So hauntingly gorgeous. I cried like a baby when I heard this. Thank y’all J & G. Jeremy why do you call your wife ninja 🥷. There’s gotta be a great reason why? If it’s not to personal. Thanks for sharing your reaction with us all.
Hey Darla!!! Thanks for the nice comment. The short story on "Ninja"...it all started with a meme when we were first dating that said something like "be careful of short girls, they are like tiny ninjas of death who can punch you in the "...it was much more funny WITH the meme (which I can't post here on comments). But the name stuck. LOL! She's been my Tiny Ninja (or just Ninja) ever since! Thanks for asking!! ✌🏽
@@musikbyjhhe received an award for the video but he could not accept it, so someone brought his wife to the award show and she accepted on his behalf shortly before she passed. If I am not mistaken it was a month or two before she passed.
The song was recorded in 2002 and the video was released in Feb or Mar 2003. Johnny Cash died in September 2003 and his wife, June Cash died in May 2003. Interesting that Trent Reznor, after seeing the video stated it wasn't his song anymore.
"hurt" by johnny cash is the reflection of his own life. he struggled throughout his life with addiction to drugs and alcohol. the picture of the older lady is his mother. the lady standing behind him was his wife june. the song is about looking for forgiveness from those he hurt and realizing that life is not about collecting possessions but relationships and not taking them for granted.... complex visions of his crumbling museum, his childhood home, cracked dusty awards mixed family images and the crucifixion of Christ show a simple man searching for salvation as he is nearing death. the piano does appear to represent a coffin and he supposedly never opened it again after the last take. its one of the most powerful videos ever done and can bring the most ruthless of men to tears. his wife died shortly after the video and he died 8 months later... even the museum burnt down to the ground a few years later during a renovation project
Showing the old clips establishes the emotion to anyone that doesn't know his history. But knowing his personal history, the words are just gut wrenching. His struggles with substances, his feelings of not being good enough, the way the record company treated him late in life makes the words more poignant. I am so glad he did this though. He was always stretching his music muscles and seeing what he could do. He didn't care what the genre, music was music and had no boundaries. That's why he's a legend.
It also sort of prophetic when he sings the line, "everyone I love, goes away in the end" because this was filmed not to long before his wife June Carter Cash who appears with him in the video then passed on, again leaving Johnny alone in the end, and he passed just 4 months later in 2003. The lake house which they appear in which had been their home before they turned it into a recording studio also subsequently burned during later renovations. Him closing the piano at the end of video really does feel like Johnny closing the casket on his life and career.
Although the line “everyone I know goes away in the end” seems to be about death, for Cash it refers to how it feels to be abandoned as an elderly person.
If my memory serves me correctly this was the last, or one of the last videos he did before he passed away. I have heard the original, but I definitely love this version more. There is so much soul and feeling in it.
In his singing career Cash was authentic all the time. And here he's very authentic I believe. Johnny Cash has become an icon. Not so much in his life. He made some big mistakes and is showing his deep regret. Not judging but anyone who knows his story knows he was a complex and tragic man at times. What he gave us in his music probably tips the scale to the good. So many who hit it really big have really BIG struggles.
I haven’t even started and have my box of Kleenex standing by. This song ALWAYS gets me. Jillian, in the end, for a second there, you looked like you’d been hit by an emotional truck. ❤️. I was totally in tears in the privacy of my own home. ❤️🎶
I never had any use for Trent but now i have a new respect for him he knew that Johnny made this song his own Trent gave this song to him. Trent said i was born to write it Johnny was born to sing it. Kudos to Trent.
Absolutely gut wrenching. I remember the first time I heard this when it was released...still gets me every time. Thank you for this reaction bro and your lovely Ninja. ❤✌️
It was the closing of the piano key cover, like a casket, that did me in. Fantastic rendition. There are a few covers that take an original to another plane Hendrix "Watchtower" from Dylan Sinead "Nothing Compares to U" from Prince But Johnny's voice and story telling, signalling to us this is goodbye, is something truly unique, touching, and perhaps comforting. So good.
I've pretty much left this comment on other reactions,,but this is one video that gets me having regrets in life.I know it's a Trent song more about addiction but the way cash sings it and the video. The older u get, look back at the could of ,should of,what if, regrets, mistakes.,what might have been
I don't know why I continue watching his rendition of this song. It frigging kills me everytime I see it and hear it It's so damn good 😢👍 Thinking about maths might be a good tip but might have me in tears as well specially algebra 😂
Trent Reznor after hearing this version said, with respect, that the song Johnny's now, that it was was no longer his...Kasey Chambers did a similar thing with Lose Yourself
It's quite the message, isn't it? Johnny Cash had pretty much seen it all and done it all. He either already had or could have anything material in this world he wanted. But as he felt the end approaching, he counted it all as dirt. At the end, he had the same pain and regrets as the rest of us. I have no idea if this was intentional or not, but it occurred me that the pounding piano, and the way it gets louder at the end, are like the seconds of your life. When you're young, you're not really aware of the seconds ticking by. They soft and in the background. But as you get older, the ticking gets a bit louder and you're more aware of it. When you near the end, those seconds ticking by become very loud to the point at the vey end it's all you're aware of. But regardless of how loud they are or you're awareness, the seconds tick by....and then stop...and there's not a thing you can do to stop it.
So very very sad and it makes me feel for him when they show the images of June, his beloved wife who he had to live without for the past few years. Chance & the Hound & the Fox did also a very powerful version of this too.....
I always want to say watch Walk the Line (movie) then listen to this if you need more context. This song always gives me goosebumps and then makes me cry.
Cool to hear you mention one of the "tribal" channel reactions! I love it when channels mention other channels, especially ones I watch, and I just watched one of those an hour before watching yours -- and one of the men from Pakistan was indeed brought to tears. He also had some very thoughtful and touching comments. Your mention of the other channel makes the experience here on RU-vid feel much more interconnected and personal, not a serious of disjointed video watches.
That's so nice to hear, thank you!! Big believer of supporting fellow channels, especially since many reaction channels I watch inspired me to start the channel!! ✌🏽
As a Staff Sargent in the US AirForce in Germany attached to a Radio Squadron Mobile intercepting Soviet Army transmissions was the first American to learn of the death of Joseph Stalin in 1953.
I feel that as you get older and you think back, your 8:23 friends are becoming as big a memory as your mistakes. Being older now, I’m missing my best friend, her husband. And my younger sister is now in Hospice care. This is where the truth of life hits hard. You need to stay in your faith and rely on God’s choices. Thank you for doing this song today. I’ve heard several things that have reminded me to wake up and take care of all who I know needs help.
I really didn’t need tears today! Although anyone can hear the emotion of the song, I remember those film clips thrown in and know what they mean. Jillian, math can make me cry! 😂
@@musikbyjh I’m really glad Jillian had the opportunity to watch it. I’ve listened to the original but I could never relate to it the way that I do for this one. I didn’t mean to make you feel bad! Just stream of thought…
Love this song i cry every time I hear it you can't take material things with you when you go. Jonny was not a perfect human but who is!! I lost my husband in a car wreck suddenly we were married 40yrs. You are only promised one day at a time.......
I see it a little differently...Home Free exposed me to songs I wouldn't have otherwise heard (since I'm not the biggest country fan). Thanks for watching and the comment!!
Trent's version of Hurt is dealing with the ramifications of drug use from a young man's eyes. Johnny's version of Hurt is that same man, at the end of his life, reflecting on everything. He realizes that everything that happened is what made him who he ended up being, and that he wouldn't change a thing in his life, even if he could. He realizes that is his real legacy that he is leaving to pass on for those who come after him. A story of pain, suffering, loss, trials, tribulations, and a strength to overcome it all with love from his loved ones.
Thank you for showing Mr. Cash respect by foregoing your signature goofy face distortions. I'll let others correct your time line for the release of this video.
I would keep myself means, to me, I'll still be the same bastard I've always been - I WILL find a way. I've heard others argue more optimistic interpretations, but I haven't found them compelling as the song itself is not optimistic. It's a dark song that invites dark interpretation.
your world collapsed? Aww. I lost everything. Aww. The love of my life hates me because of how I lost touch with our money-making potential. Aww. I hate akk that I was and regret my past. Aww. I'm gonna nuke the planet to end all of this suffering. Aww... lol wow.
@@p.j.morrisyeah, there are lots of “humans” that seem to think that it’s ok to say the things they say. It’s unfortunate that people feel the need to be so terrible. But, that’s the world we live in. Luckily, there are many good people we get to interact with, most of which aren’t like this.
To demonstrate how young people simply can’t grasp something as powerful as this video. It was nominated for the MTV video award as best video. Justin Timberlake won for cry me a river! Even Justin Timberlake was in shock he won. He was very uncomfortable taking the award.
I lost my wife of 37 years 6 weeks ago. This song hits the reality of life in so many ways. No more hurt and no more struggles, only freedom. I love and miss you C.
