Ain't No Sunshine

As time passes, societies will look back to the past generations and will see only what remained, the most resilient structures and monuments and the most pervasive cultural elements. With regards to the latter, artists and profound celebrities alike can shape a generation, an effect which is only realized after the fact. 

YouTube has spawned into a cultural accelerator, spreading ideas to the masses overnight. Viral videos spread faster than any pandemic could even wish to spread. Videos that are shocking or well marketed can rise and fizzle, yet in the end, we will still see the timeless relics, the true ingrained achievements of the human race, surviving among the ashes. 

This post will honour Bill Withers, whose simple songs such as "Ain't No Sunshine" or "Lean on Me" will be forever timeless. These have been cut, compiled and covered numerous times, but the substance in the original recordings will be forever unique. It is only with a blind hopefulness that one can even attempt to capture the deep soul behind the brevity of song. 

Thus, it was with this hope that the author found the best vocalist he could to pay homage to Bill Withers' "Ain't no Sunshine". Covers have gone viral time and again on YouTube, as it allows aspiring musicians to reinterpret those who came before them. Playing covers is indeed the sincerest form of flattery. 

So here it is, a one-take, uncut cover of "Ain't No Sunshine" :