Blind Willie Johnson - It's Nobody's Fault But Mine

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  • @borutmiklavec6158
    @borutmiklavec6158 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    So primal... Yet, anyone can relate to this song. So very emotinal and it must be kept for future generations, I'm very grateful for TH-cam. His story was so sad, no one can imagine. These were really tough folks.

  • @Frankincensedjb123
    @Frankincensedjb123 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    For those getting on the Zep bashing train, there's some mild justification, but most are ignorant of all the facts. The thing was, blues music was a traditional medium, where folk songs were passed from one generation to another. There's was no such thing as crediting a person or group for a song. Blind Willie Johnson didn't even write the song. He was simply the first to record it, thus Zep not crediting him on the album. Copyright effectively privatized what used to be common property. Example: No one could sensibly claim that Simon and Garfunkel wrote the traditional folk song “Scarborough Fair”, but they did in fact copyright the arrangement and they get the royalties every time the song is performed. Big Joe Williams didn’t write “Baby Please Don’t Go” but gets the royalties because his name is on the credits - making up for all the songs he did write but never got paid for.
    Zep often changed songs so drastically or created an entirely unique song based on a riff or lyric (see The Lemon Song), it would be hard to tell the original at all without a nod to previous lyrics. If the title and lyrics to Nobody's Fault But Mine were change, no one would have a clue what the song is based on, since it's based in a blues progression that is extremely common. You can’t copyright Bo Diddley’s shuffle (otherwise The Smiths would owe Diddley money for “How Soon Is Now”). You can’t copyright the chord progressions of 12 bar blues, or a particular guitar lick. If someone had, then no bluesman would be able to play anything without a lawsuit being flung in their direction. So now that you've been educated, stop littering TH-cam comments sections with your inanities. It's getting real old and boring. Thanks.

    • @JargoniusMaximus
      @JargoniusMaximus 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Bingo bango

    • @paull.6026
      @paull.6026 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Finally, someone who gets it. Salute.

    • @dan10things
      @dan10things 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      White person describes why it's OK that white people stole black music and didn't credit them or give them royalties until they are forced to through lawsuits and music fans calling bands on their bull. True music fans know and acknowledge the history of music and black people's contributions to it instead of trying to ignore or white wash the history.

    • @xnopyt22
      @xnopyt22 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@dan10things Exactly.

    • @arnoldlayne5705
      @arnoldlayne5705 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Never been on that train bro! I get it.
      Ty for taking the time to tell people.. 👊

  • @GrandMasterMan1
    @GrandMasterMan1 10 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    Heard this song on Walking Dead last night. Great selection. I'm a big blues fan and Blind Willie Johnson is one of the best. Great music.

    • @PlanetNateGaming
      @PlanetNateGaming 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      he's good but he's not quite Robert Johnson

    • @MinenArbeiterLP
      @MinenArbeiterLP 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@PlanetNateGaming stfu

    • @keensoundguy6637
      @keensoundguy6637 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@PlanetNateGaming Blind Willie Johnson's "Dark Was The Night" was among the songs sent out into space on the Voyager.

  • @mattstevenson9025
    @mattstevenson9025 6 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    Nobody's fallout but mine. 76 times I've heard this and probably going to listen for another 76 times.

  • @BluetheRaccoon
    @BluetheRaccoon ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I'm so glad this song and many other great old songs are showcased in the Fallout series.

  • @ysndgn7729
    @ysndgn7729 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Bütün geçmiş uygarlıkların mistik havası var.... Forever johnson

  • @cindysmith2936
    @cindysmith2936 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I really love music like this .

  • @anuarhelayel1309
    @anuarhelayel1309 8 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Ehh, Nobody's fault but mine,
    nobody's fault but mine
    If I don't read it my soul (wi)ll be lost
    I have a bible in my home,
    I have a bible in my home
    If I don't read it my soul be lost
    Mmm, father he taught me how to read,
    father he taught me how to read
    If I don't read it my soul be lost, nobody's fault but mine
    Ah, Lord, Lord
    Nobody's fault but mine
    If I don't read it my soul will be lost
    Ah, I have a bible of my own,
    I have a bible of my own
    If I don't read it my soul be lost
    O-o-oh, mother she taught me how to read,
    mother she taught me how to read
    If I don't read it my soul be lost, nobody's fault but mine
    Ah,
    Lord, Lord,
    Nobody's fault but mine
    If I don't read it my soul be lost
    And sister she taught me how to read,
    sister she taught me how to read
    If I don't read it my soul be lost, nobody's fault but mine
    Ah,
    mmm,
    Lord, Lord, Nobody's fault but mine
    If I don't read it my soul'd be lost,
    mmm

    • @Change8589
      @Change8589 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Anuar Helayel h

  • @joebaumgart1146
    @joebaumgart1146 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    his was the story of Joeb personified

  • @Kranammo
    @Kranammo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I pray that some day Robert Plant does the honorable thing and give credit where credit is due. I mean the riff is the same the songs name is the same the only thing he did was change the lyrics. This song is one of my favorite tunes of all times but it sickens me that they didn't give any credit to Mr Johnson, he was a great musician who wrote alot of amazing songs and he deserves to be acknowledged.

    • @rizzerable
      @rizzerable 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Led Zep owes credit to a lot of these great Blues artists. They ripped off a lot of old blues songs.

    • @zlessly
      @zlessly 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      led zepplin raped the blues, they stole, twisted and distorted. they wont ever do the right thing

    • @Frankincensedjb123
      @Frankincensedjb123 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      See my comment above for enlightenment.

    • @xnopyt22
      @xnopyt22 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Frankincensedjb123 Sure white guy who doesn't want it to look like he supports stealing traditional cultural black music

    • @jorgelobos8153
      @jorgelobos8153 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nah man Zeppelin took this shit to a whole other level, something blind Willie a bluesman himself would have been proud of and vice versa as Zeppelin admiration of the song created a whole new vision becoming the 1976 version on their "Presence" album. Give credit where the talent is due.

  • @paulmarkwell4663
    @paulmarkwell4663 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Who would thought this would be a Led Zeppelin song later on
    Go blind willie

    • @Lexilove2016
      @Lexilove2016 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Considering led zepplin didn't exist yet, no ond.

    • @wardochurchfan9166
      @wardochurchfan9166 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      It’s a shame how he died

    • @tummytalk605
      @tummytalk605 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Just another Led Zep ripoff, there were many of them

    • @espada9
      @espada9 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@tummytalk605 "rip off" sounds NOTHING lie the original. If a Ferrari a rip off of a Model T?

    • @JeffreyWilliams-dr7qe
      @JeffreyWilliams-dr7qe 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@espada9Don't say.

  • @KatCherrington-t9s
    @KatCherrington-t9s 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love this, easy to see why Robert Plant did a version... Inspired

  • @enstigatorofficial
    @enstigatorofficial 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Zep tried to steal this one and got caught--- Led Zeppelin releases list the songwriters as guitarist Jimmy Page and singer Robert Plant, however, group chronicler Dave Lewis commented: "The Page/Plant credit here is a little misleading as Blind Willie Johnson may well have been under the impression that he wrote the lyrics back in 1928, a fact that Robert acknowledged when introducing the track on stage in Copenhagen in 1979.

    • @enstigatorofficial
      @enstigatorofficial 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Bert Francis yes they did

    • @freddielynn7773
      @freddielynn7773 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Bert Francis Damn straight!

    • @Frankincensedjb123
      @Frankincensedjb123 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      You're ignorant. See my comment above and stop being a horses ass.

    • @xnopyt22
      @xnopyt22 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Frankincensedjb123 Nope. You are for supporting the stealing of traditional cultural black music and making it okay because Led Zepplin was a white band.

  • @AMMandrea123
    @AMMandrea123 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Heard this song on the Man From High Castle, original much better. Love the raspy voice.

  • @burtbeesome8150
    @burtbeesome8150 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    great music

  • @mohamadrahhal2010
    @mohamadrahhal2010 7 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Why does this remind me of the singing mouse in Tom and Jerry

    • @rebecca5521
      @rebecca5521 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Me too

    • @FVSUWILDCAT99
      @FVSUWILDCAT99 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Uncle Pecos know he could sang...

  • @robertzeleznik8124
    @robertzeleznik8124 10 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Walking Dead brought me here.

  • @WoodrowHaynes3rd
    @WoodrowHaynes3rd 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

  • @cowlelujah5752
    @cowlelujah5752 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    If i dont reach my soul design..thats what i heard

  • @marakaretsos5204
    @marakaretsos5204 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    ⭐️⭐️🎶🎼

  • @mattstevenson9025
    @mattstevenson9025 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I already got you! Cuttin heads with Jack Butler!LOL

    • @isaacgomez5778
      @isaacgomez5778 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I gotta big white fella out Memphis, made a deal with me few years back, real good guitar playa name a Jack Butla!

  • @lordzerias4538
    @lordzerias4538 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The West wing brought me here

  • @lewars1912
    @lewars1912 11 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Jimmy Page and Robert Plant received royalties for "writing" this.

    • @Flysouthfilms
      @Flysouthfilms 10 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      No, they were open about doing this being another man's creation.

    • @dr.lambert1001
      @dr.lambert1001 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      +Flysouthfilms no credits though

    • @Dankyjrthethird
      @Dankyjrthethird 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      no one owns the blues

    • @oldtimetinfoilhatwearer
      @oldtimetinfoilhatwearer 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      nothing new under the sun.

    • @patroberts9497
      @patroberts9497 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      page & plant did this great

  • @sevenshades7552
    @sevenshades7552 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nobody's VAULT but mine😈☢️

    • @_Majki_2137
      @_Majki_2137 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      At least this shit is playable now...

  • @jorgelobos8153
    @jorgelobos8153 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Nah man Zeppelin took this shit to a whole other level, something blind Willie a bluesman himself would have been proud of and vice versa as Zeppelin admiration of the song created a whole new vision becoming the 1976 version on their "Presence" album. Give credit where the talent is due.
    All yall claiming they "stole" or "copied" are lame af and forsure ain't no real musican or bluesmen, so how bout you get up out this Bar , real blues only.

    • @Madasin_Paine
      @Madasin_Paine 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ever scene the made for YT by donation only, Everything Is A Remix
      Quite a series.
      At least 5 short episodes.
      Are you a copy or authentic?
      Likely, both.
      Which has a future worth reading or writing about?

    • @_Majki_2137
      @_Majki_2137 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      They didnt stole or copied it - they fucked it up
      it sounds like shit in their "cover"
      I like led zep but with this one they just made it worse so fuck em

  • @BobWarnerBarn
    @BobWarnerBarn 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    ...............:)

  • @JeffreyWilliams-dr7qe
    @JeffreyWilliams-dr7qe 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Willie assured everyone late in life that he and Jimmie Page had indeed had a reconciliation and he forgave him for stealing his Intellectual property.

  • @LeadWithCourage
    @LeadWithCourage 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Henry Ruggs III

  • @FVSUWILDCAT99
    @FVSUWILDCAT99 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    THE WALKING DEAD season 5, episode 4 brought me here...

  • @xX_K3LLF1RE_Xx
    @xX_K3LLF1RE_Xx 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thought this was about a breakup. It’s about a Bible. Huh.

  • @houmaangholami1682
    @houmaangholami1682 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Kinda reminds me of plants vs zombies 2

  • @SV-cg3sk
    @SV-cg3sk 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    If he was blind how did they teach him to read

    • @maxwellvance5531
      @maxwellvance5531 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Braille

    • @SV-cg3sk
      @SV-cg3sk 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@maxwellvance5531 wow do i feel dumb hahaha

  • @jmccracken5036
    @jmccracken5036 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Jimmy Page and Robert Plant stole this song from Blind Willie Johnson and many more Black artists. Gallows Pole / Ledbelly etc

  • @vincentthomas9817
    @vincentthomas9817 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I think John Paul Jones and Bonham done it a little better.

    • @xnopyt22
      @xnopyt22 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      this was written in like the 30s

    • @_Majki_2137
      @_Majki_2137 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@xnopyt22 Uncle google says 1927

    • @xnopyt22
      @xnopyt22 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@_Majki_2137 okay