{"id":1318056,"date":"2020-02-04T09:00:48","date_gmt":"2020-02-04T16:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1817123"},"modified":"2020-02-04T09:00:48","modified_gmt":"2020-02-04T16:00:48","slug":"this-little-known-johnny-cash-video-is-poultry-in-motion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/music-news\/this-little-known-johnny-cash-video-is-poultry-in-motion\/","title":{"rendered":"This Little-Known Johnny Cash Video is Poultry in Motion"},"content":{"rendered":"
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by Craig Shelburne<\/a><\/span>
\n10m ago<\/span>
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Here\u2019s a nugget for you: \u201cThe Chicken in Black,\u201d probably Johnny Cash<\/a>\u2019s weirdest music video. Filmed around Nashville, the comical clip from 1984 flew the coop for a while, then finally resurfaced on YouTube last fall. <\/p>\n

The premise? A bank robber\u2019s brain is implanted into Cash\u2019s head. Then he goes to the Opry in what appears to be a yellow onesie and blue cape, although he can no longer sing \u2014 he can only rob people by pointing his guitar at them. However, a rooster now in possession of Cash\u2019s brain is making big bucks with its country clucks.<\/p>\n

Clearly, \u201cThe Chicken in Black\u201d is not one of those songs that ends up on every Cash compilation, yet the video itself is pretty funny, if only because it shows the legendary singer\u2019s willingness to poke fun at himself. He just needed to be egged on.<\/p>\n

Embedded from www.youtube.com<\/a>.