First Time Hearing Johnny Cash Man In Black Reaction - HE HAD THE AUDIENCE HANGING ON EVERY WORD! 

Johnny may never have had the vocal range of many but he made the most of what he had. He really was the embodiment of "three chords and the truth" . Rip Johnny.

This song won over young people. People that never thought they would listen to country music loved Johnny Cash after hearing him sing this song.

"Every week we lose 100 fine young men." Vietnam. 😥 Johnny was a brilliant musician.

"Til things are brighter, I'm the Man in Black". Always loved the very last line of this song...

Welcome to Johnny, the champion of the downtrodden. This is a huge aspect of his life and music.

Johnny's "The ballad of Ira Hayes" has always been a favorite of we U.S. Marines and should be heard by all Americans. Maybe you can give it a try. Tom Boyte GySgt. USMC, retired Vietnam 1965-66/1970-71 Bronze Star, Purple Heart

Late 60's early 70's Johnny had a TV variety show that was heavy on country music acts. Each week they would go to a college campus and meet students, then at the end of the week they would record the show for tv. This show was performed at one of the southern California colleges, he had talked with students earlier about social issues and came up with this song. This was the first ever performance of Man in Black, so it is the perfect version for a reaction video.

Johnny Cash was one of the handful of artists whose talent could not be contained by any notion of genre.

Johnny Cash always stood up for the underdogs. He always spoke his truth.

Johnny Cash sang what he lived. He grew up dirt poor, the son of a sharecropper, working in the fields from sun up to sun down. And he had enormous guilt because he felt partially responsible for his brother being cut in half in a table saw accident. And his father basically told him that HE was the one who should've died and his brother Jack was the good son. He lived through crippling drug addiction and arrests with stints in jail. He had to rebuild his life, family and career after kicking drugs. He had a tough life, but when he got clean, he championed a lot of causes for people in all walks of life that needed help. A true original. RIP.

I am a white guy who grew up on this music, my wife is Black/Latina mix from Central America who didn't speak English when we met (I was a combat Medic in the US Army when we met) needless to say she didn't know who he was and she never really cared much for my music, she was always reggaetón lol but any time Johnny Cash came on she would start singing along lol we have been married 20 years now and she still gets into it whenever he comes on, just always thought it was cool how some thing connect regardless of language. She laughs at me because I don't listen to much of her music but i always liked a song called Amor divino by Leo Dan which is an oldies Latino song.

The key line they applauded was about the loss of a hundred fine young men each week - a reference to the draft and the Vietnam war.

Johnny speaks for prisoners, but he never went to prison himself, other than overnight for drunk & disorderly etc. Someone that did spend time in prison is Merle Haggard, who was influenced by one of Johnny's prison concerts. If you haven't checked out any of Merle Haggard, start with Working Man Blues, Fightin' Side of Me or Poncho & Lefty (Duet with Willie Nelson).

Great song by the" man in black"!! Hope you guys get to react to more of his songs!! R.I.P. Johnny Cash and thank you for the music!!

songwriter, songwriter, rock, (and posthumously Gospel) hall of fame

Afaik Mr Cash didnt just talk the talk he also walked the walk. R.I.P Johny Cash

You guys picked the perfect version to react to. The Johnny Cash Show was an amazing program where Johnny had artists of every music genre perform. Everyone from Merle Haggard to Ray Charles to Bob Dylan came to the show to play in a crossover of their genres that pushed artistry to the forefront. Johnny was also a fan of some Rap music when it came along. He didn’t box himself into a genre. Plus you were right about Johnny coming from poverty and how it affected him for the rest of his life. His family were cotton pickers during the Great Depression. Johnny lost his big brother when he was 12 years old due to an accident with an unguarded table saw (his brother Jack was trying to earn the family a little bit of money cutting wood). Unfortunately Jack’s torturous death (I won’t get into the horrific details) sunk the family further into poverty and the traumatic events affected Johnny for the rest of his life. Those events did in part shape Cash as an artist and allowed him to empathize with the struggles of the common man even after his success as an artist. Great Reaction once again!!

My favorite artist of ALL TIME!! Thanks for reacting to Johnny!!! ♥️♥️♥️

These were college students, and he was speaking to them especially as it was the time of compulsory service for the Vietnam War. That was his reference to the '100 fine young men' lost every day.

❤ RIP … You will always be the Man ! …. 🙏🏻

John was a force of nature!!!

You should do the last song from American Recordings, that they made video for shortly after he died. It's called "God's gonna cut you down." It was an instant classic when it came out. It was one of the best songs he ever did and just about as Johnny Cash as you can get. The song you're doing today is a perfect transition into that song.

Ironically, you will learn about Johnny and his great success and contributions to music after starting with "Hurt".

...a little fun fact: Elvis and Johnny Cash started their careers out of Sun Studios in Memphis, which is where they met....however, they didn't realize that they lived only about 45 miles from each other as teens growing up............Johnny in Dyess, AR and Elvis in housing projects near downtown Memphis!

The Johnny Cash Show was an American television music variety show hosted by Johnny Cash. The Screen Gems 58-episode series ran from June 7, 1969, to March 31, 1971, on ABC; it was taped at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee.

My dad has got to be Cash’s number one fan hands down. Oliver Anthony gives strong Johnny Cash vibes.

He got a standing ovation from these students. This video, which most reactors use, cuts off the end.

Had the joy of seeing him do this in concert in 1971 or so. Johnny, June Carter Cash, and the Carter Family were all there. I believe he had just released it so the crowd was basically stunned.!! Great review / reaction guys. As we say in Texas; y'all be safe.

This performance was on a College Campus, not his TV show. It was during a time when students were protesting over the Vietnam War, Civil rights and Women's equality. He was from the wrong generation for these kids, but he garnered tons of respect from them.

HERE YA GO GUYS! 😊COCAINE BLUES, ONE PIECE AT A TIME, SUNDAY MORNIN COMING DOWN, GOD'S GONNA CUT YOU DOWN, WELL THERE'S JUST SOME 😊ENJOYYYY!

Need to watch the movie “walk the line” with Reese Witherspoon and juiquine Phoenix great story about Johnny and June’s life. Makes you understand why he was the way he was. He was very down to Earth, met him and June at an airport in Tennessee one time everyone was on a layover and they just sat next to us and asked where we’re headed. We talked for about an hour was just like visiting with a neighbor or family member.

This was from a variety show Johnny had on TV for a while. This audience was filled with students from a college where he had visited. Those were the people he said he had spoken to. This was also at a time when we were still involved in Viet Nam, thus the reference to losing 100 young men every week. John is known for his country and rockabilly music, but he also had many friends in folk music, including his friendship with Bob Dylan. Classic country and folk have always been very closely tied and related. I am leaving you guys a link to a live performance by a wonderful female vocalist. This song is a blend as well, of country, bluegrass and Americana. Her name is Patty Loveless. The song is called You'll never leave Harlan alive. Hope you enjoy. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1n57WBtvtC4.html

Very poor farmers family during the depression, thre was a massive flood . Ruined the farm , and he lost his older brother in childhood when he was a boy . That haunted him.. The hundred fine young men. Was a Vietnam reference. 100 casualties a week at that point.

Johnny Cash's music covered a wide range of music genre: country, pop, rock, bluegrass/country, and some with a religious meanings. He was a deeply religous man, and genuinely cared for all peoples. A true Icon of American Music (RIP) with a big heart.

Johnny's TV show was filmed weekly in Nashville at the historic Ryman Auditorium so he had access to about any country artist as guests. The students in this audience were from Vanderbilt University, also in Nashville. He had toured the campus during that week and, as he said, spent some time speaking with many of them. Recall also this was written we were still losing men in Vietnam, so the lyric about "each week we lose a hundred fine young men" pointed to it. Campus protests happened often, as I started college in 1969 and experienced a few things. A "bad trip" back then was a drug overdose.

simplify to amplify is perfect

Rock fans embraced Johnny because of his outlaw vibe, and his politics, which were very progressive for the time. RING OF FIRE is, forgive me, FIRE.

He tells stories but some times he share his own thoughts. Good concept. Obviously.

It's fun watching you guys discover Johnny Cash. He has such amazing stuff throughout his career. Just incredible. For some slightly earlier stuff that absolutely kills, check out Get Rhythm for an up-tempo romp, and then also check out his amazing ballad about a flood that he experienced has a very young boy, and so it is told through that point of view, and with each verse, the flood waters rise another foot higher. And so the name of the song is called, Five Feet High and Rising.

I was lucky enough to see him in concert, however, his wife June wasn’t there as her mother was ill…excellent concert regardless 🇨🇦🖖🏻

He had it rough when he was younger, especially when his father said that he was the wrong son to have died (his brother Jack died from a saw injury)

no cell phones or selfies ( to early for that) no cameras no jumping around just listening to the singer and letting the word sink in as it should be

This was performed at the grand oid opre which was the Catedral of country music

Johnny did win the heart of June Carter and you really need to check her and him singing together. She's a pistol and kept him on his toes. Check out "Jackson" by the two of them

Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson crossed all political and generational bounds.

Another good song is 'Jackson' Johnny & June Carter Cash... 💛

............. Trivia: we must acknowlde that Country Music singers have been doing "recitations" in their songs for generations before any other genre did. Johnny and others ie: especially Elvis, did this. Example, Elvis did it in 1960 with Are You Lonesome Tonight, as well as 1950s with his earlier songs.

If you are into it the bio pic “I Walk the Line” is about Johnny Cash and June Carter it’s a great movie

"13" by Johnny Cash written by Glen Danzig

Some stories i have heard about Johnny Cash say he would give you the shirt off your back

Y'all should watch his bio movie "Walk the Line". His life has been tragic. This performance was at Vanderbilt University in 1967.

Johnny & June "Jackson" live is hotter than a pepper sprout

I luv how you are both dressed in Black!!

My favourite Johnny Cash song is “Man in White”.

Now that you have heard Johnny's 'Boy Named Sue" there is an Unknown parody song from Jane Morgan 'A Girl Named Johnny Cash'

Folsom Prison is where he debuted it.

"We lose a hundred men every week"...refers to the Vietnam War [Police Action] dragging on as 58,000 soldiers [many drafted, not volunteered] died over period of at least a decade as the government tried to cover up and say we were "winning."

A nice reaction. Johnny did many songs with a message. As well as the fun songs. It is amazing to see him perform this for the first time and already be so polished. A couple of his other songs that I think you would enjoy are: "Jackson" a duet with him and June Carter Cash, and "Folsom Prison Blues". I think there is a live performance of this from his first time recording it, but I am not certain.

Awesome reaction.

something you may not know about Johnny cash we was a ordained minister

I had no knowledge of what happened around this building . The big city can keep their lawlessness and act they don't know what your song is saying. Hits home what fools they are. I am one of the deplorable, and I understand your song. Keep going karma is on your side. Bless you ❣️ this text was forJason ,dont know why it ended up here .😮

Thanks for reacting to the Man in Black.

Walk The Line. Folsom Prison Blues.

His childhood was very hard. I could not have endured it.

You need to hear “Sunday Morning Coming Down”

Johnny Cash (25 mins to go)..... power of love over love of power..... HAKAD

If more HIp Hop artists spoke this way upon leaving jail instead of using it to give them Cred.

We sure could use a Man in Black today. Goat. RIP Hope ya'll will do his Kyle Carpenter/Superbowl "Ragged Old Flag".

Good content love you love Johnny

Try Ray Stevens Everything Is Beautiful. He was a country favorite but in 1970 country fans didn't want to hear about brotherhood and harmony among the races. The song made it to only 39 on the country charts but worldwide went to #1 as well as Billboards Hot 100.

TOM MACDONALD/ADAM CALHOUN , " AMERICAN FLAGS " @ 12:00 TODAY !!!

Johnny was never in prison, he had a tv show. Merle haggard was in Folsom prison and saw Johnny perform there. Do Johnny and Roy Clark doing Folsom prison blues it's funn

You have to check out live from Folsom Prison. The whole album is solid gold.

One of my favorites by him was one of his last ones. Gods gonna cut them down - is really good by itself, but the video makes it better because of the artists that came together to be in it just to be part of it and oat their respects to Cash.

Totally need to check out "Oney", "One Piece At A Time" (people have made actual cars according to his descriptions), and "Ghost Riders In The Sky" (not to be confused with the crappy version from Ghost Rider soundtrack).

A strong song that we could use today

Do hank williams jr that is a great rabbit hole!!!! Respect to you muscle couple you two. Look Great!!!❤😊

Here are two songs from Johnny Cash for your ears to enjoy. A cover of NO EXPECTATIONS by the Rolling Stones. And GOD'S GONNA CUT YOU DOWN first covered by The Golden Gate Quartet from back in the 194o's. This is a great man making great music. He is sorely missed. Enjoy

You'd be surprised at how many country artists were popular with the youth back in the day. Waylon Jennings (who was in the audience at Folsom Prison when Johnny performed for the inmates), Willie Nelson, Loretta Lynn, all were loved by the hippies.

Sunday Morning Coming Down…A Kris Kristopherson penned song, is one of Cash’s best!!!

Great job on this video. I really enjoy them. “The Man in Black “ is one of Johnny Cashes’ best. Another great song with a powerful statement, but hasn’t been widely played, is his song “The Ballad of Ira Hayes”. This is a true story and will really make you think about the way things are. Please check it out.😎👍👍👍

He created this while he was doing prison concerts

He was at a College/University

#HANGoverGANG

Johnny grew up dirt poor. You can see the house he grew up in in the music video for Hurt.

I've never heard a Johnny Cash song I didn't like. Walk the Line with Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon is excellent also. Just an idea if you want to start doing movie reactions (hint hint).

he would go to jeals and sang too them

His reference to the hundreds that died, and the thousands that died, were about the Vietnam war that was raging at the time.

I love your reaction options; But Not as much as you love to hear yourselves talk! ;)

Johnny had his own TV showA - kind of a variety show. He handpicked the guests and integrated network TV, having guests like Mahalia Jackson, Ray Charles, Louis Armstrong, etc. The network cancelled it after only 2 years because Johnny would NOT compromise his beliefs - he wouldn't stop talking about God or having non- country music guests.

Y'all should hear the band green jelly and the song three little pigs you'll laugh your ass off

A totally integrated faith....

check out Jennefer Nettles bridge over trouble water on memorial day

Should try one piece at a time or gods going to cut you down both are great songs jonny cash was my grandpas favorite

He was always an advocate for Native Americans and people in prison

It was a University i think

In order to get insight into Johnny Cash, watch the movie "Walk the Line" And Google how River Phoenix prepared to play Johnny.

may i suggest his song flesh and blood. a super beautiful but very sad song about natures beauty but in the end he need a womans love

If God had a voice it would sound like Johnny Cash's...

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