Music Debate #54: Johnny Cash

[cartman | 195]

I know it's considered "cultured" to like Johnny Cash and whatnot but personally i can't really get into him. He's just boring.

[MrWunderful | 2,927]

5/10 for historical value. 
 

Country music is terrible, and Cash is overrated. I know its edgy and outlaw-ish to like him, and some songs arent complete garbage (like hurt) but overall hes a strong “Meh”

[mbd39 | 2,020]

8 hours ago, MrWunderful said:

5/10 for historical value. 
 

Country music is terrible, and Cash is overrated. I know its edgy and outlaw-ish to like him, and some songs arent complete garbage (like hurt) but overall hes a strong “Meh”

Cash is so popular even among people who usually dislike country that it's edgier to to not like him.

 

[MrWunderful | 2,927]

17 minutes ago, mbd39 said:

Cash is so popular even among people who usually dislike country that it's edgier to to not like him.

 

Nope. 

[JamesRobot | 5,800]

Some of my favorites right here.

 

[Richardhead | 2,813]

8

[JamesRobot | 5,800]

Also dig a lot of that outlaw era of country music.  Here's the supergroup with Johnny, Waylon, Willie and what's his name. Good shit.

 

[cartman | 195]

22 hours ago, MrWunderful said:

5/10 for historical value. 
 

Country music is terrible, and Cash is overrated. I know its edgy and outlaw-ish to like him, and some songs arent complete garbage (like hurt) but overall hes a strong “Meh”

I don't know i think most of the songs on K-DST in San Andreas are pretty good even though i don't know much about Country otherwise. Those are quite different than Johnny Cash (who i don't like too much either). And people can legitimately sing in this genre, with a lot of popular music these days that's not even a given.

[Strange | 1,700]

I live in Nashville (in fact, Johnny Cash’s old house/property is a ten minute drive from where I live) and I can tell you country music gets a lot worse than Johnny Cash. As a general rule though, old country >>> current garbage. I’ve never been a country music fan (most of Nashville isn’t, its a facade to bring in tourist dollars) but the original stuff is palatable.

It’s gotta be an 8/10 for me.

[Estil | 1,264]

14 hours ago, JamesRobot said:

Also dig a lot of that outlaw era of country music.  Here's the supergroup with Johnny, Waylon, Willie and what's his name. Good shit.

 

The 70s outlaw era is my favorite too.  Though anything early 90s or earlier really.  I pretty much ignore modern country.  Why be at the mercy of your local radio station when you can play whatever song/video you want (pretty much) on YT?

And "what's his name" is Kris Kristofferson.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kris_Kristofferson

Edited March 14, 2020 by Estil

[Estil | 1,264]

On 3/13/2020 at 5:25 AM, cartman said:

I know it's considered "cultured" to like Johnny Cash and whatnot but personally i can't really get into him. He's just boring.

I've never heard Johnny Cash described as either of those things.  He's clearly just the opposite of both.

[JamesRobot | 5,800]

5 minutes ago, Estil said:

And "what's his name" is Kris Kristofferson.

Good ol' what's his name.

[cartman | 195]

3 minutes ago, Estil said:

I've never heard Johnny Cash described as either of those things.  He's clearly just the opposite of both.

Well it's hip to like him that's what i meant

[Estil | 1,264]

On 3/11/2020 at 6:11 PM, SpoonMan Abrams X said:

This entirely. His cover of "Hurt" though is 11/10

It was so sad though seeing him like that...knowing that in the famous words of Cal Smith, his race was nearly run.    This right here was his final public performance:

 

Check out this amazing All-Star cast lead by none other than the Man in Black...and his wife is there too of course:

 

[Estil | 1,264]

4 minutes ago, cartman said:

Well it's hip to like him that's what i meant

Really?  I always thought if anything he was the anti-hipster.  

[Estil | 1,264]

10 minutes ago, JamesRobot said:

Good ol' what's his name.

Yeah he never did anything important...just write a bunch of songs that would become forever immortalized country classics...plus this non-country one he wrote just for good measure (he in fact dated her some before her sad early passing):

 

Did I forget to mention he's a Country Music Hall of Famer (2004) as well?

[Reed Rothchild | 9,523]

2 hours ago, JamesRobot said:

Good ol' what's his name.

How dare you besmirch the lead of history's greatest cinematic gem

 

[Shawn | 31]

10 out of 10. Johnny Cash is a timeless rock and roll legend to me. One artist that both me and my grandfather both enjoyed equally.

[fox | 1,667]

Cash is legend.  His older stuff is classic, and his later covers and original stuff on the Americas records is immaculate.

10/10

[Estil | 1,264]

On 3/14/2020 at 10:42 AM, Reed Rothchild said:

How dare you besmirch the lead of history's greatest cinematic gem

 

I bet CB Radio was the coolest thing ever back then...I wonder if any one besides truckers/buses/emergency vehicles use it anymore?  Can you download anything that will let you listen to a CB or something on your computer?

[Estil | 1,264]

On 3/13/2020 at 5:24 PM, JamesRobot said:

Some of my favorites right here.

 

 

[Tulpa | 3,493]

2 hours ago, Estil said:

  Can you download anything that will let you listen to a CB or something on your computer?

There's a couple of sites out there that stream CB chatter.

Or if you joined everyone else in the 21st century and got a tablet or smartphone, there are apps that let you listen in.

Edited March 16, 2020 by Tulpa

[Estil | 1,264]

7 hours ago, Tulpa said:

There's a couple of sites out there that stream CB chatter.

Or if you joined everyone else in the 21st century and got a tablet or smartphone, there are apps that let you listen in.

I'm mostly a homebody so a tablet/smartphone wouldn't do much good.

[Estil | 1,264]

On 3/15/2020 at 9:05 PM, Tulpa said:

There's a couple of sites out there that stream CB chatter.

Or if you joined everyone else in the 21st century and got a tablet or smartphone, there are apps that let you listen in.

I have a PS4 Pro (and PS3 Superslim) that I've now gotten around to playing regularly (and really digging the whole trophy hunting thing)...is that not 21st century enough for ya?  

Edited March 30, 2020 by Estil

[Tulpa | 3,493]

Game consoles are so 1972.