Big Iron | The Longest Johns

[@thelongestjohns]

Our new album is up for preorder!! Visit www.kickstarter.com/projects/thelongestjohns/voyage-new-album-campaign-by-the-longest-johns to order your copy now!!

[@TugiFox]

Please do Sam Hall! I've been listening to your old Just the Songs videos, and it's such a beautiful song.

[@BloodAngel500]

defo buying this

[@pyeitme508]

RAD!

[@ericparrish1515]

Smell me business bossman

[@funnyapplemerchant1736]

I am late to the party, where can I order the CD? :)

[@thomasoreilly857]

This video conclusively proves that the swiftness of the ranger is in fact still talked about to this day.

[@Thunderstar7]

True fact

[@Vigilante9033]

Huge if true

[@manuarteteco6153]

word

[@brutalerik87]

This comment wins

[@ericthompson3982]

Dunedain or Gondorian?

[@TheMusicOfMind]

"Truth is, the Johns were long from the start." -Benny, definitely

[@Unpluggedcables]

Made me spit my water out😂

[@DietTimboSlice]

I hope this doesn't cause some kind of... Fallout between us. Fallout: New Vegas.

[@EpicSOB_]

Best joke caught me off guard, ggwp

[@then00brathalos]

@@DietTimboSlice Gee all this luxury on the lucky 38 ? What do i owe ya ? "Nothing, its on the *house* "

[@UnlaunderedShirt]

My wife thought for the longest time that the "big iron" on his hip was like a tire iron, and now I can't imagine it any other way

[@DimitriTacoEater]

Goddammit same lol

[@glowstickofdestiny1290]

I can't decide whether it's funnier to imagine the tire iron also being a firearm, or the Ranger throwing it so hard that the narrator mistakes it for a bullet as it brains Texas Red.

[@tyrians]

Either that or a golf club, eh

[@ewanhogg3068]

@@tyrians He was going for the White Line Nightmare challenge, clearly.

[@eMorphized]

@@glowstickofdestiny1290 or maybe he had his gun on the other hip and the iron was unrelated

[@nickel-bolas951]

You're listening to Radio New Vegas. I'm your host, Mister New Vegas, reminding you there's always someone who loves you. It's me. I love you. This next song goes out from me, to you. Enjoy.

[@FreshBarn]

I wish we could have met him

[@doomie.s]

​@@FreshBarn Me too, I wonder how'd he'd look like.

[@brazen_helm]

@@doomie.s it's not necessarily canon because there's no in-game evidence for this, but according to a developer interview Mr New Vegas is an AI created by Mr House and has no physical body

[@Shinraxis]

this song make me want to play New Vegas. played it only one time but i did not get into it really.

[@nctpti2073]

@@Shinraxis The whole radio playlist is great.

[@nathanharmon8971]

As an American, I can’t tell you how surreal it is hearing westerns sung in a British accent.

[@ProfesoraNut]

Same! Super fun though.

[@scottwallace5239]

When we sing them, it comes across as more traditional folk music than western, but I like it

[@AlecPerrier]

Western country feels the Folkiest of the country subtypes to me. Idk, the guitar work or storytelling.

[@centurion7993]

@@scottwallace5239well I mean the UK accent is just fast southern soooooo (seriously British folks just need to slow their speech and draw out certain syllables and you get like half of the southeast’s accents) Edit: typo

[@rubeniscool]

@@centurion7993 ...*which* UK accent though? lol Because you have Southeast, Estuary, London, Standard, Queens (King's now I guess), Northern (and it's myriad variations), West country (Pirate), Suffolk (Farmer Pirate) etc etc lol The one closest to the Older American accent (ie when you guys first went over) would be West Country, which is how most of England at least originally spoke before the Great Vowel Shift ended and we dropped most of our R's. Some of Shakespeare's plays are still performed in Original Pronunciation. You should check out "Original Pronunciation - Hamlet" by Ben Crystal here on youtube :)

[@Nebula-wu7qr]

Patrolling the Mojave almost makes you wish for a Nuclear winter! In all seriousness, y'all did a fantastic job with this. I will definitely be listening to this on repeat for the next week.

[@jackielinde7568]

I think you mean the Sonoran... Mojave is a different desert. Ask me how I know.

[@justinholoviak5357]

Nice comment. I’m about to start a new character and play that holodeck program. Fallout New Vegas is a great escape from real life. Might try not to add a few perks and hit points at the beginning to make it a “tad” easier for once. Funny. This song reminded me of the Mojave right away too

[@fionasabre]

​@@jackielinde7568I think you don't know Fallout: New Vegas?

[@shadowgale4516]

I love Fallout New Vegas one of the best games ever made after they patched it ofc, apparently there was that many bugs on launch they could of wrote a book 🤣

[@jackielinde7568]

@@fionasabreNooo... But I know about "The Valley of the Sun!" other wise know as THE PHOENIX METROPOLITAN AREA!!! Why is this relevant? Well, did you know that there really is a town called Agua Fria, Arizona? I didn't until hearing this song. And do you know where that song is located? In the Phoenix Metropolitan Area... Next to Sun City, Youngtown, El Mirage... And reasonably close to, oh, I don't know. Phoenix Arizona! Yeah, My home town. the place I lived MOST of my life. (I really need to get out more and do some traveling.) Except that Phoenix isn't IN the Mojave Desert. It's in The Sonoran Desert. Want to know a big clue? You know all those big cacti with the upraised arm like they've participated in one too many KZbin comment sections and just given up? The Saguaro? Yeah, you don't find those in the Mojave. You only find them in the Sonora: Arizona, New Mexico, and the Mexican State of Sonora.

[@jennifermk4059]

To me, this cover feels like a poignant tale of caution, while the original feels like an exciting eyewitness account. I love when covers add a different narrative perspective. Both versions are beautiful.

[@Mildcat743]

If you want another angle, try Johnny Cash's cover from late in his career. Like most of his music from the time, it's got a sense of profound sorrow, almost like it's being performed by the ranger late in his life looking back on his life and decisions.

[@jennifermk4059]

@@Mildcat743 Ooooh thank you!

[@shawnwolf5961]

@@Mildcat743 I am a huge Johnny Cash fan and I never knew he did a cover of this song!

[@manuarteteco6153]

My favorite is likely the Colter Wall one. It's really got a vibe of man, you messed with the wrong one

[@ob2kenobi388]

​@@Mildcat743 Personally, I think it sounds a bit like an older resident of Agua Frea recounting the tale to the young'uns. A man who's old enough to realize that what happened that day wasn't good-Texas Red may have been vicious and a killer, but he was only a youth of twenty-four. He hadn't yet hit his thirties, yet he'd already made the choices that led to his untimely and tragic demise. Hell, it could be Red's father or his brother still mourning Red's loss despite everything.

[@another-human_exe]

"...what in the goddamn?" Never crossed my mind, Sea Shanty singers play a full Marty Robbins. Like always, most adequate.

[@lukeburns8834]

"Texas red had not cleared leather" is one of those harmonies that sends you reeling what it comes around

[@totollies]

"There was forty feet between them when they stopped to make their play" "And the swiftness of the ranger is still talked about today" Chills, every time.

[@PierzStyx]

For me its, "Texas Red had not cleared leather 'fore a bullet fairly ripped"

[@Sewblon]

The original really makes you feel the enormity and finality of taking a life, like the singer saw the shooting and is still traumatized by it. This version sounds more relaxed, like the singer's son or grandson is singing it as a way of honoring his ancestors and their way of life.

[@artyomsaveli9681]

Oh my sweet sarsaparilla stars, this is beautiful.

[@iiCYRENii]

These men are magicians on their instruments, I've never heard anything bad come from their mouths, they're truly amazing, and their legacy will live on in many of us for a while ❤😊

[@Denley1526]

Their legacy will live on for ever!😁😍

[@thecollectorcorner1519]

They are great. However the vibe the original gave out was more inclined as a bard from the old west. This one sounds more modern and less feeling to it.

[@hejdk6]

@@thecollectorcorner1519 i'll agree, the way Marty Robins conveys feelings in his songs is incredible, but these guys can do it to, if you listen to a song like Ashes.

[@peregrine1769]

The Biggest Iron

[@MyrKeys]

I do love it when you guys do American folk music, it sounds awesome. I also play this song on my banjo a lot, but I play it completely differently! That's also very fun to see.

[@manuarteteco6153]

Do you also play it clawhammer? How do you do it? I'm also banjoing this in these days =)

[@MyrKeys]

@@manuarteteco6153 Yes, I do play it clawhammer! But I play it in open G tuning, with Em and C chords.

[@YOGI-kb9tg]

Patrolling the Mojave Almost Makes You Wish For a Nuclear Winter

[@alvpyrola]

You heard us! There was a lot of people who wanted this song after the chill halloween stream. Love that you stretched the end of the chorus a little, it sounds great. Lovely harmonies as always, and Andy's voice is as beautiful as ever. A more random thing.. I haven't noticed before that the Megalodeon has a megalodon tooth as the A. I've watched a lot of fossil hunting videos, and they sometimes find megalodon teeth. And every time I see the word written, for a split second I read it as megalodeon.

[@Cry_Havoc]

Andy's phrasing is perfect, too!

[@themangoartificer882]

i dont think its a tooth i think its a jaws type pov of a shark head

[@alvpyrola]

@@themangoartificer882 Hmm, maybe you're right. Oh well, it resembles a megalodon tooth too though, so I like it anyway. Shark mouth or shark tooth, not too far apart!

[@Ninjamonkey17]

Fallout: New Bristol

[@KrunoslavSaho]

Fallout: New Vegas brought me here.

[@alexaresco2063]

New Vegas is still my all time favorite Fallout game

[@HangrySaturn]

@@alexaresco2063 Peak Bethesda game

[@jwleon02]

Marty Robbins is smiling from the great beyond right now. :)

[@kobayashi.official]

I'm always amazed with the way that Andy doesn't look like his hands are doing much but he makes that banjo sing like no other! In fact everyone always looks so comfortable with their instruments as if playing them is no different then twiddling their thumbs! Amazing job as always, lads!

[@Samsoft_yt]

The longest johns and big iron was a cover no one expected but nobody knew they needed

[@ThatRedGuy23]

Marty Robbins is one of my favourite country artists, and I'm always apprehensive about covers, but you gents smashed it. A fantastic performance. I'd not heard of you before stumbling across this video, but I'm going to take a deep dive now!

[@hilarymurray8741]

Delighted you are having a go at this! Marty Robbins is not appreciated contemporarily as he should be imo. Would you fancy having a go at 'Rawhide', full pelt?

[@PeterLGଈ]

Haven't heard this since I was a pre-teen - and that was near 60 years ago! Well done, boys. Brought a smile to this old face 🙂

[@PwnzerProductions]

After shifting from shanties to folk songs to mining and railroad songs, the Longest Johns have finally come to the logical next stop: Old west ballads

[@hathor98]

I fell in love with this song playing Fallout New Vegas. It always made me feel nostalgic because I love old country. I remember listening to it with my dad who has since past. You guys have definitely done a worthy remake. Thank you for this.

[@Cry_Havoc]

I grew up listening to Marty Robbins, and this is just perfect, adequate in every way! I'm now going to beg for more Marty songs, or at the very least, Rock Island Line, because you don't have enough songs about trains. STOMP!!!

[@ericparrish1515]

Got a point... maybe I could be a boat anchor one day

[@Cry_Havoc]

@@ericparrish1515 We must all dream...

[@chaoticcar6231]

from the seven seas to the wild west, holy big irons

[@andrewhalo100]

Patrolling the Mojave almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter

[@bezerkoid]

*mod that causes homing nukes to kill that NPC ensues*

[@AnneE-cr3nu]

Listening to this song almost makes me wish Fallout was real...

[@pluggedinpete]

My dad is a massive fan of that era of C&W, and I grew up with artists like Jim Reeves, Kris Kristofferson and Marty Robbins. You have done such a good job with this cover. 👏👏👏👏

[@rachellynn95]

Marty Robbins has a gunfighter album back in the day my dad loved his voice and had all his albums. Love this Aloha.❤❤

[@WomenRespecter9000]

On top of being a wonderful tune, this song is also a brilliantly constructed story. It doesn't simply describe a gunfight, it takes its time building the mythos of each of the participants. It finely details both their skill and willingness to kill, and painting both participants as being so skilled and with a strong reputation makes the encounter more gripping. Not only that, but it also creates a beautifully executed tension. Notice how, although the song clearly respects both of its main characters, it bets *against* the ranger in its language. It understates, but doesn't under*estimate*, the skill of the ranger, but commits lines to the viciousness and body count of Texas Red. It also condemns the Ranger to be the 21st notch on Red's gun. You can even tell that the locals of Agua Fria had lived under the shadow of the unkillable Texas Red for so long that they had no hope that the Ranger would ever match him, to the point that they prematurely mourn him. This seeding of tension is part of what makes the payoff so satisfying. The other part is how the latter half of the song seems to be narrating the standoff in real time. It does a great deal to convince the audience of the swiftness of the Ranger by spending very few words on the actual gunfight, snapping quickly to the aftermath, as if everything happened too fast to even be described. Stories told in song are so wonderful when done carefully and with the elegance that this song was. Others that come to mind are "If It Means a Lot to You" by A Day To Remember, or "Fire Coming Out of the Monkey's Head" by Gorillaz.

[@tedszweb5268]

The 4 th verse is just so good about being after an outlaw & he was going to take him in alive or maybe dead & that it didn’t matter. Now that’s badass !

[@AnneE-cr3nu]

The fact that it specifically tells the story of an Arizona Ranger makes it all the more appropriate for the Fallout game that most obviously draws from the Wasteland series. Another fantastic design choice by Obsidian.

[@robgrey6183]

I like these guys. I'm an American from Wyoming. But, I just listened to THEIR version after listening to Colter Wall's. My ears have whiplash.

[@armageddon7432]

i want a dnd campaign written and played by these guys based on their songs/covers

[@operatorspade6409]

I would love to see an expansion into many more of the Marty robbins songs, beautiful music gentleman!

[@TurtleTime26]

Right?? I would love to hear them cover El Paso or Doggone Cowboy

[@jdubya7139]

ElPaso!

[@ftdefiance1]

I grew up and served in Arizona...thanks for giving this a broader reach.

[@wtzyx7245]

Cringe

[@familyfarmcountry]

Marty Robbins is a favorite of our family. Glad to see you folks keeping alive his memory by playing this song. More Marty Robbins’ songs please.

[@DrJay1234]

I went back to an old New Vegas save just last week.

[@J_SCH]

I remember hearing this TLJ rendition sung on a super late-night stream where Andy was just sitting around with a Banjo, sung some stuff like Hills of Mexico. Lovely to see it come to an official release. The preservation and retelling of these stories and songs will always be cheered on!

[@robertshadbolt3056]

I to watched this stream, Andy absolutely slew this solo. I suggested he learnt El Paso at the time. I think the story telling of Marty Robins and TLJ arrangements and harmonics are a match made in heaven. Of to see them in March as a birthday pressie from my awesome wife....or is that adequate wife?

[@calebmurphy9406]

Am I the only one who finds it hypnotic the way Andy stares down the barrel of the camera in these videos? It lends such an intimacy to his performance and I find it deeply moving.

[@Roundout34]

You all did a fantastic cover. I am a big fan of all of your songs, but, as an American, it really resonated with me on this one. Thank you for giving us Yanks a nod, despite our troubles. It really means a lot.

[@josecarioca8785]

Pirating in the caribbean almost makes you wish for the North Sea winter

[@johncayley7838]

Absolutely gorgeous! You boys can do no wrong. I would like to once again humbly suggest Star of the County Down for a dose of studio magic. Cheers, lads!

[@captainlyons1781]

First we had Marty Robbins cheerful tone like the event of texas red is still fresh on everyone's mind, then we had Johnny Cash's dark tone almost like one of the eye witnesses is telling the story to his grand-kids and now Longest Johns cover is like the town telling the story to new comers years later. Love your guy's work on this song!

[@TravellingTortuga]

The timing between the releases lines up near perfectly for this interpretation, too.

[@eMorphized]

Considering the banjo, it's probably more like what the song sounds like by the time the story makes it back East to Virginia

[@TheRustyTubs]

Makes me thursty for some sunset sarsaparilla, would love to see you guys do "Jingle Jangle Jingle"

[@ProfesoraNut]

Such beautiful descending harmony lines at the end of the verses... 😍

[@zer0rebel4]

I need this on spotify rn

[@Sepal591]

GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD ❤

[@ericparrish1515]

The pouts?

[@the_gas_mask_man1527]

I went searching for a Big Iron Cover, and the first thing I saw was this. I have always enjoyed the Longest John's music, and to look for a Big Iron Cover and find a recently added cover by the Longest Johns was amazing. The stars have aligned for me.

[@lelanternoscope3691]

Patrolling your Channel makes almost you wish to listen to your songs non-stop! Thanks you so much!

[@cheater21211]

The swiftness of that ranger is indeed still talked about today

[@MagicOtter1]

Texas Red wasn't ready for the boys to drop this banger!! Amazing work guys

[@jerryw6699]

Truly, one of the greatest old west songs of all time, these guys did it justice.

[@matthewdeguire472]

The harmonies of your voices work perfectly for this song.

[@the1trueshark]

We really need an album with all the one off songs you guys do for the channel. These have been some of my favorite pieces by you guys and it annoys me so much that it's not on spotify

[@GuntherRommel]

This is an *amazing* cover of the song. The Courier would be proud.

[@susanmarks2382]

Great, not heard one of Marty Robbins' Gunfigher Ballards in eons - one of Dad's favs with Johnny Cssh - a definite blast from past !😊

[@gerrythekay]

Ever since I heard Andy do this song during his solo COVID stream I knew the whole group could do it justice. I have to say, this is even better than I imagined. Thank you for this great Marty Robbins cover!

[@armageddon7432]

this is more in my vocal range thanks :D

[@grampasso1238]

Ho appena ricominciato Fallout New Vegas e quando oggi ho sentito i primi accordi di questa canzone nel vostro album, ne sono stato piacevolmente colpito!

[@guerney2000]

"Do you need a count?" "Nah sir!" (bang) ... ... ... "Well... that ain't good"

[@ericparrish1515]

Donuts fuckem...not me

[@sagnikbasak9281]

I understood that reference

[@sagnikbasak9281]

Let me tell you buddy. There's a faster gun. Coming over yonder. When tomorrow comes.

[@guerney2000]

​@@sagnikbasak9281Let me tell you, buddy And it won't be long 'Til you find yourself singing Your last cowboy song

[@Swashbuckling13]

Holy moly that's AMAZING guys!! I cannot wait for this to get on Spotify. This may very well be the BEST version of this song!!!

[@chrisholcomb4765]

Wow guys, bringing back memories of the first time I heard this as a kid. Going grocery shopping with my dad early Saturday mornings. He used to play this whole album, Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs. Would love to hear you guys cover more of Marty's songs.

[@daniellesapino]

Hot dang. Love me some old cowboy songs 🎶

[@erichrathkamp8498]

Honestly, I'm not sure I liked the banjo that much before listening to you guys. Nice cover!

[@James_Bee]

You clearly have never listened to some of the greatest banjo players in the world.

[@ericparrish1515]

Whoopdedoo 😂

[@GuardianNamick]

I may or may not have listened to this about 10 times over the last 2 days, its been great.

[@hidden_sniper3638]

One of my all time favorite songs! sung by one of my favorite group great job!!!!

[@Chef-Juice]

It's 2024 and the swiftness of the ranger is still talked about

[@AColonelPanic]

The ranger used VATS 😜

[@watchtower0988]

First was Marty Robbins, Then Johnny Cash, then Colter Wall, and now you boys :) . all fantastic. this one may be my favorite tbh

[@ReezeGoingSenseless]

+10 Charisma.

[@silverscorpio24]

The legend of Big Iron even crossed the Atlantic ❤

[@YourAverageKriegsman]

Me in D2 struttin around spire of the watcher with my cowboy drip and Last Word hand cannon

[@KevinTurner-aka-keturn]

there are a lot of numbers in this song

[@Contemplative_extrovert]

The harmony is phenomenal.

[@lycanarachnid2435]

Holy shit when I saw this in my recommended I lost it! One of my fav songs of all time covered by another of my fav bands lets go!

[@kittencolony]

Adequate job everyone! Can't wait for the new album

[@Galiuros]

This song was featured on KXCI 91.3 in Tucson

[@shiningarmor2838]

Is this why big iron memes have been showing up in my recommended feed again?

[@fobbitoperator3620]

I have no doubt whatsoever,mthese blokes played many hours in the Majave Wastelamds! (OH SHIIIIIIT...A DEATHCLAW!!!)

[@Yodel1ngS0up]

An absolutely amazing version of one of my favorite songs!!! This is why you guys are my favorite artists!!!!!

[@CainFreemont]

Fantastic rendition! Found out about your music during the shanty revival a few years back and been listening ever since. Love ya'll's work.

[@deborahchapman222]

Loved it! Well done. You blokes did a great job with one of our western songs. Fantastic harmonies 👏👏👏👏 💗Debbie USA

[@marielle-annephilenor3460]

damn timezones. i had to watch this in class. anyway i didnt expect ANYTHING in this video, so good job guys ily all

[@marielle-annephilenor3460]

this is like my second watch and oh my god wtf they peaked. what the actual

[@StylishYeoman]

You take a sip from your trusty Vault 11 canteen

[@jagajang]

This song strongly affirmatives the value of 'Quick Draw'

[@justaninkling]

My head cannon is that they just watched upisnotjump's video on new Vegas and wanted to do their own cover

[@The_Cois]

This just made me get tickets for their show in Belfast!!

[@crbielert]

Wow guys, this is a wonderful cover. Thank you.

[@BlackDogXLL]

This is genuinely an incredible and iconic cover that almost rivals the original

[@clown1536]

I only know these guys from their We All Lift Together cover but now that this came out I NEED to check out the rest of their channel

[@Malachi_Marx]

UpIsNotJump and The Longest Johns...... I need this collab asap...... Now i'm off to play New Vegas.

[@paulmayle4374]

My late Mum loved Marty Robbins singing this :) love your version :)

[@yasumedia9528]

No one tells stories quite like a folk band. And no one plays folk quite like Longest Johns.

[@beahwatson]

oh this is a big time banger

[@milliman4]

I've been listening to the original for a while now while playing Titanfall 2, this kind of music is the secret soundtrack for that game

[@Jozz.]

An awesome crossover! Never thought I'd see the day

[@PrinceAlhorian]

Listening to this while cleaning my .357 Mag. This song on New Vegas is the reason why I love wheelguns.

[@samliveshere88]

Sang this at during our shanty meet up last week, if TLJ does it, its valid lol

[@stephenwadecapps1983]

When I was just a lad, I admittedly found myself wondering how someone with an iron beat a man wielding a gun..., fortunately I grew up watching John Wayne, Chuck Conners, James Arness and eventually I got the reference... 🤦🏻‍♂️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️😜