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@tomschoepen
21 күн бұрын
I will, and Patreon too within a couple of days. Thank you for your great reactions! - Cheers, .t
@ameshi4williams465
8 ай бұрын
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.
@Malzarius85
2 ай бұрын
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..
@marshastapleton1148
Ай бұрын
@@Malzarius85 To each his own
@tomschoepen
21 күн бұрын
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.
@robinrickman5570
8 ай бұрын
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.
@kroakie4
8 ай бұрын
I think he might have tried to hold on longer if June hadn’t passed. But I think he died of a broken heart.
@bobboom6125
7 ай бұрын
me too 😢
@MelissaPalmer-zy5nh
5 ай бұрын
@kroakie4 oh definately. June was his life. His family knew he wouldn't live long after June passed.
@AdamSB67
Ай бұрын
The story goes that after his daughter first heard this recording, she sad it sounded like he was saying goodbye. He replied, "I am."
@sharis9095
8 ай бұрын
Apparently when his daughter heard it she said (paraphrasing) "it sounds like you're saying goodbye" Johnny replied... "I am".
@more5600
8 ай бұрын
“I wasn’t prepared for what I saw, and it really then wasn’t my song anymore.” - Trent Reznor
@tyrantrex734
4 ай бұрын
Everyone is gangsta until 'Hurt' starts playing
@cathybrookeburt2616
8 ай бұрын
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.
@andycofin6983
8 ай бұрын
He closes the piano keyboard lid like he was closing a coffin lid.
@johndalessandro6433
5 ай бұрын
I grew up hearing Johnny Cash....when i seen this video the first time....i couldnt talk...i couldnt move...i just sat there
@StephanieTruelove
8 ай бұрын
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.
@jimtuell4076
8 ай бұрын
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.
@StephanieTruelove
8 ай бұрын
@@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.
@karenfryberger4260
8 ай бұрын
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.
@Lunzatis_Palemoon
8 ай бұрын
@@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.
@Wilco1972
8 ай бұрын
@@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.
@sharonforsyth3444
Ай бұрын
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.
@williambill5172
8 ай бұрын
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."
@PalleRasmussen
4 ай бұрын
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.
@GodLovesComics
8 ай бұрын
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."
@PoliticallyPink
8 ай бұрын
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.
@GodLovesComics
8 ай бұрын
@@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.
@HarlowTheoryX
8 ай бұрын
I hope everyone is aware it's Trent Reznor's most vulnerable song and what an amazing cover Johnny did 🙌🏼
@tinanickerson1006
8 ай бұрын
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.
@ExUSSailor
8 ай бұрын
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!
@andreakitts3884
3 ай бұрын
The regrets of a dying man is a sad thing.
@kevinthegreat2141
7 ай бұрын
Every time I lose someone, I come back to this song. Why
@Aldo32ify
6 ай бұрын
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.
@clasmaster1471
8 ай бұрын
You know the video is going to be amazing when Rick Rubin does it. RIP Johnny Cash
@robperry5293
8 ай бұрын
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. 😔
@herbtaylor4493
8 ай бұрын
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
@johnethridge2816
8 ай бұрын
I often say Johnny Cash strips a song down to the raw emotion. No frills, just the feel.
@klipkultur3680
8 ай бұрын
When June appeared I started to cry, I knew it would happen, thank you guys...
@terryconnelly484
8 ай бұрын
He died shortly after and his wife as well. she was the 1 on the stairs Coming down to make sure he was okay
@tomschoepen
21 күн бұрын
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
@Nikepedia
7 ай бұрын
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.
@jamesleasure8836
2 ай бұрын
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?
@jessicanolen8511
25 күн бұрын
When I went, I finished before some of my friends and I just sat at the end watching the Hurt video over and over.
@workingman6681
8 ай бұрын
What a powerful video and song. RIP Johnny Cash!!🙏🙏🙏🙏
@edwardcapobianco2975
8 ай бұрын
What a powerful song, hits home so hard when youre struggling and addicted.
@randystalnaker6700
8 ай бұрын
Johnny Cash struggled with addiction to both drugs and alcohol most of his life...he finally beat both...
@debbiebruhn7753
Ай бұрын
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.
@p.j.morris
7 ай бұрын
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.
@qswitch2293
4 ай бұрын
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.
@A_real_Ha_So
8 ай бұрын
All these years and I have to say that this is the first time Ive heard this.
@LaDonnaHudson-f5y
7 ай бұрын
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.
@tomschoepen
21 күн бұрын
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
@davidwilkins5932
28 күн бұрын
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.
@markhopkins222
8 ай бұрын
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.
@A_real_Ha_So
8 ай бұрын
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.
@bradydeangelo284
6 ай бұрын
"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!
@kierstenridgway4634
8 ай бұрын
I still cry when I watch this. Great reaction. ❤️✌️
@RayfordRaySiegel
5 ай бұрын
*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.*
@keithmyers5328
8 ай бұрын
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 😢
@eugeneshenesky2033
8 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for not interrupting the video. You are A class gentleman. Respect ❤
@feenpup47
8 ай бұрын
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!
@Roslins-Airlock
8 ай бұрын
The video is a masterpiece. If the song alone didn't get you, the video will.
@queenbeedat8726
8 ай бұрын
I get choked up and teary eyed when I hear this song....
@willynillylive
8 ай бұрын
I cried like a baby the first time I heard this song
@genny5309
8 ай бұрын
I think a lot of us cried when we heard it, especially if the first listen was watching this video. So powerful and sad.
@wadeday9082
8 ай бұрын
All three of you guys are awesome to watch!
@MrRizzo1961
8 ай бұрын
Johnny Cash was 71 when he died. R I P ✌️❤️🙏🙏🙏
@PoliticallyPink
8 ай бұрын
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.
@vedantapdx
27 күн бұрын
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.
@danielharper1542
2 ай бұрын
While a radio operator in the air force. He was the first westerner to learn of stalins death
@oceanlover650
8 ай бұрын
I didn't read through the comments, but I'm sure someone has recommended 'A Boy Named Sue' for a lighter song of his for a change. Great reaction.
@dmj4966
8 ай бұрын
Supposedly his daughter after hearing this said "it sounds like you are saying goodbye." To which he reportedly said "I am."
@bradwarren5380
2 ай бұрын
If you watch interviews with Trent Reznor on Nine Inch Nails. He didn't like the idea of people doing his songs. Trent says this is Johnny's song now. Johnny's refer to the end of his life. Trent sings of addition.
@johnhealy4311
8 ай бұрын
Hey guys...That was a great breakdown of this video....Mad good for you to catch all the references and apply it here.
@denisetowe895
8 ай бұрын
The members of Nine Inch Nails said this was Johnny’s song now….😢
@FlexingNuts
8 ай бұрын
This is the best cover ever done. It changes the way the lyrics hit from NIN version. Just so much emotion.
@giannag4581
8 ай бұрын
I agree. But I Think Disturbed's cover of The Sound of Silence by Simon and Garfunkel is equally as good as this. Coming in next would be Jimi Hendrix All Along the Watch Tower by Bob Dylan. Dylan said that it was now Jimi's. 😊
@igotnoname4557
14 күн бұрын
@@giannag4581 Good suggestions but Hurt is still the winner, IMHO.
@sandramoore
8 ай бұрын
His wife June watched over him protectively. She died shortly after this video was filmed. Johnny died about three months after.
@angelskunk2206
8 ай бұрын
Johnny also struggled with addiction. You guys should watch Walk The Line. It’s a great movie and you’ll learn a lot about his life. There was one thing in that movie that was obviously incorrect, if you’re a little more familiar with his past but I don’t want to say it now in case you decide to watch it.
@duncansolloway2497
6 ай бұрын
LONG BLACK VEIL is a personal fav that doesn t get much love for some reason
@beverlybrown2673
8 ай бұрын
He saved his very best for last...
@Mariethename99
6 ай бұрын
Love Johnny Cash 💖
@stephenhuber1219
8 ай бұрын
Sunday Morning Coming Down
@peterbailey4222
4 ай бұрын
A boy named Sue is a great song of his and muchh more light hearted.
@MrRizzo1961
8 ай бұрын
It was his swan song his wife died before this video came out. And he died about 9 months after her. Johnny Cash's first wife was a black woman. Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins. Were known as Sun records million dollar quartet.R.I.P. Johnny Cash ✌️❤️🙏🙏🙏
@dannypatterson3385
8 ай бұрын
What Johnny and Rick Rubin did with this was masterful. The raw emotion of that single piano note is unreal.
@danielgerald4551
8 ай бұрын
One of the best songs that Cash wrote.
@scottj5018
8 ай бұрын
Wow. Every time I hear that it's more intense. Good one guys. Keep em coming
@arlenebacon4006
8 ай бұрын
The change in your faces when the second line comes in....is profound. It shows how much this song affects everyone.
@susanstanley1746
8 ай бұрын
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..
@twwtjohns
8 ай бұрын
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.
@williamwoodward280
7 ай бұрын
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!
@rhondahammons35
4 ай бұрын
You should do “God’s gonna cut you down” another fire song from the man! 💗
@evabyrum3327
8 ай бұрын
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!!
@daledodson1279
8 ай бұрын
A true legend ❤
@1lthrnk
5 ай бұрын
Nine inch Nails said this isn’t their song because you could hear the story in his voice. June Carter-Cash died from complications in surgery. Johnny was about 6 months later. If June wasn’t there he might have never lived as long as he did. Drugs and alcohol would have killed him.
@MSBBOULDER17
3 ай бұрын
I REALLY appreciated your guys' take on this 🧡
@Denise-t4z
8 ай бұрын
One of the rare times when a cover eclipses the original. RIP Hohnny Cash. ❤
@D0nut42
8 ай бұрын
That last shot of him closing up his piano is so damned powerful.
@tonyaristide2582
8 ай бұрын
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.
@mattjohnson7316
8 ай бұрын
It was his last song and trent reznor said it was no longer his song after Mr. Cash made it his and NIN version is completely different but just as powerful
@tnightwolf
6 ай бұрын
Probably the greatest cover ever made
@terryallen345
8 ай бұрын
Whatever you upload on January 25 will be seen in Australia on January 26, that's our national day. Please react to something Australian. I recommend Kasey Chambers cover of Eminem's Loose yourself. Yes it's a banjo, yes she is a country artist and yes he gave her permission to put it on Spotify and keep the money. It's an outstanding version that shows his lyric genius 🇭🇲
@benji.B-side
7 ай бұрын
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!
@XxusmcsamurixX
8 ай бұрын
I feel the nine inch nails version is sadness for the future... But johnny cash did it woth sadness for the past
@The_Jasonian01
8 ай бұрын
Johnny was a recovered addict
@mikeb36240
8 ай бұрын
Rolling Stones - "Gimme Shelter" 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
@darrinlindsey
8 ай бұрын
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.
@markwise9138
8 ай бұрын
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.
@sirmister4411
8 ай бұрын
Just found you guys. Glad I did excellent reactions I’ve been checking them all out. 👍
@GotWag
8 ай бұрын
Cash was an addict most of his adult life. He'd kick it for a few years, then be back on the pills (mostly, as far as I remember). But in the end, like everyone, people he loved passed; his money & accomplishments meant nothing at the end of life and he'd give it all up just to be able to do it all over again, 'right'.
@woodyheywood8792
8 ай бұрын
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.
@thisisitreactions
8 ай бұрын
Thank you so much!! This really touched me. -- Corey Roy
@jjalanj7318
8 ай бұрын
I've watched this video over 100 times and it always chokes me up. Johnny's voice has so much emotion in it.
@RubyGB
8 ай бұрын
Johnny's drug addiction had been to pills and in his cover the reference to the "needle" was about suffering from diabetes in his later years and the "sting" of insulin injections.
@jeffstumpf9129
2 ай бұрын
6:58 this video was released in 2003. His wife died shortly after that, and he died a few months later.
@janihensley5306
4 ай бұрын
His daughter is the spitting image of her mama
@angelskunk2206
8 ай бұрын
Trent Reznor is the band member/lead singer of Nine Inch Nails that wrote this song. After Trent heard Johnny’s cover he told Johnny that it was his (Johnny’s) song now.
@karenlaneville8074
8 ай бұрын
Great reaction ❤ I love Johnny Cash ❤you have to do a Boy name Sue ❤
@karenlaneville8074
8 ай бұрын
Just so you know that whole album is Fire❤
@juliawolna9646
8 ай бұрын
Boy Named Sue would be a good song to slowly broaden your image of Mr. Cash now!
@fuzzylogics139
8 ай бұрын
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.
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