I WAS MOVED BY THISđđŸ #RIP #JohnnyCash Hereâs the video link âą Johnny Cash - Hurt I do not own the rights to this video. No copyright infringement intended.
This song is responsible for getting me clean after being in active addiction for 30+ years. I was driving down the road when Johnny Cash came on the radio singing this song. It affected me so deeply that I had to pull my car off the road. This song made something inside my brain say, âDonna, youâre going to die soon, if you donât put down the needle.â That night I told my family that I had to get help or I was going to die. The next morning I checked myself into rehab and stayed there for 3 months. This year, on May 13th, I celebrated 8 years of being clean and sober. God used this song to save my life, and Iâm eternally grateful.
Congratulations, Donna. God bless you. People in your situations that answer the call, I think are some of the most open to receiving blessings from God. God bless.
That's the first song I've ever seen you reveal that you didn't pause and talk. That was the greatest respect you could have paid to this man. I salute you!
Although he rates this as his favorite, you are aware he really hates to pause songs but pausing helps prevent copyright block, right? Without pausing, he's taking a risk this video will be removed.
He wasnt happy with the cover originally until he saw the video. His account of it says that everyone on the studio just stood there crying while watching it.
I saw an interview with Reznor where he said he didn't like the cover when first sent the initial recording. That changed after he saw the video though.
When Trent Reznor wrote this song, it was about his heroin addiction. Cash's cover was an old man, at the end of his life, wrapping it all up, to say goodbye. Powerful both ways, but Cash's cut can not be topped.
I was working at a nightclub back when Johnny passed, and the next night I worked after his passing was a goth/industrial/ebm night. With no prior announcement or hints, when it came time for the last song of the night, the DJ put on this version of Hurt, and turned the house lights up about halfway. And all the goths, young and old, in their black jackets, vinyl suits, black bridal gowns, gas masks, etc. Stopped dancing, and pulled out their lighters or phones and held them up quietly for the whole song. It was a moving moment, and showed how wide Johnny's reach was and how much he was respected. I'm tearing up just thinking about it.
The weirdos can spot one of our own. I was never that much of a country fan, but I could always feel this resonance with the man in black. Listening to this song, I think he was probably harder on himself than anyone else was, and that alone makes him pretty unique.
same here. It's the last thing you see when you go to the Johnny Cash Museum in Nashville so be ready. Stunning. I always cry when I see it. Johnny made this song his own. RIP.
This song has given me the energy to fight advanced cancer, spinal cord surgery and brain tumors. I can not leave till I make things correct to those I love.
Isn't it amazing to realize his final song is one of his greatest that touches everyone? He started his career with a stronger voice but his last song with the tired weak voice is the most amazing one of all due to its sincerity.
It's not actually his final song...he spent a few months in the studio after June died 2 months after this production, and he did quite a bit of recording.
@@frocat5163 she died before the video came out or shortly thereafter. I remember they got an advanced copy and she offered to watch it with Roseanne. Roseanne had the response you would imagine a child seeing their dad in that powerful a statement. June patted her hand giving comfort and said "They edited a lot out sweety." Roseanne replied, "What in the world could they have possibly left out!"
adam harp- June was in the video, standing on the stairway. She was looking down on Johnny. She died a few weeks after this was filmed. Johnny died four months after her death.
CHUCK, YA JOHN KNEW HE WAS DYING, WHEN HE CLOSED THE COVER ON THE PIANO, IT WAS JUST LIKE CLOSING HIS CASKET, MAN, I CRY EVERY TIME I WATCH THE VIDEO, COUSIN FIGEL
yes he was very respectful I appreciated that so much !!! OK OK..just watched another guy react to this video ...he stopped it like 10 times in the middle of sentences.. and gave a lengthy explanation for each line...stopped in the middle of a phrase... it was absolutely disgusting!!!! I have seen a couple like that but not as bad as him !!!
@@Timmothy2012 The other day I was watching a reaction to that song...cannot recall his name... anyway he must have stopped at least 8x's...hummed & hawed..telling stories of nothing relevant...I (a grgrmother) was literally yelling at my phone..heaven knows what I would have done to him if we had met in person hahaha.. you're right so disrespectful !!
That one repetitive note throughout the song is death or mortality. It stalks him throughout the song. It gets louder and louder to a point were itâs almost deafening in the end. His voice becomes secondary like life fading away. Itâs brilliant and beautiful story telling.
June died 3 months after recording this. Johnny himself 7 months later. He was sick and knew he was on borrowed time. He was closing a casket on his life, I believe.
I've been watching Jamel's reaction videos for about 6 months now and this is the first time I have seen him listened through the whole video without stopping to comment. Jamel's reaction is a fitting testament to the emotional power that this song has. Kudos.
So well put mate â Jamel did what I thought he would do â just listened to the song, the rest just follows naturally, Jamel has a big heart âŁ. Thanks đ
I'm a 62-year-old guy, surviving cancer for 1 year. I've been through a lot of storms in my life but, hey, this song... it brought me to tears. Maybe because I realized that everything that's said in this song is so true. Maybe because I felt entirely connected to Johnny Cash, singing his very last song. 'You can have it all, my empire of dirt'.
I cared for and held my father in law through his cancer struggle - every chemo appointment, picked him up physically when he was paralyzed, sat at his side while he faded and ultimately passed. One of the hardest things to have been a witness to - but I wanted to be there for him through it all. It was one of the most profound experiences of my life. I remember thinking that nothing else mattered, no disagreements, no accolades or new things - itâs âan empire of dirt - and you can have it allâ
While the song wasn't about saying goodbye, the video absolutely refers to growing old and passing away with regrets (Johnny and Romanek agreed on this approach). According to Cash's daughter Rosanne, he and June gathered the family to view the final cut of the video, and the kids were in tears throughout. She recalled June saying something like "Oh honey, there were far worse things we cut out."
They recorded the video in February. His wife appeared briefly and died three months later. He died seven months after that. This lost a Grammy to Justin Timberlake who said, in his acceptance speech, that Johnny should have won.
@Lori Hanks Seriously a pure embarrassment for Johnny not to win that. Justin does his own thing but I'd argue that all of Justin's work doesn't touch Johnny's.. Easily..
This manâs life was incredible. He started out working the fields along side white and black sharecroppers. Joined the military to get out of very rural Arkansas. Played rock and roll signed along side Elvis Presley at Sun Records. Went into country music. Which was a much better fit for him musically. Was well known for a serious drug problem, even doing time for it. He actually did a live concert inside of San Quentin Prison to show and bring to light what some inmates went through. Married June Carter Cash who was another country star. She gave him the ultimatum to get clean. And he did. Spending the last 3.5 decades of his life as a devout Christian. He was in his 80âs when he lost his beloved wife June. Part of what you are hearing in HURT is his pain of loneliness. In fact just a couple of months later he passed away. His daughter said Daddy you sound like your saying goodbye?? He answered âYesâ with a smile. This was his goodbye.
Good lord this song hit me hard. This is the most raw and authentic performance Iâve ever heard. If music is supposed to illicit emotions, this song has done it to me better that any song Iâve ever listened to. This was stunning. Just stunning. If you donât feel something listening to this, youâre not human. đđđ
There is no way no man or woman alive who cannot be considered a monster can hear this song, feel it in them...and not shed at least one tear. This is a song of regret, and no one alive can say they don't have one thing they did to someone they don't regret.
Johnny was more than just a country artist, he was the hill billy's artists, the artist for the ghettos, the artists for the prisoners, the artist for the downtrodden. He appeared at Billy Graham crusades often and was always humble. He grew up in the extreme rural poverty, like Dolly Parton and others knew growing up. His fame never went to his head, which is why he is so loved generations later!
It makes me conflicted. Cash makes it a song about the regrets of life, makes it heartbreaking... but at the same time, during the verses, he gives every line a flat reading, and just goes up at the end, so he sounds like he is taking the piss out of Aussie speech patterns...
He died very shortly after June did. I've been told that if someone dies naturally before their spouse does then the spouse dies shortly after, it's a case of true love and their spirits can't be without the other. Johnny and June were the perfect example of this.
"Everyone I know goes away in the end." Prophetic words indeed. The woman behind him is his wife June Carter Cash. She died shortly after they shot this video and Mr. Cash was so heartbroken he never recovered. There is footage of him at her funeral and it breaks your heart. He died soon after. They will tell you it was complications from diabetes but I believe it was Takisudo Cardio Miopathy. Broken heart syndrome.
That's always a nice way to think about it. His health was in decline for a long time before though. When they made the video, he was dying and they knew they couldn't waste any time making it. He died within 3 months of that.
@@paulharper4196Thank you, Paul. I just turned 70 last week! I've gone through a very difficult period these last few months, but the ordeal is almost over. I am being forced to move by a new landlord, just as my hip has failed on me. The good news is that I've found a better home, and I hope to be moving very soon. I think there's still a few good years left in the old boy. My Grandmother's pet name for me when I was a child, was Old Man River, and so far, I just keep rolling along! All the best to you!
It's right there with the Jimi Hendrix version of 'All along the Watchtower' (Bob Dylan) and Manfred Mann's cover of 'Blinded by the Light' (Bruce Springsteen).
Had me really crying and the pain from my chest was deep, I have sinned in my life and really have been on a road of redemption, so at the end I dont end up closing my piano so to speak with pain shame and regret of my whole life, A beautiful Nigerian Girl at my school had been sitting on a sidewalk bench and I sat next too her, really at that time more with the intention of sparking up a conversation, I asked he what she was up to she said praying, this took me by surprise as I did not expect this, She asked if I believed in god I said yes but I really don't go to church or pray and have not been very good. she said that OK god will accept me as I am and if I would like to accept him back into my heart, I said yes I would, she held out her hands and I held hers and followed her in prayer, and the feeling I got after was incredible in my chest and whole body, it was like I had gotten something that had been missing, in body mind spirit and soul. She had this energy and looks like an angel it was amazing. I have had small trips and bumps along the way , but now I am leading a far better life, accepting God into my heart and trying to be mindful this mean use wisdom think between logic and emotion , be grateful and move with love, have patience. A great song is Come As You Are covered by Crowder
@@ca6360 I was with you until all the god nonsense. There is no reason people should be giving credit for their own work and determination to a god that has never been shown to exist outside of the minds of the gullible and on the pages of Bronze age folklore, imagined by superstitious pre-scientific goatherders who didn't even know where the sun went at night. What is the difference between a god that does not interact with it's supposed creation in any verifiable manner and a god that does not exist? Answer: No difference at all. It may as well not exist and probably doesn't.
Trent Reznor wrote and performed that song. Then he heard Johnny Cash sing it. And Trent Reznor said, it's not my song any more. . It's Johnny Cash's song.
Some artists take a song to a whole new level. Johnny certainly did it here. Hendrix did it with Dylan's ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER. The Byrds did it with Dylan's MR. TAMBOURINE MAN. Aretha Franklin did it with Otis Redding's RESPECT. Dylan agreed that the other versions were much better than his, and Aretha certainly added a whole different sound to Otis' tune to make it her own as well (just to name a few).
No, he said that after he saw the video. Trent didn't really care for the cover until the video was sent to him. The cover itself isn't anything special. But when you add in the video, and the fact that JC passed away not long after this, then it becomes special.
Another part of the story I heard was that Johnny Cash himself called Trent to get permission for the song. When Johnny said " I'm Johnny Cash" Trent thought it was practical joke and hung up. After about the third time Johnny's agent called Trent. He said " I am Johnny Cash's agent, he tells me you keep hanging up on him".
No shame in being affected by this one my man. That's his wife June, she came down to check on Johnny mid-filming and the director Mark Romanek left that in. Powerful stuff.
Rondo Hunter same here! I responded to one of your comments on a totally different video / reaction earlier and you responded. I wanted to respond back but I couldn't find you Rondo Hunter. I'm not on social media just my old email/CZcams. Does your name have some vampiirec reference?
@@stephenspero3201 Not really. I just sort of made up Rondo cause it's similar to my real name. Only to find out that a rondo refers to a musical form. I know nothing about making music, only hearing it. Hunter because when younger I used to go hunting with my dad and brother. They've since passed on. We were very poor and our dogs helped put meat on our table. Don't hunt no more, deforestation and hunting clubs buying up all the rights. Plus there's a grocery store right down the road.
Rondo Hunter Dependent on hunting for food? Where are you from? What did you hunt? Clever name. It's been awhile since I took classical music appreciation but I get it now. I've never composed a reprise of a Sonata but I've been playing for 40 yrs. Guitar mostly. Peace....
Jamal, I truly appreciate your reaction to this video! It just shows how the power of music can transcend time! Thanks again for your wonderful reaction!! Keep it up! Fan for life!!!
I'll be 57 this summer. My first concert was when I was 16, it was the show in London Ontario Canada that he asked his future wife June Carter to marry him on stage during the show......
Elvis & Johnny Cash were my dads two favourites. I lost my dad June 3, 2020 to cancer. I was lucky to know these two legends music through my father, we bonded through their music. đ
I like how he leaves 'dead air' which is usually to be avoided when talking into a microphone and doesn't feel the need to talk it away, similar to that nice little lady on that other channel like this after Great Gig In The Sky.
I am a 56 year old man from Germany, whenever I watch this video, I cry, that goes real deep, I know about Johnny Cash' s Life and Love to his Wife June Carter, and I lost all those wich I looked up, my eldest Cousin Sister wich was like a big sister wich I never had, my Grand Grandmother, my Granny, my Mom and in November 14th 2019 I lost my Dad. I am sure that Johnny Cash passed away about a broken heart. Regards from Germany to you
Thanks for the heartfelt reaction bro... and BIG thanks to the genius Rick Rubin for resurrecting the career & greatness of Johnny Cash, and for being the Architect of this beautiful swan song to put a significant punctuation on his amazing life. You should do a reaction on the equally beautiful story behind this cover.
I remember when this song first dropped. It was like being at a concert and out walks Cash. The crowd hushes, a little uncertain. I mean, we all knew him. We all respected him. But we're all a little uncertain why he is there. And then he belts out this one somber, bittersweet song that leaves everyone speechless and walks off stage. We call for him to come back, to do more. But he's gone. Gone forever. One last ballad from the living legend. One last word from The Man in Black. As others have mentioned it's like someone singing their own eulogy. Not with fire or self importance, proudly proclaiming their deeds. Just a simple, humble hymn full of the good and the bad. The regrets and the respites that resonate with us all and make us look into ourselves. Glad it moved you and RIP to Mr. Johnny Cash.
Tears are the only response to this. Its perfection coming my favorite musician of all time. Johnny Cash is my musical inspiration and as human being. A true stoic.
He was hurt that he lived his life selfishly. He wanted others to know that you can gain everything materially but it's just a pile of dirt when you leave the earth. Knowing you're limited on the planet and still share this is simply poetic. He shared his massive amount of regret in this song. While trying to show his humanity before his leave. Takes a big man to admit even in death he screwed up. Mad respect to him. I hope his passing was peaceful.
I saw Johnny Cash in 1968 at the Fillmore in San Francisco. A great show. A few years ago, I dreamed of that show just before I woke up. In the dream, after his last song I walked up to the stage and said, hi Johnny, you don't remember me, but I saw you way back in 1968 Just then Johnny cut me off and said," I remember you, your Gary Lester". When I got up that morning, the news said that Johnny Cash died that night. No words.
The look on June's face as she watches him.... gets me more than anything else in a song and video that have a million moments that get tears going. As has been said over and over.... he totally owned this song... it was his, is his, and always will be his.
I hear yah, but he'll find a place to rest his spirit if he can, perhaps he will become a highwayman again, or he may simply be a single drop of rain, but he will remain and he'll be back again and again and again and again.
âI wear the black for the poor and the beaten down, Livin' in the hopeless, hungry side of town, I wear it for the prisoner who has long paid for his crime, But is there because he's a victim of the times. I wear the black for those who never readâ - Johnny Cash (1932-2003)
I honestly think the real genius here is Rubin. If you hear the interviews, neither Johnny nor Trent were on board with the idea when he first pitched it to each of them separately. Johnny said he didn't really understood the song when he heard it and that he couldn't make anything out of it, it wasn't until Rubin sent him the written lyrics that he got to work on it. And when Rubin asked Trent for permission he said yeah, but he thought it was kind of a gimmick and that it would be one of many covers that Cash must be doing at the time, and even didn't fully get it until he watched the video. So my point is that it was Rick Rubin who had the insight to put two and two together, and created this powerful vision in his head.
After a person has lived more than a bit of life we all reach the point where we've at least let someone we love down at one point or another. It's what makes this song hit so hard with so many with his rendition. That and how it so powerfully conveys mortality.
"If I could start again, I would keep myself, I would find a way" The older I get the more I understand the meaning of this lyric. It's so easy to lose yourself in this life and all the pain it can bring to bear. It can make pain "the only thing that's real" if you let it.
This song is responsible for getting me clean after being in active addiction for 30+ years. I was driving down the road when Johnny Cash came on the radio singing this song. It affected me so deeply that I had to pull my car off the road. This song made something inside my brain say, âDonna, youâre going to die soon, if you donât put down the needle.â That night I told my family that I had to get help or I was going to die. The next morning I checked myself into rehab and stayed there for 3 months. This year, on May 13th, I celebrated 8 years of being clean and sober. God used this song to save my life, and Iâm eternally grateful.
Congratulations, Donna. I know you don't know me, but I've known people that had the same struggle with a different result
God bless you. Congratulations.đđŒ
Congratulations, Donna. God bless you. People in your situations that answer the call, I think are some of the most open to receiving blessings from God. God bless.
Stay strong sister â just for today xxx
Congratulations, in the end it doesn't matter who or what triggered it, in the end you are the one who pulled it of, again congrats.
That's the first song I've ever seen you reveal that you didn't pause and talk. That was the greatest respect you could have paid to this man. I salute you!
Absolutely!
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He also didn't pause "Believe" by Brooks and Dunn. You've got to watch him do that one...
Although he rates this as his favorite, you are aware he really hates to pause songs but pausing helps prevent copyright block, right? Without pausing, he's taking a risk this video will be removed.
Robert Heckman Yeah, I was afraid it was going to get blocked because of that! His reaction was totally appropriate in that way though:).
His daughters watched it, with him, and started to cry. They said âDad itâs like your saying goodbye.â He said...âI am.â
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Especially considering both he and his wife June passed away within a year of this song being released.
@@jovalin5939 that's actually pretty common when a couple spends a whole life together
@@jovalin5939 I think she went about two weeks after this video was filmed, that was her concerned look. She knew she was leaving him behind.
@@Inferiis True, it happened with my parents that way too.
After the writer, Trent Reznor, heard this cover by Johnny Cash he said "it's not my song any more".
He wasnt happy with the cover originally until he saw the video. His account of it says that everyone on the studio just stood there crying while watching it.
I just love this so much.
Much like Paul Simon said of Disturbed's cover of The Sound of Silence. He linked it and told David it wasn't his anymore.
The lead singer of Nine Inch Nails said that after he heard This cover it became a Johnny Cash song. That's high praise.
Trent Reznor
â@@robertprice6830 it IS his now Never liked 9 inch Nails But his age added to sadness.
I saw an interview with Reznor where he said he didn't like the cover when first sent the initial recording. That changed after he saw the video though.
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Trent Reznor is Nine Inch Nails.
It was like hearing someone sing their own eulogy at their own funeral.
Worn out comment
@@dsroaddogg maybe so, but no less true.
It always felt like he was singing to June to me. Like he knows she can't hear him but he also knows that she can feel it anyway
It wasnt like
I think he past away not long after. About six months after his beloved wife. He couldn't live without her.
This song is heartbreaking in this version. Nobody has ever crammed more pain, anguish, and regret into 3 1/2 minutes.
When Trent Reznor wrote this song, it was about his heroin addiction. Cash's cover was an old man, at the end of his life, wrapping it all up, to say goodbye. Powerful both ways, but Cash's cut can not be topped.
Cash could relate because of his own earlier problems with pills.
@@johnlucas2317 Johnny was addicted to heroin too
@@kdizzle901 That's not true, he wasn't on heroine.
Interestingly enough it was rick Rubin that suggested this to cash. He told tim to ignore the industrial song itself and read the lyric sheet.
Johnny had severe problems with drugs and relationships. He was no angel - thatâs why the song works for both Trent Reznor and JC.
I was working at a nightclub back when Johnny passed, and the next night I worked after his passing was a goth/industrial/ebm night. With no prior announcement or hints, when it came time for the last song of the night, the DJ put on this version of Hurt, and turned the house lights up about halfway. And all the goths, young and old, in their black jackets, vinyl suits, black bridal gowns, gas masks, etc. Stopped dancing, and pulled out their lighters or phones and held them up quietly for the whole song. It was a moving moment, and showed how wide Johnny's reach was and how much he was respected. I'm tearing up just thinking about it.
i'm tearing up just reading it.
Wow. That gave me goosebumps. I wish I had been there to witness it. Thank you for sharing.
They were people in black, but he was The Man in Black.
Such a touching story
The weirdos can spot one of our own. I was never that much of a country fan, but I could always feel this resonance with the man in black. Listening to this song, I think he was probably harder on himself than anyone else was, and that alone makes him pretty unique.
I'm a grown man but I always cry like a baby whenever I hear his version. đ„ș
Cash's version always tears out my heart
same here. It's the last thing you see when you go to the Johnny Cash Museum in Nashville so be ready. Stunning. I always cry when I see it. Johnny made this song his own. RIP.
Me too.
If Johnny covered your song, it automatically became his. Kinda like Sinatra
I cry whenever I hear either version. I cry when I hear ALOT of Nine Inch Nails songs
This song has given me the energy to fight advanced cancer, spinal cord surgery and brain tumors. I can not leave till I make things correct to those I love.
Good Luck!
All the best to you mate. You can do this.
Gods blessings to you !
May God watch over you.
Bless you may God watch over you on your journey.
Isn't it amazing to realize his final song is one of his greatest that touches everyone? He started his career with a stronger voice but his last song with the tired weak voice is the most amazing one of all due to its sincerity.
It's not actually his final song...he spent a few months in the studio after June died 2 months after this production, and he did quite a bit of recording.
@@let_your_weird_light_shine_2.0 nine inch nails, Trent Reznor wrote it. It seems for Johnny Cash, 30 years ago.
When he closed the piano keys cover it was like closing the lid on a casket. Powerfully profound
He closed his own lid...greatest walk off mike drop in music history!
Didn't June die shortly before he recorded this? I can't remember the exact timeline.
@@frocat5163 she died before the video came out or shortly thereafter. I remember they got an advanced copy and she offered to watch it with Roseanne. Roseanne had the response you would imagine a child seeing their dad in that powerful a statement. June patted her hand giving comfort and said "They edited a lot out sweety." Roseanne replied, "What in the world could they have possibly left out!"
adam harp- June was in the video, standing on the stairway. She was looking down on Johnny. She died a few weeks after this was filmed. Johnny died four months after her death.
CHUCK, YA JOHN KNEW HE WAS DYING, WHEN HE CLOSED THE COVER ON THE PIANO, IT WAS JUST LIKE CLOSING HIS CASKET, MAN, I CRY EVERY TIME I WATCH THE VIDEO, COUSIN FIGEL
The fact you didnât interrupt once during the whole video really says something about he material. Immensely powerful.
I have seen a few reaction videos to this song. Not one interrupts this masterpiece
yes he was very respectful I appreciated that so much !!! OK OK..just watched another guy react to this video ...he stopped it like 10 times in the middle of sentences.. and gave a lengthy explanation for each line...stopped in the middle of a phrase... it was absolutely disgusting!!!! I have seen a couple like that but not as bad as him !!!
Honestly he rarely interrupts anything, which is part of why I like to watch him.
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The other day I was watching a reaction to that song...cannot recall his name... anyway he must have stopped at least 8x's...hummed & hawed..telling stories of nothing relevant...I (a grgrmother) was literally yelling at my phone..heaven knows what I would have done to him if we had met in person hahaha.. you're right so disrespectful !!
@@krampusklaws2238 I actually just watched one that did. it was annoying
I cry every time I hear his version of this song. I feel as if we can all relate to this song, in one way or another RIP JOHNNY
Me too đą
That one repetitive note throughout the song is death or mortality. It stalks him throughout the song. It gets louder and louder to a point were itâs almost deafening in the end. His voice becomes secondary like life fading away. Itâs brilliant and beautiful story telling.
Very Deep Insight. Thank You
Wasnt this recorded in that VERY SHORT period between June's death and his. I think he felt it coming. I really do.
@@Iansco1 Yes, June died within months after this video was made. Then shortly after Johnny was gone. RIP Johnny and June...
What a beautiful comment.
Cash closed that piano much like he was closing a casket.
June died 3 months after recording this. Johnny himself 7 months later. He was sick and knew he was on borrowed time. He was closing a casket on his life, I believe.
He died only a few months after his wife June. He didn't want to live without her.
That's how it made me feel too
The closing of the keyboard had such a sense of finality to it.
My understanding is he never reopened it.
I've been watching Jamel's reaction videos for about 6 months now and this is the first time I have seen him listened through the whole video without stopping to comment. Jamel's reaction is a fitting testament to the emotional power that this song has. Kudos.
yes, it was noted , so very deep and sad
I noticed that, too. Its too amazing to stop. You just cant
Thought the same thing about him not pausing...
Badbobcat remember the first time you heard this? That was you. Stunned.
So well put mate â
Jamel did what I thought he would do â just listened to the song, the rest just follows naturally, Jamel has a big heart âŁ.
Thanks đ
I'm a 62-year-old guy, surviving cancer for 1 year. I've been through a lot of storms in my life but, hey, this song... it brought me to tears. Maybe because I realized that everything that's said in this song is so true. Maybe because I felt entirely connected to Johnny Cash, singing his very last song.
'You can have it all, my empire of dirt'.
I lost my wife to cancer February 25th 2021 its the hardest thing I've ever had to go through I'm 59
I cared for and held my father in law through his cancer struggle - every chemo appointment, picked him up physically when he was paralyzed, sat at his side while he faded and ultimately passed. One of the hardest things to have been a witness to - but I wanted to be there for him through it all.
It was one of the most profound experiences of my life.
I remember thinking that nothing else mattered, no disagreements, no accolades or new things - itâs âan empire of dirt - and you can have it allâ
There was a lot of Pain in that man's Soul :(
Johnny's daughter said it was his way of saying goodbye
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That's just her interpretation of it.
I believe that I read that Johnny didn't record this as some way of saying "goodbye."
While the song wasn't about saying goodbye, the video absolutely refers to growing old and passing away with regrets (Johnny and Romanek agreed on this approach). According to Cash's daughter Rosanne, he and June gathered the family to view the final cut of the video, and the kids were in tears throughout. She recalled June saying something like "Oh honey, there were far worse things we cut out."
The way he closed that piano itâs almost like he knew that it would be the last time.....he would play an instrument & sing ever again.
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I think after his wife passed away, he kind of gave up and knew his time was coming to an end too. They were together a long long time.
They recorded the video in February. His wife appeared briefly and died three months later. He died seven months after that.
This lost a Grammy to Justin Timberlake who said, in his acceptance speech, that Johnny should have won.
7 months almost to the day
@Lori Hanks Seriously a pure embarrassment for Johnny not to win that. Justin does his own thing but I'd argue that all of Justin's work doesn't touch Johnny's.. Easily..
@@nicholaskent4982 That's not even up for debate. But i'm in agreement with Lori, he should have publicly rejected that award and given it to Cash.
Hey man Timberlake is a dope artist too. Itâs not like he was robbed, sure it was a close.
Fuzzy Ewok Timberlake is not in the same galaxy as Johnny Cash and his Rick Rubin albums. Stop embarrassing yourself.
This is an elder giving his elegy, with all of regrets; he's making his final goodbye. and he does it the best way he knows how.
This manâs life was incredible. He started out working the fields along side white and black sharecroppers.
Joined the military to get out of very rural Arkansas.
Played rock and roll signed along side Elvis Presley at Sun Records.
Went into country music. Which was a much better fit for him musically.
Was well known for a serious drug problem, even doing time for it. He actually did a live concert inside of San Quentin Prison to show and bring to light what some inmates went through.
Married June Carter Cash who was another country star. She gave him the ultimatum to get clean.
And he did. Spending the last 3.5 decades of his life as a devout Christian.
He was in his 80âs when he lost his beloved wife June. Part of what you are hearing in HURT is his pain of loneliness. In fact just a couple of months later he passed away.
His daughter said Daddy you sound like your saying goodbye?? He answered âYesâ with a smile.
This was his goodbye.
Knowing he died soon after this, him closing that piano gets me every time...
Absolutely beautiful song. So moving. It speaks to us all.
I cry every time I hear it...
@@818bulldog4 I do too it's hard to listen to.
That point he knew
I read that his daughter told him that it felt like he was saying goodbye with this song and he said, âI amâ
I heard that also
Which one he had 4 daughters and one son Just curious ???
I have never seen a dying person say a more graceful and dignified goodbye to the world. Well done, Mr. Johnny Cash. Well done.
Good lord this song hit me hard. This is the most raw and authentic performance Iâve ever heard. If music is supposed to illicit emotions, this song has done it to me better that any song Iâve ever listened to. This was stunning. Just stunning. If you donât feel something listening to this, youâre not human. đđđ
When he closes the piano, its like he is closing a casket...very moving,
You put it perfectly
His own casket
@@Oldclimber1 He was ready.
Yes.
those old hands, speaks volumes
This song is what, 18 years old now?
I still cry everytime i hear him sing it.
The sad thing is johnny died and i was born at the same day he is a Legend R.I.P
wardkdouglas same
Me too
This song was released 26 years ago.
There is no way no man or woman alive who cannot be considered a monster can hear this song, feel it in them...and not shed at least one tear. This is a song of regret, and no one alive can say they don't have one thing they did to someone they don't regret.
Upon seeing this video, his daughter, Rosanne Cash, said, "It sounds like you are saying Good bye." Johnny replied, "I am."
When you know what Johnny Cash has gone through in his life and you listen to him singing âHurtâ, it hits you right in the heart.
Johnny was more than just a country artist, he was the hill billy's artists, the artist for the ghettos, the artists for the prisoners, the artist for the downtrodden. He appeared at Billy Graham crusades often and was always humble. He grew up in the extreme rural poverty, like Dolly Parton and others knew growing up. His fame never went to his head, which is why he is so loved generations later!
George Bratcher ....I live about 30 minutes from his wifeâs home place Carterâs Fold... officially called The Carter Family Fold.
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He was Johnny Cash. In his own category. Like all the greats.
He was the man in black.
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If you don't cry during the performance Johnny Cash gave here, then you ain't human. Who wouldn't?
Only a psycopath wouldn't be moved by this
Yep.
i cried . first time i got brave enough to listen to it since my daughters death in 2013.
It makes me conflicted. Cash makes it a song about the regrets of life, makes it heartbreaking... but at the same time, during the verses, he gives every line a flat reading, and just goes up at the end, so he sounds like he is taking the piss out of Aussie speech patterns...
During the performance? I have been crying for ten mins reading comments.
Everyone has a plan until they hear Johnny Cash sing 'Hurt'. Now THAT is a 'drop the mic' moment!
I haven't met a person yet who didn't cry when they saw this vid.
"I think I just lost my own song." - Trent Reznor
Its' a compliment...not a loss. I think Mr. Reznor has realized that by now. I hope he has anyway.
The man's entire life condensed into song.
Amen.
The old farm house in the clip is his family home, and the pictures of the flood are real.
He died very shortly after June did. I've been told that if someone dies naturally before their spouse does then the spouse dies shortly after, it's a case of true love and their spirits can't be without the other. Johnny and June were the perfect example of this.
June was his life
@@billhiggins1882 Totally.
The og NiN version gives me shivers but Johnny Cash's rendition just makes me sob like a baby
My daughter was obsessed with NIN. She had a "Wall of Trent." She loved Johnny's version. She passed in 2005.
@@wesleygrimes9977 peace be her journey now.
You too?
"Everyone I know goes away in the end." Prophetic words indeed. The woman behind him is his wife June Carter Cash. She died shortly after they shot this video and Mr. Cash was so heartbroken he never recovered. There is footage of him at her funeral and it breaks your heart. He died soon after. They will tell you it was complications from diabetes but I believe it was Takisudo Cardio Miopathy. Broken heart syndrome.
That is what happened to my grampa. Gramma died in an accident & he just withered.
I truly believe that my maternal grandfather passed the same way, of a broken heart. He held on for a while, but eventually he just left.
Yep, same with grandpa.
That's exactly why he passed - of a broken heart.
That's always a nice way to think about it. His health was in decline for a long time before though. When they made the video, he was dying and they knew they couldn't waste any time making it. He died within 3 months of that.
It got me too! I'm sitting here wiping my eyes. I'm 68 years old, and I know it won't be long, but that's quite alright!
Hope you're still around. 68 isn't that old these days, you could have another 20 years in you yet.
@@paulharper4196Thank you, Paul. I just turned 70 last week! I've gone through a very difficult period these last few months, but the ordeal is almost over. I am being forced to move by a new landlord, just as my hip has failed on me. The good news is that I've found a better home, and I hope to be moving very soon. I think there's still a few good years left in the old boy. My Grandmother's pet name for me when I was a child, was Old Man River, and so far, I just keep rolling along! All the best to you!
@@katsujinkin60 haha there you are, my parents both turned 70 earlier this year, about to turn 40 in a couple of weeks. Plenty of life in us all yet.
@@paulharper4196 Right on! Make sure you squeeze every drop out of 40!
I know this is a cover but when Johnny sings it, it becomes a whole different song.
This is one of the three songs where I believed the cover version eclipses the original version. It moves me to tears every time.
Same girl.
Yep.
Jeff buckley - Hallelujah
Johnny Cash - Hurt
Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower
It's right there with the Jimi Hendrix version of 'All along the Watchtower' (Bob Dylan) and Manfred Mann's cover of 'Blinded by the Light' (Bruce Springsteen).
A brilint cover version is the stranglers walk on by. Check it out make sure you find the full lengfh version. Its jaw dropping
@@azetoz.3369 Hallelujah I prefer the original version. But the Buckley is also great.
The song is amazing, but I'm giving equally big props to the producer of the video. It is stunning.
That's so true. Without this bio footage to make it personal, it wouldn't have the same effect.
I am a grown man and still cry when I watch this video.
Anyone who can listen to this without tears is not human.
I was a Johnny Cash fan since the mid fifties. This is probably one of the most powerful videos I've ever seen
Had me really crying and the pain from my chest was deep, I have sinned in my life and really have been on a road of redemption, so at the end I dont end up closing my piano so to speak with pain shame and regret of my whole life, A beautiful Nigerian Girl at my school had been sitting on a sidewalk bench and I sat next too her, really at that time more with the intention of sparking up a conversation, I asked he what she was up to she said praying, this took me by surprise as I did not expect this, She asked if I believed in god I said yes but I really don't go to church or pray and have not been very good. she said that OK god will accept me as I am and if I would like to accept him back into my heart, I said yes I would, she held out her hands and I held hers and followed her in prayer, and the feeling I got after was incredible in my chest and whole body, it was like I had gotten something that had been missing, in body mind spirit and soul. She had this energy and looks like an angel it was amazing. I have had small trips and bumps along the way , but now I am leading a far better life, accepting God into my heart and trying to be mindful this mean use wisdom think between logic and emotion , be grateful and move with love, have patience. A great song is Come As You Are covered by Crowder
I've never been much of a fan - he's all right, not my type of music really - and this is absolutely the most powerful video I've ever seen.
@@ca6360 I was with you until all the god nonsense. There is no reason people should be giving credit for their own work and determination to a god that has never been shown to exist outside of the minds of the gullible and on the pages of Bronze age folklore, imagined by superstitious pre-scientific goatherders who didn't even know where the sun went at night. What is the difference between a god that does not interact with it's supposed creation in any verifiable manner and a god that does not exist? Answer: No difference at all. It may as well not exist and probably doesn't.
@@imvandenh except for the mathematical probability of your existance and even the conditions of. INSPIRATION = in spirit
Trent Reznor wrote and performed that song.
Then he heard Johnny Cash sing it.
And Trent Reznor said, it's not my song any more.
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It's Johnny Cash's song.
Some artists take a song to a whole new level. Johnny certainly did it here.
Hendrix did it with Dylan's ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER.
The Byrds did it with Dylan's MR. TAMBOURINE MAN.
Aretha Franklin did it with Otis Redding's RESPECT.
Dylan agreed that the other versions were much better than his, and Aretha certainly added a whole different sound to Otis' tune to make it her own as well (just to name a few).
No, he said that after he saw the video. Trent didn't really care for the cover until the video was sent to him.
The cover itself isn't anything special. But when you add in the video, and the fact that JC passed away not long after this, then it becomes special.
Trent's reaction. czcams.com/video/oLqjd01fPpQ/video.html
Yes excatly
Another part of the story I heard was that Johnny Cash himself called Trent to get permission for the song. When Johnny said " I'm Johnny Cash" Trent thought it was practical joke and hung up. After about the third time Johnny's agent called Trent. He said " I am Johnny Cash's agent, he tells me you keep hanging up on him".
The first line- the voice, it just drags you in instantly
Sometimes silence is he biggest honor to a job well done. This song is beautiful and sung by Johnny made it better.
No shame in being affected by this one my man. That's his wife June, she came down to check on Johnny mid-filming and the director Mark Romanek left that in. Powerful stuff.
Sadly his wife passed away 4 months before Johnny passed. He was definitely ending his story with this song and video.
Hits me every time, I think I'm prepared but when those first notes hit...I'm a baby...what a man he was.
Rondo Hunter same here! I responded to one of your comments on a totally different video / reaction earlier and you responded. I wanted to respond back but I couldn't find you Rondo Hunter. I'm not on social media just my old email/CZcams. Does your name have some vampiirec reference?
@@stephenspero3201 Not really. I just sort of made up Rondo cause it's similar to my real name. Only to find out that a rondo refers to a musical form. I know nothing about making music, only hearing it. Hunter because when younger I used to go hunting with my dad and brother. They've since passed on. We were very poor and our dogs helped put meat on our table. Don't hunt no more, deforestation and hunting clubs buying up all the rights. Plus there's a grocery store right down the road.
Rondo Hunter Dependent on hunting for food? Where are you from? What did you hunt? Clever name. It's been awhile since I took classical music appreciation but I get it now. I've never composed a reprise of a Sonata but I've been playing for 40 yrs. Guitar mostly. Peace....
I cried the whole way. I want it played at my funeral. I am an old man.
Salute you Chris!
This, and Great Gig In The Sky by PF. I'm ready.anytime now Lord
After hearing this I can now say my favorite kind of music is heavy metal and Johnny Cash!
First time I heard this song I thought the world stopped turning. Today, I played it again and the world stopped again. There is no such song.
If this song, Johnny's way, doesn't reach you, nothing ever will. RIP Johnny Cash, I became a musician because of you.
If the original version doesn't
Youd have a heart of stone to not be affected by this song
Scott? Are you a drummer??
you showed more respect for this song than alot of other reactions. he deserves all the respect in the world. thank you
Thank you for playing it without stopping it. He just lived a few months after June passed.
June Carter...
His wife...
His love...
His life...
She passed, he recorded this song, and then he followed
She was still alive when the video was made. That's her standing on the stairs behind Johnny.
He lost June shortly after this was filmed, then passed away a few months later. An amazing love story there.
I never thought I'd see you speechless during a song, man. Right there with you.
Opinions No One Cares About yup.
Jamal, I truly appreciate your reaction to this video! It just shows how the power of music can transcend time! Thanks again for your wonderful reaction!! Keep it up! Fan for life!!!
Totally agree, Randy.
You almost forget that this is a cover of a 9 inch nails song. He just makes it feel like a Johnny Cash original.
The closing of the piano was like closing a book on it's final chapter.
Johnny saved his best ever for the end. RIP Johnny Cash. You will forever be missed.
Yeah man, talk about going out on a high note. Not many get to go out this gracefully.
I'll be 57 this summer. My first concert was when I was 16, it was the show in London Ontario Canada that he asked his future wife June Carter to marry him on stage during the show......
Elvis & Johnny Cash were my dads two favourites. I lost my dad June 3, 2020 to cancer. I was lucky to know these two legends music through my father, we bonded through their music. đ
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RIP Johnny and June Carter Cash. When she died, I knew he wouldn't be far behind.
Hit you in the gut, didnât it? Your silence spoke volumes.
I like how he leaves 'dead air' which is usually to be avoided when talking into a microphone and doesn't feel the need to talk it away, similar to that nice little lady on that other channel like this after Great Gig In The Sky.
Nobody can listen to this song and not shed a tear
I am a 56 year old man from Germany, whenever I watch this video, I cry, that goes real deep, I know about Johnny Cash' s Life and Love to his Wife June Carter, and I lost all those wich I looked up, my eldest Cousin Sister wich was like a big sister wich I never had, my Grand Grandmother, my Granny, my Mom and in November 14th 2019 I lost my Dad.
I am sure that Johnny Cash passed away about a broken heart.
Regards from Germany to you
Thanks for the heartfelt reaction bro... and BIG thanks to the genius Rick Rubin for resurrecting the career & greatness of Johnny Cash, and for being the Architect of this beautiful swan song to put a significant punctuation on his amazing life. You should do a reaction on the equally beautiful story behind this cover.
I remember when this song first dropped.
It was like being at a concert and out walks Cash. The crowd hushes, a little uncertain. I mean, we all knew him. We all respected him. But we're all a little uncertain why he is there. And then he belts out this one somber, bittersweet song that leaves everyone speechless and walks off stage. We call for him to come back, to do more. But he's gone. Gone forever. One last ballad from the living legend. One last word from The Man in Black.
As others have mentioned it's like someone singing their own eulogy. Not with fire or self importance, proudly proclaiming their deeds. Just a simple, humble hymn full of the good and the bad. The regrets and the respites that resonate with us all and make us look into ourselves.
Glad it moved you and RIP to Mr. Johnny Cash.
Best reaction ever..why? Because you know when to STFU and just listen.
It was exactly what I had hoped for. You CAN'T pause this song.
If he wouldve paused this i wouldve instantly unsubscribed. You CANNOT pause this legend at all just watch and admire his work
Damn strait
It's like he goes to speak and then the next lyric leaves him speechless.
Reason why I like Jamal the best. He doesn't talk over the music.
Tears are the only response to this. Its perfection coming my favorite musician of all time. Johnny Cash is my musical inspiration and as human being. A true stoic.
This makes me cry every time I hear it. To know Johnny's past and know how he lived his life, this makes me "hurt". 'nuf said.
brutal song, nine inch nails original, but Johnny Cash made it his own.
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Cash owns every song on that album. HEAVY.
He was hurt that he lived his life selfishly. He wanted others to know that you can gain everything materially but it's just a pile of dirt when you leave the earth. Knowing you're limited on the planet and still share this is simply poetic. He shared his massive amount of regret in this song. While trying to show his humanity before his leave. Takes a big man to admit even in death he screwed up. Mad respect to him. I hope his passing was peaceful.
Deep in the heart. June was his love of all
She was good for him
This is a cover of nine inch nails song. He did a great job though
@@Suzuki001013 Even Reznor says it is Cash's song now.
Broken Wrench Garage - I think the worlds commentary about this song is way past the fact that it was a NIN song covered by Johnny Cash
My dad has dementia. He sings along with this song. I tear up every time
-God bless your dad. God bless you too. đ
I saw Johnny Cash in 1968 at the Fillmore in San Francisco. A great show. A few years ago, I dreamed of that show just before I woke up. In the dream, after his last song I walked up to the stage and said, hi Johnny, you don't remember me, but I saw you way back in 1968
Just then Johnny cut me off and said," I remember you, your Gary Lester".
When I got up that morning, the news said that Johnny Cash died that night. No words.
One of the strongest saddest videos and songs ever, crazy.
So true
The look on June's face as she watches him.... gets me more than anything else in a song and video that have a million moments that get tears going. As has been said over and over.... he totally owned this song... it was his, is his, and always will be his.
His wife June passed first then a few months later he passed . Itâs a very moving song . Even Trent Reznor said this is not his song anymore .
Our soul is the most important thing in life. - Proof
I feel like the world is not the same without Johnny Cash in it.
I hear yah, but he'll find a place to rest his spirit if he can, perhaps he will become a highwayman again, or he may simply be a single drop of rain, but he will remain and he'll be back again and again and again and again.
I am a metalhead, but wholeheartedly agree.
He was gone in the end too!
However, the world is a bit better for our having had him as a part of it, and for so many decades.
That's cause it ain't the same.
Best reaction I have seen so far of this song! Shedding a tear to this one shows what kind of caring soul you have in you! Great reaction brother!
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Some videos come with onion scent, well that's how I explain my tears
The Columbo episode Johnny was in is one of my favorites from the series. I recommend it if you haven't seen it.
I hope you are a family man, families need dad's like you.
@@apeflawless You can blame Hans Laube for that. Creator of Smell o Vision.
Two perfectly written songs, Prince, Nothing Compares 2 U and Trent Reznors Hurt
4:12 Jamal can find no words for words for 44 seconds. Pretty impressive.
âI wear the black for the poor and the beaten down,
Livin' in the hopeless, hungry side of town,
I wear it for the prisoner who has long paid for his crime,
But is there because he's a victim of the times.
I wear the black for those who never readâ - Johnny Cash (1932-2003)
The verse after that is important to that I believe "or listened to the words Jesus said"
Ortho42 yes but the world does not want to hear the Truth sadly
Rick Rubin helped this happen.
Trent wrote it
Rick produced it
Cash owned it
Music is the bond.
and Tom and the Heartbreakers played it!!
I honestly think the real genius here is Rubin. If you hear the interviews, neither Johnny nor Trent were on board with the idea when he first pitched it to each of them separately.
Johnny said he didn't really understood the song when he heard it and that he couldn't make anything out of it, it wasn't until Rubin sent him the written lyrics that he got to work on it.
And when Rubin asked Trent for permission he said yeah, but he thought it was kind of a gimmick and that it would be one of many covers that Cash must be doing at the time, and even didn't fully get it until he watched the video.
So my point is that it was Rick Rubin who had the insight to put two and two together, and created this powerful vision in his head.
@@magtovi that's pretty cool thank you
@@magtovi You are absolutely right about that. Rick Rubin deserves his own legendary place in music history just for this alone.
Tom's guitar player and Marty Stuart arranged it for him, to fit Cash.
Just listening to you; you're right. His daughter said to him: Dad, it sounds like you're saying goodbye. He said: I am.
When he closed the piano in that shot, it was for the last time.
This song hits way harder when youâve gone through this shit and let everyone down who loves you.
Well said!
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After a person has lived more than a bit of life we all reach the point where we've at least let someone we love down at one point or another. It's what makes this song hit so hard with so many with his rendition. That and how it so powerfully conveys mortality.
If one can't feel Johnny's heart in this song, they are dead inside.
When he closed that piano at the end, he never opened it again.
This is one of the few if not only songs that every human on this planet can relate to at one point in their lives.
"If I could start again, I would keep myself, I would find a way" The older I get the more I understand the meaning of this lyric. It's so easy to lose yourself in this life and all the pain it can bring to bear. It can make pain "the only thing that's real" if you let it.
The closing of the piano signified he was done. Now he is with his wife like he wanted so badly to be
He died a few months after June Carter, his wife and the love of his life, passed away. Itâs a tribute to her.
I'm so happy to see how many folks all around the world love Johnny Cash!