Originally Posted By: Bornyo
Originally Posted By: Barry the Pirate


This popped up on my mp3 player a few days ago. I guess I'd heard it before, but hadn't payed much attention to it. It's been stuck in my head since.

Originally a Bob Marley song, but like Hurt, Cash makes it his.


Cash was unique. He could sing anything in any genre and it was natural.

It's hard to believe he's gone because it was always like he'd always been there, everywhere, present in everything.

The "Hurt" video is one of the most powerful videos/vignettes I've ever seen, especially in light of Cash's life. It was definitely his goodbye. June died months after that footage of her standing on the stairs and if you knew anything about J.C., you knew he'd be soon behind.


That's what was so cool about when Rick Rubin got ahold of him. He knew he had a guy with an unbelievable body of work who had nothing to prove. He pushed his limits beyond even what JC knew he could do. And then he threw in the spirituals, which just oozes the sincerity of the True Believer.

Hurt is as real Sunday Morning Comin Down.

He lived them both. And recorded them at the moment he was living them. He was the definition of an artist.

When June died it was a pretty big surprise to me, as a fan. He'd basically been dying for the last 5 or so years. Then she just up and went. You knew it was over. And he kept working. A fucking artist.
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