Johnny Cash - Heart of Gold (1972/2003)
Written by Neil Young, covered by Johnny Cash with Red Hot Chili Peppers’ John Frusciante & Chad Smith. You just can’t miss Smith’s snare drum, nor Frusciante’s melodic guitar solo.
We’re getting close to my fantasy band: just imagine them with Justin Vernon or Fiona Apple to the background vocals and Innocent Criminals’ bassist Juan Nelson, all of them playing Bob Dylan songs.
Johnny Cash - Hurt (1994 / 2002)
Nine Inch Nails covered by Johnny Cash. The video is really beautiful and makes me want to cry every time, but I’ve first heard it as a soundtrack of this incredible Nike commercial.
I don’t think Cash could have ended his carrier and life with a better song.
From Music Philosophy.
Just discovered this very cool website. Here are my favorites:
Johnny Cash - Sixteen Tons (1946 / 1987)
You load sixteen tons, what do you get
Another day older and deeper in debt
Saint Peter don’t you call me ‘cause I can’t go
I owe my soul to the company store
