Johnny Cash - ' Man in Black' Reaction! If We Had Johnny's Heart, The World Would be a Better Place!
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- "Man in Black" is a song written and performed by Johnny Cash. It was released as a single in 1971 and later included on the album of the same name. The song is known for its poignant lyrics and the reasons Cash gives for always wearing black clothing. Cash explained that the song was a protest against the treatment of poor and marginalized people, as well as a symbol of solidarity with them.
In the lyrics, Cash mentions various reasons for wearing black, such as representing the prisoners who are often dressed in black uniforms, the struggles of the downtrodden, and the sorrow and mourning for the lives lost in the Vietnam War. The song reflects Cash's social conscience and his commitment to speaking out against injustice.
"Man in Black" became one of Johnny Cash's signature songs, and it remains a powerful and iconic expression of his views on social issues. The song's impact goes beyond its musical qualities, serving as a testament to Cash's role as a musical and cultural figure who used his platform to address important issues of his time. - Zábava
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He created quite a stir too when he performed live at Folsom prison. He actually wrote a song about the prison and the conditions they had to live in! Check out that live performance ....he even talks about the nasty water that these poor guys were stuck drinking because there is nothing else !
I would love for you to react to Cocaine Blues/Live at Folsom Prison .
Cash was actually very political. He was very supportive of the Native American population in the US and protested the poor treatment of them by the government
So true and one of my favorite albums of his is "Bitter Tears" completely about Native Americans.
For example- the Ballad of Ira Hayes
Anti-war, anti-discrimination, anti-incarceration for non-violent offenders. Johnny was the man in black.
A magical time when Gospel, Country & Western, Rock n Roll, and Rhythm & Blues all stood shoulder to shoulder on stage and shared a guitar amp.
It's why I never put Johnny Cash into any genra but his own.
@@pluck8913 Yeah, kinda hard to nail him down. He was there before the labels solidified. The Nashville angle is hard to miss, and he is too hard rocking to be reduced to a Folk hero angelic archetype..yet his Gospel stuff is so genuine and beautiful.
There is something for everyone.
and when country etc were protest songs.
When he performed this song for the first time in 1967. It caused quite a stir. He was the first country music star to come out against the Viet Nam War.
Johnny Cash performed for the prisoners at Folsom Prison. Merle Haggard was in prison and heard him sing. It inspired him to get out and change his life become a singer himself. Great reaction❤❤❤
Merle was in San Quintin in 1958 when he saw Johnny perform
Later when he mentioned being there to Johnny. Johnny said, “I don’t remember you being in my band.” and he said, “I was in the audience.”
This made conservatives crazy when it was on television. He called out Vietnam,the upcoming drug issues,the poor ,the injustice of our prisons. At the time tv was all sunshine and Lollipops ad nauseam . He was so popular that he got away with that and he introduced young artists on his show that again staunch conservatives were falsely branding as dangerous. Johnny Cash was The Man ☮️
Johnny and the Smothers Brothers- who had their show cancelled because Pete Seeger sang an anti Vietnam War song.
And yet, he simultaneously called out the American public for not being on the side of the troops while still speaking out against the war. He spoke as he saw it.
made the leftist so happy because the start all the wars...........
Vietnam war was the Democrat party
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Edited: called out for talking about Nixon. Comment is removed because I was wrong.
But the underlying point still stands. Republicans and Democrats are not always aligned with conservatives and liberals.
Roseanne, his daughter, probably described him best in a concert for him, she called him a practical man with the soul of a mystic.
Johnny’s first wife, Vivian was Black and beautiful! Sadly, in the South , they dealt with horrendous prejudice because of it. 😢
Folsom Prison Blues live at Folsom Prison is iconic.
She was not black
Most people don't care.
I think Johnny Cash did.
His music makes me want to care.
Johnny cash never Hid his past. He was always upfront. And he was always for the underdog.
I have always had much respect for mr cash.
'This was raw real Johnny having just wrote it and performing it as soon as possible for his TV Show '''The Ballad of Ira Hayes''' is another song I would recommend by Johnny Cash
The entire album that song is in is excellent.
Johnny Cash was very socially aware and conscious of inequalities. He was very good friends with Bob Dylan.
Outlaw Country at it's best!!! ❣❣❣ *RIP* Man in Black, we miss you* ❣❣❣
Johnny’s TV show was in Nashville, as is Vanderbilt University. He had gone out to the campus to visit and that’s the basis for his opening comments about asking each other questions. He’d invited students to come to the next week’s show, so many did and that’s the audience that night. Amazing he was moved to write that over the weekend to perform it in that show.
First concert i ever went to was Johnny Cash. Love that man. ❤ Thank you, gentlemen! Next suggestions, "Hurt" (bring tissues), "Sunday Mornin Comin Down", and a couple lighthearted ones, "One Piece At a Time" and "A Boy Named Sue" ❤
He lost half his audience after doing that song but still sang it because "upfront there oughta be a man in black." 🫡
What was the reason that he lost his audience with this song?
Snoop Dog calls Johnny the original Gangster.
Everyone from every walk of life and musical taste puts respect oh Johnny's name
Great reaction. This song was released in 1971, which was the same year Marvin Gaye released “Inner City Blues,” another protest song about the conditions and injustices of that time. Unfortunately, both songs are still relevant today as they were in 1971. We must understand what was at stake for each of these artists ‘ careers when they decided to release these songs.RIP MARVIN. RIP JOHNNY.
Guys Johnny was a rare breed as a musician and human being. He really cared and showed it through his music, clothing, and the somber look. He had a tough life and understood what many were going through. He was the real deal.
Johnny's cover of Hurt may well be the most powerful performance I have ever heard. Every time I listen to it I get hit in the gut. The last song Johnny recorded before he died. It is a must listen.
He wanted to do a live album from Folsom Prison, and the record company was dead set against it. But Johnny wouldn't budge. The album wound up being a huge hit record and he went on to play live shows for other prisons as well. He was for prison reform, and against the excessive, draconian prison sentences being handed out for even the most non violent crimes. He grew up the son of a poor sharecropper, and his older brother was nearly cut in two in a table saw accident when he was really young. He suffered crippling drug addiction and multiple arrests. So he actually lived what he sang about. He wasn't a phony. That's why he spent the last half of his life championing many causes against poverty, prison reform, drug addiction, etc. He was the man in black.
Johnny Cash stood tall and proud for the underdog.
He considered prisoners people who made mistakes but not necessarily bad people.
I highly recommend his song The Ballad of Ira Hayes.
It's about one of the Marines who raised the flag at Iwo Jima Hill in WWII.
Ira Hayes was an Akimel O'odham Native American (a.k.a. Pima tribe)and a United States Marine during World War II. Hayes was an enrolled member of the Gila River Indian Community, located in Pinal and Maricopa counties in Arizona. I'm also Akimel O’Odham but from the Salt River reservation.
Johhny came back in the 90S with his American Recordings. ''Hurt'' is an absolute, It will move Corey again for sure.
Johnny Cash's Ragged Old Flag is also fantastic. So many great songs with great messages in them🖤
He knew the struggle, felt it in his soul.
Johnny Cash is sitting right next to God you can be sure of that.
AMEN!!!
Totally agree
He battled drugs and alcohol most of his life. He liked to sing about criminals. And Jesus. And performed at many Billy Graham Gospel Crusades. A very tough and very tender man who was well loved by the public.
Johnny was a force of nature 😢🎉
That Johnny Cash television show was a popular variety series at near the peak of his fame in the 70's. My parents were big fans so we watched this every week. He had rock people on there, like Bob Dylan. People who didn't normally do t.v. would do this because they respected Johnny Cash. Once, he had Neil Young on there. Neil played the harrowing song about heroin addiction "The Needle and the Damage Done". I have heard that network executives were worried about this and had asked Johnny: "Are you really gonna put that hippie on an American network television show in prime time and let him sing a song about a junkie dying?" And that Johnny said: "Yes. Yes I am. I'm gonna put that hippie on an American network television show in prime time and let him sing a song about a junkie dying"...
Indeed protesting the war in Vietnam, and economic and racial injustice. Johnny Cash is an American icon.
Written, then performed on stage, the same day. It was easy for Johnny, because he said what he felt.
Johnny was one of the founders of Outlaw Country music. He was never afraid to speak up on how he felt about things.
The small ripple of applause was because he was referring to the Vietnam war, to which many objected.
Guys I'm from the UK and got into JC during the very late 60s, he's done some really incredible stuff over the years, but during his last decade on the this planet, Rick Rubin helped JC BRING OUT HIS FINEST SONGS, in particular look up JCs video version of the song "HURT" A REALLY REALLY BEAUTIFUL VERSION, here's hoping you can have a very emotional time listening to the the very very best musical artist thst the USA has ever exported to the UK
This is very much like his early, stark "Walk The Line" type songs. He had ones with a bigger band and a bigger arrangement. He did a lot of thought-provoking "message" songs, but a lot of more upbeat pure country, near rockabilly as well. He had a few songs that were played for pure comedy. He never, ever adopted a persona or a cause because he thought it would make him popular, or because it was fashionable, or because it would make him look hip. He was extremely sincere, even at the risk of his own career or livelihood, if it came to that. You'll want to hear his live Folsom Prison cover of "Cocaine Blues" and the live San Quentin performance of "A Boy Named Sue". Would certainly recommend his latter-day incredible cover of Nine Inch Nails' "Hurt". The video of this he appears in is I believe the last project he worked on before he passed...
Loved your commentary and reactions. If you want the funny side of Johnny Cash, check out "A Boy Named Sue" or "One Piece at a Time". If you want something that is going to hit you in the feels, check out "Hurt". It's a song written by Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails. This is the last video Johnny recorded a few months before his death. He's only 71 years old in the video, but looks much, much older because of the illnesses/diseases he was suffering from at the time. His sweet, beautiful wife, June, is in the video, and also passed away not long after the video was shot.
I was about to recommend the same songs... It's also add God's Gonna Cut You Down.
You guys should absolutely listen to his song " Hurt". It's a cover but the original song writer said it became Johnny's once he heard it. It was Johnny's last song/hit just before his death.
The man was awesome! The trumpets in Ring of Fire came to him in a dream. In another dream the queen of England (who he knew) said to him "it's hard for thee to kick against the pricks." Its in one of his songs he did with Rick Rubins. He was the #1 artist for his longtime label for the entire decade of the 70s. Sometime after that they wouldn't even talk to him about renewing his contract. Idiots.
you NEED to listen to Johnny Cash Hurt, its amazing.
He was the real deal. Takes a lot of courage to put yourself out as he did. Fearless.
So many people across genres love Cash. I was in the punk scene and punks love him. His message transcends generations and musical genres. That’s what grips people. He was a freaking wizard.
You guys have to react to Hurt probably one of the most powerful performances you will see, I am not exaggerating in the least.
One Piece at a Time is one of my favorites of Johnny's, but his catalogue of music is immense. The Ballad of Ira Hayes is another great one, telling the true story of a forgotten war hero. If you really want something powerful from him, check out his cover of Nine Inch Nails' "Hurt". This was a song that Trent Reznor wrote about his own life, and was very personal to him. Trent was none too happy when he heard Johnny wanted to cover it, after Trent heard it, he said it is no longer his own, and that it belongs to Johnny now. Great reaction guys, keep up the good work, and Merry Christmas to you and yours.
Ray Charles appeared on Johnny's show. They sang
"Im busted!" It's great 😊
Johnny was a legend in music. Also very active to stand up for those who had no voice. His biography is well worth the read.
he also sings with his wife, one song being 'Jackson" he had a great show way back 60s - early 70s...was popular in New Zealand. . .
The performance was at a college and was considered quite scandalous! My Momma had me listen to this on the radio when I was a child. I will always be grateful for her introducing me to his music! Love watching you guys….thanks! 😽🎶🖤
There's a great documentary about Johnny on NF . In 1970 Nixon was avised to invite Johnny to the White House for a performance to reach "middle America", then they tried to tell him what to sing (just the old country). He didn't like that so he sang "What is Truth" . A great song to react to. Enjoyed your reaction
Cash actually felt it was a racist song that Nixon wanted, and refused to play it. I forget the name of it tho.
It might of been Oakie from Muskoee@@GotWag
When the Man comes around - You'll enjoy it
Johnny Cash is straight Punk Rock.
Johnny was a straight up G ! 🌹❤️🌹
Please do The Ballad of Ira Hayes! Not many people react to that song but it's very moving.
For some reason Johnny Cash is the only country music I can stomach
First off, wishing you guys many blessings during the holiday season. Great song choice by a great artist, someone who is so desperately needed now. As they say, the more things change, the more they stay the same. Hoping for peace and happiness for the coming year, but feel we all have to step forward and do the right thing. God Bless you guys for your positivity, keep them coming.
A Boy Named Sue is great. Has a similar feel to The Man in Black. Folsom Blues, Ring of Fire, Hurt, Cocaine Blues, I Walk The Line, I’ve Been Everywhere, God’s Gonna Cut You Down. This man has a deep and wide catalog of his own music as well as covers he performed in his old age.
Everyone should give a listen to,,,,,, This Cowboy's Hat.
More Solid Gold in the Johnny Cash mold.
Johnny’s heart was in tact and pure. Periodt.
"A piece at a time" is pretty good song.....
Cash was the goat, and the real deal. He stood up for the poor, minorities, women...and gave opportunities to countless unknown artists. Read up on him. He caught hell for the song "The Ballad of Ira Hayes", about a Native American Marine that radio stations refused to play; A Boy Named Sue, Sunday Morning Coming Down, Ring Of Fire, Flesh & Blood, too many to name. President Nixon wanted him to play a particular song at the White House & he refused because he felt it was racist. You should also check him out with the supergroup "The Highwaymen" - Cash, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson and Waylon Jennings. The closest we have today to a Cash is Robert F. Kennedy Jr....we sure could use more men like Cash today.
While some people think (and thought at the time) that his first wife, Vivan Liberto, was part-black, she was Italian-American (her father was Sicilian, her mother was German-Irish) - with that bronzed "dark" Mediterranean look. Johnny made a point of how the racists completely misread her ethnicity in their search for something to attack him with - "they're too stupid to figure it out".
I love the fact that when he performed this for the first time, he was facing straight at the "Confederate Gallery" right there at the Ryman Auditorium, at the " Grand ol Opry". Stickin it right in their faces. That was his style.
John at his best and the name that forever comes to mind when someone says his name
Cash was a fabulous writer story teller.
I appreciate when Man In Black is reacted to. It explains all, then:
Hurt (his last video)
God’s Gonna Cut You Down (after his death)
He was such a great song writer, he would take people in regardless of there background and people with a criminal record he would do everything he could to try and help them live a better life definitely a Icon who earned his title. San Quinton live at San Quinton is a great song to listen to, of course my favorite is the man comes around.
I believe Johnny Cash did a song called get rhythm. It’s a good song.
Johnny Cash was also an Air Force veteran.
One Piece at a Time for a totally different side of him. I guarantee you won't regret it!
Divayenta already mentioned it, but Hurt is one of his last songs that is phenomenal. It's a cover of a Nine Inch Nails song. Both songs are great, but they present totally different perspectives. I view them as totally different songs rather than someone doing a cover of a song. Now that I am a bit more mature, I like Cash's version more than the original even though the original was something that was big for me in high school which I still really enjoy. Please consider it.
Other good Cash songs I would recommend would be ring of fire (though at least one of you have already heard that one), I Walk the Line, A Boy Named Sue (I am not the biggest fan on that one though a lot of people really enjoy it), and the Highwaymen which is a collaboration of Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, and Kris Kristofferson. Yes, whistler from the blade movies. He played music first before people start replying in comments. lol
Highly recommend "Highwayman" by the Highwaymen (Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash & Willie Nelson) ❤️🔥
Johnny Cash crossed many genres there was a time when the country music industry turned there back on him and other genres welcomed him with open arms you've seen the pic of him flipping the bird, he was flipping a bird to the industry trying to control him .
Guys
Have you seen and reacted Johnny's final song, Hurt? Johnny's version is cover from another band called Nine Inch Nails or NIN. Johnny wanted to cover this song. But Trent Reznor have some reservations about Johnny covering NIN's Hurt. Then Trent given his ok. Trent seen video of Johnny's version and stated that this song is now Johnny's
Downtown Sacramento has an entire mural of Johnny Cash facing east towards Folsom prison on the east side of a building. Drive up 16th st and look to your left. Can not miss it.
450th! "One Piece at a Time!" 💚🤙
Love this one! Love Johnny Cash! "Folsom Prison Blues" is a huge favorite of mine also "God is Gonna Cut You Down" and his cover of Soundgarden's "Rusty Cage".
That's a good video for that song too
AWESOME SINGER lot of best music ❤❤
CoreyRoy mentioned how he was listening to every word and how every word meant something. That's what makes a good song a great song. Thank y'all for the video - well done.
His final song, soon before he died, was "Hurt" and it is incredibly powerful. You'll definitely want to check it out. A couple of powerful songs about life and consequences are "Cocaine Blues" and "Delia." And "Ring of Fire" has really interesting instrumentation. I look forward to hearing your thoughts about all of these!
Check out his song “A Boy Named Sue”
I love "Sunday morning coming down"
Walk hard was about Dewry Cox. Walk the Line is about Johnny Cash's life.
🙏Johnny.
Unfortunately too many young people didnt listen. They got sucked into the lust for money. Money talk$$. Thats what f--ked up everything.
Ya'll have as much gray in the beard as me. LOL. Enjoyed this. Johhny was born just up the road from me several miles. They have a painting of him on the water tank in Kingsland. A couple of years ago, a man shot a hole in the tank. It looked like Johhny was peeing, as the water came out. Nice shot the guy made, but the consequences for him were not.
Johnny once told Merle Haggerd " you've lived the life I sing about " in case you dont know merle did time at Folsom Prison for armed robbery.
His daughter rosanne cash is a singer and a songwriter, could u react to seven year icth by rosanne cash.
Great Reaction Guys 👍🙏
Cash is a country music legend! Listen to his "God's Gonna Cut You Down"
Johnny Cash is one of my most beloved artists of any kind. I feel like he has touched the souls of so many people that he has impacted humanity or the universe in a permanent way. If there is a heaven in the way that some religions propose, then he is in present there in a place of high honor. To understand why, for anyone not familiar with the scope of his work, I suggest they listen to the trilogy of CDs entitled Love, God, and Murder.
And don't forget his sequel cd "LIFE"
Just like the famous "Bird picture". My roots go back to the white south, but i got a T-shirt with that picture. I wear it with pride.
“Hurt” by Johnny cash pulls the heartstrings.
I love Johnny cash!💖hurt is the last song he sang, and when you heard it, you knew it was the last time 💖😞
You gentlemen should react to the official video for his song God’s Gonna Cut You Down
Listen to his last song, breaks your heart. It is called "HURT".
He was the man 💜
There is one song by him that was never popular but will really make you think, it's All Gods children ain't free.
You have to do hurt❤ it's was the last song he recorded before he passed, the message will rip you and very Beautiful ❤❤❤❤
I can't hear it without crying 😢
I know it's at the end of his career but I suggest Hurt by Johnny Cash. It's a cover but Johnny makes it his own. My other thought was A Boy Named Sue, I'm partial to that song because my Dad loved it.
I walk the Line, A Boy named Sue, give my love to rose, Folsom prison blues, Jackson