Johnny Cash is the man

[RB TexLa]

A couple of vodkas and I just find his music playing somehow. Just wanted to see who all agrees.

[ghostsofgiants]

1. I'm inclined to agree.

:hi:

[aquaman]

2. He is one of my favorite artists of all time.....

I regret that I never got to see him play live. The newest box set "The Legend" is amazing.

[RB TexLa]

4. My mother saw him play in Arcadia, La

Way, way, way back when at the local "drive in"

[aquaman]

6. Amazing.....

What an experience that must have been.

[chookie]

3. When he died, Dan Rather said...

..."no matter who you are, if you're a man you know you're half the man Johnny Cash was."

[SeattleGirl]

5. Absolutely!!!!!!!

The one and only!

[Tsiyu]

7. Sunday Mornin Coming Down seems appropriate

:patriot:

Kris Kristofferson
wrote it, but Johnny made it a hit:

Well I woke up Sunday morning,
With no way to hold my head that didn't hurt.
And the beer I had for breakfast wasn't bad,
So I had one more for dessert.
Then I fumbled through my closet for my clothes,
And found my cleanest dirty shirt.
An' I shaved my face and combed my hair,
An' stumbled down the stairs to meet the day.

I'd smoked my brain the night before,
On cigarettes and songs I'd been pickin'.
But I lit my first and watched a small kid,
Cussin' at a can that he was kicking.
Then I crossed the empty street,
'n caught the Sunday smell of someone fryin' chicken.
And it took me back to somethin',
That I'd lost somehow, somewhere along the way.

On the Sunday morning sidewalk,
Wishing, Lord, that I was stoned.
'Cos there's something in a Sunday,
Makes a body feel alone.
And there's nothin' short of dyin',
Half as lonesome as the sound,
On the sleepin' city sidewalks:
Sunday mornin' comin' down.

In the park I saw a daddy,
With a laughin' little girl who he was swingin'.
And I stopped beside a Sunday school,
And listened to the song they were singin'.
Then I headed back for home,
And somewhere far away a lonely bell was ringin'.
And it echoed through the canyons,
Like the disappearing dreams of yesterday.

On the Sunday morning sidewalk,
Wishing, Lord, that I was stoned.
'Cos there's something in a Sunday,
Makes a body feel alone.
And there's nothin' short of dyin',
Half as lonesome as the sound,
On the sleepin' city sidewalks:
Sunday mornin' comin' down.

Do do do do do do do do,
Do do do do do do do,
Do do do do do do do do,
Do do do do do do do.

To fade

[RB TexLa]

8. Just finished, now playing "The man comes around"

[nightperson]

9. Thanks, and if anyone feels badly about "appreciating" that song

remember Kris K. was a Rhodes scholar. That song is the product of serious research!

[RB TexLa]

10. He certainly was

And I'm sure there was serious research! Very serious

I don't know what it was on but I saw him and Norah Jones (product of Dallas public schools) signing a duet and it was great, Kris is very underrated.

[Common Sense Party]

11. Doesn't matter who wrote 'em...

When Johnny sang 'em, they belonged to HIM.

I can't even imagine how disappointing it would be to hear NIN perform "Hurt."

[abandoned]

12. What?

Granted, I would have loved to hear him perform "Hurt" in his prime, but the rendition I heard him sing was horrible. (I am a NIN fan, but I have heard this from Cash fans also, i.e. too old/not up to par.)

[xmas74]

16. Reznor did an interview after the song was released.

He said that he felt like it was no longer his song. He was flattered but he felt that he no longer own ed the song.

[abandoned]

18. I can understand that,

It is great honor for Trent to have the song sung by one of the all time greats, and I can see why he would feel that way.

I was mostly responding to the "disappointing" to hear the NIN version.

Personally, I was disappointed to hear the Cash version. He is a great, and when I heard that he was doing a remake of Hurt I thought that would be a great combination.

As I said, I would have loved to see what Cash could of done with the song, but sadly it is that version that stands in my mind as less than it could of been. (I may be in the minority, but of a any NIN and/or Cash fan I have talked to this seems to be the case)

[xmas74]

20. Makes perfect sense to me

I'm a fan of both artists(and yes, I call NIN an artist since it's all Reznor anyway).

BTW-I hate it when I hear people talking about Hurt and thinking that Reznor stole it from Cash.

[Common Sense Party]

25. You do understand that Cash was close to death

when he sang "Hurt"? Makes it all the more poignant. He's looking back at his life, at all the pain he's caused others--and even his Lord--and he knows he's not long for this world.

Cash's version is a moving, emotional triumph.

I don't know what NIN's would sound like, but to me, I'm sure it would be a great disappointment.

[dbt]

13. The True King Of Rock And Roll.

If ya ain't heard Unchained,go get it. Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers were his backing band on this one, and it KILLS. "Rusty Cage" (the Soundgarden song) is worth the price of admission just to hear Cash OWN it.

Yeah, it was hard to listen to his decline over the last few CD's, but it was his way of flipping off the Death Angel.

I :loveya: JR Cash!

[HuskerDU]

14. Gotta agree with this one.

I've heard numerous personal encounters w/ Cash and every one of them reinforced my image of him. He was the real deal.

[xmas74]

15. he's got my vote

and I hate most country. He transcended all genres.

[woofless]

17. Devil's Advocate time.

How come every damn song sounds just like every other damn song? This man is a one-trick pony. Boring, boring, boring. If you like "Sunday Morning Coming Down", listen to Leonard Cohen do it.

Flame On Brothers and Sisters.

Woof

[Tsiyu]

24. You have to remember in that genre

at that time, there was a certain "way" songs were done. Johnny pushed the envelope when he put horns in "Ring of Fire" and other songs. The bass riffs were pretty strightforward in the "old days," too, which can make the songs seem a bit "choppy."

It's like anything else in the artistic realm, woofless. You like it or you don't. No judgement here. :)

[huskerlaw]

19. I'm not a fan

but I saw Walk the Line the other day...absolutely fabulous movie.

[ddeclue]

21. "I wear the black in mournin' for the lives that could have been" - J.C.

"I wear the black in mournin' for the lives that could have been,
Each week we lose a hundred fine young men." - Johnny Cash

Here's to the original Man in Black.

He was a man of conscience who understood what it meant to be poor and who spoke out against the Vietnam War when it was not so fashionable or safe to do so.

Doug D.
Orlando, FL

Man in Black, Lyrics - Johnny Cash..

Well, you wonder why I always dress in black,
Why you never see bright colors on my back,
And why does my appearance seem to have a somber tone.
Well, there's a reason for the things that I have on.

I wear the black for the poor and the beaten down,
Livin' in the hopeless, hungry side of town,
I wear it for the prisoner who has long paid for his crime,
But is there because he's a victim of the times.

I wear the black for those who never read,
Or listened to the words that Jesus said,
About the road to happiness through love and charity,
Why, you'd think He's talking straight to you and me.

Well, we're doin' mighty fine, I do suppose,
In our streak of lightnin' cars and fancy clothes,
But just so we're reminded of the ones who are held back,
Up front there ought 'a be a Man In Black.

I wear it for the sick and lonely old,
For the reckless ones whose bad trip left them cold,
I wear the black in mournin' for the lives that could have been,
Each week we lose a hundred fine young men.

And, I wear it for the thousands who have died,
Believen' that the Lord was on their side,
I wear it for another hundred thousand who have died,
Believen' that we all were on their side.

Well, there's things that never will be right I know,
And things need changin' everywhere you go,
But 'til we start to make a move to make a few things right,
You'll never see me wear a suit of white.

Ah, I'd love to wear a rainbow every day,
And tell the world that everything's OK,
But I'll try to carry off a little darkness on my back,
'Till things are brighter, I'm the Man In Black.

[Initech]

22. Hell yes!

One of the greatest lines I've ever heard in a song is from Folsom Prison Blues:

"My momma said now dont you play with guns
But I shot a man in Reno
Just to watch him die..."

[johnnie]

23. He always hits the spot.

I was just playing his "America" cd yesterday. It's part of a little set I got a while ago. Check it: America, At Folsom Prison and At San Quentin. All in one set. :thumbsup:

[Chemical Bill]

26. Correct. n/t