I came here to say the same thing. Hon, don't ever be sorry for your honest emotions. Music can move us I so many ways it is universal. I have heard Johnny do this song many times, and it still moves me to tears.
didn't finish it guys. he closed the piano and caressed it. nice parting touch on the last shot of the last time John was ever on film. this was his swan song. June Carter-Cash passed shortly after this last project. followed shortly by "the man in black". long live his memory and music. go w/ God, guys. big shoutout from just an old, longhaired Southern rocker dude in Gatlinburg, Tennessee .U.S.A. peace and love y'all.
I had heard that both June and Johnny were diagnosed with cancer and had a short amount of time left. Johnny was determined to outlive June so she didn’t have to take the pain of losing him first. Rest in peace, Johnny and June.
The author, Trent Reznor, from Nine Inch Nails, commented that hearing this version made him feel like he was losing a girlfriend. He said that it wasn't his song anymore, he just carried it a while for Johnny. Rosanne Cash, Johnny's daughter told him that it sounded like he was saying goodbye. He just replied, "I am." Johnny was very ill, and only 71 when he died. As someone else commented, the video wasn't over.
@7:03 The regrettable thing that people don't learn until later in life is that the accumulation of accolades, accomplishments, degrees, money, and so on, don't mean anything. The lesson that you don't learn until after a lifetime of obtaining that stuff is that its the people that is the most important thing. As humans we put so much value in gaining the other stuff that we miss the most important thing, sitting on a chair in the yard and just talking to the family, to the friends, or who ever.
There's one more visual, right after where you stopped the video -- Johnny solemnly closes the fallboard on the piano. It reminds me of someone closing the coffin of a loved one, saying goodbye.
Wonderful reaction! I read an interview with Roseanne Cash who cried when she heard this album and this song. She said to her dad, " It sounds like you're saying goodbye." Johnny replied, "I am"
It’s actually a song of regret of how he mistreated his family and friends and even himself over the years with the drug abuse. That’s why he says at the end if I could start again 1,000,000 miles away, I would keep myself I would find a way. He says all through the song I will make you hurt because that’s what his addiction done to his family. It’s not a song of living a long happy prosperous life it’s a song of regret and pain for pain that he caused to others and realized that it was all for a bunch of stuff that doesn’t amount to anything in the end all you have is your relationship with God, your self , Your friends and your family. That’s why he calls it his empire of dirt, it’s just stuff it means nothing. Especially when you get to the point where Johnny was none of that stuff helps. Only relationships and love.
This song can mean many things. That's why music resonates with so many people. One verse can be taken a hundred ways.. making it personal for each listener. I take as a song of having lived your life the best you could. You failed many people... even with the best intentions. You have nothing to give them in the end but you.. I want to say more but I'm pretty tired right now... that's all my brain could process tonight
Is the needle at the beginning about drug abuse or about chemotherapy? Pretty sure that was more what Johnny Cash was facing at the time. Just because the words are the same...
@@StevenHughes-hr5hp Johnny used to be an intervenous drug user. So it would fit like the original meaning from Trent Reznor about heroin addiction. I don’t think he had chemotherapy that I know of. He says the old familiar Sting, try to kill it all away, but I remember everything. Just trying to deaden his memories and feelings with drugs.
Johnny Cash has died at the age of 71. The woman standing next to him on the stairs is his wife June who died 3 months after this clip was made. Johnny passed away 4 month after her.
I think the final part of the video that you didn’t play is one of the things that gets to me the most. When the music is done and he closes the piano, he touches it one last time as if to say he’s done.
You missed the strongest moment of the video--at the very end when he closes the piano--symbolically and lovingly closing his career and his life. Such an awesome, powerful song/cover/video. Nice reaction. I cry too.
Its ok to cry and don't apologize for it. Its an extremely emotional song, especially for many of us that lived alongside Johnny's brilliance. It is possible to cry everytime you hear this song, even for men.
Sweetie, never apologize when a story touches your heart. Many of us, myself included, cried so hard the first time we heard Johnny's version. It does hit you differently than Tool's.
I remember first hearing this song when WWE used it in a tribute video to a wrestler ( Eddie Guerrero ) who had recently passed that I grew up watching ( and similar to Johnny and the original writer of the song from Nine Inch Nails, had struggles with substance abuse ). So first I cried for Eddie, discovered this beautiful song through that and then cried again for Johnny. A life full of regrets ( which I believe most normal people have regrets ) is tough to bare when you've lived as long as Johnny Cash.. eventually, you succumb to the weariness.
When I write this, my brain was saying Nine Inch Nails. Fingers on the keyboard said You're not the boss of me, and BAM I hit enter. What a dufus. Thanks for catching that. 😂
I've watched every reactor I can find and I've not found even one who has not had an emotional response to this cover. Trent Reznor, when approached by Rick Ruben about Johnny doing a cover, thought it was kitschy, and even after hearing the CDwant sold on the idea. 2 weeks later he received a copy of the video and said it gave him chills and tears. He said if was like losing a girlfriend - that it wasn't his song anymore; it was Johnny's. I'm a Rocker, but I grew up with my folks listening to country, and I've always loved Johnny. I think all the albums he made with Rick Ruben (The American Recordings) are awesome - he covered a good amount of songs in those four albums. I suggest checking out Rusty Cage (originally by Chris Cornell). RIP to them - I have mad respect for them both.
Some mentioned of NIN (Nine Inch Nails), Trent Reznor, founder wrote this song about drug addiction. Trent and Johnny have a mutual acquaintance named Rick Rubin, music producer. Johnny asked Rick Rubin to see if he could cover this song, "Hurt". So, Rubin went to Trent find if it ok for Johnny to cover his song. At 1st, Trent was concerned about Johnny covering this song. But he given his ok for Johnny do the cover. That video here was recorded in February of 2003. That lady in the video was Johnny's wife, June Carter Cash. June, singer herself from famous Carter Family died right after this video in May. With his health problems, Johnny died of a broken heart in Sept of 2003. One of their children, I think Roseanne Cash (herself singer too) asked her dad, "Are you saying goodbye in this video?" Johnny replied, "Yes" Back to Trent, he stated that this song is no longer his. This song belongs to Johnny.
anybody that knew Johnny an his life story, knows he gave up his drinking an drugs and turned to God and did alot of good work helping people an singing to guys in prison, sang to some soldiers. If anybody hearing this for the first time and not shed some tears, is not human. RIP The Man Black
Johnny had a lot of regrets in his life, including drug abuse. And when he read the lyrics to this song it touched a chord to his own life. And that's why he covered this song.
Music producer Rick Rubin convinced Johnny to cover the Nine Inch Nails song. Rick helped produce Cash's album American IV: The Man Comes Around (the record that features Johnny's cover).
He looks back on his life and regrets what his addiction has led him to do, the people he’s hurt and lost in the past because of his addictions, he knows he’s achieved so much in the way of awards and material trappings but realises that they mean nothing (“my empire of dirt”) when it comes down to it all that really matters is the people who love you and who you love, who you can trust and rely on to be there for you, that’s what makes you happy and successful in life.
Never be sorry for your honest reaction to this song. I’ve been listening to this song for years and I still cry. Most of us do. This is the final gift Johnny left us and it’s priceless. RIP to The Man in Black. I look forward to more of your content.
Oh my goodness, the reactor was sorry? She shouldn't be sorry for sharing our feelings, regardless of how well we knew Mr. Johnny Cash and his music. I'm grateful for this reaction, and expressing what most of us feel. Bless you, and God rest the soul of Mr. Johnny Cash.
Trent Reznar lead singer of N.I.N. who wrote this song said that when Johnny recorded this song, the song now belonged Johnny. Trent wrote this from the view of a young man who’s pondering his future, Johnny’s version is from the view of an old man looking back at his life knowing the end is near
Johnny's daughter saw this video shortly before he moved on to the next realm. She said to her dad, "It sounds like you're saying goodbye". Johnny replied, "I am". June Carter (Johnny's wife) passed a short time after this video. Johnny joined her a few months later.
After a life with all the money, all the women and all the knowledge king Solomon said here is the end of the matter.the purpose of life is to know God and embrace His purpose. Relationships and moral integrity mean more than money or fame. John Cash made this song everymans regret for being caught up in the pursuit of temporal things. We all are this man to some degree. This song challenges us all to focus on the truly important issues of life, God, love and relationships. Some will say this is a cover, but Johnny made this song his own... powerful, impactful and thought provoking.
don't be ashamed of crying. This song is very emotional. I have shed tears watching it. It becomes even more poignant when you realize both he and his wife (the lady in the video) both died a short time after this released.
Those were real scenes from his life. The frame house was his childhood home. He and his older brother shared a bedroom. His brother died in tragic sawmill accident when very young .that was Before Child Labor Laws.
Very touching reaction. Johnny is saying, "What does it matter to gain the whole world, and then lose it in the end?" The 9-Inch Nails version, doesn't give me that reaction. I don't even like it. Johnny's version, makes me tear up.
I love reactions to this video, but I can't help but pointing out that the main contribution to this video are the facts that he was a former drug addict and June and her father helped to get him sober, also the fact that even though Nine Inch Nails wrote the song, it's almost as though they wrote it for Johnny. It's his life personified. He lived and breathed for June and only lived months after her death. His actual grief is visible in the end production. She was alive and participated in the beginning production then passed away and Johnny followed shortly after. This man was dedicating his life to her
I thought her reaction was, genuine authentic and beautiful..... Johnny made me cry too the first 200 times I watched this video.. I'm 6' 2- 270lbs suppose to be a big strong tough guy..💪😎. And I keep getting dust in my eyes.. 😭 Damn allergies..!😂
Johnny cash was only 71 when he died. I don’t think he had regrets that he could no longer live a particular lifestyle. I think he was reflecting on his life as most of us do and realizing who and what is truly important to you in the end. Trent Reznor wrote the song, but said after Johnny Cash covered it that it was Johnny’s song now.
He was famous for decades. The little white house was his childhood home. That's where his older brother was killed in tragic sawmill accident. BEFORE CHILD LABOR LAWS. SAD
If he had no regrets he couldn’t have sung “Hurt” with so much emotion. Do you really think addicts don’t regret what their addiction has led them to do? How it has led them to behave? When nothing and nobody comes close to the importance of getting that next fix?
This song always makes me tear up. I loved and respected my dad more than any other man, but we had our disagreements. Now my children are all over 30, im 52 and terminally ill, and we dont speak. I feel so alone, not that i am. I have people in my life that love me, and i try to be thankful for each day, and the people God has placed in my life. I just wish they were some of those people, damn our foolish pride..
I'm so sorry, so many of us in our addiction can only see as far as our own pain that the drug helps us to forget. All of this helps us erase what we don't know how to do in our clear mind. Awful memories when we do finally become sober are not only still there, but now we must face the incredible pain of the children we left behind, not caring what they don't know, unable to explain the reasons for all that you could not cope with! I'm praying for you my broken friend, even through all that you were running and hiding from; you now know that what's been done was never your fault. Only now, can you finally know that how you chose to bury those long ago painful memories was the only chose you felt you had. I'm not sure exactly why or what type of pain your children and their own lives had to deal with, whether it was them seeing you choosing your addiction over them, or if it was something else. We of course don't know the entire story, the feelings of abandonment, physical, emotional trauma that your children may have had to endure on their own, all that a young mind can understand is that when they needed you their father, you were lost emotionally and unable to step up to the plate to be there. I feel that there is so much more that you can't share in this comment, but whatever it is or was destroyed what could or should have been; that you were unable to cope without the use of whatever method of relief you could to just cope and survive the ultimate pain that was inflicted upon you. I wonder now that if your children did decide to forgive you, could you even today share with them the real truth of what and why all of this occured in the first place. I hope that your children forgive before it's to late. Give everything over to God Almighty Himself, the one and only ultimate healer of time and forgiveness. There's no time left to ponder, give yourself a break...Only God is left, He will always be there when all is said and done 🙏🙏🙏.
I feel like giving you a massive hug sweetheart. You have shown yourself as a good soul. And you have a good man beside you. God bless you, enjoy your wonderful life.
Johnny CASH WAS REVEALING AND IDENTIFYING WITH MANY ERRORS HE HAD MADE AND WISH HE COULD START AGAIN! WE ALL CAN REINFORCED HIS SENTIMENTS FOR AS WE GET OLDER WE CAN ALL RELATE.
"Johnny Cash sings it like a story" You are right. He is known for his stories he has made into song. A Boy Named Sue, Folsm Blues and When the Man Come Around. Are all great examples of this.
Johnny Cash was only 71 when he died (he died less than a year after this video was made). He suffered from autonomic neuropathy, which causes a rapid deterioration of the the body; at the time of this video we was in constant pain and nearly blind from glaucoma.
Yes he had a rock star life. Tons of materialistic things that most of us can only dream of. At the end however, he realized relationships were more valuable than any materialistic items.
I’m a big NIN fan, seen them play this song live several times and know what it means to Trent! Wasn’t sure Cash could do it justice, but I was definitely pleasantly surprised!
Great reaction. Great seeing your emotions. It is a sad song. I think this was very heartfelt for Johnny. The life of an addict involves hurting and deceiving a lot of people around you along the way. Am sure John felt he had disappointed a lot of people who were dear to him over the years. I'm sure many people with addiction can relate. Thank you for such a great reaction.
Johnny Cash was a Christian and he and his wife sang many Christian songs throughout their lives. The anguish on his face showing the image of Jesus being nailed to the cross was because Johnny knew that his sins were some of those being paid for By the sinless Christ who could’ve, with the blink of an eye, wiped out the entire Roman empire. But he chose to willingly sacrifice for those both before and after his incarnation who would believe on his name. Crying is a perfect response to that song.
Trent Reiner (NIN) said he was meant to write the song but that Johnny Cash was meant to sing it. He 71 when he passed back in 2003 but his wife, June, died 4 months before Johnny.
I tear up virtually every time i see this video and sometimes when just listening to the song, As you get older the lyrics hit you harder, i've lost friends,i've lost family, it is hard to not reflect on them and how much you miss them,regrets you have ,things not said..things you said you wish you could take back.
In the liner notes for the album this appeared on (American Songs IV), they asked Johnny Cash why he was doing a cover of this particular NIN song... he said "Because this is a song I could have written (about) thirty years ago..."
Johnny lived to be 70 or so. His love of his life, June, died a few months after this recording and Johnny followed shortly thereafter. ... Y'all don't understand the song because you don't understand the man.
Oh no. You must always finish a song. This one is a perfect example as I've watched several reactions to it and everyone has something to say about the very last image.
You can be forgiven, not knowing Johnny’s history, or this is his last recording. He sings of how life’s wealth and material things mean nothing. His regrets and sorrow for not realizing what is truly important in life. Trent Reznor thought this, perhaps, his best song, inspired by completely different emotions, cryed when hearing Johnny sing this, and said it was no longer his song. … it was Johnnies!
Trent rezner that wrote the song, Wasn't too enthused at first. When he heard that Johnny Cash wanted to cover it. But after he heard his cover, he decided that the song was no longer his. It was johnny cash a song now.
I've been listening to Mr. Cash since I was a baby and his voice is timeless. Another soulful and emtional musician to check out is Beth Hart: "Am I the One" live at The Paradiso (2004) "Caught Out in the Rain" live at The Royal Albert Hall (2018) "I'd Rather Go Blind" with Joe Bonamassa live in Amsterdam. The Beth Hart rabbit hole is filled with so much talent from so many highly talented musicians. Thank you for your candor and enthusiasm.
Every time I hear this song I burst into tears because I took care of my father for the last 7 years of his life and he passed away 9 months ago. He was my best friend.
No reason to be sorry. The song is a window into someone's journey through life, a journey we all must take, some longer than others and some much more brief.
It's,To Late To Say Your Sorry, to all those you "Hurt". It,s not easy becoming as big as he was in life. You make so many mistakes and "Hurt" the ones you love and their no longer here ..... That's Life ::::
He was only 71 when he passed... just a few months after his wife June who passed a few months after the video was recorded. If you had played the ending of the video, he closes the piano and caresses it one last time saying goodbye.
And do not apologize when music makes you cry... we all do, and especially this song. Those feelings are even more powerful when you know the timing of this video compared to his wife's passing and his own passing. Never be ashamed at tears... Not just this song. Whiskey Lullaby will do the same with the full video. (Brad Paisley)
I have seen many reactions of this video and this is the first time I have not seen a reviewer cry (George). Alexa, crying during this video is normal and you should not feel bad!
Johnny Cash covered this song. NIN wrote it. This is the last thing that Johnny recorded. Both he and his wife (shown in the video) died within months of recording this.
i cry every time i watch this video, don't be sorry. this song has so much meaning to it, it's hard to not feel johnny cash's emotion
Glad I'm not the only one :)
I came here to say the same thing. Hon, don't ever be sorry for your honest emotions. Music can move us I so many ways it is universal. I have heard Johnny do this song many times, and it still moves me to tears.
didn't finish it guys. he closed the piano and caressed it. nice parting touch on the last shot of the last time John was ever on film. this was his swan song. June Carter-Cash passed shortly after this last project. followed shortly by "the man in black". long live his memory and music. go w/ God, guys. big shoutout from just an old, longhaired Southern rocker dude in Gatlinburg, Tennessee .U.S.A. peace and love y'all.
Little after June passed Johnny died hopefully he’s not In pain there all together now , Johnnys lil brother, Jim , June 😢
Can't believe he stopped it before the closing of the piano and the caress of the wood. That's a huge moment in that video missed.
Let it end.....
I had heard that both June and Johnny were diagnosed with cancer and had a short amount of time left. Johnny was determined to outlive June so she didn’t have to take the pain of losing him first. Rest in peace, Johnny and June.
He didn't get the song and he blew the closure to the piece.
You do not have to say you are sorry for crying, that was your true reaction to this song. sometimes the heart hears what the ears can not.
Thank you, really appreciate it :)
The author, Trent Reznor, from Nine Inch Nails, commented that hearing this version made him feel like he was losing a girlfriend. He said that it wasn't his song anymore, he just carried it a while for Johnny. Rosanne Cash, Johnny's daughter told him that it sounded like he was saying goodbye. He just replied, "I am." Johnny was very ill, and only 71 when he died. As someone else commented, the video wasn't over.
I've watched this song at least 20 times and cry every time
Same here, every time I hear this song
@7:03 The regrettable thing that people don't learn until later in life is that the accumulation of accolades, accomplishments, degrees, money, and so on, don't mean anything. The lesson that you don't learn until after a lifetime of obtaining that stuff is that its the people that is the most important thing. As humans we put so much value in gaining the other stuff that we miss the most important thing, sitting on a chair in the yard and just talking to the family, to the friends, or who ever.
There's one more visual, right after where you stopped the video -- Johnny solemnly closes the fallboard on the piano. It reminds me of someone closing the coffin of a loved one, saying goodbye.
It was sad for me anyway...
Wonderful reaction! I read an interview with Roseanne Cash who cried when she heard this album and this song. She said to her dad, " It sounds like you're saying goodbye." Johnny replied, "I am"
He was only in his 70s, not 90s. But he squeezed a lot of life into those 70 years.
64yo guy, at work, heard this song a hundred times, still brings tears.
I can feel you :)
"Even your family is a stranger to you when you're that old" is a very powerful observation.
The best reactions have an emotional connection rather than an intellectual one.
It’s actually a song of regret of how he mistreated his family and friends and even himself over the years with the drug abuse. That’s why he says at the end if I could start again 1,000,000 miles away, I would keep myself I would find a way. He says all through the song I will make you hurt because that’s what his addiction done to his family. It’s not a song of living a long happy prosperous life it’s a song of regret and pain for pain that he caused to others and realized that it was all for a bunch of stuff that doesn’t amount to anything in the end all you have is your relationship with God, your self , Your friends and your family. That’s why he calls it his empire of dirt, it’s just stuff it means nothing. Especially when you get to the point where Johnny was none of that stuff helps. Only relationships and love.
The was a remake of a nine inch nails song
Reznor wrote this song about addiction and depression. Johnny covered the song to portray basically everything written above by Clasmaster
This song can mean many things. That's why music resonates with so many people. One verse can be taken a hundred ways.. making it personal for each listener.
I take as a song of having lived your life the best you could. You failed many people... even with the best intentions. You have nothing to give them in the end but you..
I want to say more but I'm pretty tired right now... that's all my brain could process tonight
Is the needle at the beginning about drug abuse or about chemotherapy? Pretty sure that was more what Johnny Cash was facing at the time. Just because the words are the same...
@@StevenHughes-hr5hp Johnny used to be an intervenous drug user. So it would fit like the original meaning from Trent Reznor about heroin addiction. I don’t think he had chemotherapy that I know of. He says the old familiar Sting, try to kill it all away, but I remember everything. Just trying to deaden his memories and feelings with drugs.
It's a shame you stopped the video before the end. The last shot is really important and emotional
I was already crying, it would be too much for me :D
There is a Native American expression that goes something like this - " The soul would have no rainbow, if the eyes had no tears!"
Aww, that's lovely :)
Johnny Cash has died at the age of 71. The woman standing next to him on the stairs is his wife June who died 3 months after this clip was made. Johnny passed away 4 month after her.
Ohh... that's sad :(
I cry every time. It shows your humanity and that you care.
I think the final part of the video that you didn’t play is one of the things that gets to me the most. When the music is done and he closes the piano, he touches it one last time as if to say he’s done.
You missed the strongest moment of the video--at the very end when he closes the piano--symbolically and lovingly closing his career and his life. Such an awesome, powerful song/cover/video. Nice reaction. I cry too.
Always play a vid until the end. Every time. And no need to apologise for showing emotions, I do it every time when I hear this masterpiece.
Its ok to cry and don't apologize for it. Its an extremely emotional song, especially for many of us that lived alongside Johnny's brilliance. It is possible to cry everytime you hear this song, even for men.
Sweetie, never apologize when a story touches your heart. Many of us, myself included, cried so hard the first time we heard Johnny's version. It does hit you differently than Tool's.
I being an older person, heard it first from nine inch nails. Will have to look up tools version.
I remember first hearing this song when WWE used it in a tribute video to a wrestler ( Eddie Guerrero ) who had recently passed that I grew up watching ( and similar to Johnny and the original writer of the song from Nine Inch Nails, had struggles with substance abuse ). So first I cried for Eddie, discovered this beautiful song through that and then cried again for Johnny. A life full of regrets ( which I believe most normal people have regrets ) is tough to bare when you've lived as long as Johnny Cash.. eventually, you succumb to the weariness.
Bruh, tool didn't write the original. Trent Reznor from nine inch nails wrote it
When I write this, my brain was saying Nine Inch Nails. Fingers on the keyboard said You're not the boss of me, and BAM I hit enter. What a dufus. Thanks for catching that. 😂
The song is about regrets for life choices knowing you can’t go back to make things right. Incredible singer, incredible song
I've watched every reactor I can find and I've not found even one who has not had an emotional response to this cover. Trent Reznor, when approached by Rick Ruben about Johnny doing a cover, thought it was kitschy, and even after hearing the CDwant sold on the idea. 2 weeks later he received a copy of the video and said it gave him chills and tears. He said if was like losing a girlfriend - that it wasn't his song anymore; it was Johnny's. I'm a Rocker, but I grew up with my folks listening to country, and I've always loved Johnny. I think all the albums he made with Rick Ruben (The American Recordings) are awesome - he covered a good amount of songs in those four albums. I suggest checking out Rusty Cage (originally by Chris Cornell). RIP to them - I have mad respect for them both.
June Carter Cash was a beautiful woman. Even in old age. No wonder Johnny fell for her so hard.
That's true :)
It is normal to cry to this one... And what I hear him saying, is how he now value relations, over money and crap. Fine reaction! Thanks!
Thank you :)
Some mentioned of NIN (Nine Inch Nails), Trent Reznor, founder wrote this song about drug addiction. Trent and Johnny have a mutual acquaintance named Rick Rubin, music producer. Johnny asked Rick Rubin to see if he could cover this song, "Hurt". So, Rubin went to Trent find if it ok for Johnny to cover his song. At 1st, Trent was concerned about Johnny covering this song. But he given his ok for Johnny do the cover. That video here was recorded in February of 2003. That lady in the video was Johnny's wife, June Carter Cash. June, singer herself from famous Carter Family died right after this video in May. With his health problems, Johnny died of a broken heart in Sept of 2003. One of their children, I think Roseanne Cash (herself singer too) asked her dad, "Are you saying goodbye in this video?" Johnny replied, "Yes"
Back to Trent, he stated that this song is no longer his. This song belongs to Johnny.
Ooo, such a beautiful gesture. I didn't heart the NIN version, but it definitely feels like it belongs to Johnny.. forever...
anybody that knew Johnny an his life story, knows he gave up his drinking an drugs and turned to God and did alot of good work helping people an singing to guys in prison, sang to some soldiers. If anybody hearing this for the first time and not shed some tears, is not human. RIP The Man Black
Johnny had a lot of regrets in his life, including drug abuse. And when he read the lyrics to this song it touched a chord to his own life. And that's why he covered this song.
It fits his voice very well and the way he sings it
Music producer Rick Rubin convinced Johnny to cover the Nine Inch Nails song. Rick helped produce Cash's album American IV: The Man Comes Around (the record that features Johnny's cover).
He didn’t write it. Trent Reznor on Nine Inch Nails did. But, Johnny made it so much his own, Reznor said “it’s not my song anymore.”
He looks back on his life and regrets what his addiction has led him to do, the people he’s hurt and lost in the past because of his addictions, he knows he’s achieved so much in the way of awards and material trappings but realises that they mean nothing (“my empire of dirt”) when it comes down to it all that really matters is the people who love you and who you love, who you can trust and rely on to be there for you, that’s what makes you happy and successful in life.
I'm a grown man and cry every time I see this video :( So much hurt in there.
Never be sorry for your honest reaction to this song. I’ve been listening to this song for years and I still cry. Most of us do. This is the final gift Johnny left us and it’s priceless. RIP to The Man in Black. I look forward to more of your content.
Thank you, glad you like it :)
Oh my goodness, the reactor was sorry? She shouldn't be sorry for sharing our feelings, regardless of how well we knew Mr. Johnny Cash and his music. I'm grateful for this reaction, and expressing what most of us feel. Bless you, and God rest the soul of Mr. Johnny Cash.
Trent Reznar lead singer of N.I.N. who wrote this song said that when Johnny recorded this song, the song now belonged Johnny. Trent wrote this from the view of a young man who’s pondering his future, Johnny’s version is from the view of an old man looking back at his life knowing the end is near
Johnny's daughter saw this video shortly before he moved on to the next realm. She said to her dad, "It sounds like you're saying goodbye".
Johnny replied, "I am".
June Carter (Johnny's wife) passed a short time after this video.
Johnny joined her a few months later.
Thank you for your reaction. The tears were real, and, as others have said, I often tear up when I hear this song. So, again, thank you.
After a life with all the money, all the women and all the knowledge king Solomon said here is the end of the matter.the purpose of life is to know God and embrace His purpose. Relationships and moral integrity mean more than money or fame. John Cash made this song everymans regret for being caught up in the pursuit of temporal things. We all are this man to some degree. This song challenges us all to focus on the truly important issues of life, God, love and relationships. Some will say this is a cover, but Johnny made this song his own... powerful, impactful and thought provoking.
don't be ashamed of crying. This song is very emotional. I have shed tears watching it. It becomes even more poignant when you realize both he and his wife (the lady in the video) both died a short time after this released.
Those were real scenes from his life. The frame house was his childhood home. He and his older brother shared a bedroom. His brother died in tragic sawmill accident when very young .that was Before Child Labor Laws.
We cry because he brings it home......a real undeniable experience. It brings me to tears every time I watch it.
Very touching reaction. Johnny is saying, "What does it matter to gain the whole world, and then lose it in the end?"
The 9-Inch Nails version, doesn't give me that reaction. I don't even like it. Johnny's version, makes me tear up.
I love reactions to this video, but I can't help but pointing out that the main contribution to this video are the facts that he was a former drug addict and June and her father helped to get him sober, also the fact that even though Nine Inch Nails wrote the song, it's almost as though they wrote it for Johnny. It's his life personified. He lived and breathed for June and only lived months after her death. His actual grief is visible in the end production. She was alive and participated in the beginning production then passed away and Johnny followed shortly after. This man was dedicating his life to her
Absolutely phenomenal!!.
I thought her reaction was, genuine authentic and beautiful..... Johnny made me cry too the first 200 times I watched this video.. I'm 6' 2- 270lbs suppose to be a big strong tough guy..💪😎. And I keep getting dust in my eyes.. 😭
Damn allergies..!😂
Thank you :)
Johnny was only 71 when he died. He just looked 90. Hard living caught up with him. R.I.P. Johnny.
Johnny cash was only 71 when he died. I don’t think he had regrets that he could no longer live a particular lifestyle. I think he was reflecting on his life as most of us do and realizing who and what is truly important to you in the end. Trent Reznor wrote the song, but said after Johnny Cash covered it that it was Johnny’s song now.
He was famous for decades. The little white house was his childhood home. That's where his older brother was killed in tragic sawmill accident. BEFORE CHILD LABOR LAWS. SAD
I’m not sure but did you guys say Johnny Cash lived to be 90? He died at 71 he just looked 90 because he lived so hard.
Johnny was only 71 when he died. And he lived a life full of regret.
He was 71 when he died, shortly within a year or so of when this video came out.
Nice catalog guys 🤘❤️ johnny had a great life. He enjoyed every thing he did. I dont believe he any regrets
Yeah... I think he lived his live to the maximum
If he had no regrets he couldn’t have sung “Hurt” with so much emotion. Do you really think addicts don’t regret what their addiction has led them to do? How it has led them to behave? When nothing and nobody comes close to the importance of getting that next fix?
Your tears are the greatest compliment you can give to an artist😢
Thank you :)
You never have to be sorry for crying if something makes you sad, and this song is truly heartbreaking 😢
This song always makes me tear up. I loved and respected my dad more than any other man, but we had our disagreements. Now my children are all over 30, im 52 and terminally ill, and we dont speak. I feel so alone, not that i am. I have people in my life that love me, and i try to be thankful for each day, and the people God has placed in my life. I just wish they were some of those people, damn our foolish pride..
I'm so sorry, so many of us in our addiction can only see as far as our own pain that the drug helps us to forget. All of this helps us erase what we don't know how to do in our clear mind. Awful memories when we do finally become sober are not only still there, but now we must face the incredible pain of the children we left behind, not caring what they don't know, unable to explain the reasons for all that you could not cope with! I'm praying for you my broken friend, even through all that you were running and hiding from; you now know that what's been done was never your fault.
Only now, can you finally know that how you chose to bury those long ago painful memories was the only chose you felt you had.
I'm not sure exactly why or what type of pain your children and their own lives had to deal with, whether it was them seeing you choosing your addiction over them, or if it was something else.
We of course don't know the entire story, the feelings of abandonment, physical, emotional trauma that your children may have had to endure on their own, all that a young mind can understand is that when they needed you their father, you were lost emotionally and unable to step up to the plate to be there.
I feel that there is so much more that you can't share in this comment, but whatever it is or was destroyed what could or should have been; that you were unable to cope without the use of whatever method of relief you could to just cope and survive the ultimate pain that was inflicted upon you.
I wonder now that if your children did decide to forgive you, could you even today share with them the real truth of what and why all of this occured in the first place. I hope that your children forgive before it's to late.
Give everything over to God Almighty Himself, the one and only ultimate healer of time and forgiveness. There's no time left to ponder, give yourself a break...Only God is left, He will always be there when all is said and done 🙏🙏🙏.
I feel like giving you a massive hug sweetheart. You have shown yourself as a good soul. And you have a good man beside you. God bless you, enjoy your wonderful life.
I understand you thinking he was old when he died but he was quite young by today's standards at 71. He looks like he's 100.
Yup and Sylvester and Samuel L Jackson are still doing action movies.
He had a hard life, it left its marks. He was also very ill
Johnny CASH WAS REVEALING AND IDENTIFYING WITH MANY ERRORS HE HAD MADE AND WISH HE COULD START AGAIN!
WE ALL CAN REINFORCED HIS SENTIMENTS FOR AS WE GET OLDER WE CAN ALL RELATE.
Agree
You have to view the ending, where he closes the piano, stroking the cover, somehow knowing it will not be opened by him again.
"Johnny Cash sings it like a story"
You are right. He is known for his stories he has made into song. A Boy Named Sue, Folsm Blues and When the Man Come Around. Are all great examples of this.
Johnny Cash was only 71 when he died (he died less than a year after this video was made). He suffered from autonomic neuropathy, which causes a rapid deterioration of the the body; at the time of this video we was in constant pain and nearly blind from glaucoma.
She cant help crying, she has a beautiful heart!❤
his daughter listened to it and said it sounds like you're saying goodbye. he said i am.
she died 2 months after this, he died soon after her.
Yes he had a rock star life. Tons of materialistic things that most of us can only dream of. At the end however, he realized relationships were more valuable than any materialistic items.
I’m a big NIN fan, seen them play this song live several times and know what it means to Trent! Wasn’t sure Cash could do it justice, but I was definitely pleasantly surprised!
Great reaction. Great seeing your emotions. It is a sad song. I think this was very heartfelt for Johnny. The life of an addict involves hurting and deceiving a lot of people around you along the way. Am sure John felt he had disappointed a lot of people who were dear to him over the years. I'm sure many people with addiction can relate. Thank you for such a great reaction.
You're welcome :) Stay tuned for more :)
Johnny Cash was a Christian and he and his wife sang many Christian songs throughout their lives. The anguish on his face showing the image of Jesus being nailed to the cross was because Johnny knew that his sins were some of those being paid for By the sinless Christ who could’ve, with the blink of an eye, wiped out the entire Roman empire. But he chose to willingly sacrifice for those both before and after his incarnation who would believe on his name. Crying is a perfect response to that song.
Trent Reiner (NIN) said he was meant to write the song but that Johnny Cash was meant to sing it.
He 71 when he passed back in 2003 but his wife, June, died 4 months before Johnny.
I tear up virtually every time i see this video and sometimes when just listening to the song, As you get older the lyrics hit you harder, i've lost friends,i've lost family, it is hard to not reflect on them and how much you miss them,regrets you have ,things not said..things you said you wish you could take back.
In the liner notes for the album this appeared on (American Songs IV), they asked Johnny Cash why he was doing a cover of this particular NIN song... he said "Because this is a song I could have written (about) thirty years ago..."
NEVER PAUSE A SONG LIKE THIS!! SHAME ON YOU!! IT KILLS THE EMOTIONAL FLOW OF THIS CLASSIC! WAIT AND COMMENT AFTERWARDS!! WHATS WRONG WITH YOU??😡
I cry too. But Johnny (& June) are now in Heaven. All who belong to Christ will join them one day.
Johnny lived to be 70 or so. His love of his life, June, died a few months after this recording and Johnny followed shortly thereafter. ... Y'all don't understand the song because you don't understand the man.
Mr. Cash was in his early 70s when he died. He had a rugged life with lots of drugs and partying. Looks rough but real.😏
I sobbed too. I think it hits harder when you haven't heard the song before like the 9 inch nails version. ❤
If this song doesn't tear your heart out, you may not have one. Once said. I am 47 and a guy and I cried too.
You're a beautiful person. Please don't apologize for expressing an honest emotion. Great reaction.
Oh no. You must always finish a song. This one is a perfect example as I've watched several reactions to it and everyone has something to say about the very last image.
HE WHO DOES NOT CRY ABOUT THIS TOPIC IS NOT HUMAN... GREETINGS FROM VENEZUELA
You can be forgiven, not knowing Johnny’s history, or this is his last recording. He sings of how life’s wealth and material things mean nothing. His regrets and sorrow for not realizing what is truly important in life.
Trent Reznor thought this, perhaps, his best song, inspired by completely different emotions, cryed when hearing Johnny sing this, and said it was no longer his song. … it was Johnnies!
It's the most emotional song without doubt
No need to apologise I’m baffled at anyone who can watch it without emotions!
Trent rezner that wrote the song, Wasn't too enthused at first. When he heard that Johnny Cash wanted to cover it. But after he heard his cover, he decided that the song was no longer his. It was johnny cash a song now.
FYI: Cash was famous for partying with ELVIS PRESLEY, WAYLON JENNINGS, LITTLE RICHARD, WILLEY NELSON, GLENN CAMPBEL, ECTRA!!
At 5:35 he wrote about that flood. Its called 5 feet high and rising.
I've been listening to Mr. Cash since I was a baby and his voice is timeless. Another soulful and emtional musician to check out is Beth Hart:
"Am I the One" live at The Paradiso (2004)
"Caught Out in the Rain" live at The Royal Albert Hall (2018)
"I'd Rather Go Blind" with Joe Bonamassa live in Amsterdam.
The Beth Hart rabbit hole is filled with so much talent from so many highly talented musicians. Thank you for your candor and enthusiasm.
Johnny was familiar with addiction so he sings it from experience
Every time I hear this song I burst into tears because I took care of my father for the last 7 years of his life and he passed away 9 months ago. He was my best friend.
No reason to be sorry. The song is a window into someone's journey through life, a journey we all must take, some longer than others and some much more brief.
It's,To Late To Say Your Sorry, to all those you "Hurt". It,s not easy becoming as big as he was in life. You
make so many mistakes and "Hurt" the ones you love and their no longer here ..... That's Life ::::
powerful huh?...brings me to tears...everytime.......
He was only 71 when he passed... just a few months after his wife June who passed a few months after the video was recorded. If you had played the ending of the video, he closes the piano and caresses it one last time saying goodbye.
And do not apologize when music makes you cry... we all do, and especially this song. Those feelings are even more powerful when you know the timing of this video compared to his wife's passing and his own passing. Never be ashamed at tears... Not just this song. Whiskey Lullaby will do the same with the full video. (Brad Paisley)
I have seen many reactions of this video and this is the first time I have not seen a reviewer cry (George). Alexa, crying during this video is normal and you should not feel bad!
Johnny Cash covered this song. NIN wrote it. This is the last thing that Johnny recorded. Both he and his wife (shown in the video) died within months of recording this.
Ohhh.. that's really sad :(
@@PhoenixXDuo Yes and no. I agree with both of you on this.
You need to remember that Johnny Cash was actually talented, and he would talk to other talented musicians.
I believe Johnny was only in his early 70's when he passed away not long after this song was made. Not his 90's.
its okay to cry I do every time I watch this song :)
now that i think of it David Bowie kind of did the same thing when he filmed Lazarus, a final goodbye to the fans
Great review guys.
Thank you, glad you like it :)
Good music is supposed to evoke an emotion. This one really does.
You're right :)