Cash

This a post dedicated for Johnny Cash. I just saw this thing on tv about the new video for "God's Gonna Cut You Down" and then i found it on youtube and i think it is amazing. Johnny Cash is someone whose music i have grown up listening to. I think that the videos speak for themselves and that people may not understand the power of them unless you know a little about johnny. but i think by not knowing much about him you can create your own meaning to them. If you havent seen "Walk The Line" (the movie that was just made not too long ago about Johnny) i recommend it. not only will it give you background and some of his music, it is an excellent movie. This has nothing to do with the actual Johnny Cash, but for me..when i look at johnny i think of my grandpap, and there is something about the pain in their faces that i feel close to..not that i have "pain" on my face or that i have even experienced close to the kinds of pain they have...but here is this man, who just sang away his problems...i mean that is definatly over-simplifing a lot of stuff...but that was how he did it...you can hear it in his music..the reality of what he is saying, and the brutal honesty gets me everytime..and somehow it seems that it is a universal kind of hurt...for me, johnny's voice is comforting and brings me back down to earth in those times i feel that either (a) the world is ending or (b) that life is a perfectly wonderful place....his music is a steady reminder for me and a even though he passed away on September 12, 2003 (from diabetes complications) god knows his music will never die.



johnnycash.com (check it out for more info)