Johnny Cash - A Boy Named Sue

Artist:  Johnny Cash
Song:  A Boy Named Sue
Album:  Honestly can't even tell, too many releases, haha
Genre:  Country

In a haze of resume writing, garbage fun video editing, and studying for my test coming up on Saturday, I am having some issues getting to writing these posts any other time than right before bed.

That's ok though, because sometimes my word vomit is enjoyable to read, right?

Nah, I know it's not that great to put up with.  Either too much trash to sift through or almost nothing at all written.  It's a solid time I suppose.

No worries all, I graduate in 4 short months.  After that I'm gonna have a nice regular job again that doesn't get squeezed into the time between school and bed with that smattering of social life getting in the way.

To bide the time till I get a hold on my life here, enjoy a rather fun Johnny Cash song.  Also watch my video, it's hilarious and you get to hear my voice sounding overly preppy.

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Johnny Cash - Ain't No Grave

Artist:  Johnny Cash
Genre:  Outlaw Country

I know I posted Mr Cash kinda recently, but I was listening to a totally unrelated song the other day and it made me think of this.  I figure it's not a bad plan though cause I like the song and as usual, that's what counts.

I'm gonna use this post to promote my social media platforms though real quick.

I've got a Facebook Page which is a nifty little way to keep up with this.  I currently only post links to these posts, but someday I plan on doing more there since, ya know, I can.

Also something I'm kinda proud of is my gigantic freaking Spotify playlist.  It's got every song I've posted for the most part.  There's a couple missing because they just aren't on Spotify, but that's ok.  It's a rather decent playlist though, not too bad to shuffle.

That's all guys, see ya tomorrow.

Oh, I've got a personal Twitter you can follow.  It's mostly either me being all emo or retweeting memes that don't even make sense to me half the time.

Ok, that's it for real.  Tomorrow will not be all self promotion, it'll be a real post again, haha

A to Z Challenge: J is for Johnny Cash

Artist:  Johnny Cash
Genre:  Country, Outlaw Country

I think that there's a strong possibility that Johnny Cash may be the one Country artist that everybody can agree that they like at least a little bit.  I never really knew much about his life till a co worker made an offhand comment about Mr Cash's severe drug problems back in the day though.  I then looked into that and found, not only this amazing song, but a lot of the dude's history.

Run ins with the law, lots of drug problems, and more run ins with the law led to an eventual change, but not before he set fire to a large chunk of forest in California killing 49 of the 53 endangered condors that lived there.  His response?  "I don't care about your damn yellow buzzards."

A real stand up guy, amirite?

He changed his ways though and cleaned up from drugs, but that doesn't mean we can't still enjoy a song called Cocaine Blues, right?

Apologies for no music video here, we'll have to live without for today.

Johnny Cash - Ring Of Fire

Artist:  Johnny Cash
Genre:  Country

I'm giving you this song for 2 reasons.  1 is because it's 10:30 and I need to be up too soon to actually think of a better post right now.  2 is because there's a mildly funny story attached to this song.

One night at band practice for Sunday morning we were messing around with the sound settings on the keyboard.  There's a mountain of really good sounds it can make and just a couple that aren't as great.  One of the good ones is this crappy trumpet sound.  Not like a band sound effect, but it sounds just like a cheap trumpet.  It's uncanny.

Anyway we realized that it sounded just like the trumpets in the beginning of Ring Of Fire.  You know what that means?  We decided to play it as our post-service music!

Unfortunately the leader wimped out at the last moment and didn't do it.  Also she had thought we were joking the whole time, even though we all took the 10 minutes needed to learn the song.  Ah well, lost chances.

Cover Week 2: Johnny Cash - Hurt

This is probably everybody's top cover song.  There's so many stories about it, like Trent Reznor hearing it and apparently saying "This isn't my song anymore."

I purposefully left this off of my first cover week, but I think it's safe to bring it in now, eh?

Check it out, it's a really tough piece.  It really seems to resonate pretty hard with a lot of people, so maybe you're one of them.