 The Red Headed Stranger (1975) [ larger cover art ] |
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In the twilight glow i see her
Blue eyes crying in the rain
When we kissed goodbye and parted
I knew we'd never meet again
Love is like a dying ember
And only memories remain
And through the ages i'll remember
Blue eyes crying in the rain.
Someday when we meet up yonder
We'll stroll hand in hand again
In the land that knows no parting
For blue eyes crying in the rain.
| Johnny-smooth (On my bicycle) | Posted: Apr 30, 2013 - 17:10 Dahlia_Gumbo wrote: What a voice. What a beautiful song. The whole album is a masterpiece - a true 10 throughout |
| shellbella (so california) | Posted: Apr 30, 2013 - 17:09 Happy Birthday Big Guy!! |
| Dahlia_Gumbo (San Francisco) | Posted: Apr 12, 2013 - 18:37 What a voice. What a beautiful song. |
| Spiderwoman (Lake Chelan, North Central Washington) | Posted: Mar 10, 2013 - 13:58 His voice is a musical instrument |
| mikec09 (Saugerties, NY - a top 10 coolest small town in America) | Posted: Feb 07, 2013 - 05:10 All right . . . downright refreshing to hear the Willie-meister . . . esp. after putting up with a Didgeridoo song a few back . . . |
| toterola (Further) | Posted: Jan 26, 2013 - 20:00 d-don wrote: Simply one of the classics, but only an 8 rating? I would hate to live in the world those 20 people who rated this a 1 do. We live in the same world as the soulless drudges who espoused these feelings. But we don't have to share the hollow existence that a person who rates Air a 10 and this song a 1. Selah.  |
| teleskialaska (Alaska) | Posted: Jan 26, 2013 - 19:59 Legend has it Willie smoked a joint on the roof of the Whitehouse during the Carter administration. I like to think it true. Wonder if secret service had a pull? |
| d-don (Oregon) | Posted: Jan 08, 2013 - 15:06 Simply one of the classics, but only an 8 rating? I would hate to live in the world those 20 people who rated this a 1 do. |
| Sweet_Virginia | Posted: Jan 08, 2013 - 15:05 Its one of those songs that gives me chills every time I hear it. |
| hidey (NZ) | Posted: Jan 06, 2013 - 20:59 Willie, what a legend. It's probably wrong to have a crush on an octogenarian at my age but I can't help it. Check out his Wikipedia entry, it's hilarious ;-0 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Nelson |
| bebop1704 (Greensboro, NC) | Posted: Dec 26, 2012 - 11:44 I'm no country music fan but wow! this song is amazing. |
| LizK (Houston, Texas) | Posted: Dec 26, 2012 - 11:40 Lrobby99 wrote: The criminal charges against Willie are proof we live in a police state, owned by corporations. The sheriff banished the charges, providing Mr. Nelson sung a song. Which he did, and they were. So everyone went away happy.  |
| winotron (Phoenix, AZ) | Posted: Oct 04, 2012 - 17:39 chedak wrote: Awesome song! Reminds of a time (1980's) when I was living in Tucson, Az and at a local blues bar when in walks this guy that was a deadringer for Willie Nelson. My friend says to me "Willie wears running shoes just like that." We walked up to him and realized that it was in fact the real Willie. We shook hands and told him we really appreciated his music, and he quietly said thank you. Found out he was in town filming the TV movie "Stagecoach." The best part is joined the local band on stage and played this very song...right place at the right time I guess. Awesome story! Wish I could have seen that. Love this beautiful song. Makes me a little sad for an era of country music that is long gone. |
| ghoffman (Plano, TX) | Posted: Oct 04, 2012 - 17:38 Tippster wrote: Are you folks actually lumping in Willie with "Main Stream Country Music?" Not me. I don't consider Willie part of "Main Stream Country Music." |
| GalileoCoffeeCo | Posted: Oct 04, 2012 - 17:34 Genius |
| jeremyleo (Canada's Capital City) | Posted: Aug 30, 2012 - 12:01 My step-dad had a very eclectic music collection and gave me free run as a teen. He introduced me to Willie and I have enjoyed his music since. This track reminds me of the 'no TV' Sunday policy at home - only music! |
| chedak (Somewhere-over-the-rainbow, KS) | Posted: Aug 22, 2012 - 18:20 Awesome song! Reminds of a time (1980's) when I was living in Tucson, Az and at a local blues bar when in walks this guy that was a deadringer for Willie Nelson. My friend says to me "Willie wears running shoes just like that." We walked up to him and realized that it was in fact the real Willie. We shook hands and told him we really appreciated his music, and he quietly said thank you. Found out he was in town filming the TV movie "Stagecoach." The best part is joined the local band on stage and played this very song...right place at the right time I guess. |
| Tippster (Washington, DC) | Posted: Aug 22, 2012 - 18:19 Are you folks actually lumping in Willie with "Main Stream Country Music?" |
| jocelynsart | Posted: Aug 22, 2012 - 18:17 me too - but for some reason, had to see who this was ghoffman wrote: Sorry, Dad. I have grown up, and I still don't care for (most) country music. |
| leonswiatek (The Greater Northeast) | Posted: Jul 22, 2012 - 08:22 almost as good as " Angel flying to close to the ground " |
| oldviolin (Esse Quam Videri) | Posted: Jul 22, 2012 - 08:20 I remember California and 1975 so well... |
| CamLwalk (Albany NY) | Posted: Jul 02, 2012 - 06:54 What a beautiful song! |
| redtex (The Third Coast) | Posted: Apr 18, 2012 - 08:21 Byronape wrote: I still loathe mainstream country music (actually, I loathe pretty much all mainstream music for that matter) and can't get over a certain contempt and prejudice against people that love that music. It's a character flaw, I know, but it doesn't make it any harder for me to look at myself in the mirror in the morning.  Lighten up yo'self... Many victims are born into their race, religion or other source of prejudice. You're talking about educated folk who have the sense and sensibilities to change their situation yet choose not to. They've made their redneck bed...let them lay in it. And before y'all start hatin'...please note I was born & raised in Texas and know a few things about rednecks. But at least Liberty Hall is a long way from Nashiville. |
| ghoffman (Plano, TX) | Posted: Mar 30, 2012 - 17:32 Cowboyslikeus wrote: When you grow up...You will like country music (Dad) Sorry, Dad. I have grown up, and I still don't care for (most) country music. |
| Byronape ("post-capitalist wreckageville") | Posted: Mar 17, 2012 - 16:14 johnjconn wrote: This song was written for when your house burns down. Not when you have to clean it A very true statement. This is one of the few pure "country" songs I like. I grew up having country music forced down my throat by about 80% of my age group and basically the entire population of the region. And not good country like Willie Nelson, Patsy Cline, or a few other greats. Nope, I got crap by "No Show" Jones, Garth Brooks, and Hank Williams, Jr. It made me hate nearly everything labeled as country. It's only been in the last few years, nearly 10 years removed from where I grew up, that I learned to appreciate some of the truly great country and bluegrass artists. I still loathe mainstream country music (actually, I loathe pretty much all mainstream music for that matter) and can't get over a certain contempt and prejudice against people that love that music. It's a character flaw, I know, but it doesn't make it any harder for me to look at myself in the mirror in the morning. |
| Stratocaster (Bermuda) | Posted: Mar 17, 2012 - 16:07 Cowboyslikeus wrote: When you grow up...You will like country music (Dad) Your Dad was right. I didn't appreciate it until a few years ago, and I'm in my 50s. "New Country" doesn't do it for me so much....but "Classic Country", wow. I can now listen to Willie, Waylon, Johnny, Merle, Tammy, Loretta and Dolly all day long...it is, as i said in a previous post, pure music. Unpretentious. |
| Cowboyslikeus (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) | Posted: Feb 28, 2012 - 01:28 When you grow up...You will like country music (Dad) |
| Stratocaster (Bermuda) | Posted: Feb 26, 2012 - 05:42 Just bumped it from 9 ==> 10. Pure music. |
| marcel (some 10.000 km east of paradise) | Posted: Feb 26, 2012 - 05:37 Never managed to acquire taste for Willie... |
| johnjconn (chicago land) | Posted: Jan 27, 2012 - 09:01 TheFriendlyCat wrote: great song, but man i need something more high powered in order to effectively clean my house! This song was written for when your house burns down. Not when you have to clean it |
| cc_rider (Austin Texas. Y'all.) | Posted: Jan 25, 2012 - 12:43 LizK wrote: In a rare moment of sanity, yhe Texas Legislature once passed a bill, declaring Mr. Nelson the "King of Texas". And he still is. Fans of Bob Wills, including Mr. Nelson, might argue that point. But yeah, Willie is one of those artists who transcends description. Timeless. |
| TheFriendlyCat (BC) | Posted: Jan 25, 2012 - 12:43 great song, but man i need something more high powered in order to effectively clean my house! |
| BKardon (Louisville, CO) | Posted: Dec 26, 2011 - 15:11 An American treasure of a man, if there ever was. |
| LizK (Houston, Texas) | Posted: Dec 13, 2011 - 08:53 In a rare moment of sanity, the Texas Legislature once passed a bill, declaring Mr. Nelson the "King of Texas". And he still is. |
| Lrobby99 (Wisconsin, USA) | Posted: Dec 13, 2011 - 08:45 The criminal charges against Willie are proof we live in a police state, owned by corporations. |
| bluecshells (EARTH) | Posted: Dec 13, 2011 - 08:44 Love you Willie! |
| Stratocaster (Bermuda) | Posted: Nov 23, 2011 - 01:27 Outstanding and classic. |
| terrapin52 (Terrapin Station, SC) | Posted: Nov 11, 2011 - 15:38 I was never a big Willie Nelson fan. Just didn't dig it. No offense to those who do. That's cool. |
| oldviolin (Esse Quam Videri) | Posted: Nov 11, 2011 - 15:38 ofanansky wrote: now that's classic: seriously so... |
| ofanansky | Posted: Aug 22, 2011 - 06:07 now that's classic: But perhaps the Texas prosecutor has been smoking some of Willie's special cigarettes, because he has agreed to let the 77-year-old legend avoid prison but only if he gives the court a song. Hudspeth County Attorney Kit Bramblett said: ‘I'm gonna let him plead, pay a small fine and he's gotta sing "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" with his guitar right there in the courtroom.'Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1370646/Willie-Nelson-ordered-sing-judges-favourite-song-court-avoid-marijuana-jail-sentence.html#ixzz1VlM6w21wRead more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1370646/Willie-Nelson-ordered-sing-judges-favourite-song-court-avoid-marijuana-jail-sentence.html#ixzz1VlLwPZNM |
| cc_rider (Austin Texas. Y'all.) | Posted: Jul 21, 2011 - 21:34 ortallcowgirl wrote: When he dies, we will lose all of the best of the outlaw country. Willie will still make me smile. Nothing sounds quite like him....... I respectfully beg to differ. Willie, Waylon, Kris, Jerry Jeff, Townes, Stevie, Gary P, Billy Joe... okay, you get the idea. They will live forever. In a hundred years, people will hear this song and say 'damn, that's incredible.' |
| cc_rider (Austin Texas. Y'all.) | Posted: Jul 21, 2011 - 21:29 Cynaera wrote: Bringing this up, because the song is so closely associated with Mr. Nelson that people assume he wrote it. Thanks, cc_rider. This album. I was at summer camp, I was maybe 14. Our cabin counselor, who was probably about 18, played this album EVERY SINGLE MORNING at about 7:30 or whatever God-forsaken time we were supposed to get up. Church camp, of course. We all swore revenge on that rotten sumbitch for subjecting us to that caterwauling. (we didn't actually know the word 'caterwauling' at the time. It just sounded to us like somebody was torturing a small animal.)And I still love this song. Soon as I got home from camp? I HAD to have that album. The whole album is a tour de force: a 'concept album', unheard of in the world of Nashville C&W (who'd roundly rejected Mr. Nelson shortly before he went back to Texas to make RHS). One of the high-water marks of the 'album' format, where the whole disc tells a story. Outstanding. |
| Rotterdam | Posted: Jun 20, 2011 - 05:17 OK, I just upped this from 8 to 9. This is not my favourite genre of music, but this is the real thing, and I really, really like it. |
| seven7 (Glass City Ohio) | Posted: Jun 07, 2011 - 06:48 Beautiful song. Red Headed Stranger and Stardust are his best, IMHO. |
| GirlFriday (Head for the hills) | Posted: Jun 07, 2011 - 06:47 Just got into work and this is the first song I hear. It's going to be a great day. Thanks, Bill & Rebecca! |
| Cynaera (South of Neanderthal) | Posted: May 19, 2011 - 14:15 cc_rider wrote: I always just assumed Willie wrote this, he is so closely associated with it. Turns out it was written by Fred Rose and first recorded by Roy Acuff. Learn sumthin' new eva day, huh? Bringing this up, because the song is so closely associated with Mr. Nelson that people assume he wrote it. Thanks, cc_rider. And I still love this song. |
| kvmrdj | Posted: May 19, 2011 - 14:14 Thanks Bill  |
| sans (Philly) | Posted: May 19, 2011 - 14:14 If I am not mistaken there has been a rain theme all day which is appropriate for the northeast for the last few dreary days… maybe it's wet in paradise too. |
| johnjconn (chicago land) | Posted: May 19, 2011 - 14:14 You forgot one,, he's a pot smoker! Long live, long puff ole Willie!! Cynaera wrote: I love Willie Nelson. He's one of the last of a dying breed - he's a rebel, a poet, an orator, a singer, a songwriter, an independent thinker, a fighter, a patriot, a protester, a spokesman for the farming community... I could go on, but I don't know very many people alive today who wear that many hats with as much class and integrity as Willie Nelson. And this song always makes me cry because of its simplicity and eloquence. |
| cc_rider (Austin Texas. Y'all.) | Posted: May 19, 2011 - 14:13 Cynaera wrote: I love Willie Nelson. He's one of the last of a dying breed - he's a rebel, a poet, an orator, a singer, a songwriter, an independent thinker, a fighter, a patriot, a protester, a spokesman for the farming community... I could go on, but I don't know very many people alive today who wear that many hats with as much class and integrity as Willie Nelson. Yes indeed.And this song always makes me cry because of its simplicity and eloquence. |