He closed the lid and never opened it again... brushing his hands across the lid. He knew it was his last time

The shot of one of his records in a shattered frame in insanely powerful. The director did such an amazing job driving each point home perfectly.

At the end of the video he closes the lid of the piano and it looks like he`s closing a coffin lid, He definitely knew that his was the final song of his career and that this video was as much of a statement as the song itself. I cannot watch this without tearing up and I wasn`t even such a Johnny Cash fan but he grew in stature in my eyes after I saw this. Truly a masterpiece .

@TheTexasCowboy56

2 жыл бұрын

His daughter saw the music video and told him look like you saying goodbye. He just said cause I am so he knew his time was coming.

@larrymcauley3152

Жыл бұрын

He never reopened that piano.

@jsbcody

Жыл бұрын

It was like he was saying a final goodbye to an old and cherish friend.

@jillmcclellan2844

Жыл бұрын

He missed the best part, the piano closing

@kathigreen1479

11 ай бұрын

That's my favorite scene. And almost everyone stops before it. It's the most beautiful and haunting and sad thing ever. 😭

This song was originally written & performed by "Nine Inch Nails". It was written about drugs & depression. But Johnny Cash's version is considered the best. His version is more about regret for past mistakes in life & realizing material things & fame mean nothing in the end. When the video was filmed in February 2003, Cash was 71 years old & had serious health problems. His frailty is clearly evident in the video. He died seven months later, on September 12 & his wife, June Carter Cash, who is shown gazing at her husband in two sequences of the video, had died on May 15 of the same year.

@ludvikisnes1628

2 жыл бұрын

yeah nine inch said that it is hes song now. its also known as one the best cover of all time

@danielgerald4551

2 жыл бұрын

You have it backwards. Cash wrote it in the 70’s and 9 inch nails did a remake in the 90’s.

@1486230

Жыл бұрын

@@danielgerald4551 no it was written by Trent Reznor of NIN. This is pretty easy to verify dude.

@danielgerald4551

Жыл бұрын

@@1486230 you got it wrong man. Was written in the 60’s by Cash and his writing partner. You can tell by the old footage that they show in the video.

@1486230

Жыл бұрын

@@danielgerald4551 can you cite even a single source?

That was June... she died a few months after this and he died a few months after that... great reaction ✌️❣️🇦🇺

@TeaTimeWithTravis

2 жыл бұрын

So bittersweet!

@granadosvm

2 жыл бұрын

@@TeaTimeWithTravis Also, the scene where he closes the piano at the end of the video is very haunting. It was the last time he closed the piano, since he passed away some weeks after the release of this video.

@denanebergall5514

2 жыл бұрын

@@granadosvm That is always my favorite part of the video. It's like he's caressing the piano and saying goodbye to that life.

*When Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails heard Johnny Cash cover this song, he simply said "This song isn't mine anymore". And he meant that with all the love and respect in the world.*

@danjames5552

2 жыл бұрын

How many times you going to say this 🤔

@stephanieclark9849

2 жыл бұрын

@@danjames5552 Depends on how many other ppl react to to it for the 1st time who don't know the info behind it. So stay tuned...

@danjames5552

2 жыл бұрын

@@stephanieclark9849 don't worry about that , there's someone saying the same thing over and over just like you in every comment section.

@suzannejane1035

2 жыл бұрын

@@danjames5552 Yeah well it's the first time I've seen it so shut up.

@SWTSU

2 жыл бұрын

@@stephanieclark9849 Haters are going to hate!!!!! Great reaction hombre!!!!! So says Austin Tx!!!!!!😎🍸

Anytime anyone reacts to this song you can tell it hits us all in the same way.

@donaldduck2139

2 жыл бұрын

sure does, it really bores a hole right through you

@lindagraveline1040

2 жыл бұрын

Agree. No matter how many times I hear it, I still feel it.

@totchi6

Жыл бұрын

Not everyone..I've watched a few reactors where you can tell they just DO NOT get it, not really. It's bittersweet, because you wanna know how could they not immediately understand, how they can avoid having a momentarily mortality crisis. It's usually kids,and usually ones who haven't LOST. Pets, family, friends, famous people they grew up with, it doesn't matter. Until you have your first meaningful loss of a being that's always been there for you,I don't think you can truly get wounded by this song the same way.

@superdre4892

Жыл бұрын

@@totchi6 true that is when it hits the most in the feels when you can relate.

@tbusch63

8 ай бұрын

@@totchi6 Believe me, it hits you like a sledgehammer right in the heart, especially as you grow older. I heard this song when it first came out by NIN. And eight years later Johnny did this cover. It is said his family stated it sounded like he was saying goodbye! His wife June passed before he did and they passed the same year. Now that I am 60, I can't watch the video without absolutely tearing up, drops running down my face 😢😢The truth and pain is in his voice and words. So much different than Trent Reznor wrote it. That is for sure! Not many people can watch the video with out feeling it in their heart! He was a Master, at getting his feelings across to the listener!

He only changed a couple of words in the entire song, but with those couple of words, he truly made it autobiographical, remorseful, and deeply impactful.

After Trent Reznor of NIN (who originally wrote/performed the song) saw this video, he reportedly said it was Johnny’s song now. I tear up every time I watch it too.

@thegayhare

2 жыл бұрын

the thing that gets me about that story is apparently he'd heard the audio first and wasn't that impressed it was a good cover, because its Johnny Cash doing it but that's all. It wasn't till he saw the music video that it clicked for him, that mix of regret and emotion that blend so well here that he said its not his song anymore.

@Etrius10

10 ай бұрын

I honestly wish he never said that because people use that as a way to erase Trent's legacy as the writer of the song.

This song has me emotional every time I hear it. He had such a way with portraying emotions through his music. I'm glad I was able to see your reaction to this. I would say this is probably my favorite song that he did.

@TeaTimeWithTravis

2 жыл бұрын

It was beautiful !

@brantheavner9770

2 жыл бұрын

@@TeaTimeWithTravis dear sir thank you for your reaction it was indeed his final song his wife had already passed away after the after the release of the song. I believe he was 71 when he made this song. He died not long after making this video. I wish you all the very best in your reactions. Chris Cornell is another amazing singer a musician who left us a few years ago when he committed suicide. It would be wonderful if you could do his acoustic set at Sirius XM radio. He did a cover of Prince's nothing compares to you made famous by Sinead O'Connor. He also did the song nearly forgotten my broken heart which one is tears. And a song he wrote when he was with Soundgarden called fell on Black Days. Thank you for your reactions with respect,. Brant Heavner 😁👍👍

According to his Wikipedia page: During the last stage of his career, Cash released the albums American III: Solitary Man (2000) and American IV: The Man Comes Around (2002). American IV included cover songs by several late 20th-century rock artists, notably "Hurt" by Nine Inch Nails and "Personal Jesus" by Depeche Mode.[111] Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails commented that he was initially skeptical about Cash's plan to cover "Hurt", but was later impressed and moved by the rendition.[112] The video for "Hurt" received critical and popular acclaim, including a Grammy Award. He died Sept 12, 2003 and June Carter Cash died on May 15, 2003. I loved Johnny Cash. Grew up listening to him and the Carter family.

I cry everytime I hear this...and the sadness just kept on going. Barry Gibb bought Johnny's Hendersonville Tennessee lakefront property where Johnny and June lived for 30 years. While undergoing renovations a fire broke out and burned the property to the ground. Seemed to fall right in line with this song doesn't it.

That's The Way A Legendary Music Icon Says Goodbye..R.I.P. Johnny

When Johnny's daughter heard this she said "dad, this sounds like a goodbye." He replied with "it is." He passed 6 months after the release of this song.

The film clip where he says "You stay the hell away from me, you hear" fits so well with the lyrical content of the song - "Stay away, I'll only cause you pain"...

I've said before that this cover is the purest expression of regret ever made. It's so painful to watch, but you have to honor that level of honesty.

I always hate it when people stop the video before he closes the piano lid. It's one of the most poignant moments in the entire thing. (But still, good reaction, thanks.)

@JHargis68

Жыл бұрын

+1

@akiraakai

Жыл бұрын

I hate that too. I'm always yelling at them that they missed the most important part of the video.

I’m so glad that I watched your review…. It was so intense watching you go thru ALL the emotions. I was clawing at my thumb skin just like you were! 5:15

The thing that absolutely kills me with this video... Is that the video was released after June died, she was in it but died before release so it made the impact of this song even more powerful

@wnsafford1854

2 жыл бұрын

The Hurt video was filmed Feb. 2003 & released March 2003. June died May 15, 2003. In his final interview (Aug. 20, 2003), Johnny said June "loved the Hurt video & I'm so glad she lived long enough to see it do what it did & get the attention it got." Johnny then died Sep. 12, 2003.

Johnny Cash's daughter (on hearing this) said that it sounded like her Dad was saying Goodbye....Johnny replied "I am". June Carter Cash (Johnnys Wife) was the lady on the stairs, watching him. She died 15th May 2003. Johnny died 12th September 2003. After a "lifetime" together, he could not live without her.

his hands on the piano gets me every time

Yes that was June on the stairs. They were filming this in their house and she came down to check on him. This was filmed in February 2003. June died three months later on May 15th, Johnny followed her almost four months later on September 12th

Johnny Cash took this song to another level . Hauntingly Beautiful is right . Painful and honest .

When the video was filmed in February 2003, Cash was 71 years old and had serious health problems. His frailty is clearly evident in the video. He died seven months later, on September 12th, his wife, June Carter Cash, who is shown gazing at her husband in two sequences of the video, had died on May 15th of the same year.

When his daughter heard it she thought it sounded like "goodbye", and he responded that it was.

They were filming and June came down the stairs to check on Johnny as she was concerned for his health. it's crazy she passed away first and he followed a few months later. The look in her eye in that scene is 100% genuine. I I read somewhere that Trent's version is a young man angry at the world spiraling out of control, Johnny's is an old man coming to peace with the inevitable end and making amends.

@nealm6764

Жыл бұрын

At that point she was in very poor health and had to ride a little chair lift up and down the stairs, and that is what she was sitting on in the video.

This version of this song resonates with people much more than the original because it deals with the great equalizer, death. Because it doesn't matter whether you're rich or poor, a nobody or famous, living in a mansion or a cardboard box on the street. Death will visit us all. And since you can't take the people you love with you anymore than you can take money and fame, you are left looking back and reflecting on your life, dealing with regret. Johnny and his heart was a simple country boy who love God and his music. But in order to become marketable to the masses he had change himself and probably in his estimation sell his soul. That definitely brought same but also brought addiction and losing people who he loved but couldn't keep because of his behavior. now he looks back and is regretting decisions and actions. I think the best line is if you could go back he would keep himself. Because at the end of our lives we only have our integrity and soul. Dont sacrifice thst.

This is a heavy song and his his version gets me in the feels every time I hear it.

As a human, the most impactful thing I have ever heard and viewed, and I am not especially a Cash fan. It amazes how this video affects ppl in different ways mostly depending on ppls age, this is an emotional masterpiece.. Johnny Cash is the only artist to be inducted into the Rock, Country, and Gospel Halls of Fame. Thanks for sharing.!

@JHargis68

Жыл бұрын

Actually Johnny's friend Elvis is in all of those Halls too.

He won a grammy for this song he never wrote enough said

Rezner said that is Johnny’s song. ❤ He died the next year months after June died.

This is the best goodbye song ever recorded my heart hurts every time I hear it.

At the time of Johnny's passing . The song Hurt and the Video we're No 1 through out the land . What a way to go . God Bless you Johnny.

This song tears my heart ❤ out

"Hurt" was recommended to be covered by Cash's manager who thought the song "fit" him. It was his last. Shortly after filming the video June passed, and a few months after, so did Johnny. Rumor was upon hearing the final recording, Cash's daughter made the comment to him that the song sounded like "he was saying goodbye", to which he replied, "....maybe I am..."

@RaymondBCrisp

2 жыл бұрын

He was definitely saying goodbye. His manager was a wise man, because this song fit Cash to a tee.

@danedearmond4905

2 жыл бұрын

@@RaymondBCrisp - Agreed. And like Trent Reznor said, he made that song his. Reznor's version is great. But even though it's the same lyrics, and similar music the "feel" is completely different. Cash took Reznor's "great song" and made it UNFORGETTABLE.

Once The Video Was Finished,, June Called The Children And Warned Them To Be Ready When They Were Going To Watch It Because Of The Raw Emotion & Power.

The little white abandoned farmhouse in the footage, where he’s seen looking in the windows... that his his boyhood home in what was the Dyess Colony near Kingsland AR-the flat Mississippi River Delta farmland of East Arkansas, where his sharecropper family grew and picked cotton. It’s less than an hour NE of Memphis-not too far out of the way for a pretty easy detour-and has been well-restored and preserved for tours.

One of the best covers ever. And I love NIN’s version. Another cover that Johnny Cash irrevocably owns now is Rusty Cage. You should check that one out. It’s on the same album as this.

@Bunke09

2 жыл бұрын

I'd also suggest the Johnny Cash and Joe Strummer cover of Bob Marleys Redemption Song!

@Etrius10

10 ай бұрын

I hate people saying "it's Johnny's song now" because no matter how well it fit him or how well he performed it it's never not going to have been written by Trent Reznor. He gave him credit out of respect for a music legend, not so a bunch of terminally online people could miscredit the song to Johnny Cash out of post-mortum reverence.

Great reaction to a powerful song and video. Definitely feel the emotion in his voice.

@TeaTimeWithTravis

2 жыл бұрын

💯

Hey bud, new to your channel and I'm loving your reactions! This song always hits me hard. Definitely makes me think of my mortality and start reflecting on life. It truly is a haunting song, but so freaking beautiful 💖

I get choked up almost every time I hear this song or see the video. RIP Cash.

Pain is our friend, it lets us know we are alive. Without pain how can we truly know joy? Good, bad, or indifferent we are the sum total of our life's experiences.

It’s ok bro! I had the same reaction, chokes me to see this. June passed very soon after shooting. Powerful

If ever a song was appropriate for Johnny Cash... it is this one. The Nine Inch Nails singer has said that this song is now Johnny's. Loved you "real" reaction.

That was June Carter on the stairs, she wasn't supposed to be in it but she was very concerned about him so that's a genuine reaction of her checking up on him, Johnny Cash was something beyond legend, he doesn't fit into any one category, the man lived 1,000 lives of pain and sorrow and just put it all out there.

Just the greatest video of all time. That’s all. RIP Johnny and June.

This was so moving. It brought tears to my eyes and then I looked at you and saw the same emotions reflected. What a wonderful cover.

As a ex heroin addict with 20 years sobriety that needle part gets me everytime

I never fail to cry uncontrollably when I hear this tune. I'm sorry; I lost both my Maternal grandparents in the same week to Coronavirus (late January 2021)

In case your wondering the old white house is one of his childhood homes he grew up in it is now a museum in Dyess Arkansas

“If I could start again 1,000,000 miles away…” That line always reminds me of Dr. Manhattan intending to leave the galaxy to create life elsewhere… The sadness of both being “As if that would somehow be better.” Perhaps Trent (original), Johnny (here), and Dr. M are the broken cogs. Maybe for things to be better, they just have to end. Kills me to think about it, because I’ve felt the same way myself. There are so many things I’d like to change about this world, but maybe I’m the problem? Maybe if I left- maybe if I ended, things would be better.

It's 9k this telling of life gets tears from us all.

He did this song just months before he died.

Everyone else has talked about the emotions, June and Johnny’s death, etc. Art nerd that I am, I’m going to talk about a specific element of the video. The feast table setting was inspired by the “Vanitas” style of painting, which had its heyday in the 16th and 17th centuries. These paintings were often still-lifes of opulence - jewels and precious metals, rich fabrics, expensive foods, exotic flowers - and always contained elements of decay. They were meant to remind viewers of the futility of earthly pleasures in the face of inescapable mortality. For me, having that knowledge about the art genre made Johnny’s symbolic gesture of dumping the wineglass more powerful.

"Walk the line" was as accurate as a movie can be. Several of his Children and a few friends had a hand in keeping it on track.

Heavy. Very, very heavy. Well done, Johnny.

When his daughter saw this video she said "dad, it's like you're saying goodbye" he just replied "I am" 😢

this song was his way of saying goodbye to both family and fans

Trevor of 9 inch nails said Johnny Cash now owns this. Johnny Cash was flawed but a good man. After being in prison, he came out and spent time and money trying to make prison a better place particularly for Native Americans and people of color. This is a haunting song, I heard it first late last year and I was so affected by it. June was there with him and died about 4 months before him. The last scene on the video shows him closing the cover on his piano. It was the last time he touched it.

I've seen so many people react to this and I always tear up

Absolutely phenomena;!!.

Yes, he won a Grammy, CMT music award, and numerous other nominations including MTV Music Awards.

@TeaTimeWithTravis

2 жыл бұрын

wow

Most of my favorite Cash songs are about love and funny stories, and then Boom! This one hits you with his regrets and realizing lots of the things he has are "dirt" As many said before, this gets me teary every time. Try Big River - Folsom County Blues - One Piece at a Time - A Boy Named Sue 🎧 💓 🎶

He performed this song about 3 or so months before he died after June Carter Cash Died. While they said he died of complications of Diabetes, Doctors actually thought he died of a Broken Hearth. He was so lost after his wife died.

I agree, this song absolutely sounds autobiographical. Once I heard this version, I couldn't see it any other way. He really puts all of his soul into this song. It's beautiful, and so sad. But it makes me tear each time I listen to it still. Thank you for the reaction! Have a great day!

Yes, that's his wife Juns Carter Cash...she passed shortly after this video, he went four months later.

Cash never cared about the money he just wanted to get the music out. Hence when he said you can have my empire of dirt. In this song he missed june who passed before him by 6 months. John was so heartbroken he passed 6 months after and when he played the piano in this video it was the LAST time he played that piano. May the GOAT rest in peace!!

Part is the reason Cash was in the emotional state he was in, the state so starkly projected by the song and video, was because his best friend Waylon Jennings had recently passed away ("Everyone I know goes away in the end"). Cash's son has said that JC looked upon Waylon's death as "the end of an age".

Yes, that was June. She passed 3 months after this video was made, and 4 months after that, Johnny joined her. Throughout my youth, I always heard, 'Whoever dies with the most toys wins.' but the sad truth is, whoever dies with the most toys is dead. The toys are like dirt. Dust, to be blown away on the winds of uncaring time.

If Johnny Cash were to win a Grammy for his rendition of hurt it would have to be posthumously. He sang the song and recorded it not too terribly long before he died. June his wife died just before him I think they only died about weeks apart and that was only a few months after this video was made.

@kelly9876

2 жыл бұрын

Justin Timberlake won the MTV best video of the year over this one. Justin rightly called out MTV for picking his catchy tune over true art that will outlive anything I do

He won a cma award for the video. He wasn’t able to be there to accept it. The man Rick Rubin produced his last few albums has said that more may be released one day

Yes, this was Johnny's last song. His wife, June, is the woman in the video. She died only a few months after this was filmed. He died only a few months after her. I think he intended it as an apology and goodbye.

Johnny was/is beloved.

I heard that when he showed the song to his daughter she said that it sounded like he was saying goodbye, and he replied that he was

Intense. Love this song from Johnny Cash.

Such a powerful cover of the original as to the song writer Reznor praised Cash's interpretation of the song for its "sincerity and meaning," going so far as to say "that song isn't mine anymore." The video was filmed in February 2003, Cash was 71 years old and had serious health problems. His frailty is clearly evident in the video. He died seven months later, on September 12; his wife, June Carter Cash, who is shown gazing at her husband in two sequences of the video, had died on May 15, only 3 months after filming this. The house where Cash's music video was shot, which was Cash's home for nearly 30 years, was destroyed in a fire on April 10, 2007. This cover is widely considered as one of his best works.

I've heard this song a few times, but the first time I watched this video it crushed me. I was balling like a baby, and it still brings tears to my eyes. My life so closely mirrors this song (and I've heard the NIN version), and I completely understand the hurt, the pain, the regret...the introspective honesty...this song accompanied by this video hurt me to my soul...because I understood and felt every word. I love watching people react to this video for the first time just to see...and the majority of them react the same way I did.

I'm pretty sure no matter what someone's favorite genre is, they listen to this they're going to get feeling sad

First time I saw this was in a small church at the end of a sermon. Hit me big as I drove home just numb.

❤one of your best reactions to date!

I cry every time. Jonny Cash is a legend! More please.

Johnny Cash missed June so much, he literally took his last leave shortly after she passed away.

Dude, that was a gold record on the floor, Johnny was a legend. He hung out with Elvis. June Carter was like country music royalty. Johnny was an outlaw...the Man in Black and he loved June Carter. June Carter died 3 months after this video was recorded and Johnny followed her a few months later. If this video doesn't make your eyes water... you have no heart. May God bless you Johnny. You have meant so much ton me over the years.

When I first heard this album, I cried. It was Johnny Cash saying goodbye

Such pain , such beauty…

Johnny turned it into to a song of such severe mercy. A masterpiece.

Someone, I forget who but someone put it this way: "Reznor sang the song as a suicide note; Cash sang it as a deathbed confession." One song, two singers, two very different meanings.

Perfect reaction (genuine and interpreted correctly by your spirit) to a perfect song. Tears every single time. I think everyone can relate, too.

I am partial to the NIN version, probably because I listened to it in High School. I love JC though. His life and legacy are unbelievable. Listen to "Something I Can Never Have" by Nine Inch Nails. Warning though, it is one of the saddest songs, next to Dolly's "I Will Always Love You" and Kate Bush's "This Woman's Work". I have a running list. 😁 Johnny and Trent Reznor are both brilliant and have contributed so much to the music industry.

Every man realizes his own mortality and a life filled with infinite regrets and sorrow and grief when you get old enough to make it to the final mile of your life, and you see the end coming into focus!

Thank you for such a genuine reaction. So powerful

Goosebumps and tears (!) everytime I hear this song / see the video ... I am into music for so long ... on the wall in my house is a Cash tourposter from 1972 - signed by him! Everyone who passes this poster stops for a second and takes a deep breath ... *rip

OoooooOO! Gooood one Trav. The emotions this song brings out of people are intense. Great reaction. I cried right when u did lol

Before the director of this music video said action, Johnny Cash had a bad shake in his hands but when he picked his guitar up and said hello old friend....the shakes went totally away

@TeaTimeWithTravis

Жыл бұрын

Wow !

I love Johnny Cash. When I saw this I cried so hard. I knew that he was telling us goodbye. I wasn't ready. Yes, that was June. She died not long after this. He followed not long after. His Daughter Roseanne said don't record that. It sounds like you're saying goodbye. He said I am 😢💔

Trent Reznor, original writer/singer,said this is Johnny's song now

The best music video ever made.

What a beautiful song, real emotion. Love your reaction videos. Be happy, stay safe. Hugs from London UK.👏❤️🇬🇧

4:23 yes, that is June

...So difficult, so dark to live, dear Travis; yes, it's bright also, but, let's be serious, we always brook something, ...a lot of thinks, we cannot repair. ...it's really hard to live!