With all the news recently about Johnny Cash wining a VMA award and them him consequently dying I thought that I should go and actually listen to some of his music. All I can say is WOW. He definitly gets his message across loud and clear. I think that I might actually go out and purchase a cd or two of his. I think probably American III and IV.
if you need a good example of why he fucking rocks, listen to a copy of Hurt (which incidently won him the VMA). Its a cover of a NiN song, but I think he does a MUCH MUCH better job than they did.
"HURT" (written by Trent Reznor)
I hurt myself today
to see if I still feel
I focus on the pain
the only thing that's real
the needle tears a hole
the old familiar sting
try to kill it all away
but I remember everything
what have I become?
my sweetest friend
everyone I know
goes away in the end
you could have it all
my empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt
I wear my crown of thorns
on my liar's chair
full of broken thoughts
I cannot repair
beneath the stain of time
the feeling disappears
you are someone else
I am still right here
what have I become?
my sweetest friend
everyone I know
goes away in the end
you could have it all
my empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt
if I could start again
a million miles away
I would keep myself
I would find a way