This is why I hate country music but love Johnny Cash...

by NickTheAceBassist Posted 2012/05/05 18:19:35

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Johnny Cash wrote songs about hardships just like almost any country singer does today. Here's the difference though. Johnny Cash actually went through those hardships, he went to prison and rehab, he had severe drug problems, etc. All country singers do today is sit on the high horse they're daddies built for them and write songs about fucking a tractor.

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Mike 2012/05/05 18:23:44

What? No...

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Johnny Cash is a icon to country music

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KrSpo 2012/06/26 20:51:12

Undecided

Tells you how much this country has changed. They once allowed people a second chance, but now condemn them. Johnny Cash is a member of a lost generation.

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wtw 2012/06/16 18:26:03

What? No...

I have come to appreciate Johnny Cashes music and I do like some other country--just not the twangy stuff. "I went out to buy me a pack of cigarrettes I only had 350, I need another fifty cents, I went back out to my truck to dig behind the seats and that is where I found me the a picture of my wife--can you imagine the rest!!!

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Maria 2012/06/16 16:10:52

Undecided

Johnny Cash is the man of long time country music and there are more others but not the same kind of type..
I surely miss Johnny Cash....

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Andy Fletcher 2012/06/16 16:03:45

Undecided

Johnny, along with Orbison, Everly Brothers, and sooooo many more, were never limited as "country" artists. They were the epitome of early rock and roll, whose roots were country and the blues.

Johnny lived hard. He worked hard and played hard, always a rebel to the norm. Through it all, he had that pure voice. You FEEL what he is singing to you.

Johnny makes me weep, tears of joy, tears of sorrow, tears of love, tears of...life

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classic 2012/06/16 15:24:07

What? No...

Johnny cash never went to prison as an inmate. He went to jail for a few misdemeanors, where he stayed over night, but never spent the night in a prison. He did a concert in Fulsom Prison ..

I met Johnny on the plane to Vietnam where they did a concert Tour....

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wamcalif 2012/06/16 15:16:55

Undecided

Johnny Cash was great. I'm not a country music fan per say, but Cash was more than just any one music style. His appeal is universal.

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Quiet-is-feared 2012/06/16 14:52:19

I totally agree with you...

very true

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Andy 2012/06/16 14:50:24

Undecided

Not a big fan of Johnny Cash...but, I do agree with the thought of living the issues of the songs, versus just writing to make $$$

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Demon Destroyer 2012/06/16 03:29:20

I totally agree with you...

He sang from the heart and he loved what he did and played for the people not the money

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Duke----The Non Racist, Fun... 2012/06/16 02:55:18

I totally agree with you...

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Johnny Cash told it like it was, and right up until the end. He’s the reason I wear a lot black and the reason he did too, and certainly not because I’m a missguided little emo, screamo, dicko or what these little wussies call themselves these days. Here’s just one of his last ones as he still sings about our real world….

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Demon D... to Duke---... 2012/06/16 03:39:22

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The video looks like someones nightmare. Love the song.

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Stryder 2012/06/16 02:32:06

I totally agree with you...

+1
The Man in Black....RIP.

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tncdel 2012/06/15 23:31:34

What? No...

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Johnny Cash was by no means the only one in country music who "been there and done that." And some were even more talented than Cash. Merle Haggard for one.

I also don't know where you get your idea that someone must have had a drug addiction and gone to jail to have any credibility.

I like most types of music. About the only types of music I don't like are opera and heavy metal. Rap I don't consider music, and also don't like that. But country, blues, rock, jazz and everything else is cool for me.

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ur XLNC 2012/06/15 23:31:30

Undecided

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I needed a different choice. Johnny was neither Country OR Western! He was a genre unto himself! He is well and truly missed!

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JonDeniro 2012/06/15 23:08:01

What? No...

While I prefer rock, country has it's merits as well. For one thing, country songs have actual intelligible lyrics that tell a story of some sort.

Today's country music is comparable to light rock from the 60's and 70's.

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Temlakos~POTL~PWCM~JLA~☆ 2012/06/15 21:46:13

Undecided

I don't know enough one way or another to judge.

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Kat 2012/06/15 21:16:14

I totally agree with you...

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Too true, silver spoon babies caterwalling about hardships they've never endured and conquests they've never won.

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Steelers55 2012/05/15 22:02:43

I totally agree with you...

That's why Hank 3 is doing his own thing to try to bring back this kind of country.

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Isa 2012/05/12 00:45:19

I totally agree with you...

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i dont like country music cuz its so depressing omg.. but ppltelling like it ,, cool

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Freedom.Must.Be.Flattering 2012/05/10 12:49:17

Undecided

Honey there's a difference in jail and prison. He went to prisons to entertain the prisoners, but he went to jail to pull his time. HELLUR!!??

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opie 2012/05/10 04:06:05

What? No...

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no for 1 he never went to prison if your going to hate some thing and have a reason for hating something at least know the facts

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Relay 2012/05/09 23:34:13

What? No...

lol okay maybe .. but hurt? he didn't even write that and that's one of his bigger hits..
plus i like country music and realy dont like cash....

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afro.ninja.rockstar 2012/05/09 16:28:37

I totally agree with you...

How can you not love this?

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us 2012/05/09 03:25:24

What? No...

I like Johnny cash, and also Elvis Presley,

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+Harmonious Love+ 2012/05/09 01:36:52

I totally agree with you...

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I love Johnny Cash..he was a big inspration in my interest in musical professions..

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lokey 2012/05/08 23:47:01

I totally agree with you...

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among all the underground rap i have on my phone, i have a few johnny cash songs ;) guys music is amazing

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Wanderer 2012/05/08 09:36:27

What? No...

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I like country music, Johnny's just one of many great country artists.....I really like his latest song.

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Demon D... to Wanderer 2012/06/16 03:23:09

+1
Great song

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Wanderer to Demon D... 2012/06/16 04:50:34

Hmm I really like it...he's amazing.

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Tombo 2012/05/08 00:54:37

What? No...

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I love this song. "...and it echoed through the canyon, like the disappearing dream of yesterday". What a great line.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/w...

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Tombo 2012/05/08 00:53:47

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I love this song. "...and it echoed through the canyon, like the disappearing dream of yesterday". What a great line.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/w...

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THB306 2012/05/07 00:19:07 (edited)

I totally agree with you...

+1
Hurt still gives me chills... To think he recorded it just before he died... so eery...

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Lisa 2012/05/06 20:09:30

I totally agree with you...

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Johnny Cash is the only country music artist I like, the other one's I just don't care about

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Tylurr 2012/05/06 05:18:34
aahhhhhhh 2012/05/06 00:10:55

I totally agree with you...

+1
CASH!!!

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Tarheel 2012/05/05 22:18:23

What? No...

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I'm not really a country fan but there are some artists that I like. I've always loved Johnny Cash, although he had a drug problem he really wasn't in prison. Many country songs are patriotic which is cool. Many, of course, are very sad.

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opie to Tarheel 2012/05/10 04:04:27

why do people think he went to prison

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Tarheel to opie 2012/05/12 17:18:45

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I think because he played in a prison. He may have gone to jail or something and maybe it was exaggerated because it added to the mystique of "The Man in Black".

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S and S 2012/05/05 21:20:13

What? No...

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He never went to prison, he went to jail. He played in a prison.

David Allen Coe is one of my favorites

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I. Car Rus 2012/05/05 18:25:35

What? No...

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Cash didn't really go to prison, unless it was to sing. He did spend some nights in jail, most notable one in Starkville Miss. immortalized in song. You might be thinking of Haggerd who actually did some prison time. But, I agree Cash was the tops as a writer and an artist.

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