FIRST TIME HEARING The Youngbloods - Darkness , Darkness REACTION With Jesse Colin Young

[@randybass8842]

When I was 16 years old, which would have been in 1971, I saw Jessie Collin Young and the Youngbloods play at the Satsop Rock Festival, a three day event in rural western Washington. On Saturday morning, we woke up to the announcement that the promoter had skipped out with all the proceeds, leaving the performers high and dry. Most bands refused to play, but three bands agreed to stay and play for free to fill out Saturday and Sunday of the festival. This was Jessie Collin Young with the Youngbloods, Wishbone Ash, and War. Each group played an extended set of several hours and went round robin, repeating many songs over and over for the next two days. I never got to thank you personally for that, Jessie, so let me do so now. Thank you. It was a rewarding experience I've carried my entire life, and showed me that some things are more important than getting paid. I went out and bought your live album the next week, and have loved all the music you have made.

[@Mr7h21]

Satsop Rock Festival and Tin Cup Races was to be the Northwest's Woodstock. I rolled in on a Harley. Threw tarps over the bikes to sleep under and get out of the rain. Got nailed by a Stater on the way in for no helmet. They were on all the back roads coming in. A guy in a farm truck full of watermelons tried to run the crowd down. Was never sure what set him off. But we ate a lot of watermelon. Northwest natives were fighting for their rites to fish for salmon and were being jailed for fishing. They came to Satsop and cooked and sold salmon and fry bread to raise bail money for the protesters. Never forgot how good that tasted. Of course the music was amazing and thousands of people, except for one farmer, living in harmony. Over the last several years I've had a chance to play/jam with Banana. Youngbloods guitar player. Now with cotton white hair and going by Grandpa Banana. Check out his YT Videos.

[@Jukebox45s]

Jesse's voice is embedded in my soul. A true living legend. Everyone knows, loves, and understands the importance of "Get Together". But everyone must check out his catalog of Youngbloods & solo work to appreciate just how talented and precious his work remains to this day.

[@jackiefloyd8003]

Beautifully stated.❤

[@douglasw9624]

Oh my god Jesse Colin Young!! He is one of my favs...Darkness Darkness is an absolute classic!! Thanks for reacting and having JCY on!

[@douglasw9624]

Song for Juli...Ridgetop are other great songs by JCY.

[@garyarnett1220]

Jesse, this has always been my favorite from you. Thank you. And THanks RSR for bringing this to us.

[@GreySinWhiteLie]

I lived for the Young bloods. I am now 70 years old and darkness darkness was my song. I played it over and over and over. There was no getting enough of it and it breaks me down completely and into tears even to this day. It didn't hurt that at the time My last name was Youngblood it isn't now but it was then.

[@dogstar7]

Hearing the story from Jesse's lips about how he wrote this song for the grunts on the line in the jungle was this Vietnam Veteran's most treasured moment. Thank you for making this happen. And thank Jesse for his help getting me through my hour of Drarkness, Darkness You can make the mountains ring, or make the angels cry.

[@paulraymond-bf8db]

Good song good reaction I enjoyed it it's nice to hear the artist tell the story of how the song was made

[@turnerdan53]

I can't tell you how much time I spent listening to Vets tell their dark stories from the war and just giving them a sounding board for their memories.

[@richardrader6427]

I love Jessies' Ridgetop and Song for Juli

[@richdiddens4059]

Ridgetop is one of my favorite songs ever. But it almost got me fired one time. Some wannabe musician coworker had a meltdown over "commercial crap" and attacked me and destroyed my radio.

[@garryleblanc4002]

What an amazing memory....I salute you!!👍👍

[@Jude_196]

NO WAY!! The MAN with the VOICE - just COMPLETELY ENVELOPING!!!!! ...and, STILL: SO HANDSOME!!! SMILE ON YOUR BROTHER!! THANKS, YA'LL!!!

[@minkhollow]

The studio version of this was one of Mom's favorite songs, to the point where she specifically bought it when iTunes first became a thing. It really takes off after the first verses. I've long called it 'Depression Anxiety: The Song,' and the story behind its writing fits that mood perfectly.

[@jrox6091]

Jesse Colin Young!!! You've hit a peak here. So great to see him and hear your exchange. I love the fiddle in this song. It underscores the mood well. ❤

[@col-hiwildcats6717]

Thanks for bringing me full circle on this gem of a song. I have been a Jesse Colin Young fan for 50+ years. This song was a favorite of my friends/brothers serving in Viet Nam who turned me on to it in 69 or 70. It was heavy to hear Jesse say he wrote it for those in Nam. They heard you sir; yes indeed they did. My service was stateside later. This song always had a special meaning to me and always will. Too many didn't make it back. Some sadness at their loss but joy at the memories we shared. RIP Tony, JD, Harold, Donnie, Smitty, Junebug, Chefo. Will meet you again on the other side. Save me a place. Peace out.

[@kevinrogers816]

Real nice to see you catch some time with the creators of our music past.

[@carlaharrington5120]

"Try to love one another right now"!! A message that has never been more important!!

[@db4982]

Sunlight is a very beautiful song by The Youngbloods/Jesse Colin Young.

[@glenntrueman8209]

the live version from the ride the wind album is the best!

[@db4982]

@@glenntrueman8209 I have the studio version on my playlist (the only version I'm familiar with). So, I checked out the one you mention. It's a total transformation and, really, very nice. Thanks for recommending.

[@AKR8810]

What a pleasure watching Jesse on your channel, and hearing this great song. Another great band from the 1960's that has a very similar sound is It's A Beautiful Day. They have a haunting folk like sound, and also use a violin. Check out their song White Bird.

[@debsandz]

💜💜💜 This! Thank you so much for this reaction Rob and Amber and Thank you so much Mr Jesse Colin Young for all the BEAUTIFUL and INCREDIBLE music you brought to this world!

[@laurelleathers2541]

Love love love this! Haven't heard this song for such a long time and what a treat to have Jesse sharing his insights. Thank you.

[@nickiosue6228]

JCY was an icon in the 60s!!

[@surlechapeau]

This song peaked at #86 on the Billboard Hot 100(on its re-release). Good to see Jesse is still sharp at 82 years old! You've heard their "Get Together". That song is unfortunately as relevant today as it was in 1967.

[@tommcgowan525]

OMG. Saw him open for CSN&Y. Seattle 1974 ,and several other times, this song brought out the old cricket lighter ,it was before Bic. They did several encores before CSN&Y did there 42 songs. I'll never forget those lighters though , in the Darkness

[@mrjoepad1]

Saw Jesse in concert in 1975 at the Garden State Arts Center in New Jersey. I had a front row seat and he was great and he had a great band with him.

[@RabbiSteve1]

I saw him and band at a little daylong mini-festival at a racetrack around the same time. It was my favorite act at that concert.

[@bill8384]

I graduated HS in 1970. It was a very scary time! Most of the 50,000 solders that lost their lives in Vietnam were teenagers drafted right out of high school! All males were required to sign up for the draft within 30 days of their 18th birthday. All 3 networks broadcasted nightly casualty reports and war footage. Once a year there was a lottery. Every ping-pong ball had a date. First date picked had highest priority for getting drafted. My birthday came up 60. The next year my kid brother was 330. For anyone my age, these songs are very personal. Woodstock is very personal.

[@jtcolo43]

Hiya Jesse. Hero of mine . Thanks for being with the Coach and the Babe

[@Jude_196]

SO TOUCHING....DEEPLY FELT! Many of our relatives lived through these times...and, some did not. SO raw....THANK YOU, JESSE, for sharing your talents with the world!! HUGS!!

[@SusanFritz-v7i]

I’m a child of the’60’s and The Youngbloods have been one of my favorite groups ever since then.

[@SugahShy]

This makes me want to rosin up my bow and join Connie in that string arrangement! ❤

[@c4gman]

Thanks for all the great music Jesse. Elephant Mountain in particular a favorite album for me in 69'

[@sixbladeknife44]

Love it too.

[@Cheshirecat-nx9zn]

One of the best songs ever.

[@lynntyree6248]

I have been a big fan of JCY and the Youngbloods seen before Elephant Mount. I would to bed with Darkness Darkness, and be asleep before for Turn IT Over. Then after school and weekend the album was played over and over, my BF from eight grade still remembers that as well. I still have that album along with his solo albums from the mid 75's and all the CD'S and iPod downloads. In 1984 The Youngblood's reunited for a tour and came to the Gorge in George, in Washington State, then it was such a small venue, I have great photos/up front stage! Jesse was my crush!! I still lust at his lyrics and voice. With You and KZbin I'm getting a reconnection! So good to see a new generation diggin Jesse. Thank uou!!

[@WarriorGramma]

Love this song!!

[@WarriorGramma]

Darkness Darkness was the best JCY work.

[@richardmartin9565]

We listened to Elephant Mountin endlessly for a couple of years.

[@dewman0269]

I was extremely impressed with his voice... I remember the young bloods from back in the day but I never heard that song and I am very impressed with that... Read reaction guys... Keep being awesome !!!...

[@piedmontish]

One of my favorite songs! Just a beautiful voice!

[@ComfortablyNumb24]

So awesome to hear his story. What a lovely man

[@terrycunningham8118]

Elephant Mountain is a superb album, one of the forgotten gems of the 1960s. I don't even care if you review it but you must give it a listen.

[@waltw4537]

Jesse, gotta tell you. We named our second son Colin in your honor along with the name sounding Irish. Great tune. Spent a lot of time with this tune. Great version here. Glad you all enjoyed this!

[@jameshouston2174]

One of my favs no matter who covers it always brings a tear to my eye….Robert Plant…Richie Havens…..Ian Mathews……Mott the Hoople…..Screaming Trees…..but no one does it better than the original …love his albums Soul of a City boy…..Love on the Wing…and Together…..and so manny more

[@TZ61]

I'm a 63-year-old who only just 'discovered' this somewhat under the radar album within the last couple years and really dig it. Nice to see you all...get together. Sorry about that.

[@KenRoerden]

Jesse Colin Young! What a great guest. I hope you got to do more interviews with him and let him tell more stories in them. I grew up with Get Together and Darkness, Darkness.

[@BobRollins-z4m]

What a great musician!

[@steveyaworsky6170]

This was great, and a wonderful way to honor Jesse and his musical contributions over the years. I remember him (solo) and the Youngbloods well from when I was a kid and beyond. Thank you!

[@double00spy]

Jesse is one of my absolute favorites of all time. Elephant Mountain is one of the best albums ever made. I am so happy to see that he is doing well. One more word - Quicksand.

[@faithnyou1732]

Amazing! So great to see the legendary Jesse Colin Young! Both of my older brothers were in Vietnam when "Get Together" and "Darkness Darkness" came out. What a treasure! Thanks for a great interview and song! ✌💙✌

[@davidish9083]

I absolutely love his music!

[@williamcarr7347]

Jesse is a Master and an extremely gifted musician. Thank you for sharing him and his wonders. Please react to If You Don't Know Me By Now by Melvin and the Blue notes. I feel that Teddy P's version is the best.His voice is so soulful.

[@Wasted_Talent007]

Haven't heard this in decades! Wow. I thought I was on top of everything. How did this one slip past me? Awesome tune.

[@tylerhackner9731]

Awesome song!

[@bjdefilippo447]

Heart-wrenching, but beautiful.

[@forwardpeace]

Back in the 1970s, I bought a solo album by Jesse with the song "Sunlight" on it, and some live tracks. It was really a great album!!!

[@marchka5930]

JCY one of my all time favorites.

[@757optim]

Saw Jesse open for CSNY, August 17, 1974 at Foreman Field, Old Dominion University. I think this is his best vocal track. Or maybe "Get Together". Great voice in any case. Maybe being a VN vet gives this one the edge. Great to see Jesse. What a treat.

[@rubyswaim1441]

Y'all have got to listen to "Ridgetop". It's a sittin' in the dark in the backyard sippin' whiskey track.

[@bjdefilippo447]

Sounds like a Jay song!

[@VIDSTORAGE]

Robert Plant covered this song ,yes he did ,,,,, I have Jesses albums Light Shine , Love on the Wing, American Dreams On the road that I got many years back and they are full of great compositions /// I'm glad you made it to this Rob Squad Reaction Jesse and you' re looking great and we hope you will make it back soon .../**/

[@tanisraistlin4934]

Epic 😎😎😎😎😎 this rocks.

[@gregpusczek4473]

Outstanding Best reaction video ever

[@Lamma-bighitter]

J.C.Y. "Lightshine!!"

[@PeterOConnell-pq6io]

"Darkness, darkness, be my blanket Cover me with the endless night Take away, take away the pain of knowing Fill the emptiness of right now"

[@NobodySpecial512]

OMG. I can't believe you have JCY on your show! His voice is a solid part of the soundtrack of my youth. Please do a reaction to "Ridgetop"!

[@sixbladeknife44]

This song has gotten me through some rough times, very cool to hear this version and with the man himself as a guest. Elephant Mountain is an excellent album, the studio version of this song should def. make an appearance on this channel! ✌️

[@Friend_Of_The_Muse]

LEGENDARY!

[@rudymenchaca9340]

Great voice and band, era was during the hippie days they played at Woodstock

[@cosmiccowboy7764]

People let your Lightshine! Sugar Babe- it’s a Lovely Day . 🤠🎼🎶

[@stevehamilton8824]

Fantastic song!

[@jadopaq]

Jesse is amazing, You have to hear some of his solo stuff, he has put out some great albums, m one of my favorites is a 1976 live album On The Road

[@debjorgo]

I have a Jesse Colin Young solo LP. My turntable hasn't been hooked up for a while, so I haven't listened to it for a while. I couldn't find it on CD the times I have looked. Looking in wiki, I think it might had been called Young Bloods. It had a painting by Escher for the cover. I remember a cover of Nobody's Dirty Business on it.

[@stevedoumas7701]

Great song… I’ll really like Ian Gomms cover of this song… thanks as always for the great reactions!!!

[@atuuschaaw]

♥♥♥

[@MisterWondrous]

I'm particular to his "Songbird" album, or I should say cassette...because I used it to smooch with my honey in the back of a VW Beetle in the 70s. It was around the same time as Elton John's Madman Across the Water album, and I swear I think they were of equal high quality and songage...for lack of better words. "Songbird", "Daniel" and "Before You Came" were my favorites. He should do "Before You Came"...which, now that I think about it, is about the sunset of an Indian nation, which thrived before we came, sad to day. On Elton's album "Indian Sunset" is about the same thing. [Twilight Zone theme] I saw sweet-tongued Jesse at Park Center, now called Grady Cole Center, in Charlotte, back in the '70s I guess it was. He has taken on a little gray since then, but who hasn't? :)

[@rudymenchaca9340]

Also during the Vietnam War it was heard the radio for their friends fighting for our freedom 🙏👍

[@adderman1950]

I would recommend you check out their version of "I Shall Be Released"!

[@Camp11dorn]

Listen to the 1969 version the original version of darkness darkness when his voice was better and he could understand what he was singing, and because it had to do with early Vietnam or in that era because it was Vietnam at that time every time you heard it, it would break your heart Because you know that they were out there in the jungle thousands of miles away in a place that they never thought they would be in ! Please give it a try 1969 recording of darkness darkness by the Youngbloods !

[@rochlejeune5789]

Very nice. But the original studio version is far superior. Please listen to that take to get the full effect.

[@jonpriest]

hoping sunlight will be shine as well.

[@sammcbride2149]

Songs had so much to say back then. Artists wanted to say something.

[@StuartJ]

Please check out, Go West, The King is Dead. It's got KATE BUSH as backing vocals. It also has horns! 🎺

[@ayrsen123]

You really need to listen to Lisa Torban's version of Darkness, Darkness. Try and get the one with footage of the Titanic on it. Absolutely haunting !!

[@SK-lk3iu]

I love his version of "Jambalaya" (originally a Hank Williams song from the early 50's), very fun. And I do think that J & Amber should listen to the studio version of Darkness, Darkness. Much more wild & impactful than this nice version they just heard.

[@siggy2595]

Hi guys. Could you play a song from Richard Harris? The song is MacArthur Park. It's from the 60/70s. Yes, he was an actor. He was in the musical motion picture Camelot. He was also in a film called The Man Call Horse. The last movie he did was the first two Harry Potter movies. He played Dumbledore. Believe it or not, it is him .😊 I miss him. He was such a great actor.

[@michaelvallejo8148]

Ridgetop is over the top goodness.

[@jameshouston2174]

Check out Jazzie Young’s song Wallflower

[@charlesporbes8702]

Two songs I recommend.mr.sun , mr.moon by Paul revere and the raiders.and the rapper by the jaggerz

[@dlewis5631]

You have to listen to his tribute to native Americans, "Before You Came".It has a great guitar solo!!!

[@GratefulZen]

Great song … the original studio version is my favorite. BTW, Mott the Hoople do a hard rock cover of this song that is excellent.

[@johnniescott5919]

Ask him who played the fiddle on the original.

[@johnniescott5919]

It was Charlie Daniels if I know my history.

[@johnniescott5919]

Sorry I may be wrong. But Charlie Daniels was the producer of the album.

[@RobertL.JonesJr-hz8vl]

Jay & Amber, You both should try an old song my sister turned me on to. It is called. D.O.A. by the group called Bloodrock off the album called Bloodrock 2. 😮

[@rickyriggs1854]

Let him talk.

[@389383]

Wish it really was the Youngbloods version.

[@SoloArt8250]

Jay & Amber - I wished as your viewers can ask your guests a question while these interviews are poppin’…

[@buddy3886]

good stuff

[@jamesvomsaal]

You guys need to do. Sunlight

[@tsefseulb]

Listen to the original Youngbloods version when they performed as master craftsmen, Jesse's voice was at it top, Banana's arrangements and guitar are pure genius as well as David Lindley as guest on fiddle . The song was never done better: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aKmmY32Qa7N_rJo

[@kevinrogers816]

Try TINA S and her rendition of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata

[@clarkkenttheman]

So this is original version...i thought this was by or written by robert plant

[@davidscott129]

The Vietnam War was the first time that a war was televised, pretty much real time. The people FELT the horror, and it created a whole genre of "protest songs".

[@jamesmaxwell9600]

While I enjoyed watching this, I think the studio version is more fierce and intense.

[@craigreid7178]

My favorite Jesse song is "Sunlight" - it's beautiful and here's a link - kzbin.info/www/bejne/eKvXoYaPq7msiK8

[@nn-db6yy]

STEVIE NICKS Fleetwood Mac Sara

[@alanarakelian5021]

This is lame compared with the studio version, which is gold and magical.