Johnny Cash's Worst Song Saved His Career
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 12 апр 2024
- Thank you for watching!
If you enjoyed, please feel free to subscribe (as it is free 🤯🤪), and you can watch new videos just like this one.
I really appreciate you spending your time here today :)
INTERVIEWS:
www.npr.org/transcripts/12407...
• How Rick Rubin helped ...
• Johnny Cash's last int...
SOURCES:
folsomcasharttrail.com/the-tr...
tasteofcountry.com/columbia-r....
www.tennessean.com/story/ente...
www.history.com/this-day-in-h...
www.outsider.com/news/country...
www.johnnycash.com/releases/c...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_....
www.countrymusichalloffame.or...
www.latimes.com/entertainment....
books.google.com/books?id=Kqi...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Rec...
sunrecords.com/artists/johnny...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At_Fols...
Algorithm Jargon that should be ignored lol:
Johnny Cash is a country music star and legend. He was an artist at the same time as Elvis, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, Prince, Madonna, The Beach Boys, The Rolling Stones, Carl Lewis, Ray Charles, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Elton John, John Denver, Dolly Parton, and Billy Joel. They are different from new artists today, like Taylor swift, Luke Bryan, Zach Bryan, Luke Combs, Morgan Wallen, Carrie Underwood, Chris Stapleton, and Garth Brooks. Johnny Cash was also an actor, he was in movies, westerns, like John Wayne. To close, I will say, trending, tiktok, for you page, new trailers, video essay, like, subscribe, comment. That is all. Thank you to you the viewer who should not be reading this, and to the RUclips Algorithm. 
Развлечения
Chicken in Black clucked so Hurt could cry.
Also, that clip at the end made me tear up.
"Looking back on all that you've done, do you have any regrets about what you've done?"
*"I used to, but I don't [anymore], I've forgave myself. When God forgave me, I figured I better do it too. So, uh, everything's alright now."*
Ngl, I always liked this tune. Yeah, it's dumb, and clashes with the rest of his material, but that's what makes it fun.
Can’t argue with that. I always loved his lighthearted approach and Chicken in Black is filled with it lol
I agree Sidney, it's surreal when you hear it for the first time, but, there were plenty of examples of Johnny Cash being creative or inventive. He was human. I seriously doubt he was the serious 'man in black' 24/7.
If David Allan Coe can be serious or emotinal, despite being funny with his lyrics and singing, and if Waylon Jennings can write Waylonmore Blues, a song he admitted made no sense, then, why can't Cash parody his own legacy?
Even John Lennon was known to have an eccentric sense of humour, while at the same time, making some heart breaking music.
Besides, a chicken selling out a country venue singing Cash songs is pretty bonkers and funny.
One piece of the time seems to be equally funny?
@@thatgirlray2765 that one's great oo
@@thatgirlray2765 I was gonna mention that one, along with Boy Named Sue and Starkville City Jail. Comedy and novelty songs are a pretty key part of his repertoire, just like they're an integral part of the genre.
"I guess you guys aren't ready for that yet, but your kids are gonna love it"
-Marty Mcfly
I was born in ‘05 and this absolutely applies to me. I used to jam to this song with my ex it was a blast!!
Sounds like what Goldwater's 1964 concession speech would've been! I guess America was ready for that conservatism (well for President at least) in 1980 and 1984!
The song felt like a Weird Al song before Weird Al existed.
I kinda liked it as a Johnny Cash fan.
I immediately thought that when I came across it earlier today.
Weird Al was doing his thing for almost a decade before this song was recorded
Weird Al had dropped two albums, one of which peaked at #17, before this song came out. And Weird Al had been doing music for many years as a cult classic before his first album came out.
If anything, given Cash’s later collaboration with newer artists, I would bet that Weird Al served as an inspiration.
Oh, so like a Tom Lehrer song
Wait wait, when do you think Weird Al came into existence? You really show your confident ignorance here.
Met him once. I was a photographer's assistant in Nashville in the 80s. Another photographer was renting our studio for a photo shoot. I was in the tiny dressing room and I felt a presence behind me. I turned around and Johnny was standing there holding a suit on a hanger. He asked, "Can I hang this here?" I said, "Oh of course." That was the extent of our interaction but I new I had been in the presence of greatness.
I've been on the internet too long, i fully expected this to end with "and then his eyes rolled back and he spoke the language of angels into my mind. Cool guy"
"when god forgave me i figured i better too.", that got me like a bag of bricks
Amen
if you hear the voice of god, seek psychiatric help
if you hear the voice of god, that means you are a very cool person and mentally stable :)
Me too dude
You know he had a great career if chicken in black was his worst song
That snapshot of him shaking the hand of an inmate with the same hair as him at 3:26 is iconic
Love your work
wiliam corncobb himself
That's Glenn Shirley. He wrote the last song on the At Folsom Prison album, "Greystone Chapel".
I don't know if I just have bad taste but I think chicken in black is a straight banger
No, it means you have the opposite means you have great taste
It is a great song
I like it. And I like people who don't take themselves too seriously.
I think it’s great, this is just a clickbait title for views. Dude obviously has no idea what he’s talking about because a lot of people think it’s a good song.
Cash despised this song.
I like this song, unironically, every song he wrote didn't have to be serious, he was a deeply Christian man, he had children, I believe he liked children, I think wanted to make some more songs that were very of their time, topical, funny, lighthearted fare that a father could play around his family without Johnny singing about cocaine and shooting people just to watch them die. Johnny's sense of humor may have been a touch off, however you must remember he took amphetamines, stimulants , sedatives, pain killers and drank for years. He relapsed many times and the song may have been the result of a manic state however, it was relatively harmless fun. I like this song.
Wanna kiss
I mean he also made songs like “One Piece at a Time”, “Flushed from the Bathroom of your Heart”. Heck even something like “Cocaine Blues” is essentially a joke song. He loved joke songs and they were successful for him. The chicken one is a little goofy but not really even that much of a stand out from some of the comedy songs that have been in country radio except that it’s Johnny Cash singing it and not someone like Ray Stevens. People confuse the popular image of Cash as Rebel throwing a middle finger at the Nashville authorities and the Nixon White House, or the deeply Christian moralist singing about the darkness in life, and what Cash actually was, which is all those things and more because the man had a hugely successful career in popular music that lasted half a century
Cash was a great artist, but he was not a good guy. The same with Haggard and Paycheck.
The fuck does him believing that a dead dude came back 3 days later have to do with this goofy song
@@matcha6710 woah someone’s discovered Reddit
I'm surprised you didn't mention his time with the highwaymen. That is some of his best work, during a time that most consider his worst time.
We will never have a super group like that again
Agreed. Highwaymen songs were great records! Thats like doing a story on orbsion, but not mentioning his time as a member of the traveling wilburys.
☝🏿
Self titled is a banger
I can’t believe that there could’ve been a timeline where Chicken in Black was the final song that Johnny Cash made.
He was good friends with my grandfather. Has dinner with him at my grandad's house several times as a kid. Friendly man but absolutely terrifying to me as a child. Wished I had spoke with him more
The only thing cooler than announcing a robbery is doing it in song
I loved this track immediately
Great video. I came here to see that "Chicken in Black" song and the music video since it's going viral on TikTok rn.
Tik tok was created for one purpose, in China. To bring down the USA! To put viruses into computers, and steal information about the US. Every time some idiot clicks on tik tok that is what is happening!
Yeah wait when did this happen I went on TikTok for the first time in a bit and was very surprised to hear this song of all things thanks world of t shirts
@@georgesekavec1020 Yeah people were doing a trend where a person was doing one for their animals. Its fun!
Really shows his sense of humour and without the video wouldn't of been seen as so silly and it's catchy as hell and tbh I'd love to see a whole sitcom series of the "Manhattan flash" 'cmon stick em up im robbing this bank"
Left out a large 10 year or so, chunk in the middle! The highwaymen were a great boost in his life
I should check out that Johnny Chicken Show tbh
And how, um, interesting that this video completely bypasses even the briefest mention of Johnny's commercially unsuccessful 4-year association (from 1987-91) with Mercury records, whom he signed with directly after being dropped from Columbia. To be honest, that might've added just a little more depth to the context of the story. But with that glaring omission aside, the vid was otherwise 100% on point! And by the way, as someone who fondly remembers "Chicken In Black" from when I was a kid in the 80's, it's actually pretty hilarious IMO - even if it wasn't necessarily on par with the best of his work! Thanks for taking me back!
Add to that...people really do give Rick Rubin credit for getting Cash to start experimenting with pop covers but the Mercury records show Cash was already doing that.
I also think those Highwaymen albums and tours are an important part of the story too. He was playing with friends and reminding the world that he could still be relevant. I think there is a clear line from those albums, their "outlaw country" nature, the approach taken to make them, and American Recordings I.
I'm a sucker for stupid random songs that don't fit with anything else the artist has made. and this song is no exception. but learning about the symbolism in the song really helps me get a new appreciation for it. Also, its really nice to see people who aren't older into Johnny Cash. makes me feel not alone haha
Love to see it! Keep his music alive
He made silly songs, Boy Named Sue, One Piece at A Time...come to mind, he wasn't adverse to a joke song.
What are some other ones you know about? I can’t really think of any. Some might say David Bowie’s The Laughing Gnome would be, but it really isn’t all that different from the rest of the music he was putting out at the time
Thanks for this video! I didn't know about "Chicken In Black" . But I have been a Cash fan since I saw him as the singer and murderer Tommy Brown who was hunted down by Inspector Columbo in the episode Swan Song. But then I lost track of him for a few decades. When his great work with Rick Rubin came out, I thought it was better than everything Cash had done before! Rick Rubin and Cash had stripped away all the ridiculous trappings of country music. There was just a man with a still powerful voice and his guitar. This work totally changed our perception of Johnny Cash. It’s great that it happened before he died.
Thanks so much! I’m glad you enjoyed
@@tam11225 , thanks for answering 😀
Nobody is cooler than Johnny Cash.
It's clear somebody never saw that Johnny Chicken show
Metallica wasn't signed to Columbia. They were on Elektra. A Warner Bros headed company. WEA, Warner,Elektra,Asylum. So Johnny's fears of being pushed aside on Columbia had nothing to do with Metallica.
Chicken in black is a great alternate video to Hurt, just play the video at 0.75 speed. Totally works.
Thanks for the video, Johnny Cash helps me get through tough times at school... and in my life in general
I'm only 1/3 the way through your documentary and I love it. Please keep up the good work!
my grampa was friends with johnny cash- He passed away before I found out so I never really heard much about it, but ever since this song popped up everywhere I couldnt get it out of my head
Great video so far! I'm not the biggest country fan, and I'm casual when it comes to Johnny Cash, I think he's great. This makes me appreciate him more, thank you!
Im so grateful for Johnny and his music, and for what Rick Rubin did for him.
Love that tiktok has taken the song and ran with it
Very well done! The tone of narration, the montages, all really great work.
I stumbled across Chicken in Black thanks to RUclips Music autoplay and honestly it was a delightfully funny contrast with his other material and showed him being able to make some fun of himself
I love that I know what this is about just by having read the comments on that music video
I've just started on his music and it's one of my favourite songs, ngl.
Really great video, thank you!
The song was crazy but funny,Thanks for the music Johnny!
Wow, I can't believe you've only got 2.5k subs, I thought from the production quality you must've had millions. Keep up the good work
❤️
This is great, just subbed!
Glad you enjoyed :)
I remember hearing this song on RUclips for the first time a few months ago and thinking "what the heck is this, this is so silly" but it's a good silly
It's crazy how important labels were back then and how it was to promote yourself without them or even make a video
He had humility. That was his greatness.
What always amused me the most is the idea that the brain transplant would leave him still even slightly "him".
In reality, his body would be inhabited solely by the robber.
And his consciousness, not just singing, would be in the chicken.
This is even more insane than the idea of trying to fit his brain in a chicken's head.
This was awesome!
Thanks so much!
I didn't know the song existed until today. It's funny and creative.
5:08 Metallica was never on Columbia in the mid-80's, they were on Elektra, the label that had the Doors, Queen (US distribution), & 2 Detroit proto-punk bands like the Stooges (with Iggy Pop) & MC5, Television (also influential for punk), TMBG, the Detroit punk bands were influential in the development of punk in which 80's UK bands like GBH & Discharge (which they play a faster form of punk) influenced Metallica.
I have to go find this now. I need to listen to it.
It's basically " a boy named sue" and if not for the goofy video wouldn't be considered such a silly song
Nice vid mate!
I know a reasonable amount of Johnny's songs but I never heard of this. The thing to say about this is you can't say he didn't have a sense of humor. Lol
Great video!
I wish you brought up John Fogerty getting sued by the label for CCR because he sounded like himself, could be another video idea though
Chicken in black is a great song its whacky and silly in the best way possible
Thank you for sharing.
What happened with Johnny's work with Mercury? It seems like you just skipped over that point in his recording history
Dude I personally fell in love with the song, because it got a good beat and funny lyrics man lol
11:05 what a nice sentiment, if only more people who produce could share it.
I think his video was filmed in the same bank where Ernest Goes to Jail was. I went in it 15-20 years ago, but it’s gone now.
It's so hard to remember that Hurt was a Nine Inch Nails song, not a Johnny Cash song, originally. He totally made it his own.
It's like The man Who Sold The World; the Bowie version cannot hold a candle to the Midge Ure version.
He was cool in Columbo
Recording that way with Tock Ruben is basically EXACTLY what he was telling himself he wanted to do unbeknownst to Ruben at the time. If I was Cash, I would have seen it as meant to be. No way THAT doesn’t come across as real and authentic.
This entire part of Johnny cash’s career is something I had been unaware of
His story is great I beileve there have been a lot of movies about it. It's sad he wasn't more famous for his time. When nowdays most consider him a legend
I had to click to find out what Johnny's worst song was. And now I've got to find the video for The Chicken in Black!
i got here from tcnick3
Lets make one thing clear, Johnny Cash never made the worst song ever. Every song was a masterpiece.
This song is the only Johnny Cash song I've ever heard allthe way through
This is such a fun song I loved it
This was always my favorite Cash song.
great job!
The Album "The Ballads of the true west" Is a personal favorite of mine.
What's the song in the background at the very beginning? I can't quite put a name to it
It really isn't a song. It sounds like a higher pitched and looped segment of folsom prison.
This is one of the greatest songs ever written
To all up and coming musicians, and creatives in general, keep your publishing!!! Dont sell your music for pennies to a label when you can keep your publishing rights and work the music yourself!
This is quality!
Thank you ! 🙏
Really good video
Never heard this song. I always thought the one about stealing a car “one piece at a time” was his worst.
I randomly sing this song sometimes
I still have a bunch of original Sun Records 45s. They were originally bought new by my dad when he was a kid. EDIT: In fact, I still have "Cry! Cry! Cry!" I had no idea these were important recordings.
Honestly this song’s great. Funny story and catchy.
When an artist can make a deliberately bad song... and still have it slap, that is a definitive Hall of Fame artist right there.
Love all of Cash's works and this song holds a special place in my heart, right next to "One Piece At A Time".
“… I asked the jailer why I was there if he’d be so kind, he said for stopping the traffic while I was hugging and kissing the Chattanooga City Limit Sign.”
I've never seen Cash with a mustache before. he looks like Charles Bronson with a guitar.
"Washed up country artist"
Are you fucking high?
The band Klaatu, most famous for the whole Beatles theory in 1976, released an album to insult their record label which wanted them to make more "popular" music, so they made an intentionally bad album which featured songs that directly mocked their label, especially a song called "sell out", and it was their second last album ever released.
I fell asleep to this song last night
This is such a good ass funny ass song
I loved "Chicken in Black."
12:40 Probably one of the most famous chairs
Johnny Cash has never been washed up what the hell are you talking about 🤔😯🤔
I told people to listen to this song because it was underrated. Then tiktok came around and that changed.
As tik tok does 😞
I think it’s great that TikTok has brought some attention and appreciation to a lesser know song
Chicken In Black could have been done by Ray Stevens.
Of course. All musical stories lead to Rick Ruben.
And then 21 years his song became an Internet meme with people using their pets as a gun during the bank robbing scene
I wonder how he would think about that I hope he would have a sense of humor about it
I guess in long run even Chicken in Black had last laugh
What about his mercury years?
This is a great song.
he's a silly dood what a legend
I was literally waiting for someone to make a video about this. 😂😂😂
What about the Highway Men?
Johnny cash could make any song sound good. No matter how goofy
Not even the decency to let the man know themselves-just let em find out in the paper ….DUDE COOLD
“‘At Fulsom Prison’ was a concept unbeknownst to the music industry.”
I think you mean “unprecedented in the music industry”
What you said meant he did it without them knowing about it.
Johnny Cash couldn’t even write a bad song if he tried.