Ain't No Sunshine

Then you got Sly Stone and Stevie Wonder.

Bill Withers, Ain't No Sunshine.

Love Bill Withers.

And Al Green, of course.

Now, that might not mean a whole lot to someone who's not familiar with Bill Withers, but...

Bill Withers, legendary figure, wrote songs like Use Me, Lovely Day, Ain't No Sunshine, Lean On Me, Killer Tracks.

But he's almost as famous for walking away from the music industry entirely in 1985.

And when he did that, he stayed away.

[melodía de acordeón] [aplausos]

Para Romina, le piden al querido su nombre: Ain't No Sunshine.

Uh, muy linda canción.

Tema de Bill Withers.

Música soul.

[melodía de guitarra]

[cantando] Ain't no sunshine when she's gone.

It's not warm when she's not here.

Thank you for being here at TNN Live.

Ain't no sunshine when she's gone.

It's not warm when she's away.

Ain't no sunshine when she's gone.

And she's always gone too long anytime she goes away.

Wonder this time where she's gone.

Wonder if she's gone to stay.

Ain't no sunshine when she's gone, and this house just ain't no home anytime she goes away.

Well, sort of joke.

I once corrected Bill Wooders by telling him that Ain't No Sunshine was bad grammar.

He said, I know...

i know i know i know i know i know i know i know i know i know i know i know i know i know i know

The cover that he did is my actual last song.

which is Bobby Humphries' Ain't No Sunshine.

But when you think about the original, when you think about the lyrics, that song is about the ultimate pussy.

You know what I'm saying?

Did it.

Yeah, I know, I know, I know.

Ain't no sunshine when she's gone.

It's not warm when she's away.

Eventually, he discovered he was incredibly talented, but he kept his factory job.

Even as his breakthrough Ain't No Sunshine became a hit, he hedged his bets.

and kept making toilet seats.

It was only after he was laid off and then asked back on the same day he was invited to the Johnny Carson show in 1971 that he realized he was ready to embrace his new career.

it, it's, it's a good indicator of how I feel and whatnot on certain songs.

Like, uh, Ain't No Sunshine or what it's called? Bill Withers on there.

Okay.

Certain shit like that, like certain songs on that shit just like really hone in to like why I started rapping-

And wishes are fine but having is better.

Guess I'll swallow my pride and endure through bad weather.

Ain't no sunshine since you been gone.

But what could set it better? Ain't no sunshine since you been gone.