Comments on: Dark Was The Night

By: john ellis

john ellis — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 03:05:36 +0000

I love it. I’m aware of the Kronos Quartet, but haven’t heard them in years. I think they did some Hendrix stuff that wasn’t for me. “Dark Was The Night” is among my favorite songs…I’m trying to find the lyrics somewhere.

By: Jason

Jason — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 13:53:25 +0000

Decent enough, I guess. A bit soul-less. It’s probably not something I would crave listening to again.

By: Will Hancock

Will Hancock — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:17:32 +0000

I think its good…in all but a very few number of circumstances im disapointed, no, more like offended, by the “covers” of this sort of material that are produced.Songs of the old gospel/blues idioms are often not all that hard to “play”, and people make the mistake of thinking that its the song that it is cool, not just the performance. or else they conflate the two – a product of the artificial medium of recorded sound (god bless it). In this case KQ is obviously strongly cognicient of this distinction and I think they’re faithful in their efforts to capture its essence while still remaining artistically valid in that they are certainly not trying to BE blind willie johnson (duh.) I cant tell you how embarresed i feel for 21st century white people who try to adopt the personal and colloquial idiosyncracies of these performances or musicians verbatum.

By: Muddy

Muddy — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:41:17 +0000

I like this a lot!
I’ve loved BWJ’s recording since I first heard it over 20 years ago.

This version is both fresh and respectful.

By: Marcelo

Marcelo — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:25:45 +0000

It’s just “interesting” for me. I respect the KQ, but I think they just don’t understand the emotional language Blind Willie used. They just read it, and there’s too much lost in translation.

By: Tony Renner

Tony Renner — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 06:48:46 +0000

sounds pretty cool.

By: Ronson

Ronson — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 06:26:26 +0000

There appears to be one too many slashes in the MP3 link.

Cheers.

By: michael

michael — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 04:03:24 +0000

They really found the spirit of this song.I can really hear the exchange between the different voices, and yes, it does make me like blind willie even more.

By: Andy

Andy — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 12:23:05 +0000

I like it, very much; stays (only) just the right side of losing the plot.

By: oook

oook — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 12:17:07 +0000

I like it… as is often the case with alternate readings of a sacred text, the effect is to inspire more careful listening to the original, which makes me realize just WHY I like it so much. Thanks!