Johnny Cash

[turbopug]

Might shock you with all the rock and metal I've been posting but I'm also a big Johhny Cash fan.

A lot of people sideline him into the country genre but he's covered so many different types of music. He was a genuine music fan recording tributes to everyone from U2 to Nine Inch Nails.

Heres a few choice tunes,



The one that put him into the public view,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGTh-m21jKo




This song always makes me smile, from the famous gig in San Quentin prison, February 24th 1969,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T678ic45k98




A bit of rockabilly from 1956, great uplifting lyrics too,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-zzrqPwApo



Johnny was a great supporter of people in prison, realising that most of them were there not because they were bad people but simply because they had made mistakes in life,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ju1q98NMxkU



An intense song,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpxQXAjbv5g



Everyone knows this one, Cash fan or not. This song was written by his wife for him along with Merle Kilgore. Really deep lyrics,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=It7107ELQvY



Just a great song, I love the way the tempo picks up as it goes on and sucks you right in. From a gig in Poland in 1987,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMfwIMSFZ-U



One of many duets recorded with his wife June Carter, probably the most famous,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-k9mDPInVU








I could go on posting great JC songs all day but I'll finish with this one. A poignant, haunting song, made even more so by the fact that it was the last song he ever recorded shortly before his death on September 12th, 2003 at the age of 71. Originally recorded by NIN but I think Johnny did a better job of it than Trent Reznor.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o22eIJDtKho

[johnxjsc1985]

He lived a full and eventful life thats for sure. He was brilliant when he appeared in Columbo still cant get that damn song out of my head " I saw the light".

[S1_RS]

Hurt was the song that got me into Johnny cash in the first place. I remember hearing it the Nike advert and that made me look for more of his stuff. I also read his Autobiography, a fantastic book. The whole way through was as if he was reading it out to me.

[Ten Ninety]

Another metalhead with a liking for Mr Cash here, at least his American stuff anyway. The Rick Rubin connection was what did it for me - he's produced some of my favourite metal and I think his stripped-down sound works really well with a country artist.

I would also agree that Cash did 'Hurt' even better than Reznor, and that's from someone who was a massive NIN fan back in the day. I think his take on 'Personal Jesus' is brilliant as well - that was always one of my least favourite Depeche Mode tracks but he makes it somehow more convincing.

[Incorrigible]

Walk the line is also surprisingly good

[turbopug]

Incorrigible said:

Walk the line is also surprisingly good

Have you seen the fim entitled "Walk the line"?

It's a good watch but they got SO many of the facts wrong.

[Joyrider1]

The song that got me into JC was 'Give My Love To Rose' ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1LBKTONZ0M&fea... ), very melancholic and immediately made me go and start listening to his other stuff....

Another favourite: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9IfHDi-2EA

[turbopug]

Give my love to Rose please won't you mister. It's a great song. That's why I like country songs, they have great music but they also tell a story.

[Incorrigible]

turbopug said:

Have you seen the fim entitled "Walk the line"?

It's a good watch but they got SO many of the facts wrong.

Yeah, that's kinda what I meant

[AndyT77]

I'm a big fan too, and like someone else posted, Hurt was the song that made me go out buying his older material to listen too.

[mcelliott]

"Aint No Grave" taken from the American V album - awesome song.

[theironduke]

One piece at a time

This is PH after all.

[davepoth]

theironduke said:

One piece at a time

This is PH after all.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1-zzJnKtDg

[Taita]

When The Man Comes Around is a brilliant song as well.

[gareth_r]

Folsom Prison Blues.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWsuVuw5JO4

That line - "I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die"...

Edited by gareth_r on Tuesday 23 August 11:11

[gareth_r]

Folsom Prison Blues.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWsuVuw5JO4

That line - "I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die"...

Edited by gareth_r on Tuesday 23 August 11:15

[DoctorX]

His version of "In My Life" by The Beatles is rather good (sorry can't do youtube link), seems more appropriate when an old man sings it.

[spiritof'76]

Anybody that says they can't find anything in Johnny Cash must surely be dead

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJlN9jdQFSc&ob=...

[MarkoNoTVR]

Ten Ninety said:

I would also agree that Cash did 'Hurt' even better than Reznor

Utterly amazing version, that!