Johnny Cash - American IV: The Man Comes Around
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Free Music Review: mostly fantastic
Hit: 5 Stars
so here is Cash's final album, a collection of covers and original songs. while not all of the covers work perfectly, some of them are immensly powerful, and what is presented here is often very depressing.
the most well known song being the nine inch nails cover 'hurt' is unbelievably emotional; you will swear he wrote it. other covers that are fantastic in my mind are sting's 'i hung my head,' a great fit for cash, ewan macoll's classic 'the first time ever i saw your face,' which may be my favorite version, and 'bridge over troubled water' by paul simon. cash's original numbers are all great too, i mostly wish there were a couple more on this record that he wrote. the title track is a great opening song, and sets the stage for an emotional complex recording, a song like 'sam hall' gives a humorous side to the record that is great.
while it is rather odd hearing cash cover depeche mode, the fact of the matter remains that cash could really cover a song. when cash does someone elses song he doesn't just play it, he makes it his own everytime. his voice will cut through you.
Free Music Review: 4 1/2 stars - but great cd!
Hit: 4 Stars
I first heard his cover of Nine Inch Nails "Hurt"... and thought it was an amazing cover!!! NIN's Trent Reznor singing "Hurt" is a darks ong to begin with... but the man of darkness, Cash, there's just something about Johnny Cash that made that song all the more darker when he sings it... I read an interview w/ Trent Reznor (NIN) and Reznor said, "I have not listened to my version since Johnny Cash's version." (i can't remember his exact words, but it was very much along the lines of what i quoted above.)
I bought the cd just for "Hurt", but I ended up liking the title track, "The Man Comes Around", and "I Hung My Head"... I liked his cover of "In My Life"... the guitars on that is great...
"Desperado" cover is also great... and I got to hear for the first time, the song called "Sam Hall" which i originally heard Clint Eastwood sing in the movie "Two Mules For Sister Sara", so it was nice to hear Cash singing it put to music...
When the cd came out, i also heard "Personal Jesus" originally by Depeche Mode... his cover on this is okay... i felt it could be better, guitar wise... out of the 2, i have to say i like Depeche Mode's version better, mainly becuase of how their guitars sound, and the vocals too.. I could tolerate Cash's vocals on it if the guitars matched DM's, but they don't... Cash's version on this song is just a lil slow for me...
which is why i gave it 4 1/2 stars.... but it is a great cd... and whether or not your a long time Cash fan then check out this cd... Cash fan's might not like this one, but if you're up for something diff... then check it out... I've never really been into Johnny Cash, but when this cd came out, i got it, solely for "Hurt"... I to, haven't listened to NIN's version since Cash's..
Free Music Review: Sadness and pain that is absolutely palpable!
Hit: 5 Stars
I remember hearing Johnny Cash's sad, aching voice often during my childhood but hadn't bothered to seek him out in my adult years. Until, while waiting for an appointment, I heard his remake of NIN's "I Hurt." I sat and listened to this painfully sad song while trying to remember its original incarnation as a Nine Inch Nails shoutfest. The two could not be compared!
After seeing "Man In Black" and singing along to most of the songs in the movie, I was inspired to purchase several Cash CD's including this one. I cannot even begin to articulate how incredibly moving it is. Although the man is a legend and has produced a mass of hits, this may well be his siren song; one that should rekindle that strange appreciation for a storyteller with a pain-filled voice that breaks your heart and brings a tear to your eye.
Every song surprises the listener with a newfound perspective! Classics that were accepted at face value suddenly begin to resonate with a proufound sadness that they'd only touched on when previously recorded by other artists.
The man in black pulled off a final coup immediately before his death by reminding the world that a beautiful and perfectly pitched voice is not required to produce something exceptional. The man himself was something exceptional.
Free Music Review: An absolute must for Cash fans and those new to his music
Hit: 5 Stars
My Dad was a big Johnny Cash fan so I was exposed to it in early years-good news for music loving parents-you do influence your kids ears. I love Cash because he reminds me of my dad, then I saw Walk the Line, left the theatre and bought 5 of his CD's all of which I can recommend but "The Man Comes Around" is so suberb- so sadly beautiful, so passionate in the selection of songs to the point of being autobiographical. Cash covers it all- his regrets, his happiness, his pure love of his wife June, his rebellion, and his immense faith in God. He hits all these feelings and more in "Hurt". The title song creates a story in your mind complete with color and "spielbergesque" special-effects. "Bridge Over Troubled Water", arguably one of the most beautiful songs ever written, is delivered by Cash with his age coming thru in his vocals that leaves only one word coming to mind- wisdom. And the juxtaposition of the very young Fiona Apple singing ever so slightly behind him (in measure and as back-up) - brilliant. You must own this album and might I suggest: do what I do- listen to it with your sixteen year old. They'll love you for it and I think, respect you for it.
Free Music Review: I am at a loss.
Hit: 5 Stars
I happened to be watching a movie late one night when I heard Johnny Cash sing The Man Comes Around and he had Sung a song by Bob Dylan - Hiway 61 Revisited. I was totally surprised and overwhelmed by those songs and reall didn"t pay much attention on trying to buy it until, one day a great friend and I were coming back from a fishing trip and he had the cd and played it and I asked him what the name was and he said The Man Comes Around , so I purchased it and listen to it alot.