So Much Pain... First Time Reaction to Johnny Cash - "Hurt"
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This was basically his goodbye to everyone, he passed shortly after. I always felt like that was intentional and he meant for this to be his adios to the world. RIP Johnny Cash.
When his daughter Roseanne saw him close the piano she said its like you're saying goodbye...He said I am.
What was so sad his wife passed away first 😔
@@Heartstrings_Skyla You're thinking of his wife June, who is in the video.
I agree. I think this is a song that all of us may sing eventually most of us get old and lose ppl we love.
@RigiLiquid945 And if you google his reaction to it he says that he doesn't consider it his song anymore it'd JC's
HUGE wrap
This is a cover of a song by Nine Inch Nails. Trent Reznor wrote it about drug addiction and a life spiralling down the drain. Cash completely reinterpreted the song at the end of a life with a certain degree of regret.
He passed away not long after this. That was the last time he ever closed that piano.
Upon hearing it his daughter remarked that it sounded like he was saying goodbye and he said "I am..."
Also Trent lamented with respect that this song now to him was like an ex girlfriend that had moved on and was Johnny's now.
@@sherpajones Yeah. Especially since it was very personal to him being that he basically bared his heart and soul in that song
@@antivanti Very true. Ironically, Johnny also bared his own heart and soul in that song. Those who knew him longest say he related to every word.
The Cash cover crushed the NIN version. It became Johnny's song, like All Along the Watchtower became Hendrix's song.
@@s3any1977 I prefer the Cash version but they are so different despite having virtually the exact same lyrics that one can't really erase the other for me
Ill never trust anyone who doesnt cry to this song.
Facts!!!
If you can listen to this song without crying, you are as close to the definition of a psychopath as I think you can get.
@@RussellLambeth or you suffer from a depression induced condition called anhedonia like i do, i physically cannot cry, teh condition causes me to have no reaction to negative stimuli such as this song
Trent Reznor said after watching this video that this is now Johnny's song...
bet he was pissed.
Initially, until he saw the video @@NikkoBellic-sf6bo
@@NikkoBellic-sf6boNah, bet he was proud.
Trent was very proud that icon Johnny Cash wanted to cover his song!
Give Trent a couple more decades, he might be able to reclaim it.
To help explain some of the video the older woman in the PICTURE behind him on the stairs was of his mom. She had already passed and was by all accounts, even his own, the most influential and important person in his life. He deeply missed his mother after her passing until his death. His wife June is the woman on the stairs behind him watching for a small bit of the video. She was sick at the time of the video as was he. They BOTH had little time left, although they didn't necessarily know it or how much. They came and filmed at his house as he wasn't healthy enough or have enough energy to travel for the song\performance and video. His wife heard them recording and him singing and she came down the stairs to watch what everyone knew was his FINAL performance. The director seeing what was going on instructed one of the cameras to film her on the stairs. The look on her face was her RL emotion and love for Johnie and his goodbye to everyone and everything. The old house he was walking around was the tiny little share croppers house him and his brothers and sisters grew up in now sitting abandoned on the corner of a lot in farm country. Within like 6 months or less of the video being shot June passed I believe is the timeline and less than 6 months or so on from that he passed as well. His family said he gave up on everything after her passing. This was his last video and performance ever. In fact according to his daughter when he closes the piano at the end that was the last time he or anyone has played that piano. That was his personal piano in his house and he had it for a very long time. A large number of his songs were in fact written and composed on that exact piano. When he closed the lid and stroked it, affectionately, he was saying goodbye to music, to his career, to the fans, to his life and in a way, one of his last, dearest, best and oldest friends (his piano) ever.
Well said …
"This isn't my song anymore but I'm gonna play it anyways." -Trent Reznor introducing Hurt at every show. Can we get you doing "Something I Can Never Have" to give Nine Inch Nails the love they deserve?
He was only being polite..
meh I still think the original is better :)
I 2nd that!
@@asgeirkvitvik6685 me too..
I like to think that between them both , we were given this gem. Take care out there.
Was lucky to meet and work with John. Never met anyone with so many gifts yet so humble.
That must have been amazing. My father would have been so jealous of you 😊
To quote Bono (U2): Trent Reznor was born to write that song, Johnny Cash was born to sing that song, Mark Romanek was born to make that video.
Done in the twighlight of Cash's long and alustrious carrier, the lyric "my empire of dirt" has special meaning to what really is important in the end. After hearing Cash's cover, Trent Reznor said this song now belonged to Johnny.
Well said.
Welcome to"The Man in Black" rabbit hole. He is a legend. This is a cover of Trent Reznor of Nine inch nails
Johnny Cash has recorded quite a few covers throughout his recording career since the 1950's... His choice of covering 'Hurt' by Nine Inch Nails was perfect because it was originally written by NIN mainman Trent Reznor about his struggles w/ substance abuse... a familiar topic, given Johnny Cash spent years struggling w/ drug and alcohol addiction.
Johnny Cash was in failing health by 2002 at age 70/ 71 when he recorded and released 'Hurt'... This powerful music video captured his sentiments at the end of his life looking back at his past... His wife June Carter appeared in the clip and it made a huge impact in 2003.
Sadly, shortly after the release of the video, June Carter passed away at age 73 from her own health complications... A heartbroken Johnny Cash speculated he would go soon... He passed away 3 months after June Carter in '03.
He autographed my arm in 1958. I was 5.
nice , year older than you.
Is it still there? Lol👍✌️
@@kennyhuskisson2684 Yeah. But it HURTS.
I've listened to Johnny for 60 yrs and thought I knew his best. This absolutely floored me. No song has ever meant so much to me . I was stunned when I first heard it.
He covered a Nine Inch Nails song, originally about a young man with a heroin addiction, and remade it into a song about an old man looking back at his life.
He actually covered many songs at the end of his life, 5 albums worth. But this is the one everyone reacts to.
Johnny passed just 7 months after he released this song along with his wife June who was also famous and in the video.
I’d also highly recommend the biopic movie I WALK THE LINE which tells Johnny story, which will tell you why this song digs so deep
What's so powerful about this is the combination of the song and the video. It's the summation of a man's life from an artist who knew the end was in sight. It's monumental.
This song is such a gut-punch. It was recorded not long before he died. The older lady you keep seeing is his wife June. When she passed, we all knew Johnny wasn't long for the world, and he wasn't. To this day, I haven't and can't listen to his last album in its entirety. Shoot, I get torn up at the thought of losing my wife or vice versa.
This is a cover of a NIN song. Trent Reznor actually was kind of dismissive and a bit of a dick when he learned Johnny covered this. Ultimately, he considered this to be THE version of this tune, sort of like how Bob Dylan wrote All along the watchtower, when he heard Hendrix's version, he "gave" the song to him.
This one hurts a lot. His catalog is very diverse. His lyric writing is very powerful but can also be hilarious (The One on The Left, Oney, One Piece at a Time, A Boy named Sue). There's a 3 album set that sums his music up. It's called "Love, God, Murder." Keep digging!!!
The man had a profound self-awareness, and honesty that so many lack. He was willing to see his mistakes, and the damage caused, and feel genuine remorse about it. All signs of true character.
Johnny and his wife June both knew they did not have a lot of time left. He was regretting the end. She died a few months later and within a year he was also gone. He quite literally was saying goodbye.
Gets me every time....the visual and voice is absolute perfection. Kudos to Rick Rubin for persuading Johnny to go fer it and also Trent for seeing his song re interpreted and saying "its his now"
Johnny recorded his rendition in 2002, both him and his wife passed away in 2003.😢
His wife died shortly after this song was released she is country music royalty, her family was massively popular before anyone had even heard of Johnny.
Closing the piano said it all, that was the last song he made. Beautiful and sad at the same time. He had lived a hard life despite all his successes. Maybe these successes was what hurt him the most. But seeing this last video, everybody could see and feel that pain. By making this video he probably showed us, that he accepted the pain and was ready for the next step. .
As a NIN-fan, imagine my surprise when I first listened to this.
He filmed this music video entirely at his home as he was too ill to film it anywhere else. It's a cover version but he made it his own. He was a genius at covering songs and making them his own. His version of Personal Jesus by Depeche Mode was brilliant.
What a wonderful reaction. This may have been a cover, but Johnny definitely made it his own. When you think about how soon he passed after this was released, it becomes even more powerful. What a legend.
Closing the piano at the end was like him saying goodbye to his career and his life. The piano has never been opened again and his daughter has vowed that it never will be. It will never play another note. Johnny had a rough life. He started working in the cotton fields when he was 5. He wrote a song about it as a kid. "Five feet high and rising". As a young man, he fought drug addiction and alcoholism. He actually fought that most of his adult life. He was an activist for Native Americans. He had Cherokee lineage. He was also descended from slaves. His last wife, June, died a few months before him. She asked him to keep working and not let it get him down. He did. He completed 60 songs in the last 4 months of his life. He had a degenerative neurological disease (can't remember what) but he died from complications from Diabetes and probably grief. This video was shot in his home because he was too sick to travel anywhere to get it done. He and June both died very shortly after shooting the video.
Didn't know that about the piano, thanks! SIXTY songs! Whoa.
This song means a lot to me and my family. My Grandpa was the heart of our family unit. We grew up on his farm in a trailer. He supported all of us on that land. He passed away suddenly in October 2000 from a heart attack, just a few days before I turned 8. Grandpa was a huge Johnny Cash fan and played the guitar and sung in a Johnny Cash cover band because he sounded very similar to him. The first time I heard this song I heard my Grandpa singing and healing the pain of everyone in my family. To this day this song makes me bawl my eyes out.
A song I like to listen to along with this one is “Ain’t no grave.” I do recommend giving that one a listen as well.
My favorite line in this song is "If I could start again, a million miles away, I would keep my self, I would find a way."
It is such a deep line, and for me, I feel they are the moments that make you who you are, good or bad, are necessary to who you are. In my life, there are obviously things I wish I could change. But, If I did, would I be who I am now?
The story behind the albums that Johnny Cash recorded at the end of his career have an interesting story. Johnny was abandoned by his record label, believing that nobody really wanted to hear any more from "The Man in Black." Rick Rubin, a famous producer, known more for Rap, certainly not country music, believed that Johnny had more music in him, and he invited him to record in Rick Rubin's living room not even a "real" recording studio. He just wanted Johnny to record whatever he felt like performing, with nothing more that a guitar and microphone. Later on, Rick would add in additional parts to the music, but at the core of those recordings were just Johnny singing with his guitar, playing what he felt. The woman in the video, was his wife, June Carter Cash and Johnny had been in poor health leading up to the video recording, and June died shortly after. Johnny followed her, not long after.
So the lady in the background on the stairs was his wife June Carter (She was a musician as well) who would pass away like 3 months after this song was recorded and then Johnny joined her like 6 months later. As others have said this is a cover of a song by Nine Inch Nails and every time Trent Reznor introduces the song he says “It’s not mine anymore but let’s play it anyways”. I hope you react to Folsom Prison Blues, Ring of Fire, etc by Johnny Cash. You are spot on in your analysis of the lyrics, Even though he didn’t write it this song was deeply personal for Johnny Cash cause he felt like it spoke to how his life had gone and it’s why he sings it with such emotion. I see you only do music reactions but I wouldn’t mind if you reacted to Walk The Line. It’s probably the best way to listen to his music and get to know him, June, etc.
Johnny was born to parents who were literally dirt-poor sharecroppers. In the video it shows him going back to boyhood home. After finally breaking into music, first as a pioneer of rock & roll and later country & western music, he gained many riches, but stayed grounded. He may have had his demons with booze and drugs, but he became a born again Christian and did a lot of gospel music. Because of that, this NIN song by Trent Reznor was perfect for him to cover. There's so much more about him it would be difficult to mention it all right now.
This is one of the saddest songs there is.
Trent Reznor (of nine inch nails who wrote the song) said 'this song isn't mine anymore' as he liked this cover so much.
I love your format for song reactions by saving most of your analysis for afterward. Some channels pause constantly during the songs, and it kills the momentum and the experience of an organic reaction. Songs like this deserve to breathe without constant interruptions, and you nailed it. I think your process of one or two brief pauses at strategic points and then having a full discussion afterward is perfect. Excellent reaction as always Stacey!
I agree completely, couldn’t have put it better.
Thank you Stacey! You gave a very heart felt and honorable reaction! Johnny Cash was a large part of my life, I'm closing in on 70 years and lost my wife 5 years ago so I connect in that way. My father was a country musician since the 50's and loved J.C. He has seen all of his fellow musicians pass plus his wife of 75 yrs. (Mom to me) and it tears me up to see the similarities. The Folsom Prison live performance has a treasure of Johnny's song. "A BOY NAMES SUE" was the song that brought me to purchase this album, I think I was 10 yrs. old. Stacey I hope you continue following his catalog.
HIS VERY LAST SONG...close to his death......a legend says goodbye to the world
I cried again. Great performance.
Stacey
This version of Hurt gets me very emotional because he was same age as my father month before my father's birthday. In 2003, he was 71 when video recording. He born same day as my birthday. Luckily, my father is still living at the age of 92. His wife, June on the stairs looked concerned as he is singing this song. Song was recorded in February of 2003. Then May of 2003, June died. Few months later in Sept of 2003, Johnny died from health issues and broken heart after loss of his love.
The back-story in this needs be known. He lost his wife June Carter Carter who passed months after this released, and he shortly thereafter, This was his farewell to his loving public.
This song was made and written by Nine Inch Nails Lead singer Trent Reznor. The leader singer made this song about a middle aged mans life spiraling out of control and losing the ones around him due to death and drugs/ overdoses'. Johnny Cash took the song changed one word and made it about and old man looking back on his life losing those around him due to age and what year to year can do to a friendship. Nine Inch Nails lead singer wasn't happy about this because the song was soooo personal to him. Once he heard the song he said, "this is now cash's song". Cash when he passed, was the ONLY person in the Country Hall of Fame, Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame, AND the Songwriters Hallo of Fame. You could literally write a Harry Potter 10 book story about this man's life and still have chapters left out... During this song his wife passed away. His daughter told him that this song sounds like he is saying goodbye... Johnny replied, "I am saying goodbye; I miss my June (wife June Carter)". Johnny passed away like 4 months after releasing this song.... RIP Legend.
For me, at the end of the song, when Johnny closed the piano. It looked like he was saying goodbye to an old friend... 6:05 He sang about his "Empire of dirt" (as he sat in the Johnny Cash Hall of Fame)... I wrote this line before I watched 12:50 and how you said it really stuck with you. I have never forgot that part of the song...
He recorded this in his home shortly before he died. Over the years he was forced by his labels to do stuff he really didn't want to do. When this came out it was a huge success and in a way revenge for Johnny. Producer Rick Rubin tried different ways how to do the recording before they did it in Johnny's living room. He did some small changes in the studio afterwards but basically what you hear is what they recorded in the living room. His childred are forever grateful for the recordings Rick did with him. From a medical point of view Johnny died from complications due to Diabetes but people say what he really died from was a broken heart. About a year prior to his own death his wife passed and he never really recovered from that pain. Over the years Johnny was struggling with drug addiction and with doubts regarding his faith in God. His wife June fought hard to keep him alive and becoming clean and sober during his time of addiction. She was like his solid rock and when that rock no longer was there he eventually lost his grip.
This song reminds me of the Beatles 'A Day In The Life', with the increasing and intense pounding of the piano getting louder and louder being reminiscent of the escalating crescendo in the Beatles song.
I remember that on the last day of Johnny Cash, the second biggest German news magazine played the entire music video before the show. That brought a big tear to my eye. 😥
What makes this song sadder for me, is seeing his wife standing behind him, almost like an angel over his shoulder. Her passing a couple months later, just adds to the feeling. You can easily imagine her that way in the last few months of his life, her both proud and sad for him.
There is no time left or desire to consume the rich feast or intoxicating wine. He is full and empty at the same time. I now see that we all go away in the end. The man in black.
"Its the age when life stops giving, and starts to take away."
To paraphrase.
Not everyone gets to say goodbye in such a public and moving way. RIP Johnny, you meant so much to me. This song saved my life. ;
Been watching Hurt reactions all Sunday afternoon. I cry everytime. I love watching the reactor melt into the song.
I've yet to see any reviewer not get a bit teary, if not outright cry. I'm old enough to remember Johnny's early work, and his later things, and his life times.
This is born of Rick Rubin’s mental musical mind and it’s up there with his best conceptualist work
Whenever I hear the Johnny Cash version of the song I get the chills
"Hurt" was done in response to the death of June Carter Cash, the love of his life. It really was his last goodbye as well, he was done. He died soon after this.
-It feels like you're saying goodbye
-I am...
😭
Stacey...! I've subscribed to you for a while now but as I've watched your reaction to this song, I'm super glad I've done so. As I watch you here, I am impressed that your reaction is an honest one, not scripted or embellished. You're restoring my faith in humanity one song at a time. Thank you again! 🥰😊
My definition of art is human expression that invokes emotion..And Johnny Cash singing Hurt....written by Trent Reznor of nine inch nails.. is a masterpiece!
Hello Stacey 😊oh Johnny Cash that's a great choice 💪😊
A real gut punch. RIP Mr. Cash.......more Ghost please!!!!
It’s a song for us all, everyone goes in the end.
Enjoy it and be kind 🙏
This is a Trent Reznor song written about heroin. For those who don’t know, the man in black was addicted to Percocet, and apparently hurt everyone in his life.
The man in black can never be replaced or replicated! RIP john and thank you for the memories
Cats can sense huge emotions
Jumping on you during that final chorus shows you understand music!
Trent Resnor from nine inch nails wrote and played this . One day someone called Trent to ask him if it would be ok to cover the song. Afterwards Trent saw the music video. He said that the song belongs to Johnny Cash now.
This version is tough. It gets me teary every time. To me, it's a man looking back on his life and regretting some of his decisions. Realizing he did some things that affected people in maybe a negative way. A man that is saying his final "I'm sorry" and coming to terms with his end of life. You are quite young right now but in about 20 years this song will hit you MUCH harder
He performed the song beautifully. It was a classic even when it was released. The video is an absolute gut punch to watch.
So glad you got to experience this Song. Great reaction. Unlike others you watched to the end ( piano closing). Johnny Cash is a legend. Johnnys daughter said to him about the song “ it’s like your saying goodbye “ he said “ I am”. Johnny comes across as a rough guy but when inquired , his daughters said he was a loving fun father that liked to make them laugh. This was the first Cash song I learned on guitar. Other songs you may check out. The band The Warnings song Choke, the song by Stevie Nicks Rhiannon Midnight Special Live, and Ghosts song Dance Macabre 😊.
Cash took a song and completely changed the meaning without changing the lyrics. That's unimaginably talented.
The message is simple ; all of the accomplishment, all of the fame, all the gold, it meant nothing in the end. What all he ruined, the things you can't buy , the moments that are free, he missed or laid waste too... this is a song to you, to me, to everyone, in the end it's an empire of dirt worth nothing, and all that was worth anything isn't worth the cost of ruining for dirt...
Love your people, your friends , family..make time for them, and cherish them because, in the end , that's the only thing thats really valuable.
This song can essentially be summed up into the quote:
"what good is a man that gains the whole world but loses his soul"
when you have fewer days ahead of you than you have behind you this song really hits home. especially if you have seen so many friends and family pass away. your own mortality becomes very clear.
A song written by a younger man, at the bottom of a downward spiral, looking up at a distant light he doesn't know if he can reach, but is just bloodyminded enough to try to drag himself toward it. Then, covered and arguably perfected by an older man, with the mileage and the weight of regret and experience to make those words have new meaning. A true masterpiece, in either case.
Speaking as someone with a year clean, to those out there who need to hear it most: no matter how far down the spiral you seem to be, do not give in to despair. There is always a way out besides self-destruction. Keep yourself. Find away.
This song was written by Trent Reznor of nine inch nails in the early 90s in his 30s. When Johnny Cash recorded it, Trent said 'its not my song anymore'
The greatest cover of all time. Johnny's requiem.
My parents knew both Johnny and His wife June Carter cash, they used to stop in my parents antique shop in nj when they were near multiple times, i was only about 8-10 yrs old, but i do remember both of them, they always gave us tickets to his shows and I remember being there and it was an awesome show; I think he wrote this because his wife passed away 4 months before him in 2003....😢 they were humble great down to earth
people rest in peace my friends ❤
I lost my first wife to cancer and friends to drugs and ya we all have seen pain. Like Johnny Cash went through much pain and found healing in Jesus and me also and what a healing joyful relationship. 😊
This is the most impressive song I have heard. When combined with the visuals, it strikes home doubly so. An unbelievable masterpiece. Thank you Stacey.
You can feel the pain in his words,truly a GOD fearing man. Rip Johnny cash
One of the rare times that a cover of a song is better than the original.
Ah, one of Johnny's greatest songs.
I still weep every time I hear this.
Consider this is a Cover - the original by Nine Inch Nails is also worth listening - even though it is the same song the approach is different. But Johnny was able to take over message to "his world" which is realy greate
Its crazy that ever since this song came out i listen to it non-stop on my playlist when I go for runs and it ALWAYS makes me tear up listening to it.
Rick Ruben had to talk Johnny Cash into doing this cover. Rick Ruben is the man that saved his career and let him be HIM again.
This song hits different knowing that June passed not long after. He was ready and when June passed he knew he wasnt long for this world. He wanted to be with his June.
I really love this Johnny Cash album. I am glad you finally got to this song. Have a wonderful day Stacey. :)
I played this song along with John Denver at my daughter's funeral. She was 3 she passed away on father's day last year. And this and John Denver song country roads was her absolutely favorite. Ill never be the same because she changed me so much. Her name was Oaklyn Jolee Faye Webster Indiana obituaries if you want to see her. She died in my arms of seizures due to the parainfluenza virus. She had a rare blood condition called Thrombotic Microangiopathy thay caused her white blood cells to attack her organs. We took her tp a hospital thay didnt help up until it was to late. She dies from sepsis caused by it. We tried to get them to tell us if this was okay of her nonverbal behavior but theu said it was normal. Until it got worse was when they got worried and panicked. I'm actually filing a lawsuit against the hospital for malpractice and not seeing the signs sooner..and leaving is for hours just letting her deteriorate.
This song/video is the very definition of raw.
Johnny Cash was an American icon. He’s the only artist in history to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and the Songwriter’s Hall of Fame I believe. This song is a cover of Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor’s song, and basically acted as Johnny’s swan song. This was his farewell to the world and to music in general, and he died shortly after this song released. I highly recommend checking out or reacting to “Walk the Line,” a biopic about Johnny’s life starring Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon if you want to know more about him. Johnny himself actually said he wanted Joaquin to play him if they ever made a movie about him. If you watch the movie and have it fresh in your mind and then go back and listen to this song it makes it cut even deeper.
Dont even like country music , but i loved this man . His Masterpiece . .i cried .
The one thing many people miss in the video at the very end he closes the piano like a casket, running his hands across the edge .
i cry every time i hear this
Johnny was saying goodbye. This was the last song he would record, and he knew it. He was a man who'd lived an amazing life. He'd brought joy to millions with his music, but also hurt to many of the people he loved though his own actions. He sinned, like all of us, but found redemption through his faith and repentance.
I was in college when Johnny Cash passed away, and I picked the album that this song came out on after I heard the news. I still have the CD, and it hits very differently now that I'm over two decades older.
A legend in every sense of the word. Johnny Cash had a long career before this, having come up around the time of Elvis and Jerry Lee Lewis. you should react to his own songs. this was a cover of a band called Nine Inch Nails, the song was written by the lead singer Trent Reznor. He said after the cover was released the song belonged to Johnny Cash now.
The thing about this song and video is that they go together. They are ART. They provoke a reaction. That is the purpose of art. It's to cause a transformation, even if but small. Never be afraid of it. Embrace it.
Beautiful heartfelt comments. Thank you.🌸
When Trent wrote this in his Twenties, he felt it and through out his pain, was vulnerable, but Johnny did it with his past behind it that gave these words more gravitas. So much so that Trent said its his song now.
Such a hauntingly beautuful version....
RIP Man In Black.
You will be missed forever.
For those that don't know why Mr. Cash always wore black; please enlighten yourselves. He fought so many demons personally; but he ALWAYS had humanity in his forefront of thought.
You were one of a kind Mr. Cash. I'm so grateful for 40+ years of your matery.
When he wiped his hands across the piano key cover at the end; that was his way of saying "I'm done now"
@staceyrpg I just watched your reaction and it really touched my heart how moved you are. When I saw your eyes getting watery I just wanted to hug you. I love this song, I love the original one too but as said in the comments, he made it his song and it gives me the shivers every time I listen to it. So I can totally relate to how you felt and it I love how it got you. 😊
This was basically his coda, and he made it so perfect even Reznor said Cash now owns this song.
To see an artist churn out such a timeless super hit basically on his deathbed in old age make me even sadder for all the musicians who succombed to drugs or suicide at 25 to 45 years of age. what could Kurt Cobain have made at 60-70years old? or C Bennington of LInkin Park.Prince,George MIchael etc etc.
I'm a 50 year old guy, grew up with NIN and Johnny. To this day I can't watch this video without crying.
I'am 60 year old bloke, and i well up every time I hear this track. " A boy named Sue" is perhaps his biggest hit (hear in the UK) and is a bit more upbeat and fun from the early 70s. 👍👍
I've played this song a few years ago in Italy to remember a very good old friend ( the sixties ) of me that was just past away two mount early. He died because of Cancer.... It was in a little club in Bari .. with a few friends of mine.. ..Ciao Gianni.
There are three eras to dive into just to get started on Johnny Cash, this one, near the end, the recordings he made with Rick Rubin, the very beginning on Sun Records, and in the middle, the late 60s and the absolutely must-listen "Live At Folsom Prison" album. My first concert ever was Johnny Cash and June Carter in 1989, and it still stands as one of the greatest shows I've ever seen. June's daughter Rosey Carter had a featured spot, and she sang like Janis Joplin. All three passed away within six months of each other in 2003.
Many people do not know that Johnny Cash was addicted for most of his career. He was addicted to amphetamines and barbiturates,. As a 69-year-old I can relate as you start to question things that you have lived and want to express the regret you are feeling. The musician was suffering from autonomic neuropathy brought on by diabetes and by the time he recorded Hurt, his health was failing. You are beautiful Stacey and incredibly insightful, This is a reaction that is well worth watching, in my opinion.