Johnny Cash sings "Bird on a Wire" on Jon Stewart's old show

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15 жыл бұрын

A still-wet-behind-his-ears Jon Stewart welcomes The Man in Black to his short-lived 90s chat show to sing Leonard Cohen's immortal Bird On A Wire.

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@sunlion9676 2 жыл бұрын

I can understand why Johnny Cash would choose this Cohen song to cover- just listen to the words. Even as powerful on their own without music. Thank you for uploading this. 💝

@xplaydead666 14 жыл бұрын

Wow, Johnny Cash covering Leonard Cohen, and on the Jon Stewart Show?!?! This is simply amazing...

@ngseowken9686 2 жыл бұрын

Johnny Cash is among the many artists that I like singing Bird On a Wire. Thank you Jon.

@penitentiaryofdreams 3 жыл бұрын

I was there actuallly, in the front row. It was SUBLIME

@F1478963 8 жыл бұрын

We didn't get to hear Johhny very often without his band. Proves he ALWAYS knocks out his performances - even when it's just him and his guitar. Thanks for posting this.

@jeeter10boy 11 жыл бұрын

Yeah. A guy who when he opens his mouth everyone in the world knows who it is.

@DarthSeptic 15 жыл бұрын

Johnny Cash is incredible.

@martinesanthoire5683 5 жыл бұрын

A giant! One of the most beautiful voice in the world ! This song of Léonard Cohen is beautiful but when Johnny sings it , Whaouh ! So moving !

@DKashman 13 жыл бұрын

So sparse yet so full, voice is aged but yet still powerful, so simple its is complex and layered with emotions, so fragile yet so forcefull. There will only ever be one man who could deliver that with so much grace, and that was Jonny Cash.

@mariontl6764 2 жыл бұрын

Big Johnny Cash and Leonard Cohen fan here. I love Leonard's version and he is the original who wrote it, but Johnny did this song great justice also. I don't think it is an easy song to sing.

@uglymoon78 15 жыл бұрын

awsome performance!

@MrRiton42 Ай бұрын

he was great

@norastein8400 8 жыл бұрын

Leonard, Johnny and Willie - three of the greatest men sang this beautiful song - can it get any better ?

@jmack619 7 жыл бұрын

Joe cocker does it justice also.. check out joe bonamassa

@hardyjoseph9441 2 жыл бұрын

Yes...when Gilmour sings it, with just a harp to accompany him...

@jlmdad1950 7 жыл бұрын

LC will live on & on god bless

@debris54 5 жыл бұрын

great song ... great performance ... RIP Johny

@trinagunn8996 5 ай бұрын

The one and only "JC" OUTSTANDING AS ALWAYS XXX👌👌👌👌

@ofashodo 12 жыл бұрын

When I lost Johnny Cash I didn't leave my room for at least 3 days. That was the loneliest time of my life; the heroin didn't stop the pain. No one around me even know who I was crying about.

@didierbensaid8798 7 жыл бұрын

The worm becomes a fish in J. Cash's version... Still certainly one of the best!

@kennewicksheri 6 жыл бұрын

fantastic.. never knew that Johnny Cash sang this song.... so very nice... Thank you for sharing this choice rendition of the Cohen classic.....

@mirandarodriguez9274 6 жыл бұрын

I've never heard this song but I really like it. Johnny Cash had such an incredible voice.

@catmom1322 2 жыл бұрын

Leonard Cohen wrote this one. RIP

@davidhollway 27 күн бұрын

@@catmom1322 Jennifer Warnes was one of the first to record it, and for my money, her version is the best. Although now having heard Johnny Cash's vesion....

@GEAUXFRUGAL 7 жыл бұрын

My favorite album he produced. All heart.

@sparkster65 Жыл бұрын

My desert island album

@springstownewildcat 12 жыл бұрын

My soul can't come up with the words as to how touched it is by this song.

@dawilde70 13 жыл бұрын

@arbagle: Thank you, man, thank you very much for posting this video! It is... like heaven's speaking to you. Every time I watch it... I look into these great old man's eyes, and I would have like talked to him so much. So much more than show biz. That is life.

@kerryg100 8 жыл бұрын

most exellent. .love finding stuff like this on here Greetings from IRELAND 😉 salamat for this gem

@statesofinertia Жыл бұрын

Great cover by the great JC

@dogo1ification 8 жыл бұрын

I first heard this song covered on SOA by Katy Sagal and The Forrest Rangers... totally haunting song... I just love it.

@serena12195 7 жыл бұрын

man! cannot be better than that.

@waltkel9 10 жыл бұрын

I love ths great song and johnnyash rocks thanks for great video takecare all I love u all

@AlexParez 12 жыл бұрын

Very cool clip! Many thanks for posting this!

@BramHepburn 12 жыл бұрын

A guy with an average voice, and a piece of wood, with some strings. How can he create so much feeling with just that? He plucks the string at about 3:30, and it creates such a dramatic pause. Very cool

@craigsrichards 7 жыл бұрын

The answer is in your question.. passion!!!!

@stratman3233 5 жыл бұрын

Average voice? You are kidding, right?

@Darian-mk1bw Жыл бұрын

I know whis comment is a decade old, but come on. An average voice?? I wish I had a nice deep bass baritone like him lol. My voice is average.

@BramHepburn Жыл бұрын

@@Darian-mk1bw it was meant as a compliment though

@oldboy2508 7 жыл бұрын

Legend

@makisupadude1241 3 жыл бұрын

very nice

@yaelpalombo4093 2 жыл бұрын

👏♥️

@sonofsound 6 жыл бұрын

just slays me.

@PirateRadioPodcasts Жыл бұрын

#RIP Simple + powerfully RAW = ?????

@abargle 13 жыл бұрын

@dawilde70 I think a lot of here know just what you mean. Cash was a man greater than the sum of his parts.

@abargle 13 жыл бұрын

@djdavespins JEALOUS!!!

@bramsphone 9 жыл бұрын

You're right, average wasn't the right word

@percyeichenauer4032 8 жыл бұрын

Für Micky u meinen großen Bär...

@murielbalmori9441 9 жыл бұрын

did Johnny covered this song? Or Cohen covered it? (sorry for me dumbness)

@jonathandenny955 9 жыл бұрын

Muriel Balmori Johnny covered it.

@murielbalmori9441 9 жыл бұрын

Yeah, discovered that 5 minutes after my comment, well, both of them, are great song, but idk i like the way that cash sings it

@squinkygordon490 4 жыл бұрын

But... whether the man wrote the song or not, once he sang it, it became his.

@tabula123456 14 жыл бұрын

Could anyone tell me please the strumming and picking patterns Mr Cash is using here? I have been watching and watching and watching this video...lol...and I still can't figure it out...i am very new to the guitar...so any help would be greatly appreciated...thank you.

@brandondyson1112 5 жыл бұрын

did you figure it out yet man?