American Rapper FIRST time EVER hearing Johnny Cash - HURT - Powerful!!

Trent Reznor wrote this as a young man knowing that his life was falling apart. Johnny sang it as an old man knowing that his life was coming to a close.

Johnny played this for his wife and daughter soon after finishing it. His daughter said "Dad, this sounds like your saying goodbye!" He responded "Well....I am." Both Johnny and his wife left this world less than 6 months after this video was finished.

Trent said J did it best, and will never perform it again. That level of respect is unbelievable

No matter how many times I hear this cover. No matter how mentally prepared I think I am. It brings me to tears. Every. Time. Without fail.

This was written by Trent Reznor from NIN and he was the one who said, this isn't my song anymore, after hearing this version. This was Johnny Cash's goodbye. Both him and his wife passed not too long after this video was made. Yes, that picture was his mother! One of my all-time favorite covers!

He was saying goodbye. The soft way he closes the piano breaks my heart every time.

Yes, the old lady in the red dress was his mother. The lady standing on the staircase watching him is his wife, June Carter Cash. This song was released in March of 2003. His wife passed away May of 2003 and he died September of 2003. So basically this was his farewell song.

This song to me is a classic example of how the meaning changes based on perspective. The original was very much talking about drug addiction and what it does to you and your relationships. Johnny Cash takes it and it transforms into a song about the inevitability of loss and death, and regrets for bad decisions.

One of my favorite covers of all time. I tear up every single time he closes that piano 😞 RIP Johnny and June 🖤

I still get goosebumps every time I hear this one. This is originally a Nine Inch Nails song. Trent Reznor(lead singer of NIN) said that is is no longer his song, it's Johnny's now. The song is about self harm and drug use. The empire of dirt is the regrets of life, valuing the wrong things. It is worth checking out the original, It is heavy industrial rock, then you can see how Johnny made it his.

Johnny doesn’t sing to the ear he sings to the soul.

Trent Reznor, a young man, lead singer and songwriter for the hard rock band Nine Inch Nails wrote this song depicting the downward spiral of a hard drug addict. Johnny Cash heard the lyrics behind the rock sounds and thought of something entirely different. He thought of a former huge music icon with a myriad number of awards now old and looking back with deep regret at how he spent his life. His version of Hurt was born. Trent fact. Told that an aged country star had done a cover of his song was in sensed and raged. But when he saw the Johnny Cash video, he sat silent through it then had it replayed. His words were simple, "I wrote it, but it is Johnny Cash's song now." Johnny Cash facts. He recorded God's Gonna Cut You Down before this but didn't quite have the production deal in his head. It was released after he and his wife had passed. In his house, the living quarters were upstairs and he had a recording studio downstairs. The Gold piano you see at the end has been in his studio for years. Hearing the pain in his voice, June Carter Cash his wife since his youth came partway down the stairs. That looks of concern and live as she checks up on him speaks all you need to know about their relationship. You can hear how shaky his voice was and see his trembling hands. It was not edited out of the video. When he closes and lovingly caresses the piano, he was ending his life long affair with music. He never played a note again. He was diabetic and knew he was nearing life's end. The song was produced and released. Four months later, June went to Heaven to rejoin the Carter Family. Three months after she passed, seven months after the release of Hurt, Johnny followed her.

This is Johnny’s masterpiece. The song is both a testament to Trent Rezner’s ability as a composer, and Cash’s artistry. This was his goodbye and he hit it out of the park.

It's not that Johnny was old. He was only 71 when he passed away...which is Not old. He was diagnosed a few years earlier with Shy-Drager syndrome which is a neurodegenerative disease and a form of multiple system atrophy. Because of many multiple health issues brought on by the disease, including damaged lungs caused by pneumonia, and developing diabetes, he aged considerably. Thereby, giving the impression that he looked to be much older than he actually was. It's sad that he had to live his later years this way. Especially with June passing before him, which broke his heart. RIP, Johnny & June. 🙏 Appreciated your reaction.

To old guys like me who grew up with Johnny and who knew his melancholy life story this really hit like a ton of bricks. I have seen it maybe a hundred times and it still makes me tear up.

You are so young. You are so young. Don't even have a clue about how it feels when time is slipping away when you are nearly at the end. I will be 70 this year and it life is slipping away from me. And I look back and see the things I've done in my life and I wish that I have done things differently. Cherish your youth. Cherish the chances you have now to make things better for your future. I think that's what Johnny is trying to tell people in this song

This song is haunting. Johnny made this song feel like his own. You can hear his soul. The original by Nine Inch Nails is good. This is tragically great and so personal.

Hearing you talk about your mom and the blankets....broke me. My mom died in a housefire that was so bad it took everything down to dust. I remember the smell of the ash and the chemicals while my sister and i rummaged through the wreckage teying to salvage something of hers. We didnt. Just our memories of the strong incredible woman she was and raised us to be. That was 4 years ago on march 17th. Happy st. Patricks day. Sarcasm choking down now

Disappointment, regret, pride, arrogance, pain, life, joy, love, happiness. This song covers much of the human experience.

Pegasus, I know this video appeared a while back so you may have all these answers already. "Hurt" was originally written by Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails, and it reflected a young artist whose life was spiraling out of control due to the stresses of drugs, fame, anxiety, and all the pressures that go with all of that. As Johnny Cash got toward the end of his life (he was diagnosed with a degenerative disease a few years before he passed) he wanted to do an album of covers, and he worked with none other than legendary hip hop producer Rick Ruben (yes, that Rick Ruben of Def Jam records). Together they selected songs that had been originally recorded by artists from a lot of genres that they both thought might fit Johnny's sparse, authentic style. In this particular case, Cash approached the same lyrics of the same song not from the perspective of a young man whose life was falling apart but from a man who knows he is dying looking back on his life. It's incredible how those lyrics that were penned by someone so young could fit so perfectly with an icon who is looking at his final sunset. This also goes to prove that people who know good music cross all genres, all styles, all generations, all ethnicities, and all cultures. I love the idea of producers and artists from different genres collaborating together and finding magic by mixing the best of what they know to create something new and different. Fantastic reaction--condolences on the loss of your mom--I lost my mother in 1998 and my father in 2014 so I feel you, bro! Keep up the great reactions.