Johnny Cash did struggle with addiction for a period of his life. Trent Reznor was reported as being hesitant about Johnny doing this song, but after he heard it, he said the song was Johnny's.
What he said to cash or what ever this is always open as people will repeat songs/melodies, beats. To me this is always nin treants song, i can hardly listen to the cash song it sounds way to country..
There are not too many ‘covers’ that can reach such solitary heights, but this version is perhaps the best example, and without sacrificing the original. After all, can this still be categorised under any particular style of music, does that matter? In fact, this is so authentic in its own right that it can no longer be called a cover, imho. Even more important in this context, I think, is the audiovisual unity of a very layered life, conveying a powerful final message: being able to let go of all the scars of life, and say goodbye with dignity.
It was his swan song, he died not long after this, 7 months later. His wife June died a few months before him. Hits me right in the heart every time I hear this.
From 1959-1968 Johnny was arrested 7 times for alcohol & drugs. He never served time per se' but he spent many a night in jail. His wife June was his salvation & this song is perfect as his swan song. (They had a famous duet together called 'Jackson' if you want to dig deeper.) This video showing some of his youth & his movie clips & his childhood home etc. makes this extra powerful. His tourist museum 'The House of Cash' all closed down & stripped bare. Sad.
I've seen Nine Inch Nails five times in concert including once when David Bowie came on stage to sing "Hurt." It has always been one of the most powerful and emotional songs in their set list and initially I couldn't imagine Johnny Cash performing it. But it's a very simple and direct song and the lyrics took on an added weight when sung by Johnny, who was so clearly in his final days. His version came out in 2002, and he was dead a year later. That realization of his pending mortality made it all the more heartbreaking. But a God-fearing man until the end, Johnny changed the lyric "I wear this crown of sh*t" to "I wear this crown of thorns."
absolutely agree. Love NIN (woulda done a lot to get to that Glass Spider tour!) But Johnny truly did the song justice, gave it a gravitas that NIN never did. Transformed it into something else, just as good if not better.
@@PoliticallyPink Actually it wasn't Glass Spiders but rather the Nine Inch Nails and Bowie co-tour in the mid-90's. I'm horrible with dates so I looked it up and Glass Spiders was in 1987. Meanwhile NIN's Pretty Hate Machine came out in 1989 (a date I actually remember). I reviewed it for a local newspaper and the tragedy was that NIN opened for Bowie out of deference to his greatness, but a large number of NIN fans would leave before Bowie's set as a result. Trent either anticipated this or saw it happening early on in the tour and so he would come on during Bowie's set to collaborate on Scary Monsters, Reptile, and Hurt, ostensibly to keep some of the clueless segment of NIN's base from leaving early.
Johnny struggled HARD with addiction...he even spent time in jail.....the guy went though a lot...Trent Reznor, who wrote this song said after hearing Johnny sing his song, said that it was no longer his song but belonged to Johnny Cash.
Johnny had his own battles with addiction, as well. Not heroin, but, cocaine, and, pills. But, Johnny turned it into the most powerful, regret filled goodbye EVER. And, Rick Rubin's production, and, engineering was simply BRILLIANT!
If this doesn't make you cry your heart has been surgically removed. Johnny Cash was fire, i was never a Trent Reznor fan but i found new respect for him after what he said about Johnny Cash.
I was thinking the same thing…I cry every time I see it…and I’m a 52 year old man. Makes you think about your life…all your accomplishments…and all your regrets.
The Johnny Cash museum in Nashville is pretty cool. You walk through the building seeing some really great artifacts and learn about his life from beginning to end. You learn about his brother's horrific accident as a kid, different things from his school years, playing music, going to the Air Force, traveling the country, etc. At one point you see a letter he wrote to his first wife from a military base in San Antonio when Johnny was about 20 years old; she went through a lot with him, but he eventually broke her heart and left her for someone else. Johnny loved his 2nd wife with all his heart, but he still realizes he was a P.O.S. when he was younger. You see the good, bad, and ugly all the way through the museum, but at the end of the museum route you come to a hallway with older pictures of Johnny and the song Hurt playing as you look at some last artifacts with the Hurt music video playing on a small TV. It's pretty powerful and it brings everything full circle. "Hurt" was a N.I.N. song, but the song was meant for Johnny. Nine inch nails pretty much gave him the song after he covered it.
I agree! I was just at the Johnny Cash Museum a few weeks ago, and it was an incredible, emotional experience. Just walking in, my lip started to tremble and I could barely hold it in. The two most powerful parts for me were, the Ragged Old Flag mini-theater/exhibit, and this song Hurt and the exhibit, at the end of the tour. Where have the true country heroes gone?
This was the last song Johnny Cash recorded, and he passed away soon after. His wife had already passed away and I think he was ready to go because he missed her so badly. She's the lady you'll see in the video , it was an old video of her, with the long hair. The picture of the lady on the wall was his Mother.
Actually, June was alive when this was recorded, and that is her. She did pass away about a month after the filming, and Johnny passed about 4 months later.
@@jimtuell4076 My mistake, I thought she had already passed at that point. I wish Johnny wouldn't have recorded this song as his last, but I guess he had his reasons. It's so heartbreaking.
This video was recorded / released in late 2002. Johnny's wife, June, passed away in May of 2003 and Johnny followed a few months later in September 2003. That is June on the staircase. She came down during the recording - the love and concern she has shows so clearly. She wasn't originally meant to be in the video, but who in their right mind would have edited her out of this? They didn't. Johnny was very ill, they sometimes had to record just a line or two at a time to get through it. Beautiful, haunting, sad, real.
@@StephanieTrueloveThe fact that it is heartbreaking is probably one of the reasons why Johnny chose this as his last. It's pretty obvious he knew he didn't have much longer left. This was his goodbye, and much like his career, it left a lasting memory.
@@StephanieTrueloveAs heartbreaking as the song may be, this song gave Johnny the recognition that had eluded him in the prior decades and at least he was able to go out on top. He deserved that.
Great reaction guys 👍...I was raised on Johnny Cash...my grandfather 🙏 use to play his records over and over to me every Sunday morning while my grandmother was at church... thank you 👍
I like the combination of two older guys (like me) combined with the younger gentleman. I had a different perspective in my 30’s than I do now in my 60’s. Nice job men!
My daughter was hospitalized when she was 15 for Suicidal concerns. She says she can't listen to this song. Johnny Cash was an addict and did hurt a lot of people around him. This was a life story, and he did sing this in the most heartfelt way
The addition was something he said he struggled with most every day of his life. I recall him talking about the Grace of God in his life, and even though he knew The Lord and trust Jesus with his life, he confessed that every morning when we woke up, he would have go ask God for the strength to keep that demon/addition desire locked up "in the cage" ... that he would not unlock it and slide back into his addiction. All that you guys have said is SO TRUE as well. His interpretation of this song is utterly personal for him ... but can be for each of us in our own ways as we face the end of our days--this side of the hereafter.
Rick Rubin got with Johnny and said he wanted to produce an album with him. John asked what can you do that all the others didn't. Rick told him you in my studio with your guitar and sing whatever songs you want to have on the album. The album is called "American Recordings" which is the 81st album by American country singer Johnny Cash. It was released on April 26, 1994 by American Recordings, by the way this song was not on the album just wanted to let you know its out there.
Another fun fact about Rubin was he knew his Pro Wrestling. Enough that he helped Jim Cornette to start Smoky Mountain Wrestling and if he doesn't cuss you out, then you must have a good grasp.
You guys are really really great....spot on with this reaction. I could see your emotions change and come full circle....thanks for doing this one...everyone can get a life lesson from this video and your reaction.
I'm not crying your crying ... I followed Johnny Cash through my life even though I was a rocker he was on a level above the rest . He survived drug addiction and personal struggles to produce some great music. This one gets everyone in the cajones.
There are not too many ‘covers’ that can reach such solitary heights, but this version is perhaps the best example, and without sacrificing the original. After all, can this still be categorised under any particular style of music, does that matter? In fact, this is so authentic in its own right that it can no longer be called a cover, imho. Even more important in this context, I think, is the audiovisual unity of a very layered life, conveying a powerful final message: being able to let go of all the scars of life, and say goodbye with dignity. - Tom, Belgium
Man, no matter how many times I've heard this and watched the video... I feel the hurt, the beauty and tears well up. My eldest uncle was a big fan of his. At his funeral he had "When the man comes around" playing. Before that time all I knew was " Ring of fire " probably.. What a beautiful soul this man was. Both Cash and my uncle. Love.
You can have everything, but if you feel you have nothing, you have nothing. A lesson to embrace closer the true important things in life, like family, like love, like friendship, like compassion... Although the really important things in life may be few, embrace them properly, go live live to the full and you can feel you have everything!
Johnny died shortly after making this song. His wife died 4 months after making this song. She passed on May, 15th 2003. Johnny died 3 months after June (his wife), on September, 12th 2003. Gives this song even more meaning. When Johnny Cash closes the piano it was the last time Johnny Cash ever played.
I heard that his daughter told him this song sounded like goodbye, and Johnny said "it is." He died less than a year after he did this song-- I think but not sure it was his last.
This was indeed Johnny Cash's swan song recording it just 7 months before he died. He did suffer from a decades long struggle with substance abuse which he finally kicked in the late 80s.
This is off his final album, CASH, which won a posthumous Grammy award. It really is a good album. He wrote the album because he knew he didn't have too many years left and he wanted to give his family a boost of money to live on after he left. Plus he wanted to say goodbye to his fans. On that album, theere is a song called Until We Meet Again which is really nice farwell from him saying that we'll all meet on the other side.
Johnny was more than ready to rejoin the love of his life, June Carter Cash, in heaven. I believe that's why he chose to do this project. If you're a fan of Johnny, or just respect his legacy, there's a touching video of his last performance in public. I think it was done at a nursing home that he was residing in.
Thanks for reacting to this one. In the past I’ve criticized music accompanied by video, which can be distracting and irrelevant (aside from live performances). But this is a rare example where the video portion actually completes the audio.
He died six weeks after making his swan song video. The woman who was on the stairs was his wife June Carter Cash and the woman in the picture on the wall was his mother Carrie Cash.
When you see the frame around his Record broke It hurts so much to see the way the record industry just pushed him aside. It was shameful the way they treated Johnny Cash To the end.
1. The Belgian Broadcast asked me in 2014 to interview his son in Amsterdam, and I asked him some questions about the broken records. The broken glass on the records in this video was not caused by JC, as people might think. They felt on the floor by accident. He's son was outspoken clear on that. 2. It's true that Record Companies like Colombia avoided him since approx 1980, when JC lost his 'cool' so to say. That's why the "American Recordings" are SO important!! - Tom
As soon as I saw what song you were reacting to I put my headphones on and watched the video. Excellent reaction to an excellent song. The emotion in Johnny Cash's voice makes this song hit hard. One of my favorite songs by Johnny Cash is A Boy Named Sue. My Dad loved that song ,I think of him every time I hear the song. For a fun song by Johnny Cash, listen to One Piece At A Time.
"Swan Song" is the perfect description. The song is powerful but that video intensified the power of that song. Have you guys seen the Movie 'Walk The Line'? Joaquin Phoenix plays him in the movie and it's powerful AF!
*It's like this song was made for him. That's why his manager (I think it was) suggested it to him. Another song that seems like it was made for him, even though not relating to his life, is "I Hung My Head", by Sting. Y'all should check out the original, then the Johnny Cash cover.*
All Johnny Cash's real life on film... his Jamaica house, Tennessee house, and his house he grew up in, lost his brother in, left home to go in the Army😢
You’ve caught the Cash magic. Every one of his songs is worth a listen. Check out the Wanderer with U2 backing him up. You’d love it! Thanks guys. Love your reactions!
He was everything, but also nothing simultaneously. You are someone else, I am still right here. He's still right here to this day. I want to promote this new Artist I've fallen in love with. Please react to anything by Andrew Cushin. Anything isn't a song title, I just think he's amazing.
See if you can find the song that Johnny duets with Bob Dylan when he and his wife visited Nashville and stayed a week or so with Johnny and his wife, June Carter. I think Johnny and Dylan sang bob's song "Girl from the North Country". Dylan wrote it and I am told Johnny liked it so much he wanted to record a duet with Bob Dylan. Pretty weird, I have to say, Dylan was not known to up and visit other people who were famous musicians. They seemed at the time to have come from different worlds, though they were both singers and song writers. I remember reading that Johnny Cash was tickled to have Dylan as a guest at his ranch. There is a video of Bob and Johnny duetting this Dylan original song. You will find it unique.
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Johnny Cash did struggle with addiction for a period of his life. Trent Reznor was reported as being hesitant about Johnny doing this song, but after he heard it, he said the song was Johnny's.
What he said to cash or what ever this is always open as people will repeat songs/melodies, beats. To me this is always nin treants song, i can hardly listen to the cash song it sounds way to country..
@@Malzarius85 To each his own
There are not too many ‘covers’ that can reach such solitary heights, but this version is perhaps the best example, and without sacrificing the original. After all, can this still be categorised under any particular style of music, does that matter? In fact, this is so authentic in its own right that it can no longer be called a cover, imho. Even more important in this context, I think, is the audiovisual unity of a very layered life, conveying a powerful final message: being able to let go of all the scars of life, and say goodbye with dignity.
Apparently when his daughter heard it she said (paraphrasing) "it sounds like you're saying goodbye" Johnny replied... "I am".
It was his swan song, he died not long after this, 7 months later. His wife June died a few months before him. Hits me right in the heart every time I hear this.
I think he might have tried to hold on longer if June hadn’t passed. But I think he died of a broken heart.
me too 😢
@kroakie4 oh definately. June was his life. His family knew he wouldn't live long after June passed.
The story goes that after his daughter first heard this recording, she sad it sounded like he was saying goodbye. He replied, "I am."
“I wasn’t prepared for what I saw, and it really then wasn’t my song anymore.” - Trent Reznor
From 1959-1968 Johnny was arrested 7 times for alcohol & drugs. He never served time per se' but he spent many a night in jail. His wife June was his salvation & this song is perfect as his swan song. (They had a famous duet together called 'Jackson' if you want to dig deeper.) This video showing some of his youth & his movie clips & his childhood home etc. makes this extra powerful. His tourist museum 'The House of Cash' all closed down & stripped bare. Sad.
Every time I lose someone, I come back to this song. Why
His daughter was there when they shot the video and when he closed the piano she said, "It feels like you're saying goodbye." He answered, "I am."
Everyone is gangsta until 'Hurt' starts playing
I like watching these reactions so I can catch dudes crying. It still gets me a little bit every time I hear it.
I've seen Nine Inch Nails five times in concert including once when David Bowie came on stage to sing "Hurt." It has always been one of the most powerful and emotional songs in their set list and initially I couldn't imagine Johnny Cash performing it. But it's a very simple and direct song and the lyrics took on an added weight when sung by Johnny, who was so clearly in his final days. His version came out in 2002, and he was dead a year later. That realization of his pending mortality made it all the more heartbreaking. But a God-fearing man until the end, Johnny changed the lyric "I wear this crown of sh*t" to "I wear this crown of thorns."
absolutely agree. Love NIN (woulda done a lot to get to that Glass Spider tour!) But Johnny truly did the song justice, gave it a gravitas that NIN never did. Transformed it into something else, just as good if not better.
@@PoliticallyPink Actually it wasn't Glass Spiders but rather the Nine Inch Nails and Bowie co-tour in the mid-90's. I'm horrible with dates so I looked it up and Glass Spiders was in 1987. Meanwhile NIN's Pretty Hate Machine came out in 1989 (a date I actually remember). I reviewed it for a local newspaper and the tragedy was that NIN opened for Bowie out of deference to his greatness, but a large number of NIN fans would leave before Bowie's set as a result. Trent either anticipated this or saw it happening early on in the tour and so he would come on during Bowie's set to collaborate on Scary Monsters, Reptile, and Hurt, ostensibly to keep some of the clueless segment of NIN's base from leaving early.
He closes the piano keyboard lid like he was closing a coffin lid.
I hope everyone is aware it's Trent Reznor's most vulnerable song and what an amazing cover Johnny did 🙌🏼
Johnny struggled HARD with addiction...he even spent time in jail.....the guy went though a lot...Trent Reznor, who wrote this song said after hearing Johnny sing his song, said that it was no longer his song but belonged to Johnny Cash.
Johnny had his own battles with addiction, as well. Not heroin, but, cocaine, and, pills. But, Johnny turned it into the most powerful, regret filled goodbye EVER. And, Rick Rubin's production, and, engineering was simply BRILLIANT!
You know the video is going to be amazing when Rick Rubin does it. RIP Johnny Cash
If this doesn't make you cry your heart has been surgically removed. Johnny Cash was fire, i was never a Trent Reznor fan but i found new respect for him after what he said about Johnny Cash.
I was thinking the same thing…I cry every time I see it…and I’m a 52 year old man. Makes you think about your life…all your accomplishments…and all your regrets.
The Johnny Cash museum in Nashville is pretty cool. You walk through the building seeing some really great artifacts and learn about his life from beginning to end. You learn about his brother's horrific accident as a kid, different things from his school years, playing music, going to the Air Force, traveling the country, etc. At one point you see a letter he wrote to his first wife from a military base in San Antonio when Johnny was about 20 years old; she went through a lot with him, but he eventually broke her heart and left her for someone else. Johnny loved his 2nd wife with all his heart, but he still realizes he was a P.O.S. when he was younger. You see the good, bad, and ugly all the way through the museum, but at the end of the museum route you come to a hallway with older pictures of Johnny and the song Hurt playing as you look at some last artifacts with the Hurt music video playing on a small TV. It's pretty powerful and it brings everything full circle. "Hurt" was a N.I.N. song, but the song was meant for Johnny. Nine inch nails pretty much gave him the song after he covered it.
I agree! I was just at the Johnny Cash Museum a few weeks ago, and it was an incredible, emotional experience. Just walking in, my lip started to tremble and I could barely hold it in. The two most powerful parts for me were, the Ragged Old Flag mini-theater/exhibit, and this song Hurt and the exhibit, at the end of the tour. Where have the true country heroes gone?
When I went, I finished before some of my friends and I just sat at the end watching the Hurt video over and over.
I heard that at the end of the song when Johnny closed his piano, he never opened it again. Goodbye brother Johnny may peace be with you. 😔
This was the last song Johnny Cash recorded, and he passed away soon after. His wife had already passed away and I think he was ready to go because he missed her so badly. She's the lady you'll see in the video , it was an old video of her, with the long hair. The picture of the lady on the wall was his Mother.
Actually, June was alive when this was recorded, and that is her. She did pass away about a month after the filming, and Johnny passed about 4 months later.
@@jimtuell4076 My mistake, I thought she had already passed at that point. I wish Johnny wouldn't have recorded this song as his last, but I guess he had his reasons. It's so heartbreaking.
This video was recorded / released in late 2002. Johnny's wife, June, passed away in May of 2003 and Johnny followed a few months later in September 2003. That is June on the staircase. She came down during the recording - the love and concern she has shows so clearly. She wasn't originally meant to be in the video, but who in their right mind would have edited her out of this? They didn't. Johnny was very ill, they sometimes had to record just a line or two at a time to get through it. Beautiful, haunting, sad, real.
@@StephanieTrueloveThe fact that it is heartbreaking is probably one of the reasons why Johnny chose this as his last. It's pretty obvious he knew he didn't have much longer left. This was his goodbye, and much like his career, it left a lasting memory.
@@StephanieTrueloveAs heartbreaking as the song may be, this song gave Johnny the recognition that had eluded him in the prior decades and at least he was able to go out on top. He deserved that.
I grew up hearing Johnny Cash....when i seen this video the first time....i couldnt talk...i couldnt move...i just sat there
I am a Man's Man, but this makes me unabshedly weep. I feel that pain, he speaks right into my soul with the pain I keep repressed.
Great reaction guys 👍...I was raised on Johnny Cash...my grandfather 🙏 use to play his records over and over to me every Sunday morning while my grandmother was at church... thank you 👍
I like the combination of two older guys (like me) combined with the younger gentleman.
I had a different perspective in my 30’s than I do now in my 60’s.
Nice job men!
What a powerful video and song. RIP Johnny Cash!!🙏🙏🙏🙏
When June appeared I started to cry, I knew it would happen, thank you guys...
Its hard to watch a mans man like Johnny Cash be so vulnerable. You have no chioce but to take this song SERIOUS.
I often say Johnny Cash strips a song down to the raw emotion. No frills, just the feel.
Thank you so much for not interrupting the video. You are A class gentleman. Respect ❤
I still cry when I watch this. Great reaction. ❤️✌️
All these years and I have to say that this is the first time Ive heard this.
What a powerful song, hits home so hard when youre struggling and addicted.
My daughter was hospitalized when she was 15 for Suicidal concerns. She says she can't listen to this song. Johnny Cash was an addict and did hurt a lot of people around him. This was a life story, and he did sing this in the most heartfelt way
The addition was something he said he struggled with most every day of his life. I recall him talking about the Grace of God in his life, and even though he knew The Lord and trust Jesus with his life, he confessed that every morning when we woke up, he would have go ask God for the strength to keep that demon/addition desire locked up "in the cage" ... that he would not unlock it and slide back into his addiction. All that you guys have said is SO TRUE as well. His interpretation of this song is utterly personal for him ... but can be for each of us in our own ways as we face the end of our days--this side of the hereafter.
He died shortly after and his wife as well. she was the 1 on the stairs Coming down to make sure he was okay
The video is a masterpiece. If the song alone didn't get you, the video will.
I get choked up and teary eyed when I hear this song....
I cried like a baby the first time I heard this song
I think a lot of us cried when we heard it, especially if the first listen was watching this video. So powerful and sad.
The end was symbolic when he closed the piano and rubbed his hands across gently. He knew he would probably never touch those keys again 😢
Johnny Cash struggled with addiction to both drugs and alcohol most of his life...he finally beat both...
All three of you guys are awesome to watch!
Rick Rubin got with Johnny and said he wanted to produce an album with him. John asked what can you do that all the others didn't. Rick told him you in my studio with your guitar and sing whatever songs you want to have on the album. The album is called "American Recordings" which is the 81st album by American country singer Johnny Cash. It was released on April 26, 1994 by American Recordings, by the way this song was not on the album just wanted to let you know its out there.
Another fun fact about Rubin was he knew his Pro Wrestling. Enough that he helped Jim Cornette to start Smoky Mountain Wrestling and if he doesn't cuss you out, then you must have a good grasp.
That last shot of him closing up his piano is so damned powerful.
Wow. Every time I hear that it's more intense. Good one guys. Keep em coming
Johnny Cash was 71 when he died. R I P ✌️❤️🙏🙏🙏
Sunday Morning Coming Down
A true legend ❤
What Johnny and Rick Rubin did with this was masterful. The raw emotion of that single piano note is unreal.
You guys are really really great....spot on with this reaction. I could see your emotions change and come full circle....thanks for doing this one...everyone can get a life lesson from this video and your reaction.
Thank you so much!! This really touched me. -- Corey Roy
The regrets of a dying man is a sad thing.
The change in your faces when the second line comes in....is profound. It shows how much this song affects everyone.
Just found you guys. Glad I did excellent reactions I’ve been checking them all out. 👍
I'm not crying your crying ... I followed Johnny Cash through my life even though I was a rocker he was on a level above the rest . He survived drug addiction and personal struggles to produce some great music. This one gets everyone in the cajones.
There are not too many ‘covers’ that can reach such solitary heights, but this version is perhaps the best example, and without sacrificing the original. After all, can this still be categorised under any particular style of music, does that matter? In fact, this is so authentic in its own right that it can no longer be called a cover, imho. Even more important in this context, I think, is the audiovisual unity of a very layered life, conveying a powerful final message: being able to let go of all the scars of life, and say goodbye with dignity. - Tom, Belgium
Man, no matter how many times I've heard this and watched the video... I feel the hurt, the beauty and tears well up. My eldest uncle was a big fan of his. At his funeral he had "When the man comes around" playing. Before that time all I knew was " Ring of fire " probably.. What a beautiful soul this man was. Both Cash and my uncle. Love.
I've watched this video over 100 times and it always chokes me up. Johnny's voice has so much emotion in it.
You can have everything, but if you feel you have nothing, you have nothing. A lesson to embrace closer the true important things in life, like family, like love, like friendship, like compassion... Although the really important things in life may be few, embrace them properly, go live live to the full and you can feel you have everything!
Johnny died shortly after making this song. His wife died 4 months after making this song. She passed on May, 15th 2003. Johnny died 3 months after June (his wife), on September, 12th 2003. Gives this song even more meaning. When Johnny Cash closes the piano it was the last time Johnny Cash ever played.
You have to watch the video for Johnny Cash's song A Boy Named Sue. Great reaction guys.
I heard that his daughter told him this song sounded like goodbye, and Johnny said "it is." He died less than a year after he did this song-- I think but not sure it was his last.
This was indeed Johnny Cash's swan song recording it just 7 months before he died. He did suffer from a decades long struggle with substance abuse which he finally kicked in the late 80s.
Great reaction ❤ I love Johnny Cash ❤you have to do a Boy name Sue ❤
Just so you know that whole album is Fire❤
poignant song with near perfect imagery to go with it... a real work of Art... thanks for stepping into it
This is off his final album, CASH, which won a posthumous Grammy award. It really is a good album. He wrote the album because he knew he didn't have too many years left and he wanted to give his family a boost of money to live on after he left. Plus he wanted to say goodbye to his fans. On that album, theere is a song called Until We Meet Again which is really nice farwell from him saying that we'll all meet on the other side.
A boy named Sue is a great song of his and muchh more light hearted.
I REALLY appreciated your guys' take on this 🧡
Powerful but in an understated way. Poignant & moving.
Probably the greatest cover ever made
You should do “God’s gonna cut you down” another fire song from the man! 💗
Johnny was more than ready to rejoin the love of his life, June Carter Cash, in heaven. I believe that's why he chose to do this project. If you're a fan of Johnny, or just respect his legacy, there's a touching video of his last performance in public. I think it was done at a nursing home that he was residing in.
Thanks guys for the analysis. Next Johnny Cash song to do it "When the man comes around".
Thanks for reacting to this one. In the past I’ve criticized music accompanied by video, which can be distracting and irrelevant (aside from live performances). But this is a rare example where the video portion actually completes the audio.
This song takes aging into a different sphere.
One of the rare times when a cover eclipses the original. RIP Hohnny Cash. ❤
The members of Nine Inch Nails said this was Johnny’s song now….😢
🙏Johnny💔 "I'll walk the line".😌
He died six weeks after making his swan song video. The woman who was on the stairs was his wife June Carter Cash and the woman in the picture on the wall was his mother Carrie Cash.
When you see the frame around his Record broke It hurts so much to see the way the record industry just pushed him aside. It was shameful the way they treated Johnny Cash To the end.
1. The Belgian Broadcast asked me in 2014 to interview his son in Amsterdam, and I asked him some questions about the broken records. The broken glass on the records in this video was not caused by JC, as people might think. They felt on the floor by accident. He's son was outspoken clear on that.
2. It's true that Record Companies like Colombia avoided him since approx 1980, when JC lost his 'cool' so to say. That's why the "American Recordings" are SO important!! - Tom
Trent writes like no other
Supposedly his daughter after hearing this said "it sounds like you are saying goodbye." To which he reportedly said "I am."
As soon as I saw what song you were reacting to I put my headphones on and watched the video. Excellent reaction to an excellent song. The emotion in Johnny Cash's voice makes this song hit hard. One of my favorite songs by Johnny Cash is A Boy Named Sue. My Dad loved that song ,I think of him every time I hear the song. For a fun song by Johnny Cash, listen to One Piece At A Time.
"Swan Song" is the perfect description. The song is powerful but that video intensified the power of that song. Have you guys seen the Movie 'Walk The Line'? Joaquin Phoenix plays him in the movie and it's powerful AF!
This stabs me right in my old cold heart 😢
*It's like this song was made for him. That's why his manager (I think it was) suggested it to him. Another song that seems like it was made for him, even though not relating to his life, is "I Hung My Head", by Sting. Y'all should check out the original, then the Johnny Cash cover.*
Also Dolly Pardon is 78 and just did a rock album and did Princes song Purple Rain and did an amazing job!!! Almost 80 and can sing her a$$ off!!
LONG BLACK VEIL is a personal fav that doesn t get much love for some reason
While a radio operator in the air force. He was the first westerner to learn of stalins death
Watch the movie" walk the line.. " it was about his life. He did have addiction when he was younger. The movie shows his addiction issues..
Hey guys...That was a great breakdown of this video....Mad good for you to catch all the references and apply it here.
Johnny was in good standing with God, and this song was a gift to Johnny from God...his final good bye song.
He saved his very best for last...
Love Johnny Cash 💖
All Johnny Cash's real life on film... his Jamaica house, Tennessee house, and his house he grew up in, lost his brother in, left home to go in the Army😢
You’ve caught the Cash magic. Every one of his songs is worth a listen. Check out the Wanderer with U2 backing him up. You’d love it! Thanks guys. Love your reactions!
Great breakdown guys. Really thoughtful. Song is powerful and you all felt it.
He was everything, but also nothing simultaneously.
You are someone else, I am still right here.
He's still right here to this day.
I want to promote this new Artist I've fallen in love with.
Please react to anything by Andrew Cushin.
Anything isn't a song title, I just think he's amazing.
Do Johnny Cash song God going cut you down really moving
Good job fellas, this obviously resonated with each one of you and you all had great take aways!
See if you can find the song that Johnny duets with Bob Dylan when he and his wife visited Nashville and stayed a week or so with Johnny and his wife, June Carter. I think Johnny and Dylan sang bob's song "Girl from the North Country". Dylan wrote it and I am told Johnny liked it so much he wanted to record a duet with Bob Dylan. Pretty weird, I have to say, Dylan was not known to up and visit other people who were famous musicians. They seemed at the time to have come from different worlds, though they were both singers and song writers. I remember reading that Johnny Cash was tickled to have Dylan as a guest at his ranch. There is a video of Bob and Johnny duetting this Dylan original song. You will find it unique.
This is a great video guys!! Some more good ones are Folsom prison blues, and a boy named sue ❤
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Nine Inch Nails discography is generational. If you choose to go down the rabbit hole you’ll find their sound evolves in chapters.
Broken was one of the first albums I ever owned and the first NIN album I got way way back in 1995 (came out in ‘92)
But anyway if you want high energy, early, aggressive Nine Inch Nails then give “Wish” a shot.
“Head Like a Hole” (‘89) was one of their early commercial successes and also a good introduction to industrial metal/synth. It may sound a little dated but still a classic.
“Closer” (‘98) is a solid track and the only song most reaction channels do. And most of them do it for the shock value of the video. But it is a good song.
I could keep going with every one of their albums and tracks but just know what y’all said at the top of the video about how it’s another rabbit hole is no joke they have 11 studio albums the first came out in 1989 their most recent 2020. And each album is a new sound and completely new energy. Also with most of their stuff properly listening in stereo will have a major impact on perception. If you throw one headphone behind your ear, DJ style, it will not be the same experience.
Damn I wrote y’all a book. But yeah NIN goes hard and Trent Reznor does some really crazy mixing/production to create interesting sounds and samples.
I genuinely hope you listen so a few of their songs from some different decades!