I just found out that Johnny Cash is dead...

[Dukakis88]

[NurseLefty]

1. Huh?

:wtf:
I have utmost respect for the Man in Black.

[Dukakis88]

4. Country "music"

:puke:

[Goathead]

2. Damn! That is quite a little show you got there

I like the Johnnie Cash tune on the U2 album Europa. I think it's called 'The Wanderer'

O8)

[NamVetsWeeLass]

3. He's been dead for a while now.

and yeah, I respect "The Man in Black"

[Dukakis88]

5. Here's a picture of Johnny with June Carter...

[NamVetsWeeLass]

7. cool eom

[Dukakis88]

6. I visited his grave yesterday

[DemocratSinceBirth]

36. did u get there in your imaginary automobile?

[progdonkey]

8. I'm not a big fan of country...

but Johnny Cash is a legend in music. NOT JUST COUNTRY!

:mad: :thumbsdown:

[Dukakis88]

9. Reinactment of Johnny Cash's tragic visit to Japan...

[DenverDem]

10. Since you are using the Mr. Natural icon

I'm sure you know that the Grateful Dead covered Johnny Cash tunes, as well as the aforementioned U2.

Johnny Cash transcended "country" music and if you are so parochial as to dismiss him merely because he was pigeonholed as "country" you only show your lack of sophistication in music appreciation.

Johnny Cash played with Bob Dylan among others. His last records were produced by the great rock producer Rick Rubin. Cash was revered by musicians and fans of all types of music around the world.

Your disrespect of this great artist reflects very negatively on you.

As does your obvious disrupter screen name.

[NurseLefty]

12. I second that.

John was one of the few enlightened in the world of country music.
Plus, it's lame to dis a dead man, esp. a good one!
:thumbsdown:

[Dukakis88]

14. I prefer Toby Keef

This is him singing to Natalie Maines.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

35. Really

I can only think of three historic country music figures on the left...


Johnny Cash


Willie


and Kris Kristofferson...


I dig the Dixie Chicks but they haven't made it to the country music pantheon yet....

[Dukakis88]

13. A thoughtful response...

The last days of Jerry Garcia.

[DenverDem]

17. Don't you have to be at school in the morning.

What time does the seventh grade start up where you are?

[Dukakis88]

19. !

[DemocratSinceBirth]

31. I Wanted To Know When His Father Will Want His Computer Back

nt

[Tom Kitten]

11. evil hoodooo

bad vugumm....

[Spinzonner]

15. Yep, he cashed it in

[Dukakis88]

16. You rule.

[Skittles]

18. Did you know Dukakis did not win the election?

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[Dukakis88]

20. no... it can't be

[JohnnyCougar]

What kind of dimented moron would celebrate someone's death?

Johnny Cash was a hell of a guy.

[Spinzonner]

23. How many kinds are there ?

[JohnnyCougar]

24. Let me count thee kinds...

The immature dimented moron.
The sociopathic dimented moron.
The freeperesque dimented moron.
The paranoid dimented moron.
The crack-smoking dimented moron.
And the reality denying dimented moron.

[Spinzonner]

25. Are those anything like 'demented moron' ?

Obligatory late-night spelling correction reply

[JohnnyCougar]

26. Oh, I forgot

The anal-retentive demented moron!

:P

[Spinzonner]

27. Definitely the worst kind

[Dukakis88]

30. i have made mistakes, true

[DemocratSinceBirth]

33. Not As Many As Your Parents (nt)

[DemocratSinceBirth]

34. the kind that uses his daddy's computer to flame progressive board icons

[donheld]

21. How dare you dis Mr Cash

:spank: :grr: :spank: :grr: :spank: :grr: :spank: :grr: :spank: :grr: :spank: :grr: :spank: :grr: :spank: :grr: :spank: :grr: :spank: :grr: :spank: :grr: :spank: :grr: :spank: :grr: :spank: :grr: :spank: :grr: :spank: :grr:

[Dukakis88]

28. ow!

[ghostsofgiants]

22. Do you get paid to be a troll?

Or is it just a hobby?

[Dukakis88]

29. Please read within...

[DemocratSinceBirth]

32. Maybe You Are At The Wrong Board...

here's the letters of a good board for you..


cilbupereefr

[Dukakis88]

37. i don't know

if they woudl like me because i have never vote republican only democrat

is it an issue of etiquette ? freepers disrespect los muertos?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

43. Well

"i don't know"

Posted by Dukakis88

"i don't know if they woudl like me because i have never vote republican only democrat ."

I guees the Democratic party can afford one more defector....

[Crankie Avalon]

38. If you're trying to put us on...

...I would submit that pretending to celebrate the death of Johnny Cash is a joke in poor taste.

I take a backseat to no one in not getting much out of country music, but, as others have said, Johnny Cash transcended genre...his early Sun Records work sounds more like Rock n Roll than country, for one thing. For another, Johnny Cash was a man of pretty admirable character.

As someone reasonably familiar with the music, when I listen to Johnny Cash, Hank Williams Sr., or Patsy Kline, I don't feel like I'm listening to "country" per se--I feel like I'm listening to something very good for which I'm grateful to their memories.

[Bridget Burke]

39. Stupid or rude? The eternal question.....

Johnny Cash was a great hero of American music. And I'm saying this NOT as one of those "but I really don't like country music" wimps.

I've got little taste for the country music featured on Clear Channel stations, but most people don't. The "country music" market has been shrinking for some years. The soundtrack to O Brother Where Art Thou was a huge seller, proving there's a market for roots-oriented music; many of the featured artists work in Bluegrass, but the soundtrack represents even earlier styles. Nashville's answer is pop-oriented trash that drives more listeners away.

None of which matters to our little thread starter. Did he just switch meds?

[Crankie Avalon]

40. Have you ever tried...

...the "Times Ain't Like They Used To Be" series? I have all 4 and they are amazing--actual roots music recorded in the 20s and 30s, rather than modern reenactments. The sound quality is excellent. They're among my most prized CDs:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-form/ref=dp_sr_00/104-9633393-9976725

[SarahB]

41. Dare I question here.

There's nothing I can specifically hit "alert" for here so Mods, forgive me for this post, but between flame-bait stuff like this, the "I am a 34 year old virgin" posts (which is the type of stuff freepers are notorious for making fun of DU people for), and your mere name, it makes me highly suspicious of you.
If you are one of those citizens of Freepville with far too much time on your hands, be warned, consider yourself watched by many of us now.

p.s. I'm also not much of a country music person, but I find this unbelievably crass. Two words- grow up! :eyes:

[China_cat]

42. In the words of Cash's last cover

...I will make you hurt!

[Wat_Tyler]

44. Woah! Talk about massively tasteless!

[bloodyjack]

45. it's official:

you don't know the first thing about American music.

[Aristus]

46. Hmm. Somebody's starved for attention.

But he's looking for it at the wrong website. Put a sock in it, Dukakis88. I, too, deplore country music, (at least what it has become), but Johnny Cash was a monumental figure in American, not just "country", music. Take a hike.