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03-20-2005, 01:52 AM
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Educating the ignorant - Cash and Waits
A buddy of mine from work asked me about my music picks today. He's a nice guy, mostly a top 40 listener, heard a song I was playing in the truck and asked about it. I ended up promising to make him 2 'best of' CDs, Johnny Cash and Tom Waits.
Needless to say I am taking this kind of seriously as I was very happy to hear this guy interested in some decent music. Let me know what's missing from my first draft of a playlist for each. Johnny Cash: Folsom Prison Blues (live, San Quentin) Boy Named Sue (live, San Quentin) Daddy Sang Bass (live, San Quentin) Sunday Morning Coming Down Understand Your Man Cry, Cry, Cry Ring of Fire The Ballad of Ira Hayes I Walk the Line Ghost Riders in the Sky Tom Waits: Cold Cold Ground Jockey Full of Bourbon Tom Traubert's Blues Get Behind the Mule Cold Water Come on Up to the House Ol' 55 The Piano Has Been Drinking Better Off Without a Wife (live) Thanks NT 
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03-20-2005, 01:59 AM
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Re: Educating the ignorant - Cash and Waits
Are you just going for 1960s stuff from Cash? Some of the more recent stuff is really good, especially the "Unearthed" box set. I get pretty choked up listening to "Redemption Song" with him and Joe Strummer.
A really cool thing would be to thematically alternate Johnny Cash songs with Tom Waits songs, but that's probably a bit too mix-tape nerdy for a (potential) casual fan.
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03-20-2005, 02:00 AM
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Re: Educating the ignorant - Cash and Waits
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Yeah I haven't even added anything off the American recordings yet, thinking 'Hurt,' 'Hung My Head' and 'Bird on a Wire' if there's time. NT [/ QUOTE ] Hung My Head is the pinnacle of lyrical storytelling. That song makes me cry just thinking about it.
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03-20-2005, 02:01 AM
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Re: Educating the ignorant - Cash and Waits
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but that's probably a bit too mix-tape nerdy for a (potential) casual fan. [/ QUOTE ] I think we need a mixtape forum on here. I'm a complete mixtape nerd.
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03-20-2005, 02:04 AM
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Re: Educating the ignorant - Cash and Waits
Yeah, Unearthed is really awesome. I was trying to mostly give him the classic Cash since that's what I was listening to when he asked about it, but slip in a few others from the later recordings as well. Redemption Song is a controversial pick though, I happen to love it also, some people think it's over the top.
I agree with whoever said a mixtape forum might be fun. Although I am not into the typical music that most mixtapers like, I have always enjoyed doing this. NT
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03-20-2005, 02:06 AM
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Re: Educating the ignorant - Cash and Waits
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A buddy of mine from work asked me about my music picks today. He's a nice guy, mostly a top 40 listener, heard a song I was playing in the truck and asked about it. I ended up promising to make him 2 'best of' CDs, Johnny Cash and Tom Waits. Needless to say I am taking this kind of seriously as I was very happy to hear this guy interested in some decent music. Let me know what's missing from my first draft of a playlist for each. Johnny Cash: Folsom Prison Blues (live, San Quentin) Boy Named Sue (live, San Quentin) Daddy Sang Bass (live, San Quentin) Sunday Morning Coming Down Understand Your Man Cry, Cry, Cry Ring of Fire The Ballad of Ira Hayes I Walk the Line Ghost Riders in the Sky Tom Waits: Cold Cold Ground Jockey Full of Bourbon Tom Traubert's Blues Get Behind the Mule Cold Water Come on Up to the House Ol' 55 The Piano Has Been Drinking Better Off Without a Wife (live) Thanks NT [/ QUOTE ] Waits-- Small Change Putnam County Invitation to the Blues pick something else off of Nighthawks--I forget the track names. scrub
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