Johnny's daughter, Rosanne Cash, when she heard this, said to him, "It sounds like you are saying goodbye." He replied, "I am."
@leahdoerr731
Жыл бұрын
Well said and ditto
@dagmar.6954
Жыл бұрын
This song was originally written & performed by "Nine Inch Nails". It was written about drugs & depression. But Johnny Cash's version is considered the best. His version is more about regret for past mistakes in life & realizing material things & fame mean nothing in the end. When the video was filmed in February 2003, Cash was 71 years old & had serious health problems. His frailty is clearly evident in the video. He died seven months later, on September 12 & his wife, June Carter Cash, who is shown gazing at her husband in two sequences of the video, had died on May 15 of the same year.
@howrued1500
Жыл бұрын
I think you’re spot on about material things!!! Sadly, Johnny also understood well addiction and its subsequent depression😔 It’s amazing isn’t it how much it feels as though the song was truly written for Johnny!?! June truly saved Johnny in every way a person can be saved. His love for June helped Johnny love and save himself…
@TeresaFlowery
Жыл бұрын
When Nine Inch Nails heard it they said it's Johnny's song now.
@sapieattersisingere3288
Жыл бұрын
Very well put.
@vodkarage8227
2 ай бұрын
I don't think Johnny's version is the best, I think they are both the best, for the story they each tell. Same song, two different stories. I still love NIN's version the most.
@MarkSmith-ws1mb
11 ай бұрын
The older you get, the harder this hits home my young brother. Keep up the great work.
@gusrose62
Ай бұрын
❤
@billholder1330
Жыл бұрын
Trent's original versions was sad, Johnny's cover is just heartbreaking.
@stevedahlberg8680
Жыл бұрын
This is difficult to watch but always powerful. Trent Reznor from Nine Inch Nails wrote this about the phenomenon of kids cutting themselves as a way to try to cope with severe trauma. But even though he was elderly at this point, he had fought his battles with drug addiction in his life and he said that it immediately reminded him of that. And so therefore he changed a couple words and reinterpreted it in his own way and everybody from Trent Reznor on out is highly reverent of this painful but Honest song and performance. .
@ponfed
Жыл бұрын
No It was about drug addiction and depression and s*icide. Self harm and cutting obviously is wrapped up un in this.. but it wasn't about cutting specifically.
@brinalea7778
Жыл бұрын
It's about his addiction to heroin, not self harm thru cutting
@CyberChunk77
11 ай бұрын
Trent wrote this about his heroin addiction. not sure where you got the kid shit from.
@patst1944
Жыл бұрын
“Man in Black” by Johnny Cash is a great song, really shows what a thoughtful man he was,
@tightknotsfishing9334
10 ай бұрын
For sure, another one that slips under the radar is "What is Truth".
@gusrose62
Ай бұрын
My personal fav…I wish we had more men in black today!
@legaltidbits
Жыл бұрын
Shon, Johnny Cash was an American Icon, he had a ruff life even though he was famous. He was a drug addict, at one time, he was even arrested for going to Mexico to buy speed. When he was growing up his older brother who he idolized was killed in a sawmill accident, and his father never forgave him for it. Johnny went fishing instead of helping his brother. He was married and cheated on his wife on the road, and then he met the love of his life (June Carter Cash) when she died Johnny had nothing to live for anymore. He adopted this song from Trent the singer for Nine Inch Nails, when Trent heard this song sung by Johnny he said it was no longer his and that it was Johnny's now. If you really want to learn about Johnny you should watch the movie made about him and his career, It is called "Walk the Line" sure it is embellished for Hollywood but it is a true story. Also, Johnny used to perform at prisons all the time, cause he thought that the men locked up were miss treated. You should really listen to the song he used to sing at the prison it is called "Cocaine Blues" and A Boy Named Sue" I will leave the links for you here. Cocaine Blues kzitem.info/news/bejne/uGesp3ehkpaVe34 A boy named Sue kzitem.info/news/bejne/jpBntqCbZqOKqIo Enjoy!
@kimking6036
Жыл бұрын
When I sat in front of my TV, the day this came out. I sobbed because I knew he was telling us goodbye. My heart was broken. Even his daughter Roseanne said " Daddy don't record that. It sounds like you're saying goodbye. Johnny said, I am😢
@mikematusek4233
Жыл бұрын
I believe that Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails said after hearing Johnny Cash's version said, "I wrote it but he owns it now." Johnny had addiction problems at one time, and came out the other side.
@dannyhamilton7199
Жыл бұрын
Mike I read the same thing! If it is true the man who wrote this was just being honest when he heard this version.
@2rad2paytaxes
7 ай бұрын
The same thing happened with "I Will Always Love you". Dolly Parton performed it originally but once Whitney Houston sang it, Dolly said that it was Whitney's song
@jaybo4999
11 ай бұрын
All the clips are from his life. He is essentially reflecting on his life.
@wdking8833
Жыл бұрын
The clip with "You stay the hell away from me, ya hear?" was from one of many movies johnny acted in.
@conrail666
7 ай бұрын
When johnny closed the piano it was like him saying goodbye to everyone that his time was up
@noone6559
Жыл бұрын
I've never been a Johnny Cash fan but THIS SONG....... touched me, I felt it in my soul....... truly one of the best songs I've ever had the privilege of listening to.........
@stevedahlberg8680
Жыл бұрын
I think it's also important to understand that the love of his life, June Carter, which took them forever to finally get together and be married, had died sometime before this and this also addresses his incredible deep grief over losing his soulmate.
@paulqueripel3493
Жыл бұрын
Died before this? She's in the room in the video. She died 3 months after filming this.
@anitaherbert1037
Жыл бұрын
This was not his origional song but he really made it his own, a final introspection and examination of his life and relationships. His introduction of the religious imagery combined with the hypnotic drive of the building pulse of the song, developed to his heartbreaking final introspection, final testament. The heartbreaking conclusion that if he could live it all again he would not lose himself. He would keep himself, he would find a way. Its all heartbreakingly too late. I have cried multiple times to this song. I suppose that's one sign of great art.
@reneebush2399
Жыл бұрын
Great Reaction! This is considered to be one of the best covers of all time. If you want one that’s a little more upbeat (and not sad) from Johnny I think “one piece at a time” would be a good one to react to.
@JL-is9rg
Жыл бұрын
Johnny also covered One by U2 which is a song more on the positive side and in my personal top 5 overall favorite songs.
@thewindle
Жыл бұрын
This is his goodbye, shortly after this his wife June passed which you see looking at him in the video, then he passed away 6 or so months later. Great reaction
@michaelcooper1079
Жыл бұрын
Powerful song performed with a raw transparency by a legend
@lefty3141591
Жыл бұрын
Johnny Cash had a long career. This song was one of the last he recorded and it was released shortly after his wife's death and just before his death. The video includes many clips from earlier in his career. He'd had his own TV show, and starred in movies. His very public life involved many struggles and he took a song from Nine Inch Nails and turned it into a song about his regrets from past mistakes. Thanks for reacting to his song. He did many lighter songs. I'd suggest: "One Piece At A Time" "Tennessee Stud" "Jackson" a duet with him and his wife June Carter Cash
@howrued1500
Жыл бұрын
Man In Black, live on campus!!!! You’ll learn quite a bit about who Johnny was❤️ Stay safe & love big💖
@stevedahlberg8680
Жыл бұрын
Check out his childhood story of experiencing a flood out on the farm. It's called five feet high and Rising. It's a clever little song where each of the five versus corresponds to the Water Rising 1 ft higher and every time it does there's a key change where it goes up higher and higher. It's just an incredible song. And it's autobiographical from what I understand and the imagery in it and the references are just so specific and evocative.
@craigthir6578
Жыл бұрын
Johnny had such a soulful richness to his lower range, perfect for this song. Johnny overcame his demons and became a deeply religious man. Love and respect, brother, from hog fam Canada 🇨🇦 ❤
@chesterfieldmcfistycups2836
Жыл бұрын
My vote for the most heartbreaking song/music video combo of all time. Do yourself a favor and listen to this again in private, if you haven’t already; Have a good cry. Losing a little salt water to this can help remind us what, or who, we’re still living for.
@wdking8833
Жыл бұрын
I listened to Johnny my whole life, over 50 years. I remember the times when he was addicted to alcohol and drugs. I knew that he spent time in jail when he was young. His pain is real, and you can hear it in his voice. This was his last song, a tender goodbye to his fans and the world. There will never be another Johnny Cash. Decades of great music left to the world. RIP, Johnny. You are with your beloved wife, June, forever now. You will never again be parted.
@connieleighton4375
Жыл бұрын
Johnny Cash was one of my dad's favorite singers, and I grew up listening to his music . This song was his last gift for all of us, and it makes me cry every time I hear it, talk about making a song your own lol try Ring of fire, Jackson or folsom prison blues they are all great ...♡
@SIXX2772
Жыл бұрын
I noticed you are FAR more in tune with things than you let on!...Keep up the good work.
@JamesLachowsky
Жыл бұрын
The small white house the video shows him walking around was his actual childhood home which he toured after its restoration. It was the house his family lived in at the time of his older brother's Jack's death. The entire family of eight lived int hat small house. At age 12 Jack was working in a sawmill. He died when he was pulled into a table saw and cut nearly in half. Johnny was 10 at the time. He went from being a happy and gregarious child to an introverted one, spending a lot of time reading and drawing. Another scene shows floodwater, a frequent occurrence in the Arkansas delta. Johnny later wrote the song, Five Feet HIgh and Rising, about a particular flood in which a Mississippi River levee broke and flooded that house.
@amydawson8949
Жыл бұрын
When his daughter heard this song the first time- she said “ dad, it sounds like you are saying goodbye “ and Johnny Cash responded “ yes” 😔
@RT-lp6kk
Ай бұрын
Closing the piano cover symbolizes closing the coffin
@vanessaramstack
10 ай бұрын
crying is so cleansing !! i hope you were able to do so. this rendition makes me cry every time. biggest hugs from chicago ~
@gmpet260
Жыл бұрын
He had a bunch of great songs. One that frequently is recognized even if the listener didn’t know who sang it is “Folsom prison blues” and another is “Ring of fire. he grew up in what was supposed to be a coop type community but because of all kinds of issues the residents basically became sharecroppers on government land instead of owning the land after a certain number of years working the land. There is a book named Citizen Cash that talks about the things that in many ways made him who he was. If the movie of his life is too be trusted he was introduced to speed by a young Elvis when he was struggling to make it to and through all the concerts and give great performances when totally exhausted and burned out. Another one of those cycles since Elvis was introduced to speed by another soldier while struggling with night guard duty. June and her parents eventually helped Johnny get and stay clean. June was Johnnys rock and he had no will to keep going once she died. There is a song that talks about their love story called Johnny and June that is sung by … I can’t remember her name and I think it was her only hit.
@sticks128
Жыл бұрын
“I liked a Boy Named Sue, so now I am watching Hurt” *listens to the first two lines* Lol
@danaberman6929
8 ай бұрын
The entire crew of 29 people died when the vessel sank. No bodies were ever recovered from the wreckage. Later when the wreck was found, it was discovered that the ship had broken in two. It still sits on the bottom of Lake Superior at 530 feet deep.
@frank_in_s_jersey
Жыл бұрын
If you like these storyteller songs, you have to try Billy Joel “Scenes from an Italian Restaurant”. The layers of instruments added to the deep lyrics makes it an amazing song.
@rhinoman1984
Жыл бұрын
What I got out of this was a story about a man who has lived a full life, half of it pain, has hurt a lot of people that cared about him but also found redemption and forgiveness and now he's made his peace with God.
@davidplummer2473
5 ай бұрын
I took "Beneath the stains of time/The feelings disappear" to mean that the new relationship is exciting and fun but as time goes by, the feelings fade away and you're left with boredom, restlessness, contempt, etc. In the context of being an addict and the bad things addicts do to their loved ones, friends and acquaintances, that expiration date of feelings comes far, far sooner.
@tedrichardson3095
Жыл бұрын
RING OF FIRE IS UPBEAT. IT WAS A GOLD RECORD.
@wdking8833
Жыл бұрын
At the very end, when he closes that piano and slides his hands across it, they zoomed in so that it looks as if he is stroking his own coffin. How could they have known he'd be gone a few short months later. It was the last time he ever opened that piano.
@whooligan7159
Жыл бұрын
The first time I heard this is when WWE wrestler Eddie Guerrero passed away. WWE used this song for his tribute video. I cried like a baby.
@Bluewizard7131
Жыл бұрын
This was Johnny's goodbye song.
@georgefisher1995
Жыл бұрын
His LAST song, telling of what he felt about the meaningless of all his accomplishments, how it means nothing if it is only an illusion. How he actually felt lonely and empty inspite of all the fame and fortune. He took a song, and told his life with it. Nine Inch Nails now says it is no longer their song, but his. What greater tribute could they give?
@sharonmcdonald6299
Жыл бұрын
When he visits his boyhood home, you know his memories are of his younger brother. Johnny was supposed to cut wood with the mill saw but he made his younger brother do it and the saw cut off the brothers arm and he bled to death. Johnnys father never forgave Johnny and he always carried that guilt with him.
@kristinweems9894
Жыл бұрын
Another fantastic song with an artist saying goodbye is, ‘The Show Must Go On’ by Queen. It was Freddie’s last, and just gorgeous.
@nogames8982
11 ай бұрын
I'm glad that his wife was able to be in this video. They are together till the end, Innoway. I knew when she passed that he was not going to be far behind her.
@willowb1527
Жыл бұрын
I've been everywhere by Johnny Cash is very fun fast catchy song ❤
@asaabrahamagulnik574
4 ай бұрын
I introduced myself to his older stuff and then listened to his music as it was coming out during my lifetime (he started in the 1950s)
@wdking8833
Жыл бұрын
The song was written by a young man who had dealt with heroin addiction. He wrote it from the viewpoint of a young man whose life was out of control. Johnny was addicted to alcohol and pills. Johnny took the song and sang it from the viewpoint of an old man looking back on his life.
@garyscarlett5471
Жыл бұрын
You need to check the background of this song out . Interesting gets deep .
@flyonthewindshield3653
Жыл бұрын
He is confessing to the world for who he was... Most likely heard this and found it applicable to his life..
@LaptopLarry330
Жыл бұрын
Johnny Cash was addicted to morphine in the late-1950s into the mid-1960s, when he went into drug rehab and got cleaned up. Cash got addicted to drugs prescribed to him by his doctor to help him stay awake on very long tours, and to get to sleep at night. He performed more than 300 concerts per year, year-in and year-out.
@wdking8833
Жыл бұрын
The banquet scenes show that material things are actually worthless. He could give you all he had and it would not save you from regret. "If I could start again" comes to most people in their later years. We look back and wish we could do things differently and how we would change many things in our lives if we could.
@TheNotedHero
Жыл бұрын
If this song doesn't hit you right in the feels, there's something wrong with you. Music at its best makes you feel.
@Dogoodthings314
Жыл бұрын
Bro. I don't comment on much. Ever. But your energy. Your smile. Your genuine curiosity and love for music. It's contagious. Because it's real. Because you and your reactions are real. Keep it up man. You spread that good energy. All Love.
@oilrules4302
Жыл бұрын
Trent Said, I wrote it, But Johnny owns it.
@clawedsimian
Жыл бұрын
Person of Interest Season 3 Episode 10 the Devil's Share used this song to open to fantastic, heartwrenching effect.
@SalvatoreEscoti
Жыл бұрын
This is a song about regrets! He knew he was about to die, when he did this song. He had a long history of substance abuse, and thast what he was regretting.
@jeffreyes6236
Жыл бұрын
As others have said, Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails originally recorded this song about his struggles with drug addiction but Johnny's focus was more on his regrets about his life now that he was nearing the end. Great performance by The Man in Black. And it's OK, this made me tear up the first time I heard it too!
@katmarino4120
5 күн бұрын
Yeah he said...well sweetheart. Iam.
@fullmetalcrusader
Жыл бұрын
Johnny Cash did also have his own drug struggles in his past but as been said this is a cover. I can't listen to this version without getting a lump in my throat and usually a tear in my eye
@williamadams5560
Жыл бұрын
You would be surprised by how many veteran's relate to this and he was a heroine addict.
@jerseymurphy3612
2 ай бұрын
johnny cash one piece at a time HURT is the best I am going thru a rough patch listening to HURT helps.................
@sourisvoleur4854
11 ай бұрын
I appreciate your words about how time stains us. Very thoughtful. Never be ashamed to cry. It means you're alive inside.
@asaabrahamagulnik574
4 ай бұрын
Don't be afraid to cry; you're not human if you don't
@montist1
Жыл бұрын
FYI, this song comes from a 5 album saga that Johnny recorded near the end of his life. They’re called The American Recordings. There’s nothing but wonder on all 5 albums.
@beth3541
3 ай бұрын
He could not live without his wife and (singing partner at one time) June Carter .. she died in May 2003 .. he died in September 2003. They had been married since 1965. June was a country singer and they toured together for a time.
@julienfrancioli788
Жыл бұрын
can't listen that song without crying
@montist1
Жыл бұрын
From A Boy Named Sue to this! Amazing reaction
@usertr13phinsup
4 ай бұрын
RIP JOHNNY CASH. Nice reaction Shon. PEACE
@valkyrie1066
Жыл бұрын
Uh...I need a hug after that. Extreme feels, right?
@tonydelapa1911
2 ай бұрын
Looks like I am a year late to this party. That’s ok because I know you much better now than I did a year ago and can see that this really moved you. As far as up tempo you mentioned, try “Jackson” or “Cocaine Blues.” Some of Johnny’s songs are preposterously funny. Nice job on this one, Shon. He has once called “Greystone Chapel” written by one of the prisoners from either his San Quentin or Folson Prison shows. It’s a beautiful song about finding your soul even in prison. One other that is haunting is called “Long Black Veil” that has a shocking surprise ending that finds him accepting a death sentence rather than reveal his alibi that would have spared his life. Any of those 4 would be awesome. The truth is, Cash has dozens of compelling story-songs,
@Nickel138
Жыл бұрын
This was the last song and video he did. His wife (the woman on the stairs) died a couple of months after this video was shot. Johnny Cash died a few months after that. It was kind of his unofficial epitaph. It’s all temporary, us and all of our stuff will be dirt eventually. Enjoy your time here.
@NinjaLill
Жыл бұрын
Crying is always good. 🌹
@davidplummer2619
Жыл бұрын
He was an addict and one of the many terrible things about addiction -- as explained to me by a recovering addict -- is that from the moment you become addicted to the moment you start recovery, you remain at the same level of maturity. Or if anything, you regress. So if you become addicted at 17 and don't start 12-step til you're 55, you are still 17 or younger mentally. This is what the line "You are someone else/I am still right here" is about. "Beneath the stains of time/The feelings disappear" is about how relationships start off so exciting and then wilt into routine and arguments and breakup. Again due to lack of maturity in us all, but times a thousand for the addict.
@shaundalindsay8882
Жыл бұрын
Even though you aren't always right, I love the way you really try to get into the depth of the words in all the songs you react to. Just remember most of these artists are storytellers, so many of the songs you'll hear are not necessarily the autobios of the song writer. Many of the songs you hear are written to help both the artists and the listeners get through this life the best way they can. Music is the universal healer. But you already know this. I can tell. Peace out!
@tss8478
Жыл бұрын
He sung this after he knew he was going to die soon from diabetes. Johnny Cash is the only artist to be inducted into the Rock, Country, and Gospel halls of fame. He had a hard life mostly due to his own mistakes, drugs, family and friends, June Carter and Johnny Cash were the powerhouse couple in the 50s and 60s she was the one in some of the pictures and she was on the staircase. She died about 3 months later and he died later that year. Cash was also part of the Million Dollar Quartet.
@Marilynpresleycostel
9 ай бұрын
I just watched your video for this and you made me laugh and smile. I have never watched anything by you before.Thank you.
@shelbyseelbach9568
Жыл бұрын
He took this song and made it his own.
@nightprowler-dm3bt
Жыл бұрын
Johnny cash ❤
@lisaray9944
Жыл бұрын
Trent Reznor wrote and sang this with his band Nine Inch Nail (NIN) ….. he wrote this about drugs and depression…. I got that way 3 years ago when my son passed away …. All I wanted to do was just die and be with him ……
@p.j.morris
Жыл бұрын
He gave this song to Johnny his exact words were i was born to write this song Johnny was born to sing it. I was never a Trent fan but i have a new respect for him that he gave Johnny this song because he loved how Johnny sang the song with such feeling.
@RubyGB
Жыл бұрын
Johnny did have alcohol and addiction problems, but his addiction was to pills. In his later years he suffered from diabetes and had to take regular insulin shots.
@lao5960
Жыл бұрын
Checkout johnny cash "ring of fire", its more up beat, a good johnny cash song for memorial day or 4th of july is "ragged ole flag" .
@629GSMITH
Жыл бұрын
When he say You aee somewhere elsa and im still right here. His wife had died.
@terrybirks9662
Жыл бұрын
You really wanna feel it, watch it again knowing that his wife June, the woman standing on the stairs with that look, the woman that had to endure him throughout his younger, wilder days and stayed with him, had died a few months after filming this, then him dying weeks after that.
@dianeemanuel8541
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for being so vulnerable.
@USMCMachine
Жыл бұрын
Check out Johnny cash ain’t no grave can hold me down.
@MarkSmith-ws1mb
11 ай бұрын
If you want him to make you smile, just listen to "A boy named sue".
@victorking4570
Жыл бұрын
I am sure you now know this is a Trent Rezner song written when he was 20 years old.
@montist1
Жыл бұрын
Please let us help you find more of the Cash tunes worth listening to
@LouisFarraconn
11 ай бұрын
You young. After you live awhile, you will relate. EVERYONE can relate to this song. EVERYONE.
@aubreymitchell7180
Жыл бұрын
I really hope you realize that life is an incredible trial. Most of the time it doesn't matter what you look like. It sucks for most of us most of the time. Life is beautiful and painful to an extent that is almost unbearable. Good luck man.
@asaabrahamagulnik574
4 ай бұрын
This was his swan song.
@Showboat69
7 ай бұрын
Rita McNeal working man kills me every time please do it! I have mining heritage
@994pt4
Жыл бұрын
"Man in Black" is next
@robertworkman1419
11 ай бұрын
Trent from Nine Inch Nails said... "This is no longer My song"
@cindymartin2820
Жыл бұрын
This song was done before he died
@tinamagner2814
Жыл бұрын
Check out Brooks and Dunn.... Believe
@virginiapudelko6280
11 ай бұрын
Please watch/listen and react to Johnny Cash's song "God's Gonna Cut You Down". The power in the song is incredible. Watch it a couple of times and see if you can name each and every famous person in the song.
@deanchapman7632
Жыл бұрын
I just realized why I enjoy u so much...u feel...🤙
@dansymonds5831
Жыл бұрын
I like it too my guy.
@UnclePhil54
Жыл бұрын
If you want some more songs by him, check out Folsom prison blues
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