This was his goodbye to his fans. His wife died shortly after the video, he died shortly after that. At the end when he closes the piano cover, it was like the closing of a casket and saying bye.

@SailorJohnPresents

4 жыл бұрын

I was about to write the same thing, but I was also sure that one of you guys would put it here. It's incredibly powerful. This is a cover from the Nine Inch Nails original version (where it is about drug addiction and depression) Cash could truly relate to. But Cash's version is so powerful, that NIN said publicly that "Hurt" is now a Johnny Cash Song. Since this song is kind of a tribute to his life/career and to his fans, on this same album Cash wrote an original song that reflects his outlook on the afterlife too. T, do a follow up reaction to this with the Cash song, "When The Man Comes Around". You will be happy you did. kzread.info/dash/bejne/nJ2aw7CxoZqvd5s.html (With lyrics)

@Gutslinger

4 жыл бұрын

I don't see it as his "goodbye." Though I've seen many people quote that Rosanne said that when conversing with him about this music video. I never heard her say that in the interviews that I watched.

@cjturner2008

3 жыл бұрын

Amen

@MugdhaMahdiShams

3 жыл бұрын

@@Gutslinger heard somewhere his daughter saw this video and found it creepy. She said that it felt like he was saying goodbye. He replied, "I am."

@ErikN1982

3 жыл бұрын

i felt that the entire "American Recordings" series he did was him saying goodbye, even though it went on through almost 2 whole decades.

He was pretty ill when he made this. His wife June came downstairs to check on him and they decided to leave her in the video. A few month after this June died. A few months after that he died.

@bagelj

4 жыл бұрын

June Carter was related to former president Jimmy Carter

@kipvold5324

3 жыл бұрын

@@bagelj No she wasn't

@bagelj

3 жыл бұрын

Kip Vold YES SHE WAS. “June Carter's distant cousin, the former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, became closely acquainted with Cash and Carter and maintained their friendship throughout their lifetimes. In a June 1977 speech, Jimmy Carter acknowledged that June Carter was his distant cousin, with whom they shared a common relation”

@kipvold5324

3 жыл бұрын

@@bagelj Did not know that!

@DuBstep115

3 жыл бұрын

@@bagelj "distant cousin" Depends on how distant, like you and me are relatives if we go back 8000 years.

It was said that when his daughter saw this, she said "Dad, it's like you're saying goodbye." and he said "I am."

@MikeKollin

3 жыл бұрын

😭

@michellerobin5461

3 жыл бұрын

😭😭😭

@harpinpoem

3 жыл бұрын

😮😭

@harold3165

Жыл бұрын

😭😭😔

To be fair, this song was about drug abuse, when NIN sang it. Cash gave a new twist to it, expanding it to encompass his whole life.

@thebrazilianatlantis165

4 жыл бұрын

The original's about drugs and other things. Cash was a drug addict and his version is too.

@carlpeterson8182

3 жыл бұрын

@@thebrazilianatlantis165 I think it is a bout drug addiction but more than just drug addiction. There is a strong Christian message to the song which transcends just drug addiction. I am not saying it is not about drug addiction because that is part of Cash's story. But I think it really shows a statement about Cash's whole life given a biblical worldview. Or anyone's life really. That id what makes the song more universal in scope.

@thebrazilianatlantis165

3 жыл бұрын

@@carlpeterson8182 First of all I know Trent wrote the song y'all -- but Johnny decided it applied to himself. Johnny wasn't in charge of the video (except that he could choose to sign off on it, which he did). I don't think the song as Johnny sang it has a Christian message as such, as opposed to e.g. other religions, I think "crown of thorns" is a self-deprecating metaphor as Johnny used it in the song, insulting his own sometime vanity and sometime victim mentality. Of course many of the realizations Johnny was coming to are completely consistent with Christ's message. And with the famous messages about what's really important in other religions, and what's really important to sensible atheists. Johnny never e.g. points upwards in the video like Pharrell Williams, and he might have been agnostic at this point or whatever; he was a good man with a deep, thoughtful message of regret and what matters. If it seems like I'm saying the inserts of Christ in the video _misunderstood_ the self-deprecation in the song itself, yes I think that (or to be more charitable they were laying the irony on thicker, or whatever, if so I think overall they failed). Johnny was not Jesus and he knew it!

@vanjalavoie550

3 жыл бұрын

Johnny Cash kicked heroin with June's help.

@Impericalevidence

3 жыл бұрын

"it's not my song any longer" but, you still wrote it, Trent... Johnny only changed one word... And a bit of timing.

The last one second of that video is more powerful than any other part.

@thebrazilianatlantis165

3 жыл бұрын

I like the closeup of the Johnny Cash bust at 2:35. If you think a bust of yourself is what's going to make you happy, think again. Or how about the pouring out a drink for himself.

@Marcus_Halberstram

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah man, the last seconds really hit me hard.

@jeffrichards1537

3 жыл бұрын

Yup. He knew it was gonna be one of the last times he would ever shut a piano again. R.I.P man in black.

@robertobrien5709

3 жыл бұрын

The most powerful part of this video was the look his wife June gave him, the intense love and hurt in her face looking at her beloved fading away.

@michaelturnell1431

3 жыл бұрын

Turned out to be his final performance, most think he knew it too.

That crescendo towards the end and then the silence afterwards gets me every time.

@edwardomunoz9299

4 жыл бұрын

Where he's throwing the wine and saying "you can have it all" 😢

@edwardomunoz9299

4 жыл бұрын

He's saying you can have it all I don't want it I lived it 💯🔥

@jckdnls9292

4 жыл бұрын

But also the part where it starts to get loud towards the end.. then the sudden stop...

@fackrell82

3 жыл бұрын

Every damn time

Trent Reznor who wrote hurt has said it's now Cash's song after hearing this cover

@helpwithsolutions3610

4 жыл бұрын

i don't give two shits for the original. this version hits me right in the feels.

@Ethan-jy7pg

4 жыл бұрын

I think they are both great, the original is better in my opinion, listening to the person who actually lived through those emotions and wrote those lyrics just makes it better to me.

@ExUSSailor

3 жыл бұрын

@@helpwithsolutions3610 Then you're a fuckin' idiot. Reznor is a brilliant songwriter.

@bassage13

3 жыл бұрын

@@helpwithsolutions3610 What a shitty thing to say. If you love the song you should show respect to the person who created it.

@whocares110

3 жыл бұрын

@@helpwithsolutions3610 I mostly agree, the original is good, but Johnny's is effing incredible. And for those of you hating on Cameron for his post, grow up, it's his opinion and he's as welcome to it as you are to yours.

He died of complications of diabetes, and a broken heart after losing June.

@0okamino

3 жыл бұрын

I don't think either of them would have lasted long without the other after all those years together. I'm pretty sure that Johnny would have ended up self-destructing in some way much earlier in life if he hadn't had June.

@grindfreakmike5754

3 жыл бұрын

Like these two shit on whites give a damn.

@cillianmclaverty9392

3 жыл бұрын

@@grindfreakmike5754 what?

I'm a 54 year old retired Army combat veteran and you 2 are harder than me. I tear up every time I see this video.

@choice12ozborne

2 жыл бұрын

Same here. Puts a knot in my throat.

@walterbennett8032

2 жыл бұрын

Me too Mike. I've watched it probably 50 times and it rips me up every time! Especially when he says "my sweetest friend "

@fayla63

2 жыл бұрын

@@walterbennett8032 same here, breaks me every single time

@franksamara1815

2 жыл бұрын

My father almost died in a building fire back in 2003 (he later recovered and lived all the way until 2015) and that day was so hectic (with him being admitted to one hospital and then transferred to another that had a dedicated burn unit), so I was so wrapped up in the parade of moments, I never had a chance to cry (it was the only day in our lives that we said "I love you" to one another, but that's another story). It wasn't until the following morning when this video aired on MTV (yeah, they still played videos then) that I broke down in tears. So, this song and video always brings me back to that moment.

@TheDeanGullberry

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your service.

Us older ones know what it's like to see everyone that mean so much to us pass on. It's like your childhood disappears and you are left with a world that you don't know anymore. I understand more and more as time goes on what it's like to grow old.

@kingcassius2586

3 жыл бұрын

So beautifully put!

@davidfowler7040

3 жыл бұрын

You are very correct. I just turned 80 and I seem to know very few people that are still alive.

@seneca1932

3 жыл бұрын

“We’ve reached the age where life stops giving to us and starts taking things away.” -Unknown

@mattic7788

3 жыл бұрын

I'm 25 and I think about this all the time. Definitely my biggest fear

@ronaldmcrae4896

2 жыл бұрын

@@davidfowler7040 77 here, and the most horrible thing about getting old is outliving all your family and friends. Yes you have the younger members/offspring of your family but you still have this huge empty space that was once your life.

I love you guys. You aren't afraid to get deep and really look past the obvious. As a side, he always wore black and I think you'll find his reason why interesting. “I wear the black for the poor and the beaten down, livin' in the hopeless, hungry side of town, I wear it for the prisoner who has long paid for his crime, but is there because he's a victim of the times." He was a true icon of not just American music but Americana as a whole. A rare breed of man who truly cared about people and never forgot where he came from.

@gaftbat

3 жыл бұрын

Yep, and he became known as The Man In Black.

Trent said he was unsure about Johny doing this cover because this was such an emotional song for him... after hearing johnnys version he said it was like a man stealing his wife....he made the song his own

@2batgirl

3 жыл бұрын

heroine. Cash is a legend. An amazing artist. I'm glad they were both able to create such amazing songs with this.

@Lynda957

2 жыл бұрын

Definitely hits different with Cash. Trent wrote it when he was 20 and troubled. However, he had the advantage of still rectifying his wrongs. Cash sang it near the end of his life and you personally feel his regrets knowing there’s little time left to change anything.

I almost can't watch this, it's such a beautiful goodbye.

probably one of the greatest covers i've ever heard.

The video was recorded in February of 2003. His daughter, on seeing a preview of the video, said to him it sounded like he was saying goodbye, he replied that he was. June Carter Cash, his 2nd wife, is the woman sat on the stairs in the video; also a singer in her own right who toured with him and sang with him on several songs. She had come down to check on her husband that day as his health was declining. June Carter Cash passed away a few months after the video recording in May of 2003 and a bereaved Johnny Cash followed her a few months later in the September. The song is by Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails and is about his battle with addiction and depression. Cash also an addict and alcoholic for much of his early life, spending time in Jail on half a dozen occasions for possession. The song encompasses the way both musicians life threads are woven together and entangled across the decades between them, so much so that Trent when he saw the video said it was like loosing his Girlfriend, as the song had become Johnny's. Johnny was a campaigner for prison reform and the rights of Native Americans and much of his material reflected his own passions and darker past. It was June that Cash attributed to rescuing him from his drug and Alcohol addiction a theme of the song. Carter is the person played by Reese Witherspoon alongside Joaquin Phoenix, in the biopic of them: Walk the line. Johnny Cash's star had declined in the 80s and the Museum to his life with the smashed Gold Disk on the Floor, used as one of the backdrops to the video, ended up being shuttered. In the 1990s Rick Rubin and American Recordings more of a Rap, Punk and Metal label sought Cash to record for their label, and offered Cash complete artistic freedom. With them his career revived and he brought out his most critically acclaimed albums, the America series, bringing Cash to a new younger audience; starring on The Simpsons and Headlining at Glastonbury in 1994. The 4th and penultimate album of the America series from which this is one of several Hit Singles: American IV: The Man Comes Around, You may recognise the Title Track too, was released in November of 2002, and he was still working on his final Album right up to the end and that was released posthumously.

@Random-zp8um

3 жыл бұрын

From what I know Johnny originally didn't want to do this song as a cover. I'm really glad he did.

It was reported that one of their kids cried when she seen this video became this is her father saying goodbye! This video was made in 2002. His wife, June died in May, 2003 and Johnny died in Sept. 2003. You can see that he was very ill during the video. You can't see it, but June was suffering cancer at that time led to her death in May, 2003. With his illness plus losing love of his life, Johnny died in Sept., 2003. Trent Reznor and Johnny had a mutual friend. Friend is the producer, Rick Rubin. Johnny informed that he wanted to cover NIN's "Hurt" Rick talked to Trent about Johnny doing the song. Trent gave an OK. Trent had some reservations of letting Johnny do the song, but he heard Johnny's version. Trent - I am paraphrasing - This song belongs to Johnny.

@bigboss.anthonyromero.4768

4 жыл бұрын

Your story is on point! This song belonged to Johnny Cash. It’s like he knew the song was his final curtain. 😞

@davidfowler7040

3 жыл бұрын

I don't know if June had cancer or not, but she died after having a heart valve replaced. I've never heard that she had cancer.

@Surehill

3 жыл бұрын

That is some paraphrasing. What Trent said is that Cash made the song his own; that is - the cover is all Johnny Cash. The song itself is still one of the most personal songs for Trent.

@Seastallion

2 жыл бұрын

I could be wrong, but what I read, the cover song was RECORDED in 2002, but the video itself was made in February of 2003, three months before June died, with Johnny following her four months after that. That is seven months after the video was made.

@MrTech226

2 жыл бұрын

@@Seastallion That's possible.

This makes me weep like a child every time.

@nigelbrowne1408

3 жыл бұрын

me too

@gianna01michelle

3 жыл бұрын

Me too because I have loved his music and this is the last song he performed as a goodbye to all of us fan's.

I can usually hold it together until they show June on the staircase. The thousand emotions in her expression makes me cry every time.

I just want to say that you are two of the most impressive people doing "reaction" videos that I've seen. Your insight, empathy and intelligence make listening to your reactions so worthwhile. This is the first time I've watched you and I look forward to many more of your videos. And I really think Johnny Cash would have appreciated your "take" on this as well. Glad I found your channel!

@TheAdventuresofTNT

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, we really appreciate this.

@thomassblaquelourde4389

Жыл бұрын

I would like to add to that the width of stuff we watch with you is wider than anyone, just sayin you arent my only reaction friends no offense meant, but I really care about you alot

Yes watching the video is definitely a must. When Mr Cash died all day long on MTV,VH1,& CMT they all played this video all day long as a remembrance to him may he & June RIP

His daughter, singer Rosanna Cash, said “dad it was like your goodbye.” He said, “I am.”

This was his goodbye. His kids said it sounded like he way saying goodbye, and he said, "I am."

T, i watched this video on TV when it came out, John knew he was dying, at the end of the video when he closes the lid on the piano keys, it was his way of closing his own Casket, i damn cried, i have not been able to watch this video for Many years until you posted it, thanks R.I.P. To John, this man had a way of delivering a song, Trent Reznor wrote this song in his bedroom, he did not want john to do it at first, but he allowed him to do it, when Trent saw the video he was Speachless, and glad that John Covered it, Peace Man, Cousin Figel

@TheAdventuresofTNT

4 жыл бұрын

This was an incredibly sad video. It made me think of my Grandpa

@ronnie5129

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheAdventuresofTNT T, I hear ya there, Cousin Figel

You should do the original version by Nine Inch Nails to really appreciate where Johnny Cash went with his rendition. Completely different feel to it.

@tattoorocker

3 жыл бұрын

I have listened to the original and I like Johnny's better

@andrewbayram765

3 жыл бұрын

So did they, they gave him their song because of what he did with it. Profound on both ends.

@BluDragon1964

3 жыл бұрын

The original is good too. Trent Reznor's version is his own. Johnny Cash made his version his. One about drug usage and his feelings to Trent Reznor. Johnny Cash version was about his mortality. Both outstanding from their point of view.

I've seen almost a dozen reactions to this song and you are the only ones to get the meaning.

It doesnt matter how many times I hear Johnny Cash "Hurt". That one freaking tear always comes out...

Johnny Cash grew up very poor in that little shack that you saw, during the depression. His older brother Jack was working at a lumber mill when he was pulled into an unguarded saw and fatally injured, though it would take a week for him to finally succumb to the injuries, while he lay in his bed at home with his family by his side, unable to provide more extensive medical care for him. Johnny went early to the funeral and, at 12 years old, helped to dig his own brother's grave. He carried so much pain throughout his life, and, though faced it and his demons with love and help from June and her family, I think the ghosts of all the pain he carried for so long are palpable when you hear him singing this lament at the end of his life, as he was clearly preparing to leave, himself, and pass on. So beautiful.

He knew he didn't have much time left. He knew wife was the same. This was his last hurrah. I was 12 when his wife passed and 13 when he passed. Dad cried listening to this song when he first sung it. Afterwards he turned to me (I was alone in the car waiting for my brother with dad). He said we had just heard cash for the last time ever and he was right. I cry remembering my father who passed in August 2021. Miss him dearly.

I’m 15. I watched the Logan trailer minutes after it came out, and that’s where I discovered this song. ...Years later, it’s my favorite movie. That trailer is my favorite trailer. And this song is my favorite song. I listen to this song everyday. It’s amazing and it’s beautiful. ...When I get older, I know ‘Logan’ and this song will resonate differently.

One of the other things that I should point out is The Shattered Columbia framed record on the floor. After all the hits that Johnny had for them they dropped him from the label in 1986 after 28 yrs .

That was his childhood home near Dyess in NE Arkansas. It was abandoned when he made this video. It's now a museum dedicated to Cash which I'd love to visit.

So my dad watched this video with me when it first came out. The little white house was the house he was raised in and the "House of Cash" was one of his first house that at one point was turned into a museum. The year before he made this video he had a massive stroke complicated by heart failure. No one expected June to die first...no one. He died just a few months after her as expected because he always said he couldn't live without her. The lady in the picture at the first of the video was his mother whom he adored.

When he watched this video with his daughters they said, "Daddy, its like you are saying goodbye." He looked at them and said, "I am." He died not long after.

Johnny Cashs' sweetest friend was also his wife

This and Davis Bowie's goodbye video kills me Everytime

If you watched the movie walk the line with Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon you will get a spot on look at his life from a young age to an adult. No matter what he could never be good enough to his father after the loss of his brother. It's a great movie regardless and a must watch. Great reaction guys!!

@blizardt

3 жыл бұрын

One of the pluses with Walk the Line Reese and Joaquin were chosen by Johnny and June to play them in the movie, they both got to spend a few years with the Cash's to learn there history so it would be authentic to the movie

I'm glad young people are discovering Johnny. Some people think he's similar to many of the county singers today, who are big on MAGA. NO!!! He was a champion for all people. He sang for prisons. He sang for Natives. He was honored by Jewish groups. Cash wore black because it represented the poor and disenfranchised. The KKK hated him, libeled him, threatened and plotted to kill him. Johnny never backed down and sued the KKK for $25 million. He said, “The Klan is despicable, filthy, dirty, and unkind.” He was the real deal. And so was his pain. He was an alcoholic and hurt himself and his family. He also was a man who struggled with his actions conflicting with his faith. But he was honest, deep and capable of introspection as is evident by the video. And his children carry his legacy. They publicly denounced the Charlottesville White supremacy rally when they saw a photo of a man in attendance wearing a Johnny Cash T-shirt. It can be found here. facebook.com/RosanneCash/posts/a-message-from-the-children-of-johnny-cashwe-were-alerted-to-a-video-of-a-young-/10155413372345336/

@Barefoot433

3 жыл бұрын

You make it sound like MAGA was against the benefit of all Americans, which is patently absurd, and like the Klan wasn’t a southern Democrat hate group.

He had a long battle with alcohol and drug addiction throughout his life

THE MOST EERIE AND CHILLING PART YOU GUYS IS WHEN HE CLOSES THE PIANO AND SPREADS HIS HANDS ACROSS IT! :( HE'S SAYING GOODBYE, HE'S CHECKING OUT! :( WOWWWWW

This is a soul song..ur last cry to the universe. Its rage and sadness. Its happiness and sorrow. Ur life experience..

Deep mournful song. As was noted it seems to be a last hoorah type effort and I agree. Another great song that hits those same feels is Glen Campbell's last song "Im not gonna miss you". He was suffering from Alzheimer's. It's heart wrenching.

@raygunsforronnie847

3 жыл бұрын

I worked with Campbell before his Alzheimer's was public. He was out with his kids (mostly) on stage and Kim keeping him tethered. The venue served meals in the showroom and after the band and crew were served, we headed to the line. Glen and Kim came in and we gestured them ahead, "after you, Mr. Campbell." He looked up and offered his hand, "I'm Glen, what's your name? Mr. Campbell is my daddy and he's not here.... uh... is he, Kim?" "No dear, and I don't think he will be" and she kind of nodded at us. During the show he started one song in the wrong key and his daughter tapped him on the shoulder, "dad, we do that in G." He just smiled, moved the capo, and started over. His guitar playing was still very good and it was clear he was enjoying himself on stage. The documentary on his Alzheimer's is an unflinching look at what the disease does. I'm sure the last year was tough for Kim and the kids.

Cash's parents were shear croppers and that was the house he was raised in.

There is nothing quite like an old man, singing a young mans song. And putting a lifetime of pain into it.

Everytime I watch this video it chokes me up. Yes.....this absolutely was his "Swan Song". It was a very fitting walk through the life of a musical legend. Even though it's a cover of a Nine Inch Nails song. ....Johnny Cash made it his own through his delivery. Trent Reznor, who wrote the song even said. ...."I may have written it, but it belongs to Johnny now". R.I.P. to the Man In Black. If you want some more Johnny Cash tunes to check out, I suggest these classics. Folsom Prison Blues One Piece At A Time A Boy Named Sue As always, Peace and love from Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A!

Those Def American / American Recordings albums that Johnny did with Rick Rubin are truly fantastic, especially the American Recordings IV record, the best of the whole bunch imo.

Can’t watch this without bawling 😭 Grew up listening to his music in our house 🎸🎤🎸

The original writer, Trent Reznor of 9 Inch Nails, with tears in his eyes after hearing this version, officially gave Johnny the song.

I am 56 years old now and whenever I watch this Song and Music with Johnny Cash, tears run down my Cheeks, also when he and His wife June can be seen together in this video, and I think with this Song he made his Peace with Himself. Johnny Cash is and always will be a Legend.

It's like he knew this was his final song when closed the piano 💔❤

It was ! She (June)died before this video came out, he died very soon after the video came out. He could not live another day without her

Thanks for sharing. That was Johnny's home where he grew up. He died just months after this song. He was a rebel in his younger days and this is his attempt to atone. He was a spiritual man. RIP

LOVE your take on this! Probably already been said in the comments but that small house was the house he grew up in with his parents and brothers and sisters. They were share croppers in Arkansas. Tasha: you are spot on...where they filmed this was in The House Of Cash museum that was in disrepair at the time. His wife on the staircase? You nailed it. She was not happy he did this. She passed away about 3 months after this was filmed. Johnny passed away about 9 month after her, so about a year after this. When he showed the video to his daughter June Carter Cash she said she didn't like it because it was like he was saying goodbye. He said "Well, I am."

I think Johnny never got over the death of his big brother and the fact that his father blamed him for it as Johnny left his brother alone at the mill, when they were always told to stay with each other. There was an horrendous accident and his brother was killed. I think Johnny tried all his life to get close to God for forgiveness. I guess you have to forgive yourself first. No one delivers a song like him or covers a song as well as Johnny

@franklinloll2229

3 жыл бұрын

True. So few know that story.

House of Cash was a museum

Yay I looooove this song. You can never go wrong with Johnny Cash ❤️❤️❤️ Yes I did comment on an earlier video before I saw this one so my bad lol.

personally, i feel this was a goodbye to his children, his wife, his fans, and the world. He was reflecting on his life and the was regret. Kills me every single time this song. I can watch it 5 times back to back and shed tears every time! Definitely in my top 10 for life!!

The drug addiction is correct and not kinda. Firstly, the song was written by Trent reznor of nine inch nails and it was about drug addiction. Although the song for Johnny is kinda looking back on life he also went through a period of addiction to amphetamines and barbiturates. So you picked up right but it is also a man looking back on life. And realizing that without his best friend and soulmate (June) it’s really not worth it

@Seastallion

2 жыл бұрын

Everything you said was true, but I think at the time he was also focusing on all the other people in his life he'd lost, as June was still with him during the making of the song and later the video. It had the shot of his mother in the picture, his childhood home, June of course and his daughter, but possibly other people I'm not familiar with. Certainly the loss of his brother was a significant sorrow he had lived with.

Sad video with a peek at the ultimate feelings of despair we are bound to feel in the end.😢 Love is what will be missed, not things

June passed just before Johnny did so her appearance is scary foreshadowing...his material is just amazing just good good music he was praised by everyone of every music genre Public Enemy praised him as well as metal bands....you should listen to His rendition of Before my time...cannot listen to it without bursting into tears

@TheAdventuresofTNT

4 жыл бұрын

Yea man, this was deep. I felt every inch of this song. I didn’t want to cry on camera so mid way I had to think about something else. It looked like he was ready to check out.

I love Johnny Cash i grew up with his music he left a great legacy A man with a big heart a great voice RIP Man in black ,,,

I can’t compose myself with this video...it kills me. Every. Single. Time.

R.I.P. Johnny. We may hurt, but you never let us down. Your music is timeless. I know this was written by Trent Reznor, but it’s yours now and is a perfect cover.

@TheAdventuresofTNT

4 жыл бұрын

Timeless

This song makes me cry every time I listen to it

Yes. That was his childhood home. It has since been taken over by a foundation, and a university and been completely renovated and decorated exactly the way it was during his childhood. The flood image was a real event here in Eastern Arkansas when he was a child that affected thousands of people.

My grandmother and his wife ( June Cater Cash daughter of Maybell Addinton Carter) were second cousins.

@TheAdventuresofTNT

3 жыл бұрын

Wow, too cool. Did you ever get a chance to meet him?

I'd love to see you react to I Hung My Head by Johnny Cash from those same American Recordings sessions. I think Sting wrote it, awesome song.

This song never fails to move me when he sings it.

I worked on this. He truly was a legend.

RIP Johnny Cash

the video features real footage of the johnny cash museum in disrepair/run down- at this time he wasn t remembered the way he should be

@davidfowler7040

3 жыл бұрын

I remember going to The House of Cash when it was open. It was pretty interesting. The "One Piece at a Time" Cadillac was parked there. I understand that there is a new Cash museum in Nashville. I haven't been to it since I haven't lived in Tennessee for many years. I lived in Memphis from '85 to '88 and went to Nashville several times when I lived there.

This was a cover song of "Nine Inch Nails" song, slowed down with the words reflecting this pain, addiction and death.

He had a way of making you feel his music and all the emotion in it for him

"What have I become, my sweetest friend. Everyone ik goes away in the end".

@jckdnls9292

4 жыл бұрын

U ruined it by using ik instead of I know... Smh

I can't believe nobody said this yet. He remade this nine inch nails song near his death. After it happened Trent Reznor made a comment that it wasn't his song anymore. It belongs to Johnny. That cuts deep. It means a lot to me personally because (I'm old) I saw Johnny cash perform at the world fair in Knoxville, tn, in 1982. i was 10. My dad was not a big music guy but he grabbed me by the collar and told me to listen to this guy because he is important. It didn't mean anything to me as a young man but I remembered. Months after he died I finally found an opportunity to cry. It was when I was alone and I heard this song for the first time.

@gd8839

4 жыл бұрын

Your Dad knew a good man when he saw one, may they rest in peace. If you were 10 in '82 you're not old. Plenty of time to start again, the one thing Johnny didn't have 💓

@tmakinthehouse

4 жыл бұрын

@@gd8839 I'm getting there. Thanks for the kind thought.

Also, when his daughter heard this song for the firat time she said it sounded like he was saying goodbye, and he said well, I am.

He made it is own, also made a new generation of cash fans..... Rip Johnny ✌️... Suffered from severe diabetes...

"When the man comes around" would be a good follow up to this song. Johnny was a man of deep Christian faith and I think the imagery of Christ interspersed with lyrical content about his empire of dirt brought out Johnny's feelings about his faith at the end of his life. James 4:14 "whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away."

It was where he was raised. What have I become? Old... I can't watch it without crying, and I'm not a country music fan. Awesome. Poignant.

I'm a fan and I reacted. I truly love you guys. You can't fake your cemestery. I'll watch anything anything you guys do. June and Johnny wouldn't have it anyway.

Johnny Cash's biggest song was probably ring of fire, which of actually pretty good! You should do that one. June Carter (his wife in this video) wrote it for him, I think before they were even a thing. He was hung up on her for a long time before they ever married. You should seriously watch the walk the line movie sometime. Again, not a country guy, but a good song is a good song and the movie was really good. Glad you two did this. 🖤 You should do more megadeth too. Always more megadeth. 🖤🖤🖤

@Gutslinger

4 жыл бұрын

I heard someone say in an interview that when Johnny was a kid, he was a fan of the Carter family and he said that he was going to marry June one day. Don't remember who said it, or what interview it was.

@insufferablethrashelitist9305

3 жыл бұрын

@The Hermanator and Spurgle yawn I'm a metal dude commenting on a country song, giving it a ton of credit & showin respect. So stop getting butt hurt for no reason. We're all in this together and to find new things so relax.

@insufferablethrashelitist9305

3 жыл бұрын

@The Hermanator and Spurgle thanks man you too.

June Carter's Mom and Aunt and Uncle basically started country music.

@jckdnls9292

4 жыл бұрын

Mother Maybelle

@pattyyoung2103

3 жыл бұрын

Not really have you listened to them ?

I love that the lyrics and Johnny's voice alone got the meaning across even without the video, it's cool that you listened to it first and then saw this incredible video. I also love that this video has the same effect on everyone, we just sit quietly and take it in. Beautiful reaction and interpretations!

Johnny Cash was one of the SUN Records Stars in the 1950's - 60's along With Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins. He was the bad boy of country music, which gave him a bigger crossover audience into the Pop, Folk and Gospel music fans. First Singer to ever do a Concert in a Maximum Security Prison at Folsom Prisom filmed in a documentary that is excellent to watch.

He was a progressive decent man, too.

@pattyyoung2103

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you a lot of people just want to call him a junkie and put him down for the life he led . So thank you again .

I could be wrong but I heard he died shortly after this recording.

@leoGearth

3 жыл бұрын

His wife who you saw on the stairs died two months after the video was made. He died five months after that.

Very humble beginnings. Became a huge star....actor singer, songwriter....icon. No matter how successful he was, he never felt like a success. His last song.

i discovered your channel today and watched tons of your videos. you guys are so thoughtful and positive. i can’t tell you how much i enjoyed hearing your thoughts and insights. i feel like i’m hanging out with some friends talking about things that are important. thank you for brightening up my day.

Man, this is the best and right on point on explaining Cash's Hurt. Great job.

John R. The greatest of all . I sat here thinking what to say and no other words seemed to fit. Thanks John for this song. It’s brings me to tears everytime I listen to it all.

Really glad you went back and took a look at the video. It adds something extra to what is already a devastating song.

This songs gets me every time i hear it. Knowing the story of jonny cash and the hurt between each word is heartbreaking

This song goes so perfectly with Johnny's voice that you would think that he wrote this.

Yes...that was his childhood home. It's been refurbished and you can tour it in Dyess, Ar.

This is always the reaction video I look for on someone's channel. Not just the song, but the video. It's haunting.

That home is his childhood home in a place called Dyess, Arkansas... It was a small community built in the 1930s around the time Johnny was born, his father, Ray cash worked in that community. Several moments during this video were unplanned, particularly with the appearance of June Carter Cash, her sitting on the stairs and watching with a reflective, but proud/sad look was completely unplanned. Regarding Johnny's appearance at this time he was in the full grips of old age, but also his diabetes had begun to really take a toll on him. Granted, he was only seventy-two or three when he passed. But this song to me has always been not only him. Looking back on his life, expressing regret in some instances but also understood that he lived his journey and he was human. It also stands to me as a beautiful declaration of his faith.

Johnny was never better than he was in the final years of his life. Thanks for reviewing.

What a lovely lovely couple you both are. Thank you for being in this world.

This WAS his last hurrah, the last time he was on video. House of cash was in severe disrepair in this video, his wife died a few months after filming (she's in the background), he died a few months after her. And house of cash burned down a few years later.

One of those people who will always be remembered for his honesty and the love he held for the common man and woman. An open book with many hurtful chapters. Thanks for playing this.

Love it. Thank you both brother and sister!