Legend of Johnny Cash (Discourse Chronicle)
Comments(2) [For over a year now, I have been a closet Country Music Television (CMT) and Great American Country (GAC) watcher, which I justify to people by saying these are the only two stations I know about that still play music videos most of the time and costs nothing extra beyond Expanded Basic cable. I often wonder why I like country because I remember giving ex-girlfriends a hard time since they liked country. After thinking about it for a while, I determined that Modern Country is what Oldies music became once Classic Rock takes over the music scene in the 1970s, so it made what happened a few days ago much easier to stomach.
I willingly purchased a country CD at Target. I contemplated if I ever purchased a country CD of my own free will, then I would want to buy one that I believe should be in every music collection. My choice: The Legend of Johnny Cash. Last week, I told some of our new graduate students that I always play “Walk the Line” and “Ring of Fire” whenever faced with a jukebox in a bar. Both of those songs are on my selected CD along with other goodies like “Hurt” (which really sold me on it). However, my all-time favorites remain Buddy Holly, Tom Petty, and Aerosmith. BK]
category: Life, Popular Culture
CASH is hardly your ‘typical’ country singer… and his music serves as more of a generational epic and display of musical talent… than those of the quite common two-stepping, beer drinking, love losing, job hating, and generally whiney, country singers of today, who churn out the CDs you’d likely find sharing shelf space with Mr. Cash. Never one to be ashamed of buying. 🙂
ps. you don’t know me and i totally snooped 🙂
(and don’t check my grammar 😉 )
I never said Cash was a “typical” country singer. My appreciation of his music and status as a legendary singer comes from his vehemently non-conformist attitude. I believe we all want to be rebellious like that.