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In another thread, Flux said this:
Hey, when you want to start a thread about Nick Cave and/or Johnny Cash, I'll be sure to swing by and talk some trash about them. I've always disliked those two...
I'll pick up the gauntlet. Nick Cave thread hither. Now let's get it on re:
Johnny.
Fucking.
Cash.
I'll make the case for...
Ten Reasons Why Johnny Cash Rules With Fists of Iron
- The black clothes, and the story and song behind them, and the way the man has been swallowed by his own character.
- Always moves in great company—the Million Dollar Quartet, the Highwaymen—and married into the Carter Family. Also, brought us Rosanne Cash, in all the loveliness of her songs and her voice.
- Proceeds from a moral base that understands the real Christian values—mercy, forbearance, and forgiveness—and has no time for the fundamental, the judgmental, or the just plain mental.
- Burned down 10,000 acres of national forest while fucked up on crank.
- Has never spent more than a night at a time in jail. Recorded At San Quentin and At Folsom Prison anyway.
- Understands that judgment begins with personal responsibility: he keeps a close watch on that heart of his, and he walks that fucking line.
- Has a Whitmanesque fearlessness with regard to self-contradiction.
- The venom behind "The Ballad of Ira Hayes." 'nuff said.
- Even when the violence in the songs is presented as inevitable, it's always regrettable.
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