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  • my favorite version of this song right here

  • @whitegoldpaperchace its the best:)

  • Yeah Man! Leave this on the stereo on full blast as yer headin' out the door to throw yer sleepin' bag on the bitchbar of yer Electra -Glide & point it South ... I ain't takin' nothin' that'll slow down my Travelin' , while I'm untanglin' my mind!

  • Dylan and Johnny were friends, and for a while even neighbors, so we can say Johnny "borrowed" this one.

  • yeah, its dylans song (sort of ), but bob loved johnnys music, so he was good with this..this song aint that close to dylan!.. this is better anyway...

  • I aint gonna repeat what said anymore while im breathing air that aint been breathed before ill be as gone a wild goose in winter and you'll unerstand your man, meditate on it.. R.I.P!!!!! J.C Forever will love ya !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

  • I finally found it.. ah.. My week is complete.

  • LIKE THIS! if u cant see the dislike bar!! :DDDD

  • but dont think twice its alright... (?)

    no matter, dylan stole the melody from paul clayton anyway (:

  • @MarianoJRibeiro Clayton wrote it and Grammer recorded it & so did Dylan but it's not the same almost note for note relationship between "Don't Think Twice" and "Understand Your Man" at least I don't think so but then everyone's got their own opinion This has been goin' on for millinia ever since man could make music then it became recordable and the law and squabbling started It don't make no difference to me I don't think any music is totally original anyway I just love it and that's enough

  • @MarianoJRibeiro Clayton wrote it and Grammer recorded it & so did Dylan but it's not the same almost note for note relationship between "Don't Think Twice" and "Understand Your Man" at least I don't think so but then everyone's got their own opinion This has been goin' on for millinia ever since man could make music then it became recordable and the law and squabbling started It don't make no difference to me I don't think any music is totally original I just love it and that's enough for me

  • @AlanJacksonisgreat The lyric is : "That ole familiar cry and cuss and moan." In 1963-64 there wasn't vulgar language in song lyrics like these days.

  • Dylan's "Don't Think Twice" definitely came first:

    Check it out on Wikipedia under the name of the song Don't ThinkTwice.

    It is stated there that Cash adapted portions of Dylan's song into his "Understand Your Man." I would not pretend to know what agreement was made between the artists.

  • I'm thinking about sending this to my girlfriend right now, she won't be for long.

  • I guess one woman didn't understand her man...

  • Love This song 2 Great Americans Johnny Cash and Alex Jones!!!

  • I also heard this on Alex Jones' radio show, and I noticed right away that it was exactly like "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright" by Dylan. Same tune, same chords (or, at least, close to them). This was released in '64, Dylan's was '63 and written in '62. Still, both are good songs.

  • First heard this on Alex Jones.

  • Most of these weak 'men' were damned lucky to have a strong lady understandin' them - June, Jessi, etc. - as they spiralled out of control thru booze, smoke and drugs. Cash may be an icon but when you attend a concert and watch him fall off a stool, drunk, you know that in the wings, June was waiting.

  • @rollinwiththeflow You got things then that you didn't get otherwise.

  • Now I know from where Dylan took the melody for Dont think twice its alright.

  • @MAGICO240 'Don't think twice, it's all right' was released in '63...this was released in '64.

  • love this song but instead of sayin understand ur man i be sayin understand ur woman :)

  • Meditate on it.......

  • 1 Dislike? Must of been the only women to listen.

  • Another #1 hit on the Country & Western charts for The Man in Black. It was the 74th #1 C&W song of the Rock Era.

  • it is funny that recorded a great version of the bob dylan song he ripped off "don't think twice it's all right"....

    and funny that essentially the two songs have exactly the same meaning. it's just one version was written for the grenwhich village crowd and this is for a different crowd.

  • @what1111000 yeah, but who cares about the grenwich village crowd.

  • such a great song.

    it's a ripoff of that's allright for sure...

    then again that's allright was a rippoff too....

    whatever johnny rocks anyway!

  • Love that dobro!! really defines the song!!perfection achieved!

  • somebody ripping of "Don't think twice". shame on you!

  • when men were still men..

  • If the woman woulda just been understanding like she shoulda been, he wouldn't have left

  • great song

  • Hey I'm sure she would have been glad to see the back of this pain in the arse, up himself male chauvenist pig! Let some other women put up with him.

  • @BarnLes - take it easy before you pop a vain, will you?

  • @Coderoid ... just making a comment like everyone else has been doing .... just a "tongue in cheek" comment is all it is.

  • @BarnLes - ah, forgive me then! The humour went past my head...:)

    It is way too easy to get way too serious about stuff...we as humans all need to calm down for a bit and actually laugh...

  • @Coderoid ... Hey that's ok ... perhaps I should have put a smilie face after what I said then that way peeps would have seen that I was not being serious. This song is a "fun" song and not to be taken seriously at all ... heck I chuckle while listening to it.

  • @BarnLes - tis funny indeed - with that drawl of his :)

  • The best break-up song ever! Just lay there in your bed and keep your mouth shut 'till I'm gone. Understand your Woman.

  • The late Johnny Cash really knew how to break the truth down in song.GREAT TRUE SONG!

  • Cash and Dylan had a mutuall appreciation society going on through most of the 60's..after his '64 concerts, Cash would play "Freewheeling Bob Dylan" in the backroom...Dylan actually was Cash's first guest on his tv show in '69.....

  • i feel like either cash wrote this after he heard dont think twice its alright by Dylan or the other way around, idk who wrote their song first

  • It's easy to know, but hard to say outloud. This say's it outloud very well !!

  • @deeze123 who cares?!?! the effect's the same!

  • 2nd favorite song of all time

  • @mstoxicme Norman Blake is listed as the dobro player when it was recorded on Nov12, 1963.

  • its 23:25... in 6 hours i had to go to work... but i cant stop listening to johnny cash.

  • When I was 16 I bought his album and played this song for hours over and over- it was & still is my favorite Johnny Cash song! This is when I also loved the Beatles- Rolling Stones/Kinks,etc! the 60's were a GREAT time to be a teenager!! 

  • Hey lads with all been there with this song eh ! lol!

  • One of my favorite songs from Jhonny cash

  • wheres  my horse ?

  • My wife wont talk to me after playing this song for her, dam you Jack Daniels!

  • ONe of the ALL TIME BEST Johhny Cash songs recorded!!!! One year before I was born!!!

  • In my opinion Johnny Cash's material from the '60s is his best. This one is my favorite, it being the first 45 of his I purchased as a youngster. He had a lot to say over the years and this said it best.

  • Actually, it's "cryin', cuss, and moan".

  • i just found a vinyl of johnny cashs greateast hits volume one and this song was on it dont have a record player so i looked up the song on here love it cant wait to get a record player

  • EPIC

  • Johnny Cash is my hero so please don't send me hate messages, but there is a guy in Louisville, KY named Johnny Berry who covers this song with his band, and I dare say I believe I like just as much, if not more, that Mr. Cash's version. He just does it that well!! Still love ya, Johnny! I can't find it on YouTube, but check it out if you can.

  • @monizzle22 ......visit my channel and i sing "understand your man" cover byjohnny cash...i think you'll like it...also i left you some stars....bye.....ps...leave a comment please

  • i had to buy two cds to find this song and i couldn. what a song !ican say just great!

  • sure this come from 1964?

  • Thats Don Helms on the dobro.He was the steel player for Hank.

  • @kitkatjoe50, Norman Blake is listed as playing the dobro.

  • i hear anita carter's beautiful voice in the "aou, aou, aou" backups part... so nice

    rip guys

  • Thumbs up!!!! You can give my other suit to the salvation army, and everything elase I leave behind!!!

  • Man I would play this song down at Hernandos Hideaway a lot back 20 years ago.

  • Wow really? Thats sooooo cool...

  • "I'll be as gone as a wild goose in winter."

  • Its a great song to send to an ex-girlfriend!

    My favourite bit: "Don't give me that ole familiar cry piss and moan!...understand your man"

  • actually it's "don't give me that old familiar cry, cuss and moan" :)

    But anyway, indeed a great song!

  • I think its cryin, cussin, moanin.. but the intent, yeah the same.

  • An American treasure, good ol' Johnny Cash. I really like this song. The whole song fits my demeanor right now.

    I recently seen, Johnny Cash live at Montreaux on cable. It 's really good.

  • @AlanJacksonisgreat YEAH FK 'EM IF THEY CAN"T TAKE A JOKE! If they could he wouldn't "be as gone as the wild goose in winter" ..MEDITATE ON IT!!

  • @AlanJacksonisgreat I agree!!! this is the perfect break up song!! "ill be gone like i said"

  • @AlanJacksonisgreat Hell yea and  both exwives too!!!!!

  • @AlanJacksonisgreat , I would send it to my ex-girlfriend too but, I don't think she would understand. She just Cant Understand Normal Thinking.

  • @AlanJacksonisgreat 'cry, cuss and moan.'

  • "keep your mouth shut till I'm gone" LOVE IT!!!

  • Great Lyrics......"Breathing Air that ain't been breathed before.....Mediatate on it."

  • i play the dobro love it

  • i listen to this song everytime im on the bus to school haha. pretty weird for some reason.

  • Pure gold.

  • The best there ever was, R.I.P.

  • LOL

    "You can give my other suit to the Salvation Army..."

    Man, they don't make country songs like this anymore.

  • I can't get over how much this sounds like his cover of "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright". Both are awesome, though :)

  • What was the flip side

  • cash is hardcore .. later his songs became more depressive and sad...

  • cool:) i've just heard it at Alex Jones show.

  • Love that dobro! perfect fit for the song

  • Great Song.

    Johnny Cash is one of the greatest songwriters

  • I thought Dylan wrote this song. No matter, it will always be a Johnny Cash song to me.

  • No Dylan wrote a song that Johnny Cash covered that sounds similar called,"Don't Think Twice It's Alright." Both great songs.

  • he is the best

  • Shot Jackson on the drobo folks

  • Lets be honest,

    Who has thought of this song after they ave had a row with the wife !!

  • Every time I hear this song I think of my ex-wife.

  • BEfore everyone gets upset Dylan Wrote this Johnny may have it listed as his but BOB WROTE IT

  • Who's upset??....That's the only thing bad about this song...

  • Dylan wrote it, and that's supposed to be bad?

    Wow, even Mr. Cash could appreciate Dylan's genius.

  • Cash and Dylan worked together on a few projects. It wasn't just Dylan feeding hits to Cash. It went both ways.

  • Dylan did not write this song.

  • Wrong. He wrote dont think twice its alright but john wrote Understand you man. If you dont know what your talking about than keep your mouth shut.

  • they are both outstanding songwriters and performers.try to be tolerant,alan.

  • Im not denying that but remember that each is to there own.

  • @packingten GET UR FACTS STRAIGHT SON! this is a johnny cash original

  • @spastikdrummer The lyrics are original, but the melody is taken from Bob Dylan's "Don't Think Twice."

  • @Cenamark2 your nuts

  • @spastikdrummer Well I don't give a Rats Ass what the record says Bob Dylan WROTE IT ,It is one my Favorite J C songs Johnny cash is my Hero I was playing his records on my 45 only RCA record player in 1957 How about you?

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  • The best on town.

  • There's no way that the tune and words are not a "mirror" of Bob Dylan's "Don't Think Twice It's All Right".

    Some would call it a "ripoff" of Dylan..but the thing is, Cash & Dylan were both fans of each other's. In fact, Cash was one of the first in country to recognize Dylan's genius. No doubt, he foreshadowed the "Outlaw Movement" of Nelson & Jennings. So it's possible that Cash did this as an inside tribute to Dylan: recognizing the value of his work but with a gritty country twist to it.

  • hey ben johnny cash came before dylan...

  • "hey ben johnny cash came before dylan... "

    True enough. But Cash first recorded "Understand Your Man" in 1972. Dylan wrote "Don't Think Twice It's All Right" in 1962.

  • what 1972? holy shit i thought he did all his recording in the 40s-50s before the 60s wow thats suprising. was this just one of his true to my nature deals.

  • You have reason, this song is not a mirror of don't think twice is all right but a tribute to it, Infact johnny cash did also "don't think twice it's all right".

    E comunque grande Cash e Grande Dylan!

  • "... not a mirror of don't think twice is all right but a tribute to it,"

    Right on. An aspect of Cash that's ofyten overlooked: he appreciated the nexus between "folk" and "country". Both speak of the lives of common people, and there is often no clear line of demarcation between them. Others (eg ,Prine, Kristofferson) saw this same nexus but Cash stands as a giant.

  • grande johnny ! comunque è bella anche la versione di Dwight Yoakam.

  • Hey Johnny;we understand.

    You're the best!!

  • Awesome song by Cash.

    He did this before dylan did dont think twice its alright!

  • R.I.P Mr Cash

  • "meditate on it!"

    love this song!

  • The man knew cool!

  • It is really close to "Don't think twice it's alright". Well he must have loved the melody. And he never said he hadn't borrowed it. It is a great song!!

  • Hey Fellas

    we can relate to this one !

  • yup. We need our space, and quiet time too.

  • i love this song <3

  • you tell her Johnny!

  • by gawd this is cool lmaoooooooo

  • gnah - I love it :D

  • "Don't give that old cryin' cussin' moan!" I like it!

  • Yup, LOL! Thanks

  • This was and is a great classic! It's how it was back then. Johnny Cash will always be a big part of my memories!

  • He was no 90's man!

  • Man! What lyrics!..."You can give my other suit to the Salvation Army, and everything else I leave behind."....."I aint takin nothing that will slow down my driving"..."I be as gone as a wild goose in winter."...Man, I'll say it again....WHAT LYRICS!!!!!

  • its 'that will slow down my TRAVELLING'

  • OK....sounded like driving to me....sorry....how bout..."I aint gonna repeat what I said anymore, while I'm breathing air that aint been breathed before"

  • I really miss that deep bass voice he had...there will never be another.

  • The guy that sings the Grinch song is still alive.

    So, there is hope.

  • The guy that sung the Grinch Song is deceased.

    Boris Karloff!

  • I guess you found the song, huh! LOL!

  • listen to josh turner. a lot of the same basey voice

  • still not Johnny Cash though

  • @ilikecerealtoo check out my cover of " Dont think twice, its alright"

  • Ya, but not as good as ole Cash.

  • I love This song and i love Johnny Cash! The Man In Black Will live on forever!

  • look for capt.meat on cdbaby. com 'bare bones country'

  • Thanks for putting this song up. I have couldn't believe it wasn't already out here.

  • Great song by a Great Artist..thank you for posting:)

  • Thanks for sharing this. Johnny Cash will live on through his music.

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