Johnny Cash & James Taylor - Oh Susanna

[GirlSmurf5]

My name is Susanna :D

[donna37388]

Great song for this evening watching the Alabama vs LSU

[abbz101012xc]

were learning how to play this song in music class and i gota say its pretty hard

[zthedestroyer]

looks like denis lejo LOL

[xXVALUEXx]

that´s a crappy cover. dislike. it´s too slow.

[MrRonnieG]

@verbenco ~ Take a hike! People like you take FAR too many junior college classes on being a moron. Take a break and do me a favor ~ have your freakin' internet connection TURNED OFF!

[invisibalkid1]

so i linked this on my facebook page only to have my dad tell me he was there when it happened.... 40 years later and that man's life still inspires me...

[MartinTaylorOlson]

Stephen Foster wrote a lot of songs .. wow!

[harryfaber]

good stuff

[TheAmericanFreeBird]

whats the BEST version of "oh susanna" ????

HI LADIES AND GENTELEMENT ! :D

[MrRonnieG]

You MUST understand the significance of this song. James Taylor has taken a song, from American forklore, slowed it down and is singing about the Suzanne that he first sang about in his Fire & Rain recording. A woman who passed from his life when she died in a plane crash. Cash, when this was filmed, had absolutely no understanding of what this song meant to James Taylor. Once you realize the pain in this song you will then, and only then, appreciate the beauty of this performance.

[verbenco]

@MrRonnieG i hope readers forgive me for writing something unkind on a music page but MrRonnieG' arrogance caught me on a bad day. Probably he was one of the dilettantes posing as a freak back in the old days. these dilettantes used to bash Ringo's drumming and promoted snobbery . None were actually musicians.

This video stands on its own and no one MUST understand anything about the personal lives of the performers to appreciate this or any performance. BTW the song is by Stephen Foster.

[princessjasmine1895]

Two of my favorite people in the whole world!

[seslnjj]

so my name is susana. and i sweaaarr everytime i meet ANYONE, they sing this song. I HATE IT! haha

[skeetv123]

@c7i6abc

You might think your proving something for Johnny Cash but you just dished on perhaps the greatest American songwriter ever to live, do your homework before you act like a child.

[tattleboad]

@skeetv123 johnny cash shits all over james taylor!

[BobRobertTheMusicMan]

He has the same great voice live as he does in the studio.

[ammilah]

Great job, Stephen Foster :-))

[whosthatlittleoldman]

WHY CAN'T THIS BE JUST JOHNNY CASH

James Taylor's version sucks.

[cracklingvoice]

@whosthatlittleoldman He sang this in memory of a woman he knew who had died. Check the story before you knock something done in memory of the dead.

[whosthatlittleoldman]

@cracklingvoice

what's your point? the story behind this being sad doesn't change the fact that he still did a bad cover. you're just being self righteous. feeling sorry for him and the woman who passed away doesn't change my opinion, sorry.

[dankw2011]

@whosthatlittleoldman

A bad cover????  This is the best version of this song I have heard

[sadjaxx]

@dankw2011 Totally agree, they harmonize beautifully.

[c7i6abc]

who's James Taylor? Guess Johnny knew him or at least of him.

[uneedtherapy42]

he definately comes off as humble and shy (probably nervous) but there has to be a part of him that even back then said "I AM THE MAN!" and people really dig me and such...

[subterreanhighrise]

this is really moving. what a display of talent and real music. this video is only 2:40min and contains more honesty and entertainment then all mainstream albums of the last 10 years together. real class.

[vistalette]

La plus belle version que je connaisse. The best version I've ever heard

[michaelsmorrison]

Oh Suzanna won't you cry for me

I am A Southern Conservative Democrat

from the state of Tennessee...

[michaelsmorrison]

Oh Suzanna won't you cry for me

I am A Southern Conservative Democrat

from the state of Tennessee...

[xXBeauveXx]

haha my name is susanna xD and when I tell peepz my name they always say: There excists a song bout ur name, doesn't it..? ^xD

[likearollingstone257]

I really wish James' studio version of this from the Sweet Baby James album was on here. I only have it on vinyl (not like that's a bad thing) and I wish I could listen to this everywhere I go :(

[beatlequeen06]

Lovely harmonising!

[medicalpodcasting]

oh nice one!

[LoveLotusHa]

Beautiful version! Thank you :)

[liviaferolla]

Can't believe James Taylor used to have hair like that! hahaha. Just kidding, love

those two!! Great great song, this meeting brings tears to my eyes!

[Erkele]

Just Great. - Erkele

[fecela1]

@Erkele sainteresoa es videoze shemtxvevit daakoente tu jer chemi videobi naxe? :D qartvelebma ishviatad eseni icodnen :D

[ricochet188]

@Erkele Steve Erkele?

[ACDC222100]

I like that that song

[MrRonnieG]

Everyone DOES realize he is singing about the Suzanne Schnerr, the young woman he had befriended who's sudden death he sings about in his 1970 hit, "Fire and Rain." By slowing down the tempo of this song he is pouring his heart & soul out over the loss of this special person. When I listen to Taylor sing this, within the context of the real meaning it appears to have to him, it just breaks my heart.

[SuperElm]

The song is from 1848 fyi. but you could still be correct

[magdalenito25]

nice is beauty

[SuELZzZ]

Thank you very much for this magic version. and thanks to facela for this video on youtube!

Love Love Love.

[SuELZzZ]

I love this version.

is Sublime!

[SPECTRE1961]

THE OLDS DREAMS ...

THE TRUE AMERICAN's DREAMS ...

WAKE UP AMERICA !

AND BACK TO THE HOME ...

[BJsTyLeZ]

I Still Can't Believe This Song Is Still Popular. New People Are Still Trying To Sing This Song.

[wybo2]

@BJsTyLeZ

This very song is in the clubcodex of many Belgian studentclubs. The great majority of Commelitori (members who arn't in there first year anymore) memorized it compleetly.

[mystoryrocks]

@BJsTyLeZ chances are they made this before most of us were born

[TasteForDisaster]

@BJsTyLeZ "trying"?

[madelineolivia]

For music's sake, this is pretty damn cool.

[ilovethekunthis74]

couldn't agree any more

[joeshuge]

the best is keith david singing it in platoon

[AAA987365]

@joeshuge Haha, i thought i was the only one who thought that! =)

[javajavajava123]

omg best movie

[vonDahl]

brilliant!

[AAA987365]

love this song...

Probably one of my fav versions... i preffer the slow versions of it.

[BillCharles88]

Classic..

[hahasuperduper]

wow great clip to legends singing together great stuff rock on james.

[leedishmon]

johnny cash was way ahead of his time. 2 living legends in the making

[BigFloridaCowboy]

Johnny Cash had such a good tv show...such a great array of talent back then, and Johnny was flexible enough to showcase them all and sing with them all. Can you imagine a show today with that much real talent?

[teenfashionuk]

Wow these are the best two to carry off this great classic from the Gold Rush origins!

Nice addition, always been a James Taylor fan :)

[BardofCornwall]

Very cool!

[TailsOnTop]

This is great! Put a "johnny cash" tag on this because his fans would love to see it. As a fan myself, I thank you.

[pontepolentepontepi]

Great James!

[OrangeAni]

What a sweet song... :) I like it :)

Ani

[Banditoman57]

He had HAIR!!!!!!!

[EmergencyIan]

Oh wow..That's great to see! First time for me. Priceless JT clip as far as I'm concerned. Thanks for sharing it!

- Ian