Favorite Johnny Cash Song?

[CountDeMoney]

Speaking of Johnny and commercialism:

Prototype 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JX76qJegZDE&feature=related

[jimmy olsen]

my fave's God's Gonna Cut You Down.

Same here.

[Capetan Mihali]

Doing "Orleans Parish Prison" for the benefit of the Swedish cons on På Österåker in 1972.      Too time and place specific to ever be repeated.

So: "other cover."

[Zoupa]

Voted Get Rhythm, even though I really like Understand your man.

[Capetan Mihali]

Doing "Orleans Parish Prison" for the benefit of the Swedish cons on På Österåker in 1972.      Too time and place specific to ever be repeated.

So: "other cover."

Actually, not sure it is a total "cover" since the songwriter (Dick Feller) wrote it about the same time, just as likely for Cash as anybody, especially since most country/rockabilly artists weren't both singer and songwriter. 



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psV3a8GeJxg&feature=related

Say, have you missed my dark haired girl?
She was sellin' her love to a hungry world
They took her clothes and the money she took
And they wrote her name in a prison book
Orleans Parish Prison won't you free my dark haired girl
She's tired and cold and you got the gold that she got from a whorin' world
Orleans Parish Prison, won't you free my dark haired girl

Well, have you seen my green eyed son?
He shot a man down with a sawed-off gun
They found him down by the Ponchartrain
And they cuffed his hands with a big iron chain
Orleans Parish Prison won't you free my green eyed son
I heard him say as they led him away, he's sorry for what he's done
Orleans Parish Prison, won't you free my green eyed son?

Say, have you missed my brother man?
He took some money with a gun in his hand
His kids are hungry and the wife ain't well
My brother's locked up in the prison cell
Orleans Parish Prison won't you free my brother man
I know it's sad but he ain't bad, he's doin' the best he can
Orleans Parish Prison, won't you free my brother man?

Orleans Parish Prison, I miss my green eyed son,
I love my dark haired girl, I need my brother man
Orleans Parish Prison, won't you free them if you can

[Tamas]

my fave's God's Gonna Cut You Down.

Same here.

Well yes, if accompanied with that Seat beach volleyball commercial

[Sheilbh]

I Walk the Line's probably one of my favourite songs, so that.

[HisMajestyBOB]

Tough call. I voted Folsom Prison Blues, but A Boy Named Sue is pretty damn close.
I also like Starkville City Jail from the At San Quentin album.

[Tamas]

So many good songs mentioned here.. should have voted "can't decide"

[Barrister]

Re: God's Gonna Cut You Down - it was released posthumously.  I have wondered how much the version released sounds like the one Cash recorded.  It sounds quite a bit different from anything else he did in his late career.

[jimmy olsen]

Re: God's Gonna Cut You Down - it was released posthumously.  I have wondered how much the version released sounds like the one Cash recorded.  It sounds quite a bit different from anything else he did in his late career.

Do we know when he recorded it? Could have been in the vault for a long time.

[derspiess]

Doing "Orleans Parish Prison" for the benefit of the Swedish cons on På Österåker in 1972.      Too time and place specific to ever be repeated.

So: "other cover."

Had that song in my head yesterday

[derspiess]

I could probably say I have about 7 or 8 tied for 'favorite'.  But if forced to choose, I suppose I'd go with the first Cash song that got into my head, Ring of Fire.

I got to see him in concert twice back in 1995, both times within about a month of each other.  The first show was mainly his older stuff, and the second show his (then) newer stuff.  Both shows kicked ass equally.

[DontSayBanana]

I could probably say I have about 7 or 8 tied for 'favorite'.  But if forced to choose, I suppose I'd go with the first Cash song that got into my head, Ring of Fire.

This.  One of the problems with deciding on a favorite Cash song is that he's all over the place, stylistically and mood-wise.  If I'm in a really dark mood and need a laugh, I'm likely to throw on One Piece at a Time or A Boy Named Sue.  If I feel like going for kinda rich and dark writing, I'm more likely to throw on I Walk the Line or The Man in Black.

[Caliga]

How could you fuckers leave out One Piece at a Time?

2 guesses where my vote's going.

Agree with Banana on this.  OP isn't a true Johnny Cash fan.