Comments on: Cash Cover Master

By: Chris L

Chris L — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 04:42:51 +0000

I might feel differently if I’d not been so familiar with the AIC version of “Rusty Cage” — it’s never been one of my favorites. I’m more of a “Rooster” “Rain When I Die” “Flood” kind of guy I guess… all songs, incidentally, that I used to play back in my gonna be a rock star days…

I’d describe “Hurt” the same way you describe “Rusty Cage” (well, except the CogDogBlog gee-tar pickin’ part– who can argue with that?)… I’m feeling an EdBlogger Band in the making :)

By: Alan

Alan — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 04:37:51 +0000

I definitely agree that “Hurt” is a powerful cover, especially for Cash’s history and where he was at that point. But musically, I think ‘Rusty Cage’ is just freaking a power ripping song, and such a different feel from the original, that it defines what a good “cover” ought to be. Plus,. a song I like that I can almost pick the guitar chords for is a double treat.

U guess the Man in Black is raking in more comments than anything I’ve written in a while.

By: Chris L

Chris L — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 01:43:45 +0000

This is one of my favorite three Cash covers from this series of American recordings. #1 is his cover of Nine Inch Nails “Hurt”– you HAVE to find and listen to that. Now!

Ok, wasn’t that great? The other I am partial to is his cover of U2′s “One”– but I seem to be in the minority on that one…

By: Dave F.

Dave F. — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 13:35:10 +0000

You might enjoy the Dixie Chicks’ complaint about the state of country music in the last verse of Long Time Gone (on the album of the same name):

We listen to the radio to hear what’s cookin’
But the music ain’t got no soul
Now they sound tired but they don’t sound Haggard
They’ve got money but they don’t have Cash
They got Junior but they don’t have Hank
I think, I think, I think (“thank”)
The rest is a long time gone…

By: Alan

Alan — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 22:07:20 +0000

Haha. No accounting for (my) movie taste — I think I know what you mean, but for me it just was an opening to knowing more about his life. Cheers

By: Ghosty

Ghosty — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 19:53:47 +0000

Hey Alan, thanks for stopping by … Feed2JS is treating me very well of late, thanks for asking. :) Funny you have this post up, I’m a long time Cash fan and just got his last album as an Xmas gift from my brother. … ah, perhaps not surprising, as I have a full Tom Waits collection as well. But please, Walk the Line, well, sucked. Very dissapointing movie. Sort of like watching Pearl Harbor, if you know what I mean.

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 06:00:26 +0000

My personal favorite Cash cover is his rendition of Depeche Mode's "Personal Jesus" -his genius here is nailing the connections between ostensibly disparate forms such as 80s New Wave and Country. I am going though my own Cash discovery currently, so it is really cool to find this post. If you want to see something wild, check out the wikipedia entry on the Depenche Mode song "Personal Jesus," it is quite impressive.