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[-] OttoVonNoob@lemmy.ca 104 points 2 years ago

An absoluteky outstanding song by Cash btw. If you haven't checked it out, I suggest you do so. Even if you have zero interest in Country do yourself a favour.

https://youtu.be/oDd32K-mOVw?feature=shared

[-] teft@startrek.website 44 points 2 years ago

Every song by Johnny is a banger.

[-] banjoman05@beehaw.org 8 points 2 years ago
[-] Grayox@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 years ago

Literally a Cautionary tale, and still one hell of a banger! OUTLAW COUNTRY! WOOOO

[-] holmesandhoatzin@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 years ago

OUTLAW DIFFERENT COUNTRY! WOOOO

[-] Tigbitties@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Hail Mojo!

Did you know Little Steven Van Zandt coined the phrase "outlaw county" for and, IMO saved country music.

[-] Grayox@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

I did not, I'll be honest i never consumed the genre much before the Archer Vice story line.

[-] StarkestMadness@lemmy.world 43 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I know this is obvious, but Cash's beliefs are endlessly fascinating. The same man who recorded "Ragged Old Flag" also wrote "Man in Black" and covered "Out Among the Stars." The latter is a song about a kid who commits suicide by cop because he doesn't feel like his life matters.

[-] GreatGrapeApe@reddthat.com 51 points 2 years ago

His cover of NiN's "hurt" is so good Trent Reznor sees it as the best version.

[-] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 15 points 2 years ago

All of Johnny's covers are fantastic. His cover of Tom Petty's Won't Back Down with Tom singing backup vocals, for example.

Honestly that song always brings a tear to my eye.

His rendition is a masterpiece.

[-] BigNote@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago

Tom Waits said much the same thing about his cover of "Down There by the Train."

[-] casmael@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

Underrated fact

[-] ParsnipWitch@feddit.de 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

We listened to the song in English class when I was about 14 years old and we discussed it quite a bit afterwards. I guess it was kind of a first transitioning into adulthood for me, seeing how much is going wrong and hurting people. Since then about 95 % of my wardrobe is black. It's a statement and a reminder for myself and I ~~want~~ need to carry it everywhere I go.

[-] Notorious_handholder@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

I dislike a lot of country music, but Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson are practically a genre in and of themselves, seperated from even the outlaw country genre they started.

[-] moody@lemmings.world 4 points 2 years ago

Cash may sing country, but he's always been rock n' roll.

[-] Grayox@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Someone needs to show it to Oliver Anthony.

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