{"id":14359,"date":"2015-02-24T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-24T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=14359"},"modified":"2026-07-21T14:10:45","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T21:10:45","slug":"cover-me-darkness-darkness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2015\/02\/24\/cover-me-darkness-darkness\/","title":{"rendered":"Darkness, Darkness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Darkness, Darkness&#8221; never got anywhere close to being a hit for The Youngbloods. Even though the band released it as a single twice (once in 1969 and then again the following year), it took the second attempt for it to even crack the Top 100.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"758\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ORSD_u2upP4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>That didn&#8217;t stop Jesse Colin Young&#8217;s anti-war song from inspiring a host of covers over the years from Robert Plant, Ann and Nancy Wilson, Eric Burdon, Cowboy Junkies, and more.<\/p>\n<p>It also influenced a very young Bruce Springsteen, who added the song to his set lists for several shows during his pre-label Bruce Springsteen Band era.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not surprising that &#8220;Darkness, Darkness&#8221; resonated with Bruce. With lyrics describing the nighttime terrors of a soldier in Vietnam, the song must have hit close to home for Bruce, who had already lost a bandmate and a local hero to the war.<\/p>\n<p>But it&#8217;s a little bit surprising that Bruce chose to arrange &#8220;Darkness, Darkness&#8221; as a twelve-minute instrumental jam rather than include its lyrics.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"758\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QGTbr0ShG_c?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Why&#8217;d he do that? 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