In an interview with Johnny's daughter she said he showed her the video, it made her cry and she looked at Johnny and said " it's like you're saying goodbye" his reply to her " i am."
Johnny was a junkie in his early days. That's why the words that Trent wrote about the needle tears a hole the old familiar sting was so close to Johnny's heart
My opinion- 9 inch nails did an AMAZING job, Jonny Cash honered them by doing it too.... Even the original band (yes, 9 inch nails originally recorded it) were happy that Jonny Cash re-recorded it his way 🥰🥰🥰🥰
Yeah, Trent said that he both loves it and hates it at the same time. He loves it because it's absolutely amazing but it felt like losing a girlfriend; the song was no longer his.
when Nine inch nails did this it was great. When Johnny cash did it, he (Trent Reznor, Nine Inch Nails) said and I quote "it brought me to tears". It was also Johnny Cash's last recording.
As a recovering drug addict this song reminds me of those dark days of addiction. I've been free from that poisonous prison for 15 years now and I never want to return to that hell.
That was a key part of if. Trent Reznor wrote it about his experiences with Addiction, and while it struck a chord with Johnny Cash, it ALSO was a case of "Son, you don't know the half of it."
Its by Trent Reznor (nin)....but he said this song no longer belongs to him. Which in my mind is a pretty powerful statement from one artist to another. Rest in peace johnny cash and ms june carter
Every time this gets brought I think about what an honor, mindfuck, and a million other things Trent felt when he first heard this. I can’t even imagine. It’s soul crushing enough but to hear the frailness in his voice literally brings me to tears
This song is even more powerful when you watch the music video for it. Probably one of the greatest music videos ever!! Showing a man who knows he is approaching the end of his life and reflecting on his past and how it shaped who he has become
I cried the first time I watched it. Then he passed away. I was telling a friend the look in his eye knew what was coming. That video was like a eulogy he made for himself.
This is Johnny Cash's Swan Song. His old and frail voice. Yet so familiar. I listen in reverence with a tightness in my throat. Thank you for all the musuc, Johnny. RIP
Once Trent heard this version, he literally cried and realised that the song was no longer his, Jonny had made it his own and absolutely killed it. It's one of the most incredibly moving songs ever, covered by a legend who will live for fucking ever.
When one of the greatest voices in music history sings one of your songs an puts his entire heart into it the way Cash did here you take it as a honor this is better than winning any award because even when all the money is gone an the trophies gather dust folks are gonna remember the time johnny cash sung one of your songs
But I appreciate that they didn't watch the video , so that their emotions are focused on the words and the performance alone, and not amplified by the video. But I agree that they need to watch the video.
I came to this song right after my wife died and I was undergoing chemotherapy for leukemia. It was a hard, sad time. I'm in remission now. I still miss my wife and look forward to seeing her when I cross over that river and rest in the shade of the trees...
I'm so sorry to hear you're going through all of that William. That would be unimaginably hard. I find we learn the most during the toughest times. My thoughts and prayers go out to you through this experience. Also, a toast to reuniting with your sweetheart when the time comes. God bless sir.
Cat Fish same. I heard his first then had to look for the other - I listen to primarily country. The lyrics are amazing, but his arrangement and voice... It's freaking eerie.
Cash's health was declining the recording of this song and video. His wife June, died 3 months after the recording, Johnny seven months after. It changed the whole original concept of the video.
The great thing about Johnny Cash was he was always open to genres of music other than his own. He was always listening to different types of music and he had all sorts of performers on The Johnny Cash Show, he never just stuck with country. He wasn't afraid to court controversy (Pete Seeger) and he never shied away from showing his audience artists they probably hadn't heard of before.
Megan Brown this right here!!! Mr Cash (I can’t call him Johnny) was the ultimate musician...the powerful lyrics he wrote along with the simplistic music allowed people to enjoy both. At the same time, he could take someone else’s music apart and put it back into song in that beautiful way only he could.
Here’s the problem. You guys haven’t seen the VIDEO!!! You cannot just listen to the song, the video is a montage of his life, the tragedy he endured, with an amazing crescendo of imagery that will leave you speechless. React to the video now and amend this tragic mistake!
Hi you two. The video to this song is the most heartbreaking video made. Johnny was at the end of his life, and June, his wife, was in it too. She passed away shortly after and 4 months later Johnny died. The images in the video show him through his life, when he was young and a proper badass. Miss you The Man In Black.
NIN arranged this song and it seemed faster and had more of the heavy metal sound. After NIN heard Johnny's version, they said they would no longer perform the song as it belonged to Cash. But after Johnny died, they redid their version and made it reflect Johnny's interpretation of the song. Excellent decision by NIN as true artists can be influenced by other great artists. Kudos to NIN for respecting what Cash did for their song.
I think he just had a way with music. If he did anything, it was his and all his. Legend doesn't even describe Johnny Cash, whether you like his music or not.
interesting. i like johnny cash's version of hurt, he describes so much emotion in it and causes you to feel every word of the song , his cover of soundgarden's rusty cage was amazing too... but i really love the original from nine inch nails..actually love the entire downward spiral album (except maybe closer because its so played out)
I remember this video being released right after his and his wife's death, and it was very haunting to watch him perform this knowing he was dead...his performance made me feel his fading mortality. I didn't think Johnny could be MORE epic than he was at his height as he was as he said goodbye to us. Great post, brothers!
Absolutely. Even Trent Reznor commented that the song didn't even feel like it was his anymore, and that he was crying over the emotion in it when the video was dropped. Dark Star from David Bowie was another song dropped posthumously, & had that same emotional delivery...listening to both songs make me happy and sad all at the same time. It's like both Johnny & David were both saying, "The last thing I can give to you is my dying breath"
This is a cover of a Nine Inch Nails song by Trent Reznor. To put it in perspective, when Trent heard Johhny's version of his song along with the video, he said "this wasn't my song anymore." While I am not discounting any emotional struggles Trent may have had at the young age of his writing this song, Johnny sang this after an entire lifetime of struggles, and the ups and downs of what was a pretty hard life given how successful he was. You can hear that coming through so strong in his voice. You can feel the weight of past sorrows. Anyway, that's my humble opinion on it. Keep it up, guys.
This was after Trent said he didn't want Johnny to do the cover because he thought it would be cheap and gimmicky... after he saw the video he cried and said it was like losing a loved one.
To me, Johnny's voice adds so much to the song. There's so much depth of woe and experience in that aged, somewhat creaky voice that Reznor's youthful angst (while great in its own right) simply cannot touch.
That's actually not true at all. Trent thought the cover was alien and something wasn't right. He never said he made it his own til the video was made.
I feel like this is something people sometimes say so that they can persist in their belief that they don't like country music. Johnny Cash is country as hell. I think country is just way bigger and more complicated than a lot of people realize.
The song is about death. The finality of life. It's a beautiful tune. The arrangement sends shivers down my spine. Rick Ruben at his very best. The hurt in Johnny's voice is too much to bear. God rest his soul.
Death - Crystal Mountain. This band was the blueprint for death metal it's sub-genres. Chuck Schuldiner, the driving force behind the band, passed away in 2001 but left behind a legacy that helped shape metal as it is currently.
the video was sooo touching....his wife watching this recording....was simply beyond words...the last time she watched him sing on video and you could feel that! omg amazing
DTWC I agree. Or they’ve figured out that if they pretend to love everything, they will get more subscribers and therefore more advertising revenue. But I honest believe what you said about these two more than any impure motive.
Nathan Woodley They actually don't like all the stuff they kinda review and are open about it. I get a really nice laid back feel of these guys and when they go nuts listening to stuff like Gojira and AiC, you can tell they really like what they are hearing.
The story that I heard was Johnny new he was passing soon. He decided to do the song as a goodbye. The emotions this song has is unlike any other. It must have been other worldly to be in the studio when he recorded this song.
He didn't cover it after his wife died, his wife is in de video accompanying the song so how could she be dead before he covered it? Story is: His health was declining and he wanted to do this project where he covered songs by other artists in his own style. He made the album and shot the video for "hurt" with his wife June Carter in it. The video was shot in february 2003, June died 4 months later and 4 months after that Johnny died.
This song literally kills me every time with the raw feelings that it brings out just because of the pain in his voice. Even though someone may not have experienced the level of adversity that this man is singing about, it can put you in that mindset of the mental anguish. Such a powerful song, one of my personal favorites,. You guys killed it with your interpretation as always!
I never fucked with country music, but something about Johnny Cash stands out to me. The sheer authenticity, the angst, the concern for others, and raw emotion is something he does better than any other country artist out there. He made you feel his music, and his unique voice was like no other.
There was a rapper who heard Cash and said Cash was the first Gangsta Rapper. There is a grit and honesty to Cash's music. Might be why he was the first cross over artist who took country music onto the popular charts.
Kyle Pickus Then my friend, you’ve never heard country before. Don’t make the mistake of thinking this new “Pop Country” is what actual country is about.
The Lone Outlaw I know what your saying. Country music, at its roots very much valued authenticity. I simply just don’t like how some of their voices sound.
Cobb Knobbler I’ve fucked with Willie Nelson as well. I think that my thing is that I don’t really like the overly patriotic thing, the overly religious thing, trucks, or rodeos. I think my biggest disconnect is the lifestyle. I don’t mind the idea of outlaw country or protest country.
The original song was about drug addiction, but Johnny Cash made it about aging/getting old/dying. Same lyrics, but completely changed the subject matter. An amazing song!
I'm pretty sure his own addiction was a part of his influence on this cover. In addition to life and aging and watching youth in the rear view kinda thing.
The original is a young man realizing just how badly he's screwed up his life already, and coming to grips with the fact he doesn't have many more chances to change course. Johnny's version is an old man at the end of his life, looking back on every single mistake and poor decision of an entire rocky lifetime, and if there's one thing he doesn't have, it's time.
Johnny Cash also covered "Rusty Cage" by Soundgarden. It's interesting to learn he listened to genres which were very different from his own and some songs touched him enough to want to cover them.
I found the cover first, and worked back to Cornell’s rendition. While I prefer the Cash cover of this song, I favor the original soundgarden recording of rusty cage. One of the most unique time signature interchanges in grunge.
Some appreciation should also go to genius Rick Rubin for approaching Cash to do the album and producing it the way he did. Recording the songs simple and raw in Cash's lounge room with just a guitar.
David chill guy Rubin is fantastic. He was the catalyst behind reviving Cash’s career in the early 2000’s. Those records were also some of Cash’s greatest works.
Nobody will ever forget Johnny Cash giving the middle finger to "modern" country music in that famous giant-sized photo: www.savingcountrymusic.com/johnny-cashs-famous-middle-finger/
He has since said that this song basically now belongs to Johnny Cash. Very touching, and both versions are superb. The J.C. video always seems to be on when the invisible ninjas are chopping onions near by. Or is it just me...
No way. Both versions are incredible pieces of music, but the pain in Trent's version is unbelievable. He's lived that life, and he bares it in his version. Hell, he wrote the song before being an addict, then became and addict and overcame it, then sings about all of those feelings and emotions. Jesus, it's so good.
I feel like the last line kinda got looked over...and to me, it’s the most important: ”If I could start again a million miles away, I would keep myself; I would find a way.”
They cut the song off at that specific part 🤦♂️ And it was a lyrical climax - shifting from ending the chorus at "I will make you hurt" to extending it with "if I could start again...I would find a way"
The video was filmed in Johnny Cash's museum. It was in a state of serious disrepair. He was filmed at a table with a feast in front of him but no one there to share it. There is so much symbolism there, I won't even try to really get into it but to me it speaks of endings, the cruelty of age and the transience of life. Hurt was released in 2002. June died in May 2003. Johnny died in September 2003. There is a moment in the video where June is standing behind Johnny, watching him play his guitar and the look in her eyes makes me think she knew he was saying goodbye. It's an amazing video. Watch it with a tissue.
That's my favorite moment as well. I met Johnny and June in the late 90s. He was playing the casino circuit at that time, while his career wasn't at it's peak. The limo from the place he'd been playing happened to stop at the sane store I was at with my friends. We were in college then, but we'd been raised on the old-school country music so we knew we were in the presence of greatness. He was really kind, and even posed for a picture with us. June stayed in the car, watching him with a little smile and happy eyes.
By far the best reaction evaluation I have seen from you guys yet. This song is very close to my heart and soul and I live it daily. It was nice to see you guys hit the nail on the head with this one. Keep up the great work.
I just found your channel... love it!! I had the distinct pleasure of meeting Mr. Cash several times when he came into my store in Hendersonville, TN. He was an amazing man, but after June passed away he just wanted to go be with her. Do not get me wrong he did have health issues prior but had fighting in him until then. The day he passed Nashville stood still and cried.
Steven Wilson- The Raven that Refused to Sing, Drive Home, or Routine (with film clips) All these songs are very beautiful and the film clips accompany the song so well, it's a must watch!!!
Allow me to put this into a different, deeper context. When the nine inch nails originally wrote this song it was written as a song of hope, light at the end of the dark tunnel. After Trent Reznor heard this cover he said it wasn't even his song anymore. Cash took it and turned into a song of darkness and hopelessness. Amazing what different people can do to the same song. Truly an outcry of a dying and broken man.
@@andyb1653 Cash did that to a lot of songs. He wasn't a great guitarist or technical singer, but he made you feel the words on a deep, deep level, both his sad songs as well as his joyful songs.
Trent Reznor wrote this about his herion addiction but Johnny Cash had an addiction to perscription pills and alcohol before he married June. He gave them up for her, and never took another thing again. He wouldn't even take pain meds in the end reportedly. According to a biography I saw this song was because he didn't think anyone would remember him.
Quite the opposite actually. This was the last song from the NIN concept album downward spiral, in which the main character kills himself at the end. That's why when you listen to the original at the end of the song you hear the loud musical "noise" representing a gun shot in which he's taken his life.
I also see it as the Human Condition: we all die, we all regret, we all hurt those we love, and in the end all is dust; we can't take anything with us.
when he speaks that all have gone away , you guys are young , your family is alive. I am 57 yrs old , all 4 grand parents are dead, all 22 aunts and uncles , all 37 cousins , 12 of their 20 children, - - - "all gone away" - - . I am the last, the leader of a dried up blood line.
robert miller you’re right, the video , reminds me of Roscoe Texas, the old houses, he could be my , you’re, family. We all die in the end! I wish I could start again
Wow mate, I spent 13 years with the hottest chick from my HS, but it was THIRTY years later I heard from her cuz my brother was at his 30 HS reunion, since he was in her class, a year younger to me. I fought my way hard to show her out of her divorce from some pose screenwriter, then took care of his kid, his ex wife, his ex wife's mother (wonderful lady), but in the end, she took all I had... shut down my life, not sure where that anger came from, but she gave me NO hint to "we need therapy" or we have "problems" === nothing like that. Just found her journal she left behind where she measured how marrying me would be beneficial to her aging "nest egg"... She broke my heart, injured me in so many ways I can't reveal here but I can say this... once a sociopathic person sucks you into their life, your are literally like a little kitten she/he can starve you to death from lack of honest love
Mr. Miller your words are so terrifying but understandable. Although I do have family still the important ones have passed. The ones that do remain want no part of me so its as if they were gone too. I wait for my turn now and I do believe it is near. FINALLY!!!
9" nails from the mid 1990s was the original. Johnny Cash asked them could he do a cover and they were so flattered that he didn't have to pay them for royalty
Johnny was actually pretty sick when he done this song and June even more so. I don't actually think he was referring to doing illicit drugs again but from being sick. His wife died a cpl months after this then Johnny died soon after her. And you DEFINITELY need to watch the video. It's truly emotional.
It’s about how we get old and we take meds and do things to help with the pain our bodies go through, but nothing can take away what we have done up to that point (for Johnny, all the *hurt* he put his health through from his youth)
@@mvanluven78 Johnny's early touring was a booze, meth, and the coke fuelled frenzy, it was how him, Elvis, and many other performers played all night, travelled all day, every night, and every day. Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails, wrote the song) was a heroin addict and nearly died of overdose. "The needle tears a hole, the old familiar sting, try to kill it all away, but I remember everything" Is literally about doing heroin... Why comment if you're just gonna make things up??
I love the fact that you guys do this channel, because as an African American myself, I like seeing someone else also listen to metal, and rock music, and your reactions are vehemently satisfying. With the aforementioned being stated, I'd like to see you guys not only react to the original song by Nine Inch Nails, but would also like to see you react to other Nine Inch Nails songs, as well... P.S. I love this version, but the fundamental difference between Cash's version, versus Trent's version is that Cash's is sad, while Trent's is DARK
I think Cash's version is pretty good at portraying the darkness, albeit perhaps in a different way. It is definitely not purely about self pity, but about the nature of existence for us all. What is refreshing to me about this video ( and a lot of their others) is the way these guys remind us about the laughter at the end of the dark.
For some reason, there are not a lot of African Americans that listen to rock, when in fact Rock came from an African American, and the roots of Rock come from the Blues.
Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails) original performer and writer of the song, liked this version so much that he gave him the song. He said the Johnny Cash version is now the official version. What a sign of respect.
Adam Wenger Trent Reznor never said anything close to what you said. Here are his actual thoughts on it. He is very respectful, but didn't "give" his song to anyone. ttps://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/trent-reznor-talks-johnny-cash-168199
That's what separate mere players from legends. Reznor is a helluva songwriter and Cash was one of the greatest interpreters and songwriters of all time. So, it's exactly what you said: respect!
Hey dudes...Bono said it best when he said "Trent Reznor was born to write this song....but Johnny Cash was born to sing it". I encourage you to listen to the NIN version as well. It's really interesting as both versions give off totoally different vibes (to me at least). The NIN version is about someone who is in the midst of their own personal turmoil...while the Cash version feels like someone who has lived a very long and tumultuous life reflecting back on their past sins...both amazing and powerful in their unique ways...
All props to Johnny Cash on this particular song and his entire career, but Johnny Cash's interpretation is a slow burn for me, although it gets there, definitely. Trent's version is just so much more powerful all the way through. Now that depends on which version and that's where Trent Reznor kinda screws the pooch. He keeps tinkering with too many of his works and it's very difficult to hear the "definitive" version of a lot of his songs lol, but the live version of NIN's "Hurt" that is on "And All That Could Have Been", imho, is that definitive version and has a lot of the feeling and desperation that you may have noticed in the use of "Hurt" in the second season closer of Rick and Morty.
Sorry, I had to add, as Milinky_Pants suggested, this is sung from the perspective of one who had lived a long hard life and is confronting or recalling all he had lost. Johnny Cash had that long career and experienced the loss of many friends in the industry and was failing in health at this time. The video also showcased his beloved wife June just months before she passed which gives his rendition an added layer of poignancy.
His daughter said it sounds like your saying goodbye, he said i am. The video shows the pain in Junes eyes they both know shes dying, she went home first, he followed shortly after. Truly a God send this man.
Johnny had such an amazing pathos in his voice as he aged. He always got to the anger, sadness, irony or humor of a song right in the gut, whether 1968 or 2000.
Reznor wrote it about his drug addiction, and losing those close to him because of it and the crumble of his empire (his life's work, due to drugs). Trent did live it, both versions are amazing and I do prefer Cash's version, but I don't think it's fair to say Cash lived it but not say Trent also lived it. Music takes on different meanings depending on who, and how it's sung.
Between the Borderline Personality Disorder, and former Drug/Alcohol addictions, I think it's safe to say Reznor's lived it as much as Cash did. Cash just had the raspier, somber, soulful voice.
Trent Reznor really wrote something real, something I don't think he had experienced as much as Mr. Cash but then again to be able to write that song there must have been pain
This was definitely his goodbye song, I remember when it came out the local news channel actually played the video, and all I could think when I saw it was that Johnny was going to be gone in a few months. 😭
This is such a great song, and Trent Reznor (the man who wrote it) said he preferred Johnny's version to his own. Rest in Peace Mr. Cash. I look forward to singing with you in Heaven.
I almost wish this was a side by side with the Nine Inch Nails version. It’s a young man’s pain, those howls and plaintive wails in Trent’s vocals, versus an old man’s pain in Jonny’s almost talking, weary, and road worn vocals. Both versions are so powerful and so different.
Johnny cash was hurting when he was singing this song because his wife passed away and shortly after he died of a broken heart. Rest in peace Mr Cash you are together again. Thanks for sharing your awesome video with us this is Ivana Williams from Canada 👍
I agree but literally there's a song so sad that even though is not in english you feel the pain the song am talking about made lots of people kill themselves
Hurt was originally by Nine Inch Nails and was the closing track on The Downward Spiral which is an album that is considered one of the greatest rock albums of all time. I highly recommend you react to it!
Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails praised Cash's interpretation of the song for its "sincerity and meaning", going as far as to say "that song isn't mine anymore."
I knew long before your faces and scrolling comments became to blurry for me to see how I would react to this...this song is so much my father....at one time he was like a king in my eyes and many other's. when he fell from his throne others fell with him, broken to see that he was merely human...flawed and capable of making mistakes...Big mistake's and we had made the mistake of putting so much faith in our pastor,father, husband, friend. Addiction loves those that are guilt ridden and that is exactly what my father was, didn't matter if he had been a good faithful pastor for 27 year's, that seemed to have been forgotten leaving only his mistakes and the only way he could live with them was to numb himself with alcohol and pills...he doesn't have to live with them anymore...it all ended abruptly last year...he bounced back from liver failure twice,busted a blood vessel in his throat and almost bled to death, went into a coma, passed out in the snow with no coat when I was 12 and would've froze to death if I hadn't decided to walk to the bar to check on why he hadn't come home after closing time,so many times he came close to dying but survived so getting the call that he flipped his suv off the road into a cornfield 2 minutes away from home I assumed he would be ok..probably would've been if he had put his seat belt on,he had his window open and the guy driving behind him saw him being thrown out the window and landing in a sitting position at the edge of the cornfield..died instantly. I shouldn't be pissed at him but I am and I feel guilty for it,my mom can barely survive without him...she can but she doesn't seem to want to and that just hurts and angers me more....why did I write all this
Lori McKinney I'm so sorry for your loss. Its good that you wrote this and got it out I hope it gave you some kind of relief to get it off your chest. Some times when things like this happen we just need to talk about it. I hope your mother recovers and moves on with her life and I hope time mends your broken hearts. Do not judge him or be mad I'm sure he did the best he could some cope with the ups and downs that life gives us and some have to find their own way to get through it.
Love the Man in Black! Johnny Cash... Legendary. The song was written by Trent Reznor of Nine In Nails, but Johnny nailed it... no pun intended. The power of that honest baritone! Goosebumps. Another icon that will live on and on!
This is one of the most brutally honest and raw songs ever written. The souls of 2 men just haunt this beautiful song and if you can watch this without at least getting the chills at some point you may not be human. Personally it makes me cry like a baby. This is true art.
Nine Inch Nails did the original. But you can feel the pain and emotion when Cash does his own spin on it. Great reaction guys as always 🤘 ...and PLEASE play Devin Townsend again. He is just incredible. Because of you two, I found an amazing voice, music writer and all around good guy.
This song makes me cry. The older we get, the closer to death, the deeper and more insistent our regrets. While we're busy building and enjoying our life, we can push the thoughts away. Not so easy in the winter of our life.
When he says everyone I know goes away in the end reminds me of what my great grandmother use to say, she was born in 1911, she was a year old when the titanic sank, she survived both world wars, the great depression, martin Luther king junior, Kennedy, the first space launch, the landing on the moon, the great recession, once she was wearing a tank top in her private back yard to sun bath and a neighbor spied on her and called the police the cops arrived and said to wear more clothes or she would be arrested for public indecency although she had something under it they also had an issue with her shorts which were past her knees, she survived the cold war and was witness to the tragedy of the nuclear use. With all that she said the one thing that she regretted the most about living so long is everyone she ever knew passed away, parents, sisters, brothers, kids, cousins, friends, aunts, uncles, nieghbors, everyone she knew was gone so she was alone with only me and she was so lonely ane sad everyday, I did my best as a child to make her happy but she knew death was near and would tell me she didn't have much longer but she woule be ok since she would be with them again, I pray for her that she is. But it raises the thought, if you were immortal would it not be a curse?
@@yaboijjonah._.1815 When I was in elementary school 4th grade, we had a sub that read a book called Caddie Woodlawn I think was the title. The author sat down and wrote down her grandmothers life story before her death, it inspired me to do the same so my great grandmother and I from 4th grade until high school graduation wrote not only her life story onto note books but how the society reacted to the events in the world and how the local culture felt and how her and her family felt and how everyone was changed by it. The history of her family back to her great grandmother is also recorded, I never made it into a book because I am not a writer just a verbatim transcription kind of guy I guess lol but the history and stories go way back. One story is wilfred killed a cow and poor Eli killed a mule, the story behind the saying is they once had nieghbors mind you this was before roads and your nieghbor was miles away on a farm, wilfred lived east of Eli and eli was east of my great grandmothers great grandmother (great great grandmother?) Anyway, the story goes Wilfred was drinking and standing in his back yard one night with his gun, he saw something in the distance he thought was a deer so he shot it. It was a cow. Elis' cow to be exact, it had wondered to the fence that bordered their farms. Well Eli found his cow and was furious and accused Wilfred of killing his cow but Wilfred wouldn't admit it. Well they stopped talking for several weeks, one night Eli is out putting his tools away and he hears foot steps so he grabs his gun and fires it into the air and shouts show yourself! At the same time Wilfreds' mule which was what caused the noise got frightened and ran into the barb wire fence, Eli tried to cut him free but he was so badly injured Eli had to put em down, Wilfred got furious thinking it was because of the fight over the cow, so Wilfred one night goes over and tries to set Elis barn a fire but he spills the moonshine on his boots, he got the barn to burn but he set himself a fire as well, the barn went out but not Wilfreds right boot he ran through the field stripping his pants and all making it safely home. The fued ended with Eli saying "He killed my cow, I killed his mule, in the end his drinking lit a fire under his ass and sent him home with his tail between his legs so it's over". This story is from memory there are so many notebooks it would take a while to find it. Lol
Feeling guilt for your actions can be a shitty feeling, I've been in that boat before. You can only live and learn. I've learned from my mistakes and now I can only look forward and remember the bad things I've done in the past to prevent myself from repeating them.
Johnny Cash did the "American Recordings" (4 albums) with absolute freedom for the first time in his life. He signed the contract with the understanding he could do anything he wanted to.
I just .. I'm really tired of this song being the one that NIN is known for. Like, even if we wanna do some pretzel music, there are better nin songs. Like... I donno... Get Down Make Love.
They've done slightly deeper cuts of bands before and didn't like them. closer is definitely more well received. Four people newer to Nine Inch Nails that's a better recommendation. And that song has a perfect design for" react to "videos.
Maybe. I just think that there are non-closer songs that aren't deep cuts, and still play to their tastes. Perfect Drug, for example, has an easy to find groove that it tends to keep through a bunch of transitions, great drum work, and an absolutely wild as hell breakdown that I think they are ready for.
That’s why so many men struggle deeply with depression. We have to keep everything locked up inside. In our society if you show emotions you have to fear being viewed as weak or somehow lesser of a man. It’s messed up, we’re all humans and all feel emotions regardless of whether you’re male or female.
Yep. Men have higher rates of suicide all over the world. But no one cares because we're "more privileged". It's sad how people think that men must be strong all the time and show no weaknesses etc. Life is hard for everyone, we're in this shit together.. but life was never fair.
It was originally done by Nine Inch Nails. They have been around since the 90’s. This was the last song Johnny did before he passed away months after. It’s become one of his most memorable and meaningful songs. #Freethinkers #R.I.PJohnnyCash
It definitely wasn't the last song he recorded. It was towards the end but there are a few sessions after this. Rick Rubin said 309 was the last one they recorded together.
This is without a doubt the hardest song i have ever heard. Johnny Cash brings this song to its supreme level. It hist you straight in the gut and heart. God Bless Johnny Cash.
Reznor really killed it with these lyrics. Somehow, Cash made them resonate more with me even though I listened to the Nine Inch Nails' version when it first came out when I was a teenager.
@@gregfontaine2776 they did. You're thinking of a different song. NIN wrote this Hurt, Cash covered it and did it really well. But Trent wrote the lyrics for this song.
The sky belongs to the stars. The man in black, true legend. You can hear it in his voice.. Addiction, depression, loss.. There's a Lot to this song. For many. He lived a rough life , an watched his friends around him fight for life too. Were all human. Their bad habits aren't their title, their talents are. One of the greatest voices.. legend.
Cash was the King this song is the Pinnacle of his ability to take us where he is or has been. Thank you Trent for allowing Johnny to make your great song even greater. RIP Johnny
