Townes Van Zandt - Marie

[@josephhickey7676]

Its like Steinbeck with a guitar. Perfect song.

[@tom6612]

Sad song ? No this goes way beyond being a sad song. This song is like a punch in the stomach. I mean this song will scare you. This is what it must feel like to know you are doomed. To know it's all over for you. At the same time it's like a Greek tragedy in that it is cathartic. There is a strange spiritually uplifting feeling you get from it. And the best thing about it is it humanizes the homeless. IT IS THE GREATEST SONG I HAVE EVER HEARD.

[@aidanmaxwell1019]

Townes says his songs aren’t sad. They’re just hopeless.

[@andrewlisenby9693]

My wife surprised me with a ticket to the Townes concert in 1996, about 5 months before he died. It was held in an old theatre near the center of downtown. After the show, I purchased "No Deeper Blue" and got him to autograph it for me. I will never forget that night. Rest in peace, Townes.

[@kristofer603]

Met Townes More than a few times…He Always made me Laugh in Different Ways…He was Upright and Extremely Intelligent…but i could See When i Looked Deeply into His Eyes a Deeeep Dark Sadness Troublin’ Him.He Always Laughed Allll that Real Hard Stuff Off. Townes was and Is Soooo Lovable and Unforgettable.

[@wildro95]

Like Townes has said. Some of his songs are completely hopeless situations.. this was definitely one of those songs

[@AgentSmith911]

As someone who has been on unemployment and struggled to put food on the table, this one hits home pretty hard.

[@Dr.JeremyDunks]

This man was incredible, I can't believe I'm just now only starting to discover him. He's like the best parts of Waits, Dylan, and Cash all rolled into one.

[@sharonstefl5688]

I knew him close. He was magical and true no

[@dannylooney7348]

i’ve loved Townes for years and years and this is the first time hearing this song. so yeah. keep on looking and searching for his music. endless

[@Joeyland]

KZbin has made Townes so acessable to a huge audience, I think its great that his art his being discovered all the time now, he was truly an American original.

[@jc2343]

In my heart I know it's a little boy hope he don't end up like me Jesus Christ brother

[@lastnamefirst4035]

Haha I know gosh, townes. I wasnt expecting that ending

[@shrimpu]

@Bongani Sello Yes

[@KtomcatChas]

This just might be the saddest song I ever heard. Townes remains among the greats.

[@Secretlyanothername]

This song is intense, hits me every time.

[@dannylooney7348]

I think intense is the best way to describe it. yeah. holy shit!

[@harrydeanbentzel]

Most tragic song ever. Love it

[@Mathiaswillyg]

Ich bin sehr froh, Townes Van Zandt noch kurz vor seinem Tod in Dresden gesehen und gehört zu haben - das werde ich nicht vergessen.

[@shrimpu]

Ich hatte in Bonn gelebt und TvZ hat auch dort gespielt... und ich wusste nicht damals.

[@adamtelerman1676]

for me he is the best american poet , every song is so touching, he understood so much of life, a tribute to Texas and the entire world!

[@Joeyland]

fearless songwriting

[@tom6612]

This is more of an epiphany than a song. Probably more than a lot of people can handle.

[@RobertGoodridge-ew9xn]

Thanks Dave love to hear you put it down you got it and always have

[@rflatley]

Amazing song...heard it one time while I was waiting for someone in my car...then this song came on. I listened up real close...and wept. it changed my life.

[@thinkerguy4]

I'm feeling that now.

[@rmiller2179]

indeed--we cant forget our brothers and sisters. How can there be homeless in the USA and we can allow the government to spend billions on arms? How will any of us face God when we all eventually have to justify ourselves? shame on us all shame shame! Kid sin Appalachia going hungry??!! SHAME!

[@buddha108bliss]

@@rmiller2179 thank you for saying this

[@buddha108bliss]

@@thinkerguy4 hugs

[@nicksartino]

"Surely no-one will ever write something more cinematically sorrowful than Bob Dylan's 'North Country Blues', right?" Townes: "Hold my drink..."

[@wheelmanstan]

@Deshawn Kelvin fk off with that scam

[@mejustme6944]

🍻

[@leland-bobpalmer4274]

well except there'd be no drink townes had already had it LOL

[@wheelmanstan]

@@leland-bobpalmer4274 ever see townes at the end of the poncho and lefty video? table full of beer bottles haha

[@stephenroylance3958]

Townes Van Zandt is the best songwriter in the whole world, and I'll stand on Bob Dylan's coffee table in my cowboy boots and say that. -Steve Earle

[@nosaintntx]

Townes always said there were only two kinds of music,Zippity Doo Da and The Blues! Which do ya think this is? R.I.P. Townes The True Texas Poet!

[@4795598]

This is the real sh*t. Nothing else to stay about this brilliant, powerful song...

[@4795598]

Townes, I love you. This is one of the darkest songs ever written--but great, moving, brilliant. What is beyond total despair? Townes wandered that territory to great affect.

[@hinamauka]

It's so wonderful to have all these videos of one of the greatest singer/songwriters ever. Thanks.

[@millerezra8]

I thought waiting around to die was the saddest song I'd ever heard and then I heard Marie 😥😥😥😥😥😥

[@jackiejackforever]

the first time I heard this song I cryed, Townes Could paint one hell of a picture with words, he just hits it and you feel it every time. I will miss him and the more from him.

[@bigbensarrowheadchannel2739]

This song grabbed my spirit

[@polishpaulie]

me & a friend went on a quest to find the most depressing song ever. it's to bad neither him nor townes is still around. good version & townes even looks half sober! R.I.P.

[@35past11pm]

absolutely beautiful..gives me goosebumps..

[@WindEnergy]

Townes said, “Not all of my songs are sad. Some are just wow right hopeless.”

[@deansongs]

God help us all!

[@CDA129]

R.I.P "The late Great Townes Van Zandt"

[@crystalmourad1603]

One of those things the heart won't let go of

[@lonestar1123]

I don't think many people know about Townes, and it's a shame. Maybe for all of us that do, it means he's our own.

[@gezahuber]

This is by far the sadest and unconciliatory song I know. It's a killer.

[@Infamissus]

I started crying. Who wouldn't.

[@robertmorganfisher]

Someone asked Townes to "play a happy song!" He deadpanned: "These ARE the happy songs."

[@marksnow5489]

"hope he don't end up like me" Fuck :( I wept.

[@alanshunter]

class, I really think he stuck this to that audience.. happy bunch

[@babel1967]

Townes' best tune. I also love the version with Willie Nelson. Harrowing!!

[@gymhourfee]

Song of hopelessness.....

[@nobody845]

R.I.P senor van zandt. keep chuggin' in Valhöll

[@rulnacco]

I dunno. If I had been there, I don't think I could have applauded at the end of the song. I don't think I could have done anything. It would have been hard enough just to breathe after being just totally and utterly stunned like that.

[@t900badbot]

Why does music affect you so? Such a deep song.

[@tzucson4458]

Music is the sound of the universe. When music is made, the universe flows. It moves you. The biggest eye opener is that every sound is music.

[@cantarooots]

this song is so fucking powerful.

[@earlefan]

greatest songwriter ever

[@polishpaulie]

me & a friend went on a quest to find the most depressing song ever. it's to bad neither him nor townes is still around. good version & townes even looks half sober! R.I.P. both of you. (try and find the version from the "privite concert" it's even better.

[@roostercogburn597]

polishpaulie check out ralph stanley. oh. death

[@rickbangkok]

but for the grace of God, there go I

[@dubconor]

imagine how it feels when you were homeless from 12-20 and got out of it. I had near every second night a homeless man or woman sleeping on my couch.

[@rbutler8585]

wow!

[@steffkenn]

Such a beautiful song. The Be Here to Love Me soundtrack has a version where he sounds really drunk and its even more powerful then this one.

[@zatoichimasseur6767]

Townes.... will see The Paradise.......

[@sinclairwhitbourne2090]

To me there is the bleakness but also some simmering anger and I think you see it in his eyes at times as he sings. I read about people thinking his voice was done by this time but I actually like the thickness from the booze and cigarettes and hard living.

[@dmz140]

Holy crap...

[@williammartinec4616]

The people don't even know how to respond to the tragedy of life they just heard.I guess it's hits a little too close to home.Now this is the essence of what song should be.If it doesn't contain something we are better off knowing then it serves a lesser purpose.

[@AFormerClarity1]

It's like a chore to listen to Townes sometimes... such great songwriting ,but its overwhelming with having depression with what he sings.

[@afpm7]

Saddest goddam song ever!

[@wilkiecoco]

Oh, the ache!

[@Joeyland]

If this doesnt move you, you know your cold.

[@jackethompson]

Damn straight.

[@joannehack7588]

🌚

[@grapefruitm00n]

Song sounds like Still of the Night by Whitesnake. Great tune, however and heartbreaking.

[@phoenixcube]

still makes me cry, fucked up again

[@vilniusvilnius]

dank nach klagenfurth

[@Motorskallen]

Thing is, it's about basicly everyone else in a sense ...

[@Joeyland]

Dark poet, check out "cowboy junkeys lament"

[@chainmatrix]

Nobody cares what's coming up next.

[@bigbensarrowheadchannel2739]

I laid em in the sun so somebody'd find em. Caught a Chesapeake on the fly...

[@trylle2]

benturpininthearmy: He said "they aren't totally hopeless"

[@plusfour1]

it cuts to the bone my friend i wanted to say more but cannot

[@bourbonrenewal216]

ghost of Tom Joad

[@bensmith3200]

According to one interview I've seen, Townes was extremely influenced by the album "The Times They Are A-Changin'", which has "North Country Blues."

[@phoenixcube]

fuck me, everytime i hear this song i cry, thank god it is not me...

[@harrymarshall]

Now we all gonna take the Chesapeake,, 😒🕊️🤍

[@poopiedartz]

I try to play this song when I play out... And I can only get about half way through it before I get all choked up. This song just humbles the best of them... Townes was a genius...

[@tallboySR]

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck