Hard Times Come Again No More | The Longest Johns Music Video | First Single from Smoke & Oakum

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  • Опубліковано 26 вер 2024
  • Our first single and music video from our upcoming album Smoke & Oakum, available to preorder now!!!
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    This is a very famous American folk song written by Stephen Foster more than 150 years ago that still has as much relevance then as it does today. It means something very special to us, and I hope it does to you as well.
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  • @thelongestjohns
    @thelongestjohns  2 роки тому +218

    Join us after the stream for a bit of an afterparty and talk about the preorder campaign! The video should automatically link over there, but just in case... ua-cam.com/video/1wsFzu1H3cI/v-deo.html

    • @RoelCandaeleARTISTSPAGE
      @RoelCandaeleARTISTSPAGE 2 роки тому +1

      😘

    • @captainleonox3818
      @captainleonox3818 2 роки тому +1

      Damn this gave me chills, great as always fellas.

    • @chubbybadger8838
      @chubbybadger8838 2 роки тому +1

      This is a fantastic song, its been my song of the year so far, a lot of stuff has been happening in my life and hard times are tough

    • @adamedgemon3617
      @adamedgemon3617 2 роки тому

      Would you guys be able to add a studio recording of Leave Her Johnny to your next album?

    • @mixwizard2310
      @mixwizard2310 5 місяців тому

      Many years ago I recorded an artist called Mike Riley who performed this song impeccably....you guys have taken it to another level.. it brought tears to my eyes...... Brilliant.

  • @LtDan907
    @LtDan907 2 роки тому +1207

    Amazing how a song that is 167 years old feels so appropriate especially after the last two years or so.

    • @hippyjoe
      @hippyjoe 2 роки тому +33

      I'm pretty sure it was written around the same time as a massive outbreak of disease

    • @Themaxwithnoname
      @Themaxwithnoname 2 роки тому +80

      @@hippyjoe possibly. It was also a popular song during the American Civil War which started about 7 years after it was written. (It was written in 1854.)
      Lyrics such as 'Hardtack come again no more,' or 'Hard cheese come again no more,' were popular variations on the lyrics with soldiers.

    • @doctorzed7706
      @doctorzed7706 2 роки тому +15

      Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it

    • @SStupendous
      @SStupendous 2 роки тому +30

      @@hippyjoe It was written in 1854. There wasn't diease, but instead a massive economic collapose. It was a bad year in general, like the Hungry Forties all over again over 12 months. THAT is why the song was written.

    • @SStupendous
      @SStupendous 2 роки тому +8

      @@doctorzed7706 If you think someday we'll stop having bad times in the future you're likely wrong.

  • @janebeckman3431
    @janebeckman3431 2 роки тому +1401

    11 years ago, stuck in the Great Recession and on the verge of losing our house (retained by an employment miracle), my boyfriend and I dared to get married. Our friends basically threw us a party. The band at our wedding played for tips/donations, and this was one of the songs they played. And everyone danced, and said it was a great wedding. Our anniversary is on the 23rd. This video made me cry happy tears of nostalgia to find it, making me think back on those times.

    • @Denley1526
      @Denley1526 2 роки тому +43

      I hope you had a wonderful Anniversary.

    • @chrisbammer8679
      @chrisbammer8679 2 роки тому +26

      The perfect time rarely ever comes, but congratulations on taking the leap, I wish you many happy years

    • @wiking08
      @wiking08 2 роки тому +10

      What a wedding to look back on ! Too many receptions are spoiled by the near obligatory drunken brawl or the lone pisshead wantin to fight with every male in close proximity 😨 Congratulations on yr anniversary, and i hope u both shall av many more 👍😊

    • @terrorcop101
      @terrorcop101 2 роки тому +6

      You just brought a tear to my eye too. God bless.

    • @saundrascheuer-syfert4192
      @saundrascheuer-syfert4192 2 роки тому +8

      Bless you both and your union and all that issued from it

  • @jackschatzle4217
    @jackschatzle4217 2 роки тому +1254

    “I’ve got banjo”
    “I’ll get drums”
    “I call violin”
    “BEANS”

    • @Srearis1
      @Srearis1 2 роки тому +139

      They couldn't get The Stick from the oak and ash and thorn video. It was already booked and they had to find a last minute substitute.

    • @neilmckay4097
      @neilmckay4097 2 роки тому +65

      I have a secret to share - it was actually a tin of tomatoes. No, really.
      Personally I thought the video should end with a shot of the tin, lonely and forlorn on the stage. And that it should be named in the credits. But I suspect the tomatoes have been eaten by this point, so they probably wouldn't have had the chance to see their name in lights anyway.

    • @livwrites
      @livwrites 2 роки тому +29

      Do you expect anything less chaotic from Robbie?

    • @the_Ikar
      @the_Ikar 2 роки тому +10

      Nother fine instrument after the famous stick from Oak and Ash and Thorn

    • @HatpinPunk
      @HatpinPunk Рік тому +5

      Me and the boys at 3am playing the B E A N S

  • @nbenefiel
    @nbenefiel 2 роки тому +638

    Stephen Foster died in his mid 30's with 36 cents to his name, yet his songs are stillbeing sung 100 years later. This is one of his best.

    • @judylearn7971
      @judylearn7971 2 роки тому +44

      I am from Kentucky, and grew up with grandparents born in the 1890s, and my home was steeped in music. Foster was a big part of our "playlist". His sad life, struggles with depression, the suggestion he possibly killed himself, just break my heart. But I hope he can hear us still singing his songs from heaven.

    • @AbenZin1
      @AbenZin1 Рік тому +2

      Well this one clearly didn't work!

    • @SupremeGrand-MasterAzrael
      @SupremeGrand-MasterAzrael Рік тому +18

      That is a bit sad to hear. They say the best art comes from suffering. It sounds like he new the subject matter of the song very well. I can only hope he died with happiness in his heart. Here's to you Mr. Foster!

    • @jbcarseiii
      @jbcarseiii Рік тому +5

      I grew up in Pittsburgh a couple blocks from where the house that he grew up in. I am amazed that as much as we sung his songs growing up that we never mentioned it until people wanted to take down a statue of him down.

    • @jffry890
      @jffry890 4 місяці тому

      And 100 years after Bob Dylan kicks the bucket we'll be repeating this comment.

  • @anthonywalford526
    @anthonywalford526 2 роки тому +263

    This song plays in Sid Meyers Civilization VI and I get goosebumps whenever I hear it play. Cannot think of another song to better represent perseverance and the American spirit. Great job guys.

    • @boogier.t.1207
      @boogier.t.1207 2 роки тому +28

      Funny how many people were introduced to this song from that game

    • @hscm4831
      @hscm4831 10 місяців тому +3

      I've come from there as well. It sounds so powerful and hopeful. i'm not american but I think if there's a song to represent the nation this is definetely it.

    • @garethbgoogle9396
      @garethbgoogle9396 Місяць тому

      i think we should add it as a national song

  • @callmechad9056
    @callmechad9056 2 роки тому +357

    Made me weirdly emotional, in a good way
    Also this dropped on my birthday that's sick

  • @JoshuaEisenbart
    @JoshuaEisenbart 2 роки тому +80

    I love the symbolism in this video. Andy is in a small cabin furnished with nothing but pallets, haybales, a couple seats, and a thick layer of grime. Dave is in a similarly empty and dirty building. JD is sitting outside a long overgrown building that seems to be partially missing a wall. Robbie is next to a tree stump and a chunk of wood with no more limbs to chop off. They are all alone. But then JD joins Andy, and sits down with a smile. Soon, they are joined by the rest of the band, including some other musicians. Then some more friends come in and start to tidy up: Sweep the floor, straighten the bales, right a chair. More friends join in, and as they add pillows to the bales, flower vases to the sills, and lights hanging along the walls, the empty stone cabin is transformed into the coziest gathering of friendship I have ever seen. As more people come, the room is filled with both possessions and joy.

    • @morrigankasa570
      @morrigankasa570 11 місяців тому +2

      Yes that was incredible, what's crazy is I was mostly just listening to it without paying attention to the video images. Yet while reading the comments, you pointed it out and I noticed that!

    • @Pseudowolf
      @Pseudowolf Місяць тому

      @@morrigankasa570 I don't know if that was intentional or not, but I LOVE this interpretation of the video!
      TLJ introduced me to this song and I love their rendition. Your interpretation of the MV just makes me keep coming back to this. Always lifts my spirits when I'm depressed & calms me down when life's frustrations are getting to me.

  • @wizardman149
    @wizardman149 2 роки тому +568

    I wasn't expecting an American Folk song any day soon from you, lads. But I absolutely glad you did it, most adequate! Definitely made me smile today!

    • @cumunist2120
      @cumunist2120 2 роки тому +6

      They’ve done it in a stream I knew this was coming eventually I hope they do more songs like this

    • @CyclonerM
      @CyclonerM 2 роки тому +20

      It's amazing how much American folk music has Irish vibes though. I didn't place it correctly at first

    • @Daffodilbull
      @Daffodilbull 2 роки тому

      U sus imposter I've got a friend what is called wizard man 9907, u sus baba >:(

    • @funnelvortex7722
      @funnelvortex7722 2 роки тому +26

      @@CyclonerM Celtic (Scot-Irish) immigrants contributed a lot to the American folk scene and Americana in general, Stephen Foster himself was half Scottish, and he grew up in an area populated by European immigrants and was used to hearing their musical styles and it partially influenced him.

    • @hippyjoe
      @hippyjoe 2 роки тому +3

      I can't wait for the TikTok peckerheads to ruin this genre for me too.

  • @HGMyers-yt2fr
    @HGMyers-yt2fr 2 роки тому +255

    In my opinion, the best song ever written by Stephen Collins Foster - rightly regarded as the wellspring of American folk music. As someone who's studied his life in exquisite detail, and is currently writing a biography of him, I adore this version. And I'm sure Stephen would as well - it's just the right mix of reflective, melancholy, and yet hopeful for a brighter future.

    • @40kanon
      @40kanon 2 роки тому +3

      How's that biography coming

    • @stephenfernald2490
      @stephenfernald2490 2 роки тому +1

      Would love to read that!

    • @falloutfart9917
      @falloutfart9917 2 роки тому +1

      Are you working on it still or is it just about ready to read

    • @joakimberg7897
      @joakimberg7897 Рік тому +1

      Sir, how is it going?

    • @louisschwitzeriv6316
      @louisschwitzeriv6316 11 місяців тому

      I taught for more than a decade at Stephen Collins Foster Elementary School #67.

  • @ColmRMcGuinness
    @ColmRMcGuinness 2 роки тому +693

    Well that was delish! Top job, lads. Video was sick, too!

    • @theempiredidnothingwrong4937
      @theempiredidnothingwrong4937 2 роки тому +16

      Nice to see you here you magnificent singer

    • @Fallout42069e
      @Fallout42069e 2 роки тому +15

      You know what must be done

    • @CaliNatBoyles
      @CaliNatBoyles 2 роки тому +13

      Colm, I would love to see you do a cover of this song one day. I adore your singing.

    • @kylelindberg7771
      @kylelindberg7771 2 роки тому +6

      Yeah, you should give this one a swing sometime, but if you do it too soon, you may appear to be a copy of them.

    • @treforgowing2908
      @treforgowing2908 2 роки тому +9

      Collab when?

  • @bs6028
    @bs6028 5 місяців тому +25

    I am an old man, but can play my guitar to this piece... and I get enormouse pleasure watching these young happy people. THANK YOU ALL.

  • @henryrodgers7386
    @henryrodgers7386 2 роки тому +202

    So, I was originally introduced to this song by the video game Far Cry 5, where you can occasionally hear it drifting through the Montana wilderness, leading you to a man with a guitar, playing as two Militia fighters dance gently around a campfire...
    Your rendition very nearly drove me to tears. It sounds victorious, and joyful, and it reminds me of those two dancing soldiers.
    It is extremely folksy, both full-blooded American and extraordinarily British, and, well... Thank you so much!

    • @skippy9214
      @skippy9214 2 роки тому +26

      It’s also found as the American theme in Civilization 6.

    • @dhmt1626
      @dhmt1626 2 роки тому +3

      @@skippy9214 I was just about to say that

    • @parkerj1776
      @parkerj1776 Рік тому +2

      @@skippy9214truly an American anthem outside of civ too, Stephen Foster was a true gem…

  • @alyxbrooks6715
    @alyxbrooks6715 2 роки тому +158

    When you released this I was on day 15 of an 18 day hospital stay and I just want you guys to know how much this song helped me power through those last few days and gave me joy and hope when I really felt there was none left. I hope you all see how much your music impacts people. Keep up the great work!! ❤️

    • @Denley1526
      @Denley1526 2 роки тому +7

      Lovely to read your comments. Their song sounds as if it has helped so many people & so glad it helped you get through a difficult time. God bless XX

    • @gloriapereira9336
      @gloriapereira9336 6 місяців тому

      I'm going to hard times now put every time I listen to that's all I get courage to keep on going I have faith in God people and thank you for that beautiful song

  • @gianluigiciambriello7999
    @gianluigiciambriello7999 2 роки тому +147

    The main theme sounds like the Hobbit Shire theme. This is some kind of melancholic, country fashioned, deeply hopeful masterpiece. You guys are the answer to the question "who's your favourite Artist?". Cheers to you and everybody around here!

    • @mikeydusoe4107
      @mikeydusoe4107 2 роки тому +5

      Great, now I can't unsee that. Complete truth, all of it. Can't wait to get my hands on the vinyl

    • @warreneckels4945
      @warreneckels4945 2 роки тому +11

      Stephen Foster wrote the song in 1854 as a parlor song, that is, a song for families and small parties to sing at home.

    • @warreneckels4945
      @warreneckels4945 2 роки тому +13

      It is also the theme song in Civilization VI for the United States of America.

    • @joelstuckey3685
      @joelstuckey3685 2 роки тому +4

      @@warreneckels4945 that’s where I have heard it! Thank you!

    • @Eshawn3108
      @Eshawn3108 2 роки тому +2

      Yeah mate I could never answer that question until i saw these guys. Now I can answer “who’s your favorite artist” definitively

  • @bestsynth4102
    @bestsynth4102 2 роки тому +22

    This should be a national anthem.

  • @JulietKneeled
    @JulietKneeled 2 роки тому +112

    Another great rendition of this great song is the civ VI america theme. Wonderful rendition boys, this is such a beautiful song, and you really did it honour.

    • @etrain757
      @etrain757 2 роки тому +13

      All civ 6 music is great

    • @borogroves6074
      @borogroves6074 2 роки тому +7

      Haven't even played the game, but I love that piece

    • @skippy9214
      @skippy9214 2 роки тому +9

      @@borogroves6074 I rarely play it any more, but keep returning to a huge playlist of all civ 6 music. There’s like 200+ songs and it’s just great.

    • @henryyoung3948
      @henryyoung3948 2 роки тому +2

      I thought I knew the song from somewhere but wasn't sure

    • @rocketboi6496
      @rocketboi6496 2 роки тому

      @@skippy9214 Civ vi do be having alot of great musician people, culture bomb

  • @AdamDrew
    @AdamDrew 2 роки тому +22

    In tears just SEEING people being able to gather together again.

  • @Mandolorian1001
    @Mandolorian1001 2 роки тому +72

    I lost my job 2 months ago. I came here and listened to this right away. Today, I’m opening my own store! This song has been ringing in my ears all day. Good on ya, lads 💙

  • @norcocg
    @norcocg 2 роки тому +23

    As a law student pinching every penny to get by and still support my family after certain trials and tribulations, I greatly enjoy this song as a momentary reprieve from my work and study.

  • @angbandsbane
    @angbandsbane 2 роки тому +14

    Teddy Roosevelt sent me (CIv VI players know what I'm talking about lol)
    Really great rendition of this song. Nearly brought a tear to my eye and definitely sent a shiver down my back

  • @Salad_Pickle
    @Salad_Pickle Рік тому +6

    I just realized that this is Teddy's theme in Civilization. Mind. Blown. Awayyy

  • @DavidJamesHenry
    @DavidJamesHenry Рік тому +23

    Listening to this song at the end of one of the worst years of my life. It's almost a hope, almost a prayer. Hard times come again no more.

    • @Masada1911
      @Masada1911 Рік тому

      *hug* Im rooting for you brother

    • @M4A1BestGirl
      @M4A1BestGirl Рік тому

      COVID was annoying as hell but we've survived far worse, such as Smallpox

    • @DavidJamesHenry
      @DavidJamesHenry Рік тому

      @@M4A1BestGirl Covid wasn't the only thing going on in my life

    • @MerryMoss
      @MerryMoss 6 місяців тому

      Hiya, hope you're doing well~

  • @wolfknightgaming287
    @wolfknightgaming287 2 роки тому +34

    You know it's gonna be good when they pull out the banjo for the start

    • @mr.monhon5179
      @mr.monhon5179 2 роки тому +2

      And then straight up dropped sick beats with a can of beans.

  • @emilyrogan
    @emilyrogan 2 роки тому +69

    I grew up listening to Foster's music (born and raised 20 minutes from "my old kentucky home")...to say it's incredibly special to hear you boys sing this song is an understatement.
    There's a yearly musical here in Kentucky that I've been blessed to be around for years, we couldn't have a season in 2020, but this cover makes me feel all the feels of being able to have people back again this summer.

  • @farmschoolchicks1913
    @farmschoolchicks1913 2 місяці тому +4

    We found this song while preparing our one-and-a-half year old for palate reconstruction. The Longrdt John’s was his favorite band at the time we stayed up many long late nights during the 12 week post-op healing process. That was two years ago and we still listen to Longest John’s all the time. My 9 year old regularly checks for shoes near us, hoping we can get tickets if they ever come to Michigan or Ohio

  • @stephenrhea5677
    @stephenrhea5677 Рік тому +14

    This song has gotten me through so much, just like everyone else who's commenting. I want to call out the beautiful cinematography, though. The beginning of the video has a desaturated/"cold" white balance, but after the lights turn on at 3:05 and the party begins, saturation returns and the white balance shifts to "warm". Absolutely gorgeous reflection of what's happening within the video and the warmth that good friends bring!

    • @peterstaadecker
      @peterstaadecker Рік тому

      I hadn't noticed until you pointed it out. Thanks.

  • @gangrenousgandalf2102
    @gangrenousgandalf2102 2 роки тому +437

    Let us pause in life's pleasures and count its many tears
    While we all sup sorrow with the poor
    There's a song that will linger forever in our ears;
    Oh, hard times come again no more
    'Tis the song, the sigh of the weary
    Hard times, hard times come again no more
    Many days you have lingered
    Around my cabin door
    Oh hard times come again no more
    While we seek mirth and beauty and music light and gay
    There are frail forms fainting at the door
    Though their voices are silent, their pleading looks will say;
    Oh, hard times come again no more
    'Tis the song, the sigh of the weary
    Hard times, hard times come again no more
    Many days you have lingered
    Around my cabin door
    Oh hard times come again no more
    There's a pale weeping maiden who toils her life away
    With a worn heart whose better days are o'er
    Though her voice would be merry, 'tis sighing all the day
    Oh, hard times come again no more
    'Tis the song, the sigh of the weary
    Hard times, hard times come again no more
    Many days you have lingered
    Around my cabin door
    Oh hard times come again no more
    'Tis a sigh that is wafted across the troubled wave
    'Tis a wail that is heard upon the shore
    'Tis a dirge that is murmured around the lowly grave
    Oh, hard times come again no more
    'Tis the song, the sigh of the weary
    Hard times, hard times come again no more
    Many days you have lingered
    Around my cabin door
    Oh hard times come again no more
    'Tis the song, the sigh of the weary
    Hard times, hard times come again no more
    Many days you have lingered
    Around my cabin door
    Oh hard times come again no more
    Oh hard times come again no more
    Oh hard times come again no more

    • @kangitankaska
      @kangitankaska 2 роки тому +25

      This verse was added by Arlo Guthrie in 2020:
      Well, faith may be tested, our sorrows will not last
      These are hard times and troubles we endured
      And it’s good to be reminded:
      That this, too, shall pass
      Oh! Good times come again once more.

    • @AbhishekChatterjee-ic1om
      @AbhishekChatterjee-ic1om 2 роки тому +2

      Thanks dude

    • @aj_the_infamous1013
      @aj_the_infamous1013 2 роки тому +2

      My friend you have gone above and beyond

    • @ReaperOShae
      @ReaperOShae 2 роки тому +4

      @@kangitankaska Thanks, ma Lad!
      I hate, if there are no lyrics, so i can sing along...
      Ye done me well today! Will remember!

  • @nbenefiel
    @nbenefiel 2 роки тому +25

    It is such a joy to watch this newer generation performing the songs I grew up loving.

  • @baronvonkaiser9912
    @baronvonkaiser9912 2 роки тому +4

    Im a fourth generation bean player. Sublime technique he has.

  • @calebthompson8230
    @calebthompson8230 2 роки тому +51

    If the rest of the album is this adequate, hard times will come again no more. Great video!

  • @spacemaria_
    @spacemaria_ 2 роки тому +107

    this has a very post-Covid feel to it which genuinely made me both tear up and feel all warm inside. Such a beautiful video (and song)!

    • @dhmt1626
      @dhmt1626 2 роки тому +6

      Crazy since the song is 168 years old

  • @NinjaWeazel
    @NinjaWeazel 2 роки тому +9

    I'm not crying you're cr- no wait I AM in fact crying. Absolutely October 10th, lads.

  • @jacoblansman8147
    @jacoblansman8147 2 роки тому +12

    I used to go camping every summer and without fail, this song would get sung every single time. It's been 7 years since I sang it at a campfire (or sang it at all). 40-odd campers singing it round a campfire is something that I doubt I'll ever experience again, but this version has its own beauty.

    • @LilyGazou
      @LilyGazou 2 роки тому

      Time to go camping again.

    • @jacoblansman8147
      @jacoblansman8147 2 роки тому

      ​@@LilyGazou I can get involved in the charity that ran the camps but that part of my life is behind me now and while it would be nice to go back, it's not something I see myself doing.

  • @funnelvortex7722
    @funnelvortex7722 Рік тому +5

    The best and fastest way to bring urban and rural America together is this song. Despite our regional disagreements and bantering over the election results, all that any of us really wants is “oh hard times hard times come again no more.”

  • @isaiahcampbell488
    @isaiahcampbell488 2 роки тому +53

    This has been my life anthem for the last three years. You guys just performed the best version I ever heard! When the people stepped in for the celebration I started crying like a baby. I lost pretty much everything in the last three years and I'm fighting tooth and nail to restart. Whatever honor I can bestow on you guys, which isn't much, I bestow it. The most I can really do is thank you and pray for you guys if that's your thing. Best wishes!

    • @Denley1526
      @Denley1526 2 роки тому +2

      It's their thing. Keep praying for them :)

    • @isaiahcampbell488
      @isaiahcampbell488 2 роки тому +1

      @@Denley1526
      And for you guys as well! :)

    • @isaiahcampbell488
      @isaiahcampbell488 2 роки тому +1

      @@Denley1526
      And for you guys as well! :)

    • @HybridSaga20
      @HybridSaga20 2 роки тому +1

      @@Denley1526 really? are they religious or not really?

  • @floor7835
    @floor7835 2 роки тому +17

    It is in fact impossible not to play the air banjo while listening to this great song!

  • @Denley1526
    @Denley1526 2 роки тому +27

    Excellent video again Abbie. Brilliant.

  • @Chitterbug_
    @Chitterbug_ 2 роки тому +33

    This gave me goosebumps. Something about them starting alone in their respective locations and then ending all together just got to me. Truly beautiful.

  • @spacemaria_
    @spacemaria_ 2 роки тому +21

    The excitement is real!

  • @sarihoffman-dachelet4491
    @sarihoffman-dachelet4491 2 роки тому +20

    Andy's smile at 3:38 has brought me to tears every time I watch this video. What a beautiful song, and beautifully done.

  • @jffry890
    @jffry890 2 роки тому +4

    I get some very O Brother Where Art Thou vibes from this. Also that banjo hits me with some By The Rising Of The Moon vibes as well. Great song.

  • @mal39trains
    @mal39trains 2 роки тому +15

    That banjo playing at the very start reminds me of "The Rising of the Moon" beautiful work folks!

  • @smaldenjoveson
    @smaldenjoveson 2 роки тому +42

    So incredibly hyped! I won't be able to focus on schoolwork until this premieres. There goes half my day!

  • @mce57
    @mce57 2 роки тому +15

    After taking the lead as the most locked-down city in the world a few weeks ago, Melbourne is finally coming out of lockdown tonight! This is the perfect song for the moment. Beautiful and heart warming. Thank you, Longest Johns 🙏❤️

  • @_WolfGaming9009_
    @_WolfGaming9009_ 2 роки тому +8

    This is one of my fave songs. The other one is "bones in the ocean".

  • @SkyeTheSapphicWizard
    @SkyeTheSapphicWizard 5 місяців тому +5

    I'll never stop coming back to this song..
    It's honestly what I listen to when I am just so down
    Like right now, with all the world's problems, no friends, no one I can talk to, I just need the hard times to end

  • @miriamfox8219
    @miriamfox8219 2 роки тому +38

    Seeing this with the past year in retrospect and all the C-19 stuff, seeing your video with everyone dancing and hugging and bidding the hard times come again no more has never been so poignant. (It's my birthday tomorrow and after a lot of very hard times, this has really made me smile, thank you!)

    • @Denley1526
      @Denley1526 2 роки тому +1

      HAPPY BIRTHDAY for tomorrow. XX

    • @the_pasta4178
      @the_pasta4178 2 роки тому

      Merry Existence Anniversary!

  •  2 роки тому +3

    Very adequat and a nice barn you are having there 👍

  • @incrediblesloth85
    @incrediblesloth85 2 роки тому +9

    There are multiple great versions of this song but I've listened to this one about 18 times in the last two days. This is the kind of music I love to play on my acoustic guitar and my standup bass. The harmonies are 🤏 chef's kiss

  • @TechBearSeattle
    @TechBearSeattle 2 роки тому +5

    I had a friend many years ago who would throw ceilithe similar to this. Everyone was expected to bring at least one of a musical instrument, a song, a piece of poetry, a homemade potluck dish, or supplies or food for the grills (one vegan, and one carnivore.) A stage would be set up, and people would take turns entertaining each other all afternoon and evening as we sang, danced, and ate. Really, the very best kind of party.

  • @majkus
    @majkus 2 роки тому +13

    One of Stephen Foster's best (which is saying quite a lot), though not his best known - superbly performed.

  • @beetlejuiceblues12
    @beetlejuiceblues12 2 роки тому +20

    Genuinely teared up to see everyone so happy and together again. 💜 Much love to you, lads

  • @Snarkface42
    @Snarkface42 2 роки тому +12

    Best part of the whole video? Andy's beautiful smile at 3:39

  • @demale1
    @demale1 2 роки тому +4

    Congrats from Pittsburgh, home of the gentleman who wrote that song in 1854: Stephen Foster

  • @moragmckay7673
    @moragmckay7673 2 роки тому +10

    I really love this. I sought it after hearing it on Radio 2's folk show (saved on my TV box) while using it as quiet background to a migraine. I had to write down the details (believe me, very few things would have got my head off the pillow) and today, migraine free, it sounds even better.

  • @kornfreak78
    @kornfreak78 2 роки тому +13

    Greetings The Longest Johns! By sheer happenstance, I stumbled upon your music from looking up the song "Wayfaring Stranger". I loved your version of that song so much that I decided to look up your band and check out more from you gentlemen. I have been listening to your music now for the last hour or so and I am in complete awe. I even got emotional! Music has ALWAYS been such a massive part of my life, it's the very bedrock of my being. I would truly be lost without music. My Mother passed a few years ago and the greatest gift she ever bestowed upon me was the love of music! I carry her with me to this day and the bond we shared through music is something that I will treasure til the day that I die. I just wanted to say that your music really spoke to me and I'm thankful that in 2022 I came across your band. You now have a new fan in me. Cheers to you gentlemen! Thanks for the great tunes!

  • @kwstasvas36
    @kwstasvas36 2 роки тому +5

    warmed my entire body

  • @marciamatteini7604
    @marciamatteini7604 2 роки тому +6

    I was searching for this song after hearing it on the show Any Day Now. A hurricane went through the city and it was played at the end. Such a beautiful song. ✝️☮️

  • @taclobancesu2332
    @taclobancesu2332 2 роки тому +4

    as a one of the frontliners who is stuck in a place in which nobody cares about me ...this song really makes me push through in life ..so thank you for this music

  • @harleyryan4690
    @harleyryan4690 2 роки тому +4

    cant wait to see you guys in Cambridge! first show in a long time and its gonna be amazing

  • @Owl_Kosky
    @Owl_Kosky 2 роки тому +16

    We just finished with this song in my Men’s choir last semester (my last semester in college/uni.) I miss the old days, singing in the Lads, adorned in Kilt and all. Very meaningful to see this song from one of my favorite groups!!! Week made! Thanks gents

  • @vizthex
    @vizthex 2 роки тому +4

    I'm impressed it was all tuned and everything straight out of the box.

  • @loganplank504
    @loganplank504 2 роки тому +5

    This version slaps

  • @caitlin.hardee
    @caitlin.hardee 2 роки тому +7

    Lads, this is beautiful. I've heard about one zillion versions of this song and never thought I'd hear one to challenge my personal favoring of Appalachian Road Show's ultra melancholic rendition. But I've never heard and seen it done like this. Other versions might evoke, for the modern listener, the depths of the pandemic, pre-vax, no shows, lockdown, isolation, the plea of a reprieve. This one has so many new layers of beautiful complexity because most of us have now experienced hope of an end, live music again, the return of experiences long lost, and even when there are setbacks we're struggling into the light. A smile with still-wounded hearts and a tear in our eye. But dancing. So gorgeous. Thank you for this work of art.

  • @Adam_Ballard_Abomboom
    @Adam_Ballard_Abomboom 2 роки тому +7

    I have to say the instrumental after the chorus starts oddly similar to By the Rising of the Moon/The Orange and the Green and I was like "did the song just change?!". I very much enjoyed that lol

  • @bcclub6746
    @bcclub6746 2 роки тому +3

    I listened to this song and it sounded so familiar. Cut to a few weeks later and I’m playing civilization. And it’s one of the civs themes lol. I Jamed to the instrumental for like 2 hours.

  • @royhumlicek-spindler1542
    @royhumlicek-spindler1542 2 роки тому +8

    I can't believe they did (or are going to do, I haven't seen it yet) hard times come again no more. One of my favorite songs.

  • @northernshield5414
    @northernshield5414 2 роки тому +6

    This video just gave me +50 Sanity

  • @internetkurator9256
    @internetkurator9256 2 роки тому +5

    This is music. Real music.

  • @superlibrarian807
    @superlibrarian807 2 роки тому +4

    This hits hard for me. I'm sure we're all ready for the hard times to be gone, and we can hug our friends again...

  • @sebastiansullivan4770
    @sebastiansullivan4770 2 роки тому +6

    Wonder if we are at the beginning of a second folk revival...

  • @ibarbone6611
    @ibarbone6611 2 роки тому +5

    How in the world did i miss this? Btw this i great guys now I have more songs to listen to and sing while I sail on the sea of thieves

  • @gapdragon01
    @gapdragon01 2 роки тому +5

    This literally brought tears to my eyes!!
    And, I'm not the only one.... Wow.

  • @morc35theonly56
    @morc35theonly56 2 роки тому +4

    First time I heard this song was by a couple called East Mountain South. It was the most melancholy song I’d ever heard. I like the upbeat version here though, it’s refreshing

  • @supe5772
    @supe5772 2 роки тому +6

    It just warms my heart to see Andy’s smile. The look is so pure and joyful, that it makes me (and probably everyone else) smile myself.

  • @candycoatedcactus
    @candycoatedcactus 2 роки тому +17

    You guys knocked it out of the park again. Seeing you all recording separately instantly made me think of quarantine, and the challenges of recording separately . As soon as JD joined Andy I thought back to my post vaccination gatherings and realized I was crying. Quite adequate lads

  • @dercooletin5332
    @dercooletin5332 2 роки тому +7

    The first time I've heard this song was while playing Civ 6. I'm not from any english speaking country so I didn't know it was a american folk song, but even back then I thought the song sounded incredibly hopeful and uplifting. As soon as I heard the melody on the Banjo I got reminded of that game. You guys just took it to a completly different level! Incredible job! I think I even started crying a bit...

  • @wakawakatakeover
    @wakawakatakeover 2 роки тому +8

    So I listened to this song with my good headphones for the first time today and just... Holy shit. I couldn't appreciate how nice the mixing was before now. With headphones, this song is not only just a fantastic banger, but it actually feels like a warm hug. Incredible. I love it so much!

  • @supersylveonplushgaming
    @supersylveonplushgaming 2 роки тому +8

    I love The Longest Johns

  • @Qerynna
    @Qerynna 2 роки тому +5

    Right, because I *wanted* to start my day crying into a mug of tea. Thanks for that. My husband is currently two cycles into a six cycle regime of chemotherapy for lymphoma, and it's been really hard on a day-to-day basis. I was absolutely fine (okay a little teary) the entire way through, until the music stopped and *everyone* joined in, and then the lyrics really hit me and I started blubbering into my breakfast mug of tea.
    This was absolutely beautiful and I shall likely be playing it on repeat the rest of the day. Thank you.
    Side/funny note: when it started, I thought how cool it was they'd given the video the old-timey slightly lined/old film look... and then I realised it was cat hair on my monitor.

    • @thelongestjohns
      @thelongestjohns  2 роки тому +4

      Many many blessings to you and your husband! Also I know exactly what you mean with cat fur monitors…

    • @Denley1526
      @Denley1526 2 роки тому +3

      🙏 your husband's lymphoma goes into remission.

    • @Qerynna
      @Qerynna 2 роки тому +1

      @@Denley1526 so are we! Thank you for your prayers, we've got people praying all over the world, it's kinda cool :) We'll find out next week if the cancer has gone into remission yet.

    • @Qerynna
      @Qerynna 2 роки тому +3

      @@thelongestjohns I'll admit, there was an excited 'squee!' when I saw you'd replied to my comment, which I was NOT expecting! (I assume from the 'many many blessings' and the cat fur comment, this was JD?). Thank you for the kind words and the wonderful music!
      Your music is my go-to for pretty much everything and every mood at the moment, I can always find something to make me feel better. And if I just want to laugh, I can go listen to the Land Shanties! I finally got around to listening to them last week and just about died laughing (I live in Australia, and the lyrics were just so perfect).

    • @Denley1526
      @Denley1526 2 роки тому +3

      @@Qerynna I reckon it was JD too - our youngest son with a very caring heart & great sense of humour. X

  • @ThomasLover10852
    @ThomasLover10852 2 роки тому +4

    This version redeemed this song for me because prior to hearing this whenever I thought of this song I always thought of how its the background music for Civilizations 6 and how annoying it can get after 6 hours of the same song straight. Thank you The Longest Johns for making me enjoy this song again. :D

  • @LoremasterGarcia
    @LoremasterGarcia 2 роки тому +4

    Listening from Brazil. Please hard times go away and come again no more.

  • @eddieromanov
    @eddieromanov 2 роки тому +3

    One of my favorite musical discoveries of 2021 singing one of my personal favorite Appalachian songs. That’s unexpected.

  • @jeremiahgabriel5709
    @jeremiahgabriel5709 2 роки тому +3

    If only singing this made it so. **sighs in lifelong existential crisis**

  • @ChuckCanada1
    @ChuckCanada1 2 роки тому +4

    I started listening to the Longest Johns probably over a decade ago. Thinking this is amazing, this is as good as my favorite type of music gets. Then they keep getting better and better in every way. Production quality, sound, skill and everything. It's crazy!
    Stan Rogers would be fuckin proud.

  • @dominickroberts4653
    @dominickroberts4653 2 роки тому +6

    This is easily one of my favourite songs of all. And my third favourite song from you lads. (Moby duck and Here's a health are untouchable)

  • @micktaylor4269
    @micktaylor4269 2 роки тому +4

    There are 29 people who have no taste the n decent music. Loved it and my favourite bands are
    Pink Floyd
    Metallica
    Black Sabbath
    Alice Cooper
    Dio , Iron Maiden, GnR, ACDC ,
    Alot of metal, lot of everything else.
    And now you guys for some reason have got me hooked on sea shanty , folk music and sea of thieves . Crazy. 😎👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  • @maegpye
    @maegpye 2 роки тому +8

    This is absolutely one of my favorite songs and I was happy to hear you singing it. I loved the banjo and the drums and bass was perfect. Then came the fiddle, another welcome addition. I was singing along on the chorus and watched the space being cleared. Folks showed up and I saw the smile on Andy's face and I got it. I got what you were singing and I realized I was crying. Oh fellows, we all wish hard times were past us and we could gather in a space like that. Around here... we're not there yet. But thanks for singing the dream of us all.

  • @SanctumOfDreams
    @SanctumOfDreams 2 роки тому +3

    Thank you Longest Johns for spreading the love of bluegrass around the world.

  • @MettleSoul
    @MettleSoul 2 роки тому +7

    Beautiful and harmonious. A group of men committed to musical excellency no matter the day/age/theme. 10/10 will listen to again and forever!

  • @kailierayner5512
    @kailierayner5512 2 роки тому +3

    I've NEVER clicked on a video so fast!!! Fav civil war era song, one of my fav music groups!

  • @heronoverdose
    @heronoverdose 2 роки тому +7

    Powerful song, I find myself singing now from time to time.
    I like this version the best because of the upbeat nature. Rather than focusing on the pain and seemingly asking the fates: This version celebrates overcoming!

  • @Minimanmax
    @Minimanmax 2 роки тому +5

    How did I miss this beauty?
    My favourite song covered by one of the best bands ever. Thanks mates

  • @greyhunter6820
    @greyhunter6820 2 роки тому +4

    I have never heard a better song

  • @williamalmack6069
    @williamalmack6069 2 роки тому +3

    Listening to this as a sit at home with a broken femur and not at work, it strikes me as both sad and hopeful. Good job y'all. From a broken Midwestern boy

  • @stratagama
    @stratagama 2 роки тому +8

    This song has a special meaning for me. It's what got me through depressive episodes, breakups, and loneliness. Your rendition is beautiful.

  • @ashaw6960
    @ashaw6960 2 роки тому +6

    Beautiful rendition with lovely harmonies

  • @johannailes
    @johannailes 2 роки тому +9

    So perfect for now, even if you made me weep buckets 😭🪣
    Beautiful song and video 🥰❤

  • @therainlifesmatter
    @therainlifesmatter Рік тому +4

    this shit is so powerful this is what keeps me going through hard times every day .this would be my anthem if I ever had one