First Time Hearing Johnny Cash

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[@bilmoe5856]

Trent Reznor said that hearing this song by Johnny was like seeing an old girlfriend with someone else and realizing that he was better for her than you would ever be.

[@wordy4908]

When Cash did Tom Petty’s Southern Accent’ he said it was the Anthem of the South. Petty’s version was marvelous, Johnny took it to a whole new place.

[@wackyvorlon]

I like to say that Johnny Cash’s genre was Johnny Cash.

[@kevinnestorek4979]

I definitely agree it was awesome of Trent to say that. As a writer of such a personal song to be like "yeah he killed it... I can't even lie. It's his now".

[@ankhimHoH]

The crazy thing about it is the whole thing was set up by his agent as a gimmick to connect with The Youth. The told Cash it was about opiate addiction and he only learned it deeply enough to record it.

[@wackyvorlon]

@@ankhimHoH I’m not sure how true that is, given the way Cash changed the lyrics. The line “crown of thorns” was changed from “crown of shit”. Gives that part a great deal more meaning.

[@wheelswingsfins438]

I don’t believe Johnny was depressed. He knew where he was in life. This was goodbye my friends.

[@williamware367]

Goodbye can be depressing when you know it's coming, but you're still not ready. Trust me. I've said way too many goodbyes that I knew were coming but I still wasn't ready for. Knowing I was saying goodbye didn't mean I wasn't heartbroken.

[@crazyguy_1233]

I see it as him stating his regrets in his youth. He wishes he did more in life especially in his younger years he wishes he was a better person earlier in life. And then his acceptance and stating his goodbyes.

[@charlese1077]

Agree, this reactor didn't get it...but he figured out to be quiet at the end.

[@jenniferbriggs3796]

Yes it was

[@christinerobinson9372]

Clinical depression, no. But that temporary depression we all go through while we work through old issues, definitely. He was regretting the pain he caused to the people he loved over his lifetime.

[@luisval]

Eventually, Trent Reznor said that this was no longer his song after this performance, in an interview he said that when he received the audio cover, he didn't payed much attention, it was until the video came out that he realized the power of what Johnny Cash did.

[@kainslance]

The song and video make me cry every time I see or hear it.

[@robyn0524]

@@kainslance I was honored to see Johnny in the early 80's he was a true artist and bigger than life

[@jenniferbriggs3796]

It's a very powerful song and it's one of his best! Thanks Trent

[@jenniferbriggs3796]

@@kainslance I think of my late husband and cry everytime

[@fazr6103]

It's one all those rare songs where the cover is better than the original. The rare original and cover that despite having the same lyrics evokes different two completely different perspectives. The other cover that's jumping to mind rn is Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen. Jeff Buckley's version was more powerful and he made it his. A sad song in a very different way

[@TRWilley]

"I wear this crown of thorns upon my liar's chair..." is a lyric that Johnny changed from the original Reznor lyrics, but it perfectly portrayed the struggle between his devout faith and his personal sins and addictions - like saying he was trying to identify with Christ, but was at the same time saddled to a throne of lies. Brutal honesty.

[@majinsole8554]

Never realized this, thank you. ~_~

[@richieclean]

As others have mentioned, this was written by Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails. It's the final track of their concept album "The Downward Spiral" and is largely inspired (if that's the right word to use) by Reznor's own depression and drug addiction. So while the original paints a picture of someone contemplating suicide, in Cash's version we see an aged person coming to terms with their own mortality, and evaluating their life's worth. Same song, same lyrics (with a notable exception; "Crown of Shit" becomes "Crown of Thorns") and yet two very different pieces. Sublime. *Edit* I'm aware of the fact that Cash had struggled with drug addiction and alcoholism, among other things, so it's not necessary to point out that fact.

[@ReaLibro]

I love how Cash's version changed how Reznor performs it. You can compare The Downward Spiral version to the version on And All That Could Have Been to hear what I'm talking about.

[@williamkeith2419]

I have always felt that the NIN version, is more impressive in a technical sense, but Johnny Cash brought a deep emotional connection to the lyrics that I don't get with the original.

[@jonmcdowell6869]

@@williamkeith2419 yes! The video with clips of Johnny as a young man really enhanced his version of the song.

[@Bodeesafa]

Well said.

[@CallumHattingh]

This was well said. I do love the dichotomy, I prefer the arrangement and musicality of the Reznor version, but I appreciate the Cash version and respect it for the risk he took performing this type of music.

[@bidwell13]

Fun Fact: The shot with his wife standing on the staircase wasn’t planned. She came down to check on him while they were filming and the director loved the way it looked and included it in the video.

[@capatheist]

daughter* his wife had passed by the time of this filming, and johnny passed not long after filming..

[@bidwell13]

@@capatheist The video was filmed Feb 2003 and June passed May 15th 2003. That is her on the staircase.

[@X100People]

Its June, thats my great aunt

[@mikemurphy1913]

Thats incredible

[@raha1277]

@@capatheist I actually thought the same thing initially but thats June and she died within months of this video and him not long after.

[@fionabarrie9697]

As a person experiencing deterioration of my body and cognitive function, this song hit me deeply, I've never heard this piece before. Thank-you.

[@kbf9644]

I remember openly weeping the first time I saw this. He was saying goodbye and it’s extremely intimate.

[@DaftProxy]

When Johnny recorded the video for this and showed his wife and daughter before if was premiered. His daughter looked at him and said "dad it sounds like you're saying goodbye" he looked her dead in the eye and said "I am"

[@chrisfrazier4749]

Saddest 😢song I've ever R.I.P Johnny Cash

[@ddbauer]

that whole album "the man comes around" is johnny writing his own epitaph. great record

[@jamieclark1767]

Do you have a source for this, I've seen a lot of people say it was his agent,, then some say his daughter, but I can't actually find proof. Cheers

[@JP-py4ny]

@@ddbauer This was a cover song by Johnny. Nine Inch Nails wrote this song in the 90s

[@ddbauer]

@@JP-py4ny I’m aware. He did covers on that album even older than this one. My remark wasn’t to imply he wrote this song but that he wrote his epitaph in the form of the record recording

[@christinavail7829]

Johnny didn’t write this song, it’s a nine inch nails song but he did a cover. I literally can’t listen to Johnnys version without crying, it’s so emotional, it’s like the lyrics were meant for him.

[@derrickzane5834]

Truth, there are only so many people in the world who could convey the pain and emotion of a life lived like Johnny's in something as simple as an acoustic guitar, a piano, and that voice.

[@jamiewilson3599]

When Trent Reznor was asked what he thought about Cash’s cover of his song, he replied “it’s Johnny’s song now.”

[@genehauser3913]

I agree. I've been a Johnny Cash fan for years and watched several in-depth documentaries on his life and death. It is gut wrenchingly emotional for me as well. I approach it from a Christian perspective which makes it all the more emotional and real for me.

[@bobd2659]

@@jamiewilson3599 And Trent was right! Love NIN and their crews, but this never really seemed like 'his' when I saw it live. I mean, he DID do it justice...but Johnny just punches you with it...

[@UltimateGamerCC]

he made it to where it feels that way, as he let us all know how terrible he felt.

[@mommiedearest11]

This was a man taking stock of his life, as we all will someday. The humility, the vulnerability, the sadness, and the humanity is something that we all can connect with. It cuts deep, I think, because we know that someday we will ALL be in that same place.

[@JDAfrica]

Powerful! His albums in a cracked glass frame, his awards and trophies, his collapsing house… an empire of dirt. Really re-aligns our priorities

[@benjamintherogue2421]

I've been to war. Not all of us get a chance to take stock of our life before it ends. It is a blessing to have a chance to reflect.

[@jeffrapier947]

I can't even hear Johnny's version without getting chills, and the video makes it exponentially more powerful. Weaving in the images of his past and then present, then closing the piano down and rubbing it with his hands as if to say goodbye. In my opinion, it is by far the greatest video and performance ever recorded.

[@Rosiepooh75]

Amazing reaction. This was Johnny's final recording. His wife, June (on the stairs in the video), passed away 3 months after the video was shot, and Johnny passed 3-4 months after she did. Rumour has it that when he showed the video to his daughter she said "it's as if you are saying goodbye" and he said " I am". The first time I heard his version I was not in a great mental state and the key progression was hitting me in the feels, but it is masterful and haunting to me.

[@ThumperE23]

It was his daughter Cindy, and she was the one who told the story.

[@Joex51x]

she passed 2 weeks after the video was released..

[@noremac7216]

Okay so because of how KZbin space this comment out on my phone I just did one of my most panicked Google searches ever. You said that his wife passed 3 months after the video was shot. But I read it as his wife passed 3 months after the video, was shot. So inadvertently you made me think that somebody murdered Johnny Cash's wife before he died and I just didn't know about it and I am so glad that's not what happened

[@danieldickson8591]

Not his final recording, but his final video performance. He kept writing and recording after June died, because he felt the need to keep working.

[@dtop668]

Also, from what I’ve read, when he closed that piano, it hasn’t been opened since. I don’t know why, but that fact makes me tear up.

[@bethhutto3138]

His last recorded song. And of course it was a hit! He lost his beloved June not long after this. And he followed soon after. Thank you both for the many years of fantastic music. May you RIP!

[@wattanokomi1740]

I thought she died before this song came out

[@robjj5373]

This isn't his last recorded song.

[@ryanmcewen415]

Its one of his last. But not THE last.

[@lukemilam918]

He made a whole album after this. He worked all the way up til he died. His last single was God Gonna Cut You Down that came out after he died.

[@bpat9968]

@@lukemilam918 like the 309 was his last one that came out after he died

[@amandamccallum1657]

NIN sang this as a young man in the middle of addiction and did very well. Jhonny took it and told the same story but as an old man looking back on his life of addiction. The same story at different points of life is what hits so hard.

[@joyredmond7822]

Omg that just brought this song/video to a new level. I never realized that.

[@Vin496]

110% true, still prefer Trents version, because it it filed with pain that I can relate to, where Jonnys is filled with remorse.

[@TheMajorStranger]

@@Vin496 There is something deeply sad in an old man looking back at his life of addiction and mistakes and the knowledge he is out of time. No matter how hard he regret he know he can't go back, he can't get better. His time is coming.

[@CoastalNomad]

Having different meanings based on where the person is in their life is a sign of a Great Song.......

[@-Miasimon]

Tried to make it through this without crying for once. Didn't even make it past the first chords. Goodbyes always hurt, and this was Johnny Cash's goodbye to the world.

[@jarvisreed9936]

Johnny was "tortured" soul. He lived hard in his younger years with multiple addictions. He then accepted Christ but fought the fight of never feeling good enough for what God had given him. He understood struggles and felt like he had let people down because he fully knew what fighting the dark side was daily. He had also lost his wife just a short time before this. Johnny Cash was real. I have mountains of respect for him.

[@teamcybr8375]

He actually lost June shortly after recording this. He followed her a few months later.

[@yourhuuhness7921]

I've heard so many people say he sold his soul and honestly after this song along with a few others I wouldn't be surprised. I hope this isn't the case for obvious reasons but I'm not really all into Christianity so I can't speak too much on it. But the addiction issues are a different story. Fame truly isn't everything when you pull the shades over your own eyes and can't see reality for what it is. RIP to a real legend of MUSIC

[@jennywren7822]

@@yourhuuhness7921 Fame isn't what its racked up to be, all the wannabes we have now. Fame suffocate Elvis, and the prescription drugs he took in vast amounts to cope with it, killed him in the end....

[@homicidalterror9028]

@@teamcybr8375 i’m related to her

[@lightaces]

June is IN the video, and not just in archive footage. The video was filmed in February, June died in May, and Johnny passed in September.

[@diamondflaw]

That moment of his hands smoothing across the piano lid... it breaks me.

[@shelbydeming4485]

Me too...

[@nathanieldotter3717]

The part that gets me is him pouring out the wine 🥺

[@gisellepuchiorta8783]

Johnny Cash had a way reaching one deep down in the core when he sang. He made one "feel" the music. I love his songs. But this one is my favorite cause it's so raw.

[@jimboa20]

"Everyone I know goes away in the end" carries a deeper and more bleak meaning for the elderly. My grandparents are still alive but definitely in the final years of their lives. I've often heard them say that all (or most) of their friends are gone and passed away. I can't even imagine how that must feel but it's pretty damn depressing.

[@RighteousJ]

Learn what you can from them while you still can. I deeply regret not spending more time with my grandparents before their passing (20 years since Grandma and 13 since Grandpa). By the time I realized what was most important in life, it was too late. Cash's version of this song is deeply introspective and almost explicitly references personal regrets; use it as an inspiration to do what's important.

[@johnstevens2918]

This was filmed in the then (and now) closed Johnny Cash museum. Imagine being in the twilight of one's life, making one more song, and filming it in closed museum dedicated to your own life.

[@brettmichaels2814]

Johnny Cash didn't make the song

[@terrymills810]

@@brettmichaels2814 although he didnt write the song He definitely made it his song. Even Trent has said that is now Johnny's song

[@richardkeating3575]

I feel that hearing this without seeing the video is almost sacrilege , it`s like he recorded both as a final farewell to the empire of dirt. The song stands one it`s own, obviously but the experience of both together is almost too much to bear.

[@tylerhunt8425]

@@brettmichaels2814 He didnt write it, but he made it.

[@markwise9138]

Actually it was filmed in his house. His wife came downstairs from her bedroom to check on Johnny because she was worried about him and got caught on camera. The director kept the shot and incorporated it into the song. This house burned down shortly after they passed away.

[@christinapeterson9241]

While Trent Reznor wrote and preformed this song for years, I feel that Johnny Cash’s version is the defining version of this song. Made more potent knowing that he recorded it after his wife had passed away, and he was not long for this world. In fact, recording this song and video was one of the last things that he did in his life. EPIC SONG!

[@carnivore00]

After The Man in Black's cover, Reznor said that "Hurt" was no longer his song.

[@stevencombrink9340]

His wife is in the video. She died shortly after him.

[@ratlets1]

His wife died before him, but that's her there in the video on the stairs... clearly alive.

[@13monkees]

I agree. I am a HUGE NIN fan. Cash owned this. It’s like Trent wrote it for him.

[@zinh3d]

I am pretty sure Reznor said that this song was now Cash's. His rendition was just simply astounding and man, the feels when I watch this video.

[@georgsyphers1437]

"This song effected me in a way I can't define" A lot of us feel that way. I first heard this right after it came out and was immediately blown away. Less than a year later he died. I remember I was 19 and working at a coffee shop, the news was on, they announced he had died and started playing this music video. I dropped to my knees in shock in the middle of my shift. An elderly trucker came over and asked what was wrong; I pointed at the TV and said Johnny cash died. The man frowned as tears welled up in his eyes, he took a knee beside me, and quietly prayed.

[@jamestaylor3805]

He inspired so many "fiery youth" to mature through experiences they never had to go through. A true hero despite his sins.

[@alanmyr1507]

Well ive never teared up reading a comment before dam

[@georgsyphers1437]

@@jamestaylor3805 while I loved Cash, no one taught me lessons about life and pain through country music better than Townes Van Zandt. Those first few albums of his are ecstatically beautiful, while also staggeringly painful.

[@billysmith1797]

Damn dude, that's a special story. Thank you for sharing it. You moved me to tears.

[@lillianfiori4789]

❤💔❤😘

[@raainwitch]

What I love most about this reaction is that this wasn’t even written by Johnny Cash, and yet your comments were 100% spot on. He made this song his own and between the words, the imagery in the video (especially of June, who passed not long afterwards), and the raw emotion in his performance, he took Trent Reznor’s song and perfected it.

[@jima6545]

"Everyone goes away" is also a literal situation for the elderly. They literally outlive all friends and family. A dark thought

[@dingfeldersmurfalot4560]

I'm a CNA in a nursing home. Can confirm. Even those who are left, if any, have disappeared.

[@BBaker916]

Or goal

[@svenmagnus3326]

We all "go away" in "the end"... or do we ?

[@malcolmplatt3768]

My mother felt that as her own life wound down.

[@jima6545]

@@malcolmplatt3768 thumbs up meaning I understand. I've seen it firsthand as well. A guy in his 70's. Spouse passed away, children passed untimely. Everyone he grew up with and got old with gone. Save our early morning bar community. It's heartbreaking

[@3970billbo]

Johnny Cash’s rendition of this song is haunting. If you don’t know his life’s story watch “Walk the Line”. It’s a great movie. Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon were amazing.

[@gamesnstuff657]

This was written by Trent Reznor about a young man whose life through drugs has spun out of control, but Johnny Cash turned the meaning of it's song on it's head in such a beautiful way.

[@dswynne]

It is funny how a single song can have multiple meanings, depending on where you are in life. On one hand, Trent Reznor of NIN wrote the song as if the singer is at the height of his fame, but it's a hollow one. Meanwhile, Johnny Cash sang thdie song as a farewell to a hard life filled with regret. Same song, different meaning. I like them both, btw.

[@Rhonda_girl_11]

He's not depressed in the song. He's realizing that so many of the that once mattered now seem worthless...like money, fame and his wife had passed away and they shared a beautiful and great love.

[@djm0111]

Maybe not depressed but certainly regret.

[@Bluhbear]

His wife is actually in the video. She died a bit over a year later.

[@LisaD-fy8xy]

....and realising such things usually causes one to feel depressed or feeling depressed can cause one to think about such things. I definitely wouldn't be surprised if he also felt depressed and definitely get the vibe from the song. I would assume to relate to the NIN lyrics so strongly some depression was probably present in his life. I also think it would be natural for someone knowing they are at the end of their life to feel a bit down. These things go hand in hand.

[@awds1365]

Don't forget not just his wife, but his band. The people he toured with and wrote songs together with. Like Elvis. Jerry Lee Lewis. Roy orbenson . Were all gone too. Johnny was a legend when dolly Parton first started singing. N he was one of the last to go.

[@wordy4908]

Yes

[@RebelCityEejit]

I love how Johnny Cash was able to take an established song and change the entire meaning of it based on his own performance and his own life. Super heavy

[@nesamdoom]

Covers should always be something the artist feels deeply and just wants to take a shot at from their own take. He didn't hurt the song or even try to restyle it, he just wanted to sing it from his own seat and he did a great job.

[@passionflowerentertainment501]

this song always hits me, that last scene where he closes the piano lid and run his hands over the cover always gives me chills. this was his goodbye to the world at the end of his life. he truly was a lgegend that made many mistakes but was always seeking redemption for the wrongs that he did.

[@RH-xs8gz]

This is, perhaps, the most brilliant cover song ever written. I don’t think I’ve ever heard amore real and genuine performance. This is stunningly beautiful.

[@lanariley3613]

Johnny Cash passed 4 months or so after his wife June Carter Cash she was his foundation and stability. He did an interview saying he was nothing without her. I think he gave up after loosing her. Grieved himself to death essentially.

[@UnholyWrath]

more along the lines that Mr. Cash passed away from a broken heart. there was no one on this planet that could ever replace Mrs. Cash. plus factoring in his age. at least he can be with his wife in the afterlife.

[@jabbott6748]

@@UnholyWrath That's pretty much the same thing that Lana already said. Passing away from a broken heart IS Grieving one's self to death. Same thing. Except @Lana Riley said it better to start with because she(?) didn't include fairy tales about a make-believe afterlife and she used proper capitalization to start off sentences.

[@BM-hb2mr]

Its called real broken heart.

[@elaine8013]

People actually do die of a broken heart. June's death broke his heart into pieces.

[@CliftonWolfe]

I remember seeing June Carter Cash's funeral, and Johnny sitting there in a wheelchair. He just looked so broken and forlorn. I said "Just go home, Johnny, just go home." Four months later, he did so, and now he's back with June and his savior, Jesus.

[@anaperez5442]

This is, without a doubt, one of the most powerful, moving songs I've heard in my life.

[@julieholcombe7422]

I still cry every time I hear this even though I know he remade a Nine Inch Nails song...I feel like he felt a need to do this song at that particular time in his life to address his past mistakes, troubles, etc. He did a wonderful wonderful job on this.

[@darrensanchez3123]

The lyrics, the imagery, the deep and soulful sound of his voice is almost too much. Many times, this has brought me to tears

[@paigemimms4343]

He was my great Uncle. Family meant everything to him. Every time that I hear this cover I cry.

[@QueenMoonbeam6]

I liked the songs before we lost him the best.

[@jscho8674]

Wow Paige. That's amazing.

[@mrs8171]

I am very sorry for your loss. Regardless of his status or meaning to rest of the world, that doesn't change or lessen the loss that family feel for someone they cared for a great deal. If you were lucky enough to have someone great in your life, then their loss will always hurt.

[@homicidalterror9028]

june was my great aunt

[@patriciacarson9168]

Your great-uncle was a gift to the world. I think he was the very first singer I ever fell in love with, way back. His life was not easy, even after June came along, but everyone has issues in their lives. Johnny Cash was one of those "one-of-a-kind" that you will never see again.

[@andychristensen2947]

His cover of this song is a masterwork of interpretation. Emotionally it hits like a meteor, and even all these years later I can't help but tear up any time I see the video. LIstened to him all my life, and will do so until I'm a pile of dust. Value what you have, when you have it, folks.

[@TheWykedKara]

It's such a hard song to take in, because whether its Trents version which is more matter of factly dealing with depression and addiction, or Johnnys which is dealing with mortality and looking back on the hard life he lived and the people he has lost and pushed away. It is a beautifully haunting song no matter what, and just truly iconic as a result.

[@cindya9572]

"Everyone I know goes away in the end." I know this to be true when you get older. If you live long enough, you eventually outlive the people who were the closest to you and you find yourself so alone.

[@mikewright256]

This was his "Goodbye" song, it's a cover of Nine Inch Nails, who said after hearing it, it was his. He actually died after this was released

[@brianhannigan735]

Died very soon after his wife. His queen.

[@alextivey1689]

In the last few months of his life he made his American V: a hundred highways album it was released 3 years after he died

[@McBabe12329]

Hurt for me doesn't exist without chills and tears. Such a sadly beautiful song

[@fushiguro8913]

I feel like this is one of the most beautiful songs ever written/performed/filmed, every aspect, the music, the video, the lyrics are all perfectly interwoven. Incredibly powerful. Words can't do it justice.

[@badchoices7152]

I like how you broke the song down with Johnny's version of this song. This song was kind of how I handled coming back from Afghanistan. I think the lyrics " I wear this crown of thorns upon my liars chair." To it meant I was telling everyone I was doing good since coming back from overseas when I was, so messed up, and I lied to cover it up. I actually did this song, and put it on Facebook, and it hit everyone close to me like a ton of bricks. My lies were exposed.

[@rickyrayrosenberg420]

Thank you for your service brother.

[@TheWildcardChampion]

Right there with you. Iraq and Afghanistan, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2014. The feeling was the same. It still is. So few will ever understand.

[@ShadowoftheShades]

Greatest cover ever. Period. Johnny transcended the song and made it his own.

[@chlupl]

Not sure if you are familiar with the original. He did this cover of a Nine Inch Nails. Both are great songs, and both have very different meanings. Nine inch nails singer who wrote this, after hearing Cash's cover się that it was no longer their song.

[@joserod9878]

Chlupl 👍great comment. Mrlboyd great music from other times. My respect ✊ for your nice program always and my respect ✊ for iconos from other times. Music is eternal. Take care Boys & God bless you all.

[@stinjimonkey]

I think he reacted to original but I can't remember.

[@joserod9878]

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[@teddie_schaefer1963]

Nine Inch Nails did a fantastic job with this song but Johnny's version is by far the best version of this song!

[@steventaylor2551]

I agree same song 2 very different themes. Idk if I'd call one better then the other. Cash's goodbye in doing this song did bring a tear to my eye when I heard it!

[@christophersmyth1908]

This song hits me everytime! I remember also that this song was used in the trailer for Hugh Jackmans last turn at playing Wolverine in "Logan" In my opinion... The use of this song could not have been more fitting. As it prepared the audience in a way, of things to come in the movie. Cried at the end of that too.

[@jdee4956]

He didn't write the song, it was a cover. But heartfelt all the same. June and Johnny both knew that they were nearing the end of their lives. I am sure they both had their sadnesses and regrets, as we all do. He really felt those words.

[@andrewhoward6946]

It's a fantastic cover. A really mind blowing example of how you can use almost exactly the same words, and have an entirely different meaning come out. I honestly can't even say which is better, they don't even feel like the same song.

[@slakr7555]

The “hurt” at the end of that first chorus was filled with so much pain. It’s palpable.

[@aryasneedle1967]

One of the best songs of all times. RIP Johnny. Honesty, truth. Human. Great. Makes me cry every time.

[@slappy9674]

I still get emotional every time I hear this song. This version adds the haunting sound it needs

[@alexwells8760]

I remember finding this song for the first time and after listening I was in disbelief about how perfect it was

[@jamesrosenbaum8770]

Everytime I come back to this song I want to bawl. Impossible to not feel emotional. As you get older, the song gets even more relevant. If you can imagine that.

[@sonshinelolly]

I cry every single time I hear it

[@MessianicJudaism]

Check out the song "I'm not gonna miss you" by Glen Campbell.

[@crankyyankee7290]

Oh, but you can, I'm now the same age he was then, and that's the way it works, my old (and a few young, unfortunately ) friends, family, schoolmates, and classmates have been "moving along" for a while now, and as the years go on the pace quickens as it will of course, unless we become one of those who take their turn at the door, and we find ourselves on the other side greeting the others on their arrival. I would have understood it on one level long ago, but now feel it on a much deeper level, these things must be accepted and made peace with as they are a very real part of life's journey, no need to stay depressed by them, but they can be sobering indeed to reflect on.

[@dantilston2479]

The imagery of filming this in the falling apart Johnny Cash museum while the man himself also was at the end of his life is crazy...this song is beautiful.

[@TheMCmace]

johnny sings like no one else... great musician and great human

[@elizabethhonce1677]

Yes, Johnny was an addict in his younger days. His sweetest friend is his wife, June Carter. From his addiction, he let a lot of loved ones down and hurt them. Although he did not write this song, it sounds as if it were written just for him.

[@royfrye2871]

Exactly right. His life and this song somehow belong together! I cry every time i hear it, cause I've been there myself- minus the empire he actually did build!😪💚

[@ro_dawg4720]

Couldn't have said it better. The sweetest friend part always makes me rear up, thinking he could've been referencing June.. makes my heart heavy haha..

[@jennywren7822]

My sweetest friend in the original song meant heroin, and it could mean the same in Johnny's version here...

[@dragblazer99]

This is a cover. The original is by Nine Inch Nails. Personally, this performance by Johnny Cash is just unbelievable. Even the original writer was blown away that Johnny would want to cover his song. This version is so heavy. You get so much emotion from his voice, it just hits deep. Love the reaction

[@sixpakshaker88]

Trent was originally mad that some old famous person wanted to do the cover. Then he heard it. Then he was blown away. He said that it is Johnny's song now.

[@dragblazer99]

@@sixpakshaker88 yes sir. This song was so personal to Trent. He said it felt like someone kissing his girlfriend when he heard that Cash wanted to cover it. As you said though, once you hear Johnny sing it, there's no doubt it was meant for him.

[@Bobsyagod]

@@dragblazer99 Actually he heard it and was still not sure, but then watched the filmclip with it and was blown away, admitting it was no longer his song.

[@annaavakian6683]

He didn't, Trent and Mutt Lang talked him into it I believe

[@younghove01]

He may be a little depressed but he has a contrite heart and he is pouring everything he has into this beautiful song.

[@bmd1825]

This is one of those songs that speaks to your heart and soul regardless of race, color, creed or religion. 👍

[@justinnottelling6148]

I was so impressed with Johnny’s rendition of this Nine Inch Nails song that I think I like it better than the original. He projects so much emotion; I love it.

[@aimeewalls8208]

This was made in the 3 months between his wife, the love of his life, passing away... And Johnny himself following her. My absolute favorite by him, out of MANY strong contenders. Edit: And, yes, Johnny Cash fought opiate addiction repeatedly in his life, among others. He knew the struggle well, which makes this resonate even more.

[@donaldcase4716]

Wow, rarely see you so speechless!!! That was powerful to see your reaction. This cover always makes me tear up.

[@chuckd1586]

Thank you B... I love NIN! I love Johnny! I love this song... was excited for its release in 95, and was floored at Mr Cashs release in 2002! Great reaction Sir...

[@umjammerlammy6977]

It's amazing how different the meanings between Johnny cash's version and the original are. Same words, worlds apart. It's such a heavy song

[@notchhero11]

They're very different in meaning, yet they share the same kinds of problems at the same time. It's almost poetic and makes the song that much more powerful to me.

[@dianedorris9185]

When you first listen to Johnny's version of the song you get the same feeling in your chest as when you are at a memorial service and someone is giving a very personal eulogy. I work with seniors that are near the end of thier life. The line about the needle in the flesh I feel maybe in reference to all the shots, lab work and multiple needle sticks for medications and insulin.

[@Bobsyagod]

Possibly but he was also an addict in his earlier life so he was intimately familiar with what Trent Reznor was singing about.

[@jeanmc4213]

I think your perspective is a very good (though sad) analogy. Initially written by a young man about a young mans trials, Johnny made it his own.

[@topaazmoons1]

Johnny was also a diabetic. It's what took his life in the end.

[@BlessYourHeart254]

This song is intense, and recorded not many years before he died. The video was so powerful as many of us watched his life play out on the public stage. What an incredible talent who is missed 😢

[@pinktastic6159]

I think Johnny felt this in his soul, at his very core. Everything he was ever sorry for he thought of as he sang this.

[@JBMystwind]

Yeah, like everyone says, it's a Nine Inch Nails cover. I'm a monstrous Nine Inch Nails fan, but this is Johnny Cash's song. Even Trent Reznor says the same. He wrote it at a time in his life, and it fit his narrative, but when a legend like Cash listened to it, and adopted to his time in his life, it took a whole new meaning. Dig your commentary and work man. Look forward to more!

[@afewminuteswithchrispycubi8945]

Trent himself basically said i wrote this for you. Just didnt know it

[@ChurchNietzsche]

I agree with Trent (and everyone else) ... The NIN version is a "Demo" ... No matter which version you are listening to ... They tried to do it again and again ... Then Cash did it right!!

[@robertvirnig638]

What I find amazing is the amount of emotion that he put into this song even though it is clear his voice is no longer what it once was. Notice it is sung in a narrow comfortable range with no embellishments, no dynamic changes, with those limitations no one else could express such deep emotions.

[@travisowens9735]

Having cirrhosis of my liver from my addictions, this song hits me so much. He's realizing that he's almost gone. He's realizing that all the dirt he's been treasuring is really just trash compared to the real important things, like people and love.

[@guthixisdead]

Coming from someone who’s lived with depression for most of my life, at some level or another, listening to this song makes me bawl. The emotion conveyed in it just hits those heart strings.

[@Bahadir2023]

Your reviews are so eloquent and you get the meaning behind the song. Please keep doing these.

[@galerios1]

Johnny sums up his entire life with a song he didn't even write. He left his wife in a time when divorce was a taboo. He became famous, got into drugs, and disappointed those who loved him. Trent Reznor wrote the song. Johnny Cash embodied it.

[@rwxstudio7173]

I heard that once Trent heard Johnny's version, Trent said the song now belonged to Johnny.

[@julesr5802]

Well said

[@galerios1]

@@rwxstudio7173 To the best of my knowledge that is true.

[@xtravagentk1275]

@@galerios1 Not quite. Trent wasn't a fan of it actually, until he saw the music video.

[@galerios1]

@@xtravagentk1275 That is true. Once he saw the video he changed his mind.

[@ashwilliams6844]

When Cash's people sent Trent an audio version of this song, Trent was like "what is this...I don't get it. I don't like it." Then they sent him the music video, and he bawled like a child.

[@anthonycurby4606]

I was thinking about this, and how everybody is like trent was blown away, but yea he didnt care until they made the video.

[@xtravagentk1275]

@@anthonycurby4606 Yeah. People always want to leave that part out for whatever reason. If they're going to go around telling the story, tell it right lol.

[@DoremiFasolatido1979]

@@xtravagentk1275 Yeah...because it's not actually relevant, and it mostly makes Trent look like a jackass. He wouldn't have cared about the video either...except that it did something he can't deal with...it forced him to acknowledge something he didn't want to face. That's always been his problem. He uses his music to deflect, not to cope.

[@kevinbrumley6597]

I loved this reaction video. I was Jonny cash' biggest fans from nine years old. He is and was one of the greatest singers and song writers in American history. Elvis was the King of rock and roll, Johnny Cash was the King of music!

[@BenjaminKanarek]

Gut wrenchingly poignant. One of the most power covers I have ever heard. I tear up every time I hear this song.

[@sixpakshaker88]

His last several albums were powerful. He worked with Rick Rubin on The American Series. A happy song from him is One Piece at a Time.

[@Giganfan2k1]

Rick Rubin is incredible. He helped resurrect Cash's Carrier, and make some of his best music.

[@sarasolomon4812]

"Everyone I know goes away in the end." Definitely speaks of depression, but it can also be speaking of old age. Many elderly people talk of the isolation and loneliness that comes from watching their old friends die. There is a story about a very elderly and well respected Rabbi. Someone brought him news that an old childhood classmate had died, and he burst into tears. His students and attendants were confused; he wasn't close with this old cohort, they hadn't spoken in years. But then the Rabbi said "He was the last person in the world who would have called me by my first name." Here was this well respected religious leader, who was surrounded by people who referred to him as "Holy Rabbi" in reverent tones, and he was lonely because a chapter of his life was now closed forever. He had no childhood cohorts left, he was the oldest and therefore the loneliest.

[@SnuuSnuu]

That line is 100% about depression when Trent from Nine Inch Nails wrote the song.

[@miketrujillo3677]

@@SnuuSnuu yeah but this song has a double meaning depending on the artist

[@teamcybr8375]

That's a really good story.

[@InDadequate]

good story but depressing af

[@sarasolomon4812]

@@SnuuSnuu Yes, I think I said that in my comment. I'm not commenting on the NIN version, but Johnny Cash's version. He clearly had his own interpretation of the lyrics, and there's no harm in adding my opinion.

[@rab46290]

I started playing guitar in August of 2020. As soon as I figured out the right chords this was the first song I chose to learn. My kids love it when i play and sing it. They sing along with me. Amazing song.

[@johnmurphy2987]

An amazing performance by Johnny cash the legend he was and still is. And your response was beautiful. Respect ✌️❤️

[@dianesaienni5466]

I usually agree with your in depth assessments of songs and I do agree with your view of someone coming to the end of life and realizing that the people he loved the most were more important than the material things and drugs. However I feel he is not depressed but feeling his age and looking back at his life that he has many regrets. Toward the end of the video there are splashes of Christ crucified, signs of the cross and birds soaring thru the air, all signs of hope for redemption and the next life in heaven which John Cash believed in whole heartily. Another good Cash video is God's goin cut you down.

[@hildareynolds231]

This is a cover of a Nine Inch Nails song, written by Trent Reasnor. Trent reportedly said after Cash recorded this, that it was now a Johnny Cash song.

[@ReaLibro]

Reznor

[@keetahbrough]

except nobody let's him have it..

[@timsears951]

I have seen this video countless times Iam a damn near 60yr old man and without fail this song and this fantastic riveting well made video STILL brings me to tears ...still...1 of THE most unbelieveable songs I Have ever heard ..RIP Johnny & June..

[@clayrowden3916]

Thanks for ur channel. Johnny Cash's rendition of this song is completely involving. It is haunting, magical, spiritual and real as dirt. Every time I listen to it I cry. Trent Reznor's lyric is deeply autobiographical of me and Johnny Cash's recording is forever enduring. Two major talents we are blessed to behold.

[@Gashouse69]

Johnny's wife passed away a few month's after this was released. Johnny followed here into the afterlife just 4 month's later.

[@kittenklub1964]

....and that's how almost everyone reactions to this masterpiece the amazing Johnny Cash gave us before his death (read other comments ref the background of song (NIN) and the imminent death of both he and June) He conveyed such emotion through his voice and the visuals combined, a rare and hauntingly beautiful talent. He is still 'The Man In Black' and always will be. *R.I.P. Johnny Cash* 💔

[@bradtorville5526]

Yes, he was quite an addict, for many, many years. The photograph of the woman when he sings that "every one I know goes away in the end" was of his mother. He was extremely close to her and her loss affected him deeply. "My sweetest friend" is his wife, the woman listening to him on the stairs in great sympathy to his lifelong struggles. They were married about 35 years.

[@lynneharter5536]

Johnny's version was so heartfelt. Appreciate his version more than NIN's. The "needle" could be anything painful, or the act of displacing emotional pain with physical by hurting oneself physically or emotionally.

[@leeliles2874]

This was one of the last songs Johnny recorded and the last video he made. His wife June Carter Cash was in the video and passed shortly after, he passed a few short months after her. This was a Nine Inch Nails song that he covered. Both versions have different meaning. Johnny made this his own.

[@hellbillyjr]

I always get chills at the shot of June looking at Johnny. Something hauntingly beautiful about that

[@d.l.d.5771]

One of the things I'm grateful for is hearing the Johnny Cash version of "Hurt" years before I ever heard the Nine Inch Nails original. This one speaks to me far more. Watching this reaction brought back the feelings from the first time.

[@pfalzgraf7527]

Having listened to this years after even this reaction came out, it is wholesome to see how people give their knowledge about it and complete the picture you can have of this song, one after another! Apart from that: it was a really great reaction from MrLboyd!

[@nicquinn7291]

If you’re listening to the Nine Inch Nails version it’s more about addiction and depression. When you listen to this version it seems more about growing old and this being his last song. He did struggle pretty severely with addiction, but when cash sings this, he doesn’t seem to be singing about that.

[@keithredenbaugh9893]

Gods going to cut you down is a great video with plenty of cameos wanting to pay respect to Johnny Cash after his passing

[@christopherdefeo9260]

I love how you got the song even though it is a cover you got a true meaning of it and it was a fantastic reaction

[@coocoocachooglin]

I love your thoughtful compassionate articulate analysis - and your voice! I had a mentor who always closed our call with, "Hug your family." as a reminder, after all of our business talk, of what was really important.

[@niccolean]

Johnny’s daughter said, Dad it seems like you’re saying goodbye. “I was” was his response.

[@olanaowen7320]

I love how he closes the piano at the end. It's certainly Goodbye.

[@JuanMorales-en5zy]

A Lot Of People Don't Get The Chance To Say Goodbye, It Was Only Fitting He Did It In This Manner

[@sharonjohnson8883]

" I am"

[@bsl275]

17 years clean, and this song still brings tears to my eyes

[@froztbite15]

This song makes me cry everytime 😢. So much emotion in this. Loaded shotgun shot to the soul. Really makes you feel it.

[@Arclite02]

Seven decades of life, love, pain, and sorrow, all distilled down to three and a half minutes of raw emotion... One last testament from the Man in Black, knowing full well that the Reaper was waiting for him. I've heard that the end of this video was the very last time he ever touched his piano. This one hurts to hear, or to watch, every single time... But there's an undertone of relief and vindication at the same time. This is the sort of special that only comes around once in a lifetime.