Johnny Cash

CJ Haughey

Johnny Cash, love him or loathe him he is a legend. Here is my favourite what is yours?

johnny osbourne

and then i see adarkness

csallmighty

Johnny and the lads

GerB40

Johnny Cash is a legend. He's the only country style musician I can listen to and I could listen to him for hours. After Bob Dylan he'd be my favourite singer/songwriter of all time. He had a wicked sense of humour (as proven by songs like "One piece at a time" and "A boy named sue") but he could be deadly serious and political ("Ballad of Ira Hayes" and "San Quentin").

His renaissance a few years ago was an absolute triumph. "God's gonna cut you down", "I've been everywhere" and of course the covers of songs nobody thought could be covered like "Hurt", "Personal Jesus", "In my life" and "Bridge over troubled water" (amongst others). That's a serious C.V. right there which, in my mind, cements his name in the pantheon of musical geniuses.

TL;DR Yeah I like Johnny Cash too.

osarusan

Song with Bob Dylan

johnny osbourne

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjcqpp79nSo

catallus

I thought he'd died there for a second

Have some bloody consideration, op!!!

eternal

Johnny Cash, Hurt, one of the best songs ever recorded. If you don't like it then you need your brain reconfigured. Of course I'm waiting for the back lash...

Griever931

catallus wrote: »

I thought he'd died there for a second

Have some bloody consideration, op!!!

He died in 2003.

CJ Haughey

catallus wrote: »

I thought he'd died there for a second

Have some bloody consideration, op!!!

You serious?

eternal

Anyone see Walk the Line. That was not bad and it showed the constant rejection he suffered from his father.

GerB40

catallus wrote: »

I thought he'd died there for a second

Have some bloody consideration, op!!!

Dunno if you're being serious or not, my sarcasm detector has been off lately so I'll just come out and say it, he died in 2003...

johnny osbourne

eternal wrote: »

Anyone see Walk the Line. That was not bad and it showed the constant rejection he suffered from his father.

ya and the girl who played his first wife, isn;t she still alive

DrGreenthumb

if features a Johnny Cash tune so i guess that counts

johnny osbourne

comes blanking in my mind

and the i see the darkness

CJ Haughey

johnny osbourne wrote: »

ya and the girl who played his first wife, isn;t she still alive

She may will be.

johnny osbourne

CJ Haughey wrote: »

She may will be.

i bet ya 20 dollars she is

Katgurl

I'm surprised people picked 'Hurt' - it's my favourite too but claiming a cover song always seems to start controversy

johnny osbourne

je suis johnny

CJ Haughey

johnny osbourne wrote: »

i bet ya 20 dollars she is

Im not a betting man, im too old.

johnny osbourne

CJ Haughey wrote: »

Im not a betting man, im too old.

phew, i don't have 20 dollars

catallus

He's already dead!

That's one for the "obvious things I only just realised" thread!

CJ Haughey

johnny osbourne wrote: »

phew, i don't have 20 dollars

You are Johnny no cash.

conorh91

Disgusting talent. Clearly a once-off. Cannot be reproduced imo. Love the prisoners' reactions in this video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOHPuY88Ry4

johnny osbourne

will save me from this darkness

Optimalprimerib

Katgurl wrote: »

I'm surprised people picked 'Hurt' - it's my favourite too but claiming a cover song always seems to start controversy

I think the lead singer from nine inch nails came out and said that johnny cash's version was so good he sees it as his song now.

eternal

johnny osbourne wrote: »

will save me from this darkness

Buy a bulb you c*nt.

johnny osbourne

eternal wrote: »

Buy a bulb you c*nt.

are you still up?

eternal

johnny osbourne wrote: »

are you still up?

No. This is the precluded imaginary imitation of me posting anonymously on a forum. Tell nobody and shush.

johnny osbourne

tldr

eternal

johnny osbourne wrote: »

tldr

Sorry the comment was so short I couldn't wrap my brain around its misgivings.

johnny osbourne

****, i made such a holy show of myself last night, i rang up my evil-auntie and got into a row with her, but it was a long time coming, better it's all out in the open now

Taco Chips

Are there people who loathe Johnny Cash? Just curious since the OP said "love him or loathe him". I would have thought he's one of the most revered musicians there is.

Bullocks

Seainin Airgead , not a bad lad

Bullocks

johnny osbourne wrote: »

****, i made such a holy show of myself last night, i rang up my evil-auntie and got into a row with her, but it was a long time coming, better it's all out in the open now

Less family gatherings for you now , think will she leave ya anything in the will

NachoBusiness

I liked Johnny Cash before his music became tarnished by hipster popularity. I'm sure the response will be that music doesn't change because of who likes it, but I disagree. It taints it.

It's like Mic Christopher's Hey Day. Guinness went and sucked the soul out of it for me and I'll always hate them for that. Not so much that I'll stop drinking the stuff mind, but enough that I'll shake my fist at them whenever I'm driving down James's St.

NachoBusiness

I liked Johnny Cash before it became 'cool' to like him. His music has been tarnished by hipster popularity. I'm sure the response will be that music doesn't change because of who likes it, but I disagree. It taints it.

It's like Mic Christopher's Hey Day. Guinness went and sucked the soul out of it for me and I'll always hate them for that. Not so much that I'll stop drinking the stuff mind, but enough that I'll shake my fist at them whenever I'm driving down James's St.

GerB40

catallus wrote: »

He's already dead!

That's one for the "obvious things I only just realised" thread!

Hah don't worry pal, last year someone broke the news to me that Barry White died.. In 2003.....

Un Croissant

The Man Comes Around.

gg2

I LOVE JONNY CASH! My dads favourite singer so his music has always been played in the house. So talented and such a big handsome man. This is my all time favourite
http://youtu.be/_YVYczqD2b8
I read his biography a few years back and don't recall him speaking of being rejected by his dad... Maybe something that was dramatised for the movie?
He was one sh1t cool mother ****r

SuperGrover

Some singers have a voice that can lift up a song and deliver it. Luke Kelly. Edith Piaf.
And Johnny Cash.

His cover of In My Life is beautiful...

http://youtu.be/K6oPHBeoB-w

sh1tstirrer

He tried to get Sandy Kelly into the cot, fact.

zanador

NachoBusiness wrote: »

I liked Johnny Cash before it became 'cool' to like him. lt.

Ironic post is ironic

Badly Drunk Boy

Back in the early 90's, I bought my first Johnny Cash CD, in Tower Records for £1.99. '20 Toe-Tapping Greats". You won't have yer Jessie Js or Adeles coming up titles like that!






(Yeah, I know it was only the record companies, but still...)

sh1tstirrer

eternal wrote: »

Anyone see Walk the Line. That was not bad and it showed the constant rejection he suffered from his father.

Phoenix was able to sing cash"s songs better than cash himself.

Menas

That song Hurt is what they will play at my funeral. Along with 'Celebration' by Kool and the Gang.

Mesrine65

ShagNastii

Has to be "The Chicken in Black".

Hilarious AND catchy.

kingtiger

Love some of Johnnys stuff, but his gospel songs just aren't for me

very interesting man though

DainBramage

I like Johnny Cash, its nearly heresy to say you don't.

But I've rarely seen a deceased musician who's back catalogue has been so comprehensively milked to bits, Tower records had a stand with at least 20 different compilations of his greatest hits/live tunes.

Sir Osis of Liver.