In an interview with Johnny's daughter she said he showed her the video, it made her cry and she looked at Johnny and said " it's like you're saying goodbye" his reply to her " i am."

@mariocastillo8334

6 жыл бұрын

Damn

@copperlobo2536

6 жыл бұрын

That's heavy

@MrSamoannn

6 жыл бұрын

😭

@mrsdarthstefeny

6 жыл бұрын

Well shit thanks for making me cry lol. Wow that is heavy.

@atljbb85

6 жыл бұрын

Stefeny Rheaume sorry.....

Johnny Cash died about 7 months after the video for this song was released. So basically he went out like a boss.

@keelyj2651

6 жыл бұрын

I was just going to comment that😂

@dallaswoiken7533

6 жыл бұрын

Yes he did

@Glasgow_kiss

6 жыл бұрын

BM his wife died about 2 weeks after the video too

@bm625

6 жыл бұрын

That's right Glasgow.

@TheWolfDelta

6 жыл бұрын

Some say the song is his epitaph or obituary

Trent wrote it about his addiction and Johnny sang it about his life.

@streghewitch77

4 жыл бұрын

Johnny was a junkie in his early days. That's why the words that Trent wrote about the needle tears a hole the old familiar sting was so close to Johnny's heart

@jeremycook4670

4 жыл бұрын

@@streghewitch77 Yes Sir look up Johnny Cash A Junkies Prayer.

@whitebaitbigfoot

4 жыл бұрын

I agree, i think Johnnys version is more from the perspective of getting old

@juliewilson2041

4 жыл бұрын

My opinion- 9 inch nails did an AMAZING job, Jonny Cash honered them by doing it too.... Even the original band (yes, 9 inch nails originally recorded it) were happy that Jonny Cash re-recorded it his way 🥰🥰🥰🥰

@jcheck1107

4 жыл бұрын

Trent said it was Johnny’s song after this

Johnny Cash: Can I borrow something from you, Trent? Trent Reznor: Yeah sure, just bring it back. *Johnny Cash buries himself with it.

@johnnieangel99

5 жыл бұрын

Perfectly said

@nd9595

5 жыл бұрын

He did barrow something from Johnny , made this song timeless . A legend turned his great song into something even more powerful

@augustwest5356

4 жыл бұрын

I usually hate these meme comments because they are over used and idiotic, but the content is just too well written.

@gorillawhale1046

4 жыл бұрын

The song became a legend just like johnny, Elvis and johnny cash. Two of the legends of the century.

@psychee1

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, Trent said that he both loves it and hates it at the same time. He loves it because it's absolutely amazing but it felt like losing a girlfriend; the song was no longer his.

when Nine inch nails did this it was great. When Johnny cash did it, he (Trent Reznor, Nine Inch Nails) said and I quote "it brought me to tears". It was also Johnny Cash's last recording.

@han1218

4 жыл бұрын

Not sure if it was his last recording. American released another album posthumously, called Ain't No Grave.

@donna3465

4 жыл бұрын

No, his last recording was “Ain’t No Grave”. Molly Skaggs (Ricky’s daughter) also recorded that song and did a fantastic job of it.

@donna3465

4 жыл бұрын

nahn111 You’re right. Ain’t No Grave was his last recorded song.

@johannes8837

4 жыл бұрын

he literally said it felt like loosing a girlfriend and that the song isn't his anymore, so that's pretty great as far as compliments go

@ScottSpenceNoneTheRicher

4 жыл бұрын

I believe at first Reznor was kinda meh after first listening, by second or third he knew it wasn't his song anymore.

Johnny Cash was dying when he recorded this. He was in pain, suffering. He knew his end was near. Utterly brilliant cover.

Quote from Trent Reznor himself: "When Johnny Cash sings your song, it is no longer your song."

@p.j.morris633

2 жыл бұрын

Trent was born to write it Johnny was born to sing it. Trent's words not mine.

This is Johnny Cash's Swan Song. His old and frail voice. Yet so familiar. I listen in reverence with a tightness in my throat. Thank you for all the musuc, Johnny. RIP

@RandomParrot

3 жыл бұрын

It gives me a chill, and a lump in my throat, every dang time. Still the only song that almost brings a tear.

@luciferluci4570

3 жыл бұрын

so well said.. said what i was thinking

Its by Trent Reznor (nin)....but he said this song no longer belongs to him. Which in my mind is a pretty powerful statement from one artist to another. Rest in peace johnny cash and ms june carter

@girldragon

6 жыл бұрын

dogfish ale I think it's cool how he says it not his anymore that shows you how much johnny effects all ppl

@2batgirl

6 жыл бұрын

When he did this it became such an iconic song between the two of them. It's absolutely one of the best songs of all time.

@tjitse3916

6 жыл бұрын

Like Leonard Cohen with Hallelujah. He openly said Jeff Buckley’s version won...

@jmw708

6 жыл бұрын

I forgot where I heard it, but someone said, "Trent was meant to write it and Johnny was meant to perform it."

@frizankrizizzo

6 жыл бұрын

Every time this gets brought I think about what an honor, mindfuck, and a million other things Trent felt when he first heard this. I can’t even imagine. It’s soul crushing enough but to hear the frailness in his voice literally brings me to tears

As a recovering drug addict this song reminds me of those dark days of addiction. I've been free from that poisonous prison for 15 years now and I never want to return to that hell.

@matthewharrison679

6 жыл бұрын

That was a key part of if. Trent Reznor wrote it about his experiences with Addiction, and while it struck a chord with Johnny Cash, it ALSO was a case of "Son, you don't know the half of it."

@drewbutler7987

6 жыл бұрын

Good job homie

@artmartin9691

6 жыл бұрын

2 years clean off cocaine,,and sadly meth, this song has always hit me hard. Hurts almost more hearing it sober.

@ecomhicks

6 жыл бұрын

Exactly what it is ..HELL...I've been clean for a couple years now too, Thank God!

@danconrad920

6 жыл бұрын

peace and prayers

He lost the love of his life. I think he died of a broken heart. RIP Johnny Cash

@klcpca

5 жыл бұрын

The day June died, I knew he wouldn't be far behind... :(

@judygonzales1986

5 жыл бұрын

I agree

@BearNecesities1

4 жыл бұрын

@skylar brown no man

@bluepearl_22

4 жыл бұрын

He full on pulled a Padme

@xcranktc

4 жыл бұрын

Jacque Plett; Very good point, I totally agree!

Here’s the problem. You guys haven’t seen the VIDEO!!! You cannot just listen to the song, the video is a montage of his life, the tragedy he endured, with an amazing crescendo of imagery that will leave you speechless. React to the video now and amend this tragic mistake!

@AmbyJeans

5 жыл бұрын

I couldn't agree more!

@whiteheart6827

5 жыл бұрын

soooooo true!

@sarahc561

5 жыл бұрын

The video will make you cry

@URAUNTSANDI

5 жыл бұрын

True.....the imagery is so ........there are no words........it does add context to the song

@kaprica.1

5 жыл бұрын

agreed

This song is even more powerful when you watch the music video for it. Probably one of the greatest music videos ever!! Showing a man who knows he is approaching the end of his life and reflecting on his past and how it shaped who he has become

@joym824

6 жыл бұрын

Definitely

@peeekaaay

6 жыл бұрын

One of the most emotional experiences I've had in music.

@LovelyRequiem999

5 жыл бұрын

I cried the first time I watched it. Then he passed away. I was telling a friend the look in his eye knew what was coming. That video was like a eulogy he made for himself.

@wyattgwyon9484

5 жыл бұрын

Think I agree. Top 5 music videos all time

@briana.1878

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, he was very ill when he recorded the song as was his wife. Very powerful song.

I came to this song right after my wife died and I was undergoing chemotherapy for leukemia. It was a hard, sad time. I'm in remission now. I still miss my wife and look forward to seeing her when I cross over that river and rest in the shade of the trees...

@jamesbarlow3344

6 жыл бұрын

William Keith I'm sorry for your loss and what you're going through

@Summer-zm1cw

6 жыл бұрын

I’m sorry too... good luck and God bless. My husband lost a fight with cancer 3 months ago. I get it.

@krsmedley

6 жыл бұрын

I'm so sorry to hear you're going through all of that William. That would be unimaginably hard. I find we learn the most during the toughest times. My thoughts and prayers go out to you through this experience. Also, a toast to reuniting with your sweetheart when the time comes. God bless sir.

@kimberlysmith8299

6 жыл бұрын

William Keith Keep the faith.My prayers are with you.Stay strong.

@yukdog

6 жыл бұрын

Stay strong mate

Oh guys guys. You need to watch the video. It makes even more of an impact.

Should've watched it till the very end where Johnny closes the piano and runs his fingers across it. That tiny moment right there was so powerful.

@roberttaylor7064

3 жыл бұрын

Yup. that was the most poignant image..."Closing the Casket and saying goodbye to it".

Once Trent heard this version, he literally cried and realised that the song was no longer his, Jonny had made it his own and absolutely killed it. It's one of the most incredibly moving songs ever, covered by a legend who will live for fucking ever.

@Iamfirebird360

6 жыл бұрын

Andrew Shirley absolutely. This song is incredible.

@kornyque8081

6 жыл бұрын

Is his reaction actually here on KZread

@bsmith8943

6 жыл бұрын

Andrew Shirley i Disagree , i love both.

@RobertWilton

6 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/k5hqt6R6p8W0o6g.html briefly, just a snippet of the interview there, dunno about a full version.

@ddcs0s

6 жыл бұрын

When one of the greatest voices in music history sings one of your songs an puts his entire heart into it the way Cash did here you take it as a honor this is better than winning any award because even when all the money is gone an the trophies gather dust folks are gonna remember the time johnny cash sung one of your songs

Have you heard “God’s gonna cut you down” by Johnny Cash? Ohhhh man. Brings chills to my bones.

@Yesica1993

6 жыл бұрын

YES! I was going to suggest this one!

@user-gr8em4jl9h

6 жыл бұрын

One of his best.

@tristanortiz5168

6 жыл бұрын

Ima go check it out

@suzannemarie7313

6 жыл бұрын

God's Gonna Cut You Down, Ain't No Grave (Can Hold My Body Down), or When the Man Comes Around

@abbycatlover2013

6 жыл бұрын

Me too......

I just found your channel... love it!! I had the distinct pleasure of meeting Mr. Cash several times when he came into my store in Hendersonville, TN. He was an amazing man, but after June passed away he just wanted to go be with her. Do not get me wrong he did have health issues prior but had fighting in him until then. The day he passed Nashville stood still and cried.

Johnny Cash is not really Country. He transcends titles, he is music!

@harleyangel6331

5 жыл бұрын

Johnny Cash is Music enough said! How fcking beautiful is that.... Legend

@nickspeelman9174

5 жыл бұрын

I feel like this is something people sometimes say so that they can persist in their belief that they don't like country music. Johnny Cash is country as hell. I think country is just way bigger and more complicated than a lot of people realize.

@jormungandr9376

5 жыл бұрын

He is his own kind of music it can be like a semi rock at times and it can be country and a few others all at the same time

@porflepopnecker4376

5 жыл бұрын

He certainly would've said he was country.

@augustwest5356

4 жыл бұрын

Well said.

The difference between Johnny Cash's version of this song and the NIN version is that I can't listen to Johnny's without crying.

@michellecallahan9496

6 жыл бұрын

Cat Fish same. I heard his first then had to look for the other - I listen to primarily country. The lyrics are amazing, but his arrangement and voice... It's freaking eerie.

@stevarge

6 жыл бұрын

It still gives me goosebumps.

@briana.1878

6 жыл бұрын

Cash's health was declining the recording of this song and video. His wife June, died 3 months after the recording, Johnny seven months after. It changed the whole original concept of the video.

@smallg140

6 жыл бұрын

ABSOLUTELY agree Brian

@Imbored558

6 жыл бұрын

Me too. It chokes me up everytime. If you've had regrets or been broken, this song rips a hole right to your core.

I never fucked with country music, but something about Johnny Cash stands out to me. The sheer authenticity, the angst, the concern for others, and raw emotion is something he does better than any other country artist out there. He made you feel his music, and his unique voice was like no other.

@justinp8946

6 жыл бұрын

Kyle Pickus agree country music I never got into but Cash I truly like and he’s one of my favorite musicians

@studley2436

6 жыл бұрын

There was a rapper who heard Cash and said Cash was the first Gangsta Rapper. There is a grit and honesty to Cash's music. Might be why he was the first cross over artist who took country music onto the popular charts.

@The_Lone_Outlaw

6 жыл бұрын

Kyle Pickus Then my friend, you’ve never heard country before. Don’t make the mistake of thinking this new “Pop Country” is what actual country is about.

@kylepickus5712

6 жыл бұрын

The Lone Outlaw I know what your saying. Country music, at its roots very much valued authenticity. I simply just don’t like how some of their voices sound.

@kylepickus5712

6 жыл бұрын

Cobb Knobbler I’ve fucked with Willie Nelson as well. I think that my thing is that I don’t really like the overly patriotic thing, the overly religious thing, trucks, or rodeos. I think my biggest disconnect is the lifestyle. I don’t mind the idea of outlaw country or protest country.

the video was sooo touching....his wife watching this recording....was simply beyond words...the last time she watched him sing on video and you could feel that! omg amazing

The video of this song was nominated the greatest video of all time, with no budget, on a whim, and no planning. That says everything.

wish you guys would've watched the video...powerful.

@ProtusMose

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it adds layers and layers and layers.

@ilikewaffles889

6 жыл бұрын

lee carter Yeah that was a huge missed opportunity

@MardyBum100291

6 жыл бұрын

They should watch the video of the original. That, my friend, is powerful.

@Nejidabest

6 жыл бұрын

But I appreciate that they didn't watch the video , so that their emotions are focused on the words and the performance alone, and not amplified by the video. But I agree that they need to watch the video.

@cheeesonator

6 жыл бұрын

Re-do

Death - Crystal Mountain. This band was the blueprint for death metal it's sub-genres. Chuck Schuldiner, the driving force behind the band, passed away in 2001 but left behind a legacy that helped shape metal as it is currently.

I feel like the last line kinda got looked over...and to me, it’s the most important: ”If I could start again a million miles away, I would keep myself; I would find a way.”

@w3yr

3 жыл бұрын

They cut the song off at that specific part 🤦‍♂️ And it was a lyrical climax - shifting from ending the chorus at "I will make you hurt" to extending it with "if I could start again...I would find a way"

Johnny was actually pretty sick when he done this song and June even more so. I don't actually think he was referring to doing illicit drugs again but from being sick. His wife died a cpl months after this then Johnny died soon after her. And you DEFINITELY need to watch the video. It's truly emotional.

@mvanluven78

5 жыл бұрын

Absolutely not about doing drugs. Its used as a metaphor for all his regrets

@LittleTinyElvis

5 жыл бұрын

Matt VanLuven Johnny Cash actually did do drugs when he was younger

@collegebro85

4 жыл бұрын

It’s about how we get old and we take meds and do things to help with the pain our bodies go through, but nothing can take away what we have done up to that point (for Johnny, all the *hurt* he put his health through from his youth)

@marshsundeen

4 жыл бұрын

He had been a drug addict in his early life. It speaks of regret from then and later in his life, could be the pain felt on losing everyone.

@ruffestneckaround

3 жыл бұрын

@@mvanluven78 Johnny's early touring was a booze, meth, and the coke fuelled frenzy, it was how him, Elvis, and many other performers played all night, travelled all day, every night, and every day. Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails, wrote the song) was a heroin addict and nearly died of overdose. "The needle tears a hole, the old familiar sting, try to kill it all away, but I remember everything" Is literally about doing heroin... Why comment if you're just gonna make things up??

Cash's music video for this can bring a tear to the hardest men

@VoidGhidorah69

6 жыл бұрын

DangerMouSe if you can watch the video without shedding at least a single tear....you’re already dead inside

@Lonewolfmike

6 жыл бұрын

That music video does something almost no other music video has ever done and that is extremely powerful.

@fackrell82

6 жыл бұрын

Every damn time

@TransoceanicOutreach

6 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure Putin would give no fucks. He'd probably laugh.

Hey dudes...Bono said it best when he said "Trent Reznor was born to write this song....but Johnny Cash was born to sing it". I encourage you to listen to the NIN version as well. It's really interesting as both versions give off totoally different vibes (to me at least). The NIN version is about someone who is in the midst of their own personal turmoil...while the Cash version feels like someone who has lived a very long and tumultuous life reflecting back on their past sins...both amazing and powerful in their unique ways...

@GenericThomas

6 жыл бұрын

Milinky_Pants Spot on description of the two.

@stclemmons1969

6 жыл бұрын

I felt sad listening to Trent, I cried like a fucking baby listening to Cash.

@marine6680

6 жыл бұрын

Even Trent Reznor said that this song is no longer his... It is now Johnny's...

@paulwalsh2344

6 жыл бұрын

All props to Johnny Cash on this particular song and his entire career, but Johnny Cash's interpretation is a slow burn for me, although it gets there, definitely. Trent's version is just so much more powerful all the way through. Now that depends on which version and that's where Trent Reznor kinda screws the pooch. He keeps tinkering with too many of his works and it's very difficult to hear the "definitive" version of a lot of his songs lol, but the live version of NIN's "Hurt" that is on "And All That Could Have Been", imho, is that definitive version and has a lot of the feeling and desperation that you may have noticed in the use of "Hurt" in the second season closer of Rick and Morty.

@paulwalsh2344

6 жыл бұрын

Sorry, I had to add, as Milinky_Pants suggested, this is sung from the perspective of one who had lived a long hard life and is confronting or recalling all he had lost. Johnny Cash had that long career and experienced the loss of many friends in the industry and was failing in health at this time. The video also showcased his beloved wife June just months before she passed which gives his rendition an added layer of poignancy.

I also see it as the Human Condition: we all die, we all regret, we all hurt those we love, and in the end all is dust; we can't take anything with us.

This is such a great song, and Trent Reznor (the man who wrote it) said he preferred Johnny's version to his own. Rest in Peace Mr. Cash. I look forward to singing with you in Heaven.

The original song was about drug addiction, but Johnny Cash made it about aging/getting old/dying. Same lyrics, but completely changed the subject matter. An amazing song!

@NatanelYaHu

6 жыл бұрын

Cwswb drug addiction was part of Johny Cash story.

@2batgirl

6 жыл бұрын

Yes, the song is about both for Cash. He had a long documented drug addiction battle.

@LG-cz6ls

6 жыл бұрын

He had his own problems with addiction.

@taniele84

6 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure his own addiction was a part of his influence on this cover. In addition to life and aging and watching youth in the rear view kinda thing.

@LG-cz6ls

6 жыл бұрын

Absolutely.

You guys are very open minded and intelligent, gives me hope for the future.

@nathanwoodley4299

6 жыл бұрын

DTWC I agree. Or they’ve figured out that if they pretend to love everything, they will get more subscribers and therefore more advertising revenue. But I honest believe what you said about these two more than any impure motive.

@mtbsieppo

6 жыл бұрын

Nathan Woodley They actually don't like all the stuff they kinda review and are open about it. I get a really nice laid back feel of these guys and when they go nuts listening to stuff like Gojira and AiC, you can tell they really like what they are hearing.

The original is a young man realizing just how badly he's screwed up his life already, and coming to grips with the fact he doesn't have many more chances to change course. Johnny's version is an old man at the end of his life, looking back on every single mistake and poor decision of an entire rocky lifetime, and if there's one thing he doesn't have, it's time.

After all these years, I still can’t listen to Johnny’s version of this without crying

The video was filmed in Johnny Cash's museum. It was in a state of serious disrepair. He was filmed at a table with a feast in front of him but no one there to share it. There is so much symbolism there, I won't even try to really get into it but to me it speaks of endings, the cruelty of age and the transience of life. Hurt was released in 2002. June died in May 2003. Johnny died in September 2003. There is a moment in the video where June is standing behind Johnny, watching him play his guitar and the look in her eyes makes me think she knew he was saying goodbye. It's an amazing video. Watch it with a tissue.

@AmbyJeans

5 жыл бұрын

She was saying goodbye too 😭

@deliaart7304

5 жыл бұрын

Oh man ur explanation made me tear up.... The love of a woman is amazing how it can hold a man "together". How he loved her is no doubt.

@matthewsmith4647

5 жыл бұрын

@@deliaart7304 it's said June had to die first. Johnny wouldn't go without her.

@misskilmister4072

3 жыл бұрын

That's my favorite moment as well. I met Johnny and June in the late 90s. He was playing the casino circuit at that time, while his career wasn't at it's peak. The limo from the place he'd been playing happened to stop at the sane store I was at with my friends. We were in college then, but we'd been raised on the old-school country music so we knew we were in the presence of greatness. He was really kind, and even posed for a picture with us. June stayed in the car, watching him with a little smile and happy eyes.

I just absolutely love the fact that Johnny Cash covered A Nine Inch Nails songs

@meganbrown298

5 жыл бұрын

The great thing about Johnny Cash was he was always open to genres of music other than his own. He was always listening to different types of music and he had all sorts of performers on The Johnny Cash Show, he never just stuck with country. He wasn't afraid to court controversy (Pete Seeger) and he never shied away from showing his audience artists they probably hadn't heard of before.

@gregfontaine2776

5 жыл бұрын

NIN's covered the song also, its not their original. It was written in the early 50's, performed by Roy Hamilton

@meganbrown298

5 жыл бұрын

@@gregfontaine2776 That's a completely different song.

@blackspring3207

5 жыл бұрын

he covered soundgarden's "rusty cage"

@GhostDrummer

5 жыл бұрын

Megan Brown this right here!!! Mr Cash (I can’t call him Johnny) was the ultimate musician...the powerful lyrics he wrote along with the simplistic music allowed people to enjoy both. At the same time, he could take someone else’s music apart and put it back into song in that beautiful way only he could.

Johnny cash was hurting when he was singing this song because his wife passed away and shortly after he died of a broken heart. Rest in peace Mr Cash you are together again. Thanks for sharing your awesome video with us this is Ivana Williams from Canada 👍

@AnthonyParamo

5 жыл бұрын

His wife was still alive at recording. You even see her looking down at Cash in the video.

This song makes me cry. The older we get, the closer to death, the deeper and more insistent our regrets. While we're busy building and enjoying our life, we can push the thoughts away. Not so easy in the winter of our life.

Hi you two. The video to this song is the most heartbreaking video made. Johnny was at the end of his life, and June, his wife, was in it too. She passed away shortly after and 4 months later Johnny died. The images in the video show him through his life, when he was young and a proper badass. Miss you The Man In Black.

@erichammer5431

6 жыл бұрын

michelle88960 yup, I remember hearing that about him at that time.

@nodak81

6 жыл бұрын

What really stuck with me was that they were showing her during the lyrics "everyone I know goes away in the end", it was almost prophetic.

@mjmoney9s

6 жыл бұрын

michelle88960 this song was the last song she heard him do that why she was in the video

@reynolds61276

6 жыл бұрын

mjmoney9s the song was written by NIN a long time before he sang it

Great discussion and the genuine reactions from you two shows just how great a work of art this song truly is... really enjoyed this video, guys.

I would love to see these dudes review "A Boy Named Sue" to see the fun side of Cash.

His daughter said it sounds like your saying goodbye, he said i am. The video shows the pain in Junes eyes they both know shes dying, she went home first, he followed shortly after. Truly a God send this man.

This is a cover of a Nine Inch Nails song by Trent Reznor. To put it in perspective, when Trent heard Johhny's version of his song along with the video, he said "this wasn't my song anymore." While I am not discounting any emotional struggles Trent may have had at the young age of his writing this song, Johnny sang this after an entire lifetime of struggles, and the ups and downs of what was a pretty hard life given how successful he was. You can hear that coming through so strong in his voice. You can feel the weight of past sorrows. Anyway, that's my humble opinion on it. Keep it up, guys.

@suedecomponent8931

6 жыл бұрын

I still prefer NIN version, but Cash did great.

@laytonashmore7173

6 жыл бұрын

This was after Trent said he didn't want Johnny to do the cover because he thought it would be cheap and gimmicky... after he saw the video he cried and said it was like losing a loved one.

@Pixiesnix

6 жыл бұрын

To me, Johnny's voice adds so much to the song. There's so much depth of woe and experience in that aged, somewhat creaky voice that Reznor's youthful angst (while great in its own right) simply cannot touch.

@JunkfoodZombieGuns

6 жыл бұрын

Pixiesnix Agreed.

@budtron183

6 жыл бұрын

That's actually not true at all. Trent thought the cover was alien and something wasn't right. He never said he made it his own til the video was made.

fun fact: the director of Logan, James Mangold also directed Walk The Line.

Johnny Cash did the "American Recordings" (4 albums) with absolute freedom for the first time in his life. He signed the contract with the understanding he could do anything he wanted to.

@tattoorocker

3 жыл бұрын

I think that's the only reason why he signed up

This is one of the most brutally honest and raw songs ever written. The souls of 2 men just haunt this beautiful song and if you can watch this without at least getting the chills at some point you may not be human. Personally it makes me cry like a baby. This is true art.

The story that I heard was Johnny new he was passing soon. He decided to do the song as a goodbye. The emotions this song has is unlike any other. It must have been other worldly to be in the studio when he recorded this song.

@josemadera3138

6 жыл бұрын

He covered it after his wife passed

@Herobox-ju4zd

6 жыл бұрын

He didn't cover it after his wife died, his wife is in de video accompanying the song so how could she be dead before he covered it? Story is: His health was declining and he wanted to do this project where he covered songs by other artists in his own style. He made the album and shot the video for "hurt" with his wife June Carter in it. The video was shot in february 2003, June died 4 months later and 4 months after that Johnny died.

Cemetery Gates by Pantera

You guys do the best reaction videos. I recently discovered Chris Stapleton Tennessee Whiskey which is how I found this channel and now I'm down your rabbit hole. Really like the way you guys approach all different kinds of genres.

I LOVE watching you guys discuss these songs. You seem to have a talent for understanding what they say, what they say between the lines, their moods... Subscribed!

@mvanluven78

5 жыл бұрын

They have absolutely no idea what they're talking about during the entire song. No clue

Nine Inch Nails did the original. Trent Rezner who wrote this song, said "I wrote it but Johnny made it. I wish I'd never sang it."

@CraigKostelecky

6 жыл бұрын

This video describes Reznor's feelings much more accurately. kzread.info/dash/bejne/eaCuzNOJd8e1g7A.html

@ladyandthevamp

6 жыл бұрын

I think he just had a way with music. If he did anything, it was his and all his. Legend doesn't even describe Johnny Cash, whether you like his music or not.

@anemia94

6 жыл бұрын

Down in it - Nine Inch Nails!

@mikedevine3984

6 жыл бұрын

Craig thanks for posting that im typing thru the tears

@steveclose5873

6 жыл бұрын

interesting. i like johnny cash's version of hurt, he describes so much emotion in it and causes you to feel every word of the song , his cover of soundgarden's rusty cage was amazing too... but i really love the original from nine inch nails..actually love the entire downward spiral album (except maybe closer because its so played out)

I remember this video being released right after his and his wife's death, and it was very haunting to watch him perform this knowing he was dead...his performance made me feel his fading mortality. I didn't think Johnny could be MORE epic than he was at his height as he was as he said goodbye to us. Great post, brothers!

@jamosensei

6 жыл бұрын

Absolutely. Even Trent Reznor commented that the song didn't even feel like it was his anymore, and that he was crying over the emotion in it when the video was dropped. Dark Star from David Bowie was another song dropped posthumously, & had that same emotional delivery...listening to both songs make me happy and sad all at the same time. It's like both Johnny & David were both saying, "The last thing I can give to you is my dying breath"

Don't tell me men don't have feelings......

@roger6672

4 жыл бұрын

They always have Society tells them to hide them

@ggnb9529

4 жыл бұрын

Pat Engness if you show emotions your a bitch, thats what society wants us to feel like

@DavidCrites07

4 жыл бұрын

That’s why so many men struggle deeply with depression. We have to keep everything locked up inside. In our society if you show emotions you have to fear being viewed as weak or somehow lesser of a man. It’s messed up, we’re all humans and all feel emotions regardless of whether you’re male or female.

@thewildhealer541

3 жыл бұрын

Yep. Men have higher rates of suicide all over the world. But no one cares because we're "more privileged". It's sad how people think that men must be strong all the time and show no weaknesses etc. Life is hard for everyone, we're in this shit together.. but life was never fair.

@bacicinvatteneaca

3 жыл бұрын

@@thewildhealer541 except it's literally the people talking about male privilege who bring light on this issue

This song truly brought about a heavy edge of energy to you both. Like it was a map at ya crossroads and helped figured out ya moves to get there, to figure out where to go next. Much Love! Watched you both grow intellectually on this reaction. Music is fascinating. Love ya show. Proper.

Steven Wilson- The Raven that Refused to Sing, Drive Home, or Routine (with film clips) All these songs are very beautiful and the film clips accompany the song so well, it's a must watch!!!

The song is about death. The finality of life. It's a beautiful tune. The arrangement sends shivers down my spine. Rick Ruben at his very best. The hurt in Johnny's voice is too much to bear. God rest his soul.

@joym824

6 жыл бұрын

😢

@beren082

5 жыл бұрын

No... It's about Heroine

@ericbumbera664

5 жыл бұрын

You have to listen to the entire album (The Downward Spiral) to fully understand the song.

Reznor really killed it with these lyrics. Somehow, Cash made them resonate more with me even though I listened to the Nine Inch Nails' version when it first came out when I was a teenager.

I remember how my mom would play this song a lot when I was a kid. Around that time, I didn’t understand depression like I do now. Whenever I feel like shit, I play this song until I can get myself out of that state.

Hurt was originally by Nine Inch Nails and was the closing track on The Downward Spiral which is an album that is considered one of the greatest rock albums of all time. I highly recommend you react to it!

@jokergreeting

6 жыл бұрын

Biological Riley yes. Pick a song. Review.

@anttucc9646

5 жыл бұрын

Front to back, stellar album.

This song literally kills me every time with the raw feelings that it brings out just because of the pain in his voice. Even though someone may not have experienced the level of adversity that this man is singing about, it can put you in that mindset of the mental anguish. Such a powerful song, one of my personal favorites,. You guys killed it with your interpretation as always!

I really really REALLY hope you guys take the time and watch the video to this song. You are missing the most touching and absolutely beautiful song I believe I have ever heard and witnessed. I do not like country music much at all and I do not listen to Johnny Cash but after this song, I do. This man is amazing. This song with the video is the masterpiece of ALL masterpieces hands down. Oh and grab a tissue when you do finally watch the video ( continue to watch video even after the music stops for 5 or 6 seconds ) with the song. You WILL need it.

@j9andphoenix

3 жыл бұрын

It is beautiful indeed and so heartbreaking as it is the chronical ot only of his life but the end of it and his regrets. But he did not write it - please know that - it does not take anything away from its beauty - he took a song that really helped him express his regrets.

You guys are the best! You have the most intuitive take on any song you analyze. SMART and Insightful. Keep them comin.

Allow me to put this into a different, deeper context. When the nine inch nails originally wrote this song it was written as a song of hope, light at the end of the dark tunnel. After Trent Reznor heard this cover he said it wasn't even his song anymore. Cash took it and turned into a song of darkness and hopelessness. Amazing what different people can do to the same song. Truly an outcry of a dying and broken man.

@dclayville

5 жыл бұрын

Trent Reznor wrote this about his heroin addiction.

@andyb1653

5 жыл бұрын

Trent Reznor said this is no longer a NiN song, it's "officially" a Johnny Cash song now.

@michaelb1761

5 жыл бұрын

@@andyb1653 Cash did that to a lot of songs. He wasn't a great guitarist or technical singer, but he made you feel the words on a deep, deep level, both his sad songs as well as his joyful songs.

@2batgirl

5 жыл бұрын

Trent Reznor wrote this about his herion addiction but Johnny Cash had an addiction to perscription pills and alcohol before he married June. He gave them up for her, and never took another thing again. He wouldn't even take pain meds in the end reportedly. According to a biography I saw this song was because he didn't think anyone would remember him.

@hollyroxy25

5 жыл бұрын

Quite the opposite actually. This was the last song from the NIN concept album downward spiral, in which the main character kills himself at the end. That's why when you listen to the original at the end of the song you hear the loud musical "noise" representing a gun shot in which he's taken his life.

By far the best reaction evaluation I have seen from you guys yet. This song is very close to my heart and soul and I live it daily. It was nice to see you guys hit the nail on the head with this one. Keep up the great work.

Cash was the King this song is the Pinnacle of his ability to take us where he is or has been. Thank you Trent for allowing Johnny to make your great song even greater. RIP Johnny

You guys gained another follower right here!, Loved how you take the words and analize them well♡

Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails) original performer and writer of the song, liked this version so much that he gave him the song. He said the Johnny Cash version is now the official version. What a sign of respect.

@alexgregg1058

6 жыл бұрын

Adam Wenger Trent Reznor never said anything close to what you said. Here are his actual thoughts on it. He is very respectful, but didn't "give" his song to anyone. ttps://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/trent-reznor-talks-johnny-cash-168199

@PhiZelak

6 жыл бұрын

That's what separate mere players from legends. Reznor is a helluva songwriter and Cash was one of the greatest interpreters and songwriters of all time. So, it's exactly what you said: respect!

@michaelmarhal

6 жыл бұрын

he never said that. this is just copy pasta bullshit

@hoosiermbj

6 жыл бұрын

I wish they would have done NIN version.

@PhiZelak

6 жыл бұрын

Having said or no, both are awesome musicians. I'm going to read this arcticle.

Johnny Cash also covered "Rusty Cage" by Soundgarden. It's interesting to learn he listened to genres which were very different from his own and some songs touched him enough to want to cover them.

@BIGBLOCK5022006

6 жыл бұрын

palmieres And he also did a cover of "I won't back down" and Tom Petty did backing vocals on it.

@nousername9115

6 жыл бұрын

I found the cover first, and worked back to Cornell’s rendition. While I prefer the Cash cover of this song, I favor the original soundgarden recording of rusty cage. One of the most unique time signature interchanges in grunge.

@crustpunkjesuschrist

6 жыл бұрын

palmieres he also covered In My Life.

@nousername9115

6 жыл бұрын

Usernames today suck good thing I have no username

@MRBIGDADDY19321

6 жыл бұрын

Rusty cage was written by Shel Silverstein

I can sing along with trent just fine. I hear Johnny and I immediately fall apart

He’s so sad that his June had died. I do believe people die from a broken heart sometimes. 💜💜💜💜

I appreciate you guys crossing over genres; too many people are stuck reviewing 1 flavor of music.

Excellent selections lately guys! Y’all need to get sick more often! 😂

@LostInVegas

6 жыл бұрын

lol

@JSH2034

6 жыл бұрын

Lmaooo

@bullet1162

6 жыл бұрын

rsarto74 agree

@justinshook5332

5 жыл бұрын

@@LostInVegas Y'all remember this beat from Westside Connection's "The Gangsta, the Killa and the Dope Dealer"?

This song is about regret. Regret is the most terrible thing in your ending days. I think the key is, especially when it comes to regret of things that hurt others, is to fix those mistakes before it's too late to fix.

the emotion is just visceral, this song is like a gut-punch about all the people you have lost, to all the things you can not repair, to the things in your life you clung to only to realize they are dirt, and it brings out what is truly important

Little known fact: if you listen to the NIN version back to back with the Johnny Cash version you will be depressed for 2 weeks

@michaelchmiel166

6 жыл бұрын

theedgeinshow awesome and true.

@tretre3892

6 жыл бұрын

theedgeinshow 😂😂😂

@perryholley6005

6 жыл бұрын

Only two?

@elainedavis4226

6 жыл бұрын

NIN arranged this song and it seemed faster and had more of the heavy metal sound. After NIN heard Johnny's version, they said they would no longer perform the song as it belonged to Cash. But after Johnny died, they redid their version and made it reflect Johnny's interpretation of the song. Excellent decision by NIN as true artists can be influenced by other great artists. Kudos to NIN for respecting what Cash did for their song.

@josephsmith7423

6 жыл бұрын

theedgeinshow lmao true story!

Reznor wrote it. Cash lived it. Reflecting on a life filled with joy, sadness and regret. Powerful song.

@DrunkinDonuts97

6 жыл бұрын

Reznor wrote it about his drug addiction, and losing those close to him because of it and the crumble of his empire (his life's work, due to drugs). Trent did live it, both versions are amazing and I do prefer Cash's version, but I don't think it's fair to say Cash lived it but not say Trent also lived it. Music takes on different meanings depending on who, and how it's sung.

@kimberlyh.5023

6 жыл бұрын

Between the Borderline Personality Disorder, and former Drug/Alcohol addictions, I think it's safe to say Reznor's lived it as much as Cash did. Cash just had the raspier, somber, soulful voice.

@tinamartin9280

6 жыл бұрын

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@HELL0NESSA

6 жыл бұрын

Trent lived it too. He's an addict

@ericyoungstrom5745

5 жыл бұрын

Exactly, Thank you Troy.

I was fortunate to see Johnny Cash live at the opening of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, OH. Very memorable...

Everyone seems to forget that the man had a life before June. He was married to Vivian Liberto for 13 years & they had 4 children, including Roseanne. He cheated on her routinely when he was on the road, sank into addiction &, after he met June, almost literally kicked Vivian & his children to the curb. It was long years before he & Roseanne had more than a chilly relationshp. The man had reason to look back & atone. By the way, he & June had a truly great love but he was still married to Vivian when he & June started their affair. He was a great artist but all too human.

9" nails from the mid 1990s was the original. Johnny Cash asked them could he do a cover and they were so flattered that he didn't have to pay them for royalty

Some appreciation should also go to genius Rick Rubin for approaching Cash to do the album and producing it the way he did. Recording the songs simple and raw in Cash's lounge room with just a guitar.

@orangetd88

5 жыл бұрын

David chill guy Rubin is fantastic. He was the catalyst behind reviving Cash’s career in the early 2000’s. Those records were also some of Cash’s greatest works.

@augustwest5356

4 жыл бұрын

Good point. I forget about ol' Rick Rubin. That guy did a lot of good for music.

@cryptozoomauler5505

4 жыл бұрын

Nobody will ever forget Johnny Cash giving the middle finger to "modern" country music in that famous giant-sized photo: www.savingcountrymusic.com/johnny-cashs-famous-middle-finger/

You should watch the video for it. It 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, the woman who is sat on stairs in the video; also a singer 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. It was her that Cash attributed to rescuing him from his drug and Alcohol addiction a theme of the song. 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. Carter and is the person played by Reese Witherspoon alongside Joaquin Phoenix, in the film Walk the line which is about Carter and Cash. Johnny Cash's star had declined in the 80s and the Museum to his life that is in the video, with a 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 a 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, 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.

This is the first time I’ve seen your videos. I love your honesty, openness and vulnerability. Keep up the good work.

One of the greatest covers ever performed, hands down.

I love the fact that you guys do this channel, because as an African American myself, I like seeing someone else also listen to metal, and rock music, and your reactions are vehemently satisfying. With the aforementioned being stated, I'd like to see you guys not only react to the original song by Nine Inch Nails, but would also like to see you react to other Nine Inch Nails songs, as well... P.S. I love this version, but the fundamental difference between Cash's version, versus Trent's version is that Cash's is sad, while Trent's is DARK

@fishray7388

6 жыл бұрын

I think Cash's version is pretty good at portraying the darkness, albeit perhaps in a different way. It is definitely not purely about self pity, but about the nature of existence for us all. What is refreshing to me about this video ( and a lot of their others) is the way these guys remind us about the laughter at the end of the dark.

@psychocircus7002

6 жыл бұрын

For some reason, there are not a lot of African Americans that listen to rock, when in fact Rock came from an African American, and the roots of Rock come from the Blues.

@2batgirl

6 жыл бұрын

These guys are all about open mindedness which is so great! They are really so open to new songs and genres, it's refreshing to hear their reactions!!

@Wearywastrel

6 жыл бұрын

I still love what Trent said in an interview right after hearing it live. He said, " it's like watching your girl leave with another man."

@serenitysedai

6 жыл бұрын

I agree about the different versions. They're SUCH different songs. It's really impressive.

Great breakdown guys! You guys dived in deeper than a lot of people and you didn't even have the video which makes it hit home even more.

Man, I love and really appreciate your guys’ understanding and breakdown of lyrics. Been subscribed for a bit now, and you guys are definitely one of the best on youtube. Much love and continued success.🤙🏼

when he speaks that all have gone away , you guys are young , your family is alive. I am 57 yrs old , all 4 grand parents are dead, all 22 aunts and uncles , all 37 cousins , 12 of their 20 children, - - - "all gone away" - - . I am the last, the leader of a dried up blood line.

@Mario-us7ds

6 жыл бұрын

Can I have your empire of dirt? I'll trade you my castle of sand.

@terrydodson430

6 жыл бұрын

robert miller you’re right, the video , reminds me of Roscoe Texas, the old houses, he could be my , you’re, family. We all die in the end! I wish I could start again

@terrydodson430

6 жыл бұрын

I assume they didn’t see the video, it explains a lot, it brought tears to my eyes,

@VARANGIANJARL

6 жыл бұрын

Wow mate, I spent 13 years with the hottest chick from my HS, but it was THIRTY years later I heard from her cuz my brother was at his 30 HS reunion, since he was in her class, a year younger to me. I fought my way hard to show her out of her divorce from some pose screenwriter, then took care of his kid, his ex wife, his ex wife's mother (wonderful lady), but in the end, she took all I had... shut down my life, not sure where that anger came from, but she gave me NO hint to "we need therapy" or we have "problems" === nothing like that. Just found her journal she left behind where she measured how marrying me would be beneficial to her aging "nest egg"... She broke my heart, injured me in so many ways I can't reveal here but I can say this... once a sociopathic person sucks you into their life, your are literally like a little kitten she/he can starve you to death from lack of honest love

@musicmangm7572

6 жыл бұрын

Mr. Miller your words are so terrifying but understandable. Although I do have family still the important ones have passed. The ones that do remain want no part of me so its as if they were gone too. I wait for my turn now and I do believe it is near. FINALLY!!!

Trent Reznor was born to write this song but Johnny Cash was born to sing it

@copperlobo2536

6 жыл бұрын

That's a good way to say it

@tucker68

6 жыл бұрын

neo the one perfect

@baconmr2

6 жыл бұрын

He has since said that this song basically now belongs to Johnny Cash. Very touching, and both versions are superb. The J.C. video always seems to be on when the invisible ninjas are chopping onions near by. Or is it just me...

@tucker68

6 жыл бұрын

baconmr2 ill admit it ive cried from this song without the video

@MardyBum100291

6 жыл бұрын

No way. Both versions are incredible pieces of music, but the pain in Trent's version is unbelievable. He's lived that life, and he bares it in his version. Hell, he wrote the song before being an addict, then became and addict and overcame it, then sings about all of those feelings and emotions. Jesus, it's so good.

God! I love your interpretations. And so quick and spontaneous! Brilliant.

It’s about being at the end having already lost so many you loved. Filled with the memories of joy and love and the times you failed those that brought you those highs. The regret of knowing there’s nothing you can do now.

I almost wish this was a side by side with the Nine Inch Nails version. It’s a young man’s pain, those howls and plaintive wails in Trent’s vocals, versus an old man’s pain in Jonny’s almost talking, weary, and road worn vocals. Both versions are so powerful and so different.

@Dawnandlo

5 жыл бұрын

Exactly

@ShayRaiZ

5 жыл бұрын

This... a million times

@arkhamfiles2008

5 жыл бұрын

Check out the version with Trent Reznor and David Bowie. It's not quite as hard-hitting, but it's pretty close.

Johnny had such an amazing pathos in his voice as he aged. He always got to the anger, sadness, irony or humor of a song right in the gut, whether 1968 or 2000.

This song! Brings me to tears 😭🙏🏽 as corny as it sounds it you can hear the hurt in his voice.

I remember hearing Reznor (orig. writer), say that once he heard Cash's version of this song, he didn't think it was his anymore. Reznor's lyrics have always been a step above, but those words coming out of a man like Cash's lips adds levels to an otherwise incredible song. Also, June Carter and Johnny both died months later. What an amazing story.

When he says everyone I know goes away in the end reminds me of what my great grandmother use to say, she was born in 1911, she was a year old when the titanic sank, she survived both world wars, the great depression, martin Luther king junior, Kennedy, the first space launch, the landing on the moon, the great recession, once she was wearing a tank top in her private back yard to sun bath and a neighbor spied on her and called the police the cops arrived and said to wear more clothes or she would be arrested for public indecency although she had something under it they also had an issue with her shorts which were past her knees, she survived the cold war and was witness to the tragedy of the nuclear use. With all that she said the one thing that she regretted the most about living so long is everyone she ever knew passed away, parents, sisters, brothers, kids, cousins, friends, aunts, uncles, nieghbors, everyone she knew was gone so she was alone with only me and she was so lonely ane sad everyday, I did my best as a child to make her happy but she knew death was near and would tell me she didn't have much longer but she woule be ok since she would be with them again, I pray for her that she is. But it raises the thought, if you were immortal would it not be a curse?

@yaboijjonah._.1815

5 жыл бұрын

Cypruss Tk damn,that’s amazing

@jamesfowler5100

5 жыл бұрын

Wow! That's deep.

@smartwatchonpluto

5 жыл бұрын

@@yaboijjonah._.1815 When I was in elementary school 4th grade, we had a sub that read a book called Caddie Woodlawn I think was the title. The author sat down and wrote down her grandmothers life story before her death, it inspired me to do the same so my great grandmother and I from 4th grade until high school graduation wrote not only her life story onto note books but how the society reacted to the events in the world and how the local culture felt and how her and her family felt and how everyone was changed by it. The history of her family back to her great grandmother is also recorded, I never made it into a book because I am not a writer just a verbatim transcription kind of guy I guess lol but the history and stories go way back. One story is wilfred killed a cow and poor Eli killed a mule, the story behind the saying is they once had nieghbors mind you this was before roads and your nieghbor was miles away on a farm, wilfred lived east of Eli and eli was east of my great grandmothers great grandmother (great great grandmother?) Anyway, the story goes Wilfred was drinking and standing in his back yard one night with his gun, he saw something in the distance he thought was a deer so he shot it. It was a cow. Elis' cow to be exact, it had wondered to the fence that bordered their farms. Well Eli found his cow and was furious and accused Wilfred of killing his cow but Wilfred wouldn't admit it. Well they stopped talking for several weeks, one night Eli is out putting his tools away and he hears foot steps so he grabs his gun and fires it into the air and shouts show yourself! At the same time Wilfreds' mule which was what caused the noise got frightened and ran into the barb wire fence, Eli tried to cut him free but he was so badly injured Eli had to put em down, Wilfred got furious thinking it was because of the fight over the cow, so Wilfred one night goes over and tries to set Elis barn a fire but he spills the moonshine on his boots, he got the barn to burn but he set himself a fire as well, the barn went out but not Wilfreds right boot he ran through the field stripping his pants and all making it safely home. The fued ended with Eli saying "He killed my cow, I killed his mule, in the end his drinking lit a fire under his ass and sent him home with his tail between his legs so it's over". This story is from memory there are so many notebooks it would take a while to find it. Lol

@smartwatchonpluto

5 жыл бұрын

@@jamesfowler5100 thank you, I thought it was too when she told me. Check out my reply to yaboi

@Gongshow96

5 жыл бұрын

Here I am... minding my own business watching some of their older videos.... and I see this. Wow... That was powerful.

he sung this while he knew he was dying....very sad and emotional. ...r.i.p mr cash

You guys need to watch a live version of NIN playing this...an early one...with the visuals on the screen behind the band. So powerful, emotional beautiful and mournful all at the same time.

Love the song.. Johnny lived a hard life with addictions.. and his up bringing was rough... his voice is BEAUTIFUL even at his age then.. the video is amazing, another one more recent is Ozzys Ordinary Man another phenomenal song and story