@toby12347 How can you decide who lives who dies? After all, Charles Manson is still alive. Besides which, what if the person being executed is innocent? Google Ray Krone.
Theres really no way to interpret this song. Its a man whos getting executed and praying to God and he goes through denial then repents at the last second.
@chibiakutenshi "You can't kill a man for the thoughts in his head" but you can for their actions. Would you rather keep a serial murderer/rapist alive, eating 3 square warm meals, giving him televison, security and comfort? Some Bastards don't deserve life. Of course we don't have a right to take what they don't deserve. But then again, they gave up their rights as men when they commited the actions they did. This isn't just a matter of divine rights, its a matter of our society laws.
For anyone wanting to know this is a copy of the nick cave and the bad seeds song.
I prefer the nick cave song as it's more full on and violent I guess and this is much more subdued you hear every word.
I think the orignal song is about someone being take the chair to be killed and they are having a re-think of everything they have done, to end up where they are now (the walk to the chair) this song has the start but it's a bit different in the nick cave video clip.
@zagan1 I love the Nick Cave song but this version is interesting - I see an old man with perhaps 20 years on death row and all appeals repealed.. this is the day. He knows what he's done and all lies are behind him. He's not defiant like Nick is in his version but perhaps ready to face his maker.
Johnny Cash makes this song his own - Nick Cave's song is of a young rebellious inmate - Johnny's version is of a man who spent ages on death row. I love them both but I have a suspicion even Nick might like Johnnys version better.
I love Cash but this cover does not have even 10% of the impact that the original does. Even Nick Cave's mellow live versions hit harder than this... I don't like it.
Cash made this cover after Cave made a cover of Cash's song - that's a beautiful artistic interaction. I think that people should not try so hard to compare originals with covers. Cover version is something like a compliment to the original writer; I believe that most of these original writers aren't "annoyed" by the covers, rather the opposite.
Cash and Rubin were able to make such an oppressive version of the song while Nick & the Bad Seeds made a much more vengeful song. Both are brilliant just for different reasons.
I like this version. Cash does have heft. The route from utter denial, even to himself, to acceptance in the face of the end is expertly performed. Cave's unearthing of Old Testament imagery to both cloak and expose the killer is his forté although there is still plenty of room for ambiguity. There's no sense of physical pain but the emotional unwrapping that strips layer after layer away offers us a horror of its own.
Most people perfer Nick Cave's Version but i think Johnny's voice has more meaning and more Powerful. I like both versions but to me Johnny's the man.
"but i'm afraid I told a lie" in my opinion means all the things spoken all the reflections, understanding, getting religion, denial... nevertheless some are guilty in the end. The American and other western systems of justice are in favour of more closed cases than right verdicts!!!
I think it means he men't when he said "In any way i told the truth i'm not afraid to die but i'm afraid i told a lie" I think this because at the moment he sat down in the electric chair he wasn't afraid to die but by the time death came and he was getting ready to clock out he found out thats not what he wanted and it was a lie for him to say that he wasn't afraid
@cyrilmaher sorry to state the obvious but I got the idea that when he said 'but i'm afraid i told a lie' he was making reference to the repeated line of 'but i'm not afraid to die' and that he was trying to put a brave face on things when he was actually afraid to face his end. Especially the idea of having to maintain a brave front in his final moments in front a crowd that would want to see his weakness in the face of a horrific and agonising form of execution.
@cyrilmaher nar I think that line is about. how everyone in jail is always innocent but not everyone can be, for they are in jail for a reason. the lie in this case (I think) is the guy saying to himself that is hasn't done any crime but really it's not true and knows he has done a crime but it's no good saying you haven't done anyone when really you know you have. so you get the line "but i'm afraid I told a lie" after the whole start of the song is about him saying he's always told the truth.
@cyrilmaher half of i think is right. but for his lie. is about dying in dying we all have the fear in carnal yearnings. in spirit or not we will pertain to subconscious willings. it's about letting go of the bullshit that people pertain on one another.
@cyrilmaher i think it means that he really is afraid to die because that part is sung where "i'm not afraid to die is" but, that's what makes a great song. many people can have many different interpretations. Great writing by Nick Cave and an amazing cover Johnny Cash.
Nobody but cash could have covered this and made it work. Honestly he's the only kind of man who was on the same level, mentally, to make it convincing enough.
I always interpreted the line "but i'm afrraid I told a lie" to mean he really was afraid to die and the song was just his way of attempting to comfort of himself before his death. I don't think this song is either for or against the death penalty it's just talking about a man's experience. Not everything is political, sometimes a story is just a story.
I always interpreted the line "but i'm afrraid I told a lie" to mean he really was afraid to die and the song was just his way of attempting to comfort of himself before his death. I don't think this song is either for or against the death penalty it's just talking about man's experience. Not everything is political, sometimes a story is just a story.
@calmbluewaters I always though he ment he was lying about being innocent and that he was actually guilty of the crime he was sentenced for? Could be wrong but who cares about politics with song. Its a great song that almost makes you feel like your on your way to the chair.
@gacutbirth You're an idiot if you think this song is against the death penalty. The whole song is about a killer criminal who LIED about being innocent - he says so at the end! "But I'm afraid I told a lie" - whether Cash was against capital punishment or not, this song condemns the guilty, not the innocent.
@MrsSGriffiths You're an idiot if you think this song is in in favour of the death penalty. The whole song is about a person who is sentenced to death and how he tries to comfort himself to that idea. He says so at the end! "but i'm afraid I told a lie" implying that he is terrified of knowing that he will die.
then again we are both wrong, and right. Music is not always political, or with a clear cut message, its is up to the interpretation of the listener. Try listening to nick cave more.
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Johnny was the man! I've always liked this Nick Cave song. When Nick sang it, he was doing it from the p.o.v. of someone getting the chair. When Cash recorded it, his health was declining. So, when Cash sang the line, "I'm not afriad to die," it was as if he knew his number was coming up. R.I.P., Johnny.
@AdamsApple1963 I think you're right. I wonder, but did Nick have Johnny in mind when he wrote The Mercy Seat? Just curious. Yes, R.I.P. Mr Cash--you echo on, and the prison records, by the way, are simply amazing!
Johnny was the man! I've always liked this Nick Cave song. When Nick sang it, he was doing it from the p.o.v. of someone getting the chair. When Cash recorded it, his health was declining. So, when Cash sang the line, "I'm not afriad to die," it was if he knew his number was coming up. R.I.P., Johnny.
I cant see how this video was nominated for any awards. Actually terrible. Obviously a great song though, still cant decide which version I like best. Pretty much two different songs though, in the way that theyre sang etc.
I'm not sure I like Cash's version, It seems more pitiful and self-serving than Cave's - though I don't like Cave's 'Tender Prey' album version as much as I like the acoustic version from 'B-Sides And Rarities.'
The song is a very terrifying thing in itself, and the fact that Cave's version had no real explanation of his jailing and execution makes it almost mythical - Like something Jesse James might have sung to a crowd at his hanging if he was caught for something he was innocent of.
@zagan1 He does actually swear on the prison records. Maybe that was when he was still fairly young, so he might have kept his language clean later. He definitely says 'hell', 'shit' and 'son of a bitch' on those live records, though. Pretty funny, too.
Agreed. I feel bad saying I prefer the Cash versions of songs like this and 'Hurt', but in both cases they sound more appropriate sung in his voice, by a man of his age. Sung by guys in their 30s they can sound a little bit like goth posturing, if we're going to be ungenerous, but Cash carries it off with aplomb.
Nobody on youtube can actually type or speak English. Either they try and fail, or their stupidity overcomes them while they tard out over their keyboards resulting in the biggest grammatical and spelling mess of all time.
That, sir, is quite debatable. A gentleman generally refrains from talking too much of himself, but in this case, it seems excusable. If you look at my spelling, grammar and punctuation, you will find that it is perfect, thus rendering your claim preposterous! Good day, sir.
It wasn't a problem, my good man. Although I agree that the good people of youtube should make a considerable effort when it comes to correct grammar and spelling.
As long as you are both aware it makes no difference seeing as this is not a forum for judgment but of praise or other comment on the video we are watching. Which is great, by the way. And a great song. If you like this try 'I Hung my Head', it's even more chilling for me.
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I consider The Mercy Seat Nick Cave's greatest feat ever. Not even the weeping song and brother my cup is empty are that fundamental. Johny Cash's version is sweet in its own way - it's like Mozart's take on Dies Irae vs. Verdi's
Interesting minimalist approach, leaves the flash open to interpretation, a bit...and man, this is one of my favorite songs, regardless of who sings it.
Johnny Cash = The Man
jonmorr777 1 month ago
fantastic
bonniebardowski 1 month ago
@toby12347 How can you decide who lives who dies? After all, Charles Manson is still alive. Besides which, what if the person being executed is innocent? Google Ray Krone.
jake12831 2 months ago
THE ONE WITHOUT A NUMBER !!!
albinchis 2 months ago
Theres really no way to interpret this song. Its a man whos getting executed and praying to God and he goes through denial then repents at the last second.
powerfulnun 3 months ago
@powerfulnun I agree. When you listen to Nick Cave's original, he just sounds like a man who doesn't give a damn anymore.
isaacmccardle 1 month ago
best song ever
crazy96662 3 months ago
Don't forget who's song this is!
gianrigo 3 months ago 6
Johnny Cash was a true genius, and he adds religion to his songs in the best of ways
HunterBeck111 3 months ago
@HunterBeck111 amen!
kellalablx9d 1 week ago
one of the best
LeonardoBZamboni 3 months ago
Good stuff!! We are all innocent when it comes down to it!! Great one!! Joey Vaughan "World Blues Attack"
cjoey39 3 months ago
@chibiakutenshi "You can't kill a man for the thoughts in his head" but you can for their actions. Would you rather keep a serial murderer/rapist alive, eating 3 square warm meals, giving him televison, security and comfort? Some Bastards don't deserve life. Of course we don't have a right to take what they don't deserve. But then again, they gave up their rights as men when they commited the actions they did. This isn't just a matter of divine rights, its a matter of our society laws.
tobby12347 3 months ago
a found the guy on the music video is scary
KillerDude1771 4 months ago
This one is for Troy Davis...
bertbiker 4 months ago
@bertbiker Maybe one day we can play this, in his honor, the day there is no longer a death penalty in this once great nation....
chibiakutenshi 4 months ago
great song but awful video
Garworinth 4 months ago
@Garworinth Agreed
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fwtios 4 months ago
Trust me on this point!!! you can't run from God,coz He is alway's with us thru out life
buzztopburnett 4 months ago
@buzztopburnett Nah
eddievanhallen5150 3 months ago
the info box at the top says that johnny cash is playing in felixstowe this september. i might sound stupid but HOW?
pojugalo 6 months ago
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@pojugalo: the info box at the top says that johnny cash is playing in felixstowe this september. i might sound stupid but HOW?
1: A backhoe
2: A 3' x 7' industrial-sized oven set on medium-low
3: A SHITLOAD of smelling salts.
Maybe this? I dunno.
KillChomsky 5 months ago
For anyone wanting to know this is a copy of the nick cave and the bad seeds song.
I prefer the nick cave song as it's more full on and violent I guess and this is much more subdued you hear every word.
I think the orignal song is about someone being take the chair to be killed and they are having a re-think of everything they have done, to end up where they are now (the walk to the chair) this song has the start but it's a bit different in the nick cave video clip.
zagan1 7 months ago
@zagan1 I love the Nick Cave song but this version is interesting - I see an old man with perhaps 20 years on death row and all appeals repealed.. this is the day. He knows what he's done and all lies are behind him. He's not defiant like Nick is in his version but perhaps ready to face his maker.
QrtOpus1 5 months ago
I have been a fan of Johnny for as long as I care to remember and I believe he would approve of this video, I do also. good job....
paulpellicci 8 months ago
Amazing song. Amazing video. Wow.
ElieeW96 8 months ago
Johnny Cash makes this song his own - Nick Cave's song is of a young rebellious inmate - Johnny's version is of a man who spent ages on death row. I love them both but I have a suspicion even Nick might like Johnnys version better.
QrtOpus1 8 months ago 3
36 people who...WHAT THE FUCK
Thesagga 8 months ago 2
Does anyone have sheet music or anything written out for the piano part?
I've been dying to learn and I'm no good at learning songs by ear.
decoCKY 8 months ago
apparently this song was banned i nmy country, thats just wrong. on a differnt video.
DrTHENgr1mReap 8 months ago
cash rules!check my channel if you like!got a new blues/roots music video!
theBigNoseAttack 8 months ago
Fuck dude. Brilliant.
staturne 8 months ago
Delicious voice. You could listen to him recite the alphabet all day long.
mahlstadt 8 months ago
i can't think of a cover better than this...absolutely amazing.
teargarden 8 months ago
I love Cash but this cover does not have even 10% of the impact that the original does. Even Nick Cave's mellow live versions hit harder than this... I don't like it.
Nagsworth 9 months ago
im the 800th like!.....good for me
22tus 9 months ago
That wild and powerful piano at the end it just blow my mind.
Brilliant i do prefer Cash version to the nick's original.
fastrover 9 months ago
@fastrover this is better than the original????? go wash your ears
hmfrod 9 months ago
- "when im going to the moon im taking all my johnny cash collection"
johann2779 9 months ago
And now "Old Smokey" is on display at the National Museum of Crime and Punishment. When you see it yourself you realize how crude it was built.
thelaurelbush 9 months ago
Johnny Cash = Musician that got cooler with age!
B1ushMoe 9 months ago
The song of a Dead man sung by a dying man. Nothing can compare.
AManNamedCM2 9 months ago 2
Cash made this cover after Cave made a cover of Cash's song - that's a beautiful artistic interaction. I think that people should not try so hard to compare originals with covers. Cover version is something like a compliment to the original writer; I believe that most of these original writers aren't "annoyed" by the covers, rather the opposite.
ivavivian 9 months ago
fantastic!
filitsaki1 9 months ago
Badass. Just fucking badass.
bigbellzer 9 months ago
This video is as great as the song itself. There are tons of talent here.
I wonder how Nick thinks about this.
archimedesnation 10 months ago
Cash and Rubin were able to make such an oppressive version of the song while Nick & the Bad Seeds made a much more vengeful song. Both are brilliant just for different reasons.
damswedon 10 months ago
The piano at the end always reminds me of the extended version of madness and shut up.
dec2034 10 months ago
I like this version. Cash does have heft. The route from utter denial, even to himself, to acceptance in the face of the end is expertly performed. Cave's unearthing of Old Testament imagery to both cloak and expose the killer is his forté although there is still plenty of room for ambiguity. There's no sense of physical pain but the emotional unwrapping that strips layer after layer away offers us a horror of its own.
owaingr 11 months ago
loved it
yindyamarra 11 months ago
Most people perfer Nick Cave's Version but i think Johnny's voice has more meaning and more Powerful. I like both versions but to me Johnny's the man.
111jigsaw111 11 months ago
@111jigsaw111 I don't know that that's true: people preferring Nick Cave's version. I've usually heard it the other way around.
ThePufferFash 11 months ago
wow talk about killing the atmosphere of a great song... i love Johnny C but this lacks so much
marekgothfather 11 months ago
One more time, I prefer Nick Cave's version. More violent, torturate.
Nick is one of my Gods.
VirginMills 11 months ago 2
Agreed. One of the more brilliant visual interpretations.
CrawlingSpirit 1 year ago 7
@CrawlingSpirit you're too generous.
billtotolo 1 year ago 4
Should've been a duet I reckon....
mic7able 1 year ago
Brilliant and masterful.
kingmanmillenia 1 year ago
"but i'm afraid I told a lie" in my opinion means all the things spoken all the reflections, understanding, getting religion, denial... nevertheless some are guilty in the end. The American and other western systems of justice are in favour of more closed cases than right verdicts!!!
cyrilmaher 1 year ago 4
@cyrilmaher that's a great interpretation. I have to ponder that.
billtotolo 1 year ago 3
@billtotolo im confused by it
cprich22 11 months ago
@cprich22 me too, bro!
feelipow 11 months ago
@cyrilmaher I think he's basically saying "I didn't do this I didn't do it" then he confesses in his last words.
Cavin8r 11 months ago
@cyrilmaher
I think it means he men't when he said "In any way i told the truth i'm not afraid to die but i'm afraid i told a lie" I think this because at the moment he sat down in the electric chair he wasn't afraid to die but by the time death came and he was getting ready to clock out he found out thats not what he wanted and it was a lie for him to say that he wasn't afraid
MrCameronAdams 11 months ago
@cyrilmaher sorry to state the obvious but I got the idea that when he said 'but i'm afraid i told a lie' he was making reference to the repeated line of 'but i'm not afraid to die' and that he was trying to put a brave face on things when he was actually afraid to face his end. Especially the idea of having to maintain a brave front in his final moments in front a crowd that would want to see his weakness in the face of a horrific and agonising form of execution.
bebpatt28 7 months ago 3
@cyrilmaher nar I think that line is about. how everyone in jail is always innocent but not everyone can be, for they are in jail for a reason. the lie in this case (I think) is the guy saying to himself that is hasn't done any crime but really it's not true and knows he has done a crime but it's no good saying you haven't done anyone when really you know you have. so you get the line "but i'm afraid I told a lie" after the whole start of the song is about him saying he's always told the truth.
zagan1 7 months ago
@cyrilmaher half of i think is right. but for his lie. is about dying in dying we all have the fear in carnal yearnings. in spirit or not we will pertain to subconscious willings. it's about letting go of the bullshit that people pertain on one another.
666laughingtarget 6 months ago
@cyrilmaher i think it means that he really is afraid to die because that part is sung where "i'm not afraid to die is" but, that's what makes a great song. many people can have many different interpretations. Great writing by Nick Cave and an amazing cover Johnny Cash.
VicRattlehead1980 3 months ago
I do love Johnny Cash but the Stromkern cover is my favorite version of this song
thoobik 1 year ago
amazing song
penisface66 1 year ago
Nobody but cash could have covered this and made it work. Honestly he's the only kind of man who was on the same level, mentally, to make it convincing enough.
Sovermilion 1 year ago
34 ppls have to burn the de head
kpee93 1 year ago
better than the original i think..
mcsuibhne005 1 year ago
brilliant
207Emily 1 year ago
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I always interpreted the line "but i'm afrraid I told a lie" to mean he really was afraid to die and the song was just his way of attempting to comfort of himself before his death. I don't think this song is either for or against the death penalty it's just talking about a man's experience. Not everything is political, sometimes a story is just a story.
calmbluewaters 1 year ago
I always interpreted the line "but i'm afrraid I told a lie" to mean he really was afraid to die and the song was just his way of attempting to comfort of himself before his death. I don't think this song is either for or against the death penalty it's just talking about man's experience. Not everything is political, sometimes a story is just a story.
calmbluewaters 1 year ago
@calmbluewaters
I took that line to be the admission of his guilt. It seemed like he built up to that:
"Totally innocent, you know"
"anyway, there was no proof"
"i'm afraid I told a lie"
He's coming to admit he is guilty.
But I like your interpretation also. I think that is part of what makes the song so great. (and this has nothing to do with the death penalty)
exitpunkbass 1 year ago
@exitpunkbass umm how can you tell cuz are you a pro interringator cuz it doesent seem that way in my mind
robtehKILLER 1 year ago
@calmbluewaters I always though he ment he was lying about being innocent and that he was actually guilty of the crime he was sentenced for? Could be wrong but who cares about politics with song. Its a great song that almost makes you feel like your on your way to the chair.
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and i'm not afraid to die...
FLRN987 1 year ago
Songs like this live forever in our minds.
Bahntu 1 year ago 2
That's why I can't support the death penalty.
gacutbirth 1 year ago
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@gacutbirth no one cares what you support. honestly
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MrsSGriffiths 1 year ago
@gacutbirth You're an idiot if you think this song is against the death penalty. The whole song is about a killer criminal who LIED about being innocent - he says so at the end! "But I'm afraid I told a lie" - whether Cash was against capital punishment or not, this song condemns the guilty, not the innocent.
MrsSGriffiths 1 year ago
@MrsSGriffiths You're an idiot if you think this song is in in favour of the death penalty. The whole song is about a person who is sentenced to death and how he tries to comfort himself to that idea. He says so at the end! "but i'm afraid I told a lie" implying that he is terrified of knowing that he will die.
then again we are both wrong, and right. Music is not always political, or with a clear cut message, its is up to the interpretation of the listener. Try listening to nick cave more.
GabrielBenitezMeiss 1 year ago
my God, I miss Johnny Cash!
he was the Grandfather of Goth, and didn't even know it!
amazing that at the end of his life he became so mainstream.
R.I.P. good, Sir
mrjaxthecat 1 year ago
I still love this video. The end reminds me of the ending to the film: The Man Who Wasn't There. Thanks again for sharing.
hillpolecat 1 year ago 5
@hillpolecat thank you for watching.
Peace,
Bill
billtotolo 1 year ago 3
the green mile!!!!!!!!!!!!
sth892 1 year ago
good
73mrsz 1 year ago
lyrically,m cant be touched. cool man. troubled man but a good man. rough life. cool guy. an old soul early in life.
Kalumborollingstoner 1 year ago
quite a powerful video there im impressed !
1970ferret 1 year ago
MAximusFood, go to havea dinner, you obviously don´t understand music at all so fk off :D
ArmoTappaja 1 year ago
@ArmoTappaja Please sir. Dont Feed the troll. You see., The troll says this is a bad cover because everyone else says it is good. So for everyone else here is a sign... ----=====DONT FEED THE TROLL=====----
reco1515 1 year ago
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One of the worst covers of all time. I just...how....how can you ruin a song so completely?
MaximusFood 1 year ago
@MaximusFood
in a way i think its slightly better
duncers79 1 year ago
One of my favourite songs
booshgrrl 1 year ago
Cash is a guy who believes it. Kindness...mercy....
mixmaster2669 1 year ago
the tack piano at the end is genius.
NedSneed 1 year ago
Johnny was the man! I've always liked this Nick Cave song. When Nick sang it, he was doing it from the p.o.v. of someone getting the chair. When Cash recorded it, his health was declining. So, when Cash sang the line, "I'm not afriad to die," it was as if he knew his number was coming up. R.I.P., Johnny.
AdamsApple1963 1 year ago
@AdamsApple1963 Respect! Johnny was monumental, as is Nick!
bartonim 1 year ago
@bartonim Of course he was! That's what I'm saying; Cash was meant to sing that song!
AdamsApple1963 1 year ago
@AdamsApple1963 I think you're right. I wonder, but did Nick have Johnny in mind when he wrote The Mercy Seat? Just curious. Yes, R.I.P. Mr Cash--you echo on, and the prison records, by the way, are simply amazing!
bartonim 1 year ago
@bartonim He probably did and , yeah, those prison albums that Cash did-classics!
AdamsApple1963 1 year ago
Johnny was the man! I've always liked this Nick Cave song. When Nick sang it, he was doing it from the p.o.v. of someone getting the chair. When Cash recorded it, his health was declining. So, when Cash sang the line, "I'm not afriad to die," it was if he knew his number was coming up. R.I.P., Johnny.
AdamsApple1963 1 year ago
I cant see how this video was nominated for any awards. Actually terrible. Obviously a great song though, still cant decide which version I like best. Pretty much two different songs though, in the way that theyre sang etc.
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flipporify 1 year ago
I'm not sure I like Cash's version, It seems more pitiful and self-serving than Cave's - though I don't like Cave's 'Tender Prey' album version as much as I like the acoustic version from 'B-Sides And Rarities.'
The song is a very terrifying thing in itself, and the fact that Cave's version had no real explanation of his jailing and execution makes it almost mythical - Like something Jesse James might have sung to a crowd at his hanging if he was caught for something he was innocent of.
PotatoManTada 1 year ago
@PotatoManTada
Cash never swore, did drugs etc after quitting the drugs and finally leaving jail himself.
So I guess it's more like what someone would have running through their head if they were on the chair.
it's a bit like everyone in jail is innocent and never did anything bad.
zagan1 1 year ago
@zagan1 He does actually swear on the prison records. Maybe that was when he was still fairly young, so he might have kept his language clean later. He definitely says 'hell', 'shit' and 'son of a bitch' on those live records, though. Pretty funny, too.
bartonim 1 year ago
excellent
dreamaboutrevolution 1 year ago
and im not afraid to die
MUCKSTICKYIZZY 1 year ago
this song is just STRONG.
Link1001studios 2 years ago 7
Cash took this song & made it his own.
RIP
bifftas 2 years ago 4
Agreed. I feel bad saying I prefer the Cash versions of songs like this and 'Hurt', but in both cases they sound more appropriate sung in his voice, by a man of his age. Sung by guys in their 30s they can sound a little bit like goth posturing, if we're going to be ungenerous, but Cash carries it off with aplomb.
dylanwildlevel 2 years ago 12
Yeah, I totally agree.
bifftas 2 years ago
@dylanwildlevel
Fair enough .. but on Cockatoo Island last year with a (ahem, STILL goth posturing) 50 year old, I'd say Nick can reclaim this song ...
MrAggtee 8 months ago
Love this.
can't decide which is my favorite cover though this or his cover of personal jesus.
mlmcin05 2 years ago
You can always rely on Cash to make a decent cover, especially when so many others try and fail. Nick will always be my favourite though
finnvoxal 2 years ago 48
@finnvoxal I love Cave so much, but feel this may actually improve on the brilliant original! Cavey might agree, him being a fan of JC!
bartonim 1 year ago
@bartonim I do believe he would, both of the versions have a different atmosphere and add a different dimension to the song
finnvoxal 1 year ago
Great Cover.. Hail to you, Cash..
Thedrunkencowboy 2 years ago 15
You people make me sick, You all got nothing better to do than flaming on Youtube.
olivier654 2 years ago
shut up everyone.
kirosu 2 years ago 2
Johnny Cash's voice fits this song extremely well, this is a great cover of a great song.
I wasn't too impressed by the video, which, while cool in itself, doesn't really add or contrast with the song, imho.
UserNameForYeeTube 2 years ago
Nobody on youtube can actually type or speak English. Either they try and fail, or their stupidity overcomes them while they tard out over their keyboards resulting in the biggest grammatical and spelling mess of all time.
AnorexicCTurtle 2 years ago 3
@AnorexicCTurtle Loser.
Maninspace001 2 years ago
That, sir, is quite debatable. A gentleman generally refrains from talking too much of himself, but in this case, it seems excusable. If you look at my spelling, grammar and punctuation, you will find that it is perfect, thus rendering your claim preposterous! Good day, sir.
ProfessionalWhiteGuy 2 years ago
A most commendable effort! You have my apology.
AnorexicCTurtle 2 years ago
It wasn't a problem, my good man. Although I agree that the good people of youtube should make a considerable effort when it comes to correct grammar and spelling.
ProfessionalWhiteGuy 2 years ago
"good people of Youtube?" Are you twelve?!
joebob700 1 year ago
@joebob700
I'm just polite. Why? Are you a number?
ProfessionalWhiteGuy 1 year ago
If I take a closer look, it seems like you're just a fuckin' grammar, no content rightspelling idiot.
Life is too short for correct grammar in foreign languages!!
Greetings, from Norway
Jac
JacKass00001 2 years ago
I'm not sure that I want to dignify that comment with a legible answer..
ProfessionalWhiteGuy 2 years ago
As long as you are both aware it makes no difference seeing as this is not a forum for judgment but of praise or other comment on the video we are watching. Which is great, by the way. And a great song. If you like this try 'I Hung my Head', it's even more chilling for me.
IronHarper 2 years ago
I love how people take this seriously. Thank you YouTube. You never cease to entertain me.
AnorexicCTurtle 2 years ago
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none of you a** F***s know good music when you hear it...thats apparent. You will call on your own personal good for mercy if you even get a split second to even think before you go. This is ritten.
rodahgd16 2 years ago
beautifu version of my fav by nick cave
gigiawilkins 2 years ago
This is one of the better versions of the songs:
watch?v=NpFgkiAPwgE
Also the live seeds versions is great..its more angry.
Hirnlego999 2 years ago
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remindbender 2 years ago
wtf?
giffordge 2 years ago
whats the *f* ...
F)axe hehe or fakes?
"children ov thee corn flakes in bpeer(group)fact cercles around like a hookalike electric city armed chairs in brasil gleich teich :- noir ~ rosé = tote chose.
cheers:~ á votre santé!
*hotslava *
"fools:~under thee wheels ov accorded riccooordinating [hehe] d'or (outdating-outsourcing-outbreaking) tools by tunes"'
remindbender 2 years ago
what the fuck was that?
iacthulu 2 years ago
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"telegramm sam buy royal T.RAX"
ccASH.
nothing less than saving your sex ;-))race&humanoid exploits:.
remindbender 2 years ago
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fuck asshole, fuck... as in fuck yourself
giffordge 2 years ago
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a nice way to kill some time hehe
you know
theres nothing like godessess like waste ov time
EVE: ~~~you are one with thee vibrators babee
bzzzzzzzzzzzz bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
remindbender 2 years ago
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your a god damn retard. I would like to put a field trach in your throught and pour acid down it.
giffordge 2 years ago
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stay away with acid baby!
when eye was a little beuys i fleed accidently in the pot a cup ov hot hehe
*spott*
(maybe you need a germen dictionary?? to increase on your intelligentes!!!)
remindbender 2 years ago
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you need an english grammar book. At least what I am saying makes since. You are just lost in the sauce. Once again, you arer retarded.
giffordge 2 years ago
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an english grammar book we lost in thee ass ov our ponies. an american comix version is under construction. thanx to hour duden for druben. you are beginning with the spoon hehe culture. the ursoup spits back ;-)) oh supermen hehe nice costume sicily;-)
remindbender 2 years ago
I consider The Mercy Seat Nick Cave's greatest feat ever. Not even the weeping song and brother my cup is empty are that fundamental. Johny Cash's version is sweet in its own way - it's like Mozart's take on Dies Irae vs. Verdi's
Br3ach 2 years ago 3
The Red Paintings made an AMAZING cover of this song.
LockonLazers 2 years ago
this song is sad... but good
bingohas 2 years ago
I like Cash's version, but my favorite is Cave's acoustic take on it.
lkonwins 2 years ago 5
this is another improved song by the great JOHNNY CASH, wish i could of seen him LIVE before he died
RandyRhoadsReborn 2 years ago
my kinda tune!
dumballover123 2 years ago
great song, great video!
FrankMeuser 2 years ago
I'm afraid i told a lie...
pizzaschachtel 2 years ago 5
Hard to tell if this or the original is best
argip 2 years ago 5
Interesting minimalist approach, leaves the flash open to interpretation, a bit...and man, this is one of my favorite songs, regardless of who sings it.
DMBloomfield 2 years ago 3
JC is king.
atomlamb 2 years ago 4
they did that song justice
areyoulookinatmepal 2 years ago 4
cash plus cave= the best of the best
KlaasFI 2 years ago 23
and im not afraid to die!
metal4lifeslipknot 2 years ago 4
I've never forget you...
TinmanHU 2 years ago 2
Thank you Nick Cave
petewill63 2 years ago 2
Cash owned every song he ever covered.
limerick321 2 years ago
he was like alcohol for shit songs ... he made them doable lol
wolfbrother2501 2 years ago
thats a great line!
limerick321 2 years ago
lol i swear i like just thought of it and was like i have to put that some where lol
wolfbrother2501 2 years ago
You deserve a cookie for that line!
But do you really think it's a shit song?
Buzzer109 2 years ago
no its epic i just couldn't pass up the opertunity to post it lol in fact i think ill go and post it to others lol
wolfbrother2501 2 years ago 2
You bastard - this song is brilliant.
rotcafarg 2 years ago 3
read 5 posts down from that one plz
wolfbrother2501 2 years ago
His version of personal jesus was...wanting to say the least.
s0th 2 years ago