band went on break right after it happened so we walked to the bar and saw all this chaos that we had been completely oblivious to because of the loud music.
We stayed up all night talking about it, then we all decided to go down to Pete's Cafe. It was built in the 1950s, had the googy signage and the little individual jukeboxes at every booth. Always seemed there was the same table full of very old men smoking cigarettes, swapping lies, and giving us the stink eye, those good for nothin' hippies.
This song reminds me of that time of my life!
Robbie died today. This is one of the most sensuous songs ever made. That's Maria McKee In the video. We will miss you Robbie. Rest in peace.
This has got to be one of the coolest songs every recorded.
U betcha!.......
One of the best albums ever recorded. Daniel Lanois...
@@jtboves2339 yes great production, he did a lot with U2
That sure stirred up some ghost for me.
I bought, and still have the single on vinyl, loved it then, and still do x
RIP Robbie Robertson, 9-August-2023. This will always be one of my favorite songs ever. Me and SS would listen to it on the stereo, turned up loud, and hang with Robbie for a minute. Robbie was gifted & shared his blessings with us. Condolences to his family, loved ones, and fans.
Mine too. I remember when I first heard this song. I was either in Jr. High school at the time or elementary school. This was, and still is, one of my favourite songs by Robbie Robertson. It's hard to believe he just passed away. 😢
RIP Robbie Robertson. This is one of my favourite songs of his. I also love Showdown at Big Sky. 😢
I JUST discovered this man, and he's already dead??? GAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!
What a sweet sentiment. I feel the same way. Summer day, hot, windows down. Good, everything just good & simple.
To quote Robbie, "This is sure stirring up some ghosts for me."
What a song. What a voice. What a man. What a loss to the world of music.
Rest in peace, Robbie Robertson. You will be missed.
One of my favorites as well.. jus sumin bout that song let me tell ya... Rest in peace Robbie
😢Rest in Peace , Robbie , somewhere down the crazy River!✨🚃🛤🤍
Preach!
@@jeangalsworthy6869 you know it ! ☮️ and 💜
@@jeangalsworthy6869 you know it ! ☮️ and 💜
More haunting now, with Robbie gone. I'm hating these losses, people I grew up with. Yeah, it's life, I know...
@timothyvotaw7517 - Yep. These are the ones we got on the ride with, for better or for worse, and now one by one, they're getting off. Scary, because you're wondering when the ride will be over for you. Oh, well, there's always the next ride...maybe we'll see some of them again on that one. Catch y'all later!
Oh my, why does Robbie have to be gone😪😥😪😥. Parts of life I am not impressed with 😖.
@@AbsentWithoutLeavingfingers crossed
“Wait. Did you hear that?”
Always gave me chills.
Rest easy brother. 🎶🎶
I love this - 'Why do you always end up down at Nick's Cafe?"
I said, "Uh, I don't know, the wind just kinda pushed me this way"
She said, "Hang the rich" '.
yup - that hook was a great line for me too !! RIP Robbie
Like Robbie wasn't rich? Very odd line.@@matiasromero328
n 1988 I had my first apartment. Above me lived a lesbian couple, across the hall was neighbor Dave who smoked pot all day long. We all became friends and hung out together. The lesbian couple split up and soon one of them had a new girlfriend Allie. I didn’t care for this new girlfriend at first, she seemed shy and awkward. Eventually we all hung out and Allie had a CD player with a ton of cd’s. I started rummaging through her music collection and found this Robbie Robertson cd. We both loved Somewhere Down the Crazy River.I stopped her in the hallway to talk about it and we both realized we had something in common. A love of music! Turned out we had the same sense of humor too. 32 years later Allie has been my best friend for all of these years. I’m thankful for this song that started a wonderful life long friendship.
I was 1year old...
How’s Dave..
Nice story!❤️
I got my first apartment alone back in 1988 also. Heady days. Life back then was about chasing girls, playing football (the one with your feet) having a toke and a beer and listening to amazing music. Went fast didn't it? I have 4 kids in university and am 29 years married. It's a blur. My advice to young people: savour the moments, you'll be 57 before you know it. Great song and thanks for sharing your experience.
Great story.
I’m a writer a poet and these words give me shivers
I wish I could write like that
Loved this since it was released (all those years ago) and I'm at a time in life where certain people's deaths leave a big hole, you actually mourn for people you never met. Last year i felt Robbie's passing and other examples would be, George Michael (shocker for me too) and Tina Turner. Their songs weave them through your life and it's such a difficult thing to explain and describe, the loss feels real enough, and lasting!!! Many thanks to em all RIP 🎶🎵🎶
Nicely said. I agree. Some songs take me right back to a time in my life and it's so real and I swear I am there again and it feels nice. 🎶🎵 these wonderful musicians I am thankful for them and their music 🎶🎵
Super song brings me right back to 1988... this is sure stirring up some ghosts for me....
Once you hear this song you never forget it
@@margaretspeas8229 Me too!
Ron Beretta so true
Yes. You will never forget how bad it is😆
First time hearing this song just now. I've always enjoyed songs by The Band, and found my way into searching for Robbie Robertson's top charting singles. This was a #1 hit and the first track I played after searching. Love it.
TRUE..!!!! That's the way people should still travel.....!!!!
Rest In Peace Robbie Robertson.
I was shocked to learn you had passed, you are a music legend, and a Canadian one at that.
Condolences to his family and friends, and all who love him.
💔🕯🕇🕯💔🎸
I experienced this song in real life back in the day , one of my fondest memories
Oh my heart. This song. Oh my gawds this song. Any woman turning on this song, she has plans. Such a legend.
This song gives me chills. His gritty voice combined with that smooth music and those haunting lyrics get me every time.
Awww 🥰
Thanks for the love supporting my music and since when have you been my fan?
💛💜
Definitely me too ❤
Yeah, this dude is cool. He's got variety.
@@robbierobertson2078 great song....greater album
This tune is still one of my favorites all these years later.
RIP Robbie Robertson ❤️
We're losing all the great musicians of the 60's & 70's. Back when music was real talent. Such a loss. Really feeling this. 💔
Spoken Word meets R&B... Robbie nailed it on this one for sure. Some musicians never create a song with this much vibe ever in their life. Robbie did it for decades. Live on, Robbie!
i always felt this was just Robbie doing his best Tom Waits impersonation.
"Some musicians never create a song with this much vibe ever in their life."
😎A truer statement has never been made!
Well said
@@David_Downs Yeah, I love the deep growly voices! He's smoother than Tom though. He reminds me a bit of Chris Rea (Road To Hell)
You have the right of it, sister. @@kcbradygirl
1987 this song is Great
2020 this song is Great.
It's timeless
In 3020 it'll be great.
@@yvindascanius6061 No doubt about that. One of those
@@yousafbokhari6596 20200820 listening to this song is like listening to it for the first time many many years ago...Huckleberry Finn styles d*_*b
2021.still great!
RIP Robbie. This was the song that compelled me to buy this album. Thanks for being a thread in the fabric of my life.
RIP Robbie ... such a talented musician. This song is just amazing.
❤
😢
I agree, this should be #1. "You like it now, you'll learn to love it later".
I used to have this song on repeat late at night; RIP Robbie
Undeniably one of the most evocative tunes I’ve ever heard. I’m glad the imagery in the video was sparse, it left a lot of room for the images he put in my head with those lyrics and that soundscape.
Brilliant atmospheric song. Still listening 2020.
Try 'Unbound' when you get chance. 👍
good ,like all others ,but 'down the river' is the most mystical ....
Leblond987 yes! Very good 👌
Indeed. Robbie Robertson has a gift for painting pictures in his songs.
Same here 😊
He was a man with a broad imagination You definitely stirred my soul.
Rest in peace, RR.
RIP you beautiful, talented human
This song is a whole storybook condensed into 4m51s of pure sublimeness. R..I..P Robbie Robertson. Thank you for the enduring and indelible memories.
Whoa.. I'm just now venturing more into Robbie's solo career beyond The Band and I'm amazed! This tells such a mysterious, dark, sensual story that you want to hear over and over again. I'm obsessed. 💖
Have you listened to Unbound?
@@bettyleasure8293I have, it's good too!
Somewhere Down the Crazy River and Unbound are probably my two favorites. I also love Music from the Native Americans and How to Become Clairvoyant. He was a true giant, and I miss him already.
I haven't found anything I don't like, so much talent.@@MarkJinLA
I love it so much I wish I was part of the story-Superlative piece of Musical Storytelling!!!!!!!
Rest In Peace to this Canadian Legend. A voice like no other. Thank you for your music Robbie. ❤
Rest in Peace, Robbie.
I always considered this tune a masterpiece.
So beyond...chills!!
Happy 79th Birthday, Robbie! This song still SLAPS 34 years later! Good music is timeless. You did it, man. Your whole life, nothing but great music.Thank you, sir! Keep on with yo bad self! We love you.
He did it, it's a crazy life, lots of pitfalls, many in his musical entourage were lost, but he made it.
You said it all for me, Thanks to Robbie and thanks for all that devotion. One of the best album of the 80's for sure and that says a lot for that decade in musical history.
One for Greatest Hits Radios MM with our Nicky Campbell.
Tony Levin made an appearance
RIP Robbie. A classic 80’s tune
I was stunned the day it was announced. Time does slip away. RIP Mr. Robertson. Your talent will be missed.
RIP, Robbie. ❤ As a teenager I used to daydream about the opportunity to meet you to tell you how much your music meant to me. I hope where you are now you can tap in to all of it and feel it for yourself.
RIP Robbie. One of the greatest late night songs in history. We listened to this every party night in the woods when we were wild and crazy hippie kids in the 80's. "You fog the mind, you stir the soul."
“You like it now, but you’ll learn to love it later…”
There is no one like Robbie! He is one of the most gifted musicians ever! Through his music he evokes and then places the listener in another dimension!
So true.
Thanks for the love supporting my music and since when have you been a fan?
Certainly takes me to a different dimension 🥰 and far away from it all 💫☮
True thaat!
Rest in Peace Mr Robertson, this has been a favourite of mine since I was a kid. Thank you for the music.
Robbie had that’s certain something in spades,
Lean and angular, a presence and a force
Life was a carnival Robbie
You are sorely missed
Brilliant song. RIP great Robbie Robertson.
And a video was directed by Martin Scorsese.
You like it now, but you will learn.
"You like it now, but you'll learn to love it later"--Yes :)
yea
That was line link of the century.... You spotted it well....!!!!
Rest in Peace sir, you will be missed, but not forgotten.
The burden of aging is having to watch your icons and heroes passing on, knowing that we are soon to follow... and that my friend, is the real bittersweet Truth!
RIP Robbie Robertson. Thank you for the music, Robbie.
This song and video are pure art.
Godspeed Robbie. So saddened to hear of your passing. Rest in peace somewhere down that crazy river
You took the words out of my mouth. I've heard of Robbie Robertson's time with The Band, but I was way too young to have listened at the time. My first listen to Robbie Robertson was with this song, *"Somewhere Down the Crazy River".*
I just happened across an article of Robbies and heard that this wonderful, beautiful man, musician, visionary passed into the great beyond Aug. 9th two days ago.
Whoosh- emotions passed through me. Robbies solo records have touched me so deeply. His Native Indian Spirituality is incredible.
Thank you Robbie Robertson for blessing us with your being among us. 🙏 🕉 🎉
same here...somehow social media has not really jumped onto news of his passing...unless Ms O'Connors passing which was front page news for a couple of days ! I was even more stunned that he was 80 when he died !
This is a perfect example of how a lyric can paint pictures, can make a listener see and feel exactly what the writer is seeing and feeling. No ambivalence, nothing subject to interpretation - the listener is drawn into the song because the writer lays an interesting storyboard out on the table. And in this case, the excellent production magnifies the power of the lyric to make the song nothing short of a work of art.
“Somewhere Down the Crazy River” is basically a couple of pages from the diary of a man living the levee life, maybe along the Mississippi River in the Deep South. The song would have been called a “recitation” back in the old country music days, as Robertson speaks the verses and sings the choruses. With great lines like...
'Yeah, I can see it now/The distant red neon shivered in the heat and Take a picture of this/The fields are empty, abandoned ’59 Chevy/Laying in the back seat listening to Little Willie John'
- how can you not visualize these scenes? And if you don’t know who he is, how can you not want to Google “Little Willie John?”
Producer Daniel Lanois recalled the song’s origins saying that “Somewhere Down the Crazy River” was “a line that Robertson came up with when he was describing what it was like to hang out in Arkansas with Levon Helm in his old neighbourhood. He was telling me about the hot nights and fishing with dynamite … I was curious about his stories because I wanted them to be on that record … It’s kind of like a guy with a deep voice telling you about steaming nights in Arkansas.”
The final verse of the song is admittedly less clear-cut; it’s presumably about the experience of hanging with “Madame X,” and leaves some things to the imagination to be sure. But by that point the listener is so caught up in the vibe of the song that reaching one’s own conclusions becomes part of the fun.
The single was a relative success, charting in both the U.S. and the U.K. and helping bolster sales of the album in the still-catching-on CD format. It’s near the top of my list when it comes to great examples of cinematic lyricism; it’s like the movie so many songwriters strive to produce, true art that isn’t abstract or over the listener’s head. “Somewhere Down the Crazy River” is an excellent model of vivid lyrical imagery, something all writers should make sure their own lyrics contain before wondering why their songs don’t seem to communicate with the listener.
(American Songwriter)
The pinnacle of explanation ...
"... she says:" There's one thing you gotta learn is not to be affraid of it". I said: "No. I like it. I like it, it's good." She said: "You like it now, but you'll learn to love it later." I always thought that this verse was about experiencing heroin for the first time. The "you'll learn to love it later" line was almost the exact same thing I was told by the girl I used to hang out with. It is very open to interpretation, but to me, there's no doubt about it.
*"Wait! Did you hear that?! Oh, this is sure stirring up some ghosts for me!"*
only a bit of RR's genius ........
FYI for those reading this comment - this is word for word an article published in American Songwriter two and a half years ago, written by Rick Moore. Here's a link to the article:
americansongwriter.com/lyric-week-robbie-robertson-somewhere-crazy-river/
See you "down the crazy river" Robbie ...RIP
~ rest in paradise ~ 😔 🕯
Still missing you M8.... Cheers for all the emotions you gave us.
RIP ROBBIE ROBERTSON, your music will always shine
RIP Robbie…dug this tune from back in the day…Had the cassette and rocked it often…Cool vibe…
Always loved this song for its wonderful lyrical imagery. RIP Robbie
I introduced this song to many people over the years. It never got enough air play. Miss ya Robbie.
Perfect song for driving on a warm summer night on a dark country road with the windows down.
RIP Robbie.
Took the words right out of my keyboard 😊
And a serial killer on the loose😬
I used to play this on a big pirate radio station in Dublin in the 80’s. 2AM, lights down to dim, studio speakers up....... yeah I can still see it now.
I'm there...
What was the name of the station?
Hi All, I just came to Revisit this song and seen people had asked questions, to which I never got Notifications, apologies. Dublin in the 80’s, was Grim but just the best! Culturally changing for the better and not just for the sake of it and peeks into the outside world via Satellite Tv. Getting a pizza delivered over the phone was an event! The pirate station was Heartbeat FM, which we brought back 20 years later for a 1 month reunion. It was No1 at Night Time due to the fact it was Love Songs. It was professional equipment and format but small. A number of us did much Bigger things after, but Heartbeat was family and Genetic. About 3 years ago, a lady remembered me from my shows on Heartbeat in 1988 and that made my year! I tell this story occasionally, on the final few moments of our farewell broadcast December 30th 1988, as we played the final promo in the Cart Machine, the cart failed and the resulting final seconds of “The Final Countdown” promo slowed to a stop and we played the Final ID VO Heart Beat 95 FM to sung The Hearbeat of Dublin City. The slowing to a stop sounded crafted and listeners thought we had created it that way for that last moment, finally, re my earlier post about that Overhead Light Dimmed Low, it too died that night. When we came in the next day, staring at the wrongness of unmanned studio, that Overhead Light had for the first time in the studios History, stopped working, or had also died as Is better described. The last 45 minutes are on TH-cam, I won’t link it, it’s easily findable, because, being Radio, the picture in your mind will be far better than the reality. We do have an online Stream today, automated, no presenters, just some of the old tunes, like A Ghost, on TuneIn, good to visit, but like a like a stranger in a strange land.
Bernard Evans Just wanted to say, this was more than a pleasure to read... there’s that vibe again, of worlds strange and distant to me, brought for a moment or two somehow close enough that I could step through... a trail of footprints on a memory...
...there is absolutely nothing quite like being a stranger!
And the Band in the u.s. we had bleaker theater from little rock aka. In the early 70's Harry Chapin Jefferson airplane ... way b-4 starship you have good taste but the way my grand folks are mc'guires from the Isle too my son told me it's the greenest land he ever saw on his way to IRAQ god bless the Irish!!
One of the best albums of the 80's. Every song is great with so many great musicians featured on it.
Which album is this from. I had the one underworld of redboy, that i loved so much, i wore it out. Seriously. And now I've found ulali and makh jchi, drum song. I love those voices
This song ..... soundtrack to my youth . RIP Robbie ❤
Rest in Peace Robbie Robertson..
To all of the Robertson family, the world of fans are with you during this time.
Rest Easy Legend. 🤘🌱🇨🇦
I saw Bob Dylan and The Band at MSG in 1975. The set by The Band of approx. 45 minutes was perhaps the best I've ever heard.
This one HURTS.
RIP, Robbie.
Only Garth Hudson Left and he is not doing well.
Will be pulling out CDs on my way down the the Shore this Friday of their work. No doubt the tears will flow.
the line that is eternal is "You like it now? you'll learn to love it later"
Rest In Power maestro ❤
One of the greatest voices and songwriters in rock history. He will be missed. Always loved this track. RIP.
Only Maria McKee could star in a music video without singing a note and still leave an incredibly lasting impression.
I know. It's so funny! 2 years later! lol.
Indelible is the correct word I believe. ; )
Real gone kid
She sings a little right at the end.
I agree. I read that she worked on the album with him? Not sure exactly.
God speed Robbie...thx for all your music
RIP Robbie Robertson. Thank you for so much, but especially, indelibly, this, possibly the sexiest song ever recorded....
So utterly sad to learn that RR has died! One of my all time favourite musicians...songwriter, singer, guitarist, performer, humanitarian, iconic Canadian, gentle man...RIP sir 😢❤😥
Couldn't have said it better.. Amen 🙏
Rest in Peace Robbie. This is my introduction to your music as a kid. And I can ever forget thjs song. 🙏
RIP' For years a big fan, see ya somewhere down thw crazy river''
Feeling very emotional and teary listening to Robbie's songs, after his passing. He was suffering and his pain has stopped.
What a voice, so warm (sexy too) and convincing. A master of musical art! Missing you, Robbie...
Thank goodness for technology! We can listen and see him continuously! and thank you, Mr. Robertson, for all your Music...
Rest in the light, always.
Melody Fox (aka the Princess of Rock)
LPeaceM
You changed my world. May you fly with your ancestors
I was on holiday in Canada in a remote part of BC and this came on the radio. It was a moment in time that I’ll never forget. Just a truly brilliant song from one of finest songwriters of our time. RIP Robbie.
RIP Robbie, this is one of my favourites from you. Such a cool vibe. Thanks for all the music.
RIP Robbie - Crazy how many greats we have lost in the past few years. Wonderful musician and songwriter
Rest in peace, Robbie. Thanks for all the great music.
Robbie, Maria McKee & Sammy Llamas
...all legends. RIP Robbie.
Sammy Llanas (not Llamas) aka Sammy BoDean .... what a memorable vocal hook he provided!
Andy frost played this quite a few times on psychedelic Sundays. It was a ritual to listen to Andy frost in every time And when he played this song it was like time stood still. Rip
RIP Robbie Robertson.
❤️🙏❤️ One of my favorite singers. God bless. 💜✝️💜
I've always loved this song ❤️.
So very sorry and sad to hear of Robbie's passing today. He was a much respected singer/songwriter/musician in this world of music. He may be gone but will always be remembered by everyone for his contribution to music.
RIP Robbie 🙏🙏🙏🙏
May the wind push you to new adventures Robbie. RIP
RIP Robbie Robertson. I really love this album. I fell in love with it the year it came out. I was living in Phoenix at the time and I had this on repeat. I love Sam Llanas's voice throughout this album. He was the singer with Wisconsin-based the BoDeans.
Catch the blue train. Thank you Robbie.
I can not talk my wife into liking this song, she's weird. RIP Robbie, thanks for all great music sir.
RIP Robbie Robertson!
R.I.P Robbie 💙🙏🏽 you’re a Legendary artist!
One of my favourite songs. So sorry to hear of Robbie's passing. RIP x
Thank you Robbie and everyone who participated in this album.. timeless music and production. Rest in Peace Robbie!
I wish I was part of the storyline-it's so easy to Love how evocative this masterpiece is!!!! - A Superlative piece of Musical storytelling!!!!!!
RIP Robbie ❤ this track will forever live on for me ❤️
The back beat is hypnotic. Truly one of the greatest songs, top 10-50
Manu Katché. A French musician of West African descent. Known more in the jazz drumming world but he played on a bunch of more adventurous pop rock records beginning in the 80's, most famously with Peter Gabriel, Sting, Joni Mitchell, etc. A unique voice. Still making records.
This song gets me everytime...RIP Robbie 😢🙏❤️🕊
I am sorry that your passing led to me finding your music. I wish you were still alive now I know you. Wonderful song
This song is so freaking haunting and sexy. I have loved this for years. Robbie really paints the picture doesn't he?
Thanks for the love supporting my music 🥰
Since when have you been a fan ?
Hello 👋, how are you doing today, how’s everything going over there 👉
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Brilliant track from an insanely talented man - Rest in peace, Robbie...