Old country folk song storytelling is just legendary. Most contemporary music struggles to achieve half of the emotional range that artists like Marty Robbins attained with simple vocals and guitar accompaniments.
So true. The majority of modern "country" is so far removed from its roots, it doesn't feel right to even call it country anymore - more like pop music with a southern accent. Bring back the storytelling, the deep and soulful vocalists; crap, bring back the honest-to-goodness HEARTACHE!
Wait a minute. Your a fraud and spreading lies! As in Vegas there is no small guns skill! How dare you not be in your power armour? Lost it? DO YOU EXPECT ME TO BELIEVE THAT? Get some real facts! DISMISSED!
You can hold my big iron right here ;))) just make sure the clothes are all straightened put before you start ironing, wouldn't want any wrinkles on my shirt.
@Arizona ranger Whoah! Be careful, many men tried to take him and those many men are dead! Plus he’s vicious and a killer, though he’s youth of 24 and the notches on his pistol number 1 and 19 more. You’d be better off passing up on this bounty.
I absolutely adore how the composer of this song never intended for his song to be put in a post apocalyptic video game and then memed to hell and back.
He'd love how it reached a younger generation and inspired love for this kind of music. It's crazy how many things you wouldn't expect video games to give you
So far I've seen: Arizona Ranger Arizona Ranger with a Big Iron on his hip Arizona Ranger but far away Big Iron on Arizona Ranger's hip Big Iron with an Arizona Ranger on his hip Texas Red, The Outlaw This town is not big enought for all 6 of you.
While patrolling this comment section I’v also seen: Texas Red Texas Red with a Big Iron on his hip Texas Red the Outlaw with a Big Iron on his hip Big Iron on the hip of Texas Red Big Iron with Texas Red on his hip Big Iron with Texas Red the Outlaw on his hip If this was town was already too small for the previous 6, it’s gotten twice for the now 12 of them here.
@@genghiskhan6809 Good work, comrade. We will make sure to find all of them and find the True Arizona Ranger and Texas Red. Thank you for your service.
The accuracy of the Arizona ranger is so unmatched that if he shoots past you it's still corrected to an automatic headshot, as long as he's intending to hit you no matter where he shoots, he's going to hit you, and it's going to be straight in the cranium
@@Clownbaby985i agree it will fit a new vegas setting so much better. I just hope there’s more than 8 episodes next season. this show deserves 10-12 episodes per season. So good. the best thing to happen to fallout in a long time.
*History of the Big Iron* --- The "Big Iron" that inspired this song was originally built by Andy Anderson (a Hollywood gun-maker and fast-draw holster-maker favored by Steve McQueen and Clint Eastwood) in his Gunfighter shop, using parts from several models. The gun was constructed with a Great Western frame and a 12" barrel made from an 1892 Winchester center-fire .44 rifle/carbine barrel. Since Anderson was 6'4" with large hands, he favored Colt 1860 Army grips and so fixed a grip frame from an 1860 Army pistol and added a Great Western cylinder chambered for .44 Magnum loads. Marty Robbins was in the shop on the day the finished gun was sold. The purchaser, also a very large man, impressed Marty by the speed of his fast draw. One week later, Anderson received in the mail a recording of "Big Iron," which Marty had written immediately after seeing the gun demonstrated. The song "Big Iron" was first released to the public on the _Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs_ album in September 1959, then as a single in February 1960. Today, the gun which so inspired Robbins resides in a private collection (see, esp., The Fast Draw Resource Center, also _cf_ Shooting Chef, Waxahachie TX).
Mr New Vegas really loves that freaking song and that one in which the Billie Holiday goes into a mad falsetto when he sings "Just be sure that it's true when you say I love YOOOOOOU"
@@sturmtruppen2353 texting this from novac while on the rangers hip, hes a great friend, he makes sure to only sacrifice premium Gun Runners 44. Magnums to repair me!
What do you mean by 'so hard'? Are you asking why it's hard to sing? Or why it hits our hearts so hard? Or maybe why it hurts our ears? I don't really know, but I guess it could be that it's not grammatically correct, and now days, it's not politically correct either.
This is not a Country and Western song. This is a Western movie, so get your popcorn ready. A song so vivid, so "Cinematic" that you can almost smell the Gunsmoke and Horses. Such is the genius songwriting of the late great Marty Robbins. RIP GOAT
In all seriousness, this song managed to build up two larger than life gunslingers as credible threats in the span of a few minutes. Masterclass storytelling, with some masterclass musical work to boot. You can make a mini theatre play with this.
I remember this great song from many years ago of my 80 years. Thank you, Marty. A memory of happiness and joy you brought us. And you are still here! 😎
My dad loved this song when I was growing up, and now that I am an adult I’ve grown to appreciate it but at the time it was a groaner. Here goes my dad being lame loudly singing this old country song. It was in fall out new vegas and i hear it on my wifes tik tok sometimes and every time i do it takes me back to those fond memories of my dad. Love that guy
The lyrics are actually really good, it keeps you in suspense the whole song, and when Texas red and the ranger meet up you’re aching to see if this is a heroic story of justice or a sad one, where the ranger meets his end. But the moment he says “the swiftness of the ranger is still talked to this day” you knew Texas red at the end had no chance against this man
My great grand dad drove with marty robins, and they were close friends. Was listening to this song when my grandma, started talking to me about it, I wish I could meet him, as he is one of the best singers of all time
"Texas red had not cleared leather 'for a bullet fairly ripped, and the rangers aim was deadly with the big iron on his hip" is such masterpiece of a line.
@@4DeMS yeah pretty much, it's basically saying "texas reds gun hadn't cleared leather (left the holster) before a bullet ripped through him. so yeah he was shot before his gun was even drawn, that's how quick the ranger was.
It's from an era where song writing wasn't just a catchy beat that would play well in a club, it was also about writing don't lyrics that told a story so vivid you could visualise it as you listened.
My grandfather, Texas born and raised moved up to Alaska in the late 60’s to work for the coast guard, too many fights, and a daring attitude got him on a ice breaker for about a year, after that he went to Ketchikan Alaska and became a police officer, a few years later became a trooper managed to get to Sargent before he left. He would listen to this song every morning getting ready for work in the mirror. RIP, papa.
Everybody talks about the Arizona ranger who carries a big iron on hip, but no one talks about the Arizona ranger who carries on his hip the Arizona ranger who carries the big iron on his hip.
My dad used to play country songs during our BBQ’s when I was a kid, and this was one of the songs that he would frequently play. As an adult, I tried to find the name of the song for years but could never find it. I picked up New Vegas recently and did a double take when I heard the song again after so many years.
45 Colt or .44-40... 44 CALIBER .40 GRAINS OF BLACK POWDER. Elmer Keith didn't invent the .357 Magnum until the 1930s and the 44 Mag didn't come along until the 1950s. 45 Colt would also be acceptable. No need to call it 45 LONG Colt. If it's .45 Colt and it's not .45 ACP it's an old revolver round. The other ones were .36 Navy, .32-20 (kind of anemic) 38-40, etc. 32 Colt, 32 Long Colt, .32 S&W. Big iron? 45 Colt or .44-40. I forget what Steve McQueen used in Dead or Alive. I think it was cut down 44-40 with 45-70 bullets on the belt to make it look a lot more bad-ass.
Training hard to take 1, then 19 after that. I do not fear the man who knows 2,000 techniques. I fear the man who has practiced one technique 2,000 times.
the first one is the one that make it or break it you into a killer, it doesnt count. why? because the story behind of your first homicide is aways the most regretiful and/or haunting one.
I was scrolling and a commenter named ‘Texas Red’ said “don’t tell the Arizona ranger I was here” and the comment below him was by someone named ‘the Arizona ranger with a big iron on his hip’ and he said “someone tell me where Texas Red is”
I am about to turn 59. I first heard this when I was 4. My dad had the Gunfighter Ballads album, which I have today. I knew every song on it by the time I was 6. I was honored to see Marty at his last Austin City Limits performance. Wonderful storyteller. Will NEVER be another like him. His legacy is forever
"Cleared leather" is such a badass description. I know its a common phrase but Marty uses it a lot in his songs and it really drives home that cowboy feeling.
There are two euphemisms for "drawing a pistol" that I've always wanted to properly use in context: 1) [of course] "cleared leather", Marty Robbins, 2) "skin that smokewagon", Wyatt Earp [Kurt Russel], Tombstone
It's a shame that Heart Healthcare we have today didn't exist yet when Marty passed. He would still be with us. I had a heart attack at 37. 2002. I have multiple stents and quite a few heart medicines that keep me alive now. I miss him . I'm so blessed.
When you live in a free state like Mississippi, feels great when you walk into a store with a big iron on your hip. Everyone compliments you and seems to get in line and follow behind you!
It's been a pretty steady fact that a good big engine will always beat a good small engine. That's why sanctioning bodies put displacement limits on the various classes.
@@uns3ri0us Robbins happened to see the custom-created gun at its completion and witnessed its first, fast-draw demonstration. He was so inspired that he immediately wrote the song, the gun's maker receiving a copy of the musical composition within the week!
@@TheCodemanc4 [Success] Okay! We'll be seen as hero's for taking down Texas Red and that damn Deathclaw! Oh, and afterwards though, I want to see Mr. House.
I’m glad he did all the dialogue with the town members and got the quick time achievement, you see so many any% glitch runs and it’s nice to see someone actually go through with 100%
I'll admit, I didn't know Marty Robbins til Fallout:New Vegas. But I recently got a record player and got this as one of my two first (the other being the ink spots) vinyls. The whole album is amazing.
As posted elsewhere --- The "Big Iron" that inspired this song was originally built by Andy Anderson (a Hollywood gun-maker and fast-draw holster-maker favored by Steve McQueen and Clint Eastwood) in his Gunfighter shop, using parts from several models. The gun was constructed with a Great Western frame and a 12" barrel made from an 1892 Winchester center-fire .44 rifle/carbine barrel. Since Anderson was 6'4" with large hands, he favored Colt 1860 Army grips and so fixed a grip frame from an 1860 Army pistol and added a Great Western cylinder chambered for .44 Magnum loads. Marty Robbins was in the shop on the day the finished gun was sold. The purchaser, also a very large man, impressed Marty by the speed of his fast draw. One week later, Anderson received in the mail a recording of "Big Iron," which Marty had written immediately after seeing the gun demonstrated. Today, the gun which so inspired Robbins resides in a private collection (see Wikipedia, see also The Fast Draw Resource Center; cf Shooting Chef, Waxahachie TX).
I used to listen to this album with my grandpa, God rest his soul; could never have imagined then what a meme was let alone that this song would become one. So cool. Also I’m now playing Fallout: New Vegas for the first time.
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Please pardner, tell me. Have you seen texas red?
Can't say I have, nice big iron though
no
Yes
imma steal your acc idea rq
Not yet
Texas Red: "You're going to die today Arizona Ranger"
Arizona Ranger: "That's big talk for someone in *V.A.T.S* distance"
HAHAHAHAHHAHAH I LOVE THIS
XD
If you remember Jack Wilson I am thoroughly convinced he was using vats and had a 95 on the head
He had the cowboy perk
Nothing like sniping every single Powder Ganger in the old NCR Correctional Facility with this playing over the Pip Boy. >:D
Big Iron returns to popularity after more than 50 years
"What in the goddamn"
My friend is a fallout fan and has listened to this on many occasions i got it stuck in my head and now its one of my favourite songs
@@witifulweavile2272 You can't go one session without hearing it at least twice.
Correction pardner: What in *TARNATION*
*1 and 49 more
Ring a ding ding baby
Old country folk song storytelling is just legendary. Most contemporary music struggles to achieve half of the emotional range that artists like Marty Robbins attained with simple vocals and guitar accompaniments.
there's some gems in the rough, tbf. if there's someone arguing it's folk it's the good stuff lol
Colter Wall is worth checking out.
So true. The majority of modern "country" is so far removed from its roots, it doesn't feel right to even call it country anymore - more like pop music with a southern accent. Bring back the storytelling, the deep and soulful vocalists; crap, bring back the honest-to-goodness HEARTACHE!
Iron so big it flipped me upside down
Lol
damn
The Australian ranger I see
Hello my upside down brother
australian ranger with big iron on his hip
"Strolling through the town of Agua Fria gives you a strange sense of relaxation, 'small weapons skill increased'.
Your a fake and a fraud!
@@arizonaranger1 no, I'm just not from round' these parts, pardner.
@@BNbrett1376 Not THE Arizona Ranger though
Arizona Ranger, This reminds me of that Spider-Man meme.
Wait a minute. Your a fraud and spreading lies! As in Vegas there is no small guns skill! How dare you not be in your power armour? Lost it? DO YOU EXPECT ME TO BELIEVE THAT? Get some real facts! DISMISSED!
We both never allow our Arizona Ranger to make a slip.
Lol
@@abalyon7043 engineer gaming
@@lolylolydab engineer gaming
@@abalyon7043 engineer gaming
@@abalyon7043 engineer gaming
Funny how the length of this song is 3:57, like the .357 magnum.
Lmaooo! good eye.
Back then a 38 wasn't a big iron jus sayin... Lol
@@HoScaleWizard*dead eye
Most likely a 45 LC . .357 is too modern
Stolen?
My grandpa when he recovers from hip surgery
hope he recovers fast!
Not to fast though or it will make implications
Underrated comment tbh
Damn right partner
Big iron *IN* his hip
That’s how dangerous his hip is
I protect my Arizona Ranger's eyes from the sun so he can be deadly accurate with his Big Iron.
Yooooooo
The true hero of the story
bro its a whole series
Fraud
Wait if you are a hat how are you talking..
I wish the Arizona Ranger would hold the Big Iron with me.
Screw off left hand no one uses you except dual wielded users
@@MunchaBuncha yea the only people who use left hand are rats like Micah Bell
You can hold my big iron right here ;)))
just make sure the clothes are all straightened put before you start ironing, wouldn't want any wrinkles on my shirt.
@@vaasmontenegro9299 I mean Arthur was a badass who dual wielded.
@@ZLScratch I mean technically his weapon was just one cattleman revolver
No one messes with my Arizona Ranger. He's as accurate as hell!
hold up, something aint right here
You lost in another dimension, partner? 😂
@Arizona ranger Whoah! Be careful, many men tried to take him and those many men are dead! Plus he’s vicious and a killer, though he’s youth of 24 and the notches on his pistol number 1 and 19 more. You’d be better off passing up on this bounty.
You take care of them
I died after seeing this Profile
I absolutely adore how the composer of this song never intended for his song to be put in a post apocalyptic video game and then memed to hell and back.
Miguel Conti he is smiling down from heaven
He'd love how it reached a younger generation and inspired love for this kind of music. It's crazy how many things you wouldn't expect video games to give you
Big dank on his hip almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter.
Perfect song for new Vegas - but it seems to play constantly - couldn't they licence any more tunes?
how would he have, exactly..?
New Vegas: Do you like country?
Me: No not really.
New Vegas: Would you like to?
@MrTopHat_Gaming_yt he just transfers into another robot u cant do that
@MrTopHat_Gaming_yt Ave, True to Caesar
@@Lucas-vw5uq yeah the old shit is good
@@dangbro6157 You talking mad shit for someone in a sniper rifle distance, savage
Patrolling the Mojave almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter.
Hank McLean: *starts walking*
New Vegas:
In New Vegas he'll be known as Mr.Jackpots. HELLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.
*johnny guitar
@@Littlejohnnymarston1 dont remind me
So far I've seen:
Arizona Ranger
Arizona Ranger with a Big Iron on his hip
Arizona Ranger but far away
Big Iron on Arizona Ranger's hip
Big Iron with an Arizona Ranger on his hip
Texas Red, The Outlaw
This town is not big enought for all 6 of you.
I think you mean all 1 and 5 more
While patrolling this comment section I’v also seen:
Texas Red
Texas Red with a Big Iron on his hip
Texas Red the Outlaw with a Big Iron on his hip
Big Iron on the hip of Texas Red
Big Iron with Texas Red on his hip
Big Iron with Texas Red the Outlaw on his hip
If this was town was already too small for the previous 6, it’s gotten twice for the now 12 of them here.
@@genghiskhan6809 Good work, comrade. We will make sure to find all of them and find the True Arizona Ranger and Texas Red. Thank you for your service.
I have seen all of them too!
The imposters have been given texas red trreatment
Im so proud of you big bro, someday Im gonna be like you
😂😂😂
Its all coming together 😂
Bloody brilliant. If only this had more likes.
Hxgchgyf nice
Bruh
The accuracy of the Arizona ranger is so unmatched that if he shoots past you it's still corrected to an automatic headshot, as long as he's intending to hit you no matter where he shoots, he's going to hit you, and it's going to be straight in the cranium
Oh thank god, sense the main video got comments disabled I thought you guys were gone forever
@@cultofgoose1942 nope, the rangers can't be stopped
@Black Hat *the dead eye is strong with this one*
@@arizonaranger1815 yes texas red is NOT PREPARED!!
@@Ashley-the-fox My skill is unmatched
So mad fallout series didnt end with this song. Especially with that last shot 😅 *You take a sip from your trusty vault 13 canteen*
I hope they open up season 2 with this song as we get to new vegas
yeah i think it must be in 2 season,season 1 ended like that shows that will be more like new games,new vegas,so it must be there
I legit hope they're holding on New Vegas's OST for it to be in the next season.
@@Clownbaby985i agree it will fit a new vegas setting so much better. I just hope there’s more than 8 episodes next season. this show deserves 10-12 episodes per season. So good. the best thing to happen to fallout in a long time.
@smh-TV for reals, but even if they keep it at 8, if they're still written as good i won't even be disappointed lol
Hey, psst don’t tell the stranger with the big iron on his hip that I’m here.
This should have more likes
@Fxs_ Z oh no... I hoped it wouldn’t come to this but I must challenge him to a duel before he challenges me.
it’s alr bro he knows your address
@@jaxdent7935 shoot, how does he know I live in 69 Texas st?
@@Exoqua he knows a guy that knows a guy
I do appreciate a lot of Fallout: New Vegas reviews on Steam that are just “BIG IRON”.
I agree.
@@Lonoski yoo fellow sonic x fan?
I should do thay
@Conrad Murray ✔ nice fake check mark
Fallout 4 can suck it
Fun fact, where Marty says “one and nineteen more” it’s actually at 1:19
Huh
that genuinely made my day
@@ariejohnson1944 I’m glad I could do that :)
He still coming back tp this comment, chad
This took me a minute to process
This is definitely going to be used in a climatic scene for The Ghoul in Fallout's Season 2.
I hope
God yes
It must
Your word in Todd's ear!
Yes sir! Hope the music man shoots some lead to this
I will never forget what Arizona Ranger stepped on without telling me....
what did he step on?
@@anoncuber1510 the answer is obvious
@@deadxross was it a tumbleweed? its gotta be a tumbleweed!
its a tumbleweed isnt it?
@@anoncuber1510 I'm sorry it wasn't a tumbleweed
@@deadxross O:
Can't believe the other video disabled comments
Yes, please bring these comments back
@@cultofgoose1942 I would like to join the cult
@@krono-xyz you may
👉🏻Your a fake and a fraud!
@@cultofgoose1942 May I master?
“What was the worst year of your life?
“2001 and 19 more...”
~2001 and 19 moooooore...~
big disaster on it's hip
@@ulysses847 ~big disaster on its hiiiiiiip~
@@kamranhussain8545 it was early in the morning when it rode into chinaaaaa
it came riding from the south side, slowly infecting everyone
Wasn’t long before the story was related to the China virus
*History of the Big Iron* --- The "Big Iron" that inspired this song was originally built by Andy Anderson (a Hollywood gun-maker and fast-draw holster-maker favored by Steve McQueen and Clint Eastwood) in his Gunfighter shop, using parts from several models. The gun was constructed with a Great Western frame and a 12" barrel made from an 1892 Winchester center-fire .44 rifle/carbine barrel. Since Anderson was 6'4" with large hands, he favored Colt 1860 Army grips and so fixed a grip frame from an 1860 Army pistol and added a Great Western cylinder chambered for .44 Magnum loads.
Marty Robbins was in the shop on the day the finished gun was sold. The purchaser, also a very large man, impressed Marty by the speed of his fast draw. One week later, Anderson received in the mail a recording of "Big Iron," which Marty had written immediately after seeing the gun demonstrated.
The song "Big Iron" was first released to the public on the _Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs_ album in September 1959, then as a single in February 1960. Today, the gun which so inspired Robbins resides in a private collection (see, esp., The Fast Draw Resource Center, also _cf_ Shooting Chef, Waxahachie TX).
Me: *wants to hear this song*
Radio: JOHNNY GUITAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR
fuck that song lol
Mr New Vegas really loves that freaking song and that one in which the Billie Holiday goes into a mad falsetto when he sings "Just be sure that it's true when you say I love YOOOOOOU"
Heartaches by the number is where it’s at
@@yaboibenson0159
😔
Fuck that song
ʸᵒ ᵗᵘʳⁿ ᵗʰᵃᵗ ˢʰᶦᵗ ᵘᵖ ᶦ ᶜᵃⁿ ᵇᵃʳᵉˡʸ ʰᵉᵃʳ ᶦᵗ
Underrated comment
@@badfoo3651 way too underrated LOL
lmao
Amazing
How he doo that
IM THE BIG IRON HES TALKING ABOUT! I feel so honored
This is almost as good as the entire song where a pistol was a friend of a man
@@sturmtruppen2353 texting this from novac while on the rangers hip, hes a great friend, he makes sure to only sacrifice premium Gun Runners 44. Magnums to repair me!
pumped up kicks
Did the ranger give you any upgrades
Hello my friend
I love how this is an entire western told by a song in just under four minutes.
Arizona ranger:
Agility 10
Lucky 10
Charisma 4/10
Perk: Gunslinger
Skills:
Small guns: 100
its not lucky its luck
BOT BOT KILL IT KILL IT AVE TRUE CEASER
I'm actually gonna try this build
Charisma 1/10
Everyone knows Charisma is a dump stat in New Vegas
redditors 🗿
“Many men had tried to take him and that many men were dead”
Why does that line go so hard 😩
Didn't expect to see you here!
No way he listens to big iron
"20 men had tried to take him, 20 men had made a slip, 21 would be the ranger with the big iron on his hip"
fr
What do you mean by 'so hard'? Are you asking why it's hard to sing? Or why it hits our hearts so hard? Or maybe why it hurts our ears?
I don't really know, but I guess it could be that it's not grammatically correct, and now days, it's not politically correct either.
This is not a Country and Western song. This is a Western movie, so get your popcorn ready. A song so vivid, so "Cinematic" that you can almost smell the Gunsmoke and Horses. Such is the genius songwriting of the late great Marty Robbins. RIP GOAT
The game was rigged from the start. We’re all here from Fallout NV my guy.
@@LD-ij1mknot me 😂
Rip Marty Robbin’s
@ My Pa actually used to play this song for us way before Fallout came out.
Hey, any y'all seen Texas red at all?
Or maybe even that bastard Benny in the checkered suit?
We need more of these, the comments will be filled with these again one day
Oh texas red is benny and he is at the tops casino on new vegas but reamember do not go to new vegas on the quarry junk way or the part with casatores
I heard you were looking for me I hope you can draw your iron as fast as me cowboy
@@texasred3130 hey benny
Found him...
In all seriousness, this song managed to build up two larger than life gunslingers as credible threats in the span of a few minutes. Masterclass storytelling, with some masterclass musical work to boot. You can make a mini theatre play with this.
they don't make 'em like they used to.
@@jonathanpatten8703 they truly don't
Love the music
I would love to see a theatre play based on this
A big iron speedrun doesn't count unless it still tells the whole story
“xXArizona rangerXx- killed -Texas_Red”
Rocket Boots Entertainment how the hell does this not have more likes
Mr.woken’t was posted 2 weeks ago so is barely new I guess
100th like woohoo
This is the most liked thing that I’ve ever posted.... not even this many like on my highest liked RUclips vid
Nvm the vid has more but like whatever
Texas_red was on a rampage man... what a shame
I remember this great song from many years ago of my 80 years. Thank you, Marty. A memory of happiness and joy you brought us. And you are still here! 😎
I'm of an age with you, sir, and happily, my grands and greats are all excellent gun-handlers. The legends live on!
This yees my haw.
Stigerdaw Well this haw my yee
This mountains my West Virginia
This yaws my yee
this is my country road that takes me home
this ya's my yeet
Came in clutch, woulda never been able to defeat Texas Red
I bet!
That stranger had a huge iron
Fallout reference!
@@SaariumDeta The song was literally featured in fallout new vegas, its the main reason most people know this song.
@@marconaples8114 I'm not talking about the song lmao. In his pfp he has the mysterious stranger
Don't tell the Arizona Ranger that I was here.
GOTCHA BITCH
What happened here? The air smells like lead
@@NITRP2024 Did you get him?
Don't worry, we can't... you made sure of that.
-walks in- *Heavy Metal follows*
My dad loved this song when I was growing up, and now that I am an adult I’ve grown to appreciate it but at the time it was a groaner. Here goes my dad being lame loudly singing this old country song. It was in fall out new vegas and i hear it on my wifes tik tok sometimes and every time i do it takes me back to those fond memories of my dad. Love that guy
The lyrics are actually really good, it keeps you in suspense the whole song, and when Texas red and the ranger meet up you’re aching to see if this is a heroic story of justice or a sad one, where the ranger meets his end. But the moment he says “the swiftness of the ranger is still talked to this day” you knew Texas red at the end had no chance against this man
I mean, not really
@@thatoneperson9830 not really what
@@squirrel1331 They aren't that good
@@thatoneperson9830 why
@@squirrel1331 he's one of the Texas red remnants that's why..
"Patrolling the Mojave almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter."
- Trooper, NCR
Thank you mr. funny and quotable npc
Fuck the ncr
"We got the second profligate right here Ceasar."
@@that_one_guy9142 ncr and proud
I like how the song length is 3:57
as in 357 magnum
*Half-Life flashbacks*
*Fallout nv intensifies*
The power behind the gun that won the west (at least one of them)
Lead Foot clever
Cool beans
My great grand dad drove with marty robins, and they were close friends. Was listening to this song when my grandma, started talking to me about it, I wish I could meet him, as he is one of the best singers of all time
I am almost 50, and my 17 year old introduced me to this.
nice 😩
"Christ, there's a boomer around here"
I'm an opportunist, and I saw an opportunity
Well he has good videogame taste then
@@alejandrohoughtaling5470 well then...
He's gonna love the faction that worships explosives in NV.
You're a 70's kid. Alot went on during that time to focus on music that was 20 years older. You got a pass.
"Texas red had not cleared leather 'for a bullet fairly ripped, and the rangers aim was deadly with the big iron on his hip" is such masterpiece of a line.
Correct me if I'm wrong. But doesn't that mean he never got his pistol out before the ranger shot him dead?
@@4DeMS yeah pretty much, it's basically saying "texas reds gun hadn't cleared leather (left the holster) before a bullet ripped through him. so yeah he was shot before his gun was even drawn, that's how quick the ranger was.
Yeah like, not only dead before he hit the ground, but dead before he could touch his gun.
It's from an era where song writing wasn't just a catchy beat that would play well in a club, it was also about writing don't lyrics that told a story so vivid you could visualise it as you listened.
@@4DeMS "never a fair fight"
You all see me, but never talk about me. Rough.
Sure bud you have it rough
@@arizonarangersgunstrap907 Really guys?
@@minmartyrobbinsname969 I literally invented the gun in the song…
don't worry brother I have 2 left hands
Because nothing needs said, you are perfect the way you are!
My grandfather, Texas born and raised moved up to Alaska in the late 60’s to work for the coast guard, too many fights, and a daring attitude got him on a ice breaker for about a year, after that he went to Ketchikan Alaska and became a police officer, a few years later became a trooper managed to get to Sargent before he left. He would listen to this song every morning getting ready for work in the mirror. RIP, papa.
No one talks about how this song is an storytelling masterpiece
Back when all songs were good and real county and told very good story's. One of my favorites being "Big John"
@@braedonphillips2617 hell yeah man. Bob Dylan's Hurricane is fucking sick too.
I most listen to it whil fighting of beasts of mojave wastlend so it took me like 5 hours untill i got the stoey.
@@despacitodaniel801 all along the watchtower too
@@crishez7539 But All along the Watchtower isn't a linear story and getting the meaning of it isn't usual.
Now that I've gotten texas red I'm going after the people at youtube that disabled so many great comment sections
Good man
@@bubbyman0973 why not both
Pew
do it
@@pringlemccringle3960 what do you do with a drunken sailor
Everybody talks about the Arizona ranger who carries a big iron on hip, but no one talks about the Arizona ranger who carries on his hip the Arizona ranger who carries the big iron on his hip.
What
Your name tho
What the hell
We call that man Boone
Meta
My Dad had this album. I know every word. What a voice!
My dad used to play country songs during our BBQ’s when I was a kid, and this was one of the songs that he would frequently play. As an adult, I tried to find the name of the song for years but could never find it. I picked up New Vegas recently and did a double take when I heard the song again after so many years.
I bet that made a bunch of memories get back to your thoughts
I have nearly the same story with Blue Moon and my folks.
Glad you finally found it! But also that must be the best feeling ever
Your brain did a whole VATS targeting freeze.
I know the feeling, pretty sick song, doesn't it?
I always keep the big iron safely secured for the Ranger.
hey can you hold my 28 big irons
@@Methylbenzene_A I can hold the Bigger Iron.
@@maya-the-shitposter good enough
you do a good job.
Word of advice - if everyone in the nearby Ranger Station are dead, don't loot the bodies. Ka-blew-eee
Every modern Fallout has had that one country song that’s the game’s unofficial theme song
Hatkid
Fax uranium fever is fallout 4s imo
even the Interplay fallout games did
@@shawnwilkerson3 I think atom bomb baby is more iconic
@@shawnwilkerson3 Nah fallout 4 has the wanderer for sure
Looks like season 2 is Marty’s time to shine.
"Many men had tried to take him, and that many men were dead" Such and iconic line
Miyamoto Musashi
❤
Real
24 years old killer
This was actually 50 cent's motivation and inspiration to write the song many men
You've become addicted to .44 magnum.
Nice profile picture
45 Colt or .44-40... 44 CALIBER .40 GRAINS OF BLACK POWDER. Elmer Keith didn't invent the .357 Magnum until the 1930s and the 44 Mag didn't come along until the 1950s. 45 Colt would also be acceptable. No need to call it 45 LONG Colt. If it's .45 Colt and it's not .45 ACP it's an old revolver round. The other ones were .36 Navy, .32-20 (kind of anemic) 38-40, etc. 32 Colt, 32 Long Colt, .32 S&W. Big iron? 45 Colt or .44-40. I forget what Steve McQueen used in Dead or Alive. I think it was cut down 44-40 with 45-70 bullets on the belt to make it look a lot more bad-ass.
ruclips.net/video/K_x9akvgc40/видео.html
well someone has
@@Satchmoeddie most likely a cap&ball .44
Noice.
Yo this shit is a beat, can’t wait for my turn
I wonder if there's an Arizona ranger with big diamond sword on his hip.
Hello my banzai brother
I'll write the song about you man I got you brother
@@arizonarangerwithabigirons7487 it only took you making 11 accounts and 37 comments 💀
Go retake Jersualem, Arizona Crusader
I love how this song is an allegory for the main campaign of New Vegas.
So Texas Red = Benny and the ranger is the courier?
Accurate
Loremaster
R.I.P. to the Ranger and Texas Red comments in the original video
Big sad
Oh dont worry i went on living.
@@texasred1587 What are you doing here!?! Don’t you know the Arizona Ranger is looking for you?
@@mrhuman5889 Dont worry the dirty ranger wont find me.
@@texasred1587 LOOK OUT THE ARIZONA RANGER!
Teacher: "What comes after One?"
Me: "Two"
Teacher: "So why did you wrote _...And Nineteen More_ ?"
He made a slip
This guy gets it.
@@malcolmjenkins3585 Beats wearing one I'm sure.
I love that
Because I killed those One and 19 More men
Me: *is getting killed by deathclaws*
My pip boy:
SHIT AW CRAP AAAAAAAA *pip boy:*
Drinks 26 nuka cola’s
*You take a sip from your trusty Vault 13 canteen*
I once got jumped by 3 of them death jaws. But 4 of them
Pip boy: this handsome ranger was about to meet his death
CLAIM DENIED
LMAO
That Big American Iron 😎
Small brain: "20"
Big brain: "1 and 19 more"
😂😂😂😂
Training hard to take 1, then 19 after that. I do not fear the man who knows 2,000 techniques. I fear the man who has practiced one technique 2,000 times.
@@lanceknightmare 1 and 1999 more times
the first one is the one that make it or break it you into a killer, it doesnt count. why? because the story behind of your first homicide is aways the most regretiful and/or haunting one.
😂
POV: You're scrolling through the comments wondering why there are so many arizona rangers.
I was scrolling and a commenter named ‘Texas Red’ said “don’t tell the Arizona ranger I was here” and the comment below him was by someone named ‘the Arizona ranger with a big iron on his hip’ and he said “someone tell me where Texas Red is”
It seems we're all late to the party here
Everyone: it is now 2020
Me, an intellectual: it is the year of our Lord, one and nineteen more
One and nineteen mooooreeee
Amen brotha
A brilliant use of words Sir !! Perfectly said after watching this video . Well Done
Amen
Well played. (golf clap) Well played.
I’m here after finishing the Fallout series, im in love all over again
Ok who’s here because the main song got comments disabled
I'd like to join this cult
@@idontknowimebored77 absolutely
@@cultofgoose1942 me too
@@kamkun8082 you may as well
yup
I am about to turn 59. I first heard this when I was 4. My dad had the Gunfighter Ballads album, which I have today. I knew every song on it by the time I was 6. I was honored to see Marty at his last Austin City Limits performance. Wonderful storyteller. Will NEVER be another like him. His legacy is forever
I'm 70, first heard this in 59, my dad has this album, for a 7 year old kid, wow, exciting.
Charles was also good
So many of our Dad's had this album, I'm from Sydney Australia and was 3 when Dad left this treasure behind when he went to Nam never to return home,
boey knife
I'm 76, 11-19-46
Be careful when you're giving money to strangers. My pharmacy closed over the weekend. They'd been here as long as I can remember!
"Cleared leather" is such a badass description. I know its a common phrase but Marty uses it a lot in his songs and it really drives home that cowboy feeling.
Kinda like a sheriff saying shuck them hog legs boys lol
There are two euphemisms for "drawing a pistol" that I've always wanted to properly use in context:
1) [of course] "cleared leather", Marty Robbins,
2) "skin that smokewagon", Wyatt Earp [Kurt Russel], Tombstone
"GO AHEAD!!!SKIN IT!!SKIN THAT SMOKE WAGON!!"'-Wyatt Earp(Kurt Russel)"Tombstone".
I for one like the term "fill your hand", or as John Wayne said in True Grit: "Fill your hand you sonofabitch!"
It's a shame that Heart Healthcare we have today didn't exist yet when Marty passed. He would still be with us. I had a heart attack at 37. 2002. I have multiple stents and quite a few heart medicines that keep me alive now. I miss him . I'm so blessed.
When you live in a free state like Mississippi, feels great when you walk into a store with a big iron on your hip. Everyone compliments you and seems to get in line and follow behind you!
My dad used to sing me this back when I was a boy. God rest his soul
you got me sad now dude, rest in peace this stranger father.
No
Didn't he quicksave?
Continue his legacy
*stranger's father head is crippled*
"The Big Iron is mightier than the Small Iron"
-The Entire Horse
I honestly laughed way to hard at this
Now that's a memorable quote
- me
@@bigboss43776 holy shit! It's THE ENTIRE HORSE!!!!
@@soggybread1999 that's right it's me I also go by maximum mammal half horse entire Stallone and entire equestrian and big pony and many more names
It's been a pretty steady fact that a good big engine will always beat a good small engine. That's why sanctioning bodies put displacement limits on the various classes.
Okay but like, this song is actually good
Like really, like.... really, sksksksksksk
@@liamc.6274 *one more sksksksksk and I will sksksksk skin you.*
@@liamc.6274 I was joking lmao
@@superdan333 ha! I got a big iron on my hip!
@@unlimitedpower1385 I GOT A KNIFE
I wonder did Marty Robbins know he wouldve had all us in awe of his chanting and story telling all these years later
He knew... That's why he made this song
@@uns3ri0us Robbins happened to see the custom-created gun at its completion and witnessed its first, fast-draw demonstration. He was so inspired that he immediately wrote the song, the gun's maker receiving a copy of the musical composition within the week!
Why does he look like a ps2 model
Omg wow!
Why do I see it so well?
Looks like an action figure.
You right
Nice profile picture
[Barter 50] Pay up 200 caps more, and I'll tell you where's that Texas Red bastard.
[Speech 75] How about you tell me where your caps stash is and maybe I won't tell the sheriff about your illegal chem business.
@@hisnameiskilljoy [Explosives 80] We could turn half the caps into mines, and sell em or something, or use them to hunt a Deathclaw.
@@TheCodemanc4 [Success] Okay! We'll be seen as hero's for taking down Texas Red and that damn Deathclaw! Oh, and afterwards though, I want to see Mr. House.
A C K T C H U L L Y it's 1 and 199 more caps more
@@_1and19more_ 🤣🤣🤣🤣
This song really gave Fallout New Vegas its atmosphere.
Yes ma'am it did
Yea I liked to think of it as the theme of the Mojave while Blue Moon was the theme of The Strip
It was used in fallout new vegas
Really did I hope they remaster fallout NV.
Yeah
finally
a 100% glitchless run
Well, if that is true, then that is a f**king miracle.
Wait you got glitches
After so many any% speedruns
I’m glad he did all the dialogue with the town members and got the quick time achievement, you see so many any% glitch runs and it’s nice to see someone actually go through with 100%
@@michaelzhang9806 it’s quite refreshing
"Nobody can mix futuristic, western and post apocalyptic"
New Vegas: hold my big iron
Futuristic, post-apocalyptic, western, roman, mongolian, tribal and most importantly...
The Kings, baby!
@@SmittyWJManJensenbecause the world can be set on fire but The King, The King will be eternal
@@egillskallagrimson5879The House always wins. Always.
anytime play red dead redemption 2, I hear fallout music in the backround xD
@1ceskull647 you're crying in the rain paly!
Beautiful song.
There are two hats now, does arizona ranger wear 2 hats to be more protected from the sun and have a deadlier aim?
I thought ur name said Arizona ranger shat
Согласен. Отличная песня.
Must be your song... {;-)
I'll admit, I didn't know Marty Robbins til Fallout:New Vegas. But I recently got a record player and got this as one of my two first (the other being the ink spots) vinyls. The whole album is amazing.
I'm so proud to tip my hat towards my daddy's grave and say "Thanks for growing me on these songs dad" a proud Jamaican Cowboy... 🙏🏿🇯🇲
Rest in peace, jamaican cattleman :(
I’m sorry for your loss, I hold my hat to you and yours.
I didnt know jamaican cowboys existed🤔
Good man
This drink is for you n your daddy 🦾 big blessings my friend
As posted elsewhere ---
The "Big Iron" that inspired this song was originally built by Andy Anderson (a Hollywood gun-maker and fast-draw holster-maker favored by Steve McQueen and Clint Eastwood) in his Gunfighter shop, using parts from several models. The gun was constructed with a Great Western frame and a 12" barrel made from an 1892 Winchester center-fire .44 rifle/carbine barrel. Since Anderson was 6'4" with large hands, he favored Colt 1860 Army grips and so fixed a grip frame from an 1860 Army pistol and added a Great Western cylinder chambered for .44 Magnum loads.
Marty Robbins was in the shop on the day the finished gun was sold. The purchaser, also a very large man, impressed Marty by the speed of his fast draw. One week later, Anderson received in the mail a recording of "Big Iron," which Marty had written immediately after seeing the gun demonstrated.
Today, the gun which so inspired Robbins resides in a private collection (see Wikipedia, see also The Fast Draw Resource Center; cf Shooting Chef, Waxahachie TX).
Neat
that's pretty cool
I can’t find any record of the gun on Wikipedia. If you happen to get this reply, could you mention where it might be mentioned?
I used to listen to this album with my grandpa, God rest his soul; could never have imagined then what a meme was let alone that this song would become one. So cool. Also I’m now playing Fallout: New Vegas for the first time.
Fallout New Vegas is the best fallout game it's a good choice
Sorry for your loss
fallout new vegas is easily the best fallout game
I hold my hat. Sorry for your loss.
I too am playing fallout NW for the first time
This is truly a song that you can turn on at any time and it will be on point.
I would turn on the radio in fallout new Vegas just to listen to this.
Bro me too
Same
I still do
Same lol😂😂
Patrolling the Mojave wasteland make you wish for a nuclear winter
this makes my iron big
...
O k
Should I be worried?
stanky roach probably
Oh *g o d*
“He was vicious and a killer though a youth of 24, and the notches on his pistol numbered one and nineteen more.” That line goes so hard
as i was listening to the song and reading this that line came on perfectly.
Same
@@Pranav_rive same
Why
1960: Good music
2024: Good music
2281: Good music
We won't go quietly, the Legion can count on that.
*Caesar didn't like that*
Ave, True to Caesar!
(Sneak attack critical on NCR Trooper) Gah!
When I Got This Assignment, I Expected More Gambling
Patrolling the Mojave almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter.
*you’ve* *yeed* *your* *last* *haw* *partner*
Zoo wee mama
Texas Red?Maybe Texas Dead!
.44 or.357
@@randomfolk9545 .45
both
Patrolling the mojave almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter
Patroling the nuclear winter almost makes you wish for a mojave
@@aloadae5248 its a quote from new vegas xd, do you know the game or what ?
Oh no you didn't just not get that quote.
We won’t go quietly. The Legion can count on that.
The slave has been spreading rumors about the burned man
“Strolling through the town of Agua Fria gives you a strange sense of relaxation”
*weapons skill increased by 5x*
I give this song 1 and 4 more stars.
lr4165 4 more staaarrrrssss
"...one and four more staaaaaars".
Glad to keep up his big iron, he couldnt have it on his hip without me
Holy shit lol 😂 how are they’re so many accounts ? I have seen about 15 so far lol
"Texas red more like Texas DEAD"
-The rangers with a big iron on his hip