# Johnny Cash...... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 14, 2001, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-cash/72448 "2001-07-14T03:48:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![mongrel\_8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@mongrel\_8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mongrel_8)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2001, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-cash/72448/41 "2001-07-17T14:47:44Z")
Johnny Cash is so awesome. In fact I am listening to him right now. His music has so much emotion and such a wide range. From “Ghost Riders” to “One Piece at a Time” and so on. He is just the man. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Guinastasia \* > **I once read a description of him, “Country’s closest thing to Punk/Goth”…which is kinda true.** I bet “Ring of Fire” probably is the most redone punk song of all. Pretty much every punk band I have seen plays some version of it. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2001, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-cash/72448/42 "2001-07-19T01:31:58Z")
Cash sure enough came up the hard way, didn’t he? I believe that this is what makes his music so believable and his voice so mesmerizing and listen-able. He’s _been_ there, in other words. And by that I do not mean to detract from other artists who had a poor upbringing, I am just saying that he makes his pain… felt, somehow. I am happy to know that there are so many of you who feel the same way as I do. (And this comes from a guy who used to wear platform heels and lipstick in his drumming glitter- rock days!) I too still remember the “Jonny Cash” show when we would see his back and then he’d turn around with that guitar and say … “Hello. I’m Johnny Cash.” Then the Tennessee Three would launch into “Folsom Prison”… I love Johnny Cash! Q ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2001, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-cash/72448/43 "2001-07-19T02:11:29Z")
> [@](#): > > I love Johnny Cash That’s it, isn’t it **Quasimodem**. People all over the world simply love Johnny Cash. I hope he know’s that. 🙂 Peace, mangeorge ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2001, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-cash/72448/44 "2001-07-19T05:28:20Z")
Sorry, y’all! I _know_ I’m prob’ly overdoing it, but the “God with a hangover” quote reminded me of this song of Johnny’s, written by Kris Kristofferson, but made memorable by JC. I believe that _this_ is also the song that brought Kris to Johnny’s attention, isn’t it? As the story goes, Kris landed a helicopter on Johnny’s lawn and _made_ him listen to it before he’d leave. Quasi ---
**Author:** ![Kilt-wearin\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/82dd89/32.png) [@Kilt-wearin\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilt-wearin_man)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2001, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-cash/72448/45 "2001-07-20T02:45:46Z")
One of the things I find most amazing is that he can take a hokey song and make it this tragic, glorious thing - I mean, anyone else doing The Ballad of Ira Hayes or John Henry’s Hammer just sounds kinda silly… And he can give a grown man shivers just by introducing himself… ---
**Author:** ![Nocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9fc348/32.png) [@Nocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nocturne)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2001, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-cash/72448/46 "2001-07-20T07:58:24Z")
I hate almost all country acts, save one. God help me, I LOVE Johnny Cash. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2001, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-cash/72448/47 "2001-07-20T13:12:55Z")
Man, all this talk about Johhny Cash and no one mentions his guest appearance on “Columbo!” Did you ever see that? Murdered his wife by asphixiating her in their private plane, then bailed out at low altitude before crashing the plane. His wife and he were a gospel duo, but she wouldn’t let him broaden his musical horizons. The interplay between Cash and Peter Falk was priceless! ---
**Author:** ![Hibbins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ce73a5/32.png) [@Hibbins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hibbins)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2001, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-cash/72448/48 "2001-07-20T13:53:06Z")
My all time favorite Johnny Cash song has to be “The One on the Left is on the Right”. It makes me laugh every time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-cash/72448.md?page=2)