I was very pleased when Geoff covered this. Marty Robbins was a wonderful old school country and western singer. He had a gift for storytelling, and had a rich baritone voice. Perfect for Geoff to cover.
Geoff did a short of this a month or so ago. He kept getting badgered to do the full version. So he decided to finally do it. I never heard it before either. This was originally written and sung by Marty Robbins a long long time ago.
I hadn't heard of Big Iron before Geoff either, don't worry. If you're interested, Huldra Draco made a comparison video on her channel that highlights the differences between Geoff and the original!
Just like "Ghost Riders in the Sky", this song is from something of a niche area of music that doesn't have the popularity of many types of music. Both are examples of what I call "western music", not to be confused with "country/western" music, which for a long time has really been more "country" than "western". Western music, in my definition, tends to have a lot of Spanish influence because of the Spanish/Mexican presence in the American Old West, tended to have very simple instrumentation (something you'd find out in the country, often guitar or banjo and simple percussion), and usually tended to be more of "telling a story in a way that has a musical background". The original song was written and sung by American singer/songwriter Marty Robbins, was released more than 60 years ago, and probably has had a few covers over the decades but I seriously doubt that any of them would have made any kind of international song charts - so it's not at all surprising that you haven't heard it, or heard of it. While I had heard of it, I'd never actually heard the original until after Geoff released his short a while ago, when I researched it to see what the entire song was like. The structure of the song that Geoff mentioned in his description goes like this: Verse - 4 lines, lines1 & 2 rhyme, lines 3 & 4 rhyme Chorus - 1 line, very short, 5 words ("big iron on his hip") or 5 syllables ("after Texas Red"), rhymes with lines 3 & 4 of preceding verse And that's it - just repeat the above 8 times, and you've got the entire structure of the song. It doesn't allow a lot of room for interpretation or "making it your own", so Geoff added several 2 line sections, spread out through the song. Any line you hear that starts with either the Geoff clones or Geoff prime singing "Big Iron" is something that Geoff has added to the original song, but unless you're pretty familiar with the original, you'll probably never even realize those lines have been added.
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It really first came out in 1959, when Marty Robbins wrote and sang it. I heard it first in 1962. Now Geoff has brought everything and what a great job. Love the Geoff and clones look right each other. Geoff added a few lines to the original. The story is pretty much the same and Geoff's extra lines are a nice addition.
Original was sung by Marty Robbins (as others have said) an amazing cowboy ballad singer. I highly recommend checking him out. His El Paso trilogy is great. El Paso, Feleena, and El Paso City.
Why have you never heard this song? Well, it's a Marty Robbins song from 70 years ago. Probably hasn't been covered a lot. It's from his album "Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs." You want to hear a real, intricate story song, check out "El Paso" from that same album. Maybe Geoff will cover that some day, too.
I'm not a country music fan. So never heard until Geoff did it. I went back and listened to the original and in my opinion I didn't care for it. But that's just me. I do love Geoff's version. Same with all the country songs he's done. I always say.... Geoff takes a song I don't like, sprinkles his magic and turns it into one I love. He is my favorite singer of all time. VP is my favorite group of all time.
To be fair, pretty much the only people who will be familiar with this song are fans of country and western music. That was my Dad's favorite music type and it is a great genre. Also to those unfamiliar with some the terms: Notches on his pistol are the men he killed. Big Iron: guns were referred to as shooting irons and a big iron would be a large caliber firearm. Cleared leather: completely removing a gun from its holster so it could be fired.
I am old enough to remember this song, but don't. I have listened to the original after Geoff's version. Still like Geoff's better. The arrangement is amazing, especially with the original music and lyrics that he added. The song follows the plot of half of the cowboy movies I used to see in the theater as a kid. You might want to put the closed captions on when you don't know the song. It makes it easier to follow the story line. Voiceplay just dropped Michael Jackson's The Way You Make Me Feel.
I was very pleased when Geoff covered this. Marty Robbins was a wonderful old school country and western singer. He had a gift for storytelling, and had a rich baritone voice. Perfect for Geoff to cover.
Geoff did a short of this a month or so ago. He kept getting badgered to do the full version. So he decided to finally do it.
I never heard it before either.
This was originally written and sung by Marty Robbins a long long time ago.
I hadn't heard of Big Iron before Geoff either, don't worry. If you're interested, Huldra Draco made a comparison video on her channel that highlights the differences between Geoff and the original!
Just like "Ghost Riders in the Sky", this song is from something of a niche area of music that doesn't have the popularity of many types of music. Both are examples of what I call "western music", not to be confused with "country/western" music, which for a long time has really been more "country" than "western". Western music, in my definition, tends to have a lot of Spanish influence because of the Spanish/Mexican presence in the American Old West, tended to have very simple instrumentation (something you'd find out in the country, often guitar or banjo and simple percussion), and usually tended to be more of "telling a story in a way that has a musical background".
The original song was written and sung by American singer/songwriter Marty Robbins, was released more than 60 years ago, and probably has had a few covers over the decades but I seriously doubt that any of them would have made any kind of international song charts - so it's not at all surprising that you haven't heard it, or heard of it. While I had heard of it, I'd never actually heard the original until after Geoff released his short a while ago, when I researched it to see what the entire song was like.
The structure of the song that Geoff mentioned in his description goes like this:
Verse - 4 lines, lines1 & 2 rhyme, lines 3 & 4 rhyme
Chorus - 1 line, very short, 5 words ("big iron on his hip") or 5 syllables ("after Texas Red"), rhymes with lines 3 & 4 of preceding verse
And that's it - just repeat the above 8 times, and you've got the entire structure of the song.
It doesn't allow a lot of room for interpretation or "making it your own", so Geoff added several 2 line sections, spread out through the song. Any line you hear that starts with either the Geoff clones or Geoff prime singing "Big Iron" is something that Geoff has added to the original song, but unless you're pretty familiar with the original, you'll probably never even realize those lines have been added.
His was the first version and only version I have heard. Love the 50s or 60s ballad style.
I was born, apparently, in the year it was first done. I have never heard it either!😮
You have the most attractive eyes, your daughter is sweet as caramel and your genuine reactions are very loved by many (incl. me). As an idea for your channel: Why not also do reactions to movies that you have never seen so far? Go with the big franchises, pick a serie that you like and do all the "classics" (for example IMDB's best movies of all time). I personally would love to see your special reaction style (that is: few words but therefore even more emotions) for movies. I'm sure a lot of your almost 100k subs would love that too and it will even bring you many many new subs. Erm and did I mention that your eyes are enchanting? ;)
It really first came out in 1959, when Marty Robbins wrote and sang it. I heard it first in 1962. Now Geoff has brought everything and what a great job. Love the Geoff and clones look right each other. Geoff added a few lines to the original. The story is pretty much the same and Geoff's extra lines are a nice addition.
Original was sung by Marty Robbins (as others have said) an amazing cowboy ballad singer. I highly recommend checking him out. His El Paso trilogy is great. El Paso, Feleena, and El Paso City.
Why have you never heard this song? Well, it's a Marty Robbins song from 70 years ago. Probably hasn't been covered a lot. It's from his album "Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs." You want to hear a real, intricate story song, check out "El Paso" from that same album. Maybe Geoff will cover that some day, too.
I'm not a country music fan. So never heard until Geoff did it.
I went back and listened to the original and in my opinion I didn't care for it. But that's just me.
I do love Geoff's version. Same with all the country songs he's done.
I always say.... Geoff takes a song I don't like, sprinkles his magic and turns it into one I love.
He is my favorite singer of all time. VP is my favorite group of all time.
I actually have that original album, passed on to my by my dad. Has lots of classic cowboy ballads.
Geoff wrote the chorus and bridge for this song, as it had neither originally, just the verses.
Good performance!! Like 12
To be fair, pretty much the only people who will be familiar with this song are fans of country and western music. That was my Dad's favorite music type and it is a great genre. Also to those unfamiliar with some the terms: Notches on his pistol are the men he killed. Big Iron: guns were referred to as shooting irons and a big iron would be a large caliber firearm. Cleared leather: completely removing a gun from its holster so it could be fired.
The original from Marty Robbins is still the best
I am old enough to remember this song, but don't. I have listened to the original after Geoff's version. Still like Geoff's better. The arrangement is amazing, especially with the original music and lyrics that he added.
The song follows the plot of half of the cowboy movies I used to see in the theater as a kid.
You might want to put the closed captions on when you don't know the song. It makes it easier to follow the story line.
Voiceplay just dropped Michael Jackson's The Way You Make Me Feel.
no comparison to marty robbins.
Marty Robbins did it first and BETTER.