What a chilling video ❤ thank you for being here and joining in witht his video. As mentioned in the beginning of my video, we have a new covers album coming out so be sure to follow me here - jenniferglatzhofer.bandcamp.com/follow_me

He was singing his goodbyes... His doughter said something in the way... "Sounds like you are singing your goodbyes". And he answered "I guess I am". Yes I cryed when I saw this video.... So good. Sad but good.

@Metzwerg74

Ай бұрын

that moment, when he closes and caresses the piano... you can feel his farewell in it....

Released in 2002. His wife of 35 years (country star June Carter Cash - writer of "Ring of Fire" - on the stairs looking at him with love in the video) died in May 2003. Johnny died 4 months later in September 2003. Closing the piano lid and how it represents his end, hits me hard every time.

Incredible how Cash’s performance made this song feel completely different than what NIN initially created

@floridareedsreviews

Ай бұрын

I read somewhere once that NIN, when they heard Johnny's version, they said that the song was now his because of how he had made it his own. They didn't mean it in a bad way, it's just that even though the words were the same and the melody was similar, the way he delivered them changed the entire meaning of the song, and they respected both what he had done and him for it.

@thomasmacdiarmid8251

Ай бұрын

@@floridareedsreviews Much as Otis Redding said about his song Respect when Aretha Franklin performed it.

The legendary Johnny Cash, who built a music empire and achieved more than anyone can imagine, reminds us to hold tight to our loved ones...because everybody goes away, in the end. Surely a masterpiece of autobiographical music. And I cried too, because how could I not?

I have seen grown men cry when watching this video and hearing this song, so tears are nothing to be ashamed of having.

@kataklop101

Ай бұрын

As if 'grown men' set the standard …

@bialy3nemrodxxx571

Ай бұрын

Tears are nothing to be ashamed of...

@birdo1180

7 сағат бұрын

@@kataklop101 @bialy3nemrodxxx571 Gotta love how society blames men for society teaching men they aren't allowed to cry or show emotion. And yes, by "society"I mean WOMEN as well as MEN re-enforce this idea onto men. It just amazes me how we use compassion when addressing how women are wrongly biased for being assertive, and then turn around and scrutinize and blame and be hostile towards men for masking and hiding their emotion.

Good Monday morning... I had tears in my eyes just thinking of how this would hit you ... Thank you for bearing your soul with Johnny and us. Johnny didn't sing or perform this, he LIVED it.

Seeing the imagery of a legend in music and mind. He had a huge life and stood up for his beliefs. This was a swan song and he owns it now. We sit and are reminded he fought a lot of pushback, we also are reminded that his music and lifestyle shaped American culture for a long time.

The piano closing gets this 77 year old guy every time---IT IS DONE. What did any of it mean?

@PakToh

Ай бұрын

It was the last time he had this piano open for himself, this is the final time he closed his piano and this is always the time I cry ...

@BipolarBLKSheep

Ай бұрын

And how he so gently runs his hands over the lid. Like one final loving act towards it.

@ejd53

Ай бұрын

He was 71, he just had a really hard life and it showed.

As for the closing of the piano. It is said that it was never opened again. I mean, after he died who knows. But from the time of that final scene, until Johnny's death. It remaind closed. He had finished and said his goodbye.

Thanks Jen, this is the best imagination of someone else’s song I have ever heard! I heard that when he showed his daughter the video she said dad, it sounds like you are saying goodbye, he responded, I am! Also the writer of the song with nine inch nails said: it’s Johnny’s song now. Again thank you! Truly moving! Life goes by and when we are done, it’s all just dirt! What really matters is how we touch others to make a difference! Your friend, low bass Kenneth

Such an emotional interpretation of a song. A beautiful gift Johnny Cash left for us. ❤

I got my tissues as soon as I saw what song you were doing. Such a powerful, emotional experience. This is what music is! ❤️🎶

Great analysis of a great song, Jen. I was a little surprised you hadn’t seen it yet, but glad you did now. Tears are good, it’s hard to say goodbye and that’s what we did with this one. June Carter Cash (seen watching over Johnny) died in May of that year, and Johnny died the following September (per the Wikipedia entry on the song).

He's always been a story-teller who happens to set those stories to music.

I have seen the video and have watched countless reaction videos to this song and 2 things are constant, 1. I have tears in my eyes every time and 2. Every reactor has some emotional reaction. This was Johnny Cash saying goodbye. Even Trent Reznor said, after watching this video, that this song was Cash's song now.

Trent and Johnny made one hell of a song. ✌️

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.

Don't know if you've ever watched The Fairy Voice Mother, another reactor like you, but she, on her youtube channel Lolli Wren has just done a stunning cover of this. Would be fun for you to do a reaction to her, and then she might return the compliment with one of your songs.

@chriso6719

Ай бұрын

I concur.

Another interesting fact I've seen in other comments is about the piano he played the one-note hits on. It was likely the final time he played it - final time it was opened and closed - making the final act of him closing it in the video even more poignant.

Such a legend. This song is made for him with his story, this man is one of my all time favorite music artists. You can hear the pain in his voice.

Good analysis of a legendary voice. His sound has always been timeless.

That pause at the VERY end right before the final words just KILLED ME! I am all about pausing the song and talking about it but, as a musician, it just destroys me inside when someone stops a verse or chorus just before the end. Thanks for watching this though. Listening to it all the way through just destroys you. Especially learning the context on how he died shortly after recording this. Rumor has it that his daughter said something like "Dad, it feels like you're saying goodbye"... He replied, "I am".

Johnny Cash was a fixture in my house as a child and I recognize many of the photos and video clips included. This video is heartbreaking and it also delivers a powerful message. Thank you, Jen!

Finally, a vocal coach reactor who is also so connected to the visual language. Thanks, you have a broad bandwidth to your sensitivity.

The breathing and the voice 'crackles' are mostly down to the fairly heavy compression they're using on the vocal recording. Very nice. Builds a real intimacy.

I have listened to Johnny since the early ‘60s. The beginning and growth of his career. His decades of popularity and then his decline in popularity, his struggles with addiction and almost career demise. His resurgence, the changing of his music and rebirth of his popularity. After June’s death, this was the raw culmination of “the man in black”. The tiredness in his voice is so apparent. He influenced many artists and several genres of music. His last recordings were typical “Cash”. Great analysis, Jenn!

I've watched this video of Johnny many times, but coming just after the Easter holiday it hits a little differently. The combination of Johnny's troubled past, the photos and imagery used in the video, the lyrics of the song, and the fact that he died not long after filming this - it feels like not only goodbye, but a final confession. Thanks, Jennifer, for a lovely reaction.

This has make us Men cried more than ever. ... The man was him. My to be dad was in Folsom prison back in 68 and he played there live and everyone loved him ....my dad was released 88 and i was born 89 . 97 I was 8 he introduced me to Johnny cash. Since then I have loved him.

A masterpiece that everyone should watch. I have seen a lot of reactors watch this magnificent performance, and one thing is a constant - it takes no more than a few lines for each and everyone one to be hit emotionally, deeply. I think we could see you torn a bit between just feeling the emotion, and needing to react as a professional, and as a listener being swept up in the song. well done, and keep it up!

Such a beautiful and emotionally intense cover. I cry every time I see this. Your analysis was wonderful Jennifer. Thank you for blessing us with it.

This is a work of art--the song and the video together.

I am happy to see you have a go at this one. This definitely had a feeling of finality to it - as if he was saying "this is my last rodeo". Thank you for continuing to provide your followers with great content, Jen.

I think you were looking for the word "chipper," and your chipper personality is one of the things I love about your videos. This song always makes me tear up. Great reaction and analysis as always!

Apologies, I shouldn't need reminders about how thoughtful and excellent your reactions. You are truly one of the best on YT, and I thank you.

Love your channel Jennifer! Keep up the great reviews dear! BTW you are a tremendous vocalist too!❤ Thank you so much dear!❤

The same moment that got you always gets me: the picture of his mama on the wall. 😢

@markmyers6472

Ай бұрын

I believe that is Maybelle Carter... June Carter Cash's mom... his mother in law... that scene was filmed in their home... June was ill as well, but came down to check on him... which is why she seems concerned.... she was... she died just few months before he passed.

@coletedeux

Ай бұрын

@@markmyers6472 Yes, Mother Maybelle Carter of the Carter Family.

@mikejenkins1972

Ай бұрын

@@markmyers6472No, that's "Mama Cash". :)

I highly recommend checking out Lolli Wren's cover of Hirt as well. Just as powerful but completely different take on it. You can also see her reaction to Jonnys version to get an idea why she was so inspired to do her own version on her main channel The Fairy Voice Mother.

Always love & appreciate your reactions Jen. Just a reminder to add to your list Amira’s latest releases. Firstly, “Down From His Glory “. and the other one, “Amen “, both recorded just prior to her 20th birthday. They showcase her wonderful maturity in both her voice & her personally. Cheers Graeme

This one really drags out the emotions, thanks Jen

This song and John Denver were played during my daughter's funeral. She was only 3 and loved these songs. John Denver more than Cash but she liked so much. Lost her last year on father's day.

This is an old man singing, with all that has degraded but he makes us feel. A life time of experience makes this, so beautiful, so emotional and add in the pictures and it is nothing but a masterpiece.

This video always brings me to tears. The closing of the piano hits especially hard.

Johnny was never a techncal stylist with riffs and vibratios and a seven octave range...no he was all about the STORY, and if he has to sing coyote ugly to get the job done, he will do it with his entire soul. RIP Johnny and June

One of those songs that is needless of any analysis he is not performing he is singing from the heart.

The conversational quality is his style of singing. For a different side of his singing, please check I've Been Everywhere. Or, A Boy Called Sue.

Absolutely gut-wrenching - always brings the waterworks.

If this does not make you emotional, your heart and soul have been surgically removed. Well done, Jen.

Quite surprised I can't find/we haven't seen a reaction and vocal analysis of John Farnham. Live renditions of 'You're the Voice' and 'Help' from the symphony orchestra are probably some of the absolute best vocals floating around.

After losing my beloved dog Buddy of over 10 years easter Sunday, the meaning of this song has an especially deep meaning for me.

Great, great reaction Jenn. Thank you.

you should react to Thomas Gabriel version of this song he sounds like his grandfather..

Hi Jennifer hope you are having an great and awesome day ❤

You're sooo Pretty with a great personality, I just love to watch you shine.

Jenn, I love your reviews. BTW, Johnny's wife June, died three months after this video and Johnny a few months later.

Jennifer! Ok being honest, I've seen this Johnny Cash cover. And it was with another reactor. 😔 It was Charismatic Voice and to be fair it was over 3 years ago so it shouldn't count. 😁 And truly the song is over 20 years old since Johnny has been gone since 2003. So let's listen to it again. Oh! You have a tissue! Progress! Wow and you might need it. Just from that first part I remember Johnny relates this song to his life story in the images. Yeah talk about personally connected! Johnny showed us what this song meant to him, how he interpreted it, with the visuals. It's a song about loss for him. Amazing reaction and analysis as always Jen.

@JenniferGlatzhofer

Ай бұрын

Aha it’s all good!! Thank you😁

Nice one, Jen xx

When you find out the song was released shortly before the passing of June & Johnny, it takes on further meaning. Personally, I first heard this song just after my father passed away & I sobbed like a baby. If you react to another Johnny cover from his later recordings, I’d highly suggest the more upbeat “Gods gonna cut you down”. I sing along in bass - would love to see what Tim Foust & Home Free could do with this song.

Amazing Jen. I can't watch this without crying. Another version you might want to check out is Adam Chance with The Hound and The Fox. They did an awesome job.

This is a very thoughtful reaction to a very moving performance. In a similar vein, I'd be interested in seeing your reaction to Joni Mitchell's performance of Both Sides Now at the Grammys this year.

Important note... To me... About this video. When you see his wife, (who, as many have said, died shortly after this) in the video. That was, supposedly, spontaneous. The story goes that she was upstairs while they were shooting the video. Johnny was in poor health and the shoot was taking a long time. She came down the stairs to check on him and saw how tired he was. The look of concern on her face is genuine. They were shooting close ups of Johnny with his guitar and the director saw June and told the cameraman to zoom out and to get some shots of her. It made for a beautifully fitting, though not intentional, farewell.

Man in black, 'kin legend

This may be apocryphal, but i have heard that that piano has never been opened since this video was recorded, and sits in the House of Cash museum untouched

Johnny Cash made this "HIS OWN," Trent Reznor's words, but I prefer NINE INCH NAILS version, the video on MTV when Trent first released it, was a live performance 😊BUT JOHNNY'S IS GREAT TOO

I've seen this song and video many, many times before. So I'm going to blame my wet eyes on spring allergies. That's it, spring allergies.

I love how Trent wrote this song as he was living through addictions and how he was couping... Then Cash took it to relate on his life. "In the end" Trent said this is now Cash's song... On a side note, make sure to check out Nine Inch Nail's original!

Trent Reznor (NIN) after hearing Cash's cover of his song said, "that song isn't mine anymore." I'm a 76 yr. old disabled Viet. vet & every time I hear Johnny Cash sing "Hurt" I cry. I got to meet Johnny Cash at Mr. Nudie's Western Wear in N. Hollywood when I was 14 (1961).

This song has the same kind of impact as freddy singing "who wants to live forever"

An old man looking back and regretting errors, mistakes and loss. Regret... Props to the writer, Trent Reznor.

I've seen and heard it many times, but rarely make it further than the first chorus without crying, no matter wether with or without video...

Check out another one of his last songs, Gods Gonna Cut You Down. I like the other music legends that have cameos in the video. He is not much younger, maybe a year or two, but his voice is a bit cleaner. RIP Mr.Cash. You leave behind a legacy that will go on forever.

a few months after recording this song June Carter died and Johnny followed shortly after.

Thanks!

I think this is one of the most emotional videos available to watch on KZread. I’m someone who tends to make lists habitually, personality quirk I guess, and I’d put it in the Top 5 in terms of emotional effect. There are others of course, that some people may or may not encounter. If they do I hope they will withstand the onslaught of emotions. For me, my eyes couldn’t remain 100% dry during this. Nope. And I couldn’t suppress some chills, either. Nope again.

The piano lid closing hits hard to me also.

This video and song always hits me in the heart. You would have to be made of stone not to "hurt".

I always hear how hard it is for him to make certain sounds like the "th" in thoughts. Like you say his vocal cords are still strong but as the muscles in the face and the mouth weaken it gets harder to make those kinds of sounds.

Jen when you get a chance you should check out Nine Inch Nails version the original. Its is great just in a very different way and a different vibe. Even if you dont do a video on it..... its still worth a listen.

Perhaps one of his BEST songs even though it's a Cover! His LAST song put an exclamation point on his LIFE and THOUGHTS! What's so amazing... it's NOT his writing! Jenn I love you and you channel but to critique this video and or song is... on a whole norther LEVEL!!!!!! peace

Boston-More Than A Feeling or Pink Floyd-Comfortably Numb at the Pulse concert 1994

Cash's voice had obviously aged, but that actually works really well for this song. It enhances the impression of pain, of grief, of the life experience to justify a song reflecting on the regrets at the end of a lifetime.

Please give some focus on the vocals from the original writer of this song Trent Reznor. He is a master of composition and has some amazing vocal performances with NIN. The most well known track would be "Closer" but here are a couple of other suggestions that are worth your time, "We're In This Together", "The Great Below", "Wish", "The Perfect Drug", "Somewhat Damaged" (Personal fav but longer intro as it started the album The Fragile), "Something I Can Never Have" , and of course even "Hurt" would be a great place to react/review. I would also love to hear you dive into the voice of Maynard James Keenan. He is the singer of the progressive metal band Tool as well as the lead vocalist for two other amazing bands A Perfect Circle and Puscifer. A great place to dive into Tool are the tracks "The Pot", "Sober" (live 93'), or a personal favorite "The Grudge" (Which is the starting track from Tool's album Laturalus whose title track "Laturalus" is a masterpiece itself that includes utilizing the mathematics of the fibonacci sequence in the lyric syllables, chord structures, and time signatures.) The rest of the Tool Army will surely make other suggestions. TLDR

Listen to the original, it's a really interesting comparison. Someone said "Reznor wrote a suicide note, Cash sang a eulogy".

“Grunge” was GenX screaming in frustration and despair about the world and their inability to do anything about it which continued on with other GenX music. When you strip it down to just the chords and lyrics, it really hits hard. For a legend like Jonny to wrap his career with a GenX classic such as this really reached through generations. Oh and because everyone forgets about us, we’re the people born between around 1966 and 1986 give or take. Whatever.

It is a totally different experience to watch this video versus just listening to Johnny's version of the song. Just ask the person who wrote this originally. He did not care for Johnny's version until he saw the video later on. He realized at that point that the song was now Johnny's and not his (artistically).

His wife passed away before the video and he passed away few weeks after it was done. So sad!

Trent Reznor kinda whispers the lyrics

What is that gray youtube 'play' button on the shelf over your right shoulder? I'm seeing that on a lot of y/t channels now.

Consider the imagines and word references, crown of thorns, liars chest, prepared meal[ Christ's last meal, fish[ disciples/fishers of men}, the spilling of the wine, the cross, all very symbolics to Johnny's later life!

Written by Trent Reznor, immortalized by Johnny Cash

Cash is King…

One of Geoffs idles.

His son said he never did open the piano again.

This was his goodbye.

Day 1 of asking to do anything by Maynard James Keenan (tool,apc,puscifer)

Wow- analysed the video but what did you get out of it- this was johhny's death song- his wife died 3 months later and so did he 4 months after that. It was filmed in his old home where he grew up and lived a large part of his life but this home/museum was closed, decaying and falling apart due to a lack of visitors. You didnt seem to feel sad while you watched this which to me is astounding. Saddest song i have heard- you dont have to be old but if you have regrets-this kills you.

Didn't mention how the vocal cords atrophy with age.

You should consider reacting to Lolli's (aka The Fairy Voice Mother) version of this song. She has a different take on it than Johnny or Trent. Hurt - Lolli Wren kzread.info/dash/bejne/goSHtqRwlJaWoJc.html

Nine Inch Nails wrote a great song, Johnny Cash told the story better, to the point you feel it is his song. They only change Johnny Cash made in the lyrics...removed all profanity. You did a great job as always 💖💖

New prescriber. Can you please react to some Pink Floyd?