Yezida, A Goth Club, and Johnny Cash

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On March 14, yezida mad the following post, which I am sure many of my friends will enjoy and appreciate:

Last night at the Goth club in Oxford, the DJ put on a song that I recognized but could not immediately place. The dance floor cleared. Ah. I recognized it now. It was Johnny Cash, with the opening chords of "Hurt" by Trent Reznor. All of a sudden, the club turned into a church, with everyone standing respectfully. Listening.

A few people mouthed the words, but the overall feeling was of a stillness overtaking the revelers, with the exception of the waifish 18 year old metal head at my table, who complained that she didn't like Johnny Cash. Her friend shook her shoulders in mock chastisement at the blasphemy. She shut up.

A whole nightclub. Still. Listening.

That is power.

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Having listened to Cash for a couple of years now, I say this: If Johnny Cash performs a song, it is a Johnny Cash song, for ever. I always liked Sting's "I Hung My Head", but once I heard Cash do it, I realized he had written so that Cash would sing it someday. It belongs to J.C. now.

As I said on the post of yezida's, the power of Cash compels you.