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That's an EPIC thought. I like rap, rock, heavy metal, hard rock, this and that. I am versatile. there's always room for some Johnny Cash. Legend. Yeah,
There was a young man in this audience named Merle Haggard. When he got out of prison, he changed his ways, and became a Great country songwriter and singer…. And he credited Johnny Cash’s performance with his life change! Check Merle out too!
Also, Shell Silverstien wrote stuff for Playboy magazine. So when I was a teacher and asked for books by Shel Siversteen for my class library, my brother thought I was nuts. He didn't know about Shel's kids poetry and I didn't know about his Playboy writings.
Johhny ALWAYS stood up for the underdog. He looked at prisoners as people who had mistakes but weren't necessarily bad people. You should absolutely check out his cover of The Ballad of Ira Hayes. It's about one of the Marines that raised the flag after the Battle of Iwa Jima in WWII.
I suggested "I've been working on the Railroad", sorta a mythical homage to rail-workers. Ira Hayes really hits home for me. My dad is a Vietnam vet and he's American Indian.
I have an uncle that's a life long musician playing multiple instruments and he contends that "A Boy Named Sue" is the first "rap" song to become popular.
Rap and rack were allready around in the 40's😂 you guys need to listen more to older music... Also the moonwalk was allready invented around the 30's 😂😅
Wait till you hear "When the Man Comes Around". It makes "God's Gonna Cut You Down" feel lighthearted. Great reaction, thanks. His first public performance of his song "The Man In Black" should not be missed. It sums up what Cash stood for. I hope you'll do both. Thanks!
The Ballard of Ira Hayes by Johnny Cash - tells the true story of indigenous American Ira Hayes who was one of the US Marines who raised the US Flag on Iwo Jima in WWII.
Ira Hayes was used the the Government as a model Marine to encourage people to buy US Bonds. After the war he was sent back to the reservation forgotten by the country he served.
After l was grown, married, settled down with kids this is what my Dad said to me; “ l treated you better than l was treated and l know you will treat your kids better than l treated you”. He was raised in rural Missouri in the 30’s
The guitar player standing beside Johnny Cash is another legend that has many great songs and is from my neck of the woods. The great Carl Perkins. He could sing and one hell of a guitar player. Matchbox is one of my favorite songs by him
Johnny ... country Legend... don't mess with a Legend... his music was great. Johnny Cash went through Hell and back with drugs.. came out of it thankfully because of the love of a great woman.. June Carter Cash.
There's an entire album from performances at Folsom prison and San Quentin. There's video footage from both also. Merle Haggard got his inspiration to become a country singer from seeing Johnny perform while being an inmate in Folsom prison I believe. Johnny's early Sun recordings are excellent. He spent time in the studio there with Elvis and Jerry Lee Lewis. They all used to tour together throughout the South performing at town halls,auditoriums, wherever they could setup and play. They were used by the production companies. Didn't get paid much.
It’s amusing to me, the sounds they added after the recording in post. Cash said the prisoners were so scared to make any noise, that every song was just dead silence.
Man,I remember being a little girl in the car and this song on the radio,,and my dad laughing and laughing and laughing 😂It was so memorable especially bc my dad didn't laugh very often......
One nugget of information about this. Merle Haggard was serving a sentence at San Quentin when Johnny did this show. He decided to turn his life around and became a country singer, as well as friends with Johnny.
One of my personal favs. ❤️🔥 More Johnny pls, loving your Cash journey ❤ Something important to note, Merle Haggard was a prisoner at San Quinton & saw this performance. It changed his life. The rest is country music history. 🙏❤️🔥
This was the first time he ever performed this song, and you can see him trying not to laugh as he reads the lyrics. They even left out a verse that went: Well, he must have thought it was quite a joke and it got a lot of laughs from a lot of folks - it seemed I had to fight my whole life through. Some girl would giggle and I'd get red - some guy would laugh and I'd bust his head. I tell ya, life ain't easy for a boy named Sue. You guys talking about how your dads helped you become realistic and get tougher - that is great. That's what we're missing with the younger people - they believe they have to try to eliminate everything in the world that bothers them rather than learning to stick up for themselves and adjust.
Yes! Johnny Cash is a gem! I have an album suggestion (probably wouldn’t be a video reaction) in the 1990’s VH1 released an album called Story Tellers with Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson. They basically are performing together and back and forth doing each others songs. And in between each of them tells the story of what inspired each song. It’s fantastic!
Yes! Storytellers has to be one of my favorite albums. And probably the best version of "Folsom Prison Blues" ever. Willie picking the lead can't be beat. Those guys are legends. Never be another Johnny or Willie when he goes.
Walk the Line( the movie ) was what made me dive further into JC. Great movie. They didn't use Johnny's voice but Juaquin Phoenix does an amazing interpretation. Johnny was definitely a voice for the voiceless I'd recommend Man in Black and The Wanderer by U2. Johnny's sings the whole song but, it's on a U2 album. You would definitely connect with those 2 songs. Oh, also, When the Man Comes Around. Those are deep and relevant to this current timeline
Johnny Cash is hands down my favourite musician of all time! I listen to all the metal genres, some rap, dance, trance, classical and old country, but Johnny tops them all.
Such a great reaction!! Johnny Cash was a 'one of a kind' guy . That man had a very tough life from the get-go, and wrestled more than his share of personal demons. But, I suppose that's what made him the great Legend he is!
This brings back memories of my Dad. He wasn't a country fan but he loved this song! ❤ People keep telling me to cover it 😅 have you heard Johnny cash doing cocaine blues? Now that's probably my favourite 👌😎
For me it was Mom that put me on to Cash. In my mom's young years she got to met him, as her mom had him and Vivian(1st wife) over when they came to islands to visit and have a Vaca. Running Fam joke awesome rumor is they conceived while there as Roseanne was born 9mths later😊
Johnny was a genius and a national treasure. Interestingly, the guy playing the uber-slick electric guitar licks and fills behind Johnny on this track is rockabilly legend Carl Perkins! Give Johnny's humanistic anthem "The Man in Black" a listen; it will bring tears to your eyes.
Shel Silverstein wrote this song. Some may know him from the children's poetry books, Where the Sidewalk Ends is one of them. He was also known for writing the cartoons in Playboy Magazine. Was actually a wild character.
This was originally written by Shel Silverstein. There is a clip of Shel Silverstein doing the same song but from the father's perspective. It's worth checking out
My sweet hubby’s name is Christy. He was an Army brat that had to fight every time they moved to prove that he wasn’t a sissy. One time, he came home and told his dad about a fight he had. His dad asked if he won. When my sweet hubby told him no, he took him back to where the boy was and made him fight him again until he “won.”
When I was little my dad used to play this song on the guitar and sing it for me. He could play and sing just like Johnny Cash. Johnny Cash was born in extreme poverty so yes, he was very close to the regular people of America.
Great reaction! Does my heart good to see young people appreciate true talent that I grew up on! You should check out the greatest guitarist that ever lived, Roy Clark, doing JC's Folsom Prison Blues! It's hilarious! A reporter once asked Eddie Van Halen what it felt like to be the best guitarist of all time and he replied "I don't know, you will have to ask Roy Clark!
For another song that will set you up for a twist and is just clever with the lyrics, check out Jim Stafford "My Girl Bill" I also argue that Jim Stafford's performance of "Mr. Bojangles" is the best version because of the conversation element he puts into it. Everyone knows the far more upbeat version, but Stafford's feels more world weary and true to the story.
You need to check out the rest of Johnny Cash's work, his songs and music are epic! "Fire in the Sky", and "Ghost Rider's", are just a few, but there are many more.
Johnny Cash came up from the Delta region of Arkansas. We’re talking The Mud, 30 ft deep. During the Depression. A beginning that is as real as it gets.
That was one of your more interesting reactions. Being female, I hadn't latched onto the whole intergenerational bullying thing between boys before. Fascinating, as girls do bullying differently. Re Johnny Cash - one of the all time greats and deservedly so. For more of his sympathy with the underdog stuff, try The Ballad of Ira Hayes, The Man in Black and Folsom Prison Blues (his breakthrough song). Huge back catalog, one can listen to his stuff for YEARS and not repeat. One of my personal faves is The Tennessee Flat Top Box - deals with the whole music fame thing. One of his saddest songs is his version of The Ballad of Lucy Jordan - deals with depression/suicide. He never did shy away from the darker side of living.
My dads favourite singer. Which kid likes their dads stuff? so I avoided him for quite a while. But many years after my father passed I picked up the Live At San Quentin album. Still to me now, one of the best live albums ever. After one show Cash says on the album, an inmate gave him some words to read, and as he liked them so much he made a song from them that night, and performed it. It is on the album. I definitely suggest you give it a listen once you come to the end of Johnny Cash reactions. Legends in music have such talent and class they endure. Whatever the era. Great reaction. Hoping you and your families are and remain well. Happy holidays to you all.
You would really enjoy seeing this video: Johnny Cash - The Man in Black (Best of Johnny Cash TV Show). His TV show was in Nashville, as is Vanderbilt University. He visited campus and invited students to his show. Over the weekend he wrote the song to answer what so many asked during his visit - why do you always dress in black? This was during Vietnam, campus and country unrest, etc. I think you’ll be impressed with his song and skill at tapping into the mood of the people.
Amazing that they pretty much winged this song live and un rehearsed Band did a good job following it as well. As he took the stage, he relied on a lyrics sheet, improvising alongside his band.
A Boy Named Sue was written by Shel Silverstein, the same narrative poet behind some Dr. Hook songs, including Cover of the Rolling Stone and Sylvia's Mother (both great reaction songs for you). He also recorded his own work and wrote books of fun narrative poetry. He was brilliant.
San Quentin is a city about 25 miles north of San Francisco. SQ prison is at Point San Quentin, located on the SF Bay and is some of the most desirable land in California. It's the oldest prison in California and has its only death row. Love Johnny Cash's recording at Folsom Prison, too. Folsom is on the outskirts of Sacramento and is California's second oldest prison.
My mom was a prison minister and we use to go to all the jails singing together as a family then mom would preach. So I've been in many jails starting at 3 years old but never for any other reasons but to sing with my parents lol
Around 1961, my family went on a month long vacation to S. Ca. along with several friends all from Houston. I was 14. One day we all went out to "Nudie's of Hollywood". Mr. Nudie was the tailor of the stars. He made all of the sequined western style suits worn by country, western, & rock entertainers including Elvis Pressley. He had a retail store connected to his tailor shop in N. Hollywood. As we wandered around the store, the curtains to the fitting area opened & Johnny Cash walked out. He & Mr. Nudie came up & spoke to us & gave everyone autographed photos. Johnny Cash just stood there & bull sh*tted with us like he had nowhere special to go to. A great memory!
@BlackPegasus Johnny Cash did have a hard life from not only the Great Depression but also fighting his own demons. One of the things that haunted him was the death of his older brother, Jack, who was almost cut in half by an unguarded table saw. Jack was 15 at the time & Johnny was 12.
Between 1959-1968 Johnny Cash was arrested for public drunkenness, reckless driving, and drug possession. One of the more interesting arrests on his record includes getting booked for picking flowers. On a drunken binge in a small town, he was caught in the middle of the night picking flowers out of someone’s yard. lol But Cash never had to do any hard time. It had added to his bad boy image & of course prisoners loved him! lol He cleaned up when June Carter joined him.
*THE MAN COMES AROUND* is another Johnny Cash must-hear song. It gets you concerned about yourself. His delivery of the song and the message is masterful, of course. That's why he's a legend.
This popped up in my feed and I am glad that I watched. My late father had probably every Johnny Cash album and played them frequently while I was growing up. Even his Christmas album was in the stack of vinyl on the stereo for the season. I haven't heard this song in many years but was able to sing right along. My son grew up hearing his music, too. Johnny Cash isn't just for those appreciate classic country music.
Johnny Cash played in several prisons. Folsom, San Quentin . . . He did not go to prison himself. He did have a drug issue for a while, he got clean, and married June Carter. He named his son, John Carter Cash. He has a daughter Roseanne, who is a famous singer too.
The song "Hurt" is a song from Nine Inch Nails on their "Downward Spiral" album. Johnny Cash redid a few songs from Nine Inch Nails! I hear BOTH versions on my local radio station of "Hurt"! 😃🩷🌷
Came to your channel because of Anthony Ray and Stray Kids. You keep reacting to songs that bring back such great memories for me (Sound of Silence and Devil went down to Georgia). My mom was a huge Johnny Cash fan so these songs blared from the speakers of her '68 Mustang (yup, an 8-track tape deck - I'm old). Thank you for the memory of my mom today and the smile it brought to my face. On your conversation about prisons - Alcatraz is on an island in the San Francisco Bay (not in use since 1963). San Quentin (still being used) is on the Marin shoreline.
Johnny sang Long Black Veil. But he sang a version with Razzie Bailey, where he sang the bass. It's a rare version, but it's great. A very haunting song
So I never got into Mr. Cash.. or any other country, soft rock, ok I grew up on metal, anyway, I started an irish band bout 15 years ago and so started to listen to trad Irish on pandora and later spotify. Didn't take 2 hours before a Johnny Cash song would come on. So I started to listen. I get it now. A real legend
So glad you guys discovered Johnny cash. I love about an hour from Nashville Tennessee. Music city. All the country music stars come through there and a lot of them live there or around there. I live about an hour from Upchurch and about an hour from Hank Williams Jr's bar. We have a lot of musical geniuses around here. Just about everybody has somebody in the family that plays music. I really think it runs in the blood around here. You're kind of born with it ❤. Glad I found you guys. I enjoy your shows. Keep 'em comin' please kind sirs and thank y'all ❤
In Johnny Cash son's book The House Of Black, there's a part where it talks about after an concert Johnny and June's bus broke down in Kentucky, and just by coincidence two fans an husband and his wife were traveling down the same road , and offer them a ride back to Tennessee , Johnny said on one condition , if the couple would stay the night and have breakfast with Johnny and June, which they did.
Johnny Cash had a hard childhood. His older brother was his hero. His brother was working at a saw mill cutting wood. He was about 15 when the saw slipped and nearly cut him into. Working by his brother was a very young Johnny Cash. He was traumatized by this his whole life. Had major depression and could never sleep well. He wore back for all down trodden people and in mourning for his brother. So many other stories from his life. Listen to Ring of Fire.
Johnny was the real deal, but he was never in Prison. While he was singing in San Quentin, however, a young prisoner in his audience realized his calling was music as well. That prisoner, Merle Haggard, then became one of the greatest singer/songwriters in Country Music. Here he is performing one of the songs he wrote about his experiences in prison. This is my favorite live version, sadly he messes up the lyric at first, but the feeling and tone of his voice is perfection. This is Merle Haggard with “Sing Me Back Home.” ua-cam.com/video/u6evsqCwwzc/v-deo.htmlsi=5FaQCpanbQ3xNMMk
Growing up, when I was a kid, my mom LOVED Johnny Cash. I didn't get it. And as a kid, I sure couldn't like it, because hell, you can't like the music your parents like. When I was a teen, I briefly met him. That was cool. Now as an adult, I fully get the appeal, and I have so much respect for his craft. A master story-teller with somewhat unique, yet simple, music. Listen to Sunday Morning Coming Down, or Man in Black (brilliant), or any of his work with the Statler Brothers. Oh you MUST listen to Ragged Old Flag! And listen to Hurt. Trent Reznor sang it from the point of someone on drugs (I think). But listening to an old Johnny Cash sing it, just before his death, is a heart-wrenching view of someone looking back on a good life and missing the loved ones who were in it. Masterful. Long Live the Man in Black.
My favorite part is that the writer of "Boy Named Sue" is the guy who wrote a ton of children's poetry, Shel Silverstein (he also wrote a lot of _not_ children's stuff).
I dont care what type of music you're into, theres always room for some Johnny Cash. Legend.
That's an EPIC thought. I like rap, rock, heavy metal, hard rock, this and that. I am versatile. there's always room for some Johnny Cash. Legend. Yeah,
His performance, but a bit of trivia, it was written by Shel Silverstein.
Yeah the "Where the Sidewalk Ends" guy
Johnny Cash - original name = J.R.
when he enlisted in the air force they told him he had to have a full name so he used JOHN R. and when he went to sun they dubbed him as JOHNNY
He's rock, he's country, he's punk as hell. Johnny Cash is the GOAT.
There was a young man in this audience named Merle Haggard. When he got out of prison, he changed his ways, and became a Great country songwriter and singer…. And he credited Johnny Cash’s performance with his life change! Check Merle out too!
My son has played Merle's childhood guitar.
Look up official video of Johnny singing Hurt..it'll blow ya a way..
Wasn't Johnny Paycheck also influenced by Johnny Cash?
I'm pretty sure that the San Quentin show Merle Haggard attended was in 1958. Hag was already a big star by 1969.
@granitestater1029 The song Nixon asked Johnny to play at the Whitehouse. Johnny refused and wrote "What is Truth" just for that performance.
"A Boy Named Sue" is a song written by humorist, children's author, and poet Shel Silverstein and made famous by Johnny Cash.
omg! I love Shel Silverstein but didn't know this
Also, Shell Silverstien wrote stuff for Playboy magazine. So when I was a teacher and asked for books by Shel Siversteen for my class library, my brother thought I was nuts. He didn't know about Shel's kids poetry and I didn't know about his Playboy writings.
Wait, WHAT? 'The Giving Tree' guy? No effing wayyyyyy!!!!
Johhny ALWAYS stood up for the underdog.
He looked at prisoners as people who had mistakes but weren't necessarily bad people.
You should absolutely check out his cover of The Ballad of Ira Hayes.
It's about one of the Marines that raised the flag after the Battle of Iwa Jima in WWII.
I suggested "I've been working on the Railroad", sorta a mythical homage to rail-workers. Ira Hayes really hits home for me. My dad is a Vietnam vet and he's American Indian.
Johnny Cash was punk rook decades before punk rock was invented.
I have an uncle that's a life long musician playing multiple instruments and he contends that "A Boy Named Sue" is the first "rap" song to become popular.
What about Red Sovine? He did a lot of "talkies." That's what they were called back in that day. Red was before Johnny.
Check out Phantom 309.
Wasn't rap back then, it was "talking blues".
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Rap and rack were allready around in the 40's😂 you guys need to listen more to older music... Also the moonwalk was allready invented around the 30's 😂😅
Wait till you hear "When the Man Comes Around". It makes "God's Gonna Cut You Down" feel lighthearted. Great reaction, thanks. His first public performance of his song "The Man In Black" should not be missed. It sums up what Cash stood for. I hope you'll do both. Thanks!
THIS................
Hurt is another of Johnny's greatest song. Very sad - it was his last song I believe he sang, and it became an instant hit.
@@andreacalkins5189 They already did Hurt twice :)
@@SmeagolTheGreat Guess I missed it. Several people/groups commenting on the same person/songs.
The Ballard of Ira Hayes by Johnny Cash - tells the true story of indigenous American Ira Hayes who was one of the US Marines who raised the US Flag on Iwo Jima in WWII.
great song
Bob Dylan covered it too.👍
Is originally a poem written by Peter LaFarge.
Ira Hayes was used the the Government as a model Marine to encourage people to buy US Bonds. After the war he was sent back to the reservation forgotten by the country he served.
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Same old story.👎
After l was grown, married, settled down with kids this is what my Dad said to me; “ l treated you better than l was treated and l know you will treat your kids better than l treated you”. He was raised in rural Missouri in the 30’s
“One Piece at a Time” should be your next Johnny Cash song. It has great story telling, and is another humorous song. It’s classic Johnny.
Love "One Piece at a Time", one of my favs ❤
Johnny could afford to buy a Cadillac showroom everyday, but he preferred to build one, one piece at a time 😅 humble man 😎
And after that, go directly to "Hurt."
I Drove her out of my Mind is another good humorous song by Johnny Cash.
I second this!
The guitar player standing beside Johnny Cash is another legend that has many great songs and is from my neck of the woods. The great Carl Perkins. He could sing and one hell of a guitar player. Matchbox is one of my favorite songs by him
He recorded live albums at both Folsom Prison and San Quentin.
My daughter, who is now 7, started listening to Johnny Cash when she was 3 and still goes to sleep listening to him every night.
If you want to hear him spit..."I've been Everywhere"
Seconded.
Johnny ... country Legend... don't mess with a Legend... his music was great. Johnny Cash went through Hell and back with drugs.. came out of it thankfully because of the love of a great woman.. June Carter Cash.
There's an entire album from performances at Folsom prison and San Quentin. There's video footage from both also. Merle Haggard got his inspiration to become a country singer from seeing Johnny perform while being an inmate in Folsom prison I believe. Johnny's early Sun recordings are excellent. He spent time in the studio there with Elvis and Jerry Lee Lewis. They all used to tour together throughout the South performing at town halls,auditoriums, wherever they could setup and play. They were used by the production companies. Didn't get paid much.
It’s amusing to me, the sounds they added after the recording in post.
Cash said the prisoners were so scared to make any noise, that every song was just dead silence.
The Million Dollar Quartet. Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis and Carl Perkins!!
Merle was in San Quentin.
Man,I remember being a little girl in the car and this song on the radio,,and my dad laughing and laughing and laughing 😂It was so memorable especially bc my dad didn't laugh very often......
This was written by Shel Silverstein. Another great one from Shel is the great smoke off
Even better, almost anything from Freakin at the Freakers Ball
Or anything from Dr Hook, or from Old Dogs, both of which he wrote all of their music
One nugget of information about this. Merle Haggard was serving a sentence at San Quentin when Johnny did this show. He decided to turn his life around and became a country singer, as well as friends with Johnny.
One of my personal favs. ❤️🔥 More Johnny pls, loving your Cash journey ❤ Something important to note, Merle Haggard was a prisoner at San Quinton & saw this performance. It changed his life. The rest is country music history. 🙏❤️🔥
This was the first time he ever performed this song, and you can see him trying not to laugh as he reads the lyrics. They even left out a verse that went: Well, he must have thought it was quite a joke and it got a lot of laughs from a lot of folks - it seemed I had to fight my whole life through. Some girl would giggle and I'd get red - some guy would laugh and I'd bust his head. I tell ya, life ain't easy for a boy named Sue.
You guys talking about how your dads helped you become realistic and get tougher - that is great. That's what we're missing with the younger people - they believe they have to try to eliminate everything in the world that bothers them rather than learning to stick up for themselves and adjust.
Yes! Johnny Cash is a gem!
I have an album suggestion (probably wouldn’t be a video reaction) in the 1990’s VH1 released an album called Story Tellers with Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson. They basically are performing together and back and forth doing each others songs. And in between each of them tells the story of what inspired each song. It’s fantastic!
Yes! Storytellers has to be one of my favorite albums. And probably the best version of "Folsom Prison Blues" ever. Willie picking the lead can't be beat. Those guys are legends. Never be another Johnny or Willie when he goes.
Walk the Line( the movie ) was what made me dive further into JC. Great movie. They didn't use Johnny's voice but Juaquin Phoenix does an amazing interpretation.
Johnny was definitely a voice for the voiceless
I'd recommend Man in Black and The Wanderer by U2. Johnny's sings the whole song but, it's on a U2 album. You would definitely connect with those 2 songs. Oh, also, When the Man Comes Around. Those are deep and relevant to this current timeline
Man in black for sure, one of my faves
Ring of Fire, For You, The Night Hank Williams came to Town, Man in Black, Wabash Cannonball, etc. So many great songs by Johnny Cash.
One piece at a time is another classic
"I've been Everywhere Man" is probably my favorite Johnny Cash song. It's def one of my go-to for karaoke.
Have you heard the Stompin Tom version of that song?
Johnny Cash is hands down my favourite musician of all time! I listen to all the metal genres, some rap, dance, trance, classical and old country, but Johnny tops them all.
Such a great reaction!! Johnny Cash was a 'one of a kind' guy . That man had a very tough life from the get-go, and wrestled more than his share of personal demons. But, I suppose that's what made him the great Legend he is!
This brings back memories of my Dad. He wasn't a country fan but he loved this song! ❤ People keep telling me to cover it 😅 have you heard Johnny cash doing cocaine blues? Now that's probably my favourite 👌😎
Love "Cocaine Blues" ;-) ❤
Great reaction. I had never truly listened to the words either. Glad I got to experience this gem with you fellas!!!
This song was a fixture of my childhood. My father used to play it in the car on road trips. Thanks for the memories :)
For me it was Mom that put me on to Cash. In my mom's young years she got to met him, as her mom had him and Vivian(1st wife) over when they came to islands to visit and have a Vaca. Running Fam joke awesome rumor is they conceived while there as Roseanne was born 9mths later😊
Johnny was a genius and a national treasure. Interestingly, the guy playing the uber-slick electric guitar licks and fills behind Johnny on this track is rockabilly legend Carl Perkins! Give Johnny's humanistic anthem "The Man in Black" a listen; it will bring tears to your eyes.
Listening to this at a quiet level is like listening to a Curtis Mayfield concert. It’s the same emphasis, the same heavy hit, the same quiet impact.
Calling the songs I grew up on " Bangers " puts joy in my heart.
🔥 Johnny Cash 🔥 The Man in Black RIP
Shel Silverstein wrote this song. Some may know him from the children's poetry books, Where the Sidewalk Ends is one of them. He was also known for writing the cartoons in Playboy Magazine. Was actually a wild character.
And "The Unicorn" song.
And Freakin' at the Freakers Ball
This was originally written by Shel Silverstein. There is a clip of Shel Silverstein doing the same song but from the father's perspective. It's worth checking out
BOY NAMED SUE AND RING OF FIRE he also did a song that nine inch nails did thats just heart wrenching
Played this at the end of my father's funeral a couple of months ago. That was his style! 😁
So this song was written by Shel Silverstein and he wrote a sequel called Father of a boy named Sue. But be warned! It's funny and it's twisted.
It's my understanding that Johnny wore black because he was mourning for those suffering in the world.
I feel that feel
Nope, he wore black because when he started it was the only nice clothes he had and it stuck.
My sweet hubby’s name is Christy. He was an Army brat that had to fight every time they moved to prove that he wasn’t a sissy. One time, he came home and told his dad about a fight he had. His dad asked if he won. When my sweet hubby told him no, he took him back to where the boy was and made him fight him again until he “won.”
I always loved "The Man Comes Around" by Cash and it's not usually my vibe.
Great tune! ❤
When I was little my dad used to play this song on the guitar and sing it for me. He could play and sing just like Johnny Cash.
Johnny Cash was born in extreme poverty so yes, he was very close to the regular people of America.
Great reaction! Does my heart good to see young people appreciate true talent that I grew up on! You should check out the greatest guitarist that ever lived, Roy Clark, doing JC's Folsom Prison Blues! It's hilarious! A reporter once asked Eddie Van Halen what it felt like to be the best guitarist of all time and he replied "I don't know, you will have to ask Roy Clark!
For another song that will set you up for a twist and is just clever with the lyrics, check out Jim Stafford "My Girl Bill"
I also argue that Jim Stafford's performance of "Mr. Bojangles" is the best version because of the conversation element he puts into it. Everyone knows the far more upbeat version, but Stafford's feels more world weary and true to the story.
Johnny Cash was an amazing story teller! I'm SO glad he gave his music to us. This was a different era.
You need to check out the rest of Johnny Cash's work, his songs and music are epic! "Fire in the Sky", and "Ghost Rider's", are just a few, but there are many more.
Johnny Cash came up from the Delta region of Arkansas. We’re talking The Mud, 30 ft deep. During the Depression. A beginning that is as real as it gets.
I’ve probably heard a Boy Named Sue a hundred times since I was a kid and Im entertained every time. Great reaction guys.
I was raised on the 'talkin' blues', goin' back to the 1920's.
Even Bob Marley did some that came out in 1991.
-The real origins of rap... .
So glad that you found him! He speaks volumes!
'Hurt' will always be my favorite by Johnny. Im never into slow songs, but it hits me pretty hard.
JC covered "Hurt" by NIN. look that up.
A less well known song of Johnny's is Walls of a Prison. Such a good song.
Love all genre of music but truth told, old country, Mas music, is my favorite. The story telling is something else.
Shel Silverstein wrote this song. He is known for his books "where the sidewalk ends" and "a light in the attic".
That was one of your more interesting reactions. Being female, I hadn't latched onto the whole intergenerational bullying thing between boys before. Fascinating, as girls do bullying differently. Re Johnny Cash - one of the all time greats and deservedly so. For more of his sympathy with the underdog stuff, try The Ballad of Ira Hayes, The Man in Black and Folsom Prison Blues (his breakthrough song). Huge back catalog, one can listen to his stuff for YEARS and not repeat. One of my personal faves is The Tennessee Flat Top Box - deals with the whole music fame thing. One of his saddest songs is his version of The Ballad of Lucy Jordan - deals with depression/suicide. He never did shy away from the darker side of living.
johnny cash preforming a Boy named Sue which was written by Shel Silverstein
Let the song play!! My dad was a Johnny Cash fan. My dad was born in 1919. Boy named Sue is Great!!
Love this song. Johnny Cash has some amazing tunes to just sit and enjoy.
My dads favourite singer. Which kid likes their dads stuff? so I avoided him for quite a while. But many years after my father passed I picked up the Live At San Quentin album. Still to me now, one of the best live albums ever. After one show Cash says on the album, an inmate gave him some words to read, and as he liked them so much he made a song from them that night, and performed it. It is on the album. I definitely suggest you give it a listen once you come to the end of Johnny Cash reactions. Legends in music have such talent and class they endure. Whatever the era. Great reaction. Hoping you and your families are and remain well. Happy holidays to you all.
Huge star, so great he resonates with so many today. Legend.
You would really enjoy seeing this video: Johnny Cash - The Man in Black (Best of Johnny Cash TV Show). His TV show was in Nashville, as is Vanderbilt University. He visited campus and invited students to his show. Over the weekend he wrote the song to answer what so many asked during his visit - why do you always dress in black? This was during Vietnam, campus and country unrest, etc. I think you’ll be impressed with his song and skill at tapping into the mood of the people.
Amazing that they pretty much winged this song live and un rehearsed Band did a good job following it as well. As he took the stage, he relied on a lyrics sheet, improvising alongside his band.
A Boy Named Sue was written by Shel Silverstein, the same narrative poet behind some Dr. Hook songs, including Cover of the Rolling Stone and Sylvia's Mother (both great reaction songs for you). He also recorded his own work and wrote books of fun narrative poetry. He was brilliant.
I think you will like Cocaine Blues : )
San Quentin is a city about 25 miles north of San Francisco. SQ prison is at Point San Quentin, located on the SF Bay and is some of the most desirable land in California. It's the oldest prison in California and has its only death row. Love Johnny Cash's recording at Folsom Prison, too. Folsom is on the outskirts of Sacramento and is California's second oldest prison.
My mom was a prison minister and we use to go to all the jails singing together as a family then mom would preach. So I've been in many jails starting at 3 years old but never for any other reasons but to sing with my parents lol
I grew up with my dad listening to Johnny and lord do I love his music.
I love hearing you react to this artist. He was my dad‘s favorite. It brings back fond memories.
Johnny Cash - Man In Black is a MUST!!
"I've Been Working on the Railroad." Johnny just has so many story songs that are great.
Around 1961, my family went on a month long vacation to S. Ca. along with several friends all from Houston. I was 14. One day we all went out to "Nudie's of Hollywood". Mr. Nudie was the tailor of the stars. He made all of the sequined western style suits worn by country, western, & rock entertainers including Elvis Pressley. He had a retail store connected to his tailor shop in N. Hollywood. As we wandered around the store, the curtains to the fitting area opened & Johnny Cash walked out. He & Mr. Nudie came up & spoke to us & gave everyone autographed photos. Johnny Cash just stood there & bull sh*tted with us like he had nowhere special to go to. A great memory!
@BlackPegasus Johnny Cash did have a hard life from not only the Great Depression but also fighting his own demons. One of the things that haunted him was the death of his older brother, Jack, who was almost cut in half by an unguarded table saw. Jack was 15 at the time & Johnny was 12.
I love his song “song of a patriot”
Between 1959-1968 Johnny Cash was arrested for public drunkenness, reckless driving, and drug possession. One of the more interesting arrests on his record includes getting booked for picking flowers. On a drunken binge in a small town, he was caught in the middle of the night picking flowers out of someone’s yard. lol But Cash never had to do any hard time. It had added to his bad boy image & of course prisoners loved him! lol He cleaned up when June Carter joined him.
The amazing thing about this recording is that it was his first live performance of it and it was unrehearsed. Johnny did it just for that audience
A legend! Johnny Cash, boy named Sue.....Everything he did was good.
*THE MAN COMES AROUND* is another Johnny Cash must-hear song. It gets you concerned about yourself. His delivery of the song and the message is masterful, of course. That's why he's a legend.
This popped up in my feed and I am glad that I watched. My late father had probably every Johnny Cash album and played them frequently while I was growing up. Even his Christmas album was in the stack of vinyl on the stereo for the season. I haven't heard this song in many years but was able to sing right along. My son grew up hearing his music, too. Johnny Cash isn't just for those appreciate classic country music.
Glad you added this to your reactions. Great song!
One of the best song lyrics ever written.
Amazing song 🎵 . Good shit any reaction of the man in black is magic 🔥🔥🙌🏼🙌🏼🐐🐐
Johnny Cash played in several prisons. Folsom, San Quentin . . . He did not go to prison himself. He did have a drug issue for a while, he got clean, and married June Carter. He named his son, John Carter Cash. He has a daughter Roseanne, who is a famous singer too.
This song was written by Shell Silverstein, a children's author.
The song "Hurt" is a song from Nine Inch Nails on their "Downward Spiral" album. Johnny Cash redid a few songs from Nine Inch Nails! I hear BOTH versions on my local radio station of "Hurt"! 😃🩷🌷
You can tell how good a folksinger is by how much his songs start you thinking and having conversations.
Came to your channel because of Anthony Ray and Stray Kids. You keep reacting to songs that bring back such great memories for me (Sound of Silence and Devil went down to Georgia). My mom was a huge Johnny Cash fan so these songs blared from the speakers of her '68 Mustang (yup, an 8-track tape deck - I'm old). Thank you for the memory of my mom today and the smile it brought to my face.
On your conversation about prisons - Alcatraz is on an island in the San Francisco Bay (not in use since 1963). San Quentin (still being used) is on the Marin shoreline.
LOL! I used to be a member of a now defunct Heavy Metal forum, and we inducted Johnny as an Honorary Metal Artist due to his subject matter.
Johnny sang Long Black Veil. But he sang a version with Razzie Bailey, where he sang the bass. It's a rare version, but it's great. A very haunting song
This was a poem written by Shel Silverstein. Yes the same Shel Silverstein that wrote Falling Up, Where the Sidewalk Ends, and the Giving Tree.
So I never got into Mr. Cash.. or any other country, soft rock, ok I grew up on metal, anyway, I started an irish band bout 15 years ago and so started to listen to trad Irish on pandora and later spotify. Didn't take 2 hours before a Johnny Cash song would come on. So I started to listen. I get it now. A real legend
So glad you guys discovered Johnny cash. I love about an hour from Nashville Tennessee. Music city. All the country music stars come through there and a lot of them live there or around there. I live about an hour from Upchurch and about an hour from Hank Williams Jr's bar. We have a lot of musical geniuses around here. Just about everybody has somebody in the family that plays music. I really think it runs in the blood around here. You're kind of born with it ❤. Glad I found you guys. I enjoy your shows. Keep 'em comin' please kind sirs and thank y'all ❤
Johnny Cash is just pure class, you have so much more to descover, his life story is heartbreaking and inspiring. ✌❤🐦.
My favorite song by him!
In Johnny Cash son's book The House Of Black, there's a part where it talks about after an concert Johnny and June's bus broke down in Kentucky, and just by coincidence two fans an husband and his wife were traveling down the same road , and offer them a ride back to Tennessee , Johnny said on one condition , if the couple would stay the night and have breakfast with Johnny and June, which they did.
Man in black is one of my favorites
Johnny Cash had a hard childhood. His older brother was his hero. His brother was working at a saw mill cutting wood. He was about 15 when the saw slipped and nearly cut him into. Working by his brother was a very young Johnny Cash. He was traumatized by this his whole life. Had major depression and could never sleep well. He wore back for all down trodden people and in mourning for his brother. So many other stories from his life. Listen to Ring of Fire.
I have been listening to this man since I was a freshman in high school ( 1970 ). I miss him.
Johnny was the real deal, but he was never in Prison. While he was singing in San Quentin, however, a young prisoner in his audience realized his calling was music as well. That prisoner, Merle Haggard, then became one of the greatest singer/songwriters in Country Music. Here he is performing one of the songs he wrote about his experiences in prison. This is my favorite live version, sadly he messes up the lyric at first, but the feeling and tone of his voice is perfection. This is Merle Haggard with “Sing Me Back Home.”
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Growing up, when I was a kid, my mom LOVED Johnny Cash. I didn't get it. And as a kid, I sure couldn't like it, because hell, you can't like the music your parents like.
When I was a teen, I briefly met him. That was cool.
Now as an adult, I fully get the appeal, and I have so much respect for his craft. A master story-teller with somewhat unique, yet simple, music.
Listen to Sunday Morning Coming Down, or Man in Black (brilliant), or any of his work with the Statler Brothers. Oh you MUST listen to Ragged Old Flag! And listen to Hurt. Trent Reznor sang it from the point of someone on drugs (I think). But listening to an old Johnny Cash sing it, just before his death, is a heart-wrenching view of someone looking back on a good life and missing the loved ones who were in it.
Masterful. Long Live the Man in Black.
My favorite part is that the writer of "Boy Named Sue" is the guy who wrote a ton of children's poetry, Shel Silverstein (he also wrote a lot of _not_ children's stuff).