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Johnny Cash is provably, unequivocally cooler than Hank, and everyone else in the world. Johnny Cash and Miles Davis sit alone atop the cool heirarchy.
That said, Henry Rollins cameos in movies are always hysterical. the Rollins Band is OK, and Hank set the bar for "most unintentional comedy in a cover song" with his version of Zep's "Four Sticks" (I have this image of him reading the lyrics for the first time in the studio and going "OWLS???? I ain't singing about no goddamn owls!!!").
When I was in high school (circa "Weight" you know "CAUSE I'M A LIAR!!!!") Hank was at the peak of his fame. A kid from my school named Dave ran into Henry in the village. He asked for an autograph. The autograph made its way around my school. It read, without any trace of irony:
Dear Dave:
ENDURE
-Hank
I love this. If I ever have to sign an autograph for any reason, that's what its going to say.
― Ash (ashbyman), Monday, 31 January 2005 16:07 (nineteen years ago) link
Endure. Jesus. What he really means is, "PAIN IS GAIN NOW GO WORK OUT SOME MORE RAWWWWWR!" He's like the gym teacher of philosophy. What a meathead.
-- Pears can just fuck right off. (
fluxion2...), January 31st, 2005.
OTFM
the only musical work of his i like is his vocals on damaged.
he shall forever be on god's shitlist for ruining "ghost rider" by suicide!
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Monday, 31 January 2005 16:25 (nineteen years ago) link
twelve years pass...
A message from the children of Johnny Cash:
We were alerted to a video of a young man in Charlottesville, a self-proclaimed neo-Nazi, spewing hatred and bile. He was wearing a t-shirt emblazoned with the name of Johnny Cash, our father. We were sickened by the association.
Johnny Cash was a man whose heart beat with the rhythm of love and social justice. He received humanitarian awards from, among others, the Jewish National Fund, B’nai Brith, and the United Nations. He championed the rights of Native Americans, protested the war in Vietnam, was a voice for the poor, the struggling and the disenfranchised, and an advocate for the rights of prisoners. Along with our sister Rosanne, he was on the advisory board of an organization solely devoted to preventing gun violence among children. His pacifism and inclusive patriotism were two of his most defining characteristics. He would be horrified at even a casual use of his name or image for an idea or a cause founded in persecution and hatred. The white supremacists and neo-Nazis who marched in Charlottesville are poison in our society, and an insult to every American hero who wore a uniform to fight the Nazis in WWII. Several men in the extended Cash family were among those who served with honor.
Our dad told each of us, over and over throughout our lives, ‘Children, you can choose love or hate. I choose love.’
We do not judge race, color, sexual orientation or creed. We value the capacity for love and the impulse towards kindness. We respect diversity, and cherish our shared humanity. We recognize the suffering of other human beings, and remain committed to our natural instinct for compassion and service.
To any who claim supremacy over other human beings, to any who believe in racial or religious hierarchy: we are not you. Our father, as a person, icon, or symbol, is not you. We ask that the Cash name be kept far away from destructive and hateful ideology.
We Choose Love.
Rosanne Cash
Kathy Cash
Cindy Cash
Tara Cash
John Carter Cash
August 16, 2017
‘Not one of us can rest, be happy, be at home, be at peace with ourselves, until we end hatred and division.’ Rep. John Lewis
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 17 August 2017 19:32 (six years ago) link