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Alvin Blaine
From:
Picture Rocks, Arizona, USA
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Posted 9 Feb 2003 11:30 pm |
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Has anyone heard, or seen the video for the latest Johnny Cash song called "Hurt"? Its a "Nine Inch Nails" song about drug overdose that Johnny sings it from the view of someone growing old and facing death. Its a very,very powerful song in the hands of a master like Cash.
I doubt the song will ever get any radio airplay, but they are running the video on VH1,MTV2, and CMT.
Video for "HURT" |
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Gene Jones
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Oklahoma City, OK USA, (deceased)
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Posted 10 Feb 2003 4:35 am
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Good website...thanks for posting it.
Cash has had his share of both good & bad publicity during his career, but I always like to share this story about the kindness and compassion that I saw in him on one occasion a long time ago.
"Our oldest daughter has been profoundly mentally retarded since she was an infant, and institutionalized since the age of nine, so I guess that's why I remember this incident as if it happened yesterday. About 1961, my wife and I were at an amusement park where JOHNNY CASH and his band were performing on an outdoor stage with a large crowd of fans gathered around in front of the stage. We noticed a little girl about eight years old, who was obviously afflicted with Down's Syndrome, who kept trying unsuccessfully to get up close enough to see the show. The crowd had not noticed that they were pushing her back, but CASH did. He stopped singing right in the middle of a phrase, stopped the band, and asked for someone to bring the little girl to the stage. He then sat down on the floor with her on his lap, and did a song just for her while her little upturned face beamed like the sun. I don't know Johnny Cash, and have never even met him, but in the years since that incident happened I have never seen or heard his name mentioned anywhere without remembering what he did for that little girl and thinking what a kind, gentle and compassionate person he must be." www.genejones.com |
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Stephen Winters
From:
Scobey, Mississippi, USA
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Posted 10 Feb 2003 5:54 am
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| Saw the video Friday night on CMT. I normally do not watch videos, but this one caught my eye. It is powerful to say the least. It affected me greatly. |
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Martin Abend
From:
Berlin, Germany
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Posted 13 Feb 2003 12:43 pm
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Wow... I don't know if there's a musician that I have more respect for than Mr. Cash. His "American Recordings" with Rick Rubin for me are unparalleled in music history. He seems to be a very contradictionary man, but he always was believeable to me.
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Kevin Hatton
From:
Buffalo, N.Y.
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Posted 13 Feb 2003 2:18 pm
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| Very powerful, spiritual video. A real piece of art. |
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Mark Ardito
From:
Chicago, IL, USA
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Posted 14 Feb 2003 11:02 am
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I heard about this recently. Thanks for posting the link to the video. Yeah, that is a great video. I remember when I heard the original version of that songs by Nine Inch Nails. I thought they did it pretty awesome, but I must say Johnny Cash is the MAN!
Mark
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Tommy Minniear
From:
Logansport, Indiana
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Posted 14 Feb 2003 12:13 pm
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Just saw it for the 1st time on CMT: "Absolutely Awesome"!
Tommy Minniear |
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Ken Lang
From:
Simi Valley, Ca
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Posted 23 Feb 2003 5:13 pm
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To my knowledge I've never before heard a Nine Inch Nails song. My son came in the room and started singing along before he new it was Cash.
I rather liked the video. We all get old. Give the man his due.
The kids learn songs done by the older generation when they start playing. It's fitting that the older generation pay tribute to the new. |
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Louie Hallford
From:
denison tx
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Posted 25 Feb 2003 5:16 pm
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He puts me in a melancholy mood therefore I do not care for most of his music. Then I like steel guitar and apparently he doesn't.
He always seems unhappy about something and I never quite figure out why. Reminds me of what I read about old Bible days when people wore sack cloth and ashes so everyone else would know they were unhappy and that they had a problem. Seems what problems he has he usually causes them himself.
The above was a great human interest story however and I enjoyed it. I would like to see more of this side of him. |
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Bob Hoffnar
From:
Austin, Tx
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Posted 26 Feb 2003 11:56 am
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Alvin,
Thanks for the heads up. Such a beautiful and moving tune.
Bob |
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Larry Beck
From:
Pierre, SD
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Posted 26 Feb 2003 12:25 pm
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| Listened to the whole album yesterday. Some of the songs like 'Sam Hall' are very old, some are remakes "Give my love to Rose" and some new. About half way through it hit me, there's a theme here. (Slow learner that I am). |
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Jerry Hayes
From:
Virginia Beach, Va.
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Posted 27 Feb 2003 9:41 am
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It's sad to see JRC grow old but it looks like he's still got it. Here's one guy who was way ahead of his time and who put out records which didn't sound like anyone else's and still does. My favorite memory of him was getting to meet him around 1965 or '66. I was playing in Ventura, California at a club called "The King of the Bass". Our rhythm guitarist/vocalist (Jim Hendrix, not the rocker) lived in Ojai at the Johnny Cash Trailer Rancho which was operated by John's parents. One year we played a Xmas party at their home and Johnny Cash was there. I remember we played outside and it was pretty cold but we had a very good time. Cash came from good stock as his parents were wonderful people.
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Livin' in the Past and the Future with a 12 string Mooney Universal tuning.
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Alvin Blaine
From:
Picture Rocks, Arizona, USA
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Posted 27 Feb 2003 11:18 am
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| Today is his 71st birthday. SO Happy birthday to Johnny Cash. |
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Dave Van Allen
From:
Souderton, PA , US , Earth
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Posted 6 Mar 2003 9:21 am
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That Cash is still making "meaningful" music after 5 decades is amazing. It may not be the image we might want to remember, but he is putting himself out there, making a statement...
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all too likely... |
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Theresa Galbraith
From:
Goodlettsville,Tn. USA
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Posted 6 Mar 2003 11:10 am
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When I heard it the first time, I liked it. Go Johnny!  |
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Chris Forbes
From:
Beltsville, MD, USA
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Posted 6 Mar 2003 11:49 am
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| Sigh, Johnny Paycheck gone, I'm afraid Johnny Cash right behind him. That old song "Who's gonna fill their shoes" becomes more applicable to these days all the time. [This message was edited by Chris Forbes on 06 March 2003 at 11:50 AM.] |
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Roger Rettig
From:
Naples, FL
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Posted 6 Mar 2003 1:48 pm
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It isn't often that CMT airs anything thought-provoking, but I find that film casts a spell on me.
I've never been a fan of his - his music has been too clumsy in its execution for my taste - but there's no denying that he's left a very individual set of footprints on the music world.
I've had a tenuous link with him, though, having recently done a couple of tours of 'Always - Patsy Cline' with his niece, Kellye Cash, and, back in '85, I was doing 'Pump Boys and Dinettes' with Carlene Carter in London. Johnny and June came to see us a couple of times, and on one occasion took the company out for dinner. He seemed a troubled man, but was kindness itself to all of us - needless to say, I won't forget meeting him. He makes an impression on you....
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