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what's your favorite Johnny Cash song?

and does it need to be a song that's entirely his - words, music, performance, or can it be a cover? and now I wonder how often/much people have remade the songs he wrote. I kinda feel like in general he's a better performer than writer/lyricist/whatever. but now my curiosity furnace has been stoked.
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ChiefJustWalks · 26-30
"She used to love me a lot" tends to play in my head the most

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@ChiefJustWalks he got some hard hitters. :/
ChiefJustWalks · 26-30
@Neuman true. I'm not even usually a country person but that outlaw country is super deep & relatable to me. I've considered getting that quote at the beginning of the song, tattooed on me
Hurt
Folsom Prison Blues
Give my love to rose
Don’t take your guns to town.
@MyMonstersAreReal all good ones
Duet with June............. It aint Me
@ReptilianFromPlanetCrush people love the duets
JSul3 · 70-79
Folsom Prison Blues
@JSul3 a classic.
Panamared · 70-79, M
Get Rhythm, Hurt
@Panamared he really knocked 'hurt' out of the park.
Panamared · 70-79, M
@Neuman liked Rusty Cage also
Bridge over troubled water
@TheDeathOCuHullainn I don't think I've heard that one. which is a little unexpected. not that I'm the ultimate johnny cash person.
@Neuman Worth listening to
fun4us2b · M
Hurt

Any of the duets with June
@fun4us2b i can't really think of any june songs, but hurt was amazing
fun4us2b · M
@Neuman They often performed together in the early days

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@fun4us2b yeah, i got the impression that was kinda their cover for them being together
Poppies · 61-69, F
Herman's Hermits starring Peter Noone often do a short cover in their concerts!

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@Poppies yeah, I feel like you need to know some music history to appreciate him fully. probably not a lot of newcomers to his shows.
Poppies · 61-69, F
@Neuman I like him better now than when he was young. Yes, his audiences are full of repeaters. I have been to only 3 of his concerts in the last couple of years. Some have been to hundreds! And the material stays pretty much the same.
@Poppies yeah, it makes sense. I dunno if I could stick with a single musical act for that long.
Dudeman88 · 41-45, MNew
Gotta be Hurt
@Dudeman88 i thought it was a pretty amazing cover
GerOttman · 70-79, M
The Dirty Old Egg Sucking Dog!
dancingtongue · 80-89, M
@GerOttman That's one I have missed. I'll have to check it out. When I was about 5, I had a dog, Buster, who got into the hen house and sucked eggs. My father took it out and shot it. Said once they tasted raw egg, they would keep going back.
GerOttman · 70-79, M
@dancingtongue that is essentially the entire song!
dancingtongue · 80-89, M
@GerOttman Yep. I listened to it. The only difference was, my father didn't give Buster a second chance. My father wasn't much of a touchy feely kind of guy, but the one other thing I remember was how he sat me down, acknowledged Buster was not around because he had shot and killed him, explained why he felt he had to do it and commiserated with me over my loss. So far out of character for him that it was emblazoned in the memory of a 5 year old.
Lostpoet · M
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