A while ago I posted about Walk the Line, the superb bio-pic of Johnny Cash. Well worth a watch, even if you think you don’t like Cash’s music. I’ve also posted about ‘The Wanderer’, his stunning song on the U2 album Zooropa.
BBC 4 ran a series of programmes the other night on Cash including an episode from the Johnny Cash Show, Walk the Line and a brilliant biography which ended with this is the video of Cash performing one of his last songs, his version of ‘Hurt’. It seems to sum up his life in a song. A moment of great insight, openness and hurt.
Cash’s version of this song is haunting. It is so much more powerful becasue of the authenticity of how it relates to his life and honesty. I saw an interview with his daughter sho said she could not watch the entire video because it is so painful. He was a true artist. Check out my post on Johnny I wrote awhile back and let me know what you think.
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Darian