What does the turtles mean he's asked? "It doesnt matter what you believe, they are all just theories. We don't know shit, so just be nice to each other." This guy is my hero.
I don’t know who chose the music for Yellowstone, but they’re brilliant whomever they are!..lol!..I’ve found so many amazing songs because of that show!..
Awesome song. Wish he would have told the whole story though... A well-known scientist (some say it was Bertrand Russell) once gave a public lecture on astronomy. He described how the earth orbits around the sun and how the sun, in turn, orbits around the center of a vast collection of stars called our galaxy. At the end of the lecture, a little old lady at the back of the room got up and said: "What you have told us is rubbish. The world is really a flat plate supported on the back of a giant tortoise." The scientist gave a superior smile before replying, "What is the tortoise standing on?" "You're very clever, young man, very clever," said the old lady. "But it's turtles all the way down!" - Hawking, 1988
I wish everyone could take that away from this song. Love is the only thing that saved his life, and God is in the eyes of his best friend. This song made me cry the first 20 times I listened to it...now it just makes me feel warm.
I teach guitar for a living. Had a kid come in, who's never played guitar and he told me, "I wanna play like Sturgill." My heart grew about 15 sizes that day. By his fourth lesson, he knew E A and B7 and we are slowly putting this together!
This guy's songs are cool, I'd never heard of him until I watched the Kevin Costner cowboy series ,then I listened to his other stuff, bloody excellent
Every now and again someone comes along and saves country music and most people don't even know who the fuck they are. Sturgill Simpson breathed that fresh old school sound back into country but he doesn't sing about what radio deems worthy so we're stuck with these little gems in TH-cam to remind us of what country music is and always will be. A man and his guitar singing honest songs. Peace, Love and Angel dust brother.
I had never heard of Sturgill, a friend of mine tells me there is this new, "old school" Guy singing AND WRITING his own music and singing it even better in Myrle Haggard monotones.... and Better yet, he only uses like 3 chords to do so!! I absolutely listen to this song once a day, it takes me to a happy place, back to my childhood, where we didn't know what we didn't know. The old saying is how "Boy I sure would like to go back in time with the knowledge I have now" I would not want to do that for many reasons... but most, why would I want to go back, Is there Diet Mt. Dew back then? Just one of my many questions lol
Keep in mind, if we truely love each other we will respect each others beleif systems. Maintaining respect. Calling God a fairytale is the total opposite of that. With that said, I think youre an awesome artist and I really enjoy your music. Even if we dont hold the same belief system.
Good lord, this is absolutely my favorite country song! It's funny being Latin and just loving that country draw in his voice. My Latin aunt married a Vietnam Special Forces guy from Virginia, Love you Sarah and David, just in case you see this, the clash of cultures is so beautiful and weird at the same time. The Confederate flag on my kins trucks are really not cool to me. But they're my kin and we make do. The ATV's and drinking definitely don't think that is smart. Stitches by family members at a party are definitely not funny in my book! To them it's a family gathering. To me I ask the question, country people have more fun than us in the cities? You don't have to ask me twice, I'm addicted to Hay Rides, and Pumpkin Patches, Picking apples from the trees, that is a simple life we never knew existed. I'm spoiled, bring on the Country for me! I love my extended Virginia family! Wish I could ride a horse like you guys do.
I know a lot of people think he SOUNDS like Waylon...which he does, some...but this song sounds like something Waylon would have WRITTEN himself, especially from the "Dreaming My Dreams" era.
Suzie Rishel-McIntyre - but he’s also an artist and artists tend to downplay obvious influences. Kurt would almost never list Beatles in his influences because it wasn’t “punk enuff.” But Mamma Cobain would tell another story. Listen to “About a Girl” from Bleach - straight up Beatles
Trying to find a better word than refreshing.. Millennials say woke and that’s good when said but, this kind of song is so overdue in modern popular western music it’s as much a breath of fresh air as it is unknown and not felt or heard right. As relieved as blessed to’ve heard and felt this brothers work. There is hope
That’s right! Country music needs to go this way. So far, we’ve been turtling down the line just listening to another heartbreak or another human emotion that isn’t going to be a forever thing. It’s part of life. BUT, his song tells me there’s beauty in wisdom and that itself heals our souls.
It's from the very beginning of the first chapter of 'A Brief History of Time' by Stephen Hawking. There's an anecdote about Bertrand Russell giving a lecture on astronomy. An old woman says that his talk is all rubbish.. the world is really on the back of a tortoise. And Russell asks, "What is the tortoise standing on?" to which she replies, "It's turtles all the way down."
Turtles all the way down- The story actually is that, when the lady stated that the Earth was on the back of a turtle, she was asked what the turtle stood on. She replied another turtle. When asked what that turtle stood on, she said another turtle. When pressed further, she replied that it’s, “Turtles all the way down.”
Standard. It's 3 chords. E A B7. He uses a few suspended notes on the A and E, suspended 4s. Really simple once you sit down with it and that's why I love this dude. Makes it effortless
Yeah you was bored shitless AND you had plenty of time to Blast off a hundred times. I did the Farmawashca and I went to a reptilian spaceship and when it was over 3hours my life totally changed for the better. I feel like they cut me open and pulled out all my pain because the pain that I was having was the pain of addiction. I stopped dipping Copenhagen wintergreen that day I stopped drinking Coca-Cola and sodas that day I stopped eating red meat that day (I started back 2years after i did) It did all kinds of stuff to me man I can’t bite my fingernails no more I have to use clippers. Just to name a few. DMT is defragging software for the human brain. It sits you back to your nine years old when you got good sense about things But you have to do the ayeswaska or the FarmaWaska. When you blastoff you not in there long enough You gotta be in there for 3-4 hours
Sturgill Simpson and this song provide a perfect example of looking up to someone for their musical talent while, at the same time, feeling sorry for them in their personal life. How tragic! Can you imagine trading drugs for God in your life?
Drugs and God are just two ways of escaping from reality except that certain drugs, used judiciously, can be enlightening. Plus, drugs don't try to force you to love and worship them by threatening you with eternal Hell. If you actually listened to the lyrics, he says that, "Love's the only thing that ever saved my life."
What does the turtles mean he's asked? "It doesnt matter what you believe, they are all just theories. We don't know shit, so just be nice to each other."
This guy is my hero.
mine too!
I second that!
Mine 2 smile
I swear the older I get the more I identify as a Buddhist. Treat others....
@@TFfan75 I third that
He is Bro country's worst enemy !
jjman9 thank the gods of country for guys like him,
Psychedelic country... Finally
I never knew until now how badly the world needed it
Check out the Flying Burrito Brothers if you haven't yet.
Ever heard of Willie Nelson and the Grateful Dead?
Can't thank Yellowstone enough for bringing me here. Can't believe it's new to me, but I've experienced it now
Same
Jack Carr got me here… then watching Yellowstone I was like, HEY!
Yup me too.
Same and now I hear it often. Can't believe I missed out on it for so long
I don’t know who chose the music for Yellowstone, but they’re brilliant whomever they are!..lol!..I’ve found so many amazing songs because of that show!..
Awesome song. Wish he would have told the whole story though...
A well-known scientist (some say it was Bertrand Russell)
once gave a public lecture on astronomy. He described how the earth
orbits around the sun and how the sun, in turn, orbits around the center
of a vast collection of stars called our galaxy. At the end of the
lecture, a little old lady at the back of the room got up and said:
"What you have told us is rubbish. The world is really a flat plate
supported on the back of a giant tortoise." The scientist gave a
superior smile before replying, "What is the tortoise standing on?"
"You're very clever, young man, very clever," said the old lady. "But
it's turtles all the way down!"
- Hawking, 1988
He did mention this in an interview once.
A_Stoic_Master pod cast with Joe rogan, he tells the whole story
Hell yeah. I’m glad I read this comment
Well there are a few Native American tribes that also believe that the world was on the back of a tortoise
@@victorserkiavic9419 Yes, "Turtle 🐢 Island" is their name for the Earth 🌎.
Am I the only one who prefers his acoustic version of this song WAAAAAY more than the album version?!?!
John Miller nope! I’m right there with ya
Cutting the grass version is amazing
I love them both
I think all his acoustic songs are better than the album version
Love them both equally
"Loves the only thing that ever saved my life " Amen Sturgell! Love is the answer
And psilocybin, it's the answer too.
Fucking doooppppeee
@@AleisterGrowly🎉🍄🌈
Love and forgiveness.
I dont know why, but that first line always hits me differently. Love it
Res Dogs brought me here. Beautiful show and amazing story
Holy Shit! How have I not heard this version yet? 2014-2024! 10 years of Turtles!
I don’t know if words can even begin to capture how magnificent this song truly is
Mind altering country music! Love it!
Original is, of course amazing, but I think this acoustic version is my favorite. The guitar licks on this version are beautiful.
My heart swells with love and joy every time I hear this song.
thank god for youtube! i would never have found this genius!
Jamie Corstorphine I know right!
Sturgil, Chris, Jason= that true-old-real-authentic as hell outlaw country music we so desperately need.
Add Bingham to that list and it's complete.
When you get chill bumps from music, its real music, Fuk'n A Strugill
3 years on sturgill, still mad it took me this long to find him. 🍻
And the moral of the story is, "Don't be a dick."
I wish everyone could take that away from this song. Love is the only thing that saved his life, and God is in the eyes of his best friend. This song made me cry the first 20 times I listened to it...now it just makes me feel warm.
Standard tuning. E, A and B7. Three chords and the truth!
Yes Sir Joe. For me, the beauty of this song is 90% lyrics, the music is divinely simple.
B7 the thing that stands between regular guitar players and the greats. Lol
I teach guitar for a living. Had a kid come in, who's never played guitar and he told me, "I wanna play like Sturgill." My heart grew about 15 sizes that day. By his fourth lesson, he knew E A and B7 and we are slowly putting this together!
DoolBro thank god, or whoever your higher power is, that ppl like you are out there teaching another generation music. 👍🏻
Don't get much better than this dude
This dude is legit.
I adore when he goes into the "says my son" line
This guy's songs are cool, I'd never heard of him until I watched the Kevin Costner cowboy series ,then I listened to his other stuff, bloody excellent
Been a fan since my boy showed me them. Can't believe I've never seen this video. Strugill is the hero country music needs
Thanks sturgil, you are a huge talent and have brought me back to country music.
One of the coolest mother fuckers in country music IMO. One of the best country artists I've ever heard also.
Thank you for singing the words I feel..I just didn't know how to process it.
Every now and again someone comes along and saves country music and most people don't even know who the fuck they are. Sturgill Simpson breathed that fresh old school sound back into country but he doesn't sing about what radio deems worthy so we're stuck with these little gems in TH-cam to remind us of what country music is and always will be. A man and his guitar singing honest songs. Peace, Love and Angel dust brother.
Amazing!!! Such Talent, great guitar skills and a great voice!
Again thank you
Yellowstone
My new favorite
The guitar playing in this cut is out of control good.
I've got a lot of playlists but this one gets a tight spot right next to top 8 still get goosebumps everytime I hear it 💥
What are the other 8 song's bro?
tell everyone you meet about sturgill
I don't want to share him lol
jim dandy I do
Thank You Yellowstone, what a beautiful artist and song! I'm a new fan!
Truth resonates, no matter what the medium. May Sturgill continue to grace us with his truth for many, many years to come.
Wonderful song, wonderful message.
I had never heard of Sturgill, a friend of mine tells me there is this new, "old school" Guy singing AND WRITING his own music and singing it even better in Myrle Haggard monotones.... and Better yet, he only uses like 3 chords to do so!! I absolutely listen to this song once a day, it takes me to a happy place, back to my childhood, where we didn't know what we didn't know. The old saying is how "Boy I sure would like to go back in time with the knowledge I have now" I would not want to do that for many reasons... but most, why would I want to go back, Is there Diet Mt. Dew back then? Just one of my many questions lol
Keep in mind, if we truely love each other we will respect each others beleif systems. Maintaining respect.
Calling God a fairytale is the total opposite of that.
With that said, I think youre an awesome artist and I really enjoy your music. Even if we dont hold the same belief system.
Me & Bobby McGhee, much?
But seriously... I love love love Sturgill. Not talking shit. ❤️🤘🏻
Good lord, this is absolutely my favorite country song! It's funny being Latin and just loving that country draw in his voice. My Latin aunt married a Vietnam Special Forces guy from Virginia, Love you Sarah and David, just in case you see this, the clash of cultures is so beautiful and weird at the same time. The Confederate flag on my kins trucks are really not cool to me. But they're my kin and we make do. The ATV's and drinking definitely don't think that is smart. Stitches by family members at a party are definitely not funny in my book! To them it's a family gathering. To me I ask the question, country people have more fun than us in the cities? You don't have to ask me twice, I'm addicted to Hay Rides, and Pumpkin Patches, Picking apples from the trees, that is a simple life we never knew existed. I'm spoiled, bring on the Country for me! I love my extended Virginia family! Wish I could ride a horse like you guys do.
This song is great, I love it
brazilian rosewood sounds fantastic! You cant beat vintage Martin guitars
I love this song. Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦
Thank you for making life bearable
Why am I here Cause I WAS bored shitless.... haha SMILE
Absolutely love this song! Obsessed
WOW!!! Just awesome.
Love sturgil Simpson ❤
Love this song
Who The F*$k Is Sturgill Simpson.
AWESOMENESS!!!!
Is that a D28?
You bet!
Bill Hicks would fuckin love this song! 😂😂😂.
Rest In Peace you brilliant bastard!
I know a lot of people think he SOUNDS like Waylon...which he does, some...but this song sounds like something Waylon would have WRITTEN himself, especially from the "Dreaming My Dreams" era.
scottieray I think he sounds of a mix between Waylon and Van Morrison.
Waylon loved him
Funny cuz I just read he rarely listened to Waylon growing up.
Suzie Rishel-McIntyre - but he’s also an artist and artists tend to downplay obvious influences. Kurt would almost never list Beatles in his influences because it wasn’t “punk enuff.” But Mamma Cobain would tell another story. Listen to “About a Girl” from Bleach - straight up Beatles
Great version of a wonderful song!
Love it , thank you Sturgill
Loves' the only thing that ever saved my life
Good man .good shit
They can play this at my funeral....
Very Good!..
Closed caption is hilarious on this lol
Sturgill and stapleton are the best
Good shit
Trying to find a better word than refreshing.. Millennials say woke and that’s good when said but, this kind of song is so overdue in modern popular western music it’s as much a breath of fresh air as it is unknown and not felt or heard right. As relieved as blessed to’ve heard and felt this brothers work. There is hope
That’s right! Country music needs to go this way. So far, we’ve been turtling down the line just listening to another heartbreak or another human emotion that isn’t going to be a forever thing. It’s part of life. BUT, his song tells me there’s beauty in wisdom and that itself heals our souls.
Lyrically one of the best songs ever written.
Turtle is my best friend
truly gifted
Love this!
Waylon Jennings vibes in the best possible way...
Casey Walker I know my guitar instructor recommended him to me and I listened to this song and I immediately thought Waylon Jennings
love how the mic stand blocks the view of his left hand fingerwork...thanks, mister camera dude - really, nice job :/
The whole song is E A B with a few small pentatonic runs thrown in to jazz it up
I play it in E I think its b7 instead on b
@@V8trickshot you're correct.
he plays this on Tiny Desk too. might have a better angle. That's how I learned it.
Unusual (but excellent) lyrics for a country song. First heard of the turtles all the way down concept in the work of Ken Wilber.
Love us some Sturgill
john green wrote a book with this song's title as the title of the book. hopefully it holds the same virtue of this song.
This guy gets it.
Funny my brothers never liked country and I do. But not lately lol. So..my brother ACTUALLY told ME about Sturgis. Lmao
It's from the very beginning of the first chapter of 'A Brief History of Time' by Stephen Hawking. There's an anecdote about Bertrand Russell giving a lecture on astronomy. An old woman says that his talk is all rubbish.. the world is really on the back of a tortoise. And Russell asks, "What is the tortoise standing on?" to which she replies, "It's turtles all the way down."
Turtles all the way down- The story actually is that, when the lady stated that the Earth was on the back of a turtle, she was asked what the turtle stood on. She replied another turtle. When asked what that turtle stood on, she said another turtle.
When pressed further, she replied that it’s, “Turtles all the way down.”
Deadly!
cinemassacre
A Real One.
Anyone know if this is standard tuning or open? Looks like an open tuning to me. Love this guy's music, so glad to see he can really play guitar!
Standard tuning
Standard. It's 3 chords. E A B7. He uses a few suspended notes on the A and E, suspended 4s. Really simple once you sit down with it and that's why I love this dude. Makes it effortless
Does anybody else feel the weight that he shared with his last glance?
Wow
I was bored shitless, I don’t live in that place anymore? So, is he saying he sank into ignorance? Because these lyrics are amazing!
holy fuck
Yup.
Yellowstone🎬🎶
Amor Vincit Omnia
JRE!!!
🌴😎💯
Sturgill told us best life lesson.... don't be a dick
amen me too bored shitless
🍀🏹😇🐺
🐢
The earth is flat.
dancing with a stranger sam smith
I learned that Discworld is based on an old Hindu myth today.
Like ants on a log by randy
Yeah you was bored shitless AND you had plenty of time to Blast off a hundred times.
I did the Farmawashca and I went to a reptilian spaceship and when it was over 3hours my life totally changed for the better. I feel like they cut me open and pulled out all my pain because the pain that I was having was the pain of addiction. I stopped dipping Copenhagen wintergreen that day I stopped drinking Coca-Cola and sodas that day I stopped eating red meat that day (I started back 2years after i did) It did all kinds of stuff to me man I can’t bite my fingernails no more I have to use clippers. Just to name a few. DMT is defragging software for the human brain. It sits you back to your nine years old when you got good sense about things But you have to do the ayeswaska or the FarmaWaska. When you blastoff you not in there long enough
You gotta be in there for 3-4 hours
Sturgill Simpson and this song provide a perfect example of looking up to someone for their musical talent while, at the same time, feeling sorry for them in their personal life. How tragic! Can you imagine trading drugs for God in your life?
Drugs and God are just two ways of escaping from reality except that certain drugs, used judiciously, can be enlightening. Plus, drugs don't try to force you to love and worship them by threatening you with eternal Hell. If you actually listened to the lyrics, he says that, "Love's the only thing that ever saved my life."
@@kinvoya “…drugs don’t…threaten you with eternal hell”
Try telling that to millions of homeless on the streets today.
Sounds good but that's bull shit Jesus is your only way
You’ve completely missed the point bud
Sorry Sturgill, but God is more than real. And he ain't no "nursery rhyme". You'll feel him some day