Favorite Johnny Cash Song (lyrics, blues, country, great song, American)

Akira · 01-16-2009, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by FaSho

I didn't know hurt was a NIN song!

~~Flower Child~~ · 01-31-2009, 08:49 AM

BOY NAMED SUE

and ill tell you why i picked this. i know a guy named Jim Wimpy and he's the meanest toughest S.O.B. in the county. when you got a name like Jim Wimpy youve got no choice but to be tough. boy named sue is pretty much his theme song.

McGraw · 02-05-2009, 09:56 PM

Did Cash sing a song about a big preacher man who wore a black coat? I heard it on a country station, but all I can find is Man in Black

Roemilca · 02-06-2009, 04:40 PM

Hurt, hands down.
Ah man, now I sound like someone who heard him on the radio.

**Janszoon** · 02-06-2009, 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Flower Child

BOY NAMED SUE

and ill tell you why i picked this. i know a guy named Jim Wimpy and he's the meanest toughest S.O.B. in the county. when you got a name like Jim Wimpy youve got no choice but to be tough. boy named sue is pretty much his theme song.

I was pretty amused when I found out "A Boy Named Sue" was written by Shel Silverstein.

~~Flower Child~~ · 02-08-2009, 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

I was pretty amused when I found out "A Boy Named Sue" was written by Shel Silverstein.

wow... I ALWAYS get upset when I think that the band ACTUALLY wrote the songs they play just to find out later that they didn't. It looses some of its impact when they havent written it themselves.

yeah that Shel Silverstein fact really blows my mind haha

TimmayTheTurtle · 02-08-2009, 08:17 PM

folsom prison blues

himselfso · 02-20-2009, 08:18 AM

Favourite Johnny Cash song?
Guess things happen that way!
I don't like it
but i guess things happen that way.

Big_D_007 · 02-20-2009, 10:25 AM

how high's the water? or cocaine blues.

crash_override · 02-21-2009, 04:27 PM

'One Piece At A Time'

This song is great traditional country music. It has a great driving rhythm and awe storytelling by Johnny Cash. The lead guitar adds so much as Carl Perkins tended to do back in his day, and really gives this song a great feel. One of Cash's best.

Cover of soundgarden's 'Rusty Cage' from american 2.

This song was so far outside of Cash's musical realm that most people would have believed he couldn't do it justice. But the Cash man comes through with what I believe is one of his best covers ever (yes that means better than 'Hurt'). Cash's voice really flows along over the heavy rhythm guitars in the intro and makes Cornell's lyrics mean something more dark and mystic than even he probably could have ever imagined. The middle of the song explodes into a heavy electric riff where Cash comes back in with the lyrics and just nails the perfect sound and carries this energy to the end of the song. This song is Rick Rubin's best cover choice for Cash I believe.

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~~Flower Child~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: classified Posts: 639	BOY NAMED SUE and ill tell you why i picked this. i know a guy named Jim Wimpy and he's the meanest toughest S.O.B. in the county. when you got a name like Jim Wimpy youve got no choice but to be tough. boy named sue is pretty much his theme song.

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McGraw Groupie Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 5	Did Cash sing a song about a big preacher man who wore a black coat? I heard it on a country station, but all I can find is Man in Black

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himselfso Groupie Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: ireland Posts: 5	Favourite Johnny Cash song? Guess things happen that way! I don't like it but i guess things happen that way.

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02-21-2009, 04:27 PM	#80 (permalink)
crash_override Seemingly Silenced Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Everett, WA Posts: 2,312	'One Piece At A Time' This song is great traditional country music. It has a great driving rhythm and awe storytelling by Johnny Cash. The lead guitar adds so much as Carl Perkins tended to do back in his day, and really gives this song a great feel. One of Cash's best. Cover of soundgarden's 'Rusty Cage' from american 2. This song was so far outside of Cash's musical realm that most people would have believed he couldn't do it justice. But the Cash man comes through with what I believe is one of his best covers ever (yes that means better than 'Hurt'). Cash's voice really flows along over the heavy rhythm guitars in the intro and makes Cornell's lyrics mean something more dark and mystic than even he probably could have ever imagined. The middle of the song explodes into a heavy electric riff where Cash comes back in with the lyrics and just nails the perfect sound and carries this energy to the end of the song. This song is Rick Rubin's best cover choice for Cash I believe.