Vocal Coach Reacts to Johnny Cash - Hurt

I’m a grown ass man and it don’t matter how many times I watch it. Brings a tear to the eye.. RIP Johnny

You should wait until the video is over before stopping it. To ME, him closing the piano, and caressing it, is a similitude for closing the book on the last chapter of his life.

How can an artist take someone else's lyrics, reimagine the meaning, and then deliver such an impactful message? This is a masterpiece work.

Do note that in the end when he closes the lid of the piano it was the last time he ever touched it. It was his farewell to his once home, and the instruments in it, too. If you look the video all the way to the end you can see how tender he is when he swipes the lid.

This song was originally written by Nine Inch Nails, written from the perspective of a young man with a drug addiction looking to the future. Cash's version is from the perspective of an old man looking back on the regrets and mistakes of life. Trent Reznor, the lead singer of Nine Inch Nails, said the song belongs to Cash now because his version was so beautiful and he made it his own

This song is achingly powerful. I've never seen a song which can bring so many people to tears in such a short space of time. Simply incredible artist and song. Notice how simple the melodies are. The most powerful songs ever written are often the most simple as well.

The context of this song makes it sadder. His wife of many years (who was very forgiving and helped him pick up the pieces when he failed (and he failed many times in his personal life) was dying and he was unable to save her despite all his resources and all the stuff he had. That was her standing on the stairs. She passed away not long after this and him not long after her.... arguably of a broken heart. It is interesting to note that at the end of it he says if he could start all over again he would do it the same way despite all the pain he caused.... because that is who he is.

This song still makes me cry uncontrollably. I lost both my Maternal Grandfather and then my Maternal Grandmother in the same week (Late January 2021) to the deadly Coronavirus pandemic. Grandpa was 92 Grandma was 94. I miss you both so much. My heart scattered after you passed away and I haven't been myself since. Goodnight Grandfather Leslie and Grandmother Irene xx

He sang the song about his life, but I really think he meant for everyone to reflect on there own life , I know I did.

I think u guys are off. He wasn’t saying “I’m still me even though everyone else changed”. This cover version, his version, is about regrets he’s had in his life

It's the truth in his voice when he sings this song that makes it amazing and emotional

Song was written by Trent reznor with nine inch nails, his version the original version was about addiction and depression. Both are in this version as well, is Johnny definitely battled both throughout his life. Johnny's version is much more resonant with audiences because it deals with something every single human being is going to have to deal with. Death. The lesson in this was it doesn't matter how much pain you have it doesn't matter how much Fortune you have it doesn't matter whether you are poor and homeless, are living in a mansion or a castle, death will visit everyone. And we will all have to look back at our life and decisions that we've made, and the people we have let go. Johnny had to reinvent himself for his audience and to please his label. That's the man in Black was born. The last line of the song I believe is the most powerful. If you could go back and do it all over again he would keep himself. Because you can't take money with you you can't take Fame, it's a journey that everyone will have to face alone, so at the end of your life all you have left is your integrity and your soul so don't sacrifice that to please anyone.

It's been so many years, and I'm never in a state I can take this in and not cry like a fool. I honestly think I never will, and maybe that is not wrong at all....

He didn't write the song, but the song was definitely meant for him. If you ask NIN, they will tell you he made it his forever.

Johnny knew he was dying and this song is his way of saying goodbye, written by Trent Reznor, Johnny now owns it

Justin One of his and June's children, I believed that Roseanne Carter Cash asked her father, "Are you saying goodbye in this song?" Johnny replied, "yes" He and his wife, June Carter Cash were battling health issues when this video was recording in February of 2003. She looked on concerned as Johnny was singing. Few months after, June died in May of 2003. Then Johnny died in September of 2003, besides his health issues, of a broken heart.

Storytelling at its finest

He didn’t live life in the fullest way possible. His interpretation of this work, is based upon his regret. It’s his deathbed sonnet, to what could have been.

If you aren't in tears after that song, you aren't human.

I've heard Johnny sing this song many times and it never brings a single tear to my eyes; but it does bring several every single time.