@theblahman can't speak for the other, but Johnny Cash's version is inferior to none, and come on dude, Its Johnny Cash, that should be answer enough....
Hmmmm hmmmm hmmmm hmmmmm hmmmm Virgil Caine is my name and I served on the Danville train 'Til Stoneman's cavalry came and tore up the tracks again In the winter of '65, we were hungry, just barely alive I took the train to Richmond that fell And it's a time that I remember oh so well The night they drove old Dixie down And all the bells were ringin' The night they drove old Dixie down And all the people were singin' They sang Na na na na na na na na na na Hmmm hmmmm
piss on the empire and their one world order murderist agneda. as one yankee reporter proclaimed, ' Freedom DIed at appomatax'. unfortunatley thanks to the the fed whitewashing and their damn public schools and our churches that worship the empire far above God Almighty, The Truth is Buried and freedom has DIED. There are thsoe of us taht continue to fight and stnad up for the Truth every day. Odd enough, its the Chirtians who proclaim The TRUTH will set you free. I TOO am a Christian,
It is an interesting song. I take the lyrics "and they sang, Na Na Na Na ... " as: "Its all just horrible bull-shit .. there's nothing meaningful to be said about this war."
This "interpretation" will fit well whom-ever is saying it.
One thing people forget is that in the south in the years before the war, most folks were dirt poor. Small, small percentage of landed gentry (slave owners) on the plantations. Much like the entire country today. The poor white trash of those days could look down on their dark brothers as being even worse off than them. It's a shame they couldn't join together and overthrow the real evil, the 1%'ers that controlled everything. Same story today, only now they have a media machine (fauxNews).
@ugmodude Entirely right. It's always the poor who get sacrificed for the wealth of the rich. Dress the cause up as patriotism and it can be made to sound respectable. But it never is.
Racism is only one of the many divides used by the powerful to keep you in fear of the truth. We are all the same. Anyone who thinks differently should look within themselves and sort out their own problems. Then go meet some real people of different colour, and judge for yourself. Not everything on tv is real/true.
I'd like to agree with denzelsnipes69. The story of the south is much more complex than we are usually told. I just recently discovered that blacks and white together fought against Sherman 1865 as his men approached their mutual communities. Seems his men were very equal opportunity in regards to murder, robbery, arson and rape.
part of love for the south is that its good american ppl with good values. simple life with the rest of america culture out side the south being solely consumerism and the plague that goes with that
This song has nothing to do with racism. It's a classic from the heart. Northern soldiers sang "Dixie" during the war -- they all sang to ease the pain and anguish of so much horror and bloodshed. Hell, I call the Civil War "The War of Southern Treason" but i love this song. songs exist free of politics.
Now that I see what has happened to our great nation as well as Canada and Europe.I wish the south would have won.May God forgive our Yankee ignorance.
@USAdude30 Yes life would be much better if we still had slaves, accepted only christianity and persecuted all others, drove out any family that wasn't in the country before 1862, and consistently showed the kind of intolerance and ignorance you're displaying right now.
@sirhairypercival Oh I'm sorry there liberal dude,you didn't like my comment there huh. I think I hear your boy friend calling you for dinner there bud,you can take your nation destroying,arrogant mentality with you.Thank you,thank you very much.
King Cotton killed any odd for the South to win. The French wanted the English to join in the English felt blackmailed by the south and India supplied some cotton and the North fueled Europe with corn. You never stood a meager odd to win unless; ground gain and decisive victories occupying major centers of commerce.
They never did and never had a shot at it. The civil war in the US fueled economy in Europe even just by building blockade runners. Wrong time right place.
I'm sure Johnny Cash didn't have a racist bone in his body. I'm black and I can relate to almost everything he sings about. He sang about police brutality, John Henry, and when he had his tv show he had more black guests than most shows did at that time. So when he sings about Southern pride I know he's singing from a true perspective of pride and not the "I hate blacks" mentality. I'm black, from the South and proud of it. After all blacks helped build the South....and did it for free.
i live in texas now and i know more mexicans that are racist against whites and blacks than whites that are racist to blacks and mexicans back home in alabama. most southern folks come from good morrals and are raised to be kind and respectfull black or white and those are the ones that make the south the great place it is. its the niggers and white trash that are disliked by blacks and whites and we are both looked down on by others who are ignorant to the south and our people.
Let's all bear in mind that that the cash crops produced below the mason-dixon line by means of enslaved labor were at the same time being exported to new england and great britain for manufacture and then shipped (value-added, as they say) elsewhere (even back to the se usa)... can you say globalization? google 'mercantilism' & double check yourself b4 making rash judgements, thanks kindly.
jeez folks. why does everyone confuse southern pride with racism? u know, u can have the one without the other. i mean sure everyone reads their own prejudices into a song. but this song isnt about racism, its about war. sung from a very "Dixie" viewpoint. i view the song from my own distorted perceptions of course. so i take the "THEY" in the line "the night they drove old dixie down" i view as the leaders of the southern army. fighting untill nothing was left, taking the "the very Best"
such a great song....i'm glad so many people around the world enjoy the music of one of the greatest americans who ever lived....we should have johnny cash on the 100 dollar bill
Any chance that there is a complete version of the song played with guitar and banjo? It's even more beautiful than the album version J. Cash recorded of that song
Anyway, it’s not like the whites are nowadays a suppressed minority just wanting peace. So, stop being ignorant idiots & start thinking! No matter if you’re white, black, Asian, Latino, American or European.
...Well, I’m from Germany & my mother’s side family where deported to KZ, while my father’s side were more likely Nazis. Therefore I know what racism can do. But I also know that we shouldn’t live in the past forever hating each other. I don’t like the way my people (I talk about young people in my age) take the past as an excuse for intolerance against Germans & I think it’s the same for black people in the states...
But to all of you racists & narrow people: I really can’t believe that you still have so much hate in your hearts. Using the N-word?! Grouching about black racism?! Even though I think racism is never right, I actually can understand where “black racism” comes from. Just think about 100 of years inhume slavery...
I'm sure Johnny Cash didn't have a racist bone in his body. I'm black and I can relate to almost everything he sings about. He sang about police brutality, John Henry, and when he had his tv show he had more black guests than most shows did at that time. So when he sings about Southern pride I know he's singing from a true perspective of pride and not the "I hate blacks" mentality. I'm black, from the South and proud of it. After all blacks helped build the South....and did it for free.
@denzelsnipes69 Pluse the south was not all slave holding monsters. They actually freed their slaves first before the north. They didn't mention that in the history books or all the Irish slaves.
@denzelsnipes69 i'm white & i'm proud to be from ol' dixie, I respect the rebel flag for what stands for not that racist bullshit ev'rybody says it represents, and yes blacks had a big part in the south not just slavery. MLK, Jr. & outhers like him were good, positive, & respectful blacks. i'm southern, i'm NOT racist, & i wave the rebel battle flag. and i like all johnny cash's songs.
@denzelsnipes69 He was part Scottish, part Native American......I think he knew a lot what it was like to have racism turned his way. He was an American and we need people like him now more than ever.
You have my greatest respect denzelsnipes69.Being proud of your place of birth, have nothing to do about race or religion.
Im born and raised in Denmark,and fiercely proud about my norse history.But it doesnt mean,I think it is a good idea,going to England getting myself a few thralls (slaves). Some people need to get a grip.Its just song ( a very good one though).
White people have more sophistication than to be 'proud' of their heritage, if they can, they are proud of their bank accounts,cars,houses, and the ability to fire employees.
@denzelsnipes69 good for you, man.... its good to hear that you can look at the subject matter with an open mind...... southern folks.... black and white...... are both victims of stereotypes.... peace
I agree with everything you wrote here and I think it's also worth noting that this song was written in the 60's by Robbie Robertson, a Canadian songwriter who is half Iriquois and half Jewish. It's been covered mostly by lefty folk artists like Joan Baez. In fact, the best cover of this song that I've heard is by Richie Havens. It's not a Southern ballad; it's about an impoverished people run down by a heartless government. I am sure black people can relate to that.
@denzelsnipes69 If you ever read Johnny's autobiography, he talks about the ignorance of Racism. He was raised in Arkansas, and didn't see racism. I'm from Texas, and I am not racist either. It is 2011... Why do people still have to get their knickers in a twist over skin color? Ignorance isn't a good enough excuse anymore.
@denzelsnipes69 I'm white and I can't agree more you can read people if you have any insight at all and a lot of people you just know hate black people or Mexicans or Yankees or Hillbillies or somebody but johnny Cash no way
@denzelsnipes69 I couldn't agree more! He seemed to be good and fair to the core..., but I always wondered if songs like this were misinterpreted bc sometimes these same songs did seem to be song by certain indivuals with racist undertones, but I knew that was not John's intention & glad to hear that he was singing for all the reasons you mentioned & shared! Love for one another is the only way!
@denzelsnipes69 I couldn't agree more! He seemed to be good and fair to the core..., but I always wondered if songs like this were misinterpreted bc sometimes these same songs did seem to be song by certain indivuals with racist undertones, but I knew that was not John's intention & glad to hear that he was singing for all the reasons you mentioned & shared! Love for one another is the only way!
@denzelsnipes69 And served in the Civil War, fighting for their freedom. The South even asked them to serve for the Southern cause (?) and then they would be free. Go figure !
Mr Rock1thearts100-Do we now live in a perfect world? No....there exists racism from blacks toward whites and from whites toward blacks. What I find hard to get is how folks can't understand that having been slaves for 300 years, having been subject to racial lynchings until after WWII and having avowed segregationists and bigots being elected officials well into my lifetime leaves black people NEEDING something they can call their own. If only we could be color blind-but it's not true yet.
I love the south and I'm Canadian, hahah but what is with people saying everything is so racist lately, I mean come on if ya wanna bring up somthing from 100 or more years ago you realy have a problem. It really seem's like todays society has taken a turn for the worst .
@640biker Yeah 'm from the middle of nowhere in GA. We're just tired down here of black people having exclusively African American things (Universities, Miss Black America Pageant, and other things) and it's perfectly ok, whereas if you have anything all white it's considered racist. Not to say I approve of either, a lot of us feel there isn't racial equality like the African Americans fought for because now they have exclusive rights to do things in a blacks-only manner.
The south will rise again, that dont mean we will have slaves or hate blacks. If you ever known a southern man and talked to him or ate with him then you know what the south is ...
Every pathetic bozo who seems to want to make everything a racial issue should just shut up and be glad they live in the US. Want racism??? Move to Sauia Arabia. Move to Iran. Move to Somalia. Move to Ghana, but move somewhere else where possibly you will find happiness in your views.
Slavery is horrible. But back then "negroes" were happy on the plantations. Look at the inner cities now. Violence, prostitution, rampant incest, gangs, drug addiction, broken homes, and endless bullshit promises from Rev. Jackson, Sharpton, and Obama types. You tell me what is worse. Freedom is dangerous, unless you know how to use it.
@petgall2 That's the thing about America, no one's a "true American", that would imply others are more American than others, and that's not how it works. If you live in America, work in America, and share the freedoms and burdens of America, you are an American, period, and that's part of what makes this country great and worth fighting for. (sorry for expanding on your idea just felt like saying it)
@petgall2 That's the thing about America, no one's a "true American", that would imply others are more American than others, and that's not how it works. If you live in America, work in America, and share the freedoms and burdens of America, you are an American, period, and that's part of what makes this country great and worth fighting for.
@petgall2 funny how almost everything from moonshine to banjo music
is from Ireland so you should be thanking them and no just becuase your southerner your not a real american you are one if you were born on US soil so let me ask you this is Obama a real american cause he wasn't born here thats 100% sure
and he was lyrical brilliant, he touched many people through his music. hes amazing so dont go slagging him off, what have you done with your life to stand up for things you belive in? at least he had the bottle to go and sing in front of live audiances he sang with passion and he was in a way like elvis's little brother, over shadowed but just as talented if not more so.
he sang for the rights of native americans too the ballard of ira hayes and bitter tears, look them songs up, Native Americans were made to live in retreats were they have their own laws they had their lands taken away from them, look up the town of deadwood, a typical example and still to this day they have their own bits of land and its the same in canada.
"them" songs?? if he cared so much about 'those" songs regarding the native americans, he would have done a better version than he did. Sitting Bull said it best and don't forget it, " every indian hates the white man, and every white man hates the indian." unfortunate but true
This is a great song but the words convey a wrong message for they did not drive old Dixies down!
Old Dixie will be ressurected upon the ashes of a dying U.S.A..
In a couple of decades if the destruction of the country continues at the present rate the old C.S.A. will become again. In the end the South will win
This is a great song but the words convey a wrong message for they did not drive old Dixies down!
Old Dixie will be ressurected upon the ashes of a dying U.S.A..
In a couple of decades if the destruction of the country continues at the present rate the old C.S.A. will become again. In the end the South will win
Guys, guys, guys....less debate and more appreciation. Thanks so much for posting. This is a great video, Johnny looks awesome and the performance is great.
also if you go to that other version to the right, he suddenly gets the date right = 5/4/1865. so i guess it is the lack of caring vs the lack of brains
it's nothing to do with lack of brains, he was lyrically genious, he was their for people when they was in their darkest hour, you tube peace in the velley by johnny cash, in all his songs theirs a moral behind them, you seem to nieve or too young to understand them, because believe in all his songs he is in a dark place, he sang to prisoners people in poverty people who needed someone to understand and a release, he was musically a realease to a great number of people.
@patcshea lack of brains is hardly the appropriate term for it, if anything JC was not some half-wit. Have noticed that he was a bit slipshod at times, lyrics-wise.
So if Richmond fell on April 4, 1865 it hadn't still fallen by May the 10th. 1865. What did those johnny Rebs do, take it back by then? Doubtful. In fact, it's still fallen today and that's a damn good thing considering. Levon Helm knows how to construct a verse: "By April the Fourth/ Richmond had fell" uuuhh, no.
@wellyes he understood people when others turned their back, when the system failed people, he lived through the depression and grew up in probbably some of the hardest times in history another song for you too look up san quenton listen to the lyrics. dont call him brainless when its obviouse you dont know what your talking about research him, and figure it out for your slef and look at the bigger picture, than a poxie date being mixed up.
God bless the south this song gives me the goose bumps R.I.P. Johnny Cash
cavathas 2 months ago 2
oh my god is that jim varney?
sparkicus 4 months ago 2
@sparkicus I SAW HIM TOO!
Yep, you can make out his voice in the chorus!
mattybock 4 months ago
"Hermain Cain is my name
and I served on the Danville train"
Wait, what?
RevBillyRayCollins 4 months ago
@RevBillyRayCollins so what
commenter198 3 months ago
is there a full version of this, 1 minute ia just not enough!!!
ColtCobra2002 4 months ago
@theblahman can't speak for the other, but Johnny Cash's version is inferior to none, and come on dude, Its Johnny Cash, that should be answer enough....
ColtCobra2002 4 months ago
konnii1 5 months ago 5
why is the Joan Baez and Johnny Cash inferior versions of this song getting more hits than the Bands version.
theblahman 5 months ago
0:28 - 0:31 ... Daniel Radcliffe has a time machine??? Or used magic wand???
FriedEggsWithChips 5 months ago
piss on the empire and their one world order murderist agneda. as one yankee reporter proclaimed, ' Freedom DIed at appomatax'. unfortunatley thanks to the the fed whitewashing and their damn public schools and our churches that worship the empire far above God Almighty, The Truth is Buried and freedom has DIED. There are thsoe of us taht continue to fight and stnad up for the Truth every day. Odd enough, its the Chirtians who proclaim The TRUTH will set you free. I TOO am a Christian,
coldh2ocarp 5 months ago
one of soldiers look like nirana bass playe
whiskeyoo7 6 months ago in playlist Johnny Cash playlist
According to Wikipedia: "In 1976, Varney was a regular cast member of the TV show Johnny Cash And Friends".
Also: "In 1985, Varney co-hosted HBO's New Year's Eve special, along with Johnny Cash".
So, seeing as Cash and Varney obviously knew each other, that could easily be him.
FriedEggsWithChips 6 months ago
was that jim varney as one of the soldiers??????
jlbsr1959 6 months ago
Is about the Loss of a war and all the men who was killed for a belife!
nyguy9A 6 months ago
Man I envy that guitar....
FriedEggsandChips 6 months ago
This song is racist.
nycrackhead 6 months ago
@nycrackhead No it's not. It's about war and loss.
epsdelta 6 months ago
gahh...I want him to keep going. I like it so much better than his studio version! anyone know of an official recording that he did in this style?
fendertele1988 6 months ago
Did he take the train to Richmond before or after Stoneman's cavalry tore up the track again?
Bacalod 6 months ago
It is an interesting song. I take the lyrics "and they sang, Na Na Na Na ... " as: "Its all just horrible bull-shit .. there's nothing meaningful to be said about this war."
This "interpretation" will fit well whom-ever is saying it.
Cybernalt 7 months ago
One thing people forget is that in the south in the years before the war, most folks were dirt poor. Small, small percentage of landed gentry (slave owners) on the plantations. Much like the entire country today. The poor white trash of those days could look down on their dark brothers as being even worse off than them. It's a shame they couldn't join together and overthrow the real evil, the 1%'ers that controlled everything. Same story today, only now they have a media machine (fauxNews).
ugmodude 7 months ago 2
@ugmodude agreed!
bckm54 7 months ago
@ugmodude: Best comment ever!
pitbullgirl65 6 months ago
@ugmodude Entirely right. It's always the poor who get sacrificed for the wealth of the rich. Dress the cause up as patriotism and it can be made to sound respectable. But it never is.
claney01 6 months ago
a canadian wrote this song... get it right before you call someone a fucking racist.
sushelor 7 months ago
a canadian wrote this song... get it right before you call someone a fucking racist.
sushelor 7 months ago
John Cash could just stand there and fart and I'd think he was great
OkieDokie306 7 months ago 34
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FriedEggsWithChips 6 months ago
@OkieDokie306 I'm glad he did a little more than that though.
FriedEggsWithChips 6 months ago
he sang a song called all gods children aint free about the struggles of the black people in the civil rights era
MrOhhellyeah 7 months ago
To denzlesnipes69...thats rigth. He sung for the indians, didn`t he ?
So he can`t be a rasist. I think, he was quite more handsome and intelligent like "normal" white americans in his times...
I like him. And Iam the wife of a black man, too.
But for this song...in German , it has to do with someones death by taking drugs. Did I understand it ritgh and its nearly the same here ?
So Johnny Cash quietly knews about what he sungs by this.
But he found his way out, great man.
Snapessister26 7 months ago
jjaaa
94Noah 8 months ago
jajjaa
94Noah 8 months ago
Did anyone else notice that the actor that played Ernest P. Worrell, is in this video? R.I.P. Jim Varney.
saltjunkie77 8 months ago 3
@saltjunkie77 That was Jim Varney?!? I thought I was seeing things.
ProtestantIRA 8 months ago
What a shame...this song could have gone on for another couple minutes.
blizakebowman 8 months ago
if only he sung the whole song.
yellowpowerranger94 8 months ago
Racism is only one of the many divides used by the powerful to keep you in fear of the truth. We are all the same. Anyone who thinks differently should look within themselves and sort out their own problems. Then go meet some real people of different colour, and judge for yourself. Not everything on tv is real/true.
ironlion7800 8 months ago
The War was over States rights....and there were many war crimes committed by the North..sorry but it is the absolute truth.
Atomicflash500 8 months ago 2
@Atomicflash500 finally some one who has some non propagandized knowledge
harataikiphilosopher 8 months ago
I'd like to agree with denzelsnipes69. The story of the south is much more complex than we are usually told. I just recently discovered that blacks and white together fought against Sherman 1865 as his men approached their mutual communities. Seems his men were very equal opportunity in regards to murder, robbery, arson and rape.
phonixasz 8 months ago
Great cover of The Band love it
6Rev6Maynard6 8 months ago
part of love for the south is that its good american ppl with good values. simple life with the rest of america culture out side the south being solely consumerism and the plague that goes with that
oneillaaron23 9 months ago
THIS IS THE BEST J.R.... REST IN PEACE GOOD MAN..MISS YOU.
webbedful 9 months ago
Johnny was a servant of the Lord.
TessaRay 9 months ago
This song has nothing to do with racism. It's a classic from the heart. Northern soldiers sang "Dixie" during the war -- they all sang to ease the pain and anguish of so much horror and bloodshed. Hell, I call the Civil War "The War of Southern Treason" but i love this song. songs exist free of politics.
BluesHonkey 9 months ago
@BluesHonkey I thought *I* came up with tat phrase for the Civil War. And I toally agree.
BrianBinOR 9 months ago
@BrianBinOR I see you have Townes on your site. We are definitely talking the same language!
BluesHonkey 9 months ago
@BluesHonkey Townes was to Country what Warren Zevon was to Rock and Roll: The most under-rated, overlooked storyteller/singer/songwriter ever.
BrianBinOR 9 months ago
today is 150th anniversary of the start of the civil war
chrisbrho 9 months ago
god bless all americans !!... from france
fredcaptain 9 months ago
@fredcaptain Thanks, Fred!
rickallison2223 9 months ago
@rickallison2223 you're welcome but i really mean it !
fredcaptain 9 months ago
JOHNNY YOU ARE THE BEST
FROM MEXICO
maninblack1955 9 months ago
Now that I see what has happened to our great nation as well as Canada and Europe.I wish the south would have won.May God forgive our Yankee ignorance.
USAdude30 10 months ago 15
@USAdude30 Yes life would be much better if we still had slaves, accepted only christianity and persecuted all others, drove out any family that wasn't in the country before 1862, and consistently showed the kind of intolerance and ignorance you're displaying right now.
sirhairypercival 6 months ago
@sirhairypercival Oh I'm sorry there liberal dude,you didn't like my comment there huh. I think I hear your boy friend calling you for dinner there bud,you can take your nation destroying,arrogant mentality with you.Thank you,thank you very much.
USAdude30 6 months ago
@sirhairypercival You know other than the slaves you are right.
tmtv633 5 months ago
@USAdude30
King Cotton killed any odd for the South to win. The French wanted the English to join in the English felt blackmailed by the south and India supplied some cotton and the North fueled Europe with corn. You never stood a meager odd to win unless; ground gain and decisive victories occupying major centers of commerce.
They never did and never had a shot at it. The civil war in the US fueled economy in Europe even just by building blockade runners. Wrong time right place.
MrRizikoo 6 months ago
@USAdude30 Canada is in great shape America is bring the world down right now with other countrys having to bail you out because of debt
connordjames 5 months ago
@USAdude30 Can you elaborate? Can you even tell me what the Civil War was about? Please don't respond if your answer involves "freeing the slaves".
foxnotch 4 months ago
@foxnotch The Civil war was primraily about states rights.
MilitaryPolice701 2 months ago
@USAdude30 wtf you talking about, we're doing great up in Canada.. Americas the world's biggest joke don't think any less you hick
blackfire5432112 2 months ago
@blackfire5432112 fuck you
falsto24 1 month ago
0:36 Is that Jim Varney?
strataxeCB 10 months ago 3
@strataxeCB
Yes it is.
jakeaaron 9 months ago
I'm sure Johnny Cash didn't have a racist bone in his body. I'm black and I can relate to almost everything he sings about. He sang about police brutality, John Henry, and when he had his tv show he had more black guests than most shows did at that time. So when he sings about Southern pride I know he's singing from a true perspective of pride and not the "I hate blacks" mentality. I'm black, from the South and proud of it. After all blacks helped build the South....and did it for free.
gatorgreed 10 months ago
@gatorgreed
i live in texas now and i know more mexicans that are racist against whites and blacks than whites that are racist to blacks and mexicans back home in alabama. most southern folks come from good morrals and are raised to be kind and respectfull black or white and those are the ones that make the south the great place it is. its the niggers and white trash that are disliked by blacks and whites and we are both looked down on by others who are ignorant to the south and our people.
251letitrane 10 months ago 3
@gatorgreed arre you shitting me? you copied the top rated comment
brendan5821 10 months ago 4
@brendan5821 Hahaha, now that's funny.
PurpleSmokeDRO 10 months ago
What a legend !!
magnvsmarcvs 10 months ago
whats wrong with uniforms they're wearing
4stephcat8 10 months ago
amen
finished4990 10 months ago
Johnny Cash is the man!
mrsbelcher1987 10 months ago
No disrespect to Johnny Cash, but this rendition completely missed the point. Musically speaking. (in my opinion)
joshuabil 11 months ago
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thank God they drove ol dixie down
Dreadmore 11 months ago
I will always love Johnny
highlandreamer 1 year ago
don't care much for this arrangment. Good song and Johnny sang well, but not this time
Navajo549 1 year ago
what a sublime voice :)
annyid8 1 year ago
love the old south <3
PreppyTony 1 year ago
@petgall2-
I don't think you need to be from the south to be a true American..
Irish in America
lgtrojan15 1 year ago
great song by a great artist
ilbtsfiles 1 year ago
A Soldier 1864
We are now falling back to the mountains
the cannons have been beating us up all day
Jeb caught a piece of iron in the shoulder
and bled out within the hour
We are tired of dying
and wish for peace…
M.S. Morrison
michaelsmorrison 1 year ago
rip ira
79kaddylaccoupe 1 year ago
Is that Jim Varney (Ernest) in the video??
apastockmyer 1 year ago 3
ahha becuase he sing about dixie u have to say shit about blacks . wtf
WONDERDRUGG 1 year ago
Let's all bear in mind that that the cash crops produced below the mason-dixon line by means of enslaved labor were at the same time being exported to new england and great britain for manufacture and then shipped (value-added, as they say) elsewhere (even back to the se usa)... can you say globalization? google 'mercantilism' & double check yourself b4 making rash judgements, thanks kindly.
ticketname 1 year ago
jeez folks. why does everyone confuse southern pride with racism? u know, u can have the one without the other. i mean sure everyone reads their own prejudices into a song. but this song isnt about racism, its about war. sung from a very "Dixie" viewpoint. i view the song from my own distorted perceptions of course. so i take the "THEY" in the line "the night they drove old dixie down" i view as the leaders of the southern army. fighting untill nothing was left, taking the "the very Best"
lexcalibur1 1 year ago 35
@lexcalibur1 i think the they is about the northern leaders and army when they invade the south
dannym432 7 months ago
such a great song....i'm glad so many people around the world enjoy the music of one of the greatest americans who ever lived....we should have johnny cash on the 100 dollar bill
OldSkoolThrasher666 1 year ago
Well, the civil war proved Americans could shoot pretty well anyways. 500-800 yard shots with open sights, now that's impressive!
thegreatozz1 1 year ago
Any chance that there is a complete version of the song played with guitar and banjo? It's even more beautiful than the album version J. Cash recorded of that song
cruelintone 1 year ago
Anyway, it’s not like the whites are nowadays a suppressed minority just wanting peace. So, stop being ignorant idiots & start thinking! No matter if you’re white, black, Asian, Latino, American or European.
hannahjaelker 1 year ago
...Well, I’m from Germany & my mother’s side family where deported to KZ, while my father’s side were more likely Nazis. Therefore I know what racism can do. But I also know that we shouldn’t live in the past forever hating each other. I don’t like the way my people (I talk about young people in my age) take the past as an excuse for intolerance against Germans & I think it’s the same for black people in the states...
hannahjaelker 1 year ago
@hannahjaelker i'm 18 & i hear ya all the way down here in dixie (south)USA) and i agree. jeder sollte aufhören zu ignorent und rassistisch.
79kaddylaccoupe 1 year ago
Great song! I love Johnny Cash’s voice…
But to all of you racists & narrow people: I really can’t believe that you still have so much hate in your hearts. Using the N-word?! Grouching about black racism?! Even though I think racism is never right, I actually can understand where “black racism” comes from. Just think about 100 of years inhume slavery...
hannahjaelker 1 year ago
God Bless the Confederate States - Dixie for ever
Battleflag1861CSA 1 year ago
that guy in the beginning lookz like that vern guy..
ko5cobraa 1 year ago
I'm sure Johnny Cash didn't have a racist bone in his body. I'm black and I can relate to almost everything he sings about. He sang about police brutality, John Henry, and when he had his tv show he had more black guests than most shows did at that time. So when he sings about Southern pride I know he's singing from a true perspective of pride and not the "I hate blacks" mentality. I'm black, from the South and proud of it. After all blacks helped build the South....and did it for free.
denzelsnipes69 1 year ago 259
@denzelsnipes69 i hate u
AbsentHeart2799 1 year ago
@denzelsnipes69 Pluse the south was not all slave holding monsters. They actually freed their slaves first before the north. They didn't mention that in the history books or all the Irish slaves.
bbouch111 1 year ago
@denzelsnipes69 i'm white & i'm proud to be from ol' dixie, I respect the rebel flag for what stands for not that racist bullshit ev'rybody says it represents, and yes blacks had a big part in the south not just slavery. MLK, Jr. & outhers like him were good, positive, & respectful blacks. i'm southern, i'm NOT racist, & i wave the rebel battle flag. and i like all johnny cash's songs.
79kaddylaccoupe 1 year ago
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I couldn't agree more.
ftfisher4x4 1 year ago
@denzelsnipes69 He was part Scottish, part Native American......I think he knew a lot what it was like to have racism turned his way. He was an American and we need people like him now more than ever.
TIAMCHANDLER 1 year ago
@TIAMCHANDLER he dident have any native he had scottish german and italian
400austin 1 year ago
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@denzelsnipes69 hey buddy...why dont you "get rhythm" while johnny cash "ship them niggers back".
oh yeah...those are names of just a couple songs he did...you should go listen to 'em.
r2Kd0ugernaut 11 months ago
@denzelsnipes69 Agree with every word. Thank you.
TheLEJT1 11 months ago 2
@denzelsnipes69
I wish more blacks and whites had your attitude!
jamboa2003 11 months ago
@denzelsnipes69
You have my greatest respect denzelsnipes69.Being proud of your place of birth, have nothing to do about race or religion.
Im born and raised in Denmark,and fiercely proud about my norse history.But it doesnt mean,I think it is a good idea,going to England getting myself a few thralls (slaves). Some people need to get a grip.Its just song ( a very good one though).
Rest in peace Mr Cash
norsebybirth 11 months ago
@norsebybirth 'Proud, so fiercely proud.'
White people have more sophistication than to be 'proud' of their heritage, if they can, they are proud of their bank accounts,cars,houses, and the ability to fire employees.
chelseagurl97 11 months ago
@denzelsnipes69 good for you, man.... its good to hear that you can look at the subject matter with an open mind...... southern folks.... black and white...... are both victims of stereotypes.... peace
wolfatnight 11 months ago
@denzelsnipes69
I agree with everything you wrote here and I think it's also worth noting that this song was written in the 60's by Robbie Robertson, a Canadian songwriter who is half Iriquois and half Jewish. It's been covered mostly by lefty folk artists like Joan Baez. In fact, the best cover of this song that I've heard is by Richie Havens. It's not a Southern ballad; it's about an impoverished people run down by a heartless government. I am sure black people can relate to that.
passyouby 11 months ago
@denzelsnipes69 If you ever read Johnny's autobiography, he talks about the ignorance of Racism. He was raised in Arkansas, and didn't see racism. I'm from Texas, and I am not racist either. It is 2011... Why do people still have to get their knickers in a twist over skin color? Ignorance isn't a good enough excuse anymore.
rampantlion1986 10 months ago
@denzelsnipes69 Well said my friend, I don't care if one is White,Black,Brown or whatever "Race" There is. For me there is just humans.
jediguardian1 10 months ago
@denzelsnipes69 I'm white and I can't agree more you can read people if you have any insight at all and a lot of people you just know hate black people or Mexicans or Yankees or Hillbillies or somebody but johnny Cash no way
elamite66 10 months ago
@denzelsnipes69 I couldn't agree more! He seemed to be good and fair to the core..., but I always wondered if songs like this were misinterpreted bc sometimes these same songs did seem to be song by certain indivuals with racist undertones, but I knew that was not John's intention & glad to hear that he was singing for all the reasons you mentioned & shared! Love for one another is the only way!
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@denzelsnipes69 I couldn't agree more! He seemed to be good and fair to the core..., but I always wondered if songs like this were misinterpreted bc sometimes these same songs did seem to be song by certain indivuals with racist undertones, but I knew that was not John's intention & glad to hear that he was singing for all the reasons you mentioned & shared! Love for one another is the only way!
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@denzelsnipes69 Wellsaid!!!
anapanasati1970 8 months ago
@denzelsnipes69 Respect buddy ..
MrMarf96 7 months ago
@denzelsnipes69 And served in the Civil War, fighting for their freedom. The South even asked them to serve for the Southern cause (?) and then they would be free. Go figure !
lexingtonMO 7 months ago
Mr Rock1thearts100-Do we now live in a perfect world? No....there exists racism from blacks toward whites and from whites toward blacks. What I find hard to get is how folks can't understand that having been slaves for 300 years, having been subject to racial lynchings until after WWII and having avowed segregationists and bigots being elected officials well into my lifetime leaves black people NEEDING something they can call their own. If only we could be color blind-but it's not true yet.
MrSwingGuitar 1 year ago
@MrSwingGuitar we white people shouldnt be rascist rascism is a crime and crime is for niggers
AbsentHeart2799 1 year ago
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MrSwingGuitar 1 year ago
This song is Great! :) Johnny Cash 4-ever!
Katzeleine 1 year ago
I love the south and I'm Canadian, hahah but what is with people saying everything is so racist lately, I mean come on if ya wanna bring up somthing from 100 or more years ago you realy have a problem. It really seem's like todays society has taken a turn for the worst .
640biker 1 year ago
@640biker Yeah 'm from the middle of nowhere in GA. We're just tired down here of black people having exclusively African American things (Universities, Miss Black America Pageant, and other things) and it's perfectly ok, whereas if you have anything all white it's considered racist. Not to say I approve of either, a lot of us feel there isn't racial equality like the African Americans fought for because now they have exclusive rights to do things in a blacks-only manner.
rock1the1arts100 1 year ago
@Roslowich89c9040 ya this was definitely written by Robbie Robertson and first performed by the Band on their second album... such a great song.
rhysiodeltoro 1 year ago
Stumble VT
mjreynolds02 1 year ago
god bless you all
mp40elite 1 year ago
IM BORED
astrologyfox 1 year ago
The south will rise again, that dont mean we will have slaves or hate blacks. If you ever known a southern man and talked to him or ate with him then you know what the south is ...
Wankachocho 1 year ago 3
@Wankachocho it's from The Band, but I personally prefer the voice of Johnny Cash.
Sky14657 1 year ago
If you wanna listen to a longer version, try The Band. I believe they wrote it.
PinkDoorsOnaZeppelin 1 year ago
May the Southern people remain proud of their heritage.
manatawny 1 year ago
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he will be a legend
nat7403 1 year ago
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Go to ridethistrain. net/forum for all your Johnny Cash bootleg needs! (Remove the space between the . and the net for it to work)
Cortexmelon 1 year ago
Every pathetic bozo who seems to want to make everything a racial issue should just shut up and be glad they live in the US. Want racism??? Move to Sauia Arabia. Move to Iran. Move to Somalia. Move to Ghana, but move somewhere else where possibly you will find happiness in your views.
bobo7813 1 year ago
The 27th VA Co. G welcomes Johnny Cash around camp any time. Deo Vindice!
ke4bss 1 year ago 2
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Slavery is horrible. But back then "negroes" were happy on the plantations. Look at the inner cities now. Violence, prostitution, rampant incest, gangs, drug addiction, broken homes, and endless bullshit promises from Rev. Jackson, Sharpton, and Obama types. You tell me what is worse. Freedom is dangerous, unless you know how to use it.
rockyracune 1 year ago
God bless the south "The true Americans "
From Ireland.
petgall2 1 year ago 52
@petgall2 idiot
petersonmd1983 1 year ago
@petgall2 Do you know this song was written by a Native American/Jew from Toronto, Canada?
Neoconhater 1 year ago 2
@Neoconhater Yes The band I belive like some of their stuff.
petgall2 1 year ago
@petgall2 I like you already
Valdrag 1 year ago
@petgall2 That's the thing about America, no one's a "true American", that would imply others are more American than others, and that's not how it works. If you live in America, work in America, and share the freedoms and burdens of America, you are an American, period, and that's part of what makes this country great and worth fighting for. (sorry for expanding on your idea just felt like saying it)
EldradUlthan385 11 months ago
@petgall2 That's the thing about America, no one's a "true American", that would imply others are more American than others, and that's not how it works. If you live in America, work in America, and share the freedoms and burdens of America, you are an American, period, and that's part of what makes this country great and worth fighting for.
EldradUlthan385 11 months ago 3
@petgall2 God bless the IRA "the true Irishmen"
from the South
Fthebrits 11 months ago
@Fthebrits You're playing with fire pal...
meowandmeow 11 months ago
@petgall2 BLack and tans like lightning ran by the rifles of the ira
crazymarine1991 10 months ago
I don't think so. How dare you discount the rest of the country. The majority American accent is much more typical and real.
Thx1138d 10 months ago
@petgall2 funny how almost everything from moonshine to banjo music
is from Ireland so you should be thanking them and no just becuase your southerner your not a real american you are one if you were born on US soil so let me ask you this is Obama a real american cause he wasn't born here thats 100% sure
TheMuffinator100 9 months ago
@TheMuffinator100 TROLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
tdl125 9 months ago
@tdl125 not really i was stating a fact and isn't considered trolling to hate on obama because there few people who still like him
TheMuffinator100 9 months ago
Ernest P. Worrell was a good old boy, i always knew it.
good4sule 1 year ago
and he was lyrical brilliant, he touched many people through his music. hes amazing so dont go slagging him off, what have you done with your life to stand up for things you belive in? at least he had the bottle to go and sing in front of live audiances he sang with passion and he was in a way like elvis's little brother, over shadowed but just as talented if not more so.
discobiscuites 1 year ago
he sang for the rights of native americans too the ballard of ira hayes and bitter tears, look them songs up, Native Americans were made to live in retreats were they have their own laws they had their lands taken away from them, look up the town of deadwood, a typical example and still to this day they have their own bits of land and its the same in canada.
discobiscuites 1 year ago
and you say he doesnt care?...
discobiscuites 1 year ago
"them" songs?? if he cared so much about 'those" songs regarding the native americans, he would have done a better version than he did. Sitting Bull said it best and don't forget it, " every indian hates the white man, and every white man hates the indian." unfortunate but true
patcshea 1 year ago
in short he was a revolutionary of his generation.
discobiscuites 1 year ago
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This is a great song but the words convey a wrong message for they did not drive old Dixies down!
Old Dixie will be ressurected upon the ashes of a dying U.S.A..
In a couple of decades if the destruction of the country continues at the present rate the old C.S.A. will become again. In the end the South will win
VIRIATO1942 1 year ago
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This is a great song but the words convey a wrong message for they did not drive old Dixies down!
Old Dixie will be ressurected upon the ashes of a dying U.S.A..
In a couple of decades if the destruction of the country continues at the present rate the old C.S.A. will become again. In the end the South will win
VIRIATO1942 1 year ago
Guys, guys, guys....less debate and more appreciation. Thanks so much for posting. This is a great video, Johnny looks awesome and the performance is great.
uptightkid 1 year ago
also if you go to that other version to the right, he suddenly gets the date right = 5/4/1865. so i guess it is the lack of caring vs the lack of brains
patcshea 1 year ago
it's nothing to do with lack of brains, he was lyrically genious, he was their for people when they was in their darkest hour, you tube peace in the velley by johnny cash, in all his songs theirs a moral behind them, you seem to nieve or too young to understand them, because believe in all his songs he is in a dark place, he sang to prisoners people in poverty people who needed someone to understand and a release, he was musically a realease to a great number of people.
discobiscuites 1 year ago
i like the south.....
DRHunterMcGuire 1 year ago 4
Does anyone knows a longer version of this?
olivier654 1 year ago
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patcshea 1 year ago
@patcshea
Every places knows a bit different versions.
olivier654 1 year ago
@patcshea lack of brains is hardly the appropriate term for it, if anything JC was not some half-wit. Have noticed that he was a bit slipshod at times, lyrics-wise.
uglymoon78 1 year ago
@patcshea
Well, if you want to nitpick, Richmond fell on April 4, 1865, not May 10th. Guess news traveled slowly.
Nefarioso 1 year ago
So if Richmond fell on April 4, 1865 it hadn't still fallen by May the 10th. 1865. What did those johnny Rebs do, take it back by then? Doubtful. In fact, it's still fallen today and that's a damn good thing considering. Levon Helm knows how to construct a verse: "By April the Fourth/ Richmond had fell" uuuhh, no.
patcshea 1 year ago
@patcshea
That's interesting, but Levon Helm didn't write lyrics or music for the Band.
wellyes 1 year ago
@wellyes he understood people when others turned their back, when the system failed people, he lived through the depression and grew up in probbably some of the hardest times in history another song for you too look up san quenton listen to the lyrics. dont call him brainless when its obviouse you dont know what your talking about research him, and figure it out for your slef and look at the bigger picture, than a poxie date being mixed up.
discobiscuites 1 year ago
@discobiscuites
I said Levon Helm didn't write lyrics for the Band. I don't know what that has to do with Johnny Cash.
wellyes 1 year ago