*After Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails heard Johnny Cash's version of his song, he simply said "This song isn't mine anymore". And he said that with all the respect and love in the world. That says it all...*

@pdog547

2 жыл бұрын

How could anyone hear and see this and not be touched to their soul? You don't have one if not.

@morrisstewart1528

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Stephanie for saying as much. Heard this story myself.

@dragonfistX200

2 жыл бұрын

respect to Reznor though for making the song and and being cool with this cover when he heard it

@pdog547

2 жыл бұрын

@@dragonfistX200 He didn't at first.

@6Haunted-Days

2 жыл бұрын

@@pdog547 don’t blame him. He’s said this is his most personal raw song he wrote and he didn’t even want to put it on the album.

The word legend is used way too loosely these days but Johnny Cash is fully deserving of that title.

@kristaspecht

2 жыл бұрын

@@metalguru85 totally agree

@mastabla3ta684

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely

@skithness

9 ай бұрын

Trent too

This was Johnny's goodbye. He recorded it in March 2003 and died in September of that same year. The song was originally written by Trent Reznor of Nine inch Nails and was about drugs and drug addiction. Johnny gave it a whole new meaning with his rendition. House of Cash wasn't his home, but a museum to his life and music. If you really want to see the best telling of his life story, watch "Walk the Line". with Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon. R.I.P. Johnny. We miss you, brother. (Edited because I had the name of the movie wrong)

@derikothedon

2 жыл бұрын

I believe that movie title was Walk The Line But yes, great movie

@seamusburke639

2 жыл бұрын

Trent's version was about drugs. Johnny's version was about LIFE.

@s.mcpherson6354

2 жыл бұрын

And he could also plug right into the addiction meaning. Johnny had his own long battles with drugs. He always regretted the prices that his wife paid for those addictions, which is why that lyric, and the edit in the video of photos or film of her and his daughter, are so devastating.

@mathewazaria1549

Жыл бұрын

I remember that September day. I refused to open my presents for my birthday that day because of it. It upset me to know that he was gone.

The Nine Inch Nails song was the song of a young man in the depths of depression realizing that he's destroying his life with drugs and he can't see a way out. The Johnny Cash song is the song of an old man at the end of his life looking back at everything he's done wrong and everyone he's hurt and realizing that there's nothing he can do to make anything better. The woman in the video is his wife June Carter-Cash. She passed away a couple of months after this song was released. Johnny followed her just a couple of months after that. His daughter said that when she heard it she felt like it was his way of saying goodbye. When Trent Reznor was initially asked about Johnny covering his song, he said that he was flattered, but not at all prepared for what he heard. Later, he was in the studio working on some music with Zach de la Rocha when Rick Rubin sent him a copy of the video. From a Rolling Stone interview, “We were in the studio, getting ready to work - and I popped it in,” Reznor says. “By the end I was really on the verge of tears. I’m working with Zach de la Rocha, and I told him to take a look. At the end of it, there was just dead silence. There was, like, this moist clearing of our throats and then, ‘Uh, OK, let’s get some coffee.'” Personally, my favorite Johnny Cash song is "Man in Black." It's where he really lays out his personal philosophy and how he looks at the world. It shows just how remarkable of a person he was. If you check out this link you can see the first time he ever actually performed it, literally the same day he wrote it. kzread.info/dash/bejne/oXiYlZSEXdC1hto.html

@jamesbraun9842

Жыл бұрын

It makes sense because Johnny was a alcoholic in his prime years and later 4egretted having the addiction.

This song punches me in the gut every time.. it was one of the last songs Johnny recorded before he died. His wife had passed not long before and he was just done. He played it for his daughter before it was released and asked what she thought. She said it sounded as if he was saying goodbye. He said "I am".

@patriciacarson9168

2 жыл бұрын

His wife June is in this video. She passed in May after this video from complications of heart surgery. She died in May and Johnny died in September. Rick Rubin told Johnny he wanted to work on an album with him, and Cash didn't seem sure about what Rick wanted to do. Rick said, "Just play your guitar and do what you feel." Thus the American series came out, and everything is classic.

@cherilynlarsen8104

Жыл бұрын

Kills me everytime!

@mercychoke4475

Жыл бұрын

Pretty sure this WAS, in fact, the last song he ever recorded... Or, at least, the last video he ever filmed. He was almost completely blind by that time. When he closes the piano at the end, you'll notice he caresses it. That's because he knew he would never open it again. Went to join his beloved wife June, in Heaven, very shortly afterwards. RIP Johnny Cash 🌬🙏🏼🤲🙏🏼🕊🕯⌛

Whoever directed the video is also a genius. I love the parallels to Jonny’s life and the example of the feast in front of him. It looks classy and expensive but it doesn’t look good. There’s nothing attractive about it. Just like Johnnys life at that point. “And you can have it all, my empire of dirt”. Like saying “I wish you had my life and my fame and my money, so you’ll see nothing matters if you’re not happy.” Is like he regrets that because of drugs and his career he’ll always be remembered as the great Johnny Cash. But nothing more. Nothing deeper.

@Hollywood6IX

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@heyskipj

2 жыл бұрын

I looked at it like they the home, the Gold albums, the museum were all treasures he built. But through selfishness and addictions he drove everyone away. Now he’s got this empire. And he realizes all this shit around him is meaningless. He’s angry, and fuck, he’s burned every bridge now. And fuck, fuck, I’m an addict. You try and build that bridge, I will burn you again. He’s finally realized who he is and offers peace. He apologizes without asking forgiveness. Man in Black/TR. Bad MOFOs

@pdog547

2 жыл бұрын

@@heyskipj Excellent take, thanks. This song/video is so deep on so many levels.

@kelly9876

2 жыл бұрын

I think it is relevant that when he signs "empire of dirt" is when they show a cracked gold record. How many people would give their life for a gold record? And he calls it dirt. At the end of his life, we realizes what really matters. The closest friend is his drug addition. The old white house in the video is revisiting his childhood home, his childhood was rough

@unclefista

2 жыл бұрын

Mark Romanek is the director.

If this song doesn't make you tear up, your dead inside. Rest in Peace Johnny, Forever a Legend !

@frankpitochelli6786

Жыл бұрын

I rips my soul..😭

Trent wrote this song as a young man trying to redeem himself. Johnny sang it as old man log past redemption. That's why Johnny's version is so emotional and chilling.

Its his way to say goodbye to life. He pased away not long after this song. The greatest storyteller of all times. He made this song his.

Johnny Cash had a hard life man. May he rest in peace.

Johnny was inducted into pretty much every hall of fame you can think of. Legend

Johnny Cash is his own genre. Period. You guys should do "When The Man Comes 'Round". The Man in Black is a must for a deep dive.

@royfrye2871

2 жыл бұрын

The Original American Badass!🇺🇸💪🍻!! R.I.P JOHNNY!

There isn't one single person on earth who escapes the hurt. Not one. I think that's why this cover by Johnny Cash speaks so powerfully to every person that listens to it.

Rick rubin's innate ability to find the core elements of an artist and bring them to the Forefront while leaving the excess behind is really on display with his work but he did with Johnny Cash. The arrangements are so sparse, often just Johnny and his guitar but that is exactly what makes his voice cut to the Bone. I love the years cash was with Colombia, as those are some of the most classic songs in his career. But the stuff he did with American recordings and Rick Rubin so much later in his career are just amazing. What else would you expect from a producer that worked with the Beastie Boys, LL Cool J, Danzig, Slayer, all within a two-year. Back in the 80s.

@jonathanlocke6404

2 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you mentioned Rubin. People rightly credit Cash for the performance and Reznor for the song, but I believe it was Rubin who had the idea for Johnny to cover this as well as his concept of how it should sound.

Johnny made this, effectively, a whole different song. The original is a very personal song about a person's struggle with addiction. Johnny's version is a retrospective, looking back with regret at his entire life, and, saying goodbye. Also, Johnny's first tour was supporting Elvis, and, he was from Kingsland, Arkansas.

When I was in high school I dedicated the original song to my little sister who I adopted about 5 years later. This song has always meant so much to me. Great reaction!

Initially, Trent Reznor was completely against this cover. It wasn't until he saw the video that he realized what it meant to Cash and signed off on it. And Smokey is right, the two versions of the song are their own thing, bringing different emotions to the table. Very much worth reacting to the original Nine Inch Nails version.

So glad you called out the other covers he did in his twilight years. That cover of rusty cage is amazing. There is a great cover of Chris Cornell doing it live where he ended up doing cash's cover of his own song. Legendary.

@waxoftriple9

2 жыл бұрын

They had the video on Beavis and Butthead lol

Smokey is such a don with his knowledge, I love hearing him speak on anything

Trent Reznor said "I was born to write this song, Johnny was born to sing it". Johnny Cash - "God's Gonna Cut You Down" This is a favorite of mine. I was impressed by the way artists of different types who were influenced by him came together after his death to produce the official video.

When he goes in studio he was very sick and half blind, his body hurts ! He wanna this album as legacy for his fans ! Greatings from germany ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

It brings me to tears almost every time...

The band Heart performing “Stairway to Heaven” at an event honoring Led Zeppelin. Deceased drummer John Bonham’s son Jason comes out unexpectedly to play the drums and you can tell it’s a surprise and an emotional moment for Robert Plant. By the end of it, Plant and Bonham are in tears. Legendary performance: kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZJeOwad_cdDQYJs.html

So this is one of those songs that stands alone as a cover. I love the original NIN version. Being I'm more into metal, I heard it first although I was very familiar with Johnny Cash as well growing up. The first time I heard this cover, I bawled because it hit so much harder. To me this song lyric wise always felt like it should've come from the perspective of someone much older than Trent was at the time because what I took from the song was the story of someone looking back on their life and all the mistakes they made and the regrets they had and laying that bare and coming to peace with it. From what I understand, Trent originally heard the track and wasn't crazy about it but then saw the video later and was like "ok now I get it." Beautiful song. Fun fact: I grew up in the town that Johnny Cash and June Carter got married in, Franklin KY and the church used to (not sure it they still do cause I don't live there anymore) have Johnny and June look alike contests!

@pdog547

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, apparently Reznor was a bit upset at first. But I think he realised it was probably his own pride and maybe jealousy that someone else could take one of his songs and perform it with so much more feeling than Trent could. But Trent was young, he is not stupid and he saw this I think. After he did, I think he probably felt what he should have in the first place - The Great Johnny Cash took one of his songs and made sure it would last forever. Trent should feel honoured, this is a part of American History now.

Such a fantastic cover version, both songs are different takes and can be interpreted about different stages in our lives. The video is a masterpiece as well, especially June appearing and also the closing of the piano lid. Great shirt as well Smoky, love me some King 810.

All those American Recordings albums are absolutely wonderful, Rick Rubin is one hell of a producer. If you decide to do the NIN version of Hurt, it gotta be "Nine Inch Nails: Hurt (live) (1995)", so haunting.

@linzilooloo7669

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah he is a masterful wizard and bard!

@archgeneral509

2 жыл бұрын

Cash's version is heartbreaking, beautiful and reminds me of my grandfather. But I prefer Trent's haunting dissonance.

@nerdity275

2 жыл бұрын

@@archgeneral509 I like Trent's version a little bit better as well. Back when it came out, I wasn't into NIN at all, listened to heavier stuff like Pantera, Machine Head and so on, but I definitely never turned off MTV when Hurt was on, amazing song.

@archgeneral509

2 жыл бұрын

@@nerdity275 I was the same way. The heavier the better, I hadn't matured enough to appreciate the weight of the OG version and songs like it.

Do yourself a huge favor a watch the Jhonny Cash movie "Walk The Line". I'd watch a movie reaction for that.

I grew up to my dad doing impressions of lots of singers, Johnny Cash was a biggie! In my tweens, we lived in Az & I'd wear all black, all the time & he'd tease me, ask if I was going to rob a gas station lol, I'd say "it's homage to Johhny Cash, you caused this!' hahaa Great reaction!♥️✌

@kristaspecht

2 жыл бұрын

That's kool.lol

Johnny Cash was 71 when he died in September 2003. This video was filmed in February 2003. (His wife, June, is in the video and she would die in May of that year.) His health was poor and he was quite frail. He had lived a rough life at times and that can really age a person. Absolutely check out some more of the American Recordings he did with Rubin. Another good cover is his version of Depeche Mode's "Personal Jesus". And you have to react to "God's Gonna Cut You Down" by him! It was released posthumously, so the video has a lot of celebrity cameos. See if you can name everyone.

@gman7329

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for introducing me to a new version of Personal Jesus! I have heard the original, Manson’s & now Johnny’s & love them all!!!

@Mr05Chuck

Жыл бұрын

Man I’m 69 and I really don’t look that old. I thought he was much older.

Johnny Cash is from Arkansas. (It’s just that he spent most of his life living in Tennessee.) The video clips where he’s looking in the windows of the little abandoned White House... that’s the house his sharecropper family grew up in, in northeast Arkansas , the Mississippi River Delta. They farmed cotton and obviously had next to nothing. Picking cotton in the blazing hot Arkansas sun-Working like a dog and still having next to nothing; it was a hard life for a lot of people. (i’m from Central Arkansas, no way would I live in that part of the state.) That would be bad enough if you had a stable home life, but despite his mother being a kind, loving woman who probably taught Johnny a lot of his music skills, his father was a raging alcoholic who blamed 12-year-old Johnny for his older brother Jack’s death. Not hard to see where a lot of Johnny’s demons came from. The picture hanging on the stairway is Maybelle Carter-June’s mom-who was like a second mother to Johnny. The Carter family was already big at the Grand ol Opry and on the radio when Johnny was growing up and listening to little June and the rest of her family on his radio! It always just kills me seeing June looking at him with such concern... and then she’s the one who dies three months later. He only outlived her by four months.

I have to thank my grandfather for introducing me to Johnny cash. Cash was a real outlaw! Love his music! Btw, you need to check out Nine Inch Nails now! May I suggest Closer, Head like a hole, The Perfect Drug or The hand that feeds.

@tomjones8608

2 жыл бұрын

My Grandfather was from Ireland, he lived through the uprising as a boy. Got beatings and purposely kicked by a horse that was ridden by a British black and tan and he almost died of blood poisoning from the injury. He absolutely loved JC and remembered listening with him. God I miss both of them.

If you want an incredible performance from Cash, try the original live version of San Quintin. At the prison, in front of the inmates with the guards in attendance. Its powerful.

Johnny's daughter said "Daddy it sounds like you are saying goodbye." Johnny said "I am. "

One: This song always gets me, the swell Johnny introduces with piano and guitar just...ugh. Every time. Two: Definitely listen/react to the NIN version. The beauty of Johnny's cover is how we adapts it to talk about his life. Three: Completely off kilter, but talking of songs amazing artists made before they passed, I highly recommend David Bowie: Black Star. You think you know Bowie, you don't!

@heyskipj

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah. Maybe not Blackstar right off, but definitely get these guys going David Bowie.

@deed5811

2 жыл бұрын

Without changing the lyrics, Johnny gave Hurt a different meaning than the NIN version.

@jima6545

2 жыл бұрын

Regarding Bowie, I saw him with NIN in the early 90's

@DiZastur

Жыл бұрын

k, lets go with bowrezcash and get on with listening to great music

This song has connected with me on a variety of occasions throughout the years. Killer song

In the Video there's a couple things done to emphasize that Johnny's time left was short and the regrets he had. It's filmed in his museum which had been closed for awhile, the huge feast at the Banquet table with no guests, and the end of the song, he closes the piano like a coffin lid. Johnny Cash told his family that this video was him saying goodbye. Rick Rubin, his producer for this project said he cried the first time he saw the video. A pre release copy was sent to Trent Reznor at the studio where he was recording his own album at the time, after he watched it he had to leave to keep from breaking down himself. As for Johnny Cash and genre... Cash and Elvis Presley are the only two musicians inducted into both the Country and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Thanks for doing this one

@sadiekincaid5310

6 ай бұрын

@seandooley226 now Dolly Parton is also included in that short list. She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in November of 2022.

With all due respect, it was his best work. The story goes that when Johnny met Rick and asked what he wanted, Rick said, showing his genius, " What does Johnny Cash want to do?" And Johnny went and did his thing.

Trent Reznor himself even said this is no longer his song. It's now Johnny Cash's song. Every time I hear this version I always cry, the emotion in Johnny's voice and playing is just incredible, definitely his song.

Trent Reznor has said this is now Johnny Cash's song. Back when he was still alive. Probably the best cover version ever. Even beats Frankie Goes To Hollywood Born to Run.

Johnny Cash WAS a gangster. He spent time in jail. He said that he wore black to honor those who could no longer speak. He did all sorts of music, country, gospel, R&B and more and won top awards in every genre. If he were young today he might well be a rapper. He won fame and fortune yet fought with drug and alcohol addictions. This song was his goodbye to all of us. As the young man said, his voice was fading. In his youth he had a resounding voice. His style was almost speaking rather than singing because he said, many years ago, that he did not think he could sing. I listened to him almost all of my life. I saw him in three concerts. I look forward to seeing him perform again in Heaven.

I live in Arkansas & have been by his childhood home in Dyess a couple of times. It’s a historic museum now.

crazy how this song makes me shed tears EVERY SINGLE TIME I listen to it. I cannot tear up listening to it.

Johnny Cash recorded Hurt in March 2003. He died September 12, 2003 age 71. His wife June Carter Cash died May 15, 2003. They were married for 35 years. Johnny were married to Vivian Liberto for 12 years before divorcing her and marrying June. When she died he said that it tore him up inside. He survived her by less than 4 months. RIP

This was Johnny”s last gift to his fans.totally vulnerable and open and opened his soul to us.he lived a rough life but found God and had such a amazing testimony and story of redemption.when he closed the piano at the end to me is like closing a casket,his own

That little clip where he talked was from an episode of Little House on the Prairie, episode "The Collection".

Trent said this song was Johnny's song after this recording......LEGENDARY!!!!

You guys should do "Long Black Veil","Jackson","Boy Named Sue",or "The Man In Black".

The sadness in this version of the song comes from knowing more about him. The more you know the sadder it gets. at this point in his life he was suffering from arthritis in both hands and wrists and playing guitar and piano hurt. so seeing him play both and hearing about the needle and all you know a lot of it is about what he has to do, in order to do what he loved. If you step back and listen to NIN version you feel anger in what he is singing about, your angry with him. Johnny makes you cry for him, he cheated on his wife he was cruel and mean to the people he loved. and he treated himself even worse. Then he found god and a new wife and that was when he did ring of fire and countless gospel songs in the late 80s early 90s. He got in trouble for taxes and lost his home and it was turned into a museum. and eventually closed. in the video he shows clips of his high parts like when he looks at the camera and says you stay the hell away from me. That was him at his highest point. He was on a tv show called Columbo in an episode called Swan Song. it has his song ring of fire in it. I recommend you look it up it is good. After each good high part he follows the scene with a sad reality part of what was really happening in his life. During the crescendo you can see his daughter crying hearing the song and you can see the pain he was suffering while holding the glass pouring it out and when he brought them to his face on how much they shook. This is where 90% of the people who know begin to cry because they know what happened shortly after this.. Rip Johnny Cash the Legend in black

Such a beautiful cover by the late, great Johnny Cash. The video was so beautiful and haunting. I remember seeing it and man I got chills. I also remember Trent Reznor not being happy about the cover, then he heard it and saw the video. I'm so happy Trent Reznor changed his mind. If you're not moved by the song and the video accompanying it, you have no heart. A stunning achievement.

Nine inch nails said they would never play that song again because they said. Jonny killed it so hard. Respect

goose bumps and a tear every time I watch that video. RIP Man in black...

Both versions are unique in what they bring to the table. One is about a young man in the throes of hating/regretting his addiction, the other an old man reflecting on his life and wishing he could change things. They are different beasts that encapsulate the beauty of music perfectly in my mind. That the same song (with a couple of lyric changes that were superficial) can have such a differing impact is nothing less than god to me!

The title of Johnny's song "I Walk The Line" was the source of the title of the movie "Walk The Line", about his early career, his addiction, and his wife June Carter.

I love the way Johnny Cash played the acoustic guitar. His strumming hand would ride up on the neck when the tune got light and go heavy on the body when he had to bring it out. Ring of fire is a prime example of that talent

One this album, for his cover of Soundgarden's Rusty Cage, Johnny's backup band is none other than Tom Petty's band, The Heartbreakers

One of the greatest artists ever.

The Johnny Cash video for the single was recorded in February of 2003. June Carter Cash, his 2nd wife is, the woman on stairs; also a singer who toured with him and sang with him on several songs and is the person played by Reese Witherspoon alongside Joaquin Phoenix, in the biopic film of Cash and Carter, Walk the line. She had come over to check on her husband that day as his health was not so good. It was her that Cash attributed to rescuing him from his drug and Alcohol addiction when she married him. 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. Johnny Cash's star declined in the 80s and the Museum to his life with the smashed Gold Disk on the Floor, used as one of the backdrops to the video, ended up being shuttered. In the 1990s Rick Rubin of American Recordings more of a Rap, Punk and Metal, producer sought out Cash to record on 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 that was released posthumously.

i'm a big johnny cash fan . since 2005 when i saw the video ' i walk the line ' i'm only 30 years old ... i really love country music 🥰🤩

One of his children asking him, is he saying goodbye? Johnny replied, yes!

Johnny Cash was born in Dyess, Arkansas. He never went to the needle but he had a dependence on different kinds of pills. He was busted more than once but never went to prison. He shut himself up in his home with June Carter and detoxed. His mother-in-law actually ran some guys off with a shotgun because they were trying to get to Cash and sell him some pills. He fell off the wagon a few times in the years after that, sometimes because of drugs given to him when he was hospitalized, but he was a true Christian who would tell you in a heartbeat where his saving grace came from and how he survived as long as he did. When June died he went back to work within three days, but his heart was already broken and he followed her about 3-4 months later. An icon never to be seen again.

His voice was perfect for this song, you can hear the emotion and pain in it.

Remember this beat from Westside Connection- "The Gangsta, the Killa and the Dope Dealer"?

Great video. That fine gentlemen is buried about 13 miles from my home. In Hendersonville, Tennessee.

Cash also covered "Rusty Cage" originally done by Soundgarden......

My sons middle name is Cash because of him. I don’t care if people don’t like country, everyone loves Johnny Cash, dude was legit one of the first true rock stars. Playing cocaine blues in Folsom prison after being warned not to? Legend. This song makes me cry every time

The house you see is both Johnny and June Carter Cash's home and a museum to their legacy (the woman you see on the stairs is June - she was part of one of the most important families in the history of American music, the Carter family). The whole video is arranged in the form of what in art is called a "memento mori", basically an image that's a reminder that we are all dying. June and Johnny died within a couple of months of each other less than a year after this song came out (Johnny was 70 when this video cane out). Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails was in tears when he heard Johnny's version, saying that he could never measure up to Johnny's version. Johnny Cash lived a hard life, and yes, he was on drugs at one time. As to him being gangsta, he recorded albums live in the late 1950s... in Folsom Prison, where he played to the prisoners. Other great Johnny Cash songs (other than the ones you mentioned) include "I walk the line" and the hilarious "A Boy Named Sue" (Johnny had a sly, tongue-in-cheek sense of humour).

Hi my favorite rappers (we don't have rap in Poland, we have Hip-Hop). Great reaction as always. For me, this song is Johnny's farewell. It's very good that he took a song from another artist, because it fits perfectly, but i was his way...

A little known collaboration Johnny Cash did, look up One Bad Pig's version of "The Man In Black". One Bad Pig was a Christian Punk band in the late 80s to 90s. Johnny collaborated with them to do a punk version of his song.

Cash was an outlaw from the jump. Lived that way…died that way… did what he wanted when he wanted.

grew up with Johnny cash because of my dad since I was 3 years old first heard Johnny cash in 2003 my dad had and still has his CDs somewhere still a huge fan 19 years later at 21 years old

Hearing the age in Johnny's voice contributes to this song, it doesn't take away from it.

This song was recorded just before his wife June passed away,and then he passed away not long after,as if he couldn't live without her. 😥

He never played his guitar or piano ever again, I hope this man has finally found peace. LEGENDS NEVER DIE.

The way he just jams those keys with increasing force at the end to do that crescendo is hair raising

There's no need to excuse Johnny's vocals on this. They fit the lyrics perfectly. He lived a turbulent life, had a good heart & some regrets, & was making his farewell. #TheManInBlack

Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis Presley and others were the start of the rockabilly sound. The fore runner of rock and roll.

Johnny Cash was just 71 when he died in 2003, the same year this song was released. He was born in 1932. He covered this song as if he wrote it. His voice changed, but it wasn't weak.

This song is on my "Suicidal" playlist that I listen to when I'm feeling incredibly depressed and don't feel like continuing. This playlist somehow helps me stay around...

@Leozar

2 жыл бұрын

Hope we never hear that playlist. Enjoy life buddy i know it's hard but it has a lot of beatiful things. Wish you the best!!

@Corificus

2 жыл бұрын

@@Leozar Thanks bro. I am still right here...

@Leozar

2 жыл бұрын

@@Corificus glad to read that! And thanks for the answer! Have a great day buddy!!

@kristaspecht

2 жыл бұрын

I also hope to never hear that playlist my friend. Suicide is never the answer. Glad you are here.❤

@Hollywood6IX

2 жыл бұрын

Choose to live my friend. Whenever your in a dark place just look around you and remember how special your are to be alive. Things might get hard but remember to just keep going. Much love

Also, tears. Fucking tears every time, this song.

Another 🔥🔥🔥song and reaction. Only good thing about Monday morning other than waking up. Please react to five finger death punch "dot your eyes" 💨🇺🇸

"Something I can Never Have" NIN song always hits me in the feels. My Fav

@pdog547

2 жыл бұрын

I wore out my Pretty Hate Machine cassette back in the early 90s.

He’s a awesome man and singer

hes the king to me may not be a rock and roll singer but my god did he live the lifestyle RIP Johnny one of the original true rockstars

It is remarkable that cash could so crawl inside these lyrics and make them feel so personal even though they're written by Trent Reznor a person 30 years his Junior what is equally remarkable is that when he is on top of it, when he cares... there isn't really a better producer in the business than Rick rubin. This was a suggestion of his for cash as was many other covers that were amazing when filtered through Johnny's storytelling ability. But when Rick Rubin is on... he is on, his phone did many lackluster albums but some of his early work especially him believing in LL Cool j, and Slayer simultaneously producing some of their most amazing iconic work, not to mention his work with a chili peppers and the album she did with Johnny Cash so late and Johnny's life are among some of the most personal and amazing recordings we have of Johnny cash. It was Rick rubin's ability to listen to the core element of an artist and figure out what would be their strength and oftentimes it was just actually simplifying everything. With Slayer it was turn off all the b******* effects get rid of the 80s Reverb and sing about Satan Satan satan. As big as cliche as that sounds, it was the perfect formula to free Slayer to make their most amazing album ever 1986 is Reign in Blood is evil thrash metal at its most iconic and pure and that is Rick rubin's influence, same with the work he did with Johnny and so late and Johnny's Life by being able to filter through the b******* and come to the reality that Johnny Cash sounds best when you don't put too much River on his voice, you just have him in a room with a guitar to start from and it's going to be golden

It says so much, that me, a 45 year old, born in ' 76 can appreciate this, and keep going back to it, just to hear his voice.

Johnny Cash is amazing and this song always makes me cry man tears

Yeah. The stair step climb of the single note piano and acoustic guitar really bring the emotion of the song out.

He told us. Respect. Looking forward to meet you Mr. Cash.

Top 3 Johnny Cash song imo Man In Black Give My Love To Rose I Hung My Head

You may be high, but you’ll never be as high as Johnny Cash eating cake under a bush. Check out that meme. Great song btw. So iconic. Both versions.

I nominate this video as the most powerful ever made. It's at least on the top of the list. Johnny died not too many months after this. It was him saying "Farewell". A heartfelt goodbye to his fans!

gotta do nine inch nails original. and trent reznor piano solo. great song. cheers from OZ

Fam, I love y’all’s channel. I just watched the video with Criss Cornell when he did sun shower! Y’all are are real af and legit is good in my heart.

I still remember when the cover came out a large music magazine (rolling stone ?) did a story on it and compared the two versions. They used a bookends analogy. Trent's was the young man at the start of his life dealing with depression, addiction and mental health issues while feeling like being in hell, but showing signs of the strength of youth as he rages against it. Cash's version was the other end. The young man now old. Been to hell and back many times over. Now frail, introspective and knowing his time is almost up. Both versions stand on their own, but looking at it as a before/after of a hard life just makes each important to the other. The song is great because of the two versions, not despite of it.

Love you guys. Gansta and Rock and Roll all the way. Great personalities.

Johnny Cash was was born in 1932 and was 71 when he died in 2003. This video was released in March of 2003, June Carter-Cash (the woman behind him on the stairs in this video), Johnny's wife died in May 2003, and Johnny died in September 2003.

I don't even like many people. I love you guys. Going through hard times over here, you help.

I first heard/saw this version of Hurt literally minutes after hearing of death. It was on VH1 and it felt like a lifelong hero of mine was saying goodbye.

Both versions of this song are special in their own right. This was so touching. I would love to see Hollywood react to the original.

Back in the early 1990s when gangsta rap was getting blasted by the media and politicians, many of them would quite Johnny Cash's "Folsom Prison Blues" from the 1950s. The lyrics, "I shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die." Trent cried watching this video. Johnny's wife died three months after this video and Johnny another 3 or 4 months later.