Johnny Cash

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Hello,

Over the 18 years of my life i have listened to nothing but Hip Hop/Rap and Phil Collins.

But, i watched 'Walk The Line' and it was an awesome film, i then got his albums and the guys a legend, awesome music

What do you think of him?
 
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Johnny Cash was one of the most startingly brilliant songwriters of our time - he had a capacity to make a song his own that I don't see in anyone else. People who write him off as 'only' a country artist should probably be shot. Or something.

I worked with a girl once who was pretty cool, but was a bit of an indie kid who liked to think that she knew a lot about music. When I told her about Johnny Cash and how incredible he was, she simply poo-pooed it and went back to listening to Panic at the Disco or whatever it was cool to listen to eight months ago. I have never wanted to smash someone's face in with a brick quite so much.
 
Johnny Cash = good. He was a very good singer/songwriter - but his music is also possibly riding a wave of 'cool' at the moment because of his involvement with the likes of Rick Rubin & Trent Reznor, etc.

Still good though. :)
 
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He started his involvement with Rick Rubin over a decade ago! I don't know that he was involved with Trent Reznor any more than covering one of his songs, but he could have been I guess.

I think the current wave of Cash-love comes from two things - firstly his death in 2004, and secondly the 'Walk The Line' biopic of his life.
 
His song, 'hurt' is very very good, kinda makes me think about myself and all the crap.

He was a very talented guy, he sang about his life and touched others, he has defiently inspired me already. It probaly, well will, miss out tonnes of things that happened to him.
 
Arcade Fire said:
I think the current wave of Cash-love comes from two things - firstly his death in 2004, and secondly the 'Walk The Line' biopic of his life.
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Johnny Cash has always been awesome so it is good that he finally gets some of the wider recognition he deserves, if it takes a film and his death to make it so then at least some good comes out of it.

Folsom Prison Blues live at Folsom Prison is a startlingly electric track for the reception he gets at the start and then when he sings the line "I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die" to hear the single whoop followed by cheers.

He is also one of the few artists that could make a cover version sound better than the original, as with Nine Inch Nails "Hurt" and having re-listened to the original recently it doesn't come close to Johnny Cash's version.
 
chris_r said:
His song, 'hurt' is very very good, kinda makes me think about myself and all the crap.
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That was a cover of a Nine Inch Nails song :)

Glad you're broadening your horizons though, good stuff.
 
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That was a cover of a Nine Inch Nails song :)

Glad you're broadening your horizons though, good stuff.
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you could forgive that slight oversight as the song fits so well with the Johnny Cash way of life you could easily think it ws his own work, nonetheless it`s a fantastic cover.

I`ve been a huge fan of Johnny Cash for a few years now and being 27 I never heard of him up untill I was about 24, een then I was not to keen on the great man himself, but now I`m a fully fledged fan, the film is excellent but doesn`t do his life any justice, I`d recommend his biography as a good read though.

As for his music though, I find it truely amazing how someone can turn lyrics into an amazingly timeless piece of work. a few songs may sound pretty morbid but listen to them carefully and you will then understand the true power of his voice and talent.
 
Live at San Quentin was awesome,

san Quentin I hate every inch of you, you burn me & you scar me thru & thru,

The inmates went balistic, taking June Carter on stage was probably the only woman they'd seen in years lol

I met J.cash when I worked for the Beeb many moons ago & as usual he wore black

I didn't think the music in the film was quite right, the bass guitar on all his tracks is very pronounced but not quite right on the film altho I was watching it in mid air over the med
 
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Rick Rubin = American rock/metal producer who worked with Johnny Cash on his American Recordings series of albums towards the end of his life.

Trent Reznor = the guy behind Nine Inch Nails.
 
Arcade Fire said:
Rick Rubin = American rock/metal producer who worked with Johnny Cash on his American Recordings series of albums towards the end of his life.

Trent Reznor = the guy behind Nine Inch Nails.
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But you can`t beat his involvement with Elvis and Bob Dylan in his earlier days, as well as the rest of the "highwaymen" ;).
 
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