Sounds like what Goldwater's 1964 concession speech would've been! I guess America was ready for that conservatism (well for President at least) in 1980 and 1984!
Also, that clip at the end made me tear up. "Looking back on all that you've done, do you have any regrets about what you've done?" *"I used to, but I don't [anymore], I've forgave myself. When God forgave me, I figured I better do it too. So, uh, everything's alright now."*
@@CordeliaWagner1999 Trent said when Cash covered Hurt, it was then, Cash's song. Hurt was epic with NIN's recording, but Johnny turned it into a masterpiece of life, loss & death. 🥀
Met him once. I was a photographer's assistant in Nashville in the 80s. Another photographer was renting our studio for a photo shoot. I was in the tiny dressing room and I felt a presence behind me. I turned around and Johnny was standing there holding a suit on a hanger. He asked, "Can I hang this here?" I said, "Oh of course." That was the extent of our interaction but I new I had been in the presence of greatness.
I've been on the internet too long, i fully expected this to end with "and then his eyes rolled back and he spoke the language of angels into my mind. Cool guy"
Met him once. I was a photographer's assistant in Nashville in the 80s. Another photographer was renting our studio for a photo shoot. I was in the tiny dressing room and I felt a presence behind me. I turned around and Johnny was standing there holding a suit on a hanger. He asked, "Can I hang this here?" I said, "Oh of course." That was the extent of our interaction but I new I had been in the presence of greatness.
Weird Al had dropped two albums, one of which peaked at #17, before this song came out. And Weird Al had been doing music for many years as a cult classic before his first album came out. If anything, given Cash’s later collaboration with newer artists, I would bet that Weird Al served as an inspiration.
I think it’s great, this is just a clickbait title for views. Dude obviously has no idea what he’s talking about because a lot of people think it’s a good song.
I like this song, unironically, every song he wrote didn't have to be serious, he was a deeply Christian man, he had children, I believe he liked children, I think wanted to make some more songs that were very of their time, topical, funny, lighthearted fare that a father could play around his family without Johnny singing about cocaine and shooting people just to watch them die. Johnny's sense of humor may have been a touch off, however you must remember he took amphetamines, stimulants , sedatives, pain killers and drank for years. He relapsed many times and the song may have been the result of a manic state however, it was relatively harmless fun. I like this song.
I mean he also made songs like “One Piece at a Time”, “Flushed from the Bathroom of your Heart”. Heck even something like “Cocaine Blues” is essentially a joke song. He loved joke songs and they were successful for him. The chicken one is a little goofy but not really even that much of a stand out from some of the comedy songs that have been in country radio except that it’s Johnny Cash singing it and not someone like Ray Stevens. People confuse the popular image of Cash as Rebel throwing a middle finger at the Nashville authorities and the Nixon White House, or the deeply Christian moralist singing about the darkness in life, and what Cash actually was, which is all those things and more because the man had a hugely successful career in popular music that lasted half a century
I agree Sidney, it's surreal when you hear it for the first time, but, there were plenty of examples of Johnny Cash being creative or inventive. He was human. I seriously doubt he was the serious 'man in black' 24/7. If David Allan Coe can be serious or emotinal, despite being funny with his lyrics and singing, and if Waylon Jennings can write Waylonmore Blues, a song he admitted made no sense, then, why can't Cash parody his own legacy? Even John Lennon was known to have an eccentric sense of humour, while at the same time, making some heart breaking music. Besides, a chicken selling out a country venue singing Cash songs is pretty bonkers and funny.
@@thatgirlray2765 I was gonna mention that one, along with Boy Named Sue and Starkville City Jail. Comedy and novelty songs are a pretty key part of his repertoire, just like they're an integral part of the genre.
I'm a sucker for stupid random songs that don't fit with anything else the artist has made. and this song is no exception. but learning about the symbolism in the song really helps me get a new appreciation for it. Also, its really nice to see people who aren't older into Johnny Cash. makes me feel not alone haha
What are some other ones you know about? I can’t really think of any. Some might say David Bowie’s The Laughing Gnome would be, but it really isn’t all that different from the rest of the music he was putting out at the time
He was good friends with my grandfather. Has dinner with him at my grandad's house several times as a kid. Friendly man but absolutely terrifying to me as a child. Wished I had spoke with him more
Black suit, slow songs played on an acoustic guitar…yet somehow Johnny Cash was (maybe is) one of the most METAL dudes ever. There will never be another Johnny Cash…!
Really shows his sense of humour and without the video wouldn't of been seen as so silly and it's catchy as hell and tbh I'd love to see a whole sitcom series of the "Manhattan flash" 'cmon stick em up im robbing this bank"
And how, um, interesting that this video completely bypasses even the briefest mention of Johnny's commercially unsuccessful 4-year association (from 1987-91) with Mercury records, whom he signed with directly after being dropped from Columbia. To be honest, that might've added just a little more depth to the context of the story. But with that glaring omission aside, the vid was otherwise 100% on point! And by the way, as someone who fondly remembers "Chicken In Black" from when I was a kid in the 80's, it's actually pretty hilarious IMO - even if it wasn't necessarily on par with the best of his work! Thanks for taking me back!
Add to that...people really do give Rick Rubin credit for getting Cash to start experimenting with pop covers but the Mercury records show Cash was already doing that.
I also think those Highwaymen albums and tours are an important part of the story too. He was playing with friends and reminding the world that he could still be relevant. I think there is a clear line from those albums, their "outlaw country" nature, the approach taken to make them, and American Recordings I.
Tik tok was created for one purpose, in China. To bring down the USA! To put viruses into computers, and steal information about the US. Every time some idiot clicks on tik tok that is what is happening!
Yeah wait when did this happen I went on TikTok for the first time in a bit and was very surprised to hear this song of all things thanks world of t shirts
Thanks for this video! I didn't know about "Chicken In Black" . But I have been a Cash fan since I saw him as the singer and murderer Tommy Brown who was hunted down by Inspector Columbo in the episode Swan Song. But then I lost track of him for a few decades. When his great work with Rick Rubin came out, I thought it was better than everything Cash had done before! Rick Rubin and Cash had stripped away all the ridiculous trappings of country music. There was just a man with a still powerful voice and his guitar. This work totally changed our perception of Johnny Cash. It’s great that it happened before he died.
my grampa was friends with johnny cash- He passed away before I found out so I never really heard much about it, but ever since this song popped up everywhere I couldnt get it out of my head
A true artist and human being. Always loved his work but I still remember watching Hurt for the first time and realizing I was witnessing something truly transcendental, something that was up there with any work of art in history. I'm sure there are many of you who felt the same.
Metallica wasn't signed to Columbia. They were on Elektra. A Warner Bros headed company. WEA, Warner,Elektra,Asylum. So Johnny's fears of being pushed aside on Columbia had nothing to do with Metallica.
Great video so far! I'm not the biggest country fan, and I'm casual when it comes to Johnny Cash, I think he's great. This makes me appreciate him more, thank you!
Great video! Subbed! My wife and I took a tour of Sun Records when we visited Graceland, oh, about 7 or 8 years ago, and if you get a chance to visit, it's pretty awesome. VERY interesting history, and a LOT of the artists you know and probably love got their start there. The tour was only about an hour long, but it was so informative and interesting, way more than I thought it would be. But then, I was no big fan of going to Graceland...my wife hounded me for several years, and I finally gave in to satisfy her. But that was also way better than I thought it would be.
I stumbled across Chicken in Black thanks to TH-cam Music autoplay and honestly it was a delightfully funny contrast with his other material and showed him being able to make some fun of himself
I remember hearing this song on TH-cam for the first time a few months ago and thinking "what the heck is this, this is so silly" but it's a good silly
One of the things that makes the Musical Biopic spoof "Walk Hard" work so well is that the guy playing Dewey Cox (John C. Reilly) taps into the life of Johnny Cash and his struggles.
It’s videos like this that make me realize some people don’t understand country music and don’t have a lick of southern soul in them. This is a funny song. There’s PLENTY of legendary artists and specifically country artists to have done this. It’s a play on the man in black… it’s an amazing song and much like others on here… I love it. RIP to Mr. Cash.
I know a reasonable amount of Johnny's songs but I never heard of this. The thing to say about this is you can't say he didn't have a sense of humor. Lol
5:01 I'm a little confused by the artists you've portrayed as receiving more attention from Columbia Records. Michael Jackson was signed to Epic, which is technically a _sister_ label to Columbia. Metallica signed with Elektra Records. Only Billy Joel was Johnny's labelmate at Columbia.
5:08 Metallica was never on Columbia in the mid-80's, they were on Elektra, the label that had the Doors, Queen (US distribution), & 2 Detroit proto-punk bands like the Stooges (with Iggy Pop) & MC5, Television (also influential for punk), TMBG, the Detroit punk bands were influential in the development of punk in which 80's UK bands like GBH & Discharge (which they play a faster form of punk) influenced Metallica.
What always amused me the most is the idea that the brain transplant would leave him still even slightly "him". In reality, his body would be inhabited solely by the robber. And his consciousness, not just singing, would be in the chicken. This is even more insane than the idea of trying to fit his brain in a chicken's head.
Another story that's almost forgotten in Country music these days is Tobey Keith. Before his "Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue" song, he literally fought the Nashville system and won. If they had their way, that man would have never had the resurgence his career had and instead been a forgotten minor star of the 90s.
Ngl I think Johnny would be both amused and insulted this song is so popular right now. Amused because of the reasons in this video, but insulted because his other songs, which he worked much harder on, are falling by the wayside.
People still love Ring of Fire and especially love Hurt. This song is catchy and it's just a trend. He would probably laugh that his joke song became a big hit
Recording that way with Tock Ruben is basically EXACTLY what he was telling himself he wanted to do unbeknownst to Ruben at the time. If I was Cash, I would have seen it as meant to be. No way THAT doesn’t come across as real and authentic. This entire part of Johnny cash’s career is something I had been unaware of
I read years ago that when Columbia dropped Johnny Cash, he’d sold more records than the entire rest of the Columbia roster combined. How do you drop that?
When I was at a Brain rehabilitation facility: I played this song for the therapist. They loved it and said that they never heard this song before. I played the music video for them.
When an artist can make a deliberately bad song... and still have it slap, that is a definitive Hall of Fame artist right there. Love all of Cash's works and this song holds a special place in my heart, right next to "One Piece At A Time".
No mention of the Mercury years ? You make it sound as though he went straight from CBS to American Recordings and I quite liked some of those Mercury recordings .
His story is great I beileve there have been a lot of movies about it. It's sad he wasn't more famous for his time. When nowdays most consider him a legend
The band Klaatu, most famous for the whole Beatles theory in 1976, released an album to insult their record label which wanted them to make more "popular" music, so they made an intentionally bad album which featured songs that directly mocked their label, especially a song called "sell out", and it was their second last album ever released.
To all up and coming musicians, and creatives in general, keep your publishing!!! Dont sell your music for pennies to a label when you can keep your publishing rights and work the music yourself!
It's so hard to remember that Hurt was a Nine Inch Nails song, not a Johnny Cash song, originally. He totally made it his own. It's like The man Who Sold The World; the Bowie version cannot hold a candle to the Midge Ure version.
“… I asked the jailer why I was there if he’d be so kind, he said for stopping the traffic while I was hugging and kissing the Chattanooga City Limit Sign.”
"I guess you guys aren't ready for that yet, but your kids are gonna love it"
-Marty Mcfly
I was born in ‘05 and this absolutely applies to me. I used to jam to this song with my ex it was a blast!!
Sounds like what Goldwater's 1964 concession speech would've been! I guess America was ready for that conservatism (well for President at least) in 1980 and 1984!
“this guy is nuts and I would know” the Greek philosopher Testiclees
Chicken in Black clucked so Hurt could cry.
Also, that clip at the end made me tear up.
"Looking back on all that you've done, do you have any regrets about what you've done?"
*"I used to, but I don't [anymore], I've forgave myself. When God forgave me, I figured I better do it too. So, uh, everything's alright now."*
Hurt is from Trent Reznor, Cash just did a Remake.
@@CordeliaWagner1999 Trent said when Cash covered Hurt, it was then, Cash's song.
Hurt was epic with NIN's recording, but Johnny turned it into a masterpiece of life, loss & death.
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I'm so hurt I could fry
@@walker9911 Well then you would become a lovely crispy treat for someone.
A cannibal, I guess.
You know he had a great career if chicken in black was his worst song
hey
Met him once. I was a photographer's assistant in Nashville in the 80s. Another photographer was renting our studio for a photo shoot. I was in the tiny dressing room and I felt a presence behind me. I turned around and Johnny was standing there holding a suit on a hanger. He asked, "Can I hang this here?" I said, "Oh of course." That was the extent of our interaction but I new I had been in the presence of greatness.
I've been on the internet too long, i fully expected this to end with "and then his eyes rolled back and he spoke the language of angels into my mind. Cool guy"
Met him once. I was a photographer's assistant in Nashville in the 80s. Another photographer was renting our studio for a photo shoot. I was in the tiny dressing room and I felt a presence behind me. I turned around and Johnny was standing there holding a suit on a hanger. He asked, "Can I hang this here?" I said, "Oh of course." That was the extent of our interaction but I new I had been in the presence of greatness.
love Johnny Cash
That snapshot of him shaking the hand of an inmate with the same hair as him at 3:26 is iconic
wiliam corncobb himself
That's Glenn Shirley. He wrote the last song on the At Folsom Prison album, "Greystone Chapel".
The song felt like a Weird Al song before Weird Al existed.
I kinda liked it as a Johnny Cash fan.
I immediately thought that when I came across it earlier today.
Weird Al was doing his thing for almost a decade before this song was recorded
Weird Al had dropped two albums, one of which peaked at #17, before this song came out. And Weird Al had been doing music for many years as a cult classic before his first album came out.
If anything, given Cash’s later collaboration with newer artists, I would bet that Weird Al served as an inspiration.
Oh, so like a Tom Lehrer song
Wait wait, when do you think Weird Al came into existence? You really show your confident ignorance here.
I don't know if I just have bad taste but I think chicken in black is a straight banger
No, it means you have the opposite means you have great taste
It is a great song
I like it. And I like people who don't take themselves too seriously.
I think it’s great, this is just a clickbait title for views. Dude obviously has no idea what he’s talking about because a lot of people think it’s a good song.
Cash despised this song.
I like this song, unironically, every song he wrote didn't have to be serious, he was a deeply Christian man, he had children, I believe he liked children, I think wanted to make some more songs that were very of their time, topical, funny, lighthearted fare that a father could play around his family without Johnny singing about cocaine and shooting people just to watch them die. Johnny's sense of humor may have been a touch off, however you must remember he took amphetamines, stimulants , sedatives, pain killers and drank for years. He relapsed many times and the song may have been the result of a manic state however, it was relatively harmless fun. I like this song.
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I mean he also made songs like “One Piece at a Time”, “Flushed from the Bathroom of your Heart”. Heck even something like “Cocaine Blues” is essentially a joke song. He loved joke songs and they were successful for him. The chicken one is a little goofy but not really even that much of a stand out from some of the comedy songs that have been in country radio except that it’s Johnny Cash singing it and not someone like Ray Stevens. People confuse the popular image of Cash as Rebel throwing a middle finger at the Nashville authorities and the Nixon White House, or the deeply Christian moralist singing about the darkness in life, and what Cash actually was, which is all those things and more because the man had a hugely successful career in popular music that lasted half a century
Cash was a great artist, but he was not a good guy. The same with Haggard and Paycheck.
The fuck does him believing that a dead dude came back 3 days later have to do with this goofy song
@@matcha6710 woah someone’s discovered Reddit
"when god forgave me i figured i better too.", that got me like a bag of bricks
Amen
if you hear the voice of god, seek psychiatric help
if you hear the voice of god, that means you are a very cool person and mentally stable :)
Me too dude
@@OrgaNik_Music lmao
Ngl, I always liked this tune. Yeah, it's dumb, and clashes with the rest of his material, but that's what makes it fun.
Can’t argue with that. I always loved his lighthearted approach and Chicken in Black is filled with it lol
I agree Sidney, it's surreal when you hear it for the first time, but, there were plenty of examples of Johnny Cash being creative or inventive. He was human. I seriously doubt he was the serious 'man in black' 24/7.
If David Allan Coe can be serious or emotinal, despite being funny with his lyrics and singing, and if Waylon Jennings can write Waylonmore Blues, a song he admitted made no sense, then, why can't Cash parody his own legacy?
Even John Lennon was known to have an eccentric sense of humour, while at the same time, making some heart breaking music.
Besides, a chicken selling out a country venue singing Cash songs is pretty bonkers and funny.
One piece of the time seems to be equally funny?
@@thatgirlray2765 that one's great oo
@@thatgirlray2765 I was gonna mention that one, along with Boy Named Sue and Starkville City Jail. Comedy and novelty songs are a pretty key part of his repertoire, just like they're an integral part of the genre.
I can’t believe that there could’ve been a timeline where Chicken in Black was the final song that Johnny Cash made.
That timeline definitely has a harsher tone to his end as he in that world CIB is a admonishment that ultimately was intentional career suicide
I'm surprised you didn't mention his time with the highwaymen. That is some of his best work, during a time that most consider his worst time.
We will never have a super group like that again
Agreed. Highwaymen songs were great records! Thats like doing a story on orbsion, but not mentioning his time as a member of the traveling wilburys.
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Self titled is a banger
@@aros77777 well... Traveling Wilburys came after to be fair lol
I'm a sucker for stupid random songs that don't fit with anything else the artist has made. and this song is no exception. but learning about the symbolism in the song really helps me get a new appreciation for it. Also, its really nice to see people who aren't older into Johnny Cash. makes me feel not alone haha
Love to see it! Keep his music alive
He made silly songs, Boy Named Sue, One Piece at A Time...come to mind, he wasn't adverse to a joke song.
What are some other ones you know about? I can’t really think of any. Some might say David Bowie’s The Laughing Gnome would be, but it really isn’t all that different from the rest of the music he was putting out at the time
Johnny Cash did a hilarious Elvis Presley parody long before. You can find it on TH-cam
The chicken’s hit single: “I squawk the line”
“Wing of fire”
He was good friends with my grandfather. Has dinner with him at my grandad's house several times as a kid. Friendly man but absolutely terrifying to me as a child. Wished I had spoke with him more
Black suit, slow songs played on an acoustic guitar…yet somehow Johnny Cash was (maybe is) one of the most METAL dudes ever. There will never be another Johnny Cash…!
Really shows his sense of humour and without the video wouldn't of been seen as so silly and it's catchy as hell and tbh I'd love to see a whole sitcom series of the "Manhattan flash" 'cmon stick em up im robbing this bank"
And how, um, interesting that this video completely bypasses even the briefest mention of Johnny's commercially unsuccessful 4-year association (from 1987-91) with Mercury records, whom he signed with directly after being dropped from Columbia. To be honest, that might've added just a little more depth to the context of the story. But with that glaring omission aside, the vid was otherwise 100% on point! And by the way, as someone who fondly remembers "Chicken In Black" from when I was a kid in the 80's, it's actually pretty hilarious IMO - even if it wasn't necessarily on par with the best of his work! Thanks for taking me back!
Add to that...people really do give Rick Rubin credit for getting Cash to start experimenting with pop covers but the Mercury records show Cash was already doing that.
I also think those Highwaymen albums and tours are an important part of the story too. He was playing with friends and reminding the world that he could still be relevant. I think there is a clear line from those albums, their "outlaw country" nature, the approach taken to make them, and American Recordings I.
Im so grateful for Johnny and his music, and for what Rick Rubin did for him.
"Stick 'em up everybody, im robbing this place! Put all of your money in my guitar case"
Is such a genius hook. Cash was one of a kind.
Great video. I came here to see that "Chicken in Black" song and the music video since it's going viral on TikTok rn.
Tik tok was created for one purpose, in China. To bring down the USA! To put viruses into computers, and steal information about the US. Every time some idiot clicks on tik tok that is what is happening!
Yeah wait when did this happen I went on TikTok for the first time in a bit and was very surprised to hear this song of all things thanks world of t shirts
@@georgesekavec1020 Yeah people were doing a trend where a person was doing one for their animals. Its fun!
I came here because of a TH-cam short with a really gorgeous Maine Coon who was completely calm while her owner pretended to use her as a rifle. 🤣
Thanks for this video! I didn't know about "Chicken In Black" . But I have been a Cash fan since I saw him as the singer and murderer Tommy Brown who was hunted down by Inspector Columbo in the episode Swan Song. But then I lost track of him for a few decades. When his great work with Rick Rubin came out, I thought it was better than everything Cash had done before! Rick Rubin and Cash had stripped away all the ridiculous trappings of country music. There was just a man with a still powerful voice and his guitar. This work totally changed our perception of Johnny Cash. It’s great that it happened before he died.
Thanks so much! I’m glad you enjoyed
@@tam11225 , thanks for answering 😀
my grampa was friends with johnny cash- He passed away before I found out so I never really heard much about it, but ever since this song popped up everywhere I couldnt get it out of my head
The only thing cooler than announcing a robbery is doing it in song
I loved this track immediately
A true artist and human being. Always loved his work but I still remember watching Hurt for the first time and realizing I was witnessing something truly transcendental, something that was up there with any work of art in history. I'm sure there are many of you who felt the same.
Hurt was given to him by Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails because he thought the song didn't fit for them but would for Johnny.
Nobody is cooler than Johnny Cash.
It's clear somebody never saw that Johnny Chicken show
Thanks for the video, Johnny Cash helps me get through tough times at school... and in my life in general
Metallica wasn't signed to Columbia. They were on Elektra. A Warner Bros headed company. WEA, Warner,Elektra,Asylum. So Johnny's fears of being pushed aside on Columbia had nothing to do with Metallica.
Great video so far! I'm not the biggest country fan, and I'm casual when it comes to Johnny Cash, I think he's great. This makes me appreciate him more, thank you!
Chicken in black is a great alternate video to Hurt, just play the video at 0.75 speed. Totally works.
Great video! Subbed!
My wife and I took a tour of Sun Records when we visited Graceland, oh, about 7 or 8 years ago, and if you get a chance to visit, it's pretty awesome. VERY interesting history, and a LOT of the artists you know and probably love got their start there.
The tour was only about an hour long, but it was so informative and interesting, way more than I thought it would be. But then, I was no big fan of going to Graceland...my wife hounded me for several years, and I finally gave in to satisfy her. But that was also way better than I thought it would be.
Randomly came on XM and loved it from the moment I heard it. Play it when I need a little pick up, especially on my work drive.
I'm only 1/3 the way through your documentary and I love it. Please keep up the good work!
Wait Chicken in black was supposed to be bad? Dang I jam to it whenever I listen to Cash. "Stick em up everybody i am robbing this place!"
Love that tiktok has taken the song and ran with it
This was awesome!
Thanks so much!
I stumbled across Chicken in Black thanks to TH-cam Music autoplay and honestly it was a delightfully funny contrast with his other material and showed him being able to make some fun of himself
This is great, just subbed!
Glad you enjoyed :)
Left out a large 10 year or so, chunk in the middle! The highwaymen were a great boost in his life
You did a good job on this. It was a nice tribute and an honest recounting.
I remember hearing this song on TH-cam for the first time a few months ago and thinking "what the heck is this, this is so silly" but it's a good silly
I've just started on his music and it's one of my favourite songs, ngl.
One of the things that makes the Musical Biopic spoof "Walk Hard" work so well is that the guy playing Dewey Cox (John C. Reilly) taps into the life of Johnny Cash and his struggles.
Very well done! The tone of narration, the montages, all really great work.
The song was crazy but funny,Thanks for the music Johnny!
First time I heard that song, I found it hilarious.
It’s videos like this that make me realize some people don’t understand country music and don’t have a lick of southern soul in them. This is a funny song. There’s PLENTY of legendary artists and specifically country artists to have done this. It’s a play on the man in black… it’s an amazing song and much like others on here… I love it. RIP to Mr. Cash.
“When God for gave me I figured I better do it too”
Wow, I can't believe you've only got 2.5k subs, I thought from the production quality you must've had millions. Keep up the good work
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I don't need to think about anything but just singing the song.
I love that I know what this is about just by having read the comments on that music video
Rumor has it that when Jonny Cash performed at Folsom, Merle Haggard was a member of the inmate audienece..
I didn't even KNOW about this song until two weeks ago. I LOVE it.
Bro I first listened to Chicken in Black yesterday and literally thought it was a great and funny song
I know a reasonable amount of Johnny's songs but I never heard of this. The thing to say about this is you can't say he didn't have a sense of humor. Lol
5:01 I'm a little confused by the artists you've portrayed as receiving more attention from Columbia Records. Michael Jackson was signed to Epic, which is technically a _sister_ label to Columbia. Metallica signed with Elektra Records. Only Billy Joel was Johnny's labelmate at Columbia.
These type of channels ain't shit
I was introduced to Johnny Cash by Chicken in Black. Yes, actually.
5:08 Metallica was never on Columbia in the mid-80's, they were on Elektra, the label that had the Doors, Queen (US distribution), & 2 Detroit proto-punk bands like the Stooges (with Iggy Pop) & MC5, Television (also influential for punk), TMBG, the Detroit punk bands were influential in the development of punk in which 80's UK bands like GBH & Discharge (which they play a faster form of punk) influenced Metallica.
Really great video, thank you!
I'm not saying that Chicken in Black is a great song, but it's really flipping good for a song meant to be terrible.
What always amused me the most is the idea that the brain transplant would leave him still even slightly "him".
In reality, his body would be inhabited solely by the robber.
And his consciousness, not just singing, would be in the chicken.
This is even more insane than the idea of trying to fit his brain in a chicken's head.
I didn't know the song existed until today. It's funny and creative.
I never knew this song was considered bad, I’ve always enjoyed it, personally
Another story that's almost forgotten in Country music these days is Tobey Keith. Before his "Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue" song, he literally fought the Nashville system and won. If they had their way, that man would have never had the resurgence his career had and instead been a forgotten minor star of the 90s.
Chicken in black is a great song its whacky and silly in the best way possible
Ngl I think Johnny would be both amused and insulted this song is so popular right now. Amused because of the reasons in this video, but insulted because his other songs, which he worked much harder on, are falling by the wayside.
People still love Ring of Fire and especially love Hurt. This song is catchy and it's just a trend. He would probably laugh that his joke song became a big hit
It's crazy how important labels were back then and how it was to promote yourself without them or even make a video
Recording that way with Tock Ruben is basically EXACTLY what he was telling himself he wanted to do unbeknownst to Ruben at the time. If I was Cash, I would have seen it as meant to be. No way THAT doesn’t come across as real and authentic.
This entire part of Johnny cash’s career is something I had been unaware of
What happened with Johnny's work with Mercury? It seems like you just skipped over that point in his recording history
There’s folks who don’t bump Chicken in Black?
The problem with the plan was...…Johnny Cash just couldn't make a bad song🤣🤣
Its funny that his "rock bottom" is still better than 99% of people's peak
i got here from tcnick3
I love the fact that Chicken in Black is a cat video tik tok trend now ahaha
I read years ago that when Columbia dropped Johnny Cash, he’d sold more records than the entire rest of the Columbia roster combined. How do you drop that?
funny song, and the catchiest chorus hes ever made
This song is literally my favorite by him lol
Nice vid mate!
I think his video was filmed in the same bank where Ernest Goes to Jail was. I went in it 15-20 years ago, but it’s gone now.
When I was at a Brain rehabilitation facility: I played this song for the therapist. They loved it and said that they never heard this song before. I played the music video for them.
If he could see how people adopted it today for social media use, I feel he'd enjoy seeing people re enacting it
gotta hit rock bottom so you can hit the top
One of his last recordings was a cover of Nine Inch Nails' "Hurt". One of his most soulful recordings ever. Hard to keep a dry eye listening to it.
I wish you brought up John Fogerty getting sued by the label for CCR because he sounded like himself, could be another video idea though
11:05 what a nice sentiment, if only more people who produce could share it.
When an artist can make a deliberately bad song... and still have it slap, that is a definitive Hall of Fame artist right there.
Love all of Cash's works and this song holds a special place in my heart, right next to "One Piece At A Time".
He had humility. That was his greatness.
I had to click to find out what Johnny's worst song was. And now I've got to find the video for The Chicken in Black!
No mention of the Mercury years ? You make it sound as though he went straight from CBS to American Recordings and I quite liked some of those Mercury recordings .
This is quality!
Thank you ! 🙏
His story is great I beileve there have been a lot of movies about it. It's sad he wasn't more famous for his time. When nowdays most consider him a legend
The band Klaatu, most famous for the whole Beatles theory in 1976, released an album to insult their record label which wanted them to make more "popular" music, so they made an intentionally bad album which featured songs that directly mocked their label, especially a song called "sell out", and it was their second last album ever released.
The song that Johnny Cash recorded telling Nashville that he was done was: I’m Leaving Now.
Johhny had a sense of humor. One piece at a time is funny but genius at the same time. This made me laugh. Too. Just enjoy the fun
Great video!
To all up and coming musicians, and creatives in general, keep your publishing!!! Dont sell your music for pennies to a label when you can keep your publishing rights and work the music yourself!
I told people to listen to this song because it was underrated. Then tiktok came around and that changed.
As tik tok does 😞
I think it’s great that TikTok has brought some attention and appreciation to a lesser know song
This is one of the greatest songs ever written
It's so hard to remember that Hurt was a Nine Inch Nails song, not a Johnny Cash song, originally. He totally made it his own.
It's like The man Who Sold The World; the Bowie version cannot hold a candle to the Midge Ure version.
Everybody Loves a Nut (from 1966 )is filled with songs like Chicken in Black.
“… I asked the jailer why I was there if he’d be so kind, he said for stopping the traffic while I was hugging and kissing the Chattanooga City Limit Sign.”