Author Topic: Blind Willie Johnson and Dark Was the Night & Cold Was the Ground  (Read 553 times)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNj2BXW852g
It's just an amazing song, there is no singing, just humming and a guitar. The song is best listened to at night or when you're alone, so you feel its full effect.

What makes this song so much more interesting is that it was embedded on the Voyager-1 space probe along with many other things that represent humanity and it's celestial neighbors. The song is supposed to represent the loneliness of humans, which is exactly what I believe it represents.

Another neat thing is that the most lonely person ever was Michael Collins, apart of Apollo 11, he was the command director in a pod orbiting the moon, and when he passed over the far side of the moon, all communication was lost between him and the rest of Apollo 11 and Earth, making him the most isolated man ever.

just something neat.