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  • @chrisbateman5358
    @chrisbateman5358 Год назад +72

    Great reaction Britt (as usual) and I am so glad you did this song as it really showed the "real" Johnny Cash. This song spoke to who Johnny was an "you got it". Thanks for bringing this. Keep up the great work.

    • @brittreacts
      @brittreacts  Год назад +6

      Thank you so much!!

    • @stevedahlberg8680
      @stevedahlberg8680 Год назад +2

      ​@@hibhibb5429 totally agree!😊

    • @allendixon7700
      @allendixon7700 Год назад +1

      The Carter Family Johnny Cash is in laws June I live near them they have a carter foe they got music going on right now right now Gate Gate City Virginia have a real hold down so you what real music is

    • @allendixon7700
      @allendixon7700 Год назад

      ​@@brittreacts Johnny's He's got a daughter rosanne Rosanne Cash she does a sound cover N &c flap top Box by the cash cash question

    • @allendixon7700
      @allendixon7700 Год назад

      The white yocum the white yocum Hey have some very very good music excellent excellent excellent excellent country singer guitarist catalypse and hillbilly music by DY Yokum

  • @Viraxii
    @Viraxii Год назад +72

    Mr. Cash didnt only talk the talk, he walked the walk

  • @kimking6036
    @kimking6036 Год назад +70

    This is why I love Johnny Cash so much. He was always straight up with people. He didn't hide his own struggles with us. We still love him to this day. He will always be remembered. I cried so hard the day his video Hurt came out. I knew he was saying goodbye 😢

    • @brittreacts
      @brittreacts  Год назад +9

      he was amazing!

    • @GigiGrrrl
      @GigiGrrrl Год назад +1

      I tear up almost every time. It's so good. The nine-inch nails version is good too but Cash owns it now.

    • @katemccrea6963
      @katemccrea6963 Год назад +1

      @@brittreacts Hurt was also in the end of Logan. I watched that in the theaters and the entire audience was sobbing when it came on.

  • @albertpollard9295
    @albertpollard9295 Год назад +27

    notice how timeless this song is? Everything still applies to our nation today!

  • @Kenneth-qe1if
    @Kenneth-qe1if Год назад +147

    Great song.when he sang about loosing a 100 fine young men every day. He referring to us soldiers who were fighting in Vietnam. Very few people back then stood up for us. Most singers only sang songs about hating us. We had no choice we were drafted. We hated that war more than them. Our government also betrayed us.

    • @findingmyrootswoolmarketms
      @findingmyrootswoolmarketms Год назад

    • @Kenneth-qe1if
      @Kenneth-qe1if Год назад

      @@findingmyrootswoolmarketms THANKS MARINA FOR CARING

    • @findingmyrootswoolmarketms
      @findingmyrootswoolmarketms Год назад +7

      @@Kenneth-qe1if I make and present three to four Quilts of Valor each year. It's a very small way that my husband and I can show our absolute gratitude. Vietnam Veterans have always been my priority when considering who these quilts go to. At least two of the quilts go to Vietnam Veterans each year. Thank you for your service. ❤🤍💙

    • @Kenneth-qe1if
      @Kenneth-qe1if Год назад +2

      @Marina Crisler that's fantastic Marina for the vets that were in War Vietnam

    • @modifidious7171
      @modifidious7171 Год назад +4

      Thank you for your service, Kenneth. You answered the call of duty for us. History is on your side.

  • @RLKmedic0315
    @RLKmedic0315 Год назад +30

    My Great Aunt was very proud of the fact that she was at this show. She attended Southern University and was not familiar with Johnny Cash but all her friends were interested in going. She became a huge JC fan. She passed away quite some time ago, but I always think about her when I hear this song.

  • @ranger-1214
    @ranger-1214 Год назад +13

    This was on his television show in Nashville for a group of local Vanderbilt University students in 1971, so that's why he said he walked around campus talking to them and then wrote the song because many wanted to know why he only dressed in black. I was in college in 1969-1970 just before going into the Army and it was a turbulent time on campus with Vietnam protests, etc.

    • @brittreacts
      @brittreacts  Год назад +2

      thanks for the info! that is very interesting!

  • @douglasainsworth2448
    @douglasainsworth2448 Год назад +11

    Johnny Cash became in the 1960s and 1970s particularly an artist who was willing to ignore or go beyond the boundaries of "country music tradition" and sing songs of protest like this. He also did shows in places others wouldn't, like Folsom Prison and San Quentin prison. A couple in a similar vein: Sunday Morning Coming Down and San Quentin both by Johnny Cash and In The Ghetto and If I Can Dream by Elvis. If you've not listened to any or all of these, I suggest them, please

  • @jeffdetmer4681
    @jeffdetmer4681 Год назад +16

    Hi Britt. This was a segment he did about a concert he played at a college. He toured the school and had lots of conversations with the kids. John was a good friend of Bob Dylan and a few other folk singers. John considered some of his songs folk songs as well (and they are). This was a time when we faced every day the news of all our losses in Viet Nam, and we faced drug abuse in America as well and racial prejudice from both sides as we sadly still do. This was John reporting on the state of things. Great reaction yet again Britt. Keep having fun with it. Stay safe and well and adorable.

    • @patticriss2238
      @patticriss2238 Год назад +2

      I knew someone would tell her about this.

  • @js3599
    @js3599 Год назад +14

    There is a song, by Johnny's former son in law, Rodney Crowell, called "Walk the Line, Revisited"... It is a song about his discovery of Johnny's music when he was young, and is centered around Johnny's song, "Walk the Line"... It also features some very early footage of Johnny, BEFORE he became the man in black... A great tribute to a man he always admired...
    I also recommend checking out Rodney's ex wife, Rosanne Cash's music too...

  • @wallypeake6579
    @wallypeake6579 Год назад +8

    I wear the black in mournin' for the lives that could have been
    Each week we lose a hundred fine young men
    This song was written in 1971 when the US was deep in the Vietnam War.

  • @tlo3571
    @tlo3571 Год назад +9

    Johnny Cash was a rebel. He sang social justice type songs and he didn’t care what the industry thought. If you have not reacted to “Hurt” by Johnny Cash, I would highly recommend it. It came out not too long before he died. Between his voice, the lyrics, and the video it is very powerful. Just make sure to have tissues handy.

  • @phillip8443
    @phillip8443 Год назад +6

    Johnny was the man in black he was an icon I saw Johnny and June Carter live it was one of my favorite concerts I have seen

  • @firefighterchick
    @firefighterchick Год назад +8

    Johnny Cash spent his whole fighting for the underdog. He was honest about his own struggles with addiction, etc.
    He was always known after this as The Man In Black.
    Please do his song Ira Hayes. It's about one of the Marines who raised the flag in WWII at Iwo Jima.

  • @Blindeyedog
    @Blindeyedog Год назад +13

    My man Johnny. ❤❤❤❤ You should look at "Ira Hayes" tells the tragic story of the Native American Marine pictured in the "Flag Raising" on Iwo Jima. 😢😢😢😢😢

    • @brittreacts
      @brittreacts  Год назад +2

      I will keep it in mind, thanks!

  • @tomhansen4576
    @tomhansen4576 Год назад +5

    A man before his time. His words, his song, his beliefs, his leadership qualities impacting culture certainly applies for today.

  • @franksullivan1873
    @franksullivan1873 Год назад +3

    Johnny really was a folk singer with a true rebel heart.

  • @danhelms8134
    @danhelms8134 Год назад +3

    Theres some context that you need to really appreciate whats going on here. Cash is performing on a college campus at the height of the Vietnam War. College campuses were hotbeds of progressive views and most students ardently opposed the war, going so far as to look down on the men who served in it. Cash sings that he wears black for all the lives lost and received thunderous applause from the audience. He knew he would get that reaction from affirming their feelings about the war. Its what he does next thats amazing. He uses that credibility that he just gained with the audience to stare them down and belt out that he also wears the black for all the men who died believing that we all were on their side. Then he drops into a lower and more quiet sound to let the audience sit there with their feelings about what he just said. Hes directly challenging his young audience to think about their actions and views and the impact its having on the nation and the young men who are serving, often not by choice. Not many performers could get away with making an audiemce uncomfortable like that and have it received in the spirit that it was intended.

  • @wpawson
    @wpawson Год назад +3

    This song by Johnny Cash brings tears to my eyes and now some sniffles. It's how powerful it still is.

  • @anitaharris9095
    @anitaharris9095 2 месяца назад +1

    Johnny Cash was just that Johnny Cash. He was never fake and he was never afraid to tell people what he believed.

  • @Jessedog11
    @Jessedog11 Год назад +4

    " The man comes around" another good one from Johnny.

  • @jeremiahrose4681
    @jeremiahrose4681 Год назад +7

    There's a few songs that need to put on a continuous cycle and played at society today, one is this song the other is Elvis "If I can Dream". For a lot of reasons. Johnny Cash is such an amazing artist always sang a straight forward statement one that a lot of people need to hear and relate to.

  • @mfitz1954
    @mfitz1954 День назад

    I saw him in an interview once the got the inspiration for wearing black from an old country preacher...Also, as far I ever saw form the time he did this until his death he always wore blackout outfits( occasionally a colored shirt). he was great!!!!

  • @michaelcoffey1991
    @michaelcoffey1991 Год назад +3

    @Britt wish more people reacted to the amazing classics be it film or book or song. This message is as timeless today as it was 50 years prior when he did it..... I always applaud anyone who COMES from nothing to remember it, remember the community AFTER the make it huge. It's some of the best of humanity

  • @paulk.6969
    @paulk.6969 Год назад +5

    Thank you for doing this. Johnny Cash had a way with words that would go straight to the heart. One of the great country legends. Two more of his songs that you might want to check out are “ Ballad of Ira Hays”( which is a true story), and “Sunday Morning Coning Down”( written by Kris Kristofferson, who gave it to Johnny Cash, where it became a huge hit). These 2 songs will go straight to your heart.!! I’m sure you will enjoy them. Love your videos! Keep up the good work.😎👍👍👍

  • @susanmarks2382
    @susanmarks2382 5 месяцев назад +1

    Johnny Cash wrote many great songs, some fun some more serious - a fun one One Piece at a Time, 2 serious ones, the Wall and the Ballard of Ira Hayes...

  • @jeffcampbell5755
    @jeffcampbell5755 Год назад +2

    The people who he had been talking to and were now there in the audience were local college students.

  • @farfromperfek
    @farfromperfek Год назад +2

    Johnny played a Martin D-35 so it's more than likely a "Mother of Pearl" inlay around the top.

    • @jodyparkercraven
      @jodyparkercraven Год назад +1

      I think this is a 12 fret martin here but probably mother of pearl like you said

  • @arrow5599
    @arrow5599 Год назад +1

    at the end of this there is a 5 minute standing ovation

  • @MichaelW969
    @MichaelW969 Год назад +1

    Johnny wrote this after visiting a nearby university campus and exchanged thoughts with many students, some of whom are in the audience this night.

  • @lechat8533
    @lechat8533 Год назад +2

    There are too many who can`t have the day they deserve...

  • @traviscrockett3640
    @traviscrockett3640 Год назад +1

    Love Johnny cash. Didn’t start listening to his music till after he passed on. I missed out. Would have loved to see him live. This is maybe my fave song of his

  • @PalleRasmussen
    @PalleRasmussen 2 месяца назад +1

    Cash came from abject poverty. He started picking cotton with his family at five. At 8 or 9 his brother died in a really nasty work accident; being cut almost in half by a table saw, for which he felt guilty to his death. He was an addict for much of his life, and spent many a night in prison. He knew hard times.

  • @craigholt9571
    @craigholt9571 Год назад +1

    Johnny was one of the best story tellers and he stood up for all the downtrodden

  • @michellejackson6679
    @michellejackson6679 Год назад

    I saw this man at the Delaware State Fair when I was 5 yrs old.. I barely remember it .. but dang.. it was Johnny Cash..

  • @shaknit
    @shaknit Год назад +1

    "The Ballad of Ira Hayes" is another great one.

  • @Blindeyedog
    @Blindeyedog Год назад +2

    I always wear black. I lived in Vietnam off and on for 2 years, and one of the Street Sellers told me "Everybody knows you because you wear black everyday." Lol

  • @tinacook6225
    @tinacook6225 27 дней назад

    He also sang a song about Ira Hayes. The Native American soldier captured in the photo of the WWII flag raising at Iwo Jima. Very haunting, sad tribute.

  • @roger3141
    @roger3141 Год назад +2

    Love you, your reaction, and I love Johnny Cash!

  • @jona.874
    @jona.874 18 дней назад

    This was recorded in the later part of the Vietnam War, thus his reference to "losing fine young men".

  • @Tijuanabill
    @Tijuanabill 10 месяцев назад

    The edge of his guitar..."Bedazzling" is what's called binding, and purfling. Binding is a plastic edge (or wood, or other material) that holds the two corner edge pieces of wood together, a premium feature, and another border beyond that, for beauty, is Purfling. His Purfling in particular includes Abalone inlays, which are crushed sea shells, that reflect light in various colors. Abalone inlays are a common upscale feature on guitars. Others include mother or pearl, or fake mother of pearl (Pearloid). No matter what the value of the guitar is, the fact that he played it even once, let alone in an iconic clip like this, far surpasses the core value of the instrument.

  • @colmflaherty3963
    @colmflaherty3963 3 месяца назад +1

    I'm so glad that Johnny Cash is getting the recognition he deserves. Next to Elvis he would be my second favourite. I prefer his studio version of this song, although this one was pretty good too. Don't take your guns to town by Johnny Cash is a good story. Thank You. 😊

  • @katemccrea6963
    @katemccrea6963 Год назад +1

    This is one of my favorite Johnny Cash song ever. Also, if you love watching artists go into detail about inspiration for their songs, Shinedown did this at their live in Kansas City tour for a bunch of their classic hits. Really moving stuff, especially if you've never heard of them or their music before. Another band I highly recommend is Delta Rae. Their sound changes a bit depending on who's singing because they have four main singers, but it's great.

  • @richardbryanesq
    @richardbryanesq Год назад +2

    Those were such horrible years in the country. Funerals every week, across all big cities and small towns, for young men who died in some hot swamp on the other side of the world. And for nothing.

  • @BossManCarls
    @BossManCarls Год назад

    My favorite Johnny Cash song my grandpa would sing this on his front porch picking his guitar and I'd just sit there wide eyed and listen. Didn't know the words but I was just happy to sit there and spend time with him. Man life being four was fantastic.

  • @kevinferguson3196
    @kevinferguson3196 4 месяца назад

    Songs, for the most part are a story. However, as Sonny Curtis said in one of his verses, of "the real buddy holly story" That line is "they had a whole movie to tell their story, but all I've got is a song, and my storys got to rhyme "

  • @DarthRaider520
    @DarthRaider520 Год назад +1

    I wore black for over 15 years because of this song. His music helped shape who I am.

  • @Metalphysicalpodcast
    @Metalphysicalpodcast Год назад +1

    September this year it will be 20 years since we lost him.

  • @timbressler1402
    @timbressler1402 Год назад

    Need to listen to more Jonny cash, all his songs are like this one

  • @billstein2
    @billstein2 Год назад +1

    I believe the outline of his guitar is ivory... or something meant to look like ivory. I could be wrong.

  • @rodlepine233
    @rodlepine233 Год назад

    te outline as you call it is called Binding it is white with abalone on the top and at the time they where made highly buffed and polished which for performing on tv under lights shine alot

  • @quinjesuis9187
    @quinjesuis9187 Год назад +2

    Beyond awesome ❤️‍🔥 just so so so beautiful ❤️‍🔥 I love it

  • @kevincosta9228
    @kevincosta9228 Год назад

    Johnny Cash, Legend of all Legends. You mentioned the reaction of the audience. Young people always seemed mesmerized by his sincerity and depth. He hosted Saturday Night Live and the cast treated him like he was a God. The show ended with him singing "Sunday Morning Comin' Down" and the entire cast (including Eddie Murphy) was seated at his feet out of respect. Legend Indeed.

  • @mikerant4135
    @mikerant4135 Год назад +1

    Not coincidentally Johnny became forever 'The Man in Black'.................

  • @bradleyrobinson7552
    @bradleyrobinson7552 Год назад

    God bless Johnny...

  • @josephflowers3003
    @josephflowers3003 Год назад +1

    He was and still is a great human being RIP

  • @mapegatkinson92
    @mapegatkinson92 2 месяца назад +1

    This was during the Viet Nam War. 50,000 boys died.

  • @pres96ton
    @pres96ton Год назад

    Cash wrote some great songs back in the early to the late 60's.... try and find GIVE MY LOVE TO ROSE....HEY PORTER...HOW HIGHS THE WATER MAMA....GET RHYTHM....Luther Perkings played Lead guitar then....and has that freight train rhythm.....to name a few. I used to see him at Spring Lake Amusement park in Oklahoma City. It cost 25 cents to get into the park and the Johnny Cash show was free....a stage and we sat on the grass.....Jerry Lee Lewis...Conway Twittiy and lots of country singers came thru town

  • @shaknit
    @shaknit Год назад +2

    Too many great songs to list. One of the greatest artists of all time.

  • @tkremarkTK
    @tkremarkTK Год назад +1

    Variety shows were huge in the 70s

  • @davidmullens7565
    @davidmullens7565 Год назад

    Vritt, i gotta tell. Your ny fav reactionist on youtube .. you get it... Especially with Elvis and J.C. with Hurt... And i love your salutations... " Go have the day that you deserve ❤

  • @Tijuanabill
    @Tijuanabill 10 месяцев назад

    The greatness of the moment, is the prior interactions he was having with anti-war protesters. He didn't understand why these good hearted students didn't support "the good guys" who were fighting in the war. Rather than dismiss them, he opened his heart to their feelings. That lead to his own introspection about his own feelings he had not considered, resulting in an explanation for why he wears black, when he himself had never thought why. He knew he wore it because he felt down, but he didn't know WHY he felt down, and the result is this amazing song. Those kids didn't change Johnny, they awoke him, to the realization he agreed with them all along, in his heart, he just hadn't been listening to it.

  • @joedonlewis9820
    @joedonlewis9820 6 месяцев назад

    That song was inspired. It was a pivotal moment for Johnny Cash the man. He IS The Man In Black

  • @ebsins
    @ebsins 7 месяцев назад

    Love your reaction, Brit. He later wrote a song call "The Man in White" Would love to see you react to that. You will love it.

  • @snakeinthegrass7443
    @snakeinthegrass7443 Год назад

    That was a very beautiful reaction to a very beautiful song. Thanks for putting a smile on my face today. ✌🏼❤

  • @jed1729
    @jed1729 Год назад

    When Johnny Cash did a show he put everybody on whether they TV liked it or not he put them on and he gave a lot of people are now famous the start and in the music industry and they're still going today

  • @vickyrobertson3166
    @vickyrobertson3166 Год назад

    The last song that he recorded before he passed away "Hurt" is amazing. His wife is in the video. She passed away first then him not long after.

  • @mikeholton3914
    @mikeholton3914 10 месяцев назад

    look up "Ragged Old Flag" its amazing, but that said, this song is who Johnny Cash was. all the time. he was a man among men.

  • @memphisrocks1
    @memphisrocks1 Год назад

    Johnny Cash is one of country musics greatest singer, song writers and artist. Started in Memphis at sun records after Elvis Presley. The two worked together and were good friends.

  • @johno1765
    @johno1765 Год назад +2

    Johnny Cash performed this song when the U.S. was in the midst of the Vietnam war - that's the significance of the line, "Each week we lose a hundred fine young men." And it was kind of a courageous stand to take as a good number of folks in the country music fan base were politically conservative and didn't take well to people protesting America's involvement in the war.

    • @thomastimlin1724
      @thomastimlin1724 Год назад

      Until maybe THEIR kid came home in a pine box....some had 2nd thoughts after that.

    • @brittreacts
      @brittreacts  Год назад

      that is very interesting, thanks for the info!

    • @Gutslinger
      @Gutslinger Год назад

      How ironic how the positions have changed, with the US's involvement with Ukraine.

    • @andrewft31
      @andrewft31 Год назад

      @@Gutslinger because we made a deal with the Ukraine if they got ride of their nukes we would help them if they ever got attacked by Russia. We pretty much made them defenseless because we get to choose who can have nukes and who can’t.

  • @JustinO-Pinion
    @JustinO-Pinion 6 месяцев назад

    Johnny Cash was known and introduced as "The Man in Black".

  • @kevincaruthers5412
    @kevincaruthers5412 Год назад

    Released in 1971.
    Still relevant.
    THAT is good song writing

  • @lullebulle2
    @lullebulle2 Год назад

    Love how soft spoken and nice you are, great reaction! (first time viewer, and new sub)

  • @kvl505
    @kvl505 3 месяца назад

    Nice commentary! a wonderful and beautiful reaction to this.. thanks!!!

  • @georgesaylor3130
    @georgesaylor3130 Год назад

    Hundreds if not thousands of songs from the 60s and 70s carried the theme of protest against the systems that ignored the plight of all. One of the things that never fails to amaze me is the thought by each generation that they are the first to see injustice and try to overcome it.

  • @msmilder25
    @msmilder25 Год назад +1

    Right there is the closest Johnny Cash ever came to writing a hippie ballad. He performs quite a few songs that could be described as "protest" songs, written by himself or others, but this one really is a ballad of the times he was living in...a reflection of his times and his experiences and since he first performed it, it has been a standard to which all the rest are judged. It's my favorite Cash-penned song.
    To me, the greatest songs, the ones that really stand the test of time, can be performed by any artist, in any genre, and still have the words reach out and touch the listener. I could listen to a heavy metal band perform this, in their style...and it would be a powerful cover. I could listen to it performed slower, softer, by a pop or country-pop artist...and it would be a powerful cover. I could listen to folk singers perform this, blues artists perform this, punk rockers perform this...and each one would be incredible, because the underlying message in the words is so powerful, so universal, and so meaningful. At least, that's what I believe.

    • @msmilder25
      @msmilder25 Год назад

      If this were written and performed today, I'm sure many other exploited and overlooked classes would have been included in the lyrics...immigrants, homosexuals, human trafficking victims, abused children, who knows.

  • @stevedahlberg8680
    @stevedahlberg8680 Год назад +1

    Fantastic reaction. And what a great song for sure, considering that it is brand new and hot off the presses that very morning. You know that it will evolve and get even more amazing. Fantastic reaction. Check out his song about a childhood flood he experience, 5 ft high and Rising.

  • @christmasbaby57
    @christmasbaby57 Год назад +1

    And after this, you'll will hear that Johnny Cash's nickname was the man in black.

  • @maromeni
    @maromeni Год назад

    "Just so were reminded of the ones who are held back upfront there ought to stand a man in balck" is a reference to black people being held back in American society at the time

  • @dsusan17
    @dsusan17 Год назад

    Johnny Cash grew up poor as many Country Artist. He and his wife June were great humanitarian. He and Waylon Jennings also stood up to the big wigs in Nashville. They wanted more control over their content and they got it.

  • @thomastimlin1724
    @thomastimlin1724 Год назад

    "What Is Truth?" Johnny Cash song...he gave a voice to youth with their long hair at the time, opposing the Vietnam War, not being listened to...BTW You look good in any color clothing....and yeh, the peace sign you gave they used tp practically arrest us for in the mid 1960's to about 1973. among other things.

  • @garyseabolt
    @garyseabolt Год назад

    I have followed this same mantra for so long I can't even remember when I started. But it was sometime in my late teens or early 20s, so for over 30 years at least. Note the black T-shirt in my avatar. I wear nothing but black, every day, to the point I've even had people ask me if I ever change my clothes. I don't remember if it was because of this song or not but it was largely from the outlaw persona set forth by the outlaw country genre in general. The fact that I have always been a black sheep, in my family, among my community and in society in general. I grew up with Johnny Cash's music and always gained guidance from it. I have always tried to do what was right, even when it wasn't what was popular, but somehow always paying a terrible price for the stands I make. I haven't made anywhere near the impact Johnny Cash or many others have but I have resigned myself to continue on the same path no matter how much it costs me, and have accepted that paying that price is my mission and purpose in life. In order for peace and joy to exist sadness and strife must exist. I accept the burden of carrying that sadness and strife so others can carry the peace and joy. Johnny may be gone, and you may never see me, but there is still a man here carrying the darkness on his back.

  • @maxfergusson3495
    @maxfergusson3495 Год назад

    Thank you Britt for your reaction was so beautiful love QLD Australia thank you so very much.

  • @Haziesmom2023
    @Haziesmom2023 Год назад

    That's so Cool! So glad to say that they love the color "black". It has always been my favorite color, but people today think that you're depressed if you are always in black.......lol.....

  • @Damnitjim72
    @Damnitjim72 Год назад

    Jory and Rory “Josephine” live2011 if you like story telling you love this one.

  • @danielschartzer1396
    @danielschartzer1396 Год назад

    That's why they calling him
    JOHNNY CASH
    THE MAN IN BLACK
    Awesome react
    Keep up the good work Brittreacts ✌🏾

  • @matthewdooley7855
    @matthewdooley7855 Год назад +1

    Some folks nowadays seem to think country artists shouldn't get political. But one of the greatest country music artists of all time was VERY political. Importantly, he was educated on issues, and had compassion and love for people from all walks of life. For a similar song, check out "The Ballad of Ira Hayes".

  • @billwicketvogel1787
    @billwicketvogel1787 Год назад

    This "Raw" version is awesome.

  • @clintcalvert9250
    @clintcalvert9250 Год назад +1

    This was before the nonstop politicization of everything. It came from a true place. It’s super rare these days.

  • @richardconnolly4835
    @richardconnolly4835 Год назад

    Many of JC's songs sought to raise the social conscience. Another great example is Ira Hayes, a real person, a native American who served and loved his country, although his country didn't always show love for him.

  • @stevenmeyer9674
    @stevenmeyer9674 Год назад

    This was a concert at a college during the Vietnam war

  • @Acoustic_strings
    @Acoustic_strings Год назад +1

    I think that you might also enjoy the Garth song "We Shall Be Free"

  • @timwhitlow2677
    @timwhitlow2677 Год назад

    You should listen and react to Johnny Cash's The Junkie's Prayer. It is a humbling song about addiction, something he knew a lot about.

  • @kylesummers1565
    @kylesummers1565 Год назад

    Peace, Love!!

  • @scottierogers7738
    @scottierogers7738 Год назад

    He grew up in Dyce Arkansas I remember when I was young, I am 52 and when I was a kid he rode on a train that came through Rison Arkansas and then ended up in Kingsland Arkansas, started watching you here awhile back

    • @sandracox4341
      @sandracox4341 Год назад +1

      Dyess, Arkansas

    • @scottierogers7738
      @scottierogers7738 Год назад

      @@sandracox4341 thanks for the spell check, I am a Brain Stem Stroke Survivor, and my Double Vision causes me all kinds of problems when I am texting

  • @debbiebailey4924
    @debbiebailey4924 3 месяца назад

    You are a breath of fresh air 😊

  • @scottierogers7738
    @scottierogers7738 Год назад

    I live at the Town that his was born in and that is Kingsland Arkansas Birthplace of Johnny Cash

  • @audioman8650
    @audioman8650 11 месяцев назад

    You ought to check out his song "When The Man Comes Around". Gives me hope that at least a few of the great artists of modern times will make it to heaven, I'm as sure as a mortal man can be that he'll be there, finally wearing white.

  • @gtronable
    @gtronable Год назад

    beautiful track

  • @lwrefrigeratedexpress5698
    @lwrefrigeratedexpress5698 Год назад

    Johnny Cash grew very poor. His father hated and looked down on him. But Johnny loved the Lord and never gave up on his father.. He always stood up for what he believed in. He was a good man.