Your Favorite Johnny Cash Tunes

Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » 2005-02-19 07:42pm

Post your favorite Johnny Cash songs. My goal is to try and find some that I've never heard.

My favorites:

1. Sunday Morning Coming Down (my theme song)
2. For you (with Dave Matthews)
3. Hurt (watch the video, it's very powerful)
4. Ghost Riders In The Sky
5. How Highs The Water Mama?
6. The Baron
7. Folsom Prison Blues
8. Man In Black
9. One Piece At a Time
10. A Boy Named Sue

*Edit: Deleted the bit on "Like a Soldier", I found it. File sharing is awesome.*

*Edit 2: Though these are numbered, they are in no particular order, except for #1-Sunday Morning Coming Down. That is indeed my favorite.*

Tranan · Post by **Tranan** » 2005-02-19 07:43pm

i hawe to go fore 8. of these tunes.

otherwise i like old engen 57.

Superman · Post by **Superman** » 2005-02-19 07:46pm

I can't decide on my favorite, but I love "The Man Comes Around," which was also played in "Dawn of the Dead." He's got so many good songs, I dunno.

Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » 2005-02-19 07:57pm

Superman wrote:I can't decide on my favorite, but I love "The Man Comes Around," which was also played in "Dawn of the Dead." He's got so many good songs, I dunno.

It can be hard to decide. Most of the ones that are my favorites are the ones I listened to with my Dad as a child, so there is sentimental attachment there. But I found that some of his newer work's are very powerful.

I should note that though my list is numbered, that they are in no particular order. Except for Sunday Morning Coming Down, that is indeed my favorite.

Col. Crackpot · Post by **Col. Crackpot** » 2005-02-19 08:28pm

you forgot : RING OF FIRE!!!!!

How dare you!

Rye · Post by **Rye** » 2005-02-19 09:03pm

The only song of his I know is the one on Dawn of the Dead, I like the imagery of it, and since that's the only song I know, i choose that one.

Superman · Post by **Superman** » 2005-02-19 09:58pm

Rye wrote:The only song of his I know is the one on Dawn of the Dead, I like the imagery of it, and since that's the only song I know, i choose that one.

Yeah, that movie was fucking awesome for putting his song at the beginning. That ruled.

Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » 2005-02-19 11:54pm

Col. Crackpot wrote:you forgot : RING OF FIRE!!!!! How dare you!

Too be perfectly honest with you, I don't really care for it. It's too simple. But I do like the trumpets.

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2005-02-20 12:30am

Ring of Fire
Ira Hayes
Folsom Prison Blues.

darthdavid · Post by **darthdavid** » 2005-02-20 12:47am

In no particular order
One Piece at a Time
Ring of Fire
Boy Named Sue

CaptainChewbacca · Post by **CaptainChewbacca** » 2005-02-20 01:49am

Ring of Fire
Boy Named Sue
Sunday Morning Coming Down

Lord Pounder · Post by **Lord Pounder** » 2005-02-20 09:30am

Ring of Fire, it reminds me of when i used to get a Tandoori every friday with a few mates. And i don't care what people thing i like his cover of Hurt.

Tinkerbell · Post by **Tinkerbell** » 2005-02-20 09:40am

Lord Pounder wrote:Ring of Fire, it reminds me of when i used to get a Tandoori every friday with a few mates. And i don't care what people thing i like his cover of Hurt.

Love the Hurt cover. Though I have to admit I like NiN doing it better.

I'm on the robotics team at school, and the team wanted to name the robot "A Knight Named Sue" (the knight is the schools mascot), but the principle shot it down because it "Implied cross-dressing and sexual confusion." Johnny gets 10 more awesome points.

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2005-02-20 09:56am

looool

funny thing is that since the Muzak uplike is busted we have been forced to rely on CD's. All of which have to be approved by the management. So I can't get away with Nick Cave, or NIN however we have the Cash covers which are legit as per management. (yes, they are dumb enough to ban artists, and say a different artist's work is OK, even if it's the exact same song.)

Jason von Evil · Post by **Jason von Evil** » 2005-02-20 01:20pm

xBlackFlash wrote:
Lord Pounder wrote:Ring of Fire, it reminds me of when i used to get a Tandoori every friday with a few mates. And i don't care what people thing i like his cover of Hurt.
Love the Hurt cover. Though I have to admit I like NiN doing it better.

I'm on the robotics team at school, and the team wanted to name the robot "A Knight Named Sue" (the knight is the schools mascot), but the principle shot it down because it "Implied cross-dressing and sexual confusion." Johnny gets 10 more awesome points.

Trent Reznor said in an interview that he thought Cash did the song better.

"My name is Sue! How do you do!? Now you gonna die!"

salm · Post by **salm** » 2005-02-20 04:15pm

Ghost Riders in the Sky

San Quentin

Ira Hayes

DocHorror · Post by **DocHorror** » 2005-02-20 05:11pm

Folsom Prison Blues
I walk the line

Superman · Post by **Superman** » 2005-02-20 06:04pm

Interesting fact: Folsom is the next burb up the road, and in Folsom is Folsom Prison.

Kenny_10_Bellys · Post by **Kenny_10_Bellys** » 2005-02-20 08:16pm

Hurt, by a clear mile

Folsom blues

Ring of Fire, cos it's fun

Post by **Broomstick** » 2005-02-21 05:35pm

Let's see.. (in no particular order)

Suppertime
I Walk the Line
Ring of Fire
The Ballad of Boot Hill
Sam Hall
The Man Comes Around
The Wall*
24 Minutes to Go
The Highwayman
Ghost Riders in the Sky
The Road to Kaintuck
Sweet Betsy from Pike
Thing Called Love
Five Feet High and Rising
The L & N Don't Stop Here Anymore **
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry

* No, this is not a Pink Floyd cover
** Unfortunately, my copy of this one died over fifteen years ago. If anyone can point me to a copy I'd be very appreciative.

Trytostaydead · Post by **Trytostaydead** » 2005-02-27 05:27pm

In no particular order:

The Man Comes Around
Hurt
Cocaine Blues
I Walk the Line
Boy Named Sue

NeoGoomba · Post by **NeoGoomba** » 2005-03-01 06:18pm

His cover of "Time of the Preacher" kicks ass.

Its the song I hear in my head when Jessie Custer is singing in "Preacher", not the original Willie Nelson track

Post by **LadyTevar** » 2005-03-01 08:26pm

Ghost Riders in the Sky was one of my Dad's favorites, but he liked all of Johnny's songs. The ones that I remember hearing the most are:

Ghost Riders
Ring of Fire
Man in Black
Walk the Line
Sunday Morning Coming Down (as a child, I din't understand this one)

I wonder if Dad would have liked Hurt.

Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » 2005-03-01 08:48pm

LadyTevar wrote:
I wonder if Dad would have liked Hurt.

Well if it's of any help, a large number of Johnnys long time fans were impressed with it.