I watched Walk the Line for the first time today. It is such a GREAT movie!! I also watched this music video that Johnny Cash did just before he died. It is so moving and so powerful. I know that he is rockin' out in heaven!
Okay Em, Crazy...we just watched Walk the Line for the first time the other night too. Was he really a believer before he died? I know I have heard that, but I wanted to know for sure...do you know?
hey friends- that is a sweet video- i would be surprised if Johnny cash wasn't a believer.. especially through that last song and video he wrote. love you girls
Emily - Have you seen "Ray" also? That was another great movie I liked as much as Walk The Line. It has a pretty moving portrayal of redemption/forgivness - but I don't want to give it away. Even though Ray Charles wasn't the most noble of people to look up to. But it certainly gave me a HUGE amount of respsect for him as a musician and innovator and what it was like to be black (not to mention blind) in those early days. I had never realized at all how much of a huge controversy it was when he mixed Gospel/Church music/styles of the black church with rock/soul etc. and a lot of people in the black church community found that very disturbing and offensive - something we take for granted today as a normal style.
Great song! Most people think Johnny Cash wrote it but he didn't... but he does a great cover of it anyway!
Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails wrote the song. Weird huh? When sung from a different perspective the song takes a different tone/attitude. Sorta like Tori Amos' "Strange Little Girls" album where she sings all male songs. Music is the best!
Okay Em, Crazy...we just watched Walk the Line for the first time the other night too.
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hey friends- that is a sweet video- i would be surprised if Johnny cash wasn't a believer.. especially through that last song and video he wrote.
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Emily - Have you seen "Ray" also? That was another great movie I liked as much as Walk The Line. It has a pretty moving portrayal of redemption/forgivness - but I don't want to give it away. Even though Ray Charles wasn't the most noble of people to look up to. But it certainly gave me a HUGE amount of respsect for him as a musician and innovator and what it was like to be black (not to mention blind) in those early days. I had never realized at all how much of a huge controversy it was when he mixed Gospel/Church music/styles of the black church with rock/soul etc. and a lot of people in the black church community found that very disturbing and offensive - something we take for granted today as a normal style.
ReplyDeleteGreat song! Most people think Johnny Cash wrote it but he didn't... but he does a great cover of it anyway!
ReplyDeleteTrent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails wrote the song. Weird huh? When sung from a different perspective the song takes a different tone/attitude. Sorta like Tori Amos' "Strange Little Girls" album where she sings all male songs. Music is the best!
Jamie- is that you? I miss you!
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