Johnny Cash

[Eric]

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

I thought I'd pass this along. I don't know if you guys are fans of his, but I had forgotten about this masterpiece that came out about 6 years ago. In case you were wondering, this is a cover of a borderline-emo artist (Nine Inch Nails). I'm really not a fan of theirs, but The Man in Black singing it adds an entire new dimension. Not to mention, he recorded this near the end of his life. Gives me shivers every time

[Derek]

Yes, I've seen this before. Not a fan of it...It's kinda dark to me. I like Johnny Cash, but not this.

I saw him at a Billy Graham crusade in 1994 at the Georgia Dome, his wife June was their too.

This is more my speed. A Beatles cover he did.

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

[Eric]

How about these two:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1e0EQlQXoEo (God's Gonna Cut You Down)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQcNiD0Z3MU (Personal Jesus by Depeche Mode)

[Derek]

YES!! That stuff is AWESOME!!

There's just something about his voice.

[WoVeU]

Yes, I've seen this before. Not a fan of it...It's kinda dark to me. I like Johnny Cash, but not this.

I saw him at a Billy Graham crusade in 1994 at the Georgia Dome, his wife June was their too.

This is more my speed. A Beatles cover he did.

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

I didn't care for that at all. Not big on the rolling in self induced pity pain songs. And Johnny is very old, near his death here. Not the same Cash as compared to his day!

[WoVeU]

Yes, I've seen this before. Not a fan of it...It's kinda dark to me. I like Johnny Cash, but not this.

I saw him at a Billy Graham crusade in 1994 at the Georgia Dome, his wife June was their too.

This is more my speed. A Beatles cover he did.

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

I didn't care for that at all. Not big on the rolling in self induced pity pain songs. And Johnny is very old, near his death here. Not the same Cash as compared to his day!

Oh, I was referring to Eric's submission.

[WoVeU]

How about these two:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1e0EQlQXoEo (God's Gonna Cut You Down)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQcNiD0Z3MU (Personal Jesus by Depeche Mode)

Better, but till an old man's voice, shaky and at est quivering around key.

God's Gonna Cut You Down is a good deal better, but the Depict A Commode cover, caused me to find the stop button quickly!

This one is pretty good...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M89c3hWx3RQ

[Eric]

Yes, I've seen this before. Not a fan of it...It's kinda dark to me. I like Johnny Cash, but not this.

I saw him at a Billy Graham crusade in 1994 at the Georgia Dome, his wife June was their too.

This is more my speed. A Beatles cover he did.

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

I didn't care for that at all. Not big on the rolling in self induced pity pain songs. And Johnny is very old, near his death here. Not the same Cash as compared to his day!

Well, see, I think the interpretation and presentation was a little different. The original artist, Nine Inch Nails, is pretty emo-ish, but I thought Cash doing it had a different take. Since he was older, I guess you sympathized with him a little more and took his commentary more seriously than some whiny kid who doesn't know what it means to "hurt". Just my opinion.

[WoVeU]

Yes, I've seen this before. Not a fan of it...It's kinda dark to me. I like Johnny Cash, but not this.

I saw him at a Billy Graham crusade in 1994 at the Georgia Dome, his wife June was their too.

This is more my speed. A Beatles cover he did.

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

I didn't care for that at all. Not big on the rolling in self induced pity pain songs. And Johnny is very old, near his death here. Not the same Cash as compared to his day!

Well, see, I think the interpretation and presentation was a little different. The original artist, Nine Inch Nails, is pretty emo-ish, but I thought Cash doing it had a different take. Since he was older, I guess you sympathized with him a little more and took his commentary more seriously than some whiny kid who doesn't know what it means to "hurt". Just my opinion.

Undoubtedly! But knowing a bit about Cash it is a bit hard to buy (given the lyric)...but I have to think he found something in the message...I'm thinking way back when he fought his own demons.

I'd liked to have heard him do these when he was young...old voices just irk me. They still roll George Jones out to butcher songs still today. (And for some, I guess you don't have to get to old...I heard Randy Travis' new stuff...and I'm hearing the age in his voice already. He has to be a serious smoker!)

But while looking around the tube on Cash I found this funny clip, Johnny doing Elvis:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYctbbWW ... re=related

He plays up the funny, but what part I heard him actually sing sounded good.

[billybud]

Wel...if you don't like "old" voices...you must love Dylan. That chainsmoking fool has the same nasal twang that I first heard 44 years ago.

[WoVeU]

Wel...if you don't like "old" voices...you must love Dylan. That chainsmoking fool has the same nasal twang that I first heard 44 years ago.

Oh Lord....that is one voice time and Marlboros couldn't destroy! That would be like Rosie O'Donnell losing her figure! Simply impossible!


And I ain't getting on the old guys. I loved what they did at one time...I blame the clowns that wheel them out to make themselves money before they leave this world!

Dylan, he could sure write and he could play well enough...like Kristofferson...but it should have stopped their! Neither should have held more than a dummy mic!

[WoVeU]

The original Nine Inch Nails song is about addiction and it applied to Cash as well. The lyrics also say that he will make you hurt, like he is an addict and he hurts those around him and himself with the drug/alcohol abuse. The lyrics are very inline with this:

I hurt myself today
To see if i still feel
I focus on the pain
The only thing that's real
The needle tears a hole
The old familiar sting
Try to kill it all away
But i remember everything
What have i become?
My sweetest friend
Everyone i know
Goes away in the end
You could have it all
My empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt
I wear my crown of s**t
On my liar's chair
Full of broken thoughts
I cannot repair
Beneath the stain of time
The feeling disappears
You are someone else
I am still right here
What have i become?
My sweetest friend
Everyone i know
Goes away in the end
You could have it all
My empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt
If i could start again
A million miles away
I would keep myself
I would find a way

Yeah I got it..but that lyric sure ain't country. He couldn't even really shape the syllables and tension to get that Johnny resolve on a line! Just didn't do it for me at all!