Bill Withers - I Can't Write Left-Handed (Live) (Official Audio)

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  • Опубліковано 11 чер 2015
  • "I Can't Write Left-Handed" by Bill Withers
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    Lyrics:
    Strange little man over here in Vietnam I ain't, I ain't never seen
    Bless his heart, ain't never done nothing to
    He done shot me in my shoulder
    #BillWithers #ICantWriteLeftHanded #Blues #Soul

КОМЕНТАРІ • 172

  • @radhamom11
    @radhamom11 7 років тому +233

    I was at this concert when it was recorded. Bill let me stay after I sneaked in for the sound check-young ex college student with no money-but I was a serious fan of his music.

    • @moxiemusic3739
      @moxiemusic3739 4 роки тому +7

      snuck

    • @lukasdavydovas9953
      @lukasdavydovas9953 4 роки тому +4

      wow...

    • @autumnsmom1117
      @autumnsmom1117 4 роки тому +6

      Thanks for sharing. 👍🏾✨

    • @blaquenguni9249
      @blaquenguni9249 2 роки тому +3

      Damn that was back in 1972 right in the middle of a rainy week?

    • @michaelmoraga2926
      @michaelmoraga2926 Рік тому +7

      @@moxiemusic3739 Both "sneaked " and "snuck" are correct for past tense (and past participle). No need to believe me; look it up.

  • @mrstanbmw
    @mrstanbmw 6 років тому +190

    Again This guy is the most underrated artist of all time

    • @hunterlogan7378
      @hunterlogan7378 3 роки тому +7

      Most underrated song of all time

    • @mrstanbmw
      @mrstanbmw 3 роки тому +5

      @@hunterlogan7378 you gets no argument here so powerful

    • @misterhow36
      @misterhow36 3 роки тому +3

      It’s true bro, real artist ..

    • @willrusso6413
      @willrusso6413 3 роки тому +4

      Underrated?

    • @ASSman864
      @ASSman864 Рік тому +3

      While i can see how some would think its a reach, he def was an underrated songwriter. I put him up there with smokey robinson

  • @hamzathechef
    @hamzathechef 4 роки тому +116

    Anyone Here In 2020, To Remember This Legend💔🥺

    • @ayodeler39
      @ayodeler39 4 роки тому +4

      makumi kamwaro come on out y’all. We know we got Bill. We are forever grateful. RIP BILL Withers

    • @jackierivera7888
      @jackierivera7888 4 роки тому +7

      Bill Withers was in a class of his own musically

    • @autumnsmom1117
      @autumnsmom1117 4 роки тому +2

      Yes, remembering his art of musical story telling. He was like an uncle in my mind. rip🌹

    • @brianmcmillion137
      @brianmcmillion137 4 роки тому +4

      I'm jamming with it now the 9th of March 20/20 also heard John Legend and The Roots tour this morning I'm listening to it at 609 this morning check that one out to Bill Withers later down

    • @williegraves356
      @williegraves356 4 роки тому +2

      RIP Mr. BILL WITHERS, your music will last forever thanks for your messages in your creation.

  • @charlesmelonson8049
    @charlesmelonson8049 6 років тому +69

    I cried when i first heard this,i thought about friends that i was in Vietnam with.

    • @hunterlogan7378
      @hunterlogan7378 4 роки тому +9

      Charles Melonson thank you for your service

    • @autumnsmom1117
      @autumnsmom1117 4 роки тому +8

      #CharlesMelonson I know it's late, but thank you. My grandfather was over there as well. As I've gotten older, I have come to understand why he was in so much mental pain. All the best to you and your family.

    • @iMoVEdaCHAiNS
      @iMoVEdaCHAiNS 4 роки тому +2

      My dad served in Nam thank you for your service on this Memorial Day

    • @ebineezermcstinkypants1153
      @ebineezermcstinkypants1153 3 роки тому +4

      It took a long time for the general population in America to understand how the pain and horror of such a war affected its participants. That only happenned because progressive society and on-the-ground everyday people started to liberate information and loosen up the strict control that those in power always had over such wartime information. That strict control was completely normal throughout all history, up until then. Now, here we are 50 some-odd years later looking at it from 2 full generations of liberated media and all sorts of progressive political branches run wild, and perspectives are sooo radically different.
      My question becomes: If all wars through all of human history were privy to the loosening of control that came about since Vietnam and thereafter, how different would the world be? If the struggles and triumphs of the Trojan war were given this exposure, would we still celebrate it? If all the battles fought with the native american tribes could have benefitted from mass media coverage, there would be no cliches like 'Off the reservation', and no cruelly named sports teams. And what of the Nazis' reign? Its simply unimaginable that such horrors would have been allowed to perpetuate by the rest of the world if they'd have known about it from the man-on-the-street. Mind blowing to even consider that...
      ok, i'm done.

    • @GEEFUNK80
      @GEEFUNK80 2 роки тому +1

      😢

  • @LeeBee-hs6mj
    @LeeBee-hs6mj 4 роки тому +83

    The drums are like a heartbeat and the background vocals are like breathing in and out. Its so soothing and then Bill's story-telling voice over the top, the guitar gently weeping. Magic, so simple, yet so clever and quietly devastating.

    • @guontoou2059
      @guontoou2059 Рік тому +6

      Thank you for this analysis. A perfect and succinct summary of the performance.

    • @shadrackchiloane5262
      @shadrackchiloane5262 Рік тому +3

      Yes;;;;; Yes''''''. So quietly devastating

  • @MassAngler004
    @MassAngler004 4 роки тому +19

    I can't write left handed
    Would you please write a letter write a letter to my mother
    Tell her to tell tell her to tell tell her to tell the family lawyer
    Try to get try to get a deferment for my younger brother
    Tell the Reverend Harris to pray for me, lord, lord, lord
    I ain't gonna live, I don't believe I'm going to live to get much older
    Strange little man over here in Vietnam, I ain't never seen
    Bless his heart I ain't never done nothin' to, he done shot me in my shoulder
    Boot camp we had classes
    You know we talked about fightin', fightin' everyday
    And lookin' through rosy, rosy colored glasses
    I must admit it seemed exciting anyway
    But something that day overlooked to tell me lord
    Bullets look better I must say
    Rather when they comin' at you.
    But go without the other way
    And please call up the reverend call up call up the Reverend Harris
    And tell him to ask the lord to do some good things for me lord
    Tell him, I ain't gonna live, I ain't gonna live, I ain't gonna live to get much older
    Oh lord
    Strange little man over here in Vietnam, I ain't never seen, bless his heart I
    Ain't never done nothing to, he done shot me in my shoulder

  • @Keithlfpieterse
    @Keithlfpieterse 4 роки тому +25

    The Greatest ANTI-WAR song ever written. DEEP RESPECT to a Mighty Fine Black Man...Bill Withers R.I.P. [Always reminds me of Marvin Gaye's 'Ecology Song'. ] It's always the shackled who shine in beauty and with foresight.

    • @misomaya
      @misomaya Рік тому +4

      The greatest anti-war anthems have empathy. You are right. I love this with all of my heart.
      My dad was lucky enough to draw a good number in the draft. Many of his friends weren't. I knew that when I was 14, and we were standing at the Vietnam Memorial in 1988 (I was 14), and my dad broke down crying. I had never seen him cry.

    • @Keithlfpieterse
      @Keithlfpieterse Рік тому +3

      @@misomaya : Thanks very much for your response from the heart. I too saw my dad cry when my mother died (1961) - I was seven years old then - in apartheid South Africa. It is a sad sight indeed when a grief-stricken grown man cries and aches from the depths of his soul. I wish you well in the years ahead. .

  • @AMARKEDCHANGE
    @AMARKEDCHANGE 4 роки тому +48

    His smooth and soulful voice brought positive message of upliftment .Rest in peace maestro Bill Withers

  • @sylynafrance2673
    @sylynafrance2673 8 років тому +40

    Live at Carnegie Hall is my favorite album by Bill Withers

    • @misomaya
      @misomaya Рік тому +1

      He was a unique guy, and I love his music. Grandma's Hands is one of my favorite songs. ❤️

  • @Robster01010101
    @Robster01010101 2 роки тому +27

    Bill Withers is one of the greatest songwriters of our time. His lyrics just flow so naturally when he tells his stories. RIP Brother 🙏

  • @scubalal
    @scubalal 3 роки тому +11

    As a 57 year old white man, this artist got my soul. R.I.P. Brother Withers!

  • @Thingsarechanging
    @Thingsarechanging 4 роки тому +43

    Body chills from every Bill Withers song ever written! Rest In Peace

  • @Lawrence_619
    @Lawrence_619 Рік тому +13

    Mr Bill Withers....a national treasure, in my opinion. Along with Ray Charles, Mr Withers was one of the VERY FEW recording artists, who covered all the bases. Listen to most of his catalogue, and you realize that he sang, soul, funk, pop, rock, country, folk and r&b. Stevie Wonder said as much, when he inducted Bill, into the Rock & Roll HoF...he believes that Bill's music, really does touch every culture. RIP, to one of "the great ones"

  • @SiddoNotts
    @SiddoNotts 4 роки тому +31

    RIP you legend.

  • @donaldsunny7836
    @donaldsunny7836 4 роки тому +13

    I am 50 years old and this is the first time I have heard this song today.....WWWWOOOWWW

  • @brucemcclendon6959
    @brucemcclendon6959 Рік тому +11

    One of the best anti-war songs of the last 50 yrs. Beautiful

  • @coleytube
    @coleytube Рік тому +14

    This song always gets me deep in the feels.

    • @lcbryant78
      @lcbryant78 6 місяців тому

      Makes me want to cry.

  • @RayTorresReinaldoTorresJr
    @RayTorresReinaldoTorresJr 4 роки тому +44

    Rest In Peace Mister Withers! Thank you so very much for your songs that made us better people.

    • @davidmitchell4092
      @davidmitchell4092 Рік тому +1

      The Way he Pours his Soul and Sensitivity into Explaining the Emotional Pain of the Gentleman, When he Sang " I CAN'T WRITE LEFT HANDED" Pure Artistry .

  • @glennfromthebronx
    @glennfromthebronx 8 років тому +23

    Was at CArnegie Hall last night, October 1, 2015...for the TRIBUTE TO BILL WITHERS....Aloe Blacc was phenomenal...Amos Lee, Ed Sheeran, Valerie Simpson, Ledisi, Gregory Porter, Dr. John....GOD BLESS YOU BILL WITHERS. They did a few of Bill's later songs at the beginning of the show...and then did Bill's 1972 LIVE AT CARNEGIE HALL song-by-song.

  • @adrianjohnson2874
    @adrianjohnson2874 5 років тому +18

    The Roots and John Legend did a stellar job with this song! Right On!

  • @justincider3765
    @justincider3765 4 роки тому +21

    The art of getting laid .
    Chapter 1 : Throw on Bill withers
    RIP Bill . Your one of the best

  • @carlgold3366
    @carlgold3366 3 роки тому +11

    This song should be mandatory listening for every American. God bless you, Bill.

    • @SecretLegoGuys
      @SecretLegoGuys Рік тому

      Absolutely - America is not the world police but stand up for Democracy - Coming from wee Northern Ireland I am internally grateful for the US people helping for peace in our country - still Northern Ireland but we(Catholics) have equality thanks to my previous generations - apologies for the rant but in the Republic of Ireland they are Neutrual which in my opinion is easy when your and Island - but for UK/US/French etc the world would be very different - as bill says the individual may not agree with the war but if my friend was drafted I would not object - apologies and thanks to the US for peace on this wee bit of Ireland t

  • @jeswes8883
    @jeswes8883 Рік тому +6

    This hits hard now. I cant atop crying. The world cant write left handed, but we are trying to for some reason

    • @karamatthies3157
      @karamatthies3157 Місяць тому

      Wow...your response is spot on. The world has had its right arm removed, and most of us can't write left handed.

  • @basjansen1864
    @basjansen1864 2 роки тому +3

    Timeless. From Vietnam to Iraq, Ukraine or Yemen, endless.

  • @maddpw
    @maddpw 4 роки тому +16

    RIP Mr. Bill Withers🙏🏽 Thank you for some of my favorite songs! You will live on❤️

  • @SJ-dm3eb
    @SJ-dm3eb 4 роки тому +17

    Real music with heart and soul.

  • @rosyheart
    @rosyheart 8 років тому +18

    Wished I could been there but i was in spirit; what a Man...his songs & style & genuine strength have sustained me thru many a Storm, like right now...* Thank you Mr. Withers the Jewel of our Times...

  • @77mbdeforest
    @77mbdeforest 4 роки тому +7

    Rest in peace, Bill, I've been lost all weekend.

  • @jamesward6184
    @jamesward6184 2 роки тому +5

    Musical poet, storyteller, philosopher, even musical genius, all fits Bill Withers to a tee.

    • @cegill7065
      @cegill7065 2 роки тому

      Yes James, I can see why this song causes the tears to well up behind your eyes. It touched my soul as well.

  • @RandomMusicIMake
    @RandomMusicIMake 14 днів тому +1

    All of your demons will wither away ✊

  • @lindadegraffenreid3673
    @lindadegraffenreid3673 4 роки тому +11

    A musical genius. So many of my memories are tied to his songs. RIP, Mr. Withers. Your music will live forever.

    • @markmaxner4060
      @markmaxner4060 4 роки тому +2

      Definitely. The Soundtrack to our lives!

    • @nelsonnkobe6447
      @nelsonnkobe6447 2 роки тому +1

      May his soul rest in peace, what a genius he liberated me during darkdays here in South Africa.

  • @SuperTony1968
    @SuperTony1968 4 роки тому +9

    RIP Mr.Withers. Your Legendary Music Will Live On.

  • @charlescoleman3168
    @charlescoleman3168 3 роки тому +6

    Bill Withers was a incredibly brilliant and talented man who was blessed with this magnificent voice, along with the ability to write and sing (songs) that gave his (💓) & soul to have the (🌍) world know what his thoughts & emotions were for (all) to understand what he felt & meant ....👥👥👥💯💯💯✔

  • @autumnsmom1117
    @autumnsmom1117 4 роки тому +8

    A masterful story teller. Rest in Peace, Mr. William "Bill" Withers and peace and sympathy to your family. ✨🌹

  • @ayodeler39
    @ayodeler39 4 роки тому +7

    Thank you for the journey, the memories , the music RIP Bill Withers

  • @ayodeler39
    @ayodeler39 4 роки тому +5

    Here ....then the music scene our drafted boys returning to recover through ‘soul’ music. Here In Can’t Writ Left Handed Bill deeply sensitively , soulfully, prays the blues of a returned war veteran. Bill’s emotional mood balances Gill Scott’s. Bill shared his female side through most of his romantic soul RIP 💕💞

  • @johnvaughn7945
    @johnvaughn7945 4 роки тому +4

    And today, April 2nd 2020, we mourn the passing of Bill Withers....That back stage handshake will be remembered, forever. R.I.P., Mr. Bill Withers.

  • @redraidr12
    @redraidr12 4 роки тому +8

    RIP. Love you Bill.

  • @rachelmoima5948
    @rachelmoima5948 12 днів тому

    The COMPILATION still does it for me in 2024 ❤❤❤

  • @ReadingMan21
    @ReadingMan21 5 років тому +5

    This is Social Commentary, Solid Music with Grace and Style.

  • @junesanders463
    @junesanders463 4 роки тому +6

    Rest in eternal peace Mr. Withers

  • @Warp75
    @Warp75 4 роки тому +6

    RIP brother Bill ✌️

  • @andreiardeleanu650
    @andreiardeleanu650 Рік тому +3

    This is just perfection of sending out a message as powerful as peace

  • @mikeewell469
    @mikeewell469 3 роки тому +3

    Not just one of the best song writer's but mind's of the human condition!

  • @tacey505
    @tacey505 4 роки тому +4

    smooth as liquid silk rip brother

  • @billcompeau4835
    @billcompeau4835 Рік тому +1

    His speaking voice and how he describes things is as cool as his singing voice

  • @ceecee7237
    @ceecee7237 10 місяців тому +1

    Came to this after rereading a Rolling Stone article about Bill from 2015 where Questlove was quoted saying how he and John Legend recorded "I Can't Write Left-Handed" in the hopes of Bill liking it enough to allow QL to produce an album for him. I'll be listening to that next. I didn't remember his back story of how he came to fame later in life and how he walked away from the music industry when it didn't suit him any more, which made him all the more impressive. He was a regular guy with an incredible voice. He knew how to write songs that were easily relatable and powerful. One of my absolute favorites and one of the greats.

  • @TheAudivisioner
    @TheAudivisioner 4 роки тому +4

    This song still goes through you.

  • @anthonyfoster6419
    @anthonyfoster6419 7 років тому +17

    Honestly, I could listen to this every day, having been the oldest and wondering what I would nave done,.....if called.

  • @valeriecheersbrown4829
    @valeriecheersbrown4829 6 років тому +15

    Bill Withers is one of my artist mentors and even my 9-year-old niece Aniya knows "Stand By Me" word for word!

  • @ahveekhy
    @ahveekhy 8 місяців тому +1

    First time hearing this song. He was a truly gifted singer-songwriter

  • @nadinewebster5861
    @nadinewebster5861 4 роки тому +3

    Beautiful Song; as are All😢 Rest Well Mr. Bill Sir and Thank You

  • @gl6996
    @gl6996 3 роки тому +1

    If Bill Withers was a preacher, I bet he would've whooped the roof off a church!!! R.I.P. Bro. Bill

  • @user-ws6qn9ge9k
    @user-ws6qn9ge9k 2 місяці тому

    Lord, this man got soul, class, talent! I grew up with his wonderful music. What a wise and warm-hearted man. Love you forever!

  • @JayKofa
    @JayKofa 4 роки тому +2

    May The Ancestors & The Most High Welcome You With Open Arms, Filled With Peace And Love, O.G. #ThankYou! 🙏🏾

  • @kieranhegarty2940
    @kieranhegarty2940 8 років тому +10

    So honest

  • @rachelcoome3111
    @rachelcoome3111 2 роки тому +1

    Bill withers, you humble me. Much love

  • @davidfrancaoliveira4373
    @davidfrancaoliveira4373 Рік тому +4

    QUE MÚSICA LINDA, QUE VIBRAÇÃO BOA.

  • @LawrenceMohlala-dh3zi
    @LawrenceMohlala-dh3zi 4 місяці тому

    Ja a great man indeed.i grew up listening to this great man in my home town Lydenburg with my good friends.i really miss those days

  • @davesigmon8144
    @davesigmon8144 Рік тому +1

    Nobody was more an astute political observer than Bill. His introductory rap to this Vietnam protest song is an exemplary model in storytelling. The song itself is a moving blues-gospel in which Bill insinuates himself into the soul of an American soldier. Bernorce Blackman's ineffable blues guitar fills and the voices lend this real force. In other words, the best anti-Vietnam war anthem I've heard in all my years. It can't help but to burn into your skull.

  • @bevaiktsho
    @bevaiktsho 4 роки тому +4

    RIP Legend

  • @seanmccarthy8755
    @seanmccarthy8755 4 роки тому +4

    I don't know of any other artist who embodied everything about the '70s than this songwriter. R.I.P., Bill Withers.

    • @davidgibbs381
      @davidgibbs381 4 роки тому +1

      Sean McCarthy- Bill was The Man for sure as this song is so relevant for the Viet Nam war veterans, but give a listen to "Golden Ribbons" by Loggins & Messina. They also embodied the 70's and this song goes well with Bill's ode to the Viet Nam Vets , for who I Thank for their service. Vaya con Dios Bill Withers.

  • @joodakota
    @joodakota Рік тому +1

    too beautiful

  • @WedgePee
    @WedgePee 4 місяці тому

    All of your demons will wither away!

  • @toddtollfree5659
    @toddtollfree5659 Рік тому

    Continue your celestial journey Brother Bill impact left..salute..

  • @onoriodeanuta3121
    @onoriodeanuta3121 2 роки тому

    I love Bill Withers. He was too good and he had a golden voice. RIP legend!!!

  • @GloriaMasoka
    @GloriaMasoka 6 місяців тому

    Bought his LP ❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @abhimangar5978
    @abhimangar5978 3 роки тому +1

    Anyone here listening this song in 2021 during this pandemic Situation, Finding hope & Waiting for new normal era

  • @nkagisengkgoedi5827
    @nkagisengkgoedi5827 6 місяців тому

    This one song is ❤❤❤❤😢

  • @leoevans6969
    @leoevans6969 4 роки тому +1

    RIL Bill RIL Leo Evans Sr. For your service in Vietnam LOVE YOU POPS!!!

  • @donaldthompson5578
    @donaldthompson5578 2 місяці тому

    This song was really close to my heart I think about the guys I knew that serve in that war a sinceless war that cost the lives of young who just started to live he got a lot of flack about that song but the song was real

  • @erobbtrobb
    @erobbtrobb 4 роки тому

    GOOD GOD THIS WAS SOME GOOD SH*T

  • @gomolemoontiretse5502
    @gomolemoontiretse5502 8 місяців тому

    Thank you Bill🙏🏽

  • @rolandj.miller3347
    @rolandj.miller3347 4 роки тому +1

    RIP Bill, Peace be Still..

  • @nicolestanley3360
    @nicolestanley3360 Рік тому

    His concert recordings are needed fresh air

  • @robertkendall1037
    @robertkendall1037 4 роки тому +2

    RIP brother

  • @allylowe6167
    @allylowe6167 27 днів тому

    Here in 2024 ❤

  • @jaybryan3082
    @jaybryan3082 3 роки тому

    I am upset I only found out about the Great Bill Withers until 2 years ago only for him to pass away. May he rest in peace.

  • @skmiller1468
    @skmiller1468 2 роки тому

    Oh my God. Chills.

  • @leandrinker2789
    @leandrinker2789 2 роки тому

    How does he only have 314K followers this dude is a legend

  • @yeahnsdykestra8443
    @yeahnsdykestra8443 6 років тому +2

    What a total legde.

  • @kellarbaker6066
    @kellarbaker6066 2 місяці тому

    But God bless Bill

  • @brendajefferson4726
    @brendajefferson4726 3 роки тому

    Beautiful song

  • @PachaLightwarrior
    @PachaLightwarrior 4 роки тому

    R.I.P. Legend!!!

  • @reggiedoss7705
    @reggiedoss7705 Рік тому

    Put this on at work.
    4th of July.
    They never heard it. They stayed quiet as I was the whole song

  • @futeboleliberdade2888
    @futeboleliberdade2888 3 роки тому +1

    É a cone 🇧🇷

  • @Monickyey09
    @Monickyey09 5 років тому +3

    Check out Anthony David's cover of this song. He did a whole album of Bill Wither's songs. The album is entitled "Hello Like Before": The Songs of Bill Withers.

  • @paulinemgidi1568
    @paulinemgidi1568 2 роки тому

    Best song

  • @lucasantoiemma5152
    @lucasantoiemma5152 4 роки тому +1

    Grazie Gemitaiz per avermi fatto scoprire questa perla

  • @lucasT1998
    @lucasT1998 3 роки тому +1

    Cone crew porra

  • @natearmstrong2843
    @natearmstrong2843 4 роки тому +3

    WHY DID THEY HAVE TO TAKE HIM FROM US?? RIP, one of the greatest to ever make music

  • @NickWasHere340
    @NickWasHere340 6 місяців тому

    I'm right-handed, and I can't write left-handed

  • @bobbie9473
    @bobbie9473 Рік тому

    I agree

  • @fredy1576
    @fredy1576 8 років тому +6

    Anyone from 2016😱

  • @leratokhanye4459
    @leratokhanye4459 Рік тому

    My family was shot due to taxi violence,each an every time when I listen to this song,it becomes very emotional.

  • @marcelpeter5823
    @marcelpeter5823 Рік тому

    Very great song. Just say: well…

  • @AlessioRomaMusic
    @AlessioRomaMusic 6 років тому +1

    ❤️🌎🎶🎶

  • @deathrides4756
    @deathrides4756 4 роки тому +2

    RIP Bill x

  • @benjamingear7194
    @benjamingear7194 10 місяців тому

    The beat makes me laugh

  • @robertbrooks3448
    @robertbrooks3448 8 місяців тому

    I also hav this when came out I I NO WHAT THIS IS FO SURE. USMC SAW MAN DIE 3RD DAY IN THIS HELL HOLE.