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Johnny Cash
Love
(Sony, 2000)
The tenderest part of Cash's themed trilogy from 2000.
That is, until part four of the erm, trilogy, Life, followed posthumously in 2004. But since Cash's life was so informed by love, God and murder let's assume it's what he would have wanted. All the compilations in this series are great; compiled by Cash himself from his pre-Rick Rubin years with Sun, Columbia and Mercury and wonderfully annotated with notes by Cash and in the case of Love also by June Carter Cash, who reflects so touchingly on the couple's now famous introduction by Elvis Presley, their marriage and lifetime together, only the hardest heart could fail to be moved. The songs themselves amply demonstrate Cash's lightness of touch with a love song, despite his obvious fervour for the subject. Opening with the Sun classic I Walk The Line, with its most wonderful, non-syrupy declaration of commitment: "because you're mine, I walk the line". That line may have blurred on occasions during Cash's lifetime but no-one listening to him sing could doubt his strength of feeling. From there the set is non-chronological, following its thematic thread through familiar classics (Ring of Fire, I Still Miss Someone) and the less well-known, spanning 1956 to 1996 and turning up a few gems on the way. Oh What a Dream (from The Fabulous Johnny Cash, 1959), in which Johnny falls for a divine vision in a dream before meeting his real life angel back on earth, is both funny and romantic. "Sir, I'll have you know / I met you just a while ago / You're welcome for to sit / But calm yourself a bit!" implores the celestial one, hilariously. Now available as a box with its three metaphysically themed companions, Love is testament to the warmth, humour and nobility Cash showed all his subjects, and most lovingly his fabulous wife, June.
Jenny Bulley
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 04/03/2009
Further Listening
Johnny Cash – Love God Murder Life (Columbia, 2007)
Neil Young – Sugar Mountain: Live At Canterbury House 1968 (WEA, 2008)
Bob Dylan – Desire (Columbia, 1975)
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