Johnny Cash - Hurt Behind The Scenes

[@terrillwebb2807]

I made a delivery to The House of Cash not long before the video was made. I spent several minutes inside waiting for a return package and noticed all the empty displays and dust. On my way back to Nashville I got pretty angry that people were not supporting Johnny enough to even keep a gift shop open. When I saw the video a few months later I heard loud and clear the phrase "you can have my empire of dirt." I shed a tear every time I see the video and my perspective on what success is has become very different. See you in Heaven Johnny!

[@wolfhawkpk86]

Bono said it perfectly. Trent Reznor was born to write it, but Johnny Cash was born to sing it. Mr. Cash did the best thing anyone could do with a cover: he kept the heart and soul and meaning, but made it his own.

[@TheMidnightModder]

He transfigured the song. Addiction is no joke, but Johnny and Mark turned it into a reflection on a whole lifetime, which involves addiction, redemption, heartbreak, sadness, and more. It is a lamentation about existence, not merely addiction. He didn't necessarily keep the heard and soul of the song, but they gave it a new heart, a better heart.

[@adjoho1]

Bono wrote Mystery Girl for Roy Orbison. He understands how a song you can write takes flight under another. Bless all of these brothers.

[@alexandriaocasio-smollett5078]

@adjoho1 I’ve been a U2 fan for 35 years. I’m pretty familiar with all their bootlegs, B-sides, and covers. But I never knew that. Thats fascinating. Thanks for sharing that.

[@1BillHarding]

This is the most emotionally powerful music video I have ever witnessed.

[@miwago]

Agreed.

[@byondsalvage]

Only thing close is Bad Wolves cover of the Cranberries "Zombie". Powerful stuff. Cash is, and always be, the MAN 😁

[@johnlavelle8025]

Agreed!

[@x2b1800]

It’s one of the most powerful pieces of media I’ve ever seen.

[@bashfulbrother]

I have watched this video several, several times and each time I end up in tears. The scene where June is looking down on him at the table with that look in her eyes gets me every time. I also notice different things in it every time I watch. He is sitting at that table with all that food and drink, meal time, and normally at meal time you are with family and friends. He is sitting at the table all alone.

[@ravish6095]

..all alone for his last supper. Poignant, indeed.

[@GTASEIRES123]

She actually looks worried because the day before she found out that there were a problem with her heart. Forgot wat it was, though.

[@pvillarreal9511]

There are So Many references to life, full life, hard life, religion, eternity, happiness, regret, hopelessness, possible redemption but submission to the inevitable...

[@johnrambo1109]

It's brutal

[@orangeapples]

I remember when this music video was on MTV and VH1 in the mornings. I was in high school at the time and every morning I would switch between MTV and VH1 if there was a song I didn't care for. When this video came on all I though was, "who is this old guy?" as I changed the channel. After about a month I finally gave in and watched it. I had no idea who Johnny Cash was, but as I watched his life go by and listened to the lyrics I was captivated. It was and still is one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen. The next song came on, I turned off the TV, sat on my bed and cried. Not a bawling cry, but the just sitting there with tears going down my face cry. I had no idea what emotions I was feeling, I was that moved. I ended up missing my bus because I ended up sitting there replaying the video in my head for about 20 minutes.

[@jpgr69]

Love this.

[@Chlamydialight]

+orangeapples Same, glad I gave it a listen.

[@itinerantTV]

Beautiful story. Thank you for sharing.

[@joshuarauser6610]

orangeapples I watch this video quite often and I always come to this comment of yours to reread it. Love it.

[@oliverwhisper]

Watched the video again, 7 years later, and still cried. Trent and Johnny, same song, totally different meaning. Love NIN, but Johnnys version brings you to your knees. To see him young and strong, then fragile and old, his wife staring in the background like a ghost. His Mom’s portrait on the wall, as he sings everyone leaves in the end. It’s his opus in one song, his final goodbye, his gift to us, before leaving this earth. RIP JC and JCC 🌹

[@quitefranklysamanthatheres1018]

Same

[@adjoho1]

It destroys me, every time. Every time.

[@johnkaiser1631]

No other song has ever broken me down into tears time after time after time like this song. It is so emotionally powerful. RIP Johnny Cash.

[@thomasgabriel7439]

I am not a fan of Bono but that statement was killer. "Trent Reznor was born to write that song but Johnny Cash was born to sing it"... WOW!

[@bnferguson9827]

mad props to Trent Reznor for allowing Johnny Cash to sing in his own beautiful version of hurt.Most musicians would have been pricks and critical of someone else using there song but Trent considered a honor.

[@equalibrioceptionjackpitma9296]

The part that gets me is how johnny cash's life is presented in a four minute song, briliant usage of his home movies and performance

[@whitelight7733]

I really liked what Trent Reznor said! This is easily one of the best music videos that has ever been done!

[@devinthierault]

Kurt Barlow The Cars - Drive is another one that makes me tear up a little.

[@rycariad]

I watch the Hurt video often and it viscerally moves me each time, and many times, tears well up and I wonder about how much of my life is over and what is yet to come, with the melancholy of opportunities wasted and relationships burned. It hurts! It's a beautiful thing.

[@Shifty3651727]

I don't know why I can't help crying every single time I listen to the chorus part, even more when I'm watching the videoclip. Masterpiece.

[@nulltboy]

I don't talk often of my personal Connection to the man, the myth the Legend... But Uncle Johnny's finale recording/video gave me such an unnerving yet deep dive into the true heartache he was carrying around with him from years of mistakes that ended up haunting him. I have no doubt, Aunt June was God's way of bringing him to the light, I just wish it would of happened sooner. The reason I'm speaking out now, is because I'm In a place of great hurt, a place that I can feel inside every single word he says and it feels like it's coming from inside me. Truth is, it is coming from inside of me. Johnny was my great Uncle, and I know deep down my love and admiration for music and it's capability to change lives has come in part from him. He will always be a part of my heart, and our family. My one regret is not getting to know the man that was Cash before he passed when I was younger. Continue to fly high Uncle Johnny, with Christ by your side and no more pain. 💙

[@ProjectPhenix]

Sorry for your loss, this video and song should give you inspiration, God Bless!

[@bodazaphfa]

Such a great comment, I’m so sorry for your family’s loss. It was truly a loss for the whole world. My condolences.

[@augustus4047]

When the author of a song who gave a very moving performance of the song himself says he was blown away by a cover version you know it's something special I remember when I saw this video for the first time, I was in a room full of men who had just attended a sporting event and we were pretty rowdy when the song came on. When it ended you could have heard a mouse fart - it must have been a very dusty room because everyone was rubbing their eyes.

[@GTASEIRES123]

Someone was cutting onions in the dressing room

[@tpharding]

Johnny Cash the Legend. This song helped me get thru Disability..and the tough walks on the Navajo Reservation.

[@lizhalligan2089]

This song moved me so powerfully as my Father was becoming frail, age 80, when I heard this song ~ I had grown up listening to Johnny Cash as a teen girl and was remembering my Father, so strong and young and fearless during those years . . . 💔

[@noahcorpus6609]

this song has always been eerie to me, it hits a nerve that rarely gets hit but only when John sings it.

[@DragonFox84]

+Noah Corpus because johnny at this point is a tired old man that's been to hell and back in his life. you hear it all in his voice. the NIN version is emotional as well but nothing compared to johnnys version.

[@lindamills9502]

Just love Johnny Cash singing hurt

[@TheOriginalMoc]

i was about 14 when this video came out and it was the first time i ever cried to a song' been a fan ever since.

[@negativeindustrial]

Dude trust me [A NIN fan from the beginning] - the way Cash's version makes you feel is the same way I and several million other NIN fans feel when they hear this song. Yes, Cash's version is excellent and emotion inducing but don't discount the song - it is an amazingly powerful song. NIN's version has helped me through several truly suicidal nights. Give their version a listen [as I am with Cash's] - it's just a powerful song. You can feel the pain in either singers voice so strongly.

[@losk3289]

one of the reasons that a lot of people end up in tears is because they can relate to this video/song... like me

[@christophlieding734]

And like me, been there done that and wish otherwise, wasted a lot but in the end it should help. Plenty Alohas to you from the Maui isle.. Take care my friend.

[@JohnDoe-iv7yu]

Arguably the most powerful video and song ever written. Anyone, regardless of race, color, creed or age can't look away from it and all are decimated by the message within.

[@kirnpu]

I only heard of this song today (I don't know where I've been). I started it up and was listening but doing something else. When I realized it was an actual video of him singing and a retrospective of his life I started it over. Soul-wrenching. When June appears on the stairs watching over him I just lost it. I've never been a Country fan or followed Johnny much but I sure know what an icon he was. To see this incredible swan song touched me so deeply I'll never really find the words to express it. One of the most powerful music videos I have EVER seen.

[@007boccars]

Powerful . I must have watched it about 20 times at least. It makes me think about my life and the time I have wasted on myself and not caring for others

[@scottmantooth8785]

*still a powerful video of a song translated by a master that kicks you in the gut every time you see it*

[@kingleonidas9672]

Greatest music video of all-time.

[@TruSiX1]

I seen this video and listening to this song years ago, I have the album i decided to listen to this song againl.. I am still shaken to my core...No other music has such an affect. This is the best video ever. Looking at this still puts me to tears.. Thanks Trent Trever for writing this song. Thank you for letting Johnny sing this song... This song forever will be the best

[@raymond28358]

This cover is a new wonder of man kind. There is so much wisdom and pain in the song. That it can touch every one.

[@sjhwjm7365]

Wow - brought me to tears. what a voice, video and story. Beautiful.

[@CaptainTwitchy]

Not to take away from the producers (they produced a beautiful, sincere, and moving video), but I think the emotional reaction from viewers was 98% frontloaded in their love for Johnny. Bono was right, Trent was born to write it and Johnny “lived” to sing it. One of my favorites of all time.

[@Myztek26]

The first time I saw this video I don't know why I just started tearing up. No other song has done that to me before.

[@ladyblackstardust390]

I haven't been able to watch the video again since I first saw it several years ago. It's on the soundtrack of the coming 2017 movie, Logan. I'm going to watch Johnny's video again. What performer. What a life. "It attracted praise from Reznor for its "sincerity and meaning" while ending up being one of Cash's final hits released before his death, the related music video being considered one of the greatest of all time by publications such as NME." Always remembered, Johnny. Gratitude.

[@balerjohnson3099]

All these folks talking did a pretty good job at showing what Johnny Cash always had and was always saying in his music and living in his life.Its not so complicated its life and death,love and loss...Its Johnny Cash. RIP.

[@JakeNukem89]

I remember soon after he passed and I seen this video, my heart ached and I couldn't stop crying, and it hits me every time I watch it, Its literally the greatest video of all time. It cuts deep in your heart when you see it, I love Johnny, I feel like I know him even tho I never met him, that's how powerful his music is, this song and video is like a religious experience. Rip Johnny

[@Bojack727]

I'm not a big fan of Trent Resner, but I have to give him props for being so gracious about the fact that someone else took his song to another level.

[@DrunkinDonuts97]

he didn't so much take it to another level, there's a different message behind each version, Its the way you perchieve and relate to it that makes it what it is to you. but it also comes down to opinion, regardless this shows the feeling and emotions of a legend, someone who can never be imitated or forgotten. Cash's legacy will forever live on.

[@Bojack727]

Fair point. Troy Plant

[@watchdog304]

I am a big fan of Rezner and i agree with you.

[@marktchild8788]

I have watched the video of Hurt sung By the immortal Mr Cash many times and every time it has moved me to think of my own life and the twists and turns it has take. In my opinion every young person would benefit for taking the time to watch and digest the powerful message given.

[@crowkangi]

I don’t think I’ll ever be able watch this video and not cry. The love and admiration I have for that man beyond words. And to see him on deaths door but still making his most profound statement.

[@SPGRAMPA1]

Wow Speechless 100 percent One of the best videos ive ever watched Long live the legacy of John and June and fam and all involved Thanks rick Wdsta1

[@chrisellis1089]

This video is a masterpiece . .unique and peerless . .

[@buhkangliwayway]

Good art is honest art. That is all people.

[@InDzienInTampa]

This may be the greatest music video of all time. So much power. Something special and unprecedented was created here.

[@rustyrichardchristy9015]

Haha at 4:10 I was like WTF is that thing on the couch! Holy f uck I thought it was a blanket!!!

[@chunmunsgoel3633]

Rusty Richard Christy It's a really hairy dog

[@DragonFox84]

+Rusty Richard Christy the same thing....hes so casual sitting ont he couch barefoot I thought its a chill place blankets and all .......then it moved.

[@junesweany605]

cousin "it"

[@csgrambauer5852]

Actually it's spelt as 'Cousin Itt'. Two t's.

[@Bulelyful]

This is one of my favorite videos...This is raw and what life looks like through a magnifying lens…all is vanity as King Solomon would say Ecc. 12:7 & 8…Beautiful video!

[@besanzaz]

An incredible work showing us that ,at the end, all vanity has no value- dusty gold records; but love- his beautiful wife, endures. Powerful.

[@seanparker5595]

very well crafted. that beautiful warm baroque light - like an oil painting , the decadent table and lush interior. still life images and a tableau of someones life and regrets. masterful.

[@boopthebeep2724]

The emotions set in when u realize that the picture of his wife represented his purpose and how it shows how lonely he really felt after she passed, u can feel his emotions at that time, even though u don't know Johnny u still feel all of the emotions and when it shows how his empire of his fame when down and compared it to dirt that set your emotions into tears. Rest in peace Johnny We'll listen to u for ages to come

[@oliverwhisper]

Rayedgex portrait was his mother.

[@eduardo14059]

the first time I saw the hurt video it was about 2 or three years ago when i bought the c.d of Johnny cash american iv and the DVD music video came with the c.d and being a fan of Johnny I was filled with joy to see that a DVD of Johnny cash was included so when I inserted the DVD in the DVD player and saw less then half way i stared crying and ever since then i start to cry when i see the hurt video or any other sad but awesome video of johnny i start to cry

[@Meddd123]

Thanks for distroying our lives with the Musicvideo. The song had to be enough for us.

[@qoaa]

Just like Bob Dylan said when he heard Hendrix play 'all along the watchtower' Dylan said it was no longer his song. Trent Reznor says the same regarding Johnny Cash's Hurt, that the song is no longer Reznor's Cash is the man!

[@J4162478761]

Great behind the scenes look at how this video came about,I showed this video to my wife and she isn't one to like videos but she was touched by this one.

[@quitefranklysamanthatheres1018]

This video is just stunning stark sad and just makes me cry every single time

[@michaelpowell8119]

This video for me was such a powerful expression of a life. When I sat and watched it I felt ashamed of how I allow small things in my life to rob me of the beauty. Johnny pretty much stripped himself of everything and gave you such a stark vision of himself. We all must checkout. We all must have that moment of the end. This artwork for me, makes me want to do better,....and to not hurt. God bless the man in black.

[@stevencoghill4323]

Simply the best music video ever

[@mrrocknroll5284]

Literally the best music video and best rock song ever written.

[@TheWaltm]

it's not very often a piece of visual art but this cuts right through the bone, I deployed to Iraq in 05/06 and came home and went through some really dark shit, and I'm partly still there. rage, rage, against the dying of the light!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@joelmaqueira4851]

Thank you for you're service!

[@jobernhardt6531]

Ricky Mcintyre My son is a Marine on active duty and I am so proud of the sacrifice you all selflessly make. God bless ya brother.

[@ethanedwards1181]

Let it go Rick... It'll eat you up buddy... Our son is a Marine infantry NCO and I told him the same thing...

[@ethanedwards1181]

I hope you see this...

[@shauncousens5493]

It's like watching a slide show/video of someones narrating their own life through song at a funeral. I must have watched ten times, It's easily the most moving 4 minute video ever made!

[@michaelboyd959]

I just love this song, I’ve bought a guitar & I’m learning to play it, & I met Johnny Cash in Southport, North of Liverpool after a show, & it’s a special feeling, learning this song knowing I met the man singing it!! WOW!!!😢❤😊

[@BigDtootall]

Every pastor should show this video in church. This is real. Every man must come to terms with his mortal condition always staying mindful that the condition of his brother and sisters is more important than his own. That's why JC is The Man in Black. Long live Johnny Cash. Too much High&Mighty w/o Blood&Redemption leads to disgrace. Time is the Ultimate Judge. God's time. May God shed His Tender Mercies on us all.

[@jiggleykrowzer8768]

JC is the man, Johnny Cash and Jesus Christ. They are now together.

[@michelle88960]

Maybe it wasn't their intention to move people but it has, and this video should go down in history as the best ever made.

[@charmar211]

Trent is a very humble man thats why Johnny came to him

[@joshuanfg]

God truly created this piece of work. The most powerful video ive ever seen and heard. THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER VIDEO LIKE THIS

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

Thanks to everyone involved for this absolute masterpiece. Thanks especially to Trent and Johnny.

[@melissadavis2041]

This song is so heart felt I love johnny cash and all of his music god bless him and Mrs June carter cash

[@Mikeg73070]

If you are not moved after watching "Hurt", then your just not human. That video should shake you to your core.

[@jimmymac63]

How can anyone NOT be moved by that powerful voice, matched by the greatness of Rick's production and Mark's film!

[@deim0s243]

I might get some hate for this, but I saw Trent Reznor perform this song live 5 days ago and it blew my mind, he really gives it all at the stage... His performance is on par with Johnny Cash's, they both really put their souls on performing it.

[@LastSighAMV]

Why would you get hate for this? I prefer the original over Cash's cover, but i gotta give the man props for making something great out of it too.

[@DrunkinDonuts97]

+Deimos I agree with what was said in the video, Trent was made to write the song and cash to perform it.. but at the same time I think they both have a moving and touching way of performing it, they're both showing a different set of emotions and because of that it has the ability to capture and enrapture your feelings and senses to pull you in and relate.. great song.. they're both equally mind blowing.

[@DragonFox84]

+Deimos NIN version is quite emotional true that but johnny went much deeper to a place trent isn't at yet in his life. johnny was a tired old man that's been to hell and back in his life...his voice brings that out and its like you feel it with him. trent is just missing that element to really dig at your soul although still moving.

[@deim0s243]

DragonFox84 Well, I can't disagree with you on that my friend.

[@DropkickNation]

Deimos Both versions rule and tell different stories. Reznors version is that of a young, depressed man, fallen for addiction and suicidal. Cashs version is that of an old man at deaths door, who reflects on his life and all the pain he went through. Like whichever you want more.

[@yesbrandon77]

This was amazing

[@zenwall1]

May very well be the Video EVER! Never seen anything this powerful

[@vanessak.1100]

Johnny Cash is the best musican ever : Johnny Cash RIP ♡

[@bloodcasket1]

Such a beautiful video.

[@Tariqali-ot2sg]

very powerful video beautifully done

[@AlexisLexSerrano]

It hits us all so hard because it forces us to stop and take a look at how we live our own lives...everyone of us has room for improvement...and he is telling us...learn from my mistakes.

[@andyanderson445]

Best video ever made.

[@debraalex]

This goes beyond music, straight to the soul.

[@zackhayes8643]

this song reminds of my grandfather and every time watch it, it makes me feel like i'm about to burst out in tears

[@christianfreedom-seeker2025]

Cash's gift to the addict. I hope that more addicts listen to this video and it "sinks in" heck, play this video at every AA and NARCANON session in the country. Addiction can ruin your life, straight up, even if you are a Country Star.

[@liloldlady1]

Hi "Wanderer": The movie is called The Gunfight, with Kirk Douglas, 1971 and is available on KZbin. Cash is great in this film. Some of the clips showing Cash at his original home is from a documentary, Johnny Cash: the man, his world, his music, 1969, by Robert Elfstrom and some clips are from Cash's movie, The Gospel Road, 1973, also on KZbin. Enjoy!!

[@Nephalem96]

Ripped me apart

[@miinyoo]

Tough story. But, it is one of my favorite songs of all time. Especially the Cash version. Every time I hear it, I look for the ground and steady myself. I think that is its intent in both Trent and Cash's imagination whether they knew it or not.

[@lifebeginsat190]

right in the feels...

[@jessicaseabolt2730]

I literally bawled my fucking eyes out this wrecked my emotions

[@KasenPlaysBadly]

I wish I had heard this song sooner, so I ended up seeing it in the Prototype 2 "Power of Revenge" trailer. Even in a crude game like that, the song affected me emotionally, and I had to look up the video. It is the only song to make me think both "This is a powerful song." and "This really makes me think about my sadness.."

[@tcu1099]

How can you not get the lump in your throat watching this video?

[@tgifhounds]

The fact that Johnny Cash even discovered this song is a testament to his life, not your typical country star.

[@Rosstridge]

I literally cannot watch the video. Chokes me up every fucking time

[@boogiestreet594]

it's like "THis is gonna be a SICK Post Mortem video man, don't tell Johnny though as the dude it still sitting there

[@Odin31b]

Wow .. Thanks for posting..

[@SuperAWaC]

This is the greatest music video ever made.

[@bangbangdivine]

Words fall short. RIP June & Johnny

[@daveybeuy]

Such a moving video and so sad RIP JC.

[@CZOV]

One of the best vids ever, on par with some of the stuf from The Wall.

[@xGrizzly73x]

Great song great video love it!!!!!

[@Bobbyberta284]

Elvis may be the king but cash will always be the legend

[@byah160]

The first time I saw it was the first time I heard it probably. It’s the most powerful video/song combination I’ve ever seen. Plus when wwe paired it with the Eddie Guerrero death package….I cried and still tear up. Not gonna lie.

[@nancycampbellgibson2634]

I find this song very therapeutic, if you don't overdo it.

[@tonyvtc3]

I lost my shit with this video, note I was a Miami Beach DJ in a industrial club so NIN was the shit back then in the late 80’s early 90’s. Playing pretty every song made by Trent aka NIN hurt was my favorite but when Johnny Cash did it just blew me away with such powerful emotions.

[@SeanHollingsworth]

When the director of Walk the Line, James Mangold, directed the X-Men movie Logan, many of the promo videos that were out had this version of Hurt. A final sad end to two immortal characters.

[@peterbilt37042]

I am without words.

[@reubenrozeyt5716]

If someone asked me if there is a song that reduced me to tears I always say Johnny Cash Hurt. And I this song to be played at my death bed.

[@AlphaSite115]

If u knew me u would know that i can't cry unless i try and it's hard when i try but this video just instantly choked me up i didn't cry but i just was overwhelmed with emotion i hadn't felt in years and emotion that helped me in a way i can't explain it