Finnish Vocal Coach first time reaction: JOHNNY CASH "HURT" (SUBS) // Äänikoutsi reagoi
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- Опубликовано: 13 янв 2023
- It is time to react to this old master who's voice is like an old whisky that just keeps getting better with time.
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The impact of having June in the video, with her passing not long after, puts an even stronger emotional feeling. This song is Cash.
Yes indeed!
Johnny Cash definitely had a storied career.... and was a legendary character. His use of Hurt as a capstone of his work is such an excellent and powerful selection by Cash that I can't help but imagine that he searched for something that would serve as an appropriate penultimate conclusion of his career and life - and he definitely found it IMHO.
It's been almost 20 years since this amazing artist passed away. This cover song still touches me today and his songs will live on.
Anna, thank you very much for this emotional and great reaction.
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Trent has said "this is no longer my song...... it belongs to Johnny!"
Heart breaking!
And not that Johnny took it, but simply affirmed the insight of Reznor's message with his own experience.
Everyone discusses Johnny's interpretation, his voice, in this cover, for obvious reasons. I heard the song long before I saw the video and I can tell you, the video adds almost all of the emotion to the song. Having known the song from NIN, I knew it was about a man spiraling out of control into addiction, and without the video for context, you just assume Cash is singing about the same thing. The song already had a meaning. It was the video that changed everything and turned it into a eulogy for himself. It's heartbreaking, but the video makers are never credited for the genius they added to the experience.
Good comment. Johnny was singing more in reflection of having gone through the addiction and the problems it caused within his relationships and life. Now too late to change any of it. I believe we, the listener, interpret it as a eulogy of sorts. Maybe it is, but I regard it as the same meaning, just from a different point in time
@@markblalock6579 I agree. I actually think most of the video (overwhelming religious symbols/images, rotting fish, etc.) actually detracts from the song/lyrics. But, the ending with him closing the piano and then caressing the wood is a tremendous achievement.
Trent Reznor first heard the cover. He describee his initial reaction with: "Hearing it was like someone kissing your girlfriend. It felt invasive."
He described his reaction to the video he saw later with :
"I wasn’t prepared for what I saw, and it really then, wasn’t my song anymore.”
If you don't feel a little emotional at this I might not believe you're human. It's such a powerful performance. One of the things that's always been so interesting to me is how this and the original are almost like two different songs, but still so similar. The original NIN version is a young mans perspective, expressing all that passionate anger at a fresh wound, and Johnny's version is the measured acceptance of an old man reflecting on past mistakes. They could be bookends on the story of the life of the same man.
The most powerful thing in this song is in the end of the video when he closes the piano and creases it with his hands. To me it was his way of saying goodbye. I thing a lot of people miss this aspect of the video. Also everyone I know that has listened to this song has said they actual had tears running down their face. One of the most powerful songs that I've ever heard.
The song's lyrics already tell a beautiful and sad story, but Johnny takes it to another level. The emotion he brings to his performance is almost overwhelming at times, without being overdone or dramatic. His version hits hard as we watch a man at the end of his years reflecting on his life, and how he would have done things differently if he could. Heartbreaking and beautiful.
Well, except that the original song and the lyrics are neither beautiful, nor sad. Rather desperate and anguished. I agree with @lucasholtgreven3359, it's the video that adds those emotions, and makes the whole song sad and nostalgic.
I have not experienced the extreme highs and lows he did in his life, but - as I am advancing in years myself, I can absolutely empathize with the lyrics and his delivery. So much to think about when you have a full lifetime to reflect on.
This song is sung with so many heartfelt emotions, it almost hurts to watch and/or hear it.
Thank you for your detailed reaction to this rendition of this song. You are correct about Mr. Cash's meaning with this song. When Johnny Cash's daughter Roseann heard this song for the first time. She said to her father. "It sounds like you are saying goodbye." His response to his daughter inquiry was simple and direct. "It is."
June Carter Cash was his wife. Do you mean Rosanne Cash?
@@MichaelScheele Yes, I did. Thank you for bringing this to my attention. I have corrected my statement.
I thought I would never listen to country music or any country artist. But one day I bought a comp CD of Johnny Cash songs, and… he opened that door for me. Johnny’s considered a major “crossover” artist, because he appeals to fans of a wide range of genres. There are people in the rock, metal, Goth, punk, country and more communities and cultures who love his songs. And to end one’s career… and even life… on such a powerful, emotional and incredible note, is always going to be amazing.
Me too. I was so dissappointed in myself for not listening to him until just after he died. He wasn't special in any technical measure, but he somehow made you feel the emotion of a song through his voice more deeply than any other singer that I can think of. He could make you cry, laugh, or smile with joy, whatever was called for in a song.
This is one of those iconic "covers". They don't come around often...but when they do...they're magical. They take on a life of their own. I look forward to the next one.
This song was originally written & performed by "Nine Inch Nails". It was written about drugs & depression. But Johnny Cash's version is considered the best. His version is more about regret for past mistakes in life & realizing material things & fame mean nothing in the end. When the video was filmed in February 2003, Cash was 71 years old & had serious health problems. His frailty is clearly evident in the video. He died seven months later, on September 12 & his wife, June Carter Cash, who is shown gazing at her husband in two sequences of the video, had died on May 15 of the same year.
I've read that Trent stated that this song is no longer his, it's Mr. Cash's, because he performed it better than he could and with more emotional weight.
The rabbit hole is about the glass bowl that the black Barry's should have been in that's the real inside story
Please explain further
Every line of this speaks to me and says things that I have told myself. I thought I was a freak for these thoughts, but many many people feel these thoughts. I will let you down, I will make you hurt. What poetry.
This Johnny Cash song really moves me, seeing June there and knowing the story of her leaving shortly after and then him leaving too, brings a deep feeling listening to this song and watching this video.
I heard this first a year ago, the reactor/analyst was someone that knew Johnny Cash so she had a lot of insight. By the time, she finished, I felt a kinship with him. The song seemed like Trent had written it just for him and by extension, all of us that are nearing his age, lost our loved ones to death, knowing we are now the frontline troops. His wife died just two months after this was completed and Johnny himself, a few months after her. His daughter, after seeing the video, said to him, "It sounds like you are saying goodbye." "I am." he said. When he closed the piano in this, it was the last time he played it. It truly is a masterpiece because the truth is all over it. 6 years ago, I lost my husband of 48 years, the love of my life, to cancer. I'm in good health but for quite a while, I didn't want to live without him. I'm just coming out of that now, hybridizing new daylilies and those that are worthy of registration will go down to the cancer center and let the patients name them. I'll register them and let them have a start or 2 of the plants they name. I have found new things to do which brings a peace within. This song by Johnny Cash was part of my change. Thanks to both Trent and Johnny. I do enjoy your reactions, you have a slightly different perspective and I will keep my eyes open for your next one. VoicePlay has just dropped a magnificent version of a Metallica song "Nothing Else Matters". I would like to know what you think of it!
I'm sure Cash had his share of regrets, but he also brought joy to millions with his music. Rest in power big john, you'll never be forgotten.
he's come to the last of his days and expressed every regret sorrow that he ever had in his life and put them in every note and verse of his life song
THANK YOU RICK RUBIN for showing us how Beautiful JOHNNY CASH TRULY IS.In the last years of his life , you gave us some of his greates work.
I think your reaction was very respectful and insiteful. My take on this version is that Johnny Cash is looking back on his life and realizing that all the accolades and the awards and everything related to "success" and money and all the material possessions is fleeting at best and what really counts, or at least should count, are the relationships with the people in our lives. And even those go away with time. In his seventies my father told me that I would find out that it wasn't the things I did in life I would regret but the things I didn't do. I got it, but it really didn't hit home until after his passing and I realized I had forever lost the opportunity to spend as much time with him as I should have due to my busy life and the pursuit of a career. I think Johnny's poignant message in this song is similar to my dad's message.
Greatings from the USA. I did not truly appreciate his music until I watched this video. I brought me to tears. A powerful life lesson. You do an excellent job in your musical analysis. I am now a big fan of Finland!
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What great understanding of music and singing and wisdom Johnny Cash has to bring it home and make you feel he is right in front of you singing a personal in person perfection with out screaming or trying to reach the highest notes. Now how can I get close to that
“ I focus on the pain, the only thing is that’s real “
Another great reaction awaits us 🎉
Excellent critique and analysis, Anna. Your respect for him was evident.
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I loved your reaction. He was an innovator and story teller to the end. In a visit to Folsom prison his performance of Folsom Prison Blues is chilling. The biographical movie I Walk the Line is a must see for his fans.
True art is an experience......felt.....
reaches into your soul.......thought provoking. His delivery, the imagery and metaphors........for me, this is a master peace. RIP Johnny Cash. Your insights Anna are going to be most welcome.
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What I like best about this cover, even though he went acoustic with it, he maintained the dissonant chords from the original. I don't think most people who would cover this song would have made that choice. But it really keeps you on edge through the whole song. It exposes a nerve so the song just hits harder. It was brilliant in the original, but with the added authenticity of this version, it's much more impactful here.
You see and hear so much that i appreciate your views and especially your interpretation!. Also hearing your voice has it's own intoxication.
I’ve listened to a bunch of reactions of this and this is almost definitely the best. Even it’s not your first language you get both the emotions of the song, and the reaction to the music in an authentic way. Bravo
I remember when this video came out. Losing his wife and then him within about a year after it's release just adds to the weight. It was very much him saying goodbye. When he closes the piano lid, it's almost symbolic of a coffin and it hits me every time.
Funny that it takes a NIN song for people to realize what a great musician Johnny was. I have listened to him since the early seventies, when I was about 7 y.o. So many people commenting on him now gives me a feeling like someone is trying to take something away from me. Your analysis is different. It is professional and I enjoyed listening to you and understand what all it takes to make a great song. Thank you for not squeezing tears. I know you were moved though. Lots of love from Germany.
Johnny has so many hits. Walk the Line is a fantastic movie about Johnny and June
This song deepend when you know about Johnny Cash's struggles with alcohol and drug addictions in his earlier. I had a struggle with alcohol for over a decade and am now 20 years sober. But the phrase try to kill it all away, but I remember everything, stands out to my the most. Because itnis exactly the cycle. You cause pain to everyone around you, you are but the alcohol is only temporary. You hurt those who love you, you hang with those caught in the same addiction, but your memories only deepen. When you finally hit bottom and becaome sober you can see the damage you done. Only those who truly love you are still around. Your drinking buddies disappear your old friends have moved on, you remember all the pain you caused. You try not to get close you dont want to hurt anyone else. This song perfectly embodies what i feel at times and my hurt.
Thank you. I'm glad you have Finnish, music, woman touch, understanding that I like. Clear thoughts deep understanding truth in your voice too
When I watch your reactions I also forget how to Finnish. That was cute. I love your combination of serious voice-nerdery and appreciation of art on it's own terms. You're just so damned cool I wish I could remember my Finnish.
✨🤗🤍☘️🕊️✨ I love the clarity of your vision and of your heart! An empath for sure❤
The history behind this video and the making of it was just tragic. This was the last video he ever recorded before he died. You could see how weak he was with his hands shaking. He was only able to play small parts himself for the video. He wife had encouraged him to keep singing because his music was his life. She was in much better health and was expected to live beyond his years, but tragically she died shortly after this video was shot (and I think before it was released). He lasted only about 6 months more before he passed away. The clips of his museum were as the film producer say them. Those record awards were smashed on the floor when they got there. There was also a bit of tension between him and his kids and he did struggle with drugs.
This song was written and first preformed my Trent Reisner of Nine Inch Nails (NIN) off Downward Spiral. Hurt was really the only song I liked off of the album, but I did not care for the distortion and long lead in. He did a liver performance in 2010 that is his BEST version of the song. When asked if he could cover the song he said fine, but did not think Johnny Cash could pull it off. After he heard the cover he said he was impressed.
The video was a masterpiece too. That picture on the lady was his mother who he cared for deeply but had passed away many years earlier and likely contributed to his drug problems. He had also been married before with I think 4 kids, but by the sound if it had little to do with them. In his older years his son ran his estate. The symbolism of the grand decadent meal and him pouring the wine over it with his shaking hands is so strong.
Anna, of all your videos and reactions that I have watched, I think this is the first time I have heard you say "I need a moment." This fact alone says volumes. As always, BIG HUGS and lots of ❤from Tennessee, USA!
Well, I've never seen a Finnish person before. Never heard from one and now I,get to hear their thoughts and accent applied to this super popular and emotional song.
Wonderful reaction/review Anna! ❤️
High class reaction... thank you, Anna!
Absolutely perfect and beautifully rendered version of the song and your reaction to it as well. You said with such preciseness and feeling what encapsulated the songs expression and structure. Johnny was and remains a Master of his craft. Thank you so much for this video!!
Thank you for the analyses of this amazing song by a true master.
you are my fave person. Love your reactions
Excellent video! Anna, I liked that you focused on some of the nuances of this composition that we don't often think about. It really is a masterpiece of a song. I used to listen to the original version so much in my childhood during times of uncertainty, and it's interesting to see that the great Johnny Cash fit this song into his life during his last year on this earth.
Anna, I love your reaction and the fact that you see that this is beautiful as well as sad. True sadness can only exist through the loss of great joy.
You killed it. Great reaction. For it not being in your native language, you got every bit of it. Good job.
This may be the 100th time I've revisited the song (mostly with reactors) and it STILL moves me to tears. Thank you for your kind response to the work.
Without fail, every single time I watch this video, I get emotional. Your reaction is just right, by the way.
Ein warmes Herz aus dem kalten Norden,mit einer ebenso warmen Rezension.Mich berührt dieses Video jedesmal.Wie oft ich es schon gesehen habe,weiß ich jetzt nicht.Weiter so! 🙂👍
Late to the react, newer to the channel so working backwards. Love you reacted to this masterpiece and spent so much time with thoughtful and instructive discussion and teaching, and that you take time and don't rush. What a blessing to have this thoughtful analysis. ☮☮ & 💜💜 Looking forward to running through more posts. Hoping your day is kind.
Wonderful review of the song - very interesting observations. Thank you.
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I cry each time I hear this song knowing his wife past away shortly after this was recorded. His daughter said it sounds like your saying goodbye. He was, a little while after his wife past he past away🥲🥲🥲
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This song will wring the emotion from you! Like the song had been written for him. Thanks Anna, good choice 🙏🙏
Great song. Great review, but more importantly…more Anna and her speaking in Finnish! 🥰 hypnotizing and amazing, haha.
So sweet, you, your sensibility, and Johnny's beautiful song!
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Such a heartfelt cover by inarguably a master of his craft.
I loved your beautiful and insightful reaction. Stay as beautiful as you are. As an old man, I understood him very well. It is wisdom which often comes too late.
Very real vibe in this version. Just like Anna. That is why I enjoy this channel very much. No bullshit. Just music and art. Tack Anna.
Hola Anna, muy buena reacción y sobre todo los detalles que explicas, es muy conmovedor todo, el video, la canción como es interpretada, al final el cierra el piano y es como una despedida, porque poco después el fallece. Gracias Anna, hermoso tú trabajo.
Great choice Anna!
“Trent Reznor was born to write that song, but Johnny Cash was born to sing it, and Mark Romanek was born to film it.” - Bono
Love that song and cover version.
Just love your unique style and interpretation. Your analysis is so good. Your appreciation of his performance is evident. Finally I am fascinated and impressed how you switch so effortlessly from Finnish to English without losing your superb technical interpretation of the great man’s performance. 💖
This was probably the best song that Johnny Cash wrote!
That drop and sudden stop at the end gives me chills every time....the power of cut to nothing...sometimes silence is powerful
thank you for your expertly and respectful reaction/analysis to this one, anna.
Thank YOU for following along with my reaction journey! 🥰🙏
thank god for subtitles because i really enjoyed your thoughts on this video. thank you very much. I'll be subscribing to watch more of your reactions. great job.
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Last video... perfection! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👍
Thank you, cc thank you to, very cool, enjoyed your reaction...
As always....perfect reaction.
Thank you Reto! xx
Johnny Cash has a special place in my heart. I grew up with his music because he's one of my dad's favourites. This song is particularly touching. ❤️
Lyrics and delivery. So emotional song. Love your analyses, as always. Keep it up!
I have another request. Just heard Ren with «Hi Ren» and its the most emotional song I ever heard. And the technique!
Thank's so much Anna for taking on Johnny Cash with "Hurt".........it's an emotional ride to be sure
It was a fitting goodbye to the musical world. With his wife looking on as he records his final song. She was gone 6 months after the recording and Johnny 12 months. Your analyst of this is on point. When Johnny closes the piano that was the last time he played it. Shortly after both him and June were gone, his home caught fire, and everything you see in the video was lost.
Anna, thank you very much for this reaction. Your efforts here made me aware of this Johnny Cash song from the end of his life/career. I really appreciate your respectful approach to such sensitive performances and will continue to visit your channel in search of inspiring content like this. RUclips is so full of hollow/empty content and I applaud you for consistently working to share meaningful analysis like this. I am a fan of yours forever.
I love you review. Johnny Cash is one of my favorites. He passed away not long after he made this.
This song was done by a true artist here and cuts deep...thank you Anna for the reaction.
Wow, intelligence and beauty!
This is by far, the very best reaction I have watched to this song!
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One of the things that makes this version so poignent is the video. You can actually see what he is singing about. Very powerful.
Great reaction. Amor Fati 🙏
thank you for giving respect to a great song
This song answers a deep philosophical question:
"What does it sound like when Johnny Cash says goodbye?"
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Goodbye, Johnny...
...and thank you.
I rewatch the Hurt video all the time, recommend (with warning to bring tissue) to people, and enjoy watching reaction videos for it (as long as they themselves are open and honest)
It is amazing how many reactors who talk a lot through thier videos just shut down and listen to Johnny speak to their souls. Almost every one has "needed a moment".
Your reaction was very enjoyable as I learned things while watching someone new discover the power of a Grand Master story musician weave his spell. Gawd, I'm glad I got to hear him, and I hope he found true peace from pointless regret.
Thanks for your great reaction
That's Johnny Cashes song now. I don't even hear NIN now he has made it his own and he sings it with conviction. Love it cause I live it for myself every day.
this song was on the Logan movie Trailer. is super touching.
Anna, I don't know who deserves the credit, Johnny or the arranger for such a haunting melody. Of course Johnny's voice take a lot of the credit, but when you take his voice, the music and add the video, it hurts, no pun intended. I feel you did justice to the video and Johnny with your review and my review of you is you're still beautiful!
One yr. Before he died. Was one of the last things he performed. Closing piano is closing the final chapter of his life....
Forgive me for saying this, but you are beautiful. Love your reactions!
love this cover. its a beauty. johnny cash was a legend. beautiful voice. always love hearing your thoughts!
would love to see your thoughts on band-maid someday aswell. id recommend either freedom or domination to start off, official live videos for both. freedom has a cool drum solo :) looking forward to ur next video allready. keep the great content coming anna!
Another wonderful reaction. Still love the mixture of Finnish and English. I was doing some work for a lawyer's office year's ago the day he passed. Turns out they were his estate lawyers. The office got very busy when it was announced he had passed. Right place, right time for me.
SuperAnna is back. Great version this one.
Anna, loved your music reaction, going back and forth between English and Finnish was really cool! My grandfather was from Finland and he died when I was really young so I barely remember him and I always wished I had learned about Finland. For some reason I've always been proud of being of Finnish heritage even though I couldn't explain to you why? I just always felt deep down that they are a very strong and resilient people. I've always been able to handle extreme cold weather.😊
In the early 2000's I had read about this Johnny Cash recording of this song and to be honest, I thought it was a joke. Johnny Cash was like a hero to me, growing up and I thought it was like some kind of goofy ploy to get back in the limelight or something. Sometime later I saw the video come on MTV and I turned it of immediately.
I finally watched it for the first time when I came across your video and I have to admit that I cried like a baby. I'm also ashamed of how I first felt about this song when I first heard about it.
Awhile ago I saw a interview with his daughter, Rosanna Cash talking about when he was invited to perform at the music festival in Glastonbury, Scotland and how she talked him out of going because she was afraid that the people there wouldn't get him or his music and was worried he'd make a fool out of himself. What a mistake! It might of been his finest hour!
If you ever get around to it, check out "End Of The Road"' by Home free. They are amazing!
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Thank you, Anna🙂
I thought you touched on everything important in this video. I rarely feel as much of an emotional impact as I get from this song. Really long careers are only achieved by the greatest singers as most find themselves less relevant to younger generations after youthful beauty and charisma are gone. Then here we have Johnny with such a masterful performance in the last year of his natural life that I believe has touched everybody young and old.
A very special song/cover and a great choice imo. Grabbed me deep inside; emotional and along with the imagery a painful, honest but not at all "whiny" way to face up to his life quite shortly before "taking the last bow". If it's true that music can help to cope with grief, pain, regret and loneliness, then this performance is a brave example 👏🎼🌈 Bye bye Johnny 🙏
Song is great, cover is fantastic but the video with the old-person-looks-back-on-their-life vibes catapults this into another dimension. I feel pain every time i watch this.
I've listened this song so many times! It is just somehow so moving, I love songs sounding like a story. Surely you need to extend your imagination to make it all fit, but story is lovely
Anna, you may want to listen to the album this song came from, American 4, which was part of a series of albums he put together with great effort and determination in the last years of his life. It’s as if he knew how important it would be to share his message for posterity before he left us for the last time.