Leadbelly - Where Did you Sleep Last Night
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ต.ค. 2024
- This is the song that Mark Lanegan and Nirvana covered. It is not a Nirvana song, or a Mark Lanegan song. It is a traditional song that Leadbelly was the first to record it. Lanegan and Cobain heard it and loved it.
Imagine how Leadbelly would feel knowing millions of people listen to his music 80 years later.
I hope he is looking down on use and seeing his music tuch us all. Can't say much about how he lived his life. I will leave that up to God.
While never receiving a penny in royalties 😉
@@denseycoleii8343its a appalachian folk song btw
@@AprilseahorseI hope he cannot and god is not real..
@@pbail2456 cool but this song is a folk song
Back in 2003, I went to visit my grandma in her rest home. She didn’t remember me, my brother, or even my father (her son). She was confused why we were there. She taught me many old blues and folk songs as a child, including this one. I started singing “My girl, my girl...” she immediately joined in, “don’t you lie to me/tell me where did you sleep last night..” We sang a couple of more bars before she asked “Young man, where did you learn that song?” I said, “You, grandma. You taught me that song.”
She looked over to the caretaker and said “This kid is trying to trick me!”
It was the last time I ever saw Grandma Rose. I miss her so much. ❤️
That's a beautiful story. Shows the power of music also ❤
That’s beautiful
It sounds like your grandma must have been a nice lady
Such a precious anecdote thank you for sharing
evanisovich ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Isn't it crazy to think we can listen to someone sing a song who died before a lot of us were even alive. We had no chance of ever meeting this person but we can hear how the words roll of their tounge
The same with old movies it's like time travel. It's like they're still alive.
Ikr? Technology can be awesome at times...
daniel ball art is awesome
@@LEO_78_ yes it is.
You re so smart dude lol
Don’t stop with this song. Leadbelly had a lot of terrific recordings.
He was born 140 years ago.
I get so many notifications correcting me every year.
Crazy
damn kurts pretty old
Nice
@@evantaylor7507 AHAHAHAHA
@@tiffanyoneal1253 he was joking 😭🤦
This man's voice is really haunting
Voice of a man whos taken another life
YES! YES! That's what I love about Leadbelly & that oeuvre.
100% Goosebumps
Sold his soul on the crossroads
@@mr.peanutbutter6969 leadbelly??? U sure u are not confusing leadbelly w Robert Johnson?
When I was growing up, I was so in love with Nirvana's cover, I remember listening to it over and over again. It's nice to discover where it originally came from so many years later!
This song dates back to atleast the 1800's and has been covered by many, including Leadbelly
We have same story lol😁
Yeah not originally
Watching the Nirvana Unplugged concert I couldn't understand what Leadbelly Kurt is talking about. Now I can appreciate
Dude, same
The definition of “soul” in music, even as a folk song this still is way before it’s time.
Blues
@@Joemama55122 Folk Blues?
@@jacobbower302 Blues music is the essence of singing from your soul.
This man deserves to be in the Rock and Roll hall of fame.
He is. Inducted in 1988.
@@akshitaemani I said he DESERVES it, as in it’s good he’s in it.
@@EingeborenerVollblutmischling Oh damn.
@@vengance81108 ahh I see. The conundrums of the English language...
The Rock and Roll hall of fame is a joke! It's a popularity contest with a bunch of hacks voting on who gets to get in. Hell, loser Howard Stern gets to vote on who gets in. Totally worthless organization!
Man, this is an unbelievably crisp recording for the mid-late 40s.
Literally this is before the first computer...
This was 44. First computer was 1945.
Actually, vinyl and shellac records are way better than digital. Try to record something on iPhone recorder and some old tape recorder. You will see the diffrenece.
@@nurkenrustem6044 Not going to lie, I'd choose the tape recorder. Maybe the iphone for convenience of sending the track to people, but definitely the tape recorder if I wanted a better sound
@@thatpickingguy Exactly!
Leadbelly is such a genius that he covered Nirvanas song decade's before it came out, Sad to see both artist's go
So, Kurt Cobain changed his name to burnt cocaine.
@@kartikaye3313 no im his brunge cockstar cousin
😂😂
😂😂
Someone will come to say it’s David Bowies so chill, we know XD
“Fuck you all this is the last song of the evening”
maybe just 1 more
Did he bought his guitar ?
@@creeder99No.
Did you wake up?
Still can't believe Leadbelly said that during the live performance in the 40s.
The Blues is the roots of rock music.
Definitely
@@skyjacksonA1 I wanted to know as a young teenager who inspired the rock greats it was men such as Lead Belly. Fell in love with the Blues.
not just rock honestly most modern music genres are rooted in the blues
Blues are the roots...everything else is just the fruits.
The same pain you hear I'm his voice is the same you hear in Kurt's when he performs, the roots run deep.
crazy how almost 80 years later, this song is still being covered.
And that even Leadbelly covered it back then.
How old is this song?
The song is originally from the 1970s. By the time leadbelly recorded his version it was already over 50 years old
@@Seisman913 1970? Dates not right.
It's because Kurt Cobain.
crazy how Kurt knew about and was into such good music. he didn’t have internet and etc. crazy to think how he would even discover a lot of folks he admired.
I mean, everyone talked about Leadbelly though. Dylan, Alan Lomax...
Kurt struck me as the kind of guy that would go to a music shop and be there for hours looking through absolutely everything
Lol you know the world managed just fine before the internet
Kurt Cobain first performed the song with Mark Lanegan on Lanegan’s solo album a few years before “Unplugged”. Cobain wanted Mark to perform when they did “Unplugged” but he declined. That would have been a pretty cool thing to hear.
@@tostsalad6321 also what i do
Ram jam, Led Zeppelin, Nirvana, the animals, it seems like everyone has covered his stuff he was so influential!
Weirdest name on the list: Tiny Tim. He covered it under the title "Little Girl."
Yeah, his music gets deep down into the soul. That's going to affect a lot of ppl.
Creedence clearwater covered cotton fields too.
Whoaaa Black Betty bamalam whoaaa😂
This is the true father of blues and rock and roll music!!
To be fair, isn't Leadbelly relatively late? Even the much-admired Robert Johnson and Charlie Patton are "late" in the history of the blues.
I genuinely slept in the pines last night, and shivered the whole night through, I kept singin this song and it made me feel slightly better about being homeless ya know?
I hope you are well. More so than that night.
If not.
Just think of it as camping
I got a place in March, after 6 years & 4 months of being on the streets. My roommate's boyfriend stole my wallet 2 weeks ago, leaving me penniless for the entire month. Yesterday she had a new bedroom suite delivered, mattress, box springs, the works, while I was in the yard smashing cans to recycle so I could go buy something to drink, & I realized there's worse ways to live than homeless. I'll be back on the streets at the end of the month.
@@nannettefreeman7331 Take care of yourself Nannette.
And call on me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you
Psalm 50:15
🤍
When I was homeless, it was cold, but finally I was free. You should see my new home now. It was totally worth the struggle. I hope you will find your new place soon.
hope your situation is a little better now
Those little melodic runs, and throughout the chord progressions, and that rich, compelling voice with that hint of gentle menace. Traditional yet timeless. It's gorgeous.
Couldn't have said it better makes me wish I was born earlier purely to meet ol, Leadbelly.
‘Gentle menace’ is good! 👍
A pretentious analysis.
Lots of love for leadbelly from all here in Ireland 🇮🇪
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Leadbelly was not the first to record this song. His recording is from 44. Bill Monroe recorded the song under the title "In the Pines" in 1941.
The song is a traditional song from the 1870s.
Neither of them wrote it. Dock Walsh has the earliest known commercial recording of the song from April of 1926.
try the louvin bros youll enjoy it..theyre very morbid country from the 50s
From memory leadbelly said a lot of the songs he sang were old slave songs, Black Betty is another one.
@@raptor0040 "Where Did you Sleep Last Night" was not a slave song. The Carter Family adaptation that Leadbelly sang is a combination of two separate early American folk songs "In the Pines" and "The Longest Train I Ever Saw" and is even recorded as "In the Pines (The Longest Train I Ever Saw)"
Black Betty was not a slave song either. "Black Betty" was an early 20th century work song.
Ok my bad, shows how bad my memory is, thanks for clearing that up mate :)
@@raptor0040 Not a problem at all. Just thought it was something worth clearing up.
I like Leadbelly's version of "Where Did You Sleep Last Night" the best of all of the renditions. When Bill Monroe or Dock Walsh sang them, it sounded like they were recording a song. When Leadbelly sang it, he sounded like he was lamenting something that actually happened.
Lyrics
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My girl, my girl, don't lie to me
Tell me where did you sleep last night
In the pines, in the pines
Where the sun don't ever shine
I would shiver the whole night through
My girl, my girl, where will you go
I'm going where the cold wind blows
In the pines, in the pines
Where the sun don't ever shine
I would shiver the whole night through
My girl, my girl, don't you lie to me
Tell me where did you sleep last night
In the pines, in the pines
Where the sun don't ever shine
I would shiver the whole night through
My husband, was a hard working man
Killed a mile and a half from here
His head was found in a driving wheel
And his body hasn't ever been found
My girl, my girl, don't you lie to me
Tell me where did you sleep last night
In the pines, in the pines
Where the sun don't ever shine
I would shiver the whole night through
Thanks
Translate pleace to russia
Thanks!
@Bill McLean pretty sure the song is about a slave master talking to a slave who tried to run
Nick Goyhenetche oooo
Such a haunting and powerful tune, I can totally see why Kurt would have wanted to play it
I'm such a really good singer 🥰🤍🤍☹️ th-cam.com/video/Lz5x6vFqFN0/w-d-xo.html
It is officially listed as a traditional song so Leadbelly played this classic version of his interpretation of a traditional song. It reminds me of Whiskey In the Jar which we all probably know as a Thin Lizzy song & later a Metallica song, which was essentially a cover of the Thin Lizzy version. So Kurt Cobain shouldn’t have smoke blown up his ass for doing a worse cover of Leadbelly’s interpretation of a traditional song as Leadbelly’s version was superior musically (on one guitar) and his singing was more evocative. If Kurt didn’t go balls out on the last chorus of their unplugged rendition of this track it (and die shortly after) it would be forgotten.
@@horrorbusiness78 take your meds
@@horrorbusiness78man why you hating
@@horrorbusiness78 boy that escalated quickly
[Verse 1]
My girl, my girl, don't lie to me
Tell me, where did you sleep last night?
(Come on and tell me baby)
In the pines, in the pines where the sun don't ever shine
I would shiver the whole night through
[Verse 2]
My girl, my girl, where will you go?
I'm going where the cold wind blows
(Where’s that, baby?)
In the pines, in the pines where the sun don't ever shine
I would shiver the whole night through
[Verse 3]
My girl, my girl, don't you lie to me
Tell me, where did you sleep last night?
(Come on and tell me something about it)
In the pines, in the pines where the sun don't ever shine
I would shiver the whole night through
(Shiver for me now)
[Verse 4]
Her husband, was a hard working man
Killed a mile and half from here (what happened to him?)
His head was found in a driving wheel
And his body has never been found
[Verse 5]
My girl, my girl, don't you lie to me
Tell me where did you sleep last night
In the pines, in the pines where the sun don't ever shine
I would shiver the whole night through
Thanks, the story is a bit more clearer now, a girl telling a story to her mom
Thakyou!
Everyone be asking “where did you sleep last night?” but nobody be asking “how did you sleep last night?” ✋😔
😔👊
I fucking love that joke
i think John lennon does
@@tunadoomshitpost i just clicked just for this comment
@@porubarentain9448 no problem
One of the best songs ever recorded
Music man agreed
Naaahh...
Patriarchal Huwhite Colonialist definitely
It's a great song, but I think you are exaggerating
Dave Grohl's Right Elbow that’s cool, i just personally feel differently
Hearing the hissing of the record just makes this sound so much better.
I have to admit... this guy did a pretty smart move by time travelling back in time and covering a Nirvana song. I bet everyone back then thought that shit was pretty hype.
underrated comment
🤣🤣🤣
YEAH COXWELL MURDERS
Or he probably said : "You're not ready for this yet. But your kids will gonna love it!"
I'm pretty sure that anyone who's heard Nirvana's cover knows the original song is from Leadbelly. Kurt made it pretty clear.
It's NOT a Leadbelly song originally, but a traditional.
Vetusta221 Well you know what I mean
Nirvana did say he was covering leadbellys version but if you listen to the lyrics he obvious covered later a versions. There was a lot of covers. from country to rock. grateful dead, dolly parton, dylan. I dont know which one but from the lyrics it wasnt Leadbelly
This is an American Folk Song and it has been Performed by many Artist under different tittles.
Nobody knows who the original writer of the song was. Leadbelly was the the first to record it
Janis Joplin said in a interview that his album was the first she ever bought, and that he greatly influenced her. You can almost hear the resemblance when you play her blues music. Glad I listened to this. I really like it.
Lead Belly would have stabbed Janis for even touching his album!!
@@Anarchy-Is-Liberty
Could we just- just for one little moment not compare musicians and just enjoy their work.
@@elilel0545 Lead Belly would run a shive up in you for even talking like that!!!
@Lautaro Lencina janis was trash. a screeching banshee.
@@bassreeves2410 Ouch that's ridiculous. Ever listened to her cover of Ball and Chain or Little Girl Blue? No? Thought not. Probably not for you anyway.
Nirvana made so many people aware of Leadbelly ( not saying people didn't already know of him they very much did) at that Unplugged. Phenomenal.
They were woke enough back then to know it was appropriate to pay homage to the originator.
@@ChrisSmith-tz3rn Leadbelly wasn't the originator. This is a traditional folk song going back to 1870 or earlier.
Im glad i foud Leadbelly before i heard Nirvana doin cover. First i found his mr hitler song witch is hillarius
Mr moustache is about Hitler?@@lw8213
His voice comes from the center of the earth and soars out to the stars. Whew!
I am listening to this in 2018. With my blue tooth headphones, connected to my iPhone, connected by WiFi to the internet. Listening to a genius who died 30 years before I was born.
We are living in the future. Imagine trying to explain that to him as he records this.
I wonder if the thought ever entered his mind that people would still be listening to this song 80 years later.
Wait... He eidnt write the song... The songs older then leadbelly even.
Have fun with all that radiation.
George Orwell wld understand. And, that was 1948 he wrote 1984....which we are currently living in pretty much in 2019
Look at all you dumbasses in the past ha! not me
Janis Joplin was a Leadbelly fan. She mentioned it on one of her interviews.
who gives a shit
@@valeriepickett4365 can you don't?
We are here for Kurt not some random girl
@@benjaminbobadilla3374 "some random girl" I hope you are trolling, either way you are stupid.
@@decomposingdiamond7355 artist? she never wrote a single lyric in her life, had mundane vocal ability and she didn't play any instruments. she owed her fame and fortune to the black artists she ripped off.
Near the end of leadbellys life the beatles were born. Near the end of the beatles, the nirvana guys were born. By the time kurt had passed you were all born and now youre listening to this. Full circle.
Don't even mention Nirvana with the likes of Leadbelly and The Beatles.
@@natecalhoun4427 not a fan then?
@@willvaughan3936 you could say that
@@natecalhoun4427 not a fan of nirvana or the other two?
@@ethansmith4202 nirvana
This man is the god of music.
Leadbelly: My girl, my girl, I swear that I don't have a gun...
Lol
my girl ,my girl,, i swear that i dont have a gun , so rape meeeee !
Hello hello hello a low
@@iniorang9790 LOL
my girl my girl, i have shotgun lmao wut dis trigger do
Ashamedly I've heard Nirvana do this song for 20 years and this is the first time my brain thought "Hey, you should go look up this "Lead Belly" version that Kurt keeps talking about". Beautiful! Had no idea this song dated back to the 1800s!
I was in the same position, better late than never eh.
Well Leadbelly was born in the 1800's but I would imagine he wrote it somewhere in the 1920s-1930s
Mr Bleach - Leadbelly just interpreted a folksong that had been around for at least decades. Look up the song on Wikipedia. It's an interesting story.
Ultroman the Tacoman alright thanks for the info 👍
he was born 1888@@IM-lf5qp
My great grandmother used to sing this or a version or this except she used to say "in the pines in the pines where the sun never shines and the cold wind shiver and shook" not exactly sure where she got the different words from and that was the only part she ever did sing. She died a couple years ago at 100 years old. She was my whole heart ❤ and I loved that woman more than anything. Oh how I miss her. She was so genuine and put everyone else a priority her whole life. I wish I could go back and have one last day with her and hear all her old songs and sayings and play cards with. This one she would sing quite often so that's what made me search for it. She was born in 1919 so I guess this was from her time. I love you grandma t miss you so much but happy you are at peice now. Watch over me until I get there. Much love ❤ from your great grand daughter ❤
🙏
This is an old traditional Appalachian song and has many variations. Leadbelly learned it listening to someone else's recording of it. It became one of the top Bluegrass standards years ago ung by Bill Monroe.
Hats off to whoever remastered this track. Can't believe you got it to clean up that well.
Song is great. What Kurt did with it was absolutely amazing. I would think Lead Belly would be happy with what he inspired in one of the greatest musicians to ever live.
Nirvana was a good band, but it’s a big stretch to call Kurt one of the greatest musicians who ever lived.
@@toothybj i mean they did pull grunge and alternative rock from the grave
Drinking whiskey by the fire place and this. Perfection
If Lead Belly was there, he'd shiv you!!
@@Anarchy-Is-Liberty lol!
Well don't die
Waking up hung over, not perfection.
Just part of it
When I first heard the Nirvana cover I was immediately in love with it, crazy to actually hear where it came from
The Nirvana cover is great. Kurt Cobain was such a great musician.
Lead Belly is also covering it!
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Pines
Linda música. Grato ao Cobain por ter me apresentado essa obra prima.
Damn, this man is responsible for sooo much music that people don't even know he is. I'm lucky, my mother gave me the love of the blues, and I took it and listened to a lot. But this is new to me, Kurt Cobain made me look up this one. Thanks Kurt, from the grave you still inspired me.
The song dates back to the 1800s but was first recorded in 1926 by a banjo player named Dock Walsh. Bill Monroe recorded it in 1941, and Lead Belly in 1944.
Dont give Kurt too much credit
@@PeterNgola you're right, saying someone inspired you is giving them way too much credit. He should have just said "Kurt existed, and I acknowledge his existence" and left it at that. Moron.
My girl, my girl, don't lie to me
Tell me where did you sleep last night
In the pines, in the pines
Where the sun don't ever shine
I would shiver the whole night through
My girl, my girl, where will you go
I'm going where the cold wind blows
In the pines, in the pines
Where the sun don't ever shine
I would shiver the whole night through
Her husband, was a hard working man
Just about a mile from here
His head was found in a driving wheel
But his body never was found
My girl, my girl, don't lie to me
Tell me where did you sleep last night
In the pines, in the pines
Where the sun don't ever shine
I would shiver the whole night through
My girl, my girl, where will you go
I'm going where the cold wind blows
In the pines, in the pines
Where the sun don't ever shine
I would shiver the whole night through
My girl, my girl, don't lie to me
Tell me where did you sleep last night
In the pines, in the pines
Where the sun don't ever shine
I would shiver the whole night through
My girl, my girl, where will you go
I'm going where the cold wind blows
In the pines, in the pines
Where the sun don't ever shine
I would shiver the whole night through
I for one am thankful, not everything is comprehensible, plus now I can read it & sing while I try and play it
:)
Bike Cycle not everybody is american man, to some people english is a second language and it can be hard to understand everything
@Bike Cycle It's an old recording. It's nice to have the lyrics accurately written. Gotta keep it preserved! : )
Come on and tell me somethin 'bout it*
I love the old southern feel of the song it goes so well with the lyrics and bass line
i agree with asseater007
True that, asseater007
Southern till I die!
It must be a freaking irony that a guy with the confederate flag, comes in here to praise southern culture on a black man's song. If it were for your ancestor's will, you'd still be whipping these men's back. Stop being such a fool and change this ridiculous flag template
Kaynã Arruda Castor LMAO are talking about my avatar? Well it says "Don't tread on me." In other words it means don't harm me or anyone else. Racism is ignorance and your ignorant. Get the fuck out of here with your racism.
If there is ever a Fallout game set in a cold mountainous environment, this would be perfect as the song for the trailer.
+Phantom Limb Isn't TDPDH just an amazing record?
+Phantom Limb heard it on Stake Land !
YESSSSSSS
I was just thinking this is perfect for fallout!
+Phantom Limb or bioshock.
Kurt Cobain and Nirvana introduced me to this song. Needless to say, I immediately loved it! But, I'm real happy to have found Ledbelly's version, the original!
Ledbelly covered it just like Nirvana.
Not the original tho, song is over 140 years old. Crazy there was jealousy and untrustworthy women even back then? Who knew, and what have we learned??
Madeline same here
@@youcanbesmartaskhow3857 That all humans suck?
@@randomguy263 some.
I slept on the floor last night. Had family over. I think I saw a rat.
lolz, Maybe it's a friendly rat?
😂
@@GhalkeLawl See if it knows how to cook.
@@JimTheCurator shhhh we're going to get a copyRight claim!! ®
I hear if you look em' in the eyes....mm you turn into em'. 😬
This is so timeless. It has so much truth and edge. The very definition of soul
It wasn’t recommended, we searched for this masterpiece. love and peace from Mumbai/India
this was recommended to me.
No one cares where youre from lol
@@jinfin221 ye galat baat hai na dost...bina baat ke tu faltu me bakwas kar raha hai...why unnecessary talk shit? why to be disrespectful towards another person for no flippin reason?
@@ritvikasthana Shhh
I first heard this song in the movie "Coal Miners Daughter." Loretta Lynn was singing it to her little brother as she rocked him to sleep. In true Ledbelly fashion, it was interrupted by gunfire as a moonshiner was killed and carried off the mountain on the back of a mule.
I knew about Leadbelly when I was 10. I was always looking for all types of music as a child. I played, Rock- a -Billy, Blue grass, Blues, Swing, Rock and Roll, Pyschedlic Rock, Heavy Metal, R&B, Rap...… I just liked music as an escape.
Hello Shannon, How are you doing?
Respect from Brazil 🇧🇷, I love this song so much, the feelings it goes through are amazing ❤️
I have heard this song a dozen times but I just realized this is a duet.
Each alternating verse is part of a conversation.
"My girl, my girl, where did you sleep last night?"
"In the pines, in the pines, I shivered the whole night through"
I've heard this song so very many times, but this comment just enlightened me. Wow.
@@leemurray9330 The song is so old we don't know who wrote it, and many performers change some of the lyrics to mean different things.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Pines
@@brandondavidson4085 Right on. I am quite fond of old English folk music, which tends to be the same way with lyric changes and even different meanings or outcomes to the tales they tell. I just mean to say that I'd never considered that version to have been a dialog, and that it came as a surprise when I read your comment and realized it for the first time. Very cool.
@@leemurray9330 american* not english
I play and sing this song as the last song, in my set every night, at the bar I co own here in Mexico. It is a real crowd pleaser because they love Nirvana unplugged album, here. But, I am extremely happy that I found this older version. I think that I’ll start singing it like Leadbelly, from now on, and find more of his songs. New Leadbelly fan here!
Después de leer la biografía de Leadbelly quedé impactado. Tuvo una vida y obra digna de película este señor
Almadovãr~
Z --oSo-- was here.
Arrivederci. Bonjourno.
Gordon Parks hicé una pelicula, senor !
Been a fan of Leadbelly since I was a teen in my blues rock phase. Years later he's still the goat of bluesman for me.
I didn't realize Leadbelly made so many songs that later bands covered. House of The Rising Sun, Black Betty, and this to name a couple
Leadbelly covered those songs, just like the artists that followed him.
Not saying he wasn't influential to those artists... But he didn't write/create any of the songs you mentioned.
all songs at that point were covers of a sort. they were standard folk songs that were disseminated before the invention of radio and recording
@@carlwitt3934 lol you sound like a southern music hater
@@carlwitt3934 very true. The beauty of folk music. Belongs to no one, but everyone can enjoy playing and recording it without fear of lawsuit.
@@carlwitt3934 I do believe he wrote black betty and the titanic not sure about any others
Never heard him sing before. Put this song on, and a shiver ran down my spine. What a beautiful, haunting style!
Love it.... Kurt great taste for music. Thanks to tell me bout this great song .... Kurt Cobain 2020 who's around
Im witcha just watched cobain perform this on mtv unplugged and i had to hear the og.. kurt knew what was up, cept for the dope and Courtney love lol
i was reading a play from the 50s and the character sang this so i had to google where nirvana got it from and i’m here now. i love blues
Rip Kurt kobain he made authentic music too
William Burroughs showed him Leadbelly.
@@piotrd7355 shoutout @William Burroughs
Ole Leadbelly… my dad played your music, and I’m still listening. He would have been 102 this year. May he rest in peace.💕 and may you have peace in rest.
He was born in 1889, so he would have been 135 this year.
This was the only song that I was like head over heels in love with on Nirvanas Unplugged and I always knew it was a cover, but I’d like to think Kurt did this man proud with his gut wrenching, soulful rendition of the song. And It’s great to know the source finally. I’ve heard so many artists play this song. Not sure if this man wrote it or if it was just a popular folk song, but this is amazing. Simply timeless. The emotion of the song in the right artists hands doesn’t fail to connect even over a century apart.
"Shiver for me now"...
My god, first time I've heard the original version.
I'm shivering for you leadbelly
It's not the original. Led belly made it famous at the time yes. Just like the Animals made The House of the Rising Sun famous...
In my book this is the man. He influenced John Foegerty, Led Zeppelin, Bill Monroe, Nirvana, countless others including myself.
My first guitar was a harmony 12 string. Strange. Now I play a 1965 Gibson LG0. Love the tone. Wonderful
I think its pretty damned excellent that Cobain turned me on to this fantastic musical talent. No matter who wrote what - these are just great songs sung from their hearts.
Probably the best recorded version of this song, though it was originally recorded first in 1929 and has origins in the late 1870s.
2kidwonder shuuuuuuuuut up
2kidwonder so who wrote this song
That's information from Wikipedia. Suggests that the authorship of the song is unknown, but could be earlier than 1870's
JdogSman thanks brother, altho Wikipedia is full of crap sometimes.
who recorded it first in 1929?
Great song! Kurt really amplified the sad vibe to an extreme degree to make it an unforgettable performance
I agree. Had never heard this original version of this song. Kurt certainly did it justice. Love it
He is my favorite blues artist. ❤
The song dates back to the 1800s but was first recorded in 1926 by a banjo player named Dock Walsh. Bill Monroe recorded it in 1941, and Lead Belly in 1944. Nirvana covered this on their 1993 Unplugged In New York album.
"Where Did You Sleep Last Night?"
(originally by Lead Belly)
My girl, my girl, don't lie to me
Tell me where did you sleep last night
In the pines, in the pines
Where the sun don't ever shine
I would shiver the whole night through
My girl, my girl, where will you go
I'm going where the cold wind blows
In the pines, in the pines
Where the sun don't ever shine
I would shiver the whole night through
Her husband, was a hard working man
Just about a mile from here
His head was found in a driving wheel
But his body never was found
My girl, my girl, don't lie to me
Tell me where did you sleep last night
In the pines, in the pines
Where the sun don't ever shine
I would shiver the whole night through
My girl, my girl, where will you go
I'm going where the cold wind blows
In the pines, in the pines
Where the sun don't ever shine
I would shiver the whole night through
My girl, my girl, don't lie to me
Tell me where did you sleep last night
In the pines, in the pines
Where the sun don't ever shine
I would shiver the whole night through
My girl, my girl, where will you go
I'm going where the cold wind blows
In the pines, in the pines
Where the sun don't ever shine
I would shiver the whole night through
miraz miz, thx
I thank you Leadbelly for your beautiful music. RIP LEAD. RIP KURT
This version is not available on itunes. I love how haunting this one is. I get chills to it.
Totally agree. And I love Leadbelly's little spoken asides between the sung lines.
Wow what a artist he has had so much influence on 60,s + 70, rock bands & beyond HE, IS A LOUISIANA LEGEND Just Simply ONE OF THE GREAT BLUESMEN .
Absolutely beautiful. Clear and heartfelt. Thank you for posting.
Haunting lyrics. Compelling voice.
Never thought about this before, I came from the Nirvana cover to listen to this. Kurt Cobain the way he sings 'where did you sleep last night?' I would shiver the whole night through.. Like as if he was waiting for her to come back at some point, waiting for his promised sweetheart.
But with leadbelly there's a tone of where the fuck u been? U cheated on me and you can't even pretend about it, because if you been in the pines, u be dead
A timeless and majestic masterpiece. Thank you Sir Leadbelly for inspiring so many to pick up an ole guitar and craft the lyrical poetry for ages yet to come.
Why does this speak to my soul
It does to me also. He's been through what we've been through also, the lying, cheating and being upset. But i never did kill him or that bitch he cheated on me with...or did i? 💀🔪
The world may never know
Maybe you OR the world will never know. Fucking mystery.
Because this is real music. Real folk music made by a real person. No flash, no lights, no dancers, no show biz nonsense. It's a real man in real pain about a real woman who did him wrong. America had some of the best music ever at one point. Now it's all just fake corporate crap.
because your are a socalled black woman the real Jews of the earth, the chosen of GOD... Don't let know body tell you any different...
When you can’t come up with a great song, cover the Masters. So many “new” and “classic” rock songs are covers of blues masterpieces recorded decades earlier by greats like Robert Johnson, Leadbelly, Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, etc. Rock as we know it would not exist without them.
Leadbelly's home was about 10 miles from where I live. Right outside Shreveport, LA
Can’t decide if I like this or Kurt’s better. They both make you feel something.
Both killed a man if that helps.
Huge Nirvana fan here but I prefer Leadbelly’s
As much as I like Leadbelly's version, Kurt takes the crowd in my humble opinon
@@live.laugh_nirvanaIn the way I see it, they put different intent on their respective versions. While Leadbelly sings as someone older trying to comfort a younger woman, Kurt sings in more of a accusing manner, as if he's preparing for an argument, wich resolves in the screamed verse at the end....
Both are great, and I can't decide myself on wich I like best.
Tough call! I like Leadbelly's version better.
Forget the words, the reason this version hit contain different than the others was his voice and mainly that guitar melodyyyy it grabs you instantly before you even hear leadbellys voice
THIS IS MY FAVORITE SONG. I WASN'T SURE WHO ORIGINALLY SANG IT. ITS BEAUTIFUL. I HAVE TEARS
I have an uncle who passed away in the 70s. He loved jazz and left a whole stack of single vinyl. Ive found some gems.
This song is good therapy when you’re pissed off at someone.
leadbelly is a fascinating guitar player. its as if he created his own way of playing that had very little influence from other guitarists of the time. he has a wide array of strumming patterns but the prevaling thing ive noticed is a simple down strum with a lot of runs going into chords that could sometimes be complicated. there is one song in particular that he uses a lot of runs in and a complex strumming pattern and thats "pick a bale of cotton" i dont believe he played in standard. absolutely fascinating
Amazing how Kurt took this song and made it so somber and dark, without really changing it much at all. His voice just completely changed it. Gotta say, I love Leadbelly’s original just as much.
that song was PLENTY dark when Leadbelly put it on vinyl.....as were many of the blues songs from the 1920's-1940's and on
You don't think this sounds dark?
@@larryc3860i agree
@jacktilghman9797 the original comment surprised me. There were alot of dark and sombre country ands blues song decades before nirvana
White record company got him out of the Angola penitentiary to record music. They knew his talent. RIP lead belly you paved the way for others 🙏.
12 string guitar. I only seen one at an antique shop.
Imagine if Lead played an electric guitar, speeded up tempo. You have. Rock!⚡
i saw one at guitar center
It send shiver down my spine how this song still so hits till now
Same, absolute goosebumps.
Lead Belly would have sent a shiv down you spine!!
@@Anarchy-Is-Liberty lmao
To think this man is a literal skeleton right now is scary
Probably long gone from being bones
We’ll all be just bones some day
Are. You. High.
@@rebeccawilliams3671 nope crippling anxiety 😊😋
Here, Have some love brother ✨❤️🌿🦋
Wow. My mom and dad had a country band growing up...got dragged gig to gig every weekend; they did a version of this song...was always one of my favorites, so haunting to my young mind.
Lead belly the king of folk and blues.i like to listen to his songs🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊
Awesome! I can see why Kurt Cobain wanted to sing this masterpiece. I'm not much of a blues man but this is fire 🔥
Lead Belly from the grave: Stab!!!
Love both versions.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Pines
Effortless brilliance, what a voice, sublime, emotive singing
I love this version. I especially love how for such an old recording it requires zero adaptation for modern tastes.