RIP Johnny Cash

respeck'

This is really shitty news to wake up to. And I...Kl0pper's avatar is totally throwing my train of thought completely off the rails, damnit. Anyways, byebye Johnny.

This had me fucked up. I was just making a humorous Macromedia Flash tribute to John Ritter, being the asshole that I am, and all of the sudden I hear Cash died.

I highly suggest mourning by singing along with "We'll Meet Again" from American IV. I guess it was originally an old WWII pilot's song - they'd go to the bars and sing that the night before going out over Europe. That song tears me up. And now, even moreso.

it is indeed a horrible way to wake up.
he will definitely be missed.
:(
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[B][SIZE=400][FONT=times new roman][COLOR=silver]WTF?!?![/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/B]
Awww, shit.

I was just listening to him yesterday. I knew this would happen soon enough after June died.

NP: Cry, Cry Cry - J. Cash

*sob*

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[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by PIZman [/i]
[B]This had me fucked up. I was just making a humorous Macromedia Flash tribute to John Ritter, being the asshole that I am, and all of the sudden I hear Cash died.

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Wait--didn't Ritter just die too? Man, this day sucks already.

Yeah, I also assumed Cash would follow shortly after his wife. But Ritter?? He was in his, what, fifties? I wanna cry, but the librarian would probably kick me out.

Ritter was 54.

Isn't it interesting how everyone is dying? From Cash to Berry White to Welsley Wilis.

Fuck man

that guy was one hard ass. doing time for smuggling in speed from mexico in a guitar case, in the early sixties. who the fuck was doing shit at that time. he was hard motherfucker. its bad to say but good thing he died old and now we have this treasure trove of music from him. expect some unreleased shit to come out now

I gotta get me the Sun sessions.

i feel bad knowing i only have his shit on soulseek. i need to own some of his shit, tuffy you seem like an authority on the subject. what should i pick up first

This is pretty scary shit. I mean, Johnny Cash's death, although still tragic, was a little more expected. The man had "cheated" death for quite some time. But John Ritter? That one is out of the blue. The man was on the comeback trial. May both of them RIP.

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by PIZman [/i]
[B]I highly suggest mourning by singing along with "We'll Meet Again" from American IV. I guess it was originally an old WWII pilot's song - they'd go to the bars and sing that the night before going out over Europe. That song tears me up. And now, even moreso. [/B][/QUOTE]

"We'll meet again, don't know where, don't know when
But I know we'll meet again some sunny day..." Dame Vera Lynn.
Strange, I was thinking about this song a lot these days.

Ritter was a shmuck.

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by godspeed [/i]
[B]tuffy you seem like an authority on the subject. what should i pick up first [/B][/QUOTE] I got my first Cash record in 1974 (I think) - I Walk The Line. I wouldn't consider myself an authority in the least; the Man was just so damn prolific, plus the length of his career is mind-bogglig in terms of today's 'artists'...

Off the top of my head, I'd say get At San Quentin and At Folsom Prison as a good place to start.

Go here: [url]http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=MISS70307091154&sql=Bdq6htr29kl4x[/url] to read about his 130+ hit singles and scores of albums. Then you can kinda get a feel for his music and take it from there.

San Quentin and Folsom Prision are perfect buys to get into the "old" Johnny Cash. And of course, everybody has to have all 4 "American" albums of the "new" Cash. Personally, I consider "Solitary Man" as the best, but the others are also duty to buy. And damn - Cash even was already working on "American V" ... It's so sad I don't have words for it.

I've heard that over there in America, there is a special edition of "American IV" with an extra "Hurt" video DVD - is this true?! Damn, I need to have it!!!

60 years!

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CASH IS, AND WILL FOREVER BE, KING

Wonder why I now dress in black

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by godspeed [/i]
[B]i feel bad knowing i only have his shit on soulseek. i need to own some of his shit, tuffy you seem like an authority on the subject. what should i pick up first [/B][/QUOTE]

Definitely pick up the Johnny Cash/Willie Nelson VH1 Storytellers CD. It's fuckin' great. Most of the old stuff is great as well...go for the prison albums.

I haven't heard the Storytellers disc, but it's supposed to be fantastic. The second Highwaymen album is also supposed to be quite worthy, but you're veering further away from pure Cash there.

My suggestion :
- a copious Sun compilation
- Live at Folsom
- Live at San Quentin
- 'Love, God, Murder' compilation (3 CD)
- the 4 american CDs

Boom-Chika-Boom in the sky

An excellent suggestion for starters.

Sadly, there isn't a definitive Sun compilation, though Original Golden Hits, Vol. 1 may be closest.

Be nice if a Sun boxset were ever issued.

By the way: I've read that Cash has already recorded over 50 new songs with Rubin for "American V" - although the labels now will definitely try to make money with a lot of average compilations, the release of this stuff could be a real worthy legacy ...

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by kl0pper [/i]
[B]respeck' [/B][/QUOTE]

what he said.

i've had "fulsom prison blues" permanently hard wired into my brain, surfacing at least once a day, for a couple years now.

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by XChuck [/i]
[B]Isn't it interesting how everyone is dying? From Cash to Berry White to Welsley Wilis. [/B][/QUOTE]

the only interesting thing is that you called him berry white. when in fact, he's berry black. berry BERRY black.

*cocks shotgun*

that's it, moe.

what, barry white's not black?

"Don't take your guns to town, son
Leave your guns at home, Bill"

By the way, my Sun years compilation (30 songs, cheap label) didn't cost me more than 15 Euros (about 15 USdollars) when I bought it

I have the CD which contains the Hurt DVD. It is beautiful...

RIP

i'm still a little bit bitter about the hurt thing.

The "Hurt" video makes me cry, man. It's one of the most intensive things I have ever seen.

Tonight, MTV Europe shows "VH1-Storytellers" with Cash and Nelson. Everybody who doesn't have the CD, buy it. As somebody wrote before, it is really pure and beautiful. Not as essential as the American CDs, but you need to have it.

This has been a fucked up week. The week begins with Warren Zevon kicking the bucket and now Cash and Ritter go within hours of eachother.

And the guy from Hogan's Heroes went too. you know, the black guy.

Just check out the list: [url]http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recent_deaths[/url]

We're losing WAY more than we should be.

oh, stop it. everyone knows that with the ageing of the baby boom generation the population is getting top-heavy.

Except Cash predates the Baby Boomers.

kay...PEOPLE SHOULDN'T BE DYING!! EVERYONE PANIC!!

hahahah

Fuck, first Bronson and now Cash. I walked around all day yesterday in my CASH shirt and no one mentioned his death to me. People assumed I knew and it was some kind of tribute. Fuck.

think of this and then listen to his version of Hurt,

the laughs go on for hours!

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by franc tireur [/i]
[B]"Don't take your guns to town, son
Leave your guns at home, Bill"
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That sucks that he died ... really sad .........
Why can't the stupid people die ....... Cash was one of the best .... I had one of his cds but I dont know where it is ..... and I've been having the urge to listen to some of it this whole week ......

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by XChuck [/i]
[B]Isn't it interesting how everyone is dying? From Cash to Berry White to Welsley Wilis. [/B][/QUOTE]

Everyone huh... a bunch of old guys... and Cash is the only one that bothers me. He's such the way I've always wanted to be. He is my Tyler Durden. His autobiography motivates me daily, and his music...well, it's what I want the soundtrack of my life to be. If ever someone was worthy of being a cultural icon, it was Johnny Cash. I saw him back in 1996 with June in Dallas at the Majestic Theatre, and it pretty much was the only concert I've ever been to that had any impact on me other than being just a bunch of music. I don't know what else to say. He was lean and mean as they came back in the day, he grew older, fucked-up over and over, drugs addiction, death, all sorts of bad shit surrounded him, but through it all he used his experiences to better the lives of others. It is truly too bad that when this generation dies, few will remember him in the next. I mean, how many music sensations can you name from the 1940's? Still, I've got his music, and until I die or it becomes destroyed, I'll always have that which made him heard...

You forget only if you want to forget.