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@TugiFox

5 ай бұрын

Please do Sam Hall! I've been listening to your old Just the Songs videos, and it's such a beautiful song.

@BloodAngel500

5 ай бұрын

defo buying this

@pyeitme508

4 ай бұрын

RAD!

@ericparrish1515

3 ай бұрын

Smell me business bossman

This video conclusively proves that the swiftness of the ranger is in fact still talked about to this day.

@Thunderstar7

5 ай бұрын

True fact

@Vigilante9033

5 ай бұрын

Huge if true

@manuarteteco6153

5 ай бұрын

word

@brutalerik87

5 ай бұрын

This comment wins

@ericthompson3982

5 ай бұрын

Dunedain or Gondorian?

"Truth is, the Johns were long from the start." -Benny, definitely

@Unpluggedcables

Ай бұрын

Made me spit my water out😂

@DietTimboSlice

17 күн бұрын

I hope this doesn't cause some kind of... Fallout between us. Fallout: New Vegas.

You're listening to Radio New Vegas. I'm your host, Mister New Vegas, reminding you there's always someone who loves you. It's me. I love you. This next song goes out from me, to you. Enjoy.

@FreshBarn

Ай бұрын

I wish we could have met him

@dooms_s

Ай бұрын

​@@FreshBarn Me too, I wonder how'd he'd look like.

@brazen_helm

Ай бұрын

@@dooms_s it's not necessarily canon because there's no in-game evidence for this, but according to a developer interview Mr New Vegas is an AI created by Mr House and has no physical body

@Shinraxis

Ай бұрын

this song make me want to play New Vegas. played it only one time but i did not get into it really.

@nctpti2073

Ай бұрын

@@Shinraxis The whole radio playlist is great.

As an American, I can’t tell you how surreal it is hearing westerns sung in a British accent.

@ProfesoraNut

4 ай бұрын

Same! Super fun though.

@scottwallace5239

3 ай бұрын

When we sing them, it comes across as more traditional folk music than western, but I like it

@AlecPerrier

3 ай бұрын

Western country feels the Folkiest of the country subtypes to me. Idk, the guitar work or storytelling.

@centurion7993

2 ай бұрын

@@scottwallace5239well I mean the UK accent is just fast southern soooooo (seriously British folks just need to slow their speech and draw out certain syllables and you get like half of the southeast’s accents) Edit: typo

@rubeniscool

2 ай бұрын

@@centurion7993 ...*which* UK accent though? lol Because you have Southeast, Estuary, London, Standard, Queens (King's now I guess), Northern (and it's myriad variations), West country (Pirate), Suffolk (Farmer Pirate) etc etc lol The one closest to the Older American accent (ie when you guys first went over) would be West Country, which is how most of England at least originally spoke before the Great Vowel Shift ended and we dropped most of our R's. Some of Shakespeare's plays are still performed in Original Pronunciation. You should check out "Original Pronunciation - Hamlet" by Ben Crystal here on youtube :)

My wife thought for the longest time that the "big iron" on his hip was like a tire iron, and now I can't imagine it any other way

@DimitriTacoEater

Ай бұрын

Goddammit same lol

@glowstickofdestiny1290

Ай бұрын

I can't decide whether it's funnier to imagine the tire iron also being a firearm, or the Ranger throwing it so hard that the narrator mistakes it for a bullet as it brains Texas Red.

@tyrians

Ай бұрын

Either that or a golf club, eh

@ewanhogg3068

Ай бұрын

@@tyrians He was going for the White Line Nightmare challenge, clearly.

@charliekahn4205

Ай бұрын

@@glowstickofdestiny1290 or maybe he had his gun on the other hip and the iron was unrelated

Patrolling the Mojave almost makes you wish for a Nuclear winter! In all seriousness, y'all did a fantastic job with this. I will definitely be listening to this on repeat for the next week.

@jackielinde7568

5 ай бұрын

I think you mean the Sonoran... Mojave is a different desert. Ask me how I know.

@justinholoviak5357

5 ай бұрын

Nice comment. I’m about to start a new character and play that holodeck program. Fallout New Vegas is a great escape from real life. Might try not to add a few perks and hit points at the beginning to make it a “tad” easier for once. Funny. This song reminded me of the Mojave right away too

@fionasabre

5 ай бұрын

​@@jackielinde7568I think you don't know Fallout: New Vegas?

@shadowgale4516

5 ай бұрын

I love Fallout New Vegas one of the best games ever made after they patched it ofc, apparently there was that many bugs on launch they could of wrote a book 🤣

@jackielinde7568

5 ай бұрын

@@fionasabreNooo... But I know about "The Valley of the Sun!" other wise know as THE PHOENIX METROPOLITAN AREA!!! Why is this relevant? Well, did you know that there really is a town called Agua Fria, Arizona? I didn't until hearing this song. And do you know where that song is located? In the Phoenix Metropolitan Area... Next to Sun City, Youngtown, El Mirage... And reasonably close to, oh, I don't know. Phoenix Arizona! Yeah, My home town. the place I lived MOST of my life. (I really need to get out more and do some traveling.) Except that Phoenix isn't IN the Mojave Desert. It's in The Sonoran Desert. Want to know a big clue? You know all those big cacti with the upraised arm like they've participated in one too many KZread comment sections and just given up? The Saguaro? Yeah, you don't find those in the Mojave. You only find them in the Sonora: Arizona, New Mexico, and the Mexican State of Sonora.

To me, this cover feels like a poignant tale of caution, while the original feels like an exciting eyewitness account. I love when covers add a different narrative perspective. Both versions are beautiful.

@Mildcat743

5 ай бұрын

If you want another angle, try Johnny Cash's cover from late in his career. Like most of his music from the time, it's got a sense of profound sorrow, almost like it's being performed by the ranger late in his life looking back on his life and decisions.

@jennifermk4059

5 ай бұрын

@@Mildcat743 Ooooh thank you!

@shawnwolf5961

5 ай бұрын

@@Mildcat743 I am a huge Johnny Cash fan and I never knew he did a cover of this song!

@manuarteteco6153

5 ай бұрын

My favorite is likely the Colter Wall one. It's really got a vibe of man, you messed with the wrong one

@ob2kenobi388

5 ай бұрын

​@@Mildcat743 Personally, I think it sounds a bit like an older resident of Agua Frea recounting the tale to the young'uns. A man who's old enough to realize that what happened that day wasn't good-Texas Red may have been vicious and a killer, but he was only a youth of twenty-four. He hadn't yet hit his thirties, yet he'd already made the choices that led to his untimely and tragic demise. Hell, it could be Red's father or his brother still mourning Red's loss despite everything.

"There was forty feet between them when they stopped to make their play" "And the swiftness of the ranger is still talked about today" Chills, every time.

@PierzStyx

Ай бұрын

For me its, "Texas Red had not cleared leather 'fore a bullet fairly ripped"

@yomanyo327

2 күн бұрын

Which, considering that we are talking about it today, is a perfectly accurate statement.

"...what in the goddamn?" Never crossed my mind, Sea Shanty singers play a full Marty Robbins. Like always, most adequate.

"Texas red had not cleared leather" is one of those harmonies that sends you reeling what it comes around

The Biggest Iron

Fallout: New Vegas brought me here.

@alexaresco2063

Ай бұрын

New Vegas is still my all time favorite Fallout game

These men are magicians on their instruments, I've never heard anything bad come from their mouths, they're truly amazing, and their legacy will live on in many of us for a while ❤😊

@Denley1526

5 ай бұрын

Their legacy will live on for ever!😁😍

@thecollectorcorner1519

5 ай бұрын

They are great. However the vibe the original gave out was more inclined as a bard from the old west. This one sounds more modern and less feeling to it.

@hejdk6

5 ай бұрын

@@thecollectorcorner1519 i'll agree, the way Marty Robins conveys feelings in his songs is incredible, but these guys can do it to, if you listen to a song like Ashes.

The original really makes you feel the enormity and finality of taking a life, like the singer saw the shooting and is still traumatized by it. This version sounds more relaxed, like the singer's son or grandson is singing it as a way of honoring his ancestors and their way of life.

Patrolling the Mojave Almost Makes You Wish For a Nuclear Winter

Pirating in the caribbean almost makes you wish for the North Sea winter

Oh my sweet sarsaparilla stars, this is beautiful.

Marty Robbins is smiling from the great beyond right now. :)

You heard us! There was a lot of people who wanted this song after the chill halloween stream. Love that you stretched the end of the chorus a little, it sounds great. Lovely harmonies as always, and Andy's voice is as beautiful as ever. A more random thing.. I haven't noticed before that the Megalodeon has a megalodon tooth as the A. I've watched a lot of fossil hunting videos, and they sometimes find megalodon teeth. And every time I see the word written, for a split second I read it as megalodeon.

@Cry_Havoc

5 ай бұрын

Andy's phrasing is perfect, too!

@themangoartificer882

5 ай бұрын

i dont think its a tooth i think its a jaws type pov of a shark head

@alvpyrola

5 ай бұрын

@@themangoartificer882 Hmm, maybe you're right. Oh well, it resembles a megalodon tooth too though, so I like it anyway. Shark mouth or shark tooth, not too far apart!

I do love it when you guys do American folk music, it sounds awesome. I also play this song on my banjo a lot, but I play it completely differently! That's also very fun to see.

@manuarteteco6153

5 ай бұрын

Do you also play it clawhammer? How do you do it? I'm also banjoing this in these days =)

@MyrKeys

5 ай бұрын

@@manuarteteco6153 Yes, I do play it clawhammer! But I play it in open G tuning, with Em and C chords.

On top of being a wonderful tune, this song is also a brilliantly constructed story. It doesn't simply describe a gunfight, it takes its time building the mythos of each of the participants. It finely details both their skill and willingness to kill, and painting both participants as being so skilled and with a strong reputation makes the encounter more gripping. Not only that, but it also creates a beautifully executed tension. Notice how, although the song clearly respects both of its main characters, it bets *against* the ranger in its language. It understates, but doesn't under*estimate*, the skill of the ranger, but commits lines to the viciousness and body count of Texas Red. It also condemns the Ranger to be the 21st notch on Red's gun. You can even tell that the locals of Agua Fria had lived under the shadow of the unkillable Texas Red for so long that they had no hope that the Ranger would ever match him, to the point that they prematurely mourn him. This seeding of tension is part of what makes the payoff so satisfying. The other part is how the latter half of the song seems to be narrating the standoff in real time. It does a great deal to convince the audience of the swiftness of the Ranger by spending very few words on the actual gunfight, snapping quickly to the aftermath, as if everything happened too fast to even be described. Stories told in song are so wonderful when done carefully and with the elegance that this song was. Others that come to mind are "If It Means a Lot to You" by A Day To Remember, or "Fire Coming Out of the Monkey's Head" by Gorillaz.

@tedszweb5268

7 күн бұрын

The 4 th verse is just so good about being after an outlaw & he was going to take him in alive or maybe dead & that it didn’t matter. Now that’s badass !

I flipped the rangers gender and always sing this when my two year old plays on her rocking horse

@retroftw4644

Ай бұрын

Nice.

"Do you need a count?" "Nah sir!" (bang) ... ... ... "Well... that ain't good"

@ericparrish1515

3 ай бұрын

Donuts fuckem...not me

Makes me thursty for some sunset sarsaparilla, would love to see you guys do "Jingle Jangle Jingle"

You take a sip from your trusty Vault 11 canteen

GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD ❤

@ericparrish1515

3 ай бұрын

The pouts?

from the seven seas to the wild west, holy big irons

Licensing this song to Obsidian Entertainment was the smartest thing the Marty Robbins estate (or whoever owns the copyright) ever did.

Delighted you are having a go at this! Marty Robbins is not appreciated contemporarily as he should be imo. Would you fancy having a go at 'Rawhide', full pelt?

I fell in love with this song playing Fallout New Vegas. It always made me feel nostalgic because I love old country. I remember listening to it with my dad who has since past. You guys have definitely done a worthy remake. Thank you for this.

It's 2024 and the swiftness of the ranger is still talked about

Haven't heard this since I was a pre-teen - and that was near 60 years ago! Well done, boys. Brought a smile to this old face 🙂

I'm always amazed with the way that Andy doesn't look like his hands are doing much but he makes that banjo sing like no other! In fact everyone always looks so comfortable with their instruments as if playing them is no different then twiddling their thumbs! Amazing job as always, lads!

Truly, one of the greatest old west songs of all time, these guys did it justice.

Marty Robbins is one of my favourite country artists, and I'm always apprehensive about covers, but you gents smashed it. A fantastic performance. I'd not heard of you before stumbling across this video, but I'm going to take a deep dive now!

One and nineteen more!

Is this why big iron memes have been showing up in my recommended feed again?

I went back to an old New Vegas save just last week.

I need this on spotify rn

My dad is a massive fan of that era of C&W, and I grew up with artists like Jim Reeves, Kris Kristofferson and Marty Robbins. You have done such a good job with this cover. 👏👏👏👏

@rachellynn95

5 ай бұрын

Marty Robbins has a gunfighter album back in the day my dad loved his voice and had all his albums. Love this Aloha.❤❤

I grew up listening to Marty Robbins, and this is just perfect, adequate in every way! I'm now going to beg for more Marty songs, or at the very least, Rock Island Line, because you don't have enough songs about trains. STOMP!!!

@ericparrish1515

3 ай бұрын

Got a point... maybe I could be a boat anchor one day

@Cry_Havoc

3 ай бұрын

@@ericparrish1515 We must all dream...

Absolutely beautiful! Easily the best version I’ve heard next to the original. Have you guys considered releasing an album with all of your covers? I’d love to be able to stream your renditions of Byker Hill, El Fusilado, etc

Am I the only one who finds it hypnotic the way Andy stares down the barrel of the camera in these videos? It lends such an intimacy to his performance and I find it deeply moving.

i want a dnd campaign written and played by these guys based on their songs/covers

When I was just a lad, I admittedly found myself wondering how someone with an iron beat a man wielding a gun..., fortunately I grew up watching John Wayne, Chuck Conners, James Arness and eventually I got the reference... 🤦🏻‍♂️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️😜

holy shit, holy shit, this is fucking fantastic

Marty Robbins is a favorite of our family. Glad to see you folks keeping alive his memory by playing this song. More Marty Robbins’ songs please.

Texas Red wasn't ready for the boys to drop this banger!! Amazing work guys

Patrolling the Mojave almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter

You all did a fantastic cover. I am a big fan of all of your songs, but, as an American, it really resonated with me on this one. Thank you for giving us Yanks a nod, despite our troubles. It really means a lot.

The swiftness of that ranger is indeed still talked about today

I grew up and served in Arizona...thanks for giving this a broader reach.

@wtzyx7245

2 ай бұрын

Cringe

This is an *amazing* cover of the song. The Courier would be proud.

If British people can sing western songs and sound beautiful, then that is proof that Americans really do have culture.

I went searching for a Big Iron Cover, and the first thing I saw was this. I have always enjoyed the Longest John's music, and to look for a Big Iron Cover and find a recently added cover by the Longest Johns was amazing. The stars have aligned for me.

First we had Marty Robbins cheerful tone like the event of texas red is still fresh on everyone's mind, then we had Johnny Cash's dark tone almost like one of the eye witnesses is telling the story to his grand-kids and now Longest Johns cover is like the town telling the story to new comers years later. Love your guy's work on this song!

@user-zr6er2xs3w

3 ай бұрын

The timing between the releases lines up near perfectly for this interpretation, too.

@charliekahn4205

Ай бұрын

Considering the banjo, it's probably more like what the song sounds like by the time the story makes it back East to Virginia

I would love to see an expansion into many more of the Marty robbins songs, beautiful music gentleman!

@TurtleTime26

5 ай бұрын

Right?? I would love to hear them cover El Paso or Doggone Cowboy

@jdubya7139

5 ай бұрын

ElPaso!

To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day Hardly spoke to folks around him, didn't have too much to say No one dared to ask his business, no one dared to make a slip For the stranger there among them had a big iron on his hip Big iron on his hip It was early in the morning when he rode into the town He came riding from the south side slowly lookin' all around He's an outlaw loose and running, came the whisper from each lip And he's here to do some business with the big iron on his hip Big iron on his hip In this town there lived an outlaw by the name of Texas Red Many men had tried to take him and that many men were dead He was vicious and a killer though a youth of 24 And the notches on his pistol numbered one and 19 more One and 19 more Now the stranger started talking, made it plain to folks around Was an Arizona ranger, wouldn't be too long in town He came here to take an outlaw back alive or maybe dead And he said it didn't matter he was after Texas Red After Texas Red Wasn't long before the story was relayed to Texas Red But the outlaw didn't worry men that tried before were dead 20 men had tried to take him, 20 men had made a slip 21 would be the ranger with the big iron on his hip Big iron on his hip The morning passed so quickly, it was time for them to meet It was 20 past 11 when they walked out in the street Folks were watching from the windows, everybody held their breath They knew this handsome ranger was about to meet his death About to meet his death There was 40 feet between them when they stopped to make their play And the swiftness of the ranger is still talked about today Texas Red had not cleared leather 'fore a bullet fairly ripped And the ranger's aim was deadly with the big iron on his hip Big iron on his hip It was over in a moment and the folks had gathered round There before them lay the body of the outlaw on the ground Oh, he might have went on living but he made one fatal slip When he tried to match the ranger with the big iron on his hip Big iron on his hip Big iron, big iron When he tried to match the ranger with the big iron on his hip Big iron on his hip

@katz86

5 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Me in D2 struttin around spire of the watcher with my cowboy drip and Last Word hand cannon

I've been listening to the original for a while now while playing Titanfall 2, this kind of music is the secret soundtrack for that game

The last song I expected you guys to cover. Well done, I love it.

patrolling the Mojave almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter

Listening to this while cleaning my .357 Mag. This song on New Vegas is the reason why I love wheelguns.

I like these guys. I'm an American from Wyoming. But, I just listened to THEIR version after listening to Colter Wall's. My ears have whiplash.

@stopthecrazyguy9948

27 күн бұрын

I am listening to the Colter Wall's version now. He sounds like he's in a race to see how fast he can play it. It's a ballad not a hoedown. Marty Robbins is still the gold standard. But these guys have got the flavor and done a really good job. One of my favorite songs, on my A list I put together.

Speak softly and carry a Big Iron

This is me when I have a big iron on my hip (a big iron on my hip)

@ericparrish1515

3 ай бұрын

Only you could get away with that much ass draggin.

best version.

Absolutely gorgeous! You boys can do no wrong. I would like to once again humbly suggest Star of the County Down for a dose of studio magic. Cheers, lads!

Great, not heard one of Marty Robbins' Gunfigher Ballards in eons - one of Dad's favs with Johnny Cssh - a definite blast from past !😊

damn timezones. i had to watch this in class. anyway i didnt expect ANYTHING in this video, so good job guys ily all

@marielle-annephilenor3460

5 ай бұрын

this is like my second watch and oh my god wtf they peaked. what the actual

I remember hearing this TLJ rendition sung on a super late-night stream where Andy was just sitting around with a Banjo, sung some stuff like Hills of Mexico. Lovely to see it come to an official release. The preservation and retelling of these stories and songs will always be cheered on!

@robertshadbolt3056

5 ай бұрын

I to watched this stream, Andy absolutely slew this solo. I suggested he learnt El Paso at the time. I think the story telling of Marty Robins and TLJ arrangements and harmonics are a match made in heaven. Of to see them in March as a birthday pressie from my awesome wife....or is that adequate wife?

My boyfriend thinks this is the best version of the song

@Goldenexperience7277

Ай бұрын

It absolutely is

This makes my big iron become the big iron.

Marty would be smilin

The song with the guitar banjo, and keyboard/accordion sound during the song kind of reminds me of another song that sounds like this tune

@charliekahn4205

Ай бұрын

The Chicks' cover of Landslide?

No one tells stories quite like a folk band. And no one plays folk quite like Longest Johns.

Honestly, I'm not sure I liked the banjo that much before listening to you guys. Nice cover!

@James_Bee

5 ай бұрын

You clearly have never listened to some of the greatest banjo players in the world.

@ericparrish1515

3 ай бұрын

Whoopdedoo 😂

Love the claw hammer banjo... such an underrated style of music🪕

This song strongly affirmatives the value of 'Quick Draw'

Wow guys, bringing back memories of the first time I heard this as a kid. Going grocery shopping with my dad early Saturday mornings. He used to play this whole album, Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs. Would love to hear you guys cover more of Marty's songs.

Listening to this song transported my mind into a nuclear winter in the best way

It's a great tune A cross between a shanty and an old country murder ballad

Rip paul. This is where the real game begins.

@thorvaldrvargeblod4603

3 ай бұрын

...but the truth is, kid, the game was rigged from the start.

@ericparrish1515

3 ай бұрын

​@thorvaldrvargeblod4603 so, rigs are way more funner. We pass mucho blind spots

@danieldieste9905

Ай бұрын

Who's Paul?

Ok that was the best cover of this song... and i mean THE best...

Ok I gotta say I really liked this. Enough to share with my Mom who loves Marty Robbins. And the kiddo but that's a given since he's already a fan. And if you wanna do more Marty Robbins, do the El Paso trilogy: "El Paso", from the "Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs" album; "Feleena (From El Paso)", which is on "The Drifter"; and "El Paso City", from a 1976 album of the same name. Because while "El Paso" on it's own is an awesome song, getting a bit of the back story (Feleena) and the future story (El Paso City) just rounds it out.

The harmonies of your voices work perfectly for this song.

Love me a bit of marty robbins Great cover

Hot dang. Love me some old cowboy songs 🎶

Ever since I heard Andy do this song during his solo COVID stream I knew the whole group could do it justice. I have to say, this is even better than I imagined. Thank you for this great Marty Robbins cover!

Such beautiful descending harmony lines at the end of the verses... 😍

OMG Y'all are coming to Alexandria VA on May 12!? My wife and I are totally going! To ticket master!

Holy moly that's AMAZING guys!! I cannot wait for this to get on Spotify. This may very well be the BEST version of this song!!!

First was Marty Robbins, Then Johnny Cash, then Colter Wall, and now you boys :) . all fantastic. this one may be my favorite tbh

We really need an album with all the one off songs you guys do for the channel. These have been some of my favorite pieces by you guys and it annoys me so much that it's not on spotify

As a Bitish fan of country music, cowboy ballads, and old time folk music from the old and new worlds in general, I can honestly say I love the shanty harmonies on this song! Well done lads and keep up the good work. By the way, check out The Sons of the Pioneers if you fancy trying some more cowboy ballads, they pretty much founded "Western" music.

i'm calling this the Campfire Mix

Great sound; very nice rendition of this song! 👍👍

I may or may not have listened to this about 10 times over the last 2 days, its been great.

I only know these guys from their We All Lift Together cover but now that this came out I NEED to check out the rest of their channel