FIRST TIME listening to JOHNNY CASH - "Hurt" REACTION

[@Pianoman999]

I know many grown men that cry after listening to this song. I'm one of them.

[@ademas2010]

Every effing damn time too.

[@swatcher1]

same to me.

[@bassnazi4713]

The piano growing stronger was well done, great production.

[@alfredpuglisi1341]

I am one

[@elcoach8931]

This song kills me everytime cause all good is lost and only misery remains and yet he carried that with radiating grace

[@NathanShike-h6c]

Johnny Cash is the only artist that is in the country music Hall of Fame, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Gospel Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame!!!!!!!!!! RIP to the Legend

[@TheDoberman32]

​@@ThatLongHairMetalGuy wym paid for?

[@rdpooler1352]

He influenced many punk musicians. Anti-establishment

[@Joshkie2]

@@ThatLongHairMetalGuy Not how it works, but you do you.

[@Ranman1]

@@ThatLongHairMetalGuyHow much would it cost me, i want to join! ( Thats not why he is in those HoF)

[@marybethprendergast679]

I’d never consider him a ‘Country Music’ artist. Him being recognized by all of those orgs makes sense. Thanks for the facts!!

[@jeremydavis3071]

Little do people know, when Trent Resnor heard Johnny Cash's cover. He said "This song isn't mine anymore". Trent loved it so much, he gave the rights to Johnny Cash.

[@watcherofwatchers]

So little do they know, this comment is made repeatedly on every single video where Johnny covers this song. Every. Single. One.

[@VonBlade]

@@watcherofwatchers Hahah. I came here to post this exact reply. Next people will be telling us we need to listen to the Clare Torry version of Great Gig in the Sky, or that Dave Grohl used to be in Nirvana.

[@pietererades519]

i did

[@larsmeineke9259]

I was looking for this comment.

[@p.alexlaflam-mcfall2975]

That line is always taken a bit out of context, but Trent was basically saying he was skeptical that Cash could do the song justice, but he did so good with it that he made it his own, a beautiful thing in it's own right. It's often seen as Trent disregarding his own song because Cash did it so much better, and that's not quite the case. Trent performs it beautifully to close every Nine Inch Nails show, and having heard it live, it really is an amazing experience. I think both versions are so drastically different that they can't be compared, and both are incredible

[@NathanMalnaa]

When Johnny showed this video to his daughter she said "it's like youre saying goodbye" he said "i am" also he never opened that piano again after this 😥

[@daveys_gaming_corner]

He closed the piano at the end the same way you close a casket "saying goodbye"

[@234i9]

oh look, someone copied and pasted this.. AGAIN

[@rog2224]

@@234i9 Indeed

[@Seastallion]

​@@234i9 Perhaps, but it doesn't make it untrue. That piano closing scene is pretty ominous.

[@kevinmattice2510]

I'm not crying, you're crying

[@Impericalevidence]

Even Trent resnor said "it's strange to have something so personal taken from me" then "this is Johnny's song now". Fun fact I served Johnny and June within a year of his passing... Very quiet, polite, he had a way of looking "through" you... Older/newer me understands. I'll never be Jonny cash eating cake in a cave on LSD cool, unless I want to be.

[@Impericalevidence]

Served him and her, as a waiter.

[@p.alexlaflam-mcfall2975]

That line is always taken a bit out of context, but Trent was basically saying he was skeptical that Cash could do the song justice, but he did so good with it that he made it his own, a beautiful thing in it's own right. It's often seen as Trent disregarding his own song because Cash did it so much better, and that's not quite the case. Trent performs it beautifully to close every Nine Inch Nails show, and having heard it live, it really is an amazing experience. I think both versions are so drastically different that they can't be compared, and both are incredible

[@davejoe2592]

Johnny Cash isn't a country legend, he is simply a legend.

[@1lthrnk]

He and Willie Nelson have a following in several different types of music from country, rock, R&B, rap, and metal

[@mythoceanas8874]

The Million Dollar Quartet members were all known for Rock N Roll and the occasional gospel song. The reason why it is considered “country” now days is because radio stations couldn’t market it as rock n roll back then or no one would buy it. It was all a ploy to get Elvis on country music stations. If you go compare country in the 1950s and 1960s, to what the MDQ was playing, it was very different styles of music.

[@duffyalverson1918]

Thank you exactly what I said.

[@BOys85]

Johny Cash is the fucking KING.

[@davejoe2592]

@@BOys85 Legend is higher than king donut

[@leobigelow7021]

An old man, staring death in the face, and telling you what he sees and thinks.

[@annabodot962]

He sees who is to blame. It's the one in the mirror.

[@Atlas_Redux]

A perfect example of how a performance can completely transform something into their own thing. Thank you for this farewell, Cash.

[@Drominite]

Oh you’re in for a treat on this one… Johnny Cash did so well with covering this song that the singer of NIN said this song was now Johnny’s and no longer his own

[@paulfadeley3496]

Yes Trent Reznor who origionall wrote this for his ex Tori Amos, declared that this song is now Johnnys!!!

[@LerRhann]

Trent Reznor said, "I was born to write this song, Johnny was born to sing it."

[@davidtullis2810]

When theys sent the recording Trent said it was OK but when they sent the video he said that the song belongs to Johnny

[@davidtullis2810]

Man in black is the best introduction to Johnny

[@ingobordewick6480]

If you think he wrote it for Tori, you don't understand the song or the album it is on. @@paulfadeley3496 He wrote it to fight his own internal demons and not for anyone else.

[@anthonydaniel1727]

At the time, Johnny Cash had a Parkinson's-related illness called Shy-Drager syndrome, within a year of this song's release, June Carter Cash passed away - four months later, Johnny would follow. One of my childhood memories was of getting my parent's old TV in my bedroom, this was the days before cable, but I was excited that I could watch "The Johnny Cash Show." I was able to see him in concert 4 times (once with The Highwaymen), and after one of the shows I actually found myself face to face with this lifelong hero. My buddy and I were driving home after a Randy Travis concert and the news came on the radio that Johnny passed. When I got home, I took the DVD of this music video and played it over and over as I cried. To this day, it still brings tears to my eyes. This is coming from someone with many decades of "relationship" with the artist. I was touched that you felt the sadness too.

[@tracyjames9778]

John & June were the TRUE definition of... "meant to be 2gether"!!! We all KNEW John was going to follow June, within 3-mnths of her passing! And, that's what really pisses me off for this "post/page"... She has NO IDEA what she's talking about and is ONLY posting it to try and make $$$$.

[@Buskieboy]

Wow full of hurt aren't you. Full of hate.

[@donp1964]

I’ve buried a lot of friends and loved ones in my years, and at the end of that video, he places his hands on the keyboard cover, the same way someone who closed a casket lid might pause when saying goodbye to someone they loved for the very last time. That drives a nail in my heart ever time I watch it. 😢

[@MrHws5mp]

Same - lost nearly all my family now, and the song hits home.

[@TBishopDean]

Johnny Cash lived a hard life which is why this song hits hard on those of us who lived at the height of his career or at least to me. Ms. June saved his life.

[@annabodot962]

a very painful album.

[@davethompson5899]

At 2:38 into this video there is a charcoal portrait of Johnny which is sitting on the floor. I have a story about this picture. My brother, whose stage name was, Lee Dillard at the time, drew it. His manager said, "You need to take this to Johnny." So, my brother took it to his museum, which is shown as closed to the public in the video. He met Johnny's mother there and gave it to her. She said, "Honey, I'll be sure that Johnny gets it. He'll love it." Well, that was in 1987 and that was the last time my brother thought about it. One day about a month ago my brother and his wife were watching videos on Country Music TV and saw this video. They were floored when they saw the picture he did of Johnny in the video! If you look up Lee Dillard Nashville Showcase, here on youtube, you'll see a video of my brother singing at a place called Douglas Corner. Some friends of his recorded it with their video recorder so It's not a professional production but it will do! Trisha Yearwood is singing back up for him. I remember his manager saying that night, "That girl is trying to get a record deal too." Well, she got a record deal and she got Garth Brooks. Ironically, back in 1992, I got the guy who helped Garth get going interested in working with my brother, When it came time for my brother to go on the road he didn't want to leave his family so he came back to Ohio and I stayed in Nashville. If you look my brother up on here and watch that video, make sure you listen to, "Love me" by Jeannie Pruett. It's at the 6 minute mark. He has a range seldom heard in country music!

[@ExUSSailor]

Johnny took one man's deeply personal song about his battle with addiction, and, turned it into something else entirely. It became a summation of a lifetime of regrets, and, an emotional, heartfelt farewell to the world. Also, Rick Rubin's BRILLIANT production didn't hurt.

[@ExUSSailor]

As for Johnny Cash, his back catalog is EXTENSIVE. "A Boy Named Sue", "Folsom Prison Blues", or, "The Man in Black" spring immediately to mind. Also, towards the end of his life, he covered Bob Marley's "Redemption Song", as a duet with Joe Strummer of The Clash. That one is friggin' AMAZING!

[@michaelscoggins3503]

Johnny had his battles with drugs as well. Many country stars of this time did. Their doctors would give them meds to be able to make it through the very hard tours they went on.

[@TrianglesAndCircles]

Johnny did it all with the rest of the most famous. Some happy times and some regretful, but what is one man's life worth in the end seems to be the question. Johnny recorded this shortly before his great departure which was shortly after that of his lovely wife. The End.

[@TrianglesAndCircles]

Flotsam Prison Blues live at the Prison would be a good one for a reaction.😊❤

[@jdatx]

I never knew Rick Rubin was part of this. He's a genius.

[@gautierb9535]

Sad but true, as he always was...Johnny had so many ups and downs, surviving to all of them except June's loss 4 months before he left us... What a performer till the end, RIP Legend

[@pleasantvalleypickerca7681]

When Trent Reznor first heard that Johnny was going to cover his song he had doubts. Then he saw the video and was so impressed he said something like " It's his song now". Incredibly powerful video. A man in his final months reflecting that "Fame and Fortune" mean little compared to the people in your real life.

[@darrenshoults4620]

The man is a story teller, he can make you weep, laugh or just think. Some of his best songs were done live in San Quinton Prison, check out the Videos. Folsom Prison Blues, and A Boy Named Sue. Along with Cocaine Blues or One Piece at a Time.

[@catserver8577]

I think Johnny Cash always knew this.

[@tattoodude8946]

Trent said it was like seeing your ex with another guy - she still means a lot to you, but you have to let her go. And Johnny really did transform and take this song where it needed to go. He took the youthful pain and excess of the NIN's song and showed how applicable it is throughout one's life. Live well, for we truly are haunted by our pasts forever.

[@Deadmaninc81]

After he lost June, he wasn’t the same. She was his everything

[@mountainman5173]

First time I heard what Trent said, I had the biggest shiver up my spine that I think I've ever had. That's something you don't hear from artists often.

[@SNAFU2025]

He may not have written it, but yeah, it is his! Tears everytime!!

[@VILESHITFETISH]

from what i understand trent reznor himself said that it was johnny's song now

[@shelbyxyz]

If you don't get choked up with this song, you're not human.

[@MoonO560]

It's not easy for everyone to open up like a book, think before you speak.

[@thodstagshorn1198]

It's when they show June, a kick in the gut, every time, knowing she'd already passed.

[@TheOrlandoTrustfull]

@lubbbot1743 Do you ever get the feeling that maybe, just maybe, you're the one who should think before you speak?

[@satricon]

@@MoonO560 No he's right. If this doesnt move you, there's issues on your part. Not other people being "easy"

[@fu6817]

I got choked alright.

[@jerryk1562]

Unbelievable. A real piece of art. Johnny's voice is a voice of an old man, and that's what it takes. Great, moving, I actually shed a tear 🙂

[@SendItVibes]

That is June Carter Cash, his wife and life long love on the stairs, she wasn't supposed to be in the video. She was upstairs very sick at the time but heard him playing and came down to check on him. She died shortly thereafter. He died just after. True love.

[@Pontiac1929]

The museum in the video actually was closed permanently until the video came out and practically lit it on fire, but the fire was popularity again

[@DoremiFasolatido1979]

Decades of pain, regret, fear, and failure...in a handful of minutes. Also...the finality with which he closes the piano cover. It carries enormous significance knowing how soon after this, he passed on.

[@dontulett2255]

Johnny struggled with his past demons, yet always strived to be seen right before God. At last he did, with the closing of the keyboard.

[@selfishstockton6123]

Fun Fact: JC is the only artist to be inducted into 3 Halls of Fame: Country, Gospel, and Rock and Roll

[@vanmabrito5671]

Re fun fact and JC. Didn't realize that. He was enabled like an oyster to turn all that pain into musical "pearls" that touched so millions who could relate. Other fun fact: as read your comment referring to Johnny as "JC" had to chuckle- that Johnny''s initials are the same as Jesus Christ who Johnny often pointed to (not manmade religion) as helping him find real life and hope--as many of us who in that or different ways couldn't keep up with the world's "treadmills" and fell through the cracks and broken. And like Johnny, so many of us when we were so down and seemed hopeless" it wasn't "all the experts" who helped n those who "had it all together" nor even the super-religious that reached down. B😮ut as if from an unseen world blood-pierced hand of One who has a habit of hanging out with and lifting up from a ditch those whose lives like his are broken and shattered and so often rejected and looked down so often by those " who "still have it all together." 😊

[@anthonydaniel1727]

Fellow Sun Records artist Elvis Presley is also in the Rock, Country and Gospel Hall of Fames. Both are also in the Pop Music Hall of Fame.

[@NathanLampman-cl1yn]

You forgot Songwriters hall of fame.

[@josephbnd974]

Strangely as I never thought about it until reading your comment, that Johnny's initials are the same as Jesus Christ, whom Johnny honored in this video

[@jopay142]

Seeing him spilling the wine, as if nothing mattered anymore, is one poignant scene. Great song, great singer and great reaction.

[@NintendoMania]

Seeing him shaking while pouring gets me every time.

[@Defensive_Wounds]

Whilst staring at you with a solid steely gaze as he is right! You can't take all your stuff with you when you are gone, it is meaningless.

[@davidplummer2473]

His stare says to me, this is not just my life passing before my eyes, it's YOURS. Time to stop screwing around and decide whether we are just meaningless matter and energy or if there really is a God of love...and, yes, judgment -- waiting on the other side. Johnny's answer was to include Jesus in this video.

[@miker7798]

Yea.. that scene grabs me every time... The look in his eyes is... disturbing I guess.... Jonnys life was a successful... shit show... And for this to be the last song capping it off is amazing... And I like what Trent said about it being Jonnys song now... I never really liked Hurt. As a NIN fan... It just wast on my radar. But as soon as I saw this the song hit me.

[@theefailureguy]

It's a tradition from many cultures - *"pouring out a libation"* Whether it's "spilling one for fallen comrades", "pouring one out for dead homies" or "first pour to the departed", it's from the same spirit of honoring those who have gone before us. That's what makes that scene so powerful, and gives it so much gravity... even if you *_weren't_* fully aware of the traditional significance.

[@BIgBass255]

The art work in this video is so powerful when mixed with Johnny's song. Trent must be so proud of his work, he deserves a Grammy for writing this song.

[@lorinwold6473]

Johnny was only 48 when he was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame and he is also in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. That is saying something about the impact he had on music. His children saw this video and said it was like he was saying goodbye. Johnny simply said I am. RIP to The Man in Black. A True Legend.

[@JeshuaSquirrel]

Johnny being a legend is why I think Trent let him do it. "Why does a country singer want to do my song? But he's Johnny Cash, a music legend, so why not."

[@ray1191]

@@JeshuaSquirrel If im miss taken he was asked to cover it not by trent but a producer

[@kenbishop4704]

I've LOVED Johnny for many yrs...I'm 63 and I'm crying so hard right now....thank you for your time.

[@138NastyNate]

Have seen this video hundreds of times have heard the song a couple hundred more...I still shed tears everytime I listen to it. RIP to The Man in Black.

[@lawrencesilver4661]

Hits you in the heart and soul.

[@bjspeck4337]

Trent of NIN agreed that Johnny could do a cover. When he heard the audio, he kind of regretted it because it was so personal to himself, but when he saw the video he said, "That's Johnny's song now". June Carter, his wife, was on the stairs looking at him, knowing he was ill. His daughter did the video, and said to her dad, "It sounds like you are saying goodbye." He said, "I am." This video was the last time he played his piano. June died 3 months later and Johnny Cash 7 months later. I'm 73 and a widow after having the love of my life for 48 yrs. I lost him to colon cancer which he survived for nearly 10 yrs. I can't hear this song without it bringing tears. Stunningly, he brought all his regrets forward and stripped his soul bare. Do Ring of Fire, written when he fell in love with June Carter. If you want to have a new group on your list, try VoicePlay, maybe Creep (RadioHead), or Nothing Else Matters (Metallica).

[@miconis123]

It really hits different when sung by someone near the end of their life.

[@laurathornton1456]

And someone you know fought his own personal war with addiction.

[@LinkRocks]

I've heard this song and seen this video hundreds of times and it still make me cry like a baby. It's the most powerful song I've ever heard.

[@venomdust1]

Most reactors cry . I’m 56 and never thought I would tear up over a music video but I had tears in my eyes . Perfect match singer and song with video

[@enisbicerer2382]

Johnny Cash is beyond and above any genre.

[@AcidBathFreakshow]

To me, one of Johnny Cash's greatest songs is "God's gonna cut you down" it has a profound if dark message, coupled with "When the man comes around" you have two tracks that are both amazing and thought provoking.

[@Arkryal]

Totally agree, though "God's Gonna Cut You Down" is actually a very old folk-song, and his version was based on Odetta's vocal-only rendition which was equally inspired. Cash brough some great instrumentals to it. Though Marylin Manson's cover of that one from 2019 cuts pretty deep as well. Even people who aren't fans of his music generally have to pick their jaws up off the floor when he goes to a more bluesy style. Between the three, I prefer Marylin Manson's. Cash's comes in a close second. Odetta did amazing, but the instrumentals really took it to a new level. Though she is the one who brought the song into the mainstream (as she did with MANY songs that are now modern staples), so credit where credit is due...

[@jefflytle5799]

such a great one but seeing the people in the video gives me hope that maybe one day we can all get along and come together

[@j.f.fisher5318]

The Man In Black is really good as a sort of manifesto of who he is as an artist

[@michaelgoebel9370]

​@@jefflytle5799The is a very diverse group of celebrities in that video. It shows the effect he has on people.

[@MacAisling]

I love the way The Man Comes Around is used in The Terminator The Sarah Connor Chronicles.

[@Somethingelse345]

He's not a country legend...He's a Legend, period.

[@flamlingo3566]

I think "Ring of Fire" and "Walk the Line" are probably Johnny's biggest hits along with the Carter family members in the background (wife June Carter-Cash).

[@neonbible08]

💯

[@thesteadingoffranya4423]

Mr Cash is one of very few musicians in human history to truly transcend genre and perform directly to the human soul. Honestly it does not matter which song you chose it will be an awesome one.

[@j.f.fisher5318]

exactly, this.

[@bretcantwell4921]

There aren't many I anoint with the cognomen "effing", but Johnny is one of them. Plus my dad was a tall guy with black hair and was a big fan. He died in 2001 and I think he would have loved it.

[@floydmills8963]

Trent Reznor didn't realize when he was writing this song, that he was writing a Johnny Cash song. 🤟

[@georgefisher1995]

It’s a song that sums up his life, realizing that material things mean nothing in the end, and the regrets he feels for his choices.

[@kenthenricksen6918]

All while realizing that he couldn't make any other choices and still be true to himself.

[@redneckavenger2849]

The lady who appears periodically is June Carter. She truly was the love of his life, and his wife. The places you see him visit were real places from his brutal childhood and his past. You said you felt like this was his song. Trent Reznor thought the same thing and literally gave the song to him. This video was released months before his death and is considered by most who grew up listening to him his eulogy. The imagery of Jesus Christ reflects he was a very deeply Christian man, and at the same time a very deeply broken man. He lived God's grace. This song and its performance is at a depth that very few can know before they go back to God. When you watched this, you witnessed a true masterpiece from a true master.

[@AximandTheCursed]

If this song and video DOESN'T make you tear up, I don't think you are human. It's a little bit of magic that only comes from slicing off a piece of your soul to make.

[@jasonchristian3921]

This is one of those songs that gets me every time. It's amazing how something so sad can also be so beautiful.

[@richieherlinger4545]

It is Johnny's song now. After Trent Reznor (original artist, Nine Inch Nails) listened to this cover, he said "It's his song now." Trent was blown away. He was present at Johnny's funeral roo. Some other Johnny Cash songs are, Folsom Prison Blues, Peace In the Valley, I Walk the Line, Ring of Fire, One Piece At A Time to name a few.

[@AlexanderAzarov]

Man In Black is another great one.

[@KCole-koala123]

My brother LOVES the song “ring of fire” for no reason, except that it sounds good. He didn’t know what it was about until I told him, just loves the song

[@enthropy8611]

Trent Rezor said it is now a Johnny Cash song. Respect between legends.

[@mr.garlicman3134]

Johnny Cash is not just a Country Music Legend. JOHNNY CASH IS THE COUNTRY MUSIC LEGEND OF ALL TIME! He has so many great hits. His song he sang called Hurt. It is the best song he ever did. Because it was not just him singing words he is saying goodbye to the music career he had and he was slowly dying and saying Goodbye to not just his fans. But he was saying a final Goodbye to the World.

[@chadhavenga2457]

His wife as depicted in the video died 3 month's after recording this, and Johnny died 3 month's after that.

[@Music3nvy]

I cry every single time I hear this. He was my grandpa's favorite artist. It sucks knowing how he felt in his last days.

[@paintslinger16]

As a 10 year old, my parents took me to see Johnny Cash at the Syracuse War memorial (1974) proud to say this was my first concert, the Man in Black was a Bad Ass

[@waymondtenny4483]

9" nails wrote and recorded this song. When johnny sung it. They said " you sung it like we wanted it to sound" they gave this song to him RIP JOHNNY

[@Swearengen1980]

Single best cover ever made. His voice and inflection is what the darkness inside us sounds like. The focus on negativity and self loathing. Trent's lyrics were something that those of us in recovery or anything with depression can identify with, but Cash made that voice in the back of our minds come to life no matter how long we've been sober.

[@tmlafrance]

Punks, metal heads, and hip-hop fans all agree that JC is gold.

[@neonbible08]

Legends cut across all genres

[@Rangatology]

What makes this beautiful song even more emotional, is that his wife passed away 2 months after its release, the he would pass away 4 months after she had. Like you, I’m making the journey into Country music. Johnny is a legend for many reasons. One of his songs led me to a Vocal Band that I believe successfully blends Country with Popular music, the old with the new, the serious with the comical. If you’re interested, check out Home Free.

[@JokerTheHero]

"I walk the line" is my favorite all time Johnny cash song, besides "Ring of Fire" . Those songs to me depict what military veterans like myself have done for this country since 1776, by signing on the dotted line to put our lives on the line to keep this country free from tyranny, enemies foreign and domestic. That's just how those songs come across to me. Fair winds and following seas Lilly, god bless.

[@Uriahjw]

The closing of the door on the piano keys was symbolic of his own casket closing because he knew he didn't have long. One of his close friends was Elvis Presley. He was part of the Highwaymen group along with Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, and Willy Nelson. All are legendary performers.

[@janoxley]

Best reactor ever. No pausing, no needless yapping 10/10

[@jrhaughey2481]

Great reaction Lilly, this is such a touching song for this Legend of a man, his beloved wife June (sitting on the stairs in the video) died 3 months after the filming of this video, and Johnny died four months after his wife. If you want a more fun side of Johnny you should do " A boy named Sue"

[@johnny22single99]

I UGLY CRY EACH AND EVERY TIME I HEAR THIS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING SONG! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊✝✝✝✝✝✝✝✝✝✝

[@NathanMalnaa]

This song/music video has never not brought tears to my eyes, it's so good ❤️

[@storminboy]

I watched in 2005, and I'm still crying.

[@dhurley1951]

Having lived through this man’s career makes the words in this song so much more impactful.

[@noerosales455]

I feel you. That song is very powerful. Its message and how Mr. Johnny Cash delivers it. One can't help but to tear up. Very emotional to see Rosanne Cash, his daughter with him at his side while his singing. Hope you hear more of his earlier songs, they aren't as emotional or somber but they are from the heart of a true "country boy". Folsom prison blues, ring of fire and walk the line, these area my favorites. Listen to them I think you'll like them too. Thanks

[@ricbrown1114]

Trent Reznor said this song is Johnny's. June passed away a few months after this video was released and Johnny passed away a few months after she passed. So this was a very fitting "good-bye" song.

[@ericsrq6753]

After 20 years of this song I still get choked up every time I hear or see that video. So glad you found this. ❤

[@jeffkinzer8914]

What a great reaction! Man, this song is heart-wrenching. You should check out his song, "A boy named Sue."

[@KCole-koala123]

I like that one!

[@NellaHtims-lq3pc]

I've watched this several times now, I see your emotions😢, as I have the pain and sadness from a friend that I truly love and will not ever forget. I cried with this.

[@ThumperE23]

Johnny was an OG for Rock and Roll his first label was Sun Records, his labelmates included Elvis Presley, and Jerry Lee Lewis, among others. This is a man at the end of his life, who saw the foundations of the rock roll era laid, who was admired by everyone, looking back, and giving one last message to those who follow. For everything, there is a price, and if you want this life, this is what it costs. It was his last piece of wisdom, his last message, his last gift, and one last song.

[@michaelcroteau5919]

This one kicks you in the teeth. It’s amazing.

[@amy_grace]

Infinite respect for Trent Reznor, who turned his own extremely personal pain into such an incredible song that the legendary Johnny Cash could resonate so perfectly with it. And Rick Rubin, whose contributions to modern music literally cannot be overstated. A once-in-a-lifetime intersection of talent.

[@navbusiness2210]

Great reaction Lilly! The NIN song is fantastic in its own right, feels like it has a completely different meaning in many ways. Johnny Cash is unmatched. He had a way of bringing real emotion to every song he did.

[@Gary-xk3qc]

Hello my name is Gary. It's nice to see younger folks listen to my buddy John. As far as listening to a favorite song I urge you to take time and listen to the album The Fabulous Johnny Cash. The album was out when I was just a lad I grew up on this album. Again take the time we're all busy nowadays I know. I am an elderly man I seen John in Illinois at the County Fair, Joliet, and in Champaign back in the day. I first listened to John when I was 12 years old in a rocking chair in my mom and dad's old home place on a philco turntable I truly know every lyric to every song on that album thank you for sharing and keep up the good work young lady blessings. They'll never be another john. I truly miss my friend

[@Jjoker74]

This is an incredible cover, although very sad. His emotions hit hard and real. A man at the end of life looking back....some see him as a legend and he sees himself as a failure, someone that didn't do enough. And that hurts. You'll find out when your older 😢

[@andrew_owens7680]

I cry every single time I hear this. And I smile when I'm finished that I got to experience such a genius.

[@billparrish4385]

I've always enjoyed Johnny's rendition of 'Ghost Riders in the Sky'. There's this one live performance, with him all in black, that'll send a chill down your spine.

[@humble4533]

Is that the performance on Jools Holland show in UK where he sung live ?kzbin.info/www/bejne/aGO2YadomL-Gbqcsi=fzd2VJTVPmmplkK8

[@davidfarris2359]

Great job reacting! Trent Reznor said this was Johnny's song now after hearing it.

[@metalmark1214]

Johnny Cash did a great job covering this NIN song. It makes you realize consequence and regret. It sends a message we should all proceed through life wisely, because there is nothing worse than being stuck with a label, a pain, a sickness, or a death, that we know beforehand will leave us only wishing things had been different and that we could change the choices we made. I'd recommend Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire and Folsom Prison Blues

[@markc.7984]

Thanks for the courage to be vulnerable and authentic in your feelings. This song and video makes everyone cry, regardless of their normal composure. In a way what he's taken and made out of this song - combined with the video - is a positive message and a warning about what matters in life, and what doesn't despite its allure, from the perspective of a man at the end of his life, after having had a very remarkable one. This piece of art is his legacy, a summation of all that came before. This was the last recording he made, and he died the same year as this was filmed.

[@TrianglesAndCircles]

Not a big country music fan here, but Johnny Cash is different.

[@thebolick]

You reacted right. I've heard it a hundred times. and it still gets me.

[@stevensauer8539]

Anyone who really listens to this song the first time and doesn't tear up has no soul. It is so brutally honest and real. An amazing cover.

[@MiddleAgeMalcontent75]

I can't make in ten seconds in before the tears start. The man was so beyond a Legend.

[@joshkresnik6402]

I’m not a country fan in the slightest but I love Johnny Cash he’s one exception and this song was a testament to his life and everything he did and he kept it real, a legend in the fullest sense

[@neilbrown7881]

check out his song "A Boy Named Sue" i think you'll like it

[@Ciaoboy9999]

Your reaction was spot on, girl!!! As a child of the 90s, NIN took us to those dark corners we dread. As an aging man, Johnny brings the reality of the end to light. I'm so glad you did this reaction. Thank you!

[@GeneBateman1970]

this was his last song, a good bye song to all his fans

[@johnculpepper5336]

Dear Miss Lily, try playing Johnny Cash, Man in Black!

[@johncarpenter3751]

Gotta check out the original!! It’s crazy different but the same

[@liaml.e.5964]

This song, and particularly this cover, has a way of breaking people in such a beautiful way... It's impossible not to flinch at the sheer, raw feeling behind every syllable uttered by Jhonny Cash...

[@createyour2831]

She missed the closing of the piano keys???

[@JAFO5661]

Yes, an important moment when he closes the piano and strokes the top of the lid since it was the last time he played the piano.

[@AugustusMcCrae-e8h]

I first saw Johnny Cash in concert when I was four. Nobody captured the human emotion better than the Man In Black. “Partly truth and partly fiction. A walking contradiction.” He spoke to your soul and recognized his own failings. That’s what I love about his music.

[@Luke_wait_for_it_marengo]

Well said.

[@timbarstow1742]

The greatest compliment you can give a work of art is that it makes you feel something...

[@docskate4312]

Yes young lady the realness is strong in this one. Facing the inevitable is something we all will have to do. And Johnny Cash described it as it is in the end, especially if you become real, real old. It's a losing game. Don't worry about it too much😉

[@cryogeneric]

There are two more Cash songs that you should check out --- "Cut You Down" & ""When the Man Comes Around"

[@davidnickerson8691]

Having grown up listening to Johnny, watching his movies, following his tragic yet redemptive life this song really was his own story...i lost it when seeing June

[@trevorcraythorn4558]

Johnny Cash is THE music legend. Change my mind

[@PookysPlace]

This song hits hard and gives the reactions it does is you not only see the emotion pouring from his voice but when you hear the words people reflect inward and of their own life and their own mortality. Great reaction. I definitely hit the like and subscribe.

[@naestrebloc9849]

When Trent Reznor heard Johnny Cash sing Hurt, he said, this isn’t my song anymore. Johnny Cash was more than legendary. His life is the reality of why we need to hold our lives to a higher standard.

[@sh969]

Trent Reznor was 29 when the original came out. Johnny Cash was 70 when his version came out. This song hits MUCH differently from an old man at the end of his life looking back. It HURTS. The pain and regrets are raw. It's a goodbye and you can feel that

[@deplorablerdk174]

I've listened to thousands of different songs. Out of all of them, this is one of my favorites. What I would give to sit down with Johnny Cash and talk to him. The wisdom one could soak in would be tremendous. My great-grandpa played guitar with him on a back porch before he became famous. My grandpa had a picture of it but I don't know what happened to it.

[@christopherdefeo9260]

You did an amazing job review of the song it was real and I was totally pleased you were amazing

[@johnoconnor8721]

Trent was uncomfortable when he heard Johnny was going to cover his song. But after he heard it he said that's not my song anymore.

[@arekpetrosian4965]

Loved seeing the genuine reaction to such an amazing performance.

[@AnonAnonAnon]

Refreshing to see a youngster listening and feeling the music. This is a powerful song by Mr Cash. My 11 year old gets a lump in her throat listening to this.

[@DeanAlbenze]

Thanks for the awesome reaction! Love your channel! Keep up the great work!